M M «■ ©p tilts ©ay's £@ail. BOSTON, April 6. Pint George Little, we iw n » » appoint farado on Satur -*■ nay, ;kr 15th iniUnt, at the Menage, in complete umimrii, at 4 oYloclt, P. M.' By order i t' 1 lie ComrFanc'aiit, joiin mvauley, Adjt. gCr" Lcttir Hug of the slip Jl'l-'O fir Hamdu&ch, •will 1 e:naiyi at the her rf tie Coffee'Jiunse 'until tLe 14tb hat. %ljc <3asette. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 13 The following production, which has been handed to us for pi: • nation, fufficiently speaks in itfelf, the activity, art and dar ihe' of the partisans of the Jacobin candi date for the office i*' Governor. A remark or two, (#i fotne bold assertions contained in it, is prefixed, less with a view to the edification of the fix Illuminati, than to demonstrate to thole who believe in the neceflary purity, and incorruptibility of republican principles, that even thole molt j profoundly Ikiiled in the science of repub licamfm, may, accidentally, fall now arid i then, into trivial errors. Of the personal merits aud personal ser vices" of Thomas M'Kean, we agree with Me (Irs. Coxe, Dallas, aftd Co. that it is surely unnecelfary and inexpedient t6 at- i tempt to enter into detail ; tor the detail of his merits mult of necessity be prolix, and to recite hi..public services, '' ab uuo usque ad nfala" would be to display a pic ture, the extreme diverifications ot which might tend to and which might present in the back ground scenes of a too tonib ro u* hue. His independence they appear to have deemed a more profit able topic to enlarge upon, whether just ly or not, depends upon a proper uuder (tanding of the term. Independence is, > indeed, a luminous point in a nun's cha racter, if used in reterencf to his superio rity over ;«erfonal and private motives, in quettions of public or of general interest, and a mind unswayed by tavor, fear, threat, turbulence er tumult; by the dictum of faction, or the Varying breath of popular applause. But this virtue, like many o thers, in its extension, becomes a vice, unless its possessor holds alio an iron fcep , tre over his pallions, a discriminating judgment, and an exemption from at lealt . some of the common frailties of nature. Do we want to fee a Governor as well as a Chief Juflice " independent" of every restraint but his own turbulent and moody ambition ? Do we want to fee him " inde pendent" of every honorable motive in his conduit and aftion through life ? Do we want to fee him " independent" of the manners, habits, ciifto\ns, usages, insti tutions and laws of the country ? of pub lic censure and of the united indignation and contempt of mankind ? l( such, and such only, has been the " independence" of this man, let us seek for other qualities whereon to ground our faith in him. The insinuation that thefriends of government cloak under their zeal for its support, some lurking desire after monarchial forms, is an artifice as stale as it is contemptible ; and is resorted to in this cafe, only as % foil lA the dodlrine with which it is imme diately followed, of rearing up the slate governments into a higher and more im portant influence, and in fhert into i'o many diftinft sovereignties wholly para mount to the powers of the Federal Go vernment. This is the manner long since fele&ed by the faftian of Fiance, in iiihich to conduit their operations a gainst the government of thiscountiy. It has long been their masked battery ; they now begin to play it off without dilguife. Your Constitution is in danger, cry they ; your Government too energetic, and tend ing to tyranny. Against this tyranny let us interpofean infuperabls bar in the state Governments. Let us exalt a man who is so capable of extending or overleaping . if necelfary the limitations of this power, and who, impatient of superiority or con trenil, mlift ioon from the inftintt of his nature, effeftually (hake it ofti But we shall not permit them to succeed in effedt.