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r. Pi i i 1 1 i riltr. This nrertta'or is not yet known, adds The fame Journal. 1 he Kn- olfh papers however atfure tfs, that then: 'w:ll "be three negotaors, aid ymim-ou't Mctlrs. Eden, AuckLnd, and Lanfdowrj, ; Tune 26, fpoke the brig Betfey, M'Crea of VVifcallet, Irom Liverpool to Chariefton out 10 days. ,.- July 22. inlar, 22, long, cc, fe ul with the homeward hound Welt India fleet, of . . i . . k. ..... . J . L . ihe two hilt are known to ti e dpimnatic KO iaii,unucr convoy oi iwo 74 ai.u uuee .world, the TRwis o.e of she cc lebrated I tf, gates hact oeen out-5 weeks l'rembers ot the .oppoli ion. and ugneu tne fall peace with France. Spine Journals mention Lord bt. Helens inftead oj Mi' Eden. Lille w as ' chofen on, account of i.f 'I tlraph, and as being nearly iiiicr mediate between London and Pans, N E W - Y .U R K, Augujl'Ti. -; ' We have it in our power to lay before - the public, the following important pmi-U far wfe wonder that tins cou, . culars. A gentleman Irom Ireland rcxe.ve.il fo, 'b he ka, Q, wa and Z a letter on Thuriduyf evening , from fctfre ,; tins revolution, HaW connexions thare, itatirgthe dtfleijonin - that country ;s having riten to a molt larming pitch. That ihe duke ot Leinlt r hA AntHnfrA his titular b'tdce under cover to the King, acquainting his maj-lly, that fnfignia of rank and honor, that which had become a nvark of difgrace, and that he willied only to be known as an United i t iiiiinan. - .,,. That ihePcft-Malter-Genernlof Ireland had refigued his office, worth at lealt 3CC0I. flerhng per annum, declaring he couldno longer reconcile ti hiinfelt holding an of fice under the prefciit order of things, and "tliatihe alio is an United It ilhfnan. Iftat'theciiy of Dublin had proclaimed itfelufor the United JParty, and declares any attempts of the government to coerce tin m Will produce open rcbeiiion. Thq letter w as written in Dublin we ' ' vreurettwe have ffot been able to al'cenani Augufi 16. F.lejrant and Important EtracT. . ExtrtiJ of a letttr ftom a gen'.Umm in Fiance to his Jritnd in this city, dated May 30, 1797. " e.on afux writing to you from Rot terdam, 1 Vrt off alone to travel through he be-Hi'iiul ald well cultivated country ot lander ped thru' Antw erp and Bruf- iels, with which 1 wns very much pleated .1 hi d;. but the gentlemau by whom it. came wbs in the city only a few hours, and left it & y on Friday morning, without giving iwy great publicity to the accounts he had reeivcd. He lfad engaged, his pat fage to pkurn to Ireland, but thiiJetteV advifed him lo remain in ''America till he; hear femefping turther from home. We have every renem, Irom'thc rel'j cctibihry of our auihonty, to give: full ctcdu 10 the above. Auguft 14. General Fe:icc in Europe. Thu day arrived here tiie Idiooner Prol'ieri.y, capt. Marlin, in 15 d.tys from Si- Thomas's. A gcntlem: n who came pafi'etiger in the above fchopner, informs us, mat a few lnurs before he failed, a iir. King, (a g n tlemati of refpeeftabihiy) air.yed ijen. bom St. Kin's, and reported that the Shark flotp of w-,r had arrived at that liluid bom Barbadoes, (lie captain of which Said that a liriitih packet h.;d arrived there from Falmou.h, and bro't London aiceiums to the 20 h of June, which Itaied that a GF.NF.iiAL peace had been cor.crudcd in Kuiope one itipulaiiuit of whx!) w'ai, that tne in tun were 10 retain iU.u i;iiko mo i ridada. It is alio laid the private letters