merit, all ought now to be union ; and this will continue to be the cry, so th'at a time for bringing a government back to its firft principles will never arrive, and abuses will thus be perpetrated. Principles, Mr. N. said, he was fcrry, had gained ground in this country', of late, which nothing but terror and alarm could have produced. Mr. N, Smith said, the gentlemen from Pcifhfylvaniaand Virginia have taken ground perfectly clwrafteriftic of the two men ; whilftthe gentleman from Virginia comes forward and boldly avows the right of an iu dividual to interfere in our negbciations with a foreign government, the gentleman from Pennfylvan® goes into detail, and lcapds an aqatement in the resolution ; fays it goes too far in some refpefts, and not far enough in ®thers ; that it will prevent cor ref'pondencies about private concerns, and so on. Why this fort of trifling, if it were not intended to lead the house off from the spirit of the resolution ? The gentleman from Pennsylvania knows too much of legislative bulinefs not to know, that this resolution, worded as it now is, cannot pass into a law ; that it is only intended as an inftruftioa to a committee upon which to report a bill, which bill will have to undergo the fcruite ny of that gentleman, and of the house. He did not himfelf like all the provisions of this refo'ution ; he 'thought the interference in field of being general ; would have been bet ter confined to France ; but these are mat ters. for arter consideration. Th: only proper enquiry at prsfent is, Is there rer.i'on soy le giilative interference, or not ? Is there, or not, danger to be apprehended from the in. terference of individuals in business of this fort, For himfelf, he had no liefitation in faying he believed there is danger to be ap prehended from this source. He confide red this as a measure of'defence ; of efficient de fence pointed to the danger—danger with which we are threatened—danger from the diplomatic /kill of a nation well versed in this ] fltill. We have said Mr. S. heretofore made provision for the railing of armies. These were for remote danger ; but this a prouifi on against danger which immediately threa tens us—a danger which has afTailed us for many years past—danger which has pro duced the mod direful e(lefts in this country. He himfelf never thought there was imme diate danger to be apprehended from the arms of France, though, at some future pe riod, there might be danger from this source, but their diplomatic skill ought to be con (lantly and ftri&ly guarded against. (To be Continued.) —»■■■>»■>» SALEM, December 25. NEWS FROM HAMBURGH. * A veflel has arrived at Newburyport from Hamburgh, bringing papers to the latter end of Oftober. These papers contain an account (under " Hague, Oft. 10") that the French go veanment have repealed their decree against neutral property consisting of Englilh manu factures or produce : Theyadvife of the breaking off of the ne gociations at Raftadt; and of the receipt of dispatches by the French Directory from •Buonaparte, No. 2. and 3 (.the firft having been intercepted by the Englilh) stating his success in Egypt—his engraving his name ou Pompey's pillar—the celebration of the opening of the Nile—and the abundant sup ply of his army. The foregoing was reported to us verbal ly. The Newburyport paper of this day un doubtedly contains more copious accounts. A Hamburgh paper of the 4th of Oftober gives a lift of exiles from Franoe. since the firft revolution of the 14th of July, 1789, which have entered Germany and its depen dencies ; the total of which is 120,408. No. 128, The foulb-eq/l corner of Market and Fouth Jlrcett, JACOB COX, HAS just received by the late arrivals from Europe, a large, general and elegant as- Ibrtmetit of the most 1 Falhionable Merchandize, (in the gentlemen's line) —The whole of which will be dilpofed of, wholesale and retail, at re duced prices forcafh. dec. 19 aawtf TREASURY DEPARTMENT Juni 17, 1798. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by vir tut of an ait, pafied during the prsfent ses sion *1 Congress, so much of the ait cntituled " An A A making further provision forthefup- M port of public credit, and for the redemption ."