•grthd department to aur government, not ■contemplated by the conllitution, he owned he was alarmed. Whenever he saw ness of the navy so extensive, as to requi.- a ifeparate department, he should vote for it; but he thought it would not be wife to go on to the establishment of new departments, be fore there was btifinefs for them to do ; be cause, whenever such a department wascon ftitutcd, he had no doubt btifinefs would be found for it to do, as the officer at the head of it would be continually drawing out, and laying before Congress plans for its increase. As to what had been said about the line of conduct adopted by gentlemen in this House, he should fay nothing of it. He thought too much had already been said on that subject, •nd he believed it would be best to fufTer such reflections to refute themselves. Mr-J. Williams said, the only point in dispute was, whether* ieparate office should be established for the biifinefs of the navy, or whether it should be put under the care of a \ 6uperuvtendant in the War Department. He wished the gentleman from Maflachufetts (Mr. Otis) ha<i spared his observations, until he had heard thole of the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. S. Smith). It had appeared to him that a Superintendant in the War De partment would have been fufficient, and he yet thought so. He did not think the biifi nefs tif the navy was so great as to require a separate establishment. There was more bii finefs in the War Department in 1794 than at present, and nothing was then heard of a new department. He should not have opposed this meafnre if he had not been convinced that every measure taken to increase the navy be yond it* present establishment, would have a bad effedlon this country. It had been pro posed last Winter to purchase all the live-oak timber in the Southern States ; afterwards a proposition was brought forward for the esta blishment of Naval Yards. Those measures had been defeated, and they were now called t upon to establish a new department for this fa- tl vourite objedt. He was not willing to do it. ( The gentleman from Maflachufetts fiaid there would only be a difference belwixt making a a new office and continuing to do the business L in the War Department, of the salary of the a chief officer; but if he looked at the second j elaufe of the bill, he would find himfelf mis- t taken, as there was in that provision for a r principal clerk, and such other clerks as he t shall judge neceflary. So that he may have a r clerk for every port in the Union, if he plea- s fes. If he represented, as the gentleman from Maflachufetts does, a commereial interest, he f might be as faVorable to a navy as him ; but e as that was not the cafe, he was opposed to it. t He gave his approbation to such appropriati- t 011s as he thought neceflary ; and if, in this r instance, he differed in opinion from the gen- r tleman from Maflachufetts, he should (land excused. He believed with that gentleman, , that the commercial and agricultural interests were closely connected ; they differed only as a to the extent to which it was proper to carry olir naval defence. He did not wiih, however, ; at present, to rejeit the bill. He believed it , might be amended, and he had no objection to ihe question being postponed for that pur- , pose. 1 Mr. Livingston fa'd, he was almost , tempted to Imile at the arrogant pretensions j of some gentlemen in this House, in their treatment of others, at least their equals on , this floor, whatever they might be out of ( doors, being equally with them Reprefenta- ( t'rves of the People. They were told by the , gentleman from Maflach jletts (Mr. Otis) that oppotition was expedted, was looked for from certain gentlemen ; that no argument was neceflary on the occation, thcifc members who were opposed to all measures of defence, would oppose this measure also ; but that those who had originated the measure would cairy it into effect. This fimpls de claration of a strength of party was also at tended with a very handfbrne rrtmke of orie of his colleagues (Mr. J. Williams) for hav ing dared to doubt the propriety of the mea sure before the committee. He was happy to find this rebuke had produced itseffedt, and that though his colleague was at firft very de cidedly against the bill, he yas now disposed to doubt; and the effect of another rebuke, he fuppoled, would obtain his vdte in favour of the new establishment. for his own part, neither the rebuke, nor the preliminary ob servations with which it was accompanied, had produced any effect upon him. He did