Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1795-11-20 00:00:00

Gazette United States
173
NUMBER 999.]
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1795.
[VOLUME VIII.]
For Charleston, (S. C.)
THE SHIP R U S S E L L , Daniel Reed, master, WILL sail in the course of ten days, and take freight or moderate terms; for which, or passage, apply to the Captain on board, at Walnut-street wharf, or to Joseph Anthony & Son . November 13.
For BOSTON, THE SCHOONER
INDUSTRY , Captain Barnard, LYING at Joseph Anthony & Son's wharf. Will sail on Saturday next, wind and weather permitting. For freight or passage apply to the Captain on board, or to EDWARD STOW, Jun. Nov. 17. No. 4 South Water-street.
For Charter,
THE BRIG M A R Y , John Fleming, master, BURTHEN 2200 barrels of Flour, is now in complete order to take in a cargo. For terms apply to Gurney & Smith , Who have for Sale, Bourdeaux and Cognac Brandy; And a few French Burr Stones. Nov. 14.
For Jeremie,
(To sail in all this month) The beautiful new brig Richard & James , Thomas Adams, master, BUILT of live oak and cedar, and is her first voyage. She is intended for a constant trader, and is particularly well calculated for carrying passengers, having most excellent accommodations, and constructed for a remarkable fast sailer. For terms apply to the Captain on board at Race-street wharf, or to RICHARD & JAMES POTTER . Who have on Hand, A large and elegant assortment of Calicoes, Muslins, Ribbons, Shawls, Linens, &c. &c. Nov. 13.
FOR SALE, BY
JOHN CRAIG , No. 12, Dock Street, 10 Pipes of
The very best Madeira WINE, 90 quarter casks of Sherry wine, Bristol window glass of different sizes, A quantity of best Havannah segars in boxes, A few casks of Sugar, 4 boxes of yard wide Irish linens, 4 bales of do. cauvais, 5 bales of red, white, and yellow Blankets; And the SHIP
PORTSMOUTH , BURTHEN 2600 barrels, now lying at Mr. Thaddeus's wharf, in Southwark. Philadelphia, Sept. 22.
To Madeira,
THE BRIG PERSEVERANCE , William Richards, master, WILL sail in all next week. For freight or passage apply to JESSE & ROBERT WALN . November 9.
For Falmouth and a Market,
THE SHIP S E D G E L Y , John Hodge, master, SHE will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage apply to Philips, Cramond & Co. November 9.
For LIVERPOOL,
THE BRIG A B I G A I L , Thomas Gifford, master, HAS a great part of her cargo engaged, and will sail in a few days. For freight or passage apply on board at Wilcock's wharf, or to THOMAS NEWMAN at Ross's wharf. Who has for Sale, Coffee, Cotton, Claret in cases and hampers, Old Frontainiac Wine in hogheads, and seven doz. Mens' ruffled Shirts. Oct. 22.
Just Arrived per the Snow Boston, James Kirkpatrick, Master, from Liverpool,
113 Crates well-assorted Queen's Ware, 4000 bushels best stowed fine Salt, & to be sold at No. 1, Pine-street, by James Campbell . Also, a few boxes well-assorted Irish Linens. N. B. Said Snow for Freight or Charter, either to the West-Indies or Europe. Enquire as above. August 18.
FOR SALE,
THE Schooner R E N S E L A E R , J. Wendell, master, LYING at Willing and Francis's wharf; a strong, new vessel, five months old, built of red cedar, burthen 130 tons, supposed will carry about 1200 barrels of flour, is of an easy draft of water, and has excellent accommodations for passengers. For terms apply to T. & J. CLIFFORD . If not sold in two or three days, said vessel will proceed for the state of New-York. Philad. Sept. 29.
FLEECEY HOSIERY.
BARTHOLOMEW CONOLLY , AT HIS HOSIERY STORE, No. 48, Chestnut-street,
BEGS leave to inform his Friends, and the Public in general, that he has just received a small quantity of the Best Fleecy Hosiery Stockings , which he recommends to those Gentlemen who make use of that article to make a speedy application for, owing to the demand there now is. Where they will also meet with a most elegant assortment of Every description of HOSIERY . November 19.
To-Morrow Morning will be Landed, At Stamps's wharf, from on board the Schooner Eliza , T. Arnold, master, direct from Malaga, 800 Quarter Barrels fresh BLOOM RAISINS 300 Boxes do. do. 300 Jars do. do. 400 Boxes do. do. 115 Quarter Barrels FIGS 137 Boxes PRUNES 50 Kegs ANCHOVIES 50 Jars GRAPES 94 Sacks Soft Shelled ALMONDS 100 Quarter Casks MOUNTAIN WINE FOR SALE BY PETER KUHN . 5th November.
GEORGE DOBSON ,
Has just received by the late arrivals from England, and is now opening at his STORE,
No. 134, Market-street, corner of Fourth, A Large assortment of broad and narrow Cloths; Blankets, Flannels, &c. &c. Also, an elegant assortment of Calicoes and Manchester printed Calicoes of the newest patterns, adapted for the season, printed Cotton Handkerchiefs and Pulleats, Pins, &c. which he will sell by the Piece or Package on the lowest terms for Cash or approved notes at 2, 4, & 6 months. November 5.
Irish Linens.
James & Henry Fisher , No. 8, Walnut-street, Have imported by the Rebecca, from Dublin, a large assortment of 7-8 and 4-4 white Linens, 7-8 brown do. 4-4 half white Sheetings, 9-8 brown and white do. 3-4 brown and white Lawn, 7-8 Dowlas; Which they will dispose of on reasonable terms, by the package, for cash or approved Notes, at 60 and 90 days. N. B. The above Goods being immediately from the Manufacturer, it is presumed they will be found worthy of notice. Oct. 26.
For SALE, by the Subscribers,
In PENN-STREET, The following articles of the last importation from China. 160 Quarter Casks Hyslop Tea, 120 Quarter Casks Souchong Tea, 400 Boxes China, containing Tea Sets, 4500 Pieces Nankeens. Willings & Francis. September 14.
The highest price in Cash, will be given for
EMPTY BOTTLES , A preference will be given to Claret Bottles—Apply to No. 187, South Third-street. April 20.
Hare's Patent Floor Cloth ,
WITHOUT SEAM. THE manufacturer has just imported by the LIGHT HORSE FROM BRISTOL, an elegant assortment of the newest and best Patterns, which are in excellent preservation, from 9 feet square to 18 by 15 feet; likewise, for Stairs, Entries, and Halls, from 1/2 yard to 3 yards wide. The subscriber respectfully informs purchasers, that Floor Cloths laid under woollen Carpets during the winter, will be in a state of improvement till the spring, and render rooms warm by preventing air from passing between the boards. JOHN BROWNE, No. 145 north Second-street. WHO HAS FOR SALE, A quantity of Remnants to lay before the fire for the preservation of woollen Carpets; Drip and mould Candles, with fine cotton wick; Brown and white Soap, of a very superior quality, in small boxes suited for families; White Lead; Red Lead; Spanish Brown; Orange Mincal, &c. &c. November 10.
