when the mission was sent. France hai pur sued, for a long time, a fyltem of ho i.ity and aggrtffion towards this couut.y. Dur ing this whole time, the zeal which gave rife to this mission had slept. France had not only refufed reparation for the part, and forbearance in future, but had fpurntd at our rem nftrat ces, flapt the door in the fa ces of our ministers of peacs, and finally demanded tribute as the price of an audience. Still this zeal dept. At length the spirit of the country, roused by these repeated injuries and insults, comes in aid of the government; meafurts of preparation and resistance are adopted, and an universal indignation burst forth against France and her adherents. Then this sleeping zeal was awakeued—by what ?By the dread left this public spirit and indignation fhoulJ strength en the hands of our government, arm the nation against France, and ftr:p off all popularity and power from the individuals who were devoted to her interests, and ex pefted to flourifh under her patronage.How was this evil to be averted ? By persuading France to tiead back fotne "f her offenfive step r to assume a line of conduft fome tliing ltf* outrageous; to hold out some ap pearances of a conci'iatory spirit ; in short, to change her fyltem of menace ant! bluster. ing, for an insidious fyflem, whereby our resentments might be disarmed, and our spirit of resistance lulled a(]eep. How was France to be thus perfuadi'd ? By a million, which, going under the fandlion and with the credential of her partisans here, might obtain the confidence of her government. The mission, therefore was sent. {To be Continued.) Monday December 31. Mr. Otis said, he was diretted by the committee of d fence to propol'e a resolu tion to the house on a fubjeft highly inr-re fl ing to the United States. He supposed that it -was known to every gentleman of the house that a report had prevailed for many d:.ys pad, relative to the imprefTment of a number of American seamen from a vessel of wur of the United States into an armed ship of Great Britain. The committee were sor ry to find upon some enquiry, there is to'' much reason to believe the report founded on fait, though they have no official infor mation on this fubjeft. It is therefore con ceived bv the committee that a tranfadlion of this fort, calls loudly for the immediate attention of every branch of government; and though they have full and perfeft confi dence that the executive will institute an im mediate enquiry into the circumstances of this affair, demand reparation and take all such measures as lie within his sphere to pre vent a repetition offimilar insults, yet they also deem it necefTary that the legislature of the Union should shew to Great Britain and to the world that these inflances of abuse of power excite a lively sensibility, and that we are determined to protest our fteg from the insults of any and every nation—lt is not improbable, said Mr. 0< that this circum flance may call for some leeiflative provision and that it mav be necefTary to review and amend the aft for the relief and protection of American feamen—for unless injuries of this nature can be. remedied and prevented, little success can be expefted to attend the Infancy of our naval establishment, which ■within and without these doors was now con fideredby all imnartial men to be of the hipheft importance to this country —From these con fidei ations he was induced to offer the fol low! ig resolution for the adoption of the house. " R"folved, That the President of the United States be to lay before this house such information as he may possess re lative to the imprefTment of seamen belong ing to the United States floopof war Balti more. into any ship or vessel belonging to the King of Great Britain." COMMUNICATION. Mr. Fenno, It OUR Gazette of Saturday announces that Logan had taken his feat in the state legi Hature as a representative of the county of Philadelphia, I !