very much doubt the propriety of the mea sure ; for although there was a great deal of bulinefs in the war office, and the fame person could not be supposed to be acquaint ed with military and naval affairs, if a ship builderwas to have the appointment, hecould not think such a person fit to be one of the <reat council of the nation ; and it mult be recolledted that the person who holds this of fice will become one of the counsellors of the Prelrdent on all great concerns. But if the idea was adopted, that no per son in the government was to have business under his direction which he does not perfedt ly understand, thisdivifion muftnot flop here. Could it be/aidthat the Sec-retary of War had a perfect knowledge of every thing under his diredtion, except what related to the navy? Certainly not. To be so, he muftnot only be a perfett engineer, but be acquainted with the conftrudtion of arms. To carry this idea to its full extent, it would not only be neceflary to have separate departments, but alfoagteat variety of liibdivifions; they muff have, he supposed, coinmiflioners of gun barrels and of ramrods. But it was f.iid, that the establishment of of this new office would be the means of sav ing money, and the excels of expenditure on the frigates was pointed at as a proof of the want of an officer of this kind ; but he believ ed if other business was looked at which had been immediately under the diredtion of the Secretary of War —the frigate for the Dey of Algiers for instance—it would be found tp have been well and speedily done, which was a proof that the Secretary of War could attend to that business. It was said that this establishment was ne ceflary, in order to give an appearance of de fence to Europe, as if the establishment of a Department of the Navy was to have the ef fedt to do away all our palt and to prevent future injuries. But our appearance to Europe vras not all ; the example of EurPpean coun tries was mentioned. All were said to have a Marino Department. The pradtice of Europe, Mr. L. said, had proved itfelf to be a bad one, as the Nawies of those countries, had proved the ruin of thrtn. Mr. L. would raake no reply to the insinu ations, thrown out against gentlemen, which represented them as being opposed to every measure of defence, as not a queflien came before the house in which the fame ed charge had not been repeated ; and he sup posed by and bv, that a new Post Office could not be proposed, or the most trifling business done, w itlvout a repetition of those charges. The Yeas and Nay 6 were taken upon this bill uoing to its third read ing, as follows : 0 YEAS. Messrs. Allen, Mcflrs. Machir, Bartlctt, Matthews, Bayard, Morgan, Champlin, Morris, t Chapman, Otis, r Cochran, , J. Pa»ker, f Coit, Pinckney, a Craik, Reed, Danna, v Rutledge, f Dennis, Schureman, \ Dent, Sewall, Evans, Shepard, t A. Foster, Sinnickfon, t D. Foster, Skinner, 1 J. Freeman, N. Smith, ' Glen, S. Smith, ' i Goodrich, Sprague, t Grifwold, Thatcher, « Grove, Thomson, Harper, Thoulas, Hindnian, Tillinghaft, I Hofmer, VanAlen, Imlay, Wadlworth, Messrs. Baldwttij Messrs. Jones, Bard, ••• Livingfton, Benton, . Locke, Blouut, Lyon, Brent, Macon, Bryan, M'Clenaehan Bullock, M'Dowell, T. Claiborne, Milledge, W.Claiborne New, Clay, W. Smith, Davis, Sprigg, Dawfon, Summer, Elmondorf, Stanford, Findley, A.Trigg, Fowler, J-Trigg, Gallatin, VanCortlandt Gillefpie, Varnum, Harrifon, Venable, Hofmer, J. Williams, Heifter, R,<ViHiams, . Holmes, 41. On motion of Mr. Harper, the house : then took up the amendments of the Senate | to the bill refperting the compensation of Clerks. Mr. Harper dated the effect of these amendments to be, to give to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of, that house, an addition of 250 dollars each to their present salaries. He recommended an agreement to these amendments as reasonable, as the sala ries of these officers were fixed at the fame time at which the salaries of the Clerks and nferior officrrs were fixed, which had been advanced. Mr. Gallatin enquired what the present salaries of these officers were. It wasanfwer ed 1500 dollars a year, and two dollars a day during the feflion of Congress. Mr. G. tho't this fuflficient, and that since their salaries had not been increased at a time when living was much dearer than it is at present, or likely to be, he could not consent to the proposed ad vance. The was taken by Yeas and Nays, and negatived 36 to 28. The following, being part of the proceed ings of Monday, April 23, wereaccidently o mitted in their proper course. On motion