country, and wil! triumph aver time. Dur ilig a, loiif. li'V, |'o 11 leTally and hououi a jiy ■employed, Waflniigton ],ad rcare-.i W liim iclf a fabric of fame, the lullre of which can neither be dir,j:niOied or heightened by any! rieafure that we can take. But, Sir, from a i Teipeit for our own, as well as for the fee!- i ngs of the nation, we Ihould endeavour to i mite in the laQ act of attention, which we] propole to (hew this venerable rluradtcr. Mr. C. f.iid, that the prOpi&tl;>|i for , manfofeum was calculated to create a diviil on. The cxpence of i'wch a monument; would-be immetife, awd would be viewed by many, as a profule and uleleis expenditure of the public money—He believed tint the , fhtue. recommended by the old Con-rel's, Could be better juftificd upon principles of ■ economy, and would meet with more gene ral support. Here Mr. C. read from the journals of the old Congnfs the following refolutioin ; " Resolved, (unanimously, ten fhtes be ing present,) That an equeftriai) (htue of where the residence of Congi-eft fliatl be efta btVfhed. " Resolved, That the statue be of bronze - rhe General to be represented in a Roman • dress holding a truncheon in his right hind, and his head encircled with a laurel wreath. The statue to be foppurted by a marble pedestal, o* which are to be represented in oafior relievo, the following principal events of the war, in which general Walhington commanded in perlan, via. The evacuation of Boflon—the capture of the Helliaus at at Trenton—the battle of Princeton—the aftion of Monmouth—and the surrender of York. On the upper part of the front ot the pedtfhl, to be ewgraved as follows. The U. States in .Coagrefs aHcmblei-1, ordered this statue to be ere&ed in the year of our Lo rd 1783 in honor of George Wafliington, | thejilluftrious commander in chief of the ar- i wiies «f the United States of America, during the war, which vindicated and secured their liberty, fovtreignty artd independance." There was no dr printed' Mr. New called up the (riolution liid by him yeflerday on th« able, which wn: cad a* folio* > i Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether r.ny, and if any, what al terations ire necefldry to be made in thefev eral a&s " Laying duties on fp-rits distilled within the United States, aud on stills." and that they be authorised to report by bill or otherwise. Mr. New observed, that his objeft in ma king- the motion was, ta have the law so a inended, as to allow the proprietors of dills to use them when thr-y pl?*fed, and have the option of paying by the gallon, or on the capacity of the flill. Agreed to and referred to the committee of Ways and Means. RICHMOND, December 9. IMPORTANT. Arriv«d on Friday evening la.l at Norfolk, the POl tfm!>uth (hip of war, dire# from France, on board of whith is Governor Davie, one of the Anibafiadors, «'ith ihe TREATY of AMI TY and COMMERCE entered into by them ■with the French Republic. I * ... *On fi«'ordty the (yegifltMve ft f Rich tifond, ro-clc-fud Jimtt M nc« t Kfq. Oovcr* 'Mr of rt>U Commonwttllb, by a. anjo- NEW-YORK, Dr(.ember i s . ?, *» OUR ENVOYS ARRIVED. L«ft evening arrived here the i'cbr. Eliza beth, cap*. Allen, from Frrderickfburg »nd Norfolk. We hive received by her Norfolk papers to the Bth inft. wherein we find the arrival of the United States (hip Portsmouth, Capt. M'Neil, from Havre, with Gov. ])<- •vie and Judge Elfworih, two of our En. ■*«ys from France. Mr. Elfworth set off from Norfolk- on Sundjy the 6th iVil>. for the city of with the difpaich cs for Government. Jn the Norfolk papers before us, wefind several articles from French papers to the 13th of Oft. received from the hands of Sir. Davie, which we dull give tomorrow. DREADFUL FIRE! L*2 evening a fire broke out in the ftnre b?» lonjging to MefiVs. Saltus, Son is* Co. in tfront ftrsct, between Gen tics and Old-fl p , srmJ with til? wind ir, the ml •ii.M-m.iu;.' manner ni i',u< ft,,.