t '" 4 •
Twlxr for fiiip bulldftog, (
. Tar, pitch* ami rosin, |
Cov»pc in fl\eets,
Saris, hemp. Mid cordage, , /
And every thing, which may serve direft
!y or *inAirtßly to the armament and equip-' .
meut of veflels, unwrought iron and fir
planks excepted.
Here also the treaty of 17 94 fe j.ves as the
pretest to the e>xcutive direftory. But
may it not be obfervfd, that these articles
were always and generally refpefted as 0b
... 'iefts of contraband in time of war, when a
fpecidl trenty, like ours with America, has
not pronounced.a clear and formal, excepti
on ? The British government has not, at a
nv tim? admitted » similar exception. The
18th artick; of the treaty of 1794 has then
innovated nothing in refpeft to these ; and
therefore occasions no modification. Eng
land acquires no new favour ; (he remains
in the situation in which till then she never
ceased to be ; and it may be asked how far
the executive direftory has a right, without
the intervention of vhe body, to
place among the articles of contraband, mer
chandize which an existing treaty has not
placed there.
The decree of the 12 th ventofe, still tra
> cing the modifications which it supposes to
exist, fays further :
'• Every individual known to be an Ame
rican, carrying a commiflion given by the
enemies of Franc#, also every sailor of that
nation making part of the crews of enemy
veffcls, (hall be, on this account alone, de
clared a pirate and treated as such, without
being fuffered, in any cafe, to alkdge, that,
he was forced to it by violence, menaces *>r
_ ©therwife."
The decree founds these provisions upon
the 21 ft article of the treaty between Ame
rica and England j but this article it similar
to the aift Article of the treaty ps 1778 j
and, in the one ai well 33 the other, it is
merely stipulated, that tU« fubjeft or citi
zen ofoneofthetwocontrafting parties, w'uo
fhcllaccept any commifiion or letter of marque
from a foreign power, to arm a vessel with
intent to aft as a privateer against one of
the contracting parties, (hall be considered
and treated as a pirate.
Neither of these two treaties extends the
profeciition and penalty to other mariners
of the refpeftive nations.
I will not allow myfelf any other reflexi
on upon this, than th?t such a provision is
, barbarous.
The 4th article of the decree of the 12th
ventofe direfts the execution of the regula
tions of tl\e 21ft of Oftober, 1794, and
26th July, 1778, with refpeft to Ameri
can vessel*. It conCequentlv declares them
to be good, prize, if they have not on board
... a role d'equipage in due form, such as is
prescribed by the model annexed to the
treaty of the 6th of February, 1778, the
execution of which is direfted by the 25th
✓and 27th articles of the fame treaty.
Without examining whether the particu
lar regulations of France can fubjeft our al
lies at home or on the open seas to observe
the fbrznalit ies which they have not stipula
ted for by treaties made with them ? With
out examing whether the-7th article of the
law of the 13th nivofe does not annul the
provisions of these regulations, where they
are contrary to the treaty of 1778,1 observe
that the article is grounded upon an error.
No model of a r6le d'equipage is annexed to
the treaty of 1778 ; tfee 25th and 27th ar
ticles do not even speak of it : the word
is not even once contained in a single sentence
of this long treaty. Never fiace its conclu- :
fion was it demanded from the Americans ;
every one knows their sailors are not classed-
What end then (foes a role d'equipage an
swer to them ? Before his departure, the j
csptain merely presents and leaves a lift of
the company he has, and upon this lift a
passport is dtlivered to him. See its form at
the end of the treaty } it supposes, it requires
nothing more.
1 have run over the decree in all its de
tails : let us now endeavour to colleft the
general motives for it.
