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gcL* Ae of citizens nud rite fiate
# f jj* arms and eouipments in each brigade, be accurately
reported as soon as'poflible. -The Legislature has authorized
a. contiderab!e purchale of arms for public use, and no time
ihall be loft in procuring them.
I am aware, gentiwnen, that much trouble and expeoce
tyill arise in the execution of these inftruftions; but I am
perliiaded that your perlonal labors will be compeniated by
public benefit which they will produce; and I promise
at the next feflion of the Legislature to enforce the claims
for a reimbursement of every reasonable pecuniary charge,
with the strongest recommendation that the justice and ne
cefiity of the case will admit.
I cannot conclude this address without reminding every t
class of my follow citizens of the importance of its objects.
To the veterans who were active in our revolutionary war
it will not be indifferent, when they reflect that the fame
patriotic virtues which established our National independ
ence will always be competent to protect our national
bights. The fifing generation derive from the present
crjfis an early opportunity to prove that they are worthy
of the glorious inheritance, a Free Republican Govern
ment, which has been prepared for them by the courage
and wiflom of their ancestors. And every enlightened
statesman will surely rejoice when he beholds in tire Mili
tia of the Union a competent bulwark for its defence and
fafety foperfeding the neceflity and averting the danger of
a numerous {landing army. ‘l*! “
1 am, with sincere regard and eftee*,
Gentlemen, : , :
Your moft obedient and faithful servant,
(Signed) THOMAS MIFFLIN.
Philadelphia, 2d June, 1795.
To the Officers of the Pbtlrdel - ‘
pbia County Brigade of Penn- u >
Jyhania Militia.
Juneß. A veifel now under foil for New York has
several Frenchmen on board, whose baggage consists almost
entirely of E. o, Tables, Billiard Tables , &c.—“'Hiis is”
one good effect of a rupture with France. The city will
no longer be feandalized and insulted by the gambling
brothels, which these diflblute rafeals iirft introduced, and
have since maintained. A thousand young men in Phila
delphia alone baye been debauched and ruined by them.
They are the panders of vice, immorality, and impiety,
wherever they go. Thank God the country will soon be
purged of them,
* Jitne y- The Ganges and the General Greene were
seen in company off Cape Henlopen on Saturday last.
The United* States, Commodore Barry, left ‘tlie fort
ytfterday morning at ten o’clock, and anchored at Chester
about noon.
With extreme pleasure we congratulate our fellow citi
zens on the fafe arrival of-the Adriana, Capt. Lee, with a
moft valuable cargo from London. She .anchored this
morning off this city, having been convoyed from New
York by the Ganges {loop of war, agreeable to the orders
of Government.
June i\. It is said that news have been received from
New York,gating, that Capt. Quinton, pf the brig Pru
dent, from St. John’s, New Brunswick, was tatcen, and
fcis vtffel burnt, in the afternoon of the 7th infl. about ten
leagues to the's. si E,of the Hook. Capt. Quinton informs,
slut, at 3 o’clock the fame day, the Brttilh brig Earl
Moira was engaged with the French privates, and fired 20
guns, when the privateer flood off to the southward and
the brig pur feed. The Captain of the French privateer
informed Cape. Quinton that his orders were, ill case any
American velfel made refilhnce, to give them no quarter.
I . On Saturday evening, about a quarter pad 6 o’clock,
I the New Factory in the Prison Yard of this city (a semi-
I circular brick-building, two ffories high and 300 feet in
extent) was difoovered to be on fire, by Columns of smoke
jiffuing from all parts of the bttildiwg nearly at the fame
I time. The smoke was soon succeeded by flame, and, al
-1 though the city was immediately alarmed, and’the fire
lengines and thousands of citizens flew to assist in the quel
llingof it, the furious element was not got under before 8
[o’clock, by which time the whole of the roof, all the win-
Hows, three fourths of the floor, and the greater part of
■the machinery, tools, materials, &c. used by the various
Rttifaas employed tlierein, were deftroy^d.
I It is not known at prefont from what cause the fire pro
■teeded, though, -from the evil disposition (hewn by a few
■efya&ory priloners for fome days past, it is pretty ftronely
■folpefted to have been pnrpofely done. This, however! is
faerc suggestion. The ot we understand,
■ueet this morning to mftitute an inquiry into the bufmefs.
|L The accident is much to be lamented, as this convenient
fcnd commodious budding was but just fimThed and got into
fcomplete operauon; and to repair it will.not only toll a
‘ u ,°* i p on ‘7 but w dl cause the greater part of the
nritoners, m the mean time, to be keptlneifylbyed. ’
■ At a meeting of the Merchants held to %at the City “
pavern it was agreed to raise a sum for two 26‘gim (hips for
|!ibfcribe°d f GOVemmentJ 23,000 d ° llarS Were ’ lß medutely
1 a?*? ini’* 1 * yuke ts \ The flls P Burrow..
