I \ R fr. Ca!nMhadc«rtwnly >«t f eoirfcq iencrs fnch »j - w ... ... TV major is liable to puni.h- | » • I . hi< kvief lie fay» in contra- o..:ti«n t -vlat Mr. Carnes affcrts, tlut llie Indians for nine months pall nave and brvmarkaSy peccable, and not a con horfc hn s Ween llolen ftfcc the month ot fzc M r Mr. Smith ileligncd to have M,< Ihevrn the letter to Mr. Came, h.mfeli j No a id not to have made it: public, but -i. . P precipitation with which the gentletm-v 1, vd advanced his charge, foiccd Mr. j S.TT.th to (x-.Kluce it in defence ofanao- , ;9 fen and moth refpefted friend. Mr. Caries had as high,* refpeft for. W aior Gait her as the geutleman himfelf; was well, acquainted with him, and oil ] amicable terns. Hi had alio a very of bljS) opinion qf the officers, and never An had defined to make an attack on their J ni cl a r aftlrs. He conlidetfid them as gen tleftien who knew how to aft with pro- £w piietvOn alnvift every oecalion, peihaps vel upon nil occalions. He enquired the t io Jatw of the letter now produced. Mr; by Smith replied that it was dated the lit tht of Jamrny.lall. Mr. Carues said that ™ ivhenhe went to Georgia, at the rifmg J 1( 4 ffefl fefiion.hc foundtbat maj. Gaither had, from misapprehending him, ta ken aniifs fojkieflti'ijj which he had laid Oil that door? He gave him an expla- A. nation, aiuUhe major seemed falisfied. He had naPhe lead idea ot injuring th reputation or uliuvrs. He onl not carry that kind of malevolence about him an li.it he had a right to state what he y knew to be facts ; and for one, that of as the nvducre of a_ family, though they 0I were to near the tort, that he bejjoed the giirrifon might have seen the smoke , fjJ of their chtmi'ies. He did not howe- c( vc'r» fay that the officer in the fort was p . ».0 blame. He might have potent rea- sons for what he did, though Mr. Carres t did not know them, and had on that ac- C( count, been caylji-us of faying any e[ thing more tha i merely Hating the raft, f ( and this he apprehended that he was en- p titled to do. It was not at the coudutt t) of particular persons th # Mr. Cartita Q . levelled his observations, but at the fee ble de fen five system which they were en- joined to pursue. He'conuluded by de- g daring that he had a high opinion of n major Gaither, and li:s conduct mutl have been mifreprefentcd to that ger.- t ] tleman fmce they were last together, or a he would not have written the letter m question. -b The question was called for. Ayes j 70- • The committee rose ; the llou le a greed to the report of the chaii man, and <. a eomrjittee are appointed to bring in' »bill. C The -epoi-t of the committee 011 for tifica 1 was read, and ordeieAto be print -;. ' ' . .. ' W. Smith moved togo'intoa :e, on the report of the feleft :e, oa the alterations requifitfe ; rr< de in the duties on fnuff. The House accoidingly went into a committee. They agreed to the re port. The chairman leparted to the • House, and a committee were appoin- ( ted to bring in a hill. , The House next went into a com- ( mittee on the bill allowing a drawback on part of the catgo of the ship Enter- ( p,ize. The bill was read. The chair- man reported to the House, and the bill was ordered to be ihgrofled for a thud ( reading. Adjourned. LA W S OF THf United States. Third Congrcfi of the Ui.itcd Slates AT THE SLCOND SF.SS l OJ3 : Btgu* and held at the city of Philadel phia, in t'ne state of Penniylvama, on Monday, the third of November, one thousand seven hundred and r.inety-four An ACT TO a itborijc the fittkment of the claim of Samuel I riulcau. ' BE it enaaed by the Se-rite and House ©f Reprefer.iatives of the Uuited States ot America, in Congress ai'Vrr.'.)