* ( i Mr. ! hosfia's Farniat |i«"ing-, tieftroycJ tlje si* buildings occupi-d by Sivitus, Son ; be Co ' Snydatn St Hcyr-, Jolin Hqift r.,-\y | d«m.>hn MilVr, cooper, Th >mas Vryei-. ! " J *"' ifcer i Harrow*, fad-maiis.;-, and J'liin Pwtr.clv. —— Ihr above were neai !y •ill 'ar-e wooden (hire*, with vaiuanle con tems. We partfc'-pite mo!t feelingly with the !: -.nn'» and rrfpeAafcjft faSirrr?, Th? Ito/es ' ot Mr. I-armnr and John H. Martin were mimcidaufly fared though their loss nuft have hern the precipitate re moval ot their goods. The velFris at tl tremendous llorm from the S. E. and S, VV. which done very coiiftdfrablr damage to tlv ve(Tels ill port—HarcTy one clipped with tut injury—.fevera.l drauraf.d their anchors and went toul 61 others— fouie went on lli.ire Vd eleven (loops :>nd fmnll fchnaiie'rs funk at the wharves, l'ome of wfiicli were deeply laden with grain, orick, &c. We male an attempt to (pft a-lift of all tho veil* Is injured, but tound it impraiSlicable. None, however, will be totally tuft. By the RchictG) captain arrived, yesterday from Jamaica. FALMOUTH, November $. On Saturday came 011 a havy gulf of wind troni tbe N. E. attended with immense torrents rain, which continued with verv little intermission, until Monday ui Tiling ; on Sunday the wind finft:d to the weftw.srxl witli ii.creafrd violenc?,, and threw the mod dreadful swell into Muntego Bay that has been.seen for many years. Tlie Kingston post was not arrived when this paper was put to press j at which time .»r received the difagr= cable intelligence, | that all :fcr vefiV;» lyi.'g at Montttfrt-li.y numbering fix fail of brigs, (loops and leh'rs,. were loft in the storm on Sunday—the ves sels lying in the outer bay, as well as thofr in the cloif harbour, all (hared the fame fate. Happily, no lives were loft. By travellers we are informed, 'the late storm has been general ■i n the north fide j that the cane, ard plaintaln walks in the pariflies of Ann's and St. Mary > s have ftifiered very much ; in many places large trees have been torn up by the rAots ; in the lowei part of St. Ann's it blew a perleiSl hur ricane all Sunday; and we much fear, ihat upon the arrival of the post, we shall lirar of further mifchief occasioned by this melan choly event. A Spanish fchowner with 60,000 dollars on board, from the Havanua bound to New, Providence, detained by his majrfty's fhj,, Sans Pareil, arrived OR Monday evening. ——MB———— Sales Postponed. f"HE SALES of the property of Roberj * Morris and John Nicholfon, advtrtifcd by the Marfoal, have been poAponed until Mon day the aad inflant, when they *ri!l pofit'.velv commence at the Merchant's Coffee Houft, in the city of Philadelphia, at 7 o'clock in the evening, precifelv JOHN HALL, Marsha'. December rj. £ Coffee and Cocoa, IN BAGS, Entitled to Drawback, POli SALE BY William Hujtler, No. 69, fonth Fourth street. decem'ier 15 $ Lorain Sc Son; No. 5, NURVH THIUV'STREET, HAVE JUST RECEIVED A HANDSOME ASSOI; TMBNT OF Chintzes & Calicoes, rift liucni, frwir.g silk and best rich fcari twi.? | cotfh thread*, witt a vari«ty of ether feafonabU: 1 >ry Goods , And a large supply of Carpets and Carpeting s Of the latclt and most i\ifh<*nable figures. ALSO, j To be sold or bartered, i For Dry Goods, a.handsome 'hree-llory i BRICK-HOUSE, Vith piizzj ar.ft