P
■' :$ the late expedition, has confijcra
- 1.. v ..mbarraftcd the execution of my de
:Tn to obtain a critical and general sur
vey of the improvements, undertaken
by the exiting contrails ; but as far as
my information, or obiervation, will ex
tend, there is amp!-' e icourag;m;nt to
prrfevere in the beneficial policy, which
actuated your predecelfori on this fub
jett
As the enliftimcnts of th« corps fta- '
ioned at the Fort on Mud-Island, hare
expired; it will rccjutrt legiflativc con
liberation, whether the ft me circum-
Itances w!iieh originally led to that ef
tablifhui.'tit, for preferring the peace
aud neutrality of the port, do not now
require its continuance. The proper
in llru£l!ons have been issued, for main
taining the garrison at Fort le Bceeuf;
but. it is probable, that the temporary
pro.ifion which Congress hnt made, for
keeping a military' force in the western
counties, will supersede the necessity of
your intci'poung, at this time, for the
prote&inn of our frontiers. Indeed, the
recent vi&oi y obtained, by the gallant
atmy, under the command of General
Wayne, promises a speedy relief from
rveiy apprehrnfion of savage depredati
>n. As it seems already to have chan
> J the arrogant and hoftiletone of the
wrthern Indians, it can hardly fail to
>v*>4uce a difpofuion for peace among
v.llerrt tribes, who have so severely
e power and prawefsof their ene-
i:
men of the Houfc of Reprefen
tat'rvet.
Ye will perceive from the document*
ii:c-ded to be laid before
tt'.'-: .ccumulation of our reve
hs recess, has been conli-
J uniform, notvvithftanding
. Li >ns f6r the weltern expedi
o , ami :he temporary derangement
v hat event u.iav
in j i-uniary traniadtions with tlie
Gc jriuienu Since the 16th day of
Ai • lait, there has been received
a fur. 128,610 dollars and. 51 cents
which being added to 417,277 and 44
cents, at that time in the treasury,
will form an aggregate of 639,887 dolt,
and 95 cents. Tiie dilburfemcnts from i
the laine date, including, among other
charges, the expence of the late session
of the legislature, and the appropriation
forthe militia fervi«es, have amounted
to iß_,&-3 dollars and 79 cents. From
this ftarement, therefore, it appears,
that there is at this time, an unappropri
ated balance of 457,064 dollars and 16
cents 111 tie treasury, fubje£tonly to the
claims, for dilcWarging the current ex
pellees of government, and an unfatis
fied sum of about 35.00 ! dollars, in
warrants and certificated for unfunded
debt. In tfys balance, however, no
notice is takeii pt the dividend on the
public Hock, in the B»i)k of Pennfyl- !
• vania, wh'cb will alwaysbe nearly fuf
ficient to defray the exptrncM of govern
ment ; while, the product of the land
office, the gradual collection of the ar
rearage of taxes, and the revenue arising
from fees payable in the several public
offices, mud furnifhan annual augmenta
tion of our pecuniary capital.
So fiouriihing a ftat« of our finances
will, I have no doubt, excite a liberal
enquiry into the, belt means of employ
ing the unappropriated ftirplus of the
public income. The improvement of
our rivers can never escape
your attention ; and 'the eteflion of
suitable Iniiloirtgs for the fafe-keeping
of our public records, will occur to you
with growing importance. But I con
fefs, that at this period, I contemplate
the establishment and endowment of se
minaries for ufefui learning, as the moll
laudable and patriotic object, upon
which the treasure of the state can be
V. !
expended.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Re
frefentatives.
The event which has so dangerously diftnrb
edthe public peace, and so generally agita
ted the public mind, will, I hope, l«ad e
very citizen feriouHy to estimate the bles
sings, whieh we now enjoy, compared
»s well with the miteries that afflict almost
every country on the globe, as with our
own political depreflion at a former period.
