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\l J Ici'rr jH( thrir country war.tt wir.riiirtioul, and that Ihorily fef ■ - ill w upon ihem a w*■ it r ii i In-y will in a liulc limp reap •nl'iiKiom uJv.4nisges. A» tor me, l'entirely devyte myleif i-o tb«. d«. f>eiice of ">y ertu'ntry. lam the en emy of tlives, and the friend of frogmen, of whatever country. 1 en the altar of truth, an ha traj ot"i(|e fqmier, that jiothiugbut a of thftir principle* or their death can extinguish , and 1 dedi c.ite my heart to -ihe latter, his wpvn tbefe piineiple.* I have taken tlie.oflice eutrufted to ine, of wllfth I wist perform tlje diuies till the l ift moment of my Jife. J can not flxprefs to you all the gratitude 1 feel towards our ihe kind receptions I or my prize have received in every part ol the Uniltd Stales, I hope 1 lliail Toon be able to go to Alexandria, and present in per Ton, my ihanks to its generous and patriotic inhabitants, i 1 am, Citizens, your moll fiefpetftfully-attached and foevoted brother, 11. ANDRE KERREY. t V "• .CHARLESTON, (S.C.) jnne tc. We hear that Col. .Banning, the collector of Clmptack,- has leized the.funics, —» — Hooper, prize ntaf ter, (*ak<;i) fcy the Sang Cuhmepri vatcer) umii it /hall be-a(certattled - Irr f —. ■ The fchooi;er Hector,Capt. Olin lle.l, of VV-iJniington, which on ber. arrivhl here, fail fed so inuch con verfation and ipecnlatioti, on the fubjefi of European and, American failures, &c. hus, on her departure foriiiflied tqtial room for animad version and table talk. During her Hay in ' this harbor, rhsre was a real or pretended bill of sale, executed by ,the Captain in favor of a Frenchman ; who appli ed to the Consul of the F.renqh re public for a privateer's cotnniifiion —this was "readily granted, as there appeared no resemblance of fraud or collusion.—The veflel was after ■warch cleared out as an American bottom,. for the Weft-Indies, and failed on Thu fday as fuch—AtieT (he hgd pa'flcd Fort fohnftcMi, flie fr-fiTuf.m nTVe" been noticed, that the Captain had privately procured ammunition here, and had a few cannon and small arms concealed in the hold. Inflead of pursuing her voyage to the Welt Indies, Ihe had not 101 l .fight of the land, Before her pira tical intentions were displayed, in bringing to and examining all ves sels that chanced to come in her way—(he is even said to have cap tured the schooner , Capt. Gar ret. bound here from the Welt-In dies. In consequence of this intelligence being authenticated, two pilot boats were armed and fitted up to go in pursuit of her ; and yeflerdaj morn ing failed on ibis laudable expedi tion—One of the buatj vyas .com manded by Capti Cdckran, of the Revenue c-utter, and the other by Captain Newton, of the America. The failtirs, "amounting to abput OinetJ-, were collected from differ «nt fiiips in the river ; and they were f<> eager in tbc caofe, that thrice the number might have been p>ocured„ if ihey were thought ne ceflVrj.'' SAVANNAH, (Geor.) June 6. On Monday the ult. a Mr. Tomberlin, who on Canoo cliie river, and li*d (•turned a day or iwo befoie io work bis crop, having qccafion ro cross that river, was waylaid, on his coining back, by two Indians, who grunted like hogs to tlraw- his attention, which was n<> frtoner fixed than a gua, fitapped at him. On difcuvering the jtixnped to a tree, and putting (tis head on one fide totake another look at tbetn, one of the Indiana fiied and (hot through his hat daft to his temples. Tomber -Ihi drew fcatk, .which made the In dian ftippofe he>-had killed him, wh«, ( hen ran op with his tomahawk! To tuber! in waited until Kego; with in ten steps, rook good aim with his i ifip, and fired at the Indian's ferity, w-hn ii ftamly dropped ]ii» gun,crouched ltuiTfelf aluiolt' dou ble, and placed bull bis bands 10 the pari lie fired at. The other In itial! advancing with his picce load ed, and Tomberljn's jjijii being euipty, he was compelled to r'ttn f.