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PHILADELPHIA, May u* SIXTY failure have already entered for the fri gate. Cbarlejlon , May *i From the Bulletin Gjjicul es St. Domingo, received yef terdav by the schooner Liberty, Capt. Barnes, from Cape Francais. 1 ‘ Copy of a letter •written by the General of tbe Divifton, Hedouvillc , particular Agent of tbe Executive Di~ rcfl iry at St. Domingo, to tbeGonfuls of tbe French Republic near tbe United States of America , dated at tbe Cape, lsfb Florial, ( May i) btb^year. It is with surprise and pain, Citizen, that I have read in the papers printed in the United States, at the end of the liieflage addrefled by the Prelident, John Adams, to the Senate and* House of Reprcfentatives, on the 3d of April, 1798, (old style) a diatribe , attributed to nipotentiaries of the Federal Government, against the Heads Os the French Government. As I was at Paris at the time of the negotiations, and as I had knowledge of the proportions which were made to the Commissioners of the United States, by a peri bn vrho saw them every day, I ought to contradict the scandal ous imputations, die publicity cf which may draw forth results contrary to that spirit of conciliation which animates the two nations. It is not by projects of defamation that the French Re public can be arretted in lier yetoriqus career. It is not by learning that the Gommilfioiiejs, who were font to re- harmony, and terminate the differences which fyave exiftel between the two Governments, are only oc cupied in Touring their conftituenis against the Chiefs of the Republic, thit the friends of peace (hould put an end to their hopes. It is within ifly own knowledge that the French Go vernment had the intention to demand from the American Government contributions, as an indemnity for the losses Which the commercial treaty with England (a manifrft vi olation of neutrality on tbe part of the United States) has made France fatter; but the contributions were for the State, and not for the Members of the Government; and the men who would mike use of this pretext to cast blame on the conduct of the firft Magistrates of a great nation dis close a secret design to drive their fellow citizens into a war which may be fatal to them, to fatisfy fome individual re fentmants or per fond views. It is not thus, or lam much “deceived, that pacificators ought to conduct themselves. Who is the man of good sense who, after the accusations made against Me (Trs. W. X. Y. and Z. by the Plenipo tentiaries of the United States, can admit the insinuations directed against the Members of the French Government?. Wh it may lie the relitlt? Is it peace or war? Such an in trigue can have no other view but to render an accommo dation more and more difficult, and yet it was to conciliate two nations, made to be friends, that the Government of the United States sent Commissioners to France! The Commissioners of the Federal Government avow, that W. X. Y. and Z. had no power. Suppoiing, for a moment, that W. X. Y. and Z. were not imaginary be ings, w is it not the duty of the Commissioners to denounce them to the QireXoryf The individuals, not avowe might as well be the agents of the Cabinet of St. James as of any ether government; and >vould it not have been more wile, in tliefe circumstances, before publilhing a libel with such avidity, to have gone into feme explanation, which might have cleared up the whole? When peace is fmccrely wiffied, it is not usual to create Wrongs, and produce absurdities against the power with which it is to be maintained; but when war is desired all means are employed which can render it inevitable. “ Are you delirous, (fays Machiavel, chapter 32 of his reflexions on Titus Livy) are you desirous that a Prince or a People ftiould lose all desire to make peace, or to prelerve it—there is an infallible method, the efFeXs of which are sure and durable; render them guilty of a crime, or a great injury against the nation with whom you would hinder them from being reconciled; the fear of puniflnnent which they will feel to have merited will keep at a diilance from them all ideas of peacc*’* Twenty powers Were leagued to annihilate France; France has vanquished them all; and, in giving them peace, (lie has required from them cessions or