Fit cm the 2Lntl)ox Club* " In te, Domine, speravi." AS o'er rhe shadowy void, the roaring storm Brew'd by fell fortcreri with mephitic chirm, More loudly rag'd, »nd nearer to my view Corltinual wrecks of its fidyjii threw. Commenc'd at length to thunder round my head In tones whose echoes might arouse the dead ; Borne oo theblalts, which thro' some withering Yew, 'Midfl intervals of deeper ruin, blew,- A form arofe—mis-lhapen, indtfin'd, Whose endless changes inock'd all power of mind ; His clove.i feet, on phamoms feem'd to Hand, All terrified, whon'er he touch'd the land ; Around his brow while clouds continual hung, In ceaseless jabber mov'd his bifork'd tongue : Of vision darkling and of gait mod lame, Unfix'd his residence, and Doubt his name. At the grim fpeiflre, ftalk'd in sullen stride Towr'ds the last spot whereon I dwelt with pride, My faithful faulchion from its fbeathe I drew ; And strove, in vain to gash the mofler through ; Secure he flitted from my feeble hand, To tide in ruin o'er an ill-ftarr'd land : Curst Oracle with deep aenigmas hang, Fraught with the dole from Delphi's dome thjt sprung ; That o'er our clime, in vengeance borne along I A ceaseless struggle drains 'twixt right and wrong ; That rouses quick into relcntleft ftrife The guardian Genii of each mortal's life ( And 1 drives him, spiritless, from either pow'r Tc middle entries, fafliien'd for the hour ; Then kiadly leaves him, of himfelf afraid In hypochondriac glooms, and horror's (hade Could no loud blift.from our poor fufferingfhore Stay it, in pity, 'till the flrife was o'er ? Must it at length seize on that conflant mind, Whsrein all confidence and hopccombin'd j E'en there " <yhere we had garner'd up our hearts," As a lift refuge-from imposture's arts ; Where we mull either live or balely'die, The useless vidlims of hard destiny The ehiefeft prize of all our toils and carahf Of youth, the idol—folacer of years; -fn-svlitjbi , ftmtfTtnnsght, while Iwelling ardor rari In prouder cause, than e'er' enhearten'd irian, Our faith we relied, as afl&tefnan firm, '1 he vir tenax to life's most lengthen'd term ; Can o'er hisdauntlefs f«ul a wither'd fiend, Diffiife ita influence, and itsfpells protend 1 " It cannot be.''a voice the silence broke, Day's broad effulgence iflaing as (he spoke ; To her, the foul, lur'd by *efi(llefs (harm, Turn'd from the foul fiend, and in hope grew warm ; All mail'd in war's attire, with spear and (hield, And frown indignant, how the thrcatcn'd field Surveying, now the vasty flood Aloft, our guardian deity (he flood Nymph of the front sublime and eye of fire, From her stern village flalh'd the glowing fire ; With "lion port, and awe commanding iritn," She call'd her tried sons to the faighty scene. As with applause, obedient million* rung, These awful accents mov'd her melting tongue. U' Jl ! . ' .111 IWL NOTICE. THE Creditors of John Shields are re fuelled txr call for his firft Dividend at the Compt'mg-houfe of Messrs. Nicklin and Grif fith, on Walnut-ftrectwharf. JOHN TRAVIS, 7 SIMON WALKER, J. Assignees ROBERT E. GRIFFITH, J feb. 20. w&s 2o be S'Jdat Public Vendue, At th» Merchant's Coffee House, id May, 1799, The following promissory NOTE OF HAND. Philadelphia, April 19, J 798. Ninety Days a'ter da:e, I promise to pay to John Gov ts, or order fwithout defalcation) Two Hun dred aod Thirty Dollars. Valuereeeivcd. ALGERNON S. MA OA IV. I?Oi Atcl\ Street. jV B The above N*te has been duly noted and protefied. JOHN GOFER- Februarv 18 Tu Stf January 23d, 1799. IN purlaance of a refohe of the Frefident and Managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company, The Stockholders are heieby notified and re quired to pay ten dollars on each of their ref peflive ftiarss of (lock, on or before the firft day of March next, to the Treafurerof the Company at their office mar the Bank, of Penn tylvania. Extract from the minute», GEO WOE WOW RAIL, See'ry. WILLIAM GOVETT, Treasurer. ia«. »j. frfa+\V. ?0R BOSTON; The Schooner FAIR AMERICAN, John Cho\ti, Mailer, Lying at the firft wharf below Chefnut Arret, wj]| fail in a !ew For freight or pafljgc, apply t 0 t }, e captain on board, or to 'Joseph Anthony W Co. Feb. ao d*t For Charleston, JOHN BULKLEY, WILL fail in about ten dajs, for freight or pas sage apply to JESSE & ROBERT WALN, feb tX diot FOR Sr. CROIX. The armed JOITM GARDINER., master, at Albert Ton's wharf, will fail in ten or twelve day*. For freight or-pa/Tage apply to the captain on board, or to John