* ■ if, t^"2Wp'Sfioail. "' "'' NEW-VORJC. July 16. . By Sunday's arrivals. On Friday lift as the sloop Seaflower, was coming down the Delaware, a Bermudian built sloop, pierced for 14 guns, passed wkK M ' CCS Seaflowcr informs us, that about 10 days a go as be was on his passage ib a fmali veflel 1 M •crowded, in ch.ce of another bound >n, guns at the ehace, and (he returned an an swer with her Hern chaf rs ; but, finding (he csuld m up with her g.ve overchace ai 'ca^pt°Va't«l ,, arrived ycflerday from St_ Crai*, informs us that -early m the month of lune, »>' aftiot. wsj fo.ig.it between St. Thomas and St. Croix, by a D«n.lh gov eminent (Vhooner of : 2 gu.,s and .n L.r elifh lugger of 18, in whic.i tbe Dane, as lr having 9 «<» WIW and wounded, »nd board to the captain of the lugger, that ai ' wo Id light them with fwor/ds arid p'kn., but WO'J d nev.r rtrike his king's colours. fight in that way but wnt on board the Dane, with his lieu & fume men to ftrikc bis colors and take poflVffion of the fchr. when a fcu/Rc ensued, in which ths Lieu bad his nose and part of his face cut off ird the capt. sf the lugger waa thrown over board; - the peop'e then jumped into thi boat, tc-ok in their capt. and lieut. went 01 board, and bore away. (N. B. The capt of the Danish fchr. is named Liuneufliaw we could not learn the name of the lugger or her captain's name.) The lt-gger had ( men killed aud wounded. with several pet'p'e on board, was failing ii the East River, ftie upfe( and filled ; ftve ral boats put off immediately to their aflift ■i TROY July g. An unhappy affair occurred in Salem, at the celebration of tfie Fourth of July : To wards the tlofe of the jay (fays our inform mant) fame of the citizens were so impru dent as to ram in (tones and sand into a field-piece, upon a heavy charge of powder ; in consequence of which the cannon burst in itsdifcharge, and two wen mere killed by the pieces, one of them instantly, and the other surviving but a few hours. The names of the deceased a»' caled Fi(her and Tomothy White. '€ *> * BOSTON,JuIy It. SEVENTEENTH of JULI. M i NATIONAL ACT, To declare the s i reaties heretofore CHcaluded •with no longer obligatory on the United States, WHEREAS the Treaties concluded between tlie United States and France have been repeatedly violated on the part of the French government ; and the just claims of the United States for reparation of the inju ries so committed have been rfefufed,and th«ir attempts to negotiate an amicable adjustment of all complaints between the two nations have been repelled with indignity : and whereas under authority of the French gov ernment, there is yet pursued againfl the nited States, a system ot predatory vio lence, infra&ing the said treaty andhoftile to tr.c-fights of a free and irt'iependent na tion. BE it matted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statu of Ame rica, in Congress assembled, That the Uni ted States are of right freed and exonerated from the fhpulations of tile Treaties, atjd of th', Lonlular Convention,heretofore conclud ed between the Urited States and France ; and that the fame flial' v not henceforth be regarded as legally obligatory on the gov ernment or citizens of the United States. Judge Buss, in his charge to the Grand Jury of Pentifylvania, in AngTjft last, con gratulated them On the difiolution of the po litical ties with -France. " Thank Heavtti," fays he, " the gordian-knot t* at last cut, and w " ,r e separated, I trust, forever."