For sale, at low prices,
NAILS by the cask, from 3d to 10d assorted, and a variety of Sprigs, Brads, and Tacks; Cotton and wool Cards, from No. 1 to 12; Hatters and stock Cards; Cards set in calf, suitable for cotton machines. Also, Machines for cutting and heading Nails, with a variety of articles suitable for that business, which will be sold together. A large stock of Wire, and other articles for carrying on the Card Manufacture, with the valuable machines for cutting the teeth, and other parts of the work. And a quantity of Leather, Teeth, &c. now in forwardness for finishing. Also, A LEASE OF THE STORE, Occupied by the late partnership of Websters, Adgate and White. As the store is convenient for the business, the machines fixed, and the whole in a condition to be worked, it affords a good opportunity for any one inclined to purchase and follow the business to do it to advantage. Enquire of PETER W. GALLAUDET , Oct. 20. No. 63 Chestnut-street.
For Sale,
Or to be LET for a term of years, An elegant House with about forty-two acres of Land and Meadow. The situation is very convenient for a Country Seat, or for a person inclined to attend the markets. There is an excellent Kitchen Garden, Ice-house, and a variety of Fruit—the distance about five miles from the city. For further information apply to the Printer. November 14.
John Miller, jun. & Co.
No. 8, Chestnut-street,
In addition to their assortment now received, have on hand remaining of the
Cargoes of the Three Brothers & Arethusa from India,
And for sale by the package only,
A variety of Bengal and Coast Goods, viz.
Low priced Coffees 4-4 and 6-4 book mufins Long cloths in do. Patna handkerchiefs Bumhums Shirting mufins Baftas Blue romals Cambricks Book handkerchiefs in Mullin small bales neatly af-forted. Taffetas Blue checks
Also—a variety of French Goods, viz.
Looking glasses Feathers and Flowers Angola gloves Paper hangings
Limans and Linau handkerchiefs, suitable for the West-India market.
A few elegant Time Pieces. Oct. 9th.
Landing, this Day,
From the Brandywine Miller, from Bourdeaux, at Wil-liug and Francis's wharf,
36 pipes of Cogniac Brandy.
FOR SALE BY
John Nixon & Co. or Philips, Cramond, & Co. Novem. 18.
Just received in the brig Ariel, from
St. Croix,
34 hhds Muscovado Sugar,
2500 bushels of coarse Salt,
FOR SALE BY
John Nixon & Co. November 18.
James Tiffin ,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL HATTER,
No. 70, South Second-street, near the City Tavern,
HAS just received by the late arrivals from London
and Bristol, a large and elegant assortment of Ladies
and Gentlemen's fashionable HATS.—Also, a variety of
Children's HATS of different colours, which will be sold
on the lowest terms for cash. N. B. Ladies Hats trimm'd in the newest fashion from London. Oct. 12.
FOR SALE,
Imported in the ship Arethusa, from Calcutta and
Madras, a variety of
BENGAL GOODS;
Guarrah, Baftas, Collies, Humhums, Handkerchiefs, Persians, Calicoes.
To be Sold by the Package, for approved notes at three and four months, by
WILLIAM MACLURE & Co. No. 42 Dock Street, or JOHN MILLER, Jun.
The CARGO of the ship Harmony,
Ezra Lovell, master—from BOURDEAUX,
consisting of
BRANDIES, in pipes and puncheons; and
CLARET in hogheads, is discharging from on
board the said ship at Cuthbert's wharf, and for sale by
Andrews & Meredith, No. 86, South wharves. Sept. 15.
537 Hogheads, 459 Barrels, 224 Bags, 115 Hogheads of choice Jamaica Sugar. 211 Bales of St. Domingo Cotton, Will be landed Monday morning, 26th inst. at South-street wharf.
Being the entire cargoes of Snow Hebe, from Jamaica; Brig Polly, and Schooner Industry, from Jeremie, FOR SALE BY
Peter Blight. October 22.
John Miller, jun. and his brother Alexander J. Miller,
have entered into partnership, under the Firm of
John Miller, jun. & Co.
They have received by the arrivals from Europe, and are now
opening for SALE,
At their STORE, No. 8, Chestnut-street,
A capital assortment of DRY GOODS,
Suitable to the season—amongst which are,
Broad and narrow Cloths, Plain and fancy Coatings,
Beaverets and elastics, Rose and point Blankets,
A variety of coarse Woollens, Manchester manufactures,
Irish Linens, India Goods, generally, French Goods.
All of which they will dispose of for cash or the usual credit. October 9.
Canal Lottery-Office
Near the BANK of the UNITED STATES; October 1, 1795.
THE drawing of this Lottery began on Monday, the 28th ult.
The sale of Tickets is continued by the subscriber, from 8 o'clock in the morning, until 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, at the above office, and by J. Robert-deau at the State-House, warranted un-drawn.
Prize Tickets will be received in payment, subject to the deduction expressed in the tickets—Price 12 dollars until further notice. Approved notes, with a good indorser, payable 20th December next, will be received in payment for tickets amounting to one hundred dollars and upwards.
William Blackburn, Agent. Check Book kept at the Office. Tickets examined at 2-100 each number, and registered at 12-100 each ticket. N. B. No tickets sold during the hours of drawing.
LOTTERY OFFICE, No. 64, South Second-street,
CANAL Tickets for sale, and cash or tickets given for any prizes that may be drawn.
Information given respecting Washington Lottery, and cash or Canal tickets given for prizes that may be drawn.
Both lotteries commence drawing September 28th.
BOOKS will be kept of each day's drawing in both lotteries, and open gratis to the enquiries of the purchasers of Tickets purchased at the OFFICE.
Halves, quarters, and eighths of Tickets may be had at the above Office. Sept. 26.
Jamaica RUM.
The Cargo of the brig Peace, Capatin Gray, from the north side of Jamaica;
Will be landed to-morrow morning at South-street wharf,
High Proof RUM, Prime SUGAR and COFFEE.
Peter Blight. November 9.
The Partnership of SAM. & THO. SHAW
BEING dissolved in August last, by mutual consent,
all those indebted, whose accounts are due, are de-
sired to make speedy payment at their Store, corner of
Front and Arch-street. The business is now carried on
at the same place, by
THOMAS SHAW,
Who has for sale, on reasonable terms, for cash, or the
usual credit,
A general assortment of Merchandise,
Imported by the last vessels from London, Bristol, and Li-
verpool, suitable for the Fall Season.
A Tobacco Engine and Press to be sold by Sam. Shaw. October 23.
