without palling beyond the value of the security, and Gripping the nation of its la(V resources. It is solely from your firmncfs and fidelity in the adoption and execution of thele measures, that France can be revivified, arid that (lie can rife free, glorious, and happy, after all the storms of the Re volution. We invite you,'therefore, Citizens I.egiflators, to give this message an immediate conliderati.jn. (Signed) LETOURNEUR, Prefidenr. LEGARDE, Secretary. KINGSTON, (Jamaica) April 4. The Captain of the Olive Branch, from Salem, touched at Dominique, where he lean the capture of a French transport by a Britiftt frigate ; (he was taken three leagues to windward of Defeada, had on board about 500 men, and was one of 7 that left France with a llrong reinforcement for Guada loupe. Tilt prize *ith the frigate were lying in j Prince Ruperts Bay in Dominique From the j number of (hips of war we have aruifing in the track they mull come, to reach Guadaloupe, there are great hopes of their being taken. S TO C KS.~ Six per Cent. ..... ijJ(, to 2 \ Three per Cent. ... . 10/6 j Deferred Six per Cent. ... - 13/$ to 7 Si perCcnt. - . . -it,* per Cent. - . . I^s BANK United States, - . - 47 pr. cent. Pennfylvariia, ... - «■ North America, ... - 4S 9 " Insurance Comp. North-America, 52 j Pennsylvania, 15 per ct. Exchang*, at 60 days, ... i<s o On Wednesday, Itl of June, Will be exposed forl'ale at KiuTell'j wharf, The ftiip Asia and Cargo, As (he arrived from INDIA, Cargo confifling of 2 5 tons Salt Petre, 40 ditto best Malabar Pepper, si ditto bed Manilla Sugar, 8 ditto Ihtavia ditto, < too Bales Madras Purjums, 13 ditto check'd red and white handkerchiefs, 5 ditto Book Muslins, I ditto fine Long Cloths, 1 15 ditto Check'd and Strip'd Ginghams, 43 Cherts Bandanna Handkerchiefs, 7 Bales Patna Chintz, 23 ditto Jugdeah and Alyabad Baftas, 14 ditto Gurrahj, '] 17 ditto Guzzeenahs, 1 15 ditto Chokas, 1 I ditto Taydah Coflaes, 1 1 ditto white border'd Mullin Handkerchiefs, | T ditto Sooty Romals, with A few pieces of Green Taffeties. The above Goods will positively be fold without any rcferve, in order to close the concern 1 herefore those who are disposed to purchase largely, will find it greatly for their' irrterelts to attend. A ere- J ditirom three to aine months will be given, in pro portion to the amount purchased, upon Notes with two approved indorfers. . Ibe Asia a nenew Ship, d Built for the India Trade, 327 Tons made one voyage only—can ~~ put to sea at a small expense, and will be fold on liberal credit. Boston, May u. (18^3) Mr. MarfhallV Night. New Theatre. • . Os WEDNESDAY EVENING, May 18, Will beprefented, (neverperformed here)'an admired TRAGEDY, called S The Count of Narbonne. "J £ Taken from the celebrated Romance of rhe Cattle of fe Otranto, and written by Robert Jephfon, Efq.j d, With new scenery, dreflTes and decorations. . Raymond, count of Narbonne, Mr. Whitlock £«ftin, Mr. Green riieodore, Mr. Moreton th Fabian, Beete V, Hortenfia, Countess of Narbonne, Mrs. Whi lock re , Mrs. Marfliall ec Jacqueline, Miss Willems. th End of the Tragedy, r Dibdin's celebrated Ballad, ' ei i that once was a Ploughman a Sailor Jj am now, Se •ti-t.- . ... B y Mr - Marshall. ta : Which will be succeeded by the Pantomime Dance, n i composed hp Mr. Francis, called V The Lucky Escape ; th! 0r > Thc PLOUGHMAN TURN'D SAILOR, arc Founded on the above Ballad. cui I o which will be added, for that night only, a favor- the He Comedy in 3 a&s, called mo The Farm-House ; c 0 Or, T H E C O u N T R Y LASSES. a ' d "" rnday, a Comedy, railed SPECULATION • »nVut^«t 0p r a < ?7 HE DOcroß AND A- P ei —ForthebeneSt of Mrs. Oldmixon nec Mrs. Whitlock's Night will be en Monday next. * UNITED STATES, "I /r , „ Pennsylvania Diftrifi, I P V 1f nt r° J mC dire ' acd from the hon. rf ,Ifx IT' £ftl ' • rud S e of th * Difiria Court £ thc United btates, in and tor the Pennsylvania Di- A, ,L Hx m ! 