National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-02-02 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA.
February 2.
The mail from the fonthward, due here
lall'Tuefday, was robbed soon after it left
Baltimore. Few, if any letters, however,
arc said to be miffing ; the person who
(topped the boy, having taken the port
manteau into an adjacent wood, and after
opening several letters and packets, and
taking out bank notes to a confiderablc a -
mount,made olf and left the budget unin
jured.
The Legislature of the (tare of Kentuc
ky have pafled an act, giving further time
to proprietors of lands, within their jurif
diftion, for surveying the fame, and for
returning plates and certificates to the re
gister's office The time allowed for the
purpose of surveying, is to the firft of Ja
nuary 1794 —and the term of one year,
from the eighth of August ntxt, for return
ing platts a id certificates into rhe regis
ter's office. It in ly b? proper to mention,
also, for public information, that all lands
in the ltute of Kentucky are liable to pay
an annual date tax of (ixteen pence, Vir
ginia currency, per hundred acres, thelirfl
paymMl to be made the fourth day of Fe-
: on failure of'fentjringthe
lands by the fourth of February 1795, with
the coinmiflioners of the county, and pay
ing up all arrears of taxes, with interest at
five per cent, to that day, inch lands are
to be forfeited to the if ate. This law e
qnaliy a(fc£ts residents and non-relidents.
nor is there any other duty required ot
the proprietors.
Accordingto letters fro:n F.urope. "the
French National Convention have order
ed the printed trial of Charles the!, of
England, to bp translated and published for
the use of the members; and that it is
conje&ured by many, the king and queen
will make the fame end that he did.
de la Fayette continues in priion Some
juftify him 011 the principle of his having
gone as far with the people as, in honour,
lie ought to have done ; or, at leatt ai he
thought he do. confluent wiUi hie
oath to the new co ifHtution. Perhaps lie
ought to have gone further, and ftlick to
his party, and thus have retrained many
of the enormities that were committed.
It is certainly a wrong part to take, which
renders a man obnoxious to both (ides."
Extrai7 of a Utter from a gentleman in
Virginia, to his friend in tUis city, datca
January 1 \th.
" The alfairs of France give joy to eve
ry true republican. The people here dis
approve very generally the tax proposed or
jiorfes, nor wiil the people who have car
riages fubmir to a tax on them, unless one
on sleighs equally high should accwinpan>
it, as they are certainly made use ot a;
much, or more, for pleasure than carriage
are here."
The Buffaloe beeflately killed in this city,
fold in the market at 2s. 6d. per lb. The
exa£t resemblance of the creature in s
preserved state, is now to be seen ai
Mr. Peale's museum.
We hear from Weft-Indies, that ths
illands Guadaloupe and Martinique are ir
great confuiion; the aristocratic inhabitant:
being buiilv employed in packing up anc
quttingthofe i Hands, under an apprehenlior
of a French fleet arriving speedily to puitift
them for their revolt from the nationa
cause. The mulattoes have joined the pat
riotic party.
The new theatre in this city is now finifh
ed. It is computed to hold, with perfef
convenience, two thousand people.
The code of criminal law in most coun
tries begins to attract the attention of en
lightened men. Nothing is more commor
in England (and may we not fay in many in
fiances, 111 America also ?) than for a pooi
creature, impelled perhaps by hunger, tt
befent to the gallows for a trilling theft o:
four or five (hillings value, while the granc
speculating robbers of,millions, are screen
ed by law and fuffered to plunder the indi
gent and ignorant clalfes of society witl
impunity. The time is certainly approach
ing when mankind will look back witl
horror on the millions of legal murders thai
have been committed, and to make form
atonement for the part, will leave no ftef
untried to adopt and propagate a new anc
more benevolent fylfcm.
Late accounts from Ireland mention the
Roman catholics of that i(land,to be almofl
in a (late of open rebellion. Handbills, ex
p eflive of the general hatred of the present
government, are continually parted up in
ry part of Dublin ; and at the time ol
t 'efe an ouuts coming away, every thing
foreboded the nation to be at the eve of a
revolution.
