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345 Gunpowder, in loolb. Calks, FOR SAL E, Confidcrably lower than any of the late prices, By Gairdners Mitchd. December -27. U-85 Received on Conli^ninent, ret the Schooner ANDRLW from Philadelphia : ANTIGUA. Rum iu Hhds. Holland Gin, in Pipes. Puller in Keggs. Londonand Philadelphia bottled Porter. Wool and Cotton Cards. Checks. One Bab- Rose Blankets, ailarted. 4-4ths Irifti Linens. Brown Holland. A few Packages assorted Hardware. Superfine Broad Cloth and Callimcr. Second Cloth. One Trunk f.ifhionable Ribbons, alToi ted. One Box fine and coarse Hats. One Trunk Holiery, aflbrted. Black Pepper, in Keggs. Superfine Philadelphia Hour. Cun Powder. A few Ilhds. fine Salt* &c. See. The above Articles will be dXpofcd of by the Piece or Package, for Cafli or Produce, at Wayne’s Wharf, by capi. Samuel Cation, or COSHMAN POLACK. Dec. 27. 85-ts Hunter, Preftman & Cos. rer the SHIB Swift Packet, from Baltimore : SUPER LINE FLOUR. PILOT and SHIP BREAD. Madeira WINE, in Pipes and Quarter Cafiis, warrantee] genuine Sherry, do in Q*-. casks, of fiiperior quality. L O S T. ON Friday the 53d of December Instant, a BANK BILL of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS—it was wrapped in a fmaJl piece of paper, on which were calculations of Intcr *ll, See.. and supposed to be loti in going from Mr. Norton’s to Mr. Gibbons’s. Any person finding laid Bill and leaving it with the Prin ters hereof, (hall receive TEN DOLLARS Reward. Dec. 27th. 85. Union Society. THE Members of the Union Society, are desired to attend at the Houfc of Mr. ]ohn H amilton, on Monday evening, the 2d <uy of January next, prccilely at tunlet, being a Quarterly Meeting. By order of the Preftdent , PETER S. LAFITTEj Secretary. Savannah, Dec. and. 85-31 ‘rvv el \ ty Do 1 ! arsßc w a rd. BROKE Goal from Sunbury, on the nh Odober last palt, STEPHEN BAKER, charged with Felony. Any person or perfon*. .-melting and delivenng him to the iubibriber shall receive the above Reward. D. STUART, S. C. L. Newport, Dec. 15. 85-1 it Taken .Up, r T~ v .VO Negroes, viz : 808, an elderly Fel- X low. who fays he belongs to Edmund Bellinger, of South Carolina, near Afhapoo.— The other Fellow fays his name is DICK, and that he belongs to Mrs. Hannah Gibbons, near Savannah. Dick is about twenty years of age, five feet three or four incites high. Whoever own laid Negroes, is rcquefl-d to apply to the fubferiber, pay charges, &c. and take them a wav 'R. GIRARDEAU, Confiahle. Liberty County, Dec. 19. 85-iit Sheriffs Sales. Will be Sold by Public Outcry, at the C-ayrt- House in Sunbury, on the full Tuesday in February nexc, between the hours as fpeci fied by law : Four valuable Negroes, to wit : Abraham, lien, Prints and Champ, feiz.cd and taken under Execution, as the property ol William Weft ; also, a Negro man, named September, seized as the property of Wilmarfh Baker All that Lot of LAND, in the town of Sunbury, known by the number Seventeen, together with the building* thereon, occupied at present by George Mitzker. seized and taken under and by virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Exponas, as late the property of — Miller.—Conditions Caih. D. STUART, S. C. L. Newport, (L. C.) Dec. 20, 1796. 85-1 it Sheriffs Sales, To be Sold at the Court-House in the Townot St. Marys, in the county of Camden, on the firft 1 uelday in January next —the follow ing Property, viz : 1000 Acres of LAND, lv ing in said county, on the south fide of the Great Sittilla River, bounded south, by land of col. William MTntolh North by land of John Hardie’s, North-East by laid River, and on all other tides by land vacant. —Also, 1850 Acres Land, with a good Saw-Mill on, bounded Weft by land of John l'errir, called Black Point, East by land vacant at th* time of lurvey, Nortlif-Eaft and East by the Mill Creek, and the fait marshes of Cumberland t iver, seized under execution, as the property of Samuel Smith, at the luit of William Johnston, Elq.—Conditions Cash. c m R. M'GILLIS, S. C. C. • JU Marys, Dec. rS, 1796. 