!ecl, i hat the accounting officers of the treaty de' partmen; be, an* they are hereby autho rized to adjust and fettle the claim of Sam uel Prioleau for property taken bom him j at Charleftown for tije use of the United ; States. Provided, That the said Pnoieau ! ihall adduce proof to the fatisfaction of the i accounting officers aforeuid, of the con - trac\ o.i the pait of the United Sute?, to pay for the fame, and lifcewife of the value or the property applied to public use. Frederick Augustus Mum i-neerg, Speaker of the Hpufe of Kepvefentatives. John Adams, Vi-e-Prefideiit of the United States, and Pref.dcnt of the Senate. Approved, January the twenty eighth, 1795. G°: Washington, Prefidentof the 1 United States. DepoGtcd aniuii 6 the Roils in the Office ps the Secretary of State. £am: Randolph, Secretary of State. " An ACT for the rt-tijpcn of tonnage da- the; t'::s on certain French vejfels. a lit j BE it r:nac!ecf by the Senate and He use bod • of Rt- irefeptatit »of the United States of f ear America, in Congress aflembled, 1 hat pcoj tiie duties on the tonnage of l'undry shallops W [ J( , and small schooners, lately employed to convey to Boston, a number of French ci tizens, late inhabitants of Saint Petre and °PP Miquelon, from Halifax and Shelburne in the Nova Scotia, where they had been ferit maj j prisoners by the Uritifh, during the present aj, j war, be, and the fame are hereby remit- „t) ted. tt a , Approved, January the twenty eighth, 1 <95- «, j An ACT fir the relief of Efaphras " * Jones and others. " t BE it enaftcd by the Senate and House " 0 of Representatives of the United States of "p America, in Congress alfembled, That it «« g linllaiid mav be lawful for the collettor « r for the diftria of New-York to remit to £ Epaphras Jone3 and others, the ium ot it two hundred arid four dollars and forty fe- <( 1 ven cents, being the amount of the addi tionai impost and tonnage duties incurred by reason ef the incompetent register of s t the brigantihe Perir: Provided a register « ( t (hail be obtained for the said bfigantine, ■u , 1 within one hundred and twenty days, in ' the manner prescribed by law. ... " 1 r Approved, January the twenty eighth, (| ] j 795- - An ACT further extending the tine for receiving on loan the domejlic debt of r the United States. <- Scft. 1. BE it enaclcd by the Senate n and House of Representatives of the c United States of America, in Congress aflembled, That the term for receiving '' 011 hmn that part of the domefyc debt ' of the United States which has not been e fjtbfcribed in of- the provifv- int 011s heretofore made by law for that pe s purpose, and the fame is hereby further m; extended until the thirty-fn II day of cU s December next, 011 the fame terms and pe conditions as ar; contained in the aft, ex y entitled, " An aft making provilion ni for the debt of the United States." lei Provided, that the for receiving to the said fubfcriptians shall be opened bt 3 only at tlretreafury of the UiiitedStates, hi J " Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, v That fach of the creditors of the United ev e " States as have not fubferibed and shall ci not fubferibe to the said loan ill all pe- o: verthclefs receive, during the year one " thousand seven hundred niiiety-five, ir ? v a rate per ce'ntum on the anion..t of n such of Lheif demands, aj have been ve- n gillcred or as (hall be regillered at the u es treasury conformable to- the directions in the act, entitled "An a'Sf making ii a " provtfioij for the debt of the Unfted ! ! States," equal to the iiitereft which a ln wonld be payable to them as fubferibing creditors^ Approved, January the twenty- 1 be eighth, 1794. >a °" " , ft From the American Daily Advert ifer. ( GERM AMICUS, a LETTER Villi ! |f" WHAT would be the eonfequence, < i ,e if, as a further objrftion imports, " ,UO r " operaiiun towards the improvement 1 "of our affairs, which depends upon t m ." " ihc general of the people, t '< can be promoted, unlcfs it he com- j e . r " menced in smaller circles ?" It would i ' not follow, that those smaller circles art 1 "j