1 he , ex^d PMc SaI '> fubi At the Merchants' Coffee-Hoi, fr, in the City of Phila- twe VIRGINIA, t2tkl I C 3nd farniture ' as the fame now are • 'j? the said fchyoner having been condemned, to pay Ma' riners wages, & c . WILLIAM NICHOLS, r . cnt Marftjl's OlT.ce, > Marihal. ttlc y May 17, 1796 I (MariSf) drav^ • . ( Philadelphia, y in the s, that WEDNESDAY EVENING, Maj 18, 1796. fe free, On Monday lad Robtrt Lipton, Esq. was receiv Kc- ec i [, y t | )e p re f lc i ent ol - (h,. u„; tet i .States, as Envoy Extraordinary and Miolfter Plenipotentiary from his tors, to Britannic majelly to the United States of America. | ent> His Excellency Oliver Wolcott is elefled Governor of the State of Connedlicut, and Hon Jonathan Trumbull Lieutenant Go vernor. Governor Fenner, of Rhode-Island, is re-elect ed to the o<lice. Salem, :apture QUERE. —Would it be supposed unreasonable he was if Co'igrefs, while they are encreafing the salaries la, bad of the heads of the several Departments, in confe 7 that quence of the very high and extravagant price of J living in this city, fhonld happen to think that the ■ing in j fuberdinates in those Departments receive too little m the j for their ferviccs. : track Congress cannot suppose that a dollar is worth :re are seven (hillings and fixpenee to the inferior, and on ly fix Ihillings to the heads of those departments : - It is presumed that those matters ought to be found ed 011 the pn'neiples of proportionate equality. J? PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, i ARkirED. days. fb to 7 Martha Bland,|Stratton, Norfolk 4 5 Sloup Sally, Potter, Richmond 8 CLEARED. it. Ship Suflex, Atkins, L'tretpool Ann & Mary, Billis, Hamburgh The Ship Casfar, Capt. Hampton, of and from Philadelphia, had arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, in 23 days. Capt. H. had 4of his men prefT-d by the Britilh sloop of war Scourge, Capt. Gurrin, notwithttanding every one of them had proie&ioiu. AN ACT Malting an appropriation for defraying the expenjes Oj which may ar'ife in carrying into ejfeH, the treaty made between the United States and the king of Spain. BE it enafied by the Senate and IJoufe of Reprefen- ' taiives of the United Stalei of America, in Con gress ajfembted, Thau/ir the purpose of defraying ! the expences which may arise |u carrying into ' iefs, effect, the treaty made between the United States* 1 and the king of Spain, a sum not exceeding eigh- i ' teen thoulaud fix hundred arid eighty three dollars, ! be, and the fame hereby is appropriated, to be fa tisfied from the duties of import and tonnage, to the end of the present year, not heretofore appro 'priaied : Provided, That the coinpen'atton to be allowed to any of the Commiflioneis to be ap ' pointed, in purfuadce of any article of the said treaty, ftiall not exceed the rate of three thousand c iefs, five hundred dollars, per annum. 11 Jonathan Dayton, Speaker of the House t an ,. of Reprefentativn. n ite!)v John Adams, Vi t-Prfidenl of United '' gely, Statis, and Prejident of the Senate. a .ere- Approved—Mnyth<j") ' d pro- ffltth 1796. j n ltwo Go: Washington, President of the United States. '' Deposited among-the Rolls, in the office of the department of State. Timothy Pickering, -can „ ' „ and Secretary of Stale. [Publiihed by request of \ r. Page .1 Accomack-County, April 26, 1796. 