National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-01-16 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA.
January 16.
Extrall of a letter from France, dated Oc
tober j, 1792.
<< The abundant harvests you have been
favoured with, would have induced this
country to import grain from among you,
as we have laboured under a fcarcicy o!
that article, but it is my opinion that it
ought rather to be on the footing of go
vernmental contrails than an affair of indi
viduals. No merchant would dare to all;
his price, or even to receive the consign
ment of a cargo sent from abroad, as the
people consider every person who has the
smallest concern in the important article of
grain as monopolizers who are combine;:
to starve them, at the very moment they
are feeding them.—At present our govern
ment is procuring a supply from the gra
naries of the North, and I suppose will not
apply to you till this resource fails; the
prices being nearly the fame, and in other
refpeits supplies can be more speedily had
from the North, and with less risque of da
mage or Cpoiling—Tobacco is in demand,
betaufe the government has ordered fale>
thereof to be" I made, at any rate, to the old
farm of that article ; and lix months must
elapse before this circumrtance no longe;
■» influence; the price : From that time the
into France will not be verj
onliderahle. Exchange between Pari
and London is at 18 !-4d per 3 livres.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman i>
London, dated November 6, received b
the last Packet, to his friend in this city
" Yesterday being the sth of Nov. a.
effigy to represent the Duke of Brunfwick
dre(l exceedingly rich, was carried in tht
presence of innumerable fpeftators, thro
the borough, to be executed on Kenling
ton Common —adjoining the star on hi;
breast was printed in large capital letters.
no Manifefloes—and on a board which wa:
carried before him was printed UnivsrJ'a,
Liberty, and no Despots. When they arri
ved it the gallows, the following Procla
mation ws: read before his execution tools
place.—
' Oyes, Oyes, Oyes,
' Fellow Citizens,
' The Duke of Brunfwick having at
tempted to enflaveFrar.ee, in open violati
on of the eternal Rights of ,*lan, and laws
of Humanity and Juflice ; it has been de
termined to make a public example of
him, as well to prevent noble blunders
in future, as to convince mankind, at large
of tiie sUpreme dignity of their nature, anc
the united force of courage and virtue.
The Duke entered France under the mis
taken idea, that the French people were
da tardly enough to bend to the nod oi
princes; but as his confidence and resour
ces lay in his pride rather than in his capa
city, he withdrew, covered with Shame,
Confufion and Dijhonour, after having com
mitted crimes & blunders that have deserv
edly brought upon him the ridicule and
contempt of all Europe. He has had a fair
and impartial trial, and proofs appearing
so strong of his guilt, he is: now to atone tor
his rash temerity. His cafe will prove that
men poflefs masculine minds, and that at
the close of the 18th century, when en
lighted by science and reflection, they will
not be sported with, nor futfer tyrants of
any kind to escape with impunity !
4 GIVEN at Kensington Common, this
jth day of November, one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-two, in the
name of Liberty, Ejuality and the
Rights of Man.
" He was then executed in due form,
and after hanging the usual time, was set
fire to and consumed to alhes, together
with his gallows, amidst the (houts and ac
clamations of an immense concourse ot
spectators, who immediately after dispers
ed and retired to their refpeitive homes, in
the utmost tranquility and good order."
We learn by a private letter from Dub
lin, that the commotions in Ireland are
confiderable—lt fays, " That a paper was
fixed up in Dublin on the Barrack and C;<f
tle gates, with the words, NO KING AND
LIBERTY : On which a privy council
was called, and orders given to the com
mander in chief to repair to the barracks —
there, he interrogated, whether they knew
or were privy to the porting up of laid pa
pers ? they all remained silent ; he then
informed tliem, that if any of them were
difatisfied with the service, they might be
discharged, but no answer was returned.
Next morning a frefh paper, to the fame
purport, appeared on the fame places ; on
which a Royal Proclamation was issued, in
♦ .hich the Lord Lieutenant and Council
d, " That if any soldier should be
deteftpd in porting up any seditious paper,
or, on oath should be proved, privy there
to, he should receive 500 ladies, and be ex
pelled the service ; and, if any foreigner
should be dete&ed, having the book enti
tled the Rights of man, -written by Tlwmas
Paine, he should be indicted as a felon."