®ttbfcriptions are on foot in several capi
ta sot the United States for celebrating the
glorious fuccefles of theFrenchnation. The
grand civic sea t 011 that occalion, was to be
celebrated in Boston on Thursday the
24th of January
'• A pompous display of royalty has late
ly been exhibited at Quebec, in their firll
outset under their new form of govern
ment Every American, not degenerate
from the p mciples of hi? revolution, will
read with difgutt the dictatorial language of
their lieutenant governor, in a late speech,
footed, oft hi! throne. It is true, we have
nothing to do with their r'ollies, but we have
as good a right to remark on their conduct
as they o 1 ours. It has long been predicted
that C inada would not remain many years
under the government of Great-Bntain—
quem Jupiter vultperdere, prius de mental;
and it appears obvious that this trait of
royalty being planted in Canada will prove
the flirt flep to their emancipation. Roy
alty is a foul weed, and can.iot tfouriih in
the free air of North America "
It is an old trick ofdeligning c iara£ters,
to cry up a lingle individual as the life, fafe
ty and Jine qua rttn of a nation ; and by de
ifying him, to make themselves the real
sovereigns over the people. "It has ever
been thecrait of courtiers Mr Paine)
•or the pufpofe of keeping up ail expeniive
and enormous civil liit, and a mummery of
useless and antiquated places and offices at
the public expence, to be continually bnflg
ng England upon fameindivklu d>w other,
called king, though the man might not have
capacity to be a pari ii coiUtable- The ful
ly and absurdity of thij is ■■.ppearing more
ircd more every day; a.-.d ;iill thole ine
contiuue to a.:t as if no alteration in the
public opinion bad taken place. They heat
sach other's nonfeuie,. and fuppole the
>vbole nation talks the fame giboeriih."
On Tuelil'y evening last, the weathft
uddenly changed from warm# < mode, it
'.as had uninterruptedly been the ca:e if.i'tt
the beginning ot the month) to a ftve-t
iiiow rtorm at north-Pall, which conti 11 tu<
the whole of th-: fueceeding day. Tin- hi:
tor the present put an eud to the expsrta
'ions of our ihad-epi. ures—That tilt Feb
ruary in New-\ ork, t\; 1
ilfo be difippoiuted, at leaf for the sirs!
naif of the month, i 3 more than probable.
Where row are. alt r ju J inoary (had
Arid f.ilmon—tkc—thai came before llleir time—
Atas! they're fltd to some lef< rigorous clime,
Where funs, that never Jquitit, fbail make inert
glad—
no more fur falrnor, fee your caps-
Some weeks 100 (fifli giris fay) mu't now elapfr
*Xiil (had aocr more fiia:l be so void of brains
Ai to be captured in bur fcins—
Then pray don't fob and pout—•
If abfetvl from our ftfeam,
There's only one to blame,
"Winter,that ant federal knave—'tis—keeps their
gut.
The committee of the House of Repre
entalive- . appointed to enquire into the
:aufes of the failure of the late expedition
inder General St. Clair, have resolved,
:hat no farther teltimony will be received
>y them after this day, the second of Feb
ruary.
On the irth of Octuber was married at
Sourdeanx, in France, the right hon. the
Earl of Shrewibury, to Miss Hoy, of Dub
in. Thi: lady is daughter of Mr. Hoy,
lationer, of that city. His lordfliip touch
nig at Boui deaux, in his elegant yacht,
aw Miss Hoy at the house of a merchant.
0 whom he hod letters of credit. Her
:harins were found powerful enough tc
ecure her the firll Countess's coronet o)
England. The present Earlof Shrewfbur)
lis premier Karl of England, and pofl'ef
es a clear eflate of eleven thousand pel
innum. [London paper.^
An Englifli paper presents tbe following
'ie wot the present humble lituationof the
Prince of Wales—"He devotes five sixth
his income to the liquidation of hi:
debts, and with the remaining i2,c001. ;
pear, he, in a finail house, served by half t
iozen domertics in brown frocks, enjoy:
ill the comforts of a private gentleman.'
