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The American envoys arrived at Havre
from Paris on the Bth, and were to faU
about the 16th of Odtober for the United
States.
The Rose being still at the Hook, wo
are unable to give the marine articles bf
her Ihe failed in ca. witn a number ye
American veftels, Tome of which were for
this port.
New York paper.
TO THE PUBLIC.
SIX months have elapled, fin'ce the pief
ent Editor of this Gazette, became, its sole
proprietor, by purciwfe, from Mr; J no. W.
Fenno. He therefore deems it prOper, at
this period, to flat* some particulars relative
to it, at, and fince'the timi when it became
his eftablillimeut.
The Gazette of the United States, had
from its corhmeiicment, been condufted, J
at different periods, by tw6 gentlemen,.of
acknowledged talents and refpeitabiliy ; hence !
it merited and obtained countenance from a .
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community, 'lt was> therefore, reilonably j
concluded, that on it!> betwning the pro- I
petty of «»otW, who from i'cveial years j
ab fence from his native cit}K was recognized
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those who had prevWutly-honorcd it by thetr
support, Would withdiaw their namei.—
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from realiling the fears entertained on this
point, not one fourth of the number contem
plated, have relinquiflied. 1 his alone was
a favourable omen, but it is infinitely more
gratifying to obferve,,'that, the numbers ad
ded to his fubfeription lift, have exceeded his
calculations two-fold.
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■lt will He deemed fuperfiuous, at this
time, to enter Into a detail of the political
principles of the Editor—the motives which _
a&uate him, and his general plan of editing. ... ;,,w
They are now universally known, and it s
highly pleafmg to find, that tliey are gene
rally apprbvtd of, by a refpeflable portion »f
the community, who hate fandlioned that
appiobation with their ftafnes and purfts.
It may be observed by some honefl, wor
thy men, that the style of the Gazette is
sometimes violent, and that private per
sons, are at those times attacked— l'o the
charge of violence he that of warmth
is cheerfully admited he will here
observe, that advocating 'truth, and *he
dearest lrfterefts .of his t»untry, he feels a
zeal, which he thinks, and they ofirefleftion
mud admit, is hndable. Those, who ebjea
to his giving full'fcope to his feelings on
this fubjeft, will So well to consider, that
he has to contend with an unprincipled,
daring, and aspiring faflion ; who threaten
every thing virtuous, total fubveTfion,
whofe only arguments are falfeliood a'iid
calumny.
Private characters, are held facied, gene
rally speaking, bot when turbulent aliens
and naturalized become bawlcrs at
town meetings and write libel after libel on
the firft charaasrs iu our country ; —When
they fanftion with their dete'fted names the!
jseft glaring falfchoods and the vilefl de
traction, amid such an uproar, fiTence would
he criminal. Such men and those only has
- the Editor dragged before the American peo
ple ; he has opposed them, and will continue
to oppose them, and from the strongest ties
of attachment to America, he will uncea
singly combat with all the' means in his
power, the infidioua and inveterate foej to
this country whether foreign or dontelHc,
1 tmdeT whetever specious garb they may
j>Ua<c to affiime. I
Wajhmgton City.
C ON GUESS
C F TH E UN IT ED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
VVedncftloy November 26.
The H'mfc went into acommittee of
the whole on tho reply to the I J rtlident'»
Speech. Mr. Parker in the chair which was
read by paragraphs, and reported to the
house without any amendments
The report of the committee was immedi
ately taken up, on the question to agree to
the addreis, Mr. Nicholas rose and ebferved,
that he regretted the introduflion of politi
cal matter, calculated to produce dil'cord
and divilion. He was averle to the Houlc
1 pending time ill propounding political theo
ries, as lio good, hut niKch nuscheif might
How from inch a procedure. Had no other
topies or f.ntiments been alluded to than
those contained in the Frefidents Speech,
there would have been much less divilion in
the Houl'e than was to be expeftcd from the
inlerfion of extraneous ideas. He had no
intention however, to enter into a detail of
the objections he entertained to the Ad
dress. For the reasons he had alfigned, and
others which he felt he thonglu the style of
the Addreis not only unnecelTery bu.t worse
than ufflels. He concluded by deliring the
yeas and r.ayl to be talcen.
The queQion being taken, was carried in
the affirinitive,
t «•
l"he Houle agreed to the reference to a
committee of five members, in the motion
refpedling amendments to the Post Office
law, laid 011 the table yeQei day.
Refolred that the houle make choice of
a chaplain tp-morrow.
