Jll ~1 SDap's £oaiX^ S Af-EM, May 7. CO MMVSHCATION. Words iire etertially leading Us astray, but deeds (hould fix our judgments, and aftuite decision ; they are the real monitors that would (hew Us the friend{hip, or enmity of a foreign nation. For a long time we were loth to doubt of French friendfllip, tho' on their fide fnpported only by an ardency of words ; we however considered them as struggling for their 'liberties, and our hearts rejoiced in their fucceflts. But when they insulted our government, so gloriously estab lished upon the basis of rational liberty, wc discovered the madness of their ambition, and the duplicity of their difpofuion. It was then that the guardian genius of Ame rican liberty penetrated th ir disguise, a;>d at length tore off the veil, and pointed to French liberty as an ambitious hypocrite ! France a (Turned the ntaflc to seduce, and the sword to deftrey ! Her words are peace, while (lie delights in blood ! Her apparent generous proclamation* are but a cover to unlimited p'.uncf r ! Look at the miserable coujifries that have b<sen deceived by her 'verbose profeflions, and are now fuffering the hcrrors of her devastating tyranry, and you will find this a faint (ketch of her horri ble features. I this the benign plant of freedom that Jacobins would transfer to the American foil I Pafiing over the disappoint- Ed and the wicked, we have many among us, nifn of fma'l talents, that favour the views ! ■of Frarce : they examine but the outside of things, and are constantly deceiving them- j selves : the mjfchtef would he less, if they did not deceive others who have not time to investigate. These Fanatics, when they preach up liberty, are as much deceived as to its real genius, as were the people of Pa ris, when they worshiped courtezans for goddefles of reason. Wife in their own con ceit,they with a fafcinating found work upon | ignorance, and fit it for impostors ! Men of j the fame (lamp in Switzerland were the whetftonesthat lharpened thetools of France; and at length the fair fabrick of Helvetaiu Libeny, which had afforded to society an agreeable (helter,where it had given birth to virtue, ingenuity and irduflry, was hewed in pieces, and the French Tree planted upon its ruins- soon will it poison their maimers, and corrupt all the fnurces of national hap- : pinefs! This will most .--ffuredly be our own fate, though we are at the distance of a thou sand leagues from the French Diteftory, unless we place the utmofl confidence in our ewn government, whose meafurcs have been founded in wil'dom, and juftified by the elo quence & arguments of genuine patriotism ; but we mult recolleft, that it has not only | to watch an external enemy, but to protest itfelf against traitors that infeft the bosom of our country, who assume every form and guise to debilitate its flrength. Much then is from the virtue and opinions of the American people, to supply the ener gies that government is without ; and it is their duty, by the Fcderalifm of their words and a&ions, to annihilate the Pseudo Poli ticians wiio would bring divisions into the public councils. X. ••»»£.' Jf_(< I BOSTON, May 8. FROM EUROPE. By the Union arrived yesterday we recei ved Dublin papers to the 21ft March.—ln telligence from the feat of war, is not, there fore, so late ai befare received.—A letter dated the lid March, fiys, "eveiy thing remains quiet." Lord St Vincent, having had the position of the French fleet in the port of Alexan dria, minutely examined, and in cotifeqnence of the reported prafticability of its deftruc tion,h;is dispatched some (hips to ftrengtben ( apt. 1 roni'bridge, the bcter to enable him to perform that iervice. The Ruffian General Suwarrow is to have the chief command in Germany, against the French the Auftrians being to adt under his order. PiincePijjnatelli has been difgraAd by the of Naples, for his negociations with tne Fri-flch Gen. Chaaip.'onet-—who is also in disgrace. From the EASTERN WORLt). We learn from the Cape-os Good-Hope, at an expedition commenced about the >i° March, from that station, against B ° f France and Bourbon. The 1 r 'V „ P rce was compofed'of two