1015 ec-iffl so be a difpofahje natioica] property,
which eO"M r n triare l»e alienated shan the raiii
parts of'i fortified place, tfe pybfic'mwlim.-nt'i
of a commune, rr the lands referred for the
foads. AVith refpefl to the purehafers of na
tions! domain?, he many of them
as feandafous frauds : in the department Ettre,
a chateau, vahted at 61Q,r,00 livres in'ip, bar 1 ,
bem given foi in mandats. He
ilemanried that the fa'e of the parfomjte houses
fhouhi be put a to ; that they fhotild be it
the d'fpQ!at,of the communes; and that the
sale of all thole difoofed of since aj.Rrumaire,
of.the fec.iud year, (houid be declared null and
invalid.—Adopted.
The ftriking-.proof of animosity displayed
by the opposite parties in the fitting of the
Council of Five Hundred of the 20th inft.
appear to have spread fame alar/n among the
friends' of the present coiiftitution of France.
All the public prints demoted to the party
of the moderates, are filled with the most af
fedting complaints, and the strongest appre
hensions on the occasion of this unexpected
division. L'Eclair eXpresses himfelf ip the
following manner 011 this interesting fubjedt:
" The cdfis approaches : all the symp
toms of a new revolution already begin to
appear, uiegiarties are already raisged up in
battle array again ft each other. Yet a few
days, and the sword will decide. Discord
has taken ppfTeffion of the Council of Five
Hundred, and it will not be cast cjut till it
has gorged itfelf with the blood of the one
party or the other ; perhaps of both.
" Woe be to him," said a sage, " Woe
he to him thro whom offence cometh!" Woe
be to you, Reprefcntatives of the People,
when, degrading the ituguft chara£ter with
which you are inverted, yort transform your
Senate to an arena for Gladiators ! Can
you hope that men will refpeft you when
you do not refpedt Vourfelves ? And how do
you hope to govern, if you do not inipire
refpett ?
" Which party is to blame ? Both. I
will fay this, however, that if violence can
St all be pardoned it is iu the vanished mino
rity. But you, the favorite Representatives
of the People ; you, of whom a united ma
jority is always sure to triumph, how can
such excuses be juftifisd in you ? What evil
geuitis could inspire von with the fatal tho't
of terminat ing by the spirit of faction, a dif
cufiion in which you were sure to be victo
rious, by displaying with calmness and with
dignity the whole power of your will ?
" Cybeas, on entering the Roman Senate,
imagined himfelf tranfportedinto an afTembly
of Kings : What would he have faid,had he
been a fpeftator of such indecent contests ?
And, great God ! at what a moment do
you rellgn yourfelf to the impulse of your
brutal paflions ? At the moment when the
envoys of the King of England arrive to
treat for'peaee ! Do you believe that scenes
of this nature are very well calculated to in
spire them with a high confidence in the
wisdom and in the liability of our govern
ment ?'
" If you overthrow, or if you allow the
Constitutional Republic to be overthrown,
you will fall into the military Republic, and
the latter will be more dreadful than the
former. To day you are magistrates ; to
morrow you will be slaves. Amicus Plato
magis arnica Veritas. Never was there a fay
ing more necefiary to be repeated jpd ob
served.