Oh motion of Dr. Leib resolved that the
petition of the Marflial of Pennfylv&nia,
with the report made thereon la ft fellion, be
referred to a committee of the whole, and
that it be the order of the day for to-mor
row.
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The motion, made yel>erd*y by General
Lee, for appointing a committee to report
iuch measures as they may deem advil'eable
for carrying into efleA the resolutions a
greed to at the lad feflior., commemorative
of the military and political services of
George WafKington, was agretd to, and
a committee of fevtn appointed.
Thursday, Nov. 27.
A bill, extending the usual privilege of
(ranlv'-ng attached to the members of the
houft;, to the delegate from the territory N.
W. of the Ohio, and foi making provisions
for his compensation, was read twice, and
referred to the committee of the whole houie
to-morrow.
The house then proceeded in carriages in
a body to the H»ufe of the President, code
liver their addrels A conliderable number
of members remained behind.
In a (liort time the meinbtrs returned,
when the Speakrr tobk the chair, and the
reply of the Pielident to the address of the
house was read.
The houie proceeded to the eleftion of a
ch iplatn. Mr. Dent and Mr. Otis were
appointed teller*
A meflage was received from the Senate
informing the house, that they had elefled
bilhop Clagget their chaplain.
The eleflion was then gone into, by the
hopfe, and the rev. Mr. Lyfle, previously
nominated by Mr. Parker w»* chosen.
Frißay, Nov. 18
The house went into committee of the
whole, on the President's Speech, Mr. Mor
ris in the chair.
I'ropotuions for the reference of the fev
er.il parts thereof to l'eleft committees, were
made and reported ; to which the house a
greed and committee* were appointed.
Mr. New moved that a bill regulating
the grants of land appropriated for the re
fugee* from the Britilh provinces of Canada
and Nova Scotia, passed lad fcflion by the
house of reprefeVuatives, be referred to a
Seleiil Committee which was agreed to*
Reply of the PrefUfent of the United States
to the Addrefsof the Houfeof Represen
tative;, in answer to the President'*
Speech.
Mr. Speaker and
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives.
Compelled ty the habits of a long life, as
well as by 411 the principles of society and
government, which I could ever understand
St believe, to consider the great body of the
people as the source of all legitimate autho
rity, no less than of all efficient power, it is
i iipofllble forme to receive this address from
the immediate feprefentatives of the Ame
! rican people, at this time and in this place,
without emotions, which it would be impro
per to exprels, If any langaage could convey
them.
May the spirit, which animated the great
founder of this "city, del'cenrf to future ge
nerations, and may the wildom, magnani
mity, and ftcadinefs. which marked the
events of his public life, be imitated in all
succeeding ages.
I thank you, gentlemen, for your affit
rance that the Judiciaiy fyllem (liall receive
yourdeliberate attention.
' With you, gentlemen, I sincerely hope-,
that the final result of t%ie negociations,
now pending with France, may prove as for.
tunate to our country, as they have been
commented with iincerity, and prosecuted
with deliberation and caution. With you
I cordially that so lung as a preda
: tory war is carried on against bur commerce
we Ihoukl facrifice the intferefts and dilap
poiot the expectations of our condiments,
fliould we fori a moment relax that system oi
marativne defence, which has rcfulted iu
t such beneficial effe&s.
YEAS—36
NAYS—32
With you I canfidehtly. believe",'
that few perlons are.to be found within the
United States, who do not admit, that a
navy, well organized, rnuft conlU*Ute the
natural efficient defence of this country
agaiult.all foreign hofkility.
'Those whorccoHeft the distress and dan
gers, to .ttys country, in former periods,
trom the want of arm 3, mutt exult in the
alfurancc from their representatives, that
wc Ihall t(;*6n rival foreign countries, not
only in the number, but in tly; quality of
arms, completed from our o,wn manufacto
ries.
With you Gentlemen, I fully agree that
thfr great incr£&fe of revenue is a proof tliat
the meafurei of maritime defence were
founded in wisdom. This policy has r.iif
ed Os la'theeftetm of foreign nations, 1 hat
national spirit and those latent energies,
which had not been and art not yet fully
krown to any, were not entirely for
got;eu by thole, who had lived long
enough to fee in the former times, their
operation aifd lorae ot their effects;
Our fellow-citizens were undoubtedly pre
paj-edto.'tfeet which national
lion<jvor national security could render ne
celfary l licfc, it is to be hoped, are I'ecu
red at and ealiell rate. If not,
they Will be leCured at more expence.