-of the public debt"—pafled the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, as bar. frona settlement or allowance, Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and final settlement Certificates, and Indents of In ferefts, is fufptnded until the twelfth day oj June, which will be in the year onethoufand seven hundred and ninety nin». That on the liquidation and settlement of the said Certificates, and Indents of Interest, at the Treasury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stockequal to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrear ages of interest due on their said Certificate, prior to the firfl day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety one. That the principal sums of the said Loan Office and final i'ettlement Certificates, with the interest thereon, since the firft day ol January, one thou sand seven hundred and ninety one, will be dis charged after liquidation at the Trwfury, by the payment of interest and reimburftment of princi pal, equal to the sums which would have been pa/able thereon, if the said Certificates had been iubferibed, pursuant to the Aits making provision for the debts of the United States, contracted dur ing the late war, and by the payment of other sums, equal to the market vrlue of the remaining Stock, which would have been created by such fubferiptions asaforefaid, which market value will be determined by the Comr.tvullcr of theTreafyry. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the 'l'rrn.fa; v. juneaß iawti Late and Important. IT if with infinite satisfaction, that I Jind myself enabled to to begin the Tear with the exbilirating intelligence subjoined. The weather is cold ; but be must be an insensi ble log who does not glow with warmth on reading such news as this. For my part, it will last me through the winter. Nothing now remains, to end the bloody farce of French republicanism, but for America t° follow up these afflictions by her home stroke* v • It only remains for America to declare war'' dnd the French republic is no more. Then shall we need no labored definitions of the crime of treason ; then shall we bear no more of opposition to alicu and sedition bills. Assuming a decisive tone, —exalting our selves on higher, stronger, and more honor able ground,—in short, no longer « cau ponantes bellum, fed belligerantes," w e strike the death-blow at Faction aud exalt 10 endless renown the fame of America. NEW-YORK, Dec. 31.* The- following very importaut Intel ligence we received yesterday e vening from Boston. Boston, December 25. On Sunday arrived at Newbury port, Ihip America, Jenkins, in 56 days from Hamburg. A good friend fiirnilhed us with papers to Oftober 27 [principally the Altona Mercury] and Mr. Kahier kindly assisted us lalt night in making thefubfequent trans lations. Vienna, Oftober 15. Yesterday a courier arrived from theTurkifh governmentto their min ister, and brought difpatehes which' were Toon afterwaads commnnicated to the British and Prussian Plenipo tentiaries. They state that on the 9th of September, the Beys of Egypt, having collected a large army at Cairo, an obstinate battle wae fought which continned through the whole of the day; and that in the following nightßuonaparteretreated to Rofetta to which place he was soon followed; tho' so reduced was his army as not to consist of more than 10 or 12,000 men. Another attask upon him was preparing, when hh consented to ca pitulate; buthe wasrefnfed any other terms than a surrender to the discre tion of the Beys, as they were all cer tain of him, it being impossible for him to advance or retreat farther ; and in this condition the last corred intelligence lefthim. The dispatches state in addition, and from the lame authority, that admiral Nelson has succeeded in completely destroying the transports and armed lhips in Alexandria harbour. He directed some bomb vessels to sustain the fire of the forts which the French had ereftedon Ihore, while fire-lhips were sent in among the traufports. The transports were moored in a line ex tending from the recess of the harbor towards the entrance. The wind fa voured ; and soon after the flames took the firft veflel, it spread to the remainder. The whole number of transports deftroyee was 366, inclu ding several Ragufan and Venetian vessels, particnlarly two Venetian lhips of the line. The Mamelukes by agreement diverted the crews on Ihore ; the reft escaped. [Several preceding accounts favour this news and afubfequent account in a Vien na poftfeript oppears to confirm it.] October 17. By information from Malta, the rising of the inhabitants against the French is confirmed. They are dri ven to the coftle of St. Elmo ; have alked for terms ; but have been re fufed, and summoned to surrender as prisoners of war. Throughout the whole island the French flag has given place to the Maltese. Buon aparte left 5000 of his troops here ; but by desertion and {laughter they have dwinpled away. The Ruffians, Turks and English were preparing to attack it, previous to these events, with a strong combined force.] The Britilh ship Colossus, off Malta, had captured one of the French lhips which escaped from the Nile. Conlantineple, Sept. 21. IMPORTANT DETECTION. Jean Bon St. Andre, late French resident at Smyrna, was this day with his suite brought here, and lodged in the castle of the Seven Towers. Among his papers was r found a plan for revolutionizing ! the Ottoman Empire. In conse quence of this, 30,00 0 men are or dered to certain places where French politics have been favored. Thirty seven