National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-10-23 00:00:00, page 2

cur fca ports and public places. The Con
venrio;! confirms the nominaton of Billaud
tie V.irenncs, and of f e 'n t to Ca
Jais, to ftr>p the English conspirators-; the
Convention denounces to tlie world, and
to the t.nglilh themselves, the atrocious aud
cuwardly corrtluft of tlie Britilh govern
ment. Ye Americans! Free and allied
with the French,'tis to you irt particular
tint this declaration isa'ddrefled ; bale ca-
InlDni ttors fqi&nder their.money, to dil
hoi or and olackcn the charatter of this
great nation ; rreverihelcfs, you have ob
fei ved on this important-futjeft, a lilence
which at once betrays a gui.ty conscience
and the lhame of being thought an actum
plice.
PHILADELPHIA.
Wednesday, October 23.
The malignant difurder that has so lone
raged in tliis city, is visibly moderating
frx'm day to day, and, where it exifl>, has
affnmed a nrikl appearance. The death;
at the liofpital have greatly decreased,
and the number of convalefcems is be
coming numerous. With a continuance
or coo. weather there is every reason tc
presume, that the liclcnefs -will wholly dis
appear in a few days, and the intercourfc
between this and other cities, by stages.
&1, be reltored. People are now daily
returning to their habitations—and weheai
of none having taken any infeaion
w2r Tue £ lay ' the 8;l1 October, SA
MUEL ADAMS, Esquire, was declared
Governor and Commander in
Chief of the llate of Maffichufett';—fuccef
lor to the patriotic HANCOCK, deceased.
" Our country's saviour, and Columbia''
pride.
The orphan's father and the widow's friend
Mayluture Hancocks Maff.chufetii'
guide-;
tj Ancock I—Thv name alone with time
flidll end I l '
On the 1 of August last, happened the
mod terrible hurricane at the Danifhifland
of Sr. Thomas, in the Weft-Indies, that
has been experienced lince the island was
nrft fettled Great numbers of American,
and other veflels, were loft in the harbour'
and property to a vatt amount: many of
the neighbouring islands luffered in an
equal degree.
Letters from the aflert,
that the Spanilh pi ivateers take all Ameri -
can veflels they fall in with, and carry
them into Cuba or St. Domingo, puttin"
the crew? in irons, and treating them al
most as pirates.
A correspondent enquires—" Is it not
time that the intercourse be opened be
tween this city and neighbouring states ?
—Under proper precautions, i t is thought,
by Kiany, the stages might be again fei
a going ; and that travellers might proceed
oh their bulinefs, as heretofore."
" It is hoped, such inhabitants of thi:
city a< have been for several weeks remov
ed into the country, will not crowd in to<
suddenly to the city,upon afnppofition thai
all danger is over. It would beprudent u
A-vait a fall of rain, and a subsequent hare
froft or tivo, before re-entering theii
Jloufes, particularly if fitnated in narrow
alley;-, or ill-ventilated parts of the city.'
A very pompous account is given iii :
Londoj paper of July 17th, of the Pre
cieufe, a i rench 36 gu:-i frigate, being ta
,n °y the Englilh sloop of war Proserpine
ot 28 guns, a ter an action of two hours.—
They promifc the particulars of an aftior
that never took place. [Tlie Precieuft
rehtted in this port, and is now failed on ;
cru'fe troui New-York, with the Jupitei
and other French ships.]
Letters from Hamburg, of July 26. men
tion that a large Ruffian fleet had just ar
rived before Copenhagen, to oblige tlie
Danes to join in the war againrt France
This fleet, it was thought, would be dan.
gerous to American veflels that had taker
in cargoes of grain for France.
It is with the mod sincere (atisfaftior
we observe many {lores opening in this cit\
that have been long (hut; many familie;
returned, that have been long sbfent: anc
the wharves, and Water-Street,once more
enlivened.in Oune degree, by the occupati
ons of incluftry, and commercial inter
course. rhe George Barclay, captain Col
let, from London, is come up from Chef
ter. and, cargo. ffun y Q .
