FOR.'SALB— by the Subscribers, An elegant aflortment of Madrafs HAN!'KF*'CHI I ':FS, hy the haK WILLINGS FRANCIS, Ijnv. JI. § p«nn.".ra.'t. j Jnr " "FOR SALE, : ~ | by Tit subscribers, No. %f, Penn-flreet, ja " "The Cargo of the Ship Ganges, |cc Jnhn Green, commander, from Bengal, j w Conftftirg of / 1 tv fiaftas, of various qualities & prices J e < C'«T»cs ' Pii'ijnm CUjtJi* I b Sjnj'n Ouzz y <!"• I 1 H'.i.mf-'.ims Charcorna Dorea 1 q Blue i.'luih ■ • . Tanj bs • - Chhits and CaUcves ), MirimaU ' Mamoodys Clieclts I Maharattonges Patna Hhkf.. v ,ni'n s ha"n» in. t G'lTaakias ■ ' 1 ' e Curruhs Siflcrft'.y. , Piniafccrts Chopps RoWals ' r Sa'gitchys S-oty do. f Gillie PomaU Pet Sans of various colour* | Moult P'rlkuK ] 'ico ton? SUGAR. 1 90,000 IV PEPPER. | Willing* Eif Franck. \ Tbi Piece Goods Of the arc row open ami exposed to fale:t that ftorc the north wtft corner of M;r!cn Foii-tH !lraet. rm> 'n. L A U 1 N Ci, Frctmo'i I'o-ir.l th-filip Cleopatra, Samuel Newell, 1 fram l,oii(tnn, J bo tons of the best clean Ruflia HFViP 6c rafcol bo'tlcd BP OWN STOUT. Forjale by the i\iMcriber», No. 11, F«nn-(lreet. ' Witlings C5 5 Francis. oa. 31. H jaft arrived. From Tort-au-Pfince, and for sale h/ ihe fu'bfcri ber*. !■:, Peun-ftreot, 6*l ho^fneadi,"^ gs. C Prime Coffee 52barrels ( 6^6.baps J % Willings y Francis. oa. *g. ' , *> FOR iSALE, $r THE SUtiSCRISERS, Madeira Wine, firft quality, in p'p r " Madeira Wine, New-York quality, in pi|>es Lifter WINF., in pipes } of the litc.i importation, in boxes NUTMEGS j Spanish Wool, in Bales fnitiMe for Hatfrs. 1 Willings hrinns, Penn-ftreet, No. jr. Nov. 1. w^ttf_ * Imported in the brig tliza, C'ipt. Hastie, from Bcurdeaux ; CI.TCt in C afi-s if x vtry ftiperior quality, 'Vhite Pantcrne Wine in Cafe*, CTive Oil in bafcet; of 1Z bcttlfi each, e and coloured Gloves, (io. Silk do. / few pis' s Boardeaux Srmdy, l.r SjU by JAMES 1 ATIMER, jun. 7i, South Wharvts. Who has a!fo for Sale, A few qr. Calks Old Sherry Wine. Dec. ?. NOW LANDING, At South-street Wharf, 7be Cargo of the Ship Concord, Captain Thompson, ffr>m li-.'avia. About 300 tons firft quili'v Java CofFct (the whole havinjbeen felc&ed) 80 tons Java Sugar, in caniflcrs and bags 10 kgurcs of old A rrack Nutmegs, Mace and Cloves FOR SALS Br PETER BLIGHT Who also offtrs For Sale, Jufl Und«*f from ihip Amity, from Jamftica. ao® hhd# Jamaica Sugar, and 170 do. do. Rum. novembcr d6w • DANCING SCHOOL. WILLIAM M'DOUGALL prefrnts his moll compliments to his form er employers and the citizens in general, amd re tiirip h's rnoft gistefal thanks, tor the very bountif il t-iiroiii he has expetienced for tbefe twenty-five years past, takes this opportu nity of informing t'nem, that his school will be open'U 011 \\"r.;nel';iav the jjd instant, at his Elegant Ball Room, in South Fourth-Street, between Chcfnut aiW Walr.ut-ftreets. To begin at To in the morning for young ladies, and i in thj evening for younj; gentlemen. _ &■ Praftiling Balls will commence on Tuef d<y, 6th December, and be continued every Tuesday, during the season. flow. >7. D A .N. C I N G. M*. FRANCIS, OF ihe New refpeillully L-.formsthe that he co longer means to continue his Dancing School in conjunflion with Mr.Eyrne, .but will open it separately early in December, »nd ftill to receive the accutlom'ed patronage with which he has been honored, and which it will be hia conSant tndeavor to dcfcrve. Vritatc parties" may b* inOruiled at his own house, No. 70, north Eighth flreet. novlmber ag. eotf To be Sold, The time of a Negro Boy, . About fifteen years of age, has (even years yet to terve ; he is an excellent honfe fcrvant, a&<vs end healthy. Enquire or the Printer. December *. diw Canal Lottery-—No. 11. WILL commence drawing Monday, thezoth inft. Tickets fpr Sal? in this Lottery, at Sevtn Dollars, at Wm. BLACKBURN's Lottery and Brokers Office, No. 64, South Second-flreet— Tickets in the Schuylkill Bridge Lottery, at Ten Dalltrt, where check books are kept, lor render ing and examioing in these, the City of Welling