" On what'points then does the crisis in
which France is-placed, depend at this mo-,
ment! On the retaining or difmifTal of four
ministers, whom the majority of both coun
cils, and the whole nation accuse of igno
rance and perfidy, and whom the Diredtory
obstinately persists in preserving as the agents
of the Executive Power." On this fubjedt
of ditutiion we meet with the following re
marks in the fame' Journal :
" In every country that wiflies to preserve
its tranquility and happioefs, the ablest and
wisest men- should be called to the manage
ment of public affairs. Confidence is extin
guished in every heart when folly and igno
rance obftruft the avenues tp the feat of gov
ernment. Cease then, Directors, to shut
your ears to our prayers ! VVe entreat you,
in the name of your country, to dismiss
from their employments, and banish from
your presence, Ramel, Charles La Croix,
Truguet, and Merlin. The last is peculiar
ly unworthy, your notice. As longasyou
remain surrounded by such ministers, how
can you pofiibly exj» (ft, that we, who are
both by good will and reason firmly bound
to support the prefefltorderof things, should
protest you against the and com
plaints of those, who, regretting what thejf
have loft, eagerly desire to return to that
point from which they firft set out ? Were
we to be your adyocates, should we not ex
pose ourfelvesto thejuft reproaches of either
flattering stupidity, or of being the accom
plices of wicked men ? We makethis request
on your as well as our own account. When
you shall have granted it, we will then en
deavour to recal to reason those of our bre
thren who are now tormented with unavail
ing anxiety."
ARMY OF CONDE.
. Order of the .20 ti July, 1797.
" His majejly, the tmptror of Rujfts, has
done me the honor to inform me, that the king
of France has made a propo/ttion io him refpcß
ing this army ; and his imperial majeflyflatters
himfelf that his, majejly and myfelf will he equal
ly fatisjied with the overtures which his mini-
Jler is commifjioned to make me in his name.
" The emperor of Rujfta is willing to grant
every relief to this army. He is about to apply
to the courts of Vienna and London, to continue
their generous benefySious to it. Until the ar
rangements will be made, he dejires me to rejl j
ujfured, that from the moment hejhall take
charge of the aryiy, every individua in it, from j
the highejl lieutenant general to the loiuejl soldier j
who is willing to take advantage of his kindness. ■
lhall preserve the fame rank andpay as he al ;
this moment enjoys. We cannot know, until j
the return of the courier which is to be sent to j
Rvjfta what is the nature of the h. reditarygrants 1
iL-l:h his imperial majejly intends to promt fe this ' •
army befuUs granting to the French nobility the ] 1
feme privileges which nobles of Rujfta. enjoy ." j <
J' j LONDON, sfusjifi 7. |
r ! I''""™* F»'j%niv, died
°* foJF*? 0 n if} - lid Jidy : his body after
j. j t " c etretinates, was committed to the deep.
m 1 I?reparations for war are earru jon with
t " c greatejl erSivi/y tn, Germany. A Jlrong de
>'• tadnn'nt from the Aujlrtin army on 'tis Lower
Ie Rhine has begun its march towards the tfrrito
" nes "["rped during the -war by the king ofPruf
fch who hi; par!, inereafed, the fiirce
under the Duke of Brunfwici to 6b,000 men,
lt J and given orders for the ejiabhfhment oftha
gazines near the scene ofcontejl. 'it is said, he
never, that that Monarch has with drawn his
: d troops from the city of Nuremburg ; and if this
K W'true it may hoped he will be induced to
t. j to the voice ofjufltce, without the interpqfi
ie : tion of arms. Prudence, indeed, may have
e. JuggeJedthis line of conduct : for the eleßor of
y j of Saxony, on whose support Frederick William
f- ; appears to have depended,has not only abandon
e. Ed his cause, but has affeml'ed an army of
d men, to second the efforts of the law
ie chief of the German empire.
5 0 15y this day's Mail.
n * ,
«r BOSTON, Sept. 18.
d Navy Yard, September 18.
r e The conllru&or, having exttnded to his
it fellow-citizens, all reasonable gratification of
[e f their laudable curiosity, during the progress
of the buildmg, believes he may with pro
■te priety make the following request and fug.
Ie geflions, on the operation of launching the
frigate Conjlitution.
h That (excepting the I'refideut of the U
r nited States, the Governor, Lieutenant Go
n vernor, and their refpedtive suites, and o
n thers specially admitted, who will compara
-0 tively, be very few) no person will attempt
e in any way, to pass into the limits of the
navy yard.
