Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1794-04-25 00:00:00, page 2

fc> p ovide '3- p'lc V-ioys on cirtain
rock* of the barlvir of M-w London, md
'□ Providence river, and other place*."
T.ii b-U, feat fr.i.ii tt»e H >use of R.;-
p-efc.itative* for concurrence, entitled,
"an til to eneotirig-- the recruiting fer-
VlCC)** *04 raid iue fecoud time.
O dered, Tiiat this bill be referred to
Mr. Sllfwirtfi, M'. Bfown and Mr. Gunn,
to consider and report thereon to th? Se-
nate
Th; bi'J, sent from the House of R;-
pref.'ntatives for concurrence,, entitled,
an a£t to establish the post -office and polt
road] within the United States," was read
the second time.
The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock
to morrow morning.
Ordered, That this bill be referred to
Mr. Brown, Mr. Butler, Mr. Ellfworth,
Mr. Fofler, Mr. Conn, Mr. Hawkins,
Mr. King, Mr. Livermjre, Mr. Monroe,
Mr. Morris, M<\ Potts, Mr. Robinson,
Mr. Rutherfurd, Mr. Strong and Mr.
Vining, to consider and report thei eon to
the Senate.
Tue Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock
to-morrow morning.
Great movements have been observed
lately among the enemy. An officer of
the firft requisition, who deserted from
them, has, however, betrayed their plan,
which was, with a very ftrorig column to
penetrate through the country of Namur
and the diltri& of Liege ; and with a fe
cund column, much stronger than the firft,
to attempt the Autlrian eantonments a
bout Tournay, and to blockade Conde,
Le and Valenciennes.
When the last accounts left Flanders, a
report prevailed (at Ghent) that a vio
lent commotion had broken out at Paris
two days before, in whicb a second butch
ery of prisoners had taken place. This
Flemish rumour is of the date of Wed
nesday last.
The Dutch Mail which arrived yester
day, brought no German papers, nor any
news of importance—if we except the
details of the various difficulties which
concur to impede the preparation for the
enfurng campaign.
. General Jourdan's arrell has not yet
been confirmed, and it is now said, that
he will command the army of the Arden
nes, which is to advance from Givet, and
General Pichegru that of the North,
Lille.
The present Loan amounts to more
than fifteen millions of three per cents,
and when the Navy is funded, amounting
to two millions more, the weight upon
the market will be equal to eighteen mil
lions.
In confeqiience of the failure of a ca
pital house at Bruflcls, four other com
mercial hoafeß there, and at Ghent and
Courtray, have flopped payment.
From Brussels the letters by the Mail
of yefterdiiy fay, that the French are again
assembling in such numbers near Steen-
Toorde on the sea coast, as to seem to
threaten the whole of Weft-Flanders ; nu
merous conjectures are also formed from
their flying camps, aiid various other
movements in Picardy, Cambrefis and
Givet. One of their patroles, of 16
men, lately advanced close to Fumes, and
set fire to a brewery.
The Diet at Ratilbon has received
ftrift charge from the Imperial Commifii
on, to eonfider, without delay, upon the
mod effectual means of putting the laws
in force against such of the dates of the
Empire as have not furnilhed their full
contingent, or been otherwifedifobedient;
as well aj of the surest means of defending
the Emperor's faithful fubjeft in the pre
sent dangerous crisis. In consequence of
these alarming apprehensions, the Elector
of Cologn has set the Ruffian example of
forcing the Fathers, or other relatives of
anypeafants that may be excused from the
forced levies, to fcrve iu their room.
Yolith are forbid to go out of this territo
ry ; and such of the petty principalities
as have hitherto furnilhed their contin
gents in money, mull fend men for the
lei-vice of the nent campaign. *
A!moft all the Royalists brought from
Toulon to Leghprn are half naked, and
in a nMit deplorable state, and as an afy
lura could not be afforded to them all,
8000 were lent to Portd Ferrago.
Much expedition was on foot at Genoa
Foreigii Intelligence.