ton, No.lt. and Paterfon Lotteries, and informa xicn where tickets may be had in mcft of the Lotte ries .'uthoriftd liy hrw in any of the S a;es of the Union. ' V. B. The bufineft of a Broker, ir. buying ?nd fvlling all kinds of Public Stock and Securities, difcounthg £i!U and Notes of Hand, fa!c of Lands, Houfos, &c. &c. wi)l be duly attended to, by WM. ELACKBURN. ntmtixtcr IJ. 1 § A Journeyman HAir-Drefler, WHO is frber and fleaily, and underflands his bufinels, may have immediate cm plf.yiT.ent, ot| appiicaiion to GEORGE A3- BOTT, No. 5, Ciiefsut-ltri'M. nov-17. ' eodi.W. L UV INTELLIGENCE. jar BRISTOL, (ENGLAND,) Aug. 28, }lo At Nisi Prius Bar, a cause of very, grrat j dt importance to the mercantile world, came 1 so on to be tried before Sir Nafh Grofe and j 01 a fpccial jury. M'Taggart and co. tobac- jb' co merchants, of London, struck a bargain I k with the Hunters and co. merchants of Brif- > c< to!, to fell them a quantity ps tnanufaflurt . k ed tobacco, to the arqount of 15001 for a t bill at three months, payable in London. ' r: The goods were {hipped off in the latter part si of Fibruary. ' About the beginning of March of the fame year, the house of the Hunter's became Jnfolvent, which was pre vious to the time when M'Taggart'a bill on t them became due. They tbertfpre do soon- v er taardof the failure, than one of the part- f tiers hastened front town, and overtook the { goods at Portsmouth, which he instantly t seized, and would not fuffer to proceed. ] Now this was an aftion of trover, brought e by the aflignees of Hunters, to recover the r value of the tobacco so seized by the defen* dan's ; upon this ground, that the veflel in which it was (hipped by the consignors, was 1 a chartered (hip of the consignees, and that 1 therefore it was an aftual delivery to them. ; The leading counsel for the defendants, ' made a very eloquent and ingenious speech j > to the jury, in which he infilled strongly on 1 the circumftmce that his clients, while fct- ' • tling the mode of conveyance, had never once asked the qucflion whether the (hip was chartered or general, from whence he inferred proof of no efTential difference cxift ing between them. Some other pointswere ably urged, and he concluded by reminding the jury of the great importance of this canfe . to the commerce of the country, and of the pernicious confequeuce which would result to Credit, the very life-blood of die (late, if 1 they (hould gi"e a verdift for the plaintiff?, Before the leading counsel on the other fide nddrtffed the jury in reply, the judge said, it was his duty to declart, that he had ne _ ver known a Wronger or a clearer point' qf law; that a chartered vefß was indubitably the particular warehouse of those who char tered her, and that of Confluence no'peifon could legally flop or (Tetain any goods (hip ped on board such vefiel, without permiflicin of the owners. Upon this a verdift was in ftantl/given for the plaintiffs, to the full va lue of the tobacco. From thisr decision it will become prudenl for merchants to enquire, whether the (hips _ which are to convey gsods be chartered or not, because, had it been a general (hip, M'Taggart would We understand, have been juflificd in detaining the tobacco. LONDON, September 29. The message of the Direftoiy to the Councils upon the breaking off of the nego ciations at Lisle, is a very curious producti on, it run 3 thus : " The Executive Direftory informs the Councils, that the Engli(h Ambassador, Lord Malmefbury, having seen the failure of the late conspiracy, 1«a8 thought proper to retire froririhe republic ; but the Direc tory declare" they (hall be rtady to make 1 j peace whenever it can be done, confident with the honour and dignity of the Repub c lie." If we may credit a private letter from Hanover, on the 12 th inft. his Royal High ness, Prince Adolphus, who at present re sides in that city, is to be married to the young widow of the late Prince LouU of Russia, daughter of the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and ncice