'V Bank of North America. February 19, I 100. NOTICE. c. SATURDAY next tht aid instant, being so», apart by authority, for payiag refpeA to the Memory of General George Washington, the public arc informed no bufinefc will be d»ne at •hi» Bank en that day. H DRINKIR. Jun. Cafcier. ** February 19. djt Bank of Petinfylvania. Ftbruaiy 19, ltoo. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT no hufinefi will be dan* at the Rank •f Pennfylranta, on Saturday the ltd inft. it being the day appointed by authority for pay ing refpeA to the memory of the late General Walkington. Notci mull be offered on Thursday for dif. cnuai, a> the Board of DireAori will meet on Friday for that puraofe j and all payment! d«c on Saturday at thia Bank, milt be mad* on the day preceding. Br order of the Board, JONATHAN SMITH, CatiUr. Ftbnury 19. djt. Bank of the United States. f«br»irjr 19, il*o. NOTICE. THE public are informed, that no bufineft _ will be done at thii Bank on Saturday the •ad inflant, being the day let apart by autho rity for paying refpefl to the memory of Ota Waihington. e. SIMPSON, Cashier. February 15. djt noir in run puns, And will be ready for sale in Boftoa, New York and in many other parts of the country, By tit imtntj-ftctni array'd. Each chearful mien the Sgns of joy difplay'd, Why founds yon parting knell in accents flow, And firings each heart in unison of woe. Why drops yon veteran foldiei's hoary head, His honel) pride, hit wonted ardoui fled ? ') hefe maiks of woe no private loft the cause, No private grief the tear from millions draws ; Bur all a guardian friend, and fire deplore— T,-.e cuiiAT tbs UHiiral Washington's mo More. The above Poetical Eulogy will be for sale, on Saturday the 2 id of this month, at the Book fljre of William Young, corner of Chcfnutand Stcotid Street!, Philadelphia. Feij. 10. PI.AIS TE RING. THE Sublcriber having undertaken the pltiftering of the Prefident'a hoofe in the ,cily of Washington, wflke* to engage twenty ■bod hands, to whom he will give gentron* wage*. T° comnteuce from the ift of March. February 10t SALES LANDS A*D SHARES IN TIE Population itfAJylum Companies. On FrioaV the 7th day of Mareh next. At 7 o'clock in the evening will be txpofcd ta Sale bj Public Vendue, At the Merchant! Coffee Houle in Second street, in the city of Philadelphia! THE FOLLOWING LANDS, > s. n 5 1 312 42 Equinunk, Northampton eo. 7 2943 41 Lehawaxrn, ditto do. 8 3187 70 Buttermilk Falls, Luaerne do. 1 853 80 Equinunk, Northamptrn do. « ——hf. Hitm ditto do. 3 1309 61 LehawSWw} OO -xJitt* d:tto doj 97 '1474 'I.) Tufcarora, jliO* -«fcr. 63 «J49J *3 —Wjpp«ir*gi ditto Jo. 13 9516 91 Meftuppin fcTunkanftoch, Luscrnc do. 10 2CGOO o Allegheny do. 8 3439 50 Equinunk, Northampton do. jo 34j6 13 Starucia, ditto do a 747 100 Brodhcad's Crcek» do. do. 5 2182 68 ditto ditto do. 75 6000 o East branch of Lehawaxen, Northampton do. * 1 iso o East branch of Lehavrtxtn, 3 J iso Northampton do. 75 30C.00 o French creek &e. Allegheny do, 10 6188 80 Toby's creak, Northamp. do. 37 0 Scbiiylktll, Berks do. J1 j's7 J9 Conocanering, Allegheny do. 13 5191 91 ditto ditto do. 11 44C0 o Lebawaxen, Northampton do. 9 3324 44 Wappufmg, Luzerne do. 6 6293 135 Northumberland do. _ 1,09664 17 ' Six hundred and seventy-three Shares in the Population Company. Three hundred and twenty six Shares in the Asylum Company. CONNELLY St Co, Philadelphia, 14th Feb * lit HUGH DENSLEY. WktrtfitMhd* ALIO, AND %\ je (Sasette. PHILADELPHIA, . rXIDAY tTKNIHC, FEBRUARY 11. No paper will be issued from this office, to-morrow on account of the Public Ceremonies in honor of Gen. Washington. X Demagogues contend that the peoptS of France are dill free ; but admit that t'iry owe their liberty to Buonaparte. Wretch ed tenuie ! humiliating acknowledgment ! The political scene in France, for two or three years part, has very much that of the Koman Empire in tliofe Wleffccl days, when the tiara was bought and fold *t public tu&ion. By as unimportant an tperation as the stroke of a hammer, have the reins of power in France more than once changed hands. Cicero tells us of a Sonfullhip during which the Onful neither atr, drank or lept. It lasted about tiu-.he hours. This would not be the cafe with a French Consul, even though his term of power Riould be reduced to so ihort a dnration ; for the noncbtlanct of his nature would not fufTer him to be deterred from eating and drinking, however busy his office might be, or however anxious his mind. Tho comparison