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fubjecls or government of either of the comr-cl g pantos, if, however, it fhulc happen that any fuch veUds th- uW conn iaro their potts, torccd umber by Itrci. of weather or rue drners ot the lea, allpcoper meahYlfiaii be vigo.roufly er ' ployed to oblige them to d.part hrtmi thence, and to wtn.draw thtm'elves as lpeeuily as prCmle.',' (Seventetnh arti cle Of the treaty of Paris of 177&) This laft chuf a evident ly , between America and Fr..u P, a lort of privilege, by which every omer nation wasexdud ed. Ii was, indeed, the only diftinguifh ing feature of the treaty which-denoted the good w:i of the '.Americans towards rtlji French. Why, and how did the two nations then avail themfelves of this aid, at a time when America was relol ved to njake conltaniiy a common caufe with' the French, and confidered that vhe Englifh coild not be kept at top "great a Pittance from her-ccuft. .ft may he. per ceived, tint this article rouft Jjave great ly embarralTed the Anop 'Ambalfador. Lord Grenwlle pjcgnvsQ tilac England fliould be treated its the molt favored na tion : a little fineffe got the better of this embarraflmenr. '" The above article, ac cordingly, of the treaty of 1778, was copied, nearly word for word, in the treaty of i794 Thus, on the one hand, the French are conftantly in polTelfion of ptcLUSiVE privilege, the exclusive -M . 1 .LI i . 1 . ' . p ifjfiH'ao or wnicn n,ngiana acquires. We cannot fail to admire this fubtlety ! Mr. Jay, apparently apprehenfive of the clamours vhich would naturally be excited by lb formal an infraction of the treaty of Pari took care to introduce into that of London a reltri&ion which it would n04.be ami Is to quote : Nothing herein contained Iha'l be ei ther interpreted, r Hull operate in a manner contrary to public Treaties, an cient or exiuui, wnh other Sovereigns or States. And the twocontr..li ,g par ties agree, that iu future, there Hull not be formed by either ot them, any treaty .k:L lU ,1! t.t !. , -i m 11 1 i 1 ' 1 k , u ,1 It r)i prtlVnt article." Ca.t a more fca ndalous and wrcrched quibble be found any w here ? Is not this uiuOMl-tion, which, howpvfr, the Americans appeared to be j'atish'ed, ab furd in the extreme ? Hov tan fuch a (luile be reccncled with the other two "articles? If the Enghlh, coming with a French prize into an American 01 1, are received in that port, the treaty of 1798 is inlringed ; if they are not received, the treaiy ot 1 794 is infringed. The Imputations contained in the arti cles which have been precedingly anaht ed, might, at lcaft, not have depended a:r !i r on the will and ad of the Uni ted Urates : but rhis one is on their fide, a formal, free and voluntary conceiiion. Whatever lubteliiesmiy be employed to cover thij want of good f dtn, it it not lefs certain, that after having fublcribed the art'de of the firit: treaty, the Atneri cans could tot, without a palpable viola, tton ot it, fuhl'cribe the frcond. l-'r no rn'e(e facte it appears to be a m it er of furprze that a Legflator of France fhould enter into a formal defence of the treaty of 1794 It It tfTenti-1 that thefe notio is, reduced to fimpte terms, fliould beeltablilhed, to the end (hat the conduct which, the French goverament ought to obferve at this time towards the American negociators iWjld be ap preciated. BOSTON, January 12. Cap t. Nutting, in thejhip Union, arrived this mining, in 16 4V from Rotterdam, informiThat he received a Utter jufi be fire he failed from Mr, Gerry , one our C'MmijJionrrs Extra, to France, which mentioned that they ha I been politely rr th . Jbv the Mini (I er of Fortign Affair s, hut that tbn would mt be received by the French Qjverntntnt f Hr Cen t -jcnt to Europe in the above From Franc. S varhu a' et he rebvrtt and opinions in circulation refpeSing the reception, 6c. of our enviyi extra, to France, tl at we can not hut jSsJ with Sbabefpear ... Hum .r it a pipe, " Blown hv furm'fc 1. irahufin ,con'yQuret, Ad of eafy and Ik plain Itep, Ibat th' hlunt monter with uncounted heed Can pUy ufOH it." I