>egyou will corrett that state me nt by dubbing him as he really is the representative of the despots of the Northern Liberties. A reference to the votes of this diftrift will certainly prove that he is not the man of our choice and clears the good people Of German town from so base a charge as fend ing for their representative a man whose cort mil we disapprove, and whpfe principles san5 an k l!t consider as a deluded, re cfs, ambitious demagogue. the town ship in which this political P n' 3 ? and where consequently he known, the federal candidate had a Tuajor.ty of £ TOB t0 onc _ There were besides this preacher of (edition, two other tho rough going jacobin candidates both of whom were by the Xing 0 f the N..L. tiered, to refill , n favor of the former ; we are however given to underfand that his Democratic Majesty hath been graciouflv pleased to pr mife them the firft vacancy in the county to compensate for their disap pointment. These are the fellows that are constantly bellowing against the numerous offices in the government, aid yet we fee there are not one half enough to fatisfy their gitcdy applicants. A Germ an town Federalist. N Or I C E. ALLperfons having demands against and Bacon, formerly of this city,(Shopkeepers) are rfqueltedto deliver their accounts properly tfteftrd, to either o. L the fuhferihers, on or be- 1 f«»te tne fiith day of January next, as a dividend dl then he made of all the (state afligned to them 'According to an agreement made at j meeting of the creditors, the accounts are i to He rendered without interest as they original- ! flood before the alignment. A? thedivdend will he made upon the accounts I w n< h are produced bv tlie time herein mention ed, ami that may he offered afterwards must of courfeba excluded. JACOB fUKF.R gnees WO BERT R.UNBY V of KICH. R. SMITH Baron. d2c V touts J Jforeign Articles* '[Received by the ship Liberty, Capt. Jenkins, arrived at Ni n-b<.irj-pi>rt,frvm Hamburg.'] Buonaparte's Fate. VIEVNA, oaofeer 13. An official account ftom Constantinople to the Turkilh Ambassador here, annou ces that the Beys of Egypt having embodied a ▼e»y strong army near Cairo, under the di re Aion of fever. 1 Erglifh officers, on the 9th Sept. attacked the army of Buonaparte. The Beys met. as they expe&ed, a hoid re sistance ; but fuceeded so far as to dislodge them from the capital of Egypt, and its neighbourhood ; and oblige them to retreat t® Rofetta. Th s battle continued during the whole d.iy j and the loss on both fides was very great. The Divsn of Constanti nople were in daily expedition of receiving the information, that Buonaparte had capi tulated ; as they could neither advance nor retire ; and were in want of nectffaries. A confirmatory account mentions, that the French army was reduced to 10.000 men. After thnfe repeated losses, B. proposed a capitulation to the Turks ; —ftipulating fcr a fafe paflage from Egypt ; but the Beys refufed it as they were convinced of forcing him to surrender at discretion. FRENCH ACCOUNT. PARIS, October 18.' The Directory hav? received dispatches Buonaparte. The courier was tvro Imi nt son his journey. On the 7th July l e left Alexandria for Cairo ; and on the 2oth, arrived at the Pyramids—where he ordered the names of the warriors «v ho had fallen tii the capture of Alexandria, to be engraven on the Pyramid of Pompey j add their bodies buried at its foot. In march ing from Alexandria he had battles with the Mamehieks at Ralicnanie, Chebreifte, near the Pyran:ids, and at the gates of Cairo, which he entered the 22d July. After en tering Cairo, he employed himfelf in the organization of the Egyptain provinces.' Hisadverfar es, Marat-Bey had retired to Upper Egypt ; and Ibrahim Bey in Lower Egyp'—Againft the former he had thrown up entrenchments five leagues in front of Cairo, and had sent a strong detachment against the latter, who had retreated to Ga za. W,hat has since happened to Buona parte, the R'edaAeur does not fay. THE BREST FLEET DESTROYED. LONDON, Dispatches from the lord lieutenant of Ire land, were yesterday received, stating, that on the 12th instant, a sea engagement between 16 ships, was seen from the isle of Tory [ln the N. of Ireland, county of Donegal.] It began at three o'clock, P. M. and con tinued between five and fix hours; One vessel was totally dismasted ;—one had all her fails and rigging shot away ;_fi ve took flight, and fhee'red off westerly ; which were pursued and two vessels funk at the close of the engagement. It is without doubt, the above ships were part of the fleet which failed with troops ■i o m Brest. Our lquadron under Sir. J. B. Warren, on the 10th w;is off Brondhaven ; and the squadron, under commodore Home, confuling of three fail of the line and two frigates, pa fled the Shannon the ith. One or the other of these squadrons niuft have been in this engagement; and we have reason to believe that not