—" The Seventeenth cf Jvly draws a line, and tears 'J* the foundation of our national connec tion. Hail aufpicions day ! Henceforth the ridiculous claim of national gratitude will benn longer rung in our ears by ungenerous benefaftoti. Let the seventeenth of July be h?d hi everlasting remembrance. Upon the anniversary of that day, let the voice of joy and gratitude he heard through our land. It is a declaration, I trust, of our Indepen dence on France, and perpetual exemption fioin the haweful eflfeft of her morals, her religion; and her politics. From calamities "■finitely more to be dreaded, than thole 'Commemorated upon the fourth of July; it is calculated to secure us. The one shielded only from political dependence ancf sub . jecYion—but the other we flatter ourselves, will he the means of favirtg n*, from reli gious, moral and political ueftru&ion." •' r 'HE SEVENTEENTH of JULY, Which witnefled our separation from that perfidious nation, \yhofe friendfhip is treach ery, and " whose touch is poison," has just ly been considered by the friends of our , country, the uofi important day in our po litical calender. | \ , I ■ ■ r, ■ ißg their dev.iva intcrdi, prcil'tit and future, us neatly counecUd "witn t4uj auspicious event of this flay, havfj by the rijiprobation of their refpeftable [ires, come forward with pa triotic spirit, and fraternal unanimity, to celebrate its anniversary on the 17th of July inft. ' In ConfequeiKc of nct'rc given in the public papers, a 1 irge and refp'-'flabl? meet ing whs held at the Ark Tavern, 011 the evening of Tuesday hilt. After taking in. toconfideration tl.-e objeft in view, the fol lowing gv-itlfn.il!, \ i:i. Messrs. J. H. Gir lley, Samuel Hunt, Henry Sargent, Andrew [ Belknap, Charles Davis, Thcmns O. Self -1 ridge, Thomas Paine, Samuel Bridge, J.tnie; Cutler, William Oliver, Francis J. Oliver and Francis Wei Hi, were chofni as a com mittee of arrangements for the day, and th The fubftjnee of the report of the com mittee, last evening, was as follows, ani ■was unanimously agreed to. That a publii address (lirtild be delivered by some gentle man, applicable to the cccafion and' coin memorative of the day. That the public exercise should be openec wiih solemn prayer and thai ksgiving to tb Ant) or of All Good, ft r his diftinguilhec favor in having separated us from the de clartd enemies of his region, the deftror eiß of mora! obligation, social order, and th< ties of huinani'.y. That the young men of the town fkould iflVmble at, Farveuil Hall, precifrly at 7 >'clock. on the morning of the 17th, there ;o form a procession to the Old Biick Meeting Houfc, where the addrtfs it to be pronounced. ' I hat (tie day be ushered in by every de cent orprefTion of joy. In jjurfuance of the above resolve*, the committee having, by ballot, made a una nimous choice of THOMAS PAINE a.m. for the orator of the day, and the Rev. Mr. KIRK LAND to perform the devotional duties on the occasion—they declared their iatisfaftion, in complying with the wishes of their young friendf, and that they would cheerfully use their exertions to impress thofc important fentimeuti which naturally arise from the interesting event, in at accept able a manner as the novelty of the occasion, and the ftiortnefs of the time will admit. The above arrangements were unanimous ly agreed to, *t a full meeting, held by ad journment at the Reprefentativei chamber, in the Old State Hcufe, last evening, and the following gentlemen were added to the committee, vil.—MefTrs. Samuel A. Dorr, Henry Paine, Samuel Moore, John Proßor, jun. Spmuel Howard, and James Ellifon. TRENTON, July i 5. Communication. A DECLARATION OF WAR on the part of the United Staees, against France, one year ago, would fiave been warrantable upon every principle of jnftice and foujid polie). Indeed, to every independent mind, it would seem unaccountable how it was avoided. It is certainly true, that ns it regards l'raace, it was a mere formality ; for in point of faft, (lie was then, and for months before had been, as completey at war with us as flie could be ; so that it would not hav? at ajl altered our relations towards he. But it would have very, meterially altered our own internal fituatiorv; for it would at once have brought things to a crisis ; it would have compelled our citizens to take fides, and thus have discovered to the government its friends aiitl its