POST-OFFICE, I
Philadelphia, 4th Dec. T797. t
Letters for the IVttifh Packet L.avterct» i
Capt. Taylor, for Falmouth, will be receiv- |
ed at this office until Tuesday the-sth intt. j
at 12 o'clock noon. f _
-N.4i. The inland postage to New-York j F
hr.ift he paid. j
in the brig Eliza, j
Cip:. Wast\v., from Bnurdcaux ; t
Ila -cf in > '«£» of a very superior qttality, j
V* hiss Siytcrnc Wi'»c in Caf.s, r •
Oi vc Oil in baSkcts of 11 ho'tlei. etch, | ll
\V litre and coloured SCid Gloves, ° !
,!o. do. Silk <!o. ol
A i'cv pijScs ol Bourdeaux Brandy, t(
l\ r Sait by
JAMES I ATHVTS-R, jnr.j f
71.S01wVWh1rv.r1. y
Whi> has also for Sale, *j
A 'ifw qr. Calks Old Sherry Wine. tl
Dee. <lj ' v h
Six Cents Reward. tl
RANA.\VAY, thioraj'rnirg, Deceiiibir .i.frnm (_
t;e.Subftriber, an indented boy, mmrH Wil-
J.IAM Astcs. about 5 f*st f 6 or 7 inch < h ?h—
---f.itr cpciiuiiVum, heaifjr '. rows f ; -?£kv thick, ftoiit
twit. Had on when e wrnt away, a bine coa-*, 11
biack vft, hlile tra*vfer«. Thi; i< to ewtion the n
] ifSUc out. to cr-Hithi'r-.i on ray account. a I will j,
not pnv any debts of bi * contrae\ing at ter th ft dav.
Any pecipu t>arboursflit him, or employing him,
flu?. \n vrof; cited \St\ii' utbcfr rijjnur of c!>e hw ; 17
all naffer* of vc'fol* arc csmro ed not *o tkt Kim r;
away at thtif peril; anv pcrfon spprehercdin* hin
and lodging hurl in jn! fi> th;.t !ii» Miafter nviy get y
hivn again, frail I'&civit the above reward and no
charges paid ly c
John Harper, .
No, 67, Arch Street, *
Dec. 4. -V- ®
To be fold at the Merchant's Cos- c
see-House, J
On wedftefday the 15th of December at 7 o'
clock in the evening, one pertain bond.or 1
alligation noted Jti'y 16,
L've of Alexandria for biifiielt- Jofiah WatP'H \
an 1 Jhrbwel Love for £6llO Virginia currency, l
parable on the 3 1 ft of Oflober lafl pall,tit Stock- T
le ■ Dntielfoii or his assign Bond the j
fa d HonellYin atTigned to J-.m?s Oram, under
witfe po ver'of altoi tliis file vviii be made.
Fjr further psrtici'.ars app!) to the fubfcr.berj. '
FOOTftIAN and Co. Au |
Nor. 28. ' trjtlid- <
so he Sold at Public Vendue, |
(If not otforc difjxjftd of at private sale) j
O'N Mondaythe nift day of January next, it fix
o'clock in the: evening, ?ctbe Mercbanij 1 Cos*
«ce Houfc. in Philadelphia, lAvenn-Six T*toufand i
Sevei Huid'td ;pd Eighty actes of LAND, in the ;
S.atr of Ncw-Yotk, between ihc noilbrrn bounds
of Pernfvlvania and the Su'quc'Mnna, now, or late
in the t;iwn(hios nf llamdwi and VA'arrcn, and coun- '
tT of Montgomery. 0"C lour'h of the purckafe
mon-y to he p»id at tt.e liaie of sale ; for tbcrefidue |
credit of one, arnd three mon'.hs, will be given,
on irth-rit 2nd good feturity.
