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I? 4t L t i L. - I hi- x 1 0. : 1 6f the periifol ' of 'thofe who have notieifure to go into a calculation' pit. tFe'fubj - made Uhe ux on houles. ; it wiu ne remembered, that die valuation fs tot - include lpit the building lot on which J--t'hs-houiV fends;' not .'.exceeding two Wesrnnaout boufes. If thefe are " " "valued STioOL dollars the ; tan" UM 20 cents. l , ... - d. : D. C 300 : 400' - 500 " 600 .. too 900 . 1 000 J.000 1 t 2 2 3 8 ,40 63 ?o 00 :8o; 10 40 70 if -4000 ---'ZO- -.5000;.-' 25 . '7000 ' 4f' , l J8000 ;;"j4r . soap.. 54- 10,000 ' 15,000 r 25, '600 53,-COO .60: 500,, Me(Tr4. Aridcrfon.JSingbam, Blood. J .merchantmen were debaired from, a, :wor"ih, Br6wn;Iotter, GunnGreeji, j.fipply of water . ' j. 7;: Hlllhoufe, 4iowaid, t-angdon, Mar- tbtfirt, uarawr (hall, Martin, Maion, nead. . 14.. ;. , :So it was ' carried in the negative; and.lHe 'plejuvjll of coiirfe be allowed, and the defendant difcharged. ; SAVANNAH, January 15. from LondtftH' v By the' arrival of the brig Vulture, captain Dawlbh, 19 diys'trom MartU nico,,wehaye received the following intelligence, as current report at that TTnited States frig V. had cadtureeffeven fail of ' Frendi l-e hlhons, which it waS auhonfed NORFOLKFeb.- V" A officer on board the Canada in a letter to his friend in Dublin, Itates ilic JiuihbrofT troops on .board the , French fleet defeated on the coalt of Trelahd,' to amount to 7 000 1 We underftand,-that the houfe of Bai'ioss of London, have made propo fitions to our executive for--advancing thofe duties and. conformable to", the indifpenfable. rights of foveretgnty.-; We lament however, that -ditierence,-and of a feriousVriature too, , the caufet of which it , isTunneceffary ; to retrace: " haTeirtteft betweerrthe United "btatesi and' the republic of r ranee. , , ;To adjult thefe by fair arid amicable -necrociation, the meaiures' taken Tince ,. your adminiftration, with" pleafdre we cxprefs it, have in our opinion been wifely calculated. - z-. - . 1 he'inltructions to our envoys" to r rance appear-eminentlyto be round, I y "... .r. 1:1.. ft. . .. 1..'.""" -4 '100(5 T "Thii-nTav elfilv be : nwde-tnore par m' Kv romnn'Linrit with the" fevo'nd" - kcVio-.i of the tax a a. It appears, fr the conlolatiun of the poortll fort, th-it thf palace "worth" ftp, Oao dollars; is to :""p,ty f.ye times as much in proporthtto " its vL as 'the co-opt that is worth on ly five hundred dolljrf. rtv.iWLippoi'ethtre isin Bolton-or-" PhiladelphijL, aJn'ethani'c, wViOlehoie and fliop are. worth 500 dollarshe ." ullp iya of one tfollar." Suppofe.' there "ai: five hundred" fuch .mechanics f' -wth-y will, of courlej pay a tax of five hundred clot 'frs.i,"e s - , r"- - , Sijole' further thaC one man owns a houle and out bqildtngs worthy 50,000 dollars he then will have tov pay a t jx of five hundred 4iirs thlt ' he- will pay" -a "great 'a tax for pro-, --pcrty worth only: 50,000 dollars, as i the rive hundred iViedwnics.iwill pay " ; ior . property vorth 250". aoo dollars - -Ur thus, my neighbour farm Jiou'e' ' and barn are "worth 500 .dollars my houfe and buildings (and-1 ama farmer : too J are - orch 5000 .dolUrs now njy ill pay a taof.onedo.ilar. ; neinbiur w vpflfils: five merchantmen and"two' privateers ; and that the BntiiK at Gre nada were feriohtly- appreheniive .of an invation bv the rrench, astwo fn- "cjites with 700 troops had been fen . otr tnat illana Uiat victor ntigim . had refuff d to acknowledge th e com. thiilioners from France, and had de clared himfelf free from any dependence votrtlie-In-eiicliirecofy. : ' NEW-YOKK. January 12. A gentleman arrived lait night from Phil.idelpliia informs, that a report was circulating there that the frigate United" Stafes, coiinnodorc Barry, had captured a french ihip of war of 44 guns, and carried her into St. Thomas's.