J The reason of this reqfieft is obviously to i
r, ; prevent interrupfion or confufion which might i
be injurious or ruinous to the a£t of launch- -1
s ing ; which will be critical, under the molt :
. favorable circumstances, and indispensably re- i
n quiring perfect silence and obedience to or- 1
1 ders. Independent of this conclusive reason, i
t the danger of encroaching fpe&ators would |
be imminent from the occasional and abrupt I
. falling of bodies used in the conftrudtion of (
l the ship ; a conformity therefore to this re- 1
quest, is earnestly solicited. i
, ' Itl9 . fu g?efted, as the tide will be full, t
f that it wojild be necefiary to the fafety of \
the fpedtators, particularly women and chil- <
> dren, that they do not approach in crouds I
j too near the margin of the contiguous
r wharves, as the sudden entrance of so large
. a body as the frigate, will occasion an inftan
> taneousfwell of the water the height of which ;
i cannot be easily calculated,and again (I which, n
. therefore, the discretion of the people ought v
. amply to guard,
It is regretted, in this instance, that the c
yard and the places around it, are too con- y
. traded for an occasion which will probably ii
) excite so much desire, and in which all the
[ citizens have so much interest ; it is there
f fore submitted to those who can make th* b
. arrangement, to place themselves in vessels, a
, or water crafts, at due distance, upon the pro- h
. file or fide of the Frigate, but by no means p
too near, either in a right line or otherwise, a
as the direction may be uncertain, nor to load
i open boats too deeply, as the agitation of
. the water even at a considerable distance,
may be somewhat hazard us.
It is also recommended to those who eredt c
. stages to accommodate fpedtators, that they o
have them secured in every refpedt, as the J
! lofsoflife of a single citizen, would mar the lj
fatisfadtion and pleasure that the conftrudtOr
. etherwife would enjoy, of building and con- si
dudting into the ocean, z powerful agent of u
. national justice, which hope didtates may be- t(
come the just pride and ornament of the A- fj
merican name. c '
GEORGE CLAGHORN. tl
V
NEW-YORK, September 2i. C
A British gentleman writes from Port-au- si
Paix, August 21. bi
" I was taken the 9th off the Mole on my 01
way to America, and brought in here—l am
on my parole, and hope soon to be exchang- ai
ed, as a change of condudt for is di
expedted ; Santhonax having failed from at
hence for France on Saturday last, in an In- at
diaman." ,' gj
b'
• sHE LAND OF LIBERTY!! in
A CURIOSITY ce
Just arrived from Cape Mount, on the ci
windward coast of Africa, the ship Ageno- ti
ria, Edward Bois, master, with a prime car- th
go of afTorted SLAVES. The sale of fe
which will commence on Monday, the 21ft of
inlt—Conditions then made known. in
ROBERT WATTS. fti
Savannah, 10th August, 1797. an
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, pa
Continued. ha
\ dl "
PARIS, Augnfl 5. wr
General Pichegru had his pocket picked pr<
df his watch in the Jardin d ; ltalie, while
walking by the fide of the Ottoman am
bassador.
ItATISBON, July 20. '* ha:
There appears reason to apprehend the Hi
molt violent discussions in the Diet here, on ma
the fubjedt <>f the articles of peace conelud- bu
ed between the emperor and the French re- tin
public. From the moment of signing the Svi
preliminaries, the emperor has kept the W
most profound iilence as to "their contents ; int
! the French "announced that their republic nol
was acknowledged in all its integrity, which tea
J gave the greatest uneasiness to the princes we
j and states, whose territory had been declar- W
;ed an integral part of the French republic, al
; It was only 011 the 22d of June tha% the th(
1 imperial cabinet notified to the diet that oni
• the preliminaries had been signed, an event ly
j which took place at Leobeii, on the 18th be.
