been ftitcrv; ■■'■ ii lagifChyj tint it is ft:;!)* an one es it ouM h;ivo been most pruJeitt not to "havejogj; fid them on ; and if this had been merely a declaratory opinion, xin con-nected with anv law, he would have fuf fercu it to havr pal Ted over without remark ; but when he law it was to be the foundation of a penal law, whatever advantage gentle men mav take of the opposition, to alarm the oublic mind, he considered it a duty, which he could not abandon, tooppofe- it in every fh.ipe. If the resolution, was, howe ver,, adopted, and when the bill is reported, • it shall bt freed from the objaftions which he has brought again ft the resolution, he (houfd then withdraw his opposition. Mr. J. Williams said, that notwithftand • ing the declaration of the gentleman just fat down, he dkt not think his opposition to this resolution would warrant a belief of it, be cause his arguments went to juftify, not ouly the late tranfaftion, but to lay it down as a maxim, that any person wlmever may do the fame thing. He thought gentlemen would have done well to have taken the advice of the gentleman from Georgia, and reserved their objeftions until the bill was reported ; but they have chosen a contrary course, and determined to oppose the principle in all its Itages. During the last felfion, the house ' was employed for four weeks in dil'cuding' the propriety of fending"certain' ministers abroad.' Gentlemen were for hiving - few or none, but i now they are i i favor of any individn il who ehufes becoming a negociator. If, said Mr. W. we mean topr By this conduft, they have put the country to vast unr.eceflary expenVe ; f even the prcfent debate, which they had f been the cause of, would, cost ihe public a < large sum j Had it not been for the opposi tion of these gentlemen, large expenditures -, would have been to the nation- When any.thing like a meafu-e of defence is pi*o- J posed, they are sure lo arrest its progress, j fey occasioning a long debate. And yet the excessive expenditure of government is al ways attributed to its friends and supporters j whereas t'»e very reverse is the faft. Even in the most trifling bufmefs, day after day is taking up in debate. Why not fuffer C the present res lotion to go to a committee, and when their report is made, the fubjeft c could be difcufled in committee ( f the whole He hoped every gentleman who wished to fupp rt the conflitution and g* vernment, would nQt oppole a measure i itended to sup port. them. He believed there would be no ° difficulty in dilcriminating be.'wixt criminal correfpondercesand those whichare innocent. { ] Gentlemen fnppofe it would be a happy thing if an individual could procure a peace for the country, which it was not in the 1 power of the government to obtain. But, said he, fuppo'e two countries are at war, 3 and a party, or an individual, were to go to S one of the hnrtile nations from the other, ard advise them to continue the war for a certain time longer (when they would other- " wife be difpofeJ to make peace) by an as " furance that if they did so, their enemy, y ' would surrender at discretion. Yet this, it might be said, was undertaking from the best motives. If an unauthorized person were to come to this country from France, tC fc' would be rejefted at once ; and France,' ™ had pr ved herfelf to be no republic, by ac- W ting differently paying so little refpeft to republican principles. CTo be Continued.) ATPRIFATE SALE, " * Several very elegant Situations for SUMMER RETREATS, e< Thre« and an half mHes from the court-houf« near ti Frankfort ro?.d, THESE fiti»3tiorn ar* considered in point of , health, beauty and elegance, cq;?al to any rear the city ; commanding a very cx ten five view P Gi the Delaware, the (hipping in the harbor, the li n was to defend ihe cartle of Cairo, at he all events; and for this purpose he threw in. Id to it a strong garnfoti. He had taken a of position against the Arabs, in advance of ;d 1 airo. £lu a former account it was rmm ; tioned that he had thrown up entrench id mentsfour hours (a ten* meaning leagues) ' ts in front of Cairo.] The Arabs did not d fe cease to harrafs him ; and he waited there a le to fullain (he attack meditated against him, !' i. by the Arabs, the and the Kopten ; -I 1 it and to fee the efTeft of the distribution of 11 10 money, See. at Cairo; where he was difap- h r, pointed. The gar.-fan . t the Castle had d many difficulties to and notwith- J.' it Handing from the mode of attack of tlie . 1- Arabs Buonaparte always remained master 'd of the field, luch were his lo(T:s, that he 11 r, was at last obliged to retreat to Alexandria ; e ,' d where he was determined to aiake a stand, id and defend himfelf to the lad extremity If 1 z- the account of the lad viftory of the Arabs N it can be credited, Buonaparte's army must be p 'd reducrd to 8000 men. The Arabian army * was 60,000 strong, and do not consider the ? 