-, Important Information ' " -Yeherday.the 17th inlt- arrived the brig Sea Nymph", 66'days h o:n 'Gibral tar, thecapt. of which has favoured us "with the following :'" The dav beiore he left Gibraltar h N Buonanarrcaiid his army were entirely dettroyed by the " 'irks, after a fevere action, "ind tnat the Turks loft 17,000 ' men in the engagement. " " On 7nVTj tyor October 4 f.il of the line and 14 trnlports, with 8000 men failed fioni Gibraltar on a fetret1 expe-, ditiun, it as fappofed they were go- iagiaiiike.. Malta by. a taw of the la it feflion to borrow on the credit of the United Mates. The terms or whether they will be. ac cepted, we have not learnt. From a London paper of Nov. 1 6. The American agents are at thi$tiaie very 'bufy in buying up mips to be con verted Into' hips of force; feyeral of -the-French,-Dutch and Spanifh prizes, lately taken, have been purchaied by' 'them, and are with' per million of go yerument, gone into private docks to be. repai: ed,ftnd fitted out with allpofiible 'difpatch. v' - ' - r- - r--" , ......... ...... . -'- 'r . U NEW BERN, February). Jt reflects great tumour on Behja Afnih Hawkins, Efq..fuperinteiUant of Indiair affairs ionth-w.tt of tne Ohio, '. wire has lately travelled through the Cherokee; country and encouraged tnoie 1 " .' ' .r.'i u . i 1 people 10 -a icoiuiuci -uic yiviy- - -r He 'and 1. a tax of twenty hve dollars .that, is, I ihall pay as great a tax for pro perty worth 5ocof dollars, as twenty Jive luchbroiiier farmets will pay lor . property worth j 2, 506 '-dollars- , Ami if the palace of tne ;$reat and il luUrious Farmer of tWwnt.Vermn Ai ii. ' he will O'iV as great a tax for' it, aVfive hundred dy 'thfr farmers, 'of ;he above delcripiioi;', wiU pay for property worth two hun . dred and fifty thoufand dollars. - The idreooing ltateiuent s Ihewclear ly, that thS fv'di'ral government h ve cofllulted the intereit of thepoorer tUiles ;bfcixixns and have aivrted in th.s, as indeed they have. in all their fiscal laws, to draAV..ihe pufyicrevlftueJ Tro h" the f.urfesot the wealrhy ; .and - if thrre isa Jac )b'ui or Jfc reiuhiiic'4 A-. merican who now :ba Is a';ainit the. .tax, as burthenlbmeto the- pour, I - -would beg teave to warn. my. fellow ci. lizens to dc on theT guard, and in the language of infpration, 'would fay " Bs Ihber-rb vigiLnt-ccuufe your t adverfary, thtfavili as a roaring Ron; ivulketh about ; f eking 'whom 'he may de aritulture and 'nianufudures. is majeity's Hip Coloflus arrived from has influenced tnem to quit their town Naples, and brought information that a tence -in' tneir. folds, and attend - to tailing liock, particularly ..cattle 'and., hogs, and has infpiVed them with con fidence in t e jutiice of government to- wardsthem. The Creeks alfo,wtbro'. his pCriualiotis,are at length brought' to'aferious reniAiou ot their1 fuuati on. .1 hey begin to lee their poverty and the unproductivenefs of their lands -and have -applied to Mr. Hawkins for one; hundred ploughs, who inltead of v oecuhiarv prelcnts, with' thefe, Iws introduced the loom . and ;wheel; with - wirch they nave pmnuieo-an lnauiiu ous ul'e. l hey are beginning to fence their grounds, and are getting intoa more locial order both of Hunting and rtiii.ge." rT- it"' 1 '" .flr.- ' - . . -.' 