Tuesday, April 8, 1794..
The Senate aflembled,
Qn mit ion, •
LONDON, Feb. 12
Anf-wer of the Sin ft Republic to Lord
Robt. Fitzgera'd's Declaration.
" Your Excellency in a letter dated the
30th of Nov, thought pre per to recommend
to the serious coniidera:. n of the Helvetic
Body, lbine important oi<krvatioas on the
relative iituation of the K-public to the bel
| ligerent powers.
" These observations we have examined
with all that care and attention which is due
to th® interests of our codntry, and we think
that we afford yous Excellency a proof of the
esteem which we entertain for your cl, a racier
by makiiig an open and sincere exposition of
our situation and our condud.
" However afflicting the remembrance of
those terrible events in France (which your
Excellency has brought to our recolleilion)
and the fad fate of our brethren who fuffer
ed so unfortunately may be, yet our grief
must nevertheless yield to the principles of
our constitution : these principles have rett
ed for several centuries on the relations of
peace, amity, and good neighbourhood with
all the flirrounding powers.
" The operation of these principles has
never been interrupted by foreign wars. —
A rigid and exadt neutrality was the invari
able maxiin of our ancestors, and having re
ceived it as a sacred inheritance, we have
conceived it to be our duty to abide by it in
, the present war.—And this conJutf has pro
duced a salutary influence, not only 0/1 our
external fafety, but on our internal peace.
Accustomed to observe scrupulously all
engagements entered into, we will neither
wander from our declared neutrality, on any
pretence whatever, nor will we listen to any
infinuat : on which might give rife to just
complaints.
on th,- I jrh ult. all the harbour being then
nearlj blockaded up by iKe Englifti, and
an edtdi receded from the King of Naples,
forbiding any commerce with his fubjccts;
from tbik circfimitauce, and the prclfure
of the allies to force tin Itate to abandoß
their neutrality toward* France, it was
expt&ed thai every person capable would
be ordereß to take up arms.
" We intreat your Excellently to allure
his Britannic Majesty of the invariable de
termination of the Helvetic body : and it is
with entire confidence we expedl, from his
good will, that following the example of his
illullrious anceflors, who at all times have
maintained the independency of the Helvetic
Confederacy, he will continue henceforth to
entertain a fmcere affcilion for our prosperi
ty and our lepofe."
" It is for us to preserve the enjoyment
of that happy and peaceful lituation to which
all our molt zealous efforts tend. We will
unite our force to repel even the slightest at
tempts that may be made to disturb our re
pose, or to undermine the foundation of it
by any deitrui'tivc principles.
" It is towards this end that our forefight
is directed by carefully guarding our frontiers,
and by endeavoring to prevent any difficulties
by a correspondence inseparable from our
local relations.
BRUSSELS, February 4.
" A council of general officers, in conse
quence of the imminent filuation of things,
is now holding here. The Prince of Cobourg,
Generals Clairfiyt, Colloredo and Sechen
droff, the Duke of York, Prince Ernest Ind
General Walmoden, arrived in this city,
three days ago. The firit conference was
held on the 2d inft. at the Mmifter's Hotel,
the Count de Metternich; at which the Arch
duke Charles, Martha) de Bender, and Col.
Maek, aflifted.—lt is impoflible for me to
know what palled in this grand council, but
it is evident that its object was to concert
measures for the defence of Flanders against
the meditated torrent. The young Prince
of Orange is expedted this day, and there is
to be another grand conference to-morrow.
"We seem here to place all our hopes in
Col. Maek. He was at the theatre for the
firft time on Saturday evening : the moment
that be appeared in the Governor General's
box, the house burst out in an exclamation
of " Vive le brave Colonel Maek," " Long
live the Emperor, who has sent us back the
hero of Famars ! and on Sunday when walk
ing in the park with the veteran Generals
and the young Princes, he alone attracted all
the notice of the multitude: they prefled
around and blefied him.