Bartholomew Conolly,
No. 48, Chestnut-street,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public
in general, that he has imported in the late arrivals
from England, an elegant, extensive and well chosen as-
sortment of men's and women's hosiery—among which
is a very great variety of beautiful fancy hosiery—such as
striped and clouded cotton—fine plated silk and cotton—
elegant patent fancy silk. Fine striped and clouded patent
worsted, &c. &c. which are now offered for sale upon
his usual low terms, together with every other article of
dry good, suitable to the season.
B. C. has also imported a great variety of gentlemen's
out size Stockings. Oct. 24.
S H O T,
Of all sizes, from 32 lb to Grape,
shortest notice,
Nail rods, from 14d to spike,
Hoop iron, of all sizes, for cases or cutting into nails, from
a brad to 12d nails,
Anchors, from 17 Cwt. to 100lb.
Bar Iron,
A Quantity of James River Tobacco,
Carolina Pork,
Herrings in barrels,
Kilo-dried corn meal in Hhds. and Bbls.
Rye flour &c. to be sold by
Levi Hollingsworth & Son.
August 4
Fresh T E A S,
Of superior quality, viz.
Imperial, or Gunpowder
Hyslop Gomee,
1st quality Hyslop,
2d. do. do.
Young Hyslop,
Hyslop Skin, and
Souchong.
A few Boxes of each, for sale at
No. 19, Third Street, South.
December 10.
BURR MILL STONES
Made by OLIVER EVANS, at his Factory, in the old
wind-mill in Elmley's alley,
South Second-street, a little below Dock-street,
WHERE those who apply may be supplied with stones
of such quality as will suit their purposes. Also,
stones for gudgeons to run on, and Plaster of Paris.
He keeps for SALE,
At his dwelling No. 215 north Second-street, a little above
Vine-street,
Boulting Cloths,
A complete assortment of both imported and American
manufactured for merchant and country work, which he warrants good.
ALSO,
The Young Millwright's and Miller's GUIDE,
Containing a system of mechanics and hydraulics as they
apply to water mills with the whole process of, and all the
late improvements on the art of manufacturing flour &c.
intended to be useful to all concerned in building or using

TO THE PUBLIC.
MINIATURE PAINTING.
A Limmer from Paris respectfully informs the public, that he paints Likenesses in Miniature, in such striking and pleasing a manner, as will, he hopes, satisfy those who may employ him. His Likenesses are warranted, his sittings short, and his terms easy. His Room is at No. 4, north Fifth-street. November 11. $191.
Insurance Company of North-America INFORM THE PUBLIC, that they make Insurance against Fire, on Furniture, Merchandise, and Houses, at the rate of Two Shillings and Three-Pence for One Hundred Dollars for Hazards of the first class, and for Hazardous articles, at an advance proportioned to the risk. November 19. $1m.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
FROM the first of December next, the annual subscription for this Gazette will be EIGHT DOLLARS. Subscribers out of the City will pay One Dollar a year in addition, for inclosing and directing their Papers. Remote subscribers are requested to pay up arrears to the above period; also the half year's advance from that time—those who do not, will be considered as declining a continuance of their subscription. Advertisements of a square, or less, are published in this Gazette once, for HALF A DOLLAR; and continued at ONE QUARTER of a DOLLAR for each subsequent insertion. The Editor acknowledges, with gratitude, the favors of his advertising patrons—He assures them, that the increased, and encircling number of his subscribers, is continually extending the circulation in the city—Its distant circulation is now equal to that of any other publication. Philadelphia, November 3, 1795.
TO BE SOLD,
A Second-hand strong well made fall-top Phæton, with Iron Springs and harness for two horses; the whole being in good condition. A L S O,
A bright bay carriage horse, about eight years old. For terms apply at Francis's Hotel, South Fourth-street. N. B. The above may be seen in Mr. Thompson's Stable, at the Sign of the Indian Queen; and if not Sold privately on or before the 21st Instant, they will be offered for Sale at Public Vendue, at the Horse-Market place, at 12 o'clock on the same day. Nov. 10.
All persons indebted to the Estate of WILLIAM WOOD WILKINS, Esq. deceased, are requested to make payment, to ISAAC MICKLE, Esq. Newtown, New-Jersey. JOS. BRINGHURST, Jun. No. 29, Union-street, Philadelphia, Nov. 19. codm. A small Catalogue of Law Books belonging to the above Estate, for sale, at low prices—apply to Charles B. Brown, No. 117, South Second-street.
Le Breton, SURGEON-DENTIST, Pupil of the celebrated Mr. Dubois, late Dentist to the King and Royal Family of France, member of the College and Academy of Surgeons at Paris. Keeps a complete assortment of every thing necessary to be used for the Preservation of the Mouth and Teeth. Patent mineral Teeth, and human and ivory Teeth; Dentifrice in powder; Opiate; excellent Elixir for sweetening the mouth, and preserving the teeth. He also furnishes Brushes and soft Sponges. He lives in Chestnut-street, No. 135, above Fourth-street. Sept. 19. end.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED, on the 21st of October, from Tenth-Street, near Mulberry-Street, a roan HORSE, about seven years old, has a white spot on his forehead, white feet and cut tail. Any person who can give information of the same, will receive the above reward, and expenses, by applying to BILLON & Co. No. 12, South Third-Street. November 14. $1w.
Mr. Walter Robertson
BEGS leave to acquaint the Gentlemen, subscribers to the print Portrait of George Washington, President of the United States of America, engraved by Mr. Field, from an original picture painted by W. Robertson, that the Proofs are ready for delivery to the several subscribers at John James Barralet's, No. 19 north Ninth-street; or at J. Ormerod's, bookseller, No. 41, Chestnut-street, where the subscribers are requested to send their orders. October 27. end.
PRINTING OFFICE FOR SALE.
A COMPLETE Printing Office, of Type, well assorted; one elegant Press, and every other article suitable for an extensive business—the whole nearly new. The terms of payment will be, a fourth, cash; a fourth, at three months; and the remainder, to accommodate the purchaser, will be taken in printing work. The amount is about 1200 dollars. For particulars apply to the Editor. October 15. saw2m.
For Sale,
THAT valuable and well known PLANTATION formerly owned by John Evans, at present by Samuel Evans; situate in London Britain township, Chester county, containing about four hundred and sixty acres—There are on said Plantation two dwelling Houses, one Stone and brick, forty feet by twenty-five, two stories high, with a large and commodious Kitchen; the other a good log House, suitable for a tenant; two large and convenient Barns; a Stone Spring House; a good Meichang Mill, with between 12 and 13 feet head and fall, on a never failing stream the Whiteclay creek—There are on said Plantation about 80 acres of excellent Meadow, a large proportion of which is well watered, and more can conveniently be made; about 180 acres is arable Land, cleared, the residue is Wood Land. The Land, in general, is of the first quality in that end of the country. The Plantation is 10 miles from Newport, 11 from the Head of Elk, 6 from New-London Cross Roads, and 5 from New-Garden Meeting House, on the nearest road from Lancaster, and on the direct one from Peach Bottom Ferry to Newport; the situation of the Mill is suitable for either the Elk or Middle-town trade, which renders it an important stand. Any person desirous of purchasing will, upon applying to Mr. BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, within one mile of the place, be showed the same, and know the terms of sale from the subscriber hereof, in Lancaster county. SAMUEL EVANS saw1f.