■ April. The form of this imperial decree, Di
1 the equivocal expreflions which are contain- vvh
jcd in ic, and a certain tone of eoibarrafT- cili
' tnent which prevails througTioirt It, were
d not vary well calculated to raise the spirits
r of men.* The bishop of Liege, among
>. others, having applied t!> his imperial ma
h jelly to know, whether after the-concfufron
of the peace he should enter into the pot
r feffiori of his bilhoprick, received the sol
- lowing laconic and at the fame time Jcfiiti
- cal reply ; << That the integrity of the
e empire had been adopted as the basis of the
', treaty of peace to be concluded between
!- France and the empire.'' This answer,
e which to short-sighted men may appear fa
s tisfa&ory, only served to increase the uitea
s finefs of those who look forward' at alriy
0 diflanee.
Add to this, the good undcrflanding
f which prevails between the court of Vienna
f and the French government, and the fecu
-1 rity of the latter as to the possession nf its
- new department. The following incident
f is however deserving of attention :—Seve
- ral dates of the empire have officially an
nounced to the diet, that the German bo
i dy, fully confident of the wifdam and mag
nanimity of their chief head, entreats him
to accept an absolute authority to conclude
a peace. We are aflurfd that the ecclesi
astical prince who brought forward this at
the dfet, afied sincerely, but was betrayed
3 into the measure by others more artful than
f himfelf, whose reasoning was this : "If
3 the emperor has really obtained a stipulation
- for the integrity of the empire, he will ac
cept the offer with great readiness, as it
: will add to the glory of the house of Au
stria, but if not he will rejeft it." This
- very circumstance has caused the tmperor
to express himfelf diflatisfied with one of
his commiflioners, who supported the pro
position.
Ihe solution of the enigma is now whif
• pered—notwiftanding tl\e pafiVge in the im
perial decree, which secures ihe integrity
' of the empire, the imperious force of cii
cumftances renders it neceflary to construe
■ - this sentence as applying to the constitution,
and not to the territory of the empire, and
it is with reason apprehended, that some of
■ the prelacies wilLbe secularized. This will
, necefTarily produce complaints in the diet,-
I Ind protests on the part of the injured
■ itates; but it will not be difficult for the
emperor's, ministers to juftify their mailer,
by shewing what he his done, as his /hare
in this dreadful war, and, by appealing to
the princes and dates individually, to know
whtther each of them has done all |J)at he
■ could, and that he ought to have done, on
his part.
• \
ROME, July 7.
The agitation here, as well as in the other
parts of the estates of the church, conti
nues to be very great f The pope yesterday
went from the Vatican to the Quirinal Pa
lace, without acclamation and without
croud. He may yet survive his illness some
years, and the people are not deftrous of
innovation.
A letter is in circulation here, written
by gefferal Buonaparte to cardinal Mattci,
at Terrara, in which the general fays, that
he is daily invited to Rome to the peo
ple there better laws, and a constitution
more agreeable to the rights of man.
BRUSSELS, Jnly 31.
The following are the most certain ac
counts of the marches and countermarches
of the troops of the army of the Sambre and
Meufe towards the interior of the Repub
lic.
Some days ago an order arrived for cau
sing all the troops, as well as the artillery
who had pafTcdtheancient frontiers ofFrance
to retreat. Several corps began according
ly to retreat, but on tha 27th of July there
came very prefling orders from" Paris, for all
the troops to march into the interior of the
Republic. A column which had come from
Charleroi.to Namur, set off without reding,
for Givet apd all the troops in the 'neigh
bourhood and* the Park of artillery set off
on the fame night for the interior.