" An officer of chafleurs, who in the affaii
of Thursday last came over to the Auilrians,
has given important information to the Prince
de Hoheuloe, who commands in the absence
of the Prince de Cobourg: he fays, that since
the arrival of Pichegmi, the French armies
are increased to 170,000 men; that a part of
the army of La Vendee has arrived, as well
as the garrisons of Valenciennes, Ccmde, and
Le Quei'noy j and this officer supposes that
by the 15th their artillery, horse, and amu
nition, will be arrived so as to commence
their grand scheme of attack.
PARIS, Fcbniaijr 3.
A number of chymical operations are
pra&iftog to produce a compofiiion Kke
fait petre of which there is a great want.
The committee of public fafety has pnbj
lifted a proclamation on this fubjed in
whidi is to be remarked the following pas
sage:
We are, &c.
La ft week the Latin, French and Eng
li(h Schools, in the Academy in this
Town, were publicly examined; after
which, the pupils to very refpe&able audi
ences, gave specimens of their oratorical
powers, it is but justice to mention, that
the improvements in science, and the per
formances of the (Indents, gave general fa
tiffaition; reflected much honor on their
teachers and upon themselves. It was ob
served with peculiar approbation, that those
youth who had been studying Latin and
French, were thoroughly instructed in the
principles of these languages, and that the
Fi-eoch, especially by the young ladies,
(who publicly delivered exercises in this
tongue) was spoken with gieat elegance
and propriety.
There have been multiplied fpccula
tions 011 the irian ufart lire of ialt petiv, but
the belt have hitherto only offered very
dlftant, and therefore ufelcfs advantages.
Bring to us citizens, in a mass your ac
quired lights, founded on theory and ex
perience, and soon we (hall be able to trace
out a new art, Which ihail serve for the
defence of our liberties.
NEW-YORK, April 23.
Tlr writer of a pamphlet jult pulifhed,
predicts that France will, not only defeat
the allied powers, but be able to make an
offenfive war in Europe. "H« supposes the
energy of the Fiench character will be ve
ry much encreafed by the Revolution,
which, after an established government
(hall secure life and property, will amazing
ly extend the agriculture, the arts and
commerce of France. At the fame time
he describes most strikingly the deplorable
effects of Faction in that fine country,
which has drenched it in blood ; he expos
es the error# of the ruling party, and gives
salutary caution to Americans, who are
deeply interested to avoid similar factions
and prefeive union, and their excellent
constitution. This pamphlet, entitled the
" Revolution in France," is recommended
to the perusal of all good citizens.
PITTSBURGH, April 19.
The latest accounts from our army men
tion, that Ceneral Wayne was preparing
to march, with 900 picked men, to some
Indian towns on a branch of the Miami,
where he understood a number of warri
ors were aflcmbled.
PRICES CURRENT,
At Greenville, Head-Quarters of the U
nited States Legion, March 10, 1794.
Spirits, per gallon, jof
Kentucky made brandy • 36/*
Whiikey 22f6
Cyder 20/
Common wines 4of
Beans, per bulhel 6of
Com go/"
Pototatoes* ' 6of
Loaf sugar, per ft. 5/
Brown sugar 4/5
CofFee 4J6
Chocolate $f
Butter
Cheese 3/9
Candles aJ
Soap 3/
Pepper 15/
Common chewing Tobaeco qfS
Apples, per dozen 3/9
E gg s a/9
Sail, per quart 2f6
* And all other vegetables in propor-
tion.
Yeflerday arrived here in 20 days from
Jerome, the schooner Colly Capt. Deagle
—by whom we learn that an infnrreftion
took place at Port an Prince the
March, among the negroes and people of
colonr, in opposition to the whites, who
were obliged, in number 1,800 or 2,000,
to fly immediately and take refuge at
Leogane. The sailors on board the {hip
ping in the harbour, to the amount of
near 60 fail, alio fled, leaving their veffcls
with-valuable cargoes on board, at the mer
cy of the insurgents.
