Newspaper Page Text
l7. j
rti. Michael Peirce, of the *
JlUrea. 0 f Mw-York j.
I'Waoo tom. vah a very vah- J
% car* 0 o >l board t of tobacco,, j
f J Ucr/JT end cotton, owned J
%rthh John Cornelius Vender-U
tJI of Nevi York, •with only,'
ylftngtr on hard, who was a j
C, fJ r Span'/k gentleman bound.
* *? f 0 his parents in Spam, failed
Tl Z Yorkon tlAi of
{mien on the
mmihmi taken ly the fn- .
cute Thalia, commanded by lord
L u enr y P'inlet, who took capL Fen ce,
his mate, and ten oj his crew on
hard the frigate; after feme time
fnt back to the Ajlrea. , the mate
only whofe name is Thomas F. Bates .
On*he 1 6th of January , arrived
at Gibraltar, the frigate and flip
Ajlrea in company, ftformed a
quarantine oj a foi tnig hL
1 On the 28M January went to
court, where the Afhea had been
Belled: there a packet was produced,
addrejfed to Talleyrand, the con
tents in cyphers, which the Judge.
William Mansfield Morrifon
who appeared to be about 18 or 20
years of age, [arrogate of Duncan
Fraf:r,e[<j judge of vice admiralty
[aid he co ld not make nothing of ,
nor c n uld any of the court . 1 his 1
packet of cyphers, capt. Pe'rce un
der food, was found on hoard the
Ajlrea, conced ed in her quarter.
gaUries, jome days after he was
earned on board the frigate , it was
/aid, conveyed the packet to admiral
Jarvis, ivho e nveyed it to the
A meric m con/ul Under pretence
that the above pocket being my fieri- j
ous, muft of courfe be tnafonahle, I
capt Peirce was [ent prihn r again '
on boa'd the frigate on the 3 l/l of \
January, On the 1 <yth February,
the frigate failing, capt. Peirce
was removed on board the * ftrea ;
on (he was fent on bna r d the i
prifon flip ; and on the 2 oth of 1
March, was [ent on board the fchoo -1
ntr Nancy, for Char teflon 1
In the mean time capt . Peine \
wrnt, that the A ftrea and her I
cargo were condemned, as the pro- •
perty of the enemies of Great- Ry{~
* ain * cven his ownJmall adventure
was not fpared.
, Peirce underflood, that
t* American conful fent him on
con figned to the American
fretary of ft ale % in confequence of
9 ,rm lord SL Vincent, re
yii '' >n g him to fend him and his
•ri eto America as flate prifoners .
havt' been induced to puhlifh
f ' or -f°ing narrative in this place,
■ Mnfequence of an illiberal para-
f a P which appeared this morning
V h 2 P[ r called the State Gazette ,
Y cre editor, or mre probably
fm told fovie little-minded pa*a- ‘
uf f la ker, fly 5, in an ironical
/puking of my [elf and mate . j
if‘le good men will be very
•on able to vifu the feat of go-i
theirgr*ev
h ~ • * j an ** to r emove from I
Mow-citizens, any •
f" hi they might harbour agamfl
l :f fW&ven of a tranfac
which the particulars were
unknown to him , and which could '
only [firing frontmdlics or ignorance.
I fail- to-morrow for New-York,
from whence I /hall repair to the <
fat of government , where 1 flatter <
rnyfclf my conduct will appear be - 1
coming of the character 1 held, and [
where xmti be invefiigated the pro
priety of an American con ful's [end
ing me and my mate home as pri *
J criers, at the requejl of a Bntijh
admiral, after that admiral had
caujei to be condemned without a
Jhadow of p oof that has come to
my know edge, a Veffel which per
haps was as valuable as any one that
has left the continent for a number
of years pafl.
Signed , Michalhl PriKci.
May 16, 1799*
N. B. Mr. Young, of the Jhip
Ajlrea, who is [iated in New-Yo'k
paper to be her mate, and to have
arrived there was my h< atfwain .
Michael Peirce*
May 16, 1795.
SAVANNAH, May *4.
Capt. Crowe 1, of the brigs
Eliza, which ar ived here on 1
Wednesday evening, in g days!
from Boflon, info s, that on
the 11th inflant* the United
States f.igaie Conflitution, capt.
j Nicholfon, arrived at Boflon,
from a cruife.
AM
Copy of a letter from the Mayor oj :
Phil ’delphia !
Philadelphia* April 30, 1799. j
Sir, ' 1
11 I have the honor to ac
■V
knowledge die receipt of your,
f ivor of the 27th u’t. covering
j five hundred an i fourteen dol- j
| lars levcmeen cents, and three ,
quarters of a emt, additional!
cbnadon >1 don ti m from the i
benevolent inhab t mts o p bavan-
Dahjtor the ule of he p 'orwho,
j fuffv.red by the l.ito inalignaut
1 fever.
I Accept* I pray 5 on, my thanks
jin beh ilf of the difbeflVd, and
1 be aliu t d it fhall be dire6led as
intended.
1 W rh great refpe£l, I
your affured friend,
Kgberi Wharton,
Mayor of the city of t* iladclfhia ,
Math \vM allisier, E'q,
May r J the city of Savannah ,
wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmatmmaammmmmmmmrn
LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY, May 18, 1799.
For the Louifvillc Gazette ♦
An OBSERVER of “ The OB r
SERVER,”- which appeared in
the State Gazette .
