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 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 on. 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 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