, -i, ' Extracts of two letters fr m Charles Thom fcn, £(ij. Secretary of Co ngrefs during th Revolution war, to the Vice Hrelldent o! v< the United States. Sir, Harriton, March 9, 1795. I did not ,tiil yesterday receive your letter of the 4th of Feb. with the enclosed letter to yon from JJr. Bettctfep, dated Jan, 7, See. Though on reading tjiefe remarks I could nothditate a moment in contradi&lng them, beeffuie Congress never did exprds a difup probation of the directions iffned by Dr. Franklin; nor did they ever dired that espe cial care should be taken to seize Capt. Ceok, if an opportunity of doing it occurred; yet . I thought it propsr to pause, and try to find I from whatfou'rcethiimifreprefentationfpru'ng. It is true that in the year following, viz. on thi 24 of May' 1780, Congress puffed a new form of a Commiilion for private Vessels of war, and new inftruclions to the Com manders;- in which the ships or vessels wijh their cargoes belonging to the inhabitants of Bermuda, and other vessels bringing persons with an intent to fettle and reside within the United States are expressly exempted from capture ; and no noticc is take* of Captain Cook. But I very much doubt, whether at the time of palling this a&, Congress had any knowledge of the directions ilTued by Dr. Franklin, ancll am inclined to think that up on examining the dispatches received from him between March and this jime, it will appear, fhat they had not received any noticc of them, Though from this a&, in which there is no xccption in favor ot Captain Cook, an infer- might be drawn, that Congress reverfcd •ht orders which their AmbafTador had given; yet, there is nothing in the commifliOn or in ftrucllons-—nor in any other aci of Congress which wiii warrant the aflertions, " That it was dire&ed by Congress, that vfpecial care ftionld be taken to seize Captain Cook, if an opportunity of doing it occurred, and that a?l this proceeded from a that it would be injurious to the United States for the Er-glifh to obtain a knowledge of the op posite coast of America." With regard to Dr. Kippis v s note of his having obtained the account from* ir Joseph Banks; as Sir Joseph could not have given it from his own knowledge but must have had it from others, I am led to conclude, that this hasarifenfrom misinformation; or from some w of those spurious pieces which were fabricat ed and publilhed within the enemy'• line, as adls and refolvcsof Congress, with intent to vilify Congress, or to answer some hoiiile purpose. 1 am, &c. CHARLES THOMSON. Sir, v Harnton, March 17, 1795. The day after receiving your favor of Feb. 4, I wrote the enclosed answer. But as my mind has been so long withdrawn from the occurren es in Congress and so wholly bent on a different objed,* I was not in haste to fend it until I refrefhed my mind by looking liver the Journals. After all the search I have made, and all the recolle&ion I am mailer of, I fee no reason to alter it. I have the liodor to be &c, CHARLES THOMSON. The President of the United States. * Mr. Thomson has employed bimfelf in his re tirement in tranjlating the Septu&gint, and in mak ing a new tranjiation of the Greek Tcftament. / FI-IE ROMAN REPUBLIC. urging men who triumphed over foreigi an extract. fupremaey, to an act of much greater dig " THE pradtice of drmeftic slavery nity and difficulty, a facrifice of the preju ' could not fait to give a savage {urh to the dices of their youth and education. < disposition of the free-born Romans, .I" ? h ' s work > f° full of genius and pub ' particularly in their later timps, when '' c fp' r >t, and which goes to the creatioi « they made so much use of Haves. What of * people, as your former exertions wen 'humanity and delicacy of sentiment to the forming of a constitution, you hav. * could be expedU-d from a people who already made considerable progress; an< ' were not athamed to luffer their old and when you and your lluftrious friends wer ' ulelefs Daves, when worn out in their "lied to the councils of a virtuous viceroy ' service, to fiarve on an ifiand in the Ti- w ? looked \rith confidence to the accom ■' ber, as was the common