CONGRESS. HOUSE of IUPlltbtNTATIVES. Tuetday, Jan. 1. Mr Sea well, ,iomie committee apoin ted ro cake into configuration that ptt C ot tlutVrefeoeut'aipeech wnkhrflaiea to tiie pioteaipn of coiumerce and the dejfei.ee of thej-eauntiy made a further report. The coHVmiHce ftates, tha.t tuit her appro a. pnations are neceiury rortne compfctioi of tle frigate, f or an account of whjc'.i they refer to the documents trom fiO '-'e' L pet" departments which accompany tfifcii rpnrc. A-ny aoo nate tiiat unvj two m the revenue cutters are fit to be armed and equipped in the manner directed by C011-. grefs, viz. one on the Virginia Itation, and one in the Delaware ; that the formei only had beeir armed for want of being able to procure the neceflary cannon, l he committee report lour reloluuous, tor( the adopt ion of the houle. The tirft tor the turn of dollars: for completing ad equipping fo lea "the threefagates. ' The fecondTTdi the fum of dollars, for the pay and fiibfiftence for the iteVm of. ; - year, of ' the officers and cre,f on board the taKl rigote, and dollars for ammunition, &c,. The third, to authoriie the Frefi leot. to procure whene'er, in this opinion, the fituation of the cotintry fhall require it, not exceeding - - vellcls, fuitable to be employed for the proici'tinn of ouriea cnalts, and to caufe thle fame to be armed and equipped on the fame terms as are directed tor the na val armament, and that there be appropri ated not exceeding ' dollars tor the purppfev Tile fourth pi opofes to authorice the Prefident to cll iblilh, in the lame eliu'tble fituation, a Koundary, to be employed iu cuffing ot c annon tor the ufe - ofgo.vern ment, and that dollars be appro priated for purchafinga neceflary building and materiajs, and to defray ottief expeii" ccs attending 1 he ell .x. li(huient. The documents from the WarTJepart- ment accouipnnying this report, agree with the eilimatcs produced the other (la) v when the lubjevft of an appropriation for the frigates was under cor.fi leration, as far as they relate to the finifhing of the frigates, except that the balance remain ing unexpended ot the laft appropriation,' then dated at 35,454 dollars. This dif. ferauce reduces the edimate tOj-115,833 dollars. In addition to this fum, there is alio an eltimarefor the pay and fubfidence of the officers and crew for a year, Sic. which brings the total fum wanted to 390, 212 dollars. Tins report was committed for Monday next. Adjourned. Wednelday, January 17 A menage was received from the Prefr lident as follows : Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the Uoufe of Rcprefenta tives, The fituation of affair between the Uni ted States and the Cherokee Indian hav ing evinced the expediency ufa treaty with that nation, for the promotion of Jullice to thrni as well as of the interells and convenience of our citizens, I have nominated, and by and with the ronlent of 1 he Sen vie, appointed commiflionets Id hold conferences, and conclude a treaty, as early as the feafon of the year, and the convenience of the parties will admit. As we know very well, by experience, that fitch negotiations cannot be carried on, without confiderablt expences, 1 re., commend 10 your coirfi deration, the pro priety of making an appropriation, at this time, for defraying luch as may be netell; ury for holding and concluding a treaty. I h it you may form your judgment wiih greater facility I Anil dircn th proper officer 10 Uj f.cfore you, an efti m .we of fuch articles and expences as may be thought 1 1 id if pc 1 liable - (Signed) JOHN ADAMS. United States, January 17, 1798. The melTige was referred without 0 I 1 iii, hi, totne committee of the whole on the Teiinellee bufiuefs. he did, on feeing fome others of a more iinot's fhorkinaifhip, he aikt-d tor oneot them ; on tns ttooping to examine them, n Malay thi utt a knite into his body . Capt. 1'. on receiving the wound f prang for his own veflll, but tell between her and thai Prow into the water, the Mate,-with. con fiderable exertion got him in the cabin window, he lived about 40 minutes. On