a single enemy's vessel has escaped. The follow.ng contains further in formation. On the 12th, there was a lea fight between one of our squadrons (probably Warren's) and the French ; and as we be lieve a decided one. The account is from a person, who, from the (ho re, s aw the battle; I who adds, that three French frigates anchor [ed in the bay of Donegal, and landed their troops; which were driyen baok by the in habitants. That fix transports were taken. These frigates and thole engaged off Tory, are supposed to constitute all the Brest fqua'dron. The two French frigates Justice and Dia na which escaped from the battle of the Nile, have been taken by the Coloflus, Gapt. Mur- of 74. guns, off Malta. « From Liibon, Oft. 6, we learn, that ad vicas from Lord St. Vincents state, that, (ince the battle off the Nile, the lkuation of Buonaparte had changed greatly ; and that ie had now more enemies than had triends. Six of' the French (hips taken off the Nile, are now equipped, and taken into' :he Eritifh service. In addition to this, the Coloflus, besides the two frigates, has taken Ij° transport ftiips, and destroyed many. Ihe Dutch have in «he Texel a fleet of 11 uiil of the line and 9 frigates.—The admiral's (hip is the Washington, of 74 guns. In the Mayes, at Amllerdam, and Rotterdam, they have 12 more of the line and 6 frigates. | Rear admiral Orde has demanded si Court 1 MartiaJ on Lord St. Vincens, for of duty, as an Admiral; but the Admiralty : has refufed the requell. j NAPLES, Sept. 26? lefterday the king gave a grand dinner to ~m , Ifon afld his officers. The admi 'n • - r^ C j Vere d from his wounds. His 'L e a °f 74 guns, came in dis masted* towed by two frigates. I fij which has been crui iKn 0 , T yi u , n P t- An °ther division cruises off Malta. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road x Company. THE STOCKHOLDERS, A RE hereby notified that an Election for Pre- J.X. ficirnt, Managers rnJ other ofF.c.-rs for the enfuinp jreir, will he held at the Company's Office | on Monday the 14th January next at t(n o'clock. [ , Vm. UOYETT, Secretary. ! dcc r- . m&tu 4 w ■ XI)C UrtsCttC. ■ 1 ■ n 7 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVKt.INfG, "JANUARY t. Ok, FENNO,- IN a paper a few days ago put in a con spicuous part of the; piper an advertifeinent which appeared in a Petorfburg paper, of the Slaves of John Nicholas by a fheriff, to pay a debt of J. N. J. N. of the House of Representatives cannot but fiippole that he was understood to b; the person meant, and therefore bugs Mr. F» w.II take the trouble to enquire of persons from that part of tlie country, from whom lie will find, that a different person was meant there. Reflections on Nicholas's Speech, Hy a correspondent. " There-is not a man amongst those who are the most diilltisfied with feme of the measures of government, who Would not fight as soon again ft the French, as against any other nation that 'lnjured thsun."—Bold assertion ! But go on—" He befieved there is a perfect unanimity in this refpedt. Let i the goveriffrient, therefore, f.iid he, take Care net to infule dilTatisfadtion in the minds of these people, by carrying things with too high a band, by opprelfing one part of the people to benefit another."—Thus we find this bold aiTeition contradicted in the next breath. In pi,tin Bnvlifh, his language is 1 this : I (Nicholas) and my associates would 1 fight as soon against the French as any other nation : But let government take care not to give u« dilTatisfadtion by cartving things with too high a hand, and thus compel- us to falfify ourprofeffions, Surely of such a man, we may, in words, a{k, " are you honest, are you wife," See. See. It is i astonishing,.Mr. Nicholas, that you (hould not j have known, that we have learnt to look up- ' on these things in their true light, and that ! when you talk of your readirtei's to fight your ; quondam' friends, we constantly revert, with keen indignation, to yotiradtions which deny it. If you are ready at length to resist, by arms, that oppression you so long ' foftered, and I might fay created, why stand ' you up a monument of inconsistency to pal- ! liate the crime of a fellow, who would fell Ins country for a French peace. Mr. John Nicholas ! your fame for being the only > honest man of your party, will not survive ' many such speeches as tills. Tour conduct, with regard to Logan, has eminently called forth