Nixon Cs* Co. feb it diet . ~ wanted,; To Article for two oi" three years a young Man to a profitable bulineft — For particulars enquire at no. 68, south Fourth street A person who has some knowledge of paint ing or drawing would be preferred. W. HAYDON, WHO HAS A Cellar to Let. jan 11 § B A L L. Mr. & Mrs. Byrne, First Dancers of the New TheaMb, RESPECTFULLY inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Philadelphia, that their firft Ball will be on Tlmrfday next, 14th Feb. at CEllers' Hotel—Ladies tieketi maybe obtained of Mrs. Byrne, or of their feholars. Mr. and Mrs. Byrne having opened their Acid> MY at F»ur Dollars per Month, or Ten Dollars per Quarter, mean to teach every falh i' nable Dance now in life in the politest circlet of Europe—and relying on their attention to their pupils, hope for the 'generoua patronage of a decerning public. Pleale to enquire ef Mr. ft Mrs. Byrne, the corner of Dock and Second streets, or dnring the hours of Tuition, at OelUrs's Hotel, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, from ten til! twelve in the morning for Young Ladies, and in the even ings of the fame days from fix till nine for Gen tlemen—To commence on Saturday the »6th Jinuary. February n. dtf White Platillas. A few boxes of White Platillas, Just arrived and for fait by thefubferiber, GIDEON H. WELLS, No. 135, Market-street. Kb at aawaw » 1 To be Sold, .or Let ON GROUND RENT, FOREVER, A NUMBER of very handfom* Building Lots, on the South fide of Arch-flreet, sear Ninth street. and on Ninth-flreer, between Arch and Race-streets. S O, A few Lots of four acres each ; on a high, dry, and elegant situation, within three mikrs from the eity—EHquire at No. 118 Arch-street. j»" 30 qawtw Valuable Property for Sale. F6R SALE, THAT well known Eftjte, called SHREWSBURY FARM, formerly the residence | of General John Cadwajidar, fituits on Saffafras 1 River,in Kent county, Maryland— Containing a-j bout 1900 acres of prime LAND, upwards of 500 of which are in wooils. The Buildings are ali ex cellent, andeonfift of a handsome Dwelling Hoofe, two large Barns with Cowhouses, Stables for fifty hqrfes, a fpeeious treadiag floor under cover, a gra nary, two Jverfeer't houses, two ranges of two fte ry buildingsfor Negroes (one of them new and of brick), Corn houses a Smoak house, &«. See The whole Estate being nearly surrounded by water, it requires hutlittle fencing, aid has a good Shad and Herring fiftiery. It is conveniently situated for both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets,with two landings on a navigable river but a (hort fail from Baltimore- There is a large Peach, and two large Apple Orchards on the premises; also, a varie ty of excellent fruits of different kinds. The foil is mostly a rich loom—The whole will be fold togc therordivideAintofmallerfarms(forwhich the buil dings are conveniently situated) as may spit tbe pur hafer. The Stock on said Farm, confiding of Hor cfes, Cattle, Sheep kc. will also be disposed of— For further particularsapply to Geo»ciHastinos on the premifes,ortothe fubferiber, inthiladelphia ARCHIBALD M'CALL, W December i», m- t f_ Weekly Magazine. Patrons of the WieitLr Magazini, . lately published by Mr. James Waiters and the public, arc r«fpe<ftfully informed, that it is intended to re-commence the publication of it in a short time. The present proprietor hav ing obtained the assent of Mrs. Watteis, (the late Editor's mother) and purchased from her all the numbers on hand, informs the former fobferibtrs to that work, that those numbers publi(bed by Mr. Watters which remain to be delivered, (hall (hortly be sent to them with the Inde x and Appendix to the second volume, which is also nearly ready for delivery to those who take the work in volumes. The present proprietor afTures the public that the work (hall be conduced on tbe fame priori- ' pies, and upon the fame terms that it was by the 1 former editor; and that as no exertion (hall be spared to render it worthyof the public regard, he confidently hopes the fame liberality which heretofore countenanced, will Itill continue to support it. Subfcriptiens, upon the original terms will be received by tbe principal Book-fellers. February a. At a Court of Common Pleas held a ' Union Toiun tbe 4th day of Decern (L. 5J kcr ' the y ear °f our Lord 1798, 1 before the hon. Alexander Addison, ] esq, President, and his associates, fudges of tbe same Court, ON Ihe petition of Jeremiah Cook, an insolvent : debtor, confined in the