The treaty of the 9th November, 1794,
is evidently the motive of the conduft of the
direftory. In the fupremc magistrates of a
people I like this civic aoimofity, this, anxi
ous and jealous zeal for the interests of the
country: I even believe, that the American
government has merited some just reproach
es for treating with its firft enemy without
communicating' the matter to its oldest
friend. In the mean time let us also recol
left ; that France had then no-longer a ma
rine which could protest the commerce of
the United States ; that the English were
the maftm of every sea ; that anarchy de
voured-our unhappy country ; and that at
the epoch of the treaty, the Americans re
mained ignorant that the 9th thermidur had
finally driven guilt from its throne.
Shall I add to these considerations a pic
ture of the conduft of the French agent in
the United States ? Hardly arrived in South
Carolina, where he landed, he endeavoured
to fowthe feeds of infurreAion and discord,
,to .make enrollments, to arm privateers:
he went further; he gave those, whom he
had thus armed ; he gave them, of his sole
and full power, on the terytory of an inde
pendent and free republic ; he gave them,
commissions to seize the veflels of nations
••• with whom the Americans were at peace,
to whom they were even allied.
' .Another minister plenipotentiary arrived
t at Philadelphia in the month of June, 1795.
He complained, that the treaty .of 1794
puts it out of the power of the United
States to form conveniently a new commer
cial alliance with the French republic. The
American government answered by commu
nicating the treaty itfelf: and observe that
,at that time it was not yet ratified ; it could
not therefore be said to exist. Observe also,
that these were not the only circumftariees
which produced trie idea of this compaft
between Great Britain and the United
States : those who have attentively follow
ed the courfc and progress of political
[*' The words in italics .%/ not contained
in tbttreaty cf 1794.]
events, know that for several years its exist
ence was forefeen dreaded. France
and the United States had even expressly
declared, in the preamble of the treaty of
amity and commerce Concluded on the 6th
of February, 1778, that they mutually re
served the liberty of letting other nations,
at their pleasure, participate in the fame
advantages.
I repeat it ; I am far from approving of
the treaty of 1794 ; more courage and at
tachment perhaps became these brave Ame
ricans. But after all, us again view
them still 3ffoeiated with a people without a
marine, whocould neverthelefsably defend its
alliesbyland.bfltnot uponthefeas; Scefpecial
ly upon those diftnnt seas where the British
veflels maintained an undisputed, undivided
rule ; with a people without a government,
delivered up to all the furies of anarchy and
guilt : but finally, if the United States have
violated the duties of decency and refpeft,
they have violated no engagement, they
heve usurped jio right ; they have only
availed themfelvgs of the universal right of
nations, to form contrasts when and how
they please. Are we then the sovereigns
of the world ? Are our allies then only our
fubjefts, that they cannot make contrasts
at their pleasure ? And truly, it is not a
little lingular to hear the French govern
ment alltdge the treaty of the 19th Nov.
1794, t0 bean aft of hostility, whilst they
themfclves order all Americen veflels to be I
captured, without having declared war. j
yho docs not know, that since the com-'
; mencement of the sth year, a great num
;.ber of them have been confifcated .1 And
almost all, the faft is remarkable, belonged
! to men known for their attachment to the
I French. They have been taken with t))c
< double violation of an alliance and of liof
pitality : they have been taken in our very
port?. But lately, an American captaifi
was ioiprifoned at Bred, is not this to
■nwit thf reproach we so often 08ft.
the Engli(h, of forgetting upon the seas
all good faith, all juflice ? Even lawful re
prisals could only authorize us to seize Bri
ti(h property in American veflels ; but we
take the veflel itfelf; and we even take the
American property it contains ! Neverthe
less, as was well observed a few years ago
by the present vice-president of the United
States, Mr. Jefferfon,.whofc sentiments to
wards France are known, according to the
law. of nations it cannot be doubted, that
the property of a friend found on board the
vessel of an enemy is free, and that at the
fame time the property of an enemy found
on board the veflel of a friend is lawful
prize.