of the propbane rabble to shttp, (the credit of which has been at tributed by an ignorant English ncwfmom{- er to a late French writer) originate*! with the immortal Dean of St. Patrick's. I co py the passage wherein it «« contained, from his '* Contests and diflenttoils in Athens and Rome," becawfe it lias a further appli cation. ' " To defcribo how partict are bred m an a(T:mbly, would be a work too difficult at prefect, jnd perhaps not altogether fafe. Ftriculojt plenum opus aleae. Whether thole who are leaders, usually arrive at that Ratio*, more by a fort of InftinA, or fee ret Competition of their Nature, or Influence of the Stars, than by the Pofleffion of any gtat Abilities ; may be a point of muctr difpwte : bht, when the leader is once fixed, there will never fail to be followers. And Man is so apt to imitate, so much of the nature of sheep, (Imitatores servuto prcus) that, whoever is foboltl to give the fir ft great Ltap over tie Heads of those about him, (althoogh he be the very worst of the flock) 'fliall be quickly followed by th- reft. Be side», when pmies are once formed, the Straggler' look so ridiculout, and become so infignificint, that they have no other way, hut to run into the herd, which, at lea ft, wilt hide and protest them ; and vrh»re, to be much considered, requirrth only to be very violent." An excellent lcflon for those milk-hcarted, etncilitting gentry, who call themselves True Americans ! In comparing the multi tude of mankind to Steep, in calling them the multitude moutonnicr, this divine writer is not, as our enragls conceive, guilty of a lete tgalitJ. He alludei, perhaps, less to the poor and lowly, than to those wretched animals who are so aptly denominated by the great Burke, " the poor rich men." The emigrants to a nation, which set» out •on the principle of indifcriminatrly admit tiiif all who come to its fhorrs, will be for the most part like the crew of a (hip bound on fomc desperate voyage, a guineaman, or one engaged in forced trade. The account given by Gulliver to his Hnuybnhmm mas ter, of th* men whocompofed his (hip'ccrcw, wonderfully applies to most such cases : " They are fellows of desperate fortunes, forc ed to fly from the places of ttteir birth, on ac count of their poverty or their crimes. Some were undone by lawsuits; others fled for treason ; many for murder, theft, poisoning, robbery, perjury, coining falfe money, for committing rapes or sodomy, for flying from their colours, or defcrting to the ene my, and most of them had broken prison ; none of these durst return to their native countries for fear of being hanged, or of {taring in a jail j and therefore were under a necessity of feekiag a livelihood in other —"plate** ll — Emtraß »ft letter from Edward Stephem, Esq. m htard tf lit United State/ ftkaoner Emferiuent, »/ it |tM, -LitUl. Malej, eommauder. Xeogut, JIB.«, rftoa. Si*. I have this moment landed here, after an nnpleafant pafTage of fix day*. Nothing extraordinary happ«a<-d daring our toyage until the ill in (lint, when at 7 o'clock in the morning, being becalmed in the middle of the channel between the island of Gonaib and Trou Corvet (a small iolel between Mon.roui and the point of Saint Marc) wc wera attacked by tea bargea, man ned with negroes and mtilattoea, and ataied with mufketa, fabrea and boarding pikea. Several of these bargea carried can non of 4 pounds and fwivela in the bow ; and from the most accurate calculation I could make, the whole number of people on board of theaa amounted to about 4 or 500 —the large onea carrying 60 or 70, and the small onea 40 or 50 each. They rowed towards us with great cagernefa from Trou Corvet until they same within long guu- Utot of the convoy, when they divided into fevernl small fquadroni, with intention to board each of tbe veflcls. Captain Maley had made the bed possible arrangement for receiving them : The gun* of the th« Expe riment being concealed and her ports kept (hut, they could not diftingmifh her from the merchantmen under titr convoy, but approached her with the fane degree of boldness that they did the reft. When thev came withiif mu(kcl (hot of the convoy they commenced a very heavy firefroin their great guns and mufltetrv, which was inllantly re turned by the Experiment, the brig Daniel and Mary, and the schooner Sea frlowc . fOiir grape (hot and fniail arms made dread ful havoe among them, and obliged them to retire out of the reach of our guns. In this situation they lay on their oars