1) r 4. 1
To he Sold at Public Vendue, ;
(If not before, dlfpofed of at private sale)
ON Monday the !ir,t doy of January next.iit fix
o'clock m the evening, at the Merchants' Coffee
House in Po ladelphiai Forty Kine Hun
dred and Tluriy-Ni'tc sens of LAND in Green
countv, Commi.nwealth t,( PtmtfylvanU.'Mi jhs ,V%.
te,s oi Ftfti »nrl Wtie.-.luif! Creek, ar-t t' l.Mi - Hun.
These bilds ate fertile, well apouad in
coal; thev eic i'l'.t t:r. yet ';v for per
paien ed - in'v in 1787. . xcept 3.700. which iere oa-
Mined the greveft ol them' w.-rf far
veyed in (l3j.
Vhit tr« the Ohm wd Mono; mot.a,
veryfcpnveiiiftit to ».-atri t2rr:a^- — 19 0 :leii; vtn
th»'towri (K'M < Hingtoa. and frntn 14.W t6 tr->m the
Tillag'j oIG-c-e. fourth and Whe'e! Ore fo-.Kth
of the p-irchaie money ii to oe pai'l at the tiine o.
file • tar the mfidtie a credit of one, (wo, a.id ihe?
-jov'k" will be I'ivcn, on iotircli and go-d fecutity.
Dec... _ __ J-
The City Dancing Afiembly,
Is üßav«idal»iy pcftponed till the 14th infl.
I Dec. 2. 1
~ L 0 S 7,
YESTERD AY in Market, Ch: tnu*, Souih Second,
Third, or Dock fltcet, a fmali Oval Red M .-
roeeo Pocket Book, confiinina a Oar.k Notet of Five
Doil»r« each, and one»f Tin Dollars. 'Also, a pa
ntr the contents of which are not recoUeaed. Who
ever willdeliver it, with its courciUs to Mr. James ;
z O'EHtrs, at his Hotel, shall iccfwa Five Dollars Re-
W"d.
Dec. 2.
N OTICE,
A I.L perfrins concerted are hereby notified,
j\ that ty f-Wcriher intends to apply for a re
nev.al of the undermentioned loft certificates of
Stock in the Bank of the United States—He for
warded them under cover of a letter a.ldrefTeJ to
John Ati(ley.of London, by the fh.p Bacchus, capt.
George, which left this port in June lift for Lon
don But that (hip having been capturtd on her
padage and I'ert to France, the above letter and in
clofures have failed in their deftinatiou.
Three eertiScates, viz.
N'o3. 26325, 26326, 26327, each for
four fharea,"dated January ill, 1797, and
Jffued in the name of Henry Grace, of Tot
tenham Hiehcrofs, Great britain.
ZACCHEUS COLLINS.
PhilaJdpU", novenlt.-r 8. law6w
~ ' To le Sold,
The time of a Negro Boy,
About fifteen years of age, has {even years yet
to fetve.; he i< an excellent house ttrvant, ailiT3
andll ral'iiy. F.nijuire of the Printer.
z.
