dent will excuse us if we infill oft the rtccefil ty oi uling' the lttmoft precaution in bis pub lic ipeechcs relative to this r.ountrv and <>*• the revolution, tlie magnanimity oi®i£ na tion, the facrifices. they have made in the ge uar.il tauie ot liberty ; the French are ex tremely (enlible on this fubjedt."* 1 do not know that a letter of this kind would produce any effect with you ; suit fbeg you to remember the warning* I now give you, that if your executive is inacce(Table to sentiments like thele, you are very fooli at war with the conquerors of Europe. So much depends on the measures to be 4 taken in consequence of the dispatches which i fuppoie will accompany this letter, that 1 could not reft easy without communicating my ientiments to some one who would be likely to make a good life of them. * was going to addrels them to Jefferfon, or to and belt in the hands of my oldest and best friend. You will naturally conclude, that some credit is due to my opinions, Tien you re flect that they have been formed on- a close oblervation of every llage of the revolution, and an intimate relation with every set of leaders. 'l'he prel'ent directory are but the futceflors and fub-fucceflorp of my fellow-la borers in the days of my aftivity ; for the political generations have passed away with iuch rapidity, that in every thing, but wil'- doui, 1 am one of the worst or best of the present race. From the manner in which your present comjniilion was composed, there is very lit tle doubt in my mind, and there certainly is none in the minds of the Directory, that the embafly. was really, intended for Lewis the XVIIIth. Your Executive did not forefee the ißth t'rufticlor. When, in God's name are we to expect any just ideas from Ameri ca, relative to France ? Look for a Repub lic in England, but do not, I befeeeh you, look for a Monarchy in France ! j 2 March—Since writing this letter, I re tie it that you may be gone to Georgia be fore it arrives ; anxious of giving it a chance of doing some good, I fend a copy of the moll substantial parts of it to * And if tkey bad sufferedyou to write in that style, or bed written so themselves, the)/ wonld have deserved and received the evecration of every honest American. Bp APPOINTMENTS. LIEUTENANTS. Elhanan W. Wheeler, New-York. Moses Foster, do. Henry W. Ludlow, do. Nathaniel Pauling*, do. George Virginia.. ENSIGNS. Joseph C. Cooper, New-York. John Duer, dS. William W. Wands, do. Prolper Brown, do. William Cummings, do. William Coxe, _ do. George F. Han ifon, do. Samuel HoftYnar, do. Thomas W. Williams, do. Jacob C. Ten Eyck, do. TueYday January ift, being the : annual meeting of the Mutual Afliftant Society of Hair-Drefiers and Surgeon Barbers, they met at the house of Henry Meyer, when the fol lowing persons were elefted as officers for the present year : Vreside«t—John Milrdock, Vice-President—John Uhl, . Treasurer—Vincent Ducomb, Secretaries—John Philips and Thomas Tuftrani Stewards—Michael Bowers and Mathias Smith. After supper, the following toasts were drank : The citizens of the United States ; may they continue tofuuport the character of be ing an independent, just, and generous na tion. The President of the United States ; the early and steady patriot, the able ftatefinan, and the vigilant and firm magiilrate. 3 Cheers Both Houses of Congress. Lieutenant General Walhington the good; rray Heaven prolong his life, so precious to his country. 3 Cheers. 1 lie American Navy and Army ; may they be imprelfed with the important and glo rious part which is assigned to them ; that of 1 iipporttng the dignity of their government and" defending the rights of their country. The Heads of the Chief Departments of 1 the United States. The Governor and Constituted Authori- ; ties of the State of Pennsylvania. 1 The Foundation of National Consequence , and Profperlty ; Agriculture, Commerce and 1 Manufactures, , May our being prepared to ihaftife insolent , aggreflions, secure us a permanent state of ; peace. 