31 To the honourable JOHN PAGE. 31 Sir, Yelterday being Monday the 25th of Apiil was the day on which by the laws of this (late rhe free- di lired ' holders of,he County aforcfaid were to chufe dele- at to represent them in the Legislature of Virgi- lh nia for one year, on which day they they were pica- °f • fed to honor us with that trull, they were plea- co eof fed also to request us to make known to you as the f(r delegate in Congress of that Dillridl in the State, t0 ot which this county conllitutes a part, their fen- wl timenti relative to a very important concern, which they are informed, is at this time before Congress. We do therefore aflure you that in a very full and co °ck refpeftable assemblage of the freeholders and oth"r good citizens of the county aforefaid yeflerday, ,1 ." they declared it to be their opinion without adif- c fenting voice, that the treaty lately made and rati- Qr fied by the President of the United Staves by and affl with the advice and consent of two thirds of the 00 Senate on the one part and the king of Great Bri- ,1 " tain on the other part, ought to be carricd into com- e ' pleat effea. They admit a power in Congress to ,en defeat the operation of the treaty by refuting to pass !', 01 the laws necefTary to carry it into effect, but they bl y Ri are of opinion that under the present existing cu- r ' ol cumftances of the United-States (whatever opinion f ' or- 'hey have heretofore entertained of it) it will be for more politic and expedient that Congress should Crfl co-operate 111 its execution, than to withhold their ', he g aid. d« f J i ' J h ' y . th r Crefore ad J ure y°». so far as you may res- A _ pect their sentiments, that you concur in all laws 1. neceflary to carry the said treaty into effect. We are Sir, with great refpedl," relt — Your very humble servants. JOHN WISE. Ron THOMAS EVANS Afl >n. a . nd irt Northampton, April 2?, 1706 1 tlm )i- Sir, j ' ' From a pertifal of the debates of Congress upon , fubjefts relative to the late treaty, negoc'iated be- r a- tween Great Britain and the United States, we ? 't,. are s orry to j ?fJ th „ you have there|n (aken I P art » and Decr i m(trumental in defeating the ex eeutiortyf that treaty. ca rg tv °r Coll(lituen,s 'his coun- J difter so widely from yours on the fubjed, that : IS? n' °g •' Bp ° n a " oct ' afion I ,° inpoVtant, by ° n p addrefling you ~, th.s manner, to exercise an i n |,e- r L rent and copft.tut.onal right, and to discharge, as c ttiey conceivc an mdifpenfible and patriotic du.l o & - Th f e ,nclofed statement of the* uMoimom oL- p-'r ion of your conflituent, in this county has U P» and HOW prefeuted to you, in full confi. r a - J-1 J. 'Tilt if will have its-proportional influence up on yonr f«tu'»e decisions of thii iflterefling fuhje£t. We are, Sir J Your obedient Servant*, icelv LITT. SAVAGE, nvoy JON. STRATTON, 1 his One of the icprefentativesfor Northampton. '• EYRE, n , A senator for the.diftri^. :L,cd NATH. DARBY, n Co. [lieutenant, ° 0 ' rT SAM. S. MCROSKEY. The Hon. John Page. in A? a meeting of the freeholders of the county or Northampton, on Saturday 23d of April, 1796, at thtee different places in /aid county, the iuhjeel a [ > j e e p r °priety of the federal legislature lefufing iries !