National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-07-10 00:00:00, page 2

It has been said that the managers havejf
determined, if pollible, to give fatisfactio 1 t
to ail parties ; —lt is hoped that we are ,
Kat to be infitlted by feeing a set of itine- ,
rant people, reliding here for the purposes |
of trade, or brought here by accident, ex- 1
alted into the d : giiity of a party. Toufe
an old adage—" When we are at Rome,
we mult do as thev do in Rome;" and
men of fe'ife will readily acquiesce.
The allies of the French will be as much
tlifgufted to fee a Frenchman reprefenfed
as a monkey, as an Engliilimau would lie
to fee him represented as a rational being—
'• Goii save tke ii/ig" will be ;>• unpleasant"
to some as "Cairo" wou!«l be to others.
I do not with to regulate the publis talte ;
but I am fafe in faying, that the managers
vught to consult the difpolkion of the au
tlience. I own it is unfortunate for us,
that depending oil thi English dramatic
writers, we are, as Americans and friends
to France, oftencommpelied to hear tilings
xvliich are as inlulting to our own feelings,
as tiley are illiberal towards our frie'-ids ;
—Hut a little attention in om tting some,
and qualifying others, would not be unde
fervOujj the notice of judiciaus luanagera.
EXTRACT.
[Prom the Virginia Gazette ]
In an a Idrefs from the Baltimore Me
ch mic il Satiety, to the PrefWent of the
V lited States, will be found the following
pdlY;e : "But the miferieiof war, we de
pre.at;, a id circHiH tanced as oiu* country
a id government are, the generous French,
will irquiefce with :he American citizens
in t!ie acicnowled ;em?nt of that political
truth, which y >u have so wifeiy enjoined
that the duty and interelt of the United
States require, that we (hould, with lince
rity and good faith, adopt and pursue a"
<>idu:V friendly and impartial towards the
b'lligerent powers." Tha language of
t lis address seems to indicate, after a ten
v y • trs peace, in the course of which our
<oil 11 try has incfeaf din the proportion of
©ne third ih population, attd with the ad
dition of its fertility aid other resources, '
mall have doubled its strength, that we
ought notwithitanding. so far to deprecate
the evils of war, as that ill order to avoid
tie n, we (hould tamely fubmil to every
iadignity and infiilt, which the pride and
arrogance of Britain may think proper to
offer.
Is not the erroneous po.ltlon. laid down
in jultiHcation of oir conduit toward
the French, that circumltanced as our
country and government are, it becomes
O'lr duly and interefl to adopt and pursue
with linearity and gooif faith, a cond.icl
friendly and impartial towards the bell -
gereit powers, as strong an invitation to
the British to mfult and invade us a» they
could desire ?
What are those «f our
count y and government which lhould in
<l ace us humbly to fiibmit to the imperious
«I.elates of a petty tyrant on board of an
armed Sritiffi velfel ? Shall we now tame
ly fulfer the inv-ilion of those rights which
twenty y»ar> ago we so ob.linately and
properly defended ?
Tlie Freuch want no apology from us
for refilling them aili.tance—perhaps they
■want 110 a!fill3nce—»if they did, they would
3iave to lament that we want fpirlt to re
sent the insults offered to ourselves, and
therefore will h.-.rclly exptfl u., from a
principle of gratitude, or even in compli
ance with a lolemn treaty, to aflift them.
However neceflTiry it may be from duty
and interest for the Americans to adopt
and purlue an iinptrtial conduct towards
the belligerent pouers, I trust it will hard
ly I>e in their dilpo itions to view with sin
cerity of friendihip the conduct of those
powers who have provoked war for'the
purpose of forcing defpoUfm 011 uiankiiid.
EXTRACT.
from the Southern Ce.ntinel, printed at
A igiLjla, in Georgia : June 13.
