by mail. From the Mercmlilc Daily Jchertifer, CHALESTON, (S. C.) Feb. zjd Americans ! unite, rally round your go vernment —look on Frenchmen with the eye 1/ suspicion, and prepare te meet them as e n emies, w th a fw rd : And. Beware of French Emi(Juries ! This W'S the ration of the patriotic Ma jor General Pirckney, to Americans, while he was their envoy to. and was in France. Proofs of the nee? flity of this caution have succeeded each other al«K>(l every day for the two or three lad years ; bu' they are now so plain and positive, that they mufl convlft the minds of all, but such a* deferre transportation to France, or thegallaws. READ THIS. Hi* 'Excellency, Governor Ro'lfdge, and the colle&or of this port, abnut five weeks ago rrceived a letter from Col. Picker ng, Setfetarv of State of the United States, to the following effeft. . That gover: had obtained intelligence that four perfo'ie wereto embark from Ham burgh far thi" port, as agtnta of the French direflory, with dispatches of a hofti'e na ture to the peace and welfare of the United States. The Secretary of State then gave the namtt o* the persons and their defcriptii n ; also of the vessel, and the passports which it Was exprfied th-y would, have ; and' in. form.d.further, tha! 'he difpatchesand pa pers of consequence, would be fccreted in two falfr bottomed 1 übs, and requested that the nec flary steps (hould be taken to f cure the fufpe&ed ptrfnns and their papers, as soon as they arrived here. Capt. Thompfori, the boarding officer Of the port, was accordingly inftru&ed to douce particularly, and report without de lay, all slTengers from Europe. Yesterday he had the happinef* and good fortune to board the brig Mierva, Capt. Cramp, in 119 days from Hamburgh, an<j reported her arrival, and that there were four or five pafTengers on board. Thi« brig was the e*pe£ted vefTe', and the Colleger, Ma Jor Simons, attended by Mr. William Crafts agent of si t U. States for th? naval and war departmc s, went immediately on board wi' h proper afMa' ce to examine and 'secure the fufpe&td performs a d their papers. As soon as they got on board, they en quired fc r per 'bns by name' they had recei ved, and were answered affirmatively ; these were diredly fearc'ied a d given into custo dy, and the search continued for the tubs, which werr fortunately discovered in the ca bm ; the tubs w re broken open, and the pape-s taken out 5 the horrors of guilt were depi&rd llrcg'y on the countenances of the guilty wretches, and their bodies (hook with fear and trembling —There was a sign to have thrown them overboard from the ca bin window, but it was prevented by the expedition of the gestlemcn who undertook the bufin- fs.—Three of the fellows are mu lattoes, and one of them a white person ; a woman was also taken up, who was ev dent ly concerned in the conspiracy, and er dea. vored to take care of the tubs her arm The four men and their female accom jrlice, are now confined at Fort Pinckney, their trunks and baggage are taken to the custom house, and the important Talti of the Tubj are under the examination of Ma jor general Pinckney, to whom they were immediately delivered. The develoDement will come out in season. Capt. Howland, arrived on Wedncfday from Cadiz, informs that Lord St. Vin cent's fleet failed from before Cadiz about the 16th December :it was supposed in Ca diz that it had gone into the Mediteranean. ©n the 18th of December, one Spanish ihip of the line, four Spanifli and one Ficnch frigate failed for South America. Before Capt. Howlaud failed, authentic jecounts had been received at Cadis, of ike capture of the iflaud of Minorca by Admi ral