City Dancing AfTembly.
THE AfTcmblies will commence for the Season, on
ThurfJiy Evening, the 19th inft.
Jos. Redman, ~j
■n. Sam. Stf.rrett, 5- Managers.
N .. . THO. IV. Francis, J
November 4. dti9th.
l v" IVANT ED TO PURCHASE,
Or to take on a Lease of about 3 years, to commence
on or about ift of April next,
A small Farm,
FROM 30 to 60 acres, with fuHicient building for farm
ing the fame, and a deccnt house for a genteel family—
an equal proportion of meadow, arable, and woodland,
and:i short distance from Philadelphia, Trenton, or Wil
mington, will be the more durable. AppljPto No. 187,
fcutli Thixd-ftreet. Nov. 6. §6t.
A COMPLETE
PRINTING-0 F F 1 C E
FOR SALE,
Gonfifiiirj of ißoclb.of Type, well affrrted ; one ele
gant Press, and every other article suitable for a:i ex
tf'.ilive business—the whole nearly nsw. The terms of
payment will be, a fourth, calh; a fourth, at three
months; ami the remainder, to accommodate the pur
chaser, will be taken in printing work. The amount
is about i zoo dollars.
For particulars apply to the Editor.
October 13. 3aw2 m.
N°. 116.
Diflricl of Pennsylvania, to wit:
, , it remembered, that ,on the ninth (Jay
f 5E^L 7 ) JD of November, in the twentieth year of
L J Ihe Independence of the United States of A
* ' ir.erica, Samuel Harriion Smith, of the said
Biftrifl, hath deposited in this Office the title of a
book, the rij'it whereof he claims as Froprietor, in
the words following, to wit:
" A Vindication of Mr. Randolph's Relignation,"
in conformity to the Act of the Congret of the Uni
ted States, intituled, " An a<sl for the encouragement
of learning, by securing the copies of maps and charts
and b'oolts to the authors and proprietors of such co
pies, daring the times therein mentioned."
SAM. CALDWELL, Clerk of the
Nov 11. (lawful) Dijirirf of Pennfyl-vania.
Portraits.
AHYi zrtifsznd Ot-r.cfctrten, VfTurare desirous of hav
ing tlieit' taken, may have them done by
applying to thfc Painter, at No. 112, corner of Union and
Fourth lireets, where they can be referred to ipecimens.
October 29. eod
Le Breton,
SURGEON-DEN r IST,
Pupil of the celtlra'.'d Mr. Dubois, late De/itijl to the King and
Royal Fami'y of France, memh-t of tho College arid Ac J
demy of Surgeons at Paris,
Keeps a complete aHoctment of every thing neeeffary to
be 11 fed for the *
Prefervatien of the Mouth and Teeth.
Patent mineral Teeth, and human and ivory Testh *, Den
trifice in powder; Opiate; excellent Elixir for sweetening
the- mouth, and preserving the teeth. He also furnilhes
Brushes and so ft* Sponges.
He lives in Chcfnut-ftreet, No. 135, above Fotirth
ftreer. Sept. 19r. eod.
Jacob Johnson and Co.
147 Market fired, Philadelphia,
HAVZ CONSTANTLY FOR SALE,
A very general afforcment of
800 KS & SI A 7 10 NA R T,
Which tbcj offer cn the lowed terms.
They have also fir Sale,
A large quantity of Demy and Crown PRIMT
. ING PAPER.
*„* A liberal deduction will be made to Country Store
keepers, whofc orders will be thankfully received.
7th mo. 25th, 1795. 2aw2?».
University of Pennsylvania,
OBoier, 1795.
•yHR SIEDTCAL LECTURES will commence the
-L lirlt Monday in November next. 3ta<;y
TREASURY of the UNITED STATES,
Augujt i\th, 1795*
"VI OTICE is hereby given te. all periens who are or
.L N msy fce Creditors of the United States, for "any
sums of the Funded Debt, or Stock, bearing a present
int*rcjl of fix per centum per annum :
ill, That pursuant to nn A<sl of Conprefs, palled 011
the third day of March, 1795, intitule I, " An Adl
fiiakmg further provision for the iupp 'it of Public
Credit, an.! lor th: redemption of t!ie Public Debt,"
rherc will be re'irnbnrf-d and redeemed, on the firfl day
of January erriu ig, the rate or proportion of two per'
cent ,1 of t' e principal of tbt debt or flick, expressed
in the Certificates iifued to the said Creditors, reflec
tively.
