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lt vnt, (riipci fairt. r'Coires/that the tiiitotry
Mitittl.nl w'«r (Wild bcJMily bc
ta#fe ihcy a" H.reft'iy cooiemplaUd Ky. lorb
ftipuiaiiom, )Ct 11 ti tu*s not uquwe thai txtravr
dmdi-i *«* txlr&t nfezards (V.ould tut> ; ftp -
tuU-y whtt<- the-ot>jefct fur which they »■« to be
run,4» only a and parUoJur mleicft of
the ally, for whom lhc y a,<: Ln ., oe " ,n - .
As in the prefeni lofUnce ; good faith Joes
not rrqaire, thai the United States fnnuld put HW
ieowray their essential mtcrelb, perhaps their
very existence, i» one of the tr.(Ul unequal con
t-fts m which a nation could lit engaged-to fe
rureto Fiance —What ?—Her WefUlndia If
-1,,„d», and other K'fs impcrumt poffefiions in
Ainciica—For ic is to be remember, d, that the
(tipulationsof the United States do in no tveat
kjcli beyond thit'poiot. If tliev were upon
the ftfeogtU ciLihcirguaTairw, to engage in thr
wnvamTeould iniie any a:rangcmc;it with the
billif-ereu; powers, fur fetitrmg to France thole
islands and those poJTtfiians, they would be at
pcrtefl liberty instantly to withdraw—They
would noi be bound to prosecute the -war one
rourfteyi longer.
They are under no obligation in s»y event,
as tar as the faith of treaties is concerned, to
aflitt* France in <ief<encs of her liberty ; a to.
pit tfit.wjtitill so much has said, so very
little to thepurpole, as it regards the present
queftjflii. ■■
Th? cqnro.il. io which tha United States
fhiinftlvcs, were tliey to take
part Vrith France, would pnffibly be itili more
unecfJi.il,' t'lin tikit in which France berfelf is
engaged. With the poflfeiiions of Great Bri
tain and Spain on both flanks, the numerous
Jidian tribis under t' e influence and directi
on of those powers, along our whole interior
frontier, with a Jong extended sea coast, with
no maritime i'ur>e of out own, and with the
maritime force of all Europe againtt us', with
no fortifications whatever, and witlvwpopu
lation not exceeding lour millions—it is ini
poffiblij- to. imagine a yi.ire. unequal qontofl,
than that in wnic.l wefhouldbe involved ill the
cafe fuppoed; a contest from' which we are
difluaded by the most cogent motives of felf
prefcrvalion. as well as of interest.
We may Jearp from ,V»tel,.pne of ,the ;beft, ,
"writ«rs «o the lawj of nations, that if a
State wWcbhas promifeil I'nccours find» itfeU"
onabie tol'iiruSlh tlieWjits very inability's its
extnfptlon j and »if the furniihiog Hi® suc
cours wouU-fxpofe.it to aniviicnt.'dahger— 1
this also is a lawful .dispensation. The cafe
wonU render th# treaty pernknas ttf the State
and licrtjtre not'liliguiair). ' But thii applies to
an immmair dwigtXth'eateriirrg the fafety of
t"ie State ; °ff a danger it laeitiy inj
iKciflarily rtfirjititvtrj tieJty." f,. .
Jl'ta'6" [avno ijiiiffi>le artel man will
itenyytheeift&it ti.i" 'the p'refent combination ,j
tga nfl; is in a decree tin fe afcrjbet? to -
inlp'rSjjJe.iCfS ai£tipt jiirt } tte'tfxciiip'ion to
the States- liw* tnaaifcft and i
» ]
in' haiStfiK 'of tfc* prttfcal .Jc'jiii, wtytjr |.
Jhay have bean by |be . j
indi J
This if. dilate' wf yeßj?6it, wUlt
which ««j8 cpurtkaft; pfie'
tice y/. -v- > f:
To wtl?eS9'?»^c^i<ideW»»» H may
baps WSwted, With fmall.degffee of |oa>
that militarytfip'uJatioos in t>»tiot>al trtatteS
tke HKdinatyrafe i>f /«><'£* ',
uar ,are irrelative .tp the
sn>w ll*t ■ pF:P<IviRNM£BfT ; J ]
n;tieft Wk«r'ff tWy-h*ve ex|)refs reference to a ,
Involution ftr wherfc; there l»' v a guar-''
antee of the existing copftttutioft of a nation,
•r where thtffi is a perj.,fni. alliance for the
4efeoee«f» pppjcsar>4.ft} family-* ■ :
Tlje Ite Vol lit i Or» tn traoce itvthe
foatije ofj|hsAv'ar. in wliicjj llje i* «Dgag<Kl-
Tfce reifii'atiVp th? iTionxjchv is -
ed object.of ferri'e of her euemk-s—and the'
impi ied;ww >f ajl ,qf them.... .That qacftfcn t
tlien isriftiifcillv involved in the prtncit>l«-of
the acrtjHJjy wVcr-> ill tlxt >
**.Wr
which ofir tfeg t v ujai; onsden iMKt it may thence 1
be to Jie CB»-
- Xr;yn;H lay rt.
