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IMPORTANT & AUTHENTIC.
By a gentleman of undoubted veracity
we are perfooally informed, that he
left Newport a few days ago—where
he sa w, and read several letters rtfped
ing the effeft which the intelligence
of Mr. Jay's Treaty had produced in
France. These letters were writ en
by Mr. Munroe our Ambassador, Mr
Fenwick, our Consul at Bourdeaux,
and Col. Hitchborne of this town,
now resident in Paris—They were ve
iry lengthy. Our informant could not
remember particulars, but perfectly
recollects, that the National Conven
tion were much diffatisfied with the
news of Mr. Jay's having concluded
a secret Treaty with the British Min
ister. These letters were taken in a
vessel bound to some port in the Unit
ed States, by the British ship Argo
naut, they were directed to Mr Ran
dolph and ocher performs, but notwith
standing they were opened by the
British captain who took them.
The PreGdent of the National Con
vention, complained much of the se
crecy which had enveloped Mt. Jay's
negociacion in England, and observed
that the tranfadions wore an afped
unfavorable to the Fiench.
Mr. Munroe complains very much
of the embarrassment this news has
'thrown in the way of his negotiations.
It does not appear that they had
seen the treaty, although they had
received a general idea of its import.
\ Chronicle.
[The abovementioned letters were probably ta
ken in the American ship Fabius, Capt. Corran,
found from Bourdeaux for Philadelphia, which
•was captured by the Argonaut, andjent to Hali
<fax; where, from real or pretended evidence
of its being French property, her cargo bat been
condemned. The letters were put on board of the
flop, Cumberland, Capt. Tufton,from Halifax
for Boflon, in order to be forwarded to Philadel
phia; but on their passage were taken by the
French privateer Coquet, now in tbu barber, and
frafor Newport. Mercury.]
It was yeferday afternoon reported, that tbe
Capt.oftbe Africa, off Newport, bad fcAtqht
ter to tbe Governor of Rbodpfland, requeuing bis
interference and influence far tbe releafeof a Brit
if officer,, captured in the Cumberland ; and ob
serving, that if fueb influence was not ,fyd, be
jhould war, bis ship into tbe bar bar, land men,
and take tbe British officer by force, at the fame
time protesting the landing of the men with bit
• ALf. A,thorp, we dre told, was ta^en in
tbe Cumberland.,
vioufl, sad fortunately idvifed by
Me. Arcambal, the French Vice Coo
fol here, that a plot was laid py the
British Vice Consul at Newport, some
traitors in Newyork, god the Com
mander of the Africa, now at anchor
at the light house in this harbor, to
arrest the Newyork packet in its way
to Newport, and take from it the
French Minister and his papert. As
a proof that the Vice Confut's intel
ligence was well founded, the packet,
called the Peggy, about 3 o'clock P.
M. of the ift of August, being near
the light house, about two miles dis
tant from the shore, having her Ame
rican colors flying, was fired at b, the
Africa, and toarded by two British
boats, with eight or ten men, & two
officers. It ought, however, to be
mentioned, to the honor of the offi
cers, that they repeatedly declared
themfelvei ashamed of the transac
tion, but that they were obliged to
comply with their duty—that they
were ordered to take Mr. Faucbet and
bis papers. They ransacked the trunks,
but found only a bundle of useless pa
pers, which they took out and sent to
the commander of the Africa, which
after two hours detention were return
ed on board the packet, & the boats
took their departure. 1 should not
forget to inform you that the British
Vied Consul was on board the Africa,
and their information from Newyork,
was so accurate, that they knew the
number of Mr. Fauchet's trunks, and
his various bundles."
ous and dangerous line of circu mvallation
round the territory of the Union, by her fleets
on the atlantic, and by her fettfements from
Novafcotia, to the mouth of the Miffifippi.
4th. Because the treaty surrenders certain
inherent powers of an independent govern
ment,which are essential, in the circumstance
of the United States, to their fafety and de
fence ; and which might, on great emer
gencies, be luccefsfully employed to enforce
the neglected claims of justice, without mak
ing the last, dreadful, appeal to arms— inas
much as the right of sequestration § the right
of regulating commerce, in favor of a friend
ly, and against a rival power; and the right
of fufpen6?ing a commercial intercourfe,with
an inimical nation, are voluntarily abandon
ed.
sth. Because the treaty is an infra&ion of
the rights of friendthip, gratitude, and alli
ance which the Republic of France may just
ly claim from the United States ; and de
prives the United States of the most power.
