Xl)e G^cttc, A f Jl JtvGvsm. *■ SOM A I.ATS' LONDON PAPER. St. Domingo. 1 fee ntwfpaptrs have, for several days, gitren very erroneous accounts of the state ot t>t. Domingo, ?n d of the exiflance of a treaty with T ouffafnt. No fgch treaty ai they mention ever wa? made. The following pa tieulars nay be depended upon: foufTaint L'Ouvertore is a black, and a native of. St. Domingo. He was born a Dave, and as fudi remained till the troubles in that Island gave an opportunity for the difp.ay of Ins talent?. His matter a confid erab e planter, took him while very young to i'ranee, where he remained some time ; and being a smart lad, attention was paid to bid education, which iVbctter than m. It negrces tcctive But fti.l he was onjy a negro slave, »nd returned to Dcmingo, where he lived in that charsfttr feverai years before the troubles broke tut. Soon alter the 1-rench Revclutien, ew readers know hov j the milinterprctation of the principles of Liberty and Equality desolated St. Domin go. ihe whites were deflroyed, and after thrm the ptople of colour, the blacks re ,he n,aftcr ' ° f the ifiand - in the drCtdful ice re, that occurred, .Tonffaint {■ dift.nguifted himfelf, ai.d acquired * sovereign iway over his feUow-negroes, a »ou,t,ng now to IC o,coo men in arm,, to the Climate, and educated to war. Touffaint, to the talents of a General <•> J ; Politician, adds thole more amiable of gutituceandhumaoity. His mader fled to the L&ned States of America, and Touf- K "" or endeavoured to remit, PrCdUCe ° fhiseftatC " wa 5 po nble. When General Maitla ß d evacua- Fcrt the treaty for that pur po.L- was negociated and concluded with with '.V nt n a J I ™ tc,lted cvf> 7 condition -he ftn&a fidelity and honour. But Touffaint did not treat as an independent ',j ' as ! on,e " f the papers have said. All he did was in the name of the French repub lic. tor while lie is absolute monarch over St. ytmingo, he affefls and sincerely wifh ts tribe a fubjefl, of France, a fact of which "-"owwg anecdote is a fufficient tefti -1 Gfneral Maitland evacuated Port. au-Prince, ail the old French planters who <fed joitfcd the Bmilh, departed with bim ' r 'f' J r ' the harbour was the old mas. oi * ouilaint, who had come from the ' r ;t i 0 _ endeavour to retrieve his pro. perry, in nhi >, he had been unAiccefsful ; hc •-'-"'votto fly with the Englift, 3r.d Wtetchedoefs. General Mait *' ">ucb wisdom to treat Tcufliint as a brigand (rubber) as he had hitherto b«ei seated ; and Touffaint's conduft re paid .1 iiir> for 'his civility. Haiti- hearing of his master, sent a nietiage to vitneral Maitland, faying he had a favour to alk. What was it ? To fend his mafrer t<? him. The General did so ; andTouffaint restored his matter to bis eftatet, and gave him negroes for their cultivation. He behaved in the mod affe&ionate and kind manner to him who had truly been his fa. General Maitland upon this sent a meflage, asking a favour of Touflaint.—Whir is it ? —To refiore a dozen of the principal plan ters to their estates. Touffiiint desired they might be sent to his care. They were so. He clapped thtm inprifon. Some days afterwards h» had them brought into a church before a large body of his fel low blacks, when he mounted the pulpit to preach a fenjioil, for his own prowess in arms is but a frnall part of his diftinftion- Here he enforced the virtue of forgivenefs to the repentant; faying," we were for a while Spaniards (the blacks fled to the Spanish pro tection in the beginning of thd troubles) but •we were raided. We were born Frenchmen, and now we are Frenchmen again. These twelve men lave also been misled. They were born Frenchmen. For a time they have been British ; bnt now they have re turned, and are Frenchmen again. Let us embrace." Here Touffaist embraced them, and reconciled bis followers. Ho restored thenn to their estates, and gate them negroes as servants, It would be the disposition of a little mind in ToalTaint's situation, to hate and persecute the whites; but be knows well that the ifiand cannot flourifli without them ; that they are lieceffary to cultivation and good government, to the commerce and prosperity of the place. Therefore, his chief aim is to restore the planters, and re vive the trade. _ He fears that France will one day endeavour to punish him as a rebel; but this France will never be able to accom plilh.