kitrhen adjoining, fltuate In ' r in« uear Pcurth sheet, built in modern flile, 1 ■ith excellent materials, aid well calculated to I ccommodate a large family c decomber 10 dit—fa tf | "cod rah: : A few quintals heft Cod Fish and too quartertafks Sherry Wine,juft received. On land, Wine and Cyder Vinegar iu,) t pipe* and quarter caflts, _ ) v FOR SALE BY BENJAMIN W. MORUIS & Co. f December la. todjt j —u. e * 0 War Department, November 13, i8;o. •yHOSJE G«ntlemen who have applied for mi A liiary appointments in the fcrVice of the United Stares are informed that their applica tions wiihal the rrcomro«udatory letters accom panying were consumed by fire in tbc War Of fire, on Saturday eveiftsg I,iff. Thole who c«ntinuo to desire to be c-pnfi• prtba'ole that Mr. Jefferfon will be the L'reGJent «f the United States for the four enfumg years, commencing on the fourth day ot Ma-ch next. T(ii» circuntftance, so much I regretted by the Editor, of this Gazette, and ail real Americans, may bs attributed to one of two thiiujs. accident or design, on the part of cemiu Gentlemen, whose non attendance; at .the port of duty, at t!ie im portant hour, will be lememlvcie* 1 -, and we trult amply, rewarded by their cpnftitusnts, at the next election, ai-i it is hojied U'.ofe 11 Qibir causet," wlnc,|i prevented their at tTwhiK'e, will be' wapyrf, and the -people be ftiade acquainted with ike. real cjuse of that absence which will place in the Executive Chair, the Man whom Americst-s did net deli re. [72 c writer of the following, is an Ameri. can, ivl>3- twas at- .Curracar. during the greater part of tbe'iciie Proceedings..) Ma. Wavii, IN your, paper of Saturday, T was much plc*f« iO ind of Curracoa At the fume time» V*eiviiig that you were not perfectly acquainted with alf tine circumftap ces attending tbe recapitulation of the island to the British, and fiwrJmg ;tt every Americas fhouM, the grofi- injisfllce on the part of the Er.gtilh, 1 havecotilidertd it as tlicc'„, ty of every American who was prefc'iit, to state the facts as they occurred. fcirly iu the morning rf t h; 2C >th of Sep tember, the United Statrs (hips Merrimack and P.uapt'cp, arrived'off tTie iflmid of Cur racoa. At the fame time the Britilh frigate Nereide, ciptaiil Watkir.s, was off the har bour of Auiftrrdam, preventing all vefi'cls from going in or coining out of it. Mr. Philips (the American Consul) and his fann iy» some time prt.vi.>iis, lud went on bjard the Nereide as !i plate of fafcty. The French, at the titiie the American (liips ap peared off the iflaud, Ti»d po/Tcliiaa of one half the town and the greater part of the island. The poor Dutch were so terrified that they had left their estates in the coun try, and fled to that part of the c'ity called Am Herd am. The arrival of the American fliipi, stimulated the French to hafieu their operations '—they accordingly marched a large body of their troops within two miles of the principal fort (Republic.) which csmmands all the town and harbour, with j the Intention of attacking it by storm. The French soldiers had goat Ikins prepared to fatten to their knees, to assist in climbing the rock?, also their horses hoofs bound with Ikins to prevent their approach being heard. Every thing was now in readiness for an adault. The Dutch fort had about I :o men in all, at on this ex pedition was supposed; tp.be (> , jg; t| •* 5 4 •I h bis troops, and knowitin. g }fj if ajjila-ic: wjjf pot ur.m-cliai.cly procu.'ed.that the Ifliiic! >*ou!d unayuij<(.iy be in p ocfilar) of the French- in 24 hours, he Jtut off to the Bn- Jifll Captain, informing him of ill and the dangerous Ji:u L ;ti; ;i ( ,f ih. IHiiid. 