When the misfortunes of a large and res
pectable community are to be "attributed
ta the conduct of a single indivi«lual, it is
our duty not only to animadvert on his
m" ifures, but to trace the fotirce from
■wtience these misfortunes flow If " a
great m in (truggling in the storms of fate
J- a light 0:1 which the gods might look
down with pleasure ; with what indigna
tion might they not behold that wretch
who, "roni the fordid view of gain, would
furifiet" the lives of his fellow citizens and
open a scene of savage cruelty 1
With a pitient endurance of fhfirering
a?gravated by circumstances the moH in
fulting, Ihe people of Georgia have f.ir a
contiJerabl • time been expefed to the fe
ro. ityof savages without the means of
felf -defe-ce. Or the pou»i- of retaliation
At this ltlpment, when our frontiers are
la.d wade with murder and devaltation •
when men, wonen and children, are put
to the mo ft cruel tortures; a law is 111
exiften-e, prohibiting a citizen of the Hate
of Georgia from touching a Creek Indian
on pain of being given up to the mercy oi'
those ravages. This law alio furiiiflies the
Creek* with arms and ammunition to kill
the Georgians, but it makes no previous
for the Georgians to kill the Creeks, in
cafe of an attack. ■ If this law is conlillent
with the principles of a free government,
or with civilization, or with any thing
that bears the name of humanity, then are
my arguments without foundation.
The treaty of New-Yoris has been pro- ,
ductive of more ill confequ«nces to this
llate, than Britilii devaltation and plunder.
It was not the deliberate and mature act
of a wife legislative body, but the hatty
eSufions of a man who bore no good will
to Georgia.
The next wife meafiire planned and a
dopted in the fam# department, was the
appointment of an agent for Indian affairs;
in which exalted office James Seagrovc,
ESQUIRE, was placed. By wkatinterell
or by what recommendafion, Mr. Sea
grove came to the appointment, is not my
present pnrpofe to inquire into; "What
Ins former merits were I neither know
nor care ; but were we to judge the man
by his conductance a federal officer, we
(hould not be apt to pronounce his princi
ples pure and uncontaminated.
Tuat he commenced Indian trader, as
soon as he was coinmitfioned, is a fait
well afcertaineri 4 That, with a view to
monopolize that trade himfclf, he made
life representations to the exe
cutive department, of the hellile difpoliti
on ol the Indians towards thisftate, carries
with it the air of probability;— That he
lias violatt; 1 the trult reposed in' him. 1
leave his fellow citizens to determine: But
that l»e hasa&ed unworthily of a free citi
zen and a public officer, is-a point I will
maintain.
1 1
To the Editor ef the National Gazette.
.<? 1 R,
, THE event which I hare been long atiti
-7 ciptting is flattening upon us, and in a
, little time, «nlefs the people (liake off this
lethargy, uelhali be plunged into ununni
-7 tural war with Franc*, and we x fhall fi-d
ourselves a member of the combination o!
tyrants. The einbarrslstnents which have
, been jludlonjly thrown in the way of the
. Freuch here favour the opinion, and the
I long-winded Machiavelian elftvsof wri
, ters who are any thing but republicans,
I and who would facrifice the liberties of
, their country for their own aggrandize
ment, give countenance to my afi'eition.
j rhe inftrumetrtality of certain tmlf'orii >
now among 11s, lias perhaps facilitated the
present holtile meaiures, and has rendered
s their voyage to America not ufelclsto their
employers. I flWd be glad know
t why our executire was so patfivewberi rhe !
brig Little Sarah was arming here, altho' j
, w •'> Bn'tijh bottom, ant! commanded
- by a notorious The inter
ruption whlcn was intended to be given her (
by the executive, now she is converted in—
. ra tht.LJtth Democrat, is trulyn()oni(li:nj*.
~! N >tvvit!iftandii!g she belongs to the nation j
1 >f Franee, having been captured by one o r
rer and fitted out at her ©xperce
. yet fiich a British conftruftion has been pj.u
j upon the treaty; and at the hazard o> V>
volving us ia a contest ViWea
-5 voiir-s have been to pi cvetrt tyre fai
,, ling of ttm veflel. Why all ihis buille
! in<e the change of property? Perhaps
_ we had no British runners to convert the
I merchants, and light a blaze about it.
a Are two or tlu-ee hundred uierchans in
_ Pmladelpma to be the oracles of treaties
the depoiitaries of our national f'„i:h a'd
honour, and to give law to the United
; st,,tcs - the voice of the ftiil virnion
t yeomanry of A nerica. because they are
not within Hrsti»h inflrnrjientjility, to be,
drowned and unheeded. Machiavelianr,
beware I Americans have penetr tion
. enou S« to into y QU r policy, and virtue
- eiiouglvo resent it.