—Hedouville, the French commission er, is a fool, and a person of no influence. Touffaint disregards him ; but all Touflaint's afts are in tbe name oi the French republic, for which alone he pretends to aft ; and his utmost wifii is, that the direftory would name him their general,. .It will there fore be seen how ridiculous it is to fuppole he made a treaty of commerce with General -Maitland, which has been ratified by tbe British government. TouiTaitit is anxious to find a market for the produce of the island Ajidtbt're is an undcrßanding, as if a treaty tad been concluded. Colonel Grant is ap pointed our ageat in St. Domingo. His ostensible business is to fettle some points about the evacuation of the island ; but "his rejl business is to eftablilh a trade, by which the whole produce o* St. Domingo will be brought to Jamaica, On the. same subjett. No event has happened in the history of the piefent war, of more irarreft to the c;iufc of humanity, or to the permanent interests of Great Britain, than the treaty which General Maitland has made with the black General ToufTaint, upon the evacuation of St. Domingo. By this treaty the 'indepen dence of that moil valuable island is, in faft, recognized, and will be secured against all the efiorts which the French can make to re cover it—not merely without the expence ,to England, of fortifications or of armies, but with the benefit of fccuring to us its ex clusive commerce. ToufTaint is a negro, and in the jargon of the war has been called a Brigand ; but according to all teport he is a hegro born to vindicate the claims of his and to shew that the character of man is indepenilant of exterior color. The late events in St. Domingo will soon engage the public attention ; and thty are fuel) a.s are calculated topleafe all partie?. It is a great point to refene this formidable island from the gra/p of the dire&ory, from whence, if they had regained their footing, they might have inceflantly menaced, and p: rhaps assai led, Ihe mcft favourite of cur Weft-India poffcflions; iind on the other hand, it is a great point gained to the cause of humanity, 1 that a negro dominion is in fait constituted and organised in the Weft-Indie?, under the command of a negro chief or king ; that the black race whom the cbrittian \ior!d, to their infamy, have been accustomed to degrade and trample upon, are now acknowledged as brothers, and are treated with upon equal terms. Every virtuous man will rejoice to hear that a-negro standard is now floating. Every liberal Briton will feel proud »that his country brought about the happy revolu tion. The treaty that General MaitlanJfo wife ly made with M. Toafl&int, the government have ratified ; and colonel Grant u appointed to go out to St. Domingo as ourrefidcnt and agent in that iflahd, with very exwnlivc powers. ELECTION. At a numerous and refpeftable meeting of the Citizens oj Phi ladelphiaandthe liberties there of > held at Dunwoody's in the city of Philadelphia on Tues day the \yh injl. for the pur pose of fixing upon afuitable per son to fill the IMPORTANT office oj GOVERNOR of this State, the following Resoluti ons were unanimously adopted > viz. £>WvfV, ;r* -tne-lenTe of this meeting,' That it is effcßtial to the honor and the hap piness of Pennsylvania, and highly impor tant te the best intcrefts of the United States, that, it the tnfuingele&ion ofgovernerofthis commonwealth, the fuffrages of our fellow citizens (hould be given to a candidate who, combining the requjfites of talents and in tegrity with temperance of charaflar and independence of connexion, will ably and faithfully execute the trusts of that high flation, who conciliating the particular in terests