Pf-l-ITICAU Fjr sis-GAZETTE of the Ut it ed tatks.' Our .Envoys to France. Wr hoito^, ' H YT arch-politician and sapient news , mang-r Du&rte, has favoured the public with Jits remarks, c imments and illuft rattans tip on the intelligence from France refpett ng the rupture of negjociations between our -Envoys and the Fr tch government. So long as this man confines his refrarch es v to domettic occurrences, his falfhoods and misrepresentations are unworthy a feri ■ous refutation ; but when he undertakes to palm upon his readers his crude conje&ures of the truth or falfehood of foreign intelli gence, it is only necessary,' in order to cor rect the errors, his statements create, to lay before the public, the evidence on which t! at intelligence rests. It appears then, that a gentleman, wlio came as a passenger in the Brig Amazon, armed at New York, from St Sebastians, ftatcs as a faft that four days previous to his departure from St. Sebastians, be received two letters from Bordeaux, dated the ift of July, which mentioned the receipt, at Bordeaux, offcvcral letters from Paris to the following purport - That a suspension of the negotiation be tween our cammifiioners and those of France had aftually taken place in consequence of the French refuting to imdemnify us for the veffcls captured, unless we would agree to renew the treaty of 1778, or make one fi milartoit. Now this is the evidence, upon which Duane fays, two of the New York papers, " in order to take the edge from the recent " advices from Europe, have affcrted that " the negotiations between our ministers " and those of France are suspended icc.'' It is trtie, that thie intelligence is not di rest and official from our envoys, thcmfelves, but it is worthy of very considerable credit, for the very reason, which Duane gives for disbelieving it, viz. because the French government has refufed to nuke restitution for the illegal captures of our merchant tef fela, utilefs our envoys would consent to a renewal of the Treaty of 1778 —Every bo dy knows how extremely favorable to France and oppreflive ta America, was that treaty of 1778, made by old Frank lin, and nothing could be more likely than that the French commiflianers (hould in their generous way of doing t'nefe things, infill upon the unqualified renewal of that fatal treaty, as tke fine qua non, of making re stitution for our unlawful captured vessels ( and nothing could be more likely than that the American envoys were intlru&ed, to consent or agree to no such difj>raecfu) con dition. Here the parties were fairly and naturally at ifTue, and here they broke off the negociation. f- Ob, but fays citizen Duane—" 'Upon the face of these aflertions, they carry contra diction with them." Why ? Mark his reaton, " which was not given upon com pulsion," but spontaneously and with free, will—-For, fays he, " if any difpate or dif ference could arise, it would not be in so general a way, as an obje&ion to pay for property illegally taken." Now, in a ge. neral way, lam apt to think, " a difference or dispute" would more readily " arise" in a French negociation, from an objettion on their part to pay for property " illegally ta ken," than from any other cause, general o ; - special ; for we know, as was lately slated in your Gazette, Mr. Editor, that although the French have a flrong hankering after •ther people's prop-rty, and have often been known to take,it by violence, yet in a ge neralwwasy f they "forget to pay." I mult contefs, Mr. Editor, that this objection of citizen Duane, does not invali date, in my mind, the probability, that the report of the negociation being broken off, is true. I am one of those who never thought or believed that the F.rtnch govern ment would pay or make restitution for the property they have flolen from our coun trymen; I did think they might proniife our Envoys, mod faithfully, that tViey would do it ; and then fend tliem home as full of promife-s and profeflions as their pockets could hold, but without a seu in their purses. Such would be the style of French negcciation, in a general ivay. Duane, unbluthingly asserts that he is pofleffed of a copy of'the Decree