I thank you, Gentleroeiii for your affu
rance,that the various fubjefts,recommend
ed to your consideration, lhall receive your
deliberate attention. No farther evidence is
wanting to conVince me of the zeal and fin
•cerity, with which the house ot reprelenta
tives regard tlit public good
I pray you, Gentlemen, to accept of my
willies for your health and hap/jineU.
JOHN ADAMS,
By this Day's Mail
BOSTON Nov. 27.
A letter has been received in town from
the Hivjiinai., Jjflater date than the intelli
gence from that place, published in our last,
corroborating thi account ot' the capture of
Trinidcda by a French and Sp.inilh fleet;
the letter adds that this event was announ
ced oJiciUllj/ Havannah , that the fleet
•confillrd of 14 tail of the line, with a large
number of troops on board ; and that they
were immediately" to proceed to Jamaica."
The U.. S. .floep of War Warren, capt.
Barron, failed from Piefident's Road yeller
day, on a cruize* v
Yeflerday,'* blue jack was hoilted at the
mizen-pcak of the Corislitutiun frigate—a
signal tlmt a court-martial was fitting on
board.
We lear» that the General Court Martial
for the trial of Colonel Cbam/erlain, and o
thers, for their dil'obedicnce of orders, at
Concprii, will be held on Tuel'day next, at
IVater town.
We learn that government have com
pleted the purchase of the land in Cbatles
tov/n, necessary to form », Dock-York.
D I £ D.
On boprd the United States frigate Esstx,
during her eruize.
Mr. W. H. Williams, A. B. Midship-
man
Mr. T. F. .W«i<uro», A. M. Ship'*
Stywatd
Mr.JaCon Howard, Schoolniafter
William EnghlH,.. Robert Clark, John
Law, I'eter Anckrfoin, Ezra l'luromer, John
Gardner, Janiej Woodbury, Chailcs Sweed,.
Benjiimaa M'Donald <nd Dame! Mumford,
Setmcu.
NEW-YORK, December 1.
Yesterday afterupon, Charles Adams, esq.
second fun of. the Prefidei.i of the United
States, was interred with military honours,
in the burying ground of the old Presbyterian
Church.
AUGUSTA, November 19.
We luive not beard of any thing impor
tant cur appoint
ment of eleftors of Ptefident and Vice-Pre
sident, we are told, wa» to take place, this
day.
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BALTIMORE, November 29.
. We julk learn;, from a quarter not to be
doubted, mauger the letter from Wade
Hampton, tint it is now afccrtained
that the federal republicans have a great ma
jority in the SputJiiCarolina legifl»ture, and
will appoint electors who will give every vote
'tar Adams and Pinckney. They met on
Monday, and authentic account* may be
expedfed in j days more.
CHARLESTON, November 18.
•From
ing article "On the 25th ot Otlober,
an English privateer fefcooner of fix four,
and two three-pounders, came- into Amelia
river ; (lie mads prisoners of a Spanilll fer
geaiit, one private and 1111 old fifherinan,
whom they set at .liberty, On the 28th Ihe
failed from Amelia, anchored at the
South point of Cumberland, where the laid
till the morning oj'thf 30th, and then failed,
to the great joy of us *11;"
Captai-n Fry, from Naflau, informs, that
scarce a day pafTcs, without two
American vefl'els being sent into that port.
The Englilh frigates ana-Providence, priva
teers, capture every American veflel they
fall in with, bound 10 Hevanna. Ihe tliip
Sally, Campbell, and brig Amiable Matilda,
both bound from this port to Havanna,
are among tht number. j
THE LATEST
Foreign Intelligence.
NfW.rORK, n-r. 2.
By theJh'ip Rose in 41 days from Liverpool;
■which vejfel arrived here lajl evening, wt
have received London papers to the 18 of
oSober—ten days the latejl. At present we
only have time to mate a few extracts. The
papers upon the -whole are barren. Great
complaints of the scarcity of grain in En
gland continue; and partial tumults prevail,
there are great talis of peace, and continual
preparations for war, neither of which e
vents can be calculated on with any degre of
certainty. The congreft at Luneville was
about to be opened, where something pacific
may be agreed upon.
LONDON, Oftober 13.
The proclamation for the meeting of par
liament is expefted to be publiftied in to
morrow night's Gazette.