of the state with the general inteiefts of the United States, will cordially cultivate the necessary intercourse with the Federal Government; and who, having never avow ■ed himfelf the partizan of foreign politics, will be at perfedl liberty to purfiie the ex clusive advantage of his own country. Resolved, as the sense of this meeting, That JAMES ROSS, of Pittfburg", unites, in an eminent degree, the requisites, express ed in the preceding resolution, to fill tljt high office of Governor of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; and that this_ meeting be ing juftified in their topinion by the uniform tenor of his private and public conduft, will give him their best support at the ensuing election. And whereas certain persons, who are de firons of imposing another candidate on the citizms of I'ennfylvania, far from imitating the laudable example which had been given by the friends of Mr. Kofs, of carefully ab staining from all illiberality of opinion, have attempted lo aid their purpose by falfe and indecent insinuations that their opponents are influenced by unworthy motives, and as fielnce, under such censure, might be tor tured into aconceffionof its truth : Resolvedy as the sense of this meeting, that the corresponding committee heretofore ap pointed, be inßrufted to prepare an address to our fellow citizens throughout the {late, on the fubjeft of said election, wherein, if they (hall deem it necefiary er ufeful to defeat the projects of our antagomfls, they (hall be at liberty freely to examine and discuss tbe merits of the oppolite candidate, and the pre tentions of those persons, who thus presume to aflign improper motives to the conduft of others ; and that, unawed by official char after, or by any other consideration, the individuals who compose this meeting Will aid the examination and difegflion, if they (hall be rtfolved 011, by supplying every ne ceflary information, whether it fliall tend to expose the inability or defers of the oppo lite candidate j or to illußrate and explain the charafters ©i those individuals who style themselves his supporters. and who have thus dared, under their signatures, to im peach tlie_ integrity of their opponents. —And ai in adducing this information (Mr. M'Kean't ftrvices as a judge being much re lied on) it may be necessary to resort to the remonftrancesof Juries, and the reprefenta tioos of the Bar, to expose bis judicial ty 1 ranny and intolerance, or to the deliberate declarations of political wifbea and opinion? which) if realiz-ed, would subvert the lib erty, the religion, and the fecial order of our country. Or, a* in discussing the pretensions of those men who bate thus falfely ftigrnatized their opponents, it may be receflary to recur to Proclamaiions which fcave profctibed some of them as TRAITORS—to examine doc kets to trace the moll difgraceful allegations against others—to enquire'into the equivo cal circumstances which cloud the late com ing of others of them to America, who, like birds of ill omen, have made their ap pearance among us since the revolution, and who now dare to qurfiion the motives of men who hszarded all that w-as dear to them in establishing the Independence of Ameri ca. The committee are requested, if..they are refolded to recriminate, to give to all the fads which tl ey may state, such solemn fan ft ion as will stamp convi&ionlu the minds of whoever may pernfe them. ROBERT WHARTON. Chairman. Refolvtd, that a committee of three be appointed to attend a meeting to be h«|d at the county of Philadelphia, and a commit tee of three to attend a meeting to be held in the county of Delavrart for the purpose of representing to the said meetings the de termination of this meeting to support Jo ftp h Ball, Esq. as Senator, and to desire a co-operation on their part, when Mr. Levy Hollingfworth, Mr. Henry Pratt, and John Haliowell, Esq. were ap pointed to attend the meeting in the ceunty of Philadelphia, and Mr. John Wall, Mr. Jeffe Sharplcfs, and Michael Keppele, Esq. were appointed