of the French Consuls, which g-;s to place Ame rica on the fame footing with regard to France, as (he was by the treaty of 1778. I undertake to Cay, that he is poffrfled of 110 such Decree, which (to use his own plirafe •ologyl goes to ettabtifh this relation—The Decree to which he refers under this cha •tafter, i» ohc p;tfled shortly after the coin imencenient of Consul King Buonaparte's ♦eign, and relatt-S generally to neutral com merce, reviving the marine ordonnances of 'France relative thereto, which were firftcre idted by the Frerteh monarchy in 1778, ~fo that Citifcen Dnartf, with al! his sharp lighted sagacity, will not be able to convert ■this ardonnance into a revival of the ancient relations between France and America, not even bythe help of a falfehood into the bargain—Our velTels are (till taken by French.privsteers, and condemned by French Coi'rts, and this is what he calls a decree that gofs to eft.iblifh ancient relations. Even were the faft as he states it to be, the only atifwer I would be disposed to make, would be,*a pbgue of your relations—l-will rone of it. ur onrl nnr farmpra anrl ntir Our merchants and our farmers and our rrtechanics ought to know tjie fadt, that the jacobins democratic-republicans have done und are still d*jing, by their cmiiTanes at Pa vis, every thitie in their power to prevent an honorable And fatisfaclery ndjuflment of wur differences with France, iti order that they *nay throw the odium upon the present Ex - •cutive, and in order to reserve to the " man of the ipeopl",? whom ..they Intend if they lan t > briiip; in as" the next President, *!ie honor of a Itrift alliance and a spee dy with the French Republic. This faft is notorious and Citizen Duanr confcfles it in his concluding* fentmce of lemstrl.s the F.nvoy intelligence, where he f vs- « that any attempts by the intrigues of Britain or their adherents to produce a rupture, would only confirm tie people, more generally than they even now are, tint it would he inriif penfi'olv neceiiary to place Mr. Jeff ifoil in the chair, because his desire for an univer sal peace, is well In.iwn. 1 his it the eternal and unvarying cant of Mr. Jeffcrfon's adherents.—.He is the man of the 'people—He i= the friend of uni verlal peace—H- loves France—And the climax of his m rit is—That he detefti Great ■Brit .in—Now, tb»t universal peace is the objeft ps Mr. Jeffcrfon and hU party, any more than it is the objeft ot' Mr Adam? and the Federal party, is what I deny —and the fending of the Envoys te France is " a confirmation flrong,;' that peace with France was the objeel of the Federji Go vernment, but it could be made by our Envoys because Mr. Jefferlons party had written to the French Commissioners, that if they made a treaty with the Miniflers, lent by Mr. Adams, it would prevent Mr. Jefferfon —The friend of France, fror i, be ing eledled President, and that by delaying the treaty until the e'eilion was over and the result known—)f Mr. Jefferfon got in, he would make peace and a close alliance with them at once, without demanding any reltitntion for Vaptured property. This is the way the Democrats work—this is their patriotism and by such srts and intrigues do they attempt to serve the cause of their matter the great hitlorian of the huge Mammoth. For the Gazette of the United States. FICOM THE CHIRPING COBLER. HONEST JACKS ADVENTURES IN TOWN, A BALLAD. [To the tune of—'* Go patter to Lubbere and Svfais, Jye See,"] MY poor widow'd mather laid one day so meek i You know by falfe friends, O the pity ! Our law fuir is loft ! then thy fortune go seek With coufintand friends in the city ; Here's Sukey the poor Orphan child of Friend Bland Who once kept thy father from flarving— ; When our friend* make thy fortune, take her by the hand' ' For a wife ; for fhe'sgood and deserving. B>it mind thee in heart this one maxim my Jack Which pray often read in this book, Make honor thy guide, or dfeneVsr come back To thy poor widow'd mother, and Suke, ( , So I kifs'd Suke and Mather, and greatly con cern'd- Off I set with my poor mother's blefiing I With our Jacobin Cousin the wine feller learn'd About mixing, and