for the '(pace of half an hour examining us, and consulting what mealur* they should adopt They then rowed towards the island of Gonaib, fired a gun and were joined Uy some other barges from the (bore, which took out the dead and wounded from those that had been in the engagement, and brought off a reir,fo*cemen( of men. After they had continued thus reletting their force for an hour and a half,they hoifled their mails and fails, and divided into three fqaadrons of 4 bargej each : The centre divifi»n, confifti g of the largest barges, displayed red pendants fr®m the mill heads, while the van and the rear kept the tri coloured flag Hill flying. In this order they rowed towards our bow with great boldness and velocity ; and from their manoeuvres we could plainly perceive that this attack was meant for the Experi ment, and her alone, and that they deter mined V>y one vigorous effort to board and carry her. Duriug their approach captain .VWlty made a very judicious arrangement of his force : He placed a very strong body of tnu(ke!ry on the foreeaftle, and another on the quarter deck : The oars on both fides wert manned to bring her (larboard and lar board broadside to bear as occasion might require ; the boarding settings hoisted, and the great guns all loaded and ready for ac tion. As soon as they came within half mutket (hot of the Experiment, ihe van and centre of*this little fleet, ranged themfflves on each fide of us, whilst its rear attacked ut ob our haw. Th«y then commenced a bri(k and well dtre&ed fire on all fides, accompanied with dreadful (hrieks and me naces. The guns of the Experiment how ever, being well served, and the fire of the Marines continsed with great (leadinefs and a&ivity. we tit length succeeded in dri»ing them off, afterafmart a&ion of near three -hviiS? In this feconl attmpt two of their barges were fur.k, and 1 great numberin the others killed or woundtd ; I am sorry, hnwver, to add, that during the hrat of the engage ment, and while they attempted to board us on all fides, tvoofthe barges left the fleet, aod (helteriiig themfelvcs from our guns behind the schooner Mary, captain Chipman, and the brig Daniel and Mary, captain Farley, attempted to take them, l'he firft barge accomplished its objeft, boarded the Mary, and inhumanly mur dered captain- Chipmau, being the only person found on deck, as the reft of the erew had either secreted themselves in the hold, or jumped into the sea. The other was funk in ibe ail of boarding the Daniel and Mary, by a well direAed (hot from the Experiment, which passed between the mails of the brig. As Coon as it wa« perceived thit the Ma ry was taken, a few rounds of grape (hot were thrown on board of her, which quick ly dtflodged the pirates, and obliged tliem to abandon her, before they had time to df> more than plunder the cabin. After the frcond attack the barges rowed towards Gonaives, again landed their killed and wounded, and took in another reinforce ment. They continued in this position for •me time, laying on their oars, and care ully watching our motions. As the calm loot■•••eAii ibm impi»lsble for the Experi mi nt to pursue them, er for the vcffels ui der her convoy to cfcapt. About 4 o'clocl in the afternoon, observing that the curreo had carried the brig Daniel and Mary, an< the schooner WalKington, nearly out of th< reach of our guns, they rowed off a thirt time, with a dei ermifiation to cut off tbef two vessels. This being perceived by cap tains Farley and Taylor, commandtrs o the brig and fchoonrr, ibey came to a refo Union to abaudou their vcffels. They wen induced so to do in coufiqueaee of thiii crewg r. filling to defend therofelves, anc from being too distant to be protected b) the Experiment ; thty therc'ore came ci board of the armed fchoaser with theii crews and paflengers. Thty had fcarccl) left their boati when the barges boardec their refpeAive veflcls, and towed thtm of in triumph. Every effort was made b) capt. Maley to save them, but without cf feft, by meant of hit oari ; however, h< got near enough to reach the barge* wit! hi» round (hot, which did them confiderablr damage. Observing thii, they detached two o: their number to some distance from the brig and schooner, either to prevent m from sol lowing tkem, or to capture the two remain ing vcffels that were ft ill under convoy o the Experiment, should (he continue the pursuit. Capt. Malcy judged it, therefore most prudent to remain by them ; 'he calm still continuing, it »ii