Xlje (BWXtt. PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY S.VENING, AUGUST 10 :<® PRICES OF STOCKS. Puii.adei.phia, August 19. 1.4/4 </« 15 Six per Cent. Deferred 6 per Cent. Three per Cent. B 4NX United States, North America, 45 to 47 Pcnnfylvania, 14 Infurante comp- N- A. (hares 17^ Pennfylvania, (hares, 17 to 18 8 per C»nt Strck —(untied—par to I percent adv. Do. Scrip With the fix Instalments 1 > belowpar Do. the sth and 6th Instalments » j East-India Company of N .A. par. 1 and Warrants, 30 dollt. per 100 acre;. COURSE OF EXCHANGE On London, 51 at 30 days 50 at 6: a 90 days Amttcrdam, 35 37 a-100 per florin -Hamburgh 3° *3 i " l ®° P er Mlrk Banco In tlv.' Aurora of the ift inft. appear*; moducUon oi an under bant 1 ., lying, illiterate correfpomfcnt of the Editor: this fellow is I'o wfll knoWn for declaimatioi, ami ahnte of all the ineafures at.d mm ot Govern-, went, that it needs nrjly to him as the au'.hor of any Rrpveientstion, and the (U.iy goes for nothing—His unprovoked narrative refpeainp; me, is a pretext for bit (mattered fbai'ts ®f fewJ! fe'it at the nieafure of Gov: nin-cot. 'i his, together with ai irrrfiftible itch for fciibling, induces ant ticU-.s his vanity to have his Scurrility pub lilhed, so tbat lie may fpull it over to h:s colleagues, the factious herd of Northamp ton. Thie black detracting Paitroon, beiny unworthily in office, has turned hi:, brain, so that h; conceives he may vilify charac ters with impunity—From the lameness and one will be mistaken ip the paltry author. This vain coxcomb is dail) in the habit of abusing the Executive, and all the strong meafnres of tlie nation : he ii a notorious, ftditious Jacobin : whoever will take the trouble to read his calumny against me, will perceive what credit ought to be attached to it when he impudently blends it with the be ft digefled and wisest laws of the legislature. He leaves no means uueffaved which his cowardly nature dare attempt, todifcourage the recuiting service. the duty assigned me in this hot bets of difaffe&ion I would not deign to notice this (liamelefs scoundrel but to disabuse the public who may have (een his infamous publication. I shall present your readers with a specimen of this fellow's infa my, should I discover any more of his filth in the public prints; I wiil give a short hi story of his ignominious life, even if it should disgrace- a page or two, and (hock humanity PETER FAWLKNER. Eafton (P) Aagnit nth r7g> APPRO ACHf'NG ELECIION. No. 111. To the Eleilors Of Pennsylvania. AMONG the other evils which the com mittee attribute to the Britilh trtaty, is the injury which it is alledged to have done to our j£.7st India trade. Wh£n 1 firlt read this paragraph; its absurdity was so appar ent, as to leave no doubt on my mind' that a typographical er-or had been iade, and I fully expetted to have speedily ken its cor rection ; but as none luch has appeared, it is evident that this, like many other parts of the address, was a bale and intentional raif £prefentation. Before that treaty, we trad ed to the Britifli \Eaft Indies merely Upon fufte ranee ; our commerce thither depended entirely oti the pleasure of the Britilh court, and our merchants were liable to all the in conveniences ariting from the fudaen (top page of one of the great channels through which their capital was employed. By that treaty the privilege of trading there was se cured, and eftablifhe.d on a permanent foun dation. We were even placed on a far more advantageous ground, than the great body of Englilh fubjefts themlelves, for while their enterprise is (hackled by the exclusive iramu ittitiesgrantea to monopolising corporate com panies, who never can carry Jon commerce with Co much cheapnel's to others or profit to <is individuals j ours is open to the emulative effort of every class of our ci , tizens. Accordingly our trade with this part of the Empire of Great Britain has increaf edbv the formation of that odious instru ment, with a rapidity truly aftoniftin*-, and the .njury received, is i„ confidence of our Hupping having been augmefitsd to be tween ftvett and ten thousand tons. Mr. Coxe's pretensions to a knowledge of mer cantile iafts, air too well eftablithed