brewing, irA prejfing; But the floe juice and rats-bane and ail those neat Jokes Were fo»n in my stomach a riGng. Why dang it, cried I, would you kill the poor folks ? I thought you fold Wine, and not poison. Your place, cousin Demo, won't do, for you lack - To make such broth another guess cook, Besides without honor, I cann»t go back To my poor widow'd mother, atid&uke> To z levelling Doctor I next went my ways— He taught me the mystery quickly, Of those, that were dyine to shorten the days And those in good health to make sickly. Him I left for an author who floleall hit thoughtr A Jacobin Bookfellerfold them, My old Demo aunt found in tnnoctnce faults. And made rirtue bfufh as Ihe told 'em. With a profpeft all round me so dismal and black, Scarce knowing on which fide to look I just femed my Honor and gladly came back To my poor widow'd mother and Suke. I found them as pure as the rose buds in June, The law suit reversed, banifh'd sorrow ; Dear mother said I my Honor'/ n>y own " Thank God ! and wed Sukey to-morrow. And how of our cousins !" —They're Jacobin* grown, Where »ice rides with folly bthind her. Not that I would fay, there's no Honor in town* I only fay thej could n't find her. For Honor to llarve, I was in the right track, By Demo's and Deifls o'ertsok ; Thank Ood, from such Jacobins poor I've came back To my good Angel Mother, and Suke. Frpm a London paper. Shaiv vs. Lav/ton. This was an aftion brought by the plain tiff against the Defendant for criminal con versation with his wife. The plaintiff was a Cooper, and being drawn tc serve i'b the Miadlefcx militia, he was obliged to leave his wife in town to attend the regiment; He was absent from htr for more than a year, and upon his return he found her with child* Upon ii quiry, he learned that the defendant was the father. Only one Wrt nefs was called on the part »f the prose cution, from whose evidence it was clear th..t the woman lived in an open state of proftituiion during the abfepce of her hus band, and that th;re were very strong grounds of suspicion that the husband was privy and consenting to his wife's infamy. Lord Eldon said that this cafe might be decided in the words of Lord Mansfield, who on a cafe which wa9 tried befofe him, otfer ved, th;it if a woman lives in a state of prpftitution with the privity of her husband, an A&ion cannot be against any man whp is thus drawn iato connexion with her. If the hufoand is not privy to the proflitiition, an adion may lie, and the prostitution is evident ; if the Jmy should think that the husband was not pri y to it, it can however only go to leflen the damages. If they (hould think th the was privy to it, Adtion cannot lie—Vcrdift forthe defendant. ' The Plaintiff is a sword cutler, near Cha rin Crrvfs, and he brought this aftian against the Defendant, au officer 'in the army, for the price of a sword which the Defendant bought in hie shop. It was proved in evi dence that the Defendant came into the Plaintiff's (hop and with an intention »f buy ing a sword. He fixed upon one, which the Plaintiff informed him was made for the prince of Wales .but offered' it to him for 28 guineas. The Defendant agreed to take it at this price, and iaid he would give his Note of Hand for the money. The sword was sent home to tile Defendant's lodgings, and afterwards returned by hitt) to get some alterations made in it?'but he refufed, af ter thefer alterations were made, to take the sword, or to give his Note of Hand for the twenty-eight guineas, alledging that it was not a good sword, or fit for service. Several sword cutlers stated that the sword was a good one, Sod fit for service, and worth the price. On the part of the Defendant, a Major Flower swore, that the sword was not a j good one ; the tank, or part next the han- | die, being made of Britifb iron, and being' ill joined to the other part. Lord Eldon said, that as the sword was not alledged to be altered from what it was when the Defendant agreed to pay 28 guin eas for it in Plaintiff's (hop, he thought he was liable for this fr.m, and more espe cially as the evidence of the sword cutlers proved the sword to he fit for service. PLUTARCH. " Quiimulta