line of a t e (hips, and three frigates, with tranf t'h tS p an trof> P s - It was not expefted at , ape ' ; hat the French would thf id'TF° ' nt ' re inhabitants of of I iv" S are to the French creed will «rj yan -? qUalit y ' — atlt * ' l isexptft °f their fahV' COrdialit y 'he champions fp'nu which ''he X r mpt , fr ° m ~ he i,,fernal i i, ch r'r" hasl c news of the arrival 0 ?l> As soon = s the "nvcdin India,t| leF ;' on J ar,^' n E fP ( ' in were in instant a A • "n.ffanes ihcre- Ir provided nores "r?' force of 2o>ooo men ' i ? embodied a ™<n p , 0 the damper w l ti I ' menor n . But ortl -Aho„kird e Lait n h ' clwell F nee and the ait.vit r Vf h7r" 1 " e "' Gtnr.l Lord Morning, T , n ;te »«tetaat,the principal 'ft • ch "^ ,nC J w, d the coiledted ' . A few of Iron Cannon, of the On M . "***"• , I gaUbier of 4, 6 and 9 IU. billof cfiSTcrfut weight! A«N^^'jgono«d*-- ;^y<6 8 lh, » 1,1 wirran,cd proof, Cannon Ball ' r> liv nricradter' J*'W ntit y K cut oails, an affirtment of wraught G«Wwinf&r f v" "«* «« i«« * ufu.l-Likewife for f.l, as%- -tow*; / . y boye, a quantity of dry hid«, just received Yctterda*i • r «• , ; from Char&fion»by the (hip Carolina, whicl Sfcnd i/tonr ■'.*^r lw,ua ' lf »pca»on of the will be fold on reasonable terms for calh or th< '« ««w>ef the militia 0 f this ufmJ credit. ' ~ »«n* I,h , " i 6 mtJe * In »»"'» 'own wereto>Adin.»* imjMOTed (late. | may 13. W u'dom corn-a oft-n too late. It is sup posed there is tio lets than 100,000 aftive male aliens, in the United StateS) opposed to the government thrr<*if, inclvidiVg emi» granti from Fratre, Ireland,; and the Weft- Indies. -r-Wehive-an Alien I,aw, but" dead to infliftion, to itfdfit is dead." NF,W-YORK, May n. The readrrs of this G izette are already in pofleflion of the particulars of the capture and recapture of the ship l\vo Friends, on her from Philadelphia to London—but* we have more on the fubjeft. Capt. M'Doußal, who arrived here in the ftiip Fanny, (having fold the Two Friends in London) favoured us with a copy (if the following letter and resolutions, which are far move valuable to an honefl man, than any pecuniary consideration. At a ffenerpl meeting of the Underwriters and Con!V ne?s of the Two Friends, held at Lloyd's Coffee-houfe, London, Nov. 28, 1798, James M'Kenzie, Esq. in thc<-hair, Pe solved unanimously, That a letter he written to Cspt. John M'Dougal, exprcfling in the handsomest terms, our approbation of his conduf, in regaining poflcffion of the {hip Two Friends. Resohecl unanimously, to allow the Cap tain five per cent, on the amount of the in tereftcf each Cofifio:nee or Underwriter, as a reward for his bfctvrrv and attention to the interests of tjic concerned. London, Dec. i, 1798. Capt. John M l Dougal 9 Sir, AS Chairman of the general meeting of the Consignees and Underwriters of the Two Friends, held at JJoyd's Coffee-houfe, on the 28th ult. I have much pleasure in tranf mittin;T you, annexed, a copy of the resolu tions then agreed to. l'he Underwriters and Consignees are deeply rroprrfl'ed with a fcnfe of tlie bravery and conduft led to the. fucc.efsful re capture of your (hip, from an enemy so fu penor in numbers. They regret that the crew should have been prevailed on bv an artful and designing man, to attempt to gain, by force of law, that recompence which the ju(Vice of Underwriters and Consignees have never been known to refufe in similar cases. They will, moll probably, fuffer by folly; but I am happy in faying that your endeavors to prevent this attempt of the crew, and your constant reliance on the ho nor of the concerned, entitles you to their thanks. It gives me pleasure to think your confidence has not been unrewarded, and, wishing you health and prosperity, I remain, Sir, Your humble servant, JAMES MACKENZIE, Chairman of the General Meeting.' Capt. Allen, of the brig James, arrived yesterday, failed from St. Thomas's on the lift of March, and, on that day, joined a fleet of 35 fail of American veflels from the wind ward, under convey of the frigates tJnited States, commodore Barry, and the Constitu tion, commodore Nicholfcn. Commodore Barry .had then in cJiarge j