very uncertain whe ther he could have reached the two veffeli that were already taken, while on the other hand, had be continued the putfuit, he mull have fubje&ed the other two to certain cap ture—During the firft and second aaioni with the barges, the Experiment fuffered m f F»™, 'ijging and fail ; fortunately no pcrfon was killed on board of her, aud only two (lightly wounded- Lieut. Porter received a flight contusion from a muikel ball in his arm, and a French passenger was ftrick in the breast with a spent ball. I can not too much applaud the intrepidity, good condu& of captain Malev, his officers and , men during the fcv ¥ ral aftioiu in which the I Enpenment was engaged. By their perfe vtnng exertions the fch. Sea-Flower, and Mary was saved ; and even the Experiment oerltlf preferred fro« capture. Surround- Ed M these vessels wert iy fiipe'rior number*, | in a perfr A calm and attacked on all fidei,, w thout being able to bring the guns of the | Experiment to bear on the greatest part of the enemy—it is really surprizing that any of them escaped. The murder of the un fortunate capt. Chipraan, and the lol» of two of the convoy, are circumstances nan eh to be regretted, but were notwithstanding inevitable; the barges wire so aumerons that it was next to impofiible to prevent tlieni from boarding some of these vessels. Had capt. Farley and capt. Taylor remain ed firft, to copy after any other ra tion, aad secondly, to give room to an idea that American ioldieis aad faiiors need any incentive to urge them on to c mbat in their country's cause. And herein will <;on filt the dilliodtiou and also the reward, that the gallant, pet fevering and judicio«» offi cer, whose exploit is above rccoidi-d, will receive. But who is bold enough to deny that it is more honorable t<> the countty and the eaptain, than any other CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, Feb. 20. Mr. Harrilon laid the following refplu tion on the table, for the confideratian of the House, viz. Retained, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether the United States t ave any title to the vacant lands in the fhte i.-i' Tenncffce, and report to the I-loufe i'ticli hi\t on the fubjett as may come to their knowledge— together with their opinion (if the title to the lands Ihould be in th;- United States) upon the expediency »f feiiing the said lands, and the mealures ntceflary to be adapted to accompli(h the- sale. Mr. Spaight moved the following' reso lution, which was agreed to by the 11ouic-, viz. fiesolved, That the committee of conn nMrrct and manufactures be directed to en quire whether any and what farther credit may be given for duties 011 the article of produce imported from the Welt Indies into the ports ot the United States, and that they report by bill or otherwise. Mr. I hatcher prefcnted a petition of Samuel Haley, of the state of Ma(lac!>uf»tts, praying aid for continuing in repair docks and wharves which he had erected on a cer tain i(land, the utility of which had bceu fre quently experienced by mariners. Referred to the lecretary of the treasury. Mr. ClaiWn* presented a petition of A. roller, attorney for John Pkchytine, hfr e ;H interpreter to the Chadaw Nation of hC umns, praying compenlation for services ri jn -sred while in that capacity. Referred to the committee as claims with power to rtport by bill or otherwise. Mr. D. F-fter, from the committee o{ CU|»S, made report on the petition of ' ' W,ck K " hn ' the Player thereof OUB ht" not to be granted—in which ,fie Hou fc C o« currcd. A me'ffage was .received frqm the p.,, dent of the United States, by his Sf cretary Mr. Shaw .nformmg the ho#fe £ Prrfident did this day approve and (ur n the a£ intitu ed « An aft to fufpertd i. pit .ft intituled an aft to augment the army 0 f the United States, and for other purpose- " which oiijinated in this honfe. * The bill intituled « An .ftTartherlo fuf jieud the commercial intrrcourfe between the United States and France, and the depen ac.isu-s thereut," was read a third time, and upon the qucftion shall this bill pass T V Mr. Randolph c*Ued the yea, ailo [ nj which were agreed to be taken. ' MriTri. Macon, Egglcfton and Nicholas spoke against the passing ot the bill—and Maflrs. Marlhall, Gallatin and ShtpUerd, in '•*vor ot it—fttai a long debate, the question was taken as iollows : W TEAS. MelTrs. Alston, Baer, R.irtlctt, Bayard, Bird, Brace, J.Brown, Champlin, Claiborne,' • Candit, Cooper, Craik, Dana, J. Davenport, F. Davenport, Davis, Dent, Dickfon, Ed mond, Evans, A. Foster, Freeman,'Gallatin, Glenn, Goode, (<. Goodrich, E. Goodrich, Gordon, Grwy, Giil'wold, Grave, Harper, Hartley, Hnller, Hend#rfon, Hill, I inlay,' /ones, Kitehell, Kittera, H. Lee, S. Lee, Lyman, Linn, Marshall, Morris, Nott, Otis, Pige, Pinckney, Powell, Heed, Rut ledge, Sewall, Shepherd, Smilie, Smith,' Spaight, Stanford, Tiliafenn, Thatcher, J. Thomas, R. Thomas, Thompson, WadC worth, Wain, L. Williams, Woods. 