85-ts Five or fix fmgle Gentle men, may be accommodat and with Boarding, apt) %to EAH MINIS, Broughton-ftreet, op posite to Mr. Decheueaux. December 23. fit * Columbian Ji'ltifcum, AUTHENTIC. Translation of a note from the Minis ter of the French Republic, to the Secretary of State of the United States. • L “galis.? cf Philadelphia. (Continued from our lajl.) Certainly it would have been more conformable to the designs of France, to her principles, to fee the American flag, floating without interruption upon the leas, to fee the commerce of the United States enjoy that liberty, that freedom, which should belong to neutral nations : but in order todo that it was neceliary that the American government should know how to maintain that neutrality ; it was necessary that it preferred it free from violation by G rcat- Britain ; and if now the execution of the measures which the directory is obliged to adopt give rife to complaints in the United States, it is notagainft France they ihould be.direc ted, but against those men, who, by ne gociations contrary to the intcreit of their country, have brought the French, government to ulc the prerogatives granted to the Englith. When, after having fufFered to be vio lated the treaties which unite it to France! the government of die United States has alfociated itfelf with England, and has rendered its neutrality as uiefui to that power as it is now injurious to its ancient ally ; could the republic be li lent ? Her outraged generosity, her wounded honor prevented her ; her li lencc were weakness; and flrong in her principles as in her proceedings, she Ihould demand her unacknowledged or forgotten rights. Thus therefore as it results from the llatement which the uadcrfigned minuter plenipotentiary has juit given. ill. That the 17 th article of the trea ty of 1778 has ben viola ted ; that m contempt of this article, the American tribunals hate been permited to taKe cognizance of the validity of prizes made by French lhips of war and priva teers, under pretext of original arma ment or augmentation of armament in the United States, or of capture within the jurii'didionai line of the Unitea oitates : z. That the said article 17 has been equally violated by the admiiiion or Engiifh veifels in the ports of the Uni ted States, which had made prizes on Frenchmen, and by the admiiiion of their prizes : The underlined minister plenipoten tiary, in the name, and by me orders oi the executive diredfory, protetts againu the violation of the 17th arc. above cited, in contempt of which the American tri bunals have taken cognizance of the * a lidity of prizes made by French fnipsci war, or privateers, under pretext or ori ginal armament, or augmentation of ar mament in the United States, or ofcao ture within the jurifdi&ionline ; claims the replevy of all ieizurcs, and the re peal of ail other judicial afts cxerciied on those prizes ; and proteifs, moreover, again ft all op polk ion to the sale of the said prizes. Further, tiie undersigned minister plenipotentiary protests againll the vio lation of the 17th article of the treaty of 1778, in contempt of which Engiifh vellcls, which had madeprize on French men, have been admitted into the ports of the United States; and declares that the executive directory cannot regard as a jull confirmation of the treaty, the dif tindion which Mr. Randolph, secretary of Rate, has cllablifhed in his letter of 29th May, 1 in which he admits only the cxciufion of the Engiifh veil'd:, which bring in their prizes, and withes to except from the prohibitory measure, the veflels which after having made pris es, enter the ports of the United States. The undersigned minister plenipoten tiary moreover declares, that the exe cutive dirc&ory regards the treaty oi commerce concluded with Great-Bri tain, as a violation of the treaty made wfitli France, in 1778, and equivalent to a treaty of alliance with Great-Britain, ■ and that justly oliencdcd at the conduit which the American government has held in this case, they have given him orders to suspend from this moment hfc minittcrial functions with the federal go vernment. ‘i he famecaufe which for a long time prevented the executive directory from allowing their just resentment to break forth, has also tempered its effects. Neither barred, nor the desire of ven geance, rapidly succeed to friendihip in the heart of a Frenchman ; the name of America fiill excites sweet emotions in it, notwithilanding the wrongs of its go vernment; and the executive directory wish not to break with a people whom they love to salute with the appellation f friend, The undersigned miniftcr plenipoten tiary therefore announces, that the go vernment of the United States, and the American people, are