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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, i gj;
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 29. (<j
Mr. J. Parker aiked and obtained leave wfl
of abfeix e for Mr. S. Smith for ten day*.
Oh the Speaker s informing the house, £■ '
that the unfinished bufinefa of yesterday, orc
related to the remanftrance: of the Legifla- j.
ture of the state of TenneftCe, had the pri- •
ority of other business,
i Mr. Coit said, as the information called
fur from the Secretary of War, was not
yet received, he hoped tbit bufmefs would pj.
be postponed till Tuesday next—Agreed.
On motion of Mr. D. Foster, the house
resolved itfelf into a committee of the whole
on the report of the committee of claims on
the petition of Comfort Sands, and others ( - Q|
—M r - Kittera in the chair ; and all the pa-
pers restive to the fubjeft having been read
by the the following resolution re
ported by the committee of claims was a-
Mtedxo, without debate, viz- Ep
of the Trvafury be, and they are hereby em
authorized -id empowered, upon applica
► aionof die parties, to examine and decide rej
upon the validity of a certain award or re
port made by Isaac Roosevelt, William
Malcolm, Elbridgc Gerry, and Henry . g (
RemfeM (four of the referees nominated
for the purpose) between the United State*
and Comfort Sands and others, his co-part- an
uers (contraftor3 for furnifhing supplies to
the troops during the late war) and that in
malting their decision upon the said award
or report, the said officers of the Treasury '
fjiall be governed. by principles similar to £
those which would prevail in a eontroverfy j. (
> concerning it at law ; and if the opini-
* y* of the accounting officers aforefaid, the
said award or report ought to be binding
and obligatory against the United States, .
then, and in such cafe, but not otherwise, j
the said Comfort Sands an|d others, his said
co-partners, (hall be entitled to have the
said claim against the United States, as on
the said award allowed and fettled at the
Treasury, in the usual manner, and (hall be j
paid the amount of the claim, so to be al-
lowed, out of any monies which may be |
in the Treasury not otherwif* appropri- ,
ated."
The committee rose, reported the reso
lution, and the house took it up ; when j
Mr. Nicholas objeftedto agreeing to the !
report, and Mr. Gallatin moved that the p
subject be re-committedfor a report of faftt
on the fubjeft. I e ,
The state of thi» long contested question
Appears to be as follows :
TW petitioners fame time in the year
1782 contrasted with the Superintendent of
the finances, for the supply of rations far
the use of the garrison of Weft Point and j
its dependencies, and also for the use of the v
main army ; that before the expiration of
the tern of their contrast, it was
proper or necessary, by the said fuperinten
dant, that the bufinef* of supply Ihould be., c
withdrawn from tktn, and placed in other
hands ; a claim to be indemnified for daraa
ges and losses, alledged tftKave been fuf- {
tained, was made on the part of the con- (
"(raftors ; in consequence of which feveial {
resolution* were passed by Congress, that
1 four of the referees appointed hy, and in
pursuance of the said jefolutions, in the
year 1787, made an award or report, ex 1
pre (five of their decision or opinion, that ; {
the United States ought to pay to the said j (
contraftors, the sum of 40,297 dollars and |
4-90ths parts ef a dollar ; that the award or
report was, by Congress, referred for exa- j j
mi nation to a committee, whp reported in , (
favor of its being confirmed, but that report (
was afterwards committed to another com
mittee, who never, as far as can be traced, ' |
made any report ; neither has there be*n a
ny decision of Congress oh the fubjeft— (
that the reasons whioh induced the reference
to a second committee do not appear ; that
application having beer made to the ac
counting officers of the Treasury, tor a de
termination on the said award, it has been
concluded that they were not competent to
the fame, without the special authority of
thelegiflature. -
The principal arguments used by Messrs.