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;To Mejfrs. Frp. KF. Al/ ef'P.M v., printers of , th;
the Daily Advtrtifer in Ckarltjfon. c(li
' I have seen, gentlemen, in th" public
! prints of this city a piece finned " A S.ificr- l ar
I ing Merchant," and talten from your par.ei* ne ,
of Nov. 6th. I know nothing about the
olijeft of this, pulilicfltion ; l>nt its obvious co
tendency being to induce a belief in the.po
pie of this country, that the captures of
their property by the French, proceed not ; n
from the injustice of that nation, but from m;
the negligence of our own go.vernmefit, I l e t
have thought it proper to udtl.-t.fs a few re- ra j
- marks to you on the fubjeft j and I reqticft j'
the favour ,of you to republish them in your V e
I Gazette. ' «<
This writer Rates that the English part re
, of the fea-letter,given to our vessels pursuant (",<
■ to the 25th and 27th articles of our com
: mercial tj-eaty with France, is not a jnfl
' translation of the French part; and this is on
the negligence on the part of ®ur govern- w j
ment, which he supposes may have given ; n
II rife to the depredations of the French. efi
1 But it is to be remembered that the jp C
( French part is also inserted in the sea-letter, iti 1
0 which ismade cutin four languages, French, tii
Spaniili, English and Dutch. This French j n
part is precisely c»uforinable to the model th
annext to the treaty ; and as that is the te
part particularly addrelTed to the French
- crnifers and ships of war, whose command- e x
ers are not luppofed to underltand Englifli, 0 j
surely the variations in the other part ean- of
„ not be material as it refpefts France. F
n To put this matter in a clearer light, I aj
n woold a/k whether a fca-letttr, in which the in
'• French part (hould agree with the fcJrm an- (J,
ne<t to the treaty, ajd tb- Englifli, Span- la
_ r ifh and Dutch parts, or either of them be gl
1 wholly omitted, could be objc&ed to hy y,
s . France ? certainly not; tor the treaty (im
ply requires that there should be a sea-letter
conformable to the model annext, without
declaring that it shall be iij. this or that lan
guage. But surely il the English part might
be altogether omitted without invalidating ei
f. the sea-letter, it cannot be affe&ed by any si
d irregularity in that part, while the others o
J 6 are in due form. c
,* This idea is further confirmed by obferv- d
1. ing, that the treaty, though executed in h
fe French and English, is expressly declared to f(
je have, been " originally composed and con- a
'' eluded in French." Hence when any dif- t!
pute arises about its confirmation, the French h
is always recurred to, and the meaning of p
' the terms is fixt according to their scale in fc
■ x that language and not in English. t
ee The main objeft of the treaty, moreover, a
in this part Qf it, is to provide a mode of I
, proof by which, ta use its own words, it f
may appear " that the vcdel belongs real- 1
in ly and truly, to the ef one of the }
e > contr&fliug parties." In order to accom- ]
| 4 ] pi ifh tl»i« mhjed, the, article flipulates, " that 1
in cafe either cf the parties should be en
a, gaged in war, the vefi'cls belonging to the I
m fubjedfs or people of the other ally, fliall be j
, n furniilied wiih sea-letters or paflports, which 2
of shall express the name, the property, and the i
"i lurthe.-i of the vefiel, as well as the name and t
lv ' rtfidence of th* matter." And this pafTport 1
- it adds, (hall be made out according to the :
form annext. Here it is obvious that the ,i
use of the patTport is to ascertain the prop- i
erty, and that the material parts of it are the <
name, property and burthen of the Jhip, and the i
\d, name andrefidcmc of the matter. Not a word 1
l is said about a lift of the crew, or a role
?i _ (Evquipage, which was in no degree neceflary
ao- to this obje£t ; and the annext form was re
ncs i ferred to not as a precedent, which mud be
ic " | cxadtly copied, but as a model, a diredtion
to point out the manner in which this pass
- port should be drawn up.
This was evidently the light in which
e< *> Mr. Jefferfon viewed the matter ; for in the
"j originul eopy, annext to the treaty, there
or are several alterations in his own hand-writ
to ing made by him while Secretary of State,
ipt. in order to accommodste the model to the
on- fty] e Q f ol]r govetnment.
,lfr Now it will be found, by referring to the
Englith part of the patTport as slated by
your correspondent, that, although nat an
for exa£t copy of the French part, it neverthe
tnd less contains all the above mentioned mate
ot- rial points, the name, property and burthen of
the veffcl, ar.d the name and residence of the
S. matter. Consequently it complies fubftan
v tially with the treaty* to the benefit of
_ which, even (landing alone, without the
French part, it would be fufficient to enti
tle our vetTels.
T ct The part omitted relates to the lift of the
s crew, and fecurityto observe the marine or
v dinances, without which formalities no
French vet Tel, according to the laws of
France, could obtain a clearance in the ports
of that country. These cireumtlances,
therefore, were naturally mentioned in the
, ee . French part of the sea-letter, because with
rom' out them the sole obje£t of the paper, viz.