November 19, 1795.
FOR SALE,
A PLANTATION about twelve miles from this city, in Montgomery county, containing 70 acres; on which there is a new Stone House, two stories high, two rooms on a floor, five fires in each room; Stone Kitchen, and Stone Spring-House over a never failing spring of water; a Barn, stable, Sheds, Barracks, &c., a large Apple Orchard, and a variety of other Fruit Trees; about 10 acres of good Meadow, and 10 of Wood Land. Possession will be given the first of April, or sooner if wanted, when the purchaser will have the opportunity of buying the Stock on the Place, and Corn in the ground. For further particulars apply at No. 57. Arch-street. Nov. 27. saw 3w.
FROM THE ARGUS.
THE DEFENCE—No. XXV.
[CONCLUDED.]
The article has been further criticised on account of the adjustment of the import and tonnage duties payable in this trade, and it has been attempted to be shewn that the footing on which we were to share in the same would on this account be disadvantageous, and the competition unequal. What is the adjustment? The article proposes that British vessels employed in this trade shall pay, on entering our ports the alien tonnage duty payable by all foreign vessels, which is now fifty cents per ton; further the cargoes imported in British bottoms from the British West Indies shall pay in our ports the same impost or duties, that shall be payable on the like articles imported in American bottoms; and on the other side that cargoes imported into the British Islands in American bottoms shall pay the same impost or duties that shall be payable on the like articles imported in British bottoms—that is to say, the cargoes of each shall pay in the ports of the other only native duties, it being understood that those imported in the British West Indies on our productions are small and unimportant, while those imported in our ports on the productions of the West Indies are high, and important to our revenue—The vessels of each shall pay in the ports of the other an equal alien tonnage duty and our standard is adopted as the common rule.
Is not this equal: can we expect or ask of British vessels to pay an alien tonnage duty in our Ports, and that American vessels should enter their ports freely, or on payment only of native tonnage duties? Can we in equity require them to pay on the importation of their cargoes in British vessels an addition of ten per cent on the duties payable on the importation of the like articles in American vessels, and at the same time demand to pay no higher or other duties on the cargoes carried in our vessels to the British Islands, than those payable by them on the like articles imported in British vessels? The very stating of the question shews the fallacy of the objection. To expect more, were to expect, that in a trade in which the opinions and practice of Europe contemplate every privilege granted to a foreign nation as a favor—we were by treaty to secure a greater advantage to ourselves than would be enjoyed by the nation which granted the privilege.
But it is added, that our laws impose a tonnage duty of six cents per ton on the entry of American vessels engaged in foreign trade, and it is not known that British vessels pay any tonnage duty on their entry in their ports in the West Indies!—and so uniting the two entries, that is, the entry in the West Indies and the entry on a return to our ports, an American vessel will pay fifty six cents per ton, when the British vessels will pay only fifty cents per ton—If the British government impose no tonnage duty on their own vessels, and we do impose a tonnage duty on ours, this certainly cannot form an objection against them. They are as free to abstain from the imposition of a tonnage duty on their own ships, as we are to impose one on ours—If their policy is wiser than ours in this respect, we are at liberty to adopt it, by repealing the tonnage duty levied on American navigation, which if we please may be confined to the particular case, the effect of such a measure as far as it should extend, tho' the duty is small, would be to add a proportionable advantage to our shipping in foreign competition. But the object of the articles in this particular is to equalize, not the duties that each may choose to impose on their own vessels but those that they shall impose on the vessels of each other; and in this respect the article is perfectly equal—it is perhaps the first time that the objection of inequality was founded on a circumstance depending on the laws of the party affected by it and removable at his own option.
This view of the subject authorizes a belief that in the revision of the article a modification of it may be agreed to that will prove satisfactory. Indeed from the short duration of the article, taken in connexion with the expressions made use of towards the close of it relative to the renewal of the negotiation, for the purpose of such further arrangements as shall conduce to the mutual advantage and extension of this branch of commerce, we may infer that Great Britain contemplates a more enlarged and equal adjustment on this point.
The relaxations, which now exist in the colonial systems, in consequence of the necessities of war, and which will change to our disadvantage with the return of peace, have been considered by some as the permanent state of things. And this error has had its influence in misleading the public in respect to the terms and conditions on which we may reasonably expect to participate in the trade of the British West Indies—But let it be remembered that the restoration of peace will bring with it a restoration of the laws of limitation and exclusion, which constitute the colonial system. Our efforts therefore should be directed to such adjustment with Great Britain on this point, as will secure to us a right after the return of peace, to the greatest attainable portion of the trade to her islands in the West Indies.
It has been alledged, should the expected modification of this article retain its present stipulation on the subject of impost and tonnage duty, that, as France by treaty may claim to enjoy the rights and privileges of the most favoured nation, she would demand an exemption from the ten per cent on the duties upon the productions of the West Indies imported in foreign bottoms, and would moreover be free to impose an alien tonnage on our vessels entering their ports in the West Indies equal to that imposed on her vessels in our ports. This is true—But in order to make this demand, France must agree by treaty to open all her ports in the West Indies, to give us a right to import into them, flour, bread, tobacco, and such other articles as Great Britain shall permit, and which France by her permanent system prohibits; she must also concede to us a right to purchase in her islands and bring away sugar, coffee, and pimento, which by the same system she also prohibits; she must do all
his, because by our treaty with her, she can only entitle herself to a special privilege granted to another nation by granting on her part to us the equivalent of what was the consideration of our grant. Should France be inclined to arrange the trade between us and her islands, we certainly shall not object; because, besides the right, such an arrangement would be more advantageous to us than that which now regulates our intercourse with her West Indies.
So much of the twelfth article as respects its duration and the renewal of the negotiation previous to the expiration of two years after the conclusion of the war, in order to agree in a new arrangement on the subject of the West-India trade, as well as for the purpose of endeavouring to agree whether in any, and in what cases, neutral vessels shall protect enemy property; and in what cases provisions and other articles not generally contraband may become such, form a part of the treaty as ratified by the President. These clauses sufficiently explain themselves, and require no comment in this place. They however prove one point, which is, that after every effort on the part of our Negotiators, the parties are not able to agree in the doctrine that free bottoms should make free goods, nor in the cases in which alone provisions and other articles not generally contraband should be deemed such. Leaving therefore both these points precisely as they found them, (except in respect to provisions, the payment for which, when by the law of nations liable to capture, as contraband, is secured) to be regulated by the existing law of nations, it is stipulated to renew the negotiation on these points at the epoch assigned for the future adjustment of the West-India trade, in order then to endeavour to agree in a conventional rule, which, instead of the law of nations should thereafter regulate the conduct of the parties in these respects.