French fctiooiier" privateers, and a sloop, .which he had cap tured. Capt. Allen was informed, that a few days before,, commodore Barry had recaptured an Englilh packet, which had been taken by the French privateer Democrat, of r4 guns and 120 men, from Gaudaloupe. The mode in. which the Democrat took the Packet is somewhat lingular—lt is thus : She, regardless of the Packet's guns, ran along fide without firing a fliot, and, after several unfuccefsftil attempts, at lad board ed the packet and took pofleffion of her. .The above packet was from one of the windward i (lands, was captured off Guada loupe, andfent into Dominnio. A spirited English wr'ter, with much neatntfi of antiihefis, mentions these as the contradi&ory principles of the French—to establish Revolutionary Governments—to murder with 'he hand of j'lltice—pillage le gally—force I nans compel a man to be free— evince the sovereignty of the people by Ba fliles in every pro vince- tonciUnte the con quered by rapine—regenerate by —jufl'fy means, however fatal, by the end, however remote—-Jlrengthcn lociety by de bauching its principles—and annihil It the Beingofthe Author of all Being by vore ! Shakefpear has an i xprtflioa— " this is a madworld,my ma/lers"—and who can doubt it now, amidst the confufion that prevails in every part of it ? The Italian has loft his Mufie — The Dutc ; man his Treasure Switzerlard her ibery. and All Europe its Tranquillity. Accounts from Bombay llatc, the French corvette, Anibufcade, mounting 22 guns to have been carried into Mofamb que. It ap pears that the coryette h»d captured three Portuguese veflels off the coast, and had manned them with the greater part of hei crew, for the purpose of navigating them to the Mauritius, taking on board the officers and crews of the capti.Ted veflels. The lat ter, being fuperinr in number, rose on the captors, arid after a desperate conflict, in which te,n Frenchmen were killed, poffefled themfclves of the corvette. ThePortuguefe immediately pursued the prizes, came lip with, and recaptured them, and carried the whole in fafcty to Mofambiqtre. For Sale by the Subscriber, On "Stamper VWharf, below.the Driwbridire, William Lane. codlot %: %\yz (Basette. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY EVENING, MAT 13, o © -r.: 1 he incomplete (late of our national pro visions. has exiftecf a fuhject-of deep regret to every man of louiid principle and ordinary reflection : So far as these extend, they are worthy and .proper cbjett3 of the foftering care of every Individual, in his proper sphere and calling. he errois which have been engrafted on the natural itock, it is enough, in a time of unexampled danger, to know, - and to know them, fcems e Hernial, left they grow with our growth. The present is not a fit opportunity for tampering- with Consti tutions—above all, with thofc of a Republi can form ; nor is the health of the body poli tic thus to be promoted. But this jealousy of change, (unfortunately so hard to be maintained Slid directed towards its proper objerts,) docs not apply with equal force, to a known, (imple and insulated evil. To such a cafe, it seems an obvious diftate of national policy, to apply at whatever time, a proper llvptic—And such a cafe exists in the un ie ft rained permiflion allowed to vagrants without Charafter, and unkown among us, of erecting slop-shops of atheiiin, at every place where thev chooie to uttsr, or " fit audience" find for their •infidvous and daring attacks upon that faith by which alone men are or ever can be held, together in society. A vagabond of this defcriptioii has for tome time keen retailing out his modicums of biafphemy at the southward, in th «shape of Leftures, (the style now universally adopted by all the venemoits tribe of itinerant Illumi nati) and under the deceptive title of Dis courses on I?EjlSon. I forbear to dwell on the charafler or the works of a wretch too mean to occupy any attention other than that of the beadle who (Tiould export him from the parish, or confine him as a vagrant. His publications are at once blasphemous and liudiedly offenlive. A similar charadler has long been