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3 ' ' pOffK OF HUMANirh TTOV delightful the fea'on of May, Xl WhenZephers pme failing alojig. . The meadows how chcarful and gay . - How fweet is :the nHtingale's fong . " The groves fragant odours exhale When refrefhed by the Kill dropping fhower, And fweeH thejegUniine gale r:;-. But Iweeter humanity s puwti . When fummer, refulgent array'd, ... n,,rc fiArrclv liis vertical beam, Hovvr welcome the tremulous (hade I uAUr' rffr(niinff the chrvftallinc Ureaffi ? The breezes foft tranfports bellow, . . As they glide o'er the jellamine bower ; But more grateful the pleafures which flow From gentle humanity 's power. . . . . - ; What can charm like fair Autumn's mild ray. Whn the fields tncirnritrrtrearurc Or what greater beauty difplay Tlian the fmooth poliflied. fruu of the vine r Is tliere aught like tfie morning can plea.e . Or the Inulc or tne lun-ieuing uur ; A - tr r-. o PHI L ADULP HI A, Feb. i0: nn Tuefdav. at Oellet's Hotel" the Anna erfaij Alliance betweeiLthe-JmMca jniMlcSpwas commemorated by-os ietble e at locution oi citizens as. wan w.. on a fimilar occaiion. The company conhftcd ot a" large numbers ot members ot the rederal and Mate Leaitlaturrv; of citizens of -acknowledged patrio tifrn, and' foreigners- 6t diitinction, among- whom was Dr. Prieltley.' "'' ' "r - 7' Chief Jullke M'Kean, andJVlr. Langdon of New Ham pjhjierehded. ' : ; - of patriotifm, infpired by the celebration of anra iriterefiing in the annals of liberty, fhed through the whole company a glow of delight, which every one "... . - 1 .v i .i .J TL.. II . felt and exprctled witn aroour. iiw icpi;d enjoyed with moderation, and without even an ap proach to intemperance. After dinner the follow- inir Toaltsere drank !-- - ' i. The DATMay it ever be a feftival to free meruand the alliance which it gave birth to, be regarded, as a key ftone in the arch of liberty Mu fic, Yankee Doodle. 2. The Peoples-knowledge to difeern their rights and I'pirit and firmnefs to allert them. Re veil du Peujvle Are the beams ot humanity's power. ' More mild than the.ahnernal Jcenet . .. ' ; More mild than furnef retreats, More engaging than atitumil fcrene, .;. ' " . ' "" When Nature her proniife completes j More gentle than Zephy r's foft wind, And more Tweet than the jeiTamine flower: , Are the joys of the tranqnilized mind,- i Which glows Avitb humanity's power. ; NEW-YOHK, January 15. . In the London Morninp, Herald, we find the fol lowing article, extraded trom a French paper cal led L Ami des Lqjx. ' " ' v " LEY DEM, Nov. 7. mt t- .Ua fitfJnn- nf the- Batavian National Conven- III lllV,"-.p - , . .......... ..: . tionof-the ?;d, .a letter was read from citizen Noel, minifter of the r rencii repnonc, Dy wnicn, on n c part of the Executive Directory, hemakes the foU wing communication: J--j t 4yii as tne neociai.iun vwmHJcm.cu hla?x' brought no p apers ; the fullowir.g intelligence? we had from him verbally .: . ; .. - .About the 25th of Dec. an engagement rookptere-irrThe-Straits of-Gibral ;tweenlhrEngT cuns, and a French frigate, whole name capt. Y, does not recollect, or 44 guns, n a defperate engagement ot leveral hours, in which me lolt ail her, malts and was other ways niuch fliattqred, ltrueknto the - ierli-' chore, who fent a prie-ciafter and nine .aiiaun ,lrw'Aril.,fIc-J CT I UUL UiC iti unvuv.v olfo fnftprpd ronfiderably, coul not immediately put more men on board.--The Frenchmen, feeing that the Bntiln tri gate couid not man her prize, again took poi feffion of the Ihip and got into Cadiz with her ; fhe had 35 men, including her captain, killed, and 65 wounded. ;i he -Teriichore got into Gibraltar her lofs capt. Flagg did not iearn l uat - - - -- .1 n o Pari inneartd to nave a tenoencv da'gOTeTaVPeacerndrasheOireaocy,ja-alL tlie treaiies iihiki iu wiinuum, .. --j at,heart, the in;ereU of the Batavian republic, they invited the National Aflembly to name perfon in yefted with the heccltaTy powers to connect the in terefts of the Batavian republic,' in the prefent ne. cociation.' ; ( v " The letter adds, that in fuch circumltances, the riwfeplibircfroughtziQ :;.a.fiiLeajbejriiiaj&ir by councils as well as aaions arid it was therefore wifhed that the perfon appointed for this important purpofe might repair as fpeedily as poffible to Pa- ""It was decreed that the commiSlon for foreign "affairs Oioiild anfwer