Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1797-10-12 00:00:00, page 3

" From the Neit-Tork Gazct/e, &V. •
—Role d'Equipage ! ! ! —J
Messrs. M'Lean & Lang,
When attempts are daily making, and e-
W very opportunity .eagerly embraced for in
fluejicing and jnving a wrong and dangerous
b'.as to the public mind, on a fubjedt highly
inlcrelting to our country in a national as
well as individual point of view, it behoves
every man not altogether immersed in the
M consideration of his private affars, to devote '
tome moments to what regard* the honor '
of hrs country. On no occasions are patri
otic exertions more loudly called for than
Jwhen the general good is likely to be injur- ,
ed by the secret and imperceptible machi- ,
I nations of a combination of wealthy individ
uals—Actuated by these sentiments, and, ; J
, not engaged diredjjy nor indiredtly, *i navi- ]
f gation, either as insurer or insured, I deter- t
mined to hazard a few observations on the ]
injultice and political danger of holding up l
an idea of the Underwriters .NOT being li- t
able, where vessels were unprovided with a c
I Role d'Equipage. lam very confident eve- r
L ry engine is ei .ployed by certain grasping 0
L and defigm'ng underwriters in this city, re- t
gardlefs of the political consequences, to e
give a falfe impression to the public opiu- 0
ion, as to their liability under certain circum- ti
Itances for American property' insured by j \{
them. When I saw a HiNrinth- 'Com- r
mercial Advertiser' of Saturday lalt to the ! d
insurers to avail themselves of Lord Ken- I d
yon's decision in the cafe of an American ! vv
vessel condemned by him for not having a 01
Role d'Equipage, I must confefs my fur- , p
} prift was not equal to my indignation ; and J b<
t the immediate recolkdtion of the letter a- i {" G
j * bom the Role d'Equipage published in the j a
Minerva a few days ago with such studied ' (h
assiduity, as coming from Nantz to a "res ' a „
j pedtable house in this city," &c. confirmed l ev
me at once in the well grounded opinion I , f Q
had conceived, of the designs and exertions cr ,
of some interested men, to give an improper tif
bia; to the public mind'on this momentous tic
national fubjedt. j , r ;
. I beg to be permitted to put a few quef- W
tiortsto Mr. Webster, who seems not to be tre
v feufible of the dangerous political tendency, I 0 f
particularly at this time, of giving an opin- f er
. ion publicly in favor of the underwriters. J£ v
f Did not public opinion and the laws con
sider an American vessel as fully and com- an(
pletely documented without thij newly dif- a b]
covered pretext called a Role d'Equipage ? thi
. Did not the insurer and insured perfectly
f undefftand each other at the time the ion- j„„
tradtof insurance was made, as to the ri/k to '
run and the premium said rilk was worth ? to
Have not the premiums on almost every oc- f ori
enfion been equal to what t hey would have jftj
been, were we at open war with France ? ry c
. Were not a gfeat many risk/i undetermined Th
V and vedels underwritten before the gre.y: bun
difco*ery made by the diredtory of the necef- exp
fity of a Jlole d'Equipage ? Was the want aco
of the Role d'Equipage thought of at the s on
time the firft arret of the diredtory was issued diff(
lagainft American vessels, and was such an ; mp
instrument mentioned among the reasons of- nat ;
fered when said decree was cnadted ? Was hav,
not the British treaty the only cause affigri- p U }j
ed whtn the arret firft came out ? Did not con |
thediredtory maintain that ground till driven forti
off by the powerfnl arguments of the legif- rew:
lative body of France ? Has not the diredt- c l„d
1 orv lately taken refuge in that miferaßle, tore
llimfyhole calltd a Role d'Equipage, which m ; rr ,
m rauft soon be rendered untenable by the lu- q„,'p
minous arguments of Segur, Paftoret, and ro ] e
, other honest and enlightened men in France ? jj-i
What good end was intended to be produc- the J
ed by this new-fangled pretext ? Did it ever no t ,
enter into the imagination of man til Hat- 01lct .