3 Cheers. Our Diplomatic rharafters abroad ; may , their diplomatic (kill never exceed the bounds . of tme republican honesty. , The Foreign Mini Iters and Foreign Agents , who are 1110 ft refpeftful to our government. May France in order that (he may be just . f'on experience a revolution which will give her a government like ours, a government of 1-iws ill lie ad of men. 1 The American Fair ; may they ever sup- j. port the reputation they have acquired ; that ( of being faithful and affectionate wives, ten der mothers and constant lovers. May the American foil be incapable of J DKirifhinp any societies but thole which are iiiftiuttefl for virtuous purposes. To tlie memory of cur departed brethren. -1 j | M| fl To Rent, b A GFHTMt' THUI STORY BRICK HOUSE, IN Fifth, near Sprues Street. —Enqire at No. I is, North Third Street. j* o 7 dzw Hate jforeign Articles VIA mkr.rOßK, LONDON I ,* October 25. The Amelia frigate. one of those which d Sir J. B. Warren left in eharge of the pri- K zes taken off Ireland, h..s arrived fafe in the e Clyde with }oo prisoners. We may there - 0 fore conclude that all the French prizes are it fafe in port. An account, we underftanj, has this e morning reached the Admiralty, that the h whale of the French tranfpurts i the Nile 1 hav either been taken or destroyed. Th s g account has been received from Vienna. « It is not official but we can fay it is btliev- IS ed at the admiralty. 0 The Fifhguard frigate, which has cap ft lured L'lmmortalite, was one of the ships ft that landed the French convifts in Wales, in the spring of last year. She was then le c.lled La Resistance. Her name was than", on account of the landing having been e effefted in the neighbourhood of that place, '> in South Wales. A letter from an officer on board of the " '"anada. ftate> the number of French troops on board the defeated squadron to amount e to 7ceo men. The Anion frigate he def 1 cribes as having pei formed wonders ; hav " ing purf'ied the fugi'ivevtftels after her top £ gallant mail was earned away by press of fail ; notwithstanding which (he was a prin [t cipal in capturing three of the enemy'a fri gates. He relates of a Scotch seamen on u * board ihe Canada, 'hat in the midst of the ° engagement, and when the fight was hottest, f he ran aloft and nailed the*colours to the J mizen mad ; and the mod fatisfa&ory part of his letter is, that our loss in killed and wounded has been incotiiiderable, though " that of the enemy has been very great. j Extraft of a letter to Mr. James Moore, of Lancaster, dated Bergen, September 29, 1798. " SIR, " I am sorry to inform you of the capture _ of the Tom, which happened on the 19th " September, by a national corvette of 18 ' guns, and nearly 200 men, having brought e troops from Ireland ; had on board three generals, two colonels and a number of o ther officers, with forty of flying artilery, who are reckoned the best men in France. We engaged them till a perpetual fire of -heir mufquetry drove allmy menfrom their quarters, that I was left on deck alone, and obliged to strike, as th?y were making ev ery preparation to board the Tom. Tfie Langdon, who kept by us ahe whole time was unfcKunately at the fame time taken, but had the fatisfa&fon to fee her retook the day following ; The Tom was likewise chafed by the fame (hip within the rocks of Norway, but got clear and arrived ia thil port." From the London Gazette of O&ober 23. Admiralty Office, October 2j, 1799. Goliath., off the Mouth of the Nile, August 25, 1798. SIR, • I Have great pleafurc in informing you that at half after one this morning, the boats of his majesty's (hip Goliath, under the direftioh of lieutenant William Debufh attacked and carried, after an obstinate ac tion of fifteen minutes, the French national armed Ketch Torride, 70 men, command ed by Mr. Martin Bedat, lieutenant de Vaiffeaux, mounting three long eighteen pounders, four swivels and well appointed in small arms ; the of Berquier, un der theguns of which 'he Torridewas moor- 1 ed, also fired for her support ; but the (kill and courage of Lieutenant Debuflt, and ' those vfdc his command was such as to baffle every attempt to favehcr. The French captain ig badly wounded, I have therefore sent him on (hore with a flag of truce.