«i the log he had eroflcd the river on, and whilst on it was fliot a_t by the other Indian ; the ball, after pafling through his split lbirt, grazing him along the fide; he got off without further damage. There can be lit tle doubt, from his character as a man of resolution and a good , inan, but tharthfc Indian he fired at was severely wounded, if hot fcilletf. Saturday the Bth indatit General Twiggs' eroded the Oconee river with a body of cavalry and infantry, intending to establish a po(t on the Oaknmlgee with the latter. Accounts from the fonth wai d inen rioii Mr. Seagiove's having in con finement in Fort St. Tainmany, 8 Indians of the Creek nation ; a ninth, who was taken % itli thetn, cut his thr<iru with a knife after being confined. One of the con fined Indians is. a Cheehaw fellow, who made his eCcape the day after "the inurdeis at T«'ade« Hill in March lad. ~ BOSTON, June 26 f [A correspondent has favored u- with the so) losing letter, from Artit-fi'ador ar Philadelphia.] Phtfedi. 'ptiiti, Jangi}, jl In the -Icond year of the French Citizen Cbnet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic, to the United States of America, to the French Citizens in Eo^on. (itizens, , ~, IT'. i« with pkifete l have reseUted jyunr • letter of tjw ijfli ofjhiV have expend left from thepaftriotilia.aßd zeal <jf the French Republicans, who have t'h? " tn five under the heni£o hiflueatice bF T bnr tfceJßfWoniaet. Tbe*fli®>- • anjre winch r'eaderiul tp j'our unfitly ttmatt br^rhTreii,*do6i'j'o\i and .itelKfy to Jbb' roy efteeiri'. Nt" oa'. t his o^cz-' "Go"- y, ~1 %«. ; ■' 1 had letter »n tie. fubJWS of thole Fjencti framen, wkp liad fi6M St.'Tfeters and Mujuclon, to> • •WWch > >j«4' , mf;eh)ife iii'malting re))ly. I tvtote.' , to he ret afore tonftil at Bofttirt, f{ociife the fucdrit'or. and fiityiaancF of^ltofeJFr^"^ citizen Duballet, to teftify to him. iny sincere acknowledgment for his aije&ionate attention to his fellow countrymen. And now I request the French patriots established st Eofion, to •wait on those generous Americans, Meffis. " Samuel Brown and Jluflel Sturges, and thank them lor their friendly afiiftance, which new demand my iincere acknowledgment. When my affairs will pehnit me to leave Philadelphia, for a few days, I Aall employ those moments of leisure in pitying a v fit to * our brethren the Americans to the North ward; and particularly to tie town of Bos ton, the place from whence the fire i f liberty firft emanated ; and lhall with pleafuie em brace that opportunity, more clofelv to tic the krot of fiiendfliio with the patriots Sa muel Brown and Ruffe) Stjtg-s. Zkcfelkwitg i, a Report-oj the joint Committee of the itgi/lntuteof the Commmwebhh of Mafftichu- JrUt—u id is , e Jerred to the next ft/lion of the General Court. CtmmmiveM of MajfachufttU. In Senate, June 23, 1793. WHEREAS it appeari by an atteiled 10- py of the Records of the Supreme ju dicial Court of the United States. Alexander Cfielholro, rxeciitnr"} bi Robert Farcjuar, tleceafed, ( terjus (• In c a' c - The State ef Georgia. J) On armament, -- Ordered, That the Plaintiff in tl.is canfe do file his declaration on or before the firft day ol March next. OrdcKd, That certified copies «f tbi saM declaration, be served op ttw Governor ai.d Attorney of rtw State of Georgia, on or before tbe firft Jay of June next. Ordered, Ttjat unless thefaid State Giall ei ther in due form apjiear, oi- fh?w C ause to die contrary in this Court, by the firft day of Hie next term, judgment by default lhall* be «ii~ againlt the jfa:d slate." . Whe re upon, 1. Rcfottd, .That the fame principles 'of rtte ConttiMTTon, witch app!v to the State of Georgia, apptr equally to a!I the States which compote the government of the United States. 2. Refilled, That it hath ever been the sense of the Citizens of this Commonwealth, that the Government of (be United States is a tcdent Government, 3 Kfjot-ud, That the idea of a Federal C.o vernment lteceilarily involves the idea ot com ponent parts, confiding atdiJlinS and (t.arate Gove r merits. 4- RefoivetLj That a Covemment being liable to be sued by an incHviduai Citizen, either of thar, r»r of any other Government, U iupon- with that lovercignty' which is'ctfbutiar 458 t-aD Oor-rnm-rnM, *7 f»' ch *"- v averTiin.' .1 saa-i*- -'"•■b.wl, e.ffier ro pre e,tt .UV.f, t»r »o ? rojtfft ijt* <*>ru ir.einbets, niftier Citiaen'fl. i!>je<fts. , .Wt-i 'fhjsAicvriclc "tfce CooOi she jtnocia- Power to tftrnnpi &-«—> !>»■(<.