The Treaty is objected tp,
Ift. Because it does not provide for a fair
and effectual settlement of the differences
that previously subsisted between the United
States and Greatbritain—inafmuch as it post
pones the surrender, and affords no compen
sation for the detention of the Weftern Polls
—inasmuch as it cedes, without any equiav
lent, an indefinite extent of territory to the
feelers under British titles, within the pre
cinfts and jurifdidion of those posts—inas
much as it waves a just claim for the value
of the negroes who were carried off at the
close of tbe war, in violation of a positive
compad—and inasmuch as it refers all the
hopes of indemnity, for the recent fpoila
tions committed en tbe commerce of the U
nited States, to an equivocal, expensive, te
dious, and uncertain process.
2d. Because by the treaty, the Federal
Government accedes to restraints upon the
American commerce and navigation, inter
nal as well as external, that embrace no prin
ciple of real reciprocity, and are inconsistent
with the rights, and deftrudive to the inter
ests, of an independent nation—inasmuch as
it unreasonably fetters the intercourse with
the Weftindies, with India, and with the A
meric^n Lakes, by means of the navigable
rivers belonging to the British—inasmuch as
in many instances it circumferibes the navi
gation of the United States, to a particular
voyage—and inasmuch as some of our staple
commodities (exempted by the treaties with
France, Holland, Prussia, and Sweden), it
makes liable to confifcation as contraband ;
and others (exempted by the law of nations),
it makes liable to seizure, upon payment of
an arbitrary price, as articles ufeful to the
enemies of Greatbritain.
3d. Because the treaty is deftru&ive to the
domestic independence and prosperity of the
United States—inasmuch as it admits aliens,
profeffing a foreign allegiance, to the perma
nent and trapfmiflible rights of property, pe
culiarly belonging to a citizen—inasmuch as
it enables Greatbritain to draw an invidi-
sos. We cannot determine the tratbf
the above—was b*4 rather afford emolients than
corrctives, to the public mtna —But fueb -was the
report, and fueb woe were obliged to public.
Terne wit determine the truth if the r..mar.
The Memorial of the Citizens of Philadelphia, the'
Northern Liberties, and the Diftri& of South
ward, in the State of Pennsylvania.
Respectfully Sheweth,
THAT your memorialifts, tincerely and af
fectionately attached to you, from a sense of
the important services which you have ren
dered to the United States, and a conviaion
of the purity of the motives that will regu
late your public administration ; do, on an
occasion in which they fewl themselves deeply
interested, address you as a Friend and Patri
ot—as a Friend, who will never take offence
at what is well intended ; and as a Patriot,
who will never r&jed what may be converted
to the good cf your country.
That your memorialifts entertain a proper
refpeft for your constitutional authority ;
and, whatever may be the issue of the present
momentous queftiou, they will faithfully ac
quiefee in the regular exercise of the delegat
ed powers of. the government ; but they
truit, that in the formation of a corn pad,
which is to operate upon them, and upon
their posterity, in their most important, in
ternal, as well as external relations, which,
in effed, admits another government to con
troul the legislative functions of the Union,
and which; if found upon experience, to be
detrimental, can only be repealed by solicit
ing the assent, or provoking the hostilities of
a foreign power ; you witi not deem it im
proper or officious in them, thus anxiously,
but refpeafully, to present a solemn testimo
nial of their public opinion, feelings and in
terest.
That, under these preliminary acknowl
edgments of the duty, and of the design of
your memorialifts, the following objections
t® a ratification of the treaty lately conclud
ed between Lord Grenville and Mr. Jay, are
submitted, with implicit confidence, to your
confideration.'
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 28.
To GEORGE WASHINGTON. Prefaent
the United States.
The Adj. Gen. Charpentier, presented 24
standards taken in Luxembourg. The gar
rison, he Bated to have consisted of 11,187
men ; with 819 cannon, 16,944 small arms,
1,330,000 wt. powder, and 408,000 wt. lead,
and the fame quantity of copper.
