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NEW-YORK, April *O.
/ t T a meeting of Merchants and Traders of the
aty of New-Yrrk, convened by public notifica
• tion , at the Tontine Coffee House, on Tuesday
the 19 th of April, 179 6 -
GULIAN VER PLANCK, in the Chair.
It was Resolved, as the opinion of this meet
ins that the refolutkm preferred in the houl'e
of representatives of the United States, by Mr.
Maclay, against making provision for the treaty
lately concluded with Great-Britain, affords
: u ft cau se of anxiety and alarm ; and that it is
expedient to present a rclpcttable address to
that house, expreflive of the lentimeat that it
dcetoly concerns the commerce, agriculture,
peace and honor of the United States—that pro
vision be made for the execution of the said
treaty, with puntlualily and good faith.
That it is also expedient to appoint a com
mittee for corresponding with the other trading
towns in th: United States, and alio with the
other counties of this Bate, on th: abovemen
tioned fubjetl.
That Gulitm Ver Planck, James Watson,
Edmund Seaman, William Nelson, Moles Ro
g rs, J >Oll B. Coles, Isaac Clafon, John Thur
fttjn, Thonr.s Pearfal, and Cornelius Ray, be
the laid committee, and that they be inftru&cd
to appoint a suitable number of proper charac
ters, to proceed through the different wards of
this city, to obtain the liguaiures to the said ad
dress of all those of our fellow citizens,who Ihull
agree in opinion with this meeting.
°And thereupon the following address having
been produced, read and conndered, the fame
was agreed to by the meeting.
By order of the meeting ,
Gulian Ver Planck, Chairman.
To the Honorable the House of Representatives of
the Urilcd Stutes nou convened:
We the undersigned merchants, traders and
o ther citizens ol the city of Ncw-Y ork, being of
the number of your constituents and deeply m
terefted in ;he ilfue of every public mcafure
that can eiWd rhe elfcntial intcrefis of our coun
try, find ourln.ves lmprcifed by that conhdera
tion, to addrefs,you on the iubjeft of certain
resolutions now depending in your house re
fpediing the treaty made with Great-Britain,
which fill our minds with very serious appre
hensions, which leave already given occasion to
very’ serious embarrafTments, and which in our
opinions, threaten very exteniive and compli
cated evils—the whole magnitude of which it
is nor. easy to forefee or to calculate.
Whatever difference of fentimentmay at any
time have exißed among us re!petting particu
lar public meafur s, yet on this occasion and at
this time, we all unite in one opinion—and that
opinion is, that the above mentioned treaty,
ought to be provided lor, and executed on the
part of the United States, with punctuality and
good faith.
We forbear to enter into the question what
are the boundaries of the conititu ioual autho
rity of the several branches of ourgovernm-n ,
on the fubjeCt of this address ;but ho wever thele
may Band, we are convinced aft"rfull and ma
ture d-iiberation, that no existing contid -ra
tions are of fufßcient weight, to render it ad
viieableto refufe making proviiionfor the exe
cution of the said treaty, and that it deeply con
cerns the agriculture, commerce, peace, char
acter and honor of our nsiion, that such pro
vision shall be promptly made.
The compleat execution of the treaties with
Great-Britain, Spain, and Algiers, by extin
guiihing all matters of controverly and war,
which have hitherto existed between us and
foreign powers, appears to us a point of the
greatell consequence to this young and riling
country- affording a pro fpeef of durable peace;
and of an uninterrupted progress to that matu
rity and strength, which will enable us to defy
the enmity of uperior powers, without those
immeufe facrifices which w..r in our present
situation, must ir.-vitably produce. And though
we shall at all times’ tv disposed to encounter
■with the fortitude and spirit of FREEMEN,
the calamities of a war, neceff ry as well as just,
we could not but look for ward with extreme
regret and di flat isft.ft ion to o n e, of which
either the justice or the necessity was doubtful.
Thus i tpreif'd, we refpe&fully offer our
sense of thtSunomentotis fubjetl to the solemn
and difpalfitmate conhderation of the house cf
representatives; firmly trusting that no partial
vie w or irnpreffions will interfere with the in
ter“ft of our country; that its peace will be
cardully cherished; and that its faith and hon
or will be preserved inviolable, and unblem
ished.
*
AT a meeting of the committees appointed by
the New-York and United Insurance Com
panies, and by the meeting of Individual un
derwriters. in this city, heid purfuantto pub
lic notice.