'llie would be that the H United)
ha»,« that touldbe
tlaimed l»y t)}e nafion of ?i*aocß, -Whw " they
f> far r»(pe,etcd its decifiofl «« to l-ecogmfe
the,newly coriftifßted jx>w«rr.i; giving opera
tic atliance for futnri, occa
fem, hi eOifiderwf lAefrtjefii tear as a wit ex- '
ftert'ayj f<M». tale exception iiin other
tOth'iftttiiinSancei U n4*?whvch
bst»'««n >h» two q«rt«»trie
*er* CoiitMeWd. ft is impdl^aie,, prejjidice
apart, '/ot to prfecive a delicate. «liil>B*<als
#ien e between theM«ri and 1*3.. ofo»r i»li tical.
relatiwrte'-FViSci; •* - J \
On ihefa grounds, also, as wfj) as that of
ti* pre font the fide of
France The. United States baye valid Jind
honofsbh pfeai.ton&r agamft the tnwution .
of the guarantee, if itfhould be claio«d of,-
tliem by Prance. - And . the, Prefid«nt waj in
•very view fully juftiSed in-jirenouticin&i
that the <)uty : avd inta/eilof tbe-lioited States
dictated abeiMralitjJri the.«tar,'
t Sit Betk 111 a.,p. VI. Sec 9?. ,
J PuJnJorJ B«»i yHI. Ouip. IX. Scitwn IX.
clearance*; as the port of Phi
ladelphia, f: om the Xft ol'January to the 29th
ofJur.»,i793.
rojt£it>N Ports.
Shij>«;
B' ig?, Snows, &c.
Schooners
Sloop-;
Skips
and .Sloops
CO &STWISE.
■WW I'MmwWpMrfj r-..-ra»M.rn-. i«-U_» i. -wr* l
Philadelphia, July 6. j
Tburfdsy bffliflj thi. iif Inde
pendence, tiic tiuy .w'is celebratvt' intilisii
ty »yir,'i.Wli Jeiudai) rations ol indicate
the high feme rite people enrertain of* tlie in
valuable blelimgs tlerived fi'uin that impor
tant event—'• Peace, I.ibeity and Safety."
Several corps of the military made their
appearance—The Society of Cin.-inrtati dined
at Qellers', where a number of fraternal and
patriotic toads were drank under the dis
charge of cannon—Select parties were foimed
and dined in various public houses, in the city
and neighboring vjlla-^—the public feats <M'a
mufeinent, Gray's, Harrogate, and the Cir
cus, particularly the latter were thronged
with company—M. Varinot's Fire-worlcs in
High-Street, were brilliant, and greatly ex
ceeded the mod sanguine expectation The
hours pafied in one continued Jeries of amuses
mcnt, and no accident we believe, occurred
to abate the pleasing reflections on a iietrol
pecrive view of the day.
A letter from Jjmaioa is in town, .which fjiy*.
that the Providence, of 20 gun?, and AdillanuoT
14, have taptflrecf the Ann and Sally, of Balti
more, jnouotiftg 6 gun*, and having on boatd 23
men. all fpeakmg English—The words 11 Ann
and Sally of Baltimore,"' were covertxl hver
with black, pairit, but the letters plainly defcJVii
able.
The Augusta paper of Jun? 15, fays, t*at
.Major-General Twiggs, crofleri the
■with about 920 men on Saturday lad, on
way to the Oakmulfcee, Where the infantry
were to halt and build a fort. The cavalry,
amounting to about 452, commanded by Bri
gadier-Generals Irwin, Clark and Blackburn,
we r t immediately to proceed to the lower
(Cieek) Towns, and procure Itti'sfadtfon for
the hUme:'ous unprovoked muVdeis and d«-
vafcatioTin lately committed by that faithlefs
tribe of lavages.
