the lanJ." To a plain uuderftanding.it would fecm ,to admis or no doubt, that Twaties'made agreea bly to the powers, delegated by the con'litution, are made under the authority of the people of the United States, from whom colle&ively all the pow ers of government deiive their force; and conse quently that a treaty fa made, Has become a con cluded contrast on the part of the United States, and equally binding in point of good faith, ° neT " .cry-department iof government, as if each individu al citizen had concurred in the making of such treaty. . N.-r can we fee anyjuft ground, toquedioH the. expedi-a-y of the power of making treaties, be ing lodged where the constitution has placed it ; anil that in ratifying the treaty with Great Britain, as well as the other treaties lately made, a facfcd regard to the real interest and prosperity of our country, was the only motive that induced those tncafures, ve cannot entertain a particle of doubt. Indeed the carrying those treaties into full effefit appears to us to hold out considerable advantages to this and if a regard to the claims of jus tice, is con lid ere J as essential to the refpeilability of our government, there to be no P art treaty with Great Britain, which threatens any material injury to our citizens ;• while on the other hand, the not gfvipg effedl to that treaty mud pro bably -be attended either with a difgraceful peace, or a doubtful and espenlive war, no very pleasant alternative : with the additional reflexion, that a contrail fairly made and concluded, has been deni ed execution, by a branch of that government, under whose collective authority it was made. We therefore wilh and pray, that the house of reprefestatives, may, during the preftnt fefiton of Congress, pass any law or laws, that may be imme diately nece(Tary for carrying the treaty with Great Britain into efFcft, as well as the other treaties be fore mentioned. —— BOSTON, April 18. , a ; From Lifoon, Feb. n. The weather has beeß remarkably bad for fom« time past, and many veflels have fuffrred damage. We have had ttoo very fevefe earthquakes, but they did no material damage. The firft was the 17th ult. a few moments past five in morning—the mo tion of whieh continued for near a minute. The last, on the 27th ult. just before five in the morning which was followed by several trifling .ones. « J. D. BULKELEY." EPITAPH ON THE HON. THOMAS RUSSELL, THY LIFE, ber.ignaht parent of the poo/, Will yet on memory's marble breast endure, Where many an orphan ftiall its worth enlhrine, For all the family of woe was thine ; Tbimt't prcicfve, by virtue's noblest claim, " Which bIuJV d to find its modeji aft ions fanu" While iacred Sorrow kneeling at thy bier, Sighs the fad plaint, and breathes the boding fear, Bids ftarv'd mechanics round its altar cling, And i inion'd Commerce flag her golden wing ; A Seraph bears thee to yon bright abode, Where the freed spirit hails its guardian God. Thy living deeds in.mortal joys bellow, And claim that Heaves thy wifties gave below. FrJtr*r.' Orrsrjr. Philadelphia, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1796. «» Extract of a letter from Boston, of the 13th inft. " I have already trembled at the rajh and uniuar rantabls decision which obtained in the House of Re presentatives—the precipice on which we (land appear* tremendous in my view—l start with horror from a mere glance of that depth of misery into which we may be precipitated, and I find my chief consolation in turning my affrighted gaze to liim who only can protest u« from that deluging tempeit which with im pending darkness seems to envelope our political Hori z(fn —Yet all things may end r jjell, and the Augujl Re prefenlatme of this nation may be yet called to reap the latter harvest of that Fame with which he halh al ready been so liberally and so dtfirvedly apportioned." ExtraA of a letter from a refpe&able House in New- York, to a Gentleman ia this City, dated April ix, 1795. "We beg you to accept our thanks for the promp titude w.th which you offer to accept Mr. M'Clena chan'a bills pr. our account, but we wrote him by last Port, that if he had not made any purehafes, not to do it, as we feel no inclination to enter into any large en gagements, 't ill we fee the issue of th« present conflict between the Friends of Order, and the Demons of Anarchy, tho' we still hope there is virtue enough north of Rappahannock to save from deftru&ion that Constitution which every gosd man will support." Ext raft of a letter from a Gentleman of the firft confidcration, in the state of Rhode-Iflaod, to bis friend in this City, dated at Providence, April 14th, 1796. " The citizens of this town, and as far as I have beard from other towns, are in favour of the Pre sident's answer.