7 French invaders as f.ldiers, but as free-boo y? ters; and therefore give them no quarter, -tr Their hatred againlt them is heightened by 1. to the confiderat'on, that they deem their ob- T tf> jest to be the plunder of Mecca, and theo- , :n 1 verthrow ofj >he religion of their fathers. ■ >0 In this idea they are confirmed by the de '» claration of war of the Sublime Porte, and ■ in 1 their cautions to all true Muffelmen. The " «» French, agreeably to Buonaparte's procla- ,° mation, have committed various hoftilitiee c y on those t»wng which did not readily obey p '• their summons to surrender. This has ln heightened the rage of the natives; and the J.] J " young men fly in great numbers to the ftan- v, 11 " dard of Mahomet. i- | _ t r ( l - The late news from Europe, must ope- a ™ rate a powerful narcotic to the few remain-' 0 ing French infallibility luen in our country ; c . r- and those who were-all cock-a hoop to dance f ' e the Coraagnole.on "the splendid train of f, ■> the glorious fucceflH of the French," must p y now attune their notes to the Dead March d '• in Saul. Is - ■ - d The French privateerfmen in the Havan- h e nah, were quite vociferous in their Sacra f, lt . " hen tlw 7 saw the United States g 1 mip Baltimore, bring a piccaroon into the o harbour of iheir humble dependent, the p * Spaniard. ® DEPARTMENT of GUADELOUPE' v - Equality. Tit Law. Liberty a Decree of the 7th of Vendcmaire, seventh u year. ** c , The particular Agent of the Executive " Direftory of the French Republic at the T Windward Iflnnds, being informed by the ' exterior relations, and even by the American papers, Tuat the vefftls of that nation have • captured the privateer La Croyable, Capt. r ! SyKeder, of St Domingo, bearing a com. a 1 miffion from citizen Hedouville, particular agent of the Executive Direftory, and have j fl ' condufted to the United States,'where the 171 captain and crew have been detailed prifoa- ir j ers—that a frigate and a Qoop of war have s ' also taken the privateer the Sanfparcil of tc • this colony, near Martinique, and have con . dusted her towards th it as from Saint- in ' Domingo. gi Considering that t' efe liodile aft« evince te ' a very formal intention on the p*rt of that h( ' government, to declate war against the F French government, or to force the latter, ' to declare war against the foimer: that it P a is even possible that this declaration has al ready taken place, on one part or the other, d > yet not being certain as to this faft, he can- ? r ' not aft on conjefture. yet it heing essential ■ ; to fix the public opinion on the conduft to aC ; be held towards the Americans, in order to prevent the abuses aud vexations which ' may result from the perfidious conduft, P ' 1 which tbey use towards French vefTels, and " » ta^. e meafur « w hich may secure against the flirts of their hostilities, in cafe war - r would be declared, decrees. - a , ' aws and regulation? on thefubjeft of cruizing, relative to neutrals , and more especially theAmericansneall be ex- t ecuted in every particular. V - . -u' T h r e^ mßri can veffds released by the ti ibunal of Commerce, shall be prowfionally r f '< (^ e,r cargoes fold under the t d,reft,on of the administration, and the " proceeds lodged the che tof the repub : 1-c »here they shall remain depnlited. to g ,° be remitted to those to whom of ri,ht th«y f ftiall belong agreeable to the order of the ' Executive Direftory. on , 111. The tribunal of Commerce, (hall be bound to give immediate notice to the ajren cy, of the replevy, which he may gr J t0 V] said American vefTels. IV The captain? and crews of the fa.'H ?° Amcnan vefTels shall not depart from iheco lony. until they have fubferibed and obliW tion, to cause them/elves to be exc',an|ed ! in cafe war shall have be.n glared between the two powers. V. The sdminiflration and tlr coraman- £ der tn chief of the armed force, are charged hi. W u\ l n X r' Ut '°" Qf,ht P rcfcnt decfee; to which shall be printed, read, published, tis- pa ! . Ed up, and enregijlered on ;.ll tlie regiflers los all the eonftituted authorities who are ► ( charged with its execu'ion. , | At Port de la Libertr, the Vende | maire, 7th yrar of til": French republic, one < and indivifib e. | (Signed) V. HUGUES. 