" A citizen observes, that now titles in
the civil line are dying daily, it is high
time those in the ecclesiastical ihould be a
bolilhed. To give the title of Reverend to
any man, he he who he may, is not only an -
ti-republican, but absolutely blasphemous—
Reverend only belongs to the Supreme Be
ing—we read, " holy and reverend is his
name''—no more of your reverends among
poor frail mortals." [Boston Gaz.] To
this might be added, that the title of the
iuperior clergy is absurd : when a Biftop
is Oyled a Rig'it Reverend ; it is evidently
implied that the whole host of the inferior
clergyarelVrong Reverends ; and that ma
ny of them are moll woefully on the ititong
tide of the question, in point of temporal
enjoyments, every day's observation may
teftify—witnefs many of the curates in
England performing the subordinate ser
vice of two or three parilhes, for 15 or 20
pounds a year ! —
It is (aid, that some of the German fe
males, who are intermarried with the Bri
cilh royal family, have been endeavouring
to form a party, to propose to the parlia
ment an interference favourable to the
BrunfwickandPrullianwaragainft France;
jut the plan was over-ruled in the privy
:ouncil. Whether the queen has been a
nember of this party is uncertain : it is
aid however, with confidence, that (he has
>eeu for Tome time pail transmitting im
nenfe funis into Germany, for fear of the
lay of evil thing; in Great Britain.
A Cadiz paper mentions, that a comraev
:ial treaty is certainly negociating between
:he Court of Madrid and the United States
of America ; and many of the Cadiz me'r
;hants were in high spirits, in hopes that it
must Drove considerably beneficial,not only
to their country in general, but to themselves
in particular.
The intelligence in our last, of a truce
having taken place between the Austrian
and French armies (received by way of
Boston) appears to be without foundation.
Accounts from Portugal (late that ths
queen is absolutely mad, coniidered as in
curable, and hardly any longer spoken or
thought of in her own country. Her foil,
the Duke of theßrazils, has a.Tumed the di
rection of the government, under the title
of Prince Regent.
On Friday last arrived at New-York, a
vefi'el in 49 days from Havre de Grace, and
011 Sunday the (hip Paragon, in the fame
number of days from Liverpool. The in
telligence brought by these velfels confirms
the former accounts of the combined ar
mies having evacuated France ; of the Au
trian Netherlands being almolt wholly in
the hands of the French; and the king of
Sardinia absolutely deprived of the greater
jart of his dominions. The French were
ilfo turniogtheirattentlon to theirmarine;
Icsts were fitting out in great force, borfi
for the Mediterranean and the-Weft In
dies, and there was little doubt, but Italy,
Sicily, and Naples, would be in the power
of the French republic in lefsthan a twelve
month—lb weary are the people of the old
tyrannic governments, under which they
have groaned for so many fuccellive ages.
Gen. Fayette continues closely confined
in the state prison of Spandau, in Pruflia ;
to which he was removed from Wefel, in
Luxembourg. He lu.s been several times
in danger of losing his life, from the exas
perated French emigrants.
Seven of the Wabajlt Indians, lately ar
rived in this city, have died of the fm:'U
pox ; two of whom took it in the natural
way, the other five had been innocula
ted.
William Stabler, who lately abfeonded
from his creditors in this city, has been
pursued to Amsterdam, and from thence to
London, where he was taken, and now
lies confined in the King's Bench Prison.
Intimations are given in a Boston paper,
that Le Courier Politique de PUtiivers, a
new French and English paper, printed at
Boston, is 011 the " Aristocratic fide of the
queftion"—lts lefttence may therefore be
speedily pronounced by all free Ameri
cans.
A Protest against the French revolution
has been recently entered in the office of a
notary public in Boston, by 24 Frenchmen,
there resident. Common complailance to
the prevailing opinions of a nation ought
tuput gentlemen upon their guard, in at
tempts of this nature. We distinguish be
tween regenerated and despotic France,
and altho' we would disdain to persecute
the few remaining friends of the latter,
their own peace and happiness, while here,
Teems to require a refpectful silence.
•
A letter from a member of Congress to
his friend in Richmond, after mentioning
the late fuccefles of the French, goes on as
follows : —As to us, we proceed as usual,
and will continue to do so, until the full
number of the representatives comes on,
or the jaws of the cavern of darkness are
thrust open. The high-tiyers are a little
humbled, at the intelligence of Clinton's
refpeftable vote, and the news of equal li
berty prevailing in France."
