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dation ; and if circumstances liad admitted
of their being led against the enemy, I
should haver had every reason to fexpea suc
cess. lam under the greatest obligations
to the Adm. Sir John Borlace Warren and
the officers of the navy, for the judicious ar
rangements made for the landing arid reim
barkation of th# troops, and the adivity
with which they &ere put in execution—
The immediate dire&ion of this service was
intrufted to Sir Edward Pellew, who per
formed it in it manner highly creditable to
himfelf, and advantageous to the service.
I have the honor to be, &c.
JAMES PULTNEY.
“ The lanrel'd Knight with 20,000 men,
" Got fafe on Shore—and got fate back again."
Two officers arrived in town on Friday
with the accounts detailed in the Gazette of
last night of the unfuccefsful expedition a
gainst Ferrol. Spain is engaged in the war
by necessity, and not by principle. She has
hitherto been a negative passive enemy ; (he
possesses the means of more active hostility,
and it surely is impolitic wantonly to fret
and irritate her into exertion.
Differences between Denmark and Great-Brit
tain, amicably Settled.
It was on the 29th ult that Lord Whit
worth signed the Convention with Cunot
Bernfterff, the Danish Minister. -The fol
lowing is a note writen by his Lordihip to
to one of our Ministers abroad on the fub
je&, and is more explanatory than any thing
that has been published oh the fubjea.
“Copenbagn, Aug.3o, 1800.
" I have the fatisfadion to acquaint you,
that I yesterday firged a convention with the
Danish Minister, on terms fatisfaflory to his
Majesty, and such as will, I think, strength
en the bonds of friendship and alliance be
tween the two countries. / 1
“ WHITWORTH;"
"The following are the principle Articles
of the Convention^:— -
"The Danish Frigate and Convoy, car
ried into Deal, shall be repaired at <":ex
penfe of Great- Britain, and then released. #
" The discussion refpeding the aflerted
right of the English to visit convoys, shall be
adjourned to a further negociation in Lon
don. "
“ Until this point is decided, Danish (hips
shall only fail under convoy in the Mediter
ranean Seas, to prote& them from the Alge
rine cruisers. The Danish ships shall be
liable to be searched as heretofore.
" The Convention shall be ratified by the
two Courts within three weeks."'
The decided and imposing energy of our
Cabinet has happily dissipated all apprehen
sions of a rupture with Denmark, and if we
do not greatly err, has averted all danger of
the threatened armed neutrality. The court
of Denmark is stated to have conceded to
the full letter of Lord Whitworth's inflec
tions, and we are gratified to learn, that
thy contained nothing to humiliate or to
irritate. It is the obvious policy bf both
nations to be friends, and we trull they will
long continue so. Adm. Dickson, it is ru
moured, Was to leave Elfineur on the firft of
the present month. ~;
Statements of the affairs between France and
Auflria. "a
LONDON, SEPT. 8.
Yesterday afternoon we received, by ex
press, the Paris Journals to the 51% inflant.
Their contents are not of very material im
portance, except as far as they go to con-
L 'firm the former accounts of the irrevocable
h determination of the Chief Consul to bring
■ the emperor to a prompt and explicit deci
kfion with refpea to the great queflion of
■Peace or War. No'modification whatever
thelaft proposals of the enemy is, it seems,
be admitted, and unless an answer per
■fe&ly fatisfa&ory is received by the Bth inst.
■this day) positive orders are expelled to be
^"iffued for the immediate renewal of hostili
ties with redoubled vigor, in every direaion.