Cjiptaun of the Jane, ini3
'St. Eaftatta, informs, tjhat tlje iaft accotjits.
from Martinique when he failed were, that
the En«t|(h h.ad been camionading Font Bonr
bofl wlth thfee jgwrt iiip3,£bi)t bad ceased
firing, ftnd attempted a landing. . A report
was prevalent at. Sr. fawl t<* be
brought fc»y am. Uifti arrived at &jrta
doe<, that a fnr .peacfi was on
ibat becwe«iK3Eltigland and-£.ra<ic*- -• --»«•
There is an EngUih Letter of RTsrtfufi in
tie rive;-.
A paragraph in the Mai! of Monday in
forms us, that the Prefidcnt of the ynited
States has not decided on the, quettion sub
mitted to him, refye&ing the p ize Ihjp Wil
liam.
Ext rail ofUtter from England, dated April e 0,1795.
<4 Our JVr.niftrv wtie so wife as to appoint a
public; fall, to be kept yeftcrday ; many of the
(iiff ntin£ minified declined coniplyiug,*~ Some
complied for paiticutar rcafors ; in a sermon..'
preached on theoceafion it was said " number*
would not be plea fed at having it insinuated, and
yet it is to be feared, that national confidence in
and reliance on our own military and naval
prowess, has teen produ£live of the difappoin
mejtts commonly attendant on a vain Jiclf de
pendant:?." Was it not 11)1$ that led on to tho(e
hoiltitties, which were commenced as on ih'is
day, eighteen years ago, at Lexington, in M.'f
lachufetis Bay ; and thai brought on and con
tinued an un lucre fsful war for more than (even
vearf, and loaded us with a debt confide (ably
beyond a hundred millions of pounds nerling ?
And is it not owing to the events of that utifue
ceOferl war, that the present has been -drawn into
ex'ftence ? Whatever advantages may be gained;
fto:r» the la let, we can rtap but Tittle glo>y from
it. We are leagued with so many formidable
powers, that fbould France bccompleleJy ctu(h
cd, by the united force of the confederates*
fuin of the divided honor obtained bv the event
w> 1 yield but a trivial fhareto each ally. Mow.
e.- r :: is not a opinion «>t mine that
f ih an event will not take place within the pie
<em year : after which the "probob lity <>t it*
ev< 1 exiftiog will gradually dimmifli. T*h> fe
t oughts an natural to 1 hole, who recoiled th
varans circumtlances of the American war —
how f iddenlv and unexpeft-'dly, the thieaien
ing Worm which hung over th'* country the la/t
year, was dtfpeifed, though headed by one hf
the firti G neiais, uov» retired as we are inforrfi
ed, from public serviCe to his private
with faded lawrcls—-and that it is not the late of
one Arnold »» one Dumoarier to tix the iflue of a
I war ; but of the Lord God of Hosts.
The'thou gin I ess multitude, compofcd of ,'v?.
• ious orders, having heard the French charged
with being a nation of and Infidrls* nuy
thswc they are doomed r y heaven tc de
ftrudion. But it m.y be alked, has not such
a.hrifm and infidelity/been the natural produce
of dai k fupet iluion and prejudice, in conjunc
tion wi:h the inconsistent and abandoned lives
of what have been denominated the religious
orders ? and may it not be the defizn of Piovi
dencr to bring about a reformation in the prin
ciples and practices of the nation by the judge
muns with which they are vifiicd ; aod by his
piovidewal intcipofiiotis, tn which he may
prevent iheirruin—and in th sway prepare them
For a f rQe government of iheir own ehoofifg ? ,
It. is a quelt;on not cafily foived, whether there
is moie real a'.hrifm and infidelity in fiance
than in Great-Britain, the ditf' rence of nutnbeia
conftdcied, though in the former the public
avowal of it may be more gen. ral."
/fWff a Corrrfpund i.t.
The Commifnoners appointed to fettle the
accounts between ti:e United States and the
individual states we are informed coiulud.Vt
that business on Saturday lafl—what prodigi
ous exatfcnefs ! after an appointment of more
than five years, they hit the very point ol ex
piration of the time limited by T.ongref* with
as much accuracy as ever §ir Isaac Newton
found the return Qf a comet aufwered to his
calculations. £G<i?*r<i/ Advcrti^f-^
July 1, I 793-
PACIFICUS.