— Lieutenant Debu(l< is (lightly wounded, and one of his people likely to fnffer amputation of his heft arm ; several prifonersefcapedto (hore by swimming. I have, See. &c. &c. THO- FOLEY. To captain Hood, Zealous. t 1 Alcmene, off Alexandria, August 22, 179. t SIR, - j t Beg leave to inform you, that La Le- r gere French gun boat, mounting two fix 1 pounders, some swivels, and sixty-one men t was captured this day by his Majesty's c (hip under my command. Though every preparation was made for running along fide and boarding her,lo save any Difpitches (he might have for Buon aparte, we could not prevent their being thrown overboard, which was however per ceived by John Taylor and James Harding, belonging to the Alcmene, who, at the rifle of their liv s (the (hip then going bet- 1 ween five and fix knots) dashed overboard, r and saved the whole of them. a Both men were moll fortunately picked n up by the boat that wa« sent after them, ® and I conceive it my duty to make known n the very Spirited condu&'they (hewetl on this occasion, for the good of th? feTvice, I am, fir, your mod obedient servant, GEORGE HOPE. Fo Samuel Hood, f*fq. Commander of his Majesty's (hip Zealous. La Legere is 40 days from Toulon, bound to Alexandria with. Dispatches for General Buonaparte. . Extratt cf another letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, K.B to Evan, Nepean, Esq. dated off Cadiz, the 2C)tb of September, 1798- ° Herewith I enclose copies of two letters ' from captain Digby, of his majesty's (hip ° the Aurora, relating to captures lately made [* by that (hip. His majejly's flip Aurora, Lisbon t' t September 19, >798. My Lord, I have (he honor so accqua'nt you of ipv ti ■j® r w" " arrival in ihe T.igds, with La'Velos Are go- . v nefa, Spanish-built frigate (Lettre de Mar que) of 30 guns, and 90 men, Jafe Eloy Sai chez, commander, with a cargo from La Guayra ; Ihe fails very fall. A defe£l in her rudder and fore-top-fail being ree li fed , prevented her escape. Many of her i- guns were thrown overboard during the e chace on the 16th inft. twenty leagues to :■ the westward of the Bayones e I have the honor to be &c- H. DIGBY. s e His majerty's (hip Aurora, River Tagus e My Lord, s I have incloled a lift of vcffels taken du - ring my lalt cruife*i La Velos Aragonefa Is a very complete (hip, asiargeaeourfour and-twentiesj left old Spain the 10th of April last, in company s with a fliip of the line and two frigates, that , went to Cuba,; her cargo by register cor.fifts 1 of 3702 Faiiegas, Bylb- Cocoa, » coffee, 3381b. Indigo 1 Tho very deep (he 1 fails well: the Pettetel in fight atthecom , mencement of the chace. I have the honor to be, &c, ■ H. DIGBY. s Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. fitc. - t * Omitted to be sent. - Copy of a letterfrom Cipt - Graham' Moore, . commander of his Majesty's (hip Me I lampus, to Sir John Borlafe Warren, da ted at Sea, off Lough Svrilly, the 16 inft. «' 1 sis, I have the honor to inform you, that on , the 13th fnftar.t, at midnight, being well up toward St.John s Point, diifcoveredtwo large (hips close to us on our weather beam; on ; I feeingus thfeyhauled up on theopf>ofite tack ; 1 as I had not the lead doubt of their being ] two of the enemy's frigates, we tagked and < closed with the-nearell in an hour,.goingten 1 , knots. After hailing and ordering her to ( • bring to without effeit, fhr trying to get c athwart our stern we opened such a fire up on her as completely unrigged her iri about i 25 minutes, and forced her to bring to, and j surrender ; (he proved to be La Refoltie Trench frigate, commanded hy Jean Pierre Barqueau, mounting 40 guns aud joo sea- ] men and troops on board ; the other frigate was LTmrnb'. taliwe, of 44 guns, 24 poun- I ders on the main deck, and 600 seamen and f soldiers , (he made fereral signals whilst we ! c were occupied with her consort, but give j us no dillurbanee. ' 11 Both on and during the ac-'d tion of the 12 th, the officers (eamen and ma- r rines of his Majesty's (hip under my com- a mand, displayed the utmost degree of zeal, f alacrity and gallant spirit; Mr. Martin, y (the firft lieufcnant, an old and good of- a ficer.) with Lieutenant Price, Ellifon, and t' Holt, of the Marines, conduced them i selves much to my fatinfaftion, and I expe- 5 rienced very great afiiftancc from -the ftea- ti dy good conduct