—Having carefully bbferved the debates, in the House of Reprefefitatives, 1 am of opinion that nothing has been to evince the right of the House to curtail or lessen the pow er of the President and Senate, in making Treaties, and when made to prevent their becoming the law. The constitution gives this power to the President and Senate, and the power mujl be exerciftd by those tuho have it.—The Prefident'* answer contains all that ought jf could be said—But as to the opinion of the Hats Conventions, or any other Convention, it has nothing to do with the constitution. The constitution, as held up by the President, is the guide, and mast be so as long as it is the constituti on of the United States.—lt was therefore unne cessary to make use of the words " under the circum /lancet of this cafe." There can be no circumstan ces which will warrant a violation of the conftituti in. If circumjlances are to fupercede the conftitu -1 "" suit cir b)r ta f - <ansM«ftA>,ik* q>ouM tfce •■ -#MfGt-' ■' t «»»i ft)* kv &xlra3 aj it teller fritn Arun/cjki, dated fyrll 19. Sir, On reading our paper of this day» I find the Merchants of your City have had a meeting, and they have addrcflrd the House of Reprefentatieves,, praying them to adopt suitable measures for carry ing the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain into speedy effedt. The inhabitants of the (late ofNew-Jerfey la ment the measures that have recently been adopted by Congress. They are exceedingly alarmed at the evil and ruinous consequences likely to refillt, and they most heartily join in opinion with the ref pe£lable merchants of your city, that the honour and interest of our country can only be preserved by qarryifiß .all the Treaties |nade into full and honour able effect—and I doubt nut ihey will cheerfully go-operate with their fellow-citizens of your (late, tn pursuing such measures -as are likely to obtain so desirable an obj«£l. Petitions are rapidly filling in every part of thtf state—praying that the Treaty may be carried into operation—And the Grand Juries that have exist ed, since our political situation has become so pre caiiious, have ttnapimoiifly declared their sentiments in favor of the Prtfidtnl's londuti, and their wi(h that all public engagements may be pumftually complyed with. A meeting of the county in which I reside, in conjun&ion with the one adjomin*, will in a fsw days take place, when we (hall in all probability follow the good example you have set us. The people are generally agitated with.the .late demand on the President for the papers refpefltng the Treaty; they highly approbate his Jtrmne/s, and hope he will per/evere hi supporting his own dignity and the Conjlitution of our country. That our Representatives in Congress may be less divided, and fee more clearly the interest, and prosperity of our country, is the lincere with of The sincerity of a late proposition presented to the House of Reprefentativet by Mr. Livingfton, may be decided by-the following fad : On the 15th of May, 1794, Mr. Ooadhue, of Maffacliu fetts, moved in <he House of Reprefentativet, a rcfolution pledging the public faith to indemnify the American citizens who had fuffered by the cap ture and condemnation of their property by the Britiffc, in violation of the laws of nations. This resolution was defeated by a large majority of the House ; and on a recurrence to the journals it will be seen, that Mr. Madison, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Giles, and evcty member now in the House of Reprefeni atives who is underftoodto be again!! the execution of the treaty with Great-Britain, and who was then a member of the House, were opposed to the adop tion of Mr. Goohite's resolution—yet it is under ftoed these fame gentlemen, through Mr, Living fton, now offer a proportion of the fame import with that they formerly reje£ted ; and for what purpose? To defeat the treaty ? Certainly they wish it. To compensate the merchants > When "havr they (hewh themfclvct so friendly to that claf* of our citizens as to afford the mod distant idea ol such being their intentions ? A correspondent asks, whether it accords with perfect delicacy and decorum, when a man, frorn fuperiot- talents, poffrfTVs the faculty of influencin the opinions of others, to appear ostentatious in the display of this influence ? If the answer is in the negative, what honourable moti.e can be alfigned for a dispensation with a due reftrve on this point pending the important difcuilion in which, the House of Reprefematives is now engaged.