of her Britannic Majesty. Buonaparte left Milan on the night of ~ the 2 2d, and at Roveredo and the other places through which he passed was received ii> with much parade. He has deprived many n ' functionaries of the Milanese tribunals of e " their offices for imputed incivifm. The Pacha of Scurati has sent two De u. puties to the Direftory of the Cisalpine be Republic, proposing a system for revoluti lis onizing the Greek idandjt, and other Tur ki(h provinces : Candia and Morca arc in a id state bordering on revolt. The propofitioo >g has been referred to Buonaparte. Seventy-two infpeftors, and fix comnaift fioners have bee» appointed at Venice with r ' unlimited powers to take cognizance of the a&ions and writings of tTie citizens, one of whom was arretted on the 22d ult. for givj ing as hfs opitiion that Venice would be ce-t ded t» Anting. All the cities in Venetian Terra Firm* had a conference by deputati he on at Baflano. After 15 days deliberation ue it was resolved to demand to be united tq the Cisalpine Republic, th Two deputies had in consequence been be dispatched to Milan, to announce this re solution, and in the name of 1,200,000 Vt ra netians require this incorporation. This deputation had been referred to Buonaparte whose opinion on the fubjeft was riot known but will probably be governed in his decisi on by the Congress of Udina. »t At Rome a forced loan of 6 per cent. TS has been levied on all clerical property, to diminish the circulation of the old paper cur- rency, the depreciation of which had con r 'tributed much to the embarrassment of the State. 'h At Vienna the war tax was announced for at the ensuing year, and the hostile preparati- X ]_ ons were uninterrupted ; the Imperial army V» in Italy had been augmented to 120,0000 r. men —yet these are regarded as measures of S" precaution, and not considered as indica a" ting a probability of the prolongation of the he war - A mutiny was about to break out lately id in his majesty's (hip Triumph, in confe ;s ' quence of punishment being inflifted fbr the of difordcrly conduCt of four of the crew.— °' The (irinnefs of captr.in ElEngton and the other officers, supported by the marines, was, however, effeftual in restoring order. On the 1 14 th inft. the Prince of Wales Packet, fell in with the Spani(h prizes un j_ der convoy of the Viftory, Britannia, St. George, and a 64 gun (hip offOpbrto, (leer ing for England, all' well ; so that in a few ! days we may expeft to hear of.tl».c'r fafe I arrival. to I A ministerial paper •hatgot up a riJicu- in ) lous story of Rewbellthe French Direftor, J 01 | drubbing Talleyrand Perigord the Minister J o 1 for Foreign affairs, for exprefling an upini-1 f s j on in favour of peace, fa feverety with a | c j bundle of papers, ■ that he was obliged to I d j keep, his bed two days. It is not caff to 1 c ' conceive how the Jourr.alift has reason to I o , know the : truth of this anecdote. Such | h ' things have been, however. It has been I n ' reported that the King of Great-Britain u- I t . fed to lici his miniilers for his amufemenl. I t NEW-YORK, Dec. 2. I j It 13 tlow. acknowleged in foreign prints] that the French are at the {bottom of the re- | t • Gemaniy. Thu3 after aj , ■ folcpn itjpo'ation in' the preliminaries of ] | : peace with the fimperor,, that all that coun- I \ ' try reftored to the Empire,. the | . French have fecrctly and perfidioujly contriv- | t ed to wrest it from the Empire by internal 1 : revolution and independence. 