National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-08-28 00:00:00, page 3

tl is After lind'ng the stores,
tie officers declared their readinc-fs to fta>
fej Capt. Marlhall, if he thought hi ml: If
in danger of insult or injury. The vefill
tl ey . tfered to replace in the ft re am ; bu
a men were in pay, Capt. Mariliall told
tkem it was unnecdr.ry—he would there
take charge of her again, and they ac
cordingly left her to his direction.
A number of the inhabitants of Newark,
in New Jersey, have publiiiied their re
solves, figuifying their approbation of the
P. elidc-nt's proclamation, enjoining neu
trality ot conduct towards the powers at
Mar in Europe. A number of the citi
zens of Hartford have addrefled the Preli
dent 011 the fame fu bjett, and received kn
answer.
Advices from Spain fay, that an impor
tant engagement had taken place between
two diviiions of tht Portuguese fleet, while
lij on their way to join the combined fqua
di oils of Spa'rn and England, destined for
the capture ot Brest. 1 lie engagement is
said to have continued several hours, and
much damage done beiore the mifiake was
tl; (covered.
We learn from St. Kitts, that nineteen
L.i of American velieis were lying in Baf
ieterre road in that island, on the 25th of
July, carried in by force, and detained
without the fliadow ofcanle. The Si. Kitts
-privateeri are said 'o be htted out by lour
villains of that island, viz. Arcti.bald r.f
-dule, judge of the admiralty, Benjamin
Amory, Joseph Amory, and Antaony So
inerall.
By the brig Mary, capt. Barber, from
St. Kitts, lalf from St. Eulfauu-, in IS
<iays, we . re informed, that 011 the tfl ol
Aligiilt, failtd from Baflettrre, St. Kitt.-,
the British Jul) fl et of merchantmen , con
fining of 150 fail, convoyed by the iliij.
Queen, adnnn.l G lrdil; r, 01 98 tin) . th.
V tike of 90, lind.r a jury maiiimalt,
difmafled before M rtimque , three 74
•svith the Ti ully of 60 Ulyiiea 01 40 tin ,
and five frigates.— Ihe Mary pfi o t
fleet in the pallage
Admiral Gardner wth two 74' and tun
frigates, were to f pirate a id cunvoy a
part of the fleet to H tl fax, . here it w -
said he was to pa the In:, -ic .Re month
and employ the 74's and frigates t. ci 1; Ir
off the coalt ot the United to protedt
the British trade from Fiencl; privateers.
We hear from Spain, (via Gibraltar)
that the fleet under lord Hen ci failed from
Gibraltar the 2d of Julv. to form tht
blockade of the touch poi ts ot France, in
union w ; th the Spanlli fleet from Cadiz
It \vas said their chief intention was to
bombard Toulon, for which pnrpofe gun
boats and floating batteries were preparing
at Carthagena.
" One would imagine that the robberies
committed by the pirates of /Jamaica, An
tigua, Bermuda, Providence, &c. upon tiie
property ot our citizens, deserved some
attention. It is presumable that it i . not
unknown,the manner in whichourckizena
are treated in thofi? places ; how they are
robbed of tiieir property, under pretexts,
and by contrivances, that would disgrace
Algerines—liovv their persons have been
thrown into jails, and loaded with mana
cles; In a word, that our commerce fuf
fers every depredation which pirates can
commit, and our citizens every injury,
■which malice can infliit. But, alas! the
spirit and vigilance of our government ap
pear to point only one way ! We mult be
neutral at the expehfe of all we have—Tin
spirit and energy of the government appeal
to be so absorbed in punithing disobedient
citizens, that it has become qui e callous to
foreign insult and injury—Unless indeed,
the Little Democrat fli .uld bring an Ame
rican velfel to, and then we are all fir*.—
John Feuno, and his coadjutors, are never
tired ot deprecating the insult. If the go
vernment will not f'tep forw aril u ith spirit,
end redress the injuries which ou r citizen.-
are daily experiencing, those who are Hi
injured \\ ill seek their own remtdy, tho 1
treaties and proclama ions are held up/
t rro'etn.—That government which can
-11 t. or wll nor, affoid protection, ha 110
claim to obedience."
[y/'g. CkroA.J
JExtralt of a letter fi-m Neivurk. A: g. 24
" In every village, town, and city on
this continent, there exids a ness 11 (del
tories, and their brethren, feeler ; paper
jobbers, who take upon them, whenever
the ihadow of occasion offers, not only to
speak what they prefu ne to call the It-iife
of the public, but to publijh their crudi: ; es
to the wo ■1 as such. This has recently
proved the cafe in many inlfances, with
relpecl to certain governmental inj /trillions,
tending, in the effimation of many, to in
fringe an important article of the treaty, ot
an ity and commerce with France ; which
have been re-echoed by this unprincipled
/toand, as the fenfeof the people, from eve
ry quarter where they have a foothold. It
n'ight be proper to intimate to those a<l
drefs-mongers, that their t<nmes, individu
ally, would be a delirable appendage to
the ; r peiformances, as we Ihould then be
eniL (to diltinguilh the people of a place
from a number of characters, who, in ge
neral, exifl by fleecing, cajoling, and over
reaching " the people."