jail of Fayette county, Praying ihe benefit of the laws for the lelief of infol- ' vent debiois, the Court appoint the 4 .firft day of next ' Court to hear the petiiioner and his creditors, and or- 1 der that he give notice thereof for one week in Fen- : no's daily paper ending three weeks before the day of hearing, and also forthree successive weeks in the Fav- 1 et«e Gazette, the last of which to be two weeks pre- ' viou« 10 the hearing. By the Court, t EPHRAIM DOUGLASS, prothonijary. Feb. 16. Ukitf.d States,") /r Pennsylvania DiJlriQ. J BY wrtue of ivn alia." writ of venditioni ergons •tome dirc&sd by the honorable Uuhard I J e I tors, efquir-, ]ud *e of 'ha Diflriifl Court of 'hr ' UnitejWtates in and ft-r the Pemif, Ivania c will 6e exposed to pu!>lic sale at the Merchant*' Coffee-knufe in the City of Philadelphia, on Mon day the 4th d?y of March next at 7.o'clock in the evening.— \|| that certain two Hory hiick ivlef fuage, with the lot or piece of ground therennto belonging, fmiate on the iouth fide of Chefrmt ftreet, between Sixth and Seventh Ar,et« from the riycr D»hware, the lot containing in breadth 011 Cndnut-ftre.t one hundred ar.d one feet, an J in depth two hundred and thirty-five feet to Georee (lreet, with tea fcoufe, gardvn, «cc Two three stoty brick MetTuagcs nearly finifhed, and the Jots thereunto belonging, situate on the east fide of xth-ltreet, between Walnut aud Spruce ftreats; rach lot containing ia breadth onSixth-ftr-et iw.n ty-two feet, and in depth one hundred and feventy feven feet ; the whole el.'.r of all i icun.brauces— And also a ground rent of thirteen pounds right Ih llings an i nine pence, clear of tprei, UTuirgnut ot a three-story brick noufe »nj lot fittnte the : east fide of Sx'rh-ftreet aloicfaid from the river Delaware, adjoining the last above mentioned houfet. Se zed and tak#n in execution as the property of John Swanwick, «fquire,dcceafed,aud will be fold • I>X WILLIAM NICHOLS. Marjlal. Marshals Office, 7 1 Philadelphia, Feb. 21. J dt4tMar Th is day is Published, In one volume Bvo. neatly bound and lettered, (Price T%mo Dollars) And for sale at No. 41 Cbesnut-street, bv T- Ormrod, S&RMONS, On a variety of intereftirii* fubjefts, By Samuel Stshops Smith, d. d. President of the College of New-Jersey. Nothing, from the can poffihly add to the high reputation of the learned au tkor of the present work. In the perusal of it, readers of every class will be gratified. It will be a valmhle companion for the aged and the young, in the parlor, the closet, the coach, or the shade. Snbfcribers are requsfted to fend for their volumes. frb. "• d^t Iron Works, Mills, & Valuable Lands FAR SALKi THE fubferiber offen for sale the well known Majbro' Iron Works, firuatc in Frederick county, State of Virginia, adjacent t« which are 8,500 acres of Land which he will also fell with l or without the works, The said Mills and Iron j Works are si uated on Cedar Creek a large and tie ! ver failing dream Vhich is applied to working thi. i Forge. The Furnace, Merchant, Grid aud Saw i Mills are worked by the water of the big spring | which anfes at the diflance of about 1-4 of a mile , from the Mills and Furoancc and is more than fuf : ficisnt for the a/orefaid purposes. The command | of water from those two streams is so advantageous i and abundant as to admit of the erection of any other branches of manufa<3or;' which may be thought eligible. On apart of the lands is an in exhaustible bank of Iron ore, equal, orTuperior in | quality to any on the continent. The IronWork< are at prifer.t out «f repair but might in a Ihort tirao and at fmaU expence be put in blast. The Mannfaclurii-g Grift and Saw Mills are lately re paired, aad are now in complete order for business The times of sale will be made known and docu ments authenticating the title to the property with aplet of she lands and certificates of the quality of the ore will be ihewn on application to Joseph Watlon, un. No. 43 North Third-street, Philadel phia, or tne fubferiber in Alexandria. JOSEPH WATSBJJ. Feb. I*. d 6 t. TAKE NOTICE, THAT I am to be fold on such terms, that the purchaser need not advance any ca(h, 1 unless he plesfes, rill it is earned by my services, provided no accident happens me ; or, if you , please, I am to be farmed out for two years, and not less. lam a bright bay, full iji hands | high, of noble defcenr, my name is TRIMMER —I was got by Hall's imported harfe Eclipse, my dam.pnrchafrd by Doflor Hall, wisgqt by the imported