1 It seems by an articlefromWetzlaer, that I s when Gen. Hoche was ill, the streets had I t been spread with, litter to prevent noise—l . and even mechanics were not fuffeied to | , work for fear of disturbing him. . Surely I 1 j icobins must be very rare and precious arti- I n cles to deserve all this care. Had a prince I - been the objeft of such attention, the Au- I r rora would have given us a column of abuse I p on the eccafion. e —r I One of the princes in the vicinity of En- I ■e glifti eftabfilhmepts in the East-Indies, lately I g gave the government much -uneasiness, on I "e account of some military preparations, and I ie an explanation was requcfted. The Nabob I It gave'for answer that the English might I if make themlclves easy ; as he had only been I t, making an excursion, with a body of ten 1 le tioufantf lyirfa oil a hunting party. j e- In Ireland, Robert Gore, Esq. was tried 1 ps at Wicklow, for kilh'ng the Earl of Meath ly in a duel, arictScquitted with an The Cortict which was seen in this coun p- try was vlfible also in England and France, an Citizen Bouvard discovered it Aug. 14 in a- the arm of Hefcules, moving rapidly from ra- the earth. On the 26th it was fecn in En gland, 4 degrees above the star Ophinchi, nl and it had 70 degrees polar distance. Its ps right afcention 20 deg. of Sagitarius. Its or orbit and movement did not appear to cor [p, respond with those of any comet before dif en covered. Mess. Benyon and Page of Shrewfbuty, England have made an improvement in buil he ding manufaftories liable to danger from ;o- from fire. They have finifhed a flax fpin ti- ning mill which is fire proof—the materials brick and iro'n the floors are arched and he the beams and pillars of ca(t iron. >r, rre ALBANY, November 27. jer The Mohawk-River is so thoroughly fro :c- zen as to admit carriages to pass over it with ke fafety. rnt Last year the navigation of the Hudson b- was interrupted 6y the ice the 27th of No vember-—some vefftls however g»t up after >m that day—but from the 27th the river wis •h- wholly closed op by the ice, and did not a re- gain open until the 15th of March. he of WHITESTOWN, November 14. of v Melanchol'y Accident. ler We hear from Bloomtield, that on Fri day the 20th ult. as a Mr. Lemuel Geer of formerly of Chatham in the state of Connec ter ticut, was digging in a well at the depth of 'ed 25 feet, the earth fell Jn and buried him to ny his middle ; Mr. Bloomfield (the gentleman of f«r whom he was at work) observing his si tuation,, immediately deft ended, in erd^ 1 to )e- relieve him; but unhappily just as he reach ine ed the unfortunate man, he observed a large iti- quantity of earth giving way, and had only ur- time to fccure himfelf, which he did by 1 a running up the rope to which the bucket on was faftened. Mr. Geer was ingulphed and remainedinthat situation about 20 hours lift during about 13 of which he retained his ith feiifes ancf lhe use of speech, begging the ;hc People tp exert themfelv.es, and liberate him of ifpofiibk ? but as no implements for digg iv< ing were obtainable,- short of a distance of cei seven milis, ifflSWe body of earth under an which he was confined was so great, that iti- with all poluble exertions, it was not until on some hours after he was fiippofcd to be dead to that he was'/ound. ' en ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 1. re- Yesterday Henry Sinclair, captain of the Britifh letter of marque Swinger, now in his this port, was arretted, and imprisoned in the rte county goal, on suits for dartiages amount ivn ing to 20,000 dollars, brought againlt him si- by Stewart and Son, of Baltimore. The circumstances upon whichtheaftions at. were grounded were the following • —That to the ship Atlantic, owned by the above firm, jr- on her passage from a French port in the in- Weft Indies to Baltimore, was captured by he the Swinger, and after being plundered of a number of articles was ordered to Barbadoes for for trial. On her passage to Barbadoes, she iti- was re-captured by a French privateer, and ny theh ire-takeri by another British vessel and OO carried into St. Christopher's, where .she of was finally cleared, but was obliged to dif :a- pose of her cafgo to pay the coitsoffalvage, he &c. One of rlicTuifs is brought for forcibly :ly plundering the veflcl of part of her cargo— fej the'other for damages sustained in her de he tention, capture, &c. he ST. JOHN, (N. B.) Oft. 13. es, HORRID MURDER ! er. Wedncfday morning Archibald M'Neil les was committed to gaol for murdering Mr. in- Thomas