It is mentioned in the Pittfburg Gazette,
that the moment Congress cedes the coun
try weft of the Ohio to the Indians, the
Britifli stand ready to purchase it, with a
view to induce the citizens of these ft3tes
to fettle under their government; and in
time set us at variance with each other to
answer their own purposes.
We are Informed, by an arrival at Hart
ford, that the mulattoes of St. Domingo
are strain at variance with the whites; have
taken all the out forts in the neighbour
hood of Cape Francois, and appear de
termined to hold them ; that there was
no communication any longer with the
; and that jooj of the national
[i oops are sick and unfit for military du
tj •
John Brown, Esq. is unanimonfly re-e
---lectfrd ;y the legislature of .Kentucky to
rep -et: - it that tfate, as senator in the Uni
ted States, for lix year 3 from the 4th of
March next.
L'etters are said to be actually received
11 New York, from London, mentioning
that Mr. Pitt had sent in noticeto the king
as his wifli to resign. This, if true, fore
bodes some extraordinary convulsion in
:h« Britiih government. Scotland and
Ireland faiemdetermined for a reform.—
Vli. Pitt was the firft to propose a reform
n the parliament, to ingratiate himfell"
.vith the people. This introduced him
nto parliament. He has ever lince oppo
ed a reform, but fiiice a concurrence of
tircumftances has made it impofilble but
hat a reform mult take place it is proba
>ls he chooses to retire from the inipend
ng tempeft.—Hisgeneral conduct does not
eem to resemble that of the great charac
x'rs of antiquity, which he once proposed
to cop- :
' Domcflic peace, external fame
With patriot leal their labours fought;
Vi ' I'nr'i or A theris* sacred name
[alyir (1 and governed every thought.
VY up then, in this prefumptuou# hour
to Ihare the Athenian's praise ?
I'he tool confefsM of kingly power
T"he EJcbints of modern days—
What chosen name to Tully's join'd
Is now announe'd to distant climes!
Behold to lasting shame eonfign'd
The Catalin e of modern times. 1 '
The following is related as a fail :
George the third being at table a few
months ago, with a select party, of whom
the Prince of Wales made one, the con
versation turning upon royalty, the king
hastily observed to the prince—" George,
take my word it depends upon yon, whether
in ten years there will be a jingle crowned
head in Europe !
[From the Stockbridge Weflern Star, of
Jan. B.]
•' Many of the officers of the late army,
have petitioned, and are again about peti
tioning Congress, for further compenjation.
It is almost needless to mention that
the country at a time it was under
the molt embarralling circumftauces,
(trained every nerve to make lip the
stipulated commutation, under the ful
led perfualion, that no further claim
would be made on the government !
Are these gentlemen, in general, ina bet
ter or worse situation now, than they
were at the time they entered the army ?
If it appears to you, as it does to me, that
enough has already been done for those
officers, you will be cautious not to vote
for fu:h who are intereftediit applications
to Congress, to make further allowances
for Jervices during the late war.''''—And
again,—"The officers of the late Continen
tal army have been for some time pad pe
titioning Congress for further compensa
tion for their services ; this measure,
though a darling one to them, is, never
thelels, a very unpopular one, and, in rnj
opinion, a very unreasonable one ; foi
however great their merits, they were as
amply rewarded, as the circumllances of
the country would admit, or as they real
ly ought to be, under those circumOances;
for if their demands are just, (being found
ed merely on the depreciation of their pay,]
not a citizen scarcely in the United States,
but has a demand as well founded, for de
preciation of pay for Victualling, cloathina
and foraging the army ; and fhculd ali
these demands be allowed, the revenues
of the United States would not be a fund
adequate to the discharge of the interest.'
The good news from France ought tt
give joy to all mankind, as it opens a prof
peSt of happiness to the whole humar
rate —such a profpeft as the history of the
world hardly, it at all, affords, from the
earliest periods to the present day. Man
kind have, for many ages, been kept under
bondage and oppression, and their rights
have so long been disregarded by their ru
lers, that they seem totally to have lofl
fight of them, and forgot that they had anj
rights 2t all. They have been taught tc
look upon their rulers as theirmaflers, and
theinfelves as made for government, and
not government for them, i. e. solely for
their benefit. King-craft and prieft-crafl
combined, have, for ages, kept the human
mind in fetters, and the world in the moll
slavish state ofignorance and bondage ; but
the revolution in America has called up
the attention of the world to these impor
tant fubjefts : The mystery of iniquity be
gins to be unveiled, ignorance and fuper
tfition are rapidly retiring before the illu
minating influence of Common Ser.fe, and
tyranny literally retreating before the
Rights of Man ; and it is hoped the world
will soon be convinced, that neither ty
rants nor slaves will be able to ward off
the attacks of Paine.