of Mr. Emory, the Mas- C ter. ... _ff t! As a very heavy gale of wind came 09 I immediately after our boarding La Refolue, c , the Second Lieutenant, Mr. John Price, with twenty-one men, were all that could be tl thrown on board of her, with tht los» of our tl two cutters. Thatofficer deserves yerf b great credit for his aftive exertion in clear tl ing her of the wrecks of her mails and rig e' ging, and in keeping company in so violent ci a storm ; as our objeft was to disable our antagonist before his consort could aflift ' tl her. La Refolue had only ten men killed, p and a great number wounded ; but lam in- li expreflibly happy to add. that in the a&ion el of the 12 th, we had only ojie man wounded ; and the affair of the 13th' did not deprive si their country of the service of a (ingle man g of the brave crew of the Melampus- at Lhave the honor to be, &c. tl GRAHAM MOORE. Copy "f a letter from Rear Admiral Harvey» g Commander in Chief of his Majtjly's flips j and vessels at the Leeward JJldnds, dated on ■ n ' hoard the Prince of IVales, Fort Roy, I Bay, Martinique, Bth *f August, 1798. ar Sir, f" lam to acquaint you for the information of their Lordships, that bis Majesty's armed j w: sloop Charlotte, commanded by Lieutenant J E John Williams, captured the 9th ult. offDe-1 marary River, De Efle Ai.deneming, Dutch 1 nc privateer schooner, belonging to Surrinam, j ac of eigh-t guns and thirty eight men, which | he sent to Demarjry. She was sent upon a j lei three month's cruize, had been out nineteen Ci days, but made no captures. ih I have.the honor to be, See. pt HENRY HARVEY. m - 1 di Prince of Wales, Fort Rayal Bay. Martinique, Sept. 8, 1498. Sir, vt I have to acquaint you for the informa- flc tion of their Lordships. that since my letter an toyou of the loth of February laft,the fhipg and veflels of his Majesty's Squadron under my command have recaptured fix Briti(h and Sixteen American vessels, of diffefenc minations, bound to and from these islands. ,-j a I have the honor to be. Sec. henry Harvey. 0( Evan Nepean, Esq. tic Copy of al tter from Rear Admiral Her- t jj vey, Commander in Cheifot his Majesty's f u] ships and vessels at the Leeward Iflauds, to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated on board the Prince of W ales, Fort Royal Bay, Mar tinique, September 8, 1798. f c| StR, w j I am toacquaint you, for the information f,.* of their Lord(hips, that since my letters to you of the Bth ult. His Majesty's (hips Con- del cord and Lapwing have captured the under- rt j mentioned French privateers (Schooners) belonging to Guadaloupe : thi La Buonaparte, of eight guns and fs«en- 1 fh: ty two men, nis L'Amazone, of fen guns,andeighty men : La Sauveur, of four guns and twenty pt: msn : and bu 3- j La Fortune, of two guns and twervly-two r- men. y And the Lapwing captured, on the 12th ' m u!t. the Invariable fchr. Letter of M:irqc, < SI of four puns and twenty mtn, laden with e- Dry Goods, from St. Barthoiomews's ' :r bound to Guadaloupe. c Ie I have the hrnor to be, Bcc. HENRY HARVEY. p PARIS, oa. 17.. " It is aflertcd that a Courier sent by Buonaparte, apd who has been nearly two 11 months in coming from Arabia, arrived last P 1- night with dispatches for the Dirc&ory. AH that is known at present is, that the 11 e army has been reinforced by a good cavalry d of Arabs, and that it is in the best state. 11 y The climate has no: injured the health of t the brave warriors who compose it. It is s now believ. d to be in the Periian Gulph, ! * 1. an arm of the Indian sea. The EnghTh n e had reported, that (he Directory no linger 1- existed, in order to diicourage the Freeh- But nothing can at present flop t eir trium- P phant march."—-Echo, Oftober 18.) o: " A few days after landed at Alexandria, he concluded a treaty of m alliance with the Arabs; after which he ~ made dispositions for advancing into the , country. " Before his departure he ordered the ~ - names of the brave soldiers - who were kil -5 led in taking Alexandria to be engraved up on Pompey's Pillar. He also caused them to be buried at the foot of the column. 1 " The army left Alexandria 01 the 19th 3 Meflidor (July 7.) On the ad Tfj rmidor t (July 20) it was in fight of the Pyramids. 