from St. K it's leciivtd at St. Thomas's, corrobo rated ihe report of Mr. King. As we icccivc it, wc gi'eu.j u-wi It. L'Pi night thpiSinp ?.l o , ca;n. Cufcadtn, In 8 weeks from LDndondcrry arrived here with fouls, all m good health; among wiiiiiii are anumuer ee ho lu longed to :iu Un tfl Ii i.'hnun. Uey fai'tdo.nhe i6th -of June, when that country tt ill iniiainid uniettltd. Un the 1 cth ot June, Uwu houfes of the United Irilhmen id and aboUl Londonderry had been burnt by the ro crn.fieut party, and one man hungiiwi bet! when 1 hey (ailed, who hid been Ihui ihl n ght bebie by a party ol fddietli Wc arc nromifcil Irilh n oris 10 the i.t h , ( w - . - ot Ju.if A we ohtaui them, we Otal! givt the (ontems to morrow. Amongu thole wht te houfei have been fct on fire- by the United !r:thman,are thr revd. Mr. J.unek Montgomery, the revd. Mr. Kallilon, and the revd. Mr. Htfniken, who are of the F.pdtopal an ptlftMflM the twola'.tcr w ere entirely conlumcd, but thefoimcr received little injury. It is worthy of rcin.uk, that out of at! the ; dl' hgrts, there wa only one death, whithdoubtlcfs it owing in a great me-lure to the humane attention of the captain, in Hording a lull allowance, and a Unci b fervance t f cfeatmncfy There is uou prov fium and water enough on board 10 return to Ireland with the fame pafl 'nger Such ample ptovifion is too leldum at. tended to. On the atft of J me, captain Cufcaden Ipokc the Fair Amentan ot Uollon, ftom Nvrlvlk to Cla'gowut 35 dayi. revolution. He Tneaks in the haJidlbmelr ermsot the treatment which he las re ceived 1 1 0111 Captain Lee, during tiis voyage. Auguft S3. Three new cafes of Fever was rfport ed to the Board of Health, j tlterday . THE JnfpecVs of the Health' Office inform their Icilow-citizetis that ht.een new cafes of the pievailing Fever- have been teported to them finte yett rday. Fruiii the new tales daily otcuring roe utmotl exertions of the citins will be be". ui:ary in aid of the mlpectors to pi event thetpreadmg of the infection. T:; By order of the Board, J. M1LLEK, Jun. Chairman. pitt fo much blood to obtain it, when we look at the riches i; containf. From this L proceeded to Mons, palled over the famou )!ains of lemanDe.i and arrived at Vaieu " 1 Xi cienues. rtere noenme Dtittne Horrors 01 j vv a r appear j ttic rUjtnv or icoo h 0 ocr and dilcoiuoUic rieople are : in .that1 trikes the eye. You may eafily judge ol the milery. reigning here, when informed hat it held out a liege of a$ day, anil luring that time there were 40,000 bombs thrown into the town, and 16,000 inha ii.ai ts and loldiera killed. i VV'irh fh. rin-- nloaTurO mill kan I al- This EALT1MOKF, Ajlguft 14. A eu4fsTlan arrived in this city yefterday from Aiexandria, and lotlged -in -"the polii office" bere, d 1 Ipa iches-1 r nn Mr. Puickney to our executive. '1 hole difpatthes wxre received at Alexandria b) the thip Saratoga, capiain Bi eweils, in 42 days from fvoVnr . -1 ' d . . r - . 1 . 1. 1 tes o . 