, -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.
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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,