of Mr. J. Williams, the house went into a committee of the whole on the bill for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia of the United States. Very soon fter the committee was formed, Mr. Otis wished the committee to rife, in order to moi/ein the house, apoftponement of the consideration of this bill till the next fefli on of Congress. He was convinced that the ] principle in the bill which went tp divide the militia rnto afeledt and reserved corps, was a good one ; but he did not think this was a proper moment to make the new arrangement. The bill contained, he said, a great variety of detail, which would consume considerable time to discuss, and after all, he did not be lieve it would be got through this feflion. It was probable, he said, that aprovifional army, or foroe other arrangement, would be neces sary for the present, in order to prepare for any attack that may be made upon us ; and ha thought it would be very wrong to disor ganize the present system of militia at this time, since he saw no good effect that could be immediately produced by the change. This motion wasfupported by Messrs. Skin ner, Varnum, and T. Claiborne ; and oppos ed by Meflrs. Shepard, S. Smith, R. Willi ams, Nicholas, M'Dowell, and Macon. It was negatived 3816 37. The confidferation of the bill was then re sumed and some progress made on it, when • the committee rose, and the house adjourned. Thursday, April 26. MR. D. FOSTER, from the committee of claims, made an unfavourable re pott on the petition of Alexander Power, at torney in fact for Edward Bryan, and others, soldiers in the Pennsylvania line, which was concurred in. The bill for establishing an executive de partment, to be denominated the department of the navy, was read the third paf fed, 42 to 27. On motion, the house again i*efolved itfelf [ into a committee of the whole on the bill ap propriating for the military establishment for ■ the ytar 1798 ; fvhen the question for filling . the hlanV in the quarter matter department . with 200,000 dollars again recurring, | Mr. Harper said, it would be recolledted , that when the house last rose, it was for the t purpose of affording time to make some dif . crimination in the appropriations. The gen s tlemanfrom Pennsylvania (Mr. Gallatin) had done this, and it appeared te him correctly, f Mr. H. enumerated the different items, and the sums calculated for each. Theveflelson , the Lakes he had no doubt would be an use . ful objedt, and ought to be provided for, but ! not under the quarter matter department. He 1 would introduce it as a diftindt item ; but he » did not know under what authority the vessels f on the Ohio and Mifliflippi were conftrutted, p or for what purpose they were wanted. Per s haps it might have been for the lower part of 1 the Mifliflippi, from the idea of a rupture in that quarter ; but though this might have been the cafe, he was far from admitting the _ principle that the war department had a right a to determine the propriety ef such a measure. . He believed, if such an expence was neceflary t an appropriation ought to have been made by e Congress. He was therefore willing to drop . this item altogether. It was stated that the a conftrudtion of these vessels was commenced; ; he was notwithstanding willing that it should d be suspended, until some enquiry was made <f j into the business, and Congress lhall pass a l la** to authorize the expenditure. He could . ! not fay these vessels were not neceflary ; but h he was willing to fay they should not be pro y vided for at present. Mr. H. again objected e to the expence of 34,000 dollars far the trans portation of ordnance and (tores from this ci ty to Pittsburgh. As Congress had no a(Tu d ranees of these being wanted, he should be - s willing to omit this item also. He wished likewise to enquire whether ordnance could is not be procured in that .country, without be ing at so great an expence in transporting them from this city. ( Mr. H. still wiflied the blank to be filled with 200,000 dollars. The former eflimate was isS,ooo dollars, but he believed it woulc be well to appropriate the even fuin he had 1 named, as the average' »f the expence of the a five la(t years in this department (:is he had already (tared) had been 250,003 do.tars. rr Mr. Sewul wished to know whether the 1 gentleman from S. 6*ii>fliia had had any con- t< veffation with the Secretary t>f War rtfpett- ti ing the vellels conftruiting on the I.akes and the Ohio ? He supposed it was not expected w that anadt should be paiTed to enable the Pre- ii lident to replace