The efie<Sl of this review, cannot fail to
awaken the moll lively emotions of gra
titude : and to present the molt forcible
inducements to circumfpe&ion arid vigi
* lance, in the exereife of our civil rights,
and the performance of our social duties.
If, in any degree, it serve* to strengthen
the boundary between liberty and licenti
ousness—to prevent the afcufe without im
pairing the ul'e of any valuable right,—
our fellow-citizens will inevitably find,
that they have established an additional se
curity for tjieir own happiness, and for the
happiness of their posterity.
(signed) THOMAS MIFELIN.
Philadelphia, December 6, 1794-
From a London paper of Sept. I 8
A dreadful fire broke out at Boston
in America, nearly at the fame time as
the late (hocking fire at Ratclifft, and
from the fame cause, the boiling over of
« pitch kettle; which burnt with such
i ip'dity as to consume nearly one fourth
'if Bolton, deploying fc v-rral wharvcj
a< i lljrc* of merchandize in a f.-w
how*. The lofi of property is estima
ted at 30, cool, flerling, and it is be
lieved tint the whole is uninsured. ■
Many accidents having happened of
late trom tire, occasioned by the boiling
over of tar kettles, a Correspondent rc
xjueftt us to make public the following
preventative *-When the tar is in its
cold Itate, mix with it about two pen
ny worth of good bird lime, till it is
well incorporated ; —this done, the tai
may L>e made to boil without the lead
fear of boiling over.
For the Gaxette of the Unittd Statu.
Mr. Fenno,
I wag glad to find by your paper
that the thanks of the Democratic So
cieties were to be tendered to the dis
tinguished charadters v-ho have so zva
loully and ably vindicated their conduift.
I hope that suitable acknowledgments
will not ouly be made to tiiofe who
have the honor to be houorary members
but to those who have .the more trans
cendent honor of being real. members,
altho the latter may have only said a
word on the occasion, for you know
I that one -word, on a critical occasion,
| may do us more' service than whole co
-1 lumns of notes; many people womU} be
at the trouble of reading those long
speeches where a body forgets one part
while h« is reading another, whereas a
Jingle word if it's apropos, may decide
a nice question.
Yours,
Tom the Tinkf.r,
For the Ga%eitt of the United States.
jmy, to thc-atroui.t of 80*000.
This vifUi'ry was the tnoli complett
A gentleman from a fouthcrn date Ti*. 'of an y dari »S .campaign—betwee.
fiven us a detail of such iirvpofitions on the , 3 an 4 s?°° Au fx nan slaves were killec
redulity of the citizens in that vast extent ; and wounded— 7 or 80 - taken prisoners
>f country as deserve no little retketion.— ' and the important city of Jul.ers, situ-
This gentleman is a known and able op- ! ate a h out 2 n m ;| M f, om Maelhicht ant
loser of the northern politics : This infer- jC, ] , f urreil< fcred at difcrctior,
tiat.on will not therefore need any corro- Im, A n • ,1 a „ 1
, • T .I 1 he Auurians had previoutlr taken re
joration with our louthern readers. It goes ; . r _ J . .
:o (hew how strongly as well as wickedly ' u £ e Jvl<c Is, but l!ie Republicans, or
the national government has been mifi-e- the night proceeding the furiender,
upon ihc insurgent newspapers, and clubs, ! regiments in particular, were so irnpati
by the supporters of the prev ailing mea- ; ent, they could not wait fur the bridge,
fures : but they have maae 10.-.elhewof swam acro f 3 r iver, and with sword
invalidating the chirse upon tliem, oe~ .. j. i p~ .t* f»i
caofe itproceeds from their opponent,.- h r ai,d t«ok poffwW «f the ramparts.