ly, t® suppose that a simple lift of the names long
s of the crew of a vessel would eftablifli the evi-! was ,
I dence of its being neutral property ?Is it not ; ry c
• revolting to common fenfie and common hon- Wha
eft-y, to hear the fame lips to day jnftifying f f wer
French depredations, which, yesterday, were ca p t:
*>■ ciying out in every quarter of the city, t he <
V French robbers, villains, pirates," and a p a (Tp
long train of opprobrious epithets ? Would at t h (
not decisions in rtur courts of justice against q U j re
the insured eftabli(h the justice of what, by crc d
all but Jacobinic Americans and Frenchmen, e flf
has till lately been declared piracy ? Would etiligl
k not a single decision by any one of our ]yi a r(l
J ■ courts of justice in favor of the underwrit- Segui
trs, eftablifli a principle that would gladly f oun d
be grasped at by the French nation, and p rant
forever preclude any of our injured and al- heade
mod ruined from tho possibility of ar ,tly
ever recovering a single (hilling from France ? conc [ (
With what face could we demand reditu- nl j |
tion for the immense property we have been p U l ou
robbed of, if the robber brings forward our ons ,
own authority to juftify his condudt? teradt!
Ought our government to lay under the im- t i C e fc
putation of ignorance and raftincfs in fend- a ti on
ing forward envoys extraordinary to redress men v
wrongs', which we have never sustained, by right
affording the people who have injured us frivol'
the opinions and decisions of our own citi- driven
zens and tribunals to jultify their criminal t h> iui
condudt ? Have not all the translations of g C5> t
our treaty with France erf 1778, rendered the ab
the words " Role d'Equipage"—a lift of , an y e ,
the crew ? Have not our vessels; at the re- s in g f r
f quest and order of our Executive, been fur- an( j ro
nifhed with a lift of the crew during the cc
whole of the present war in Europe ? Did
not the "diredtory formally annul the treaty ,
of 1778, 011 account ot our late treaty with
Great Britain, previous to its decree refpedt
ing the Role d'Equipage ? What right then O" ru<
had the diredtory, after the eiiadtion of such
a decree, annulling the treaty of 1778, to
issue this arret refpedting the Role d'Equi
page ?Is it not better, both in an humane cam.
us well as.commercial point of view, where apply ic
the scales of justice are equally poised, al
ways to incline in favor of the insured?
How much more imperiously do the present j"
circumstances, where justice is evidently OA
and glaringly on the fide of the insured,
demand a decision against the underwriters ?
In (hort, did not the insurer warrant and willfrt
defend the property of the insured against for fom
piracy, aud do not the French themlelvts Sept,
*
f u " directory pirates ? Let every lioneft,
impartial, humane arid patriotic mind seri
ously cr»nfider all the foregoing important
questions, and I feel a pleasing confidence
,f' ng ' that ever y attempt to mislead
ae- the pubic mind on this intcrefting fubiedt,
tZ T" H*. A
iii-rhlv r° n ' , e contem P'ation the number
f > °, f me f n w , ho W()U 'd be totally ruined, and
I 8 ™. e ' r . fam ' h « reduced to beggars-, by efta
n°Z r'T ? P nnc 'P le of decision against the
insured, is an awful and awakening'refledti
levote ■ on, which ought to alarm and interest every
honor lumane and feel ; ng j
pati i- but our government will obtain an t ftablifli
• . principle of the lawless con
cur- dudt; of the direftory of France, in per
lachi- mitting the condemnation of American pro-
Jivm- { perty oa the unjust pretexts that have lii
a"", therto beep offered, as soon as the legislative
navi- b o dy prevails over the diredtory, which, in
letcr- the nature of things, must soon take place.