Gallatin and Nicholas were, that this claim
was altogether novel, being grounded up
on damagtt sustained, and not upon adual
fuppliet fum'tfhtd ; that no allowance ef this
kind had ever been made that if
once there were to be eftabliflied a principle,
that wherever damages had been sustained in
jnoney tranfaftipns with government, recom
pence (hould be made, they would open a
wide door for business, as there was scarcely
any person who had dealings with govern
ment during the war> that would not be a
ble to make a claim of this kind, from the
then emharraffitd state of the treasury ; that
the claim being of a novel kind, its merits
ought to be -well examined, before it was
allowed ; that there was nothing in the claim
which would render it admiffiblc, were it
not for the repott or award j that this a
ward, in their opinion, was intended as no
thing more than an enquiry as to facts,
which was to be laid befxf congress, and
decided upon by them ; that therefore the
report before them was improper, as it re
ferred business to the accounting officers of
the treasury, to which they were incompe
tent, and which ought to be fettled in that
house ; that this was very different from a
wards made betwixt individuals, where both
parties pledged themfel'es to abide the con
fequenccs ; nor was there an instance to be
produced ia whichconjrefs had thusl author
ized an award ; that though on« of the re
foluiions entered into by them, authorized
the referrees " to decide certain controver
fie* between the United States and the con
traflors, yet it concluded with " and report
their tpinien thereupon that the condufl
of cengrefs itfelf (hewed that this reference
was not meant as a final award j t at if jt
bad, instead of refering the report hrft- to
•
one committee and .to Another, they ' *
; would have *t orr^-ap^r'.ipriated the money I
• and not committed it lovfuribtr enquiry ;
.but, allowing that the award could be con
| fidcrcd -in the fame light as an a .ard be-1
twixt individuals, ftiU it would be proper I Si
ta examine the ground upon which the a-
ward was founded.
Messrs. J. Parker and Findley, were jp J de
favor of the motion for a re-committal, i(i I ret
order that thelioufe might be in full poflef- I dil
(ion of faGs in a business which had been a- I on
gitated ever since they were in congress, and tei
which had alway* been considered -as a very Cc
doubtful cafe. n ri
The report was supported by Meffirs. ou
Harper, Sprague, Brookes, Coit, J. Wil- M
liams, Bayard, Livingfton, Goodrich, O- th
tis and Gordon, these grounds, viz. Fc
That;the course pursued in this cafe was th
similar to that which is usual in the fubmif- hii
fion of sontroverfies between individuals, to co
arbitration ; that tlfcre was a mutual elec- mi
tion and consent in the appointment of the I m;
person* who were to make the investigation ; j
that they werecxprefsly deaominatedmrEß- j
ees;thattheya£tedi<n</<;r j e(
reprefenting the government, was j S'
empowered to employ counsel, if necessary I 10
that the referrtj are authorised, by . the firft J
resolution, to determine what damages, if a- I
ny, were sustained hy the qontra&ors, and I
1 by the last resolution, their duty or business |
is designated to be to " dec>de certaiu contro- 1 rc
vetjies," between the Unjted Slates and j °'
1 the contra&ors j tha these chara&eriftics, j
and the general spirit of the tranfaftion, j
appear to denote, that the report of the re- j
' ferees in the cafe, ought to be considered as I fe
equivalent to an award between individuals I w
possessing the fame validity, and equally o- | 1
* pen to exceptions ; that, as to the provi- I "
r fion made by the several resolutions, that j V
the referees /hould report their opinion to
Congress : this, it is conceived, could only I b<
have been intended to reserve to Congref* a 1 nt
' right of reviewing the award oh the fame f'
j principle*, bonajiae, as would prevail in a |
court of justice; the observation* of t :
e gentlemen opposed to this claim, were such C (
as might have been properly urged when the | U
question far appointing arbitrators was be
e fore the old Congress, but that they were {
very ill-timed how ; and that the argument
of the cafe having been a very long time be- p
fore Congress, was a strong reason for a- I w
grieing to the report, that justice might at K
" | length be done to the claimants.
I The question for re-committing the re-1 t i
port was put and negatived 48 to 29. tl
The Report was then agreed to, without
a division, and the Committee of Claims P
ordered to bring in a bill accordingly.
' n j Mr. D. Foster moved, that when the n
house adjourn, it adjourn to Monday.
Mr. Harper proposed Tuesday.
5 The question on the most distant day,
was taken and negatived 41 to 31 and then 1 s
the firft motion was agreed to without a di- t
le ~ b 1
virion. t
j Mr. Livingfton, from the committee of 1 0
commerce and manufa&ures, wi(hed that I
committe to be discharged from the farther I J
>e "' CtmfideraHon of the petition of Geo. Gnr-1
C 1 wan Ward, that it might be referred to the I <
committee of ways and meant, who had '
the law refpefting the duty payable on dif- I '
j tilled spirits (to which it referred) under I .
their consideration. Agreed and the pro- j ,
posed reference made. I 1
l ie The fame gentleman, alXo made another I 1
report on the petitions ofO. Cooke, Abiel 1 j
at Wood, and Robert Hooker, which Was I ,
to the fame effsft as the former report. — I
i)( j j Committed for Wednesday next.