[From a late London Paper.
Great Britain is to supply the French
with every neceflary they want for the e
quipment of their troop;. It feeins that
this country is to cloath as well as feed
them. One merchant only in this city has
received an order for cloth to the amount
of 80,0001. fteriing. Another order for the
fanje article has been lent to York, to the
value of 2j,0001. Another house has :e
---ceiVed a commifllon for 2£,0c0 pair of
blankets, at 225. the pair, which is more
than double the price of what this article
used to cost in France, before the revolu
tion.
Mr. Freheau,
THE following amiable, and truly beco-
Wing picture ol the French,and French re
volution is taken from the Connefiicut Cou
rant (printed at Hartford) of January 7.
Sorry I am that any writers in America
should be l'o vile and prostituted as uni
formly to abuse a Revolution which is re
vered by every friend to freedom, and ca
lumniated in this country only by the base
tools of ariftoci acy i,nd monarchy. The
discerning reader will on perusal, cry out
Expede Sat an am.
15 The French finding themselves duped
by c;ie religion, they reuerally imbibed a
■Jifgult again ft all. They took but one itep
from bigotry to infidelity. Few 01 them
retained a reverence for chriltianity—few
of them flopped even at deism. They be
came generally, and now are sceptics.—
They called in queffion the being and at
tributes of the Deity. They doubted the
immortality of the foul, and denied a fu
ture state of rewards and punishment. This
mutely system of doubt and scepticism,
borrowed from the atheillic tenets of Epi
curus, Hobbs, and Spinoza, is at length be
come the prevailing creed in France, and
dignified by the name of modern philolb
phy.
The druggies of the nation against mo
narchical deipotifm have been marked by
the fame want of moderation, and ftil.l
more disgraced by the violence of the paf
lions. From this source have been derived
all the misfortunes, which they have hi
therto felt, and which for a considerable
time they mult cccciiarily continue to feel.
France had it in her power to have been
happy, almost by a lingle tffort. At an
early period of the contest, the king open
ly favored a reformation in government.
The firit exertions gave to the people, an
house of representatives, by free election.
This is the grand security of liberty, and
110 nation while it continues, can ever be
enslaved. The circumrtances of France,
totally different from thole of America, na
turally pointed out for them a oonftitution
limilar to that of Great-Britain, but which
Ihould extend more equally the rights of
fuftrage, and he better guarded against the
arts of corruption and the influence of the
court. The king readily submitted to a
fufficient limitation of his prerogative. A
Senate might have been constituted fr; m
the chief of the nobility as in England, or
perpetuated as in Scotland by free elec
tion : And the house of representatives
would have formed a fufficitnt barrier a
gainrtallul'urpationsof monarchical orarif
tocratical power. This was the plan of
the amiable, but unfortunate Marqriis La
Fayette. He fell a vittim to his own mo
deration, and the violence of his ene
mies.
For the leaders of the French revoluti*
on, having succeeded indeftro)inga ty
rannical government, made an immediate
attack on government itfelf. Happily bro
ken loose from the chains of liefpotifm,
with all the enthtifiafm of newly recovered
freedom, and all the madness of revenge
ful passion, they rushed headlong into per
fect anarchy. They inculcated the pure
doctrines of levellifm. They d.throned
the king, degraded the nobility, banifhetl
the clergy, confifcated an immei fe pro
perty by a vote, mafi'acred thoufancis v ith
out a trial, and after having been guilty of
more wanton atts of tyrannical barbarity,
than have in this century disgraced all the
annals of despotism, have left their Nation
al Aflembly, without power, and without
afliflance, to be governed and insulted by
the mob of Paris.
The author of the defence of the Ame
rican confiitutions searched all history for
the illuflration of his political opinion ;
but he found not so glaring a proof the ne
ceiiity of proper checks and ballances in
government, as has been since furnilhed in
the course of the French revolution, by
the conduct and success of the Jacobin
faction."
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