enemies. And this "countrv will never be secure from the arts'and in trigues of that ambitious and perfidious na tion, until this last aft of the government is formally announced. Until this is done, France will not abandon her hopes here ; her secret agents will be more industriously em ployed than ever, and divisions and infur reftians will be continually excited and fo mented by them. But a declaration of war would take us at once out of our present un certain situation, and completely crush the French party among us. At the fame time it would not create an enemy, but only put us in a situation to aft with more energy against the enemy that has already attacked us. Every measure yet taken by govern ment against France,has been opposed by men who have afterwards been convinced (those meaning, who were not completely under French influence) that it ought to have been taken before. And this will undoubtedly share the fame fate as the reft. Mount Hope Furnace in BlasTj I "O be Let for the present year, together -i wiih all the fleck on hand, \<hich is (uffi cient for a fix month's blalt, all the tooU, pat tons, flalks, teams, carts, waggont, he. &c. ne cefiary for carrying on the lame. The afore faid furn3ce was firft in blast the jd ult. and is calculated to blow fcveri months »t Iraft Also, to he rent»d, tor the fame time, a FORGE with four fires, and a Slitting and Rolling IWill, at Booneton, together wiih the stock on hand, consisting of coal, wood, wa gons, carts, horses, oxen, toals, &c. &e. neeef iary for carrying on the fame. Any person inclining to rent the fame, tnav know the terms by applying lhortly to David Ford, Esq. at Morriftown, Richard B Faef.h, at Booneton, cr John Jacob Faefch, at Mount Hope. \ july. 8 Just arrived from st. Petersburg, Kuffira Sheetings Ravens Duck Cordage Iron Hoeps Bar Iron and N a jl Rods. For sale t>y JAMES. YARD. diot j« f y j t.vh, fontider- PH 11 ADMLP HI A , WEDNE.;i).-»Y '• VF.N'NG, Jiu T ly For the Gazitte of States -V.?. FIiXKQ, I OBSERVED in the Au re . m an account (it a pelit;c'*l meeting; held at the house of John Caspar Kurt? in Hamil ton 1 ownfhip. Northampton county, for the puipofe ot tixuig 011 a proper person to be run at the ensuing election for govern or. As the matters there foniewhat mis represented, bjr Ae leave of the writer, I will attempt to give a more accurate account of it. An advertisement had for some time prior to the meeting been potted on the doot oi the tavern wkere it was to be held, invit ing the republicans ot Hamilton and Lower Smithiield 1 ownfliips to meet there on Sa* tui-day the 22d day of June for the purple aforetaid. In purfuanre of this invitation a number of genrli-meu met at the tiijie and place appointed. In the afternoon we pro ceeded to choose a chairman. Doctor cis J. Smith and Captain John Hufton were Mo:;> J wja7: The votes of the meeting were regularly taken, and Capt. John Hufton ap pointed to the chair by a relpeftable majori ty. This dil'cavered the weakness of a cer tain party. They cfcarljr perceived that they would be unable to carry their points, and withdrew from the meeting, 't he majority went on to form resolutions, &c. without them, which they could have done with equal ease had they stayed. 1 liis»Mr. Fentio, is a brie 1 , but impar tial ltatement ot every thing material that took place on that occalion without addition or diminution., 1 he writer in the Aurora alledges that he is authorised to fay the township of Hamil ton will be decisive, a very few persons ex cepted, for judge M'Kean. This I shall not contradict j for I believe as firmly as he can that th# township of Hamilton will be decisive, and there will be very few persons excepted for judge M'Kean. But who au thorised him to lay to ? No doubt the mi nority ot the Hamilton meeting. He pretends to a graat deal of precision and circumstantiality, while he enumerates by name several people as his opponents, who were