Doucet, detailed frefh circumstances with
refped to the Ch'ouans ; announced their
connexion with the Englilh, and their refo
lutiou of opening them an entry into the
French Republic ^1
A denunciation done and signed by Page
and Bruele, against the Deputies from Hjf
paniola, was this day fentrto the Commit--
tees-. F# 7 Q
The report of thecommiffion of 21,againft
Lebon, is to be difeuffed the next Premidi.
Verrier, informed, that the next day he
fliould bring forward his project relative to
the Finances
SITTING OF JUNE 17.
Chippe writes from Toulon^ that purfa
ant to the decree of the Contention, my Col-1
'' Citizens, representatives, I gave orders for
forming & camp, which tbe enemy bed ereßed be
tween Cltfua and Elgolbar, which was executed
with tbe greatefi fuccefs.' Perjuaded that myfel
low citizens will bear tbe details with phajure, 1
subjoin tbefollowing report,"
[Here follows a report, by which it apprars,
that the brave Freacbmen, with their ufuul viva
city and ardor, attacked a Spantjh camp, situated
upon a mountain, and put tbe Spaniards to flight,
who fled in tbe great efl diborder, leaving all their
camp equipage, &c. to their, conquerors.]
The last Mail affords considerable intelligence—
for want of room, we can give only some of tbe
principal article this fo —
IMPORTANT.
" 1 ou may rest aflured tbe Pre-
Jident has nut 'Jignea tbe Treaty."
If NOISE and RIO I' can confound, tbe Trea
ty will never be carried into effia —If we may
judge of tbe public Jentiment,from publications,
mobile meetings, burning effigies, ^c. t^c. a large
majority of tbe people are against tbe Treat, —It
is aj^a, that many of car old '75 friends are its
warmest oppoj ers—and tbofe, too, who cannot be
ft, led place-feekers— ln tbe principal fa ports
and towns, from Newham,fare's Port;mouth to
Georgia, meetings have been held, tbe Treaty ai
med univerjally condemned, configred to tbe fire,
and fa, burnt with it in effigy Our readers
have Jeer, tbe treaty —they well deliberately judge
for tbemjelves.
HBory over tbe Spaniards.
BLAD, in tbe name of tbe committee of public
fafety, read the following letter : Marboi, Gen.
of Divifan, to tbe committee of public fafety :
Extras of a letter, dated July 29,from agen
tleman of refpeaabilit, in Philadelphia, wholefi
tuation in life isJueb as to enable him to knowfome
of tbe tranjaaions of cur cabinet, to bis corref
,undent in Newyork.
ful meant to fecurc the good will, and good
offices of other nations—in'afniuch as it al
ters, during a war, the relative fituarim of
the different nations, advantageou fly to
Greatbritain, & prejudicially to the French
Republic—inasmuch as it is in manifeft col
lusion with several articles of the American
\treaty with France ;—and inasmuch as it
grants to Greatbritain Certain high, dan
gerous and exclusive privileges.
And your memorialifts, having thus, upon
general ground, concisely, but explicitly, a-,
vowed their wishes and opinions; and for
bearing a minute fpecification of the many
other objedions that occur ; conclude with
an assurance, that by refufing to ratify the
prcje&ed treaty, you will, according to their
Deft information and judgment, at once e
vince an exalted attachment to the princi
ples of the Constitution of the United States,
and an undiminished zeal to advance the
prosperity and happiness of your constitu
ents.
NATIONAL CONVENTION, JUNE 6.
^ We are informed by some of our mer
cantile friends, that the Boston Price Current,
which we have inferred for several weeks, has
been inaccurate'— which we are induced to be
lieve from this circumstance, there has been
scarcely any variation in the prices since we
firft published it—we shall therefore omit it
in future, as we wish to communicate accu
rate information, or none, on this fabjed.
Singned by order of the General Meeting
at Philadelphia, rhe 2;th July, 1795.
W. SHIPPDN, junr. Chairman.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.
Was found dead, on Saturaa, lafl„ tn his paflure,
Mr. fob Ktmbal, Jon of Mr. Abraham Ktmbal,
of Hopdiaton—Suppofed to be billed by a colt be
went to catch. A wife and five children are left
to lament bis untimely loss.
[A duffel arrived at Salem, brought papers to tbe
22d fune, from Brifaft, in Ireland.]
CONCORD, August 14, 1795.
APOLOGY.
JUNE 16.