the captain's being wounded, the action began general. Thomas Page, and the Linguitt were killed on board the Prow, the Malay Chief and 10 of his crew killed, and in about half an hour they were beat off. Few men have been more beloved than capt. Page ; his amiable manners were peculiarly calculated tofecure gene ral efieem, and all Who knew him bear teftimony to his worth. To the public his lois is great, but to hi family and more immediate connections it. is irreparable. NEW-YUKK Jan. I?.; We are informed that a gentleman who ame pallenktr in the lay , and left Lon don on the rath Nov. (favs the 'commer cial Advertifer) that on t he day of Ins de parture, he law a gentleman that had left "Paris on the 3d'. Who informed him that ne had feenand converlied with Mr. Pinck who gave him to underltand that he Was preparing to return to Holland, where ie mould waic for further inltructious trom the American Executive. January 16. Captain Williams, of the Nymph, from Havre, gives us the fame information, rcf peeling the probability f an embargo on American vellcls, as capt. Tybee gave ; ad ling a report that all Americans would fo'on be arrelted, as they had already be an iu Paris to take them up and confine tlietn jn the Temple and that it was aJfo reported as he left tbe quay, the lotel de Boftbn at Paris, was f urrounded flith a guard, to fee that none made their dcape from thence ! rennnciation efttie prineTjpTes of tile tre. iy of 1704 and, in proportion as rhe de mands ot the Pieuch are admitted, the privilege of Great-Britain mult be facri. ficed. -L PUOV1DI.SC E, Jan. 9. Mr. Win, Margee, who arrived from Canton In the fliip Grand Turk, came 10 town fince our lafl He informs, that on their homeward bound paflage, In tht Straits of Bancn, they fpoke the Ship F.li XA, of this port, late eonMiiander capt. Wm.rage. Capt Catrr(the command n- in formed him that on the f ?tb of April tall, in the Straits of Java, they difcovered a prow with Malays on board s fippofing her a trading veflrl. thet apr difpatched a boat to her, on which fhe ceme along fide The LlnKuirt aflted if they were Traders t thry anfwered in the affirmative, upon which he, with the Capt. Thomas Page, and another Seamen, went on board. Capt. Page, oMemht nine Weapons, req netted tht Malay Chief to give him one, which PHILADELPHIA, January 19. The fttenefaiy4f ftate ycftetoay recei ved a letter from Mr. Murray, oar tninif . er at the' Hague, inclofing a letter recei ved by him from Gen. Msr1h ill, tlated the 41ft October, Hating that the French go vernment had not ar that time recognized he American commiffioners, and that they expetH:ed that they would fhortly be obli ged to quit the republic. Yefterdav in ihe tenate of the United lutes, upon a motion for leave to brng a Din iu repeal 1 1c iav layng a uirv on damped vellum, Sec. made by Mr Greene, a member from Rhode Ifland, in purfuance ot inftrucboTis from that Hate 'he yeaf& nays were afcfoilow : Yeas Meflrs. Anderlou, Hlnod worth, Brown, Fofter, Greene, Jackfon, Lang don, Livermore, Martin, Mafon, Taie. well 1 1. Njys MefTr?. Bingham, Chipman Goodhue, Gunn, Hdlnoofei Howard, Hunter, Latimer, Lloyd, Marlhall, Payne, Read, Koli, Sedgwitk, Tracy '5- fn the fenate of the United States, on the 17th inibnt, the following mo mn wai made: Kefolved, that a conmlttre be ap pointed to enquire whether any and what territory lying to the fouthward and wft vard of the Aate of Georgia, belongs to the United States, and to report a plan for governing the fame, and that the fjid tommittee be empowered to report by bill or, otherwile." WILMINGTON, February 8. The rrefid'nl of the United Stales, t and With the advice and content uf thr Se nate, has appointed riher Ames, liufhroa Ivajbtnffton, and lifted AUore, EJquires 'onntJioneis for btlatrg a treaty .nth the Clur'thee Indians, for the extinguifhment tJ the maun tutes to cirtaxn tanas tn theftatt of Tetmeffee From a London paper of Ocl. 26. The Redadeur of the 19th blft. which reached osyellerday, contains a long in eltigntion of the nature of the difpute