le Into what an awkward situation will we not
'ff l 'P be thrown by a single legal decision in favor
ngi'- of the underwriter, on account of the want
lth a of that ridiculous thing cabled a role d'equi
-t'.VC" P a K' ■ Allowing such a document as a lift ,
P tn S of the crew, to L» in any degree effentiai |
'» re- to prove the neutrality of property ; how ,
»' 1(1 easy would it be for a consul or other agent
of either nation, to fabricate that least effen
="m- tial of all documents ? But I deny the ex- <
» b y i lftence of such a clause in the treaty of 1
,om- 1778, as is expressed in the decree of the (
.. j diredtory concerning the necefiity of a role j
1 er) -1 d equipage. What a reflection upon the ]
ican j wisdom of the framers of that treaty up- I
n g a ; on th- sagacity and integrity of even Dr. i
ur - j Franklin himfelf, to admit of clauses in the
a "d | body of the fame inftruroent so incoufiftent,
fr a- I f 0 contradictory to each other ! To.fay in
the ; a part of said treaty that British property
died : shall be sacred in American vessels ; and.in j
rc • another part of the fame inflrument, that
' ncc T even American property (hall be condemned
[> I | for want of a lift of the names of the
ions | creiv 1 1 1 Horrid absurdity ! wretched, pi- j
'P er tiful evaGon ! despicable perversion of jus- 1
ous , tice and candour ! Were our sailors all Eu
i glifnmen, would it not be better for France ?
uel- Would it not be a.most politic clanfe in the !
1 be . treaty in question, to encourage the sailors
cy. ,of England—a rival nation, to quit her
»n- . service to join that of the United State*? 1
livery mqn must immediately decide in the
°"* affirmative. Why than endeavour to impede n ?
and defeat a principle so salutary and favor- r "
able to France, by trumping up this filly „
■ thing called a Role d'Equipage ?
' y _ It would be insulting your underftand
"'gs. my fellow-citizens, to fay any more ,
1 to you on the justice of a fubjedt, so obvious ' '
1 • to the mind of every man not warped by a
>c - fordid attachment tcfelf-intereft— not (lav
-IVC 1 filly bound down by the debasing mercena
? • ry chains of an inordinate thirst for gold
This address was undertaken with the just, '"J
humane, and patriotic wifli of corredting and \
e( " exposing to public odium, an opinion which
"t a concurrence of circumstances gave me rea
| son to suppose was induftrioufiy and artfully
ed disseminated throughout this city, to give
an improper impreflions on immenfc
' national and individual importance. If I
as have succeeded in exciting and diredting '
public attention to the tim«ly and accurate
ot consideration of the fubjtct which hasdrawn
: f n forth the present remarks, I fliall be amply rou i
rewarded. I think it not improper to con- \f
elude with the important obfervation«ofPaf- /"
e > toret, in that part of flit elegant and ad- L J
nairable speech which relates to a role d'e- v ■•>.
J " quipagr, where he fays, "No model of a 1
'd role d'equipage is annexed to the treaty of '
- , 1778; the 25th and 27th articles (which
the Diredtoryjground their decree upon) do
not even speak of it j the word is not even ;" l
once (Wntained in a single sentence of this
; s j long treaty. Never since this conclusion
l " | was it demanded from the Americans; e&-
't |ry one knows their sailors are not classed. lafc '
| What end then does a role d'equipage an
b ; fwer to them? Before his departure, the
e captain merely presents and leaves a lift of a>
> the company he has, and upon this lift a ecl '
a pafTport is delivered tQ_him. See its form .
j at the end of the Treaty; it supposes, it re
quires nothing more." True, just and fa- flr .
1 crcd words! May ye be pronounced with ' ■'
» effect by our three virtuous, patriotic and r
f lyTarfhall and Gerry, assisted by Paftoret,
' Segur, and the Legislative Body, make the j
found of our wrongs ring from one end of J.
' France to the other, until the unjust 'five -Z'
■ headed monftpr' itfelf (hall be forced reludt-
antly to con(efs their criinin- 1 ! and unjust
conduit towards the people of America!