1 and entered Cairo on the 4th (July 22 ) ; " Seme /leirmiflies with the Mamalukes t!l I had retarded its march. They were defeat i ed in the battles of Rahmame, ChebreifTr, w ' the Pyramids, and finally at the g.ites of 1 Cairo, where two thousand of their best ° cavalry were killed. l " After the entry of the French troops into Cairo the General in Chief was em -1 ployed in organizing the Provinces of E- gr gypt. ' P° " Mourad Bey has retired into Upper ur ' Egypt. " Ibrahim Bey had fled to Belbeyas mi Buonaparte had formed an entrenched Camp C °. I four leagues up the Nile from Cairo. This , camp holds all the farces of Murat in check. P I " A body of troops was at the fame % | time advanced against Ibraham, who imtne- Pl' I diately retreated towards Gaza. It requi rcd_ nine days march to enable this Bey to arnve at this place. He had no time to supply his troops with either provisions or water, and it is presumed they have fallen a facrifice to their wants and the attacks of the Arabs. " In the pursuit of this last corp of Mamelukes, the army delivered from cap tivity a number of persons belonging to the Caravan ef Mecca, whom the Arabs had taken prifouers and carried into the Defart. dar Buonaparte made their property be colledt an ed, and sent them with it under an escort ter to Cairo. He gave a supper to some of the principal merchants of this caravan and their wives. The latter were lhandfome, by but their faces w?re covered according to me the cuftorc of the tountry, a pra&ice how- thi ever, to which our soldiers are not easily re conciled. • . , , • "1 he Canal of Cairo was opened on riv< the ill Fru&idor, (August 18) with great _ pomp. The people teftified the molt livc , 'y joy at feeing the French assist in the cel ebration of this feftival. " Intrenchments are foimed on the con fined of the vail defart which feperates E- ( gypt, from Syria. A fortiefs is eredled at Salehich, the last place in Egypt, on that fide, where there is any good water. " Ihe army has found plenty of corn, rice, and other Vegetables and cattle in E gyP'- Tb I " The climate is very healthy, and the nights have an agreeable coolness, Notwith \ " standing fifteen days march, much fatigue, 6cc and the total want of wine, there are no ,co sick The soldiers have been greatly bene filed by the use of the Paftiques, a kind of I water Melon, which are very plentiful in J Egypt." __ | The Prince of Conde, it (nould seem, is jno more. The Echo gives the following I account of the manner of his being killed : * ! f*' We 'car" from good authority (fay JTni letters from Danizick,) that the Prince o'f ° r ° Conde has been killed by a musket ball at the moment when he was endeavouring to _Th< put into subordination the corps he com- v, mands, and of which every officer or sol dier would be the Chief. It is afTerted that « js forbidden in Rulfia to speak of M the death of the Prince, under the raoft fe vt>e penalties. jy 1 he letters which contain this news an nounce also, that Paul I. every day invents V and puts in practice new acts of cruelty, and „ that he IS generally detefted—Powerful par- £ tits are forming in R u ssi a , who wait only £ the favorable moment for declaring them- S C-'lves against the nioft vile atid abominable F ftavery." j. Letters from Raftadt, dated the nth of r Oftober state, that the votes of the deputa- E tion of the Empire, taken in the fitting- of J that day were very long. The protocal con- p tains about seventy pages ; but the conclu- v lqm will not be determined upon for a few B days. The majority of the Votes are in sub- M ltaflCe as follows : jv: r The condition of not conftrufting any B ' fortification on the right bank of the Rhine -„ withm a certain distance from that river, is "l" fufed. ' »'l>« 2. That of charging the Empire with the ! debts of communities and villages is aifo re- N rejected. 