>rta- the proof of the vet Tel being French proper
110ft ty, could !iOt be accomplitlied, nor any patf
iri:a' port given. But it would have been idle to
'fore in^'CTt 'hem into our part of the fe?.-letter ;
| lc i r because our laws required no such iarmali-
IriCi ties. In order to obtain a clearance or
vrl 7 patTport among 11s, no lift of the crew, nor
»telfc 2n y ftcurity to observe the marine laws,
• were neceflary ; and theiefore it would have
V.r's been fool: ill to talk of them iri tU< sea-letter.
;Icrs In (hort the tea-letters and pafTports of
:e-n's each natiun date the circumftaoces refpedt
:c of ively necessary, by its laws, for proving the
rulfe p ro P- rt y vetTels ; but through great cnu
edi. tion, and the mote completely to avo.d dis
putes, our sea-letters conta'n both forms,
J ar - our own and the French : if the firft be de
c,.?' ficienr, surely it may be supplied by the fe
.J.'„r cond. »
As to the role d'equi''age, which your
f correspondent tpeaks o.', I would obterve,
that no such thing is required, or even men- sot <
tioned, by the treaty. The form of the this
sea-letter Hates that the captain " (hull enter ( lives
in The proper officei," a lift of, his crew ; but Mop
this entry is to be made in the office where infu
he obtains his pnffport, and notcarried with den'
hirrv to sea ; and if this regulation referred! fed
to our vt-dcls, which evidently is not the whe
cafe, still the passport itfelf would be proof din j
that all the V'quifite formalities had been Atr
complied with before it was granted. vide
The marine ordnance, of France, particu- the
larly those of 1704 and 1744, require that adn:
neutral vefTels in time of war shall be furnilh- peo
ed with a lift of the crew and pafiengers, tho
containing their names, place ofrefider.ee. con
Sea. This lift they call a rolf d'equipage, fori
But their commercial treaty with us, made the
in Febeuarv 1778, dispenses with this for- ed 1
nudity by.cxprefsly declaring that the sea- trai
letter and paiTport lha'l be fufiicient, and o- diai
to make any mention of the role fha
d'equipage. In July 1778, the French go- the
vernment pnblifhed a regulation refpefting poi
" neutral vefTels in time of war and this wh
regulation repeats and/.nforccs the provi- pat
lions made by former ordinances concerning .
the role d'equipage. yoi
But this regulation, which was the a£l of ha]
one party alone, coul 1 not alter the treaty, be
witout the consent of the other: nor was it wil
intended by the French to produce any such coi
cfFe£l ; for it is expressly confined, in its o- to
1 peration, to "neutral vefTels navigating in, wil
j time of war." The United States, at that vig
i time, were not neutral : they Were engaged an!
