National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-05-29 00:00:00, page 2

a fool or a traitor. When Dunionricr re
turned from Holland to Belgium he was
quite dejected. Ihe failure of his vilionary
projects reduced him almost to a state of in
i.iiiity. He retained .nothing of a repub
lican but his military ardor, and fought
every two leagues. >• But," continued the
speaker, " let us leave this raving General,
and think only of saving the republic.—
J ranee is far from having 101 l her force.
Under Louis XVI, file combated all Eu
rope, with rtfources far inferior. But
Where are thole resources ? It is for the
Jacobins to find them. It is not enough
to have levied an army of 300,000 men ; we
tnult raise a central army to defend Paris,
and fuccoiir all the red. Let the Jacobin..
call upon all good citizens, and select those
who are the moll capable or defending their
country, and we fHal 1 foeti have a formi
cl be army The factious talk of ditto!v
ing the Convention ; I cannot endure the
idea of a difiolution.
" Let those who have shewn tfoemfelves
too pulillanimous to join their names tu
those whose glory will descend to poflerity,
withdraw from it. Let us engage ttie peo
ple to (peak, and we (hall purge the Con
vention ot those who are incapable of raving
the Republic. Those only who hnve killed
a k'ng, are worthy of representing repub
licans.
Marat.— Dumourier is the creature of a
wicked faction. He was at fird their
pupil, and niw he is their protestor. I
suspect the commiflioners Camus and Treil
lard. Such men ought not to give us a
report on our lituation in Belgium. I mull
requelt that Danton will tear afnle the veil
before the Tribune of the Convention."
Danton —" I engage to comply with
that requed."
Marat.—"Act with energy and courage.
Behave like a true republican. Do as I
lhall do. If the enemy enter France, 1
lhall draw my poniard ar.d fall upon the
traito; s. £ Here Marat, drawing a dagger
from his bosom, brandilhed it in his hand. J
I am determined to die rather than bend
the k lee. The despair of liberty will give
me death 1 propose that a confiderabk
number of inch arms (hall be manufactured
a. d given to all citizens of known patriot
ilm who are not acquainted with military
evolutions Let 11s let on foot a fubferip
tion for this purpose. I myfelf lhall make
the fir ft (t. rifice to it. This was adopted,
and the fubfeription agreed to.
•St. Jll It—" 1 denounce Bournonville as
a traitor,"
AMERICAN ADVICES.
Charlejion, May 8. An express arrived
from general Pickens and colonel Anderfon,
which brings advices to the governor, dat
ing, that ageneral Indian war, on the welt
ern frontiers of the southern states seems
inevitable ; that by intelligence from the
country of the Creeks, all the tribes, ex
cept the CuiTitaws, are determined for
war; urged by Galphin, the fitcceOor of
M'Gillivray ; and that they have already
commenced hostilities within the Carolina
line, a party.of them having killed and
fcalpec! a man on Tugaloo. We hear his
excellency has ordered one third of the mi
fitia in the upper districts to be drafted, and
held in readiness for immediate fervu.e,
should the savages make further depreda
tions 011 the frontiers.
May 10. Yelterday evening, a gentle
man arrived here from Augulta, in Geor
gia, who informs us, that fix of the Creek
towns, with a number of Cherokees, had
declared war againd the United States, and
were actually marching under the com
mand of Bowles and Galphin to attack the
frontiers.
Augujla, (Georgia) May 4. On the 22d
of April, the Indians, *111 number, came
to the hou-fe of a Mr. Richard Threflier,
and fired upon and killed Mr. Thresher,
two children and a negro woman ; Mr..
Thresher, to a~*oid, if possible, the fate with
\v h ell (lie was threatened, fled, with an
infant of about 5 or 6 weeks old in her
arms, and leaped into the river—the Indi
ans purfue-J, (hot her through each thigh
and right bread, ftahbed her in the left
breast with a kni e, cut her left-arm nearly
off, and then scalped her. In this horrid
situ ition Ihe remained until the neighbours
could afl'emble in lufflcicient numbers to
cross the river and pursue the Indians. As
the firlt canoe was croiiing.lhe had (trength
enough to call for affi lance, they went,
found her hanging by a buih, in water near
ly up to her chin, her infant at the bottom
of tae river, a few yards from her. She
lived 24 hours, and when informed by her
piiylician that it was impoliible for her to
fiirvive much longer, Ihe with a fortitude.
that is rarely to be met with, called her
friends around her, and in a calm but pa
thetic mailer, gave her hand to each one,
wilhing thein a better fate than had befallen
hefelf and family ; and when after her
speech failed, as neighbors were co ldantly
coming in, (lie continued to give her hand
until about five minutes before (he resigned
her breath, which was without a groan.