to i'uf fer us Fin- a moment to believe, that circum- family to the lowed grade of mer chants, fli.mld.have been unknown to him. How liagitioufly uncandid then does his con duct appear* But, .afe the committee, has not that in ftn.;m«Hoeeu « foconttrued and afted upon as la eMail on this country the payment of two euor Jious tla&s of debts ; for one of whlc.i, n.ioer the Treaty of ,783, Britain bericlt, aid not pretend that, we were refpon •lolc I I ar.fuu-, tharrt has not been so *? "l' 0- 1 * has " ot ye t entailed upon us t m payment ot tliefe enormous classes of ocots. he American government has not submitted <O, but hat expre%repelled fuclr a confttvction, nor is it yet known that Great Britain herfelf win infiTl upon it. I anfr-cr mp«ov*r, that if the doctrine field y * Cbiej J<jstice of Pennsylvania, and j Mr. Dallas, 011 a former Bccation be just, the United States are not only bound by treaty, frut lie under the f o leni® obligßtioiiSpf mo rahty and juftic?, t0 make payment of all the clafies of debts, nv-v claimed.by the Britilli cosnmiiiuyner}. In the Aurora ot February Ji, 1798, is the following answer to a query prtfpoied to Thomas M'Kfan, bearing his own fig-nature: " Before the revolution the British colo nies in America were a constituent part of the fame Empire with Great Britain, Ireland, and the other British dominions. When the revolution commenced, the war was proper ly a civil one, and all the fubjetfs of the em pire, wherever fettled, were entitled to es pouse which party tbey pleased, and having made their eladtion were bound by if, so as }f to luflfer in cafe of the failure, or to enjoy the fruits in cafe of the success of the party they espoused. " Ibe civil war continued until the d.-jivi tthe treaty ivit{> Great Britain in 1783, and all perfonsborn within the British allegiance, who at that time Had a&ualiy espoused t"lie American cause and were fettled within the territory of the United States) were entitled to partake in the refill t of the contest." " This opinion is recognized by the Ex ecutive of the government of the United States, in the iaftru&ions to the collectors of the cuftoniS refpetting American seamen, in the bill before Congress, by both branches of the legiilature of Fennfylvania in the late elfftion law that the governor returned with Ms negative, and by authoritative British writers ; who declare that all the inhabitants of the United States of America were put 'on the footing of tbe inhabitants of a ceded Island by the definitive treaty." " After tbe treaty tbe national indepen dence was consummated, and tbe subjects of tbe British crown in future were placed on the' fame footing with rtlier aliens, and fub jeNf\ed to the C.ititr measures and rules in ac quiring the rights of citizenfliip." This opinion then adopts the following principles ; 1 ft. That the revolutionary war was a ci vil one, and therefore did r)ot subsist between two independent nations, but between dif ferent branc he* of the fame empire. 2d. That the people of America, being entitled to " el'poufe which party they plcaf ed" were not bound by thea&sof their owu country, unless they gave to them their indi vidual consent. 3d. That as the civil war continued until the definitive treaty of 'B3, it did not end with our.declaration of Independence in '76. 4th. That as America was ceded to her ftlf by the definitive treaty, until then file had obtained no legitimate l'overeign autho rity, since lien it was granted by Great Bri tain. » And sth. That as the definitive treaty consummated our national independente, it existed before, only in an inchoate state ; and therefore in order to complete it, a con cession was neceflary on the part of Great Britain, Now what fays the Aurora, whose autho rity certainly will not be disputed, either by its jackall Mr. Dallas, or its prot£ « Mr. M'Kean ? It slates that the Britilh commis sioners had contended, that the independence <yf America. u was ft conceffioii tuadc by Great Britain." If the definitive treaty, and not the declaration of '76 u consmmat ed'our independence" they wereper feaiy in the right ; for in that cafe the con cession of our independence, by Great Bri tain was neceflary to