to attend the .meeting in the county of De laware. Refeh.'J, That the proceedings of t\iis meeting be published in the different Ger man and English newspapers throughout the (late, signed by the Chairman and coun tersigned by- the Secretary. (Signed.)' ROBERT WHARTON, Chirman. Attest, John Ewiho, Secretary. Delaware Cotr&TY. At a very numerous and refpefta ble meeting of the Inhabitants of the County of Delaware held at the B/ack-Hotfe Tav ern, in the town/hip of Mid dle town, the I ~]th day of Au gufl, 1799, It was unanimously resolved, That we will support JAMES ROSS, of P'ttft>urgh, "with our votes and interest at the ensuing eleftion, as Governor of this Commonwealth. Resolved, That in order to. obtain this defireabfe » Committee, cwiCftii.g xf fouror more perl or,;, Kg ap~; ntrf | r lynudiip to annrin^Miwotirghi^cltSaiofi. ! Resolved, That the Committee ofGorref pondence of this County be requested to pre- 1 pare and forward a Circular Letter to each 1 Member of the Town (hip Committees, earnestly defirinj them to ule their titmoft ; exertions by all fair and honorable means t® promote the ele<ftion of James Ross of Pittf. ) burgh to the oflfce of Governor of this Com- 1 mnnwealth. Mr. John Wall, Mr. Jeffe Sharplefs. and Michael Kcppele, Esq. the Committee ap pointed by a meeting held at Dunwoody's in Philadelphia on the 13th instant, for the purpose of representing to this meeting their determination to support Josefo Ball as Se nator, and todefire our co-operation there in were introduced to the Chairman, and hairing declared the purpose of their million, It wai vnanineusij refolded, That we will support, at the enluing elec tion, by our interest and votes, JOSEPH BALL as a Senator of this Hate, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the rcfignation of Benjamin R. Morgan, Esq. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be ligned by the Chairman and Se cretary, and publilhed in the Philadelphia Niwfpaper*. HUGH LLOYD, Chairman. Benjamin H. Smith, Secretary. DISTRICT of SOUTHWARK,' TovinJh.pl of Mcyamenjing, and Pajyunk. THE Inhabitants of the above Dift'ia a»d Townships, who are defirou* of promoting the EleAion of JAMES ROSS, Esq. to the office of Chief Magif. trate of this date, are requested to meet at the House of Cadwalader Eavn», late James Cameron, in Sl.ippen street, on F/iday even ing the 23d in ft. at 7 o'clock. gasa Pennsylvania Hospital. Btb month 6, 1799. The fitting Managers are for this nm ß th, Samuel Coatbs No. 82,SouthFront-ftreet John jDoAsey, No. 22, north Third-street The attending Pbyficians are for this month Dr. Sbippen, No. 10, Prune-street. D. Barton, No. 44, north Fifth-ftreet. Applications foradmiflion of patients mod be in the firft instance to one of those PryC cians, and then to either of the Managers ; the Manager* and Physicians always attend at the Holpital, on 4th and 7th day in eve ry week, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Accidents of fradlured limbs, happening to ft rangers or others in the streets, and brought in at the time, are immediately ad mitted as poor, at the gitc. And poor persons attending on the afore faid days -will receive medicine and advi«e gratis. Publilhed by request of the fitting Mana gers and Pbyficians. SAMUEL COATES. THE STOCKIiCUDERS Of the Delaware '£? Schuylkill Canal, WILL please to take notice, the whole of the Puhfcri; tion money on their rp/peflive (hares has been called for by thePrdidcnt ai d Ma nagers • the three lail calh are payable as follows: One fir 15 dollars,on tbe I }tb /iuguft. infant Or.t far 2O Jo. on tbc\sth Stptimlcr next One for IO Jo. on tbe I stb OSltber ntxt And if not paid on thofc arc lubjefl to a penalty of fWeper cent per month. ' ' IV.v. GOVETT, treasurer. 