' And finally, may our courts of justice, fcru
puloufiy avoid any dccifions or even opini- . .
| ons, which may in any degree tend to coun- n ' n
teradryour patriotic exertions to obtain jus
tice for the wrongs inflated on—and repar- ous '
ation for your injured eonntry, by a set of an y ,
men who when forced from every ground of travei
right for taking our property on the many
frivolous pretexts, they have by turns tjeen
driven to set up, have at length founded ue
the justice of their condudt on the advanta- P rove
ges, the French colonics had reaped from '7:
the ability to support themselves without
-any expence to France, from the spoils ari- J 0 " 1 "'
sing from the piratical and lawless seizure J. 1 ,
and robbery of the property,of our defence- 1
lcls countrymen. exper
PATRIOTICUS. t „ ers 1
ftrcan
For CHARTER, '
On raoderate terms, to any port in Europe, f n Eu
THE SW£^ ISH SNOW dered
Adolphz, s rave
Captain Rampe. 111
Canics about 2COO barrels of flour. FQr terms
apply 10 thouf;
Peter Blight. contei
, Who intfhds Landings quantity Jamaica Hum this c
and Suo \r, leceived by Ihip Amity, c»ji. Cook, .1 r
Iron Jamaica. ' "'° le
OA 12. dim dcrs u
1 portec
Cj" The lufinefs of the CUSTOM-HOUSE, local <
will from this day be tranfaSed at Chester Those
for some time. —and
Sept. 39. the oc
Xlje (Sajette.
dence -
liflead PHILADELPHIA y
bje6t, THURSDAY EVENING, o'ctoefr 17
cecra- _
imbcr County of Philadelphia.
, and State of ths votes fir A/pml/ytntn.
efta- ■Q g co
[I the H ;
" K 5 *- £ * a 2
- ver y h-= 5
biifl>-| r
con- R, TitterthSry 78*6 448 e/5r 'iSzq
Per- Michael Leib 744 iL [,7
rti. Jf'""TV F ° r r ft 734 47-f'' 553 176'
alive JT 3 ' 1 73? 1%. ,512 1408
atl ye Manuel Eyre 718 157 r I2 ~87
lace" Y'c Linn ? rd • 716
• S k ppe iT a,t 103 374
lhomas Paul 90 -520 C 2 j.71
avor Samuel Wheeler 98 325 r8 4Q i
tvant Frankl. Wharton 72 ' 304 6 382
q !!' The fix firft, composing the democratic
, ticket, are consequently eledled. R. Tit
tifal termary and T. Forest were on both tick-
ets. There were a few scattering votes.
J ent Senator.
*
ex- City of Philide'pbin yoi .gg^
r of Northern Liberties 144 6-g
the i!hwark: 75 • ' , 498
jga
1 °'e Budlefown. j 9 \ 4 %
the liioc!dey,apd Kingfj 16 g
up- Delaware county, 471 ,j 0
Dr. !
the Total, 1986 4
:nt, x<)Z6
T 111 Majority for Israel, 18
:rty
lin Total of burials fir 24 hoyrs, ending yejltr
clay at noon.
led) Grown Person*. Chi!Jr:n
the Chritt Church I - 0
pi-I St. Mary'» Church 3 O '
1 r 1 German Lutheran > »" r I
u '- Porter's Fi ;ld j 0 t
Mi- City Hospitals 7 , 0 t
:e ? 1 Kensington 1 0
the - - 1
ors *3 1 c
Pour from the city aid J'uburht. • t
lc r The number of deaths on the Jlth of October i
:s r 1793, was 119. u
he DIED-i-WitLMM Gould, MathetnaticaJ laftru- .
de n . lent Water, in Front-ftrect, at the corner of Nor
ris's alley. a
3r- . '
U
To James OJdden, Chairman to the Committee f'
superintend the tents, *'
re IVe have the pleasure of transmitting to you
US '^ r " t' u "d re d and fifty tight dollars and twenty /
a tents, being a donation raised at thie pi ice by a
v _ number of citizens now residing here froml
a _ Philadelphia, for the relief of the fufferingpoor. a '
_ We are aft requefled by the Jubfcribers h w
infirm you that the fame is left at your dfretion
, J t0 dijlribute in such way as you may thinh mok
•h a dviftabic. We are, &c. ar
, RICHARD FOOTMAN, / fit
ISAAC JONES. re
Burlington, 08. 9, 1797. .