The 11th article has been passed over in silence as being merely introductory and formal. CAMILLUS.
THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION.
Innumerable have been the publications with which France has teemed. Different champions standing forward boldly in support of their respective principles and plans, except the partizans of royalty, who cannot safely do more than recommend their system by indirect hints and oblique insinuations.
M. DE CRETELLE
Seems to favour this doctrine in his pamphlet in defence of aristocracy, where enforcing the necessity of unity being preserved in the government of that great empire, he evidently glances at the restoration of monarchy.
M. DE VAUBLANC,
Formerly a member of the legislative assembly, and long proscribed by the Jacobins on account of his attachment to the constitution of 1789, has lately re-appeared to distinguish himself in the present controversy. This book is entitled, "Reflections sur les bases d'une constitution," which he at first presented to the public as the work of citizen Brissot, a member of the convention.
After showing that the melancholy experience of five years, must convince France that it was not by sublime theories, by beautiful maxims, and specious declarations, that men were to be governed, he asks, what reliance they can have in future on the influence of those principles which were so ineffectual to restrain the tyrannous career of Robespierre.
He then proceeds to examine the nature of what is called a democratic republic, and argues from the authority of history through all ages, that it never produced the happiness of any nation, and is peculiarly inapplicable to the soil, the population, the genius, and manners of the French. All the philosophers of antiquity held democracy in abhorrence: Thucydides has exposed the evil of which it is productive, and Rousseau himself declared democracy to be a government adapted to angels, but by no means for men.
History evinces, that a mixed government alone is that which can offer to a great nation, liberty without licentiousness, and all the comforts and advantages which man can ever hope for in the social state.
He then elucidates his arguments by historical references. Rome originally was governed by three branches—the King, the Senate, and the People. After the overthrow of royalty, the senate and the people governed jointly; but of what internal convulsions and what horrible divisions was the alteration not productive?
Sparta had three powers, the People, the Senate, and the Kings. To the election of a fourth estate in the creation of the Ephori, the best authors attribute the decline and subsequent destruction of the system of Lycurgus.
Solon, the lawgiver of Athens, established but two powers, and the constitution soon fell beneath the genius and fortune of a tyrant. The want of a third estate subjected the government to perpetual innovations; and Athens was often obliged to trust the management of its affairs to its generals and orators. The same constitutional defect sunk it for thirty years under the tyranny of Pericles, who, without assuming the title of a king, possessed himself of all the power.
England for a century has enjoyed the highest degree of prosperity under the three branches of its mixed constitution, and all the recent declamations that have been made against that government, will not outweigh the irresistible testimony of facts, and the penetrating judgment of Montesquieu.
Sweden possessed a mixed constitution in that period of its history during which Rousseau remarks, that they were the freest people in Europe.
Having stated that the American constitution was framed upon the same model, he goes on to the application of his principles, and recommends to France an assembly of representatives, a senate, censors, and an executive power in a president, whose authority is to expire every year.
FRERON.
This deputy of the National Convention is reproached with having been, for two years, in all sanguinary projects, the rival of the execrable Ma-
rat—with having in the journal "Ami du Peuple," which he composed, demanded the heads of two hundred and eighty thousand aristocrats, moderate and rich people—and with having exercised at Toulouse the same atrocious murders and robberies that Carrier did at Nantes, Collot D'Herbois at Lyons, and Joseph le Bon at Arras. Yet we see him now enter the lists as a conspicuous advocate for the preservation of property, and the reign of religion, order and the law. The truth probably is, that in the ravages of the revolution, like Talien and others, he has amassed a fortune with which he would now willingly repose under the shade of a stable government.
The title of his last publication is "Property the sole basis, and the sole guarantee of a good government."
In the discussion of this point, the reasoning of Freron, which, however, is far from being shining, can furnish little novelty to an English reader. He reprobates the cannibal virtues of their late oppressors, and holds up moderation as the true spirit to be cherished by a legislator. Property, he maintains, to be the real foundation of patriotism and the love of order; states the relation between property and industry, between industry and commerce, foreign and domestic, and between all those jointly and national prosperity. All these he brings in proof of his two grand positions, that property alone should be represented; and that the offices of the state if not exclusively confined to the rich, should at least be confined to men in that sphere of life which enabled them to enlarge their minds and perfect their education. Of all things, he warns them against the admission of that vile revolutionary maxim, "to place that uppermost which was undermost before." An assembly of proprietors would never have countenanced this doctrine, nor suffered 100,000 husbandmen to be immured within the prisons of France.
Such is the change of opinion, between Freron the Man of Fortune, and Freron the Sans Culotte!
Freron next places before the view of his readers the advantages of a legislative chamber, the one to propose, and the other to put its veto on the laws;—but it would be unnecessary for us to repeat so trite and familiar a train of arguments.
M. HEKEL.
This author, an ancient professor of history, has just published a work which is gaining great celebrity. It is called—
"The necessity of organic laws, or the constitution of 1793 convicted of Jacobinism."
This book is written with great spirit, to expose and refute that system of universal equality, so ruinous to France, and such an awful warning to the rest of Europe. We shall translate one short extract—"The maxim of one man being as good as another, has neither moral nor physical truth to support it. Behold the famous wrestler of Crotona seize in his vigorous arms the bull of Jupiter, throw him on his shoulder, kill him with a blow of his fist, and afterwards devour him in the space of a single day; follow him into the lift, and at the very sight of the stupendous Colossus, a hundred Sybarites, take to flight in dismay, or are crushed beneath his force: Where is then your equality? Turn your eyes to Cato, and see virtue banished from the rest of the earth, and finding its asylum in his sublime breast. The universe gave up the contest, but the invincible spirit of Cato still struggled against tyranny. Look to the great orator of Rome, the only genius, says the venerable Seneca, that it ever possessed equal to its empire. Observe Bauget, Montesquieu, Buffon, and you will find more moral force in the head of any of them than was to be discovered in thousands of their contemporaries."
M. MERCIER
Follows the opinion of La Croix, recommending that the primary assemblies be called, and the free opinion of the people at large taken on the form of government, which amongst all others they may select: Otherwise he thinks the constitution cannot be permanent. One indeed may be imposed upon them; but it would always be in danger, as it could not be said to be a constitution of their own choice.
