*
nn-jiiti a»d armc;!, «u intine »t*u!y (tut fioir. »»ch
f(Hp Tt» wttnefi the awful scene t the crews of the
refpetiive thipi were called on deck, and the arti.
ciea of war read to them by their captains, who as- ,J
terwarda warned them to take example from the
fate of the unhappy men wh ■> were about to fuffer, t0
The Rev. Dr. Haiherail, Chaplain of the Sand
wich, who has constantly been with the prisoners ar
fioce their condemnation, adminifltred the sacra- P 1
ment to all of them, cxccpt Michael Cox and Mar- m
tin Ealey, who were Roman Catholics. After
praying with them until near 11 o'clock, they were
brought on deck, and the ropes fixed around their p
necks, when John Flint, George Withick, John d
Lawfon and William Handy, wertmade acquaint- i «
ed that hisrnajsdy had been pleased to pardon them. 1 *
Handy, who had a v wife and child on board, im- ' |jj
mediately ran down to her, and fainted in her arms, (r
which prefruted a mod affe&ing t'cene. Th« tear r >
of, l hanKfuinefs and joy adorned the chtfrks of the fii
hardy tars; and Lawfun addieffing the clergyman, p<
said, •' lam afraid I (hall never again be so well
piepared for eternity 1"
At a quarter pall 11, the signal for the execn- 1
tion of the remainder was made by firing a gun, u
when Michael Cox, Robert M'Lsunin, John Sul
livan, Martin Ealy, and William Morrilon, were tl
launched into eternity. After hanging the usual ! p
tin!.*, their bodies were sent o# (bore, to the agent a
at Sick Quarters, for interment. "
This awful Ipectacle had a due effect upon the w
feteraljbipi companies, who behaved in a very q
proper and becoming manner on the occasion. n
— .ii. i t |
NEW-YORK, April j». a
To the SPEAKER and MEMBERS of the c
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of th« £
United States of America, in Congref9 atfem- t ,
bled :
The Representation and Memorial of the Sub- o
feribers, Inhabitants of the City and Stale of t<
New-York, • w
Mod humbly and refpe&fully (heweth : J]
That, impressed with the mill anxious concern a
for IM jrni'prvi>y -as »ur country, and viewing f
with thedeeped fohcitude, the prefrnt important
crifu of public affairs, your memorialists have con- o
ceived it their duty, to address your honorable bo- a
dy upoa a fubjed, as momentous and tnterefting, ''
a: any which has occupied the public attention, '
iiuce out separate existence as a nation.
Convinced, that the welfare of our common
country depends upou the calm and unbiased de
liberations of Congress, we arc impressed with the j
moil lively indignation, at the attempts that have
been rnide to tfxeit* the apprehensions of the peo
ple, and to influence the decision of their represen
tatives. But our anxiety is confldei ably alleviated j
- by the confideuce we have never ceased to repose r
in the liability and wisdom of your hoaourable ,
house. a
It is with the titmoft sincerity we mention our ( ;
avers.on to war, and our earnest desire to preserve ;
the blcffings of peace, even at the expence of some £
• f our intereds. But, however, we may be at
tached to the eoatinuance of peace, the existence
of public liberty, the rights of Conj*r«&, and the ;
faiery of the constitution, would be Sacrifices to :
we aeuer can ■ '' <j £■ '■ ?.
Nor can we consider a date of hostility as the '
neceiTary consequence of a rcfufal on the patt of
the haufe of representatives, to make appropria
tions, for the purpsfe of carrying into effect the f
late Treaty with Great Biitain. It would be to
midake tbe idle clacnart of a party, for the result of
deliberate reflexion, and the found dictates of wis
dom. And lhould those idle clamors be permitted
to bias yaur decisions, the constitutional rights of
Congress would tall devoted vi&ims to the authori
ty of the executive ; for fhonld the position be ad
mitted, that withholding iupplies to complete a
treaty that is formed with any foreign nation, mud
of neceffiry produce a date of war with that na
tion7an important right, which tbeconditution has
veiled in'your honorable house for the public fafety,
would become embafrafled in its exercise, if not
rendered entirely useless and nugatory ; a check
which that mod sacred of instruments has provid
ed, as a fafeguard against ihi encroachments "of a
President, would dwindle into a mere dead letter, i
and become vain, delusive, and almod deditute of
operation.