2d, The said reitnburfements will be made al the
Treasury of the United States, or ji the Loan Offices j
w here ul. f'.ul Stock may stand credited at the close of
the prelim year.
3d, The fii.l 1-ciinburfements will be made to tl-.p
said Creditors in pcrfon, or to their Attornies duly
tonftituted 1 but the powers of attorney v-fyich may be
produced mull enntain an authority to receive the £a,id
reimburfex:.:,t of principal, other wife uo more than the
usual dividend of inter J will be paid ; and although
the two per cell!..in of principal to be redeemed, should
not be demanded, yet the int'ertft thereon will cea r e
from the said firfl day of January next.
4th, To prevent t!>egi eat trouble and cxpenee which
would attend a renewal of the Certificate., m confe
quenae of the said reimburftment of I'rincipal, it has
been determined that no renewal (hall be made: And
further, that the Coruscates which may be ifTuid dur
ing tht year One thuufand seven hundred and .linety
&x, in consequence of any transfers of the iVid fix per
cent. Stock, fliall notwitliflanding the reimburj'eHieni
of two per centum, as aforementioned, be expreflcd
for the rcfpexflive sums of the original Capital Stock.
AH persons who may negociate the Funded fx per cent.
3 tocU if tbt United States, hearing a pnfcut intere/l,
are therefore cautioned to observe, that during the year
One thoufaud feveu hundred and ninety-fix, the value
oi true amount of Principal unredeemed of fai l Debt
or Stock, will be ninety-eight per centum of the sums
cr.prcfTcd in the Certificates
Given under my hand, at Philadelphia, the day
and year beforementioned, pursuant to di
rections of the Scrretary o£ tr e Treasury,
SAMUEL MEREDITH.
Trujuter of the United Steles.
Aug. 24. L _ lawr j 1
FTve Dollars Reward.
STRAYED, on the 31-t of October, froia Tenth-
Street, near Mulberry-Street, a roan HORSE, abouf
seven y-ars old, has a white spot on JiU forehead, white
feet and cut tail. Any pcrfon who can give information
cf the fame, will rt ceive the above reward, and expcnces,
by applj to 5c Co. No, 12, south Fhird
iaect. ° November 14. §iw.
FROM THE ARGUS,
THE DEFENCE—No. XXIV.
However uniform may have been the law of Eu
rope in relation to their colonial elL.bhihtncins, wo
pains have been fparetl to create an opinion thai
France has been guided by a more liberal policy
than the other colonizing powers, and that the re
gulations of her colony trade wete ellcntiui!y cliiTiin!-
lar from theirs ; Moreover that her liifinterelieduefs
was so gre»t, that (he not long since proposed to our
Government to eftablilh by Treaty, a trade bet
ween 11s and her Welt India coleuius equally free
with that which prevails in her own intercourlewilh
them. The objeit of theic attempts is readily per
ceived.
As there was no probability, tbatOrett Biifain
would consent to our trading wither Welt-ludia
colonies on the fame terms as she herfelf docs, us it
was forefeen that limitations and conditions would
accompany any agreement that should be made on
this fubjedf ; to extol the liberty of Fiance, and
exclaim againtlthe monopolizing views ot Gieat
Britain, were deemed suitable means to excite a
■ prejudice agiiinit the exped\ei adjustment of the
commercial iiitereourfe between us and the Biitifli
Well India Colonics.
A comparison of the footing by which onr trade
Itood with the French and Britilh Well-India Co
lonics, after tlie completion of our revolution, and
before the present war 111 Europe, with a concise
exposition of the real views of France on thefnbjjdl
of a new commercial traaty, wiil belt demonltrate
the want of candor and paciioiifm in Ameri
cans, who have fubmittcd to beccme agents 111
propagating thefc eirors.