gracilis teprue in rosa ?" &c, &c- WHAT gentle youth, in flow'rs and fragrance dreft, Now ctafps thee, PruiA, in hit glowing arms? With touch of am'rous fire unzones thy br*a>l. And riots, lisati'd, o'er it* heaving charms ? For whom is''udy'dnow that Cmple grace Which pla : .ts thy role in many a careless foH ? For whom, with blushing radiance lights thy fact, And float those wavy curls ef threaded gold ? Alas, for him ! too foft confiding youth, Who trufU the tranficnt summer ofthyfmile, Receivri thy aafy vowsfr teds of truth, Nor dreams how foully fair is women's guile' Infatuite Dupe ! too tton, yet. ah! to oljtr Thee perjur'd, and, himlelf un.:one, he'll find ; Then with availlef< curfcsbrarid his /ate, Upbraid the woild, and call the Gods unkind ! 77' it heart aßoic (hieiu of caution saves, And letn n-.e Tievi,"tr«hirm'd, thy Circe-form ; So Ocean's foft, clear ffonl, and fun-lit waves— The Calm fnviioß—but then I dread the Sto*m ! v j Gazette Marine Lift, port of Philadelphia. ARRIVED, Days. Schr. Virginia, Vfatfon, Richmond 9 [Tobacps & Flour," to captaim Nt arrivals at the fart. Came up from the To t. Schr. Phoebe, Stevers Prize-piaster, prize te the Ganges—Negroes ..Eliza, Boulti, Norfolk, ballad, to C. Plumftcd. CLEARED, Sloop Vermont, Turner, Surrinam A fliip, apparently in ballad, came too at the Part.this morning. The above (hip is the Divorfi?, from N. York. Schr. Betfcy Loyd, , from St. Ja go de Cuba to this pert, is captured and ftnt to Jamaica. Ship Rose, Jones, for Liverpool, went to sea 011 the 13th inftaut, \yith a fine breeze at North- Weft. Schooner Rover, Thotripfon, from Rives La, Plata, was spoken the i6th inft. 44 days out, bound to Philadelphia. Ship George Walhington, 19 cays from Philadelphia for New-Orleans, was spoken with off the Havanna. A British frigate then in c}iact>of her. - Sloop Betsey, Norton, failed from New- Bedl'ori for this port the*9!h of August. Arrived at Annapolis, M. the (hip Har ript, from Liverpool. Left there the so lowing viffe t for Baltimore. Ship Union, Porter, to fail iii about 6 day. certain. NEW-BEDFORD, Aug. 9. Sloop Union, Swtt, fj-»m a Southern whale crtiife, 60 or 70 lb!s. oil. , Aug. 1 a,, sloop Seaflowfr, Chvrch, New- York. ■ ■. Ij, fchooner^uf»n, v r. Clark, New York. Sailed August 9, sloop fame, Shearman, New York ; Dolphin, Alien, Newport— -84, sloop Drufilla, Cralidon, New York ; Nancy, Delano, Hudson River. Capt. Wootlberry, arrived at Beverly from Grand Bank, on tlie 16th of July, in lat. 43, 27, long. 56, 43, spoke brie Union, Billing ton, from New York to Belfaft; July 19, lat. 42, long. 59, spoke schooner Sally, Knowles, from Gloucester to Liflbon. NEW YORK, August 20. ' ARRIVED, days Ship Hetty, Ncill* Cerunna 56 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May-27. SITTINGS JTTRR thUM IKM TDDIESEX, > ROTIER-B.TATHAM Verdidt foe the Plantjff a® guineas. IMITATION From the Fijtb if»ok qf Horace. TO PYRRHA. Francis & Mary, Spence, in 6 days. Gearge Wafliiiigton and B-ckey, un- Lovifa in 8 days. j SALEM, August i£. ohip Franklin, Buardman, N. Bedford 2 . Sarah, Moore, Kingston 18 Adventure, Bell, ' do. i 3 Macpherfon, Frith, Martinique 18 Swift, . do. 18 v CLEARED, Ship Mary, Goodrich, Batavia Brig Nymph, Cable, Curracoa The brig Ann, Richards, from Savanna to Martinique, is taken and carried into Guadaloupe. The brig Lord Duncan has arrived at Martinique fro«i Bolton. The ship Elfr.eliege Judith,-Abbot, has arrived at St. Croix, from this port. YeSerday arrived here the fchr. Jack, Winus, of Liverpool from St. Kitts. Cap tain W. informs, that the brig Nancy, S. G. Cox, of this port has arrived at St. Lucia. •Also. the schooner Severn, Outerbridge, in eighteen days from Martiuique : She failed under convoy of the United States Hoop of war Baltimore, in co. w'th upwards of one hundred fail of American veff«ls. The English fleet failed at the fame time. There were in the fleet, a French privateer schooner of fourteen guns, which had been captured by the United States schooner Enterprise, after an a£tion of fifty minutes. A schooner with Danish colours, and a French ketch, prizep to the Co'nnedticut. Parted