America had to fear at firft, to have
for enemies England, Holland, Spain, all
then at war with France. In the midst of
this universal struggle, would it then be
criminal to preserve towards all an ufeful
neutrality ? Is it not known, that in such
a political situation, the neutral powers be
come the maritime carriers fcr the powers
at war ; for the latter (land in need of their
own (hips and sailors for warfare.
In another point of view, two courses pre
sented themfrlven to France ; to receive suc
cours from America, and to make ufeof her
against England j or to permit an alliance to
be formed between England and America.
It is at firft view inconceivable, why the for
mer (hould not obtain the preference, why
we (hould lose the fucc#urs of an ally, why
we (hould not give to our enemy one enemy
more ; the fceblenefs however of the mari
time succours which America might furnifli
i us, rendered delusive, in the particular cafe,
. the advantage which, in a general point of
view, so agreeably presented itfelf. The
' other course, on the contrary, of placing
j America between the two combatants, to
| make of her, by her alliance with each of
the two, a neutral power with refpeft to the
other, would offer to us in the.United States
(as an allied power, considered in relation to
us,— as a neutral power, considered in rela
tion to England who is contending with us)
great facilities in navigation and commence.
I am far from attaching to these reflefti
ons the importance of a demonstrated truth j ,
I only present them as doubts : I merely
wi(h that they may contribute, to bring the
two countries-back to those principles of
moderation and friendfhip, whieh will in
crease their mutual strength : I wi(h that,
by injurious bravados, unworthy of itfelf,
the government may no more.alienate a peo
ple whom we ought to cherift both for the
good they-have done us and for t-he services
we h* v e rendered them. We .complain of
the Americans ; but has not Washington, in
his last address to congress, solemnly con.
tradifted those imputations so v3giie, so un
certain ? We complain but wlist would
have been our conduft and our language, if
we had seen, a 6 in America, a foreign mi
nister plenipotentiary begin to levy troops
and fit out privateers without the permiflSon
of the government ? We complain ; but are
not the United States the firft pe»{sW\vho
acknowledged our liberty ? Was it®o*?rodi
them we feceived, in times of difficulty,
(whatever ingratitude and bad faith may fay
of them) those nourishing grains of jwhich we
were in absolute want, and for which I "do
not know whether they are yet paid ? Did
not the legislature of Carolina very lately di
rest to be paid- to us a sum which remained
due to us, immediately and by preference,
although this legislature was partly compo
sed of the owners of (hips and goods which
ivcnf just confifcated in the American seas
by French veflels ?
Behold also what was their conduft at
the moment when they learned, that the'
French government, deceived by its agents
in the colonies, fuffered itfelf to be drawn
into prejudices still more unjust. A new
ambtiffador was suddenly difpatehed to the
direftors of the republic. But to whom
was this honorable mifSan confided ? Cir
cumtlnnces required more imperio-ufly than
eveV, a firm and decided friend of peace ?nd
of France. America pofleffeda man, who,
being a courageous defender of the liberty
of his country, happy iuhaving contributed
,tp its birth and confolidatiou, always pre
served for the people, whoft fuscous pro
tested the acquiiition, an unalterable fenti
aient of gratitude and affection ; a man,
whom we can but little f lfpefit of predilec
tion or favor for Great Britain, inasmuch
as during the W3r of"American indepen
dence, liis property in Carolina, where he
lived, was evtr the firfl delivered .up to de
vaflation and the flames. Returned to his
fields, as soon as peace* w f concluded with
the former oppressors of In's he
lived afar swim all public cmplbyments ; and '
it whs there that he was fought for to be
engaged as the mediator between two peo
ple whom he' loved, and the peace-maker
of America. -Complaints plight be made :
these are the explanations he cam?, to ofler ;
he carr.e to enlighten the French government
concerning the conduct ofits agents, and their
calumnious imputations call upon the Unit
ed States ; he came to calci the animgfities,
the noise of which menaced the repose /if
the two worlds. He arrived ; -aod imnedir
ately hewasorderedtoquitFrance.lt wis not
Mr. Pinckney who was .rejected, btr. the
government of which he was the muifttr
and the organ (I ).
