"I move that the sailors on board the British Ty"rant's fleet may bite the dust," said De PuffeLoud applauses" Decreed, and honourable men"tion in the Bulletin." "I fear," said Rantipole, "that the Austrians under the satellite Charles, "commonly called the Archduke, will drive our "brave heroes out of Germany again"-Long and repeated murmurs at all the speech, except our brave heroes; several Members looked fierce at Rantipole, the President put on his hat, and Rantipole sat down confused.-This is the order and regularity of these sapient bodies.

"Merlin, Lépeaux, and Treilhard, are men of "talents," says the Doctor. They must be men of talents and shekels too, if they have kept half the money they have plundered from mankind. "The "population of France is thirty-five millions," says the Doctor. They grow fast. At the beginning of the Revolution, they counted twenty millions, then twenty-five millions, and now they have encreased it to thirty-five millions. They have murdered and otherwise disposed of several millions since they began to be free, and yet they multiply as fast as the lice did in Egppt. I hope they will stop soon, or they will overrun the whole world. The Doctor says, that " during an awful moment "of revolutionary phrenzy, crimes were committed, "in violation of the sound principles of justice and humanity." Fie, Doctor! How can you say so! What, Frenchmen commit crimes! Impossible!

But," says the Doctor," these crimes have "been condemned and punished by the nation.” No, Doctor, you are still mistaken-they never committed any crimes, and therefore could not be punished.

Now Doctor, you see that I approve of almost every thing you have said. You wrote the text, and I have written the paraphrase. You have

painted

painted France like the Garden of Eden, and I have agreed to it. Now why did you not stop here? But, you are the cow that gives a good mess of milk, and then kicks over the pail. Your concluding sentence spoils the whole. The Devil himself would not swallow it. The rest of it might rub and go. But this would stick in the throat of a whipper-will.-You say, Doctor, that "at present, no government in Europe is more firmly established, more ably administered, or bet"ter calculated to promote the general happiness of its citizens, than that of France." Now, Doctor, not only you and I, but every man, woman, and child in the United States knows, that this is a downright lie. Why, Doctor, if you were a member of the Council of Five Hundred, as you are of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, and should go on a mission to some other country from France as you did from this country to France, of your own head, it would be the last place you would ever go to with a head, unless perchance you might step off to Cayenne. Now, do you call this able administration? No, Doctor, you ought to have stuck to probability, and then all would have gone off swimmingly. The pretty story you tell about France would have backed the nomination of a new commission to treat with the rascals; every body would have supposed that the President was influenced to make the nomination by your address and suggestions; you would have been a Great Man, and the President would have been left to take care of himself.

BRISSOT.

Mr. Liston's Letters.-In the Common Pleas of Bucks county (Pennsylvania) and also a capias issued, on the

an attachment 22nd of May, against

against one Isaac Swezey. Some days afterward, the Sheriff, who is a good Democrat, went in quest of the defendant, who was then on his way to Niagara. His waggon and three horses were attached, but two of the horses have since been taken from the Sheriff by legal authority, as stolen horses. In the mean time the defendant got off.

In the waggon was found a LOCKED trunk, which was, at first deposited at Piper's Tavern, in Bedminster, where it remained for some days, till intelligence was received from Philadelphia.Then, and not till then, it was thought proper to open the trunk and examine the letters (if any), in hopes that they might lead to a discovery in a system of horse stealing!-Precious excuse for rifling a trunk and opening people's letters!-Did the sagacious Sheriff of Bucks imagine, that a horsestealer would put his thoughts to writing, fold that writing up in letters, and carry those letters himself to his brethren in Canada? Or did he hope that the world would be deceived by this paltry pretext for the breaking of seals?

A day was, it seems, appointed for opening the trunk; a concourse of Sovereign People attended; a committee was appointed; the trunk was broken open, and then all the letters that were found in it. Amongst these, were two from MR. LISTON (the British Ambassador) to the Honourable President Russell, in Canada. The reader will agree with me, that it was not very probable that the "Ho"nourable President Russell" should be concerned in "a system of horse-stealing in Bucks county;" but, the diligent and honourable Sheriff did, nevertheless, think proper to open his letters! This circumstance, together with one I am just going to mention, fully proves the real object of the search.

The

The letters thus seized and broken open, were sent down and lodged in the hands of M'KEAN, from the press of whose friend and intimate acquaintaince, DUANE, they have this day been published, bolstered up, behind and before, with a set of the most stupid attempts at perversion. that ever were conceived by democratic ignorance. While the United Irishman was throwing out his threats to publish these letters, I was afraid he did not mean to do it; for, I was well assured, that any letter on the affairs of America, written by Mr. Liston, must tend to prove the sincerity of his friendship, and that of his nation, towards the Government and people of the United States. The letters are, however, published, and they fully confirm my opinion on the subject. So well am I convinced, that every man of sense must see in them the most ample testimony of a sincere good will towards the American nation, that I shall here subjoin them, just as Duane has printed them, bespangled with Italicks and CAPITALS. The letters breathe a desire of seeing America maintain her honour in a war with France; they express the writer's contempt of the enemies of the Federal Government, his high respect for its friends, and his firm reliance on its own wisdom and energy; and, this is not in a paper intended to flatter the people of America; it is in a private communication to a friend, where there could be no temptation to insincerity. The reader will observe, too, that the first letter contains an undeniable proof of Mr. Liston and his Court's desire, that nothing should be done by the Canadians unfriendly or injurious to the United States. In short, these letters are precisely what was wanted to convince the Bitter Whigs, that it is time for them to abandon their suspicions of the motives of Great Britain, and to make their ran

cour

cour give way to a cordial reconciliation.-As to the Democrats, the partisans of France and M'Kean, the MEN WITHOUT A GOD, they are too wicked to be reformed, and too despicable to be reasoned with.

SIR,

From the Aurora of this Day.

(COPY.)

Philadelphia, 6th May, 1799.

THE Government of the United States appears to be nearly in the same situation with regard to the Shawenese Indians, that that of Canada is with respect to the Mohawks, The Shawenese wish the United States to make some alteration of their limits as fixed by the treaty of Grenville; and at the same time to confirm the sales of lands they have already made, and authorize future alterations. The American Ministers, on the other hand, are determined not to grant this favour, and are embarrassed by the persevering importunity of the Indians. Advices lately arrived from Fort Wayne, inform the Administration, that the Shawenese intend this spring to call a General Council of the nation (composed of representatives from several tribes) with a view to take such measures as may be thought best calculated to obtain some modifications of the Grenville Treaty. And the information adds, that this idea was first suggested by the late Colonel M'Kee, Deputy Superintendant

of Indian Affairs.

The Government consider this interference as unfriendly and injurious to their interests, and a complaint has been made to me on the subject by the Secretary of State, with a request that I would make such representation of the matter to you as