Resolved unanimously, as th” sense of these
committees, That during the present critical
and alarming situation of public affairs, it will
be inexpedient for the Insurance Companies,
and individual Underwriters in this city, to in
jure American property against capture or de
teution by any foreign power, and the conse
quences thereof.
Resolved, That the president ofthe said two
■ c _ orn rrsittees, do communicate the above resolu
tion to the Underwriters in th? several seaports
o. the United States, in such manner as they
: , think moft proper, and to correspond
\ ‘ v<) th them upon such matters as may effctl the
common inter-ft ofthe insurers.
JAMES WATSON, Chairman.
New-York, iSch April, 1790.
IMPOR T A N T.
‘’l a ® °h a from a mem.be lof toe /• ’■ af
Rep'fev? itives to a gentleman in th.s ‘.ay, Jat-
U v i pnl l - , • •
new here, ‘* , vcept a combination
n- to purchalc produce, and not to underwrite
Ve: ‘ b’n order to create alarm, and to persuade
; ■> Jnd the people that they arc themfelvcs a-
O'•■■!, and do believe that a rejection of the
; ; a y muff produce a war. Some of them do
n,T ve ’b and are the dupes of party. i’iie
•J t a ' r are conftantin attempting everything, j
• ’ Bopping short of confufion, and p"rhaps I
> ‘ eac? in order to obtain their ends. A ;
fff obj-ft is to influence your elections, upon
• “ch depends iff - choice of cleftors, and of
the President.
r thing which ought to calm the alarm
’ °rchant. i; tliis; That if CongvelVre- |
Columbtait (Sc.
fufc to carry the treaty into effeft, there is, I
believe, no doubt but thev will agree that our
government should themfelvcs indemnify our
merchants from British spoliations. A resolu
tion to that purpole will be laid on the table
to-day or to-morrow.”
PHILADELPHIA, April bd.
The following address was agreed to at a ref
p-tlable meeting of citizens on Saturday
last, and is now circulated for signature. Ste
phen Gerard, Chairman.
The address of the citizens of Philadf/phia and its
vicinity , to the House of Representatives of the
United States.
Refpeclfplly fheweth ;
1 hat, in tub reliance upon the firmnefs, wis
dom, and patriotism of the houlc, we have
hitherto been iilent, though anxious fpctlators
of its proceedings upon, a fubjetl, involving in
its consequences th: peace, independence, and
liberties of our common country —the treaty
lately negociat.ed with Great-Britain.
But when we behold attempts made to in
fluence your decisions upon this head, we Ihould
do violence to our feelings, and betray an un
warran able insensibility for the intcreft of the
United States, if we longer omitted reipetlful
ly to offer to the immediate representatives of
th: people, our war melt approbation of their
condufl, in affecting their conltilutional pre
rogatives, and in executing their trull, as the
guardians of our dearest rights.
We confider th: treaty with Great-Britain, as
unequal in its ftipplations, derogatory to our
national character, injurious to our general in
torefls, and as offering insult instead of redress.
We believe that like all other Treaties, the
conditions of wiiich have been unequal, instead
of computing difference’s, mull eventually lead
10 war; ior notv/ithftanding the artful manner
in which the instrument is worded, its disad
vantageous conlequenccs ar? so easily forefeen,
•m experience of its evils cannot reconcile us to
it, 01 induce American Freemen, silently to
lubmit for any length of time to its operation.
Though we lament the bad case of those of
our fellow citizens, who have fuftered by Bri
tish d r, pred u ion. and we feel their well lounded
claim to indemnification, We cannot, content to
surrender our"national lights, to insure a com
pensation for tiiof-’ losses. But though we fe u
no danger from this refuial, we declare that w :
would rather pay our full propor.ion, than la
crifice the interest and independence of our
country, to purchase what we may juflly de
mand.
We have, however, full reliance on the
House of representatives, and look up with
confidence to you, as a couftituted authority,
and as th” fu >portev*jof the honor of our coun
try, the guardians of her independence, and
the avengers of her wrongs.
The rapid fall in the prices of our produce,
the total itagnauon in the flock market—the
hauling up ol the fhipping, the melancholy
gloom on every face, excepting those who have
nothing to iofe, atfovd convincing proof ‘'■that
there is something rotten vn the fate of Denmark.”
[C I R C U L A R. ]
Department of State.
March 26, teefj.