•' j to
J The following donations were received fir /fe\ P a
ujjfj of the poor rejiding at the carr.bs trerir \ e . a
, Sjhuyliill. • ' \
Q If rem different persons living on thefive milA ta
v round■ —s4 bushels potatoes, 46 heads of cabbage, •'
• & fafbtls of onions, and 96 beats—Collided it,
•_ Nicholas Pickle. "»
From Jamts Crooifhani, jun. too bundles ,an
(f flraw.
1 h rom Benjamin Chew, jun. 14 bushels po
tatoes, and a load of oat flraw.
t From Mr. Loyd, a load of flraw.
J From Mr, Kerwin, 10 bushels potatoes and
t number as cabbages. „ J G '
, From Dr. Logan, a load offlraw, a nuanti
, 0! "J potatoes Jurnips,apples and old clothe*.
j From Thomas Leiper, a waggon load of po
tatces
From Cadwalader Foulke, 10 bushels do. ;
From David Brientnall, 2 Jheep. 8 bushels
■ potatoes, 12 heads cabbage, and 100 haves of
br\ad. _ Ma
From sundry citizens of Harverfird town
fhif, Delaware county,forwarded by col Rieh- cl
ard Willing, a quantity of potatoes, and 5 bar
reli of Rye, Indian and bucl-wheatmesl,
I rom Jacob Downing, 2 barrels of flour.
CafL 3Q
Do r I
n" 5 ReE
Dn IO
John Davis £3' Co 50
From ll illiam Brown, 500 wt. pilot bread.
Published by order of the Board,
JAMES OLDDEN.
A foreigner observed, one day in the be
gining of August last, that the citizens of
Philadelphia were the most afitive, industri
ous, and sagacious in acquiring wealth, 'of
any j people he had ever known, and he had p u b
travelled—but, added he, they are strangely
improvident in grudging such a proportion,
of their riches as would give a permanent
value to their pofleffions ; and in the end. A 1
prove them to be true economists. The ci- g
ty, said he, js now threatened with a second f 0
rifitation of t>i fever which proved such a <■
fcourgein 1793. The real lot's of property to tl
sustained that year, amounted probably to a enc
sum much more than fufficient to defray the E nv <
expense of draining off all the Ihgnated wa- 0 f t h
ters in the neighborhood, and introducing, hono
ft reams from distant fountains that ftiould j o ,irr
perpetually flow thro', and wash all the „i ent
streets and sewers of the city. Situations
in Europe had, by these meaij.s, been ren
dered healthy, fvhich before had proved ®
grave-yards to all who attempted to rdide
in them.
These remarks might be enforced by a xx '"
thousand considerations which result from a m ;(v.
contemplation of the aftual state of things in V pjfe!
this city and neighborhood. I am one of (near
those who believe that the malignant difor- loft,
ders under which we have fuffered, were im- Ar
ported—but, at the fame time, suppose vtns>
local causes have favored their diflemination. ,
Those causes may be removed or ameliorated from
—and until something more to tha
the oecafioa is done, we (hall continue to Bay.
« fufFer, not o„Iy I;, fad, but m opinion ; and " |
to a degree greatly.otcr-proportioned. to the , ~
e,X ?4 n ? a rac^'ca ' remedy would coll. j
Ihe publitv fetety. cjjtgsbt' to be the fu- |
preme law. How many personal, private '
"• aT,d l° c f l are offered to conn- ,
- teratl the prpvifiotK now extant for l;eepitirr
the c.O; clean ! They need not be mention- W
' , the 7 occur to every man—no law does
reach then, j they mult exist, till a flood, or ' u
a "ream, Iliad wash them all away~l refer
to common f ..vers and other receptacles of ™
nllh.
r . Private receptacles of filth and putrefac
tion ought not to exist, if it is possible for F
839 the yigilance of law to remove them. , ,f
385 Stagnant waters may be drained off hy
761 canalling, or other meaas. In the city, in '
40S the hot months, water arretted in the gutters
387 becomes highly offeafivc in a few hours— ,
376 7he remedy for this nui
-532 lance is current thro' the flreets. V. 1 "!