It may be asked why these troops, who
are said to be destined for a maritime expe
dition, carry with them such a quantity of
artillery and warlike stores? why they are
accompanied by flying artillery, by four re
giments of horse chasseurs, by dragoons and
by hussars? Without answering all these
important queflions, we can only fay, as a
certain fadl, that attempts are made to ex
cite the troops against part of the Legisla
tive Body. Wherever the detachments of
the army of the Sambre and Meufe have pas
sed, they have (hewn the mod dreadful want
of discipline, pillaging their hods, ill ufu-
I ing them, and when the latter complained,
stigmatizing them with the names of Chou
ans and Royalids. (
They write from Mavy, that the Munici- i
pal Adminidration of the Canton of Ballon 1
has caused it to be proclaimed by found of !
drum, that all the Citizens (hall declare in (
writing the Religion which they refufe to (
profefs. " <
BASLE, Jilly 25.
\ ' a
We are assured that Gtneral Buonaparte a
has tedified discontent at the refufal of the t
Helvetic Body relative to the passage de- 1
mawded through the Valais. It is even said c
but that wants confirmation, that tie has in- J,
timated a resolution to force this passage, if 0
Switzerland (hall not consent to grant it. '*
We know not why this General is so much *'
intereded about this passage, which Would
not be very ufeful to his army, and why he a
teazes the Swiss so much to obtain it; for a
we can hardly believe, as the friends of Mr. F
Wickham would insinuate, that the Goner
al is desirous of a pretence to intermeddle in a
the affairs of Switzerland, and to revoluti- j.
onize some Cantons, who are not very friend- n
ly to popular tumults. However that may
be, the Swiss confide in the promise of the a
Directory, and in the vifdora of Bsrthelemy c
who so well possesses the rare talent of con- 5
ciliating inlte d of esafpetating. 1,
* ©ajctte.
n PHILADELPHIA,'
FRIDAY EVENING, September 11.
CITV HOS PIT AT REPO RT,
e From the 2id to 22d Sept. in the morning.
e Admitted, since lad report,
n Andrew M'Kew—Gordon M'Neal's Small
■ f dreet.
- Alex. Henry—Walnut, corner 4th dreet.
- John Chapman—B7,/South Water dreet.
y Margaret 1 lbbs—Saint's, 6, Vernon dreet.
Ann Potter—South, near 4th dreet.
y Margaret Guer^n — : -2d, between Spruce &
a Dock-dreetj
Sarah Fi(her—No. 35, Almond-drcet
3 Eflher Lauufon—Harris's, South, above
t sth dreet. v
■_ Caty Culinel— 2, near Rope-walks.
Discharged, iince lad report,
John Kifney, admitted 16th inft.
. Elizabeth
e Remaining lad Report 51
. Admitted iince, y
i 60
I Discharged 2
f NONE —— 2
. Five of whom are dangerous,
s Interred in City Hospital burying ground
r since lad report :
f From the city and suburbs 9
From the city hospital None.
Total 9
Stephen Girard,
(Signed) Caleb Lownes,
John Connelly.
: Published by order of the Board,
Wm. MONTGOMERY,
[ Chairman pro tern.
1 Total of luriah for 24 hours, ending yefler
day at noon.
Grown Person». Childr n.
Third Prefbyteri.m « . o
Second frsfbyterijn I o
St. Mary's o I
Methodists I o
City Hospital* 1 o
Total 5 I
* From the city and fuburls. \ '
D ied, this morning, Mr. James Carey, '
Clerk to Mr. Andrew Brown, Editor of the
Philadelphia Gazette.
A Hint to the Citizens of Philadelphia.
THIS day, about two o'clock in the af
ternoon, a fire was discovered to be burning
in a large quantity of shingles, in Mr. Stog
den's board yard, a little above Callowhill
dreet, in the Nothern Liberties. It being
seen by the fmoak, as soon as it began to
burn, by the alertness of the inhabitants it!
was soon extinguished. Matches were found i
which it had been kindled with, and brought i
to my office. There is no doubt with me, 1
but it was done to set Are to the neighbour- 1
hood, as one half of the people are moved
out of it.
JOSEPH COWPERTHWAIT
September, 21.
Tie following is tie notice taken iy Bachc a parsgrafb
in ll r tdnefJa\ t Gazette.