Kitchen, cordwainer—The circlim it. ftanccs attending thit savage and inhuman er- aft must shock humanity and make 11s fliud cvv der at a recital. M'Neil has for forae time pa't iliovvu fymp- h; toms of a deranged mind, f>ut, whether our- ft ing to excess hy drinking spirituous liquors» c< or other causes, is, perhaps uncertain ; but tl on'Tuefday night he Ranged through the tt ffveral streets of this city, tjJJL about one o' I clock, when lie broke open tht house of the a, deceafsd, killed him after a long and .cruel ti cotiteft, plu-tked out his eyes., cut off some n of his members, let out his bowels, (tabbed, h him in the pit of the stomach with a shoe- e maker's knife, which he left immured «ip to a the hilt, and otherwise. greatly mangled his ] body. He then took hit eyes &c. and a C goblet with flowers, and with them again t paraded the llreets Gaging and wh fl ing. 1 As Mr, Kitchen lived alone we know lit- e tie further .what pafied between them, or t tljie particular manner in which Jit .Wled ( him, a black man in the neighaoui-ffp^d,;. 1 fays the fcuffle lasted half an hour arpl up- > wardsj and what M'Neil himlelf related, that is : that Kitchen' was undre.Ted, that I he (M'Neil) attacked hj'm with a stick, that a hard fcuffle ensued, that the deceased pulled him by the hair, bit him in the hand : and hurt os*- of hi 3 eyes—That h:s (M' Neil's) (lick broke and thereby became moie convenient for his purpoie, and that with a piece of it, to use his own exprcffion, "he worked him up from beloiv" and job bed" it into his eyes, until wearied and ex~ haufted, he fell back oh hid bed and expir ed, after which he mahgled his body 3s be fore defended. The Coroner's Jury brought in their ver dift that Thomas Kitftien was wilfully by Archibald M'Neil. Much praise is <Jue to Dr. Emerson and Mr. Francis Watson far their exertions fit securing the prisoner. He was taken be -1 fore his worfhlp the mayor, and underwent .a long examination* when he confefled the 1 faft and related the particulars as they oc ' cured His manner of behaviour was bold and undaunted, 'and he did not appear to have any .'ticlination-to conceal any thing re* 1 lative to.t1)« murder. I M'Neil since his confinement begins to think a little more rationally—he laments his unhappy situation, and those who visit !* him in prison fay his demeanour is now more • orderly, and he seems sensible of his ap n proaching fate—he repines at the melancho n ly part which he has afted, and grieves in i- tolerably at the distress in wlych he has ih b volved an aged mother and his wife and fa s mily. ■s Mr. Kitchen has a family in England, r- and a considerable property in this cpuntry. f- His remains were decently, interred yefter dav morning. 1- CONGRESS. ■n l- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Is d / TUESDAT DECEMBER 5. Mr. Claiborne moved that the petition which he j'efterday presented from the in habitants of Greenville, complaining of the >- operation of the law relative to distilleries, h be referred to the committee of ways and means.—.Agreed, n Mr. Sitgreaves asked leave of absence for >- his colleague, colonel Hartley, for eight :r days, which was granted. Is Mr. Dwight Foster, from the committee i- of claims, made a report -on the petitions of Samuel G. Fowler and Christopher Fowler, dating that the report made, formerly con tained a just ftatenient of fafts ; and refer ring the house to it, they proposed a relo i- lution denying the prayer of the petition rr ers. Agreed. The fame gentleman observed, that in >f looking over the laws of lall felHon, he foujid ;o that the aft laying a (lamp duty throughout n the United States, was to take place on i- the firft of next month. As he nudei'ftood :o that it would be impofiiblti for the aft to 1- take place at that time, as the ncceflary pro ;e paratior.s could not be effefted.in the inte y rim, he l)iould move that » committee be y appointed to enquire whether any and what rt alterations are necessary to be made in that d aft. r» The Speaker