Theadmiflion of the fart of the grofTeft Before the day- dawned the Außnans
and most probable deceptions being spread evacuated the city, and the MagiHrate.
in the country, being now made by a gen- delivered the Keys to Gen. Jourdan.
tlcman whom they will not refufecredit to, J n this city were found 60 pieces of car.-
it behoves us to look more carefully than . noI)> 60,c00 pounds of powder, and
fcderrfecurit d ° ne j ttnrra of every kind The
L The fafety of the constitution rests in o- R <^pu b Sican Cavalry pursued the enemy,
pinion. The people thinking their plan of overtook the rear, and took the bvtg
government wife and their servants up- gage with 6JC prisoners.
right and honest will support it, because The importance of this brilliant vic
they will refpeii and love the authority t„ ry and the confequer* furrendry ol
they have appointed for the public good. j ulier(|> cannot b( . t(1(J hly c ft; matcd .
; But we are told that 0p,... or.by Jt he Au fl rian armic!) alld
means of l.es is with great numbers \; n &a (he whole comWnatlon . It im
turned again ft government. Few, very , , an ohU tion on the cnemlts of
few wife and good men are there who Franc . c tQ maimain thc atmie „ of , he
do not refpea the conlhtutcd author.- Repubn< .. durin r the winter—limits or
ties. If then groundless charges, and dsftroyß thc refoUTClso f thc Auftrians
the most grouncHcfs that can be .mag.- n fecurej a fafe t( . trot also to the yic .
Ned, will turn mens heads round, will t()r ; ous foldicrJ of Francs) itJ the event
turn refpeft and love of the magnates of an un e£lcd revcrfe 0 f f orune .
a*'d jealouty, fear, and hatred, sfj the . tQ Mae(lrichti and
then so far as these deadly passions |W§ j m f j n j et and t(J H<) ,_
spread, our fafety no longer depends on Und now tlofely invested( and even
opinio,., (for that ads to deltroy, not to w !thout the h of extraneou , f oc<om ,
support) ..ut on force. The ly.ng At sent we cannot be more m ;_
newspapers and clubs, and their runners, nme Qn thig po ; nt _ j n # wor(J> fct U)e
produce this fad alternative, either to uniform friemls of France cherini th ,
let government fall before the infur- bope and opin ; on> tha t all thing, in the
gents, or to ca lon the loyal and sober rq[ th ; s mlghty Commonwealth
citizens to hold it up by main (trcngth. are j a# W ould wi(h them to be.
Some persons have bee« not a little vain ]}y this arrival we are also infornßj
of their independence, republicanism, t j iat) provisions and warlike ftcrei, of e
andzeal. These sent imcnts they boast very kind, were extremely plenty, that
almost daily,they have evinced by their twenty-fi.ve millions of aflignats were cal
inceffant attempts to decry certain mea- ' e( i al, d burnt between the firft and sth
fures, now folunn act S of government of Oaober-That part of the fleet wert
r * , , , P- • 1 out, their expedition not known, and
fanftioned by repeated majorities and tllit the armed l vefla . of tfce Republic,
to blacken and hunt down certain high still continue their fuccefsful depradationi
officers of the government. Terms of 0 n the Bntift trade. The Convention hai
reproach have been exhausted to {hew also published a most pathetic and anima
the wic.kednefs of both; and has any ting address to the People, and-above ai
thing been left unsaid to alarm iealoufy to the . J ac obin or popular Societies ; en
j 1 T .u-r „ , 1 j couraging their zeal and vigilance, and ex.
and awaken rage. It,thefe things had effi ® .^ ur fcnfe of the f r ol) i igations t<
been true, violent cortfequences were to thcfe j? atriot ; c , .< f e lf- C reated" afTemblie:
be expeiled from their being eltablifh- f o rtheir pafi exertions in favor of lihtrty
ed : but (till perhaps the truth (hould Convinced that the more themiiKls ofafr. '
be t- Id and thc conlequences risked.— people are enlightened, the stronger an.