—Why are the public offended by the fr«quent calling out of particular members of that House, by a gen tleman who is also a member of it, and wnofe time fecms to be wholly employed in trailing his afiuci ates beneath the (hades of the S(ate-Hotife yard .' The anti-treaty petitioners of Philadelphia .have offered to pay the merchants five miiiom of dollais, and thofaof Newcastle have promised futtenance to Congress provided they will refufe to carry a law of the land, alias the treaty, into effedi—and yet these gentlemen affect to despise bribery and cor tuptioo, Tha merchants,' in ordtr to threaten Congnfs and to terrify them out »f their fetifet,' have exprefTed their fears for t-he conftquenees of the reje&ion of the treaty in the most refpe&ful manner and with the utmost deference. The political concert in a certain public building rather falls off. The Italian leader of the band is either sick, or sorry for some of his fligh'.s. He had intended to favor the amateurs of the art with the " airs «f the mountains," a beautiful effort of the divine art, composed by him in the summer of ninety four—bat at some of the flights were very high and some of the passage* extremely low—it wis believed by his friends that no voice could fur• vive their expreflion—and he gave them up left Juffocmtion should follow their exhibition. But tht air of Philadelphia is uncommonly favorable to the human voice, and as he has improved so much as to be almofl intelligible in his pronunciation : the ad mirers of this vocal performer expect that he will favor the aHdience on Monday with those airs some alterations have taken place we are informed —for iuftance, in the following beautiful lines iu the firft ftiophe. Ven iewy eve her mantle draws, I gj to bed and dream of laws ; An ven de fun firft ope my eyes, Whilky I drink, and curse d'excife. The alteration is in the second line. I go te bed wrapt in French gauze. This may be -because of the season, or because there is something more fanciful, beautiful, poetica and political in the idea ps a performer going, tc bed wrapi in French gauze, than in the prefump tion that so great a genius ever closes his eyes. The city profeffor of music was very charming h his cantabile. Theie was great ueatnofs, quick ness, and nimblenefs of utterance, but some of sh iatiies who like lumething else beiides music, fj„ that Ills voiue was toe good. Gospel, eeping if and Main id. ftijp «wne>n jent to fhor* at Nautilus COMMUNICATION*. defiroii* of having tliiir liitehelfes ta ken to the bed advantage, Would do well to attend to the following remarks* The success of an artist, Saye a Correfp indentj when paiirting-a likeness, depends nioch oh the ac tual (ituation of t J>e per/on who fits, with regard to health, and animation of mind; No part of the year is more favorable for the purpose, than the present, as the cpmplexiori ij not affedted by the extremes of either heat orcoW, as is the cafe even in the autumnal season, when njany delicate per sons retain that pale and languid appeal art,ce of countenance, occasioned by the heat of the prece ding feafun. As our artists in this city exert theiiv abilities chiefly in painting refemblancrs, their pat rons wrho aflortl them so much encouragement, woulc). «#t£pd their patronage much to the advan tage fef the artilli, and to -their own fa<!»fa<ftion» were thtyto chufe this time of the year, to fit for their picture, 1 had a likeness taken in miniature, last winter, and another lately, by the feme liand, but the latter is the tr je one. The Federal Spy, Printed at Springfield, Mafihchufettt, has thefol- It fceros the reign ofenthuliafm and extravagance is not over in France—that of reason and mo deration begun but in name. The 21ft January wm the amiivet lary cf the execution of Louis XW late kinij of France. It is a mournful necefiity that pu<» the moil wicked man te> death. The sentence is pronounced by our courts with every mark of fyttipathy and sorrow. Who, before the Frinchje- Tcr thought of turnfog this dreadful subjeCt into a joyful anniversary ? If a rabble could be found to the 51 h November, called Pope Day, of Giwpowdei Plot, (id a public ajfembty ever stoop be fore to the ind*c«ii?y, ful y, impiety, and favage nefs of opening that day of iti feflion with music to to royalty, and under these absurd forms, with this old mixture of pantominei farce, a id tragedy, to gather fpe&ators for a (how ?