'"% i* VSKttt. PHILADELPHIA, MONDA* tvtSNING, MARCH 24. Julluni et tunacem propofiti virum, Moo civium ardcr prava jubentium, Non vultus inflantis tyranni, Mente quatit foiida. COMMUNICATION. BUO NAPARTE. Of all the inflances of eonfummate im pertinence, his letter to the King of Great Britain, See. is the greatest ; and it is not only imp-rtinent, but alio a compleat dit play of duplicity. A vagabond exalted by plunder, rapine, and the mod extravagant enormities, to the head of a band of French Robbers ; a caitiff who but a few davs be fore, knocked down the constitution he had sworn to defend ; presumes to write to the Majesty of England with proposals of peace ! What confidence can be criven to fucll a Gal lic Jt !i n afl' lfin i none • The upflart rep tile, guarded by his accomplices in ullainy, dois rut vwAnt peace : that is not his-»bje Certain captain of this port, who tells us how he was brought to by the Biitilh cutter Sparrow,—how be was ordered on board t-id Sparrow, and how he was detained 5 or 6 hauis ; how he was called « * danin'd Yankey rascal, for giving H. M.'s cutter futh a chafe," how the British captain abaifed him, and how the failing matter robbed the Tffffcl. Then follows a detail of his treat ment by the Loweftoffc, where, after much of the fame he intorms u<, the captain paid him ieventy dollars to make up, as he fays, the depredations of his men, call ed him " a danm'd fcnundrel," "ayankey rafcil," and dittniffed him. Of the evil iir tentions of the men who difieminate these reports, no doubt can be entertained ; the captains may propagate theinfrom ignorance, or any other motive. To charge a failing-tnafler of a British nun of war, with stealing time-glare s, lan t- orns, tin-pots, sailors' cloetbs and meat in soak, is evidently not only the height of fcaudal and malice, but absurdity. Forwhy fiioulr! a failing-m.tfter fieal these articles above all ethers ! Bcfides, if heft.le the ar- tides, h* must have carried them a'loaid his own (hip 5 and if lie carried them aboard l is own (hip, the captain mui> have keen nude a pa'rUkcr of this imputation. would be thought of the propaga tion ol'iuch a fiory as this, of on; of ,>ur of ficers, ill t!,e Eritil-h lStfwfpajrrs ? Can ativ prrduce inltancrs i : such detradv.i;'? If this American captain w;,s realiy robbed ty the Britifli officer, he mult be :,Bie to prove it ; ami lie mull know, that by prov ing "> pofTelTes full power to execute not 6nly'jufVice, but vengeance against tlte rub-' ber. Why, therefore, inllrad of reporting the circumstance in form of a calumny against the whole nation,—why does he not go to Mr. Lifinn, and formally arraign the officer j -as a thief ? The childish complaint, of the application ot terms ot reproach to him, by a man :n ---ten&a at being needlefdy vexed-by a long arid fruitlefs chafe, merits the Iftg'beft con tempt. I repeat here, what I have before aflerteJ, that it has been in a' great measure owing ti> the mercenary tales cf unprincipled, lying iailors, that onr government bas been tricked intoalmoft all the errors and follies it has committed. But f®r these men, there is fom * degree of excuse on the score of ig norance : The conduit of the feoundrel Printers, who, with jdyous grin, reiterate their tales, is assignable only to a base ana daflardtv malice. As it is pufiible tb.it this may be the only SieJium through which the information may reach him, I have now the honor to acquaint His Excellency Robert Lifton, Esquire, that these reports, affefting so deeply, (wherever believed) the honor of the British navy, ai,d the charafter of the B:i ifh nation, are al ferted by a Captain Kennedy, of the fchoon ex Nancy, of Philadelphia ; published in fer ♦eral base newfpajters in Philadelphia, and, in the courle of two cr three weeks, will appear in an hundred others, throughout the Continentto the end that a scrutiny may take place. The endless Priefilcy has publj/hed ano ther Pamphlet: this is ludicrously entitled " The Do&rine of Phlegiftofi established, and that of the Composition of Water refuted." The new Doftrine of Airs, though it be of French origination, is a mountain -which the infidelity of this vain and voluminous old Sophist, will never re move. He may to pamphlets add Oftavos,—j to Odavos, Quartes, ponderous as that of, " Priestley on Optics,"—and all will avail j iira nothing. The fafhion of PhlogiAen * w r; and-tffe old man win depbltgisticate ;, !S . * tl rateiinttHe- tnil,fiance,following, which begin :—"thus do the pretended friends .to order ivery where aiftmguilh themielves by not and violence/' j kc. are of course, though we are pained as at ore fa id, to repeat it, equally fa Ift and : groundiefs. The « large patty" confided ! of the former and the latter of thole gentle- 1 men ; and the attack was commenced not ■ by them, bat upon them by the Republicans, j .'eventeen in number, whom they for a long tune kept at bay, knocking down numbers, ! until an unlucky accident threw Mr. Doyle into their power ; when Mr. Armstrong al- j fa fell, and they were, indeed, both unmerci- 1 fnl'y abused by these cowardly friends to' the Rights of Men, and Mr. Doyle's arm aiSunlly broken ; happy to escape even thus, both him and his friend having been threatened with dssth. CONGRESS. BOSTON, March 17. MOCSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The following letter from the American Friday-, March »j. Consul at iit. Jago de C«ba, is important, Mr. Speaker laid befo, e the house . let 35 •" * WP) P oint in the ma " ttt from the Secretary at War, indole , hcr£,ofore dif " r.port on the petition of John Ar„(tro»g, Th" letter was accom which was read andorde.edu. be printed I T,. 3 Pr w lKe br - The bill for the relief of the corporation fn' 4 tk ""> ° f Bofton > fa,lcd from Port ofßhod. Iflind College. read a third Palx ln D^« m n Boston, wa. tune and upon the question (hall this bill' J■ Jlj * J * pass? a long debate ensued—The q.eftion t pa falucca " a " d kntmto Cuba, where was on motion cf Mr Smith, postponed till W " co " demn£d ' Monday. St. tit Cuba, Jan. 22, 1800. Mr. Gregg prefer;ted a petition of Chris- Bin. L-t ncoln, E»q_ tbpher Geer rig, and Frederick Lafceles, 4/ , which was read and referred 10 a feledt „ ~ I . , . committee. On ine arrival of the therein mention- Mr. Thorn, son presented i petition of fehooner Polly of Boston at this port, I Joku Carfee, which was referred to the imii- claimed her as American property, fubjefi mittee of claima. Mr. Mtrfcail from the feleA commit-ee' t " * fa,V3 B c * But W3a told b ?" tbe C> jilbert Dench, who prayed for damages ci -. c \x T u ' ' -. . uftained by him in cotifcquencc rf the de t"\ 1 ' ,> n»jt!.ir.. ireciation of certifica.es he received during "w hh 'J'.h n'" M he revolutionary war in discharge of con , h " " £*? tht . fl "? *»»* V?*? rafts made with the quarter matter-general l * t "" ri thf I ! d " ,l! Ti.r t- m , * • , r ®"V in company with the !Cr-r. . Holitiai ike fubjeft has been twice before conlidr- ,• ~ m , c . ,\ Ji A anrl .v, u r j or >*w her late thrpu 'h the Mpr< a and rejeiled by the house—and as no •»„, , ■' v ' iew evidence is adduced, the committee are r i.5 t 'i n M l " r rVr ■f opinion the prayer ofthe petitLn ought fc U 7 C -' X ' of *° d so lot to be granted- Philadelphia from Anturna having under ton Ti,.' . 1 , r %, ■ voy fix vessels niniej nnki-own. C.ipt. \V Ihe report wa» committed for Monday i„M. at Ofwegn ; at Niagara ,at poffibie laws, in a government of which he ' "f i Prtl q u '''x, and Ouatouon on the ri- i ajjii* with their fellow citizens ; nobles for vcr ;at Mailac ; at anyplace or places j life, and judges aud re?ifers of the a&s of ■ °. n r,ver Miffi.flippi, ,abov# the mouth of the the 300 legators, whom they themfelve, j * nd 'nonoUriver. , h°""ft * ,, d: upon far more than all this, the whole na- .alt fideof the Miffiflippi river,below the mouth tion is called upon to judge and da» ide, by j of the river Ohio