. STR,
THE newspapers frequently give accounts
of imprefsments of American feamsn, and of
other outrages committed upon our citizens by
British ships of war. But however well loun
ded these relations may be, yet other documents
will be required, whenever reparations tor
wrongs shall b? and emauded. I am, there
fore. direst .and by the President of the United
States, to endeavour to obtain correSt informa
tion on this fubjeft, verified by the oaths of
the informants.
Such of these as (hall enter the Port of New.
bury-Pori, will fall under your notice, and I
muftrequeft you to have their depofuions tak
en at the public expence, in the moll fair and
impartial manner, before a notary public, and
transmitted from time to time to this office.
I am refpeclfully,
SIR,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) Timothy Pickering.
The Collector of the )
Port ol Newbury-Port. 5
From the Gazette of the United States.
COMMUNICATION.
Perhaps at no period of th” late war did onr
country fee a more solemn crisis than the pre
sent. United, we were then invincible.
The “ die at this moment spins doubtful,”
as to our future “ peace, liberty and lafety.”
Are we waxen so fat that we must kick our
blefiings from us ?
What a solemn gloom covers every counte
nance ! The pulse of business isalmoft ready to
; flop—Confidence “ flares in the wind”—Cre
j dit iafhrinkiiig into her strong box. Stillness
I the stillness of death will soon succeed the ma
fic of the dray and fledge, the hammer and the
ax.
And why all this ?—B?caufe George W>fb
ington fays Peace, and fomebodyelfe fays War.
SEVEN STUBBORN FACTS !
ill. It is a fa£k, that the treaty papers called
for by Mr. Livingston’s motion, Mkr e laid be
fore rhe lenate, by the President, as the consti
tutional body before whom they ought to be
laid.— ad. It isa fad, that those papers are on
the files of the fenat'*. —3d. It is a fad, that
tiioff files always remain ar.ceffable. —4th. It is
a fact that it is the custom of the house to reqtieil
papers ofihe senate. —sth. It isa fad, that the
members of the house knew those papers were
then inthe building they occupied, during the
whole debat” on the fubjed.—-6th. It is a fa£l.
that in the debate, a member declared he had
seen those papers ten or twelve weeks befor".—
And 7th. It is a fad, that all the effemuls of
those papers were promulged in Randolph’s
much talked of defence !—Thefe being (ads
what can the manly and independent freemen
of ihe United States, think of men, who can
waft: ten or twelve days, in inventing piaufa
ble reasons for demanding, what they could
with the utmofl eale attain, (either by aiking
themi ofthe senate, or examining theii files,;
merely to betray unto a breach ol confidence,
mid a * ffeliclio •ii utii d'uty ; a nwa yho.e f-rvi-
ces, integrity and patriotism, have been expe
rienced in the new, and what is the point, of
eulogium of an Frfkine, a Fox a Sheridan, and
all the champions of liberty in the old world.
Let the people of America coniiuer theie
things.
ALEXANDRIA, April I*.
Cupt. Black, of the ship Ann, from St. Übes
informs us, that is \yas the city of Seville, and
not Cadi/., that lately received a fboek of an
earthquake—the greater part of it had been de
ilroyed. He also fays the king of Spain has
had a conference on the frontiers of Portugal
with the duke r.-gent. liis catholic ma tty’s
mediation in negotiating a peace between Por
tugal and the Republic of France,was f’uppo
to b: the purport of the meeting,
fed
CHARLESTON, May a.
Captain Fanning informs, that on the 2:do f
April, agreeably to n nice given, about 50 ,001
the citizens of New-York, met in th* Fiflds
and resolved to petition the House of Repr:
feutatives of the United States, to withhold an\
appropriation for carrying the treaty wiiii
Great-Britain into cffetl.
Cant. Orn, arrived on Friday from Portmoranf.
(Jam.) informs, thaL ('apt. Ball, of his Moll
Gracious Majett t’s fbip Argonaut, lias declar
ed he will. <\oii in i- i<> take the ffainen of th<
American vellels ; those fr mi tli” New-Englanc!
states one third, the middle ilates on? half, and
from the foutlv r,i flutes, the whole of their
crews, which he has already don: with all those
he has met with.
Many Am r;can veff*ts ar* in the island of
Jamaica, delimit? of men to carry them borne.
i he American captains have been taken from
th” door of the coffee house, to be dragged or;
troard a man cf war by the press-gang.
SAVANNAH, Ma/ 6.