Ext rail of a letter fr»»\ a gentleman in
Londonderry, to his friend m this town.
" I am forty to inform you that bulinef
of all forts is at a ftarfd. There is neither
credit nor confidence among the mercan
tile people;—and no wonder indeed it
itioiild be so. Failures are every day hap
pening, efpeciully in the great mercantile
towns; anil to take a view of the critical
lituation of Ireland, and indeed Europe ir
general, it wears a very gloomy appear
ance.
" You will fee by the papers that I fenc
with this letter, the turn that our glorioui
militia bufmefs has taken. The peafailtrj
in different parts o: the kingdom have ta
ken up arms in open and declared oppositi
on to the embodying the militia. Skir
inifiles happen as often between then am
the military, as if they were the advancec
guards of two contending armies.
■'Tile Roman Catholics seem to havt
borrowed a leifon from the French;—ii
some places they have nailed up their cha
pel doors, in others tney have btiniihec
:heir clergy, and superstition, thank God.
is verging so fa ft to a close, that some 01
the molt bigotted Papilt:, do not look upoi:
it as a fin to tuck up by the neck, some oj
;heir own prielts, who have been molt for
ward in aiding government to rivet the
.flams of the people of this unhappy conn
try, by enforcing a vagabond militia. 1 hi;
.. an absolute fact—one or two of them
have met their juit reward in the manner J
tell you."
'I'h»' brijßetfey, from St. Fu(latia,a few
lays ago ott the Capes ot Delaware, wa
brought to by an armed brig, in compa
..y «ih a two decker, then at a diltancc
neither lhewing qny colours; but by theii
pianatuverii l ,', he fuppof'ed to be French.
A'pilot arrived here alf'o informs u-, thai
0 1 hurlilay lalt, he was told by a Reed)
1 (land pilot, who was then coming fron
iea* that he had seen two British 74's, ont
i>f which was called the He£tor, then 1
> ■ le..gUes off the Delaware Capes ; saw
1- Democrat, Carmagnole, and the fiiij
v 1 and Sufaii at New Castle and the L:
Noinialide this fide of Marcus Hook.
I'he n.vv brig Aurora, captain Strong
one o the packets in rile Philadelphia anc
Charleiton trade, was loft on the 14th inlt
1.1 a heavy gale of vv ind, on Ocracock Dar
>ii h. r pafl'age to this pl-.ee; crew aildpaf
i'rjigers laved.
\\ e from Cape Francois, that thai
place is totaliy deserted by the whites, anc
the piace solely pofl'elfed by the mulattoe:
mid negroes,under the direction of the civi
:omnii(lionert. —The mulattoes had alft
jot poffclfion of the fort at Aux Cayes, bui
it was supposed they would not inju:e tlx
town.
A veflel is arrived at New-York thai
eft Liverpool the 13th of June. Such wa
the lituation of things in England at thai
late, that a national revolution appearec
inevitable.
Yelterday, agreeable to adjournment
the two branches of the General Affembli
3f Pennfvlvama convened at the Hate houfi
in this city. -
The diltrefies of the miserable refugee:
rrom Cape Francois, one might imagine
cvould excite sentiments of sympathy in th<
110 ft ferocious of mankind. Not luch i:
the cafe with the piraticil inhabitants o:
New Providence, who plunder men, wo
men, and childred of the last fai tiling foi
their support in a fh'.inge land.
" Meflieurs jay and Kingffaysa New-
York paper) will be pleased to take notice
that the public are anxioully waiting foi
further intelligence concerning the report:
that have bee • circulated to the difadvan
t3ge of Citizen Genet'.vchara£ter, and thai
it they do riot come forward and state the
particulars (as has been already hinted;
he republicansol New-York will conlidei
tliemas the original foui;ders &propagators
of reports, railed only out of malice.&ha
tred 10 the caiift o! tret dom iH w liich France
is engaged: But perhaps the gentlemen(be
ing big men; may think hat their hare
word, w thout any proof w nattver, is fulfi-
; but we a Ik, u hat is their word more
hail the wold of anv other man? and
r herefore if ihey do not untold the whole
ir the matter to the-public, we muff attri
bute all the ntifchiti which has or may a
r'fe in consequence of thereport, to them ;
and for the future, view them as men dan
gerous to, a'.d enemies of a republican
government."