contributions. The United States have broken the treaty which allied them to France; the violation of this treaty, which was the fruit of French blood Ihed for the eftablilhmcnt of the American Independence, .and of much money, (beaucoup d'argent) fumifhed to the Americans to support their war, has caulcd incalculable damages to the Republic. At this day the Republic believes Ihe has a right to demand indemnificati ons. The laws of nations, and the examples of all times, have served as a baits for the French Go> eminent; and it v i>not at a time when the UireXorf marches, with a firm and sure step, to immortality, ahd when it is surrounded by an aureole of glory so dazzling, tfiat (halts lanced from Punic hands can wound it. I know France fufficiently to allure you, that the people of the United States have manv friends tliere, even among the Chiefs of tle Government; and that propositions of conciliation, made with good faith, will not be repelled; but when the negotiators possess the spirit which has dictated the dispatches of the Plenipotentiaries of the United States we ought not to be furprited if they fail in,their million. My intention has not been, in addrelfing to you these refleXions, to juftify the Members of the French Govern ment; the enemies which their glorious labors raise up a* g&inft them is a fufficient eulogium. I would only offer a new homage of that respect and gratitude which alLFrench- Uien owe them far the services which they do not ccafe to r?r.dcr to their country, T. Hedcwille. CAPE FRANCAIS. ExtraSl from tbe Register sf the Deliberations of tbe Ag ettcy cf tbe Executive Directory at Sttint Domingo. The Agency of the Executive DireXory at St. Domin go, conlkferitig the law of tlie 29th Nivofe, 6th year, re lative $0 \efie!s loaded with Engidh merchandises, die tenor of which is as follows: u Art. i. ‘Hie conditions of vessels, in that which concerns tlie epafity of neutral or enemy, lhail be deter mined by them cargo; in consequence every veflel found 4*. lea, Jbsded in part with werdiandife coming from Eng- land or !ier pa&fSon* fcalLbctLalarii prize, wfce ever mav be tlie owner of fifed produce or merciiandife. **l. ‘Every Tercigri viffc; which in the course of her voyage (hall have entered in _ o a port of England ihaU not be admitted into a port of the Freach Reputhc, but in a case of necessity, tn which cate fee lhaii be bound to go out of the said port as fooa as the causes for which Die en tered have ceased,” Considering the 41st article cf the law of tlie 12th Ni vofe, 6th year, concerning the coaftitutional organization of tlie colonies thus conceived: * Ween a department of the colonics ftnll be threatened vri*h a fearcity of any ar titic of necessity the Central Admioulration cf the depart ment (haft inform die Agents 01 trie Directory ot-it, who (hall permit, for a limited time, tbe kitroduXi n, by neutral or allied veffeis, a fixed cu-nthy of the ankleneorSary for the subsistence or fjppor. of ‘the coJoniits, cr for the defence of the colonies.'’ Has decreed, and decrees as follow;: Art. t. In confequenc„ of the law of 29th Nivofe, 6th year,-tbe vefLJs of toe Re-p-abbc and the Preach privateers aft authorized to capture v-1 fels carrying Eogiifh mercJian difes intended for all ofar ports ou t til oft 01 cue colony cf St. Domingo which rein.... ftithfui to tlie Republic. Ait. 2. In confequeoce cf the 41st article of toe 12th Nivofe left, and confeie. tng tlie nefriiity 0: u* colony, the vefltis of nations 2u:ei or neuter, fen. to the ports of St. Domingo which remain faithful to t e Republic, are ex cepted from the iifpofi'jioiii of the 29th NTVofeTaft; they may continue their cxpeciicions lor the laid ports of tlie Republic, whatever may Oc the nature of their cargoes, I: is ordered to all the vends of the Republic, and French privateers, not only to refbect, but even to protect tivem, when they ffiaH have re-oved that their ckfiiiuticn was for one of the pens of the colony which remain faithful to the Republic. The prefen: decree fha.ll be printed., tranferibed on tbe regifkrs of the Judicial and Adminiltranve Boa;.