We have always viewed, and we dill continue
to consider the late treaty with Great Britain, as
an indrument highly injurious to the intereds of
the United States, as containing flipulatious that i
infringe upon the peculiar privileges and rights of
Congress, fatally dangerous to the liberties of our »
fellow citizens, and fubverfivje of the fundamental
principles of the conditution. When fird this
treaty became presented to public examination, in !
vain we believed that the exalted virtues, and pa- '
triotifm of the President, would have prevented its I
ratification. From the fatal moment that his name j
and hand were used to give it fanclioo, our whole '
trust was concentered ia the house of reprefenta
tines ; in your honorable body, our firm reliance is
still reposed. To you, the reptefentatives of the
people, faithful to tbeit intereds ar.d mindful of
your trutls, we now look up with confidence for !
the conservation of our intereds, the security of
public liberty, and the fafety of the conditution.
And we,your memorialists, having maturely con
(idered the proceedings of your honorable house I
upon this momentous fubjeft, regardful of thear- !
duousand delicate situation in which you now are
placed, and deeply imprefled with a fenfc of the
duttft incumbent upon us as citizen* of this yet
free and happy countiy, do esteem it obligatory up
ijn ourfrlvcs to express to the house of representa
tives our full and entire approbation of those pro
ceedings. And we do further pray, that y®n, the
representatives of the people, will adopt such meat
fures refpefiing the said treaty, is yon, in your t
wisdom, deem bed calculated to preserve the con- t
ftitutional poweis of Congress, the liberties of 1
vour eonftituents, and the true intered and prof- f
perity of the United States. And placieg their c
firm reliancs upon you, your memorialists do fur- t
ther consider it a* their duty to dtclare and express t
their fixed determination to fuppoit the conftitu- c
tional representatives of the people, at the hazard i
of their iive# and fori tines. - '■
\
At i »4iV numerous jnd rrfffiUble meeticg: of the
inhabitant* of the ity of N»w York, afTembled at th< t
_ Fields, on Friday, the u.l dy of April, inft. pursuant ~
to a pvevi.>us notification, ;
Mr. Francis Van Dyk, in t'oe Chair.
The following reiblutions were un:,:»imoufly agreed "
* to, and ordered to he publifhrd. l
Rjt/alvcd, That the treaty between the United States li
i and Great-Britain, is highlj»imj-.olitic, difgraccful, & c
prejudiciil to the true intereds of the coantry. That i,
in a variety of indaaces it invades the delegated power f
of thejfoofe of Representatives, and infringes upon
the rights and privileges of the people.
11. Refo'.vtd, That we are and ever were anxious to
' preserve to our country the blefiingsof peace; that we '■
i drprecite unnecessary and unprovoked wars, and are ll
. | eonfoous of their attendant calamities, but that when p
,I w» protest agiindthe iile rhamours that artful and de- ■
. j fißnnig men have raised to induce a belief that war is p
the inevit able coniVquenee of the non-executiOu of the •
' treaty with Great-Britain—we openly declare, that 11
r the conditution and liberties of our country are lacri
! ices we cannot submit to, even for the preservation of ''
, peace. «
1 111. R/fotvcd, That the Conditution of the United fc
States is next to public liberty, the bed inheritance of (,
the citizens thereof, and that it is a duty incumbent
Upon every good citizen at all times to defend the fame
» with his life and fortune. ; S
IV. Rtfolned, That the conditutional privileges of -
" the House of Representatives is a trud confecrattrd to f
I ; public liberty, and sacred. to the welfare o the people; e
t and that our repreitntativ, s can never coijient to sub-
mit to an invasion of these privileges iu confidence
with the duties they owe to their ronHituents. /
V. Rr/blved, That it is the conditutional right of
* Congress to make all neceflary appropriations of mo
ney, and that they themselves are the proper judges of
the judice, propriety and exjiediency of making those
appropriations. And further, that all attempts to ex- j
e cite the apprehecfioas of the people to intimidate, and t
to influence th# decision of their reprefentatitxes, is |
ilnwanantable and odious, and n.erits the marked de
tection of a free and enlightened nation. .