Mrs. Thresher was about 2j years of
age. of a respectable family, and elegant
perfbn, and poiiefled an uncommon educa
tion.
On Thursday the 24th tilt, two men
were kdled in Franklin, 40 horses carried
effj andfince the accountspubliQied iaour
all the inhabitants cn the frontiers
have retreated into forts, without arms or
ammunition. At one meeting of near &r
perfonsihey could only jnnlter five old
mullets ; to heighten the horror of their
condition, the Indians were momently ex
pected. J
As fimilaf murders are daily committed
■t called up the spirit of 800 gallant fel
lows, who marched last week again ft thr
ravages, determined to revenge the cruel
ties perpetrated on the infant, the motiier.
and the defencelefs.
Alexandria 4 May 22. By the brig Vir
ginia, Captain Bean, which arrived in thi:
port on Sunday last, u e have received £
isritifii paper dated the 4th April.
In the Virginia came passengers fevera.
emigrants who are manufacturers—fro 11
them, and from the commander, we lean:
—That the mercantile and manufafhirins
interests in Great-Britain, are in a cala
mitous (ituation —That thousands of per
rons concerned in the latter are ready tr
emigrate to this country, whenever op
portunity and a profpeft of favorable re
ception (hall present themselves—Thai
commissions for privateering are withhelc
oil account of the difficulty of manning the
navy I hat the spirit of reformation ir
the government is spreading itfelf with
great rapidity—that a French privateer hac
lately been taken by the Britilli, the crew
of which were marched through the street:
of Falmouth, with a band ol mulic and ;
display of their national inlignia, furrotmd
ed by a multitude of the inhabitants of a!
descriptions, execrating the ministry anc
j]filops—That an action had taken place
between a French Faft-Indiaman and;
Britilli frigate, in which the former wa
victorious.
Address from a writer in the Virgin/,
Caze/ie, signed Philo Franklin, to tht
Printers oj that paper.
I OBSERVr that in compliance with the
request of one of your fubferibers, ,yoi
are now communicating to the public, tht
several reports of the Secretary of the
I reafury made in pursuance of the late re
lolutions oi the House of Representatives ol
the United States, reciuefting information
for the fir Ji time respecting the real Itate oi
the Treasury department.— It would pro
fa ibly aid the public mine! in forming jnll
conclulions from these report;, to add
to your Communications the remaiks o!
several anonymous writers, who appear to
have beltowed considerable labour upon
the iubjett, a,ul by a judicious chviuical o
peration performed upon the various, com
plicated,and heterogeneous mass of mattei
thrown before the public, to have extratf
?d some of its characters the molt eifential
and interesting to the community, and bj
:his necejl'ary Jecretion and Amplification
tn have leflened conlidcrably the difficult)
us forming an opinion.
Amonglt ihe various publications of this
.icfcription, I have selected several piece;
u bich have lately come to my ha"ds nndei
the iignature of •• Franklin," which ap
pear to have been written with firmnefs,
intelligence, and confeioufnefs of rectitude ,
I now inclose them to you and can venture
to aflert, that a re-publication of them, in
the r proper order, will give pleasure and
i.Uorination to many of your readers.
While lam making these inclofures, I can
not refrain from calling your attention to
the difficulty with which pieces of this kind
(however decent and intelligent) seem to
labour in getting before the public, as it
most of the prejfes hi the Union were as ap
prehensive of the confluences of inform
ing the people of their real political (ifua
tion, and particularly of the application cj
their money, as the adminijiration itjelf.\
engaged in making Juch application and
iutating the measures of the government.
Whether this phenomenon may be afcrib
able to an implyed w:Aerflandiit£ between
these various prefies and the administra
tion ; or whether the vigilance and fore
light of the favored, paper men, have gain
ed poffefiion of the preflVs, as the molt ad
vantageous ports for annoying t/icir com
mon enemy, the remaining mass of the peo
ble S I will not undertake to determine
But certain it is, that an appearance foex
.raprdinary in a government which boasts
nf founded in a fair compatt of indi
viduals, and can exist but in the intelli
gence of the great body of the people;
mult be ascribed to some extraordinary
eaufe ; audit is equally certain, that our
ileal arrangements have secreted the paper
men from the mass of the people,' have
[lamped them with a diftintt character, and
have bound them together by an incorpo
ration, with distinct privileges and with
militant views and interests.—They seem
to have been moulded into a kind of
ai military corps, and with the continual
lelps and favours of the government, are
Simulated to assail the interests of all other
;lalfes of the community, with the advan
ces ot vveH-furniflied, well-trained vete
-an troops, over undisciplined, unarmed
ind feattered militia.