4t f&f w&th ;u(l >6 Wanted to Employ, A, PERSON of 3 ujgment and Integrity to <* cca fionally attend Venduci t«i.j>urchafe Wet and Dry Go'xistor an crtenftve Country Store. Pro pofala sealed direiJed. to A. 8- with the name of fbme 'orher person mentioniM to whom refer ence may be had, if nceeflary, A)r i'linrnnrion re lating to the qualifications of the agent, left with the prii.ter, wjU be duly attenoed t« The applicant wili mention the No of thehi>a& vvherc "he. or Ihe, rcfulcs, that a letter dtrsAeif by may be regularly received. aug.l9 Received by tie ship Adriuna, captain Carl ton, from London, ■ A LARGE ASSOHTMIHT OF HAIR SEATINGS, Suitable for chair and fopha covers, confiding of striped and plain, and of the following widths, via. 17, 18, 19, 20, *I, 12, 23, 24 16, lß> jo and 31 inches. FOR SALE BT GEORGE PENNOCK, eotf iuly 8 WANTED TO PURCHASE, FOR CASH OR 01/ CRF.BIT, Coffee, Cotton, Logwood fc?Hides. .Ip err ro PRATT £s?KINTZING. WHO HAV£ ON HAND A very extensive assortmcnt 'cf GERMAN LINENS, tsfc. Suitable for the Weft-India market, which they of fer ior faie, at P'orderate prices, or will barter rhem fur Weft India produce. ' 10, For Sale, BY THE SUBSCRIUFR, The following GOODS lately imported in the Adriana, frcm Lendor,, and in packages fuitaMe for exportation. PRINTED CALLICOES, Assorted from 13 up tar 8 and to. Printed 3 4, 44, and 5-4 chiniaef. Printed iMarfeillea Quiltinfs of the uewtfl and neatert patterns. 9-8 Brown Sheetings from 11 10,15. \ —A L S V A few tierces of RICE, OF -J HE FIRST QUA LIT V. THOMAS GILPIN, No- 149, Front Street. tu.th.&fit.awi 8 mo. 7fh I O lit ULi , From the ist of Octohtri\est) The STORES 6f WHARF, ADJOINING the Drawbridge, no* occupied by Mr JoCiua Gilpin.——The terms may Dt known by applying at Wo. 458, Markrt-flrcet __ - - if—' Jentc No. 80, Dock, near Third Sirct, H for Sale. Cf flies, % Baliis, Mamoodics, Taflities, Calicoes, Patna Romal and '> Handkerchiefs. Mulmnl J , T/je foregoing goods are new to Iv fold at J REDUCED PRICES, - N. B. Many of these be printed to advnntaga ip this country. fl ma )' • . JjBBHp 3-awtf [ In odditLrrtTtbeli I PRATT h1 r i3Kte Ire d, By the Brig Polly, C:i ptain Mackens, frm HAMBVRGfit [ 80 cherts German Linnens, ni —'onjifling of— f FUtillu, Liltado«, Brittania*, Checks Vf Stripes, Cre»si la Marlaix, Diaper, Rouanet, I'atterbornts, . Arabian, Carraodoll., Eftopailles, Dowlas, tSV (r*r. ALSO. RE 160 boxes excellent Claret containing 3 do*. eacj» o bars Iron, 300 boxes 8 l y 10 ■> _ 7 !>y 9 f WINDOW GLASS, SJ chells Tumblers, afforred, I-» pints (s* quarts 9 caflcs Hogs Bristles, JOOO Demy Johns, a few Wfftpbalia Kami, » calks Ironnirnjtery, a chests Oil Cloths, Twine, Quills, a lew sacks Barley, &c. Vc. all which they offer at reafonaSle ptices, ar.d at the usual credit, or will barter for Weft-India produce au g" ftl 1I1&I 3 w LAST NOTICE. ALL PerfonsindebtedtotheEftateof John I-varj Turner, late of this City, deceased, are requeued to come forward and discharge their refpeftiv* obligations, or (hey will be put in suit—and Ihofe having de mands against laid estate, are desired to furnim them, legally attested, for I'ettlement, to Robert Dawfon, executor. Nt. 101, A'trtb Srccr.d-Street. TO fi£ DISPOSED OF, A PARCEL Of ELEPHANTS TEETH; AndJor approved notct at 653 g months, A quantity of SLA B fcfCUT WHALEBONE 7 Lf ii feet long—Enquire at above. 9 <[la%Bw TO LET, A two (lory Brick House, SITUATE oh Duke, between Front and Second Streett, in the Northern Liberties; haying a large garden arid yard, extending to Green Street —on which there is a flable and (mall frame buil ding futtable for a Slop 6r counting house. The house is built in tke best tnanaef and in excellent order; two rooms on a floor, wash house, Ac- Enquire at No. 37 Aroh street. P. S. fh:» house was lately occupied by Tofeph Engle. suguft 10 ®P tfjts SDap's NEW YO2IK, August Handed h a pojcngcr in ,he (hip p. from Hamburg. J t- r i April 10th, the (hip Fame, of Es cape. Jamc« Lattemore, and Edwar supercargo, was at Embden, to |,»° place or Amftcrda n in all May fc. The Constellation i« still at Cj* Tcjltrday arrived the Mr S r ,r. I M'Heron, in ■ 4 days vejel w have been favoured -with t£e 6th of uguH; they contain UnZ'nA * of the rh V of June, [received ly A; 1& packet harlequin,-] being