— Their had was turned into a play-house. Louis the XVlth had been proclaimed by the National Af femhljribe of liberty. He did all he could to save the constitution that left him a fiiado.v of power. They put him to death for a concealed unfaithfalnefs to that constitution—and yet, scarce ly was he cold in his grave before thev swore ha tred to it. '• * r i* ■ K Let our rfiadmen admire thtffe trartfaflions—Bed« lam is outdone by them. Men of reflexion and hu manity?. Will obferVt that blood will be lavishly shed in a country where thty make light of fhtdding it —ana where their grcateft aflembliea make it the occasion of a joyful antiiverfary. The Indian war riors dance round a prifjner while he is roaftijig ; but do they dance round the fame flake the year after ? Recent mjlancc of American Magnanimity and Bri* tijh Gratitude. •J <- W > Ut»l l«wt| Highly haniurahlt to both nntions. Whitn Capt. Hodge arrived in London, after having excited himfclf with so much humanity in laving the crcw of the Aurora tranfpart, he re ceived a polite invitation from. Mr. Dundas, who in the presence of several of the other minilters, and in behalf of the Britifb government, thanked him in the waimeft terms for hi* generous conduit on tiiat oc afion, and requested liim to accept fomL token of the national gratitude and citeem which he so julily merited. An elegant gold box, con taining a note for 500 guineas, hns accordingly been *m rutted to the care of Capt. Fitzpatrick, of the AJ&iana, to be prcfented to him, on the lid of which the following infeription is engraved : On the 2d of February, 1796, . The Crew of the British Transport AUK'ORA, Together »ith 9 German officers, 130 privates, 13 Women and 3 Chil lren, Were saved when on the point ol fihking, by the humane and generous exertions of Captain John Hodge, of the American (hip SEDGELY. The merchantsof the city of Glasgow have di rrfled apiece of plaie to be cngiaved and present ed to htm,'in testimony of the high sense they en tertain of his generous and difintcrefted extfrtions ; and we learn that many of the other commercial cities of G. Britain are following this liftidablc ex ample " — " Whilst cart loads of affignat* are airiving at Paris (fays a French paper) for filling up the forc ed loan, gold is by tons carried out of if. The Americans especially, who are very fond of our Louis d'ors, make it their business to melt them down into bars and ingots, in order to fend them with greater -fafety to Philadelphia, a detachment of the« gang of the rights of man (a banditti of robbers) has' hnwvcr found means to (teal from the American miniller's 470 marcs'of silver, whic-k it has dedared* lawful prize, pursuant to the fundamental article of imptefcriptible rights which it has aflumed for its motto." The people of th:# country are (low to soger, ho' nest and trofufpefting, they are not awate of the arti fices that are praftififd J but let the tricks, thedif honeft wiles that are used to gull them into a facri fice of. their conflitutional hit difcoytrefl ! to thefr, and the me»-»f *£disj order wilf lave no. cause to rei«ice in the effects of their defigrs. — Aurora. We, the cabin paTengers of the (hip Adnana, feel the moitfmcere pleafnrc, in returning our thanks to Capt. .Fitzpatrick for his very polite treatment during our paffagc from London to to this city.—■ He wasmoft unremittingly affidltmisin the discharge of his duty, and scrupulously attentive to our com fort and convenience. Samuel Cooper, De Sonehe, j Robert Gill, Jos. Cotry, jos. Brown, John Boys, ' 0 , Jahn Dickey, /I will wisher to t/jc /Irt. lowing judicious remarks. Frcm a Correfpond'tti-. " k hUitvaxti T^othci , 'fi<3e of Ae 3efani>are, Weil' c(i for the benefit of a T'r/i o)f M'dttntebank Coijgfeif niefl, or for ipjy tfhom th? (hoe misfit/' »» fufpeijika. The foMdwhg Vefieb *re advWifci in G<Mtf> Liverpool Advehifer of Mirth 3. For fbiiaMpnta'. Ship Mary, Kirjsbride. L.'cds Picket, M' F a I!. j Molly* Frost; Brig Patty, Affleck, to fail 24th MircH; Pcir New-T»rk. Ship Lyd'a, OoodriJgc. Sally, Halbroek. / Brig Thomas, Bernard. For-- llojl ,ra SUip George, F6"»t. . Wifcalllt, Stiilon. Aftres, Tinkham. Brig Atferftic, Rollins* to fail zoth Matrcl». ' Polly, Pope. Capt. Nfsrcer of tftc f! »op Ambufcadc, J i 4«t* from Bermuda, brings the fallowing adjudication* of American veflels by the Cotirts at that place. Brig Lady of Ptiilatle phla< aflii schooner Kupd for