(Japt.Korton, of the schooner Robin, ar
rived here Iralt Sunday from Tortuga, from
which place he failed the 7th inflaut ; and
b ought aw ay 22 French palfengers, moll
in whom had been driven away by the dif
afters of the C.,pe. They had also about
19 or 2onegroes. ard a ccnfiderable sum
ot money, with fomelitlle other property,
which they had saved ; But 011 the Bih
following, fell in with a British Bahama
privateer flrop of fix guns, commanded by
Francis Tticker; who boarded captain
Korton, and made prisoners of all his sail
ors, leaving only the captain and mate on
board the schooner Robin. They then
searched every where for French property;
& plundered the unfortunatepaflengers of
53,100 livres, some plate, 18 negroes, and.
in fliort, whatever they chefe to takeaway,
—and did not leave the molt trifling arti
cle belonging to men, women, and chil
dren. 1 hey offered a largi bribe to the
mate, John Brock, if he would discover
' ver y tiling he knew refpeAing the French
property on board, but he despised such a
conduct. 1 lav ng detained captain Horton
jO lionrs, they let liis Tailors again on board
the Ichooner, and permltted"her to pro
ceed.
I lie ports of M irtinico, since the ex.
pulfion of tha t.nglilh, and French ar'rlto
ciats, are opened to American veflels, with
every species of country produce. i
I fie fliip Ann and Susan, with 405 pas
sengers on board, from Londonderry, is
new lying at Newcastle in polleffion of the
two t reneli privateers Democrat and Car
magnole— Ihe pafi-ngers aud property on
board are claimed as Britilh.
Lexington, (Kentucky) July.
About the 20th of May fait, a boal
bound to the Illinois from Kentucky, wa:
t.;.:en by the Ind ansnear the mouth of the
Ohio; there were fix men on board, the
whole of which were killed, their head:
and hands cut olf, and their bodies ripl
open ; the boac was loaded principally witr
nterchandife.
By a gentleman who arrived in town or
I 11 delay last, from Cumberland, we art
informed that just before he left that placc,
ajbn of general Kobei tfon's arrived there
from the Chic:ia:aw nation, with infor
mation of great offers having been made
by the Spaniards to that nation, to induce
them to break with the United States,
which offers were treateel with contempi
by the chiefs of the nation, anel elpeciall}
the Mountain Leaders.
Mr. Robertfon further informs, that a
bout 400 Creeks and Gherokees had latel}
palfeei by thai nation toward the Miffifippi
Baltimore, Aug; 16.—Yesterday t e ho
horable Judge Paca pronounced his de
cree, against the jifrifdiciion of the court
of admiralty of this country, to take cog
nizance ot the legality of captures, b'
French fliips ot war, or privateers, or an'
of the belligerent powers. The qneflioi
came before the court upon the pleading
1 übjoined, which from the importance o
the fubjeft, we have procured, and prefen
to our readers. The cause received even
support ot which it was susceptible, 01
either fide, from the arguments of Mr
Smith, for the 1 i bell ants, and Mr. Win
Chester and Mr. Chase, for the cap
tors, which took up three days. The
judge, m a very learned and elaborate opin
ion. unfolded his reasons against thejurif
(iictiun of the court, in a manner, that w (
hope will leave our allies to the lull enjoy
ment ol their acquisitions, without furthei
nioleltation, under the treaty of amity anc
commerce.
Fresh Anecdote.
Three French patriots, over a bottle o
wine, were very cheer'full on Monday l*f
at a public house in Front (treet. The con
vei fation turning on po itics, the Preli
dent's proclamation became a part of the
topic ot discourse. One of the 'company
observed that this proclamation was of in
limte service to the Printers, that in th<
present dearth of intelligence nothing
but the proclamation could have sup
ported so many newspapers, anel that
w ere he a printer, he would call the typo
graphic craft together, and recommend t<
them to address an humble, and dutifu
petition to the President, requesting oi
him that he would be graciously pleased tc
iflue another proclamation soon, and ii
four months more, another, for theii
daily bread, so as to give them and the
world at large, four proclamations per an
num!
Troin theN. York Daily Advertiser.'
IF I had entertained any doubts refpect
ng the propriety of citizen Genet's lettei
:o the President, the indignation discover
?d by the tories, would have removec
•hem. 1 hey ftigir.atize it as impertinent
and are altonilf .eel, that 'their worthy' Pre
lident did not resent the insult, either b)
ordering the marfiiall to arrelt Geuet 01
by fending h.m ftraigluway to his own
country. '•What 1 iufenefs,"iay they, "iua
pitiful minilter representing a paltry re
public of 25 millions of pet .tmaitres and
frog-eaters, to appeal to the President for a
refutation of the charges brought againil
him 1 What con uinmate aucacity this
ral'cally French de*mucrat mult posits,, to
think the great Waliiington would condes
cend to bear teliiinuriy in his contempti
ble eaufe ! —and to dare in contravention
of e(ta :lillied rules to address a letter im
mediately to the chief magiltrate of the
United States ! What an indignity to our
beloved general, to put him to the trouble
of breaking the seal himfplf? Is any
crowned head ever addrelled but through
tie intervention of a Secretary ?
