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iriit to meet him, attacked, and forced h J x fbrt:der with fev era! officers f the Erig ilfcnavy. His intention to fee tire to this tukce. ionita r.or of a doubt far he had wittv-hlnv a faggot dipped ihiruTphur. like shr.t which was found foe laenthV ajmder i-v vi wai indict in uic suck, V. AVe iufonti you, that haying at Havre ft nlir' ffKfititta faf r'n I rr. htm ".," have fent him t Uouen. vmdsv a fafc and goodxicort, until the . national juitue thall tt-annurce unoti the atrnnoTi of. this mcnlier."' t 1 ------------j - , - ' Wc are allured that the directory have j ;4fticnljDrdersto h i aye-.him convey ed tfl JPattAvher;f5, he wUl be imjn;ifoncd as an in- " There is a rumour of complaint, ad- ; ccu uj uc f rcncB government u inc. agiilratcs f Baftl, but wt do not know j. The newt of an infurrection at Genoa, .. ir rreccived no details." . . L II A K LEST O N, June t. Ori Manna v afternhan about t tfYlotk. a fire broke out in Lodge Alley in the btable T$ftfMr. Dopnie. , ''vV'' ' : Ther was about iclb. ofhay in theloft, - and the manner in which the Fire Was tomwu- nkated t it, cannot be accounted tor, in any - L The windwas frointliejX. and frefli i TkeTire raged hi' an obi iqtf? direction to the 5. W. for uo wards of ten hours, arid with " increafed rapidity fpreid itfelf .tErouh Union &reet Continued, Union Itreet, Oueen-Ureei tmlochs Court, Church, ureet, brod ltrcet, . irtd Kilt-Bay, and the alleys that interfected entirely deftreved. The French Prcieitant m , Chtrch, and the Old Beef Market, w huh ha een lately thoroughly repaired, were among '.v, the buildings coniumed. The Old Chnrch, St. Philip's was faved by great and danger- us exertions, after hating uken firefeveral A number of vcrty raluable private build kigs were li ke wile confumed, but as wc can ao: gire i.;r;xatt jiccount fthem we de- - eiine it ''until svelcan. . The "fife s Krft attack was near a body of , wooden buildings aud its paffiije through titeia fo rapid' and violent, as rendered all the exertions of the citizens truitlefs t and thfeharge ofcacata, ted tke.ccwpaay reti red in.harmony.f - DiJ OnTlrttrfday aermng lift; Mr Edward Siumov, tfthiiuwn. T Natiun DitYAir, Efqcire 1 Si R, ; " . ' T AM a plain mm. and a far'eier like your ,JL felf, I have known you for feferalytars ana nave been a member ot aliemDiy witn you ; 1 always admired your attention to the public buinitfs, as I thtught you always at tended dolelv to the intereft of theeoplej pfpecial!y,when any motion had for object z the taking of ifiney out qf the public treaiui' t i tor any purpole whatever 1 hare bierv- cd you to be always very careful and vigilant $n your opposition. 1 hare heard you tw en. fplf treats ti&tTr-fci&; 7ted wre 10 VJmW treaty more advaaa gesthaJfteyadever given tt. any other natbn and even more than they granted t countries under their own government, and that ail mat we prociile -n our parts for this, was to oblige our citizens o pay them for goods that they had truited us with, and that w e have conlutif ui our o n countryv I tonfefs byaIiHhat my friend laid t We;- h was convinced th-t the Preiident and ihe Se nate had acted right in r.tifying the treaty and that it was better to have it, and tut, peace wruh the Indand to wjin iprgn countries, no to' ein.e with all the w orld than to go to war and bo taxed high to fupport its expetue. and UilV a great many valuable lives, and in the end w uv uc wont on man wnen ty times repeat in the conrle of a ltlhon, that begun and belides, if we n.Ae t reaties v ' " VOU would not nut vour hands in the Dock- 1 m i -: - viieuvhii iiu r ia. .