■giyftflw below, it is said, are following
K example.
P' Should momentary clouds, with envi
' v,ousi"ade,
ißlot the ,;ay scene, and bid its colour:
fade,
As the next hour a gleam of joy supplies,
Ssvift o'er the mind the pafling sun-shine
files ;
No more the tear ef transient forrou
flows,
Ceas'd are the widow's griefs, the or
phan's woes."
Further accounts from Europe mention
that the Ruffians have again been infringing
®u the Turkiih territories, and in particu
lar the town ot Ramineck. This, it wa
thought, would prevent the reception ol
the Rafiian minilter at Constantinople. M
Defcourches, the French envoy, had ar-
rived there and was well received by the
JJivan.— The Englifli had taken 8000 Hef
."s '"to their pay; they were to join
prince CobourgVi army about the .29111 of
Jury.— Die republic of Venice had given
ortence to the combined powers bv
• ckuowledging the French Republic and
accepting their Envoy—The ambaflbdor
Jt the court of Vienna, the Spanish am
>aflador, and almost half the nnnifters had
trc Venice on the fame account.—Citizen
-Jiiys, Llie French Charge des affaires to the
egeiicy ol I ripoli had been received with
' e highelt honours by the Pacha. He or
dered the Republican flag to be fainted
vith 2 1 cannon, and other marks of diftinc
.ion that were never before Ihown to the
nolt favoured nation.
A house ol ill fame was a few days ago
>roke up in New-York, by the populace,
i writer in one of the papers of that city
"ery jultly queries, Whether the ptinifh
iiient of offer,tk'rs, inhabiting these houles,
should not be leit to the city niagiftrates
rather than to an indiscriminate collection
of people, who rarely ast from motives ol
rationality, or love of social order.
A company of money coiners have been
ately deteclcd at Brockfield and Spencer,
towns in the state of Mafl'achufetts ; one
Jf the Artilts acknowledged he had palled
:hree hundred dollars. The dollars are
aid to be well executed ; some were of
pewter only, and others covered with a
• hin plate of silver.
1 hree pei foils are to be hanged in New
-1 ork ill November, one for forging a deed
md two others for .puffing forged deeds'
snowing them to be forged.
Seme persons imagine that the fate of
f ranee depends upon Conde, Mentz, Va
enciennes, Lille, or Dunkirk: So in this
-ountry during thelafe war, when Boston,
Pimadelphia, New-York, or CharlePon
'* ere 111 the hands °f the British,"there were
lot wanting thufe who continually were
:rying out, A I is loll!— There is a vast
ufterence between taking towns and con
tiering countries. Every town taken by
he combined army weakens its force, and
ts very conquests, if continued, will be
:°me thecaufeof its difiohition.
Letters from Fiance mention thntyoune
uOll is capet (alias Louis 17th) wa by order
j| the National Convention bound appren
ice to a Cobler 011 the 10th of Augtift lalt.
Five criminal prisoners, in the new jail
>f this city, one day last week, blackened
heir tongues, and other ways so well conn
erfeited the common symptoms "of -the
mellow fever, that, forfear ofinfefting the
)rifoil, they were conveyed, seemingly in
i low slate, to the hospital 011 Bu(h-Hill.
neie, they took the firft opportunity to
nake their escape, not however without
lrft robbing the nurses of a considerable
um of money. One of these persons, we
ire to>d, is since retaken, and brought back
o Sail.
Capt. Knight, lately arrived at Salem
rom Port-au-Prince, on the 9th of Sep
tember, fell in with the Britilh frigate Al
ligator, of 32 guns, commanded by Capt.