And whilst the envoy of the United States,
met with this humiliating reception, what was
the conduit of the agents of the Direftoiy at
St. Dora ngo towards them ? We may roikon
among the benefits done uj hy the Airier tans,
the liofpitalitv and relief afforded to our fugtrve
coli nifts. This honorable testimony of attach
ment and fenfibiiity is . not foreign from the fe
ci motives of hatred which the present gorern
, ors of our colonies bear to them- Head in the
official journal of the Directory (ijPrairial,
stii June) an extra<st of a letter ./ritten o» the
Vemofe of this year, to the minister of ma
rine by the F'enth ctvnmiffaries to the Leen-ard
Ivlands. They ann .unce, that having found no
rcfource itifiasnce, and knowing tfce unfriend
Ik difpofitioii ps the Americans, in order that
they might not miserably pirifh, they had fitted
slut cruizers ; that already privateers were
upon the , Teas ; and thar for three month* the
admiutrtration had lubfifted, an I individuals
hjd enriched themfclves fra\r> ti.e p»odflce of
pri?t». They .ificrt, that it b«*jr.e' their devo
tion and pitriotifin not to rhetn'.'jlves on
lcrount ol'.all the pjli!l<n eon si derations
which were opposed to (licm. They also de
clare that ever rh» decree of tlfe 14th Meffi
di- (?) was unknown to them forfive months
after this, peti. d. But, ftty they, the revolting
conduft of the Arnsrk-ans, and an indirt(3
knowledge ef the intentions of oar govern
ment, made it adutyfnr us to order reprifaU,
even before the receipt of the official notifica
tion. They felicitate themfclyes, that the vef
fell of that nation arc taken, and declare
that th'cy have learnt by divers perfomTrom the
continent that the American" were perfidious,
corrupt, the friends of Ehgbnd,and that in con
feqnence, their vcfiels no longer tntered the
French ports, unless cond lifted thither by force.
One thinks he dreams when he reads this letter ;
he thinks himfelt transported into a fsvage coun
try, where men not yet acknowledging th« empire
of morals and ef laws, commit crimes without
shame and without remorse.and applaudythemfelves
for robbery,as Paulas Enpiti*s or Cato'wouldhave
applauded themselves for an eminent service per
formed for their country. Privateers armed against
a friendly nation ! Reprifik, when it is eurftlves
who -make the attack ! Ileprifals against a nation
which hap never taken one of our veffeli! Riches
acquired by the cor.fifcation of the ve'fTcls of a na
tion whi.h treaties unite totis, from whom no
declaration of war has fiiparatcd n« I .You suppose
they poflVfa wdfienily tyy-frfim • bfrt Xti\* me then
in what they confilt ; where, wben, how have they
manifefted them ? Cite me theu a faft, a proof of
tleir rrmfcng cofdvd. Alas X I have already bid
it, that which you call unfriendly dispositions, a (
revolting conduit, is to have grantee! a generous
asylum to the unhappy rolonifts whom guilt forced
to implore it. Tie agents,- who, without author
ity, having according to their own cnnfeDion only
an ini'irrß InnuUdgc of » prefunicd imer.tioiu cause
the vefTelsof allies to be captured ; who commence
a ruptureupon the pretence chat they fcir it ; who,
even many months before they knetv of the dccrie
of the 14th MclS4<>r» infetfed the fe»« with priva
teers 1 Tlii' agents wijo denominat* refpeil for
treaties puftllanimtui
'perfjievi towards whom they violate' the public
faith ; who decide, as it ptfTcff-.il of sovereign
power, whether an altiiftee fel ffobfifts ; whether
oe not it is reseflary toiler, into a state of w-,r ;
whilst the direflory itCflf-poft-fTes not the light,
without the will of thq
aginti fay amounts to thi*—' having nothing
wherewith tt> buy, f t:<ltr ; I make amends for the
•property i w*rt, hy the pir«ywhich enriithes irje j
,1 finally defame..tipfc,whom I bSve jlujidered."