from the fleet the id, in la:, 65. Arrived ot the quarantine place yesterday the ship Sarah from Jamaica ; the schooner M'Pherfon, from Bermuda, and federal others, supposed to be part of the above fleet. Arrived, fh'p Hetty, Neil, 36 days from Corunna. Left there ship Amazon, which had been taken and carried in there by a French pri vateer of sixteen guns ; she was bound from Boftoa to Cadiz, and schooner freedom of Cape Ann, arrived there fafe July 26, fpbkc ship Mary Ann, ins from Boston, out sixteen days for Lon don. Augufl 17, spoke. brig Amelia, Vail, thirteen days from Havannah, for Newport. £ ame day. arrived, Ceres, Peters, twen ty days from "New Orleans* Left there, fchr. Mifiifiippi, of Baltimore, for Jamai ca, laden wiih flour. Schr. Volunteer, of Baltimore for New York and brig Francis Nixon, of and for ditto. . ALEXANDRIA, August 16. AKRITEn. The a'med fchr. Neptune, Coleman, Falmouth, 17th of June. July 17th spoke (hip Canton, of Phila delphia, to Bengali—all.well )?t* 38, 44, N. long. 55, W. Spoke, iot!v infi, a Hamburg ship bouud. to Baltimore, about 30 leaguet east ward of Cnpe Hcnlop«, Capt. Guthrie, of the fcb'r. Welcome Return, from this port, araived at Liver pool on ihe-Mth June. CHARLESTON, August 2. Arrived at the Fort on Monday lad, the Spanish brig Dos Amigos, a prize to.the Britifli (hip of war Thunderer; capt. Temple Hard). The said trig Wis bound.'to Jama ica, and has been beating at .sea ,these nine weeks paft-. At one rime they were within a mile of going rouhd Cape Maize, but were driven to leeward by the current, and obli ged to run for this port, in great distress for provisions apd water, and very leaky. On Sunday the 27th of July, fell in with the Mayflpwer of Providence, a Spanish fclfoo ner, who supplied them with a little bread, taflao, rice and a keg of water. On Satur day the 2d instant, spoke the sloop Martha, Francis Cozens, matter, from this port for the Havanna, in lat. 29. 21. long, 78, ,16, all well. Capt. Cozens supplied them with beef, bread, and a barrel of water. THE Members of the Thespian Society, are req-:eftcd to attend a special meeting at the Circus, THIS EVEN IMG at 8 o'clock. By order of the Prefidcnt. august it DH. RUSSELL'S HISTORY OF Modern Europe. The public are refpeflfully informed that tbe Firll Volume of tTie above VVqvk i? printed and will be immediatly delivered to the fubferihers. Those Oen-.lemen whbhave exprefled a wiili to fee the manner in which it is executed before they become fubfcriber9, are requested to cill at W. Y. BIRCH's No. 17,/owth Second-street. It is prefumjd that oft_ companion it will be found fuperier to the London copy. Awf. »i ' eod. A. Young Man, PERFECTLY versed in Merca/itile accounts, and brought up in one of the firfl cosnting haufes in this »ity, wilhes employment at Clerk. He is at present absent from Philadelphia, but a line left at the Office of the Gaaette of the Uni ted States he will receive, and it fljall be inime d'ately attended to. Salary a fecondaty ohjedl— Employment his metive. august »l dtf WANTED TO PURCHASE, A FEW CANAL LOTTERr Prize Tickets, Br M. M'CONNELL, At No. 143, Chefnut 11. august si ' eod 6t Loft, yesterday, A white young Pointer Dog, WITH liver coloured spots, tall and very thin—named Msmus. Any pcrfon giving information where he may be found, at No. 116 Chefnut street, will be liberally rewarded. >ugn(t 11 Laws of the United States. .Bp 3Uit£oritp» Sixth Cungrefs of the United States At the Fiift Session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, ih the State x>f Pennsylvania, on Mon day, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety} nine. AN ACT To cjitboiisic certain expenditures, and to make certain appropriations /or tie year one thousand eight hundred. , Sec. i * T) E it enacted by the Sc ale and JL> H.use of Representatives of tie Lnited States of America, in Congress, Assembled, That the Secretary of the Se nate, and the Cletk of the House of R**pre fentatives, refpefttvrly, ftvall have allawed to them, in the settlement of their accounts with the Treasury Department, the expen ccs by them refpeftiveiy incurred, pursuant to the direflions of th'e joitit committee cf the two Houses, in the various measures adopted by the fnid committee for doing honor to the memory of George W a filing'- ton, late Prtfidetit of the United States } and that a sum not exceeding three thou-> sand two hundred dollars (hall be ZW'] is appropriated for defraying th'e Paid ex fen Pes. "l v And be it further enact' T'.iit the Prefidsnt of the United S»' ate , bc , and hereby >s authorized " dnd enipowwd to c'aufe to be g!'