1 Mr. Otis prcfented a petition from Ste
'phen Dickinfon & Co. merchants, on be- j
. I half of Alexander. St. John, praying redress
; on aacount of penaltie* inenrred in confe- I
quence offome informality as to the register I
of a vessel. Referred to the committee of j
' i commerce «nd and manufaftures.
a Mr. J. Williams said that at the time the I
office of the Commissioner of the Revenue I
iat was appointed, he doubted not it might be I
» necessary; but, at present, he thought the I
business of that office might be very well]
done "ithe treasury department, and, if it I
' t() could, it would occasion a considerable fav- I
■of ,n t ' le el P encc * government, as he I
found his salary was 2,400 dollar*; that I
,y £ 2,700 dollars hat been allowed for clerks,
250 dollars for meffengtr, &c. 400 dollars I
for stationary, besides office rent, See. mak
ual ' n £ in tl'e whole upwards ef 6,000 dollars. I
i- He, therefore, proposed a resolution to the I
1 following effect:
' | " Resolved, That the committee of revi
j sal and unfirii(hed business, be to j
enquire and report, whether any, and if j
any, what alterations are necessary iu the
I aft making alterations in tne Treasury & 1
r War Departments, so far as refpefts the
office of Commissioner of the Revenue,
' and report their opinion as to the .expedi
hat cnc y> or ' n expediency of abolishing
the office of Commissioner of the Reven
:rits
was vie *
Ordered to lie on the table.
The bill for the reliefof North and Vefey,
of Charleston, was received front the Senate
with amendments, which were read and re
ferred the committee of commerce and
manufaftures.
the r ' Ba y ard movec ' letter of the
Judges, sent to the house by the President
of the United States, requesting an altera
tion in the time of ho'ding the circuit courts
in the state of Delaware, be referred to a
) feleft committee; which being agreed to, |
>oth He presented remonstrances from the
Chancellor and sundry citizens of the state
of Delaware, against the above suggested
j ior alteration, which were referred to the fame
committee.
j re
ized Adjourned till Monday.
.ver; LE F T
port At Alderman Bedfoid's office, Lombardftrset,
d o No. 82, about three wec ; :S ago, a whole piece
of cotton,.fuppotjsd to tie stolen —any person
f nce havine loft the /ame, proyinp property am! pay.*
'f i' ing charges may have it agsin.
Ito Ptccniber>6. *eojt.
Dtceniber j6.
do
PHIL A DELPHI A, To
SATURDAY F.VEN'ING, DECEMBER
This morning arrived in town from Havre I
de-Grace, via New-York, Mr. Divid Me
redith, merchant of this city. M». Mere- Fi
dith failed from Havre the 24th Oflober,
on which day he informs, that he saw a let
ter from the Chancellor of the American
Confnlate at Paris, to a gentleman at Ha
nre, which stated, that twelve clays previ- e d
ou9 to the date of that letter, the American
Ministers Plenipotentiary, had delivered
their credentials to M. Talleyrand Perigord,
Foreign Mmifter, ai;J at that period
they had received no comrriunication from no
him, either perfoual «r official, and that in g c
consequence they found themfaltes in the
most awkward unpleafant situation i- m '
magiaable.
A
A few nightsfince, a gentleman wasftopp- so
ed under the wall of Arch-street burying th
grour.d. The highwayman presented a pis- re
tol to histreaft, demanded his calh, obtain- 01
ed it, and went off. P*
Yellerday a discovery was made of several ex
of theperfohs concerned in committing the of
robberies on the roads near this city ; —two of)
of them are young men from New-Jersey. "•
For the Gazette of the United States. ifi
MR. PENNO, B
BY tr.e milk and witer o v ftrvatlons if tlie cor- efl
rffpeni'ent of a Senator of tlie United Statu, g]j
which appeared to your paper of Tuefdav evening,
1 take thi auth r of tii«m to be the fame puny
" Friend.to Law» and FKedorn'.' that appjpred in
your paper 0/ tht 14th an*! 19th inft.