Arrived. Cleared.
7i 49
in 91
51 S7
44 5'
9 >3
37 »4
224 193
459
Jixlrafl ej-a letter from a'ginthmm in Sir
" I h-ivr found out a variety of innnry
Coining pnt&ice* here, highly difgracifal
I think to tlie parties, to the country and
its fcnvs; and in the instances I fhali men
tion. likely to do infinite mifchiefs to the
vast circulation of Spanish iilver in the
United States 1
" As early as May 1791, they began
with the American copper cent, only up
on reading the resolve of Cong re Is to
have such a money, and the getting over
a,p4«; of the. Am? 1 ican 'eagle. Xh«e
were three different forts of these cents
made here, all with the President's head,
not a bad likeness and tolerably well exe
cuted. I find however, tlris was merely
an attempt of some artists here to induce
Congress to give Birmingham the order
for coinage of their copper money.
" I have seen pattern cards of {hillings,
frxpencts, and hijlf'pencea, so base, as to
be marked for sale at the rate of 28, 30,
and 36 /billingsior the guinea.
Quarter doUarj and piftareens, (but
principally quarter dollars) cut into three
or rather four pieces. An exait triangle
taken out of the centrc. The other
three pieces of.debafcilfrlver, nevertheless
to be run off as halves of the quarter dol
lar. The central piece is again coined
down, and isleft rather plain ici the dies
(which were (hewn to me with ps*e* of
the money) and the crescent formed pie
ces ttt uck to nearly as' jraffible the Itamp
ofj that part of a real Spanish quarter
dollar. The piftareens were worl'e exe
cuted.'
" I have also Teen Dutch ducats, and
dollars which were done as follows. The
ducat was cut out of a pure piece of foft
fjlverto the proper size and to be ealily
bcadable in the finger a; pure ducats are;
there is then a thick amalgam of gold,
(which is made of quick silver and gold,
and then squeezed through lhammy leath
er) laid on this loft silver, and then llruck
in the press to the exad fixe and marks
of the Dutch ducat of date 1752. This
order came through Englilh merchants
from Holland and London, soon after
the declared and open afliftance given by
England to their high and mighty allies
the Dutch. The value of these forged
ducats is about one and sixpence Iterling,
wotfcmanfliip and aU. They weigh about
2 dwts.'y grs. and by weight the real du
cat would fell here for nearly ten (hillings,
so that here rests a neat profit of eight
and sixpence on each piece.
'j Spanish milled dollars are of three
forts, two only of which I have seen.-—
The baser one is cut from a well silver pla
ted Iheet of copper of due thickness, then
hooped around the edge with a fiver wire
so thick as not to expose the copper if
scraped moderately on the edge wi:h z
knife (a common mode here to de
ted base silver) and is then milled
to the copied dye, of which there
are more than one fort. They are
so well executed as to pass easily
among others, and are in value,
■worVtrranfiiip and all, about one and
sixpence.
<< The other and more pure dol
fat.«, the artills are more close and
secret about, as being a better tiling.
however come to Birmingham
in real Spanilh or Mexican dollars,
bought at the bank and 01 her pla
ces, sent down by land carriages,
about 10,000 at a time, in a calk,
and they are melted and recoined,
copying as exactly tire old impref
fions| of which there are three or
tour fort 3, but mo(Hy the lank vir
ago of his molt Catholic Majesty,
nine pence of silver being taken from
each of the new coinage, and these
new ones want but little alloy to
br ing'them to a proper thickness ;
two one-h:ilf, or three pence on each
piece is ample pay to the at tift here
for dies, recoining, fending back to
London, and all other expences, so
that the public upon whom they are
ptKivlofe nine pence in every four
an<t fix pence, and the emitter has a
benefit of (i* pence on each.
Upon close invefligation, no doubt
remains itfon tny ntind, but they are
meant for the Welt-Indies or for the
Uribed States. Six tons of thein
anil of other silver, have been so
melted down fi»ce the beginning of
AujulV lait. The parties were very
fee er a* names, but dropped to
me iipoir being closely puihed, it
war done by them under art order in
a r:gular way from a houi'e in Lcn
* Swffcftijor riitpj.
miitgbtim.
wholly in the i-nba line,
and thai I bole dollars weie meant
for the fact ; bui this cannot be the
c;i!'?, [lie people it) tlmr country be
ing very nice ami (crapulous '»» to
filler imported coins. I haye a<Jlu
ally heard pnijetfionftl nic« (oue in
the church and the oiiier a phyll
cian) speak of knowing loinewhat
of this last coinage, and having re
commended an aitilt for lite purpose
of doing it ! !