practice at plithment of your patriotic int^mions. '< Rome. It was a prose.'ted maxim bf Sorae enemy, however, to the king an< " the elder Cato, to fell his fuperannuat- t0 the people, has interpol"ed his malignan '< ed flakes at any price, rather than main- and wicked fuggethons, and endeavouret » Will ihat he esteemed a ufelfcfs bnrthei. to throW oMacles in the way of our tota » A chained tlave for a porter was a com- emancipation. But we are tar from giv " moh fight at Rome, Vidius Pollio used to in g «'ay to sentiments of despondency ant »' throw his (laves who had disobliged him aUrim - We feel the justice of our preten '' into his fith-ponds, to be prayed upon ; ti° ns , and we are perluaded that what i <* by the mullets. In the Roman laws, I j 1 " 11 will prevail over the arts of perfid) •'tlaves were always considered not as and falfehoyd. "Men, having any rights of their own, What gives us the rtioft icnfible satis " but as Has, the mere property of their fait ion is, the general union of fentimen •' matters." that pervades all Panics and defcriptioos What a tappv contemplation for man- °f Iriihmen 011 the prefeirt occasion. Ni vei kind that the are changed, and ihat before did Ireland with a voice ft the/ are changed with the times. unanimous. Protestants and Catholics an -r, , a at this moment united, and feerri to haw no other contest but who thall resent niof Me,.is. Printers, f] ie outrage that ha» been offered td Irift HAVING seen in Citizen Green» ! pride in the intended removal of a patrio leaf's Patriotic Register of Saturday tic Viceroy from the government—ant Ja'/c, an extract of a letter fiom Kcnffe- y° u and y eur friends from the councils o; laer county, on the ftibicCt of the late this kingdom. i ,» , • . .. • r r For our own part, it thall be our ftuth election, in which the writer supposes . ~.. . 1 .' c , ... > . . , r _ , , r * to cultivate an union lo happily begun jurige_ Yates wjl be elefled by a large Wt have no felfi{h or Darrow views. W, majority*; and alio a note of Citizen do not with to acquire privileges for our Greenlcat's, that you have preftimptu- selves in order to abridge the privileges o oufly dared to giujs the majority of others; for we know that in matters o votes in our city was in Mr. Jay's favor; liberty and constitution, to give is to gain I have been led to fend Von the follow- . With regard to the men who may hav, a • r » . •• L - , the hardihood to take the situations whici mtr eltimate ot the majorities tor the , r • , , , ' , 6 ... • i r J i r you an « your friends are about to laj two candidates in the several tountK*of doWn , if , unfortunately for this country the weftrrn and eafterrt diilnds. It s uc h an event thould happen, we thall on ■\ViII no doubt be highly gratifying' to ly fay that we do not en»y them the fenfa Citizen Crcenleaf, ;:nd acceptable to tions which they must take up at the fame vour numerous readers. So far as the That man s temper muftbe of fteet. nature of the fubiea will admit, you *'ho can hold up his hod amidst the his , - i ' ■ les or a betrayed and irritated nation, may rely on its being accurate, as it As to you , nd your f TOIuiS) ymlr d€par . was formed itoni calculations made by ture f rom power will not disturb the fe gentlemen in different parts of the dif- renity of yo'ar minds. The veneration tritis, who have the bell opportunities and gratitude of the people will attend of being informed—As the you in retirement, and will preferveyou of the ballots will commence on Tuef- {r °™ "rfleftions which mufl be the portion ~ r? ■u* ,u „Lr 11 r k or thole >vho may be your dismal and me day sennight, the public vv 11 soon be laßchol fuccefr J s . 