cannon were found in the Palace Francaife, lately occu pied by the French minister at Constantinople, but now convert ed into a prison, where even the Emigrant French, who have taken an oath of fidelity to the Grand C( Seigner, ar« confined. n Hamburg, Oct. 8. w Advices from Florence of Sept. 11 18th, fay that the French have en- h . tered the Neopolitan dominions in u an hostile manner, though without a formal declaration of war. *j Wt learn from Paris, under date t , of Sept. that the Turkish Mini ler h was that day arrested andthrown in to the Temple. OBober 13. We hear that, besides the aigrette e given by the Grand Seignor to Ad- tl miral Nelson, he had ordered a rich t( present tdßvery Britilh officer in the action at the Nile, and 80,000 dol- n lars to be distributed among the fai- tl lors, I The confidence of the Grand Seig- f nior is so great in his new friends J the Ruffians, that he vifitedthe com- d mander of the fleet before Conftan- ii tinople on board his ship Incognito. n The Ruffians were at firft loth to en- ter the city of Constantinople ; but v they are now every day seen walk- is ingarm in arm with the Turks. oOctober 18. The French with 8000 men from u Switzerland have entered the Auf-! e trianterritory,andalready committed n some excesses. It is said the Empe- c ror considers this as the attual re-' t] commencement of hostilities. ti October 25. b A new paper on the fubjeft ofthe pending negotiation was presented ■' by the Austrian envoy at Raftadt on e the 18th instant.' It was Ihort, and t does not appear to accelerate peaee. b In fine, the indications of the re- * commencement of hostilities increase a daily. j v The deputation of the Empire at d the Congress of Raftadt have demand- * ed that Hamburgh, Bremen, Lu- f beck &c.be exempted from all duties r on the Rhine. The French have 1 demanded the reason of the march 1 of a Ruffian army through the Ger- \ man Territory; and were answered c that they were notauthorifed to make 3 any explanations on that fubjeft. An y extraordinary coolness has commenc- r ed ; each seems to wait the other's { striking the firft blow, to avoid the t odium of the renewal of war. e London, Oflober 19. , BREST FLEET. Dispatches have been received c from the lord lieutenant of Ireland, ;! by the lords of the admiralty, which J announce that on the 12th Oftober c an engagement took place off Tory t Island, on the North of Ireland, which 1 ; was plainly seen from the Ihore. The j _ whole number of (hips were sixteen. t The a&ion commenced at 3 o'clock, c and lasted 5 hours. Two vessels 1 were funk, 1 was dismasted, 1 had 1 her fails and rigging cut to pieces, j and 5 were running off, pursued by t the remainder under Britilh colours, a Warren or Home, from their fitua- 1 tions, must have been the command- t er of the Britilh fleet which engaged. <. I In consequence of this news the 1 stocks rose. [Other articles corrob- ' : orate this intelligence, and even make [ ' the success of the Britilh more com ■ plete. It is said 3 frigates, which f ; had separated from this squadron, » " attempted to land troops at Done- 1 gal, but were prevented by the in- ; : habitants. ,■ » The Jason of 30 guns, captain r ■ Sterling, in chafing 6 vessels into ' Brest, got upon a rock and beat to ' pieces. The captain and crew were \ * made prisoners, except fix seamen, c who jumped into a boat, and after < 1 many difficulties reached England. j Three of Nelson's prizes funk 15 days after the from the j damage they had sustained. Six had « proceeded to England. Lord St. Vincent has informed t government of the deftruflion of the , French transports at the Nile. 1 To be Sold, cheap for Cash, A HORSE AND GIG, Apply at Mulcahey's Livery stable, in Whalebone, alley. January ' 1 , d3t %De <&wtu. I; r 1 PHILADELPHIA, x _ t TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY I. I i SOME REFLECTIONS . [ o* vhe events of the rEAR 1798. 'a WHEN|ve call into review the various ' 5 events of the past year, we behold many j 1 things for which we have caul'e sincerely to 1 congratulate with our fellow-citizens, and 3 many others which we fliall long remember ? with uniting regret. Such is the lot of 1 man, ami iuch the chequered order of human affairs !