France like England has endeavored to fecut e
the greaielt possible poition of advantage to her
felf, by her colonial laws, and the conCcflions yield
ed to foreigners have been only such deviations from
an entire monopoly, as her own interelt has render
ed iudifpenfable—l'ranee in imitation of the Englilh
Navigation Law, as early as 1727, eHabli/lied an |
ordinance, confirming to the mother country the
monopoly of the trade to her colonies, and exclu
ding thereby all Foreigners—Experience proved
the necefilty of moderating the rigor of their ordi- ;
nance, and relaxations in favor ofa limited foreign !
intercourse exilled at the time when our commer- i
cial treaty with France was concluded, by the 1
thirtieth article of which, it is agreed, that France 1
will continue to the citizens of the United States,
the fiee ports, which hate been and are open in j
their Welt-India Iflandr, to be enjoyed agreeable :
to tV.e regulations which relate to them—i\fyftenr
of regulations relative to the trade of Foieignerj
» iththe French Iflauds, was promulgated in :
This ordinance edablifhed one free port at St. Lu
cie, another at Martinique, another at Guadaloupe,
anpther alTobago,and three others at St.Domingo,
to which Foreign vcffels of the burthenof sixty tons
and upwards might carry for f?.le,woods of all forts,
pit coal, live animals,fatted beef,failed tilh,rice, In
dian corn,vegetables,green hides, peltry, turpentine
and tar—This was followed by the arrets of Sep
tember 1785, which by imposing heavy duties oa
foreign failed fifli, and establishing large bounties
on those of the National or French fifliery, mate
rially affected the foreigiiCQmißcice with tire FrencJi
islands in this impoitant article of supply and ean
fumpUon.
Such were the duties on the Foreign, and the
premiums on (he National fifli, that together they
would been equivalent to a prohibition of the for
mer, had the National fifhery been able to fuj.ply
the confumpiion.
I:i return for these articles which alone were per
mitted to be imported by foreigners into the Fiench
Islands, and which it will be observed excluded
fotne of our principal (taples especially four, tlity
were allowed to purchase and bring away of the
produitions of the islands, only molafTts and rum.
All cotton, coffec, sugar, and other produflions
(rumar.d inolalfcs excepted ) were prohibited ; and
we could, except occalionally by local relaxalioas
of the general law, rightfully obtain noil* of their
fiom the French Weft India Iflauds—This was the
footing of our trade under our treaty and ihe
ihnding edict which preceded the French Revolu
tion, and even this was liable to still further limita
lions, whenever France should think proper t.) im
pose them ; ihe treaty fecuiinq only n light to j>s
Free a commerce ai Franee Hicjjld grant :o other
| foreign natums.
G eat Britain has peimittrd ihe importation in
to her w. I. colonies of all the foreign articles, al
lowed by France to be imported into ber islands,
(failed Gfh and filled beef exctpted) and flie more
over permitted ihe importation of foreign tobacco,
flour, meal, biscuit, wheat, and various other
grains which Fiance prohibited—ln return for these
commodities, Great Britain permitted the expor
tation from hei jflands !o our country, of rum and
moialfcs, a;id moreover of sugar, coffee, cocoa,
ginger, and pimento, together with such other ar
ticles as are allowed to be camied from their islands,
to any other foreign cAilnlrv.
Great Britain prohibit') the importation and
ix; crtation of m«.l of these art Met to and from
nil foreign nations, except the United States
France permitted the intercourse with her colonies,
under Ihe fame limitations to us in common with all
f »lher foreign nations.
The aitides reccivej from us by Great Britain,
for the supply cf her Well India Iflanth, exceeded
in vaiie'y tiiofe received frorp us by France for the
supply of her Iflar.ds, the Britilh Weft Indies weie
theiefore in the ordinary and eltablilhed couife.
more exrer.five customers to us than tile French
Welt Indies. Again ihe ai tides which we receiv
ed from the Britilh Weft Indies and which we were
prohibited from receiving from the French Weft
Indies, were among the molt valuable of their pro
diySions and from the force of inbit fomeof them
are included in the catalogue of"articles of the firit
necessity in our consumption. "l n point of supply
therefore the Britilh were better furniftiers, tbe'r
colonial laws being much less reftiiftive thin those
of Francc.