9 2' ' 'cewt '"tarineu tne above gentleman, that the day before leaving port (June 20; he dined with genera! winds were light, but we have fort fiht of iieni 10 uic iiigiii. .iii ends a bloekaUe which has colt the enemy upwaiUs ot 800 000 'dollars, and has been of no real it jury to France. I hope loon to give a good account of ourfelves ; and was 1 on equal terms yirh thehi in point of force, uie IMUUIVJ Httt tunc HI IIUU1V. Oi. jin els, which now reigns in Pan luedt ure ou 1 am rwETjiv uenu lace has now become the (Vat of the ,-aru and Iciences: thole who once retorted 10 taly tor t tie fin tiling of their education or to lee the matter pjeces of art, may now riiid'thim in Par s. The molt elegant ia- tues, the rineft" paintings, tho!e evei lall n inoniumenii of genius, are or loon will be 'cpohted in Paris; thel'e are all open to mankind; the young fttuleni liny here re ceive inltruction in every fcience ; may hear I'ttures, hiflorical, but itntal and ph lu oph cai, free'5ol exptnfe. I he man ot genius mav here come and' copy the higheit we tks of genius, leir thele are riw prope'rty of no one in particular ; they belong to the wo: hi. It ;s tins noble piimc ple, which, w hen fupported bv a liberal and ltable go- veriimc'.i, Will clear the milt ot prejudice and ignorance which has heretofore ob- 'cured the luttre of r ranee, and make her one of the greateit and happiclt halio is on the ulobc. M The manly and fpirited letter of Mr. Pickering, to lr.Pmckney is cot lideied by the 6rlt advocates in Paris, as a m ilter piece, and un.mfwerable ; it has been ti ani I a ted and delivered to both ho.itfcaj vvht are txrivmcly well pleated and ft)fieel wsihit; and are about demanding, inton frquence ol it, all ihe papers relative to the American .ifj'iiri, liora the dnrctory; and ftiould a.minifiet' be now lent out,eVe. ty thitfg would loon return lo its former picJaii! lituation." Augull 21 Capt. Toplrft, arrived in 52 days at l item, from Bonrdeanx, tf.-.tes as fad, that ihe French government has illueel ei dere for Cui7.n-ADE 1 10 return again lor America to relume Ins functions. Augull 22. L-ft night at abtr hour we went along, tide the brig commtree, capt. C ftou, from Gibraltar, which pLce Ihe left t ie 4th ol July , much the I.Tel from tkat quarter; at which time admiral jarvit't tiert weie oil Cad'2, and weie not in a mil' i n in ll.tie lLit were pr paring for an attavk on Cad 7. Gonboiti were going Irom Oi bfakir 'o aid m thi uHaik By this vrflel, V t nave received the CaL I'lWinn 111ft nna,iu)n Irom Jainee .Srnplon, the Am' r can Corfu) at tti-t place, v. mch he handetl to the ciptam theda he failed. " Advice 1151 been rectived of a com pleat r evolution m t he government ot Ve nice -Midol the Senate cm to piecct and per U ( 1 quality elh.bhliied as ilicir lorm ot future government rinckuev, who lntormed him. ttiat the executive directory had ivittd' him to return to Paris and rviuuie his funCtu'iis ; that he was only waiting tcr freth intkuc tions Irom his governmit to comply with their ioyiution j an.el that every - thing indicated an aicabl.e and fpeedy leitletnenf of - the chtierences between that. country & this. Capi. Ikewersallo meiniins that the French government' dilavo'v ihe capture of American vetieli that it was principally O'viiig 10 a pack of abandoned Americans in France) that orders were ever iflutd t. uioiclt ouj 1 cade" but" tii ait Hey" Tia d now tt PHiLADtLHMlA, Auguft 19. In ihe fliip Adrbnt came patlenger. Hit . rlebrated Pliflt Cununantlcr KOSCIl'SKt) iCCOfll iniffi by two Plfb nrtiileincn. Ql the ariivalolihe velicl at t lie Ion, he was welcomed by a federal labne ; when ihi ell l came lo an nnchnr, the (ailing-niattei tti ilu I. if aie had u Litre iliauiied veiii rir.ht mai'i is nl vc llrU, and waited upon ItUn 10 take him orr fhor. On landiite he wnncceived witli three cheer, anil, aai Tiirther mat k of relpcct, the itir'tn pre rnti infdlrd on ibawinp him in the tarri- irc, 10 his