" -djjiguats in quires, both (tamp
ed and (igii'eJ, as well as in blank
"with the proper paper
and all the Fttnch words neceflliry
in the -water marks executed, as I
was told in London, and lent lii
ther for the engraving, printing,
and finilhing strokes.
" The head of poor Louts how
ever, (which is done by a ft aw p
the fame as is on the hills and notes
here) appears now to bea want here,
and a loss to these fcheuters t-one of
whom told me, corfing and execra
ting the war, that lie ihould have
been ten thousand pounds richer, if
the declaration had been delayed
a month or rv»o longer. Thole al
fignats which I saw were all for
ten, twei>ty, and two hundred 11-
vres each.
" In 'ike manner in the wsr
time did they forge and counterfeit
boxei full of our continental paper
money: f» one veflel there was
taken four or five box:s of it, and
others Which cot into America help
ed much the depreciation in 1,779.
In this placc fjfh pratftifes are.iielii
not ciitninal, but a fair advantage
over an enemy, indeed hardly any
thing else short of murder is critni
.nal among them, for I never yet
saw a people so totally devc.it) of.
principle, morality, andthofe lefter
ties which bind and unite uiau
kiud."
The Dolphin, Rogers, arrived at Boftpn from
Bristol, iafk Sunday l —'s paper* contain
no nevs by this arrival, nor is the lime imoti
oned when Th< left Briftoi-
According to two publications tit the Nev.--
Tork pipers—one signed frfepi Br otitic, the
other 7j«"j Ulanchurd, tt appears that the im
plications to Cotigrcfs for depreciation are to
be renewed at the next fisflwm—and tho%
gentlemen recommend in artditwo thereto,
that the Prefidfiit of the United States C. urM
be requefied to ferond theli application! -
Mr: Blanchaid, in lis letter, fay*, that Genera!
Hull's going to N'agara,dtd by nn means in
jure the claim ot the officers—" bat the tranf
a&i'Jn only proved the corruption of the pre-
adminiflration !"
"Nine (hips, meafurin* Howards of $510
tan"—ten brig«;, amounting to more ihjin
iqoo tons—three sloops and live icbooners—•
have bsen launched in this port since the be
ginning of March. Nearly as many more are
on t'ie flocks, and~ will probably be launched
in the course of the summer.
There art report!, and a letter in ufWn from
the Wtft-liidirs, which fptak coufWitnily of t
price, as having taken place between Franco,
*nt\ Hnlland—Whether ihii infoimj
t on irbtoilt oi i fpecuiaiioivfcdfW, tinie wili de»
urinihe. - • *
Philadelphia, July 1753.
Ji* t
1 HAVE the hbnor ro enclose, herewith, at\
accountofthe FLOUR (hipped at this port id
the months <>f April, May, and June laft—aTid
am, with very great reJJjeS,Gr, your ohedeat
and humble servant, JAMESREAD.
H'n Excellcncy Thomas Mifflin,
Governor of Pennfvlvania.
Account of the FLOUR Clipped at the porl
of Philadelphia, for exportation, in the
months of April, May, and June, 1793.
Flow. Bbh. AUd'ihngi.
7(279 461
593 1 9 610
Shipped in April,
May,
June,
nssd -»w
In all, a'Sflji
JAMES READ, Infpcflor.
His Excellency Governor Mijtin.
The letter-hag of the Jotyi & Richard, for
Ofterd, via Falmouth, will not be raK.cn
from the Volt Office, before the iarh inftaut.
letters for the Bntifti Packet will tc in. time
on Saturday, this da).
■ morning, died, at hi . feat a)s...
fptli Grove, Sainael Efgtd'e.*—lt ii
enough to fay of »ms
refpeftaote family loft tbeirJrieMfcuiflfcaidt .
—that the large circle of hhacqoajatsiiee bM
loft a citizen whole heart dieir
in te reft, and ivhofe manncrj were trfrtiout
fniie— that hit servants have hsft a nufter»
his wife a bbfoaod, and h« obihfrert a com
panion, a friend, and a father —Tt a 'tffT■'
wil! be fficd on bir grave 'but wktrwjMjr
from ihe bottom'of Hie heart.
FRIGS' OF STOCKS.
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