to the southern boundary of a eonftitutlon, whose prime leading, and | state ot Kentucky and within thefa : il state; fundamental principle it is, that the great at Knoxville ; at all polls and places within the mass of the nat on have just vinue and wif- i ef T «iiclTee ; at South WelUJVint; at don enough tochnfe their cenftable. and no !A' ° K ° ck ." ouft i " St. Sevens, or otfter = i e,m „j. ,„i,„r,i htj irage the fovere.gr,t y .f the people is ad- „ e s; helovv the southern boundary of the state mitted ill its widest extent; and the people !of 1 enneiree and within the boundary of the are called upon to exercise it, as the filicide | United States. exercises his power over life »nly to dc ftrov it farevrr. The indcftniiSle validity ofpetfonal rights is thus exprcfl'sd as fully as the wildest demowacy could vote it ; ky a conftitutiyu as oligarchic as ever that of Venice was, and which pronounces the people at large a.fouland unwho!efome ele- ment, unfit l« be employed iu the fimplafl offices, withost long processes of filtration. But thi», however, we nay perhaps pass over, as a country grimace to amuse the half jacobin 9 ; an aft of pure tenderaefs to the genius of democracy, now on its death bed: and it would be too rigorous to ex pert consistency in a mere compliment. Sieyes and Baonaparte are,we prrfumc, fuf ficieitly afuredof tie affeftioas of the sol diers, aui the terrors w»d kopefulncfs of thenation, to.know, that no deliberation will be called forth, no a&ual power ex ercised by the people. ©asettc lariat JLift. Pott oj Philadelphia AHHIVtD, Ship Mary, Webb, Guira zo Brig Florida, Long, Tener.'i'j vii Mar- Third Proposals to supply all rat ons that may be required, at Poiat Petre ; at Colcraine, at and at any other place or places where troop.- are or ruay be (lationed, marched or recruited wiihin the fiate of Georgia; at all torts or liations on tfe Oconnee and Alatama ha, ar.d at all othjr places in the Creek nation, within the limits of the United States, where ',tr»np> arc or maj/ be stationed. Fourth Proposals to supply all rations that miy ee rehired at Fort Johnfton, at Pert Pinck ne*,'at Cliarlefton, or at any other place or places where troops are or may be ftatiosed, marched or recruited in the state of Sourh-Ca rolina. Fifth. PropofaU to supply all rations that may be required at the Fort at Wilmington, Cape Fear; at Beacon island, Ocraccck ; at Charlotte ; at Fayetterille ( at Salisbury, or at atiy other place or places where troops are or may be flationsd, marched or recruited in the state of North-Carolina. Shcth. Proposals to supply all rations that may b» required at Norfolk, at Portsmouth. a: Kempfville, at Charlottevi!le, at Winchester at Staunton, at Richmond, at Alexandria, at Leelburf, at Frederickft)«tp, at Carterfvillc, at Harper's feriy, or at any other place or places where troops ar« or may be flationed, marched or recruited, in the state of Virginia Seventh. Ptopofals to fupulv all rations that maybe required at Fort at Bafti more, at Annapolis, at Frederick town, at Leonard town, at Haperstown, at Bladeniburp, at George town, at Eaftown, at the Head of iilk, and at any other place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or re cruited within the limi;s nf the state of Alary land. Kighth. fropnfals to supply all rations that may, be requirrd at Fort Mifflin, at Philadel phia, at Darby, at Lancafler, at Wilkelbarre, at l\e«dir.g, at Hriftr.l, at York town, at Cai lisle, at f.euifiown (Mfflin county) jt Bedford, at Greti.fbmg, at Washington, at Eailown, at VVilniingio:,, a t Chrilliana, at Dover, or at any o her place or placet where troops are c,r may be llatioued, marched or recruited within the limits of the Kates or Pennsylvania an.i Dt laware, except the pofls withm the (late of I'enr fylvania, enumerated in the full propi/als a .'ore/aid • . Ninth. Prop-fdls to f ipnly all rations may he at Ha'kenfac, ar Elizabcth t a t New-Bronfwick, at Bwrliugton, at VVoodl.ury, at