5 .tble to determine tne truth ot my Rate- ' ™ n \; , . FAE I' NEE '-RG. THOMAS BRAUGHALL, Chainrutn, Albany"county 600 JOHN SWEETMAN, Secretary. Herkenier 1000 * Publithed in the Gaz. U. S. la.fl Tuesday. * Otfcg© "oo Ontario 400 )no!idaga 300 fioga Saratoga Moatgomeu" Bjficrn D'Jfrilt. . _ Washington Si Glintbta 700 Columbia ' , 600 Reoffelacr W. a&d E. diftrifh maj. for Mr. Jay 2000 NEW-YORK, May iy. jThe following Address of the Roman Ca tholics to Mr. Grattan, and his reply*, which we have extj acSlcd fr6m the Hibernian Journal of the 18th March, (just received from a Corres pondent) explain more fully than any thing which has yet appeared, the cau fcs of the -late political differences in Ireland. To the Right Hon. Henry Grattan. Sir, WE are inftruiSed by the Catholics of Dublin to offer-vou their humble Tribute of Thanks and Gratitude, as well for the eminent services which you have render ed to this Kingdam, on various OccalVons, as for your able and generous Exertions 1.1 their cause. It is not easy to dojufliee to the merits of a man, whose name is connected with the most brilliant events of his time ; and who has already obtain ed the highest of all titles, the Deliverer of his Gov.ntry : but tho' it is impossible tip add to your fame, by apy terms we can employ, it inuft be graceful to you to learn, that you have a place, not onljr in the admiration, but in the affections of your countrymen. To be thus loved and admired is surely an enviable dilliniftion.—lt may not, per haps, be fufficient to preserve or purchase station or power at court, to a well formed mind it is a source of purer fatis t'aflion, than the favour and protection even of monarchs or their minilters. Few men have had it in their power to do so much for their native land, as vou have done for Ireland.—When you nrft entered into public life, garrison habits, and provincial prejudices were o;spofed to Irilh interests, and feelings; and what was still more dilcouraging, the different dcfcriptions of people in this country, (ar from being ready to meet in a common point for their mutual advantage, were kept asunder by perverse and unintelligi : ble antipathies of a religious nature. Into I this chaos of contradictions, you infufed your spirit, and brought order in some meafureout of confufion. i The firft effort of your eloquence was to j roule the Irilh Parliament, to aflert its | own independence, and uotwithftan'ding the habits of fubje<f!ion which particular causes hid induced, you were fuceefsful.' At prefeut you are engaged in apurfmt equally honourable to y«ur head, and ft ill more to .your heart. As mover of the Ca tholic Bill, you are endeavouring to incul cate the neceflity of moderation and justice, where you before inspired courage, an'd I _ 1 I - f • -■* t."* :*»•>-'*" 325° 150 300 150 ' Majority for Jay 2800 s°° Majority for Judge Yates 800 ' MON riLGO-B^y, 1 - April 4. Thursday arrived at Lucca, the ship Carlisle, M'Arthur, from Plynu.mtji, ia fix weeks and three days. Capt. M Ar thur 011 his arrival off' Pl ymouth, on the 16th of February, finding the fleet had failed the day before, confiding of near 600 fail f»>r their several dettinations, un der convoy of fix fail of the line, *tid some frijafs, proceeded immediately in order to join, bill not falling ir. with them, he purfoed his voy.age. Sunday arrived the American ship Roba and Belfry, froiti Norfolk, in five weeks. Tu-fdav arrived thebrig Phoebe, Wil cox, fiom Savannah. The ship, George Hunter, from New York, is arrived at Rio Buend. The brig Dolphin, Sturton, for Phi ladelphia, failed from Savamiaii-laMar last Monday morning. ARRIVED. 4SP 13°° 500 Endea/ot, Simpfon, Pottfmouth (New Hampshire) Roba and Betley, Limburn, Norfolk Sillers, Nutty New-Caflle Almy, Cutter, New-York Phoebe, Wilcox Georgia John, Potter, Boston Arrived the brig John, Potter, from Bolton : and (hip George, Hunter, New-Yoik. if Foreign Intelligence. ! • 1 LONDON, March 24. OnTuefday a house of the firfte mmence in this City, the Principal Part ner in whichas a Diiecior ot a great Commercial Company, was under the neecfiity of flopping payment, in con fcquence of the lofTcs which it has expe rienced from the capture $>f the King George Packet, and the many other e vils incident to the present unhappy war. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. There aie. Paris Papers in Town of i%>e 10th, 11th, and i2thinit. They make no mention of a decree ofaccufa tion having pafled against Darrere and .his afiociates. They state, that Syeyes on the Bth, made a speech in favor of the outlawed Deputies, which was or dered to be printed. As Vadier, had abfeonded, the let ters that had been addretTed to hirawere ordered to be opened by the Committee of General Safety. Andre Dumont made a motion, that the decree for the annual celebration of thrift of May, (hould be repealed.