veil'els used as transports, o when worn out. Perhaps it might be necei- e fary to arm these transports occasionally, as q they were subject to the attacks of the likii anS" • n v 41 Mr. Ha R per said, he did not objeft to the t vetrels on the Lakes ; he meant to propose a t separate appropriation for them. It was to ~] tbe vessels on the Ohio and MiffiHippi that r he objected, which were not wanted for tranfportatiton. Mr. Craik did not think the committee f were -prepared to fay these velfels were not a wanted. He had so full a confidence in the r Secretary of War, that he was ready to vote \ for all the items which lie had recommended, c He wilhed, therefore, that the decision upon \ this'queftion might be postponed, until fur- r ther information was received on the fuljjkct. The rifingof the committee was advocated by MefTrs. Craik, Dayton and Rutledge, and opposed by Melfrs. Harper, S. Smith and Gallatin. The question for riling was nega tived. Mr. Macon said, he was at a loss how to vote on this fubjedl. Whatever sum was ap- . propriated for this department, there was al ways a deficiency ; it was not, therefore,worth < while wo be very particular. j Mr.'Gallatin moved to fill the blank with 150,000 dollars, which was the sum he had proposed on a former day, lince which, he ( laid, the house had received a number of ftate -1 mrnts from the Secretary,of War, in order to : induce a larger appropriation. As there seemed to be a general concurrence ot opinion < to reftritt the expences of the war d«partment, he wifiied some gentleirian better able to do it than himfelf, would compare the number of troops in service with the sums there re quired. Mr. G. noticed a number ot ite-ms which appeared to him anaccountably extra vagant, and contrasted the very great expence incurred on the north western frontier with that of the troops employed on the seaboard. M. G. also took a view of the expences un der this head from the year 1789 to the pre sent time, in order to shew that 150,000 dol lars would be a fufficient appropriation. After commenting pretty freely and at large on the estimates from the War Office, Mr. G. said, he believed there Was some radical de feat with refpedt to the connexion subsisting betwixt the Accountant's Department, the Treasury and War Departments, which pre vented a proper investigation of accounts. So far as relates to the Treasury Department, the accounts were always very clear, and there was no ground of complaint ; but from the connexion which subsists betwixt the War Department and the Accountant's Depart ment, tnere seemed to be a want of respon sibility. In the details which had been laid before the house, Mr. G. said, he found items under the heid of contingencies, which he should ne ver have expefted to have found there ; one was for the pay of an Infpettor of the troops and garrisons of the United States at a salary of 60 dollars a month. He could not fay such an officer wis not necessary ; but if he was, lie would fay he ought to have been provided for bylaw. The other item was for a much lar -1 ger sum, viz. for the pay of an Engineer of the fortifications of the United States at a salary of 3,000 dollars a year, which was a salary greater than that of the Secretary of War. It appears this Engineer was engaged for three years ; but after he had been some time in the ' service, 3,000 dollars were given him over and above his pay to relinquifb hi* contrast. After a lew ornery aliens From M. DaSTa" in favour of the Secretary of War, Mr. Shepard rose and went over the dif- I ferent items contained in the statement read yesterday, particularly the boatmen, 13,000 dollars, the packhorfemen 5,000, the wag goners 7,000, the labourers 3,000, the ar mourers 6,000, the artificers 14,000, hire cvf " ex pre lies 6,000, and fuel 8,000 dollars. He could not tell how so many boatmen, packhorfemen and waggoners could be em - ployed (for it was not for boats, packhorfes 1 and waggons, but for the men alone); and ■ what so many labourers could be employed in he could not imagine. He did not fee why the soldiers could not do all the labour e the army had to "'do tjiemfelves. When he - was in the army, he was at no expence like - this. And how the repairing of the arms for , 3000 men could cost 6,000 dollars, he could s not tell. Nor could he fee how 14,000 dol- j lars could be expended on artificers. If we 1 - were to be involved in war, it would not do, t to expend money in this manner. It was ve " ry easy to write down 30, 50 or 100,000 dol lars for this or that, but when the taxes came