-* 'htUuzc f oj no icr \ Jlt.a by the Judges ot the Su .irerae Judicial Cou:t in the cale alorefaid, 11 In its pMiwipies fubvehive ot the-State Gs vernmeots, iucoMiflent with the ease and Ul'etyoft,* bodyof Free Citizens, and re pliant tu every idea of a hdcrat Gmcnmeil, and therefore it is 6 Me/obiiJ r That tiie Senators ot this Com monwealth m the Congrels ot tbe Ui-ittd States, be, and they hereby are inllrufted, 5 and tbc Weprefrwtatiiies wq«efled, to u:e their utmost influence that the article- ia the Federal Constitution, which relerj to eon t'overfies between a State and the citizens of other States, be either wholly expunged from the Constitution, or 1" tar modified and explained, as to give the tulleft security to the States refpettively again# the evils com plained of, and to remove their appreben ticn oil tliii highly intereffng and important foijeot; more especially as this Leg;fl;iture have the fulled afiurance, that the late deci sion of tlx- Supreme Judicial Corn tot the United ,Sutes, bath given a eonftruction t» the Constitution very different ftom the ideas which the Citizens of this Common wealth entertained of it at the time it was adopted. t' ;Og lilondaj last tf* SecreU#^ ot 9* ' 3 nionw&l tb, fyt he <si reftionof Hi | ftve?fencj t.'tlSe SJi»errVor, prerpj/«:d t6e, *o .Wedqefday of.^»n«urJ ixxt j J^eP.b»ving ounctd his 'fei«llen.cy's apr». ; p<i>batiAri of private and jwblic. ' aifts, w(vi<;h fiia dgfiogtlie, late, Hon. * ftriffelj- . i t*x of tl>e <rf " iOiiililfc tT&Vslf<; «n ' ast for rcguTatwig, tNp ihjitlaj incenforhiity lathe oftfee United States; anaA'for eftab!iliii)g« col ''iege NM*w e»" , ««if'Wilßattifioi»,m tWt chnnty of;B(:liibin; *by the n&aie of Wilßain»-tiol»- Jetfe ; u tA fcr>contim>mg<tbe ! %M»nty' «" ; glffi'mmufafttired '■ irr this cctstoonweirtrti { ' (ft* attfor graritittg-a IbStti of~]F. itioO to Luke and Isaac Bemis; free of interest, for to. enable them to bnild a keretofot* owned by tftetriVandwhich was lo . eirtiaentljrufefut, having lately been eimfuni ' wfjjy fire ; an ast toVrtcotrrage the mannfec ture of twjne aji ttft incorporating certain perfonj for the of opening an inland Water communication between Merrimack rivfer town- •tf *'.• i.;. • during the fefllon, the hon. Edward H. Robbins, fpealcer of the house, from the in difpolition of his consort, was debarred at tending his duty; and John Coffin Jones, Esq. -was etefted loeaker, pro. temp, who declining accepting, William Tudor, Esq. was elected, and filled the chair the residue of the fefiion. -*>—r.r.l—ti, amounted to ..20981. Toe compeiifatio;i to the members was Bs. per diem. NEW-LONDON, Jure 57. A letter from a mercantile house in Rich mond. to a merchant in this city, dated June i 4, fays, '' 40s. fterl. perhlid. for freight from this to Liverpool, can now be had for tobacco; from 451. td 50s. has been given to London Bs. fterl, per bbl. for flour to Europe has been given, and something more might be obtain ed; there are numbers in town wiSiing to load vellbls with tobacco and flour." From the Maryland Herald. THE exports of the United States for the year ending on the last of September, amounted to the enormous value 0f—20,; 18,014 dollars. They stand thus : GENE.T. _ a ' ue of wares, goods and merchan dize, exported from each Hate, agreeably to th« A bit 1 att laid before Congress 27 th February 1793. •up New Hamplhire, Maflachufetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennfylrania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Neith Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, ! Dollars, 20, J18,01 4 Among the grtat cxpoiting states it will be a mod pltaGng thing to lis to ob fttve that Maryland, which the year prc • ceding 1 was the fifth, is now the fourth in the United Siatci. The attracts from the Frcafury department are not perhaps very generally to be iret with. It is to be tegretted th?t they ate in t known by every man in ,h e Ui:inn. ]! v thtm he would tie furnilhed w ' xcnteftil ie evi tience of our profpc 'y, j- \. } y be . yond the onuns ot 'ry *i • ' e gtnious politician' . . at er the- pi acr a k rot it!' 1 «!' tuiju Shefi. Commerce of -the United State*" wniil enceedingly assist in enabling tiiin to form* •i just eltiinate or the value u» our iiatior. al advantages. Lord Sticffisld i» an £i glilb uobleman, who fervcd ag~-iii.lt us c4> the continent latt war. When'lit return ed 10 England he found the miuJ nud feelings of that country war mly alive to all forts of prejudices again ft us. Ha saw the general alarm that fpiead about, the effect which the difmetnberment of the Britilh empire would produce. He wilhed toappeafe it; and (for an author who did not care what he advanced) judi cioyfly enough seized the mooicut