-w. ;ul w.1Uiu,i., ,u,. ... b uicm wiuiouianjuuit, no nation will ever why, or whereior," d hen I read one depend on us acaui. Even thecountru-h of the letters w hith you wrote from Phila delphia, giving aiv account of the doings of Congrels, when 1 came to that part when you declared your intentions ' to vote a gainlt the ' appropr iations for carrying into eliect ike treaty w ith Great-Britain, as you could not thii k of civinR luth a funi of the people's money, as woulu be necefiary to car would be willing, if we fliould have a war w ith England, for their own benefit, won'e trult uSj when they fee we pay fo little re gard to tne lolemn bargain w hith w e nude rf our reaty with England. We hve mu:e commerce with Bntuh cuntriei, ihan v haye with all the rdr of ihe world, and the r merchants truit us when others v ill nt ( !2 ..ry. the treaty into efied, without -knowing fo, it will therefore be certainly teuoht iP1 heihe r it wiuld be f any iervite to them wc iQ mt tc? facred our agreeei,ent, nh or not," I faid to my neighbour, .that's old tjlciri we QZmm bc ueended vii by ny a. - was fcarcely impeded in its p- ogre Is by a mais f brick buildings The number of front dwelling honfes burnt "is eomputed at about 300 ; Thr number f families unhoufed, about 600 ; the value ot : property loit from about 2 o to 300,00 ; vbc lofs of Underwriters from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds, Liveslolt3, but it is lup pofed there remains, nuaibers of pcuplc much maimed and hurt. (, - llse citizens generally, were a&ive and in. 'efatigable, thtiroScers attentive,theiruJg aetnt good and well direcTiccl. .The, is a calamity, whuh has been often and fevertly felt by our devoted city but in initance in a greater degree than the pre. fent ; it equalUd; if notfurpairrd thedtvaiU ; ntn of 1778. Carelcflnefs r defign, iniails a ruineus one Vpfn us, periodically in tenvears.'. The une of 1786 wituelVed to us thnolt equal - ncrrora arid dillrels. BALTIMORE, Tmho. Or.t of our correfpondents went, lar U'tdnefday, to the market in llward Areet. . ! thcrw beught a quantity of good butter front a cumrymen who luJ about 100 foaui t ell. 'i"he price w at ,,ly ten pence ftr pound. It is not long Imce butter as rp a: three fi;ilings and nine pence The fame farmer had 1 quantity of iWx, v.hich e could htrdly get an olFer for, and which ,.e ach:aUy fold at nine dollars eu. barrel )iT"rcaderrmaT lift siTured that thefe partP nilirs are driclly true. Mt need net aJi tfcit they are extxenu'.y bter elting. N IW BU N, July 0. ! jwhj lilt being the anivi.-fary cf tke IrJependence, tHe ithibUar.ts c! the tn er t Krilitk't Hetel. and pirtock cf a ;. a!t :pard:.'iii5efcCea. wb'.b," colonel Nathan to a Ti and 1 then recoiled ed the. drilt that was made here in the year 1794, jult before Mr Jay was fent to En gland to make the treaty, and 1 remember ed how dilaerceable it was to us all : and w hen I conliciered that the treaty had pre vented our being called out, J thought you . was wrong not to vote tor it," as the main taining ol teu thouland men in the field for one month would colt us more than the treaty, 1 have always thought you as knowing as moit men, aitd have endeavoured t pattern - after you m public bulinefs particularly, be. eaufe 1 have thought if 1 practil'ed the lam conducll might in time come to be asp pular as you are. You w ill eicuie me, there iore,'if i treat you a little in the fame w ay that vou have treated other men and mea. flirp.s. . 1. aiul a irrMt rtumkr nf vn'ir enn. ilitucnts want to know what we have paid you a fum of mney amounting to nearly fifteen hundred dollars for, as it is a large ! fum and it is my maxim that " the people's I - money Jhou d never be taken ' out of their ' potketi without their knowing why and' wliuelor, it is true that you have written lu lou.e ot u, but thrn)ou convey M but ve ry partial ii.iormation. 