horse Slim ; my grand dam was got by Old Figure ; ray great grand dam by Talkers Othello out of Selima, &c. fcc. as will more fully appear by William Lyle's attested certificate who raised me. My charaAer as a racer is well established ; I won the colt's purse at Bladenfburg of twenty guineis ; I won a fifty guinea purse at Baltim®re, a fifty guinea purse at An.iapolii and a fifty guinea pwrfe at Hagerftown. I never loft a race but the last I run at Alexandria, which was owning to my being badly shod, as I loft all my plates before I £Ot in. lam in fine plight, found in every m y offspring are in great repute, some of which are now in training for the turf—pro cure me good stands and entertainment and I am able ts earn one thousand dolkrs per an num. Any person inclining to buy or rent may know the terms by applying to John Carnan (Lovehall) Ccecil county and slate of Mary land, eight miles south of Elkton. feb - "• d6w 0- AH persons iudebted to the Estate of JosF p h Asthoni, fesi. deceased, are re quested ta make immeilate payment And all those who have any detnsnds against said estate, are desired to produce thim legally attested to the fubferibers for settlement. JOSHH HEWES, ") JOHN MORTON, JOSEPH ANTHONY, 3 December z6. 1 TO BE LET, " ' And immediate possession given, I THB Storesand Wharf lately occupied by Ro 1 bert.Thomas, between Chcfnut and Walnut-street, I for terms apply to WILLIAM SHEAFF, ~ No- »68, High-llreet. , feb - "9 d6t J ~ NOTICE, ' < T)URSUANT to a Resolve of the Board of ' A Ti uflees of Washington Academy, in Som- 1 erret county, Maryland, authorising Wiluam £ PotK, efqr. majors Samoil Wiuson, and WILLIAM JoTiKS, Members of said Board, to procure a principal teacher for said Academy.— NOTICE is hereby given, that a gentleman quasi- \ had to teach the Greek aud Latin Lnngusges, Geo- * graphy and the Mathematic b, an l such other < branches of Literature as it is customary to teach c in such Schools, will meet with l-iberal encourage ment and it ispretomed will be well aceommodat eJ in taking charge of this Academy. The build "«g >s spacious and will accoaodat- at least fixtv Students. 7 Proposals may be adi'reffed to John Dennis, Vo. i 1 l A ' r , ch " ftreet > or Wiß.ijna Wmder, accownrant in the Navy department, Walnut street, Pliiladel- phia, or to either .of the ihree gentlemen above 1 -mentioned, near Princds Anne, Maryland; t det c t . -foreign jHteffujcnce* LONDON, November y. With what exultation has ths mirr.fter of France unnouncedthe confinement of M. „ dc Corraviss for life because " he declared . in too bold a manner his opinions on Juril > prudence and Religion." Hippy freedom • in Spain—.happy freedom in France Par nohil<■ fratrum. ) Why (houla the .Author of The Purfuiti . of Literature (till conceal his name ? ■ Does he blush at maintaining with such a • bility, the riglits of Red/on, true philosophy, Belles Lettres, Genius, and Religion Ma ; ny modern authors trumpet forth their ig. . noratkee and llafphemy, and are ashamed of • nothing but the beicg out of counte c nance. There are fume important privileges at r tacheld to :he poflVflioij of the J,we! which i Admiral N»llon received frcm the Grand seignior. It confers on the wearer the i power of commanding the Turkish fleet or army wherever he may fall in with either, and it likew.fe gives the power of life and death w.thm the Turkish domininions. !«p1 '° Urn T allft J " 1 Par ' S Vfntur ed to publish lately the London Extraordinary Gazette XrVh' detail of Admiral Nelson » Panpr jra le «<ifequence was, that his , Paper was prohibited, and his prefTes broken up, by order of the Direftory i T . h « f °"° f d«e ci-devant DukeofUrfel has infcnb«d his name in of the new law for raising aoo.ooo me,, , n Francc and has received permiflien to enter into a regiment of Chasseurs in the Army of Emr land. K ' F ? nch , General who was • killed on board the Frigate l'lmmortalite, j is the man to whom the invention of the e Raft for the invasion of this country is attri . buted. November 15. r Saturday morning Barton, the attorney, was brought from the Fleet Prison to 'he . court of common pleas. It whs stated that . the prisoner hajl written a very violent and voluminous libjel on himself. This he pro , cured to be printed, and then brought his aftion against the printer for defamation ; but in this he was non-suited, and sent to | prilon for costs attending the prosecution. He now fought to efleft his liberation under the provisions in