not to regard the suspension of his functions as a rupture between France and the United States, but as a mark of just difeontent, which is to lalt until the government of the United States, returns to sentiments and to measures more conformable to the iatcrerts of the alliance and the fvvorn triendfmp between the two nations. This alliance was always dear to Frenchmen—they havedoneevery thftig to tighten its bands—the government of the United States, on the contrary has fought to break them. Scarcely had the war broken out between France and England when America was alone in vited to the commerce of the aiuiiles. All the colonial ports were opened to her. Her vcffUs- entered the ports of France without being fubjeCied to high er duties than French veileis. When the Engiifh violated the freedom of the neutral flag, the convention was obligee! to use reprdals. They ordered tnat neutral veileis ihould be. seized by the lhips of the republic ;,Jhe excepted the Americans from this measure ; forced against her inclination to make it bear on them, alio, ihe waited with impatience for the moment when she might return to a eonduft more conformable to her sentiments for the United States, boon Ine revoked her law relative to the ar rest of their veileis. Soon also the com mittee of public fafety gave orders ro refpeit the American flag. In every circumilance France fought the means of proving to the United States, the finee rity oi her friendihip. When the fed eral government complained of the con duct of one ot the predeceiTora of the undersigned ; the French government saw only the complaints of the govern ment oi the United States, and imrnedi ateiy gave the moil linking reparation. Let the anr.als of the French revolu tion be opened, let the minutes of that august fitting be ieen, in which the na tional convention received the minister oi tiie United States in its bosom; the addrefies were net studied; they sprang bom hearts fall of affettion for an allied people ; they breathed the sentiments which dictated them > and the Ameri can minister mutad himfeif in the mid 11 ot Ids iriencis. What joy did not the American fi,<.g inspire when it waved un furled in tiie French senate ? Tender tears trickled from each eye ; every one looked at it with amazement. T here, .atd they, is the fymboi of the indepen dence oi our American brethren—be loki there the pledge oi their liberty ! May victory always attend it—May it iead to glory none but a free and happy people !—Thefe words which escaped • torn a thousand mouths, were the cx preition of the sentiments of the whole lation.—Was not an American to each FrcnchrsMtn, another Frenchman ?—he was more—he was a friend; and that acred name amidll civil diffentions, was equally respected by all. What then was done by the govern nenti It put in question w'hether it ihould execute the treaties, or receive she agents of the rebel and proferibed princes (No. 6;) It made a proclama tion of insidious neutrality ; by its chi caneries it abandoned French privateers to its courts of justice ; it eluded the amicable mediation of the republic for breaking the chains of its citizens at Algiers (No. 7.) Notwithilanding treaty stipulations, it allowed to be ar reited, veflels of the state ; it foftered England, by infnlting its neutrality, to interrupt its commerce with France ; notwithilanding the faith oi treaties, it gave an asylum to these fame Englilh, who after having insulted her flag pil laged her citizens, came also to brave the American people in its ports, and to take a station whence to cruize, on a fa vorable opportunity, against the French: It might be said that it applauded their audacity ; all submission to their will, it allowed the French colonies to be de clared in a Hate of blockade, and its citi zens interdicted the right of trading to them, (No. 8.) It eluded all the ad vances made by the republic tor renew u ing the treaties of commerce, upon a more favorable footing to both nations; (No. 9.) It excused itfelf, on the tnoll frivilous pretexts—whillt it anti cipated Great-Britain, by folieiting a treaty, in which, prostituting its neu trality, it facriiiced France to her ene mies, or rather looking upon her as ob literated from the Chart of the World, it forgot the services that she had ren dered it, and threw away the duty of gratitude, as if ingratitude was a go vernmental duty. Alas! Time