Prnnfy'vania bnd-f?i;!, he vviflied the quefticn of
ivmirg to he Iccf t cut of fight at present, le!l it
haw an eflfjct upon Our negotiations with
J-'rance ; he was asanxir-us as any man that these
should fuccred; VUt ht feared tha' their not atjit i- m
ting this qudlion at this time, miehi have a gr. a- Si
tev tlfoa til hlnd.-r ihe fateefs yf the negotiation, ot
than any thingeifc. It wn g:nerjtWy uujp-ilooc),
im.4 .it M< his opinion. th:t rvtty citizen.trad a
vi«ht to arm Uis v<ffcl for
m .is. deprecations nnou the Vt-lTelsof foreign pow-
et». If merchaiiK arm their velTels,therefore, and ; w
Cfmniit excelf'.s which mentioned, [■]
rhey may have a greater upon the negotia- j
ti-in thar. a-iy regulation which they might enter
Vr. Scwall leave) faidhe rose u la
rather to explain his prnpoiition, than to support e(
it. Ithad been so changed, and had fu«h a formi
d'aMe appearance given to ir v thit hefcarcely tnew
it for his own. It had besti called a propolition
which might totnmit the of the nation, tho
it only aGced leave to report a bill. He did not 01
conftder all the nhj ilions which had been urged a- h:
prcpofition, as ni isinniing in a dillruft 0
ot the committee *. it. would grieve him to think
10 ; but from what gentlemen believed to be the j
intention of the committee. It was said they
meant to report a bill to-provide an extraordinary u
army, to ku lu vessels ps war, scc. Put was it w
liotjevident, hsfaid, that the gentlemen who op- a
t-of; this motion, were the fame who oppof-i eve
ry tiff-nfive mcafure on a former occaGun ?Ha -
doubled not it was. Gentlemen wh» wiihed to
defeat the pr"po(i"ion t fait! it proprf d hoilileprc- t
f iratior.s, whilrt thAfe whp support d it, believed i:
it to relate to a *nere domestic regulation. Ihe •
blithe eommi'tae wjOitd to introdute was neither v
a to arm, nor a relttuitirn fror.i arming ; v
fomeCuae fs-.r.vlxt hbth—fornc thing which affeil. | '
the poV. r .if cullom houle offirers. rmrcly.ther, c
• it wasnr.t detcrvu'g of all th: h,trOl epithet'given 1
to it. Tlie realnii- for widiing to I.ring in a bill, e
Mr. S. again repeated, was the difficulty which
r v .e committee founi in reporting latislaitorily in
atij other way. '
The qliettioh was taken by Yeas and Nays as (
follow, 49 to 45 ; the Speaker voting in the affir- t
mstive. the v;as carried- j
V£AS—Mcffr>. Allen, Eaer, Brooks, Battlett, ,
Champlin, Cochran, Craik,Oaiia, Dennis, '
Erimonrl, Erans, rt.Fofler, D 'Fo.t-r, J. Frtemao,
GUn, Goodrich, Gerdon, Grirwold, Grovs. Par- '
per, Httidroan, Hofmer. Imlay. f yuan, Machir, 1
Malthcws, Morgan, Otis, Jofiah barker,
irhacParfcer, Pitx-fcner. Reed, Butjiedge. Schj»r«- 1
man. Sewall, Shepard, Sitgreaves, N. Smiih, 8.
Smu'o, TfiatcTier, Tilling'!aft, Van Alen, Wads- '
worth —45
WATS—Mrffrj. Baldwin, Bard, 31ou*t, Brent,
Bryan, Burgess, Chapman, F Claiborne. W. C.
ciaibornt, Clay, Clopton, Coit, DaTis, Dawfon,
Drnt, F.lmtndcrf, Findley, Gallatin, Gillcfpie,
Gregg, Warrt/on,"Hav«n«, Hiifter, Holmes, Jones,
Locke, i.yoti,-Macon, M'Cltnachan, M'Dowell,
New, Nichijlai. Skinner, W. Smitn, Sprigg Stan
ft,rd,Suna\)t?r."! hompfon, J. Trigg, ATrigg, Van
Cbrtlundt, Varnam, Vcnable, J. Williams, R.
Williams— 45. ~ Adjourned.
Ij, ! ■ ~
For/he Gazette of the United States.