lodgings at Mrs Lawton's in Koitrth itrfet. General Kof iulko is prrfonally known to molt of tile leading characters in our From A Frederickfb ifgh Pappr At a mettigoj the People of LarolU.e county at the ccurt houfe, cn lutjday the tt tfol of Aug ijl, 1797, ( it being cW . ik y ) cr.vh 1 hy-public nctiit given by the bhhijf f the Ja'd county, to corfder vihttihr the cotjlitution of Vircinia re. quii i d t mfim ar, d jutm ndment ivh.ch jaii meeimo was'Jield in putj'ucnce 0 a re fa luuun if lae tmnut jcmr.iy, fbc fubmB 'mos taken into cmfideration, -where vp-it. ; KcH ived unanimoufly, ath opinion of this ocmVry,' That the faid conltitutiou is ileUetive, and that it be recommended to the Generah AlTtmbly to call a touven. 11011 l y law, tor its revifion and amend.' iflnt, lvefolved unauimoufly, That the D le gates for the laid county, be, and are here:: by inttrucftJ) 10 endeavor to carry the laid recommendation into efFect. , Smncd by order CF the meeting. A i left, Raines 1 ay lor, Chairman. John Pendleton, jun. Secretary. funk into ditgrace, and the true American ch irader began to ue felpected again. It was generally reported and believed at KotieicLin that ihe tnut,ny in the Wire Iker iiad lublidtul, and that they had Liled to join Admiral Duncan. Extract a Utttr front a gtntltnwn in the tt JL n country, to a Jrnr.d in'this putcet dutcd Lu?ipancar to. Ore s, June 2 3, '97. " lhe couiinuhonei s arrived titie live days ago, and hVtvj btn fii ce employ litre n. collecting torage and proviliuns, in order to run the Indian; line from Clinch iver acrots. Vc wei's valley to the ford ot Cumberland at the Ken turkey "eroding. 1 h:8 line will Itae between two and three hundred famihes on the Ind.an lide. 1 hcte "pcopl., alarmed for Lneir p'a n.,- trons and tne unansot fubtitlince of their ftp i ti i, fiaye bjvin aliiinbiing for the pui j 9tfi ot taking mealuies the molt tlfect- u d lor ihe bcuriiy ot 'tiitir proper tv r I 1 Ilia day tiity have lent a ueputatloH ot tt ii of t:nir budv to Xlicet us, and know it we were determined 10 run tht hue. 1 liev wiijllti n have it procivttinaud tor a ft a fdh? W c anl .vtred tijat it could tu t be-ddaved mat we haJ i in charge et the PretidtuJ of the Uni.ed states to ptogrell with the work without delay, ihe Indians having been pionnU-d, that all tlie lines Ihouiti be run tnn fealom fdey (the Uencirie ) thr ugh the whole conier rener, liehavrd with much relpect and proprtety to the commillioners I reaily leel lor their lituatimi. i think many ot them good citizens, Inch as would not nil gr.iceaiiy Ifaie. In ti e vallev ate many iiam l(me aid wjfll -improved pimiauoiu, com.'uf table houlev, bains, creiiaid, inta dowlsj&e. 1 hen judge ve i h what riltic unce the proprieurs will le. ve rhem, who arc heiein ealy, il not atiluent c;i cumliaucefc aid, it ihcy arc Cotnpeikd to evacuau , mull di-p-rr in indigence and poverty, with larms ol wcl !oi king, beany children, tor the women are ; roll lie he re 10 a great degree. 