Exlrafl of a Letter fram a Mercantile
hortfr ms hi lad lphi a, to their friend n.
th s aty y dated i&th April .
“ ‘The late proceedings of your legis
lature, when the information
forward, created a conliderable alarts,.
Many who hadpurchafed land under tin
faith of your Hate, pledged to the differ
ent companies, became very anxious for
the fate of a property which appeared to
rest on so faithlefs a government : Rut
a little farther invefli-ation of the fub
jed has now placed it in a different point
of view. The gentlemen of’ the law’
here, are clearly of opinion, that such an
attempt to overfet a solemn contrad, is
not only contrary to the eftabl’fhedprin
ciples of government, and fubvernve of
all public confidence : but from the na
ture of tire case, must neceifarily be void.
We regret very much the evils which
must unavoidably ensue to your credit,
as a young and riling lhte, from such
event, and public attempts to defraud
the perform who have given faith to your
legifiativc proceedings : but as we are
willing on this occasion to rest our pro
perty on the opinion of those who are
better informed than ourselves : We
hereby authorize you, provided you can
obtain iands in any of the companies,
except the Georgia Miffifippi Company,
at a moderate advance on the firli: pur
chase, to lay out all the funds we now
have in your hands, in this way ; and
should this sum be infufficient to procure
to the amount of twenty (hares, you
will please value on us at a short fight
for therefidue.”
The insurance offices,in Rofton, have,
it is said, severely felt the damages of
the late tempest on the English coast.
One office sustains a lofsof 100,000 dol
lars.
The (Trip America, arrived at New-
York from Bengal, has brought an Ele
phant in perfect health, which was fold
for 10,000 dollars ; the highest price
ever given for an animal, either in Eu
rope or America. It is now exhibited
as a curiosity for j dollar each person,
and is the greatest animal curiosity ever
in the United States.
(ytf • A Piece from Mr. Waldburger, mill ap
pear on Tuesday next.
marine Ifagiftcr.
ENTERED INWARD.
May , Days.
Schooner Adventure, Milton, Gharteflon.
Sloop William, Lufcomb, do.
Sloop Dove, Brown, do.
CLEARED OUT.
Schooner Induflry, Todd, CbarUflon.
Neptune, Dickinson, - do
Lacker, Nazra, New-Providence.
Chance, Gaurd, St. Aaguftine.
Sloop Lucy, Eafton, Nort 1, Carolina.
Gen. Gunn, Kirby, Cbar!flor.
For PHILADELPHIA,
To SAIL ui th all cowenient dfpaleh :
The Fait Sailing
Welcome Return,
Benjamin Labbree,
rnmmi ;
A couflant Packet, with eood accommoda
tions —For Freight or l'afiage, apply to th:
Maft-’r onboard, or to
JAMES ALGER.
Savannah, May fw
For SALE at AUCTION,
On MONDAY next with >ut Reserve,
Tk’ fci.huh.r Articles :
23 PiecesThVkfet G'noaCord & Corduroy*
1 Pirr* HAIR BINE, ‘
1 I’ cor Scari n BROAD Cl OTH,
A quantity of BAR LEAD,
WHI IT t F \ 1). ‘■PANISFi BROWN.
YEI I.OW PAIN f ground in Oil,
WORSTED I O'! ,
RV D )'<(!! t)W OC RE, in powder.
RIBBONS. j*T r -d.
r Box IiAIS, uo ried, ai.d sundry other
Articles.
BELCHER & DICKINSON,
Mary 0. Au^lionerrs.
“l and in g,
At the Subft.ribers WHARF, from on board the
]>rior Welcome Return,
Benjnmn Labbrer, Ma/brr. from Philadelphia;
Fr Hi SUP E RUN I'. FI. OU R,
INDIA NANKI ENS.
Elegant WINDSOR CHAIRS,
WHI I E and BROWN SOAP,
MADEIRA and PORE WINE,
LOAF SUGAR,
POTATOES, and
A few thousand BRICKS,
For SALE. By
JAMES AI.GFR,
Savannah, May fi. 19-ts
Sheri IPs Sales.
On TUESD \Y fhr 7th day of June next, will
be SOL D by Pul lie Out-civ, at the Court-
Mouse in this City, between the Hours of io
and 3 o’Clock,
One undivided Moity of that
r raT of LAND in Camden County, called
“'OLERAIN. lying on St. Mary’s River.
h? whole Trail containing upwards of Cozo
* r-s. Seized under Execution, as the proper
ty of James Armilfong, E ].