3! The Waal fl.all form the.frontier on the Lower Rhine, a„d the I/le of Buduicb '(hall continue in the poflcfton of the Ger man Empire. j? 4. xhe toll of luftefeidt-being the pr~- perty.of a German prince (.the duke of Olden- A OUigj sfleflion of wfcith he has rot o vo been interrupted, the deputation Canflot pre tend to difpofi of it, and no negociutioncati th l.v' entered into upon that fubjeft but immr <•, diatelv with the proprietor th 5> Th? niiperial cities of Bremen, Ham 's burgh and Frankfort,'form part of the league of the Empix?, and fhere is no reason to fear any danger to their conl'litut'ion. Ihe vote of Aufhia is particularly ener getfc. 27 Vendeniiaiv, o£t. rS. y " The ui'nilter of Foreign Affairs in the „ middle of the night before last, revived dif (t patches by a cpurier from Cairo 4 He had •. been two months on lirs journey. The let e ters he brought were iitimediately carried to y the directory. Their contents have not yet . transpired, but they -are said to be favorable." s Gen. Rey, who came into Dunkirk with f I NAPI'ER TANDY on board the brig A (j nacreon, has arrived at Paris. Napper Tan r dy will probably also fop 11 be here. Lo ilis Viftor' Lajnefnil, deßriene, Ne . phew of .the aichbiihop of Sena,-convi&ed ot emigration, has bfjen condemned todeath j by the military commission of Quimper. X!)e Csa3ette, ; PHILADELPHIA, , THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17. BIRTH-NIGHT BALL. A splendid Ball was given- last. evening st the lie .tre in hr-Uor of the President of the United States. To accommodate the vast assemblage which the occatiofi was calculated to attract, • a flooring had been thrown over the Pit, forming a wry handfonte area for dancing, though not fufllciently cxtenfive to accom modate any considerable portion of the bril liant crowd Tj'f beauty and fafiiion which graced the occasion. The company is sup posed to have consisted of at leaf! seven hun dred. At about 8 o'clock, the President entered, music playing the march. The dancing then commenced, and continued 'tilT ;.bout 11, when the painted Cloth was rolkd up, and dis played the supper tables on the stage, elegant ly arranged and decarated. General Mac pherfon presided—-on his right fat the Pre sident, and near him the chief officers of gov ernment, and foreign ministers. The following toasts were drank : 1. The Government and its Supporters. Ibe President then gave, Prosperity without alloy to the City of Philadelphia. 2. The Army. 3. The Navy. 4. Millions for defence—not a cent for tribute. After supper, the company returned to dancing, and about one fepatated, without an occurrence to mar the pleasure of the en tertainment. MARRIED]—on Tuesday evening last, by Robert Wharton, Efcj. John Wifter, jun. merchant, to Miss Eliza Harvey, both of this city. . * . V The EASTERN MAIL had not ar rived when this paper went tCprefs. India «AUS, AT NEW-YORK. Cargo of the Ship Atlantic, ON MONDAY, The 21ft inflant, at 12 o'clock, oppofitt the Auilion Room, for approved eadorfed Notes at 6c dayt, The CARGO of the Jhip Atlantic, lately , fn.tn Madras, entitled to drawback, AS FOLLOW* 6cc balesAhmood cotton,pr. (imp!* of 50 bale jjco bags of Barrille or Alkale, 10 of ao bag .. , „ . {"lots at i 3 each 5 hhds. oalamomac, per fampte, 4 do. Aloes do. I do. Borax, t do. Verdigreafe, do. 6 do. -Aflafostida, do. s boxes Prussian Blue do. N. B.—All the above articles may J-, e eM . amined previous to the sales, either p er sample or on board, by applying t0 the aurtion-rocm. ON WEDNESDAY, •The 13d inltant, at the Itore No. ijj, Green vvich ftrcet, for approved endorsed notei at and 90 <Jays, An elegant and valuable assortment of Madras Bengal Piece Good?, CONSISTING or iVjadris handkerchiefs of the latefl fafbion and tne best patterns, in bales and trunks, VenUpau'en handkerchiefs, of the latest falhinn anJ the best patterns, Ponditherry Combroys, Nagore Ginghams, Bleach *d Salampores, Supeifanamoor, Fina loflg cloths, Do. clieek'd handkerchief*, Do. cambric do. Do. bpok muslin do. Do. jaconet do. do. Gold and silver muslins,. Embroidered do. book do With a variety of othei kinds of do Blue guineas, India calicoes, Mogga Cowrie Cownje, Sanah Moores Mamoodies, Baftas, Gu.-rahs Bandannoe handkerchiefs •11 1 y arie ->' ot,ier articles which will he particularly designated in catalogues,& c . which will be delivered on the day previoi j to tne .ales, when the goods may be viewed. ISAAC MOSES & SONS. rvew-York, 1 jth Jan. 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