the lord's aft ; but Mr. Cooper undertalcing to pay him his fixpeuces (groats) he was sent back to prison. EDINBURGH, Nov. 3. A Morning Paper of yesterday obfervei —" that one thing seems yet to be wanting to complete the blockade of the Fiench ar my in Egypt," which is «the capture of the Isles of France and Bourbon." In or der that Buonaparte may be deprived of the succour which he might draw from those iflanda by the Red Sea. If Buonaparte has no other means of fuc cour or cfcape left we may be certain of his fate. These two islands do nut acknow ledge the mother-republic; they refufed, two years lince, to ad-nit the Dire6t»rial Commiffinners, and they very lately feut back to France all the troops of the line, on account of their a desire to be or ganited ala Francoife. The squadron of Cisizen Sercey, the only one which the Re. publicans have at present in the Indian seas, having been rsfnfed admittanc# in the port of Irtede France, has been obliged to pro. ceed to Batavia. The inhabitants of both islands are created in France with the fame rigour as Emigrants. The small number of those who have en ered that country, have done so uvder the protection of Amer ican passports. As to provisions, both islands receive them from America, and the many priies-®ade by privateers fitted out at the Isles de France aud Bourbon, supply them with fufficient objefts of barrer. Bu onaparte is therefore blocked on the fide of those islands, as well as on every other. One of our Artiftshas taken a likeness of Mr. Grattan in « the Fall of Lucifer," and what is surprising indeed, he thinks he can make him a good fubjeft. CHARLESTON Feb. 4. Major General Pinckney, One of our late envoys to France, arrived in this city yesterday from the Northward : The public joy at his reium was only equalled by his diftinguilKed merit He was met three miles from the city by Major Gen. Moultrie, Brigadier Generals Wafh mgton, and Vanderhorft, the Hon. W. H. De-SaufTure, the Intendant, the general's aids, Major Lining, Beckman and Rutledge, the regiment of cavalry, and a great number of officers and citizens, and was by them es corted to town, his approach being announ ced by the trumpets and Horns. Above the Tobacco Infpe&ion, the artillery, com manded bv Major Stevens, and several com panies of the infantry were drawn up, an excellant baßd of music performed, and after the General pal Ted, a salute was fired by the artillery and infantry. Forts Pinckney, Jshnfton, and Mechanic, the United States Cutter brig South Caro lina, the Gallies, Gun Boats, and a number of aimed vessels in the harbour fired salutes on his entrance into the city, and joyful peals were ruug from the bells of St. Mi chad. Happy countenances were exhibited in the balconies and windows of the hotifes br which he passed The General alighted at His excellency Gov. Rmledge's, where he dmed, together with the General and ftalf officers. He wa, dressed in Uniform and rode on < health a PP ea red to be in perfea The weather was unfortunately rainy, raw and cold, and in some degrees difa.ran- ] ged the regulation, which had been appoin ted as honorable testimonies to the patrio tifm and and virtue of our beloved c«un trjmctK coNGR E S s, HOUSE OF representatives; Sufpen/.ort of Intercourse with France'. ( Continued. J Wednksdav, January 13. Mr. Pinckney observed, that so much had already been said on this fubjed,' and the general prlnfcij&s of the b'ill had been so ably defended, .that it would be unnecessary to make more than one or two remarks in reply to the gentleman from Virginia. That gen. tleman Mr. P. said, had gone altogether upon the idea of this bill being of so ob noxious a nature to the government of trance, that it mult be considered by that government as a cause of war. He thought it had already been (hewn, that the gentle man was altogether mistaken ; and very un happily for his polition, our own experience was fufficient to determine, whether it has ever been considered as a cause of war for neutial countries to trade with colonies re volting from a mother country ; we know, said he, very well how neutral nations con duced towards us, in our revolt from the government of Great-Britain. He believed it was neverunderftood that any nation with whom we traded, was in conf"<"!encc in volved in war with Great-Brita " was other.vise ; it was never so looked upon by that country, and gentlemen will tdmi that that government was at 1 •» .. toned enough. All that'Great-Bnuin did, was