A Lot of LAN Din Ogle
borp W rd. Containing fret in width
md fee; in -n; h, bounding on a Lot of
Richard Wavne. KIT. to t’- ■ N -rtb, Mrs. Fle
ming, to’ the Wsft, on Mr— Eaftand Sotuh,
at present occupied by Mr. Robert Watts; Seiz
'd under Execution as the property of the eilate
>f John Morel, Esq. deceased.
8 N KOROLS, feiz’d under
Execution, as the property of Jofph Fox, de
ceased.
T. NORTON, S. C. 0.
Savanrtab, May 5. rug.
AVIS.
Aux Citoyenn<*s et Ci'oyensFrancais, paniculi
erement aux Marins et Colons Refugies er*
Oeorgie.
IL par. ira an phi Hard ala fin deep mois, U n per
!'m“ntaire de Charlellon pour France I,e
Citoyen V. Dupont, Consul pour lesdeux Caro
lines -t la Georgie, invite tous reux. qui vou
drout r tmr rdans la fein and * la a f
rendre iriceflam ment a Chanelton. C'-ux qui
fouhaitanL profiter de cetre occa.ion, font de
mies d-s moyens necefiaires, pour fe rendre
d’ici a Charlellon recevront ds r'nfeiu-nemen!*
fur cet objet en s’adraifant en ce.te vtlle au
citoyen
C M F. BERT.
A Savannah, le 14 Floral, an. 4 me. 19- qt.
N O T 11MT
TTF, Copartnership of MILLFN Si GAR
DINER. is this day dilfolvd by mutual
consent. Those who have demands againlfc
h-m, wi’l pDafeto call for payment; and Inch,
as are indebted to the concern, are rcqu-lled
to pay the amount of their accounts to lohm v
Gamhnir. who is duly auihorifed to receive
and grant difeharges.
JOHN MILLFN,
JOHN GARDINER.
Savannah, April 30, 1796.
N. B. JOHN GARDINER, will contin
ue to carry on the BOOT & SHOE MAKINO
BUSINESS, at the Shop of the Jaie concern—
where good encouragement will be given rr
four or five able and attentive workmen. He*
has on hand a large supply of whole and half
BOOT LEGS—AIfo, CALF & SEAL SKINS,
lately imported from New-York.— No credit
can b ifljilj be given. 19- at.
50 Dollars Reward,
And necefiary charges
WANTED immediately Fine f>etit-Tafcals t
defrrters from the federal roops viz ‘
JAMES JASON, of New-J-rs-y. 22 yuari
old, five feet seven inches high, duk eyes and
hair, and fair complexioned ; Wm. DUN, of
Philadelphia, 35 years of age, five fen fix in
ches high, grey eyes, landy hair, by occupa
tion a barber; CONNELLY—aII of
Captain Samuel T nT’y’s duacbrnnit, and de
serted from St. Mary’s, 23d December, i-> q r.
JOHN GREYHAM. frqm CoiTnetlirut, ‘•tgh
teeu y-ars old, five fr-t fix inches high, gry
eyes, brown hair, light complexion, has twti
crooked fing’rs on his left hand, has fume pri
vate fears of correftion received for Healing in
a (hip’s cabin, which unluckily produced no
reformation.—Let the humane citizens who
would harbour him, look up th"ir plate ; ha
d“f"rt“d from this poll the /ph in!l. in his uni
form ; OLIVER HANCOCK, a Fifer. f ror r
MalTa'-huf-tfS. 25 years ofage, five feet five in
ches high, grey eyes, long sandy hair, well
built, bv occupation a blaekfiniih ; und *r
llatids furnace wotk and “ngraving. hasa great;
ffiarc of imp tdence, is an impm inent talk'-r,
“ntertains an irrecbncileable difgufltowards the
right article of the and” Vogue, nlis a iow
ard. Mr. Hancock h o tale its and a ‘-omplifh
ments peculiarly calcuiaLed for a h ’Vfe-thief, a
conn rrfeitor ol rnoiev, or an itenerant Mrtho
dift preacher; He defer ted from this Poll, 23th
inst. in uniform. -
W r ho*ver will aonmhead them that they may
b<* brought to justice, (hall memy’the above
Reward and necefiary charges, or Ten Dollars
and charee., for either of th-m.
WILLIAM EATON, Captain.
4 A U. S. Su” g on.
Fcrt Pickering, April 30. nig.