This little remnant of his income, upor
which the prince now lives in so frugal l
manner, is upwards of 50,000 dollars .
pear, or more than twice the annual fala
-y of the Prelident of the United Stales-
Jo much for monarchy.
Private letters from Europe fay, thai
incethe National Convention of Franct
lias begun to agitate the question of tin
king's trial, he has fallen into a proiounc
melancholy, of rather the lethargic kind—
:hat the Fniprefs ot Riiffia has pofitive
y refiifed to furnirti her quota of trotips tc
:he confederacy against France, preferring
:o pay her contingent in money : Ever)
:hing in Germany wore the appearance oi
1 long war, and frelh contributions were
evying to carry it on with renewed fury—
-his was conlidered as a dreadful incident
or the lower and middling clafles ofpee
ple, whose earnings were almolt nothing,
and to make things ftili worse, hardly any
money was current. The niannfaffurers
it Vienna had discharged upwards of 6000
lands, mort of whom were reduced to beg
:heir bread in the rtreets. Their number
oon amounted to 8 or 9000, who went in
1 body to the Emperor Francis and peti
:ioned to be reinlfated in their places
Their request w as refufed—they then sur
rounded the palace, crying out, Grant us
bread, we do l.ot want-wages! The milita
ry were then called instantly in, and this
starving mob dispersed.
Almort the whole oflaft week parted in
feftivity and rejoicings at Boston, in con
sequence of the success of the cause of li
berty in Europe.—One of the many toarts
on this occasion was, '• May tyranny, dej
pntij'm, and ujurpation, with their concom
itants, be forever blotted from the records
of man, and Jecurely depojited in the ar
chives of that region, prepared by the dei
ty for the reception of every evil work \
Illuminations, proceffinns, and plain tho'
abundant tables in every quarter teftified
the ioyot the citizens on this exhilirating
occafjon'.arid to complete the display of re
pubiicanifrp, a balloon was to be <lilpatched
to the upper departments of the atmof
pbere, inscribed in large letters, LIBER
TY aid EQUALITY —The animated re
joicings of the people of Boston, on the
glorious fticcefs of the arms of republican
Kranpe, is a Itriking contrast to the indif
ference and coldness with which the news
has generally ben received at the feat of
the federal government.
It is mentioned in a London paper,
that 4< the people of Cheshire have made,
as a prelent tor his Britannic Majelty, a
cheele of near fourteen hundred pounds
weight: So that, in cafe of a revolution
here iiinilar to that in France, it is pof
lible his nii.jefty may yet go out of his
kingdom in a cheele".— ii The above
c heeie.(fayj the fame paper) was prefent
td to his majeily by Sir T. S. Cotton, and
:roai the weight aiid dinieflfions, one
wm;d suppose it was the production of
'B<*>biig ag in ft tad of Chtfiire James
-' - li'xth, iooii after hisarrival ii 7 England,
w .» preiented with a Chelhire Cheese, oi
:o(jui Sooib. wt. and his remark upon ii
ilef.rves to be recorded— '■ .\ hen it i;
looped to the iiiell. there will be a ver;
pretty iituation fur the retirement of a
r ■iteinplative rat.''
1 lie coiumillioncrs for erecting public
buildings within the city ot H'ajnirgton,
for the permanent rtfidence of Congref;
after the year 1800, have publillifcl the
pi.in ct a lottery, tor effecting improve
ments in laid city, building aHOTF.L,&c.
ihe number of tickets is JO,Coo at 7 dol
lars each—total number of prizes 46-3-
tMe remainder, blanks—the highest prize
L > be the Hotel, valued at 50,000 dollars.