- Gen. M°r eau has returned to the army,
1 and on the 28th ul^ regular notice was giv
en to the Austrians upon the Rhine, that
in twelve days from that date the armistice
would cease, and a resumption of offenfive
operations consequently take place. This,
however, will depend entirely upon the na
ture of the expe^ed answer from the Court
of Vienna, which, not w ithftanding,he pre
sent hostile afpe& of affairs, we are still in
clined to think will not be altogether inimi
cal to Peace. The Emperor must be con
scious of his total inability any further to
prosecute the war, with the flighted prof
pea of success ; and hence it is more than
probable that he will accede to the terms of
pacification now finally proposed, as the on
ly viable expedient of terminating his mis
fortunes, or of guarding against his still fur
ther humiliation and dittrefs. The aug
mented and disciplined forces of the enemy
commanded by the mod confunimate Gen
erals of the age, are now so advantageously
disposed, as to menace in almost every direc
tion the immediate fafety of the domestic
territories of Austria, while its own difpir
ited troops, by the inferiority of their num
bers, seem inadequate to every purpose of
effectual refinance. The finances, too, bf
his Imperial Majesty, notwithstanding the
supplies from England, - are in a very ex
hauffed state, and form a striking contrail to
the improved /resources of the enemy, who
continue to be provided with the essential
sinews of war from almost every country
that has of late received their yoke. We
are now told of a number of waggons, load
ed with money, being on' their way from
Germany to Paris ,•fo that in this, as well
as in all other refpe'as, the enemy possess too
manifeft a superiority over their opponents,
to induce a reasonable hope of the latter, in
the event of a renewal of the contest, being
able to oppose with effea the future pro
gress of the daring vi&ors.
This morning, at one o'clock, we receiv
ed the Hamburgh Mail, which became due
yesterday. The advices by this conveyance
have for the most part been anticipated by
those contained in the French papers. They
however corroborate all the former state
ments relative to the hostile afpea which
affairs have lately assumed on the Continent ;
and add, that the hopes of peace in Germa
ny have of late considerably diminished.
Political affairs between France and England.
We observed in our paper of Saturday,
that the Cabinet ministers had held two very
long fittings on the preceding days, on the
fubje& of a dispatch received from Paris on
Thursday morning. It may be thought
hazardous to pretend to any knowledge of
the contents of this dispatch, but we are giv
en to understand, by the most refpe&able
authority, that the terms demanded by the
Chief Consul as a preliminary to negocia
tion, were of a nature not to be complied
with. It was therefore expeaed that the
inttercourfe would not proceed any further.
His Majesty's Ministers, however, with an
anxious desire to remove every obstacle to
.negociation have persevered in their endea
vors to obviate the firft impediments that
have been thrown in the way of it ; and late
on Friday night, a dispatch was sent off to
Paris from Lord Grenville's office,' with the
result of the Council held on that day.*
The public may implicitly rely on this in
formation.
* This intelligence is confirmed by letters receiv
ed yesterday from Dover, which mention that a dij-'
patch for the French government was received at
that place on Saturday morning at five o'.clock,
which was immediately forwarded to Calais, by a
British Flag of Truce.
— I ■■
PARIS, SEPT. 6.
A courier arrived this night brings with him
the following papers brought from Egypt by the
Ship Osiris.
ASSASSINATION of Gen. KLEBER.
Menou, Provisional Gen, in Chief to Buona
parte, FirJt Con Jul of the French Republic.
Head-Quarters, at Cairo, 14th Meffidor, Bth year
of the French Republic, (3d July, 1800.)
CITIZEN CONSUL,
A horrible event which has few examples in the
annals of hiflory has raised me to the povifional
command of the Army of the East. Gen. Kleber
was assassinated the 14th of June last. A wretch
dispatched from Gaza about 48 days ago, by the
Aga of the Janissaries of the Ottoman Army,
pierced with four thrulls of a poignard the Gen
eral in chief, at the moment when he was walk
ing with Citizen Protrain the architect, upon the
:er'race, which from the garden of the head-quar
ters commands a view of the place Ezbekier.
Citizen Protain, in attempting to defend the
General was himfelf pierced with fix strokes of
a poignard. The firfl blow which Kleber receiv
ed was mortal. He has fallen. Protain is still
alive. The General who was giving orders for
the repair of the head quarters, and of the gar
den; had with him no Aid-du-camp, none of the
corps of guides.'
It was his with to be alone. He was found ex
piring. Tfe aflaffin, discovered under a heap of
rubbish, and brought to the head quarters, ac
knowledged that he had been Solicited to commit
the crime by the Aga, of the Janiffares of the Ot
toman Army, commonded by the Grand Vizier
in person. This Vizier, unable to conquer the
French fairly in arms, employed for his revenge
the dagger, the weapon of cowards. The assas
sin called himfelf Souleyman el Alepi. He con
fided his Secret to four Subordinate Cheiks of the
the law, who fought to divert him from his pur
pose, but who not having informed against him
have been arrefled in confeqoence of the deposi
tions of the assassin condemned to death and exe?
cuted the 17th of last montty.