Trenton, and at any other place < r places where troops are or may be Rationed, marched «r recruited within the limits of the Hate of Jerf. y. " Tenth. Pr.ipofals to supply all rations that may be required at New York, at Well Point, at Flushing, at [Jacrlrm, at Well Chefler, at Pou;hl;ep(h', at Kondrrhoak, at Stillwater, at Newberg, at Albany, at Con.'joHarie, at Cher ry Vaiiey, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be flat oned, marched or recruited within the lirmts of the (late of New-York, excect the polls within the laid Hate enumerated in the Srft proposals aforefaid. Ei'eventh. Proposals to fuppily all rations that may be required at Hartford, at Hebron, at New Lmdon, at Brooklyn., at Wyndham, at Litchfield, at Guilford, at New-Haven, at Faufield, at Danbury, at Middletown, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be Rationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of Connecticut. Twelfth. Proposals to supply al! rations that may be required at Fori Wolc»tt, at Bnr,ton's Point, at Newport, at Providence, and at any place or places where troops are or may be lla tionrd, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of Rbodc-Ifiaiul Thirteenth. Proposals to supply all rations that nuy be required at Portland in the Dif- ol Maine. Gloucellrr, Cape Ann, Salem, Vlarblehead, Boltun, atUxbridge, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be llationed, marched or recruited within the li mits of the ftaje of Maffachti!ett». Fourteenth. Proposals to iuuply all rations that may be required at Portfmruth. at Enter, at WinJfor, at B-nning-on. at Rutland, or at any lort, place or places, where troops are or may be rtationed, marched or recruited within the Stntes ot New Hampihire and Vermont. The rations to-be ftfpptied, is to consist ol' the following articles vi?. cighte.-u ounces of bread or floor, or when neither aan he obtained, of one quatt of rce, or one and a half pouud of lifted or boulted Indian meal, one pound and a quarter of frefc beef, or one pound «f salted beef, .or three quatters of a pound of fj'tc.l pork, and when frefh meat is iffueJ, (alt, at the rate of two'quans f'r eetry hundred foap at the rate of four pounds, aRd ca/idl.s at the rate of a poujd and a half for every hundred rations 1; is eipefled the proj «faU will also extend to the supply of rum, wfcifky, or other atdent fpi r/ts at the rats'of half a gill per ration,, and vine gar at the rate cf two quarts for every hundred rations. Ihe piopofals will fpecify the price ol the several component parts of the ration, as w.ll as those of fubfiitutts or alternatives for parts thereof. Days ftiniqu ■ — Bjlunuijf 14 Nantucket 16 Savannah S Nantucket 14 New-York 5 WAR DEPARTMENT, March i iß>o ( . T' ,c ration.* are to kc furniflied m fueh qutntU i 41 r ' ,fll 'h cf e fliall ac all rin ci, during the tcraa , tfce propoßd coatra&s be fuflicient ffcr the eon. | sumption of the troaps at Mkhilimackiirac, Da ; treit, Niagara and Ofwego, for (:x months iu ad. vance, ' and at each of tha other poll* on the wef, tern waters, fsr at least three months in advance, of good andwhedefome provtfions, if the fame (bail lie required It is aifo to !;a permitted to all ar,.l every of the cAnvmar.thnts of fortified places, or pods, t« call lor it fealons when the fame oan ts tranfportijd, or at any. tiiv,e i H cafe of urgeucj. Ittcb fuppliet of like provifioni in advance, as in the discretion of the eommandadt fcall be deemed proper. It is to be understood that the contratftor '» to be at the cjpente and rilk of issuing the sup plies to the troops and at all Irffes, Inltained, by the depredations ol aueremy, or by means of tiio troup» ol the United States, fliall be paid for at the price of the article captured or. defiroyed, on the d«p>fttion< ol two or more pe{fon« of cr«ditable cluraiaers and the certificate of a cummiffioned officer, afcertainaig the circumflances of the lof>, and the amount of the articles, for which