Kale, ot this poit, was taken on her inward bound passage
Bp, a Prc'rch privateer, in soundings, just off the Capes,
fbe crew were put on board a pilot boat bound to Bafti
msore, part ot them arrived here yeflerday.
d " e - Y aaa, r evening did not
J morning; the stage i n which it wa<
we are informed, was upset m a stream near Fre-
K ncKfourgh, andoneof the Iwrfrs dr o wned i o ii e .of the
frfet? $^ near 2000
■ Arnved, brig Molly,. Bray, from Philadelphia. The
lav y bv aS a
Punisher F’*’
tnt prouficns. The Ganges A tlm time was uTthTriver.
h n ‘ yi Knx and the crew of
tv,™ YwfV’c “J. from the -
Kmthl ° f o°° bos * s % ar taken
m.... x . fl,JOp ™ wicb Caiit.Briggs,
current! 40
v andd c * The fliip Fox, Liacob, and lier cargo, have ■
teeS aebnirtsdrin the island of Grtr.ada. “The fidp Wto
•fail for lfwdifci.’ ;* r.i#t *, v k-r- r :
TTe brig Amsterdam, Scott, arrived at Ajnftewhun from *
this port on the rft of April*
A letter from Bourdeaux of the icSth of April fays^ ll The
Direiftory will not acknowledge the three American Com
mi{Boners. Mefirs. Piyckney and Marftiall certainly leavne
Paris, biit Mr. Gerry remains. The privateer Rochefort
has brought here a large American fliip from Savannah*
laden with furs, rice, and tobacco. [Bcffion paper. *
Appointments by Authority .
- Christopher Raymond Pern, of Rhode Island, and Ri- •
chard Valentine Morris, of New York, to be Captains in
tlift Navy.
William Turner, of Virginia, ad Surgebn’s Mate of the
United States frigate.
George Wright, of New Jersey, Surgeon’s Mate of the
fliip Delaware.’
July 2. Yeftefday arrived the fliip Julius Pringle,
Miller, London, 71 days; lliip Minerva, Frink* London,
75 days.
The arrivals yeflerday, from London fumifh us with
nothing of. a later date than we received by way of New
York by tlie last poll. .
• Rice was* 16* per hundred, dull sale; cotton, as* jd.
to 3s. tobacco, dull.
SAVANNAH, /ply 6. *
MARINE £ 1 S T. .
Entered iNxyAfio.
Ship Dar Mohr, Helmut-, 44 Guadaloujic
Slieplierdefs, Rogers, . ‘ New York
Schooner Sally, Woodworth, Charhfton
Brig Ceres, Hand, New York
Sloop Dove, Brown, Cliarlefton
Cleared Otrr* • •
Schooner Huntress, Fitch, * New York
Ship Carolina, Malcom, ‘ Lond6n
Schooner Anna, Davidson, Beaufort
Cornelia, Auten, New York
Roebuck, Defniont, Martinique
Shop Chance, ■ Milligan, St. Augustine
Schooner Mary Ann, Hughes, Baltimore
Ship Dar Mohr, Helmar, Altotia
The Senate of the United States on the 7th ult. palfod -
the Alien Bill, yeas iA,.nays 7.
On the Bth of last month, in the House of Reprefonta
tjves of the United States, Mr. Dawson called up his refo
lutioh requesting the Prclident to lay before the House such
iriforination as he poffefles rtfpetfting the condinSt which has
been obftrved by the Britifli Government, or by persons
a£ting or pretending to aft by or under the authority there
of, towards the neutral rights of commerce of the United
States, since the ratification of our treaty with that nation,
which was negatived without debate, 47 to 38. -
Mr. D. Fuller men called up bis relblutions authorizing
the President to grant letters of marque ami general rc
prifal, &c. which he moved to refer to tlie Committee for
the Prdte&ion of Commerce and .Defence of the Coun
try, with inftrudtions to report by bill or otherwise.
After fome debate on this motion Mr. Coit moved to
postpone tlie consideration of these relblutions for one week.
Tins motion was negatived, there being only 28 votes for
origiadl motion was then and after fome
deoate it was taken by yeas and nays—yeas 41, nays 42.