Had the vanity rf th? writer (who for brevity's ns
fake 1 stall call th# frimij sot carried him beyond ,j, (
being mwtly a fc«bW-r ft>r » newfpapor, I think
neither he nor the publ».',» ouUV,eyi;r hi ard >
from me again—But when ("hear so triflinp a
thinjr tacking itfelf to Senate of nry country [
in to give itfelf importance, I feel my 11a- pi
tional prtde in a dcjrree rr.f'ulted—!n honor ts my () j
country 1 cannot believe thers is a Senator of the
United States, who would willingly receive, aad
thereby becouie (lie patron, of a firiei ol letters,
defined (or publication, f# unimportant as tlie w
simple we have ha L ai
What does all the writer's declamation ia your m
paper of Tuesday evening amount to ? Why, that ,
war i>an undefirabl* alternative; it generally the
gneateft of evili; and therefore aught to be avo'.d- "
ed i/ poflible. There is not a blockhead who struts tl
the flrecu but wftat knew this before—and yet th
the wife " friend" is obtruding this at advice on u|
the Senate. .
If his objeA was, at he Attempted some time
paQ, to ihew that it was impolitic to permit out 6
merchants to arm, he might as pertinently have jr
recited one of Hervey't evening meditations a- w
mong the tombs. | r
It w an important question, whether by permit
tiHg our merchauta to defend their property on the
high fei» against unlawful aggression, Congress
will put at hazard the puce of the country—This f<
all-important question 1 (hall leave to wiser heads c
than mine to determine. Sure 1 am, that nothing j (
thu " friend" hat yet ftid, has thrown any light .
on the fubjeiS. , s ■ '
One word upon the remarks the " friuid" was O
pleased to make in your paper of the 19th upon
my previous observations on hit reasoning.
He' supposed I would " lay a wager to convince
Congress that I alone e»uld think or argue"—l
did not write, as he profeffed to, for the purpose
of influencing Congress—l liad not the vanity to '
think my writings would have that tendency— 1
My only objedl was to espofe to merchants (the 1
well informed of whom however did not need the v
erpofnre) the absurdity of his opinions—And yet (
I will confcfs, that "although 1 never Uy a wjger,
it might have been at pertinent on that occafiou at '
the argumcnu (if 1 may so call them) of the '
" friend." NotwithftaudiHg thit observation, I 1
profefo with him, to treat with Jut refpcS, the .
sentiments of those who differ with me
If I could poflibly be induced on any fubjedt to
lay a wager with of winning, it
wouldhe that a greiit majority 6f your readers be- I
gin by this time to be powe- fully imprelled with a
bditf that the "fiiend" It in fomc way or other
r concerned in priv^eers—lf I mistake in thit, it is
p besaufe his writings have not m»de the fame im
prefliont on others they have on me.
Before I part with the " friend" I will take the
' liberty to give him one piece of advice. It is, out
c of regard to the honor of hit country, either to
r difcontinuc his correspondence with Hie Senator,
. or to suppress the publication of it.
AN ENEMY TO NONiENSg.
t P. S. Since writing the foregoing I havefeen
the " friencTs" leucr 11. in your paper of lad e
veaing—l am not led to alter my opinion of him-
E I have however learnt tWo things from it—One is,
t that hje has travelled—Tke other, that he pufleff't
the art of bombast in the highest degree ; for
s Which Ido not think General Waftington will
thank him—lt will require more notes than hit (4)
" and (7) to make him uuderlloood. Do, Mr
!• Fenno, if he is not above communicating direftly
e with you, aflc hhn What he means by " the un
(haken loftincfs (I leave out his parentheGs, at it
did not explain his meaning, xnd fill up the gap
with my own) whenall tic paflions, a warring
n world, a popular and favorite fubjeft invited or
f feemgd to offer redress, or at lead revenge !"
e AN ENEMY TO NONSENSE.