to seize the veflels whenever they could lay hold of them ; and this is the risk whiclr 1 ne gentleman from Maryland mentioned our tia e rs would run in carrying commerce in any place in a state of revolution. It is well known, said Mr. P. th*t we endeavor -1 uring the whole eourfe of our war, to Xh " re '^ n C , om!r '" ce t0 this country, «rS o^ aS ri° Un<i to Cllab!t -' us to war. Admits were employed • 11s purpose, and we saw no moral turpi- Holh m , And du " n ? th'e time that Holland was fepar.ued fr6m the dominion of Spain, was war declared in consequence .of any nation trading with Holland? The cale was so different, he recollected, that Holland declared, that they would seize all vessels going to Spain, though that had heretofore been considered as the mother country. I his was reversing the cafe. Mr. P. had hoped that the comprehensive view which the gentleman from Maryland had taken of the ads of tke different colo nic":, would hav_- removed every obje&ion to our merely carrying on a trade to those countries, by (hewing that the cdlonies have all along afted as if thev were independent, not only without the decrees of France, but direftly in opposition to these decrees, and this with the tacit approbation of the French government itfelf, lisce it never found fault with them. Seeing, therefore, that the French government left the colonies to trade with us, or not, as they plrafe, and believinr that it would be for the benefit of .Franc?,, that such trade (hould be carried on, he thought it could not be considered as a cause of offence. Gentlemen called it an invita tion to rebellion. He saw it in a very dif. ferent light. If any authority was given to j i .nt t0 ent(?r into a treaty offenfive and dcfenlive, or to maintain them in their declaration ol independence; But nothing farther 13 meant by this bill than to carry on our commerce a? ul'tial • with such of the rench Lflandsas fhalirefrain from commit*- i ting depredations upon it. "Rever® the cafe, and though those idands forfiear to tap. ture or annoy our v e «fcfs, we shall refufe to trad, with them ; if they arc in want of . thele provilions, they may be driven to def. pair rather than fturve. Who knows what excels might be the consequence of such a tondua ! The probable event would be, that they would become pirates upon our trade, or throw themfelvei into the hands of Oreat-Britain, who can protest them, and who can find for them a fufficient fupplv of provi lions. • But the gentleman from Virginia has made tome remarks upon the opinions of the Se cretary of State, contained in his late report, which the President sent to the house a few ays ago, for the purpose of (hewing that the government of France is more disposed to make peace with us at prefcnt, than at any former time ; and, if this bill be palled into a law, may divert that intention, and ring on war; but he did not think that the gentleman had (hewn that France is now more inclined to conciliate than at any for mer time. With refpeft to the three 1 points fhted generally by the Secretary of state, they are not said to go to the point tor which the gentleman from Virginia his taken them. With refpedt 16 the doceur of 50,0001. he would fay, that if we believe this attempt to have been made to extort this furo o£ money from our envoys, for corrupt purpo ses (and notwithstanding aH 1 hat has been .aid on the fubjeft, he did believe that X and Y were the agents of the French govern ment in that tranfacUon, and which ha*, indeed, been acknowledged by Y, Mr. Bel .amy of Hamburgh, who declares he hay ne\er written or said any thing to our en voys but by fji' diret'Uon of the secretary of foreign affairs) no fliarre ought to he pla ced upon any of these decimations ; for af ter such an ail, it may be furaofed they will fay one thing at one time and another at a noiher ; and wo reliance could be had upon any thing which conies from so corrupt a source. I he gentleman from Virginia fays, that if the Secretary ot (fate proves his point, viz. that the French government attempted to detach Mr. Gerry frouv his colleagues, and to inveigle him into a separate negotiation. Mr. P. laid, he could not help diffcting ve ry materially from that gentkman on this point. He thought the attempt most hof t'le and degrading, This conduct on the part ol the French docs not agree with what the gentleman from PennfyJvania had the other day slated, the French had fliewn
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