this letter ; and atTthe fame time makeJtnown JflLMr. .NpeLthat the perfons nominated and authorifei for this purpofe, were ci tizens Lefevenon, Patteer, and Meyeuri who are al- -. J , , , t . .. fea dy-afP arts -Vti-aKnv it is obvious to remark, that whatever may be thought of the fentiments contain ed in the official corretpondence between lord Mal niefbury an4 Charles de la Croix, it i8r8ali.t the opinion of the Diredory, that Peace will probably . enfue from tlie prefent negociatwn A London paper of Nov. 29, ffatei that the Court of Portugal 4iad fent for an emigrant officer of high ciiafacTer (the ci-devant Marquis de la Roziere) then "in England, to take the command of the Portu guefe army ; and that a frigate had been appointed 10 convoy umi i vuuf Caiiturt of Ambo'i-na.' tH . The London Gazette 29, contains an. official ac- pMinfnl fh i-antiire hf the valuable 1)ntcll Afiatic itlahds of Banda and Amboyna, with their feveral' .'dependences by the Englifh Iquadron under Admiral , Rai ier. The Admr found in the treafury ot Am; boyna,8i,it2 rix-dollafsr and in flore 515,940 Mils, of cloves' ; in the treafury of Banda,. 65,675 dollars and 84,777 lb. of nutmegs, 19,5171b of mace, be- fides 'merchandize and other ftores which have not yet been ellimated. The Settlements obtained ffveral terms ; private 7 property to be fecured, and that feryants of th for? tne r companies, and the adminUlration of thp go vernment (the governors excepted) to remain un: changed. ". I'J. .... ' . . ' The Telegraph, a LonJon oppofuion print of a iH-si' X-a mr x 1 rrwT9 w Wm 1 . ' ' -- .it TUm rffv.tlo nf France Minwever fadidiouS the y t i- Directory feem in its treaty for peace) are very anxious to .tjrminattlie.. 'yv:'Lord Malmefbur went lately a Itttltf way from pans to dinner to trhichhe wai InviteU, the populace alarmed at thiv movement, ftopt bim, norjwqutd teyJlrperfetUl iheywere aflared that he did not mean to depart tne countrv--.the people oi r ranee ana ui&iiana w '- m - ru fTmfirtt-SfatirMa?rtbgv- ever be airar M HV J J lum for the opprefled, and become a terror to op pfeuor 1 -y-ii 4. The Republic of France.-May .flie fee as dif tinguilhed in peace, as (lie is formidable in war ; that her happinels may allure other nations into an imitation of her example -Ca Ira. 5. The Batavian Republic May her experience inftruft otker natipns to (bun a tyrant's grilp, for a freeman's embrace La Carmagnole. c6. The Revolutionary Army of the U. States May the fruits of their labours be no longer enjoyed by the enemies of American Independence Lexing ton march. , 7 The memory of thofe heroes who fell in dr fenceorAmeTn Liberty May' the inscription up on their tombs, call a tear from gratitude, and a bloih from apoUacy Solemn mufic. . The Thilolophers and patriots, wno pianrct and conducted the American Revolution ; may the t'nlendor and the dienit of their meafures, teacl governments that boncfiy is the helf'policy. 9"The Conftitution of thc-United States-Mav it prove an effecl:iial,and not a'oomih&l check on tlu deligns of ambition. ' 10. ' The Commonwealth of Pennfylvania Max (he be as diftinguifhed in the caufe of republicanifnv as fheasbeen confpicnous in that of humanity.-- 11. The Freedom of the Prefs, may this palla dium of our rights ever remain uninfluencedMiy power, unbiaffed by party, and unfeduced by coi ruption. 12. The memory of Franklin snd Rittenhoufc May their example inftruct the philofopher and h ifarefman, that t rue gl ory confilt s in doing go od t mankindSolemn mulic " 'i TUm . Arte anA Mn ttintr t!ie former li cultivated for our comfort, and the latter for oui lecunry. , . 14. The fitter Republics of America and France ; a? the exertions of France contributed to 6ur free dom ; may "the exertTons of America never tend to her oppreffiori Marfeillais hymn. ; , iyvPeace, Liberty, and ladependence -may wt cultivate the one as neceffary to our profpenty -cherifh the other as eflential to our happinefs ; and never oroftitute the latter to ambition or tyranny. 