° m^ e a pp r "pri at i° n3 tor carrying into effect the nfe 1 reaty of Amity, Commer.e, and Navigation *of ctween Britannic Majeßy and the United the tates °*~ America, was considered, and their fen ittle t '7 lent3 which they desire may be forth-- with tianfraitttd to their Representative, the Hon. .L J"' 1 " a 8e > ln Cougrels, are unanimoully the so 1- lowing: ,3". . rhe y ar e convinced that the aforefaid treaty d Great Britain arose out of such circurnllances as fully jultifies the negociation of it, and tenders it a politic and riecefTary mcafure, serving not only j to avert the horrid alternative of having tecourfe to lys. arms » hut materially to enhance the commercial and : 4. g e "eral interests of America. j g 2d. 1 hey view with extreme pain and regret, the unremitting efforts of members ofCongrcfs to ar ool ®^' s inrtmment, at this late period, in its pro -gh B rc^st 0 complete execution. om They conceive that no prophetic spirit is >] ' n neceflary toforefcethe numtrrous and afflicting cala ■ mities, which this unseasonable interfeience #f the •in f Federal Legislature with the other depa'rtmenis of 11s. K ovcrni "tnt will produce, and therefore entertain hopes that the fubjeft will be revived in Congress, and the neceflary appropriations of money made, in j et order to render the 1 rraty efficient. aty 4*h. They wave all opinion, as to the conttitu -ojr tional agency of the Federal Legislature with res- f pe& to the treaty, or how far their fan&ion is ef- ' • (H . 1 fential to the legal exiflence and validity as it.— t in-\ hefe points, they hope, Congress will poitpone r the discussion of, for some time, and that the at ito ! tention and wifd»m of the House may be confined terf to 'he momentous and all-important objedts of ef h- felting a fp'eedy execution of the aforefaid treaty, h rs, iwi 111 —LVAIWITirrni. _ t V BY THIS DAY'S MAIL." be NEW-YORK, May 17. "l p Extract of a letter, dated Dominica, April 20, '96. 1 jd " Tli- whole of the fleet is at lad arrived, and tl id gen. White is gone to take Demaraia with 1500 c> tr.tm : and Sir Ralph Aliercrombie is to leave Bar- I b idoes this day or to-morrow with the grand ar- tl my, either for St. Lucia or Cusdaloupe. It is at ul fai'l that the tirft object will be 10 take St. Lucia, n< a.>d deltroy the enemy in St. Vincents and Grena- da, and reltore tranquillity to those two unfortu- nc nare Idands. There are about 20,000 men at Bar- tli olir army is full/ fuflieient to do any thing Hi heu, if they do their duty." ta 1- Arrivrtl at this Port. re Ship Patriot, Lee, Amsterdam 43 days, hi S, hr. Lucisda, Packwood, Purt au P. 29 ur Pulpis, M'D«rmot, Baltimore 4 yo $!oop Sufannph, Homer, Norfolk 2 na 1 hefliip Alexander, irom Rot-hillc to Norfolk, th and the Congress from Amiterdam to New-York, j»>) are taken by the Btitifh and feut into, Halifax. Un May 16. ho s We have put into our hand a letter from Paris, fu< tliiclofing a nefarious conspiracy—no less than an m( attempt of certain American citizens to iprtigate A . the French government to take a decided part in pit opposing the execution of the British treaty by this po . country, and to infilt on our guarantee of their pof- Br . sessions in the Well Indies; thus compelling us in- far , to the war with G. Britain and France. The Be . whole letter (hall appear to-morrow. toe t political. enl The Emperor has appointed Baron Thugut, his ihi. I confidential minister. As this gentleman has been vi£ a warm advocate and adviser of a continuance of fan ( the war, his appointment may be cor,lider«d at de- e»ji . cifive of the emperor's intentions. Paulus, the late President of the Batavian cor afTcmbly, received his indifpofitipit from the (hock infi occasioned by the charges alledged agaii.lt him 011 abli the 4th of March. r ; CJ Madame Van der Meer, the woman who repre- dor (ented the goddess of liberty in the solemn procel- tot lion on the organiz .tion of the National AlTem- bly of Holland, caught a feverecold on that occa- tlia fion, which caused her ± The British parliament have a bill before them its for tatting dogs—another for taxing collateral fuc- dim ecflion. We presume no dispute can arife,whether one these taxes