your assurance ; and common people begin to fay of you, that you are either a very weak or » very wicked man. ; _ <|mi I COMMUNICATION. A the Regimental surgeon, of Ridiculous Memory. SIR, THE villainous misrepresentations,' which you have wantonly offered in your ad dresses to the honorable, the Legiilature of the State of Pennsylvania, on the all import ant fubjedt of the origin of our late epide mic, have been amply refuted by Mr. Detec tor, and the accompaning certificates of Phi lips, Doyle, Sparks, &c. Truth is a unit, and much depends upon the deyelopement of it. If your objedt was to benefit mankind in general and our fellow citizens in particular, why did you adopt the dodtrine of fabrication and endeavor to I mifiead that enlightened body to whom you had the preemption to address vourfclf; and I at a time too, when they were contemplat-; ing upon the most eligible means, to avert the future horrors of the inoft insidious of all ■ poilons. If Medicus had waited with patience till you had finiihed your Iketch relative to the ' origin of the Yellow Fever—the viporous egg might have been fecundated e're thatperiod, and the serpent have produced those conse quences peculiar to its species, and arrested the members in their opinions j .but fortunate for the cause of truth and humanity the in famous reptile has been destroyed in its germ and the procreator detedled in his illicit com merce. When a man who aflumes a profeffional cha radter, does,either from ignorance, or deficrn, envelop truth in a fable garb v or ulher it to the world in a mutilated form, is not in titled to the epithet, or civility of a gentle man, but in contra-diftindtion, is deserving of terms the most opprobious. Whenever a violater of the golden principles of truth and found philosophy, protrudes beyond his ordi nary fphpre of adtion, it is the duty of eme ry citizen to lay on violently, till the animsl retracts his bead within his'ihell—The alar mingphvfical evil, that your flimfy produc tions would if they had suc ceeded with the Legiilature, involved our j citizens in the horrors and devaluation of an i annual malady, which ultimately must have depopulated artel laid waste one of the fined ; and most flourilhing cities in the world : an apprehension of those consequences, together with the moral turpitude foftrongly marked in your miftatements, have deservedly drawn down the contempt and ridicule of all well disposed citizens, and you will be execrated by all fcientific men, for descending tq such low and paltry artifice, approaching to jaco binic intrigue, toeftablilha favorite, but fal lacious opinion. The multiplyed abuse which you have so libera Hy heaped upon those young gentlemen remarkable for their profeffional talents, who stile themselves the Academy of Medicine • it is apparent you haVe fallen into the fame degrading error which you so much repro bate in Jlfedtcus.—You Sir, appear to be a compound, heterogeneous bodv, whose in telligence is wholy inadequate to the explana tion of any phenomenon, that has or may occur, in confluence of an alteration of the police laws of the City of Philadelphia, such as paving the streets, arching the dock, or building with brick instead of wood. That ' the Yellow Fever is a species of the fame fe disiingutsbcd phyliciaus, whom you f.y mn fwreoblervation has convinced, that the Yel low is only a higher grade of bilious I fever, ac count f«r their having become con ; tagious, and of having afiumed such a* ag | gravated and horribleform"—fince the above improvements —Vhe consequences refultmg ] trorn the rap;:l increase of brick buildings, " | from paving the ftreees generally, and from " arching the dock, are so evidently manifeft to every person who is any ways conversant ' in phyiics, that it alnioft lupercedes the necef iity of any further animadversions ; but a : farther illustration to the Regimental Doctor who no doubt, may have capacity tn digest it, ■ will induce me to inform him, that all hard bodies, refkdt light and heat in proportion to 1 their denlity andbrilliancy; therefore since the great increaie of the city, in refpedt to build ing of brick hotifes, paving the streets and arching the dock, the quantity of the caloric principle,, in a given space, in the c'.ty of 1 Philadelphia, is in the diredt ratio to the : multiplication of the angles of refledtion and refraction of the rays of light and heat,which are eminently encrealed since those improve ments—Before the city was thus improved, tlie heat was absorbed by the ground :yid mud, ; consequently very little or no reflection or re t iradtion of either heat or light took place, hence the accumulation of the matter of fire was infinitely lels—Alfothe evaporation from" the ground and mud serveS to corredt the sen sible heat of the atmosphere by converting it into latent, Under the accumulated flits'of heat during the fuminer f'eafon in this city, the vital principle of the atmosphere is vaftlv diinini filed, in consequence of a partial va cuum being produced, which was not so much th.