1. In confequencp. of the remonftrance 'made by the.Amencan .amballador, the ihite pr doners in the feveral gi.ore; , ceivtd official nonce irom government, bin"ce ritiuz'th'e above," the ediror of theMercahtileV.dvertifer madecon fici;rabre exertions to find out capt. Od- -lin,tht he might.'learu from him, if poaible,- the particulars of an event fo' important, in "the " politics of Europe, and lu' materially iHterelting: to all .ci vilized Ibciety. Tn captain Odlnrthe editor recognized an old and elkemed friend, who favoured him with the.fol lowntgitatcnient for publication,' wuh an ailUrance that it might be depended ; on as .authentic. ' . ith : November, ' On Sunday the 1 1 th November, atjrig that they could not go to any capt. Odlin dined at the hepfeof vieiT ban of the United States,- as has-been Robert Anderfon & Co. of Gibraltar, ' ; nr0pofed. Government has it now it is in company w-th judge Morrilbn, of j r y. mcorit,emplationtoiend thern t6 tne court 01 vice-aunuidi i r Mi.jclty'spaneiuons in vanaaa. rV-- ivU;s- StArrnBfl - thf rimnaiw:7 that -1 - - earl St. Vincent" had inlprmed him;- ' y following addrefs was.trar fn.itted that' the Britilh Ihip of war Goloif' by his eXceHencv the gov mot to the prcuaeiu 01 tne umicu olui.cs, .tgit A FARMEK. - '.' (ONGRE'SS,. r"s" "n.avt t. Thursday, January to, -1799 ;. United t States vs. William Blount. On -motion of r Mr-- Stockton, fe-. " conded by Mr.'flofc, ' - That William Blount va.s an officer of the "United" States within the mean- y ingofhe Conltltudon'of the United ! States, and therefore liable to be i.n?. : oeached bv tW'Houfe of Keprefenta- " ftives: -1 hat as thelfltnestttleaxhT- ment cnarge mm wun.uigu .iimc.mu " " mifcjeineanors fuppofed to have been committed wfiiie'h'e" wasT Sehatof of theiUnired States his plea ought to be overruleil. - , T he Yeas and Nays were as follows : "YEAS? which arrived the day preceding frorn Naples, brought dilpatches troai ad.m ral Nelfon at Naples; to earKSt. . Vir... 1 . . . 1 i ' 1 . .. .! f ,cent, wnictr-containeu miorinauoii o . '- . . .1 -I .1 .. c the 1 urks having attacKeo tne army oi Buonaparte, witli a formidable force confuting of 200, 000 men. 4 At the commencement of tUe afti. tion the French demanded quarters his being retufed them by the Turkr , the French had. no .alternative-and ablv to the refolution of the general . affembly of thf 24th xif Dec. lui.' To the Vrejident of the United States, the add' es Qftbc.lfgijhture . of the Jiale of North Carolina. ' ; , J , A T this interetting period of the affairs of th'e union, we teel it a duty which we ove to ourlelves and to our country, to make to you as the chief mapiltrate", a tree and explicit dcclara they fought like madmeri. -The. carnage , -1 jon vf our . fetuiments Upon the tnea was dreadful on both lides. The 1 urks rllres wnich lately have been taken by- lolt 17,000 men ; and ot the Jtfrench, only 400 efcaped by flight. ? , 'WliaTwas the" fate of' the hero our yeneral. government, more 'efpe- cially as they regard ourtoreign rela tioi'S.' ' ..' ' 7 v of Italy" himfelf, whether' he. was a ' At the commencement, and during -inonglt .thefal)eiLX)r..the. fugitives, h. thepi6grfs..of the prfent.waxjn Eu j rhot tranfpired,'' '-.. t : rope, a war unparalleled, almolt in the- The.Frenth (hips which had arrive, annals of nations, it w as to be expefted at Gibraltar vce mattered like honey-', that many difficulties would occur from . f -xombs.-The-expedition from -ErglahcU. l0ur connliiionwUh-the-belligerentna- arliveil there ibout tne lotn vciuuci i uons, m euaDimung aiiu uuicrv.in mai. ,ed Lk-impartility,-hncerity-. and. can .L. dour. In them it is 'dedired, if wrong ' has been done to France, an 'T- ,er citi- ' zens, it-was as well the object of th government to do joftice to them as to . . ?.v , obtaih(it.forthe injuries which had been ."' fultained by the people of thefe ftates , It was not without the utmoft afto- nilhment therefore, after the extenfivtf- . depredations on our commerce, coin." mitted by the citizen's of Fr.ance, and ' " ' after the repeated overtures for. conci - liatiqti made