[Here follows the appointment of a commission
to try the offenders, and the sentence which is thus
related. “ The Commission, after a most solemn
trial, have thought it their duty, in the ap.
plication of the punishment, to follow the usages
of Eg,pt, they have condemned the affaffio to be t
impaled, after having bis right hand burned off ;
and the three guilty Cheiks to be beheaded, and
their bodies burned. The fourth not having been
taken has been condemned for contumacy."
To this is subjoined an account of the events
which have taken place since the treaty of El-Arifh
of the 25th Jan. down to the execution of the aft
(will and his accomplices, on the 17th June, relat
ing principally to the tranfa&ions with Lord
Keith already before the public.]
The letter then proceeds thus :—" Peace was
concluded with Murat Bey during the siege of
Cairo. The provinces of Girge and Affuan have
been Ceded to him.\ That he enjoys from them
the title of Prince Governor for the French Re
public. After the battle of Heliopolis some
troops marched to retake possession of Damjetta,
which had been ceded to the Turks by capitula
tion. Twelve hundred Ofmanlis were killed
there, the rest fled. The army will fight till they
die, happy if we can preserve to the republic the
magnificent colony which you have founded,"
(Signed) ABD. J. MENOU.
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From the Independent Chronicle.
THE important crifir approaches, when we are
to exercise the authority of a free and sovereign
people, in appointing Legislators from among
ourselves. This sacred right this invaluable pri
vilege, affords us an opportunity of eleftiug men
in whom we can confide, & of counteracting those
alarming innovations, which are rapidly under
mining the foundation of our liberty and happi
ness. It is the remedy which was designed by the
Constitution bf our country, for preventing.thofe
fatal maladies, of which there appears the tiroag
efl symptoms. Let us feafdnably, apply this gen
tle method : for it is our duty, as citizens and as
men to, arrest the growing evil in embryo, and
prevent an incurable disorder.
Tlie natural propensity of mankind, to endea
vour to retain every office and emolument, which
enhances their power and their property, was not
devoid of its influence on the majority of the last
Congress : Hence originated a sedition law, which
was designed for one of the principal bulwarks
to batter down the liberty of the press ; to con
ceal the designs of the federal party, from the in
veftigatiou of their conflituents , to render per
manent their feats in our Legislature, and finally
to erreft an Aristocracy, on the ruins of our Re
publican Conftitubion.
The conduft of the partizans who denominate
themselves “ Federalists," has long evinced their
delign of subverting the Constitution, under the
specious pretence of Strengthening the govern
ment- They now talk it largely, and openly de
clare, that we can no longer support a Republi
can Government. Nearly four years have re
volved, since the exertions of patriotic Republi
cans have been indequate to prevent our Constitu
tion from being frequently distorted on the pro
cruflian bed of modern federal politicians.—Let
us not however despair, but make one manly
effort to save our declining liberty, and, at least
have one more Republican Congress ; let us defy'
,their cables, and convince them that they can'
110 longer deceive us by their fophihry, ot fright-^
en us by their burbears. Confider the import-!
ance of the talk imposed on us: let us remember!
that on our election depends that liberty, which
defeended to us as a sacred legacy, from ourk
forefathers, and that future generations will re-1
quire this privilege to be transmitted to them iff-I
violate.{
As an inhabitant of the Third Eastern Diflrifi,
which includes the County of York, and confei
ous that I express the opinion of thousands, who
are really lovers of their country, I nominate a;
man, for a member of the next Congress, ,who is
worthy of the fuffrages of his fellow-citizens
Mr. RICHARD CUTTS, of Pepperciborough,
is the Candidate that seems calculated to unite
this Diftria in the support of a suitable Repre
Tentative. His extensive commercial and agri
cultural interest ought if there were no other
inducements, to give him the preference to any
profeffional character : but there are arguments
still more powerful in his favor :heis a Repub
lican and a friend to his countty. The unmanly
and despicable practice of calumniating private
characters may Still remain confined to the abet
tors of Aristocracy and Federalism, who have a
profufion of dirt, which they Spare not, to cast
on better men. Let the private character of Mr.
Thatcher, our present Representative, remain fa-'
cred ; in his public capacity it is fufficiebt to fay,
that he has advocated those measure which may -
prove ruinous to his country. The character ofi
Mr. Cutts defies the malignity of his opponents,
and Whatexer aspersions inventive malice may
suggest, yet the envenomed Shafts will fall harm
less on the helmet of uprightnefs.'