— The ipajority of the Convention sup ported the i<otion, and no member op posed it. The Order of the Day was pafled on amotion of Lecointre of Versailles for repealing the decree for teftoring the outlawed Deputies to their Seats. The feftions of Paris on the 11th protested againlt the proceedings of the 3 Ift of May, and requested that the au thors of the September Mafiacre should be pu nr Died. Boifly d'Anglas proposed fubjr&ing the Advocates ef Royalifm to penalties and publishing an address to inform the people with refped to the machinations of/their enemies. These propositions, after some de bate, were referred to the Committee of Legifiation. Louvet, one of tke outlawed Deputies rellored to their by the decree of the Bth, propoftd declaring, That the citizens of tjic Departments, who after the 31ft of May took up atmsto support the Convention, deserved well of their cou.itry. The Convention pafled to . the Older of the Day. Mr.BROTHERS—The PROPHET Yellerday a Jury was fuinmoned to decide on the State of mind of this An gular man. It wascalled under a Writ de Lunatico inquirendo, at the King'# Arms Tavirn, New Palace Yard. The following is a copy of the Sub poena which was iflued on the occasion. " By virtue of a Commidion in na ture of writ (Js Lunatico inqu rendo, un der the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster the 16th of March, 1795, to us whose names are hereunder written, and others in the fame Commilfion named, dire&ed to in quire whether Richard Brothers, re siding at the House of Mr. Rofs, one of his Majesty's MclEpngers, be a Luna tic or not $ Thefe-are to require you, that you personally appear before us at the King's Arms in Palace yard, on Friday the 27th of March inft. at one o'clock in the afternaon, and there, on oath tcftify the truth, according to your knowledge, touching the Lunacy of said Richard Brothers; and of all such mat ters as (hall be demanded of vou by vir tue of the said Commifiion. THOMAS EVANER, WILLIAM COOKE, March 24,1795 AN ITiONY PYE, As the verdict of the Jury is to be firft communicated to the privy Coun cil, nothing of the result was lad night fuffered to transpire. •The tribunals eftablilhed by the Ruf i fians far judging the PoKfti patriots will bs opened on the 27th February. In cafe of necessity they will continue their fittings two years, that not a An gle patriot (hall escape. They ordered the bodies of their partisans, condemned by national laws during the revolution, to be dug out ; and pompous funeral ceremonies are now preparing in the bosom of Warsaw for these remains raised out of the tomb: horrible ceremonies, at which the fede ral corporations of tradesmen of the ca pital will be forced to afiift in the mid(t of Ruffian bayonets.' See here the bane ful consequences of a counter-revolution. Several papers tell us of a new in vented mortar, which, by the help of wind instruments, may be loaded and discharged several times in an hour, and at every difeharge will throv/ into a be sieged town or fortrefs, a bomb, con taining twenty-five armed men. It is worthy remark, that the papers which gravely relate the feats of this extraor dinaiy bomb, pretend to difoelieve the divine million, of Mr. Brothers, and the inspiration of Mr. Halhed. It has been remarked that the latest Madrid gazettes have much foftened the tone of their ftridlures on the prcfent govtrnment of France; they even be stow encomiums 011 the moderate prin ciples of the faction now prevailing in that country. r~. ~— T.