not present, and omits numbers that were. He fayy the meeting being pro poled for the friends of the Honorable Judge, &c. and the preamble to those very resolu tions, which he has hiinfelf inserted in the papers as the relultof the meeting, declares that it was held for the purpose of fixing on a suitable character as a candidate for govern or. If then the invitation was to repuili ciiiis, and the meeting was held for the pur pofc fixing on a suitable character as a candidate for governor certainly and er ery other republican had a right, according to the ftri&eft propriety, to nomlnau Mr. Rofs or any other.chaiafter that we suppos ed Suitable. Further, «from our fide," fays he " the number Mas double." If he meant, as he has exprelTcd it, thac the majority of two to one was from their fide, it is cerKrinly true ; but if he intended to fay that the number of thole in favor of Mr. M'Kean was double that t»f thoi'o in favcr of Mr. ftcf?, it is falfe. That gentleman (pardon the expref 'fion fir) cannot name as many of t!ie inhab itants of Hamilton and Lower Sniithfield iownfhips who were present at that meet ing, who 4 were in favor of Thomas M'Kean, as there are in very partiaj. enumeration ofthofewhom he is pleased te style the aris tocrats. As to myfWf, the ltandilous as persions, he has so liberally bestowed upon my charafter, I might have regarded liad they come to the public through any other channel than that of the Aurora ; but as it is, they are scarcely worthy qf animadver hon. If they were true, and the author had not been adaftardly fcotfndrel he would not have hesitated at publishing his name. As they are f.tlfe, and the author of them a contsmpti'ole creature, unworthy of my no tice, a word from me 011 the fubjeil is total ly unneceflary. However, I must condescend to tell the cowardly blackguard that I know him and that nothing but t>is extreme insig nificance prevents my giving him good rea son to know and remember me. JOHN STROUD. Lower SmithGcld,..July 13, '99. Dr. Francis Jos. Smith, The French DotSor in Northampton coun ty, who, with the assistance of Fhies, con ducts the electioneering- interests of the Chief Jufiice in that quarter, made a speech at the Hamilton townihip meeting-, which the Au rora informs us was too long for insertion. From my knowledge of Smitb, 1 am sure he could not speak five minutes on any fub je£t, tmlefs he whs drunk, and then three fourths of his barrangue would coiifift of oaths and imprecations. But. lean inform the public of the substance of this speech that was too long for insertion in the Aurora " By Ybost," (a favorite oath) laid the Doc tor, " Judge MtKyari is a fine man ; he was a fine man nil the war by Ybost ; that's what h« Was ; by Ybost, he was the man that HUNG THE i>UAWKERS ; What did Rofs do ? Nothing, by Ybost ; he never bung any ; there now, by Ybost." This fptcimen of Democratic eloquence may be depended upon ; if doubted, h can be authenticated—But Smith is too proud of it to deny it. oasette, No. I'l, V To i lM:, J o f the Al:ih ai j liv-liSr 'of KftjpJoy. It . ' CKSri..''.llfa', - IN N.v',s I'h'Jv? ilicwed i!a tor tjvre? years p;,ft you have paid no mort !hau one fcr your p,:iiei.tr. .11 tjx Hoi- L _|jital, :io*. three dollars as VV, and Char itas endeavor to make appear. But their f-:*."nicr.t is a deception and t.. bt e>.; ol'ed; for they do not tujit "'to calculation ar.y (if those patients who , have been admitted formerly at a very low rate, vvhofeboai;d has never been raited, nor thlie rec ived on clarity without any charge hut forclojthing* and futier.il expeiices. 