U)' 1 remainder calli prizes, viz. one oi
jj.ooo dollars—the IVcoud, 20, cc-
:."c third, ijooo; tlie fourth, 10,000 —two
f 5000 —ten of 1000 —twenty of 500 —one
hundred of 100 each—two hundred ofio—
lour hundred of 25 —one thousand of 20—
liid lilteen thousand of 10 dollars each—
«te drawing is to commence at the cily of
Walhiugton 011 the ninth day of Septem
i>-f next.—N- B. one hundred dollars are
jircred by the comuiiffioners for the bed
dan of an elegant and convenient Hotel, ot
Inn, with hot and cold baths, out hotifes,
"-C. if presented 911 or before the 10th
.iay of April next.
The general aflembly of Pennsylvania
lave now before them a petition of Mr.
Lfgaux, respeCting a plan for the eliab
itnuieiit of the culture of \ INKS in said
tste ; apd we uuderftaiid a bill is to be
'. ported on that subject in a few days.
Vlr. Legaux alferts. fromfeveral years e>.-
jer.ence, that the \ ine may be cultivated
n Pennsylvania to at lealt as much advan
:age, as in any province of France ; he
I,ls publiflied the pi ai of a fubfenption
"or theelfablilhment of the culture of this
r.iluable piant, and offered ten years ot
11s own time to aliiit in bringing it tu
)ci section.
] From the Fittjburg Gazette of Jan. 26. ~
Brigadier general Putnam, and the Rev"
Mr. Heckenwelder, palled thro' this town
jii Monday lait, for Philadelphia,
11 part, completed the bnlintfs they were
eut on by Congress, to the Indian nations.
It is said, that from the intelligence they
have received from the Miami Indian-
I here appears to be no difpolitionfor peace
yn their part.
Colonel Thomas Proctor, of Philadel
phia, arrived here on Sunday lait, and 01:
Monday proceeded on for Fort Franklin,
accompanied by Joseph Nicholfon, In
ilian interpreter—his bulinefs is not known
but it is thought to be with the lix iiati
I I US.
[From the Maryland Journal, of I ast Tuef
tlay ]
" Yesterday morning, the post-boy. with
the mail from this place for Philadelphia,
was flopped about t\\ o miles from to wn,
by a single footpad, who obliged him to
dismount, and mounting the horse himfelr,
proceeded a little dillance 011 the Phi.a
delphia road, when he dismounted, leit
the horse in the road, and made tor the
woods. The alarm being given, a number
of persons fat out in quelt of him : a (light
(now having fallen during the night, they
were enabled to trace him, from the road
co the place where he had left the port
manteau, which they found cut open, a
number of the letters, with their
seals broken, were lying around it; some
at the mails were left entire, and otheis
L.iken away : his footlteps were traced
from thence, across Joneses Falls and the
back of the town, into Howard's~ltreet.
A liberal reward has been offered by the
merchants and others, lor apprehending
the villain, and diligent search is making,
but hitherto without effect. We hope,
however, to be speedily able to announce
to tne public the apprvhenfion of this da
ring highwayman. One of the mails from
tnis place, tor Philadelphia, one end oi
which had been broke open, but the let
ters left untouched, was found in Colone
Howard's field, containing a number c>J
letters, some of which were directed t<
members of Congrels. It is supposed thai
the robber, conceiving these lecters to bt
entirely on public bulinefs, threw them a
way as useless; he, however, as far as we
can learn, mi (Ted the greatest part of his
booty; for one of them contained up
wards of eight hundred dollars, in bank
notes the property of a merchant in this
town."
A letter from a gentleman in Baltimore,
dated January 29, tohis friend in thii city,
contains the following intelligence: "I
have just returned troin the examination
of a man who is fulpe&ed to be the villain
who robbed the mail on Monday eis
committed for trial—and though a man of
genteel manners and good family, had eve
ry appearance of guilt. Circumstances are
much against him."
Extract of a letter from Kentucky, dated
Nov. 10, 1792.