But if they are utterly falfc, what is the more powerful will be their efforts,
tendency of their circulation, but to M ■ (dependent Chrom.
kindle ir.furrcftion ard to drive good ci
tizens to aid thc laws by force. By tht
Mr. Fenno,
foulcft artt, by industry (that would do
honor to a good cause) in spreading
jraloufies and accusations, one infur
rc&ion ha« been fomented, and the ma-
terials are ready for more. The body
politic seems to be ruled by two wills.
The movement* of a certain great body
have either flopped, each party being
strong enough to difappoinl the effort!
of the other, or the motion has been
flow, heavy, (ometime* backward.—
will not the machine of gowrgment soon
wear out with so much friction ? Will
not ihe strength .that drags forward all
the l;ihttary plana ws have-yet adopted,
grow weary and, faint? It ii forth*
people to weigh the clamorous mock
patriots in their balance. They will
hod their merits to be, not doing busi
ness, but hindering iu being done, flat
tering fufpiciom aud accufatwnj with
equal levity and rancour of heart. Such
men are better calculated arid more ac
tively engaged to mar our federal gov.
crnment than to carry' it "Into operation.
If the diltri&s that fend fu>:h men are
really federal and republican,, a* they
would be thought, their coiulyfi is a
riddle. -"If iliey would every
thing, it is irttrlligible enougb< . C.
By this Day's Mail.
BOSTON, December I.
IMPORTANT NEWS.
QIRECT FROM FRANCE.
Yesterday afternoon arrived here, -in
41 dayi from Brest, the (hip Betsey,
Captain Percival. We are favored witli
Paris papers, to the 9th of O&ober.
These jwpers were immediately put into
the hands of a Gentleman to uxnflatc ;
but the length of their contents prevents
oilr entering into minute details. We
have only time to (late the following im
portant vi£lories, in a .
SUMMARY.
ON the 6th of Oft. a letter, was
rjead to the Convention from the Repre
sentative a fid from Gen. Jourdan, with
the fli'tpy of the Sarobre and the Meufe,
givisijr a particular account of a molt
fignat victory over the Aullrians, de-ftin
ed to reinforce the Duke of York's ar-
FRENCH INTELLIGENCE
i* received by Captain Percival, arrived yes
terday afternoon, in 41 days from Brest,
as late as the 20th October—the fame day,
ou which the Ketch Eliza, of Salem, left
Bourdeaux. The French newfpapei j being
taken on board the Concorde for the ir-
Ipedlicn of the Captain, ar.d afterwards
otherwise disposed of, the Editor notwith
standing the moll unremitted exertions,
could not obtain a fight of any of thcfrr.'
Two letters only were received by th is ar
rival—one of these the Editor perused, and j
collected from it the- following articles.
The republican armie* were still mar
ching in trii:mph.—o;i the frontiers of
Spain and Holland they were irrefiflali e
—and wincredhv tHe w!ilv of their
'* * t
victories, tuc tei ror vt their ai rns has al
ready readied the heart of -thole domi
nions.—The crops in France were un
commonly luxuriant. P.ovilions were
umveriaHy abundant. The maikcts of
some of the sea ports were glutted.
Flour fold, per single barrel, at 8 dol
lars, in Brest. Cartels were daily arri
ving from the Weft-Indies with French
emigrants, The success of the French
privateers was immense. At the port
of Brest, there was a continual influx oi
captures from the Kngliih. Three or
four prizes were hruuolit in daily—
on some days, from ten to twenty.
Capt. P. arrived it. Bred, nine days
after tin; old rmburgo was tjken off; and
when he left that port, another was
momently expected.
Friday last arrived at Marblehead, the
brig Galen, Capt. Eddy of this port, af
ter a paflagt of 6$ days from J.oiu:on. —
in her came pafluigers—Mr. Campbell.of
this town, merchant, Capt. Lewis, and
Mr. Powell, Manager of the Boston Thea
tre, with the following re-inforccment to
his Theatrical troop —viz: Mcflrs. Tay
lor, Hipwortb, Villars, Hetly, Hughes,
Mrs. Hughes, Hillian, Miss Harrifon, and
Mr. Bartlett returned, with his lifter and
niece.