December 29.
e it tw
MR. FtNNO,
I am really imprefled with 1 lively concern,
at the readtnefs with wliich the StateLegiflature
S areabout to yield to the folicitatiosa of the Bank
1- of Pennsylvania, for vesting their Cashier with
powers ofa Notary Public —Do the Legislature
consider how inconliftent those twoappointme«tt
are--Do they corifyief how essentially this will
''' ehange the principles of a legal controverly
Ce which an individual may hive with that inftitu
-2" tion, by authorising odc party to giv« evidence
id in his own cause : tor it is a fair and juflifiable
couclnfrtiij that under the influence of I* efprif
, e du corpsthe luUitution as well as (e'lf-julti
nt flcation, that as individual cannot rely on the in
dependent teftimopy of any Ca(hief is he cow
a ~ can on'that of an indifferent plrfo'n eftabli&cd
18 as a Notaty for th« public the
* members 0} the Legiflaturc, on refltdlion, will
not, without forre prsffing aeceffity, (and nose
be appears") introduce an innovation fa uan|;rrout
te to the rights of the citizens, and so very unusual
j in th« pra<Sliceof jurilprutJtnca.
CD.
ne
MR. finno,
_ I requett you to re-publilh Mr. Jefferfon'i
letter to Mazzei which I remember to have
,seen last May in your Gazette. The iftolt
et ' effeftual method of puniftu'ng the writer sf
ce this superlative libel all the able and vir
tuous citizens of our coontry who do not
embrace his variable and visionary politics,
is to exhibit freoue»tlv this letter totbe pub
' 4*.
lie view through the medium ®f the press, c.l
submitting it without a commtrit to'the can- vc
dour, liberality and good ftnfe of the com
munity : a tribunal awful to vain projectors
not less than to wicked calumniator., ao
I ( . CO
' re
FLORENCE, Jsnusry t, 1797. G
LETTER hi
From Mr. Jefurfon, late minister of the U
nited States in France, and-fecretary to po
the department of foreign affairs, to a ci
tizen of Virginia.
This letter, literdlly translated, is addrciT
ed to M. Mazzei, author wf Rsfcarches, fw
hillorical an(i political,', upon r- the, United n c
States of America, now resident in Tufcany. fjp
" Otir political fituatien is prodigiously ft a
changed fincc yon left us. Instead of that w(
noble love of liberty, and tPiat republican ta
government, which carried us triumphantly a t
through the dangers of th' war, an angle— rc
I monarchico—arillocratic party has arifcti. E d
Their avowed obje£t is to impose on us'the foi
fybflanie, as they have already given us the eo
form, of the British government. Never
theless the principal body of our citizens ye
remain faithful to republican principles. All pi;
our proprietors>>f lands are friendly ta those un
prinaiples, as also the tnafs ps men of tal- an
cats. We have against us (republicans) the oc
executive power, the judiciary power, (two Fi
of three branches of our government) all the
officers of government, all who are feeling offi
ces, all timid men who prefer the calm of defpo- bl
tifm to the tcmpcflususfea of liberty, the Brit- dc
ijh merchants and the Americans who trade on ye
British capitals, the fpicj.ators, per funs inter- q{
ejled in the lank and the public funas. [Eft- a
•blilfflfffcnts invented with views of corrup- f 0
tion, and to afiimilate us t* the British mo- C e
del in its corrupt parts.}.
" I (hould give you a fever, if i {hould fj,
name the apostates who have embraced these /p
heresies ; meh who were Solomons in coun- d<
fcil, and Sampsons in combat, but whofc hair C r
has been cut off by the whow of England. f 0
[ln the original, parlacatin d'Angleterre,- re
probably alluding to the woman's cutting jg
off the hair of ijampfon, and his loss of a
strength thereby.] tr
" They would wrest from 11s that liberty
which we have obtained by so much labor p
and peril ; but we shall preserve it. Our 1 0
mass of weight and riches is so powerful, tJ
that we have nothing to fear from any at- tl
tempt against ns by force. I)? is fufficient f e
that we guard ourselves, and that we breai
the Lilliputian ties by which they have bound p.
us, in the firft (lumber! which succeeded our t j
labors. It fuffices that we arrest the pro- j r
grefs of that system of ingratitude and in- e;
justice toward* France, fronj which they ft
would alienate us, to bring us under Eritifti tl
influence, See." tl
[The foregoing letter wears all the ex- \ 2
ternal mark* of authenticity. And yet it n
seems hardly poflible an American could be
capable of writing such a letter. As the
letter is cireulating in Europe, we deem it
just, if a forgery, to give Mr. Jefferfon an y
opportunity to disavow it.] fc
1 b
The city of London have voted thanks c
to admiral Duncan, and all the officers and
men composing his fleet, for their conduft
in the aftion with" she Dutch ; and have"pre
sented Admiral Duncan with a sword, va- /
lued at 200 guineas, and Admiral Ouflow I
with a sword valued at 100 guineas. Also ,
direfted to be paid to a fubfeription /
opened for the widows aud orphans of sea- t
men who fell in the conflict. 2900 guineas i
were fubferibed by individuals for the fame
purpose.
