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i - ..J. . r. 1 r ..VI Ml '. T AST night, an 10 the fobfcriber's witting man MERCURY, Orally Well known about Wilmington and down. the river, as an artti!, rogmlh, drunken rci low To ttraoeers the following Jef- .fcript ion. may be neceflary: Mercury is j ei" a dark mulatto of thin vifage and make, . P about five feet teitiTnchcs.ijaJ) and-twen- 'ty.cighi yeartof age, he is- hardy . and' ex pe rt about, hotife, . -kitchen,, garden , AableaieTftsMUTAtty g ' and glaring, very civil and tnohncrW "when fobe r , bu im fo) e n,t a ad q u a r re! t owe when, intoxicated, which is nearly is often as he can get'at liquor, lo that no depend ence is to be 'placed on '"Trim Had on when he weiit away, grey coating jacket ' 3nd pantaloons, byt Carried offwith him other clothes a m on git which arc blue cloth-pantaloons and coatee. TrTa for mer attempt toefcape from fuvke,.he . th toped himfelf on board a .vinei as a. cook, and pJTed as a frectmn , by' rhd ; name of Jack, it is therefore-, pfpbabte he will al er his name, endeavor to leave the Pate, by water, A ycry, generous reward will .-be paid fpr delivering him at Belvedere or lodging him in jail j'fcnd ON F. HUNDRED DOLLAR n conviction qf anv perfon harbouring hiin on board a velTel, with intent to car ry htm out of the State .or port. If hc be harboured on more :the offender will be profecvittd-with the' utmolt fevertty, and 34i harulfome reward paid .on" proof being made of the offence. BENjAf SMITH. ..Wilmington, June 3. ': . .. - NEW-YORK, May 15 Lift evening arrived '.he brig Hope, opt. Le?, 15 days from Cape-Francoit. Capt, Lee failed fronj the Cape on theaSih of A pril, having ber.n detailed there by ihe g:. trrnntcni upward of to month4, a ex. - peritneirg every f rir$ of opprelfion and ini jullirc. dp:atn Lee mformt 11$, that two l ay 1 prior to' hit leaving Cape. Krancoi, ai iniervicw had takci place at ilaut-du-Cap (a.vil u 1 rttdet fro u ihc Cape) between the commindftr in chief Le Clrrt, av.d General . t'm illoiihe j but 'ha1 1 he re fult of the confer ence b.d nt heew .officially madi known. The ' moll plcaling rendu bom were, however, drawn or. the fubjetl ; and lucre fcarce re. ifainrd a doub' but ;hvt Chriflophe hadjnego . cia rd tcrmt for himfelf and hi trior..' at he Wit 10 he in thi Cape (he rly th lbpc fil ed, and prenara ton were mikinjr t receive and entertain him, by General Hardy,' Gene, ral of Dtvifion of ile North, ' With whnrh Chrifljjhe wai that day to dirie.' Virioui fpcruUtintii were abroad, ti to the pro'iability cf theM e i vcft'or. ueo. Joniuni, oeing a paitv to ChriflophrS irratigementt. Vat brl) it firmed, and thofe b'.fl aio. tainted with Chi.il-ir.ic' chirrte r, wee pofnively of opi nion 'h4i he wuuid no' conclude lay uree tren', 10 which hit old chief wat not a party or inteieitrd. rrcm trie publicity, ad tonn of (he i'ljience at ilaut-dii-Cap. ItliSr doobl can e entertained on thii fbiett. Genera Cbriflophe wimtd not come wi h p ih French lin-i, un'il a white officer of equal rank vrai friit over at So flag ; and then be eo ered with every tnthtiry pomp and taride t the ti"-'irg not thai of traitor fleiliug Of'POHunt'V to betray b'l truH, Ihete cirrurBiuncc ditl.ilcd t genrral jiy throitihoji he Laps Tuwn; tre unbriura i'lhab.on 1 of (hit ill-fated ci v. looked fyr ward to tSm at the w drome harbinrtu eace,and at Unph bcc,an to induce the hof tpat 'ft reriod 01 toetr irv oD'ei were dtvif ,' to a cl fe. N mate ial profefi had bees iM!f in the itbuildii ? rf .lit