It has been reported, that the feflion will
last only a fortnight, But when we refleft
upon the importance and delicacy of the bu
siness which is to occupy the attention of the
two houses; —When we consider that it will
be neceflary to proceed with the utmost cau
tion in deviling a way for the present high
prices of neceffaoes of life; when we conti
der too that this will not be the only measure
submitted to parliament: That the late cor
respondence with the French Republic will be
laid before them; that it is just and possible
also, that some financial propositions may be
submitted to them; when all these things we
repeat, are taken into consideration, it can
scarcely be supposed that the session will last
so (hort a time as a fortnight.
Ottober 16.
Paris papers have at length arrived. We
received them last night to the 12th inft.
It was not perhaps to be expefted that they
would communicate to us any information up
on the correspondence between the English
and French governments. The official paper
preserves the most profound silence, and the
Chief Consul has not thought proper to pub
li(h any account yet of theprogrefs or the ter
mination of the negociation. The resignation
of Baron Thugut, and the appointment of
the Count de Lehrbach to succeed him, have
been officially notified to the French govern
ment.
Mr. Lifton otir Ambafiador to the United
States, is, it is said, on his return. Mr.
Adams, the Prelident, has, it is stated, for
upwards of a twelvemonth made complaints
to Mr. Lifton of Britifti cruizers capturing
American (hij>» and property at the very
nvniths cis their harbors. Mr. Lift&n, we
are inr"rmcd, t anfmitted thef'e remoaftrar
ces to this government, but he did not find
t' at they were fufficiently attended to, and
hi (ruation at Philadelphia became irkfon e
and unpleasant. [Courier.]
The American Plenipoteatiaries have been
fplend : d!y entertained at Paris—A Grand
Fete, at which the Consuls were present, was
given them by Joseph Buoanaparte, at his
Country Seat. The Dinner deserves to be
noticed on account of the following I oast
by the Consul De Brun.
" To the Union of America with the
Powers of the North, in order to make the
freedom or the seas to be refpr£\ed."
It is said an 3 we have no rejfon for dis
believing it, fays a London paper, that
peace has been copcluded between France
and Portugal, through the medium of the
cour» of Madrid.
The French funds have risen—The 7?irs
Corfelds at 37 livers, 10 cents.
Oftober 18.
It was.firft expe&ed that the correspon
dence between our government and the
French upon the fubjedt of a naval armis
tice would have been published immedi
ately after the termination of the corres
pondence. It is now laid that it will not
be published till a day or two after the
parliament has met. His Majesty in his
speech will, in all probability, inform the
two houses that he has ordered the corres
pondence to be laid before them. . It will
then be ordered to be printed.
There are letters in town from Gibraltar,
■ dated on the 2 bth September.—On that
| day the troops under Sir Ralph Abercrom
by and Sir James Poultney began to embark,
j and they expe&ed to be, ready to iail on
I the fallowing day. The account of their
5 having iaired on the 24th was incorrea.
llt was probably.the 26th or 27th that they
j failed, and no doubt was entertained in the
army, of Egypt being the place of their
destination.
j Meflrs. Rich, M'Donald and Guille
mard, the American Ccmmiflioners, were
on Thursday introduced to her Majesty at
the drawing room, by Lord Grenville, and
killed hands on their return.
At the corh exchange yesterday the
"prices of vheat and flour experienced very
little variation from the prices on Monday
and Wednesday. Fine wheat was from
1325. to 140s. per quarter, and fine flour
from 955. to 100s. per sack.
The difttllers have within theft few days,
made an additional charge upon the refiners
of gin of half a crown per gallon upon
wa(h.
Advice was yesterday received at the
admiralty of the loss of nis Majesty's sloop
Hound, at Plymouth commanded by capt.
Turquand, by which catastrophe fcveial oi
s crew perilhed.
The following extract from a private
letter from Paris, appeared in the Courier
de Londres of lall night » The Camp
at Amiens is daily receiving frelh rein
forcements j it is now fuppoled to amount
to about 80,000 men. The building of
new fliips and preparations for a naval
armament, are carried on -with great adi
-4
vity all alongthe Dutsh arid- Flcniift ccafts.
A fquadrofr confiding of one ship of the
line and fix frigates is already fitted out in
the ports of Middleburgh and Fluihing.
The fame accounts prevails
and also at Rotterdam, HcFroetlluys and
Amfterdaffi. All the armaments on the
FlemHli and Bataviati cOalls are under the
directions of the Marquis Dycreft, the
friend of the Duke of Orleans, who has
lately been sent out of England by order
of the Duke of Portland. Every thing
is in preparation for two expeditions : one
is defined against the Engliih coast : the
other, more considerable, is to pi'oceed to
Ireland, where the French government ex-
pects a powerful co-operation on the part
of the inhabitants. The Marquis Ducreft
has lately been called to Paris by the ex
press order of the Chief Conlul, with whom
he has had several conferences. I'hey 110
doubt relate to these projettecL .expedi
tions. Bonaparte is said to have ? private
confidential agent at Mittau. Four mem
bers of the Polish committee that used to
hold its fitting! at Paris, have set out for
Ruffian Poland, where formidable infur
reftions are expedled soon to take place."