to be found in {he focietifs, " where ] «' the happy varieties of fentimcnt, i " which so eminently contribute to in- I " iellectuai acutenefs, are loft ; wheie ■ " aclivity of thought is (hackled by the 1 •' fear, that our alfociates (hould dif- 1 " claim us; where a fallacious uiji " formity of opinion is produced, which " carries all men along with a resistless '< tide ; where men meet together to " enforce, not to enquire." All acqui. efcence in the objection would amount c^ n only to this: that man flourifhes, and sur is perfected by a communion with his j fellows: that accuracy and expansion j 'the of mind are the effect of cullifion : that ' few individuals can boldly undertake < mfe for the success of a new and weighty ;of ioeafute, without the concert and aid of .'hat others. But let me ask those, who , w«ul;l aggrandize their countiy by some 'important invention, to the confumma [, jm tion of which he is of himfelf unequal, ited i or would advance its political welfare !eau ! by means, in which the majority must the ! concur whether they stand in need of :&u " any other opportunities for obtaining ' ro locial aHi (lance, than to speak, what aue rhey please, to publish, what they please, and to afTemble with whom they please ? RC ' Do they want " the apparatus of arti " cles of c#iifederacv and committees of the r , •he correlpondence: Tie ere is one movement indeed the hth, molt delicate and critical of all, to which tHe societies are powerfully competent; 'he that is, reliltance or to a change of -the _ government. When a radical difcon lcc tent has fciitVd the mindr of the peo ple, and the majority of them adopt th« e. societies, as iwftruments of a revolution ; , ,- • - • they ceafc to he the artifice >t least. of a little knot of individuals agairtft t!'e body of the people. If the societies fear, that without /-'. iV in'-rujfiiion a d people, who understand liberty, and cori j whife command can hurl the govern- day, ment so the dust, may (lumber under bene oppsefiion, let them be comforted by thor, the following passage of that friend of mankind, Mr. Locke.-" When the - "people arf made miserable, and find 44 themselves exposed to the illufageof " arbitrary power, cry up their govern- f urt ; " o'rs as much as you wiH, for funs of totl «' Jupiter ; let them be sacred and di- " " vine, descended or authorized from " Heaven ; give them out for whom,! a "or what you please ; the fame " (pp- ter, " position)" will happen. The people,, 2C( " generally ill treated and contiary to tant " right, will be ready upon any occafi- capt "' on to ease themselves of a burden, *«i: " that sets heavy upon them. They " will wish and seek for the opportuni- oi " ty, which in the change, weakness, w ; t " and accidents of human affairs, fel- wer " dom delays lung to offer itfelf. He libe " mull have lived but a little while in we " the World, who has not seen exam- ul « pies of this'in his time ; and he must " have read very little, who cannot pro " duce examples of it, in all forts of < " {Governments in the world." der 1* ' GERMANICUS. ten . , ■ ■ der UNITED STATES. ten I YORK, [Penn.] February 4. COMMUNICATIONS. M 1 A real and faiiliful friefld so the true intetefts of Great-Britain, and its de : j peud««.ies,,. who pelt, as keenly as any r I man, for the ad'ver/uy which bow over- -£j, f clouds that- ill-fated country and its de- t0 1 pendencies, thinks, that it nothing but , extreme will bring the gover- t0 1 ning powers of that nation to their j, ' ienfes, the sooner that adversity coines pL I to a crisis, the sooner will those powers T J be reftorejl to their reason (if ever they ]} :. had any.) L, The great Bishop Butler, walking one el evening with the celebrated Dean Tuck II cf of GWceftev, in his garden, broke out in a reverie, and said to. Fletcher, e " Why should not an whole nation be ', infarc rs well as an individual ?" Has >f i,-.