i).t hen capt Lee fai'icd ; nor bad ny change fr the If iter ukcti place in the treatment .hat die Americana receive froo the variowt dtpinmnui Uii4trh wbiih ihi y weie r.ecefFatcd o do their b jiu rtf. f.vr y de'ay anJ piocialination con tioucJ to he prafufed, nor it .rpotTVe it tt lt the lead diipa'.ch but by the .meant of tnV. Not a It I had been ilfjed far the rrovifio'i. Ac. bat " g 3errmem had takti f rum our cargnet but which wai rfl pi f r in 1 p-oaiMtooate ri'ia, to h fjbalieru offircft an I cl.ttt. Gn emm-m had difci n lin i'd 10 rM in rei'ii'nion (triy rt'iild'o pif.ifiin that bid ia civ arrivrd Liu fe re wave! al thai mHne. t, tot t'.cfe law piull ft. I be ,tnfii, at tl.rir own pneet 10 fO'iilitiotu, At aIJi uiai At' of tea per -. rnt'ir i 00 ihs who'i 3a per tnt had been cilabl (hfd on a!l dcfcripiHint of dry f d, nni the tiiau'iUn-jr? of Frnt, or rnii ironnrif lm Fi'ncb hi on. Capt. Rn:rt 10 rtf uavia.at ni'i t nO d in ti.ft (vnfineinf K in a dark 'dMgoi, anl An tb foirtmB gadliUnart.e. Tm Htt'p A r, of N. York, wat p'ibhel caidern;itd by beat , Ui iu m?1 (ffosfi ft ( aud ft'te'accufaiiaat, Cjp;an Lrt f-rhtr mf.-rn, iSf ihtte t'r fprlanl 1 !f iH iii4 ( Si, PHILADELPHIA, May j- Dnring the prefent Feffion of the Re publican CoBgrefs and under the prefect Republican Adraini drat ion the expences of the Republic have beea'leffepeel one million nine huhdre'd anil fixtecp thott fand fevetij huntlrcd aud nine ;"dlUrsf- eijhry-hvc-'cents are the above with tfcc-.clsrof the ( late adtpiniftrationj which 13 00s yrar lencrcafed the annual expenditvrt four millions beyond the. revenue, ! . V The -following, queftion is fubmitted vrtth 1 all due dctfrehce, to the whole fe deral party and if their virtue end fa fii editors will but 'defcend to .give a candid reply, and "not aberrate or this we k VrtiiVli d thcv'flo On other DOintS, (iuli afterwards give ourf reafons foraflc If rhirirfthe arimtril Iration Ot iVl r. Adams, , the conduct purfucd by the Br i ti(h in capturing our vcflets and prdfing our feamen, had received equat- repre henlion with ihe caoturesby the French, d that congrels thatightit adviteabic to p all mtercourfc rv.it h the, , BritiQi ; if- lands, to ilfuf letters uf marnue'and re prifal, and even fit out veflels of war to canture Brttilh vefiels. to declare trea ties null and void, and that a - French miniftc-f lliould advife Mr. Adams t enter with him into a plan for making the ifland of. Jamaica independent," m! declarinu one of the rcfjdents in that if and its governor, ana that Mr. Adams Ihould cnrai;c in that plan, what would he defervc, reward or punuhment l Mure Cluu. The Lhcvalier Uayajd the hon.Mi. Otis, who talked lo much oruterly about the ffiia irtlb, and ano ther who completes the precious I nd Mr. KutTell, have been very bufy W armi'ip iheneon'e of ivlaflachuletts.wuh s" about a rrcncliloan, an invaiton ro;n at. ijomintio. c. v uai umu the people of Europe think, ot our re- prefentativcs, wlto could rtelcend to men meancis. u ! no .v wiu wuno.it utven an fliall -Teach Par is, I have a Hittc daubr, that, with whatever politenefs he thiy be treated, the Trench goveryrnent Will. ak him for his autliority,and if they find he has none from the then PreiiJent they it r r 1.: -l - -' f 1 . win rci.uje mm tneir confluence. , Further couverfation enfued, which that day terminated in a poilponement of thenominatioti, uodejcjaj-qifgr frornlirne of thefedera"l members" to obtain an ex planation of the grounds on which it was made. ";'"""- , ' "';- The riext JayLa leading federal meno berlnformed the fetiate that he. was ati horifc(f to fay that if the nomination of Mr. Bayard was approved, he would rje cline the . appointment. The member aifo exprefled a hope, that, under fuch cirdumitanccs, the techngs of Mr. Bay aid could not be wounded by rejt&ioh. The'afair being thus underftoody-it is believed the concurrence of the. feoate was unanimous. 