The militia of Philadelphia seem tm He
made the tools ofdefign and dillionour.
r allhoods are made life of to gain them
over to purposes which their fouls would
t revolt at, were thev not deceived. Wiiv
were they told that the Britidf failrrs in'-
tended to set the iliip William on fire, and
- that they were called upon to protect her,
when the fact was oiher wife, andthev were
s to hold tier in poffelfion for Britons, cor.-'
s trarv tn i reaty, and to give mortificaurm'
and mintlo our allies? Will the tnftitij
, of Philadelphia fnbmit to he the iiftru
ments of revenge for Britons ? Have th? y
- fix-gotten the lircumftances of the Icte re
volution ? Let it not be said of them tJa
[ they were the tools of minilterial pol/cv
to harfafs and difhefs the faviotirs of our
1 country.
The miniffer of France. I hops, wil'l acl
"ith tirmnefs and with fpi/it. The peo
ple fx • his friends,or the jriends of Fi Mice,
and he wilt have notj-tfug ..to apprehend:]
7 , A" y et t ' ,e P ro P' .' are the fiivcru en 0 I
the U uteri States. Too much compiayen ►
L y ls '" 1 '"J'TV d'yne his canfe, for as (lfU
advantage isavendftaken of Franco („Jl
by the further 1 niaV'
lead to ahufes. If one of tj- e lead-'
1 ing features of our government is nufil
ty V' e " the British ' ion f '»» ' >•»
ieet.l, -t France and her ast as
becomes the dignity apd jii(ii/. e of their
caute, and the honour «ild laitj"; of rations.
JVBA -
PHILADELPHIA. j
Wednesday, July 10.
By the arrival of the schooner '
capt. Jones, in 12 days from Cape Fran- ,
cois, we have received the melancholy in
telligence of the burning of thatonce beau
tiful town, by the Mulattoes. Several
palfengers have arrived in the Ea£le, who
were glad to save their .Jives and leave all ]
their property to be deilroyed. There
were alio above no fail of merchantmen, (
who were obliged to leave the Cape, under |
convoy of some French Ihlps of war : ma
ny of thole merchant velfelsput to sea with j
Uiort provisions ami without half the quan- .
tVty of •Svater necelfary to bring them to
the American ports, although they are in
general lull ol paiiengers who tied from (
the toi flagration. Hundreds were Jh^;t bp
the Mulattoes, on their way as they ran
from their houses towards the boats—for
as soon as tlie town was tired in several
places, particularly on t'ne 23d ult. the
white inhabitants ran out into the ftreels
dillracted, and were barbaroully murdered
by the Mu'attoes, without refpeft to fjx,
age,or condition.
It is d.fficult, as yet, to arrange any
thing like s co inetted account of tais
dreadful cata(h"o|)he. Bnt so far as can
be colleiled from the [jafl'engers, and from
<;apt- Jones, it appears, that the whole ori
ginated from some jealotify between gene
rat Galbaud, a id tiie co'irimifiioners San
thonax and Polvcrell, who behaved very ill
to him and the wh.tes, as wed as to the
admiral »f the llert.
Some fay th3t Galbaud had entered into
some contrail:; for flour, duringthe abtence
of the commiilioners, while they w ere at
the fourli li<>e of the island. This they
diia.pprovrd of. Others liatc, that
general Galbiud li.id . '.1 eftatein the Spacifli
part of the island, he could not be quali
fied to hold the conmiiffion he has from tie
French Republic. Be this as it may, the
cojnmiluoiiers ordered him to be arreted
and sent back to France. But during tljefe
disputes. which lasted from the 17th tu'the
:4th of June,-other fcc'nes of diflrefs were
fling in every quarter—Several fajjor..