Ntlfon. Ii was reported that the inhabi tar.is would not permit any resistance to be tnsde to th« landing of the British forces. evrral Spanish gun boats, captured at Min wj, had arrived at Gibralter. We tender our ack.no wle dgmentt to an obugmg Cortefpotident for the fallowing intereiticg dwjwjner.t which corroborates the account fa this csocr on Sa ■ urdav last. r " GOOD NEWS. St THOMAS'S Feb. 14. ExtraA of a 1 tter from a highly respec table chara&n-, to his friend in this city " Capt. Howard, of S:. Croix, has this moment arrivrd from Baffaterre, St. Kltts and inarms, that he saw an engage ment on the iirfi inft off St. Kitu, be tween the Confteilation, capt. a Fiench frigate of 36 guns. The a&ion co mmenced at 3 o'clock, P. M. and laQed ab< ut two hours and a half, when the Freeh frigate struck. He saw the Conftellaiion and the French frigate lec go their anchor* at Baflaterre, at he was coming out* He did not learn the name of the frigate, nor had he any information of the number killed or wounded on board either of the ftlips. Tht two frigates got into thi harbour on the morning of the 12th. Charles Campbell, IV AT C H-M A K E R. HAS removed to the .'hop formerly occupied by Mr Jabv W r cod No. corner of t- o«t and Chefn r streets ; where he uiU rh;mk nfcl'y rece»ve and execute orders with neatness nd difpa^h hi hai ccwsT vrtv on hand, A Nest a d Large Affbrtment of Clocks Watches. w A N r f D, A JOURNEYMAN ■ 4LSO, ■ r.e or two Apprentices of refpeilla l)le parent«. FOR S '•LB-, A latge quantity ef Watch Glafles Whole/alt and Retail, nny 44 ALL Persons biaying any De mands again f the eft.itf ol the late Robert iHardie, mariner, are hereby rcqneAed to prcfent them fqr fettUment, and allthofe indebted to laid estate, to nukr payment to ieither of the fubferibers PETBR BAYNI ON Watnvt-flmt. / r JOHN CRrtIO, 4 ' , f E ' KV " ri Nt. 11, D**Jlr,4 ) »<• John VI ill : k junr. MM IIUWIS t>OM HO. 8, CHISNUT, T» the Five Story Bu Uing 4 in Dock, near Thirdfirtet, WHERE HE HAS FOR S *LE, 300 Bales of Bengal Goods ; CONIIITtNC or G OSS AS Baftas . Mamondie* . Humhumt TafFaties Striped Ddrei* Caliroes ' Handkerchief*, &t. lie. ■4lfo. a Urge ajfortment nf Madras Handkerchiefs, of various dtfcripticns A beautiful Coimtry Seat, for Sale : 'I ni \TEL) on he bank al the Delaware, ad* O joining lands of Matthias Sipler and Mr. John Duflield. 13 miles from I'hiladeij-hia and J milts from Brift 1. The buildingsconfifl of ane>r two story Frame Houfeana Ki chen adjoining— 3 roomson a floor, Piaza the whole front of th« House a pump of excellent water, alio a g<»od irarden and orchard ir acres of land will he fold with tie premises, hut more can he had if required. There 11 a gra velly fhoreat the rfver, the water stages for Bur 'ingtoti pas- erery day in the summer season, and the land stages for New.York within half a mile ; any ptj-lon inclining ta pnrehafe may know the terms of sale and othsr particulars by enquiring at No. ii, Dock-ftrctt, or No. j6r, South Second ltreet. Feb. ij FOR SALE, Br TUB SVB«efe!»ER, On Witlings aud Francii's Wharf, 300 Gin Cm*, Also, a few bale« «f Bengal Goods. G. WILLING Jtaw Feb. at. Notice. TO BE SOLD, Or exchanged for property in or near Phi- ladeiphiay A FARM of one hundred and forty two atrea of Land on the road from New-Port 10 Lancaller, (/near London Houfe.Cbefter cobftty, the Farm Houfc wai formerly u(ed at a Store and Tavern, for farther information apply to CH A RLES WH/JRTON, u hii houfc No. 136, South Second flreet. Feb. 16. Red Clover, Timothy, Blue Grass SEEDS, Herds Grass and White Clover All warranted frejb and free from all foul feed, FOR SALE. BT C. ROBERTS, No. 