VI. Re/blved, '1 hit we highly appkud the refoluti
or. of Mr. Maclay to the House of Reprefen- j I
if tatives npon the fubjeit of the Bri:ifc Treaty; that I <
we approve of the rel'olntion of Mr. Livingdon for i
indemnifyin" our merchants for the lofles tbev have :
n ir. confeqaence of the Britifti depredations |
and fpojia'loiu. ami that ve are wiilaig t« defray our
* full and equitable proportion of those lodei.
t VII. Jiffo/vsd, Til at we will ever fnppoft the Honfe 1
of Representatives in the exercise of their confutation-1 '
i. al rights and authorities at the haaard of our live and I
■ t fortunes.
Philadelphia, ,
n TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 16, 1796.
e Extract of a lettei from a of Richmond,
c to his correspondent in this city, dated April 19.
" I cannot however help telling you that the
■" condnA of the President in his late message to the
Hoofe of Reprefenntives, has in no indance iu my
e recolleclion merited and received such unfverfalap
e plaufe. But 1 want to be informed how M—n has
accounted for hi« inconfifteacy and duplicity of con
lr du£l.—My God ! how long wi!( the people of
e America, and (in particular those of Virginia) be
e duped by this man I"
It appears that Mr. Adams h*s at present a ma
e jority of 90Q votes, for Governor of MatTaebufetrs ;
0 and that the votes of half the number of town? an
yet to be returned.
te
r ' "
From a Corrcfponrlent.
It is a fubjeil worthy contemplation at this aw
e ful time, when the beam for war or peaee, hang
-0 lufpended over Aircrica; what will be the probs
. ble majority which the enemies to the Treaty, ma\
carrj' it by, in the House of Representatives f
Woulci any man fnppofe, on a question of such
3 eventful magnitude, il could be less than thirty or
'* forty votes ? No, certainly. And yet it » reduced
to almost a fa£l« howevci the Market ttreet " Ikunk
® ps feuttility" may assert to the contrary, that let
the vote be called for when it may, the war ivhoop
a " party will not exceed the trifling number of five or
18 fix, out of one hundred and five votes—which is not
T* above one twentieth pait of the whole rcprefenta-
tion. But when the Ser.atf ratified the Treaty, by
,* the great proportion of two thirds of their coufti
tutional number, (which is the ra'io of two thirds
a of the Union) they were insulted, execiated, and
'• ' effigied, as the greatest of apostate*. On the re
u verfeofthe medal, fee Americans, who this paltry
number of five or tix will confid os—should they
le carry their point, that is at one " fell sweep" to
a ® murder all your liberties, privileges and properties ?
0 Why even not two tbirds of the black Jlavet, not
31 ivbitr—Reprefentation from the mini dominion.
L> And will the Senate concede to such a flagrantly
"" unjufl rejeftiun by such an infignificant majority,
® of a Treaty, which the people approve ? No, ne
, ver. If they should, if there mull be a paroxifm
ln , of madness, even let the migh'y Italian, with his
* ftilletto, and bowl of poison come on, we are readv,
'* for the citizen* of America, know their rights, and
| will despise all screeching birds of paflage, and all
lc incendiaries. ORDER, &c.
a-
is PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Ie
°f jRKrrKD.
ar Ship Two Friends, Hathaway Dover
as Brig Mercury, Davidfon do.
Amiable Creole, M'Kever, C. N. Mole
1- Bell, Smith Washington
fe Schr. lWe, Stevenson, Baltimore
r- Sloop* Jane, Jackson N. Y»tk
re Thomas and Sally, Alexandria
ie , — iMMimwr-
BY THIS DAY'S MAIL.