f to be laid, the money would not be so easily raised. Mr. S. palled overa number of arti r cles, till he came so the fuel. He thought r 8,000 dollars a year for fuel, in a country 1 t where the trees were ready to fall upon them, was a very exorbitant charge. Whilst he i was in the army, it never cost him sixpence e for fuel. The United States had better pur - chafe the land upon which the timber grows - at once ; they would be able to get it for a i much less sum. If these expences were to be . incurred for 5,000 men, what, he afked,would 1 be the expence of an army of 30,000 men ! n This estimate, he was sure, mull be much too - large ; and it became Congress to be careful t how they gave encouragement to such charg e es as these ; for the country would scarcely 2 be able to support the expence of any confi s derable eftabliftiment, if mote economy was , not used. The question on filling the blank with f 200,000 dollars was put and negatived, with n out a division. e Mr. Craik moved to fill the blank with e 224,000 dollars, in order to take in an item t recommended by the Secretary of War.. Mr. C. thought the charafter of this officer had y been very illiberally and very unfairly attack y ed by the gentleman from Pennsylvania. If p this gentleman had a'ifed improperly hemight e be called to account, when he would have an ; opportunity of speaking for himfelf. [The i Chairman said these remarks were not in or e der : no such charges fud been made.] Mr. a ,C. thought the observations of the gentleman d to whom he alluded, mult have been so un it derftood. The motion of Mr. Craik not being fecond d »d, it fell to tlie ground. Mr. Gallatin moved to fill the blank - with 150,000 dollars. He said, that with re - fpedt to the integrity the Secretary of War, ie lie did not doubt it in the lead ; as to his ta d lents he had had no opportunity of forming a d correft judgment of them ; he was however, :- some judge of accounts, and he saw enough ig of them, to authorize the declaration which he had made, as to the improper connection ;d of the different departments, He had fpok te en of fa6U only. Id The question for filling the blank with 150,000 dollars, was put and carrieJ, without J w a division. . * e After agreeing to several other items, a- ar mongft which was one for the vellels on the j a Lakes, the committee rose, the ho 'fe 3 S TC j f e to the amendment, ani the bill was ordered to be enCTofled for a thirtj.reading;. • Mr. Craik presented a set ot resolutions w which had been agreed to at a public meet- si ( ' ing at Georgetown, approbating the mealures j; ot the Executive with refpeft to France, and expreffing'he firmeft reliance on the councils of the nation. . Mr. Thomas presented an addrels ' rcm j .upwards of 4000 citizens of Philadelphia and the liberties, approbatory of the measures ot p, the Executive (mentioned in a former paper), p These resolutions and address had theulual Ql reference. . , , . r ei The Speaker then laid before the house Mr. Pirtckney's letter on the subject of the presents offered to him by the courts of Spain and Great Britain (which has already been IV mentioned) alking the decision of Congress c ] whether he flionld be allowed to receive them or not, which, after some few obfervatio ns , was referred to a felett committee of th rec members. Adjourned d FOREIGN ARTICLES. tl R ASTAE>r, March 4- tc The following is the answer cf the French c ] minister Tieilhard and Bonnier, to the note j, landed them by Count Metternich, by or dei; of the Congress, relative to the ceflion ft of the left Bank of the Rhine to the French h Republic : ai " The undernamed have received the note b transmitted to them by Count Metternich. Q and beg Jeave to return the folio winga-.ifwer: p —The Freneh republic, in the beginning £ of the felfionofthis Congress, has immedi ately and frankly declared the basis upon which peace can be concluded ; It is there fore determined not to vary from it. The jultice and necessity of ceding the left bank J of the Rhine to the French republic has f, been candidly set forth in the notes hereto- ]i fore transmitted by the undersigned, in fl which, they trust, they have also fully s shewn that it will be for the mutual advan- tage of all parties concirned. The French I republic did not expe<S that so much artifice 1; would be made use of in order to delay the j a determination of thi* article. It is new in- (j filled on to make an immediate declaration j on this head.