are direst or indired. The number of ( d->gs liable to this tax, is ellimated at one million, not which,at half a crown a head,will produce 125, 00l of 1 fteriing. triu Mr. Wilberforce continues his endeavors to ar- enci reft the progress of the slave trade. On the 24th cific he moved, that there belaid before the house of beh rommons, an account of all vcflels employed in the hat African trade from London, Liverpool, Eriftol, 25. and Lancafller, from the yeai 1788, to the picfeui (till time, with the amount of tonnage, Sic. to a NEW-LONDON, Mav 2. Arrived bug Polly and Bctfey, Gleafon, 34 days arm; from St. Jago, in Cuba. J+ ' Lift of American vefTels taken by French priva- obie teers, and carried into the above port. VefTels and fucc cargoes fold ; but condemnations not arrived, tho' has I daily expected from Aux Cayes, viz. fond JBng Sally Bradford, from one port to another vern: on the north fide of Jamaica. r n j S BetfCy ' W ' P ' Short ' trom New-York.for {heft Sloop Polly E. Eaftonof Rhode-Wand, from with Savanna, bound to Jamaica ; (taken by the Cutter befid Rig.its of Man,„Auguttus Love, roafler) t |,at I Schooner Freeport, W. Pote, from Boftcn for once JdixiiUSdj taken by Love* ■enp- scho»i« —, Hud;, ee fto n New. York fir ■je£t. Honduras: detained some days, and carre ' u Au.fCayes. Br> .r Six Brothers of Salem, J. Wat rou«, from the M k', for taken by Love. Brig Willi->m and Eliza, J, D ,unf!l of Scarbo }tofi. rotiuh, from -( 'ni!, for Havanna. ' » Schooner Citizen, F. ]j)aves of Norfolk, from Iricl. King ft Ah, home. The captains of the two i?(i bought, in ; vcifels not arrived, captured by the isnt, privateer Triumphant Henry. British veflels, pri7.es. Brig Er/lcvir,' Cutler, St. John s, New- Brti'.f* itnty wick, for Jamaica. 796, Ship' B.ir-iillai of Lpndon, from one port to a >jed nother,'Jairaaic'. * / ifing American- veffi-lj trading there, the Erig Lucy; Simons, 'c'ptiia. J'°" Gray, Ha r ker, Newbern. ited Schr. Polly and Nancy, Cook, Newborn, fen- oloop Polls, Hofmer, Baltimore. rt ~ St. ,'ag<) fie Cuba.Ararnberfor Philadelphia^ lon- BOSTON, May 12. so!- Yesterday being; the annual' eJeftioil of Repre. fentatives in General Court, the itihabiur.ts affei#- :aty bled at ten o'clock, in Fanedl Hull, for the per ices pose of giving their fuffrages for feveu persons to Jers reprrfen't them thcjj-ear At hjff palt on» .nly u'clock, the poll wasolufed; the SeloWn !i*vla,r eto counted the votes, the whole number was 210s* and of which Johathan Mason, Esq. had 2oe* the William Little, Esq. z066 ar- William Euliis, Efq- 20C7 .ro- Harrifon Q. Otis, Esq. 1 3 o<S Joseph RusTeD, Esq. 1325 ' '• John Cod man, Esq. l i l 7 ala- Samuel Cooper, Esq. 122^ 'be And were chosen. sof BefiJes which, among a number of other candidates, nin Thomas Edwards, had 700 :fs, Gtorge Blake, ,in Thomas Crafts, -yj Perez Morton, -.gy tu. [The fitccefsful, is the Federal Ticket, and ef- plainly indicates how the ele&ion of Governor e f. wyuld have refultcd, had it taken plaee fubfequetit — to the late Treaty Meetings.J me = . at- From the Stat* Gazette of North-Carolina, ed Mr. Wills, :f. The copy of a letter ft«m Demfey Bnrges i» :y. handed you, which you will please to insert for in formation in your paper, •#*« + *»i > Philadelphia, id March, 1796. I HAVE lardy ret rived, through the guod nefs of Mr. Allen, whom 1 can ri*vcr fufficieortj thank, ample, and I own uuexprded attfcnticq, to 6. my circular letter of the 1 Stir December—whether id the faifc of my conftitutnts, so generotjjy declared. 