II ( NEW-YORK, April 25. j
ie Five foreign velTels were wafted into port en Sa
a- turday, in tolerable short passages—vide ariivtls. By !
lr the London ve.Tels our regular files are not later c
b. than were before received, but the Merchant, from
as Brillol, affords accounts io March 16, from which <
f- several extrails are given this day. Little is said
ir of the Continental politics, and a general profile of
r- the papers is not very interesting. The Star of t
fs the 16th March, from which the articles of that 1
j. date are taken, has upwards of two pages debate f
d in parliament oil the Jtave bill, which was finally f
negatiitd, to the surprize of many. \
ft mull gi.e plealure to the friends of otir Coun
try ,inj government, that certain leadiag men in
»ppoliin>n in this city, are deferring their party. —
$;> v;o'-i>t ate fume of the party, end-to such low
a'id defplcable meant have they descended to carry
their points, that good citizens, who have been
'incer* in their views, are reaily afbarned of their
company. The more rcfpcCtable part of opposition
have (igned tke petition for carrying the treaty into
effefl.
1 he mod ridiculous dratagem ever employed by
our dit nganizifig gentry, was the ftery propagated
lad Friday morning in town, and especially at the
fliip yards, " That the Ontario had returned to
p->rt, (tripped of nil her hands by the Britifli."—
As the (lory had not even a rumor or canjecfurc
from the Hook to fnpport it, it mutt have been tin.
intentional lie, propagated on pur pole to aid the
lUejftotg' i® the ttreets, and inH im; the miuds tu
horteft, but ignorant people. None but the vilell
of mciuw be guilty of such dirtyynd di'bonora
ble trjeks, and the paity aiuft be on its lait legs tp
have recourse to them.
Various are.the reports refpeftiog tbe numbers
colle&ed at the meeting in the ftieets on' Friday.
From comparing various accounts of jt'dictotis men,
some of them i>fU.er» of the late army, accilflom
ed to view multitudes of men, the truth seems to
be, that the real number of all descriptions, did
not exceed 800- Those more refpetlablc citizens
who have formerly appeared in such meetings, were
not present, and many of them have signed the pe
tition in favor of the treaty. Several of the com
mittee appoiitted by the meeting aie also among the
petitioners in-favour of the treaty. This effort,
therefore, to the meeting an air of refpettabi
li:y, mutt fail of its effrtl.
We have u<*iueftio: able authority for faying that
Col. Stevens itfufed hit cpnfent to have his name
| put upon the ticket for members of AlTembly, call
; ed the republican ticket, on which are the
]of P. R. Livingftsn, and Wm. Ki'ttltas. We
! are also well informal, that Mr. Denning and Mr.
Clinton did not wish to b»»e tbeit .names on that
fieke: ir. its prefect form. Tbefe gentlemen.are
tefpefteii b* their fellow-citizen*, and their difgull
I at some part of the ticket is a proof of their good
sense and patrietifm.
The following must be nearly the true state of
this city refpefling the tefolutinn of the ht>ufc cf
Repiefcntatiites about the treaty :
The merchants snd traders altnuft univetfally a*
gree, thai in the prefeqt Hate of things provision
ought to. be made forcaiiying it into effc6t.
The ftibnantial mechanics almult univei (ally a
gree to the fajne.
Tli"? petition on the fubjeft, carried from house
to hdtife through every ward, has comparatively
(peaking, met with but solitary exceptions Molt
who were absent when called upon, wilh to sub
scribe.
Many perhaps generally, (property and infbr
mativui being taken into consideration) those who
were 'opposed to the treaty, iu itfclf, simply confefa
that at present under all circuir.llances it ouglu ts
be carried into effect —and some of these, the prin.
ripa! pei font for refpeAability, their names could
!*»' (MHliourd. Nomfcjrs W this dcfclipticl) hare
afluqlljr flrfiferibed to the petition.
It leally dors honor to tfceir integrity and inde
pendence.
The meeting in the fields, on the 2zd inft. in
opposition, conlilled of about 800, atrnoll totally
o(?hofe who at twelve o'clock could be spared froir
the ir npnual labors. Perfont looking at a promif
cuout ademblage of men, will differ in npinion ai
1 to numbers 5 therefore they were variously calcu'
lated from four to fifteen hundred.