M. Chas de Nîmes, formerly the warm advocate of La Fayette, has come forward with a pamphlet, which he calls "On some words which have been productive of the greatest crimes." He considers very grievous consequences to have followed from the meaning which the French attach to the word insurrection. It is borrowed, he says, from the English language, where it is never used in a favourable sense, but means a popular commotion, or a revolt of the people, against part of the people. Montesquieu, in his spirit of laws, mentions that in the government of Crete insurrection was legitimated, and authorized by the government. The respect which the sage Americans had for the writings of Montesquieu, induced them to adopt his interpretation of the word, and of course in the noble resistance to the oppressive tyranny of Great-Britain, they styled themselves Insurgents, while the court denominated them as Rebels.
La Fayette, dazzled with the splendor of what was called the American insurrection, imported the phrase into France; and, speaking in the constituent assembly of the oppressions of the people, was heard to say, that there was a time when insurrection became the most sacred of our duties. From this time insurrection became a sort of article of faith, which several French legislators even proposed to organize into a system. In the hands of the Jacobins, the clubs and the sections, it was made the engine of all their cruelties and excesses.
After this history of the term itself, he proceeds to describe emphatically the miseries it occasioned; and though he admits it to be proper in times of great extremity, he deprecates the condition of a people who are obliged to have recourse to it.
THE ABBE SYEYES, LOUVET, RHO- DERER, and THOMAS PAINE.
Maintain opinions very different from these writers. The two last in particular are their violent opponents, adhering pertinaciously to the principles of universal equality, and representation. They assert, that any man who has a head upon his shoulders possesses a sufficient stake in the proprietary of the country—a stake much more valuable to him than any other property.

Extrait of a Letter, dated Reading, Berks county, November 12, 1795.
Last week, the Grand Jury of this County, upon the recommendation of the Court, by Judge RUSH, the President, voted, unanimously, the sum of TWELVE THOUSAND POUNDS for a Stone Arch Bridge over the river Schuylkill at this town, on the high road leading to Harrisburg.
COMMUNICATIONS.
The friends of our country and government, have a sure and certain basis on which to repose their hopes of a continuance of internal tranquility and external peace. Those who are disposed to excite commotions, convulsions, and finally produce a concussion, appear to have forgotten the promptitude with which THE PEOPLE rallied round the standard of the laws and the constitution, on a recent occasion.
So great is the hurry of the Hollow Ware Company to get rid of their wares, and to enter into other business, that they have left all decency of conduct. They have long been suspected of wishing to succeed the federal firm of "THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT;" nay some have been so uncharitable, as to urge it as a direct charge against them; but in the Aurora of this morning, they have taken away all cause of suspicion, or denunciation, on this account, by peremptorily ordering the Head of the Firm, the President of the United States, in emphatical terms to "RETIRE IMMEDIATELY."
Wanted, by the Hollow Ware Company, an expert hand at Fabrication. For particulars, enquire, at the Old Warehouse, High Street—of Valerius Pittachus-Bellisarius-Cato, nick-named, for the day, Scipio; Surgo at Prosim, and Co.
A foreigner will be preferred, provided he has been obliged to fly his native country for crimes of sufficient importance to insure his stay in this—and if he is ripe for any thing, he may be sure of due encouragement.
The attempt to encrease the value of the negotiable paper of SURGO AT PROSIM & Co. commonly called the Hollow Ware Company, by another new signature, has proved abortive. As we still recognize the old writing, and no such person as "Scipio" being to be found, the paper will, of course, remain at the usual discount.
A correspondent relates, that being present at a debate which took place some evenings since, on the subject of the treaty, it was asked by one of the company, how the minority in a certain assembly came to acquire the appellation of the virtuous ten? Why, Sir, replied a facetious gentleman, I see no difficulty whatever in solving the enigma, as well as shewing that by expressing their number in figures they possess an immense majority; and I prove it thus:—There is Aaron the high priest, Moses the lawgiver, St. John the baptist, St. James, St. Stephen, St. Timothy, and St. John the apostle; with Alexander the coppersmith, Pharoah's butler, and the President of the Sanhedrim, pro tem: This singular combination of names accounts for their being called virtuous. Again—if we resort to figures, and place the nine last-mentioned members to the right of the high priest, it will constitute a number four times the amount of the population of France, and consequently give them a great majority—for example, 1,000,000,000.
* Saints of the Decadary Calendar.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
To the good thorough paced Democrats in the United States.
MATTERS are at length brought to a proper pass—the President must be impeached—he has, clearly, violated the Constitution; read the Aurora of this morning. What your tasks, sharpen your faulcs, let your nails grow, get good stout bludgeons, prepare your guillotine, bring out your flint pots, look big, talk loud, fruit high, bellow libertas et natale solum, now or never—Huzza for Benney and the Hollow-ware Company—he's a going, he's a going—if we miss this opportunity we may never have another—the treaty, the treaty, the treaty, the damnable treaty—British influence, insinuating soldiers for a longer period than was warranted, taking more salary than was prescribed, turning out a certain great man—these must be your watch words, never flinch, we have a majority, now for equality, now for some fine pickings out of the arthrifords—we shall have flour, geese, turkeys, rice-birds, &c. &c. at the maximum—what we could not effect with all our caballing during the war—what the Pennsylvania insurrection could not accomplish is just about to be hatched—Oh! the glorious epoch I anticipate—but it will not do to travel too far in the region of anticipation.
VIRTUS POST NUMMOS.
STOCKS.
Table with 2 columns: Stock Name, Price. Includes entries for Six per Cent. (18 3/4), Three per Cent. (10 7), Deferred Six per Cent. (13 1/2), BANK United States (32 to 33 per Cent.), North America (50), Pennsylvania (27), INSURANCE COMPANY North America (30 3/4), Pennsylvania (Int. off) 3.
Translated for the Gazette of the United States, From the Courier de la France & des Colonies.
NANTES, September 2.
What then is the colour which we must wear henceforth to rest in peace in the city and country, without having disputes with every one? The Blue is proscribed by the peasants; the White is the colour of the Royalists; the Green that of the Compte d'Artois; the Yellow that of the Prince of Orange; the Violet that of the Bishops; the Black that of the Clergy; the Red is considered as that of the men of blood—there is not any, even to the modest Grey riding coat, which would not be looked upon with an evil eye by the Bonhomme Richard—It is well said by the author of "The Emigrants at Qui-
beron," in the conclusion of one of the couplets of his pretty song:
Ocupons nous de la Patrie, Non de la couleur d'un habit.
HAVRE, September 14.
To the Editor of "The Observer of Europe." As nothing is more estimable than truth, and nothing more vile than falsehood, I think it my duty to make you acquainted with the former, that you may despise the latter.
We have read in your Journal, that the mariners of Havre, united in primary assembly, have accepted the Constitution and the decree of the 3 Fructidor—Yes, the majority has accepted the Constitution; but how can it be known that their vote included this decree, since not the least mention was made of it in the mode of giving their vote, nor in the holding of the Assembly—Who then has published this error; why do I say error? No, that is not the word. This is, without doubt, a sample of that result which they propose to present to us.