" To ije an objei* of the abuse of an hireling
tvretdjy capable of iuch. sentiments as the foreg*>inu
difclofcj, i# an honor to a republican ; w* fliali j
therefore always fee happy when Fenno ihall pleafc ;
to favor us with a portion of his billingsgate. But 1
the abenre paragraph d i'erves to be conficUrcd in j
another view. John Fcnno's preft is patronised by |
this jfov.ernment ; he is the printer for one of the ,
highest branch# of it,—the Senate : Will it npt !
be considered then, that he speaks their sentiments; •
and, if so, vhp.t are we to e*pe£l from France, j
ihould a counter-revolution and the
ment of Royalty toot take ptecc. Publications such
as the foregoing, arc well calculated to rcurifh the
4ifquietode wliic #xirts between this country and
France, and to leidto a rupture ; they are no doubr,
therefore, ivell paid for, —by Mr. Ljston. We
mcution this consideration in exculpation of our
jjovemmcu; (whom we do not think capable of (
p/jompting luch diabolical ientimCMs) that the true
source of them may be ufiderftood abroad, to be
Entifh, and not to come from our executive admin- 1
illration, who by th.ir countenance of Fenno's 1
press might appear implicated." F
It is, to be sure, little better than wafting time *
and room to notice such paltry jargon : But one r
ca.inot refrain from contempt at feeing this black c
guar.l, affe<ft to set i-p for the " exculpator" of a gov- c
ernmsnt, which he makes it the \vh6le business of r
his life to weaken, defame 8c destroy. A very great 1<
degres of irvconfillency and puerility, f
are prime r<?quiGtes in the charader of a Ja-obii-.
This pooh, filly, emaciated dupe of French villainy, ii
fuems to think, that to repel an accusation, it is on- ft
lyrcccfTary to retort it. It appears never to have p
entered into his addled brain, that a difference of a;
circumstances makes a between ca- ft
fcs. Editor of advoca
ted the cause of one belligerent power, in oppofi- r
| tion to the ether, little was said, beqmfe men are j c
I liable to - •
considering cur neutral fi/uation* But to JI
continue that 'attachment under the immenle '
change which has since taken place j an-1 not only
to continue {imply the attachment, but, vigorously J. 3
to efpcule,and zealously to uphold, a cause degen
erated to downright piracy, robbery, and murder,
aiter we ourselves have become tfye obje&s of these Cl
atrocities, too ; under thtfe circumstances, 1 fay. Tv
the man who can have the hardihood to encounter
the indignation of all his fellow-citizens, and the th
contempt of all mankind, for a base, unnatural, pr
patricidal villain, mufi be well paid for his infa
mous services. 'lhe lufpicLun is natural—And the fci
objed confirius it by every movement he makes ni
With regard to John Fenno, though he poflefs not xi\
the lady-like fqucamifbnefs of citizen Baehe,
fads have ever been adduced by this mifera'bletool m
of the mod abandoned fadion that ever riifgr?ceri j^ (
a free country, in ot his often reiterated
accusations of a difpofitiun to favor Royalty ? John *
Fenno, atfheercliefl daw n of the KcVolytron, cm
braced the standard cf revolt, and by his writing
and hi.adtual ferviers, as I.brieve, essentially co
operated »n aiding-th. 1 progress
He ferr; c! as a voiantecr jn thefix ft American dr ce
my that ever was luifed, more thau oncefacri- J n
ficed his fortune by Jxh att chnient to the cause, a Wl
a time when this hale truducer was an infant in hi ar
cradle, or perhaps t»ven yet Nay liier"
every qiale of his fan: b, wr .out an excrptii n j a
bore arms in the cause of their country,and sou Jit
her lutt!e& v\i;h diftinguifaea repuiancn, and lev
■ era ' °f them Med in her ftrvie. whe- in tn« army
oriiavy, »ed*en J ;ir dfko piinsaad fufferi gs of a
throe years cejt-iv-ty, in the sonar- houfesof ■ New-
Wrk, in the , Ttffcv >rifon-lhip, and am : dfl tbs
lonthfome flench of the tender's hold, while the
poetailer, Fi cncau,.' was idly dwuntlnst, in
fulfMne »nd.lc3i?tn Aiaica, the horrors of the pti~
"* '""-Oup.or uniting; lazy-lajfging.rhymesf.ir newf
b*viand hjwlcors. Two had, while alive';.the
„ prculi.ir boafV ot fe.-'ving through ths vvHote war.