Mr. Fenno,
The inclosed Translation of a Petition from
the real Merchants of Nantesto the French
Council of Five Hundred, relative to the
capture of American vefiek, may ufeful
ly fill a column in your paper.
THE UNDERSIGNED,
Merchants, Mariners, and Citizens,
of the Commune of Nantes,
To .the Covfcn ef Five Hvndhed.
litprtftniatiws of the Peoplr,
A petition has been "presented to you en>-
titled : " Tie Merchants, owners of Priva
teersyond Mariners of the Commune of Nantes. I
to tie Counut nf Five Hundred to pray you
to fix in a t>ofiti\* manner the political and com
metciat rilotions -which exifl hetiueen I-ranee
aid the United States, and to put an end to the ,
diverPty of optnhfu mami fled on this important
oijfUj either hy the Executive Directory and ,
judiciary authority j or even in the bifim of the \
Legislative Body.
If those who signed this petition had pre- j
fented it only in their names, we should have ,
been silent ;'bnt feeing they have taken the |
collective name of the merchants, owners of
privateers and mariners of the Commune of
'Nantes, the undersigned who also form a
part of those classes of citizens in the com
mune of Nantes, and who do not partake
of the opinion #E the petitioners in divers ef
- fcntisl points,' think it their duty to tell
with that franknefs which becomes repub
licans,-in what they differ from them.
We as well as they desire peace ; but w
think it a Grange way of accelerating it by
iirovokinga war against ,a friendly nation.
They make a long and eloquent enumera
tion of atrocities and crimes, commited by
individtial Americans against French citizens,
and they would wi/h to render the Ameri
can government responsible for them ; af
terwards they think it veryjuft that other
innocfiit individuals should be puuifoed for
the injuries which they have wrongfully im
puted to the government.
The third for gold has without doubt at
all times caused many crimes to be com
mitted •, every nation has its villains : all
that a government can do, is to have them
punished according to the law, when it fur
nifties the means of overtaking them.
Declamations are not proofs. It is not
fufficient to speak when one is not afraid of
being contradiaed. The two parties must
6e heard, and impartial justice ought to
preside at the difcuflion of fafts often exag
erated and perverted by interested accusers.
The petitioners confounding, as they per
ceived it ufeful to their cause, some Ameri
cans, with the Americans, that is to fay, in
dividuals with the government, reproaches
the latter with having fed us with bad meals
at exorbitant prices.
Nevtrthelefs we know how thele meals
xvere furnifhed. The _ French government
had them brought by its own ag ents ' ?' h °
mandates on the treasury »;t tne United
States, eager in our distress to reimburle us
a debt not yet due : the American govern
ment had no other part in these purchases
than that of paying lor them, and it the
meals were "bad of which we are ignorant,
certainly the government was not to blame.
As to those which the Americans brought
into our potts, we likewise know that they
were aim oil almost all taken or bought by
the functionaries of the government. 1 heie
functionaries did hot buy on samples ; the
commodities themselves were under their
eyes ; they could refufe the bad-- and they
conftaritly did so here 5 or all that was found
d.rrug:d on inferior, was Vajflrd by arbitra- to
tars. ' w
W« are notlefs ignorant that at St.Qo- of
■mingn, the prices of meals from the United ar
States, were fixed by the commhTionaries of A
our government.
If the fellers have endeavored to obtain m
high prices, they have only done what eve
ry merchant and the petitioners themselves
would have done in their place. Every cap
tain chooses the market which he thinks the
moll favorable for the sale of his cargo.
They deceived themselves in this refpeft the
daft year, and loft more than they had gain
ed the preceding ( I) w
Here we fee what this heavy charge con- g
cerning meals amount to. c ,
Not being able to speak with ins jrmation
on the cause of the other accusations, which
have also for their balls only the ill conduit
of individuals, transformed into complaints
againftthe government, we it to $
the accused to refnte them ; but not to be j
unjust we must hear them. They will fay j'
without doubt (and they wiU prove it) that
at New-York and at Philadelphia, the in- ~
habitants made conliderable fubfenptions to
succour the poor refugees of .our colonies ; -
that congress voted them succours, and that
in general they were received with humani
ty and benevolence. Thefc proceedings as
! well of the government as of individualswill
| hold the counterpoise in the balance of c
quity, against accufat ions of hard hearted- 11
nefsand injustice, which after some isolated '
examples they would cad upon them. (2) )
We shall not discuss their treaty with En
gland, Ws'ltiift examine whether, depriv- c
ed of a naval force, and having no fuceours '
to hope from ours, they could have refufed '
it : we must likewise examine, whether it a- j
greed with their liberty and their political
fitnation, even with refpeft to us, to main- 1
tnin a naval force. This research is foreign '
to onr present objeft. What we lhall per
■ mit ourfefves to fay on the fubjeA of this
ti**ty,4», that if, in lb* place of a frank i
and friendly explanation, or of aa open rup
ture, it had only provoked the decree of the 1
, Dire&ory of the' 11 Ventore (3 ) ; that mea
sure appears to us partial, precipitate, con
' tradiftory and inefficient.
