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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,