Signed, LATERRRE, fils aine. Citizen,
We have read in your paper No. 45, that the Mariners composing the army of the sea have not only accepted the Constitution, but also the decree of the 3rd Fructidor. Fremanger, representative of the people within our walls has impoted it on the National Convention—it is a falsehood, which he hath published. Signed, LA BRETECHE.
Latest Foreign Advices.
By the Ship Camilla, from Falmouth.
LONDON, Sept. 22.
A Frenchman, son of the Ingenieur ur Royale of France, has invented a mortar, by which shells are thrown without powder, and with equal velocity. An ingenious mechanic at Birmingham is employed upon the fabrication of this mortar, which operates by a spring.
DELMENHORST, Sept. 15.
In consequence of the enemy having crossed the Rhine, orders are issued to this army to hold itself in readiness to march at a very short notice. It has not, as yet, transpired whether we shall move; but it is likely that the movement will be an advanced rather than a retrograde one, as the baggage is to march in the rear, and at a considerable distance from the main body of the army.
That the Electorate of Hanover is the object of the French, seems beyond all doubt; and should they succeed in their attempt (in which I cannot conceive the least difficulty,) they will act with a new degree of ferocity towards the inhabitants; the French very seldom separate the idea of Englishmen and Hanoverians, however widely they ought to be distinguished.
This morning we heard a very heavy cannonade, but at a great distance from us. It might have been the proving of cannon, as it might have been otherwise. It is confidently said, that the French broke through the line of demarcation, and in one place killed an officer and 6 Prussian privates! this infraction of treaty will be deemed a Peccadillo by the Potzdam Pacifier.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 10.
We learn that the French have at length crossed the Rhine near Dusseldorf, after a long and most bloody conflict, in which the Republican Heroes achieved, as usual, prodigies of valour. After they had obtained this signal advantage, the French entered Dusseldorf. The conflict must have been attended with great slaughter, since an enormous quantity of wounded soldiers have been brought to the military hospitals at Cologne and other places.
According to all appearances, the passage was effected at different points at the same time; but of this we have not received any particular accounts. Towards Coblenz and Niewwed, the firing still continues on both sides with a degree of violence, and so incessantly, that the banks of the Rhine are not only rendered impassible, but absolutely undermined and destroyed. The town of Coblenz begins to suffer very much from the fire of the Austrians in the Fortresses of Ehrenbreitstein, several boats on the Moselle have been sunk by the shot.
We hope that this renewal of cruel and bloody hostilities will dispose all the belligerent powers to a general peace. The Empire, intimidated by the passage of the Rhine, will doubtless give a spur to its tardy negotiators.
We hear from Luxembourg, that all the Republican troops who had been left in that province, have received orders to hasten, by forced marches to Coblenz. Only a few of those corps which suffered most at the siege of Luxembourg will remain in that fortress.
FRANCE.
PARIS, Sept. 17.
The leaders of the Convention no longer make a secret of their intention of quitting the metropolis; already do their journals propose this means, as being just and reasonable. It is certainly just to ruin the city which brought about the Revolution; it is necessary to remove to a distance from those who have displayed knowledge, courage, and a just sense of their own rights. It will also be just and necessary to surround themselves with a considerable armed force, and to govern a free people from the recesses of a balle!
An important question will doubtless be submitted by the Convention to the Primary Assemblies; those who have been silent will be officially asked in what manner their silence is to be explained, and whether they meant to accept or reject the decrees?
The Sections of Paris still evince the same firmness and preserve the same tranquillity. Of 100,000 voters, four or five hundred have voted for a King, and as equal number for the Convention; all the rest have accepted the Constitution, and rejected the decrees.
Louvet has asserted that the Sections of Caen were divided in their opinion of the decrees of the 5th and 13th Fructidor. Louvet lies, as he does every day. Caen rejected the decrees unanimously.
The Son of the celebrated Montesquieu lately died at Bourdeaux, deeply regretted by every virtuous mind. He had been thrown into prison du-
ring the reign of Tyranny; and at the time of his arrest, the manuscripts of his father were dispersed, and a magnificent herbal, which constituted the chief delight of this great man, was destroyed.
A traveller who arrived here yesterday from Lyons, says, that when he left that city, it was filled with troops; the gates were shut, and the people were in the utmost consternation. These preliminaries enable us to form a probable conjecture as to the result of the Primary Assemblies of that great city; but for these acts of violence, there is every reason to believe, that the people of Lyons, would never have voted for the preservation of those who destroyed their fellow-citizens with grape shot. At Besancon the Constitution has been accepted, and the decrees rejected. The Primary Assemblies have voted themselves permanent. The same Resolution has been adopted by all the Primary Assemblies of Doubs.
By a private letter from the Department of the Yonne, of the 9th Sept. we learn, that the Primary Assemblies of the different Cantons have been little frequented. At most of them the inhabitants of the country would neither accept the Constitution, nor name electors. In the towns, the Constitution has been accepted by the scanty suffrages of those who are called the Bourgeois; the citizens of the lower classes left the assemblies, and refused to vote. The people seem to be tired of their sovereignty, since they are so careless about the exercise of the rights which are attached to it.
A letter was read from a justice of the peace of a commune in the district of Chavoles, informing the Convention that several persons had proposed, in the Primary Assemblies of that commune, the establishment of a King, and of the Roman Catholic Religion; and that they were not contented with declaring their will, but disturbed the assembly to such a degree, that it was obliged to disolve itself.
BALTIMORE, November 16.
General Assembly of Maryland.
The proposal from sundry persons of Baltimore town, for a new bank, has been presented to the house, and referred to Messrs. PINCKNEY, KEY, WINCHESTER, M'MECHEN and DIGGS, to report thereon. The plan, we are assured, has many enemies in the Legislature; but it has also many warm friends, who are exerting themselves to carry their beneficial scheme into effect.
The bills to incorporate the Roman catholic and German reformed congregations, empowering them to conduct their temporal concerns, have had a first reading in the house of delegates.
An immense number of insolvent petitions have been presented.
A petition for an Insurance company has been presented, read, and referred to a committee.
The report of the committee of claims has been submitted, and printed by order of the house.
The following remarks are taken from an excellent Sermon, preached by Dr. Dwight before the Connecticut Convention, July last.
Government is rendered effectual by two great engines—force and persuasion. Force is the instrument of despotism, and persuasion of free and rational government. To produce persuasion, it is always necessary to inspire confidence. To inspire confidence in subjects towards rulers, it is necessary for subjects to be satisfied, that their rulers are possessed of knowledge to discern, and of virtue to aim at, the general good. To inspire confidence, in rulers towards subjects, it is necessary for rulers to be satisfied, that their subjects possess knowledge to discern, and virtue to approve, the real wisdom and equity of public measures. With these prerequisites, rulers will with confidence pursue the public interest; and subjects will with equal confidence support their administration; without them, the ruler, fearful and suspicious, always in perplexity & always in danger, will feel himself obliged to have recourse to art, cabal, and contrivance, to keep in motion the wheels of government; and subjects, anxious, jealous, and impatient, will continually fluctuate between hope and fear, flock at every call to the standard of faction, and prove the prey of every demagogue.