97, Market, between Second and Third ftrects, Who hat afo on hand, a general affartment of Ironmongery, fadlery, cutlery and bras* ware, ; 1 . Crawley Miilmgton lied, pig. lead, block-tin, red lead, Spanish brown, V*nuiati red, Vcrmillian, &c. &c. IVhole/ale & Retail. ia.Scm.tß.Bcfr.tf. march i TO BE, SOLD, THE time of a ft tin - healthy Mulatto Boy, who has jOcut 18 yearj to fcrre : would fuic a in the country—Enquire of the Pfinwr, fsfc. 37 WEDNF.SDAV EVI-NING, MAP.CR 6 PRICES OF STOCKS PHILADELPHIA, FienuAity 36, S ijc Per Cent. Three Her Cent. 9/S to 8 Deferred 6 Per Cent. 8 A -NK United Ptttetr, 40 percent. Petinfylvinia, 50 citio. North America, 46 ditto lnfuratise comp'N. A. (hares Pemifylvania, fiiare«, 3.- COURSE OF EXCHANGE 011 Hamburgh 33 j.3 cents per Mark Sanco. • London, ar 30 day» 5$ i-j Tructon, and 1 at 60 days 54 n 90 days 51 i-j AmQ-erdam,£a days, pr. guild. 36 to 37 1-1 cents The publication of the Gazette of the United States-will not be difcontinucd. It will be conducted hy the prefeut proprietor until he can devolve it upon a luccclTor who will do jhHicc to the principles and the cause which it has supported. Although it was not at all intended, that-ft) important a medium of public information (houlJ be vyith draivn, it is thought necefiiry thus particu larly to deny a report which Jiaj been indul trioufly ciiculated by those who with to foe ?very means of intelligence /anfttefl-d, but their own torpid or virulent publications. ' If ever there was a time, wliicb called for unanimity aniongft the friendr of govern- fit, it is the present, by one sentiment, ihjpirited'ty one principle, they should press forward, uncfeviatiiigly to one objed, the prefervatian" of their country. It is tims, all iecoritlnry division* Ihould bo done awayi and that 4>en, thitjeing on an ex panded icale, should facriltfie every little pe culiarity to the broader and jpore generally received opinions of their friends, jfo this way, alone, (hall wq be ever afctc to counter. & the unanimity, vigour lift constancy of the fa&ion of France. 3»wtf The Interval during which the new nego ciations with France, are to be carried on (hould be. a busy one with us, for many im portant reasons. We may already judge that nothing will be left undone by the Democrats to profit of it: the opening it gives them, will be fc.zed on with avidity, and their schemes prosecuted with new. ardor. We 'must alio be prepared to countera<ft a new difcloiure of diplomatic (kill, a more artful trap than any we have yet escaped. Should a peace be concluded, and axjurireftrainedin tercourfe between, .the two countries agai» take place (which' mu(t 0 f «, U rfe be the cafe) our/ituation would be rendered hazard ous indeed. To provide, in time, for emer grncies likely to arise, will mark our wisdom, and well reward the efforts it ccfts. jawtf The Democfets, in'their feft fcleaion of a candidate, mud be allowed the meed of ingenuity, in erecting for their rallying post a man, who concenter* iii tis single every individual and collective vice of the whole party. Such a man merits all their confidence and fuoport he is, indeed, the very" Extraft of Jacobinlfm." lawtf " The Descent of Taijcyrand into Hell" ts poftpcned. only in order to prefenl the re mainder of it, at on; view. Ihe great Democrat of the South is said to be employed at intervals on % new work, to be entitled, tht Philosophy of Democracy. It is to be hoped he will be more fortunate in philosophizing- ot> this-g-round, than his pK>found predecessors, Paine, Godwin, &c. Mr, Dallas runs a splendid ijew coach, hus, it Items, he has preached up Liberty and Equality to foxne