ore day £ ' than any on the continent. Extract foVZ 994W rpL fl • I ' ALI fAX, Aue. I Thursday arrived the (hip Hop e ' Madeira ; and on Friday the Aim War from Glafgoiv. P Wlilla », Friday arrved the Harlequin p, r i.. 39 day from Falmouth ' I papers brought hv thr n«„ fcqimi, are to the 13th of J UHe ' ar " The London Gazette announces thr - pointment of Lieut. Gen. th« Duke nf' Kent to be General in the Army,,^, £ General and Commander in hi t s 0 { ,1. Forces in North America, vice General 1? Prelcott. " R * Lieut. Col. Wetberal Is appointed A r ' j tant Gen. to the British forces in North Amer'ca. From the best information wc hare bee of- Royal Highntfs the tcr Duke oi Ken; m , y te expefted here in the coui fe of the ensuing month It i 8 f a ;,> Endymion frigate it appointed to thai ]«. vice. Londoh, JtJtlt. I» he The Hamburg Mail of yesterday, ih o ' 1 it has brought no accountse>f striking cventi is yet to be confide red as of very great in. portance for the events which it either an" nouncts or confirms. nd The grelt . natural fcuhwki of Switier. land, ihe Rhine and the Alpa are patted. The Auflrians have made good their foot ing in i hat difficult country, The plan.of the campaign is comply reveifed. Inllcrad of the co-operatiou of Jourdan and Sherer in invading Austria, w { fte the jundion cf the Archduke and Su. warrow threaten the whole eastern, frontier of France. Much time may yet be spent and mud blood undoubtedly be fpflt btfore Mafltw ed e *pe led from Switzerland; but it is ay quite obvious that his prefer 6t>)cSt h only :t the frontiers of Al i*ce and Franche Compte. lie letters of ihe. Keftinformed met, from the Continent, reprefem allideixf«. taining Switzerland u being abandoned by the French. They who cannot defend the Rhine and the Alps have no hope in weaker positions. It is now three months that private lettera fretn Russia announce, that the Swedilh fleet of flat bottomed, veflels will join the Ruffian galley fleet,which wai to fail upon a certain expedition in the course of June, i j Sweden has also reca led its Ambassador from Paris, and the declaration since made by the king of Sweden to the Diet fhowj, ~ that these meafurcs were preconcerted long ago. BOSTON, August 17. Capt. Gould returned to Salem, from Guadaloupe, informs, that he was taken by a French government (hip, of i6guns, from Guadaloupe, which in the courieef4s days had captured fifteen American, aad three English veifels ; all of who«> except one, had arrived. Capt. G. also informs, that fjom the time of his capture, to his arrival at Guadaloupe, (nine days) he was boarded from, or was spoke by nine French pri vateers.—'l here were at G<rdiloupe, amongf\ other American prizes, a snow, Ephraim Perkins, matter ; a fchoooe', ts Hubbard, mailer, and another vtffcl fron Kennebunk ; a schooner, Grave, msftr, 1 from Marblehcad ; aRd several freol Nw h buryport. il ' The work of builo'inj at S>» _ lem, is pushed with vigour. Coniioifeurs fay the ship looks well upon the flock? J n i three or four weeks we shall lie how fie fits ? . upon the water. ft&thiw The recruiting fervite United States is going througout every p»rt of fine JjAflCt W' " men of iron fuiew" the " post of hanor" in. j bers. ' ,'■% > i . A Mr. Henry jackson, ot Dublin ac e mincnt ironmonger, worth tf>oool. (lerlii-gi has obtained permiiGon of-! p Englifb g or " eminent to emigrate to the United States. Neckar, the celebrate. Financier, rtiH lives in Switzerland, reified even in t e pell mell corfufion of v.v. . C.irnot the French Ex-Direflor, is laid to be with the army of t'ie Archduke incaß. cxcrcifing his greatn'ilitary talents, in C> - ing success to the AnftriaO arras, in tner « iiig the power of In* tyrannical pc rift. SUWARROW iND the ARCRTtUKE- That «lor ii not entailed to corporal dimenftons, i« pretty well proved t ie pfj' sent catnpargß.—Suwarrow, who f ' ,Dlirs ? the alli-'d army, in Ita!y> is 6 feet 4 >" c *awjm fc- « " '-** - -*3 vT'oWO! I. I
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