—lt has been with pleasure that we c have noticed a virtuous indignation, spread- j* ing through every part of the United States, ' against the injuries and insults of France— ' against her perfidious attempts to separate the people from the government—and against the unblulhing impudence with which she has dared to proclaim her intentions. This noble zeal we have seen manifefting. itfelf by an almost universal approbation of' the wife and decided measures of a firm and patriotic Executive ; in the prompt and un expected formation of a maritime force ; in the organization of numerous bands of volun- r teers ; in the general spread of a military \ ardor ; in the flight of a plundering enemy \ from our coasts ; in the recovery of our ho- \ nor as a free and independent nation ; and n c the humbler tone of a haughty and rapacious t Diieftory. ' t It must be left to time to strip the veil i from the face of hypocrily, and to stop the * mouths of cavillers ; but with us there is no c doubt at prelent, that this change of language j in our enemies, as well as some late equivocal 1 measures, which their advocates rep cfent as ' conciliator)', are mere tricks of state ;—per- J fidious arts, which, in their new-fangled a vocabulary, they (HI; diplomatic /kill. This 1 is the persuasion of every well-informed and a virtuous American, and he therefore rejoices i that preparations for defence, and (we fain 1 would add) for offence, are prosecuted with 1 j undiminifhed vigour. This spirit, and these 1 efforts, we are well alTured, have contributed 1 much to produce the change, if any real t change there be in the designs of our enemy ; 1 and we are convinced that peifeverance hi £ the fame noble career can alone give efficacy 1 to the past, or insure final deliverance from 1 his depredations. t But although we are fully sensible that the < martial spirit, excited in America by the in- i juries and insults of her enemies, has had its f effefts on their politics, we do not arrogtt 1 the whole merit to ourfelvts. We have long beheld with pleasure a storm gathering round 1 their heads in that must have alarm- < ed their appreheufions, and that will require i all their resources to combat; we have read j with delrght the authentic news of their disasters on the coast of Egypt, in the com* ] pleat deftruttion of the last fleet they are able < to equip, and we glory in being descended from the fame illustrious stock, as those he- I roes, who inflitted the blow. The intrepid Lord Nile, and the brave tars of Old Eng land, have given energy to the voice of A- i merican indignation : it is to their valour, and to their blood that we, in some measure, owe the high ground we now stand on May the nation reap a full and adequate har \eft cf and of profit from a vidtory so brilliant! which nothing can prevent but a negledt on her part to employ her superior strength at sea, in spreading devastation and terror alonf the sea coasts of her relentless enemy. This is a profpeft which gladdens every frieud of humanity, and, I need not add, is peculiarly gratefnl to every heneft Ameri can. But before we close our survey of the year, we mull turn our eyes to another ; feene of far different afpeft, and contemplate the melancholy havoc of a recent and wide extended pefiilet.ee— We behold the fliades of a long train of departed friends and rela -1 tives paflmg before us;—we fee the wife fud . denly snatched from her hnfband, and the husband torn from his wife by the inexorable messenger we behold th» parent weeping i over the son, or the daughter, who was the ; hope and the comfort of his age;—the orphan bewailing the death of a virtuous and affecti onate parent, who ! ad been the protector of his infancy, and the g"uide of his youth ; the young, the old, and the middle aged,' of all ranks and defcriptioi s, swept, as in an . instant, from the " warm precinfts of life," to the gloomy house of clay prepared for all men. tl Death came up into our windows, " and entered into our palai.es, to cut off ' " the children from without, and the young , " men, an;. > old men from the streets : . " our habitations were forfaken, and our " dwellings cast us out." But in this depvelTing and melancholy scene of mortality, defection, and terror, it is a comfortable, and, to individuals, an ho norable reflexion, —the poor were not for faken or neglected. '] hose who were too indigent to transport themselves and th.ir families from the sphere of contagion, were removed, and provided with temporary dwell ings ; were fed, c font bed and educated by contributions from t e rich and benevolent'; and to the honor of the Board of Health, and of other humane and public-spirited indivi duals, it will long be recorded in the minds of a grateful multitude, the calamity was ■ mitigated, in every refpedt, as far as clothing, food, and niedecine could afford relief. This pestilence, although it raged with ; peculiar mortality-in our metropolis arid its . environs, was not confined there : the faire malady was communicated, from the fame hateful source, to several other fca-ports of the union ; and this f .>urr<, we have no he!i ---1 tation in declaring, was our commerce with the Weft-India iflmd;. Maugre all the so phistry of the modern P?.racelfus, whefe per tinacy and rage for discover es have became ridiculous, or the obfequicas echoes of his ' pupil Acadetr y, th«| raft will net admit of a rational doubt. li«t although we are refolyed, as far as we are able, to remove this foul, , paraliz'ng stigma from the metropolis (ft:.? United States, »v will readily concede thatj at a certain ieafon of the year, tho 3t;ncf» phere is prepared to receive and proj>ags« the infection ; and we wil| co-operate y.idi the utniolt cheeifulnefs, we will contribute our full quota, to remove what may be coi.