The Secretary of the Treasury has in
ormed us too, that there ai e at present in
America large fnms of money drawn from
abroad, for which he has invented the no
vel denomination of '< instrument ah
tv"—A jealous republican therefore, may
I presume, be pardoned for ialinuating his
fears that this " instrument A lit y," to
him unintelligible, under some of its vari
ous disguises and occult operations, may
Have been applied at leaif to court the
complaisance and lilence of the prefies, the
necessary and only competent vehicles of
intelligence to the people.
' That it is not so, i hope—that it is so 1
fear. I tr 11 ft with confidence however,
that your press will never furnifli a juftifica
tion to Inch apprehensions, and tliatit will
•ilways exhibit a proper refpeift for the dis
cretion and virtue of the people at large, by
communicating without refpeft to parties
or pei foils, whatever may serve to inform,
inflrntt, or amuse.
Richmond, May 20.
[On the firft day of March 1793, the kin?
of Great Britain ifliied a Proclamation
for a general Fait in England, Wales, anc
the town of Berwick upon Tweed, tc
take place on the 19th of April.—Tit
following (fays a Boston paper) is t! 1
true English of the British proclamatiui
for a public fait.]
WE, taking into our most serious con
fideration, that the people of all Europe
itave folong groaned under the heavy yoke
of the Feudal Syjlem—have been so griev
on fly oppreiled with unnecellary burthen
lor the support of monarchy and aristocra
cy—that they are now obliged, in then
own necessary and natural defence, to raif<
against their opprelfors; b/ which the
r owns of all Europe are brought intodan
ger, and appear Jo totter 011 the heads o;
the despots: To prevent an evil whicf
WE have so much reason to dread, WE
have, with the advice of OUR Privy Coun
cil, thought fit to appoint a day of public
fnfliug a 11 prayer ; calling upon all OUI!
loving fubjeSs, to appear, and to hnn.blt
themselves upon this important and dread
ful apprehension ; thereby hoping that thi:
foletni.ity will impress their hearts with the
droine right of kingly power, and convince
them that the people are the property cl
their lawful sovereigns, liable to be fold or
leafed like cattle, as appurtenant to the foil
where they sweat out their lives, starving
for the support of their lawful matters.
And WE command all OURJubjeds, to as
semble on the occalion, and devont/y tc
re-peat a form of prayer, which WE have
ordered our Arch-Bilhop to compoie foi
them.
I t isfaid, that the Arch BifSnp will com
pose a prayer, in which there is to be the
following clause :
" Almighty, and most merciful Father
we do most humbly beseech thee, on the
behalf of ox; a tno'jl gracious sovereign
George the third'' and in behalf of all the
foveretgns in Europe, that light and :«w
---ledge may flill be hidden from the people
e)f all denominations whatever ; and that
the grofj & impenetrable darkness, so lonj,
and so perfectly continued under the feuds,
lyjleni, may be yet mojl mercifully sup
ported and upheld. And that thy fervaut
the Princes of Europe, and their nobles anc
bishops, may yet enjoy the divine right 01
eh J laving the People. And grant, Oi
molt merciful Father, that the valjals anc
the Jeitanjs, and all theirfubjeits maj yel
be co itemed in all godliness and honelty
to toil in peaceable and degrading servi
tude ; that the princes and nobles, by theii
labour may be yet indulged in all vice, de-
and folly; and that thy fervanti
the Bishops, their Curates and Deacons
may riot and grow fat 011 tythes which the;
never earn. And finally, that all the king
doms of this world, may derive fuppori
from fraud, cunning, b ibery, and the bleioc
of the people."
And all kings, potentates, fovcreigns
princes, nobles and bishops will give THEi
tlie glory! ! ! Amen and Amen I
ODE to LIBERT Y.
[See the original in our last ]
" 0 toi, dout L'augufte lumiere" See.
splendid light, that clouds obfeur'.
A So long from Gallic lands,
Goddess, in ancient days ador'd
By Gallia's conquering bands :
Thou Liberty ! whom lavage kinag
Have plac'd among forbidden things,
Tho' Hill averse that men be free
Secret, they bow to Liberty ;
O, to my accents lend an ear,
Blest objeit of each tyrant's fear,
While I to modern days recall
The Lyric muse of ancient Gaul.
Ere yet my willing voice cbeys
The traufports of the heart,
The goddefi to my view displays
A temple rear'd in ancient days,
Fit of tbe mnfe's art.
Now, round the world I cast my ey®,
With pain, its ruins I descry.
1 his temple nnce to freedom rais'd
Thermopyla: ! in thy fam'd strait—
I fee it to the dust debas'd.
And servile chains, its fate !
In thofefair climes, w here freedom reign'd.
Twothoufand years degrade the Greciai
name,
I fee them still enflav'd, enchain'd ;
But F ranee from Rome and Athens cauirht
the Same—
A temple now to heaven they raise
Where nations bound in tie.s of peace
With olive-boughs shall throng to praise
Thegallaut Gaul,that bade all discord ccafe.