PORT of PHILADELPHIA-
ARRIVED.
Ship Tristram, Chriftic, Havanna, 18
Aurora, Sutter, Hamburg, 56
Brig George, Mitchell, • Jamaica, 40
Fair American, Tatem, St. Croix t
*4
Mary & Elizabeth, Latimer, Cu
racoa, 17
Bctfey, Newell
Eliza, Vanneman, St. Thomas, 15
Schonner Rose, Davis, Hifpan'ota, 7
Minerva, Andaule, St. Males, 18
Magdalena Eliza, Billis, St. Tho-
mas, 17
Ncw-York Jacket, Bell, Guada
loupe, 16
Wafliington, Robins, N.. Corolina,
8
Swallow, Connell, Jeremie, ig
Sloop Susannah, Pease, Nantucket,
Eliza, Wood, New-York, 4
Brothers, Laudon, Savannah, 11
Sally, Hefs, Jetemie, 17
Bctfey, Patterfon, Ncwbern, 7
Maty, Brown, Aux-Caycg, 27
Lsik, Burrowes Port-au-Prince 24
Captain Latimer, on the firft De
cember, in lat. 38, 16, long. 75,
spoke the schooner Sally, Capt. Rjt.
ten, of New-York out nineteen days,
; from jViqinique, Capt. Ritten in
formed tl«t a fleet of fift) fail, includ
ingmenof war and tianfports, had ar
rived at Gnadaloupe from France, and
that he law as he pafftd that Island, the
(hipping ud troops on Ihore, cannona
ding fort Charles, near Balfeterie.
Office of the Insurance Com
pany of North America,
THK H eliiJent and D I'eSors of this
Canpany ai< now ready to itceiv« app'i
c:><r>'fi» (<v I-i'trr^it^*,on and frnre*
andun l»Hifliol.J,J r tjriiitsre a id Goods in
Dwelling Houses and Store*, np«n the
ternn contained ir their proposals which
lia,v heei> alread\ puMiftied.
The cxptnc« of Survey, being TvoD.il
lars, inuft be depnfited wfcen the applica
tion for 111 ft)ranct is i« ade ; and ilie Bad e
and Policy, together with the Premium,
a eto be paid for When the order is given
and accepted.
Ebenezcr Hazard,
Secretary.
Dec. 8
F. C. Sarmetito, of the
Houfc of Sarmento and C<. o! toe I(I and
of Tenenffe, intending to retu n to that
I Hand in the conrfc of th?i month (D«c.) re
quf fls all persons having demand* againit
him or hi" Hcufe, to calf on Mr. John Cratg
ol'this c»ty for payiru j t.
Dec. 8
AT THE
Card Ss 5 Nail FciEtory,
No. 59, north Frr.ijt street,
Webster, Adgate & White,
Have cotifiantly jor Juh-,
Cotton, Wool, Tow, and
Machine Cards,
'• : Of aB Kindt,
oi'all size-, '
' ;jhoorß«aMi, Sprijjt »nit Tack»,
~ rtofieri Shears, Gun FH|it» and W«ql
%g>. " X : *''
JTtjn*4»tlty -erf liiln dr'nd Indian M*»l in
i»riels ( . 1. \
A neirwKtifln of A>lgati'» PhiTidiSptiia
Harmony, eoi«tsinu.g;butli tht; Srft tndfe
cand pitt'i h«i«jr the mnl) aprovtd fyf.
tew ot Rules mml .best Cofe&ion U'
Tn»es now in u'», *
Also for Sale,
A CO Mr LEI f. JET or
Machinery for making Cards
On an I.upiovrd Canliraction.
Oft: 2 law tf
Liverpool papers to tlie 17th Odip-
Ker are arrived by tbe ship Carl: fie—un
der the London bead of O&ober i I— l
;'u.Tei* an account of Gen. Clairfait's
l aving turned the right flahk of the
French army—and in confequencfi gain
ed a considerable advantage over it.