It is partial ; inasmuch as it affe£ts indi
' viduals for the most part innoceot, whose
property it confifcates to the profit of thofc
1 of our privateers which have the easy ad
vantage of taking people who did not mis
trust us.
It is precipitate ; inasmuch as it orders the
■ sudden and immediate execution of a regu
lation which ought to have been fignified to
the American navigators, before fubjeding
1 them to the penalty of contravening it, It
1 is certain none of them fufpedled they should
e have need ef a role d' equipage in the for
malities prescribed in that decree. The
treaty of 1778 fays nothing of the role ; it
only mentions a paflport, and the farmule
to which the article XXVII of the treaty
, refers, seem to have required no more than
the fame paflport, by means of which all
the previous formalities are supposed to have
been fulfilled.
.It is true our most celebrated lawyers have
different opinions on thefenfe ofthisformule;
t , | this prcves at least that it is not clear ; and
u if they do not agree in this refp*&, how can
1. j we require that the Americans, who but
~ imperfectly understand our language, bebet
m ter informed ? finally, why did we not give
lt ; them notice that they did not conform to
d \ the rule, at the time when they brought
' 7e provisions, and performed our coaftiug fer
j viee ? Ought men then so well received, to
c . ! exped, all at once, in 11s to find enemies,
, e ' without a declaration of war ?
le j The mcafure. is contradißory ; the Ameri
-9f can captain who is/ortunatf toen
0f ter our ports, without meeting our corsairs,
aj is received there like a friead: but if he has
n . the misfortune to meet them, he is captured
- e and condemned ; thus it is sometimes the iu
f- terval of an hour and chance which decides
■U his treatment !
Finally it is inefficient; it ought to hinder
fraud, and it will only serve the better to
cover it. The truly guilty will have been
, y the firft to shelter themselves ; and even the
innocent will not have been exposed to it
a _ much longer. The decree is so generally
,y kuown wow, that every one takes care to
~ conform to it; it will Coop have only the bad
r j! success of having carried ruin and desolation
if. inio a great number of Ametiean families ;
er of having finifhed the losses of some of our
or own colonists who had laden she wrecks of
n . their fortunes on board the csptured vessels;
of having mutilated the fortunes of many
at merchants of Holland, Hamburg, Bremen
and others of our allies, to whom these vef
ill fcls were carryingthereturns of their debtors
, m who will have no more means of paying
lr . them ; in fine of alienating and reftorirTg to
onr enemies, perhaps tor a generation, all
ot the affeaion of a nation, a great part oi
of which was sincerely devoted to us.
Ah ! our brave corsairs have no reed of
to this fatal encouragement to search our real
~ enemies with ardour and intrepidity, and
- 3 well may the captains, as well as their own
•r'. ers and Stockholders, lament a regulation so
r j_ contrary to their way of thinking, but to
n _ which they cannot refufe to conform.
cs Such are, Citizens Reprcfcntatives, our
jl s sentiments on the objedt of the_ petition
which 1 has been presented to you ; they dif
j]s fer too much from those of the petitioners
nt not to be msinifefted.
ho Finally, we join our prayer to theirs, that
you will weigh in your wisdom the measures
us .to betaken to prevent a rupture_ between
n- two people made to be ftriftly united, and
fes (r). The French merchants experienced pr cife^y
he the Inline fate in America, at the clofc 0) the Ameri
can Revolution. Many complaints were likewise
U » ma de there of bad fuppliei but never did an A
le - roerkan thinlt of actufmg the lovernment of the
ht faults or had faith of individuals,
ey (J ) TheCOngref?, by an ait of lath of Fehru
hv ary 1 794 voted them 15,000 dots; The fubferipti
r on.ilfthe inhabitants ot New-York, amounted to
"' C do Is; thofc of Philadelphia futpaffed, it is
fuid that funi, bi*t wc are not certain of it, and we
eil would affirm only established fadU; Baltimore and
ey Chariett R likewise contributed CQiifideravle funis.
nd (3-) ari - h *■
to re-e(tablifh a fyaem of uniform cor. i Fr;
which may terminate', with the csmplaims wit
of the two Governments, the inquietudes the
and uncertainties of the governed. thi
Nantes, 30 Ther miliar, i 7>\ l ; -
*l9l-) 5 y :ar of ttfßepublic. 3 thi
■ tl*
%\ yi <ga?c«c.