- cafe when we had ground and mud instead of bricks for pavements. 1 he city of Philadelphia is comparatively i an immense earthen vessel, with many apart- I ments in it, amazing-ly well conftrudted for j chimical decomposition of matters such as , to admit of myriads of l'ources from which | the poiionous gas are and may be thrown out and which are generated much sooner now than formerly, in consequenCe of the greater degree of heat ; and these gas are rendered i more poisonous for want of the usual quan j tit) of oxygene to dulcify them, or convert j them into new substances. These gas super ' added to the already sickly state of the atmos phere of Philadelphia, serve to contaminate the air we breathe, and render it infinitely | more pernicious to life and health, than pol'- fibly could have been the cafe when Philadel phia streets were ground instead of brick.- | It is a well known fadt, that ground has the property of impure air, as well it has to absorb heat, and it has long been the custom ; to bury for a time, all kuids of clothing and j bedding that were impregnated with poison ; I therefore all the exifted previous j to the paving the streets, arching the dock, or previous to the great increase of brick build j ings, which at that time produced bilious fe \ vers, are now aggravated and multiplyed in an proportion, and operate on the hu man body, in that ratio to their multiplica tion ; hence we are afflidted with that high grade of fever denominated the Yellow Fe ver, which I apprehend will fully resolve eve ry phenomena relative to its " contagious quality, and to the aggravated and horrible forms it alTumes." j I flatter myfelf I have answered the ques tion propounded by the Regimental Surgeon, to his convidtion, and to the fatisfadtion of j every intelligent reader; I pre fume I have in this illustration pointed out the great physical j evil and its origin ; and if it were to IKnn> J late our incorporated bodies to bring into 1 ! operation the important design they have in 1 j agitation, it would be a cause of infinite J j pinefs to me. As the doctor has thrown the gauntlet todifcufs this important question, I have no objedtion to read his arguments, provided he reasons upon principles,and when he has a fact, let it be resolved into those principles. A man at bis post. t Note Well! . [ On Monday was prelented to the President of the United States, by a citizen from Ver mont, a petition from Matthew Lyon, one of the representatives in Congress' for that state, (now confined in prison in consequence of a convidtion of seditious pradtices) pray ing for a remission of the punilhment to which he has been sentenced. _ { Here is republican fortitude—here is the c undaunted constancy of patriotim confci- t ous of innate integrity mocking the violence t ol power. Ihe Hog is loft in the more del- 3 picable, cringing, fawning puppy. A New ork Editor propriety of whose intentious I do not mean to question) has duffed up a woeful tale about Ireland, from the Morning C hronicle for September. 1 It is not amiss to hold up the shocking mas- facres of the United Irishmen, to the abhor- e , rence of a whom the fame " scenes were preparing: But I am happy to acquaint that Editor, of the complete def trudtion of the band of murderers, whose he delailj, and that their chief, the rebel Holt, has been long since condudled pnfoner to Dublin, and no doubt hanged ere this. Letters from England, of so late a date as the 21 ft Odlobcr, (and the latefl on the continent) enable me to afTert that Ireland " was tranquil, and her rebels eTery where j completely dawn. i The Resolution proposed by Mr. Ct's, 1 relati\e to the imprelTment of American feaj men from on board the United States sloop • of war Baltimore, by a British frigate, w.