THE fubferiber has for sale in Canterbu
ry, about 80 rods from the fouih meet
ing house, a small place, very convenient for
a fanner or any other mechanic ; with a con
venient one story house, a barn, and store ,
and a thrifty young orchard ; the whole te #
nement formerly occupied by Tho. Lewis.
MASTEN MORRILL.
Canterbury, Aug. 13,1795.;
wanted,
An active BOT, from 14 to 15
years old, as apprentice to learn the Bldckfmitb'e
Bafnefs—Appi, to BEN,. GALE.
Concord, Aug. 14. ~
HARVARD College Lottery.
A few Tickets and Quarters, in
said Lottery, may be had at the store of
Aug. y. LUTHER FISK.
..T—. — .n.,..^^ ,1 . tet —_,
JUST RECEIVED,
AND FOR SALE AT THIS OfrFICE,
ANO AT LUTHER FISK's STORE,
A DISCOURSE upon
NEGRO-SLAVERY,
UNITED STATES.
Copofed at ——, in Nbwhampshiri,
ON TF(B LATE
FEDERAL THANKSGIVING.
Brussels, May 28. Thetumors of fence between
the Republicans and Au^rtans have ratirel, sub
sided, ibis circumftancc is ascribed to she jhpula
tions cx^aed b, the French, who, it is s id, lull!
rot accede to an, proportion jbortcf a effn of all
the conquered countries on the French fide of the
Rhine.
Frankfort, May 29. Th French arm, of the
Rhine has lately been reinforced; they are making
every ptfble difptfticn of creffing tbe Rhine in
Jeveral places, in case peace jhaAd hot foke place
wish tbe empire : may ehir&n.bmcws have ban
railed b, them opposite Maebcim, to /ettettfyn
/elves agairfl the German troops, tffmbhng in
great numbers ahMbbem. Man while tbe hopes
of peace increase daily —the a,artmewsfor gov.
ernment are aau^lly repairing at M<w%, by order
from tbe Ele^or, The French reprefeKtatroes,
Merlin and Cavigraac, bad a long conference at
Oggtrfbeim with tbe agent of a Germanjov-regn.
Amsterdam, June 7 Within 2 dayspaft 1$
veffeli have arrived'fro a the rorjb, laden with
naval floras and provisions, One of them fill in
with two DwcbJloDps of war, having ni:b them
12 merchantmen, whibthey bad captured in tbe
North Seas.
Certain it is, that in the vicinity of the Upper
Rhine the mofl vigorous preparations are making
for the projecution of the campaign, which, it ap
pears, is to be conducted on a more (xtenfue scale
than any preceding campaign.
A camp is now forming upon the frontiers of
Maritime Flinders. A large number of troops has
been ordered to proceed thither from the arm, of
the North.
Bafle, May 30. It is now c rtain that the che
valier d'Yriarte, tbe Spanish envoy, has adually
received plenipotentiary powers to commence a ne
gotiation for peace between France and Spain wib
citizen Barthelemy,
Our accounts, by French papers,
received as above, prove that the for
mer intelligence of Peace with Spain
and France, which we then much
doubted, was in fad totally ground
left. Under Paris head of June 20,
(the very latest from thence) it is said,
" It was this day mentioned in the
streets, that a Treaty of Peace hat
been signed between France, Spain,
and Sardinia ; but the Convention
have no information of such an event."
league Guerin, has fated, to put himfelf in
the bosom of the Convention. Defeina and
Royer, are not yet arrived. We are-no# able
to answer for the complete tranquility of
Toulon, where the public spirit is good, and
the garrison in the best difpofltion. Guerin 1
will inform you from his own mouth, with
the particulars of the events which have oc
curred here.
Ducet, in the name of the Committee of
Public Safety—" Representatives of the Peo
ple, I am now enabled, in ,the name of the
Committee of Public Safety, to confirm the
happy news I announced to you at the last
fitting.
Toulon, like Paris, has had its 20th es
May, but it has alio had, like Paris, its 23d
of May.
[Our readers will recoiled, that the in
furredior broke out at Paris, on the 20th of
May, and was quelled on the 23d.]
LONDON, JUNE |6.
RIOT at TOULON SUPPRESSED
Reported to the Convention.
MERCURY— boston, aug. 11.
OF PEACE, with SPAIN.
TAKE NOTICE.