PHI LJ D E'± PH/ A ,
riTßso.vy. EVENING, decep.TSEZ ti.
On fday last General James LloV'd
was ele£led by the Legi(lature of Marylancl 011
Scaator of the United States, in she place
ox John Henry Esq. elefled L»:.v;rnor of , a
that Slate. J l '
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LONDON, October 2. J ~
DUEI.
Yesterday morning a meeting took place p
in Hyde-Park' between Cel. Fitzgerald, and f t
the Hon. Col. King, brother to the j
young lady whose eloptttwnt has been for t |
some davs the principal topic of converfati- ,|
on in the metropolis.—After difeharoing j
three cases of pistols each without efte£l,Col. f]
F very quietly put on his great'coat, v
and left the field : neither party, We under- a
(land, had any more ammunition, which was e
the occasion of their parting ia the above
manner ; we may therefore expeSbto hear n
fomethitig more of it. ) r
Relative to this event*, a morning paper j
gives the following particulars a
The unhappy c»ufe of this meeting isTe- -{.
cent In the public mind. Coiy-R. 'K. came p
to town from Ireland on Friiliylartj' tff tie- t
m'and fatisfaftion for an irreparable injWy'to
his family. ;
Major W. his second, -rtith much difficul- ]
ty, obtained an interview with Col. F. to j
whom he delivered a nieffage from Col. K. g
intimating that he came to punish him for r
the greatell violation of the principles of B
honor and decorum ; th® l filler, th* (
Hon, Miss K. aHd family, had sustained the ]
greatest outrage and perfidy ; and that al- ,
though the aggreflbr was not entitled to the {
honorable claims of society, yet that he
fhouldhave an opportunity of making a de
fence in the fifcld. Col. F. without the ,
smallest hesitation, accepted the challenge, ,
and the contest terminated as we have alrea- ,
dy described. " i
As soon as the affair had transpired, Col. ,
Stephens ordered Col. F. to be pirt under (
arrest.
Col. K. it the brother of the unfortu
nate young lady who was lately feducedfrom
her mother'#, and about whose ftofy 'the
. public tias for feme weeks boqn so conver
sant.
Lord Kingfborongh, and his brother -
i George King, arrived on Thurfidqy m
town from Ireland. The latter attended at
the Mount Coffee-houfe on Friday
. and part of Saturday, in hopes of n?ee\ing
, with Col. F.
t The Nobleman alluded to, when a school
boy, married the only daughter of a Col.
, Fitzgerald, by wfobm he obtained an estate
of 20,0001. a year. His lordfiiip hij a
humerous family, and his eldert daughter is
Countess of Mountcafhel. Col. K. fervid
the greater of the lafl wat in America.
The relatives of the young lady, as may
g be naturally supposed, are in the mod de
] plorable (late of mind. They have expeti
enced an unpardonable breach cf hofp.tali
-5 ty —The charafter of a very amiable daugh
ter has been left to the bitter' aggravation
r of misfortune—and the family name, always
0 high in the records of honor, exposed to the
n tongue of wanton calumny.
' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,
y Plymouth-Dock, —Arrived
0 L'lndien French privateer, to his ma
-41. jefty's (hips Phaeton, Stag :
n She is pierced for, 20 lws only 18
; mounted ; (he was commapdefl by citizen
r Foutrie, and had 15P men : was cap
>f tured in the B<iy of Biscay on the 26th of
;; last rponth, was fitted »\)t Granville,
y and fails well ; (he was formerly called the
n Ned, a Gnineaman, belonging to Liverpool,
r- Arrived L'Unite of 36 guns, captain
s Rowley, with the piifoners taken out of the
5 above privateer ; and Adamant, a re-cap
o tured Weft-Indiaman, which had been cap-
II tured by L'lndien, with two others, viz.