1 his might have been, born j but he
dares even to reason with the President
and contemptuously recapitulates his for
mer arguments. In his official remon-
Itrances, he brings in aid, to support
his own conltru£tions, the decilions of
our courts, anel the verdicts of our juries ;
he dare*even te> remind the President 01
what trance has dune fe>r this country j of
her friendtbip for it; and gives a broael
hint, that our exifteuceasa nation depends
on our attachment to liberty, a ll
this might have been palled over, but fa
hisinfolence in calling by the odious epi«
thet of tyrant the liieekelt and mildefl fo
vereigu who ever wielded the Britirh
lceptre. Buc then the anfvver of the Preli-.
dene—what diguity in every line—hov\r
properly does ;he President' observe his
diflarice, &c. See. 11
1 frefe, MefTrs. Printers, are precisely the
tory effulions which thele papers have gi
vfen birth to. Those which iefpe£l Genet
or his country, are no doubt made with all
pofiible sincerity. But when a tory laviflies
nis endearing epithets on the illusions de~
tender ot his country's liberties, it brings
to recollection the devil's flattery of our
Saviour, when seated on the pinnacle ot the
temple : the fame answer of kt get ihte
hence Satan" will, we hope, be returned
to every paraiite of this description.
A WHIG.
iDireSed to the ITditor of the National
GifiETTE. J
gemote from immediate information to
ascertain the tad, whether or hot a co
py right has been claimed or obtained for
the j idj.es opinions on the suability of a
fate, and relying that your cerrefpondent
1 ■ <<>. would not alfert to the contrary if
one had been obtained, I readily comply
with Ins recjueft; I hough he may be allur
ed my informants were too relpeftable to
ck'tire to deceive Or impose-but such an
idea has been adopted ; lam happy to be
undeceived, and doubt not we (hall now
loon lee the opinions of the judges, 011 that
lifted tant qUelHun ' more generally pub-
A Citizen of the U. States.
— "I!
For the NATIONAL GAZETTE.
To the person who, under thefigrtature Ci
wrote again Jonathan pindar, iii
last Saturday's Cjazette of tile United
States.
AT Jonathan's verses Tome puppies will
growl,
While others attack witha yell and a howl-
But know, Miller C.
I is the Muse .> decree, [known,
That Jonathan's Stanzas (hall live and be
When youi'% to the bog-lioufe of Pluto are
gone.
No federal num-fcull his verses indites ;
He fjys what he thinks, aud he thinks
what he writes:
Not an ii.Jett in place,
But his ptnlhall disgrace ;
Their tools, and their trotters, he holds ill
disdain, [to reign.
And laughs at fume folks that are fclieming
All jobbers in pnper, his lashes (hall feel,
And lharpers in ofiice, ijiail whimper and
fqileel:
At a flirt of his pen,
The lies of big Ben,
Shall meet the reward they have long been
In i'earth of. [off.
While he and his tories to Beelzebub march
THE PROBATIONARY ODES Or .JONA
THAN PINDAR, ES<i. CONTINUED.
ODE XI.
la Atlas; being the feeond part of
Ode 11.
Jonathan recanteth his former errors «
—Uifdofeth the secrets of a great afllm
bly Again donbteth, and cuncludetfi
with an apt Simile.
A TLAS ! 'tis true that once I said,
You prop the States up, with your headi
but I was wrong to do't:
My recantation, then, believe,
And ti uit me,'what I now perceive
Youv'e trod them under foot. '
'Twas you, that in Conventionftrft
Pronoune'd the government accurfl,
YV hilft sov erkiON i hey remain'd •
Then boldly movM to knock them down
And crujh them all beneath a 1 111; o nE
Or, to it have them chain'd.*
Sure, 'twas enough to flrike them dumb.
1 o put them under Sheriffs Thumb
Like ctilprits vile and bate : '
What though they are not ha: g'd at yet ?
Still, two to one, perhaps you'd bet
That it will be the cafe.f
But after all—no doubt, Irate
TOO high your influence in the State *
Nay, I'll be sworn, 'tis so ; '
The town-clock tells us when to dine •
The weights that move its hands' and
THINE
Play out sf light, below!
* This fact has been so often afjerted
without being ever contrndided, that there
ca " r £;n ia in little doubt of its authenticity.
t Execution, fays Lord Coke, is the end
ol the law : it would have been happy for
America, had the convention rc Heeled
how this end was to be obtained againlt a
STATE. "