in the war, on the fide of France ; and I
therefore this regulation could not have eon- thi
templated them. Tl
This fubjeel, of the role d'equipage, is afli
extremely well explained in a decision of one fat
of the French admiralty courts on the cafe wil
of the brig John,' which was captured by a IN
French privateer for want of a role d'equip- Bu
age. This ground of capture was declared of
infnffii;te,!!t, and the brig wasacquittrd. The To
decifidn m,»y be found at length in the Phi- th<
ladflplii i daily advertiser ef Nov. 17th, ®r bri
abo'ut that time, to which I refer such of wi
your readers as have not fefen it. He
CAROLINIENSIS. vi<
From tie Columbian Centinil. Tl
Ms. RUSSELL,
The spirit of jacobinism is secret, influ
ential, and penetrating. Dark and uncon
fined in its operations it tends to a complete
overthrow of every moral and political prin- E:
ciple.—lt gathers new strength from every
defeat, and like the hydra of old adds one
head more to the number it originally pos
sessed. It changes repeatedly its manners ab
and means, but the objefts arc universally lie
the fame—death and ambition. Its effefts tri
have almost exceeded belief. The wisest fu
politicians of Europe and America have been wi
baffled in their calculations. It was thought uc
lo be a meteor which would frighten only for
a moment, and then dwindle into thin air. D
.But it has converted Europe into one vast n e
scene of blood. Under the fscred namr» of T
liberty and the rights of man it has either
humbled or fubjugatcd Holland, Auftna, he
Italy and Sfain. England has felt its tr
dreadful eS'efts, and even the crescent of 'h:
Turkey bows as it approaches. Without a di
shadow of pretence or declaration of princi- w
: pies, it has overturned conflitutions, whofc ta
1 antiquity and excellency entitled them to re* m
fpeft, it has violated all obligation, destroy- f
I ed the social feelings and the numerous re- E
t lations which fubfilt between man and man, (J,
: and threatens to convert the whole world /)
: /into a scene of bloodshed, wickedncfs and w
- unirerfal disorganization. Where these tl
e dreadful scenes nil ft end is beyond the re- C(
; searches of (hort figbted reason. We had a
1 lately cause to hope that the war was ad- c
-1 vancing to a condufion. The negociatious J (
f at Liflc and Udina, though covered with f
- mystery and secrecy, it was thought would tl
e have a favourable termination. But in 0
n France things fuffercda total revcrfion.While
- peace and order were the unanimous wi(he3 a
of the French People ; while Pujloret was tl
h pleading the cause of insulted America, and /
e Boiffy d'Anglos amusing himfelf with ideal c
e hopes, three of the Dire&ory with the true n
:- spirit of 'Jacobinism, proscribed two of their tl
own body, sixty of the councils of Five 1
e Hundred and of Elders, and thus has fled e
all hopes of present tranquility. c
e The views of Jacobinism have been direst- n
y ed towards this country ever finc« the close 2
n of the late war. Under a policy peculiar to c
its charadler, it has affumcd various appear
:- ances. Sometimes engaging, subtle and nn- ] ;
jf afliiming, it wiflied to charm us into a fatal q
ie security, that we might become an easy prey f
1- to its infernal intentions. At other times j
sf threatening, bold and decisive, it wished to b
ie frighten us in'o a man compliance with it 3 e
i- views. But the guardian angel of freedom
has hitherto protected us from danger. Men *
ie and measures have been weighed in the ba- c
r- lance, and have not been found wanting.— r
10 WASHINGTON, HAMILTON, A- f
of DAMS and PICKERING, have guided r
ts our councils, have ftctnmed the the torrent t
s, of fadlion, aadglorioufly diredled us through 1
he the whirlwind of war. (
h- The late revolution in France mull have <
z. a decided efftil on American measures. Our i
;r- envoys will either be received and matters j
If, arpicably adjusted, or they will be treated i
to with contempt, and wa# betthc iiltemative. {
r; If (he so rmcr flioiild happen, we then will ;
li- carry on our own matters in peace and fecu- 1
or rity, free from the detentions ar.d adjudica- '
or tions of the Britli 1 ), and the unjuftifiabk j
IS, vexatidns of the French eorfairs. If the 1
ve : latter be the laG re Tort, Americans arc vea
,*r. dy for the cor.test.