| t!it' British nation manifeftcd infa- at rt:ty tjifbiigh the whole of the present j,. le teign ? w is As tit-Britain kerns to be falling c; g into humility, and will, no dpubt, soon ■J fee how essential the friendfhip, as well t | h as t(ie cominerce of the United States is , ro V v , would it not be *y'f e > as si !, Fur. her Minister* to giv« t , y- | r all those in this country, who by g ' : r fair; s::.d incendiaty writings to j, BVitaip, ar.J cJnduft here, had nearly t in*alvet! the iwo countries in a war with j each oiliti : Refugees and loyalists— t and is : . ;i, that some of pur own {] people, -iffeel tube Republicans, a and 'rfei' • ur Constitution, and in' c ;e, coiiletl" ■ f such their affe&ation.are' a 110 nuw, or h , dedal to stations of j nt high tru: 1 ' contidenee, have since t on the prat '~ iffpred, for.perfonal rewards, t le, their fe- . 'ervices and influence to the t m- B r iti{l'- mu'nttry j would it not be fair, ild and ho.it !t, in that ministry, to unmask a ire fuc'n people to us ; that, if for no other :re pumfhments for their perfidy, they it, may b- rendered, during life, inehgi in- ble to any election in the United States ic —'tis said, a lift of feme of this latter 1 he description has been handed -lo this t lif- country. »i. " 1 Philadelphia, F&b. 10. ; Ul " The Frcnch fleet said to have lately ar- ] rived in the Chefapeat, with a French am [,;a baffador on board, who was inftrufted to 1 ion . demand a declaration of war on the part ' lat of the United States against Great Britain, turns out to be Admiral Murray's Squa- j | ll y dron from Halifax. . , I of ha " me From the FEDERAL ORRERY. na - [Pub'lifted in Boffon.J are Mr Paine, i VV ft Thursday the 19th day of February 1795: I of ANTICIPATED, ing This day all the religions societies and hat denominations, and all perlons whomfo afc evct, within the limits of the United f e ? States of America, in obedience to a requi •' fition from the Prefidcnt of the Union, ul . were aflembled together, for the solemn sa purpose of celebrating a federal thanks giving ; in which they seriously reviewed the the calamities that afflicted so many other lich nations, and contrafling the present fiour nt . ifhing condition of the United States t ; ' therewith, were deeply impreiftd With the devcUteft feelings of gratitude. One :on " circumstance added a lustre t* the solemn >eo " and affe<3ing scene, which has never been th« furpafled in ancient days, and-perhaps will on ; not be equalled' again in the. memory of ..... -I /. man. Thecircumftance was as follows. Poir The ministers and people of every de- had nomination, deeming the present, the most taJtt favorable opportunifv for the redemption 01 the.r brethren in f.avery at Algiers, ac t i, er cordingly dedicated the after part of the day, to the moil gloriout effort of human '" to benevolence ; and although we are not an- tlx thorized to lay, that a fufficient sum was turr collected, for the full redemption of tbefe are ] unfortunate viflims ; yet, we are happy ; utQ to hear, that a fparkfrom the altar of cha. ritv has kindled-the flame of benevolence throughout the continent, & that fnch rr.ea- ■ a sure arc adopting, as will eventually tend to the perfect liberation of every pnioner. It gives us the most dili'inguilhed plea- >° •! sure to remark, that the towliof Hoftoii >' 1 e alone came up fully to the expectations of -? ! a HERACLITUS, a philanthropic wri- and j ter, in the Federal Orrery of November hp* i se, 1794 ; who ltated that her inhabi- IIIS ! tants were williug and able to redeem 1 11:01 captain and 8 privaies, rating the firfl mentioned at 4000 dollars rajifom, ana 111 « ' tHe last mentioned at 200© dollars each. P™l The residue of the tewns in this com- ™ r monwealih, recoilefting that 5 veflels to corr ' wit, 1 (hip, 2 brigs, and 1 schooners, wh( ■ were captured i>ut of their ports, gave : liberally, beyond ..