Rowley : the later boarded him, ex imined
(lis papers, and returned on board the fri
gate, telling Capt. Kn.ght he Ihould receive
ifignal when he might depart.- when the
rign.il was given, the muJic oil board the
frigate immediately (truck up Yankee Dro
ne— a favourite tune with the britilh, ever
'■nee their glorious march to Lexington, in
T 775-— [N. B. It ought to be repeated,
once 111 a while, that the British troops
when they marched out of Bolton for Lex
ington, played the above tune, in derision
of the Americans ; and that on their retreat
L he latter followed them back with the
fame merry tune- B.irgoyne and Corn
walhs also marched to the tune of Yankee
Doodle, at Saratoga and Yorktown.j
C. ipt. Knight, with true Yankee humour,
ordered his black eook,to re-echo the tune
oil his violin.
Extract of a letter from Hartford.
We have been highly favoured here
(thro' mercy) in having generally efcapec
the contagiousPliiladelphiafever, conlider
ing the many travellers from that city thai
were daily passing through from thence,
and even sojourning here during the month;
of Augult and September. It is with mucli
pleasure I can allure you that only three
persons in this city are certainly known tc
be down with the so much dreaded yellow
fever, viz.. MelTrs. Hudson and Goodwin,
Editors of :!i e Connecticut Coi_, ant, and a
correspondent of theirs. Who dwelleth a
few doors distant. All three of these poor
gentlemen took the infection from a cer
tain southern newspaper, which th?y hap
pened to peep into without previously fu
migating their nostrils with hot vinegar ant
taking a dram of llinkabus. They are fre
quently delirious, and it is remarkable,
that in the paroxysms of the fever thej
yelp exactly like puppies ; often, in theii
frenzy, /napping at the Cazetce that Wa;
the innocent cause of their calamity. Thai
their teeth may speedily be beaten intc
pruning-hooks and plough-shares, is the
ti icere Willi of yours, with sincere refpeft,'
&c.
Maryland papers relate, " that a voice
has been heard in the streets of Philadel
phia, warning the inhabitants to prepare
• or their doom, as written in the .book >of
the prophet Exekiel, chap. 27th." They
farther assert, " that two angels have been
leen, that converted with the Watch of thib
city at midnight, on the fubjeft which the
r I O^ e .. v ° lc f ' previously proclaimed. "
Lit is high time that men were afhauied of
propagating filch lilly falfehoods as thefej
without foundation in nature or reason.l
i\?- a S enE^ elrian arrived at Baltimore in
a (hip from Fayal, we learn, that Fayal,
as well as Madeira, and all the Azores or
Weltern Isles, were apprehensive of an
approaching famine— their crops of grain
having nearly all failed this season—That
in a few days after their arrival at the said
place, (about the Bth of August), the eo
vernor, chief judge, and senate, had called
a meeting of the inhabitants, for the pur
pose of adopting some plan to guard againfl
e expected calamity, by procuring pro
vihons from Portugal or America, but that
through party diviiions, they had come to
no resolution on the fubjeft—that there
was not a bufliel r>f wheat or corn, nor a
barrel of flour for sale in the whole island.
I hat the principal part of thepeople there,
lived on garden roots, fruit, and fifh, hav
ing no bread to eat—that several cargoes
Of grain or flour would barely afford them
a temporary relief in any one of the said
Fa > al being in want of 60,000
bulhelsfor its consumption alone ; Tercera
and Michael's had undergone an equal scar
city of crops with the former island ; that
veneh going to Europe this fall, would do
we I to flop there or at Madeira, as they
will have an opportunity of making sales
to great advantage.
The gentleman who gave the above in
formation, further adds, that it is a fre-
L ' uel ' t P ra &'ce :n the above mentioned
ifiands, to take advantage of ftran-rers in
calculating accounts in their currency—
and the exchange of specie or sterling mo
ney ; which he thinks theconfuls of diffe
rent nations, who reside in them, ought to
make known 011 the arrival of every vessel
here belonging to the coumry or nation
whom they represent.