Price of Flout.
Fine Flour, per fatk
Second;,
CONGRESS at LUNEVILLE.
The Congress will be oponed immediately.
Ciniot, who has rcligned the situation of
Minifler of War to , and Joseph
Buonaparte, who condufled the negotiation
with the American minißers, are to be the
miniftcrs Plenipotentiaries of the French
Republic. It is supposed tl at the d?puties
of the empire' will not be admitted to the
Congress till peace has been defini ively fet
tled between Aullria and Franc?. To such
an arrangement, however, Prnffia has ob
je&ed, and has exprefled a drlire that the
deputies of the empire shall aflill at the con
gress immediately. Mr.de Dohra is fa id to
have been appointed Plenipotentiary to the
Congress on the part of' Prussia. Amidlk
these pacific appearancre, Aullria has not
relaxed in their preparations for war, and
the Emperor, upon his return to Vienna,
publifh;d a Proclamation, recommending
redoubled zeal and ardour in every thing
neceflary for the defence of the country.
O&ober il- 1
Qn the nth about mid-day the A»
merican Ministers took leave of the Cheifc" '
Consul, to whom they were presented by
t' e Minister for' Foreign Affairs. Mi,
Ellfworth in the name of his col-leagues fsid
that," he hoped the convention signed on
the 9th would prove the balls of a laftinj*
friendfliip between France and America."
Mr. Murray added that"the American Mm
ifters w< uld negleft nothing to pmmote this
defirableotijeft." The Chief Cnnful replied,
j " that the differences between the two nations
being aHjufted there (h uld no longer remain
any trace of them ; that the liberal principles,
with regard to navigation, considered in con
vention, ought to bethebafisof a in
timacy, and that in the prefrnt circuitilUnce
it was more than ever the intsreft of the two
nations closely toadhere to them."
We arc a(T«red t~hat Carnot will t-e charged
with Jol'eph Buonaparte with the interests of
France, at the Congress of Luneville. Per
haps this report, generally spread abroad, is
without foundation. ,
PARIS, O&ober 6.
Citizen Joseph Bonaparte, president of
the committee of ministers plenipoten
tiary, charged to negociate with the en
voys extraordinvy, ministers plenipoten- ,
tiary of the United States of America,
gave a very fplencid entertainment to
these ministers on the 3d ihft. at Morfon
taine, in celebration of the-teturn of good
nnderftanding between the two States.
The First Consul went to Morfontaine
with his family at three o'clock., where he
was joined by the two other conftils, all
the ministers, the jnembers of the corps
diplomatique, the counsellors of state, the
presidents of the fentte, of the legislative
body and tribunate, and several persons
formerly in the service of the United
States, among whom we obfcrved General
La Fayette.
At iix o'clock the minister for foreign
affairs delivered to the firft consul the con
vention iigned the Ift of October, be
tween the French and American ministers,
and this delivery was'announced by a dis
charge of cannon. The dinner coniifted
of 180 covers, was served up on three
tables, in threejialh communicating with
each other. The firft was the Hall of U
nion. The second and third, which bore
the names of Walhington and Franklin,
were ornamented with the busts of the
great men.—The firft was by tar the moil
brilliant in decorations, the devices beihg
all emblematic or indicative of the promi
nent events of the American revolution.
• After dinner several toasts were drank ;
the firft, given by the First was
'< To the manes of the French and Ame
ricans, who died on tht Jield of battle for
the independence of the New World."
The second, by the Consul Cambaceres :
" To the Successor of Washington."
The Consul Le Brun—
ts To the union of America with the
powers of the north, to' enforce respect to
the liberty of the seas."
After dinner were fire-works, emblema
tic of the occasion, which were succeeded
by a Concert, and that was followed by a
i'peiKacie, which doled the night.
The Count de Lehbrach has informed
Citizen Talleyrand, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, that he has been appointed Mi*
nifter for Foreign Affairs in the plaee of
Baron Thugut, who has obtained his re
fignition from His Majesty the Emperor.
Count Cobentzel has been appointed by the
Emperor to conduA the negociation wit I
France.—(Official Article )
90s to 955.
84s to 86s
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