1 lie Engiilh Commander being now confident that fettle thing more merely preventing the int. rcourie with the harbour must be efFcfte-1, or all the j&ws would be defeated, immediately f-nt .1 fm . ! Tchr. express to the Pataplco .(who .was a*, this time at the east end of tk- Iflanci) to speak her ; his r. qneft was. immediate iy com plied with by t,hr commander of tht; Patspfco Accordingly in tije cpurfe of one hour or more, it w JS agreed between the American and Britilh coiiinundns, . thu feme other Reps, than limply. laying , fT the harbour, was neceflary for the prefe initios ol thf* 'liand. Jt may be h• ' e proper to mention the date of the Brit.ln frigate to wlrcji the honour and emujwtiir} • fthe cap ture, of Curracca are likely to a c ue. Tl e i Nereide is rated at 40 guns. iHould have between three r hd four hundred | men on board s ir.fttad of which, her com pliment was reduced.by sickness and other caules, to too or 13-, nv.ri, 3 nu.uher but barely lufficient to work the ftvp - t the nnm* bcr hi the officers was reduced to one lieu tenant, a failing mailer, marirte officer, fur- Peon, "I'd three or four midOiipmen, two of whom were too small to afford mui-h fer- vice. Aii)' person who has a knowledge ot a (hip, may pow form An idea of wh ,t affifhr.ee a vessel, under tbefe < itrcurcftances, eould afford to a city and forts about to be attacked by fifteen . hundred men. which was the number of tlje French exclusive of the negroes who joined them- All the af fifiance therefore the iingiifli could or did give, previous to the Pat;pl'co entering th(K h3rb<\i'' ot Amlterdam, whs by lending from the one lieutenant and five men, who took pofflffiou of what they called a bakery, which confided ofonebrafs . eighteen pound cannon. This paltry fuc | tour, as may be supposed, was not tli flightefl impediment to the operations of j the French. After the meeting of the . commanders, it was concluded as ahfo lutely jicceir.ry for one of the fliips of l.war to enter the harbour to aft as a floating battery to prevent the French , tri;m attacking Amsterdam ; to this fer vite the Patapfco was dediiied. She accor dingly entered the harbour on the evening of the 2id Sept. Ihe French immed ately ci nH meuced a heavy fire from their battery on the well lide of the town from IVveral field pieces charged with muflket balls, which were placed on a wharf within fifty yards ot where the (hip hd to pass. They -„ifo com menced a heavy fire of mufltetry from the rools and windows of thft houfrs. The number of musketry was no: knpwn, but from the quicknels of the fire, there mull i have ben lcveral hundreds. The firrfron» the (hip dismounted two of the field pieces, and compiled the Franch to abandon that part ot the town fronting the harbour. 'i he French now ejtge£\>*4 that tlw otlier two (hips ot war in the offiiig, meditated an attack on their veffcls. The troops which wtre intended to dorm Fort Mepublic, were immediately recalled to the defence of the I expe&ed att. ck of their (hipping. They | were also imprefied with an idea of. the A'- nierican (hips having troops on board ; and | what On-ngthened their opinion was the j. binding-in the morning, from the Patapl'co, j an officer with 50 of the crew, to take pos session of one ol the forts in which wa< the ! principal partol the wiilitary (tores. Incon (v-quence of this cKferabarkation of the A mtrican crew, they del'paired of «»?r taking the Island, and immediately prepared for fr curing the plunder (,n board their veflels, and a departure. They accordingly abandoned the island unperceivrd by the other (liips. 