1 didexecl, that a man' ot your candour and uprightnefs, would have given us a lull account of the proceed. ing in C'ougrefs, and have told us the rea Ions Inch induced ) on to vote for mealures. which many of your cnnllituents thought were the propolitins of violent party men incr people. . rI he people of Virginia may be better judg. esof the rulesof hghting itKki, or r. ng,--horfes than we are m North-C -rolma. er we w ho are plain iarmers cannot iee it uiu juft, or think it hard, to pay our debts and we are willinc tor our rarta tkt. our government fliould prm fe to oblir u . 10 00 10. riooKeu over all ihe news.pipcriv in ournelghbourhood ofee it you h-U uiv- cnany iciion in congieis, wny vru lwyti Toicujuuasiir. uiiesauu Air. AiacUiitiu: taaiV was right ; and 1 eould not rind th-t oueT ver laid a tingle word there, but les ar.d,N, 1 and my. neighbour told me he beliereW vou had 110 other reafon to give, but thai you vo ted always rt cunningsiien told you to. Nov Sir, on your own principles, it you have r. " ceived 1500 dollars of the public monry without having done any good, and if my neighbour is tight in believing that the ten " dency ' of your votes (for it hems you kav done notliing elle wh.le there) was aga.uvt the peace and happinefs and prolperuy.or" your country 1 do not lee why we ll.ould elect you again, to a polt where you lu hithertox performed your duty lb badly. If" you have any thing to la w hith can jult ly your conduct, and convince me that youii acted as a public reprefe ntat iuc ith bilu es and integrity,,! am willing to lier it, but until 1 feel UkH convict on, I 4iJI co'illder c or thev niy duty to vote for you no more, bu (nnm nun uho Vkill Irul-b1v Jt.t trui and hkh, they fear, d, might overturn our fusions of his own mind, and not u iir government, and involve us in difficulties and ,hc Mlliuenu wf 4r r prejuJl e. dangers, wkkh would probably be the occa lion of an expense ot blood and treafure, whiih might make us and our poUerity for many generations wrerthed. ' 1 was talking about them matter! with ene of my neighbours, who reads the newspa pers, and the bocks that they print in Fuila delphia about the government, and be told July 4th, 1796. A i AllMEK THE Trstfties are harpy t inform thl 1 Public that they were well pie-fed : the late examination of the pupils f the 1 4 W I . m m ' mm :ne there were party wen in the WoTigreistna; 1 cademy on the anl f July. I heir tn t did nec care wlut they did, fo that they op- 1 promptitude in anfwiring the various qmr f. poedthe Prefident and Mr Jay. and the I tiom propfed to them, net nly indkave4 Uriti tha: had murdered lo many people in their 1 on on the put I their preceptors. hit own country, wanted ttaakeui a party I profpeftf the improvtmf nt of the rifiW wiui ir.sni agamittne criwa, anoinaitt 1 generanon, acj are wmmg 10 wjf , ai kelievid thai thefe mea in Cengrefs were willing t forward their Wieniei and then tt lhewed me in the raneii. wUoue2neu-1 tf thU piny were, and I vas ferry a fee thaivpa aVwayi vted with them ; heuU -ir.eht;wfihe JihgVdh had taken tfcu Cl!:f tfcur vtlfelc. nd that M; Jay had ? erfui. . :d them, and that they rat jgreed by tnt 1 reaty to pay lot them W.ltcrnPfclts, and th we jh&ulihave no men ni, and il.cy'Vire to let us trade with thi yj l?4H, yi f wiV.4 r.! lKtks lcled the friends of litaratire. with ftnfa 14M umuar t cijsir .wiv. T u EJeaoci f the lewu J w wrrn T BEG leave to mfertn yc, th"I oner, u
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