471 ._ If the ip'c of bringing such a stream 1 vr*
491 into the city fhoulU amount to a million of;
382 dollars, it would be money well laid out. 1
Stic It is not supposed that it would cost half the '7*
fit- sum.- It is time that the question was de- '
ick- termined, whether Philadelphia can be vin- 1
dicated from the fnfpicion now entertained, ' rw
that it is, from its local situation, inevitably ,
cRS? eX r n-, t0 a , fVfq ' Uent returu ° f malignant
and pestilential difordcrs. - (
498 } 11/I 1 / bu( " ,nefs '= now brought to a crisis n
44 and if men of property will not come for- r
8 ward) and promote the obje&s contemplated, J *
.8 in a more efficient manner than by lotteries, T
* ® c °ntrafted fubferiptions, hard wrunf .-'f
from their purses, they may repent when r rl
,86 l " e T alue of their eftatcs shall be funic fifty ? "
per ccut. or reduced to nothing ; bert
JB . - 0 a gre
Peace and prosperity do not come by I ♦v Pt
«- chance ; they are the effect of a well order- £
ed ttate <y focictv. , rivei
- n Our country is kppv— peace, plenty »nd
hnppioefs reign through our land—tverv
part of the Union teftifies to the truth of W T
the assertion—Every part of the Union bears k
the most conspicuous marks of a free, pro- ?
tecting and just government—and yrt what
do we fee in the state of Pennsylvania ? Men
brought forward as candidates for the most
icr important stations, whose principal if not p
only merit is, that they are CURSERS of ,1
tte general government, and of the men who r* n
admimfter it. Of that government to which, 1 r
under God, we are indebted blef- •
\tt f,n g of °» r civil, foqial and political ex- PU V
lftence ! < w 1
_ Aall
ty MR. FENNO, '.the I
I observe an account in your paper of the
ms y e ' low fever being generally cured in the 111- '/ '
r. and ot Jamaica,, by mercury and hark, ~
J without bleeding. This may be true, and '
J yet bleeding may be highly ncceffary in the i ?"
jf y tllovv f ever of Philadelphia ; for as warm * ™
and cold climates require different and oppo
site cloathing and aliment, so their diseases F"? 3
require-different and opposite remedies. He r°
only is a physician, who suits his practice ' r ° m '
to climate and season, to the habits of his C °"" t
V patient, and the state of his system. Dif- ?
cases are not cut by chiffels .into one form. C ° U ,
\ A hundred circumstances vary them. To r '
ta " c °f curing a fever which differs more or
•, >' n ftrcngth in every person it attacks, Mp
joy the fame dose of medicine, or the fame j- r
of bleedings, is the height of folly " e
, and quackery. REASON. '
CITY -HOSPITAL REPORT, A
I'rom 1 ith to r2th Oft. in the morning.
r Admitted, since last report, Gore,
John Scott, No 9, Elbow lane.
. Either Rue, tents on commons. "tigat
Discharged, since last report. proeur
JAlexaoder Henry, admitted 21ft ult. rrl
Died since last report : | feß f ett
u 1 r 1 made,
when admitted h . owlon g»<* pre- |
vioustoadmiflton. ! Tli*
• r.lizabeth O'Neal, 7th in ft 5 days. valsare
Maria Franks, 9th. 2 days. session
IZSj s 'i* repor7 1 r '- £b .
Discharged t
Died J ' f 3
r „ r 3 informs
Remain in Hospital. \ ~.°" v alefcentl4l 45 r
c • f 1 j happy <
faixot whom are dangerous. fable of
In'erred fince'laft report.