>1 the Albion and Antigua ; and it is thought
they are rc-captured, as an Englifi man »f
•f war was seen chafing them ; they were fe
d parated from the last convoy which arrived,
d by a heavy gale of wind.
1- L'Unite came through Lord Bridport's
o fleet yesterday, which was cruizing between
o U(hant and Scilly, all well.
ir Admiral Duncan's fleet arrived at Yar
n mouth Roads on Monday last, from a cruize
f- off the Texel. Several of the (hips have
r» sustained much damage by the .ljeavy
gales { but the crews are alf in good health,
tt and in the moll ftpte of
■s tion. Tlje Dutch fleet (Ulj.xcmaifis in the
n Textl, and it is the admiral Dun
d can that they are not put to fta.
f- The matter of an American veffet arrived
fc at Cow«s from Amsterdam, stateS, that when
{ - he left the Texel 011 the 23d nit. 16 fail of
1C (I,,'ps, from 50 to 74 guns,/were,laving in
the Texel, with four brigs and 12 frigates
:i- and 44 gun (hips ; and in the Dsep a new
to gun (hip, the Wafhingtoa, with a fri
is gate and one other vessel; that they were
"j all manned and ready for fta ; but that the
„ Dutch admiral, on being ordered out, rr.uch
about the time the late difturbauees in
Frsnce broke ; out, refnfed to go to f<;a dat
without fonie reitiforcertien;,' alledging that (lia
the Eoglifti fleet carried five guns to his , (let
three. The troops, except about 4000, dq
bad disembarked from the trhnfportl about
the, 2ct.11 ult. but the tranfperts rgmained | dr«
tiK-re. ' | fi><
'
The mailer of a Danifli (hip which left jyo
the T: xel on the 26th ult. dates, that in j6u
I'Onfequewce of some serious mifunderftand
iag -between the Dutch and French, the
Dutch sailors liad refufed to go to sea when
the Admiral made the signal to weigh ; up- w?
:on wh?ch mod; of the officers had their bag- ad
t page sent on (hore, and vtty soon after they m;
fn!!awi;d it themfe'.ves. Their transports mi
have been removed from the outward to the fid
ijtntr road, and the troops are disembarked. w,i
1 Vice-Admiral Sir John Orde left town m<
for Portsmouth, to takp command of the re- fti
inforcement destined for the fleet of Lord er
St. Vincent. te
en
On the 29th ult. Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh an
Christian, who is about to fail for the Cape to
of Good Hope, to succeed Admiral Prin- cc
gle, hoi(le4.his flag in Cowes Road on board m
La Virginie frigate, capt. Hunt. gi
er
In the note which the Ottoman Porte has : m
prefentcd to the Trench Direftory, they v(
(late that the Emperor, supported by hisal- pi
liance with England and Russia, will afford rs
the mefi formidable means for depriving
them vf their European provinces ; that the
Black Siea will be covered with Ruffian
fleets, and the White Sea with the trading tl
veffelt of the Emperor ; that Albania b'
and Bofuia, which are without fortified plae- d
es, will be exposed to the firft attempt a- w
gainst them ; that the republic of Ragufa J
mull unite with the Emperor, and that Epi- n
rus, Macedonia", Theffaly, Sc:. as far as the (1
Morea, will be exposed to the fame danger ; o
apd, laflly, that the French commerce will
be materially injured by the facility of ex- r
porta from Hungary and Dalmatia, rather m
than from the Mediterranean.
On the id infl. his majesty's (hip Bril
liant, capt. Black\vood, chafed and ran 011
fhorc on Jedderland, between North Bergen
and the of Norway, L'lntrepid brig, ;
/ mounting 20 guns, nine and fix pounders,
and 150 men, where (he bi'ged, and was
1 defcrted by the crew ; also the Chasseur
lugger, mounting 12 four pounders and 50
' men, ran on (hore en the rocks, and was de- [
'' ferted by the crew.
The bouncing Coti at the Weft End of
the Town, who lately (ludied ft much the
• gratification of the amorous falatt #f her li
■ tied mafler, has loft her place, in consequence
of her giving too much way to the luxuriant
• desires of the gallant Baronet.
By this daiy's Mail.
NEW-YORK, December 11.
Thfi £ritifhj>acket, Carteret, captain ~Tay lor
failed from this port for Falmouth, with the
mail, on Friday last.