An obliging correfponderit has favored
us with the following
The party i/ho rose against the whites,
malfacred every person they could lay hands
od, that they thought was an enemy to
thrm, and with much difficulty the inha
bitants efle£led their escape from the sa
vage fury of the Brigands.
UNITED STATES.
BALTIMORE, April 22.
NEWARK April 23
Accept, Sir, the tender of our grate
ful acknowledgements for your pail servi
ces, and the fmcei e v prci. l{ion bf thatper
fedl confidence with which such an uni
form scries of great and virtuous a£liui s
have inspired us with relpedi to your fi--
ture condutt.
posed, by the poflibility of their being in
volved in the war existing between thoitf
European Nations with whom we are moit
intimately united in amity, and conneftcd
in commerce, beg leave to take this me
thod of expressing to you the iincerc and
cordial sentiments of approb; to t and ap
plause with which the meafuies you have
adopted in this very interefl-ing situation
have inspired them.
The services performed by yon, for our
common country, on so many, and fucit
various and important oceafions, in the
exercise of the higlielt civil and military
authority, were such as not to have ren
dered neceflary the public declaration of
our sentiments concerning this last in
stance of the paternal zeal with which you
have inceflantly watched over the public
happiness : But, when some of our citi
zens have spared 110 pains to inflame the
public mind, and to stimulate individuals
to adtions contrary to their duty as citi
zens, and deltruflive of the molt import
ant iiAenefts of the United States, and
when such individuals have not only been
publicly countenanced an-I encouraged by
the French Mjnilter, but that he has dar
ed to dillribute commifiions and inltru&i
011s for enlisting soldiers, in the name of
the French Republic, within thejurrfdic
tion, and without the approbation or
knowledge of our government, we think it
right thus publicly to declare, that, in
our opinion, the timely notice givep by
your proclamation of the neutrality "of
the United States, your inftruftions for
preventing the fitting out of armed velicls
in our ports, the sentiments contained 111-
your fpeechto Congress, and your mefiage
concerning the confludt of the person em
ployed in America as the Minilter of the?
French Republic, are agreeable to the
principles ps our excellent Constitution,
and;wifely calculated to ensure a continu
ance of peace, promote th« public pros
perity, and preserve the dignity of the
American Nation. To the wisdom of
these measures, and the goad sense arid'
manly firmnefs of the great bulk of the
American people, it is owing that vve
have not yet experienced the horrid car
nage and devaltation of an unnece!Ta:7
war: And we rejoice that Congress have
so cordially exprelied their approbation
and concurrence iu the measures you have
adopted for the preservation of peace to
THE sentiments cxpreffed by the Citi
zens of Savannah are a very acceptable
addition to the testimonies cf public ap
probation already given to my late conduct
with refpeft to the Belligerent powers of
Europe.
The favorable views in which you have
placed my palt endeavors receive my u-arm
acknowledgments, and I request you to
convey them to ' the Citizens whom, on
this occasion, you represent.
Capt. Dcigle fays he saw a Jamaica
paper which mentioned the acquittal of
Capt. Barney, by the superior court of
that island.
THE Citizens of Savannah, ftrotigly
imprefled with the danger and mifcl.t is
to which the United States have been ex-
your country.
We hear that the following vote palfed
the Senate of the United States unaui
moufly, yesterday:
That the letter of the Committee of
Public Safety of the French Republic,
On the ,241h of Aptil Cap?.
took up 4 mc.i wliich hud belonged
brig from Halifax, wrecked on the i
of Henneagua—vefTcl and cargo 1011.
SAVANAH, (Geo.) April 3.
To the President ojthe United States.
Signed by order of a public meet
ing of the Citizens of Savannah,
NATHI. PENDLETON, Ch airman.
City of Savannah, Jan. 8, 1794.
Nathaniel Pendleton, Esq.
PHILADELPHIA,
Philadelphia, 3d March, 1794.
Sir,
Ordered,
Sir,
Go. WASHINGTON.
APRIL 25.
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