- a 7 By a letter from Tellicherry we are informed, that a Dutchman, made a a prisoner by Hyder Ally the war before last, at Chatwa, has escaped from Se ringapatam, and arrived at Cananore : he relate«, that Tippoo was very ill of the fame complaint of which his father died ; that he is th»wing up a number of new works, to strengthen the neigh borhood of his capital ; surrounding his lines with ditches, and adopting as much as poflible the European fyitem of for tification. That since the peace, Tip poo had rejected from his service all PortHguefe and English, and difmHTed them from his dominions ; that Budder al Zuren Cawn, who so bravely diftin guifhed himfelf at Dauvar, was promo ted to the highest honors. From Madras we learn, that letters from the Northward and Southward confirm the reports recently received from those quarters, of the scarcity of i grain ; a circuwftance fevcrely felt by :he natives. On'the 17th of September last, hi* highness the Nabob made a formal rifit to Lord Hobart, -at his lordlhip's gar den house, and was saluted at his en trance and retiring with twenty-one guns. Several of the late wealthy fugitives from Holland and Germany, have looked towards, and have vested considerable property in flie American £bnds, which, from their regular transfer, and interest, paid half -yearly in London, as well as from their progrefiive rife for many years past, and the probability that the wife rulers of that rising country will avoid the warfare and broils of European nations, have of late much attra&ed the notice of the city fpetulators in money. We are favoured by* a correspondent with the price of American flocks, at some one period in each month finee June last : 3 pr. fU~ 6 pr. cti. Def. Jlock. B.Jharet June 49-2 89 56 lOJ July 50 90-2 59 106 Aug 50-» ,90-4 58-i 108-1 Ovft. 50 99 60 108 66 118 a lai 68 126 N0v.53 92 Dec- SS 9* Jan. 56 Feb. 56-2 96-2 70 130 The par of bank shares is 400 dollars, or 901. British money, and the nature of the< ilocks are fully known to many brokers in this city. February 23. Mr. Pitt, in his late agreement with Mr. Jay, has effected an object of great ge neral benefit, namely, a contrail by which America is tp furnifh, at a reduced price, an immense quantity of corn during the ensuing season. » February 26. Le compte de Montgaillard, whose pro found knowledge of French ■affairs has been admitted by the mofl enlightened po liticians throughout Europe, is reported to be now fufFering, in common with the emigrants captured in Holland, all the agonies of confinement.' Montgaillard has certainly been very in strumental in expoiing the crimes and miseries of his countrymen. In his last pamphlet he represents the fall of Robespierre as the consequence of a conspiracy, the feeds of which had been engendered so long ago as April last ; and that Bentaboile was the, author of the conspiracy. Montagillard'p authority being so deser vedly high, it may be worthy of notice in what estimation he holds the present ru lers of France. The only diftinguiihed qualities which he allows T allien, are those of a bafeand sanguinary villain. Destitute of those fliining talents which command the admi ration of mankind, it is very improbable that he will, for any length of time, re- I 1 tain that cenfpicuousficuati m in which hl» impudence, aidid by accident, has placed him. He must give way to abler heads who will soon precipitate him from hi» eminence. Bourdon de l'Oife, and Come of his as sociates, are represented in lmiilar fea tures with those of Tallien. But the men, above all, calculated by a superior source of intelle&ual powers t» combat with vigor and effedl the ope rations of theallies, areSilvefter andDsl mas- With a perfualive eloquence, thev unite to the sagacity of deliberation, the boldness of enterprize, that unbounded portion of human depravity, whch sur mounts every obstacle, for the attaintneot of a particular objeifl. Of Tallitn and Legendre, from a Ger r ; man Paperi Tallien fan\e times at tempts to argue, but much oftner on fubjetfis of. finance, and is always contradicted by Cambon, who has long been at ths head of tha. finance department. But fofar is he from being principally employed in the affair« of government, that he Teems to be total ly excluded, an Ito apply hitofelf onlv t» t the affairs of parties in Paris and in the convention. . For some time pift hi has enjoyed an ap parent weight and popularity, much of which is evidently lent him by Legendre, who