The accounts from lJreft via Boston,
are to the 6th Odtober from Paiis—
which is one day later than thole here
tofore received from that City.—l' the
latter are well founded, which is nii>ft
probably the cafe, the London article
is undoubtedly untrue.
Since our note in Saturday's Gazette
we iind, lhat by-Art. 4, Sec. 7> 'he
CouHitution of Geoigia, "at the gene
" raleleftii.n in 1794, each couuty fliall
" appoint thrpe perfous to a convention.
" The queftioii to be fubntitted them is,-
" whether it it expedient to propofeany
" amendments to-the constitution. And
" unleU two thirds shall meet and con
" cur in.the affirmative the contfiiution
" continues a* it is."
Fed. Orrery.
M' Pherfon's blues are expected tc
arrive in town to-morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The bill making appropriations for
the fnpport of Government for the year
1795 was tu ice read and committed.
In Committee of the whole on the re»
folutiong reported by the Committee on
Fortifications—progrefs was reported..
A mefiage was received from the Se
nate informing the houfathat they have
appointed a committee to join a Com
mittee of the House to report on the
bufmefg r.eceffary to be" tranfafted the
present fcfiion.
Cayenne, 3<s
Committees were appointed on vari
ous, fubjefts among others on the (late
of the Cefiionsof Light Houses which
have been made by the states—to report
a Bankrupt Law. &c. See. See. Tlie
House adjourned at 2 o'clock.
3TAN S A S
In behalf of " the married ladies'of Ane-
•' The Bard" may justly Albion's
daughters flight,
Who, ftifl.ng nature S tendereft behests,
And in liarfli outrage on the infantik
right,
Banish their helpieii offspring from their
brmlts.
Not so the gentle, kind Columniah
dame;
She values much the catm domeftiefphere;
And when she gains the mother's- le:tor<
ed name,
•Fulf.h the dutkf mbicfo that Jlate endear
She lulls her infant " on her cradling
arms,"
With fund solicitude and tender cares :
Hangs, oft delighted, o'er its smiling
charms,
Feels all its joy. and all jts lorrow shares.
: For the sweet babe," the snowy necflar"
flows,
To feed, to cherilh, all her time employs.
And to the mother's nurturing breast, it'
owes
jts life and health, its sentiment and jovs..
DORCHESTER. ILLATTE.
FOR SALE,
OF THE
American ShipHENRY < Capt*
diwa^wim
CONSISTING OF THE
FOLLOWING GOODS
•jOO piecfj TiuwUiN ?«nrt»bi,
Mighuniber in,
J?<jpi(Xcs iitUbald
" lobtf pecejMigbuAbeTgtneirtet,
948 piecej Ml,i*bad Jo. .
753 picca* T*nd»ti .. , io,. '...
• <<so.
_490 'jwiei do.
4Jf-»>i'cn Twitfah ©«*»*,'
690 fHlc(< Fwtod • Uo.
•' 3*l Be**? Nib»i Oqrgy 4a. ■ / »
~ 309 s • -v •
»9J>iiecesTaaiali .. 1
. '/ ' «o.' *,' '■
■' Tw; -•-> ■;' * ;
.;•.♦!» . * -fy "■"
l>VWlf A.i,
753 tfo".
*25°P'*" 1 6u«z«r»hj. *
* «—*H&»— , , .•
»nd ftxty
end3t
The filip Herrv it at Salem, and will b«
ordered to p. i ce< <1 to Philadelphia, when
t e sale (lull be efiefie'd. For terms apuly
t" 1
CONGRESS
Monday December 8.
Fram the Fed em! Orrery.
rtca.
THE
C A -R G 0
Crowninfhield, from,
. Calcutta,
V I Z.
BENARES SUGAR.
Philips, Cramond Go.
Dec. 8. i