purpo(e» tuth&f tf tot lit Cazitti tfu Unitid Statii, 1 HE enemies of government make a great outcry zgainft the alien law because they con fide r it as inhuman ; and the democrats in the house of representatives opposed the re taliation law upon the Wgraund. I know not whether to attribute the clamors of these fellows to their stupidity or their villainy ; but certainly their arguments cvinc* one or the other in a remarkable .decree. Under the impreUlon that'it may possibly proceed from their not knowing any better, I beg leave to suggest to- their consideration a position, the truth of which to men of com mon undemanding is feif evident, viz. that no measure can be inhuman which facrifices a few of our enemies to our own prefevva tion, any more than the 3ft of {hooting a rob ber can be called inhuman, when we do it to prefervethe Jiires of ten innocent travellers* Moreover, let tbefe good people fttetch their minds, if possible, to the comprehension of this fin;pit truth, that we should be truly guilty of inhumanity, were we not to retal iate. 1 I»WJW The affafiinating arrete of the French di reftory would then meet, with no obtacle, and would operate as extensively as thole inonfters intended it (hould : and our foolifh forbearance would render us more guilty than even the French government, by making us aco.fTary to the murder ot our own citizens. Vv' hen Franee is made acquainted with the determination of this country to facrifice man for mas, who is so despicably dull as not to fee that ourfirmnefs will eventually five the lives of both ? The French govern ment will be deterred from executing their f>urpo'fet; not indeed with- any view of fav mg their citizens, or our from beingbutch erea, but from nn apprehenfioi) of the re proach and ruin which such bell if}, milchitf •would bring upon thtm in their own country. cod&t ©ajette. PHILADELPHIA, <> ® # COM MU NIC A 7) ONS. The £vs dlre&ors of France hava, ,1 be T lie vie, as littk comrxifli- n in their difogfitions as ths wild beasts of the foe't. I will.not therefore insult conrnon fenft by any .lenity.on their (ide as a cm;tc<jucr.ce.ot' their aversion to daughter. I 'inlv hope it from their ambition. Such fesveity may possibly not be very agreeable to their consti tuents, aad the ambition of the directory to rule and tyrannize, to which they have Sa crificed fach multitudes of their fclJoW-crea tures, miiy sometimes require: Ik in to relax their cruelty. Co M MVNICA T lon. Nccejfcfy qualijic thru for a Chief Magistrate. He should be 3 mm of known sobriety ; of and domeliic virtue; a profef fir of religion.} of political sagacity aud integrity ; and beside an exter.five legal h fh._uld undeiftand the nobler feitne - of go»er ment aid the art of war. For he who will habitually become mud died every day after, and frequently befo e dinner, would he a dangerous dep.fitorv of supreme authority. Might we not jtiftly apprehend, that in the fe fclefs hour of in toxication or inebrious gaiety, a fatal blow would be given to the honor and the inter ella of the commonwealth ? Tn his own house at least he ought to war the. breeches ; for that man who cannot rule over hi family, is unqualified to gov ern a state ; b fide, if ible grey metre w. re to be the better horse, we (hould in fact live under a petticoat tyranny. If he is the and friend of notorious traitors, he can poflefs neither re ligious nor civil honesty. His political principles (hould be in har mony with those of tlie government over him ; fi.r in the complex federifm of our fyftetn, one wheel becoming rusty, or mov ing on a wrong axis will, if not destroy, in terrupt the motion of the who!e