tolerated at New-York, and vari ous other have appeared in almost every part of the continent in every fliape and under every tfifguife. A more urgent objeft of legal restraint than such peftiferous miscreants as these, could not well be pointed out; and yet they go on. '' Religion (said Lord Raymond, on the trial of Curl for Blasphemy) is part of the Common law, Jc whatever is an offence against that, is an offence against the Common Law." Two Carpenters who had been at work, at Test's Tavern, on the Banks of Schuyl kill, went out into the river, yesterday, in a batteau, and wire both drowned. HUMANE SOCIETY. The following important cafe was prefeti ted to the Managers,'on the Bth in ft. and irdered to be pub 1 idled in leveral of the Newspapers of this City, Viz. To i)o&or Re.njamin Say, President of the Humane Society of Philadelphia SIR, I WAS suddenly called on the sth inftatit, abont 3 o'clock P. M. to visit James Murdock, r. child between 5 and 6 years old (son of Mrs. Murdock, widow) who had fallen into the Delaware near Race llreet Wharf, and had been submersed about 6 or 7 minutes. A boy of the name of William Dixcy, jumped into the water, caught the child by the arm and swam with him to the shore. A Mrs. Anderlbn took him from the lad, and carried him to her howe in Watcr-lhett. She laid no signs of life appeared for about txvo minutes after he was in the houle, when, to use her own words, " he opened his mouth and moved his head,"' after which she dilcovered no fymptonis that indicated life until I saw him, being about four or five minutes from the time he was taken into the house. I found him lying on a table with a very pallid countenance ; his body and extremities smallest puliation ; his wet cloaths were now taken off, and the hody wiped dry, frittions with warm flannels were then iuduftrioufly used, and in a ihort time I perceived fymp coms of returning animation, which soon became more evident. was gradual ly rellored, the child bucame violently con- vulfed. The frittions and warm flannels were frill continued, keeping the child on his back, vith his head and (houlders a little elevated. Tn about three quarters of an liour> an im jerfeft circulation began, pretty forcibly in he heart, but more feebly in the temples .ndwrifts : five or fix ounces of blood were •low taken Fiom the arm, with the happiest effefls. As soon as the child could swallow, a lit- wSrm brandy and water was given, and "'ccafioirally repeated "with advantage ; the •ibdomen which had been hard, now became iofter, the convulsions less violent, and in >ne hour the body and extremities had near ly recovered their natural warmth : the fric tions were gradually discontinued, and warm Mankets only wraped round him : the con vulsions still continued, though notfofevere —twenty drbps of laudanum were now giv en ; and as soon as possible gently stimulat ing inj.'dtions were adminifk-red with great advantage ; after which the child lay easy, cxceping at intervals he hsd flight ponvuliive motions of his arms and leg*. I nowleft him (after being with him about two hours) with direftion? take him home about 8 o'clock. I visited him again at 9, when I was informed that he had been de lirious during my shfence, I found him a sleep, his delirium having gone ess and the fpafivs entirely subsided. Tile next morning - I had the pleafiire to find him running about the houle as well as jfual. excepting that he complained of uni versal soreness.' : ' ' Permit me to add v that the benevolent in stitution over which you preYide, appears to promise great utility; for-1 am' persuaded, that if exertions JWere confidently made uft of for a confide rahle length of time; agreea bly to your directions, that many might be refoied from an untimely end and reflored to their family and friends. .. . I have the honor to be, With sentiments of refpeflt, r Your very humble fervanty • HENRY DISBCJROUGH. Phiiad. May 8, '99. N. B, Dodtor Blayney-called, in soon af ter the fri&u.nes had commenced, and affifled until the child was out of danger. Refblved, That Benjamin Say and Isaac Snowden jun. be a committee to enquire par ticularly inro