Extract of a letter from Shelburne, to a
gentleman in Norfolk, dated Sept. 8.
"Admiral .King, with three fail of the
line and three frigates, is arrived at New
foundland, and is daily expected at Hali
fax, at which place we imagine part of ad
miral Gardner's fleet now is, though we
have not heard of them thir fortnight past."
Some scattering intelligence appears in
the New Providence papers,pnrpoi ting that
an hnglilh fleet from Jamaica under Com
modore Ford, had failed with troops on
aoard, on Sept. Bth, to attack Port Jere
mie, in French Hifpaniola-that the Eng
lilh colours were flying at Nichols Mole,
itc. [From such important intelligence
coming thro'no ether than the New Pro
vidence channel, it may, after such an in
■erva' time, be supposed somewhat
lotibcful.]
From the London Morning Chronicle 0)
Siturday, July 27, 1793.
OnThurfday evening was decided before
judge Buller, at his house in Lincoln's. Inn
fields, a cafe of the utmolf importance to
the rights of neutral powers. Collin M'-
Kellan and James Fergufon, both Anuri
cans, and who were imprelled 011 the jßth
;>f last month, were brought before the
above mentioned judge, by virtue of a writ
of habeas corpus, which was issued on
the 21ft ofjunelafl, returnable immedi
ately, for the purpose of obtaining their
tlifiharge ; when lieutenant Haworth, the
commander of the Enterpriz.', reru ned
that those men were natural bom fubjefts
as the king of Great Biitain, and there
'ore not exempt from beingimprefltd into
11s service. This return was fnpporied
•>y the attorney.general and Mr. Baldwin,
□11 the part of the crown, and opposed by
Mr. Merryatt, on the part of the men, whe
contended, that altlio' the men were born
fubjefts of the king of Great Britain, yet
by virtue of the declaration of indepen
dence in 7776, and the solemn recognition
and ratification of that declaration bj
treaty, and by ast of parliament in 178;,
these men, as well as all other citizens ol
the United States of America, were be
come foreigners, and not liable to be im
prtffea into his majefly's service. Tin
judge however, declared, that he could
take cognizance of nothing but there
turn, and therefore was bound to remand
them. It is a circumstance well worth)
the attention of the public, that in order
to ol.tain the writs of habeas corpus, tc
oring these men up, affidavits of their being
Americans had been made, but the return;
to the writs are not upon oath, and the
affidavits are not permitted to be read up
on the hearing, so that falfe returns may be
made and the judge cannot permit an affi
dav t to be read, which would prove the
return (which is not upon oath) to be
falfe. As the men have found that they
mult submit, a memorial of their cafe,
verified With affidavits, will be immediate
ly tranfmited to the President of the Uni
ted States, that proper measures may be
taken to obtain redress.
In several American newfpaperi, menti
on has been made of one captain Walker,
a pirate spoken with at sea, and eruifing
under French Republican colours—The;
public are delired to take notice that no
such vessel or captain has received a com-
million from the.executive of the Frencb
Republic.—All coinmiffions granted to
rrench privateers have been accompanied
with the Itrongeft inftruaions 10 the cap
tains to conduct themselves like republic
ans, men ol honour, soldiers of Liberty
friends and allies of the Americans.
On the ijth of Oaober instant, died in
the liofpital at Bush-Hill, near which he
was interred in a public burial ground,
rity Storch, printer, of this
Gibraltar, Aug. 3. The English at pre
sent areott Toulon, and are to continue
there till theSp«ni(], fleet (who are cone
nto water) join them. The Berwick
parted from the fleet on the 21ft ult. off
I oulon in a gale of wind, and arrived here
fCuerday, having sprung her bowsprit, fore
ind mizen mads, and maincrofs trees. The
Leda frigate has been roughly handled by
hree French frigates : the flluftrious. was
II company, and it is said an enquiry is to
Je , ma^-"Uothecondua of her captain for
lot a flirting. We have had no late ac
:ounts from England, but expea from
• hence every hour, the Montague. The
French have,6 fa,l of the line in Toulon,
■nd the Spaniards are in daily expectation
ot the surrender of piedmont.