One third of these, however, were, as usually th<
cafe, eompofed of negroes, sweeps, boys, appren
ttces, Frenchmen, and curious people opposed tc
the meeting. The huzza of approbation did not
comcfrom above third of the afiemhly, and thrf<
htizza'sthe fainted imaginable. In short, .it
certainly the most unimportaut meeting ever helc
in this city upon any important public occasion.
Few, very few indeed of tho heads of party wer<
to be seen—and those of them who did appear, the
least didinguifhed for their confequencc. In (hort
the deluded people were deserted.
The icafun is obvious—ln feriout timet, ferioui
m*n are prudtut.
WM. WILCOCKS.
Arrived at this Port.
DAYS
' | Ship Portland, Kuffey, Br idol, 47
, Merchant, RofTeter, do. 34
Bcllona, Dodes, Hull, 49
1 Hope, Hailey, London, 36
1 Brig Essex, Linden, '• do. 34
, Neptune, Grozart, do. 43
Friends, 'Savage, St. Thomat, 18
Diana, Piatt, Jcremie, 25
Snow Minerva, Boadge, Amderdam, 57
Schr. iSufannah, , Bodon, 7
Sloop Heftur, Necker, Antigua, tg
BALTIMORE, April 22.
Lad evening, at a more numerous meeting of
the Mechanics and MamifadWera of Baltimore
Town, Precincts, and Fell's Point, than was ever
known on any o.cafion, in consequence of public
notice given in the papert by the Managers of the
Mechanical Soeiety,
WILLIAM JESSOP in 4b, Chair.
■■■ Rtjolvtd Unanimoujly, That this meeting have
full confidence in the House of Reprefentativet in
their legislative capacity, and that a letter espref
five of that confidence be forwarded to them.
Re/o/ved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be lodged iu the hands of the Sectetary of the Me
chanical Society.
Rifolvrd, That the thanks of this meeting be
given to the Chairman.
A Correfpnndent being credibly informed that
the Yellow Fever prevails in frveial of the Weft
India [(lands, thinks the inhabitants of Baltimore
(hould be 011 their guaid : If this bufinels it ne
glt'itfd a tew days longer, it is impoffiblc to lay
what may be the cooftqiaeuce ihcrtet.
GEORGETOWN, (M.) Apr!! 22.
Proccenirps of a iiuraeruiis minim; of the citi
zens of Geoigetown, Held ytfterday t
At a in 'ctinti of Oie citizens of George-Town,
held this 12th day of April, 1796, conformably o
a previous public notice thereof given, in oidtr o
conlide'r tlie exigency of txprtflitij; Uieir withes u: -
011 the firi&tt 01 the treaty With Great Brifahi.
John Mafuii was unaiiimoafijr appointtd Chair
man.
Wtrt. H. DoriVy wns appointed Secretary.
It *as theii mnved thai MefTrs. Tfco.
Sim Lee, Ben. SuidSefl «thd Tii'tiarti Daltolij bs
appointed a C"mrtii!trt to report to this turning
such refoluti.ms :it t'uy may think ptupcr upon the
ftibjeS of this meeting.
The Committer, a'noit apjioihttd, brought ia
the following import i
The cotmnitt re report the Fc-lkHifinj! memorial a»
proper to be signed hv the eftirens cfGeorge-1 own
to bi pre lent eti to the Ivitife of reprefentativrs of
the Unite.l States, through the K'prefentalive' (if -
this diftria | to be transmitted to liim by the
Chairlmn of the meeting.
" To the house of replefenlatiees of the Unit
ed States, the memorial "F tha fuHfcrlhfcrs, citizer.9
of George-Town, in M. ntg«.mviy County a:.d
(late of Maryland, fheweth, f.
'• That, apprehending that tlie national charac
ter for good fa Ml, may be injured, al-id the peecC
and happiness of the United States, interrupted*
by hesitating to <?arry itito execution the treaty
lately nrgociated between the United States and
Great Britain, your memorif.lifts refpe&futly, but
earnestly, pray that the neceflary laws may be en
acted for carrying into full and Complete eneft the
said treat jr. *' .