its exigence. All the measures tint a nation could take to forw its independence, bad already been taken by America, and if these measures aUne diJ not effeit a completion, or ciuifumniation of the objeil, the act of the Britilh mon arch in signing the treaty, was literally and ftridUy a concession. The Aurora further aflerts " that the confifcated debts due to the tories during the revolution, were claimed by a majority of tie board of commissioners as being within the prpvifion of the treaty, which stipulates for the payment of debts due to Britilh fubjefts." And if all the sub. jeds of the empire were entitled ta elett which patty they pleated, the tories who es poused the caule of Great Britain, having never chosen to becowe American citizens, lemained Britilh fubje&s : were placed in the &tre Gtuation with every Engliftiman who had debts owing to him" in America ; and therefore, those whole property was ta ken from them for the crime' of an aftive peiional opposition to their native country, had as just a claim to remuneration, as those whose debts were withheld from them by general principles of national policy, in or der. to weaken the efforts of the common enem^. But if this reasoning of Chief Justice M'Kean who fanttioned it, and of Mr. Dallas who has the honor of having difcov eied/it, be just, there is an obligation upon the United States, much stronger than any the treaty can irppote, to agjree to the resto ration of all the confifcated estates of those, who like Mr. Caxe, were brand.d with the infamy of treason. If they had a right to sleft their party, upon what principles were they punished tor the exercise of that right? W hat crime hacl they committed ? What forfeiture had they incurred ? Wherefore was it that they were held up to general ex ecration, tfieir fortunes torn from them, and their lives destroyed ? Who will undertake to fay that this opi nion has not been relied on by the Britnli commiflioners, in the difenflion with Meflrs. Sitgreaves and Fitzfimons ? Perhaps even in some tSie a tite between Dallas and Mr. Guillemard, the idea may have been original 'y suggested with no other view than to bring on a dispute with Great Britain. Candour and charity, however, induce me to believe th:it the Chief Juttice himfelf yiis convinced of the falfity of his ouiliion, at the time when lie gave it, for if he really did think that " all the l'ubjetts of the Biitifli empire were entitled t® espouse which party they pleased," that America was on " the footing of a ceded territory," of courfepof ie fling no sovereign authority until the cef iion was made, and that hrr independence was consummated by the definitive treaty, I affirm hitn to have been guilty of murder. If the traitors at whofc trial he prefixed, •in wliofc cetidetnnati' ii he participated, and Whom he il-ptanced to die oti a gajlows, had a right " to efpnuf; which party they pleased" and if the war was properly a ciitl one, they could have owed no allegiance to the United States ; for in tbijt cafe .they would have been bound' by it, to have ci'uoirfed our cause. Now trttifou is,in its very nature a breach, or renunciation of tbe utiegaiy.ee due to the sovereignty of the nation ; of cov.ife, whete it does uotcxtft, no lucit oreach or renunci ation can be nude, and tenftqufcrtly no trca fonTommittedi Again, if the "United States were not perfectly independent untjl tlie'de ftiitive. treaty, then, and not be did they become foveiei{jii,i\ji Jovereignty is abfoUte, incontrouiable, and independent of all othei powers. But treason " being equivalent," fays Blackftone, "to the crimen lies& majes to.tis of the Romans as Glanvil denominate? it alio in our English law" is nothing- but an attack upon the f.iveneijjnty of * govern ment ; of course where this does not exist, 110 such atta'»k can be made, and therelore Roberts and Carlisle could not have beenguil ty of the crime, for which'they Were tenten- Ceddto death by Chief Justice and afterwards, executed. But the truth is, that the independence of America was not rendered consummate by the definitive treaty. The declaration of independence was the date of its complete existence, and had Great-Britain refufed to acknowledge