fubinitted to the gentleman is whether this fubjeft did not properly cotne ie under the duty of the committee of ways II and means. ;- Mr. D. Foster believed it might, and would therefore alter his motion to, " Re :r solved, that the committee of ways end it means be inftrufttd to enquire whether any, il See." d Mr. Macon had no objeftion to the mo tion, except that he thought it unnecefTary, as he believed it'wastht duty of the com mittee of ways and means to aft upon the ie fubjeft, without any special direftion. in Mr. D; Foster f»id it was dcfirable that le something should be done in the business t- immediately, a 6 notice must be given in all m the papers of any alteration which may be made in the aft. as The motion was put and carried. »t Mr. Coit moved that the report of the a, committee of Claims on the petition of ie Hannah Welsh, made at a former fcfiion, be y referred to a committe* of the whole house. a Agreed for rr,ond:iy. es 'Mr D. Foster said, that a bill paded that ie house in the ffflion ending in March last, id feu.t was postponed by the Senate, for plac id ing certain persons on the ptnfion lift ; he ie moved that that bill, with the reports on f-. the fubjeft, be refeired to the committee e, of daims. •> The Speaker said the reports might be y referred ; but the house krieiv nothing of a bill afted upon at a former ieffion. Mr. Foster moved that the reports of the Secietiry of War on the fubjeft might be referred. Agreed. The Clerk proceeded to read the remain der of the documents referred to, in the re il port of the committee on the fubjeft of W. r. Blount's coufpiracy. The next paper came 01" course in was the deposition of m-1 mohly called Major Grant; riis evidence co'nfilled principally of conversation whTch had-pa fled betvvixljiim as ;LW. t ; i.e stated that he met with h.m ii> Yv ai •Vgt<>n county, Virginia, on the nßth of April ; that they spoke on the fulyjeft oF running the line between the United States and' the Indians, and he seemed to \vi(h to avoid any refponCbility with refpeft to the Indian treaty ; that W. BJount. mention his pecu niary embartaflments, but that he said he had a plan on foot which he expefted would effe&ua'ly relieve him ; he said Chifholm and the Indian chiefs had been with the British Minister at Philadelphia, and that Chifholm had a plan in the hand writing of the British Minister, which,if it fticceeded, W. Blount/aid he fliould have it in his pow er to serve all his friends.; that he feetned to place great reliance upon Rogers and Carey, and upon their inflitenae with Indians ; he mentioned that an armament was to be sent from England, which was t,o. be' co-operated with on the land fide by him at the head of the Indians. The depo nent also speaks of having received letters from Col. King, about the 15th of June, from W. Blount,,for Carey, which he de livered, and mentions the conversation which pafled betwixt them. Mr. Sitgreaves tools the chair of the clerk, and said the next,document wgs a pa per commifnicated to the cjmmittee by the Chevalier de Yrujo, in French. The com mittee had not, he.said, 'apy formal tranl'la tion of it, but he would read it In Epglifh as perfe&ly as he was able—which he pro ceeded to do. It was the communication of a citizen Mitchell, v who states, that there had been enrolled by an English agent, 'n the | Western country, iooo.perfons, for the pur i pose of attacking certain Spanish ports, and . to go against Louifrana and the two Flori t das; that Chifholm had a lift qf ijoo to«e8 : who were engaged to take up arms in favor . of England, that there were formed on.th* 1 Lake 3 jco regular troops, 700 Canadian I militia, and 200 savages, to at,tack Fort . EouisJ.that ChiCjiolm bad provided fix piec es of cannon, the fame which was procured o for citizen Genet ; that the rendezvoup wes s to be at Knoxville the id of July ; and t that after Chifholm had reported the bufi t ness te the British Minister, he would, si t i_ out for England, to lay th« projeft befo' e the British