Though $ie regulations of the British Weft In
dia more faveu:ablc to our agriculture
than those of France, and tho' the? articles with
which we were fupphed fr m the Brit'.fh Islands
w'crc mure numerous and valuable tha i ihufe ob
tained from the IHaiids of France, thecoluny sys
tem of the la'ter was preferable to (hat oi the*
former in relation to our navigation. Fiance per
mitted our veflcls of and above lixty tons buuhen,
to carry and bring away the Articles, not prohib
ited in the foreign trade with her Ifhuids, while-
Great Britain confined the tiade to her own vclitis
and excluded those of all foreign nations.
Difference of Situation, and not of principle
produced this vaiiety or dillinftion in the colony
lytlem of the two nations. France being able from
her releurces to fu'-ply most of the articles it qui fit*
for the confnmption of hei Weft Indies and from
h»r great population having a proportionate de
mand for the productions of her Island, she h i
been caiefully reftri&ive in the trade between her
colonies and foreign countries as to the articles of
import and expoit.
All the productions of her Islands, mud go to
the mother country, except rum aud molasses ; these
articles were not confined to France, because they
would hive directly interfered with the valuable
manufacture of her brandies. On the other hand
Great Biitain, being less able from her internal
resources to supply the articles utceflary lor the
coufampiion of her Welt Injies, and her popula
tion, or home demand, not requiring the whole
productions of her illands, file his been more liber
al in the tiade allowed to be earned on betwem her
colonies and foreign countries as to the articles of
import and expoit. But htr navigation being
adequate to the whole trade of ail her dominions,
while that of Fiance required the addition of for
eign bottoms, G. Britain has excluded entirely
from her colony trade the foreign vessels of all na
tions, while France has admitted them to liiare in
the foreign trade permitted to her Weft India
Islands.
Both France and Great Biitain relax their co
' lonial laws, in times of oceafional scarcity and when 1
; they are engaged in war ; during which, the inter- 1
; course with their Weft India poffefiionsis laid more i
open to foreigners. The catalogue of supplies is 1
sometimes enlarged, and Great Britain as well as i
France duiing these relaxations, permits American <
vefTcl. to resort to, and engaga in the commerce of <
their Islands. i
It i*3 notlnvithfianding from the permanent laws i
alone of these nations, that wc are able to infer
| their views in relation to their Colony trade ! the t
, exceptions and detiations that become necefTary by i
reafen of Accidental Scarcity or the embariaff- 1
: ments of war, fcrve only to explain more clearly '
; the Principles of the Permanent fyllem. I
! The result of this comparison affords no support 1
j for the alien ion that France has been less exclusive, <
j or more liberal in her colony system, than Great
j Britain—both these nations have in the establish- I
ment ef ihtir colonial laws alike disregarded the iu-' t
terefts of foreign nations, and have been equally ]
under the conttoul of the principles of felf-intercft, ;
which ever have, and ever will govern the affairs of <
nations.* ... - (
Nothing can be more erroneous, than tTre opi- t
nion that any nation is likely to yield up its own I
interest, in order, gratuitously, to advance that of '
another. Yet we frequently hear declarations of t
tjjw kind, and too many honest citizens hare sur
rendered themselves to this delusion—Time and ex- (
perience will curc us of this folly. <
Equel artifice has been praflifed, and no less i
credulity difplnyed, on the fubjedtof a new Treaty 1
of Commerce, which it is boldly asserted, France 1
from the most d'tftnterejlcdmotives has offered to us. I
It fiiould be rccollcdted that France ulrcady ha 3 a t
Treaty of Commerce with us, a treaty that is not I
limited to two years, nor twelve years, but one that 1
is to forever—This treaty is as favorable to i
France as (he can desire, or we in our utrr.oft fond- <
ness be disposed to make—lt fecvires to her our ac
quiescence in an excltiiion from her Asiatic domi
nions, and in frefh regulations as her inteieft fliall «
dictate relative to our intercom few it h her Will.