1 Thefe fats would not hive been pub limed but for the frequent attempt to miflead the public mirid on , the clrtjurn Itarices attending this tr an faction.', AVILiMING T ON "joncs Extraftjif a letter frtn a gentleman in Cape Francois, to bis arrepondent in yC.harletljn, Aafd v Caf e-Francois, May 8, 1802. " I have-the. pleafure of addrflfins you, to :nr... nu.-.n 1 j t . ?: . 1 . y ' - v ' ,,"u'",a 7uii "' -niiiiujuc nu 1 ounaini nave Viri!ini3y It follows that Contrtfs tf,irri.nrlri.ii ;! ii-ir m;M ri- r 1 I. ! . . .1 .L - . .!.). f . ' itavcnvt appropnatcu t.t money , mil trie latter ot. thrle men hat been permited from the walers emptjing irf 0 1 the At- antic to the new ttate, on condition tnat the new (late fliall exempt a!) lands fold by th? U. S. from taxation for 5 years. By this contract material advantages will accrjtie to the UQited States and the new uate. i oe new roans wjii-en. hance the value of the lands 'belonging to the Umtcd StatcusV which cqoftitute an immenfe mafs of prooeriy-, -atKl the reedotrt from taxation will itilr further increafe their value ; -while at the, fame time thefejwo circumftances will greaf- y t;icilifare" and -entrcale emigrauon. which wili dill further augment the va. tie ofth; pVopiny of the United States. It is evident therefore that on thefe terms thsre is aa honorable reciprocity ; mere is a ercat gain ro both parttes which would not attach to wither inde pendently of che contracts CO'UThiuUKA Uullurl this is fa'fe. 1 he annual edimate of the fale ot lands is 4oo,ooc.dollars, which Mr. Grifwold on the floor of Congrcfs has pronounced too high, one t wentieth part ot which u ho more than 20,000 Rollers. . T repair the rtadi in Virginia I ; When the terms offerjijj areaccetled to, it . refts with , Congrefs to fay how the roads'lhailibc run. According to trieir difcreiion, theymay run through any Hate that may -be fixed on, ' and it is as probable thatthey will oafs through Pennfylvania or Maryland, as through kc.Aur era., it does not re It with the orefent Cqrigrefs to appropriate it; and that when it fhall be appropriated, it may not. have the lea (l application to Vir ginia. . " , No. 'II ' ' : Frtni the Recorder, printed at Richmond. Mr. Bayard.- " Another important occalion ot honell forbearance bv Mr. liayard may be recorded alfo " Short y before the adminirtrat ion of Mr. Adams cude l, Mr. Bayard was re- Kitumended by him. as ambalfadtr to France; ihc'fenate approved; fothat Mr. to retire to hit plantation ; the other it at 'a fmall diftance from the Cape. lam in hopet to inform you foon of the fare of Deflalline, who llill relifts, and ii determined to facrlfice hit life fooner than be t.iken. Much praife is due to.tbj condurt and humanity of Gen. La" plums, at Aux-Cayei, who eCeivcd hit ordert from ToufTaint to commence. a getteial facrt. nee ihould 'he frenco attempt to bind their ttoop-'hiit hit noble, bii humane foul, dif. jained airallinaiion and 'rebellion ; he faved the lives of many, and the town from dcf. IruAion; the fotuKtnd wed fides of theiffmnJ htve 001 fnffcred ma.erialtv, at the rtvohert trcre roucfi be ter d:fpofed there 'han here. W A c:tJ 1 VfiTt