the circumstances relating to, William Dixcy having Tefcued the said child from the water ? and if they find that his exertions ha¥e been such as to merit a pre miu in, the President is deiired to draw an order on the Treaty re r, for any sum not ex ceeding eight dollars. By order of the Board of Managers, CHARLES MARSHALL, S^-c'ry We have made very particular enquiries upon this fubjett, and find it justly ftatcd by Dr. Di(borough, and that in consequence of the extraordinary and benevolent exertions of the laid Wm. Dixcy, in rescuing the a bovf mentioned child from drowning, an or der has been drawn for the fnll premium of eight dollars. And we have to lament that the funds 6f the Society are not competent to conferring a sum more adequate to so nt ble anddifinterefted an ail of friendfhip. Benjamin Say, ? Committee , Isaac dnowden, jun.3 May 11. N. B. Those members who are in arrears with their annual payments, are earnestly re quested to forward the amount to the Trea surer, Christopher Marshall, or to either of the Managers, as foqn as convenient. dinette <sarint %itt. Port of Philadelphia, ARRIVED. days Sch'r Favourite Packet Maffet, Havanna 16 Friend/hip, Wallace, Daphne, Ripley, Sloop Polly, Wheley, CLEARED, Brig Jason, Volker, Hamburgh William, Lunt, Newburyport Scbr. Julia," Harrifon, Edenton Dove, Potter, Norfolk andPeterfburgh Harmony, Horton, Norfolk, Sloop Nelly, Sherman, Havanna Little Jack, Williams, Bermuda Yesterday armed the United States cut ter General Green, captain Price, from the Havanna and a cruize. The Montezuma and the Herald flsops of war. are b^Jow The (hip Tillman, Cooke, from Jamaica, is below A brig name unknown prize to the Mon tezuma, and a sloop name unknown prize to the (loop of war Ganges, captain Tingey, are below The United States brig Scammel, captain The B rig Betsey, captain Pitcher, for St Bartholomew?, and the schooner Maxi milian, cnpt.iin Churnfide, for St. Thomas's, went to sea on Saturday morning. Schr. Nancy, Logan, reported to be ta ken and carried into Bermuda, h«s arrived fafe at the Havanna. Arrived fch'r Favourite Packet, Moffett, 16 days from the Havanna; failed from thence in company with a fleet, of Ameri can veffds. Left off the Capes of' Virginia, on Thursday, in lat. 36, 30, long. 75, the following vessels bound for Philadelphia, Ship Diana, Flinn, Lenox, Lack, Famrj Richard, Brig Betsey, Howard, Amiable Creole, Story, Experiment, Dolby, Schr. Mary, Sadler, t Sloop Supply& (loopDependance, Cursor, from La Guira. May 13. - Brig Abigail, Hughes, from hence, has arrived at Limerck. Ship Betsey, Phelps, from hence has ar rived at Cork, in 28 days. Brig Perfeverence, Lochlin,(a new made Dane) is captured by the herpaf fage from Cape Francoift to Baltimore. Ship Profperitv, Tougham, from hence, has arrived at Londondery in 25 days. Arrived (loop Mary (prize to the' Ganges flcop of war, Capt. Tingey) of Norwich, bound to Turks Island. Ship Eliza, , of and for Charleston, is taken by the Ganges sloop of war, from Cape Francoife.' Ship Kingston, Hodge, from hence, ar rived at Cape Francois, the 17th of April. Baltimore, May 8. The fehr. Hiram, capt. Samuel Lewis, of and from New-York, bound to Charltfton, in Hampton Roads 091 the sth instant ; ftie had been struck with lightning between Cape Hattera; and Cape Look out, and had loft both her mails, bowsprit, head, &c. On Saturday arrived, the fchr. Isabella, capt. Janes Brown, 25 days from tbe city of St. Domingo. April 9, fpokr ftiip Eagle, capt. Dillon, bound to HavaoJia. lat. 33, 37. long. 68, 8. Ship tanily, Braine, Greenock Rrig :Pollj>, Bunce,' Liverpool ; Pruffiari' (Mp ' De /Hoop," rfeiidricfif'j'n, rom tlii? t6 Haml)urgh, : taken by a privs eer and carried into OiK-rrifey, »• •' : ' ; ■The fleet 1 at 'the : Hava'nna 'whs >yair embargo until the 23d April, it faiivd jnder convoy the Delaware floc-p'of \v;ir. ! SchiV ArtnffaniPeppleborcmgh for Ami jua, carried into Guadeloupe* ' Arrived brig- Polly, Bunce, from--'Liver pool, failed on thei 10th March, came out in company with the ship Apollo,'- Moncrief, of and for N. York,'and parted company itr lat. 36, 48, long. 35, 36. oft the sth Aprii. Left there the following private armed vefTels: Ship Betley, Carberry, of 18 guns, Sally, Morganj do. Faftor, Farrell, of 16 guns. Venus, Johnfton, of Eofton, it guns. H. D. The above fliips are under a contratt Ad bond of two thousand pounds, to keep each other company, until foundings were got on the bank of Newfoundland, on the coast of America. They were to fail under convoy of the {hip Betsey, commodore Carberry, for New-York, on the 24th March. Mny 1, spoke (hip George, Johnfton,, from Portland, bound to Jamaica, out 7 days in lat. 38, 10, long. 6. 