government, and command mc ney and vessels for carrying it into eiTecL i- The Chevalier also gave.to the committee I- a letter which Mitchell had received from Chifholm. It was a requefj th»t Mitchell I, and Craig would be in TennefTee in July ; r. with an assurance that they might rely upon r _ every thing which )ie said. The next papers were the evidence of John Phillipd Ripley and Thomas Odiorn, ■ who were brought forward by the Chevr lier de Yrujo. J. P. Ripley states, that he is acjti'zen of >. New Hampshire ; that he was educated with Captain Eaton at Yale College ; that capt. Eaton had told him, that several letters were n found in the possession of Dr. Romayne, 1- which proved th? BritiGjunimfter to. b* cor - e cerned in the enterprise contemplated by », Gov. Blount; that these letters offered re d wards to any person who would «ngag? in the service, and th«t thfy were discovered jr' under some rubbifli ; that many ofDr. Ro it inayne's papers were destroyed : that capt. Eaton had told him that Col. Pickering had e reprimanded him for. having mentioned any if thing refp-;diug these letters, and had said r, that Great Britain was now the only friend 1- we had ; that he saw a letter which capt. r- Eaton had written to Col. Pickering on the >- subject. On examination by the committee 1- Ripley asserted that he believed that Gneat Britain was at the bottomof the conspiracy. n Thomas Odiorn deposed, that he was also d at College with capt. Eaton, and that capt. it Eaton had told him nearly the f»me circum- II fiances which f. P. Ripley deposes to have d heard from him, He alfio {f»ys, he saw tfce o letter which the captain had written to cpl. > Pickering, as an apology for hayingmention :• ed any thing refpeding the letters found in le pofftjfion of Dr. Romayne. it Next follows the evidence of William Ea it ton, taken at Springfield before Judge Ly man. He states that Philips Ripley wan n hiscotemporary at college, and that he had e (ince been acquainted with him at Philadel •s phia ; but that he does not khow much a bout Odiorn. Some time after his return d from New York, he recollects to have told s- Ripley that four or five original Tetters of ,:1 Win. Blount were found in Dr. Romayne's f , possession, at the discovery of one of whicU he seemed a good deal ernbarraffed. The >- deponent also told the said Ripley that Mr. r, Pickering was with him forhav -- ing mentioned any tiling about these letters, ic until the matter was laid before the com, mittee ; but the deponent denies that he e it ver told Ripley, or that Mr. Pickering ever fs said to him, " that Great Britain was now 11 the only friend we bad." The deponent le believes he might have given it as his opin ion, that the British minister would have en couraged the plan, if it had been feafibk ; ic that he had delivered every article refpe&ing )f the conspiracy of Mr. Blount which had >e come into his hands to the committee of en. sr. quiry.'Captain E.iton also fpokeof a French . engineer having b'een into ali the fra ports<>( it the United States, in order to make j»lans I, of, and observations refpefting them. ;- The next paper wis a com man; cation fro ia le the Chevalier de Yriijo, confiding of an ori n ginal letter from General Clark of Georgia, :e. to Murphy, Eiq- coaful oftiis catho ! lie majrily there, in aufwer (o an applica le tionmade to him on thefubjefl of the co»- a fpiracy, in which he states « that the pecu liar nature of the proposition made to him le byjthe Brit-Mi, prevents him from givingthat ic fatisfadion which is required ; an applica tion, lie fays, had beeii made tohim through 1- a channel which bound hiru to silence ; he ;- was asked whether 10,000 dollars would in ducc him to join the British, but that hehai rejected the offer with disdain." !e Mr.- Sitgreave said that all the documents. 1- wliich were of anyimportanee had now been :c read ; what remained were not worth oca - h pyiiig the tinii of the heufe toread them—
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