—The Miniftets of the French ! r republic,- therefore demand of the congress, j to declare, whether they agree to this arti- r cle of not, without loss or time. e " Raftadt, 14th Ventofe. 6th year T ] of the French republic (4th > c March, 1798.") J ( March 8. 1 Yesterday, in the fitting of this Congress, j theanfwer of the French minister of the 4th •, inft. was read, and debated. This is the 1 32d day's fitting of this body. It is tho't ■, certain, that the French will have ceded to 1 them, the whole of the left bank of the Rhine. The advantages obtained over the ' Swiss have much contributed to facilitate ] the proceedings of the congress in this bufi- ] ness. STOCKHOLM, March 2. The couriers between the place and Pa ris are very frequeat. There are also sever al arrived from St. Pef£rfburgh, which give rife to t»any conjr&ures. The elegant und momimeot in . honor of the immortal LINNAEUS, is completed and publickly erefted. ) PARIS, March 5. On opening the papers arrived from " Rome, a fmalf iron chest was found, which contained a number of important correspon dences* ! The famous Gregoire has addressed the s Grand Inquisitor of Spain on the fubjedl of i the Spanish Inquisition. He recommends * its annihilation. ® The Commissioner of government at Ca „ lais has thus written, to the minister of the : Interior. " I hoid it Tufficiently important r to give to you the information that the Ci i toyenne Fournier, on the 12th ult. was de ■ livered of fix living children, three boys : and three girls, but which died soon after they were born." : HAtJUE, March 6* f A new man of war, of 68 guns, called - the Dogger Bank, was yesterday launched 1 at Rotterdam, itthe presence of a number of the representatives of the peoplp, the French c minister Delacroix, Admiral De Winter, e gentral Soubeit, &c. a grand salute was - fired on the occasion, and the master builder s was honored with the fraternal kiss by the 5 French minister. i Since themonthof of November last there , have been built at Rotterdam, two ships of 0 68, and a frigate of 32 guns. In eight days 1 a keel will be laid for another 68. The veflels damaged in the late engage [ tnent are repairing with the greatefl expedi tion. 1 i FRaNKPORT, March 10. We have news of importance from Basle (Switzerland) The French and the troops of Berne aRd Solothurn have had three bloo n dy battles near Niddau, Lengnau and Dorn i bach. Most of the families of consequence . have left Berne for Luzerne. The Switzers f fought couragioufly, but were overcome by >t the French. At Lengnau, they loft 8 can £ non, and had 200 prisoners made, many of ! whom were officers. In another battle, they . loft upwards of 1000 men, and some hun n dreds sprang into the fca. It has been said here that Solothurn was given into the hands of the French through treachery of the commandant. BRUSSELS, Feb. 20. t At a dinner lately given by citizens Vif -- conti, one of the Cisalpine ambassadors gave a the following toast : The fix direaorics of r > the fixfifter-Republics, one and indivisible, h viz. the Batavian, Cisalpine, French, Helve m tian. Ligurian and Roman. ARAU, February 14. th 1 A uieflage from the government of Berne was ifie day before yesterday recited at Ltf fern, wherein the former claimed the aflilU ance stipulated in f rmer treaties from the latter canton. But the democrats of Lu ferne sent the following answer : As soon as you shall allow equal rights to your fubjefla we shall be ready to unite with you and facrf fice, our property and lives infupport of the! Helvetian independence. If you hedtate to do this, you need not expeft any affilta hce CONSTANTINOPLE, January 30. Besides the numerous land forces pre«r paring against the rebel Pauvan Ogin, the Porte hasjordered the whole fleet to be fitted out, and manned . i?,ooo sailors are to bs_ enlisted in the harbours of the Black and the Islands of the Archipelago Ihe fleet will be ready to fail the middle o£ March, destined, it is supposed, for the Ar chipelago. PERSIA, o(HpV>er «6, p-y The disturbances which arofeonaccountof the succession to the throne Were of but (hort duration, and Persia again appears to enjoy the bleflings of peace. Baba-Cban, nepbevr of the lateEunucli.whofe memory is dtvoted to everlasting execration, met but few ;bfta clts in afcendii'g the throne. Supported liy an army of 60,000 men, and mailer of immense riches, which he inherited from his uncle, he has hitherto triumphed over all his rivals : Sadi-Chan, the moll formidable among them, laid down his arms, having been twice defeated, and submitted. Baba- Chan made .him governor of an important province. 