1 Thefon and fon-in-lav) of Sir John Teraple
' viz. Gren'oille Temple, and William Palmer,
Efjuires, two Britijh officers w;nt passengers
I in this ihffcl, to join their rtfpeSive regiments in
I 1 ngland.
ARRIVED.
, a Brig Prosper H:fpanio!a i
Cleopatra Havanna'a j
d Schr. Swift . Jamaica ;
U
Y Eftrar of a letter from an American in France ;
dated Havre, the 12th of Sept.
" /bout 3 days ago, the council of five ;
hundred declared the arrcte of the IS 'ft Ven- \
tofe, againjl American veffe's, a goodvne ; and i
n the reporter took upon himfelf to fay two thirds
' s of ourJhips_ and cargoes were Englifb property
ie and that the pafports of the President were
lublicly fold in England for Enghjhfhips :
How he got the information, or how well
founded,you, at the d'JUnceyou arefrom French
d power, can conjecture as well as myfelf—f jr my
i- own part, tho as refpeils French affairs I ne
: ver give an opinion, yet, when our own coun
-8 try is concerned, I fee no reafonto be so very
II delicate—it is thus that / venture to fay that I
>- much doubt whether the reception of the com
>f mijftttners will be more favorable than that of
:, Mr. Pinciney. Had they arrived two months
ie ago, perhaps matters refpeSing America, might
I. have gone right—■but I now fear they have
11 pajfed the Rubicon.''The cargo as the Juliana
ie was publicly fold here a few day* ago ; all
3- her papers were Jtgned by the French consul at
3- Baltimore, before her departure, but the want
1. of a Role d'JJquipage was judged fufficient to
it condemn her : the captain and crew were com
as mitted to close prison for many days Many
e- American vejfels have been condemned towards
1, Nan/% and Brejl, for the fame reafon —those
who have been acquitted will all be lofl on the
's appeal."
:n
BOSTON, December 5.
£xtraS from the Answer of the Senate of
ir- New-Hampshire, to the Governor's Speech.
ze " Convinced that our national government
ve is formed on the surest basis of liberty; that
»y the majority ought to rule, thaj we ha •; an
h, opportunity as often as we can rationally
la* wish to change and ele£l our rukrs, we view
he it as the palladium of our rights and entitled
ii- to our firmed support.
:a. " Although jealously is a lively trait in a
political charader, yet when very fcrupu
ed loufly exercised towards the adminiftraters
en of government, it may tend to lesson the
of confidence of a people in their rulers—and
in we view with regret and indignation the fac
tes tious clamour for the deftruflioti of our
ew peace and government, and conceive its on
:ri- ly source to be the dregs of fuccefiive fo
?re reign anarchy, operating on the weak and
he vicious.
ich We must ferifibly feel the private injury
iri and national indignity fuffered in th? depr?"
elation on our navigation aivd commerce, ?>«'?
fell cheerfiilfy actjuiefce. the node of in.
clemiiity our national government may
dopt - . ■; ■ ■
" The promotion of literature, the re
dressing public grievances; and the ena4l?;i£
fuel) laws as th j piftsiic good may
together with the other fubje&s contained i:j
your Excelleiicy'scomrnunicatiqiis will 'meet
fiur zealous attention." v;;'-r]
. , —, ■
Extra 3 from the Anfivcr of the House.
" As the eonflitution of that government
was framed by-our wisest and be ft men, was
adopted after a candid discussion, and upon
mature deliberation, without yiolence ur tu
mult, it belongs to us to repose proper con
fidence in the officers of our own choice, and
willingly afford effeftive aid to that govern
ment which we have inllitutcd for the com
mon good; the beneficial effedts of the con
stitution of the United States has been gen
erally felt, and acknowledged to be far grea
ter than was at firft expected. A spirit of
enquiry into the principles of a government
and the mode of its adminiilration pertains
to a fiee people: But when that spirit be
comes intemperate, and its design is to pro
mote opposition, to divide and weaken the
government, it may embolden foreign pow
ers to invade our rights, anc embarrass the
measures neceflary to ObtainFedpefs—whate
ver such a restless and uneasy tamper ap
pears, we will lend our firra'elt aid to difcoit
rage and correft it." \
COLUMBIA, (S..C-) Nov. 24.