Be united, fellow-citizens, save you Conflitu
tion, secure your own happiness, aad that of your
posterity, and let the succeeding year be blessed
with the trumph of
Liberty and Republicanism.
O&ber 14, 1800.
From the Independent Chronicle
THE political characters of the present day,
will not be properly understood, unless vie desig
nate them by the old epithets, Whigs & Tories.
We may talk of Federal and Anti-Federal, but
Whig and Tory is the only appellation to dftin
guifh them. The Old Tories are now purfiling
their British fyllem; under .the new name of
Federalists. But let us Strip these " wolves in
Sheep's eloathing," and bring them into public
view. Who are the pretended Federalifls ? Do
not the whole body of Tories assume this title ?—
Talk with an Old Tory, and he at once tells you
he is a Fedcralifl. His pretenfibns, however, are
delusive, as he feels as Strong ah attachment to
the British government, as when' he was within
the English lines to oppose our Revolution.
Can an Old Tory venerate our Republican
Conftittition ? It is impossible. Can he estimate
our Government in preference to the British?
Impossible; How many of these men have re-,
turned among ns since the battle of Bunker-Hill ?°
How many of them exulted at that time, in the'
destruction of CharleSloWn ? Can we Oppose
that these people have changed their Sentiments ?
No—No—lt is impossible. They are Bill the
friends of Britain, and enemies to America ; and
they find it very convenient to take the name of
Federalist, in order to give themselves a reputation
among the well-meaning, tho' deluded citizens.
The Essex junto call themselves Federalists,
but they have been charged in the Commercial
Gazette; as frieuds to the British. They have
been defirobs to commence War with France,
and to become an Ally with England. These
; are the men, u ho are aftivein our Elections, and
are combining to get such tools in Congress, as
will promote their measures ; every indepedent
man is oppdfed to, them. I'bey dare not trull
their cause to free investigation : but every little
contemptible satellite of the party is busy to
counteract the manly, open conduct of their op
" ponents. If this was not the case, why Should a
member of Congress desert his poll, and retire
to the metropolis of Maffachnfetts, to blast the
reputation of Mr. Jetterfon? Why Should he
centre a man whom he dare het confront, with
Similar aligations? He has been challenged to
publish his charges against this firft of patriots,
but Jilenee is his only weapon. However secure
he may feel under this fanttuary, yet the rfufe of
virtue and patriotism ought ever to porfue him to
a further explanation. Public cisaraaers have
been too long blatted by private defamation, and
it is neceflary that those who have been the vic
tims of such tefenefs, Should - bring such culprits
before an impartial tribunals BRUTUS.
From the (Boflou) TELtah,,^.
To the Free and Independent Eleflon rfthe Third
&jierp Dijlrti.
Fellow Citizens,
ON the tirS iMonday of Noveinbet mext, you
will have an oppofiunity of chooling j reprefen^
tative for the Seventh Congress. J presume it not
necefl'ary that I Should mention to you, that Mn
Richard Cutts, of Pepperelboro', is the federal re?
publican candidate,who if chosen would undoubt,
edly prove himfelf a friend to the federal ednftitu
tion, in that august body. 1 can only add, that
Mr. Cutts is a gentleman of an unspotted c^arac;
ter, of an anfyble disposition, of good natural a
bilities, improved by a liberal education, he is an
inflexible republican, a friend to his country, Mid
will do honor to the diftrift, if chosen.
AN ELECTOR.
Letter to the Editor of the Aurora.
Baltimore, Off. 10, 1800.
Hamper has compelled us to Shew opr ftfrength.
He it was, the marplot of fadion, that urge&he
attempt to change our mode of eleßion fror^uff
tritt to Legislature. The republicans took the
alarm, and Maryland is completely republican:'
ed. The contest has been warm, and on princi
ple alone.
The returns already made, are as follows:
Caroline, Talbot, Queen Anne, Kent, Cecil,'
Harford, Baltimore, Annariindel, Freder
ick, Washington, each 4 members, 40
Baltimore city, and Annapolis, 3 numbers, ~4
44
Total number of the house of Delegates 44
All republicans excepting one, from Telbof,
who was compelled to pledge himfelf to vote a
gainst any change in the present mode of election.