it, -ill the definition of the world, tjnlcfs Wt» had been compelled by force of amis to make a cession of oursfelves to that nation, we should hatfe remained freed from her fetters. The thfoiy hi-Id during the revolution w»«, that the Britilli monarcli having broken the original cvmjjad fubfifl ing between him and his American fubje&s, |i*d itifulved thefti fr6m their allegiance, and tKiefore they were at liberty toerodt a new gsvernm'-nt for themlUves. Accordingly the asknowledgment of our independence was not fuffered to be introduced as a con dition of but was infifled on, as a' prelimi nary to both the definitive and provifionaj irt-atio. The manner in which this opinion was given by Mr. M'Kcan was not less culpable 1 hat its lubftance was abfuvd. The eledion of Israel Israel, in the year '97, to the Se nate of this date wgs objefled to as invalid on various grounds. Among others, be cause a number of persons had voted who had indeed fettled in Pennsylvania previous to the year J 783, but had not been natural ised, and therefore were not citizens. A committee of the Senate legally organised, was appointed t« decide on tlie justice of the objeftions. During the trial, Dallas, wh? was of counfcl for the fitting member lirft broached the dottrine which M'Kean afterwards endeavored to i'anfUon.—Af ter an elaborate argument, the Commit tee decided against it. Some of the jaco bin party, calling theinfclves judges of the' ele&ion, then solicited the. Chief Justice to give his opinion, which he dill in dire£l op poOtio« to that of the Committee, In do ing this he lent the weight of h'u office in aid of a fa&ion, who loudly accused one of the constituted authorities of our country, not only with a judgmeat mani feftly illegal, but viciously corrupt. But in addition to this flagrant indecency he com mitted fin offence infinitely Jrf* pardonably. By giving a legal opinion in other than a judicial manner he opened a do?r to the wqrft species of judicial error. If he is at liberty to give public opinions to the unau thorised agents of a faftion, fun ly he may with equal prfipristy give them, when solici ted by individuals on their private afFairs/md thus his mind biaffedby the ideas which lie had already promulgated without havipg heard the allegations hut of a single party, would be in a ft ae very iinfit to farm a judg ment cither legal or impartial. The great constitutional qucftion Which he .has in this instance undertaken (a peremptorily to de termine may and very poifibly will be involv . Ed in others which it will be the business of the i'npteme court to decide. Splendid in deed wuftbe the eloquence and luminous the reasoning which can convince hii vanity and arrogance of the ridiculous absurdity ot his doitrine. ERRATA IN " MILO" NO. It. \st parrgrapb, T,d sentence, for " never theless it is asserted" read " it is not as serted." 4th paragraph, f near tbe middle of the column) read " Toy (Taint, the negro chief, in fact declared." The Dey of Algiers has certainly declared War, against tlie French Kepuhlie, and im prisoned their Consul. The American cbara&er (landshigh in the Dey's estimation. [li.T.D'Ad. A PROCLAMATION. New-Jersey, ft. By his Excellency RICHARD HOWELL, Esquire, Governor Captain-general and Commcnder in Chief in and over tbc State of New-Jersey, arid Territories thereun to belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same. WHEREAS it has been reprefentfd tt> nie by the Board of Health of the rity of Philadelphia, under the signature of Edward Garrigues, their president, that certain citi zens of New-Jerl'ey have lately gone on board the (hip John, from the River la Plata, then riding quarantine, in contravention of the health law of Pennsylvania, to the manifeft danger of the city of Philadelphia, with which the citizens of this (late hitve contin ual intercourse, and not without a poiUbili ty of injury, and even calamity to this ftSte. NOW BE IT KNOWN, .irtjie .of ti.e act of rhe legillature cf the ft«te of Nrw-Jt-i:(Vy, jiafled. at Trenton, the. ele venth day of June, in the year of our. Lord, one thousand fevtn hundred-and übiety nine, entitled, " An ait to pro-aide for the securi ty cf the citizens of this