campen. fation (ball be claimed. if \ ' A t Ihe privilege i« to be understood to be refcrvei to the United.State# of requiring-, that none of ths injuries which may be furnilhcd utii'.er any of the proposed confjuSs (hall be iflaed, until the sup plies wjiich have or may be furidfhed under con trasts now in force hav« been confined, and that a lupply in advance may be always required at any/at the fired, ports on the or Indian frontiers, not exceeding three month*. JAMES M-H&NRY, March 24, NEW THEATRE, Monday evftiing, March 24 Will be pref.nud a Comedy (not ailed theft tfure THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. Written by Richard Cumberland, Esq. To -which will be aJded, A muoh admirsd Musical Farce, called TtfJE RIVAL SOLDIERS; Or, Sprigs of Laurel. [Written by' Mr. O'Ksefe.] Bpx, one Dollar, Pit, three quarters cf a dollar, and Gallery half a dollar. The doors of the Theatre will open at a quarter palij, and the curtain-rife at a quarter pall fix. VI VAT RESPUBLICA. MISS BROADHURST RESPECTFULLY informs her iricn tn I the public, that foe intend* having a-CONt L . City Tavern on Thursday evening the 3d Particulars of which will he m.ntionrd in a futui< advertisement. Ticket* to be had as above, and at Chalk's Ci*. culating library, No. 75 North i J*ird ftrcet. March Z4. ' No. 11 r, OF TUB RUSH-LIGHT Will bt published next Wednesday morning. ti Asa ir.oft tyrannical attempt hat been made to the sale and put a rip to the circula tion of this w.rk./V. PbUaUlfbi, , and,as it is ap prehended that tbofe, in the city, who *> hate the Ugh, because their deeds are evil," will succeed in in-mudarir.g the bookfellcr. To far a. to prevent frcm ; t! -' s is to give notice, that any N fbilaaetpbian, who flill w.ihes to fee the truth-, stall b< supplied With the HUSH LIGHT regularly br p«ift, and that I will pay the postage. The money must be paid in advance ,• but thi* may be very easily managed. Fiva gentlemen, for inftar.ee, may join together, and fend on a five dollar note, upon the receipt of which credit will be given to each of them fer four Humbert which will be regularly f*nt »n, the moment they are publiihed. I his put* one in mind of the means formerly made afe o1 to steal booksfr< m free states into des potic ones. What strange thißgs come about in this world ! Mirch 24 JOSEPH ANTHONY & Co. At their Store No. 5 Cbcsnut Street, bsve FOK SALE, The following Articles, viz. Fir ft quality Russia Hemp Ruflia Duck Brandy in pipes, firft and fourth proof Madeira Winoin pip*s and half pipet Claret ia cases Winter and Summer prefleJ, Spermaceti Oil Spermaceti Candels, and Hyson l'ea,lateft importation March 24, THE ANTI-JACOBIN REVIEW and MAGAZINE; Monthly Political and Literary CENSOR. gy A few copies cf the above work arc receiv ed and- for (ale at Dickins $ Bookfcore, loppoficc Chriit Church. March 24. NOTICE. AM. parsons indebted to the eitate of JOHN RHOADS, late o.' this city, deccafed, art requeftedtomake immediate paymentandthofe hiving accounts against the lame, to bring them in, duly attested, for payment to RACHEL RHOADS, Admm'tx. No. 19 North Third i'trect. March 14. Forty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the Snbfcriber, living in Saflafras Neck Ccfcil i'cunijr, State ol Ma. ryland, on Fri.Uy the 14th iuft. a negro man nam. cd VE I'll, about twenty-five yean of age, toler able black, ami left handed. He has bier used to failing by water in the Chrfapeake flay about twe've months and is smart and a&ivtr He ha» been formerly »fcd to Farming and taking care of horses. His cloathing he took with him is un. known— It i» fipcAcd he hat Shaped hia course for 1 bllnddphia iif Cheßer Tow», and tb« abov« reward will be paid for ftcuring him in any goal in the United States, reafostable chaigvspai4 if brought boms, by JOHN FERGUSON. N. B All niaftcrs ofvefTels and all ether perfow are forwarncd of harboring the said negro. SafTafraj Neck, March Is, Secretary of War• lawta^Jitly mwfim a«6w