This is rah-cfj ju niyl, calumny.
ShsJJ 1 aid to this Ivtjer.ofthe comintffaries ' at
' St. l)o ningo, a letter, very ftranje,' written in
the name of the tnlnill*r to th " conlul
gensrsl cf the Unitml states. ■ 1« i* asa tMb "jour
nal of he ■ with it 1
(17 Floreal. 6 MayTjrtie'csinful general c«ra
plair.ed of the coiimcandns pfonoui ccdby certain .
tribur.als agalnS tht: letter -of trca'i,», notwith
ftaneiingprtfsf that tht vdSl truly belohged .to a
citizen of >Ke Unstfd Stftjp, »nd had no contra
band goo.'s on board njjjiilb r, afjer a lengthy
dileuffiiß, but entirely grounded upon the l'ytlem
Of th'-s dscretf r,f tl e litffe Vcntofc, the viciouf
nefs and linceriflituttonsHty'of which I have de
monstrated; die minister concedes with an ej
preflion so aftiwiifhing that about it, even
after ! have traofciibed jt_:let your goTcrcment
break the Inconceivable treaty it conciuiicd on the,
19th Nov. 1794 with our mod implacable ene
'l) Read aifo the following <Jrc-re, made
about two months ago, on the lift Germinal,
'jtb year. y
« The Executive Direflory decrees, that the
p.ifipoms issued by the dipjomitic niiniltert and
envoy's qf the United States of Aiaerisa,'or
copfir.mrd by ibern, (hall not be permitted or
allowed by any out'nority."
Is not tiiis a formal violation of the treaty of
1778, w-hirh wquir.s that the Americans be
treated as th» molt fa-vtwtii nuions it not '
a real holijiity f . ' '
(a ) The following is the decree, whieh was
only pvih.ifhed 00 t)« jd
" It shall lie »'6ti#enj without (jeb_y, to air
the neutral and allied powers,^Ut 1 the flag, or,
the French
to neutral vefle'ls, tfte &t*e -cottduit, which
they fuller the Englilb \o jiirf'ie" towards them,
whether it be in point examina
tion, or fiiptßfe." , ;
J.< »!s decide- crftformable w-ffii thielaws of
■ the 23d of May and Tft July IM, 27th Bru
maire, ad year, anjilljth Nivofe;-jrl year ?
Without in any ether refpeft its
jnftice or injulficf, I aft whether the Executive
Direfioi V could !t withcut the jnterVen- :
tion of -the Legislature ? 1
Some days after its publication, 9th Frimaire,,
{hi? Direftury mide flill another decree, which
follows, and to which tfiefameTemarks appljrt
" 'l'be freight arid demurrage arising from
th'e fioppilig nf neutrals, ir> , (.i)rci H.ny/ v itli
the.decrec-s / tbe 14th and aSrh 'Mefiidoi;, shall
be charged upon the captors in rift.- tb»
•4 cargo » .taken j.swl "P sn tlw i-.emajndcr ofthe
■ cargo whei® cnly a Jiart 0- it is
.
njies ; then the French republic will cease tcr apply
to ltfeif the pfoviSons of thiitreaty which favor
Feg'and te its prejudice, and we ihall not [be them,
t warrant you, cited licfrif - any tribunal to sup
port anyunjuftpretenlions."
Have T read it right ? Unjuji prttrnjnni ! h it
ooflible, that they have been thus characterized by
the very mi>ifter who is th.-ir ag-int and defender ?