has not yet demoliftred the fortifications with which the Eng lilh roughened this country—nor those the Americans raised for their the;r lialf rounded summits still - m every quarter, amidst plains, </u Ht tops of mountains ‘i h e Jravelle? need not fcarch for the ditch which forf Scattered ruins of houses laid waste Witich the fire had partly refpetfed in order to leave monuments of British f P ry, are fliil to be found—Men still who can fay, here a ferocious EneliftV* man slaughtered my father ; there mv wtie tore her bleeding daughter from the hands of an unbridled Enohfw,,, Alas ! The foldliers who fell under the ivvojo of the Britons are not yet reduced to dull ; the labourer in turning up hi s held, lull draws from the bosom ot the earth their whitened bones; while the ploughman, with tears of tenderness and gratitude, fliil recollefts that his fields now covered with rich harvests, have been rnoillened with French blood— while every thing around the inhabi tants of this country, animates them to speak of the tyranny of Great-Eritain <Md oi the generality ot Frenchmen - - when England has declared a war of death to that nation, to avenge herfeif for its having cemented with its blood ti ein dependence of the United States. j t was at tnis moment their government made a treaty of amity witii their an cient tyrant, the implacable enemy of their ancient ally. Q \ Ameri cans covered wrth noble fears ! () ; , 0u who have so often flown to death and to vidory with French fddiers! You who know those generous sentiments which dillinguifli tire true warrior ! Whose hearts have always vibrated with those of your companions in arms! Consult them today to,-know what they experi enced ; recoiled at the fame time, that it magnanimous fouls with iivelinefs re sent an atl'roat, they also know how to forget one. ( Let your government re turn to itfel/r, and you will still find in Frenchmen faithful friends and generous allies. Done at Philadelphia, the 25th Bru maire, sth year of the French Re public one and indivisible (irch Nor. 1796, 0.5.) P. A. ADET. (Tie notes referred to and infupport of thejoregoing , •will appear tn oar tuxt.J NASSAU, (n. ?.) Dec. 6. This day arrived here the brig Polly, k M’ B ride, from London. She left Po rtf-# mouth on the 25th Odober, and brings ; intelligence from London to the 220. Po and Maimfbury, the British Am bailador to the French government, had arrived at Calais, and let out from thence for Paris, where lie wasexpeded to ar - rive on the evening of Odober 21- His lordship’s negopiation, it was fup poied, would be soon brought toiflue* ; and, under the increafing.emDarrafknents of the Prench, it was thought more than probable that the diredory would not hazard refilling any longer the general wifli ot the people of F ranee. A number of valuable Spanish veiTels had been conduded into Eritilh and I rilh ports, where they remained waiting the adjustment of matters between the two courts* A Spanish Squadron was at Minorca, and, lhouldit venture out of port, there was little doubt of its being well accoun ted for by fir J ohn Jervis. The Austrian armies were every wherefuccefsful. In Italy the French, were defeated, with the loss of three generals and many thousand soldiers; Manrua was relieved, and a large Aus trian reinforcement was arrived within three days march of that city. 011 the Her, the army of the Rhine and Moselle was defeated, and the liege cf Jngolt iladt raised. Moreau attempted to make a stand again!! the Auitrians at Bern llingand Oberdorff, in the end of Sep tember ; he was there attacked by the Imperial Generals Frolick, Wolf and Lobkowitz ; and after a conflict, which lasted 22 hours, was compleatly routed, with the loss of 15,000 men. Th rem nant of the army of the Sainbre and the Meule hadgotacrofs the Rhine, of ta ken refuge within the ltrpng lines of DufleldorlF. On the Ift October, the Archduke flormed and carried the im portant post ot’ Nicuwied, taking the whole ot the French, 6000 in number, who defended it, prisoners. Bournon ville, with about 6000 men, drawn from Holland, had got to Cologne, and as sumed the command in that quartet. Jourdan was at Paris. NEW-YORK, November 28. Five or fix Britilh men of war have left Martinique to lave their crews from pefttlence which rages there in an alarm ing degree. Admirals Christian and \ Pole failed *%ora that port on the jdo- No. 85.