50 entirely accords with my own feelings or dors not, ,r- f feel myftlf greatly gratified—doubting, I called ; r- they heard, and cheerfully granted my reqtieft ; is and I hope to convince them, that their labour will a, not be l.jfl. Ihe lubjed is the greatcft that ever a- agitated federated America; and though I have 1- now no doubt of the part I ought to take, I regret r- that Igo counter to the will: of several ofjnjr coa g diluents, from whom ] have received letters con taining the rnott decided advocation of a part 1 am reft rained from joining in : Reftrgined by voices, s, hundreds to one, and sot bidden by mv own cool Unprejudiced conviction. You know that I with you advocated the treaty ; believing it an injurious nation.'.! compa&, and to have been approved by ;, the RjreCdent as the last of two evils, it,hicb an im• ;, fofing necejfity (created by political reliti ve fa6t« unknown to me) jvjtifitd. 1, with a faithful and hooeit enquiry, have not been enabled to discover , meh necessity ; and my detrifation of tljat itithu n ment blazes forth, and 1 cannot help adding, that e America is, if that compafl is fixed on her, as com -1 pletely disarmed, as to all the natural advantages she s poffeflcs to check the injuries or infoleitce of th« '- British nation, as the Carthagiuiahs were, by thei* - famous treaty, closing the second Punic war e Believing so, 1 tryst, that my conduct will not be too severely reprehended by those of my. constitu ents who may have different ideas ; for I do believe s lh.it the fame fads which have ever had this con -1 vidian in ire, would slfo in them, viewed with the * f fame additional means of information, and with aa . equal and unbiassed application. L>ul it is riot tht treaty alone, though on <!e!t ler,* tc 1 conhderatias.thereof, the reciprocity is . insulting, the commercial regulations are difhonor -1 able to the friendly alliance, or injutious to Ame rican commerce. Jul! claims have herein been aban doned, and constitutional rights surrendered—-doors to corruption are opened, and studied ambiguity is admitted, favourable to theaddrefs aud influence of that attful, powerful and opulent people. It it not, I fny, to the treaty alone, charged by ' its enemies with all this and more, that I feel a diminution of confidence that moderates the zeal I once felt, bordering nearly on devotion. Our practical system of diplomatic funflions is not suited to a republic ; with all the boasted means of reduction, our public debt encreafes ; with the triumphant shouts of commercial prosperity, and encreafing imposts, our treasury empties; and fpe cific and dirt it taxes and excises accumulate. It will be hard to eat meat without fait, OA9 go without hat or flioes ; but the addition of 6 cents on fait, 25 cents on ha's, and a modified duty on leather, fttll greater, now found needful, with many others^ to aid n Ur current annual demands, is ominous of some fitnh thing.—When it is known that our Po towmae feat of government is in danger, our naval armament, &«. aftei a waste of treasure quite equal with republican economy to a completion of the object ; when it is known that after the close of a fuccefsful war, all reduaion of force, or of expence, has been zealously opposed ; when it is known how fondly the principle of giving to the executiv# go vernment the controul ovei the lcgiflative, has been fojlcrcd, c/xrijhed and advocated; when, I fay, «!l thefc things are known, and their true canfe aud real source are also known, and know to those as with me they were before unknown, other canfes, besides the treaty, will be found for a change of that sentimental attachment and confidential trull I once entertained. But this is not aft: of which . - RB A J'-i. ■fartttf.WA" '-.fififcfav TV r»
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