A gentleman from Greenvill,?, who left
there the 18th inil. informs us, that Ro
bert Maxvvrll, £fq. Sheriff of Washington!
diftrift, died 011 Friday the 17th inil. of the
wounds he on the 9th ; and that
Jofiah Andrew, Max,Se!d, and 'Jc feph Ken
nedy* were taken up and committed to Wa
fhirigton g3ol on the fame day, on suspicion
of having been concerned in affaflaati'Qg
Mr. Maxwell, Cnce which they have been
removed to Cambridge.
NEW THEATRE M
, TO-MORROW EVENING,
, DECEMBER 13,
Will be presented, a New COMEDY, (never j-er
foi med in this city) called,
; WIVES AS THEY WERE.
r AND,
3 MAIDS AS THEY ARE.
. [Written by Mrs. Inchbald, authored of Every
One Has His Fault, Such Things Are, &c.]
Sir William Dofrillon Mr. Harwood
f Lord Priory Mr. Warren
c Sir George Evelyn Mr. Moreton
Mr. Norberry Mr. Taylor
Mr. Bronzely Mr. Bernard
t Nabfon Mr. Warrell
Oliver Mr. Bliffet
Goaler Mr. Sully
John Mr. T. Warrell
James Mr. Warrell,ju.
Servants—Messrs. Lavancy, Lafferty, See,
Mifd Dorrillon Mrs. Merry
Lady Mary Raffle Mrs. Oldmixon
r Lady Priory Mrs. Morn's
Honfe-keeper Mrs. Do£lor
To xrhich will be juMed, a Musical Drama,
twi acts, called,
■'< THE ADOPTED CHILD.
r ' Sir Beitram Mr. Warren
Michael Mr. Cooper
" Record Mr. Francis
Spruce Mr. Warrell, jun, *
Le Sage Mr. Darley
Boy Miss L'Eftrangc
Clara Mrs. Warrell
! a | Nelly Mrs. Oldmixotj
Lucy Mrs. Francis
| On Frrday, the celebrated Cfinic Opera of
ct the HIGHLAND REEL —-with entertainments.
| Box, one Dollar ; Pit, thr-"e quarters of a DoL
ve ; lar ; and Galkry. half a Dollar.
»- ' £F The door s °f 'be ' h»atre will open at five,
7 1! and the curtain rife precisely at fit o'clock.
. | Places lor the Boxes to be taken at the Office in
the front of the Theatre, from 10 till 1 oVlock,
'y and from 10 till 4on the days <jf performance.
■re Tickets to behad at l-J.and Rice's book-flore,
. No. .JO Markec-ftreat, and at the Office adjoining
Jj the rrfAT SKSVVBUCA !
ch Ju(t Imported,
wjf AndforSaJeat William Priest man's,
w- Nq. 129, South Front Street,
n- New door to th# CuHom House, a large a (Tort*
,-y tn«ot of law priced $i yer Watches—-confifl'nr of
j ph|n, capt. capt an.t jewcllV,, (lope andfVconds;
Gold VVarches by Mudge, Ellicct, Holmes, Tre
m" tent, See. A true-Keeper by Arnold-—Diamond
of and Pvarl fifrjs and jackets, some plated candle*
'hs tlejranl double barrel'd guns by Mortimer,
do. by Parker, duelling pistols by Trirably, a re
fleiting ujefcope, by Rcbright, a box •! patent
medicine, 6J lbs of Scotch thread, ad»>z;nof tra»
na vtfllisg caps, and a fmail coileclion of Tcarcc vaiu
aft able books.
at December n daw
mt to Public Sales of India Goods
at New-York,
Will commence on Monday the 18th inft,
by A. L. Bleeker if? Sons ;
ofe The cargo as thefhip Swift, Pierre tie Pegfler,
he Commander,jufi arrived from Calcutta, on
a credit of 2, 4, and 6 months
Conlifting of 279 bales of.the following ar»
tides :
of Manikpocc .
■h, Kirabod
nt }• "Baftas.
iat Aduee
an Eniertie
Uy Patna
;w Jetlepoce
cd Ouddee Cofacs
Tigerry Guzzenas
[i a Beeboorn Gurrahs
ju- Blue Guineas
sn-s Guillaudendiary Handkft,
;he Doreas
ind Paua MulmulJ
ac- Tanda Goflaes
jur s Santipore Muslins
on- Kermich<;e Romals
so- Chauderconah Niyanfook &
ind Bandanoe H?jidkerchiefs
Th; above Goods to be fold without tlia
nry fm-i'ieft reserve.
>r?- P-iiladelphi.-, De®. 12, *dst