The motion for a reference to the Committee for the
Protection of Connnerce and the Defence of the Country
being negatived, Mr. Sitgreaves moved to postpone the
farther consideration of these refolulions for .one week*
Mi. J. I arker moved two weeks. Tlie motion on the latter
proportion was carried, 44 to 40*
Immediately after which Mr. Blount moved tlie follow
ißgs ; ... /. “ •
4< , reaS aR d Government of Great Britain,
regardlels ot those principles of good faith which ought to
enlure a due obi’ervance of treaties, have in various inllances
violated the exprels ftipulatious- of the treaties heretofore
™ : . , e _ fubiifting between the United States and the
Biitifli Nation, in a manner highly injurious to the interest
ana honor of the United States, by reason whereof the
United States are irdeafed from all obligation on their part
to respect the said treaties, or to conhder thtinfolves as
holuen or bound thereby:
“ Refolded, 1 hat it is expedient to make a legillative
declaration, notifying the citizens of the Urntod States,
“‘id a “ others concerned, that the said treaties are ino
longer obligatory upon tlie United States.’’
Mr. Blount wished this motion to lie upon the table, but
several Members falling for-its immediate consideration a
vot;e Was earned to that effect, wlien the mover laid it was
not his intention tq have called up this, motion’ Until that
relpectmg France had been decided upon; and on tb£ fuj
geuion of Mr..Venable he withdrew it, declaring he would
bring it forward at a future day. ~
The President of the United States has approved ahd
signed the aft for fufipetiding tlie comraerciai intercouife
between tlie United States and France.
On Monday last the following gentlemen were chosen
Aldermen of this efty; _
For HeatbcUe Ward, John Y. Noel, Esq.
Decker Ward, Mattliew M‘AUifler, Esq. “ * ‘
AnTon Ward, Robert Bolton, Esq.
Ifbrhy Wctrd, William Hunter, Esq.
Franklin Wird, Andrew Efq.
Warren Ward, Richard Dennis, Esq. •
Percival Ward, John Glass, Elq.
Wajbington Ward, Joseph Welfcher, Esq.
Reynold's Ward, Richard Wayne jun. Elq.
Oglethorpe Ward, Henry Putnam, Esq.
3d year of American Independency commenced on
\\ edneHay last. In honor of the day the colors of the
vessels in the river were difolayed, the Chatham ArtHlery
fired “lutes at daybreak and as noon, and Capt. Gordon’s
troop of horn; and fome other inUiria companies paraded in
the city and its vicinity.
Married on Wedneftiay evening last, Mr. John N.~
Brailsford, to Klifi Martha Moose.
Jnftrad of FRIDAY this paper wiH Jweafter bt
pub l idled on THURSDAY* ‘ v -
TllE INFORMER. 4,
Among tb'ofe Caufe sos human improvement (fays the
celebrated (Jor.dorcct) that arevf importance ia
the general welfare mvjl be inchidcd, the total ann
v bilation of the prejudices which have cjlablijhcd be*
tween the fezes an inequality of rights. Palmer.
pa|cr I beg leave to dedicate to the ladies, and I
X Ihall, in the dii'culfion*ef the fub.eift of It, fiijl fliew
the excellence of the female chanufter, point out the pur
suits which lhould engage tlieir attention, and, in the fo
cond place, Cndtaltor to lhcw tlie realbns of tiie inequality
of therights, and in what manner they may recover t;heni.
Tliis bfeftho premised, I fliail now begin with female
excellent^J 0 *I** 1 ** In ordt;r to accomplifl: the purposes of your
exifteiice‘y Curare endowed with an iiittlligent foul, a limi
lar form with man, and furniilled with palfions. Pethaps
you inky plume yoilrlelves on tlie fafeinating mein* the de
licate coinplexion, the well projxirtkmed feature; but these,
uuaahSmpanicd with the aGcomptillmvnts of the mind, are
ot little worth. To these 1 call your attention; * feck
them with afli.luity, cultivate them with enthufijifm.’ I do
not require you to be flcilful linguists, acute pfiilofophersj
OF expo? t mathematicians. The abstruse feiences are un
connected with domestic life. But Why not rendered com.
paqions for the more dffeerning of the other sex? From the
too common neglect of inteHcClhal aecomplilhments flows
the falfc and illiberal luggellion that'youf underftandmg is
Weak, and therefore incapable'of any corifiderable culture.