of j Though in the beginning we had wiflied 1
fl- j to live secluded from the bullies of the world
he and had hoped to view the distant troubles
;ii- I of Europe, like the traveller, who from
if- , some uniiiaken piomontory surveys the fury
as, 1 and efiefts of a sea storm, yet if we are
Je- ■ dragged into the contest, we will never be
fe- | wanting to ourselves and our country. A
] mtricatis know what are the rights of free
»ur ■ rnt-r. k and thofevrights they will maintain
ve, ti:::rapuir-.dcr die in maintaining. They do')
m>t wifli the fcenii of Francs renewed in m
tli is country. TU;y will never hold their w<
lives as gifts from any nat'on, especially from ca
b'opd-thirfty Frenchmen ; from men who so
insulted aud spit upon our venerable Profi
cient ; who infringed or.r neutrality and rai
sed an alarming rebellion in our country, C
who have nt'vef ceased persecuting, degi'a- w
ding and reviling the American name, and ar
American meafivres ; told lis we were a di- ns
vided nation, and threatened to appeal from cc
the adminillration tel the people, as if the lo
adminiflration was not thefree choice of the ec
people. Yes, Americana) Frenchmen are ™
those who now capture and condemn Vour
commerce and fellow citizens without the
formalities of trial ; who tlonbtlefs are at £
the bottom of Blount's confpirucy, inllru£t
ed the Spaniards to withhold the po!ls con
trary to the Treaty ; tampered with the In
dians on the frontiers, and advised them to D ;
sharpen their tomahawks and make ready
their arrows for war, who have poured u- j
pon you the viletl torrents of. ahufe, and g
whose crimes, villainies and perfidies are un- g
paralleled in the hillory of nations. S
Such, citizens, are the men with whom v j
you have to deal. Oft your condudi, your t(
happiness or misery depend. If you viifhto
be ftp'ckzn with poverty and overwhelmed t,"
with taxation, then like the Hollanders, be
cow rdly, fertile and mean. If you with t |
to secure tranquility to your country, or die a!
with glorious expeditions, then be sober, \ V
vigilant and independent, like the inhabit- g
ants of Switzerland. I trust you are men.
I hope you will prove yourselves wor- u
thy the cause in which you are engaged.— ]y
Then your altars will not be violated, the C(
allies and mouldering bones of your fore- :']
fathers will not be thrown into the air, nor
will the grey hairs of your beloved WASH- 0
INGTON, wave on a pike to the wind, p
But, calm and colledled, the descendants a
of the heroes of Bunlers-Hill, Trenton, and u
York-town, will move to the field, and like
the old Sword of WASHINGTON, 0
brightened in the blood nf your enemies, h
will gleam in the air, and like the plume of p
Henry the fourth, guide you to glory and g
vidlory. CLARENDON. ji
— d
The following publications which appeared t
in the Aurora of January 10, I 794, bear
a remarkable resemblance to some which t
have appeared in 1797. t
ExtraS of a letter from Nantz, dated Ofloler j
16tkf 1 794, to captain Molinary, Philadtl- t
pbia. c
I cannot fend you any news more agree
able or more glorieus, than that the repub
lic is saved notwithftar.ding the infamous t
treasons that daily come to light. Cuftine >
fuffered last month and many generals, who 1
' were of his plot, have Ihared his fate, but i
uo matter, all is well, ca ira. 1
England has loft ten thonfand men before t
Dunkirk, and Spain hasloft ber threecamps <
near Perpignan. We are in Catalonia. ]
[" The king of Savoy has loft alibis dominions, <
except Piedmont, where he is so closely 1
> hemmed in, that he cannot escape ; his I
• treasure, cannon provisions and ammunition
E 'have all fallen into our hands. Lyons is re- 1
1 duced to allies: ten thousand emigrants 1
- were there put to the fwnrd afterhaving fuf
<•' tained a siege of two month's. AH that re
» mains to be fubdued«is the devoted town of
- Toulon, which has been betrayed to the
- English and which we are now closely be
> sieging with an arrjiv of 72 thousand men.
1 As for the lawless banditti of this country
1 who were so infignificant when you left this
e they are become an objedl of serious con
- cern. In June l'aft two hundred thousand
d of them attacked us at all the points in the
- city, but were repulsed with couGderable
s lofa : they have fiace repafled the Loire,
n For these two months 180 thousand men of
d the republican troops have been in pursuit
n of these insurgents.