stgte against the ifl~ traduction of conicgitus diseases;" (which laid act is lecifed at large in my former pro clamation on this fubjeft, dated the firft of July la n , and is npw published in due forrfi of law,) and by ai)-l With the content of the honorable <be privy council, allperfoui who mever, within cbc jurifdiftion of this state, are hereby fU"i£Vly forbidden and prohibited, dur ing the time the said a A Iball continue tn furve, from going 011 board any vcflVl what forver performing' quarantine under the he»kh4aw> and port regulations of either of the futei of Ntw-York or Peniiiylvania, without permiflion ill writing f.rft obtained from the proper officer or officers authorized under tiiofc laws and regulations to grant the lame : And all. juilices, judges and other officers to whole duty it appertains, ate here by charged and commanded to take immedi ate cognizance of allTuch offences, and bind ovijj offenders in tint behalf, in fuffiwe.it sureties to appear and anfwtr as offenders againfitheforce anflefFefl of the afoiefaidafc\ of aflfmhlj'.oftbls flute*, and in the mean time to he of pood behaviour. DONE under my ha nil and teal at artfis, at Trenton, the nineteenth day of Augufl, in the year of our Lmd one thousand f<;ven hundred and ninety-nine, and (f i ur hide, pendtner the twenty-fourth. Rd. HOWELL. Bytbf Governor's Command. John Bkattt, Secretary. ELECTION. Delaware County. At a very numerous and refpelia ble meeting of thfi Inhabitants oj the County of Delaware, held at the black-Hoife Tav ern, in the townjhip of Mid dlet own, the 17 th day of Au- § U A 1799, It was unanimously resolved, That we will support JAMES ROSS, of Pittsburgh, with our votes and interest at the ensuing eleftion, as Governor of this Commonwealth. Resolved, That in order to obtain this defireable objett, a Committee, confiding of four or more persons, be appointed in each T-owrifhip to -assist in prombting his eledlton. Resolved, That the Committee of Corref poiidcnce of this County be requested to pre .pare and forward a Circular Letter to each Member of the Tcwnfliip Committees, earnestly desiring tliem to use their utmost exertions by all f.«r and honorable means to promote the eleftion of Javes Ross of Pittl bur&h to the office of Governor cf this Com monwealth. Mr. John Wall, Mr. Tcffe Sharplefs. and Michael Keppelc, Esq. tbe Committee ap pointed by a meeting held at Dunv/oody's in Philadelphia or tbe 13th kiftant, for the pyrpofe vf rcprefenting \o this meeting the'r citte rmimfon to i'upport Joitfk Bail as Se nator, and to dellre our co-Operation therr in «ei* introduced to the Chairman, and hAvit>g detlarcd the purpose c.f their million, It was.unanimous!} ltfi'lved, That we wiHfupport, at the enluing.elcr'- rioijj by our intfreft and \otci, JOSEPH BALL aa Senator of tjiis flute, to supply the vacanty occafioilcd by the resignation of lieni.m.ii> R, £f<u Resolved. That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman uid Se cretary, and jjublifhed in the Philadelphia Newfpjipers. HL T GH LLOYDj Chairman. Benjamin H. Smith, Secretary. At a numerous -and refpettnble meeting of the freemen of the townlliips of Oxford, Lower Dublin, Byloerry and manor of More land, held the loth inft. at the of John Sagar, in Buftleton, for the.purpose of fixing 011 a suitable charafter to be run for governor nt the en filing election ; The meeting having taken into conlidcra tion the genuine rqmblican principles of James Rofs., Esq. of Pittsburgh ; his warm attachment to our jGonftitution, and'known impartiality refpedUng' ail foieign Govern- MILO. Resolved unanimously, 'l'hat they will, by all fair and candid means in their power, sup port him With their votes and interefls for the office of .chief niagiflrate. Kefolved, that in order to assist ifi pro moting this deGreable objeft, s committee, confiding of two perfoiw frpm each town ship, be appointed in this diftrift to corres pond with other-committfies already appoint ed for that pwpoO. Ret'olvecl, That MfiTrs. Frederick Carter, John M'Qellan, Thomas Paul, William Lardner, Jolhua Comely, Edward DutKeld, jun. Benjamin Walmfly, and Evan Town fend, be a committee agreeable to the fore going resolve. THOM'AS HOLME, Chairman, Lower Dublin, Aug. 12, '99. Those Citizens of Delaware Coun ty, who are desirous that JAMES ROSS, of Pittfburgli, flioiild facceed the pvefent Governor, arcrequeftcd to meet at the JJlack Horse, in tbf township of Mtddletown, on the j7th day of Aug-, next at 2 o'clock ir. the afternoon, in order to conlult on measures to promote his election. HUGH LLOYD, Chairman, c.f the Gwefpunding C'cirmittee of Delaware county. July 30. 