" Our with refpeft to a trade
lown the Ohio 1 iver brighten every day,
n.d I have reason to hope, that all duties
witi be removed, and a free paflage given
£0 us ; or at least that the duties will be
mconlidernble."
I.ondon papers mention, that upwards of
.eventeen thousand pounds sterling has al
eadv been railed in that city for the relief
Jt the emigrant French clergy.
Ou 1 river is now full of floating ice, arid
■he navigation nearly, if not wholly ob
hufted. ,
ExtvatifrnnilVliJi tVilliam's " Letters from
i ranee"—{a very late Englijli publica
tion. )
" One subject of complaint among the
Paris ariltocrates is, that (ince the revolu
tion they are obliged to drive thro' the
tieets with caution : The life of a citizen
s now confdeixd as of some value, and the
Joor people 011 foot cannot be trail,pled up
,n hv the horses of the rich people in car
riages, with the fame impunity as lormerly.
' It i. foinconvenient (said an ariftocrate to
ne lately) when I go to the country in my
: triage, the people v\'ill not get out of the
Vil y as they used to do—they are really be
-011,e intolerably insolent—you are obliged
o take such care nottoru over th« m. °nd
hat colts so much time."—lViad me de
Pompadour, m.ltrefs to Louis the 14th, who
dways travailed with great expeditio . was
jailing tiiro' Orleans, when h.r coachman
'rove over a poor woman whom age and
nfirnaty prevented from getting time e
lOUgh out ot the way, and it.e was killed
.ipoii the ipot. The coachman (lopped the
:arriage, and the servants told their midrefs
hat the poor woman Was killed.— '■ Well,
said (he, with the greatest coolness ima
ginable, and Hinging a louis d'or out of -he
A'indow—) here is fomethingto bury her
50 on, coachman."—li itpoiiib.e to hear of
fvery feeling of humanity being thus iufult
•d. without a degree of indignation which
an only b<j soothed by the refkaion ihat
uch monstrous evils exill no longer ? Is it
jollible to hear this incident without re
oicing, that a system of government which )
ed to such depravation of mind is laid in.
""ins ? For my part, I confefs myfelffo
Hardened ,1 patriot, that I rejoice to fee the
lower order of people in this country have .
loft somewhat of that too obsequious po
liteness for which they were once diltin
• uiflied ; and that whenever they find
ihemfelves in the llightelt degree offended
they assume a tone of manly independence!
While we were walking yesterday along
the very Square where the poor old woman
was killed, I heard a day-labourer fay. in
an angry tone of voice, to a gentleman by
whom he thought himfelfill-treated, "Sir,
we are equals—l am a citizen, Sir, as well
*s another."—Some of our company were
(hocked at his insolence. while T re fl
ing the poor old wom-n, could not help
repeating to myfelf, " Ah ! my friend, ne
i'er forget that you are a citizen as well as
another."
"Crying up the excellency of govern
ments, (fays a correspondent) however de
based, is a (tale device, in mod countries,
to make the people fit enjy under their op
preilive dominations. Even at Constan
tinople the common people labour under
o gieata deception as to suppose tiiem
> Ives the ireelt on earth. The govern
ment of wrest-Britain has not beerl behind
liand in playing a like game ; and there are
other governments who seem to be comino
dii tolei'ably well in the fame line- " The
Englilh government, (fays Paine) has been
oftentatiouQy giving challenges for more
than an hundred years part, upon what is
called its own excellence and perfection.
Scarcely a king's ("peech, or a parliamenta
ry speech has been uttered in which this
j,lovehas not been thrown, till the world
has been insulted with their challenges
Hut it now appears that all this was vapour
and vain bonding,. or that it was intended
to conceal abuses and defects, and liuih the
people into taxes.
*•»* Several communications and e[fays
from correjpondents -will appear in our
next.
%* The Eaflern J\lail had not arrived
when this paper was put toprejs.
PRICE OF STOCKS.
National Bank Stock 36
N. American 35
Six per cents. 2C3/4
Deferred, 12/S
Three per cents. x2.fiJ