India pofi'tfTions—lt excludes us from her filheries
on the banks of Newfoundland, which fi:e was un
willirg to fliare with us, and it gives to her every
commeieial favor or privilege winch by treaty we
may yield to any other nation, fieely when freely
granted, and when otherwise on yielding the fame
equivalent—her productions, her manufactures,her
merchandize!, and her fliips mJycoroe into all ot'.r
ports to which any other foreign.productions, ma
mffafiurcs, merchandizes, or ships may come, —
they are fcveially to pay only the duties paid
by any oiher nation, and no other nation in its in- !
terccurf* and trade with us is in any inflar.ee to
have a preference over her—A vaiiety of other '
regulations aie infeited in this treaty ufeful \o !
Frartce and not particularly diffeiviceable to us. 1
This treaty has been religiously observed and
executed on our part ; France has repeatedly vio- '
lated it in the article which makes enemy goods 1
free in neutral bottoms, *hile it is underllood flit '
has faithfully observed it in the article, that makes
neutral goods lawful prize w hen found in enemy 1
botto.Ts.
It it be true, that n-atiors in jultice to themselves 1
are bound to decline the abandonment of their own '
in Whit, for the pnrpofe of promoting at their own '
e:;pence and detriment, the iuter.eit o) others, ought
we too readily to riedit an opposite opinion ?
Ought we not to expert full proof of the (inccrity '
of tllofp declarations, that are intended to produce 1
a belief of this difintereiied and felf-denying couife ? 1
Ought not the very propefal of such a measure, '
from its extraordinary nature inspire circumfpec
tio;i, and put a prudent nation on its guard ? If '
moreover, the overture Ihould occar at a moment '
wk'en we are afcartained that those who make it, 1
desire, md are in faCt pursuing objeCts incompati
ble with die dilinti'itftednefs which it avows. If
while it is said wc wifli that you 'houl.l remain in
peace, those who hold this language, negleCt no
means to engage our citizens to violate their neu- 1
tral duties and thereby expose their country to war ;
if when we ai'etold " we rejoice in the freedom of
' The opinica heretofore cited of Mtntefquuu,
a Frenchman, agreeing with facts, is a politive tcf
tirr.ony that the ptinciple of the French fyltem,
f-ke ihc Englffh, is Monopoly.
h a fitter republic" all
m»»c Jangvrous Ly our*uufuf'i' KAI '• '
unlimited affectfon f of. i!, o f c v.':"',"- rs ' : ' ;:i '■
were employed to alienate our att •dine.'V""'
uwn iu ™»»-Vo '■
anarchy ;if when the fkrcinalh.r Pi ..., ■ , -' !!c '' ;
mg new channels of commerce, 4ich £'• ''' "
unbounded nelies to our merch • '-"'v
with mote caution than was dciii"/ 1
that in cafe of refufa!, or ' : ! -
roiuy) trancc would repeal her
e had be» d.««te<| by S :i attachment t°c» th- V"""
1 nca,,s - Wllat have been our Vf ■
what the mcafute of our folk, ha-'
plicit credit to words fy much at,,,"' n V" i;: "
temporary actions? But it is a foe.: do *"
ters ms Mr. Ge.ict to Mr. Jefrerfon \v '
been pubhfltcdj prove that Frnn-e .-Kfr,!j'UllZ.
r L-red to enter into a new drfiatocUbil gnd"/,!,' . \
t I rcaty or corr.mcrca with us. The,-,.
be fairly examined. 4 'V
> There are two letters from Mr. Or,-
: ftibjedl Immediately after hi,"a,rival?V" 7?
r P' ,a » »» a letter to Mr. Jefferfc.n of tl » , ','v"
r !79} he fays-.. The French repuUil £
« ... charge to «he to propose to your gnv f „L
to con.cciate by a t; ue family compact, | jy
onal covenant, the liberal and fratmwl I,,:",-
which it wiflics to ejtablifh the commercial ami T
1.uc.l M. 0/ p „ plt , „, lofc V
lnleparably connefltd."