iM . Twfsv ' I Mavarrl miuht hv !m n'tii, A.. I ' Tlie FrnrK lli'll rnnii.n. m r.... ... j, nuii i i' . j . .. - - -j,... - - ....iiai.ij uiwii - w n gi i jlefterday Mr. Lear arrived here from j from the treafury, 18,000 dollars for one1 A"' an 'hreatcnui if our condufl doet ape-Francois. f . ".. I year's laltry and outht. Itiflead ot this , p cnangeioon, they will lend ore hundred We ljrniut on the rctur.i of gene- he did noihiog until Mr. Jcffctfon took . u,ana, 1 rencn 'na "(,ni',cr Atne-ic ; thfr ral Le Clcrc frttm Port-au-Prince, he the helm. Mr. Bjyard then difcovered 1 lo niwe ? ,,run. "P,IT oir govern. that the appointments would 'not-bcl T" !A". J 8en''rm ch.eFto.he continued by Mr. leffcrfon : and he 1 '""T- 1 - . , , . mmuj nipitni reiwecn ICie (wo court. with Kreat propriety and lioneQy per- (rie,eb or.lv, ,1. .rmy ,lt I, h,w .,11 anted the money to remain in the ;ihchntd t give ut the fra emal hug. Tb , treafury... ' j ifland . feemt to l jk tip produce it hi ore- l hut it .k.. .V f.... f...i.:.i...if... ..rr ' r ,1 . ' tii. . iai9 mat ins 111.41UI 1 , ivui imvii iu nine (VIICC, run outiitv. t ot the United States is richer by 33,000 f fng'"t 7 10 7 ,,a i ronon, 59 tfollars than it would have been, if Mr. dollars; Cour, 9 dollan ; beef, it dollat; flickering and fvlMBayard had ufed to..Pori . nee, doCart ; w ne, 44ioi. their Iher own advantatie the benefit which the law did allow. So that'll a 1 . appears itiat lome ot the moil leading federal chara&ert are not only . miicli beitg- than they have' been rcprefented, informed iMr. Lear that from an exam ination of the treaty between .France and t,he United States, and from the naiuieof hi fLe Cletc'sl povyerj,. he id not think himlclf auth'rifed , to re- coji)iae him in tc character rf confui of the United States. Mr. Lear accjrd- iiyly took hie leave. vVe underlland that th treaty culy authorifes the United States to fer.d con- fuls to thi: European "pcfTcflions ' of Francr, and tlut pttvioufly to the jctr 1706, no American coufuU were recei ved in the French Veit-lndits. I... 'I I L II iiij. 1 iirrc on oecn an additional duty n ''7 g00'' which ncirtf iid ijim o i prohi. bmon. are at p'efent ve y fickly here, na (rest number a:e daily. A new tandidate for the fame of the When Mr. Lear f tiled AaKiLan pro. but have Qed with a degree of " . I , ft . "me.0r' e - be- and honor which tlefcivc. public i.ciice 1 ' CI " , J".!. LCI c'" ? V .....l..!. 11 ......... t, u. 11.KUV jonn cwart, whom. li.i4iiic. Ifies Dr. Miirn..1l t I - "Vlf k VVi1!'' duce was cx'ttmcl' low. 'I lie day be tore he departed, the Bitavian fleet, confilliiin of 1 hios of the line, had failed for Ncw-Y'ik. - FtDiRAL MUKCP? HE STAT lOat. No. I. unjcrtnis chsrac::nu,c neat, it is proofed, in general with coticifcncfs, to dcicdt and exprefs thole talcs which have been f lavifblv itnpolc 1 upon the ere hiii y of.!i iuuiraut. It .is deeply 10 be regretted, that falfchctods of the inoit baneful nature fltouU be circulated tiirouch the union, and particularly to at: T" t. r .l t 1 t rum rcq'.nrei a notice i tna aoove t. ,.,...., ' - , . . , iviii bws tt 114 1 11 rr ; tiye penned, has 4 tsr.tlency to produce an nnjtid imprelTiKii on thepablic mind. 1 he tacit attending the r'ir,intion (for we canrot call it ait ajpoint mentjof Mr. BaysrJ, are tlitfe. After (Mr. JeBcrlon w&3 deciarrd rrefideiu ; elect, and but a few Adamj retire I from timed Mr. Bayard tentiary to France. days before Mr. olhce, the latter mtnilkr plenijo- The noininatian produced fuch furiirifc in the lenite.' the