00. May 4, spoke ship Wafhingtcn, from N. York to Liverpool, Coffin, matter, Nantuck et island bearing N. 20 leagues distance. Arrived (nip Fanny, Biaine, from Green ock, which place he left on the >6th March. Left there the following (hips for New-York ready to fail. Ship Fair American, Prevooft, Atnfterdam Packet, Crocket. THIS EVENING,, (May 13J Will be pr«fented (far the fourth and.last litre THE STRANGER, Or, Misanthropy and Repentance. The Stranger, Mr Wignell Count Winterfen, Mr IJownie Baron Steinfort, Mr .Marftialt Solomon Mr Francis Peter Mr BiifTett Francis Mr Fox Old Man Mr Morris William Matter Harris Children Matter Warrell, Nl'ifs Hardinge Mrs Haller ( with a song) Mrs Merry Countcfs Winterfen Mrs Hardinge Ann Mrs Francis Havanna 16 Havanna 15 Richmond 12 (Positively the last time) a Dramatic Sketch, interspersed with Song and Spedtacle, called THE CONSTELLATION; Or, A Wreath for American Tars. Drag Mr Warren Jack Heart-.Oak Mr Bernard Buckram Mr BlilTett ill Sailor Mr Hardinge ad Sailor Mr Fex 3d Sailer Mr Warrell: Mrs Drag Mrs Francis Nin? y Mils L'Eftrange Wttb a representation of the Cbace and Ac- The Constellation and L'lnfurgent Frigates. The whole to conclude with 311 Appropriate Ballet—corapofedby Mr. Byrne. The principal charaflers, by Mrj. Byrne, Mr, Byrne and Mr. Warrell, Jun. The whole to conclude with Holiday Gambols ; Or, Whitsuntide Ground and Lofty Tumbling Postures and Equilibriums, by Sig. Joseph He will drink a glass of Wine backwards in a surprising manner, beating the drum at the fame time. And also throw a wonderful SOMERSET From the middle row of boxes and light oft the Stagi, With several other surprising Feats of Ac- tivitj. Tf>e whole to confclude with The Italian Surpentine, On a La der twenty feet high—Clown br a ■* j i. • _ 3 young gentleman of Philadelphia Tickets to be had at H. & P Uic-'s Book store, No. 16, Soiith Second Strrct, at Carr's Mutfc Kepofitory, No. 36, S» uth Second ltree:, and at the office adjoining the 'I heatre. £5" On Wednesday, a young gentleman, will roaki his firft appe3rance on the Stage, in the charadler of TANCRED, in the celebrated Tragedy, called TANCRED AND SIGIS MUNDA, — Sij.ifrounda Mrs. Merry With the Comic Opera, called The Shipwreck. Philadelphia, May nth, 1799. THE Mail for the Eafttrn Shore of Maryland, will in future be closed with the Southern Mail, on Taefdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at half "past 7 o'clock A. M. and the Mail !or the Eastern Shore of Virginia via New-Caflle,to tior thampton Court House, Virginia, will be closed every Monday, Wednesday, aud Friday at half an hour before fun set. may 13 Delaware & Schuylkill Canal Office, .Philadelphia, May 9, 1799. IN pursuance of a resolution of the prefidert and managers of the Delaware and Schuyl kill Canal Company, the Stock-holdfrs are here by notified and lequired.to pay, on each of their refpetfive (bares, to the Treasurer of the Com. pany, at the Company's Office in this city, 15 dollar*on th« ijth June next, ao dollars on the 15th July next, and ao doHavs on the ijth August next. Wm. GOVETT, Treasurer. m&tu4\v( dfr.i ;tc 15 A ) Miy 13. Fcr Sale, time of a Black llwy, thirteen years of j~e, ha» filteen years to ferrt—He i» flout, active and healthy. Enquire at No ' 149, Cbefcat-flrcet. may Ij. f ■ AVtr-I"ark, -LVr.'Tri * au'RIVKI:. /I2et»=Xi)eatre. thiifcafon) A celebrated PLAY, called To which will be addid tion between Amusements, In which will be Introduced POST-OFFICE, \ 1j A V <m J S 3 d6t
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