from the hawk- of 1 ejington to the of York
town Amliiis fftth a; rain ■« litis day tofcere--
proac'-ed with ntfcchOMnt to Royalty, by an.up
itait birehng ?, f:\f^a i to difcrjminate rightly, the
■t. worn Rsylifm, is Jacobinicalty applied to those ac
•t. 'f " tO . tl,e »«>d order of society, and to
t the exiffmg form of government.- The Jacobins
hate all joveritmert alika. and their chief aim is to
make affitalhacfcles. Joh-7 Fenno, like many o
& thers, havr g fesn the consequences of mobocraey,
through a long- course of and/<r.V its
(in being forcibly feizeJ and very roughly handled
ve by sn armed and hwlefs banditti, upon a falfe
accusation of keeping in his poflefiion a largtquail
tuy of pepper at a time when that article bore a
high price,) (eels a natural and inherent attachment
to a government which secures to each citizen a
t. proteflion of person, and whk,h lit labored for
t -Tty.y/ars (o acquire. In defence of the Federal
conftitotion,?gain(l the government-hatingfaction,
. ' n repelling the assaults of the foreign aftd domsftic
1 . re P ro ' ,a tir!g t're violences of Britain, an i
g 111 laboring to open the eyes of the people to the
_ treicnerous and mrsticalcourfes artd ultimate hher
ticide views of the terrible republic, he has uni
formly and cnnftantly facrificed the plained dilates
u ' Ktere "' at £ ' le fi ,r ' n 6 of patriotism— WithloeJ
2 the menaces, and in more indances thin one, the
_ open afTaults of the bloody domestic affaflin—arid
never fuppreffeJ the TRU ill, through a fear,wor
-8 thy only of an acknowledged coward, of " nour
ilhing the disquietudes" of a murderous band of %
foreign
d Such is the plain ana simple fiatc of fs<3s with
regard to this mltchlefs royalist I this man whom
d'forganizers would fain pl&ure as a foe to public
l.berty. Hough and awkward indeed, they may
appear as here, slated—But this 1 regard r.ot. It is
time to have doni with rameaefs toward* that ncsa
„ rious and detestable failion, who want nothing
h but . ,he power f" a& over in America the scenes'
which have passed in France; to get the guillo
tm j way, and ro critfh virtu--, honesty .ai#
patriotism by pretended conspiracies the
people.
It is an etTn ial link in this chain to render fuf
pedled all tbafe. who by fup.rior purity of cji r ic
ter, or known uprightncfs of views am™ motives,
are 'uppofe 1 to have a weight or influence with the
pabl.c and thus to oppose a barrier to their defifrns.
I know not whethei I {hall be thanked fev f&g
---u £&"£ thife things into public notice. Dae this I
l.now. they are f.lCK—.And tired and vexed with
tne repetition of unfounded and designing calum
nies. I have at length ventured thus to refute them
by a simple flatement, under circumstances attend
ed with the less impropriety, because I know that
at any other time these fails would befupprelTed.
J- Vs. F.
V-
COMMUNICATION. '
, The very great number of persons wh<»
e continually Ru(h out of existence in eonfe*
qucnee of violent treatment, one would
think, ought to ftaggdr the faith of the man
of blood, and his young devotees. But it is
. a melancholy truth that they are for the mod
r part full blood philosophers, of the Frcnfch.