'll unite in commending Baba- Chan our new sovereign. ROME, Febrnary 13. General Betjthier previous to his entrance into this City, published ; that, as divers Proclamations were forged here tinder hii signature, whoeverfhould undertake to pub li/h such again, and be convitled thereof, (hould inllan tiy be (hot. The two Cardi nals Albani and Bufchi from V orkgot off in good time toTerracina. His Holiness the I Pope is 111 the meantime guarded in his Pa ' lace by 500 soldiers—divers other palace* j and likewise those belonging to absent Car dinals, are feal'd up with the French seal. j The French immediately after their ar j ri«al here laid the City under contribution infthe sum of four millions cash, two millions in provisions and 3,000 liorf. es. The several Cardinals, Somnaglia, Roverella, Carraffa, Trajetto, and Caran. dina, as likewise the Princes Gcuftiniana, Gabrieli, Calano, the arch-duc Brafch'i, besides two Prelates were all taken as hosta ges, and the Fiscal Barbari was arretted, and all fufpieious civil officers were sent a way. The murderers of General Duphot j are escaped. Our Republic will include those provinces, which were left to the Pope in the treaty of Peace at Taltntino. The. civil military is dismissed, and the Po pilh troops wereall disarmed. Tfte French have requested of the Neapolitan Court, 40,000 meafure3 of grain and otl. r provi sions. The number of French troopswhich by degrees entered the City is 12,000 men Gen. Mafiena who will command them is hourly expe&ed—be patted the 16th inft. thro' Bologna. Gen. Earthier is destined to the expedition againftEngland, others fay he -■ is togo on fomg other important expedition. From the Western Telegraphe, HISTORY is a narrative of divine Pro vidence or God'sgovernment of the world— 'and the Jewish hillory as contained' in the bible is the more inftru&ive as ths finger of G >d is there constantly pointed ;out. We read otherhiftories asmcn fee a puppet Ihowr : ata distance.But in the bible we are brought F near add as it were let behind the scene and ; fee the wires and springs by which all the motions are directed. If we read the liiftory or attend to the tranfadlions of any nation, : wefhallfindthat all nations, like the Jews, are t under the immediate government of God ; . that their fateis generally according to their - conduft ; that righteousness exaltelh a na s tion ; but fin is the reproach of any people; r that when corrupted by prosperity, they for get God, he forfakes the m to misfortune ; and that when awakened by distress they re turn to him,he comforts and raises them up. 1 It is true he sometimes to accomplilh the 1 purposes of his providence gives prosperity f to one guilty nation, m rely to life it as a 1 fcourgeon the fins of others. The wicked in , great power spread for a while like a green 5 bay-tree. But it is soon cut off and forgot r ten. It mayalways be diftinguilhed, whether e prosperity is given by God to any nation as a blessing or a carfe, by their spirit, tem e per, and condu& under it. If they are hum s ble, jnft, and reverential of God, we may s expedl their greatness will be liable. If they are iufoler.t, loppreffive and irreligious, de - pend upon it, they are raised not for their - own benefit, but for the calamity of others ; and their deftruftion will be sudden. France seems now to beinthis state. She is Babylon, a golden cup in the Eord'shand, e that hath made all the earth drunken of ljer ,s wine, therefore the nations are mad. A fire - is kind ed in his anger and (hall burn unto 1- the lowed Hell, and (hall consume the earth e with herincreafe, and feton fire the founda s tion of the mountains. For they are a nation y void of counsel, neither is there any under -- Handing in them. Their wine is the vine of if Spdom and of the field of Gomorrah : their y grapes are of gall, their clutters are bitter. 1- Their wine isthepoifon ofdragons,& thecruel venom of asps. Is not this laid up ia floro js with me and sealed up among my treasures ? h To mebelongeth vengeance andrecompence their foot (hall slide in due time. for the dair of their calamity is at hand and the thingi that (hall come upon them make haste, For f- the Lord (hall judge his people, and repent ire himfelf for his servants ; when he feeth that of their power is gone, and there is none (hut e, up or left. C' After spreading calamity over the half of Europe, France comes rio4v to diflurb the peace of Artie ica. As Alexander was ne ver fatisfied while there was'any power to ne subdue France, i; ncverfatisfied while there
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