But are not the diilinguilhed female writers niin*erpu& Do
tliey not rank high in the annals of literary ffliifc? W may *
be granted, your mihds are formed for lefilhing works of
iiiinginktion rather than commeptirig aR the pr-ottudtions.of
a Newton* This concelfron, in its utmost extent* declares
on ly that the delicacy of ydur • frame, jrtidl;d to efcquHi te
lentibility, mark ydu out for’ tlie cultivation of one branch
of knowledge‘in preference to artdthfert The wililom of
Providence is Colifpicuous in the appointment. You arA
the better capacitated for the Ids’ active, though not leis
ufoful i'phere, m which you move. By reading and medi
tation improve the faculties c£ the toind/ Biography, voy-.
ages, tiavels, and poetty, selected with judgment, repay
amply the time coiiiunied upon them: r.omanceS penile
with caution; moft of them iuflime the juvenile miaginati- .
on, irritate the fancy, indV exhibiting fallacious views of <
life, cruelly torture the female heart. The inftru&ive
page of* sacred and profane history Ihould fever lie open be
fore you. The rife, progress, and fall of kingdoms and of
individuals, teach admirable lelFoiis; and pour upon you
that knowledge of human nature of’which none Ihould bft
deftifute who pretend to any degree of refinement. Geo
graphy and chronology, the favorite handmaids of history,
enable you to fee folly tliefoeauty and propriety of tlie his
toric tale. Astronomy is worth attention; the perspicuity
with which its firft principles are laid down facilitates their
attainment; delightful is it to trace the signatures of wife
dom and goodnels every where iroprefled on creation, and
to know lbmethingof t(ie general laws by which your days
and your nights, your- fupiiriers and your Mriutcrs, noli
round with such aftonifhnig regularity. Nor be inconverfe
ant with periodical efttys} -they prove arrtnexhauliiblt fund
of rational improvement and inltrudtion. Music, painting,
and occasional visits, may “occupy vacant liours.
“ The cultivation oi a* good temper merits particular
attention. ‘ ‘’ . j*
“ To the nicer sensibilities of the heart be not inattentive.
“In your friendlhips be firm. In your attachments be
decidedly fixed. Coquetilh frivolity dilgraces tbofe who
dare indulge it. . . t
“ Let modesty preside over every department ofcondudl.
“ Be virtuous anil religious.”
Such are the prominent features of female excellence.
Now for the inequality of their right®.
In vain might we iearch for motives by which to juftify
this principle in difference of pli) iical organisation, of in
tellect or of moral fentibility; it had at firft.no other ori.
gin but abuse of strength, and all the attempts which have
since been made to foppoit it are idle sophisms.
It is to be lamented that throughout all Alia, Africa,
and moft parts of Europe, it is ftili the cuftorn to shut up
the fair sex, and make them priibfttrs, ‘frdm ‘tbeir eaciiell
youth. I would adviie my female readers, if they wilh to
assert their privileges, to begin by'renouncing tlieir passion *
for trinkets and baubles, which leads to their lubjedtion; to
abandon their errors and their prejudices; to conquer their
love of dominion; to renounce a life of frivolity; to detest
vanity; and to ftgTr no lortger after objedls the attainment
of which can confer ho feat JJleafitfe. I conjnnei..yoiLabave
all things to leam to think and make use of your reason;
luperftition and we'aknefe alone can ensure the dominion of
the other sex over you.
< 1 I ■■■■!* a , -| nm I 111 111 *<■
FIFIEEN DQtXARS REWARD ,
WILL be paid to any person who may lodge in the
Workhouse in Savannah, the following NE
GROES, who ran away on. Sunday night last frftm the
fubferiber’s plantation in Bryan county, to wit: Fortune f
-a remarkable ftout r bealthy, robust fellow, about 6 feet
high, has bad fore teeth, and has lately, had a very bad
fore on one of his thumbs, which is not,quite well yet.
Fanny, a very likely young wench, who needs no deferip
tion about Savannah, where (he is generally known. The ‘
above reward will bfe immediately paid on delivery of tlie
tu o Negroes at the Workhouse, yr nine dollars for Fortune 9
and fix fotjFowxy, if taken ftmrately, V’
JAs. JONES.
Ship Yard. July 3, *79B*
T• Noll CK. ‘ *
ALL persons are particularly warned against purchasing
any Negroes, lands, or other property, belonging
to the Eflate of John Rnppert, deceased, from any perion
or persons whatsoever, as the whole thereof is secured, by
the will of the find John Ruppert, to the foie and separate
use of Mrs. Burney during her life, and to her children
after iier ueceafe. ‘ * - .
” William Lewden.T ,
John&pmo, ’j-SMOtoa.
February si, 1798.
blank LAND CONVEYANCES for fek aF
the Fritting OSctJ* ftreet*