-ll example; and when 1 we remember, that Virginia, who has loft Shi but I schooner, has furnifbed a very ge- Q r j l nerous contribution, tve sincerely hope that the surplus of one state will supply " the deficiences of another. * Since thanksgiving, it has been confi dentially whilpered that Congress have de- £W terrrinedto make up any remaining sum, "and that Col. Humphries will receive or- Sic ders to immediately negsciate the full li beration of our prisoners. ; It is but juftlce to add, that the various 'temples, dedicated to the Most High, were ■never before, fQ amply crowded ; and our fair cpuntry-women, who could sot com-) -maad immediate cash, made an immenie, 3 rc but cheerful facrifice of rings, and jewels, D< to a very great amount, Ba y '"Many of the opulent planters in Vir r_ "irinia,'a"nd the southern states did honor to themselves, by giving .from 100 to Jt 1 piece -, and a genUtman, in this r " town, who never fuffcrs himftlf to be ' r diftanced'in the cause of benevolence, cia :s put into the contribution-box ONE °} '* THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN an ■f BANK BILLS. p< ne . lis By this Day's Mail. b< be FREDERICKS BURG, Feb. 5. £ as On Friday last tha public stage, in P k" attempting to pass Aquia creek, which j c nt had rose much beyond its uluial height, j ■ was, from the rapidity of the current, j n g carried a conliderable distance down the . on ft ream. There four passengers therein, one of whom, a Frenchman, r ' 18 in attempting to rearfi the shore by I as fwiaiming, was drowned, aa were also ! « ' ve two of the horses. The other pafßn- j v by gers remained by the stage, and were . a to happily preferred after continuing in j ily the water for near two hours. The ith Mail, which was Immersed during this - — time, was Recovered, and taken poffef wn fi on 0 f by Meffts. Geo. and Rt. Brent n . s > and Do&. Val. Peyton, magistrates for ■ n ' Stafford county, who opened it, dried arc and lepacked the letters in perfedt or ; der. The newfp3ptrs were rendered j 1 llce useless. Much praise is certainly due d s > to the above gentlemen, for their atten tbe tion to the public welfare. " r ' Confideiable damage has been done j , amongst the mills and dams upon this ri- ■ b er ver, by the late frefh. < ley ; igi- NEW-YORK, Feb. 9. lte *' DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esq. our . ter Minister, Resident at Lisbon, arrived yes .his tcrday from Newport, R. I having land ed there from the ship Patty, of this port. He proceeded immediately for Philadel phia. Capt. Gardner, of the ship Joseph, arrived here yesterday from Cherbourg, informs, that previous to his departure ar " he, was in Paris, and dined with Mr. am- THOMAS PAINE, who had been dto liberated from the Luxembourg prison, t and was admitted to take his feat in the Pai National Convention. The remainder im ' of t)ie Brtjolint party had also been li- Jua ' berated. The utmost tranquility exift td at Paris, and throughout France. The Spaniards have lately experienced another most cemplcte defeat, with im mense loss of men, and warlike stores. We shall give further particulars to morrow. JO .. By the Patty, from Lifbor, we learn that the Queen of Portugal's palace is and d e ft ro y t 'd by fire. i?f f °d By the (loop Friendship, captain Cbi ■qui- ne), in 26 days frem Martiuico— ion, the St. Christopher Royal Gazette J emn Q f t he eighth of, January, was re nics" ceived late last evening, from an o ither blig'ing correspondent. our- BASSTEERRE, January 8. tates Yesterday the Alarm, Frigate, capt. Ivith Carpenter brought in here a French fri <~!ne gate, armed en flute, taken by the Bel been ,ona > bavisg 450 troops on board, from iW j][ Brest. She was in company with ten y of more, who, it is said, have got into < Point-Pctie, Guadalotipe, each of which had the fame number oi men as the one taken. A report is current here, that ano ther French (bip ,is taken and carried into. Antigua, and it is supposed, that the remainder muil inevitably be cap tured, as. the Englifhline of battle fliips are so stationed, that a boat canr.ot gee into Guadeloupe. An attempt la Fo'jcn the Duke of Tort, By an article in the London Evening Chronicle, we learn that an attempt of the following nature h3s lattly been made to tate ( ff the Duke of York by poifen.