by odr government, that we heard, not only that redrefs was de . nied to our wrongs, but by a procedure .. ., as undeferved as tin warranted ;by therr" . practice of civilized . nations - even a -hearing to our niefiengers of peace was alfo refuted, except on terms totally incompatible with national dignity and honour. ' y be allured, tint condud likethl in ; -the French government, has ftronMy .' . exciteo in us ino'e leeungs wnich na turally arife in the minds of men con fcious of the rectitude of their own in-; tentions, andfenlibly alive to injuries committed by thofe with whom we had indulged the hope of maintaining a long and fincere friendihip. r : Notwithltanding the Itrong defire.V of peace we have hitherto entertained, and ltill do entertain, we are at, the fame time profoundly irapreffed with the fulleit conviction, that national ho nour and national fafcty are eiTentially if not inleparably connected ; that the former cannot in tny degree be impair. ea witnout eminent danger to the lau tcr. If after the moderation alnibft . Unexampled which our councils' have ' dilplayed, after the defentive meafures W which have been purlued, ihall not be ' done to us, but further. aggreflionj ihall be attempted," we hope under God. - - ..that again it will be refer ved to United-. t America to reftrain the arbitrary ftrides "; of injultice. and curb the unbridled fpi rit ot domination. " ..." . r ' "." " S eparated from the immediate fcenes ; of contention in Europe, by a vaft and tiiendiy ocean, we Willi not to be in volved nf her intrigues and quarrels y but if any train of tvcuts'liiall make it neceffary to depart from this defirable policy, and to embark in the conflict, -we for urUlvtSj'and couiTngfroni dit---- ferent parts of.thisltate, have full con- fidence that we exprefs the fentiments ot our fellpw citizens and conllituents, alfu're you that we will not patiently fufFer any foreign interference with our national concerns j- and we pledge to f you our lacred word and honour, that we ill with our lives and fortunes, to thelaft extremity, lupport, maintain, and defend, all the constitutional mea fures of our federal government. ; In the houfe of commons, Dec 24, . .. ' 17987" Agreed ioi" - - - -. . ... ivt..MAiTHEWS,.S. H. C... By order, : . J. IJUNT, C H. C In Senate,' Dec. 24, 1708. The , lforegoing addrefs was-read, and unanW , moiuly concurred witn. - L.BEN. SMITHES.; S. -By order, - , . ii Haywood, c. s. . t IcurshpIMn,Jn&Go hue, Catimer, Livermore,Ooyd,Pame, Rof, Sedgwick, Stockton, Tracy, x 1 : under the command of fir Sidney Smith. Hant -failed from thence-irr great haue, on the a ill. The fleeuonliltedoffuur. Tail of the line and fourteen rranfporti-. - having 8op men on board. Jts defti--ioation -w a9 -by frae fuppofed rtrbc oS" Malta, and by others for, Minorca. -"It "- was feehthrerdays afterwards bca; ing to windward with'an ealterly windr neutrality which both jultice and poli---; cy pQinted out as proper, to purtue. We have" the fatisfaction, to declare, - that, we believea, correft outline of .Mir. duties and ' l ights in a neutral ftation ws formetl.l?y.ihcfejikraJs,executive. at ari early period, in the proclapation of neutrality ; .an.d thaifincejthatjperi.:. od no meafures have been taken a . . to Philadelphiaj Jan. it, 1799 S I R,- I have received the letter yoti did me the honour to write me on the 30th of " la it Tnbh th ," ' 'inclofuig " a h elegan t," 7 maflerly and patriotic andrefs froihthe legiflat"ure 6t North.Carolina.1i r ' - ' I pray you fir, to accept of mv thanks for the very pulite and pleafing, manner in v hich you have communicf t;ed to me t " ITie ifiipbr taiit ;" fexpr'eflionCfibc - fenfe J -U 1 '5
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