From city and suburbs 6 K
Hospital r » 2 On £
the Ho
Total y 8 soon as
Stephin Girard. r 0 ;"" 1 ?'
(Signed) Caleb Lownes. , L
John Connillt. °
Published by order of the Board, ' h,m e '^
Wm. MONTGOMERY, terrefre
Chairman protem. 10 l ] lc ' l
r A de!
A letter from a relpeftable American, at 1 ' ie '
Eourdeaux, dated" Atiguft 8, states the the hon
following information. art » ' ate
" 1 hat the minister ofthelnterior had sent tatlves
to the Municipality of Bourdeaux, intelli- The t
gence of the expeftcd arrival of new Citl ' a<
Envoys from America. That, in the event , We a
of their arriving at that port, every possible |} a3 recci
honor was to be /hewn them, and their "ate» th'
journey to Paris, rendered every way conve- come fr '
nient and agreaable." a welcor
pie to t
„ their ftat
GAZETTE MARINE LIST.
a:
EOSTON, OJT.-7. t [
Cj The violent storm experienced here, on \f nr it
Wedncfday last, is iuppofed to have done Jtiueh ' r '
miiciiief 011 our coast. We hear, that 6or 7 lcr ! ou
veltels were driven a(hore in Winter harbour,
(near Wood Island, eastward) and some lives the day,
loft. Ihe prrticuUrs we have not as to con
Arrived yefler.iay— Ship Foxwell,„C.ipt. Ste- ment ens
vtns, 56 tfa'jfi from Gibraltar. 1 Sept. 8, spoke f pct j,., .
Capt, Smith, from N. beund to Boitr- . j
dtauy. Kept. 17, spoke Capt. Weft, 4 day-' J u '^P rci (
from Sa!ero,,bound to Frani-e, Wo mtoirotd endcaVou
that there va& a Fre;.eh prjvateer lying in the - since dice
Bay. Sept. ;p fyoke an Ent_hflj ftiip qf war. ed.
|fc £his cay's Mail.
?«;•' NEWVORK/0.W,:
conn- ~« Saturday.the Prdident oftlie IW-
L 'P ; «£ L f a t''" ed / t Kartf " r J City, on his
itioa- J S '
,d,°or ', °' pt ,; *Jn«of th 4 Success,
refer ' fierday from Port-au-Prince, informs,
!es of ' h ;: |" e bn f. Nancy, of Philadelphia,!
eapt. Geddes, whiJh was Hated ti> have been
efac- CUt 01 Ca P e Nichola Mole, by the Brf.
e for ?'"? b °A ts ' thc 23d of September, wa»
lpoke with by him on the 2lsth, all well,
f k° un d Philadelphia, in lat* 24, o7*
tters 1 1] , If a , fa ft , ; at w ° rth remarking, that
• 3 tlle dtfcovcrcd medicine, Jalap and Ca;
n'ui- lomei ' w f the purging powder commonly
eets. r " C u Huck ' Mdßrue > Adair,
ream 1 V h , e Military Hofpiuls established in
in of: p.°' a^tcr the siege of tke Havanna by
out. 1 r" ' !n°^ S ln 1 7^1—and its utility
r t vras so well £ftabli(hed, that it has been con'
J tinned by feyeral eminent praditioHer. of
vin in city.
ably COpy tllC foliowi »g from the Ontario
iaot Gaze ' tc > P r "»ed at Geneva, bf Mr. Lu
cms Carey.]
s _ „ Geneva, September 22.