flyui r able al once to the national prejudices., and to the fate of a work , which was to flatter them, lie wrote to please. To please, lie told them all lUey wilhed to Tee proofs of. He told tbem "they had loit nothing. He wrote a largr book, which many who read this have never read, to prove that America,vvithout the aidJr prote&ion of Great Britain molt fink in to ntrvelefs J want < and among other things that we Uiouid. never be able to make mure wheat than we did about 20 years since ! All things have provedthat he knew little of his fub jeft, and that Will Whifton was as good at prophecy as he was. The author of the examination of Loid Sheffield's errors has with becomingmodeiaiion of remark and by incontrovertible fails and re'afon ing on them, completely refuted the work of this peer. lu the discharge of this duty (for however absurd the doctrines of the work, they had a dangerous ten dency against our trade-—) he has re sorted to documents of veracity, and ma naged the reasoning on theon with ability.. In the detail to which his subject led, h.e has presented an unexaggerattd view of the state of the Union, in the highest de gree interfiling and gratifying to every true American. Tiiis examination al ready begins to open the eyes of even EnglifhmeH in England. 3o incontelli ble are its reafonitigs on facts so forcible, that the very reviewers feel and acknow ledge its luminous tiuths. The expofurc of enors in general is wbolfume ; of those in particular the influence of which mis-direst the council of a trading nation with whom we largely dial. Itfeems to be of piime onfctjneaee that a country Ihould know its refetirces and advantages. The mora! effects re sulting fiora this knowledge are seen in the quiet charms of contentment, the po litical are fell in a foberand dignified firm nefs in their defence and wifemanagement —To know them on a larger scale we must resort to those works which treat of thera from the belt authority. FRANCE at the t:mc of ifiuing the pro clamation was engaged, and likely to be engaged in wa-, with a!!, oralipoftall Eu rope, without a fingie ally in that quarter of the globe. In fucli a frate of things, it is etident, t'iat however she may be able to dsfcnd herfelfat home, (of which her factions and agitations have turni/lied the only fericus doott; Ihe cannot make rxurnclerforts, in any degree proportioned to tbofe which can !.e inade a _gainft her. By this (ituatjon of things atone, th" Unit ed States would fiedifpenfrd from an obligati on to embark in her quarrel. It is known, that we are wholly dcftitute . ot naval force. France, with a'l the great maritime powers united against her, is una. b'e to fopply this deficiency. S!ie cannot rxt ford us that species of co-tfcrumn, which is neceilary to render the efforts ufeful to her, and to prevent our experiencing the deftrufti on of our t adi and themoft calamitous iucon. venience in otii.-r njfpe.ts. Our guarantee does not rtfpeft frar.cc her el . It does ndt relate to her u^iirvimediate defence, it relates merely to the defence and p'eferyatioti of her Hmrikan co/onicri j'tjefts ot winch (though of considerable importance) ti'Sbtbe deprived, and vet remain a great, a powerful, and a happy nation. In the a&ual situation of this country, and in relation to an object so fecoodary to France, it rnav fairly be maintained, that au ability in her to ftipply in acompetent degree our deficiency of naval force, is a tondiiion of our obligation to perfoim tt- guaiartee •« our part. Dollars. 181,407 2,389,922 698,084 :> 749>9 2 5 2,528,085 *3.524 3,820,646 '33.972 2 >55°>2 58 3 >549=499 503,294 2,430.425' 458,973 Had the United State* a powerful marine, or could the y command one iu foiling would eot be foiid ; but circainfagced •« they •re, u 1S prefuir.ed to be well fouuded. r'i' Cr r * rou ' t ' be no pioporliou between ths " ij an , d P cri!s . lo wtuch ihc UnUed SiaTrt would expofc themselves, by embarking in lt.e '*"/• and lhc bcpcfi; uiid He talkie of their JH funtwn alms at Jecuringio Fiance, or thaiwbioh ■t wci'ld be 10 'heir p<..*cr afluolly to sendee nt'. yty a party. ;.%4 ,l P o mioii woHld be a valid reason Aoruot executing Ihe guarantee. All contrafis mk 10 nc ive » , ia fo„ablt conftruflioo. Sett pieteivßUoi. « the firft dutv of 4 naiion ; and iliowgh ui the perJormajice of ftipulatioiis reUt out \rh ciou » the TOR THE GAZETTE.