* IS there not fome hidden
curfe % fome fccret thunders in i
the flores of Heaven, red with
j uncommon wrath to blafl the
■ man that owes his greatnefs to
1 his country's ruin. Such muft
be the views of rhe Obferver .
| Doub ItTs hi thinks himfelf
• to be of the well-born of Ame
rica ; and that he will rife in
the arifto* ratic fcale, and move!
as a primuv in ' »nn govern-1
mental oib—’t m*y be fo.
when vice prevails impicus men |i
bear (Way. (
Was it ever fuggeded by any,
only by tyrants or the fat Elites
of tyrants, that the liberties of
the people, was in danger from
or by themfelves. Hiftory fur
nifhes no juflifrcatc‘y authority i
for this alfertion. Let the plains
of Fharfalia and Philippi refute
the tale.
But numberlefs are the in
dances of tyrants, aided by
(landing armies, and ccclefiaftic
eftablifhments, pullingdown the
fair fabrics of freedom, in all
quarters of the world, and ere£L
mg the ftandards of defpotifm
on the wide fpread ruins.
And ihould the patriot, who
perhaps has grown gray in the
fervice of hiS country, and moid
ened the foots of the tree of li
berty with his fweat, his tears
and blood, ihould he I fay, cx
prefs appfchcnfions from the
prefent governmental meafurcs
| -—The cry is (edition,
! Knock the rafcal on the head,
tca-'h him fcorefped the wealthy
—The nabobs, bobs, and bob
bets.
It is no doubt in the power
of our government, to urge the
French to waf, and it is equally
in our power to preferve peace
without incurring contempt—
But every method has been u r cd [
to drive that nation to extremes.
[The climax has been general;
from Porcupine's paper—that
fink of opprobrium to the
Magnus Status of the United
States. We have granted let
ters of nrnque and reptifal—
i fatted and (ruing out a fleet of
armed vedels, and voted an army
'of 50,000 land force , openly
and avowedly to ad agamft
Fiance.
If I am not miftaken, hiftory
furnilhes no precedent for u> in
this ca e—as a neutral power
wiihing or expeding to maintain
our neutral ground,
XMartens, page 31.] " To
oblcrve an entire neutrality, a
nation mud abftain from all par
ticipation in warlike expeditions.
It mud not grant or icfufe Co
one of the belligerent powers,
that which may be ufeful or nc
ceffary to filch a power in pro
fecuting the war* without grant
ing or refufing it to the other,'
or at lead it mud not eftaMifh
an inequality in order to f vor
one of the parties more than the
other. The moment a neutral
power deviates thefe rules, its
neutrality is no longer enure,
but limited/'
T.ce 24th and 25th aitides of
Jay's treaty, are caicuuted to
dedioy any and every friendly
fentiment in a French bread—
As are alfo the regulations ref
peeling goods contraband of
war. But of this at another
time.
But war (nits certain charac
ters —cities wrapped in flames,:
the fliouts of warriors the thun
jdcr of cannon, the clangor of
drums, the groans of the dying,
and .the ghaftly vifagcs of the
dead; thelc things may be pleaf
ing to a mercenary, whole work
of denh, deftruftion and car
nage is to be rewarded with the
proceeds of excifes. (lamp duties,
raxes on houfes, lands and ne
groes, together with tho whole
of ourimpofis.
I take leave of the fab]eft,
for the prefent, with contempt
and horror. R,
{To be continued,)
POLITICAL DICTIONARY.
(Concluded from out lift.)
To Abridge .
Some few years ago, fignified
to (horten or make KTs, On
recurring to old authors, we find
that it alfo meant the fame thing
a century ago. But its meaning
! at the prefent day is widely dif
ferent, Congrefs, for inftance
found a~ — bridge in the third
| article of the amendment?* to the
jconfliedtion, which republicans
thiMght would prove-an infu
jperab.e bat to certain mcrifurcs;
yet we fee they paff d over ic
with a deal of facility, to arrive
at a fedition law. This proves
that its former meaning is no
j longer retained.
Admimftratidn,
A fit of men placed at tho
I helm of government, to direft
j its movements. It is faid they
arc the peculiar favoiites of
Heaven, and parral e of the
d vine eflence It is (artilege to
look a*kance at them ; and to
wound th- ir hallowed cars w *h
| the rtciiai of unplcafant fiuths,
is to arraign the wifrjom of Pro
vidence whence they arrive an
. indefeafibie divine n ht to luic
uncontroilcd c ver the mighty
multitude. The releftial attii
butes, however, which we are
told are hereditary in adminh
tration, does not prei’erve them
from frequent gouty fits, fpafms
of low ambition, and rottenneft
of limbs.
Appointment s %
Thefc ate of infinite cff*cacy
in (late policy, Thev arc the
main of mode-n pa trio
tifm ; and if managed with ad
dreis, will Ju,k multiiuds s of
(eekcis in o c ird’ffo'ublc chain,'
| firmly to the great It. pie
of ad'i/lnifira ion. '1 hty tpe
ratc wonder fullv on orators of a
certain defcnpt.on ; and will
give them aftnifhing powers of
perceptron—lnch indeed, that
they wi j be able to unravel con
fpiranes befoict.‘;ey are thought
of, and to defeat plots that
never exifted.
vr On SATURDA Y NEXT,
the i ft. of June> abo*jt 2o\ lock in
the afternoon , expeft to attend at
the Sta f e Ilon/e , in LouijvilU % m
order to open a Singtng Sihool;
and requeji all thofe defirous to en~
courage the fame attend .
William Keeling,
N, B. A If) purpoje to attend
On Sunday,
May 28,