■ e Not a day pafies but they attack them,
■ s and it is probable that hefore the end of
lS this month they will be utterly destroyed.
d All the navy and all the merchantmen are
*1 called into aftual fcrvice. Preparations are
e making for a descent on England, and it is
ir thought that the troops here confiding of
'e 180 thousand mra, are intended for that
d expedition. Naples and the Duke of Tuf
cany ha«ejnft declared waragainft us. No
t- matter ;'we are driving all before us. The
Ie Auftrians, Piuflians, Heflians aud Dutch
o can holdout no longer,
r- A frefh levy cf 450 thousand men has
1- lately been completed, all well armed and e
al quipped ; a part of them are already on the
'y frontiers, and the reft are form to follow
ss Another levy is now raifingof the like niim
to ber, 40 thousand cavalry are already enroll
t3 ed and on their march for the frontiers,
in The firftlevy was composed of men of e
-n very rank without cliftindtion from the age
a- of 18 to 25, and the other levy which is al
most completed is to be composed of men
from the age of 25 to 45. Every young
rd man and widower without children is oblig
nt ed to march. All utensils as iron and all
jh bells are carried to the national founderies.
Our calendar is reformed. Men of improv
ve «d uuderftadings have introduced more order
ur into it and made it more worthy of a free
.'rs people. We have expelled from it all the
cd faints, all the monuments of ignorance and
'e. fanaticifm which have done so much mifchief
ill and which arc the causes of our present fnf*
"J- ferings. liiftead of-thofe vile miscreants
:a- who owe their cannonization to their 'lug
>le gifh l'fe and their imbecility we have fuWU
he tuted the names of tliofe heroes who have
ra- done honour to human nature in ancient
times, and who are now our models. The
ed month;, # ars of 3:5 day/, the weeks of
r'd 10 and at the end of each weekauay is con
ies fecrated to renofe" and to the celebration of
nn the epocha of our immortal revolution. Four
ry hundred merchants and stockjobbers have
>re been executed at MSrfJiles. Thi3 exam
be ply has made that town and v ßourdeaux re
ft- turn to the principles of our revolution,
fe- Commercial aristocracy attempted to fuc
iin ceed the aristocracy of the nobles and the
do pj'e.lhcod, but this, the interior depart
mentis did not, relifl:. Wc fin 11 be free r:rd
we (hall leave to posterity eithira dieadful
catastrophe to bewail, or grand examples
for their imitation,
" Eighty more deputies to the National
Convention have been lately arrested, of
which numbe are Faure and Badleul! They
are accused of wilhing the restoration of mo
narchy in the person of Louis XVII. Those
concerned in the diiWbances of Lyons,Tov
lon and Vendee Are immediately to be tri
ed."
»m rwiimr ■m m -| iiimihiiimi ■ mi
C 0 N G R ~E~ $ S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
MONDAY DECEMBER 4.
Mr. Josb p hH e I ster, from Pennfylva
pia (in the place of Mr. Ege) appeared and
| took his oath and feat.
Mr. Gregg, from Pennfylvani'a, Mr.
Skinner, from Maffiichufetts, Messrs. Bur
gess and Eryan, from North-Carolina, Mr.
Sampler, from South-Carolina, and Mr. Da
vis, from Kentucky, made their appcaranee
to-day.
Mr. Coit, from the committee of Elec
tions, reported on the memorial of Robert
Rutherford, complaining of the undue elec
tion of General Morgan, that they had ex
amined the proofs adduced, and that they
were wholly inefficient to support the alle
gations contained in his memorial.
Mr. Coit moved that the house concur
with the report ; but upon the wishes of
MeiTrs. J. Parker and T. Claiborne, it was
committed to a committee of the whole for
j Thursday.
j Mr. Liviscston, from the committee
of Commerce and Manufactures, made re
ports on the petitions of John C. Normand
and Henry Sherriot, who prnyed for the re
mission of duties on wine destroyed by fire.