is intent on avenging the execution of hie friendt, Dantoir and Camille Dcf moulins, upon Collot d'Herbois, Biiiaud Vaienoes and Barrere, and perhaps, some others of the old committees of govern ment. Legendre is a man of ftroflg character, a vigorous, tho' uncultivated underftan ding-j cautious in his measures, though re solute and vindiiftive ; plain in his man ners, economical in his mode of living, and from the reputation of being incorruptible by money, highly popular. If he suc ceeds in bringing those whom heconfidert as the murderers of Danton so the fcaffold he will drop Tallied, or perhaps give him up to Cambon's charges of peculation, of which it is pretty generally believed there are fufftcunt proofs. France; Yeflerday afternoon <we werefavoured with PAKiS MONITEUkS to the nth of ■ March, received by thejhip Iris, M'Cill, arrived at New-York fromNantz: from lubich <we havefeleded the following in teresting intelligence, by 14 day 1 the lat est from France. £aurora.J NATIONAL CONVENTION. At the end of a very lengthy report by Boiffy D'Anglas, cSnuining grounds ofa larm on the score of a fcai city of pi ovifioiw in France, which n attributed and juHly, to the apprtfflon which, under the reign' of Rubefpierre, wiighed heavily upon the mercharitt, and alio to the plans of the combined courts—and after a very warm difeufiion, the following decree was,palled. Art. 1. The diftriburion of bread by tlie bakers will be made as heretofore, on the exhibition of cards delivered-to each citi zen bf his fe&ion. 2. Each citizen living by the work of his hands will receive a pound and an h If of bread ; all other individuals, without regard to age or sex, one pound. 3. The distribution /hall be ftperinten ded by eommiflioners named in each lec tion by the civil and beneficent commit tees united. * 4. Thffe copnmiflioners will attend at the bakers before the diitribut'fcp begilii. 5. They ftull remain hi place for the fpaceof one month, and renewed by thirds each decade* ' , 6. 'I'he committee of public' fafety, that of general security, and the cdmmiflion of provisions, under the faperintendance of the committee cf public are dire<st ed so take every nerefliu-y meaiitre for the execution of this decree. 7. The preicnt decree ind "report to be published in Paris, and- inserted in the bulletin. Tfie difcuflion on this decree wis conti nued for feme time. In the course of it Merlin de Thiortville niadt the following obfervatjonj: ~ " Reprefentitives «T the People: I de clare it to your enemies, I have my eyes open upon them. J am pofleflcd of the thread of an immenfq confpiricy, which I shall unravel in proper time ; and were J to fall, amongst thoft generous citizens, who at she firft signal are ready to make for you a bulwark l>f their bodies) Frs, Tes, exclaim a. great number of citizens fitting on the petition bench and in a ma jority of the tribunes, waving their hats at the fame t'.me ; the iione remaining silent.) Yes, were I doomed to perish, I will combat your afiaflins; let them not believe that, our resources are , exhausted, they are immense. A citizen in the tribune cries out, brava. 69 129 A woman in the ieft tribune exclaims. Bread. (Violent Inurmurs in the afltmbiy and other tribunes.) ' , Merlin continues: "I do not seek for applause ; but I owe the people truth ; I will declare that truth without fearing the hifles oc vociferations of the seditious "• I repeat it, the country is flrong enough to crush the vile reptiles who now crouch in the mire, after having bathed them selves in blood. (Warm ap'plaufes ) After five years of revolutionary labours, afte' a stormy pafiage, would you be. ft-ip wreckcd in fight of the ccsft. Ycuruui on and courage will dispel the temptft p re " pared for you. Woe to thoft who wA to make the revolution take a vetroga* e rtep; the day on which in their per verse breasts thev are resolved to lay their facri ligeous hafids ontht National Convention,. I that day will be their !aft. I move for rhe order of the Jay upon the second proposition of Kocjn:s- } ftr V ' March 15. Yt,
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