Which said report, being read, was unanimously
adapted, and directed by the rheeting to lie upon
the table for the signatures of the peifotis present.
JOHN MASON, Chairman.
W. H. Dorfey, Secretary.
LAw book snrORE,
KO. 313, HICSH-STKkiT,
AVERY CEN£RAt IMPORTATION Qf LAST BOOKS
JUST OPENED.
GEORGE DAVIS's
INTENSIVE collodion of the la; eft Irilh Editions he
a ing now at ranged, he begs to offer them for Sale,
on the fume mo.iemc terms, as hare for several years
past, so particularly di(linjui!hed them ; and to afi'ure
those Uecth-men who may favor him with attention, ti at
their orders from any diflance, whether for a fingk vo
lume, ar an entire Library, (kail be executed with the like
promptitude, »p.d acknowledged »ith (hanks.
Catalogues for the present year are prepared, and
will be delivered on application
,V. 3. A number ®l Trbnis to b: disposed of.
lith April. m&t6w
A Printing-Office for Sale.
o
COMISTIt/e OF
A goodaflortment olTne , th. ' iter part of which
ere but little worn, a good mah.-gany Vfefs with th- dif
ferent Printii 9 Materials, in cetrtplete order for executing
my kind of work. The fituatxn j- very le, either
for a ntwfpaper or book-work, being in a pifSfint. well
poroia'ed city, within 30 miles of Hiilmdelphia T_h«£«
is also a yerv eor.fiderable advanta« ftf ifing from the
numtfout applications for Mi.ski an J tl'.e general influx
of aJvcrtifcm-r.ts, &e. Ac «r-d a hMtidfflitne profit derived
from the great quantity of Rags which may be colle&cd
throughout th year.
A complete bOl cut- for i '.worth's Spelt's -Book.
Likewise. will he fold with the office, a book
bii.ders' Press, (used for prr. (Eg books in fhci-rt) toge
ther xith a numbeV of bookbinders' tools, almost new.
Anv peri'on iwrlining to p'.irchaU the above, may have
th refuial o r a handsome colleein of books, bound and
in fhcct—-They will be fold very low.
For the price, and further particulars, enquire at No.
north Third Arret, where a fpcciraen cf the types
may be ften. April a 6. §«.»aw.
This day are Rjablifhed,
A POETICAL PARAPHRASE, on our Saviour'*
Sermon on the Mount; and the Progress ef Lib
erty, a Pipdarie Ode.
By CHARLES CRAWFORD, Ffq.
To befold by Thomas Bradford in Front, and John
Ormrod in Chefnut Street.
April If). *eod3t.
40 Dollars Reward.
LOST, a Red Morocco Pocket Book, containing a
number of Bank Bills, amounting to upwards of
7CO dollars, two guineas, and one half Joe. Who
ever has found the fame and will bring it to the Cone
ftoga Waggon, No. 140, Market ftrett, fliall receive
tony dollars.
April *6. *3t
Landing,
At RuflclPs wharf, the CARGO of the Ship Lady
Louisa, James Cooper, matter, from China, and tha
Cape of Good Hope,
CONSISTING OP
SUGAR, inChefis and Bags ;
WINES, in Butts and half Butts of superior qua
lity;
A small quantity of BRANDY )
And a few Red HANDKERCHIEFS.
FOR SALE BY
Parker C3 5 Wharton,
N». 109, south Water-Jlreet.
April i 4. §
For Norjolky Alexandria, Iff G. Town,
Schooner Hopewell,
Ejra Smith, matter,
VViJjL fail on Sunday next. For freight or paflage
apply to the Mailer on board at Lowndes's whatf, or to
Jofepb Anthony & Ce.
April 16. st,
Wanted,
AN American veffei, of about two hundred antl
fifty tons, to be sent to France as a Flag of
Truce.. Propofali will be received every day by the
Consul of the Freneh Republic, at his office North
Eighth llreet,No. B,from la to 3 o'clock.
April a 6. *6t
TO LET,
A large brick Dwelling-House, .No.
n>, south Water-street; possession oftfhich maybehad
the ill of July nest. For terms apply Ho. 149, south
April »6.