It the objea of this proposal was a rcvif, o n 0
our commercial treaty, in order to render the V
terceurfe between us more free and advantageous
this min.tler was Angularly unfortunate in h; 3
prefiiofls He might have employed the fine phra'te
of consecrating by a true family company",
national covenant, the liberal and fraternal bafisn't
which it was wiihed to efhblifh the commercial
ytlem of the two countries, and hare been Intel
liable; but when he tells us, (hat hi is inlUu&etl
to open a negociation with our government, for
the purpose of eftablifliing the comraerciaJ and
htieal fyllem of the two countries, what aie we t»
understand ? That trade and its regulations are a
lone iu view ? Or that a family compadt eUabliili.
ing the political, as well as the commercial fyitem
of the two nations, mult include likewise the league
or treaty of alliance, whereby the flrength and
wealth of the two nations should be clotely united
in the prosecution of a common objedl.
I his ambiguous overture, if its meaning is net
too plain to allow the epithet, was reacived in die
molt trie.'.dly manner by our government, and on
the fuggellion that the Senate are united with the
President in making treatie?, it was irnderftoud be
tween Mr. Jefferfon and Mr. Genet, that the
subject should be deferred till the meeting of Con
gress.
Before that period, however, Mr. Genet, in a
letter of the 30th of September, 1793, renews
the propolal to opert the negociation relative toth^
proposed family compact between us and Fiance ;
and proves to us, that our benefit was its principal
exclusive object, by affectionately intimating in the
eqg£MorM.f his letter, that he is further ihlUuflcl
ro tell US, in* cm I -or Tfrurai U i jjiwi!"
to enter into this ftmily agreement, tha; France
will repeal the laws dilated by the attachment of
the French for the Americans.
Had it before been doubtful whether political
engagements relative to war, were intended to be
connedted with the proposed treaty, these doubts
mud have disappeared en the receipt of this fecund
letter from Mr. Genet: the intimation that the
laws, of Franec which operated favourably to our
trade wiih their dominions, would be repealed, in
cafe we refufed or evaded the conclusion of a new
treaty, cannot be reconciled with the belief, thai;
this treaty was fought for from motives purely com
mercial, 01 solely to enlarge and add profpe.iiy to
our trade.
CAMILLUS.
\_Tv le concluded tc-mcrro<w.~\
Latest Foreign Advices.
Received by the (hip Four S[3crs, Ca;it. Chccc,
arrived at 80/ ion, in 48 days from Parlfmoull.',
f England.)
FRANCE.
NATIONAL CONVENTION-
September 11.
Copy of the Capitulation of the city of DUS
SELDORF.
" We the undcrfigned, inverted with powers to
treat of the capitulation of the city and place of
Duffeldorf, that is to fay, I Louis Detiffbt, Adju
tant to the Adjutants General of the French I' -
public, and the directing Minister Hempefche, hav
ing civil and military powers from the Eleflor Pal
atine for this territory, Lieutenant General ai d
Commandant of the city of Zedvitz and Major
general commandant of the city of Dalvick, hnvc
resolved as follows:
Article 1. " The garrison lhall instantly
out with arms and baggage, and all the honors ot
war, and {hall be allowed to retire whether they
fliall think proper, on condition that they (hall not
carry arms for a year and a day against the armies
of the Republic, and that of her allies.
2. The garrison fliali be allowed 46 horfts be
longing to the cavalry in the place : The others
(hall be delivered up to the officers of the French,
belonging to the officers of the Mare
cf.au!le of the country, provided, nevertheless, that
the latter do not exceed 15 in number.
3. " AH the guns and artillery ordnance whatever,
and military (lores, as well as the boats and flying
bridges which may be in port, fliall be delivered in
to the hands of the French.
4. " The goveniour (hall point out an officer
who (hall be charged to deliver to the Agent of the
French Republic, an exadl statement of all the
Magazines, Military Stores, and Guns contained
intheplace, as at the time of its fimender. He
(hall also deliver a statement of the mine* and sub
terraneous work,", as well as the charts and plans
relative to the defense of the place. Ihe force of
the present garrison fliall also be included in his
statement.
5. •' The Gcverro/of Duffeldorf (hall len-e in
ageut for each corps, who (hall have the '