The report Hated that there was no doubt
of the fact being as set forth ; but that the
house had frf late years rejefted all such ap
plications,not only as inequitable, but on the
ground'of its beingimpoffibleto guard againfl
imposition, and therefore referring t/> former
deeifions, determine the prayer of the pe
titioner could not be granted.
Mr. L. also made a report on the peti
tion of Frederick Cyru3, praying to have
the management of a mining scheme, ftatinjr
that, as the committee knew of' no such
plan, and the house had no power to make
the appointment, the prayer of the petition
could not be granted.
The house concurred in these reports.
Mr. Dwight Foster presented the pe
tition of Thomat Carpenter, dating that he
was editor of the American Senator, pub
lilhed during the last session of Congress end
ing in March last ; that at the commeitce
raent of that session he presented a memorial
to the house, praying its support of his
work ; that the house had declined sup
porting it as a body, but jeceiving individu
al aflarances of support frorrt many of the
members, he had been induced to engage in
the work ; but tTie event had proved unfa
vourable to him ; he hoped now, therefore,
that he (hould be recompenced by the house
engaging to take three copies for each mem
ber of the work he proposed to publish this
session (provided he met with the support
he prayed f >r) which, computing the session
at eighteen weeks, he supposed would not
amount to more than 2 2jo dollars.
Mt. D. F.Mier'moved that this petftion
be referred to a ieleft committee. Mr.
i Coit objefted to a reference. The house,
he faidj had so often determined to have
1 nothing to do with the publication of the
: debates, that he thought it time to have
: done with the ftibjeft. He hoped, there
fore, the petition might Be upon the table,
f Mr. Foster and Mr. Thatcher spoke in fa
t vour of the committal ; and the motion was
put and carried, and a committee of three
, members appointed to report thereon,
f Mr. Goodrich presented a petition from
. the Deputy Postmaster of Hartford, pray
: ing for additional compensation. Referred
; to a feleft committee.
5 Mr. W. Claiborne prefer.ted n petition
f from sundry citizens of the state of Virginia,
t complaining of being aggrieved by the aft
- laying duty upon ftiils, and praying relief,
j Mr. Claiborne was doubtful as to what
: committee this petition ought to go ; he
1 thought it best to go to the committee of
wayS and menns ; but on bring informed no
; such committee was at present in exigence,
- and Mr. Harrifon wilhing the fubjeft to go
: to a feleft committee, he consented. Mr.
New thought it waald be best to appoint a
- committee to enquire what amendments
- were neceflary to the aft. Mr. J. Parker
was in favour of a committee of ways and
- means; and Mr. Nicholas moved that a
e committee of ways and means be appointed.
A Committee of Ways and Means was
n accordingly, appointed, and confided of the
I following members, viz. MefT. Harper,
- Gallatin, Grifwold, Blount, Hofmer, Craik,
il Brent, A. Folter, Sewall, Morris, Davis,
Sinnickfon, W.C.Claiborne, Bayard, Cham
■- plin, and Baldwin.
x M:\ Sitgreayes presented the petition
e of Abraham Jokes, a brevet captain in the
e war, praying for the pay of a captain, tor
d which he ftatcs h;mfe! c entitled. Referred
;f to the core mitres of Claims,
f* Mr. Dwig ht Foster moved tint the
:s committee of claims be discharged from the
j- further confideraVon of the petition of
i- John Liyman, which had already been more
re than once reported and decided upon. A
it ' greed, and that he have leave to withdraw
ic his petition.
>f Mr. W. C. Claiborne presented the
> remonstrance and petition of the Legislature
if of the date of TenefTee, complaining of the
iiv cxtenfion of the boundary of the United
ve States into the Cherokee country; of the
11- proclamation of col Butler, requiring all
e- persons fettled upon the land included in the
u. boundary, within a verylhort space, and at
c- an inclement season, to remove therefrom,
he by which nearly 3000 persons, had been
t- greatly diilrefi'ed ; of the conduit of Mr.