The Cork Gazette has ceased to be ptib
lifhed. Some prosecutions instituted against
the editor were withirawnon that condition.
1
J
By this day's Mail.
NEIV-TORl<~Decemher 29.
Extraft of a letter from Mr. James Van
' zandt, Supercargo of tbebrig Eliza, capt.
Bowne, to his friend in this city, dated
St. Bartholemews, Dee. 1.
, " Nov. 13, in lat. 25, 42, N. long. 66,
- W. was captured by the fchr, Le Sanfpa
riel captain Pillet Solier, of Gaudaloupc,
cwner. They gave 11s a (hot and when with
r in hail, after enquiring from whence we
I came and where bound to, ordered capt.
) . Bowne on board with his papers, or they
would Jink us to Hell &ce The capt. obey
s ed, and was aflced in a harsh manner for his
t papers ; as soon as they had examined them
p decided that our vessel was a good prize.—
g Then sent the brig's boat full of men on
r board, ransacked the vessel, pilfered from
me all my (lores, &c. left us deliitute of al
most every necessary, took from us eur cook
(a black boy) abusing him in a most (hock
ing manner, frnt a prize raafter and 7 men
i> on board, took out ourfirft and second mates
e with two men, detained us till the 14th inft.
f and then ordered us for at the
fametime forwarding onjy partof my papers.
ts It is impossible to state to you at this time,
II accurately and particularly the vile abuse
j and ill usage we have received from them."
u-
■ c The projeft of Boulay for. banishing all
c the nobles from France was found to be so
unpopular, that the commifiion withdrew it
n . arid substituted a modification by which the
w nobles are ouly dijfranchifed, and previous >
:d to exercising the lights of citizens, are o
1C bliged ta go through the forms prefcribrd
for foreigners. The difcuflion of this qutf
tion called up violent passions in the coun
cil—the members ruflied to the tribune—
bawling and (Inking with their canes, with :
1. all the intemperance which diftinguidred the
debates in Danton's time.
t'» The army of observation in Weftplialia is
ve tobe confidcrably'augmented. A " ew Con
3ft grefs is to be formed at Hildefheim to rega
of late the provisioning and pay of the troeps.
ir- It appears that the king of Prussia is alarm
lot ed or pretpnds to be alarmed at the eftablilh
:s, ment of a republic oa the left of the Rhine,
ib- and the manifeftpes of the French diftfibut
• V"
tjii fight, to rouse the people to teii> '
rcr their rights. .
Gen. -IXutertre had been caller! id
aount : fw the mpney he bad received to ili
cort the deputies to Rochefort. fie wss #;«
refied ! , but escaped towards the army rf
Germany.'' The DireQory hw ovdet'ttf
htm to he seized. • t
Dumoufier continues sorefide in Hdftsifl '
not far from Hamhurgh.
<1 . : !
LONDON, Oftpber 18.
Lad nigVlt ,a Dutch Sailor, armed with $
sword, planted himfelf on the road fi<J?
near Pcptford where he attacked every pafa
fengei with the molt bNital ferocity. H?
stabbed a young woman in the bread, and
wounded several Gentlemen, but none mofi
tajly. After a desperate refiftancc he wai
at la(jt orerpowered by numbers, coa»
vcyed to thi; yvatch-houfe, where he declar
ed it was his intention to destroy every pei>
son he met, in revenge for the defeat of his 5
countrymen..
Admiral de Winter is between 35 and 40
years of age. He is a tall, handsome man,
plain in his manners, and joins to the
undaunted courage, an uncommon ardar
and aftivity, as be has evinced on various
occasions. He is a Major Gen«ral in the
French service,
OAoher 20.