-s agreed to without opposition, this morning. It is said, the French have a Frigate 'xj their Navy called Lc Bache. rosette iljinne . j Alexandria, D. c. 29. > . ! The armed schooners, Neptune and Wl - c< me Return, belonging to Robert Hooe, . j Esq. and eemmai.ded by Capts. Willis and . ■ Guthn'e, have arrived in our river, from the ; | Weft Indies, and may be exp£died shortly , to grace our wharves—They failed from ! St. Kitt's on the firlt of D'-ceriiber, in com. 1 pany with 23 fail of American veflels. ; j Capt. Willis brings the difagreable intel ligence of the Retaliation being taken, and . 1 carried into Gaudaloupe While Capt. Willis was at St. Kitt's, a gentlemar. arri ved in a packet from Antigua, who inform ed that the Retaliation, being in company with another schooner to the windward of Gaudaloupe, bore dowe upon two French frigates, e'a. h of 44 gui s and 450 men, mistaking them for mtrchai tmen. The Re taliation fell n vi&im to their superior force —the other schooner escaped by failing very faft, aid had arrived at Antigua. Capt- Willis favoured me with a few papers, none of them, however, contain any remarks which corroborate this account. " CamtfpafTcnger with Capt. Willis, Tho mas M'C'onnel, who wss captured in the schooner Highlander, of Baltimore, moun ting 12 guns, and oarrying 22 fnen. T. M Conncl informed Capt Willis that on the 4th of November, in lat. 19 10, long. 59, 00, he fell in with the French privateer, from Guadaloupe, mour.tingi-2 guns 9 and 6 pounders wi'h 96 men and 60 mhfkets, whom he engaged for three glasses. In beginning of the adlion M'Connell's firft mate was shot through the riglu fhauldtr, and his second killed ; and owing to the su perior number of men and mufqmtry, on board the enemy, was obliged to ltr ke. M Conncl had three seamen and one offi er killed, firft officer and on; fe.iman wounded. The enemy had 8 killed, and 3 wounded, and received much damage in the hull and ringing, which obliged them to put inta BaffatCrre to repair, where they carried M Connell and crew whom they immediately put into gaol. The crew were loaded with irons and obliged to fublift on 4 ounces of fait beef and breadYor every 24 iiours. Tie lixth day after imprifo: mert a cartel was was lent in by the Selbay Frigate, when ihey were liberated. The firft lieu». and ore seaman were left behind, in ih-r hospi tal, sick of their wounds. Capt. M'Conntll received the word of t'.eatment and bad lan guage from the French during his confine ment. The only name they called him and the reft of the prisoners was, " John A dam's Jack Afies." There were about 100 Americans in prison in Biffaterre goal when Capt. M'Connell left that place." Bank of Pennsylvania. January 2d, 1799. THE Dire&ori have this day declared a dividend of sixteen dollars, on each 0. art of Bank fleck, for the last Six Months, which will be paid to the Stockho dcrs, or their legal representatives, after the 12th instant. By order of the B* a d, JON. SMITH, cafhler. -J» n a dtn Abner Briggs, OJ the City of Philadelphia, STOREKEEPER, TTAVING assigned over all his tffeds, real, per . lonal arc! mixed, to the fubferibers, for the benefit of all hi* creditors— NOTICE IS HERE BT GIF EN, TO all persons who are indebted to the fai l Eftate,that trey are requefled to make immediate Ps"/r nt °f 'heir accounts, to eiilicr of the affignecs; in failure whereof, legal measures will be taken for the recovery of such debts, as are not discharged without further delay. GEORGE PENNOCK, WILLIAM FRENCH. January** wed.&ir.6w JOHN SHIELDS, MOST earne/lly solicits all h » Creditor?, prior to the 13d day of Augult, 1797, that have fniniOied their accounte, to render them to him before the icth'inllant, as alter that day they will be excluded from his firft dividend. January j d ticjy. FOR SALE,. the FOLLOWING Valuable Real inflate, Free from every incumbrance, viz. \ LOT in Union, between Second and Third i. i ftretts, iz feet 4 inches front, .on Union ftrcet, on which is erefled an ekgar.t two Uory brick house (no. 35) comprising two parlour /even chambers, a large kitchen, par rrv, and ti try throughout; the yard is paved and contains a cif turnand other conveniences; the ce 1 rs vaults &c. ' are large and commodious— 00 the back rnd of the lot isereded a two ftcry brick (Ichv, with fl .or ed cellar, 20 feet front (on a court which ?ccnm modatis the whole premifet) and 37 feet deep lb conftru