Peace, of New York, condem ned yeflels and cafgotfi, and claimants 10 pay courl charge?. S lip Hannah ftorn Philadelphia for France, con lemnsd with part of her cargo; &c: Brig Minerva, of cleared; Barque Stifannafy from GottenbUrg to loiipe condemned with her Cargo. Sioop Francis and Mary, of Chatlefton; fchoon ei Robert of Baltimore, fbip Durcmore of New- Yoik, and (hip BiJlonaj of Norfolk, condemned with their cargoes ; the claimants pay coll and chtrges. The following tbefe I'tbclhd. A schooner belonging to Connect icut, Captain Trott, .a brig belonging to Boston, capt. dead at the abuse which it it said he received from the prize master, brig Three brothers, of New-London front Antigua, brigs Betsey and Harriett* Piertfe* and schooner Judith, of Newbury, Fchooner Rover, of Charleftob, and a (loop belonging to Boston- The foregoing were carried into Bermuda, by 1 men of war and privatecw, since the tirft JaHua/y The fthooner Andrew. Capt. Montayne, had her mate and all her seamen (who had protection* as Americans) preiFed by a British fchoivier in the service of government, at the iflanil-ofNevis. The particulars are related in the captain* ptoteft* which is now in the hands of hi» owner in this city. ■/ '• . A The following arrivals, &c, of American appear in Loyd's lifts tothe i t'.h March 1796. Of Portland, the Three Friends, Sherry from N. York for AmlU'idam. At Stance, thd Charlcllon, Olive fjom'Bofton. At Clyde the Jeanie, Simpfon and Winefred, Cooley from Vir' gitvia. Ar 'Dublin, A£teon, Biirnham, and Cithe*" rine, Syer, from N.York. AtLundon. erry,Mtrj> , from N. York; Sailed from Cravefend March 9, the Lovely* Lai's, Clifton, for Virj.tr.ja { Mary, TaHet« Boston —Siiffolk, Maryland. Ftum Deal, th* Neptune, Grozard, for N. Ywrk. Left at London, Snow Hebe, brig and brig Lady Watterll'.'ff all of this port* BY THIS DAY'S MAIL. NEW-YORKj April io. BEWARE OF SNARES! The following hand bill hat been circulated this morning* NOTICE, Tht cltiierw of New-York, who ate determit td lo support the conftilution of tlie tJnited States, and approve of the proceedings ofthe Houfc of Re-» prelentativ'es, with regard to the British treaty, arc requetled to attend a meeting to be held in the fields, on Friday the iid day of April, in(h at 12 o'clock.. The prtfcnt crilis is truly A punctual attendance isearneAly requested. Cjf In opprtf.tjon to above, Good citizens, the real friends of out conftilution and government will not attend the meeting. The true fenfeofthe citizens can be known only by the signatures to the petition now circulating. NOT ICE. THE CITIZENS OF NEW-YORK, i are determined to support the support the conllituti on of the United States—who regard the.peace, and at prefentunpairalleled prosperity of theircourt try— who have nothing to gain by a revolutionary state of things-—ln short, who are not difp»fed fob civil, nor foreign w»r ; are hereby, earnestly requeu ed not io attend the meeting to be held to-morrow in the fields at 12 o'clock. Your drift compliance will be attended to with two good confequenees: firft, you will thereby be enabled todifcover the force of parties, as to num -1 bers and characters. And secondly, to avoid the eonfequehces which often ensue from the multitude j nous mixture of perfuns who differ in opinion. N. B. Give Hrift charge to yout children and ! fetvantsto flay at home—for they generally com pose one third of the numbercolleded on fucb ot cafions, WM. WILCOCKS '' " " s! ~ Ihe Creditors 1 of the French Republic FOR supplies furniihed in the Weft-Indies, arc re setted to meet their Committee on Mondsy f>en ing, the ajth infiaht, at ± -pail 6 o'clock, u the Coffee* House, onbufir.efsof Importance. IValtei- Stewart, Chairman. Philad: April 13. * livenfy Dollars Reward. RANAWAY liom the fubfetiber, or Wcdn .'day, tie 70th inft. a; Apprentice lad named Matthew Cham bers, 1$ years of age.a Wit 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high. He took With him a variety of cloathing, which 1 ancot tie enumerated—He lias a continual down look, and is a to lerable compositor. Whoever fectSrei f?.id boy, so that 1 get him again, ft all have the above reward. Philip Edwards, Printer. April 13. eodiw. N. B. tt is fujjpofed that he ftiade for Pkiladelpkia and will endeavor to get employ. Mailers of vcffels, and 'o thers, are forwarned from Inrbouring or taking him off at their peril. £5° The different Printers are requcftcd to insert the above » few times, so COR&MSPOtiDENfS- - >
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