- ing the deadly purposes:' they entertain : the peace and happinefs,-.liberty, property and life of every honest man, is flaked on the llfue of this contest, and every honest man feels it. We, who have so long toiled to lay*the foundations of a ftru&iire, plain, simple, decent and permanent, are not to be blam ed with beholding it crowded full of the vilest rubbilh—the inlide all empty tralh, and its external covered with tinsel law dry. Ihe pillars already erecfted, shall be supported ; the fuperftru&ure shall be railed. Having kept aloof the harpy of Gallic Sanfculotifm, it is not now to be destroyed, even by the hands of domestic parracides. The comparison entered into between the two candidates, and tlie enumeration of M'Kean's exploits, civil and military, is extremely curious, and extremely fall'e. The fix Illuminati aflert, hat Mr. Rot's ■was not in public life until he became Se t nator. The debates of the Convention of Pennsylvania, which adopted the Con stitution, had they fought for full infor mation 011 the aflertion they thus hazard ously advance, would have unfolded to them a splendid train of the nioft attive and fuccefsful oppofilion on the part of Mr. Rofs, (a member of that body) to the arbitrary, tyrannical, and wholly anti-re puljtiea.il of their grand malter. Friends and Fellow-Citizens. THE present crisis in the political affairs of the United States demands the attention of every lover of hit country 5 since the exertion of every power ■which the Gonftitution refervts to the peopk, has ol>- vioufly become ir.dii'penfablc to the preierva tis.n of the republican system, to the peace of the nation, and to the harmony of I'ocie tv. This confederation creating- a general fe hci ti.de, ;it the, approach of the ensuing election, v.hrn the chief executivtfmagiftrate of Pennsylvania will b« chol'en, it has Lecn the objett of a number Of citiizens (public characters fcoHeftcd from C- .and the General Afllmbly, as well as private cliarac- ters attending from ths several counties of the Rate) t'j d.'lignate, after a liberal and impartial communication of lentimehts, a candidate, whole experienced patriotism, in- tegrity, talents, and fortitude, fhould,render him worthy of your unbialled fuffrages : . Ana the important lelectioh having fallen; in. art honorable manner, upon Thomas M'Kean the pre lent chief jaftice, we have been ap pointed as a committee of correspondence, to circulate the intelligence, and to entreat, on your part, a zealous co-operation. Of the perlonal merits, and public services ot Thomas M'Kean, it is, surely, unnec.effa ry, at this period, to furnifb a detail. The abilities and integrity, which he uniformly manifefted in every ftatjon to winch he has been called by his fellow citizens, the learn ing, vigilance, and independence, which, for more than twenty years, he has displayed as a judge ; the sincerity which endears him as a iriend : and the benevolence which adorns him as a man ; have long been recognized,' refpecled and approved. There is scarcely, likewise, a page of the American revolu tionary history, that does not yield fometef timony of his attive and efficient patriotism. His name stands confpituous in the lift of .illuftrious,citizens, who firft dilcerned and refitted the parliamentary encroachments of Great Britain, .and in the darkest scenes of the vonteft that ensued, lie deserved, and received the unbounded confidence of Ame rica. Whether, therefore, as a commander in the militia, as chief jultice, as the gover nor of afterdate, or as a member and pre sident of Congress, his,labours, in every vi cifitude of the war, were arduous and unit mitt'ißg : And when the declaration of in dependence (to which his signature waschear fully affixed) proclaimed a. new political era to the world, he became at king James the second, dated 1.5 Ot\. 1689. 15. A letter from king James 11. to the duke of Berwick, dated " Dublin, Feb. 11, 1689." i 6. A communication from Pope Alex ander VIII. to king James 11. writ ten on parchment. 17. A letter frorr Pope Alexander to king James 11. dated the 16th Oil. 1689. 18. A letter refpetting the Cork militia, dated" Corkc the 6th Jan. 1692." 19. A letter from Lord Orrtrjy, See. dat ed " Dublin, the sth of Feb. 1660." Royal Proclamations, fJfc.—Printed sheets j 20. Proclamation by Lieutenant Gener .j al Gincht 11, dated " Dublin, 27th oi' a . April, 1691. "* 21. Uo. by the Lords Justices of Ireland. 21. Do. by the king and queen for a tall—Aug. 1, 1690. Do. by Ormonde, Lord * " Lieutenant Ireland, dated " Dub ' lin, Feb. 4i 17°3-" —5 thefts. 24. Do. by King Janus —dat- ed the 20th July, 1689. 25. Do. by do. dat ed the 20th of Dec. 1689 —2 flieets. 26. Do. by the Lord Deputy ■ and Council, dated 21ft of February 1686—2 (heets. 27. Do. by the Mnyor of Dub lin—fixing the rates of proviiions. Dated the 2jth of September, 1689. 28. Do. by the Lord Lieuten ant and Council,' including a tabl fees—June 2id 1670. 29. Do. by Richard Cox and John Hanmer, dated June 25, 1691. 30. Do. by the LordsJuftic.es of Ireland. April 1691. 31. Do. by James, dat ed Dublin, 18th Feb. 1689. Proclamations t/hder the Regicide, 01/ver Cromwell. за. Do» by the Council of Ire-* land, declaring Oliver Cromwell to be the Lord Protettor. Dated Dsc. 16, 1653. 