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
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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.
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