. lethool, who once embraced a phan
-1 ta{ V» adhere to it with a vigour en
r creased in a direfb proportion as fa£l and
\ experience prove its baneful effefts, ✓
t! *" 1 —■—
[! CUSTOM-HOUSE,
1 I Philadelphia, Sept. nd. 1707.
I 1 THE Merchants who at this time prefer hav
ing their veffeli and Merchandize entered and
cleared at Chefttr or Marcua Hack,—are here
by notified, ThatWh compliance with their dc- >
' f nd upon a fu " cor.victon that the meafiire
Will be mutually beneficial to them and to the
1 United States. The colleflor of the cuftomshas
! arrangements to eftahlifli for some time '
' , branches of the cunoin-hnufe at those places,
WieVe tvtry accommodati.in in his power will
be given to the merchants. r] tw
i| %* A special Meeting of the*
lclea and common Councils of \he City of
l|hi!a<!e»p»iu, lS to be held at the Pennsylvania
I hospital on Tuesday the i/ith inft. at 9 a'chck
; in the morning on bufintffs of Impottance, at
which place.it is hoped the memheis will at
j t'-nd—the Hospital being of the prevailing •
FRANCIS GURNEY, Prefideut
, of the fel-»st f«uncii-
SAMUEL HODGDON, Prefi
-nJent of the common council,
Pent. 22
1o be Sold-at Public Vendue, ~
ON Friday the jcjth instant, precisely at three
o'clock in the afienioou, at the figT of the
king of Prussia, near the market house in (Jer
mantown, a two (lory stone dwelling honfe,barn
and liable and lot of 2 aires zq 16 perches of
ground, part of which is an orchard of excellent
fruit tree;, fitjiate near the middle of German
town, on the north east fide of the main street
or road, containing in front on the said street
or road 1,49 feet nine inches; bounded by ground
ot' Dr. Bctton arid others and opposite to the
mefTuage and lot of Melchior Ming, The above
lot is £ood clover meadow, and has a never
failing stream of water running through it.
Also three other iots oi ground, each contain
ing about two acrefs, situate on the south east
Ode 0! Rjtteiihoufc's Mill road,commonly called
Peter Smith's Line, in Germantown township,
at the distance of 270 yards from the l'outh i\elt
fide of the Germantown main street, bounded
by lands of Conrad Carpenter, James Oglebv,
JacobKeout, and Melchioc Ming. The above
lots are high and pleasantly frtuated, eommand-
J ing a pleasing profpeiSl of Germantown and the
Schuylkill and WifTahircon hills, and are well
adapted for gentlemen's country leats. The
said lots are now in clover, and there ar* on th<?
fame upwards of 100 grafted friut-tr£es.
A g«od and indisputable title, clear.of all in-
will be given to the p»irchafer
twenty days after the sale, upon the payment
of cne half of the purchaf; money, and fearing
the rirher half by mortgage upon the purchased
premises.
PofTelfion ef the firft described lot and premi
ses ir.ay be had. the 17th April next, aid inn
niediaie pofTeflion may be had of the thiee lafl
mentioiled lot=.
Any .perftm, wifhlnj.to view the above pre
miles may fee the fame b) app'fying to Bcnj.
Lehman, 1n Oirmarilown near the ,%'arket
ED iVARD FOX, AuSioncer.
Germantown, aid Sept. 1797. dtS
Mr. L4.ILSON, "
WITH an intention to render service, and ufede
ceivc those Performers, who during his absence Mr.
Jaythond has thought PTBpftfcjp eiwoMfc. thinks it
would be wrong in him not to i;^f»iTtW»-ihac
are engaged, that it lswichou. his approbation, -
:ha't he will not be in any way aufwerahle for Mr
jaymond's e'iigagen:cnt».
PHILIPPE LAILSON.
AncsmirU, S:f. Is, iT)h fct.