1 hit the Crag two weeks pnlt Lit Saturday h-.d then been only one week returned from the I ne on the tr liners of Cumberland, on wh en 1 had been torly day 6 and night, lave out, 1 have no1 how time to give You a detail of 11. Sulfites ro lay, that I have lott about forty weiioii but alii Hi good health. A few cf.tbe m inofl prominent detects in .the cot ftif ution of our Itate lubmitted to tlie meeting for confide ration. l,lu The inequality ol the reprefenta-tiou- for mltance Caroline having about 20,000 pe fler-4vs--no tiore reprtfem a- tivt s thah Warwick, having about 3:100; and this inequality is lelt in a greater 0 hfs degree. Ivy every ..county in the Hate. '2d. The limitation ot thengm of luf-' frage to freeholders. This excludes the majoiiiyof the citizens from rep.efenn- non, which is unjult, as tiiey pay raxes, ; and arc liable to nuhtary tcrvice. This injuitice 13 aggravated by the reode of taxation whicu CongreL have adopted, all their taxes being laid 011 Confurnption, and not on property j lo that thole who Rave no land pay as much as thole who hive. T fie taxes on fait and fpints bear hardett en the poor, forrhey cculume mlt of thole articles; they ought there fc re to have a vote for thole. who impofe tlcni; and bv the conftitution of the J. Swtes, thole who vote for the moll iiu merbus br-nc'i of the Ita'.e 'eg (Ltures arc em itled to vote tor the m- nbers of the HOvi e i reprelentatives in Congrefs. Un derthii article all freemen ih molt of the liates have fuch a vote, and why ihemld inoitnfhe treeineli of V.Vinu be tx cludetl ? 3 i. The inequality in the fenatorial dilti acts is already enormous, and daily be-i cuning more fo. 4th. 'i he miliiianTicers hold their offices durmg good, behavior, whereat thev ouht tu hold them during pleafure ; becauk k ts ine rirlt principle of l.heriy, that t. e rnlhttry ihould be dependant en the tu.l power, and becaufe military t dicers lor NOHKOl.K, ARft J4 Kxiracl olalctter from ( ommodme Harney to his friend ki thl town, dated Meduta, at Sea, Aug. 2ilt, I1y7. Alter ffven months blockade t) ihe nem), I have nt length Heaped their xii i KiMeer The moment they reduced the nHfStbef of their fhfps tn watch my moe niriun (fVoni twelve, eight j fix . aud until within, thele few dsiy, fie fliq to 10 thatis one fhip of the Ime anHn frigate) I was determined to pufh out 4ib my two tn-nte, Which I did cllrula, alCbOOgM I law thttnboth to the touthwarU of inc, the hte are a len t of privileged n utility are' the next tlep to htn dirary dittn dtions -and ace of couife, incompatible with republi cm pitnciples; ours is the only ftate in the mnon, and ptObabiy the only govern, meni in tne wurid, where fuch a thing exits : and it deleais one of tiie checks in the conliiimioo ot the United Smics. w ich whilit it gives to tne Prctidenr and Cm gn b ihe r-ght ot commanding and r' gu.ni mg the militia, leaves to the Itaics tne hppoiuiment t officers to lecure to e-f.h Uate tbeir fidelity: a fecurity which 1 defeated by having no power ot difun! lion. 9 L. A . I ' - .A. 1 yn. n nuiurrows council is m'miaincu ai rfii cxpcnle, for wh'ch ih-ir lervices are no cnfopenUttdti 10 the community. 6;h. Ficetloui of religion is lo loofily provided ie.r, that two laws, fmce the revolution, have been thought nct fTary to I c?.;re it, one to manumit the dittenters Irom tin- religious govern nttnt of the fcpif. fcftlllain ; the other 10 elfab ilh religtout freedom, Now this ought to be abohlhed b) ihe conllitutinn ; becaufe if ihe legil latOff had right to eftablilh It, it follows, thai they alio have I right to deflroy it. Auuf! 59. A Bermuda paper of :;.e 12th infl. con tains tne toilov. mg paragraphs. 1 hurlday a brig drifted up to the land, tr. m the e-itw ard of thefe iflands, bottom up. J 1 n. her being fcuultd in the bot torn, wc imagine (he mull have been fell la wuh at lea by lomc veflel. bbc a as
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