the extreme part of the country, where I majority ot which vjas at that time de they aie not eafily corrected. It is flill j votcdly federalr that it waf fiirTerd to lay over for a day or two.' Whin taken more to bci regretted that there tales fhtuld lake their origin in ihi tnetro.io Us, and that too many of them lhauld prtveed from men v. ho have fworn to fuppoft the C'tvcrnmcnt under which npt a leading federal number, whofe oppor tttiities had made him peculiarly iaco'ianind 'with the French character, n-ir, atu: lutiteiii the vuc-rrcii Jcnt weliye Boc the more cller.f-bly nf. (M-. Jcfcrfonl who lbc prefided in the icnate, luDitiinully in the . follow imj words : , Mr. Prcfi lent, tcforc I. cive my approbation to this nomination, 1 Ihould whhto kuow whether Mr. Bayard will screeable to ihe cenilcinan ho is to adinminer ihe government from the 4th 01 Mart 1 next. If the ennmrv bean " a a I 4 vfpnprnted r fwend in the affirmative, I fhall-inufl titmrvti. IctHtrfullf acouiefce. But if this (hall peel able ihc fturce from which they e.u tnate, the greater the necefTity of car- teaion. TliU duty llull b difvhattd notwitl.rtin litiif the exatnole that is le. with an invariable legatd to temperance ana iiecoiutn. A Uritilh Print fays t Alillir fr-m Jl'sjhtnj'tii fat lh(tt 40, 3)i 4itA' r ,ne firm ift Cotitnft it tfpiir the Rojit i .i is at'.citct is i pahuble laCl. Inotbe the eafe.'and H thle honorable Kfprd the circwmlhncei vn whuh leenilcmm t-o to Paris without fuch ad ' raiicij, lntie, I have n. doubt he will he I le atl for rlinitttnt th? Norih.Vtr. I treated ith th. jrcaif! noliteneft. he tern Territory a t. Ihtu into the union. I ill be introduce to ib belt comov. oircrilu the new (late the rtjo) me.it of he wi I betaken to the yatiiui mufeums, lh lilt ( r! . nn t ... iW I . . L. til u .. I . f Unitert Matcl, and alio to devote one I tb emhiUV B.n. rnifinuth at a ciilrti . , .. .. r . . 1 1- .... uwi.., tweutietn part 01 the annual urreds ol other than the mfent Pitfident wl l be ...... II .... I .. J. .1. 11 . J.l! .. '. in rotr before Hit Iioiifraaie gentUintn linta fd t.f tie lor, ao4 i? ftiji.it. the wtfterti ht.s tu the making toads I MAKKiF.D At Fayettfvillc, otvMondny the 14th tilt, lohn WipQoxtfq. toMifsCaro- mc ive icyicr,'Doth 01 that town.' Fromjfo RaUim,re ftitrol Gizitte. The following letter with its iticlo fures, war this Ujy ictcived by the brie bpartan. . LAPi FaAMcois, April 16, i$ci. MeJ'rs. Vm:dt V Dnuintt Or NTltUXN. I iuJofe vott herein in addreCs la Tobias Lear, Kfq. from the Americati uiv.tii.nia iiaoiiuicu in inia vit. on his dfj-irtuic and.difinifTal Ly tlie cap. taln.jjener'al of this Colony, and hit iu fwer thereto, which you are at liberty, if you plcafc, to publifb he is ji good nun, uaJ worthy the confidence, which . I. - . . t at. ..." me executive ot the United iUUJ had placed in him. Ablulutely I am ifrai.l to tive vou any accounts relative to the atltul Atu. atian nf this Colony, and the treatment mo Americans meet with fincral v. . yapt.Jihn Kutgcrtand a captain "- wiiimii in me unp 01. 1 jo tn.ngo Pa.kei, ,f Philadelphia, have been iinj.rifiMicd qv fcveral days with, outacaufe being alfyt.ed for the rr.ta. lure ao-i rone ot their friends aie jatr. niiited to coiicif. or fwpj ly them witti een thf cuoimoo rttel'aties of life.' ' Ibelioe ctry cnfonienUI Amrri. ran t(lab!;fhmtf t will fhottly nutt this counuy, or Sit foon as their aftairs will ftiroiu Tina is ay dciiirnioatiorw t v! . . tit ' i I-
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