16. f The Republic of Great-Britain; may the prefeni'year-witnefia jubilee, as neceffary to the jiappTnefsrBritoM kind Britons ftrikehome. ' xtraA sf a letter from Lt. Colonel Commandant Thomas Butler, to the Secretary of War, dated , Fort Fayette, ( Pit ffburgV Feb. ,2,1 797. ' " I am, forry toHfoform youthat, on the moffnng of the iSth 1 ult;'died atlthlsIace of an inflammato- rv Wr' lh vi Uo rh ( VI IS' til A.l tltJ J """- . v-r tnffi or 1 rvcu 1 ulli or 111c oiiawancic ii""f . - . . ... - 1 . fls he was a man ol .note in nis nation, 1 conceivco n proper to have his remains decently buried, which was performed on the 29th with military' parade.j His friend, Blue Jacket, (items fenfiblc that every il tentioii was paid to ..... him during his ilinefs, as wel; as a proper refpect to his remains at biiual, and re quells me 6 inform you, thnt,tbey regret thelols ol fo great a man, and particularly, 'l a time whei they had come to pay a . v : 0 1 to the Prefidf nt : bu fays th.it it has been the cafe with them' as wjth o ther nations, from tiie beginning of time, to loii friends, -atuj that he hopes it will have, no tendency to leflen the friendfhip of his nation to the people o- the United States, and that when he return, to his T r it u.-i-LJ-.. :i f,.'fJ-i'.'.-:.-ji!?;ia::iKLLL . TWopie-mrwin encoumge tliele.ipi itiments. ,, 1 r'W ' -rr7V7.i3.;f,;n 1 have informed Blue Tacket that 1 will write to is alledged to be the treaty with Kj, -Litain. you for perm ffion to pfate.a (tone at k ....L-f - . ' - - this pi ice, whkh wa& highly -pleafing to hliiv.'i it . : n,;n 'PlofTfT fnrthpr informs, that about - the full of January, accounts were received at Cadiz of "Lord Malmeihury's having been ordered by the French governrnentto quit PariIrrtlcrTeportedrnat;- Pinckney, our mjnifter, had not beeii rtv ceived by the. direaory, and had receive4 orders to leave France alio. n . ' -In Italy, capt.-Flagg underflood that the T?nU nrmiec A Tkppn in variably IuCCCISj UU and he thinks accounts had been received ofe the furrender ot Mantua, ne unqemouu that one of the demands made by the French government, was to give up Gibraltar. I ton the obfervations capt. lagg made in Cadiz, ; he thinks the war between Spain and Great Britain is far from being popular. 1 he liege of Gibraltar, by the Spaniih army, had not commenced, and he thinks it will be : iome j r.A ul isfXro it- ic sittpjiinted. lhe tUllUUCIdUIC UI11V. uv-ioiw ii .Uc"-r SsL. amWfleeFliattiee . f-h-alU AC,inA oftr . nirh the lerraneau, uy a Bdl5r w"v,-va, ------- greateft part of them got into Cartnagena, and feveral of them into other ports of Spain. Gapt. Flagg did not learn what became of the Britilh Heet, after it left CoTfica. Accounts were received at Cadiz, iome mort time before capf. F. tailed, from the merican agent at Maggadore which mtoriftj ed that.inftruaions had been given to , thfc cruifers of the Emperor of Morocco to take;, all American veilek The reafon ayen iojf American colours, had carried fupplies to the brother ot tne emperor, wuu ia w-, lion againft him. .' ' n ' . Jv"". Our readers may recoiled, that capt. t Jag . ; was takeny ononis paflage Ironvthprtox- uiDraitar, aim cucu "- -r-French cruifef, in Oaober laft, unde? ' the! decree ot: -the rencn goveumicm, which direas all American veffds, bound to--T V -: Britifh ports, to be carried in. After, three months detention, and appealing from the fentence of the French coniul, wohad con j ;j-.Iwm- "Va mi'nUfpr ar Madrid. lu$ ;,flri !. roflnrpfl to hlml and the treiKnt toid ; itheicargo kfd; taheeipM hive given ampic lecuruy iv mount, if it is decreed to be reftored About Chnltmas lait, an oruer wd wutu : ri7 nrKihiVino- the imDortation of rice from the United States of America ui bpain. Irwapsriahltdb quantity of thk article hayirigen raifcdn Welt-Jfionaa. I cit-x- iw mat - A ' ' j u vlj a 'W vpftprav menttorLed. that . X f Hit' J ""Tt W J ' Lord talmeuiprylhad quitted Paris. It hai fmce been reported, that letters were receiv ed in Cadiz from PaHs of -the -$$t Dec. which faid that " affairs teemed to be m::,rs embroiledfthan: ever.' '1 he views of peace had yanilhed, as' Lbrd Malqicflmry- had .quit I ted Pari1 and Mr. Pinckne y, the Amencao amballador, had been reluied an audience, a .decree having pafled the French government, , that all intercpurfe with the United States Oiould fubfide, until j'atisfadion is obtained for the repeated inl'ults which ' have be . jt 1hcwnbythem:taanef-tne.cnicrwtcu know their ow i ir.terelts. however the ffovemmenr itrefrard. ' '...q- CIIA R L, E S T Q N, Fepruary 23. ?Tyterdayrrivedlheichr, .iiza, L;aptain "AT TH I TO R S plied fdr" immediately,' at the ftore of - WTTF ATOM 5f TtSn ALE. to
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