Aux-Caye,, Sept. 4. Capt. Young, arri
>ed at Neivburyport from Aux-Cayes, in
orms, that three days before he left that
place, the Mulattoe» role upon the Whites
Hid »ade themselves masters of the town,
4 ith little or no opposition.
Port -art-Prince, Sept. 6. This place
-ontmues to become more aiid more
ivretched —the government of the Whites
a at an end—and those of property who
-emam here, are going off with it, as fall
's they can, apprehending that the Negroes
>vill fliortly possess what remains. There
s 110 sale for American produce ; the
own is glutted with flour, particularly.—
lie conimiflary Polverel has been arrived
it Port-au Prince from the Cape some
Jays. His bulinefs is to make regulations
or the colony. His fyftom is said to be,
:o aboliih slavery among the B1 icks. Among;
other arrangements, he is about pnblifhine
a decree, that all Negroes, who Ihall join
nuliil arms, shall be made free after a
-ertain term offervice.
About the middle of Augult. a body of
Spaniards attacked the French fettlemerts
Jack of Gonaive, but were repulsed with
$reat (laughter.
Salem Oft. ,5. Capt. Odell arrived here
alt week from Guadaloupe. While he
•vas there, the Negroes on the plantations
oie and embodied, and on the 25th of
marched against the town of St.
r~ but the inhabitants went out and
marked thein, beat them off, and killed a
lumber. It was said that about 300 had
Keen dellroyed at different times—among
lie number taken prisoners, was a Priest
uho iu the market place had his brains
3 'own out by four boys, with each a pistol,
utter which one of them cut off his head
»ith a hanger. Several of the more aaive
Negroes had been taken rding from plaec
:o place, calling upon the (Lives where
■hey meant to rile, for now w as their time:
uch wei e treated with no mercy—but
■ iie inhabitants fell upon thein with their
Jioad fuords, and rut them to pieces
leaving their mangled carcafesfor the dogs.
The inhabitants of the plantations were
.et ing in couHernation to the towns tor
fafety.
Baltimore, Oft. 18. This afternoon ar
rived here, theFreneh frigate. La Citoy
r,N.ve Francaise, mounting 36 guns;
ail her coming to anchor she fired a salute
3f 15 guns in honour of the fifteen Ameri
:an States. Dnring her cruise off this coast,
(he took f prizes, one of which she ha*
wrought in with her to this port.
On Saturday; the s th inft. a terrible fire
Droke out at Lanfingburgh, in the State of
Vew-York : 14 buildings were destroyed,
ind other considerable damage done.
Providence, OR. 12. Saturday last arri
ved the (hip Providence, capt. James
Munro, in 35 days from Cape-Francois,
ind brought about jo French passengers,
nen, women and children. On the 29th
if August, off Heneague, he was brought
:o and boarded by the privateer schooner
Hornet, capt. Solomon Steele, of Bermu
-la, who treated capt. Munro and his paf
engers with great politeness, taking from
-he latter only 44 a few Negroes.''
On Thursday last, the General Assembly
3f Vermont convened at Wimlfor for the
anniversary eleaion. In the morning was
Jifplayed a variety of military manoeuvres,
Jiid in the afternoon an ingenious and ele
gant difconrfe was delivered by the Rev.
Mr. Shuttleworth. Upon examining the
votes, it appeared that, by a majority of
212, his Excellency "THOMAS CHIT
TENDEN, F.fq. was eleaed Governor
and his Hon. Peter Olcott, Esq. Lieu'-
tenaiit Governor for the enfuiug year,
which was announced with a dilcharge of
15 guns. In the evening a splendid ball,
graced by a molt brilliant circle of the fair
of that metropolis, was givei; by the gen
tlemen of that town.