-;, aairtfi led to all civil and oiiiitar- authorities, and puo.uhid and fixed up wherever it may u: ntCefiTary. Done at the Cape, toe 9th F.crial, 6th year of the French Republic, or,e ana indivisible. T. Hcdouvicle, Particular Agent ( cf tbe Executive Directory. Gauthier, Secretary General. „ May fiie finps Pacific, Kennedy, and Maria, Inglis, jwhich arrived yclUrday, left St, Helens on the 18th of Mej-ch under convey of the St. Alban’s Britilh fr.tp of war of 64 guns, Tbom.s Pender, Efic. Coumiander. On the 26th they were jo.nei by a fleet of merchantmen from Cork and an anie*brig cf 1 j guns, ihe fleet in the whole confided of 56 fail, bound to u.rferent parts of the continent. On the 1 3th cf April they otlco-ered a fail, which after a long chafe they took; she proved to be the brig Bttfey of Wifeaffet, M-Crca, Matter, from Liver pool, bound to Savannah, winch irad been captured 7 da\ 3 before by a French privateer; the Ca;xain ana part of the crew were taken on board t..e privateer. May 24. Yefteruay arrived the brig Pallas, Cook, London, 72 days; brig Norfolk, Butler, Jacomel, days. Tlie day before yeftert’ay Capt. Butler fell in with the (hip Maria of this pert, from At leant, Lift from Algiers, and parted with her the evening be I ore the 1 aft about 10 miles to the southward of the bar. ihe Maria was con . voyed by an Algerine vefTel of war from Algiers to G.bral- TUX# Capt. Butler, on his p ifTage. from the Aux Caves, was brought to by the Thetas and Hind frigates to the fictrth ward of our bar. After examining his papers they permit ted him to proceed. The Lieutenant of the 1 betis, who was on board of Capt. Butler’s brig, informed hun that the Thetis was to leave tins coast immediately. The Captain of the Hind told Capt- Butler that he had captured a ship from the Havana, bound to this port, with a valuable cargo of fiugir onboard, on.* half of w rich ap peared to be a return cargo, the other half he fuppofied to be Spanilh property, as it was on freight. Capt. Butler did nottfearn where ffie was sent to. 70 BE RENTED Os xt.dbOiMABLE TERMS FOR OMR OR MORE TE iRS , A CONVENIENT STAGE, 13 miles from Savan nah, on the Auguftd road, with a convenient dwelfing houfe, kitchen, liable, and other conveniences. Far far ther particulars apply to Mr. Peter Miller, at the weft cor ner of the town. | £T* A small Stock of Cattle to be disposed of. Apply &s above. blay 14, 1795. N OJ I C E. WHEREAS lhamtiul depredations have been com mitted on the Illand of Great JVaJJa e c'% a great proportion of tlie flock killed and carried off, and the tbcll banks robbed, in order to prevent the future destruction of their property, the Proprietors, in tbe moil positive man ner, forbid all persons from carrying dogs on, or hunting on that iiiand; and, to prevent, those from running into an error who may think they may continue to do so with im punity, they are informed that the iiiand and its depend encies is now under the direXion of Mr. James Adams, who has orders to kill every* dog he finds there, to whomsoever belonging. This, if severe, is indiipenfabjy neceffary*, and will meet the coincidence of every candid mind, as it is utterly impossible to prevent fleck from run ning wild where there is a continual hunting and firing cf guns. They ulfo forbid all peribns taking fire::; rrom their (hell banks without ptrrr.iilion firft obtained. All those deteXed in violation of the above notice will be, without diftinXion of per fens, prolecuted to the utmost severity of the law. ‘ I-Larcb 13, 1798. TAKEN UP at the fubferiber’s plantation, Screven county, on the main road leading horn Savannah to Augusta, abcu: the 17th May last, A BAY HORSE, about 8 or 9 years old, one hind wlfite foot, blase face, branded on tbe mounting lliouider 26, and on the near buttock IN, trots and canters, about 14 hands high. Auguji 29, 1797. STEP HEM PEARCE. SHERIFFS SAI^S. On Tufiay tbe stb June next wifi be fold, at the Courtboufc in tbe City cf Savannah, The following Tracts of Lind, Pointed cut by tbe Executor cf Solomon Pendletcn, de. ceased, in order to pay tbe Arrearages of Taxes duefr tbe year 1795: ‘ 257 1-2 acres in Montgomery county, surveyed in the name cf Samuel Pain, on the* waters of Canouchie river surveyed in January 1784. 287 1-2 and *. in said county, in the name of Reuben Ba. cotu, on Groat Ogechee river, iiirveyed-xoth March 178-. 257 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of Willu m Ayres, on Canoochie river, surveyed sth OXober 1755. 