works. he does not understand government, if he petveris the laws to party purposes Such a man therefore, is unworthy ihe hon ors, dignities, and emolumentt of a chief magilirate. [ By express from New-York, information is'nsctived of the recovery of the mail belong ing to. the Chefterfield picket. The letters havi sustained but little injury from the wa ter. DREADFUL FIRE 1 " A letter from Norf.lk, (Virginia) da ted the 45th ult. fays, "The night before last, a fire took place here, which consumed bet wee'■ 60 and 70 h ofei. The hand of Providerice was wi h us or the whole town would hate beca destroyed." Died yesterday morning, after a short illnef«, Mr Jamti Kdfon } the public are invited to his fu' eral, from his late dwell ing, No. too, Market-street at three o'eLck this aftemooD. Port of Philadelphia, Arrived, Sch'r Liberty, Buikirk, N. York ©p 3tut^oritp, APPOINTMENTS tN THE ARM? OF THE UNITED STATES. CAVALRY. CAPTAINS. Charles F. Mercer, Virginia. James Burn, ' Soutk Carolina. INFANTRY. LIZ.vrZNwr~COI.OV£LS. Maflachufetts. Ditto. Nathan Rice, Richard Hunnewell ? MAJOR. William Jones, CAP'fAISS. Phineas Afinnun, Joseph Pierce, Jun. Arthur Lithgow, Jonathan Andrews, George Woodward, Philip Cortland, Walter K, Cole, James Read, Benjamin Gibbs, Jun. -James Ashman, Valentine Brothers, John W. Hacket, Jonathan Hodgfon, Nathaniel Henry. iZEUTEttAI&S. Benjamin Beale, J U n. Charles P. Phelps, Edmund Soper, Daniel Biflcll, li'aac Putnam, Tames Smith, Richard Baldwin, George M. Ogden, Thomas Swearinger, Cromwell Pierce, Henry Weftcott, Nelson Wade, I.ewis Howard, James Battel, William Savin, Charles Clemmetits, Van Bennet, Felix Wilton, essicirs. Mafiachufetts. Samuel Winter Church, Ditto. Christopher Whipple, Rhode-Island. John W. Brown'on, Vermont. William Morrow, Pennsylvania. Jabez Culjwel!, Delaware. John Adlum, Maryland Edward Ford, Ditto. Charles M'Callifter, Virginia. John Heifkell, ' Ditto. Marcus Combs, Ditto. Willis Wells, Jur* Ditto. SMALL TALK. COM PR EH EN RING j HE History, fheory, and Prail ce, of each, i- according to the Latelt Difcovcries a/id mprovcments : and full Explanations given of / at icits Dttuched parts of Knowledge, whether delating to Natural and Arnfi. i*) Objects, or to Mattcrll Ecclefiaft cal, Civil, Military, Con,- mercial, tSc. Including Elncldations cf the moll important Topics relative to Religion, Morals, Manners, and the Oeconon.y of Life : together with a description c f all the Countries, C'ties, principal M ountains, Seas, Rive rv i inough ut ihe World; a General History, Mncient and Modern, of the diffe.ent Empire., ivjngdoin ,and Stales; and an account of the Lives of the in. ft Eminent P. rlons inevery Na tion, from the tarlielt ages down to the pre lent tinies. Compiled from the VVriingsof t e best Authors in fevtral Languages; the mod ap proved Diaionaiics.as wel!o> General Science of Particular Branchss; the Tranlaai' ns, Journals, and Memoirs, of learned Societies, tioth at home aiid abroad 5 t(.e MH, Leisure- of eminent Proleffirs on d'flerent _Sciehce^; and a a.iety of origina, Materials, fuiniihed by an xt nlive Correfpoudeiice. The Pablifner having been f.bcited to fur ;rfti of this v u luible and import nt work My >ne volumn at a time, which by div.dim T .the p lymen.s, m ght make the acquilition of the work more convenient to pin chafers, pro, of.