1) it be lii i tlfary further to elucidate and con firm my (tatemeht respecting the atfual coll ot your paupers in the hospital, 1 icfer to the accounts rendered to your hoard at a late meeting for the last year's expences ; by which you will obfei ve the average cost is at this very time, no rijeie than 118 cents each. With as much confidence, and tlx feme view of blinding the eyes of the public, and if po(!ibl>. lending me off IV6m*my intended expo sure of the rea! state yf 'tjun g?, VV and Ghaiitas contend m your favor, thai pau pers in the Alms Houfr- toft no more than a dollar a week, when if the truth was known, I have reason to believe thty cost two at least. To give a corre<£ account is however impcflible without the ev aft amount of your debts which are not vet paid# iht te I have good reason to believe were forty thowfand dollars when your last annual account was dated ; and the whole wa3 contrasted within the lalt two yeai, tor bj your account in 1797 it appears you did not owe tw« thousand pounds'; and 1 am well informed you had fevcr.il thousand pound* more of taxes in arrears, to tolled, than was fufficient to pay it. I will there fore take twenty thousand dollars for grant ed, to be tlie expences of the last year, not yet paid, or included in your annual ac count, and proceed. By your annual statement No. 2. the sum expended far the support of paiper; is £12,284 11 7, or Add, debts contrsfted, but not paid, from 1798, to 1799, Repairs for one year I will fay oil an average, are ... - * - Three Swine per diem I fuppoli you received in the year, ex cept on Sabbath days, for which I expeift yon paid one dollar and sixty seven cents each, and charged it, being half the value due to theper fon who brings them to the 'Alms-Houfe, fay 313 at 251, which ought to be to your Butter, veal, faul'ages, filh and pork, forfeited, which you pubiifti no account of, but is carried z-j your huufr by the Clerk of the Market. Total expence of tin. year, for 60j pt r£ons, is •ssxsDas=s= Oc 172 cents r each pcrl'on,— which is 57 cents n ore than the hofpital'have charged, -and makes an aggregate laving of one thoufaud four hundred and twenty two dollars and fcvrnty two cents per annum for the lift three years. In pfool ul wiiich I exl.i! it the following flatemeut, tit* 4& in the Alms Houle 52 w«ks * at; 17,2 c?n«, i« . . - , 48 in-thr Hcfpital $2 wreksat 115 cents, is - Difference favedtotheGuardians to the poor is per annum Having now proved that the price is lei's in the Hofjjital than in the Alms-House, if it is asked in which institution the most care is ot the patients, I would recommend my fellow citizens to viiit both boul'cs and they will be able to judge. • Charitai fays, F well knew a considerable part of the cloathing for near 1000 pcrfons was made in the courfc of the ,'aft year in the house of employ ; —but I will prove the contrary--fec y jur manufactory accounts, vii. No. 3, manufaiSured goods, coDfumed in thv houl'e £338 o 3—that among 2000 people is about 3/4 each, whi»h in stead of being enough to cloath them, would fcarcc ly pay for foaling and mending their shoes. MX. FF.NXO, I DID not intend again to have troubled you with remarks on the fub juft ot an unjust, illiberal and illnaturcd at tack sddrefied to the Managers of the Alms Hoilie, but am compelled thereto by the ac cusation of falfhopd in reciting part of the , fir ft number of those " elegant eflays." It is true I had them net before me when the remarks alluded to were made, but trusted to the impressions which they had forcibly made on my mind, and I now appeal to your rea ders, whether the following words are not tantamount, to what I have aflerted " If however you tan fatisfy your fellow citizens on thi* fub'jeft, it will be proper to do it, for many of them begin to grow uneasy about the poor-tax, and consider it as an al most insupportable burthen ; they felt it so lad year, and are likely to feel it so this year." What motives could induce any man to make a public declaration of this kind but to sound an alarm and to er.creafe the dislike, if any exifled, to tiie fioor-tax ; and in fail, to deprecitite the merits of that Institution. I do not fay thefi- were his motive?, but he may reft allured that, unU-fi he foree more fuhfhntial r~af©n? for the illiberal re marks he has fufljrred liimfelf to make, his ft!'cw citizens will hW jurt canfe tc declare twi $-(L*bs ,irocv-cJ I rum motive,) he wjsyit tilt Aim; Ilor.ic, when it is \vdH-.uu ; a cunjiderabic part of the pour-tax u<' jjir. by the cut door Over ft its and B<.ard of Guardians of the poor only, his clearly and fairly proved that the ftipport of the other I'nnilar inflitutiori in the United Stan3 that it crifts the pubhc no morr than or.