be iween the French republic and the United State. From ibis paper it -appears, thai 'he grand ohjeel of complaint urged by the French goternmrm; i, the treaty of com enerce between this country and America negotiated In 1794. Prom the decided language which it fpeaks on points that ire immediaiely to become the fubjed of diplomatic ineftigation, it may be infer red th.it the Americans mn(l make great ronrefGous before they can apeafe the Fretich government. Tht event of this dilpme molt be of ferioui importance to this count 1 v, becaufe the conceflion de manded from the Amencaut mult be 1 Port of W ilmithgton. Schooner Jenoet, Low, Cberlefron. Betfey, M'llhenny, do. William, Burr, Port de Paix. CLEARED Sch'r Eliza, Crofs, " St- Croix. Phebe, Terry, New bern. Mary & Hellen, Broward, L River. Americana, Bell, New-Kork. " Nabby, Miller, v Surinam. Brig Bolly, Bullock, Barbadoes. Fair, Turner, New-Providence, Sloop Rofanna, Crocker, Curxacoa, On the. 2d uk. Opr. M'llhcnny fpoke a fhip from Newbury Port, bound to PK'irlnftnn T r Hint niitnn VittlP n;i((aiT took Capt. Pride and 4 men off 'be wreck of the floop Margaret of New. Port, bound from-Edentpn, N- C to New Port, ,R. I. 1' .. Extract from a pamphlet written by Be fa. moui Dr. John Vaughan, entitled ' Cb ffvations m Animal Elifiricity, 6r. 'f There are few difcoveries iii the heal ing art but what meet with tumultuous oppohtion, from the congregated legions of prejudice, ignorance & ambition , Some nominal phuolophers di (believe every pro pofit ion that does not accord with the iii fallible doctrines of their immaculate an- ceftors ; and others are lo extiemely alia - bcral. as to difcard every new pilnciple in which they can have no claim to intei ell. A ..1... ..... AWninl.l. til. I'llfflV U'P haVO in the degiading denunciations ot ihc Engl Mn pniTo fo phars , when the il I ut triors Df. F rankliii s difcovet y ot trie identity or Lightning and Elediricity was fir It ileliver- ed to the world. A fecond, no lels true, We bave in the difcovery ot Dr Pt rkins' Metallic O operation, which will like the former arife triumphant amidit the coun ter, but futile vociferation ot piejudice and ignorance. Some rejeCt the latter, bernufe they were not the inventors,.' Others quettion the teftimony of their feidts, be caufe they cannot explain the modus ope randi thereof, by referring it to the good WIM l Utl 1 II I V KM I W ail IIVi"".ii.j .-.-.v...., ... Stahl. Yet the happy day is perhaps not farditlaut, w hen envy jnutt fall a facrifice to truth, and behold this problem ac counted for, on a native law ot the ani mal oeconomy." Doctor Perkins, inventor of the Metallic Points or I raftor, has ta. ken lodilinizi tor a few days at D.'rfey's C 1 i. , Hotel, where he will be h; ppy to operate for the relief ot the afflicted, to give an opportunity to thole who wifhtt, lor the mod latisraclbry evidence ot their efilcacy that the nature ot the cafe will admit. He lias the Iuflniments with the uecef fury inltructions for fair Wilmington, Feb 8. Public j4ulion. On WEDNESDAY the 14th inftant, Will be Sold, on the fpot. THE Lot with improvements there- on, in Nutt's alley, occupied hy Mr. C i t-v liter. 1 he houle has latelv had ( rne improvements, as alio the b.ke houle with a Urge new oven. As the lame is now rented to the laid Mr. Crt vilhcr, actual polTellion cannot be immr diatelv given; but tlepurch-der will be entitled to tie rent from the day of I dr. lermsonc halt 10 be paid don in c fli, the other in fix months, with bond and approved lecurity. William Nutt. Wilmington, Feb. 5. tOR SALE, At the Printing Office, Wilmington, Superfine Lmer Paper, Com mon do. and Wri'g do. by the ream or quire. Wafers. Ojiillt. Blank Books of different (ittu A few copies of the Duties payable bp law on alt Goods, Wares aud Merchan. -ic. impcrted into the United States, after the Lit day of June, 1797. And a general adorrment of Blanks. Februarv t. ALMANACKS for the Year 1798, Sold at the Printing Office, price 12 1.2 cents. Jaosury lc
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