7 he landing oftlie American crew-I con sider as one of the [trended proofs of the j cr tc I situation of the island. It was done by the requrlt of the Dutch Governor,- who had not fufficient confidence in his troops t® trust them with the magazines in this f jrt which the Americans had poffedion of, and in wfetch was drpc.fited the powder. On the 24th, the B'itiih colours were hoisted at the forts, and at the fame time the Englilh frigate entered the harbour, and took pofleffion of the island. I hope, Sir, by this time you will be able to torm an idea whether the American (hip was not tlje cause ot die French leaving the Island, and the sole cause of the Britilh gt{- I ting pofieffion. I find by your paper of Sa ! tnrday,-that the Englilh have made the me j derate demand of 25 per cent, on the Ame rican property at Curraoa, when this Ame rican property was laved at the ri(k of the ITi of. the sovereign people, and t f the neat nation, with her four and twenty millions of native inhabitants i" The French are about to rnife by ftib fcription a fpletidid monument to .their famous aiStor Pkeville, they call the Hofcius of the French dage. It is to be in the Cemetary of Beauvais, where Preville is buried.—They expeft contribu tions from all the afters in Europe. 9_ n i i A • .... ' " !M*!M r A k>e London Paper ■ 1 k. THE NORWEGIAN. .. WHEN d -übtiu! t« ilightdims the polar hem*, Anti rays, trflefted fruhj the morning gkiW« - pjinfl the rifir.g of the winter mosnt | Iha cold Norwegian from involving fnovc. | C y\;, ha'k 5 and when U faint ny . >m« on r-he< billow's ice-eiic.nmli#ied fo«in, teineft he !au .ches on h's traclleft way, And on the stormy ocear. ha;ls his home ! W ~, n n ' e ~~ 1 1 "' 1 ' VP"" the misty height, J ne harfli sea eagle rears her airy nest, •nd cheers with eiamour* rude the boreal night' •• c thrilling raptures.jwell his simple breall 1 rorn all tin- glairs iu (h :■£ nn his eye— Thea*ful fw-ep wares and fter-eacirc'.edfc) ! ... ~ .. —-T Gazette Marine Lift. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. Cleared Ship Belvedere, Djjffpn Patavla Brig- Jason, Webiter St. Kitts Jamcs. Stuart, Davis Leghorn Sthr. Neptune, Jbnes St. Kitts L.itticobert j Dilhy . Havannah Ship Terrific, Brown, from Kavannah, has arrived at Needy Iflind. i foe frigate Portrmorth. has hid 45 days paflVge from Havre de Grate, and 4a dayt troru Puitlau , L'ngiand. •*» '' NEW YORK, December it. ARRIVED, dj V , s hip Cambridge, Niven, Liverpool 70 Ship Zmobiah, Howard, St Übe» -9 Ship Rebecca. Stanwcod, Martha Brae s.? Refcrve, Stirr, Savannah 7 I ranklii), > Martinique ao Aznttp Oats, Pet; 1 fbrrp j{ r'hi:ip, Tupnkn, Fredenekfourg ! ? Svfin, Beard, ()o Brig Gorge, ■. Savsn-ah ft Scbr Elizabeth, Allen, Fredericklbnrg Scbr Lydii, Burnet, Jamiica 30 1 he Fi anklin went on (bore at the baiter* on Saturday evening;, and billed. , 1 he United States (hip Delaware, his arriv ed at New Providence for stores. The f.h. oner Stevens, had failei from I'ort Royal, and the Hoop Ann, O.r, from Falm-.lith, both for New York. December 3, C;ptain Howard in latiturt* 38, 36, longitude 44, spoke the (hip Richard, of Balimore, from Charleston A brig from London, for Bolton, arrived at St. Übes on the 31ft Odlobtr. Captain Stan wood left the fbtp Cygnef, Oore, and the schooner Fair Trader, Neil- Jon hoth of New Yiifk. The bri K Marcfcleis, trom New Y*rk, had arrived at Prrt Royal. The American (hip Fortune, Brookman, • with three others, part cf a convoy fr. m ilre men to Laguira, captured by th- Britifli December 16th. tßeo. THE Stockholders are hereby notified that an Ele