Ee.ore tliis Pantheon, fair and tall
The piles of darker ages fill.
And freemen here 110 longer trace
* e monuments of man's difrrace.
before its porch, at freedom's tree
Kxalt the Cap of Liberty,
the cap* that once Helvetia knew
( I he terror of the tyrant crew J
And. on our country's I "altar trace
rile features of each honour'd face:
1 lie men that (trove for rqual Jaws
Or perilled martyrs in their cause. '
e gallant chiefs, above all praise
e K rut ill's of ancient days ! '
Tho' fortune long I,a (hove to blast,
x our virtues are repaid at )aft. '
Your heavenly fealts a while forbear
And deign to make my song your care:
My lyre a bolder note attains
And rivals old Tyrtbeus' (trains;
I lie ambient air returns the found,
And kindles rapture all around.
With thee begins the lofty theme
,;'?' na ! ® e ' n S —power supreme, '
Who p anted Kbeebom in the mind,
J he firlt great riglu of all mankind :
I oo long preftimptuous folly dar'd
To veil our race from thy regard ;
Tyrants on ignorance form'd their plan.
And made their crimes, the crimes of man,
Let victory but befriend our cause
And reafou deign to dictate taws ;
At once mankind their rights reclaim
And honours pay to thy great name.—
But O ! what cries oar joys molest.
What discord drowns l weel music's feaft »
•a hat demon from perdition leads
Nig.it, fire, and thunder o'er our heads 1
in northern realms, prepar'd tor fight
A thousand savage clans unite
o avenge a faithlefs Helen'? doom
' J l) P e s laves, determin'd, come
I reedom's fair fabric to deltroy
Ana wrap in flames another Troy !
u; h h ef r' r u h , efe are the y— lthe murdering bands,
\\ hose blood, of old, diltain'd our lands. '
by our forefathers chae'd and (lain
I lie monuments of death remain.
Hungarians, wet with human blood,
1 e Saxons fierce, so oft subdued
\y ancient Cauls on Gallic plains,
IJread, dread the race, that flill remains:
Keturn, and seek your dark abodes,
» our dens and caves in northern woods,
Nor (tay to tell each kindred ehoft
\ hat thousands from your tribes are loft.
A fiend | from hell, of murderous brood,
j.am d with a hapless hnfband's b.'ood,
Unites with Danube} and the Spree,i
Who arm to make the French their prey.
To check their hofls, and chill with fear
henchmen, advance to your frontier.
I here d'grhe ETERNAL ToMb of
l. r i olands fate each nionfter brines,
Mowsl miUieno down, your cause defeats,
IJnaePs horrid htne § repeats.
Ye nations brave, so long rever'd
in all her glory, fear'd ;
Vhofe stubborn mr id no iyr..nt broke
I o bow the neck to Cefar'syoke—
cvt hr aks ! whom Romans never chains;
jHiMA.vs ! that vrnfubdued remain'd,
fl,h . fee your foils, a fordid race
W nh despots leagu'd, to their disgrace
id 'lie base cause that you abhor,
And hurl on f ranee the florm of war.
Our bold attempts (hake modern Rome,
she bids her kindred despots come :
Prom I taly her forces draws
1 o wade their blood in I'Arouin's cause.
A hundred hords of foes advance
Embodying on the verge France ;
Afongfi these to guide the flame of war
I fee Porse.Nxa\|| just a score.
While from the foil, 'by thousands tyring
to deliroy each king.
O Rome ! what giory you consign
To (hose who court your ancientfame !
Frenchmen, like Romans now fhsli shine,
And copying them, their ancient honours
claim.
i' Fr irice, my native cl ime,my country dear,.
Whileyouth remainsmay I behold you free*
Each tyrant crufh'd, no threatening despot
near
To endanger Liberty !
By you unfettered be all human kind,
No slaves on earth be known
And man be blest, in frrendlhip join'd,
From Tyber to the Amazon !
* Which owes its origin to William Tell
the famous deliverer of Switzerland.
t Catharine the 2d, present empress of
Rufiia, who deposed her husband Peter the
3d, anil deprived him of life in July 1762
while under confinement in prison.
t Tu-O great rivers of Germany; here
metaphorically designating the Austrian
and PVuftian powers.
§ The Tlirkilh forti els of Ifmael, in 1789
stormed by the Rufiiau army. After car
rying it by afi'anlt, upwards of 30.CC0 per
sons, men, women. and children were
flnnghtered by the Ruffian barbarians, in
less than thrt c hours.
|| All ancient k'n:; ofFrruria, who took
J arquir:' part ayj inft the Romans.
* .V. e\ ,i!a. who attempted the life of
Poifiiina in his own camp, but failed.