23. Do. by the Lord Deputy andjCouncil of Ireland. Dated A pril.l 9, 1655 —2 (beets. 34. Do. by the Commiflioners. of the Parliament of the Common wealth of Enghnd for the affairs of Ireland. July 14, 1652. 35. Do. by do. dated" Dublin, May 6, 1653." зб. .Do. by do. dated " Aug. 24, 1653." 37. Do. l>y do. dated " Dublin, July 28, 1653." 38. Do. by do; dated "Dublin, May 12, 16*4." 39. Do. 'by ion the of wolves, da<«a - " Dublin, £upe 29, 1653."' . 40. Do. by * . ddi . dated Novenfiber 5, 1652.", 41. Do. by dated May 8, 1654. 4 2. Do. bv do, dated January 23, 1653. 43. by . - .ter .1 ' 50. Four odd numbers of news-papers, . printed in ,1689, 1690, aud 1691. March 20, 1799. } March : 25, '99.- —Received, in addition to the foregoing, a dupdecimo work, entitled, " Ertglan.d, Wales, Scotland anji'lreland de scribed and abridged,. iviti the historical re lation of things .worthy memory, DoilJ by John Speed. Anno 1627." Late from Europe. We have heen favoured with the full sluing 1799,frcm the Continent oj Europe, to a gentleman in Philadelphia. The public may rely on its authenticity. Our vessels fail above the feas with little Or no prutedlion, and great num bers are captured and condemned. Not being in a Hate of war, our merchants ai d captains vainly flatter themselves that ir.after rolls and registers will protett them and notwithstanding the examples hefuie their eyes, the (Jelufion continues : rhty catch at every filly ftory,*or paragraph in a newfp.i per and.are perpetually cajoled by the delu sive -promises of French age ts. " The ele&ions in the out her a-S _tes af ford much consolation for fume < ii rac ful events. I fee you are likely to li3v ma trouble with Kentucky and Virginia, which the agents of the dire&ery with to convert into an American La Vendee, Sri J 'when their schemes are ripe, to maltfc the medi um of their attack on our liberties. In this modethey began with Switzerland exciting rebellion in the Valais, ar.d then mare-h'ng troops to aflift the friends of liberty. Though Ido not doubt their design* I do not fear the result. You have wisdom and forefight in the government and a spirit of independence in the people which will frus trate their nefarious fchtm s " The agents of France, finding the love of country is no longer the order of the in the United States, change their condu&. Preserving their ambition, ';ough cloaKed under exterior profefFons of Iritnd fhip, they will excite feditiori and rebellion under pretence of opprcffioci as in Ireland, and when they have infpirec a por.ion of the people with a hatred of tlieir own gov ernment, then they will kindly offer their aid. I hope these views are now well urider flood in America. There will b? no fear ofn a invahon unless the above plan fuje-ed". Should the discontents ipread, without doubt an attack will be m de. " At a iJfce entertarnment given at Ma drid by the French ambaflador, Col. Hum phreys was not invited, c ut clafled with the Sardinian and mi-niters. f"I fe by the late French papers that the minister of war complains sadly of' desertion *— he fays that the conscripts march faft e noiigh when called out, bat that they desert after. Tlie minister of fit ar.ee on his fioe complains of the eniptirefs of the :reafury—more plunder mull be fuug'^— they have already ransacked Pitd(T>ont— they will probably soon have Naples, and then they will try their hands at Spain and P»rtugal. In the mean time, my dear fir, let our own country go on in llrengtheriing itb army and navy, er cfr own time will come next." (Bajctte sparine fUft. Sh'p John Bulkeley, Aiken, Charlcfton Brig Franklin, Morris, Veia Cruz Schr. Hannah, Barlow, BariilUble Andrew, M'Kinley, Georgetown Anr>, Pri'cher,- Frederick (burgh Sloop America, Borden, Newp rt Induftiy, Rifby, Snow Hill Polly., Barnard, Charleßon The brig reported to be below is from Na\vjpi"learis, fuppolld to Ik* the Gayolo. Another brig, name unknown, is below. Has for f*!e, a' no. io< fouVfc v/ EtCr flreft, Brandy, id 3d & 4th proofj Jamaica fpiriu, 4th |>roi.t, St. Croix "> fiIIM New England f * Sherry "N Lifton C WINES ' Malaga J MolaUei Sugar Coffee And various kind* of-Grocctieu april 11 Extract of a letter, datml February 2, Port of Philadelphia. CLEARED, F. KISSELMAN, B A., L L. The i.ast this Skason, Mr. 13" Mrs. BYRNE refpeclfully inform the ladies and ge.iLlcmi n of Philadelphia, fhf»r ball will be on Tut-May, the 16th instant, at o'ti« iers' Hotel, april 13 'l' ♦ dr.. ! 1 do. * -i 3 aw 3 w