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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