Calumny against the several officers, employed in governmental duty, is one of the most obvious methods of weakening government. The esteem of the community is, in all countries, an object of no small importance to persons in public agency; but, in this country, it is of the highest importance. The magistrate, here, is raised above others by his office only; and the esteem, which he wishes to obtain, is the esteem of his peers and companions. To deprive him of this esteem is to deprive him, in a sense, of his all; and to do it wantonly and maliciously is to act the part of an enemy, and a savage. "Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people" is equally a law of revelation, and of common sense. If rulers, transgress, and act with fraud, or injustice, the path of regular impeachment is open, and ought to be pursued. Mere political slander is the result of ambition, or of malice; and is as mischievous in its effects, as base in its origin. The length to which it has already proceeded, is great; the length, to which it will proceed, cannot be calculated. A small degree of foresight, will, however, enable us to decide, that, should it not be checked, the possession of office will, of itself, be esteemed, ere long, an adequate proof of dishonesty.
Extract from President FITCH's valedictory Address to the Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, at the first Commencement at Williams College, (Mals.) September 2, 1795.
"IN a country so extensive and growing, it is important that many should be well versed in jural science. Our Laws protect us in the enjoyment of our dearest rights; and it is necessary that we have men, whose professional business it is, to understand and explain them.
"Jurisprudence is also highly useful and necessary as it relates to the important science of Legislation. In this you may be called to take an active part. In this we are deeply interested, as men, as citizens and as christians. We live under a form
of government, the best in the theory and practice, that ever was devised by the wisdom of man. We are members of a Republic, which notwithstanding some present unfavorable appearances of groundless jealousy and discension, will probably one day encompass the most numerous, free, enlightened and happy people, that the sun ever saw united under one system of national policy. If this should not be the case, it will be chargeable to our own stupidity, folly and wickedness. No nation ever set out with such advantages for becoming great, virtuous and happy. No nation, in modern times, has experienced such signal interpositions of Providence. And if, after all, we sink into vice and crumble into factions—if, forsaking real Liberty, and the true spirit of our Constitution, we follow that ghostly Phantom of Liberty and Equality which stalked from the Pandemonium of the Jacobins, with eyes darting fury, and hands dipp'd in the blood of more than half a million, we shall see the same tragic scenes of devastation, bloodshed and horror re-enacted in this peaceful country. We shall see our happy Constitution trampled in the dirt, and a despotism erected on its ruins more sanguinary and intolerable than that of Turkey. To ward off these evils, and to ensure the blessings which Heaven holds out to us, you are bound, young Gentlemen, to contribute your share of labor, wisdom and patriotism. Fix it in your minds that you can never do too much for the Country which gave you birth, which has afforded you the advantage of a liberal education, which embosoms your dearest friends, and which protects you in the enjoyment of the best civil and religious rights. Reflect on the wisdom, fortitude, piety and patriotism of your ancestors, on the welfare of the present generation, and the happiness of unborn millions. Be the supporters of law, justice, and the constitution, the protectors of injured innocence, the patrons of virtue, and the benefactors of mankind."
From the COLUMBIAN HERALD, Published at Charleston, (S. C.)
Messrs. Harrison & Bowen,
Many insinuations on the treaty have been made by some worthy and respectable men, who are opposed to it from principle. The treaty I think is defective in some points, but I confess my greatest objection to it is, that it has given an opportunity to every knave to come out from his lurking place and insult the public, by setting himself up for a patriot. Men, who for their misdeeds, had found it convenient to be secluded from public observation, now come daringly forth and depend on the present supposed discontent of the people to raise themselves to importance. They are credulous enough to fancy, that torrents of invective against characters heretofore revered, will wash away the remembrance of their own infamies, and that in the depression of others, they will be elevated. But they grossly mistake the public opinion; the people of this country are warm, but they are generous; if they are really in wrong condemning, they are not slow in exculpating; if a few can be deceived by the professions of the unworthy, the many are keen sighted enough to see through their paltry artifices and to despise them more than ever. The American public will not easily forget the services the virtues, and the patriotism of their old and tried friends, and when the first impressions of a mistaken irritation are removed, they will abominate the impostor who took advantage of their warmth to excite their resentment against their best friends: they are not so pur blind as to mistake calumny for patriotism, nor so ignorant of their own interests as to place confidence in men whom they have long been accustomed to despise: they will not easily be disposed to trust their great public concerns in the hands of those to whom they would not entrust their smallest private concerns, nor will they easily be persuaded that a man of a notoriously bad private character can be a faithful public officer. Whatever short lived applause these pretenders may meet with, in certain emergencies, from the ignorant, the passionate or the prejudiced, they will relapse into their former insignificance as soon as things are restored to their settled state, when even their few admirers will unite their detestation to that of the rest of the world. Let these restless disturbers then recollect, that there are men so bad that the only chance they have of avoiding universal execration, is by keeping themselves in obscurity; let such men not presume too far; patience beyond a certain point ceases to be a virtue; the ears of some of them are thought to be pretty callous, but a tale might be told which would even make them tingle.
NESTOR.
Marine Intelligence.
Arrived at the Port of Philadelphia. Brig Pilgrim, Earl London 56 days. Capt. Earl left London the 17th Sept. and the land's end the 21st. He spoke the Schooner, Capt. Day—5 days from Boston, bound to Martinique, who supplied capt. Earl with a barrel of bread.
Notice is hereby given that an attachment was issued out of the inferior court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cumberland, in the state of New Jersey, returnable on the twenty-fifth day of February last, against the goods and chattels, rights and credits, lands and tenements of George Hutz (not being a resident at that time within the state of New Jersey) at the suit of Jonathan Ballinger, indorsee of Job Butcher, which was levied by the sheriff of the county of Cumberland "on a certain sloop or shallow called the Fly of Philadelphia" with its appurtenances, as by the return of the said sheriff will more particularly appear—and notice is also hereby further given, agreeably to the direction of an act of the Legislature of the state of New Jersey in such case made and provided, that unless the said George Hutz shall appear and give special bail to answer the suit so as aforesaid instituted against him by the said Jonathan Ballinger, within such time as is prescribed by law, "that then and in that case judgment shall be entered" against the said George Hutz "by default, and that the said sloop or shallow so as aforesaid seized on the said attachment" will be sold for the satisfaction of all "creditors who shall appear to be justly entitled to any demand thereon, and shall apply for that purpose."
Dated at Salem, in the county of Salem, in the said state, the thirty first day of March A.D. 1795. GILES, Clerk. Lucius Horatio Stockton, Attorney for the Plff. April 1