1 Secretary i f the agency at Guadeloupe. | ' From the press of the republic. ' IIMHWIIiHIiI m ■—l mi, |,,LHJ 1 %l)t PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVEKING, JANUAST 9. Logan: mr. fenno, I believe it is chiefly owing to perseverance 1 in a species of novel and eccentric impu- 1 dencc,that characters of perfedt infignificance I and extreme imbecility, are sometimes able ( to scramble out of obicurity and aukwardly 1 jostle themselves into public notice. A re- ) markable confirmation of this opinion we 1 have now before us, in a man called George Logan. This creature, by a strange diilor tion of imagination, has fancied himfelf pos sessed of more general knowledge, more po litical sagacity, more perfuaiive eloquence and 1 more powerful influence than the whole ex ecutive department of a nation ; and not 2 doubting to succeed in what the bigheft cc.n- 1 (lituted authorities of his country, oy the I wilell plans, and j lifted measures, have fail- ( ed to effeCf, away he fails, a felf-appointed, t felt-accredited, and felf-fufficient ambafTador 1 of peace, to the Regicide Directory : and on j his return, finding his condurt ridiculed by 1 some for i*-s excessive folly, and c^nCured by 1 others, for having exhibited as much jacobin s knavery as his underflanding would permit, 1 he has at last thought proper todefcend a lit tle from that sublimely predominating fta tiori where vanity had enthroned him, to take some notice of thole public characters " high in office" who he fays '• have become the agent.' of private slander." The fubfiance of his defence is this. How that he -left his t country, how he arrived in France, how- he ( saw general La Fayette, hur6, and confi ned him on board one of the frigates to be sent to France. [Bah, Fed. Gaz, The Condcllation frigate, and sloop of war Richmond, have lift Hampton Roads with a small convoy, for the Weft Indies. [ |jbid. , perfcß and erfy method of purifying Bed* from infeSian, recommended to the Citizens ■ of Philadelphia and ils Liberties Take a tight hegfhtad or other veflel, large ehriigh to receive the Bed, the larger the better ; put the bed in it, ard fill the veflel with water ; stir or agitate the bed in ! the water. At the end of twelve hours ; pour off the >vattr ard fill the veflel with frefh, repeating the fame practice ©f agita ting the bed in the water, at interval! kr twelve hours longer. 1 our off the water a ■ gain, and fi'l the caffc, Ifirrii g the bed in the third charge ot water a« bpfore,. whet* it may be taken out and the feathers ar.d tick dried for use. The feathers thus wa(h» ed and dried, will be much improved in their elasticity, or life, as ft is called, and the contagious nu faace removed. Thrt method hath been pra&ifrd by some of the inhabitants of the borough of Chester ; and the writer is assured the beds are much im proved in their quality. —**!""' ■ 1 11 ■!' in»■)i'm ■- • 0- The Society for the Institution and Support of First Bay or Sunday Schools, ifc. meet at John Fir's School Room, in Third near Mulberry Street, at six o'elocb this evening. GFORGF WILLIAMS, Sec'ry. Philadelphia, 1 mo. 9, 1799. Sales of valuable Property. AGREEABLE to the last will and testament of JOSEPH ANTHONY, senior, deceTfed will be fold at public (ale (tf not previously feld at private sale) onThuifday, t 4 th February, at 7 o'clock in the evening, at the Merchants' Coffic House, in Second ftrect, the following REAL ESTATES, An eUgant three (lory I)nek house, situated at the north-east corner of Ninth and High flr«ets twen':y eight feet front, with three (lory br ck buildings, extending on Ninth ftreetyiwo handred feet to a thirty feet wide curt, on wn.ch is ere&- ed a brick liable and coach house, the whole fiuiib cd ik the bell manner. Also three Twenty-five feet Lots bounded br Filbert and Ninth Sreet Extending hack from Fil bert Street feventy-five feet to tl e thirty I'eet C ourt before mentioned with the privilege of the laid Court... Also a Lot with ihe Buildings thereon eretfed confiftiDg of a New four Story Briek BuibW on the eas end and a five Story Brick Building on the weft end situated in Water Streec between Chefr,ut and Market contnining in breadth Twenty-thrSIAH HEWFS rt JOHN Mtißl ON C Executors JOSEPH AN T HONY S Z " Utors> BENSON & YORKE, Auftioneers. J. an 9 dlaF WANTED IMMEDIATELY In the School House of the Holy Trinity c'b u „s An English Catholic Teacher Who can produce good recommendation. For further particulars apply of the fukfcrihers WILLIAM ELLING, pjftor. JAMES CELLEtys, ADAM PKEMIR. ju WILL BE SOLD, At Public Vendue, on the 17th Injlant, in tit evening, Two Tra&s or Pieces of Land QITUATE in the ftateofTenneffee.one of them VJ .ying and being in the ccunty of Sumner on th C ol : Fli '» ,scr - k ' containing one thousand seven hundred and fourteen acres and the other situate in Hawkins county, in the fame .-ate, containing five thousand acres Conditions of sale will be calh, to be paid on the execution of the deed. Information, relative r o t'tle»,may he had on application to Jolhua Philadelphia! ' ° f HigH M