1799. It is with great fatisfa&ion, felcd to state, that the rtpdrfcs «4 t< fpefting the IV. k tie Is in. the city jrns vorable. A meeting of the .Board of H. '' \ held this morning, anc) after a riati - deration of the fubjeft, it war. cc ' ! that fufficient ground did not hijt t S j. mand any public notice of itfrnnM'Kn.- By private accpunts we leartf, that a &■" iiderable mortality prevail? in Jsew-Yi :... where, as Welltis with us, much alarm t arisen. In Baltimore'alfo the season h;i< t,; late been sickly—-but no idea prevails of arv contagious disorder existing there. On the whole, it may be hoped, that the present alarms tiave no other foundation than ther*. tra number of deaths, by no means uncom mon at this season. ii ' Died on the :2th inflant, at the br.ttfc of Dr. De Butt 3, Shavpfburg, Wafiiin,;* ton county, Henry Ormsby, Efquir , late of the kingdom of Ireland.; ?flcr irt innocert aad reip'c&able life of fcrverity two years. o^ette > i'j" :JS '<■ • *_ '• '?W tf&jftkJfifyhijt s - A fhij? aiul■».jjfig, r»amt%mt^newi< 4 into tbtf la®.' : A fchri <i}stf..6p;i** edat Xw-Torh, August {q. ARRIVED DaVo. Ship Favourite, Swam, Dublin 63 Hunter, Whitlofck, Gibraltar 5 1 Warren, Dilleno, Bilfaft hj Schr. Suckey, Jones, Virginia 4 Sloop Polly, Williams, N. Carolina 6 ■ A PERSON of 'Judgment and Integrity to «cc.-.- fionally .itcettil Vendues to purchase Wet au<J Dry Goods for an extensive Country Pro posals sealed directed to A. B with the name ol fotne other person nientioiud to whom relcr ence may be had, if neccffa.-y, for information re lating to ths qualifications cf the agent, and left with the printer, will be duly attended to. The applicant will mention the No ofthehoufe whera he, or ihe, reO.lcs, that a letter dir.tfed by poli. may be regularly received. a "g" eo 4 w Wants a Situation, as Cook, IN a gentleman's family -a middle aged wfcito person, who uf)der!undi her business, and can have en undeniable charter from her lift situa tion Enquire at No. t%, nori h .Second ilreet neaj* Market (Ireet, "g- » c I4t TO LET; . A two fltory Brick House, SITUATE on Dukt, between Front and s, cond Street*, in ihe Northern Liberties; hiving a large garden and yard, e*ten.ii» s to Green Street —on which th re is .i flaMe and Imallfrane buil ding fuitabU lor a (hop or copnynt- hou'.e. Th« bnili in the bcft.marm-r pud in exCtllcnc order; two roomson a flrqr wafli house, &c• i'nijuire t No. 37 Afeh ftr?et. P S. fhii hcufc Was lately occupied by Tofepb Englc. august 20 aawim oi^ 'the^• '&y}^Avgufl^^ «• tHERMOMHTRfCAL NAVIGATION, ' Being a series of experiments and obfervr.'.ions, ' tive heat of the fca water from time to time, the • psflage of a fliip though the LluTph rtrcarw, ' and (rom desp water iat.l so nili;gi, n:ay ha ' (. wind t0 tempefluous wcatlier)it may be im •< polli'jle to heave the lead or<olif< rve til? hearen ■ ly Indies. jExtr.iilcd from the American Philo " fophical Trarf,cti<jns, vol. i tS" 3 " With ad " ditions snd improvements.-—. •' God helps them ch*t help themfuives " • (1, s.) lii conformity t» the aift of congress of the encouragement 01 learning hy feturing ed." D. CALDWELL, august WANTED TO PURCHASE. FOB CASH OK .OtT CRKBIT, Coffee, Cotton, Logwood Hides* Ai-urr ro PRATT SsPKJNTZING, f A very exr 'jisive assortvicnt cf Suitable for the Weft-India market, which they of- *' "• Received by the skip Adrir.na. captain Carl* ton, from Lender,, A LARGE il'O T#i»T OP HAIR S EATINGS, Switaiite sos chair and foplia covers, c. of- striped and yilain, and of the f'. Uov. widths, fix 17, 18, 19, »o, ai, 11, 43. 54 56, aB, 30 acd 31 inchi-s. FOR SAie -tr , "'v <?!©£s£ MjNNOCK* , •"•" mf. iuty ? -.#m i.4 .Vrr'ft*." 'V:. ■• ' r ' ' 1 ft & thaw
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