We count on Calvert and Allegany, and half of
Prince George, being also republican. The elec
tion for President of course, will be fix for Jeffer
fon and Burr at least.
The diftrifls are formed thus:
. for Jefferson.
Talbot and Queen Anne, z'
Kent and Cecil,g
Harford and Baltimore county, <t
Baltimore city and Aunarundei, I
Frederick,l
Washington and Alleghany, %
- Total, 6
These are an absolute certainty for Jefferfo
besides the chances of— .
Extrafl of a Letter to the Editor of the Auroras
dated Charleflon, S. Carolina, Sep. 29. 1800.
"The tide to which you have been so wonders
fully instrumental in giving a turn is fenfifo fete
here, and is tuning Strong flood. It is too true
,that a man of reflection, reviewing the ftrangete
havior of the wife republicans of Carolina, wh#
mean well, and are without dispute the most en
lightened people on the face of the earth ; the"
Spectator I fay, will forever be at a loss how it
comes to pass, that if the South Carolinians are re
ally republicans they have so uniformly recruited
troops not for the standard of their friends, but
for that of their enemies ? How this ftate,lending
its quota into the field,tharfye out of fa or rather
fix out of eight or the whole corps {houWdeJert their
colours. Vet this has happened ; still this is a fal
lacious proof of the true date of the public Senti
ment as to principles S. Carolina, and this will
be manifested ip the great change in our approach
<ing eleftion ; for Mr. Adams will not have afa
gle vote ! Since writing the above, a letter, is laid
on my table from Mr. M. of North Carolina—he
fays "North Carolina will assuredly "give nine
votes for the Republican "President !" You know
M. is not a very Sanguine man, not desirous of pre
tensions to prophecy.'
Extraa of a Letter from a Gentleman of the sass
information and influence in /Maryland, dated,
Baltimore, O&ber 2, 18co.'
The result of the eleftion of delegates to our
state legislature, so far as my information extends
is pleasing beyond our most sanguine expefta
tions. Altho' Ihave not received letters from all
the counties, yet ^m pofTeffed of information fafr
ficient to fatisfy me beyond a doubt, that the re
publican jntereft has predominated, and that not
merely a majority, but a large majority of repub
licans have been ele&ed to our house of represen
tatives. This very important communication, I
hasten to make to you, from the fullest perfualion
that it will be highly acceptable.
From this manifestation of so great a change in
the political fentimeuts of Maryland, and front
the belt assurances that this change is rapidly pro
gressing, we-have abundant, reason to believe
that there will be in this State, a considerable ma
jority of the electors for president and vice-presi
dent in favor of Jefferfon.
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. th
, PUBLIC OPINION,
VERSUS,,
UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS.'
Thursday last completing the period of confined
ment, adjudged by Chase under the Sentence of#,
packed jury, on the estimable and intelligent
Thomas Coop&r, of Northumberland ; he was
received by the republicans of Philadelphia in $
manner suitable to the dignity and coirflanc, of
this charaßer, and the cause in which betas beero
honored by the arbitrary hand of a fa&ion, alike
hostile to liberty, to virtue, and republican gov
ernment.
A public entertainment was provided^ and most
refpeftably attended, where the hofphalrties of
republicanism circulated the enlivening grape, ac
companied by flushes of wit and merriment, the
fool awakning song, and the Spirit Speaking sen
timent. Captain 77z&marLW,er wasplaced at the
head of one table, and Dr. George Log^n at the
other. The following were among the toafta
given. <
1* The United States administered by repubbli
cans, and as a republic for ever. - •
2. The state of Pennsylvania, and its motto—
"l4r% Zjfertyand bufepemtence" t J.
3. An unity of principle in the government arid
laws, and honefl men only to administer them.
4- The packers of juries unkenneled. i: *
5. Sydney, Calas and &, o efw—the martyrs of
corruption, tyranny and fuperSlitlous fanati
cifin.
6. The fathers of philosophy at the cfofe of the
18th century, Franklin, Beccaria, Prierfley, Con
dorcet, &c. r ^
7. John Adams and the Dey of Algiers, long
may they be remembered in conjunction.>l
8. Diffraction to the councils, and defeat to the
arms of defoots—mniou and peace in the repub
lics of liberty and letters.