•Ah ! lay afidc yourjirtftn/iont. your m-naces, your
difdjins. Do not occauon by your lnconfiderate
proceedings the very you feat. Can Eng
land defii'c liny better than enmity between
France and }Tor t;?i A nerica. ? We thick ts avenge
of the Eugliih.—we f.-rve them. Tn -x
---afpernte the United States ; is it not to carry
back to GreaV Britain ? To mln the American com
merce ; is it not to encreafe the British commerce ?
Peace, peace is what the inturcft and Wants of alt
prcfcr.be. Let in.'utiry every where reanimate it
felf : let every i'ca be free. Smitten with conSa- .
graticn and ravage, with a long ttexility, let our I
colonies rife to public order, to agriculture, j
to prosperity. fcet our confidence>n the Uhited j
States be renewed, that it may renew their confi
dence in us. Let the two worlds, witr.:;lies of our i
fuccel's, also w'jr ess the facrifice of our refentmenjs, |
even though legitimate. Riprefentatives of the i
people, Dir9i*ors of the Republic, Frcnchnfen, all J 1
you who have beer, great in victory, be still greater '
in moderation and g-s-.rroCty. Let us dare, as we
are all-conquirors, and merely becaufa we ate con
querors, let us tlsre strongly to express a desire for
universal peace, so/ peace even with that ancient ;
rival, wbofe envoys are now about recommer.cing j
the negotiations which have been ctxf long fufpeud
ed. Lrt peace.be also restored to the interior of j
our troubled country. Has not the empire-os sac- I
tiotts, of hatred, of, veugeanfe, of crimes besn
long enough protraSed. 1 do not knew liberry
With fire bran<(» and poniards By means ef con- 1
vulfiens, you will <!eftroy the lenfe of it. Yes,
there is ro generous heart which dors not prefer 1
the agitations of liberty to the forced inaction of a
stupid slavery; but if these agitations every day
become storms-; if these Ilorms become violent 1
temrefls ; if these tempefis fkake, overtuin. root
up fucceflively sverj social institution, ali the as- i
fcftions of nature, all the rights of man, all the
duties of a people,—hr.ppinefs will always fly far
from us, and death will be tht sole hope of virtue.
1 move,
lft.l hut the decrees of the 14th Meilidor, 4th
year, 9 Frimaire, it Vcntofe, and 11 Germinal,
5 year, be sent to the committee charged to re
port on the conduct to he oM".-rv:.d by the legjfla
rure, when the direflory pasTes decreet tMitxary te
the eonOitution andth* laws :
zd That this committee-be dlrsdled to report,
in two decades at molt:
3d. That a meffagc he sent 'J the direciory to re
.qviefl thetn ta inform us of the prrfent fta'e of our
political an l{commercial relations wi'hthe United
Spates of North America, and of the executions of
the different laws passed tbetn.
4th. That a committee of five members be ap
pointed to bring in a law to organize the princi
; pies eflablifhed in the Ilth title of the conllitutiou
al aS, article 316 and the following.
—www
%\>e®ajette.
. PHILADELPHIA, '*
TUESDAY EVENING, September T 9 .
CITY HOSPITAL REPORT,
From the 18th to 19th Sept. in the morning.
i Admitted, sinCe last report,
ana Myers, Palms alley, South Front ft.
m. Abbott, 21, Penn street
[John Fletcher, Plumb street.
Arnold Craigh, Spruce between 6th 8c 7th
streets.
Patrick Dougherty, Queen street.
Letty Smith, 77 South Front street.
SuCan Kirk, George's corner Plumb street.
Benjamin Johnson, Ferry house, Market
street wharf.
Daniel M'Carter, Catharine street.
Susan Brown, Mr. Bum's, Water street, near
Drawbridge.
Difcnarged since last Report.
Wm. Cooper, admitted 15th inft.
John Dempfey, I*l
James Clark, 10
George Corbett, 11
Elizabeth M'Cabe, 8
Pat. Gallr.gher, 9 *
Died, since last report,
John Daly, admitted 16th.