6$ N A Y S. Mess. Bailey, R. Brown, C.bclle, Christie, Clay, Dawfon, Eviction, Elinendorf, Fow ler, Gregjj, Hjhim, Holmes, J-icklon, Leib,' Lyon, Livingflon, M.icon, * Muhlenberg, New, Nicholas, Randolph, Stone, Sumpter, A. 'l'ristK, J. Trigg, Van Oortlundt, Var nuni, R. Williams.i jS Immediately after the Clerk had finifhed calling the members, Mr. D. Foster, said he had jult (lepped to the-door, and had no idea liis name would be callrd before he was rea dy to ant'wci-—upon which the Clerk again called his nam:', ind he voted in affirmative —but it was objefted to by tire house, anal considered ;.s a rule, that if a member did not answer when firft called lie could not after wards be permitted to vote* Mr. Livm,jlton submitted to tht Houfc tlif following refblutions, vis. Resolved, That it appears to thisHoufc, That a perfoil c.-.llun; hirofctf Jonathan Rob bins, and claimed to be a citnen of thf Uni ted States, imprcflVd on board a Britilh /hip of war,*,was committed for a trial in one of the courts of the United States, for the alledged crime of piracy and murder com mitted an tlie h'gh (eas, on. boaru the Bii tilh frigate HenTiioi;o.—That a requilitioil being fubfeqitent to Inch commitment made by the Britilh minister to tie Executives of the United States for the delivery of the'laii person (under tlte natixr ol 1 homas i*,fi>) as h fugitive under the 27th artide of the treaty with Great Britain. Tlte Prclulerjt of tlie United States, did by a letter written from the department of state, to the jua/e who committed the said person for trial, ' officially s declare hie opinion tt> the said judge that he 1 ' coufidered an offence com .mitted 011 board a public ship of war on the high seas to havcbeeji committed within the jurifdi&ion of the nation to whom the iliip belongs," and in ccJnfeqnence of fbch opinion it fid conftruftion, did acvife and requefl the ft id judge to deliver up the pcfon so claimed to the agent of Great Britain, who ihould iripyar to receive hvm, provided only that the ' fl'ipwl 'ted evidence of his criminality should be produced. That in compliance withfuch advice and rcq.»eft of the: Prelident of the | Ufliti-a STtile;, tlie' faiJptfiTon'fo"co'wi:i>ted j tor Iri il, was by the judge .as the diftriA court of South Carolina, without any pre feut merit ©r trial by July-, or any inveftiga |ion of 11 is claim to be a citijzen ot the Uni ted Slates, delivered up to an officer of his Britannic mnjefly, and afterwards tried br a court martial and executed on a charge of mutiny and murder. ResdveJ, That inasmuch as the conftitu .ion of the United States, declares that the judiciary power, ftiall extend to nil arising under the constitution, laws jnd trea ties of the United States, and to all cases o admiralty and maritime j-.'iiftiiftion,and that the tri*l ot all crimes except in cases o impeachment, fliall be by jury) |_ uc trial (hall he held in the (late where fact) :riine fliall have been committed, but "W lot committed within Any the" at iich place or place:; as Congress may uj iave diredled. And inasmuch as it '5 ' ■efted by law, that the • cflencs of roV r c * ommitted on the high fear (hall be deemed o be piracy and murder, and that " the tiw >f all crimes committed on the high n any place out of the jurildti-iio' 1 8 " n y . •articular state, fliall be in the , he oiTlndcr is apprehended, or into w IC nay be firft brought." Therelort tlie e f er |ut j flions whether the alledged ciime o pir* nd murder, was committed within t f ® Litivc jurifditlion ot Great Britain, " " t comes within tiie purview of tie » ventv-feventh article ? And whet er lerfon ftatinr' th.U he was an America" C. - ,en, and had committed the !. C kit ■v?.s acrvfed, in attempting to reg a • ibprty IVoni imprifosimcDt •e tie'.iveieu up. wit!«-ut an/ invejbg 311 >ib c'.im t ■ ci:';;:ei-fM;.i. or i•"» s defence, . • :-yi h)ti>(: |v t:i' iinl't'-iai enquiry* *? £r,r iron, t., a V, CS cor.ftitut.oni ,1 • i.i, r: ! calls of Eilir'«r:ilty,and n»»it«P> the sac L