— — ' The Duke usually takes a glass of wine and bitters in the morning, one evening however, he received a hint to heware ( of his accustomed refrelhmeot the ensuing morning, and was informed of the nafon ]a the n.ornicg when his cvp-bearer bro't ill the liquor the duke enquired if it was properlv prepared, & being answered is the . affirmative, inftantly 1 drew his sword and , compelled the unhappy man to drink it, , who in confcquence suddenly expired i ARRIVED. t Ship Joseph, Gardner, Cherburg. - Brig , Bordeaux. : Hiram, Hamftead, Martinico. Alexander, Liver pool. . Schopner Hannalv Gilbert, Martinico. , Mary, Seal, Portland. - Sloop He£tor, Church, St. Euftatia. Comst, Smith, ■ • Alexandria. 8 , PRICE OF STOCKS. C ••> 6 per Cents &cf per Cents »'A i,. Deterred ' Bank of the United States JJ r ~ Pennf/lvania 35 )r . North America, 45 to jo 0 i :—— i.. ; s • February 9<h, 1795. >e AT a meeting of the Affo-„ e, ciatad Artists of Philadelphia, under the name £ ol the CdLUMBIANUM, or American Aca »t demy of Painting, Sculpture, Architeflure, A and Engravings held, for the present, at Mr. Peale'6 Museum, it was unanimously refolv cd, That it Ve announced, that the Inftitutioti hasexifted since the ill day of January, 1795, and that a Conftituti«a will (hortly ■be laid , before the pubiie. Resolved; that the above Refe'u:ion be ligiied by the Chairman and countersigned by ! the Secretary, and be puhlifhed in the public in 1 P a P ers > and that the chairman and If be a Committee to carry the Resolution into Cil I effefc. Nt» • C. W. PEALE, Chairman, nt, R. Claiborne, Sec'ry. ;h e ers NOTICE is hereby given, that the an, ! AlTociation of Artists is to be held at by i Peale's Museum on Thursday Evening, ,lfo the 1 ith instant, at 6 o'clock precisely, lß _ : when the > Member* are reqeefted to ere attend. in • By order 'he ! R- CLAIBORNE, Secretary, his * r,f- NEW THEATRE. ent for TO-MORROW EVENING ■ied February 11. or . Will be Prefent,ed re< } " A COMEDY, (never performed in this j City,') written hy R. Cumbeiland, cal led "" The J E W. one 1 Sir Stephen Bertram, Mr. Whitlock s rl " Frederick, Mr. Moreton Charles RatclifF, Mr. Chalmers Saunders, Mr. Green Sheva, Mr. Wignell our Jubal, Mr. Harwood yes- Waiter, Mr.Darleyjun. ind lort, Mrs. Rati lifF, Mrs. Shaw del. Eliza Ratcliff, Mrs. Whitlock Mrs. Goodifon, Mrs. Bates •ph Dorcas, „ Mrs. Erancis Jr g' End of the Comedy, tlU c The Sailor's Landlady, Mr. Or, )CCn JACK IN DISTRESS. son, To which -will be added, the A Mutical DRAMA, in one a£t, callet It The PURSE, x:ft " O R, ncc - BENEVOLENT TAR. 'f e As performed at the Theatre* in London im " with universal applaufc. ' »res. The Music composed by Mr. Reeve. 1 to- The Accompaniment and new Airs by k Mr. Reii)agle. earn Baron, Mr. Green • Theodore, Mr. Moreton Edmund, Mr. Mailhali Will Steady, Mr.'Harwood Page, Mrs. Marlhall Chi- b :o— Sally, Mr*. Oldmixco :ette — i re- Ladies ini Gentlemen are reqnefted to nO . fend their servants to keep placcs by five o'clock, and order them, as foori as the company arc seated, to withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permitted to re apt. main. 1 fri. Box one Dollar —Pitt J of a Dollar—and. j 1 Gallery A a ii.< hi. . Ticke 1 and places for the Bftxes to be trom taiteu of Mi'. Wells, at ttie Ttjeati*, 1 ten from ten'tin ok E, and on day* of pi in: 111- jnto a««e I'iom TtN'tiilTHßEe o'clock.
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