- fidered as the pab_l.imof so dreadful But to investigate the source of this jnala "» and to provide against its return, has Ik a transferred to better hands thin those of an aronymous lcribbkr, or even of the Acadei. y of Medicine with Paracelfjis at their head ; it is underdifcuffion in the Gere al Legifl - ture, as well as that of the St ite, and we are persuaded it will not be d.f.niiied from either House, until fovne effectual proviGori is made. If the means of prevention are happily adopted, it will not only overfetthe doctrine of dcmeftic origination, and banish a serious alarm from the minds of the people; but it will reflect lasting h;n ron the le gifl .tors. and command the bl fli lgs of thou sands of their felkw-oitizens. dsajette Marine JLiU. December 32. Commnu'cauon from Captain Charles Trea.iwfll. Arrrvedin this town, Chi 1 3 T read we 11. mvft-r oft! e (hip Jt aroline, from t ; 1; port; who was tapturad Odt. 15 th, ten 'eyues to windward of Martiflicp, by th French pri. \a eer Bon ]V"e-e, Ijenj. Bsife, milter, of 8 carriig-eguns, and 50 men. After ruuning the ihip 011 fhor , which occasioned the cat ting away the m.un and it izsn mafe, brought up <.t Point Petre, G adaloupe, where we were but 011 boari th- LeHeiCule, (or Her r cues) pr.fon ship, a: d met with a number > f American pi ifoners, t ie molt of whom have fai'eJ for An.erica, by way of St. Croix and St. 1 homas. i'he treatment of Americ in frJ'oners, by the French Government, was at t at :i ne highly mortifying, not only per sonally, but with refpeft to p -ovifions. The allowance was no more, than three ounces of meat and one pound if br a I for the 24 hours, and that very bad. Mod of thepri foners hive been oblis-ed to fip;n a patrolc f>f honor, that they w.li not serve againt the French republic,"until a declaration of war took| lace I etween the two ; a ons. Vidtor Hughes is fe ding off all the pro erty he can g-t to St. T lomas's. (It js eon :uted h the lent off five vefiels within twelve days, upon h sown aecount } and about 25 or 3c priva teers on different ftitions. He had one Ihip of 385 tons, and a brig of 180 tons, loaeiig at the time of our departure : here weie also fom 12 to| of.il of pri at arn ed merchant veffeh getting lea'y for St. Croix and St. Thomas. The Le Pance sri ate of 44 guns, was ready for sea, and an Enghfh prize fl h of 2 2 guns, 6,9, and 12 \ ojn.'ers, destined for the coast of Brazils. A French cutter lately arrived from France was also ready to fail for St. Thomas. The privateer Deux Ammice, (or Two Friends) of 14 gun» went into Basseterre with the fchr. of 12 guns, from Baltimore, who fought the French privateer two hours. Yesterday arrived the new Revenu» Cut ter Scammsl Commanded by J >hn Adams, Esq.—We bear (he fai!» nm rkably well, and that her sudden return is owing to the severe indisposition of the comman ler. We hear that a number of the crew of Hit ty-June of tii» port, taken by the French and carried into Guadeloupe, have died on board the prison-ships. Notice to Mariners. All the merchant and other vessels, that fail from Point Petre, fail frotf the point early in the morning, run along flore, and anchor at BafiVtcrre or one mile to leeward of tbet port, and on the following night, if no Englifli cruixers are in fight, they get under way and steer W S- W. or S. W. 12 or 15 leagues, to avoid or clear the Montferat channel, then haul up for the call or weft end of St. Croix. Bank of North America, January I, 1799. AT a meeting of tht DircClors this day. a divi dend of fix per cent, was declare t for the last half year, which will be paid to the Stockhold ers or their reprafentatives, at any time after the 10th inAant. By order of the Board, RICHARD WELLS, Cashier, dtiojy. John Miller, junr. HAS REMOVING FROM NO. 8, CH ESNIT, To the Five Story Building, in l) 0 ck, near Third /tree , WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE, 300 Bales of Bengal Goods j consisting or COSSAS Baftas Marnoodies Humhums Taffaties Striped Dorcas Calicoes Handkerchiefs, &c. lye. /Ufa a large assortment of Madras Handkerchiefs, of various dtferiptions. • , January 1 Jawtf \ Just Published, AND IS NOW OFFERS FOR SALt BY B. DA VIES, At No. 68, High-street, THE AMERICAN REPOSITORY, AND \ ANNUAL REGISTER, For the Year 1799 > x Containing complete correct lifts of the Executive, ar.J Judiciary De partments of the General and State Governments A freat variety of ufcfnl 1 ahles.nTefTiry to he known in eve v Sta-f of the Union" Emlellijktd with a hardforr.e engraved Fror.- tfp'u-ce. Deft. 13
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