-» ■o t!ifpofe of the few remain r,g copies on the allowing: CONDITIONS. The Work being .ln-dy completed in E;gh "• n larj;e Quarto Volumes n • o ids, Elegant y printed on Supe fin pa).er, iluifiratcd with five hundred au 1 forty two Copper pla.es : I. A vo.ume in b -ards wi.l be . eliVered to tach übfi riber in the firft week of every month till ne whole be delivered, which w,ll take a peri, od of eighteen m nths. 11. Every Subs riber on rec iving the firft Vo lume, to pay w nty Dollars. On receiving the rod , 5 Dollars '_he T ird, j 3 Dollars i he Fomth, io Dollars The F.nli, I 0 | lollars . , The Sixth, g Dollars and five dollars for each »f the fuccesding vo lume?, till the whole is deliveied, which wili imount in the wh le to One Hundred an.l Thir >-five Dollars being the prefect price lor com plete sets. Maffachnfetts. Maflac htifetts. Ditto. Ditto. Rhode-Ifiand. Vermont. New-York. Nc w-Jerfey. Pennf) lvania. Ditto. • Ditto. Maryland, Ditto. Ditto. Virgibia. MalLchuf tts. Dtto. D:ttO. Vermont. Ditto. New-York. Ditto. New-Jersey. Pennsylvania. Ditta. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Delaware. Maryland. Ditto. Virginia. Ditto. Any fubfc iber who m.iy chufe » 0 hav,- the whole in a (horter time than i£ months. may liaAt any Rum er of v kn es that may he agrte ..Me at the fame time at the above pric-s. To pievem any .. i i-iidcritandinj. it is proper to expreN mat no vo'wme will be deli ere l' to »»y person w thout the money, a „d e tlx f:j on hand Jrr bit few in numbe ,it «ill He requi 'e that such »s t;o>le to Income fublcribt • h.ould apply at»e r.y .spoffiblcto pr.vcntdif pp.mitment*. oef33-%i)tatre; NEVER Performed HER?. THIS EVENING (March Wist—be pfclented, a telfHriitcd COMEDY; (i» in thr):cnlle<£«' DUPLICITY i .. Or, THE MASK'D FRIEND. Written hv the author of the (Wad, to Ruin, &c. ■ aud-pcrforH'i- p-»t Govmt Garden TJi?*tre with diflingiii filed applauTe.V. . / End of.tbc Comedy, a Ballet Dante, composed . i>v Mr. Byrne, called THE PRU.N-KEN PBGVENCAfc; Or, the Stfh'or't RiHtfti. ' To wtich will be a<s<ici!, a ' othedy, (in three " ' *fls) The MAif > Orj, A 7 rip to Scarborough. frO™ -Another new Comedy-, is in rehearsal and %'ill be speedily j reduced, Volunteer Grenadiers. THIS Co'rps is ©rdered to aflemble .at the hoiife of Mr. ()gden, in CVfi.ut Street, of Friday evening; flext,' at j o'tlock, on bull nels of imp»rt?rsc. ~L By coqrmand, G. K. HARRISON, s March 6. Attention Cavalry. The Volunteer Tropp of Cavalry, is or« dered to meet at Opden'j Tavern Chef ut-. street rn Friday Evening'it 7 o'< lock, there being several Member* (o EledV,' and other bufintfs of importance to difrn^ JaMES SIMMONS. march 6. - Fop. Sale, BY THE !(.~Jj The Cargo qf the Ship Asia, Capt. froMi Sauvia. Confijfing of COFFEE and SUGAR. William San/em, j c.&.'s. iv. injfwi Mordtcai Lewis. march 6. An Elegant situation for a Country Seat. Tohefo'J at public autflion at th« Merchacts'Cof fee hnufe on Friday the 15th infl. at 6 o'clock (if not prcvi itfly disposed of at privafi fair), A LOT of GROUND on 'he Oerniaritowjj road, distant ffom the eitj between i ani ■ailca. adjoining the plantation of Joseph P. orrij, Esq. containing 10 acre* aad 16 perftiei ".oft or lei's : tis beautifully Gttuted, and colfl- Q&nds a »ery exti-nCve proipcA, The term* (if '"aid will be caQli. For fnrthur particulars a; ply to TH&MAb GREEVES, cr ISAAC W. MORRIS. irtrcli 6. Philadelphia, March ■- 7 y9. PROPOSAL By THOMAS DOBSOK, *t the Stone House, No. 41, South Secofti flreet t fur furnifhing by l'utftriptiofi £NC rc LOPED TA ; O* A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AMD MI3CELLAN£OUrf LITER A TJRE ; On a Fljn entirely star ; By which the different Sciences apd Arts,are di- gelled into the Form of uilHifdl TREATISES or SYSTEMS, $5" Complete Set* " ay be htd at above, or bound in various m»m;er>. march 6 i. <v> ist Serjeant* d'W "fori maafm.
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