.*n, uuring the present year to the nation ot Indians, such pre fects not exceeding the value of two thou sand dolla'rs, as he dial! judge rroft suitable ; and that the sum cf two thousand dollars (hall be and hereby is appropriated for that pUrpofe. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States ftiall be, and hereby is authorized and empowered t» cause to be expended a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, for the reimbursement ot (uch reofonable advances of money as have heretofore been, or before the firft day of September next may be made by consuls of the United States, in making and suppor ting the claims of American citizens for captured property, before the tribunals of foreign courtries ; and that thejfum of five thousand dollars shall be and hereby is ap propriated for that purpose. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum oi forty-four thousand dollars (hall be, and hereby is appropriated for defraying the expense th t has been, or during the pre» lent v£ar may be incurred by the payment of colts, iii prize causes; before the coutt of ad.miralty and toort of appeals in England. ~ Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expense incident to the vilits of Jndians to the feat of government, the fur,) of (even five hundred dol lars shall be and hereby is appropriated. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That for defraying, during the present year, the additional compensations granted in the pre sent session to the Secretary ps the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Tteprelentatives, and to the clerks in their refpeftive offices, the sum of one thousand five hundred dol lars (hall be and hereby is appropriated. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expenses incident, during the prefc.it year, to the eftablilhment of the general (lamp-office, including-the salary of the (uperintendant of stamps, clerk hire, of fice rent, and all contingent expenses, the sum of four thousand dollars fliall be an 4 hereby is appropriated. * Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That for defraying, during the prsfent year, the expense incident to the eftablifhirent of the government of the Indiana Territory, inclu ding thf salary of the governor, judges, knd Secretary, and *ll contingent expense*. the sum of fowr thousand dollars (hill be and hereby is appropriiteJ. Sec. 9. And be itfirtber enacted, That for defraying the expense incident to the ex ploring of copper mines 011 Lake Superior, the sum of one thousand five hundred dol ■ lars fliall be and hereby is appropriated. '•Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated for the present year," the sum cf one hundred thousand dollars, to be applied to the fortification of the ports and harbours of the United States, in aid. of the fume heretofore appropriated for that purpofeand remaining unexpended. Sic. 11. And be it further enacted, That the afortfaid appropriations fliall be paid out of,any money in the Treasury of the United States nototherwife appropriated. Theodore Sedgwick, Speaker of the House of Representatives, THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, Majr i <, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAJyiS, President of the United States. A PERSON OF abilities, integrity and experience in mercantile bofinef", would willingly en. gage as CLERK to a merchant or public of- Sce, or be concerned with any person as patt ner, as he has an intercft of abput onetfioui'and pounds in real estate in the city. Please to ap ply to the Printer ; or a line left at the offiae for B. Y. will be attended to imn erliately. Mayis djt ro&th tf