Elizabeth Schylt, admitted 14th
Mory Maglone, ' 13
Benjamin Johnson, 3 hours after admifllon.
Error in report of 16th to 17th, inltead
of James Field, 'in report, of deaths, read
William Fleming.
Remaining last Report 47
Admitted since, 10
56
Discharged 6
Died 4 10
Remain inHofpital, | f 7
Five of whom are dangerous.
Interred ink City -Hospital burying ground
since last report :
From the city andfuburbs 4
From the city hospital 4
Total 8
Stephen Gi*ard,
(Signed) Caleb Lownes,
John Con<ieli.,y.
Published by order of the Board,
JOHN MILLER, Jun.
* Chairman.
v, ——— *
Tolals of iiuriah for'tfi hours, ending Mon
day at noon.
Grown Persons. Children.
St. Pe'er's I O
Seccnd Pxefbyterian I o
St. Mary's I . o
"Trinity t' °
Swedes t t
German Lutheran I t
German Reformea t , 0
Baptists 1 o
Potter's Fisld c a
City Hospital* T4 o
Kensington 3 o
Total 16 S
* from 'lie {ity, t _
DlED.—Vcfterday at noon, fylrf. Eli
zabeth C*.vald, late col.
Elfazet Ofvrald. This lady has fallen a fa
crifice, to the prevailing disease. She took
the infection in fulfilling the tender duties of
a mother, and nurse, to her unfortunate son.
By. the death of this amiable lady, society is
deprived of a valuable member, and her chil
dren of a tender and effeilionate mother.
DrtD, —yefterday< morning, Mr. John
Victor Journel, of the honfe of Taraf
c6ijand' J9tirnel, m«tt;liantß of this City.
v ■ • i ■+■ . « <
Col. Charles Pettit fias 'recently been*
thrown from a chair near Mouat Pleasant
the feat of Jonathan Efq. and
dangerotifly hurt. .
One day last week, a gerttleman deicend
ing a deaiivity in a Gig, without any breech--
band for the-horfc, (winch is the cafe with
moll p{ the gigs and kittereens) the carri->
age was propelled'againftthe horse, which
gxving him a start, he ran awaybroke the
carriage to pieces and wounded the gentle
man severely.
A Turnpike is about to eftabliihed
between Albany and Schenectady, and a
fubfeription has been opened fijr railing
fund*. The dillance is about 16 rtiiles.
Several of the New York EditorsJfcm
puzzled to account for the contradictory
nature of the Intelligence received from the
-Spani.'h frontiers. The fact is, that sundry
letters of the'jth of June originality pirbli/h
---ed in Claypoolc's Daily Advertiicr contai:»
details of certain tranfadions at the Natcher
of the progress and result of which we pu'J
lilhed an authentic account down to a math
latci date near a month ago. See Gazette of
the United States, Aug. 25.
An Alexandria paper of the 14th contain#
the following paragraph.
At a late hour last evening, we received
a communication from a gentleman whoi
left the Natchez in the middle of Jsly; at
which time there was no prospeCt of a spee
dy settlement of the differences with the
Spaniards, things remainiug in the famt
state as at the date of our last authentic ac
counts from that quarter. This communi
cation is lengthy and interesting—it will be
given in our next.
* # " Nicms" in our next.
GAZETTE MARIN $ LIST.
Port of Phiiapblpvja.