The Stadtholder has now a very formids?
ble navy in the British ports ; it ie a very
point howevnr, whether in the t>
vent of his restoration h? would carry many
of them back with him. There would be
a gpod many charges for keeping and repair,
for the payment of which he would be for,
ced to leave them inpaivn.
The Pope, it is laid has been again csn
fpiring against the French republic. This
infallible head of the C.hurch is now in his
dotage, but it *ertamly is 'extremely indif
ereet in his friends not to give him# chanco
for dying at home in peace. They should
recoiled*,, that though young Princes and
Bijhops may do well to roam about Europe,
a man of 80 is rather too fold tQ begin hit
travels.
It argues a great deal of simplicity in thq
French commissioners at Lisle to wait any
longer for lord Malmelbury. If the dura,
tion of their appointments depends upon
this event, they may reckon upon having
secured very comfortable ftnecures for life.
It is a miserable proof of the happiness and
pjtfper'tty of a coftntry, when a lik?
that ps Lord Duncan's is attended with ng
imperceptible rife of the funds, no lively
expectation of peace, and when even ths
fnpporters. of ministry in the city checked
their transports by recolle&idg that whas
they with for, and dare not ask, may bs d«,
layed by one of othcr<wife the mod fortu,
nate events inth? history of the British navy,
* . YARMOUTH, Oft. 17.
The Dutch Admiral de Winter behaved
v«ry gallantly ; he fought until one fide had
but fix guns that he could fire ; his captain
had both his thighs (hot [off, and died Oft
Sunday morning. ,
PARIS, Oltoler 12.
A Cenfpiracy has been difcovfred at
the objeß of <wbicb was the e/labli/hmept of J. {'•
berty in thi Prussian Countries. Ihe Confp'n
rators had already planned the division of tht
territory into fifteen Departments. 7he author
of the plan is a Suiifs named Burner, iubo fai
befn arreted,
/ oSober 13.
General Angtneau has received 9 prcfent of
a Standard and fixfine Hourfet from the Dit
redory.
Counifl of yoe, Oct, 1 o—The refolutitf
for rejeSingfrom the Legijlative Body, Frerott,
and the other Deputies from Qayerfnej was put)
and carried in the affirmative,
. ~ POST-OFFICE,
Philadelphia, Dec. 30.
' Letter; for -the Briti/h Packet tht '
Princtfs Charlotte, for Falmouth, will he
■ revived at this Office until Tuesday, the
> 2d January, at 12 o'clock, noon,
N. B. The inland to New-Ybrfc
tnuf} be paid. < 21
~ new Theatre. *
! THIS EVENING,
1 DECEMBER 30,
WHI be Pcfoiti-d. the Biflorical Play of
COLUMBUS:
1 or, A World Discovered.
To which will be added, the Comic Opera of
t THE FARMER.
Loft This Forenoon,
t A ten dollar Note on the Bank of the Ig
nited States, whoever has found it an 4 will
e bring it to the office of this Gazette (hall re*
, ceive a reward from the owner.
> BALL.
f, Mr. Byrne's second Ball will ba
on Tucfiay the id of Jiruary, at Oeller's hotel-*
.. Gentlemen', Tickets at ona dollar each to be '
. at tht hotel—Ladies' Ticltrts to be had of Mr. ap«}
o Mri. Byrne, No. Jr4 r.or'h Sixth
it The days of Tuition lax yotong Ladies, affiltcd
ie by Mrs. Byrne,are on Tuffday and Saturday raor*
ning—in the afternoon of the fame days for young
gentlemen, and Thyrfday and Saturday evenings
5 " for gentleanen.
d Dec qo. It
f ; Mrs, GRA TTA N,
"RESPECTFULLY informs her friends and tJ}J
IV public in general, that oeceGity obliges hey
•h to make this effort for the of her fa?
Ie mily ; for them Mrs. G. solicits the support an<t
patr»nage of a generous public, at her
SECOND CONCERT,
• which will be on Tuesday next, at Mr. RichardetS*.
' Subscribers Tickets Six dollars, whifh admit a])
n " the unmarried lames of his family,
a- Nq tickets transfeioble.
is. Non fu'leribersTicketsTv\n Dollars.,
j,. The Concert to begin at half pad seven, and the
x Band to attend for the Ball at eight.
The Subfcrileft will please to fcr.dfor their tiJc*
ets, at No. 19} High Strtet.
it- Dec d#