for- / Le T reat y h - e,d at B 'g Tree, on the Ge
ted 1 j- " e E nve r» w 'th the Seneci nation of In-*
■; es ' ! dl 'l ns > . wa s concluded lad Saturday. The
> object of tfcrs was the extinguishment of the
hen Ut c V% h^l Ctdcd b >' th, ' 3 'ftate to the ft ltd
"ftv ? Maflschufetts, and purchased by Mr. Ro*
1 bert Morns of Philadelphia. The Indiana
agreed to fell the whole of the-lands, ex->
| ce P tln £, reservations about tj.eir present fet
ier_ tlements. In three places on the Genefee
, r:\er, prdervatrons of z miles each ;at Car
ind dcaU \ Ca »^ adcre -nd on the Alleghany, re
servations from five t<b twenty thmifand acres
of We T e adc ' and at thc viila g e of Buffeloe
ars a l , aW L a ' U ° e ' 20 f< l uare miles, the
whole of the reservations amounting to
. 196,q00 acres.
r' n The n buiinefs was concl&ded with th<
greatest unanimity on the part of the Tn
lot a " d the ' r condu<ft h %My decent «
of 7°m motives of felf-intereft, some mdiridu
als had gone to considerable expence to
fru Urate the intention of the treaty and no
' ' bnfinefs could be doneuntil the laws were
put in force.
- *'jT be falc ft'P'ilation that 100,000 dollars
(hall he immediately {kid into t j, e hands of
.the President of the United States, as the
l guardian of the Seneca nation, to be by hira
fl. > nvefted . ln the funds of the United States,
«ind the interests afifing therefrom to be an
-ICJ jually paid to the Seneca nation : this will
4mount to about IJO dollars per annum to
each family.
™ | Th us has this great and -fertile country,
, 3 " Containing about 4,500,000 acres, come in
[e so the pofTeffion of the white people—and
, e f rom the g>"«t improvements making in this
; s CoL, ntry, in roads and other marks of civil-
ization, vTe may reasonably expeft that in
course of next season there will be a crood
/ road to the Falls of Niagara.
BOSTON, Oflober 7.
s e ' Mr. Pinckney, at our last dates, coutin
ued m liollatKl. He had re-ceived intelli
g"ce h, ' s reappointment; and the names,
ol his fellow commissioners.
A gentleman from Loij^ormentions, that
too much praise cannot be given to Mr.
t.ore, and the other Commissioners on A
merican spoliated property, for their inde
fatigable zfeal and persevering attention to
proeure indemnification. And liich has
been the fairnefsin the decifionof ninety ca
j fes fettled, that not one appeal has been
made.
j The regular London files by the last arri
vals are only to Aug. ,3. Weareinpof
fenjon of the Exeter Journal of the 21ft
which contains London heads to Autr
19th. 6 '
HUOUES RECALLED.
Capt- Brewfter arrived at New-London
the 30th ult. from days
informs, " 1 hat Viftrr Hugues was recall
ed." This may be confidefed by some as a
happy event; but they should recolleft the
fable of the fox and theglutted bees.
KNOXVILM:, September 18.
On Saturday last returned to this towa
the Hon. WILLIAM BLOUNT. As
soon as his approach was made known, thc
volunteer troop of cavalry, commanded by
John Lavender, Kfq. and a large concourse
of citizens haftcned to receive him, and met
him eight miles from this place, where, af
ter refrefi.ment, he was conduced into town
iu the following order, viz.
A detachment of the troop of cavalry,
ihe hon. Mr. Blount, accompanied by
the hon. gen. White, and the hon. Mr. Stu
art, late speaker of thc house of reprefeu
tatives.
The troops of cavalry.
Citizens in files.
We are happy to fay, that Mr. Blount
has received on his journey through this
state, the mod flattering and hearty wel
come from every dtfeription of citizens
a welcome juftlv doe from a grateful peo
ple to the father friend and prote&or of
their stats.
ALEXANDRIA, o£loter g.
At the election for flieriff la fl week, at
Marlborough co.urt-honfe (Maryland) a vc
ry serious affray happened. The parties of
the different candidates in the after part of
'the day, became so irritated at each other
as to come to blows, when a general engage
ment ensued. One man was killed on the
spot by a blow on the head, after he had
jumped dut of the csurt-hotife window, in,
endeavouring to escape ; two others have
since died, and several are very badlv wound
ed. '