< * CLEARED,
IBrig Prince Fr.:U f,ddar t \Sf. Thomas
Sihr. fta Fletver, A nijtn iV'indfat
Stoo6 Salty, ' >/
I }th. Ari.* Fty, Mt-jftU, li/ira
Sloop Pu'ly Knight. *J ! '
l\lh, Stcop
I stb, Scb. JFrictrJbip, Oil in, 8.. r'irfrtoil
Sully, Rubtntfwt, Currituck
Sleep Sa'ly. Albright. AUxartelria
18/£ ( Mrig T)e T autcire, Dunp'jy, Cape Ernvcnir
Sc4- jtttJ ntwj, ( -.'l'', yew T-art
Sloep-JDelpbin, Deify, Richmond
A brijr and schooner, each with a figure
head and yellow fides, arrived at the fort
this morning, Names and place whence not
yet ascertained,
The schooner Flying Fish, Capt. Msx- '
well, from Jamaica, now at the fort, was
brought to, a few days ftnee, by a gur
from the French privateer now at anchor of*
the Brandy wine. Capt. Maxwell h'iled
from Hampton Roads, but this not fat'sfy
ipg the Frenchman, he sent his boat, well
manned, to overhaul the fchoonet's papers.
Ik the mean time Capt. Maxwell fuf . ed
himfelf to drift astern t>f the privateer, and,
jirft as the boat was dropping alongside, he
hoisted fail and made off. The privateer
weighed anchor shortly after, but did not
tliink proper to pursue.
New Tori, Septemltr 18.
■ARRIVED, DAYS#
B|ig Two Sifters, , Norfolk
Schooner Ellice, Galloway, Richmond 8
Slpop Betsey, Elkins Baltimore
;Brig Triton is returned astir being out 7
d^yo—Captain being dead.
Norfolk, Sept. IT.
On Saturday last arrived the Fiota, Capt.
Wm. Colley, in fix weeks frofn Liverpool—■
The (hip Flora, captain W- Colley fail
ed from Liverpool the ?Bth July, in com
pany* with the following vtJTeh :
< f Ship Neutral'ty, Dawfon.
For Norfolk, < Brig Eliza, M'Conijel.
L Eliza Wrght, J a (per.
f Ships Alex. Hamilton-!
For Baltimore < Favwi, & Becket, Cun
(_ ningham.
For Philadelphia, the Ship Pigou, Sinclair.
Left there.
Ship Industry, Vickei"y, for Norfolk, to
fail on the 10th or 12th August.
Ship Planter, Driver, for City Point, to
fail the ift of August.
Ship Alknomac, Lemond, for George*
Town, to fail the fame time.
Ships Clothier, Gardner; and Seymour
Willis; to fail for Philadelphia in a few
days.
Spoke.
On the 21 ft August, in lat. 44, 20; long.
48, 30, the brig General Wayne, capt.
Wells, 11 days from Bolton for Naples.
Baltimore, September 16.
ARRIVED.
Ship James, M'Carthy, Rotterdam
Montezuma, Chafe, London
Brig Mercury, Miller, Hull
Contential Gronwald, Halifax
Betsey, Whitemalhl Bolton
Sloop Polly, Gladding, Norfolk
Mary, L'Hommedieu, New-York
Green, New-Port
Swift, Ballace, Currituck
Schr. Hellcn, Tuycrofs, Bath
William Love'l, Hill, Charleftom
Diamond, Attwood, Stonington
Arrived on Thursday last—brig Mercu
ry, Miller, 45 days, from Hulk—
Sch'r. Mary, of Alexandria, Evelette,
23 days from Kingtlon.
Ship Jair.es, jo days from Roteerdam.
Arrived yesterday—Brig Colombia, Rol
lins, 84 days from Galway, with 144 pa f
fengers, all in good health. July nth,
spoke ship Ritfon, for Norfolk to London,
lat. 45, 28, long. 28. 30th, spoke fliip
Elizabeth, of New-York, from Savannah
I to Liverpool, out 11 day*, lat. 38, long,
j66 t . .
Mr. L AIL? ON,
WITH nri insertion to render service, and unde
ceive those Performers, who during his abfrnce Mr,
has thcuuht proper to eog a £ e > thinks ic
would be wrong in him not to inform those that
are engaged, th?t it Is wirhoir his approhafion, aud
that he will not he in any way anfwetabl- for Mr.
Jaymond*B engagements.
PHILIPPE LAILSQN.
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