287 i-2 do. in said county, in the name of Samuel Crawford, on said river, surveyed 4th OXober 1785. 287 r-2 tfo, so said county, in the name of Francis Parker, on said river, surveyed 2d OXober 1785. 287 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of Jacob Da. vis, on said river, surveyed sth October 1785. 2? 7 1-2 do. in fidd county, in the name of John Willi ams, on Boggy-gut. 28 7 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of John O’Neil, on the Ohoopee river, surveyed January 1784. 200 do. in Camden county, jn the name of Robert Motitf r:, on Crooked river, surveyed in November 1786. n5 3 do. in said county, in the name of Solomon Pen* dletrn, on Great Setilla river. 500 do. in said county, surveyed in tbe name of Jame# Hume, and pwrehafed at confifcated sales by Solomon Pendletcn, on Great Setilla river. Six Lots in tbe Town cf Bronfwick, granted Solomot Pendleton, viz. No. ty, 79, 217, 218, 219, 216. Also, at tbs fame time and place, will be fold , A Hi iLifin fi $ C tv, 1 , Brouyhton ltrect, con lining 30 feet in front and gc feet in depth, seized and to oe kid as the prope**y cfMr* James Meyers, deceased, at the fuic of Levi SheuuU. icjtb April , 1798. Richard Wall, s. c. c. Srir-Kl tt’s SALE. OX Tucfday tlie sth day of June next will be fold, at the Gourthoufe, A Mui t;o Girl, named POLLY about 15 years cf age, seized as the property of Robert Montfort, £f<j. deceA'cd. R. Wall, s. c. c. Savannah, April T 9, 1798. SHEKIFF’s SAL:’S. On ike frji Tucfday. being tbe ;jb day cf June nextj will ke f Id, at tbe Courtbcufe, ALL that Let of Land, containing 60 feet in front on the Bav, and 90 feet in depth on Bull ftiee:, seized and to be fold as the property of David Montaigut, Esq. deceased. Alfa at tbs fame time and place will be fold, A Negro Fellovv, belonging to the Estate ol Mr. Jo* fep'n Cuthbert. Savannah, April 26, 1798. R. Wall, s. c. c. r | Ta E late o* tixr ‘.ll [ji U| X the firft Tuesday in June next, having been poft ooned from the lan Tales, viz. All that Tract of Land, adjoininej the Etfl Common, Containing about icß acres of rice land and about 50 acres of high land, seized as the property of Mr. John Peter Lange. Three complete Boat Hands, beinar the remainder cf the Negroes belonging to the Estate of Roger Parker Saunders. Alio, A small Sloop belonging to said Estate. < .jy-r A If: , at tbe fame time and place , will be fold, 1350 Acres of Cotton Land, in ieveral trafts, at Mobley’s Ponds, in Burke county, to be fold as belonging to the Estate of Samuel Elbert, Esq. deceaf. ed, Richard Wall, s. c. c. 3 d May, 1798. bHLkliT’s bALES Cn tbe firfl Tuesday, bting tbe 3 d day cf July next , will be fid, at tbe CottVlboufe in tbe city ofSavan r.ab, Tn'* Pmpertv under mentioned, ’ viz. \ HOUSE and HALF LOT in Broughton street, con i \ tain’ng 30 sett in front and 90 feet in depth, seized . and to be fold os the property of Mr. John Gable. A LOT OF LAND, lituate in Little Ogechee DiftriX, 1 containing acres, Ibid to be adjoining lands of George Mtlien, EiC}, seized as the property of Mr. Robert Greer. ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, situate and lying • in St. Philipp pirifh, on Great Ogechee river, bounded by j Zettler’s land, containing 450 acres, seized imdtr execution j as the property of Thomas Lee, deceaftd. Aif at tbe fame time and place, A NEGRO MAN, named POMPEY, seized and t be fold as the property of John Coxe, deceased. Richard Wall, s. c. c. Savannah , May 25, 1798. f— dll SHERIFF'S 6ALE. ON Tuesday the sth day of June next will be fold, before tlie Caurthoufe in Franklin ward, An elegant Black Horse, fit for the saddle or chair; also the Axk tree, Shafts, and Wheels, belonging to a Riding Chair; t*Ln as the property of Jacob Cunes. May tB. Peter S. Laffittr, s. c. s NO t ICE. “ L\ LL persons are particularly warned against pnrehafing Tl anv Negroes, lands, or other property, belonging tof the Efitate of John Ruppert, deceased, from any perfoa or persons whatfotver, as the whole thereof is secured, by the wti* of the said John Ruppert, to the foie and leparate uA of Mrs. Burney during her life, and .to her childre* after her deceaie. _ ’ William Lew den,T 1 John Eppingeb, J February 2t, i“gß._ i SAVANNAH: Prated bt N. JOHNSTON W co>