£ '■; e Pem.fylvania Hospital, from the Alms HOuiir, Pi. Cc the year '.96 or '97 has ccft at the rate of 3 dollars per week, ext !ufive of tloathing and bed din-, u frd and destroyed, maklOg in the whole nearly 4 dollars per week, which sum I fay is " enormous," and proprrly comes under the attention of th* public in the prefect newspaper controvei'y Pennsylvania Hospital ifave encrealed (nice tfe year 'B2 as "one to four,"-which wdl be found'p, ifedlly correct, as they charged 7; cenu a: that time, for Board of Patients (rum th« Alitio lioul'e, and one dollar per week for fevcrel years after, which increase proportionate encrealfcd expences or the Alms Hoijfe Is'.ict? ttiac perod. I have cmly to add (and flialf then tranf fer every other oolVrvation on this fubjeck and utvjulf lnfi-.uiwions and remarks bate ' been publilhed against the managers of the Alms Houl'e, a panirular flatement and de velopment of the business rtitift neCessarily be laid before the eyes of the Public ; and as the papers and documents have taken feme time to be prccurred, I am allured that a gen tleman whose numbers will appear in a few days, means to come forward in defence 9f tha Managers, and I do hope the public will pay particular attention to the further inves tigation of this fubjefl. CHARITAS. Dls. Cts. ©ajme mtitu. %m 32,758 88 20jf>OO Port of Philadelphia, The brig Maria, capt. Simktns, of and for this port, from Havanna, is cast away in a gale of wind on of tie F orida K< ys, vefiel loft—-crew and a iniall pan of the car go saved. The Maria left Havam>«the 29th May last. port failed from Batavia 6 days'before the above. Brig Maria, Woodward, from hence, has arrived at LaGuira in 20 days. rived at Belfaft. Bujiun, July 11. 58 dayi. Left there, (hip Four Friends, ren, Delano,of New Bedford ; and Bdlona, Delano, do. Same day* Arrived /hip Polly, Han cock, Limington. 56 days. In lat. 26 long. 48, 38, spoke ship Liberty of N. burg. At Hamburg, April 27. Friend ft ip, WiN liams, Salem ; Nancy, Boston, Mope, Hoo per, Boston ; Lilly Blake, Boston ; Hannah Darling; Salem. A French privateer brig, of 18 guns, chafed a vtffel, lately, in lit. 23, long. 61. The ship , capt. Bruce, as N. York, of 12 guns, after an action of 2 hours. Caps. B. had 9 men killed. The privateer » greater number. She wa« carried into St. Martins guns, cruizes about Surinam. She lately carried in a Portland fclir, bound thither; but th# Governor liberated her, and the captain f Id his cargo' —An Enghfli priva teer brig of 18 gur.s, was also off Surinam. An engagement had occurred offthere be tween an English and Flench privateer. Result not known. Baltimore,. July tj. ■ iArt ivtdjtsterday. days from St. Thomas's—Lett there fchoo ncrs Buckskin, captain Ne'.ms ; Cabot, cap tain Compton ; and Federal George, captain Milieu, all ot Baltimore. Ihe lati< j r was spoke by a 22 tfun French ship, who asked his longitude and permitted him topafs. Ship Hrbe, capt- Heyward, 161 days Coward, of Baltimore, to fail in 6 days. spoke the United States ship Portsmouth, cruize—all well. - 266 67 1,042 c ico 40 • 4,193 '2 2,870 40 1,42 aji Ed *f V 'V G£ojiGMM4ttS, Seffrjy Tbefe aip new edier. >" /'; / •■."•' '-'- - l ",j' ' - ARrtLLZkrr-^ 0", TH JJ gth Corrijwrvy of ja&lfiife ArtiUpry, are meet at |f.~ j£iu» ; v %n of the k*iK«&' Sssff """' ftrMt, oil. Tbur£d3,y if r '- oYti&&r»Wfn}n*l| t Iyufbrtanet. ■ ~ " t »7» J 799 t ! ' .. r ; - U '
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