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"' "'' 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
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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2,870 40
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