vere insulted by the Mulattoes, and cut
with fibres ; complaints were made to
he coivnni(fi.>ners in. vain,, for they were
twtally devoted to the Mulattoes' interest,
a id won.d scarcely hear a word from a
white perfan ; nay, they insulted the 1110 ft
refpeilable merchants tint cjme to them
,*ith complaints againli the Mulattoes ;
this encouraged the latter to the greatefi
<legree of insolence. and they began to f--c
tht town on the 20th', in Tome pdacc* : the
idnorrat now ordered all the li^rchant (hips
.way from the ;ac o s.en, failorj
and lohliert, were landed to fupprefr the
Mulattoes, but tfiey -rere grown to.o pnw
eilul, and a lir>»-v bee commenced which
1 Med nenrif toirr days—Galbaud'i brother
■vas t.JfT n prisoner. We do not yet heai
v'.vfiv. become ol him, neither can it be
said whether the comiriiffioiiers
joined the mulattoes and IJacks, al
though there is reafun to. fuppef* it. A
dreadful (laughter was the consequence,
and it is feared that verv few white peo
ple have efctped—The (nocking ftenes of
lonely women and children running Jroqi
There burning habitations in dHlraftiMl aixl
their being (hot down in the llreetj, wbs
too rrffefti g to be related.
The grand (lores & fliops were deftrrjy
id £*i over the p'ate, and in fail it vis,
entirely confirmed (he 23d and 24tji Of last
month, when captain Jones failed.
Some are ofopinion that the admiral did
lot behave right, and they think that if he
- iad threatened to bsmbard-tlie town.iijliead
of fending men on liiore, lit would have
prevented this miserable fate oj' so many
thoufandsoi the people. It is nethewever
eafv to afce; tain any real (late of the aiFair
un 1 we receive further acconntf.
With regard to the EngUfn attempting
in inviiiipn, it is 3 ridigulr'ns idea, tor it
would cod a to ]-',y the expenfet
of getting a tolerable footing on St. Do
mingo with fin army.
The general Galbar.tl v ashighly esteem
ed byrn ny, an.l thj? en mini (Honors abo
minated for many of their proceedings,
! - particr latiy, the e.nlntrying 400 of the B i
;jands from priOn, who intfaiitjy joined
ttie Mulattoes 1/ t'reir'plunder. ai:d mur
dering b i! bari ty.
The Eccm/nts further- ft; te. that the
reason of G /ibnid's hein? difaiill'ed by xht
commiffioyers <va his haying Oeen aid-de-
to yencrni Dumouritr, and his prin
, iples w ere fufpecltd.
The. miserable fate of the whites may
n a measure Lieattiibittd to the.ii
, obftjliiate hatred and op|>olitnin of every
, 1 a v.-• ;uid ei ery attempt made by the ci ui
;niilioiiE». to rellore the tree Mulattoes to
the natural rights of citizenfnip to which
■ they were not oaly bom, but have doub/v
qnalitied theiufelves to enjoy the bhlliy s'a
of freedom. —Mary of tliofe Mula/toes
• have received very liberal ednctitUms., and
wonkl make a refpsfiablej fly,ire in
'any (lation of life. Eut a;l t;,at tould be
• done, could never bring :fe whites to
; jvrmit them to tho conioit p privilege ol
■ nun.
This, although it n< counts jn some de
gree for the origin of the troi bl es at the
Cafe, yetit vviii have I,° with the
hroiMne .ieart, m aton ii g for the afeoniim
ble cruelties rne Mulattoes have commit-*
ted, and which, it is probable will operate
more p.gainii their liberties, and keep theiit
the iu a itate ot dependence.
/)■ AdvertrJ,rr.
The following is another Jlatemeat' cfthls
intelligence as given by capt. Jonts.
On the 7th of June, as the armed Mulat
tos were going out to lore Picolet, th-y
ueie met by several Tailors, who were in
liquor, and one of them joflleel againltone
ot tile men of colour; he immediately
tlivvv his hanger, and wounded him ; the
relt of tile faiiors immediate ly Itoned them,
and they tlevv. On the ißtii,a great number
of men of colour came on the king's wharf,
and gave themfome very iufoientlaiignage,
whicit was the cause of a quarrel : me
Mnlauoes being ail aimed, the fiulors had
to fly ; they leizcd one ot ihe marines be
longing to one oi the lhi|is of war, and
made him beg their pardo.j on his knees.
Alter the aaove, leveral of the inhabitants
that wei e ftandiiig at their doors, were
wounded by the Mulattos,—They went
to enter their complaints, and received 110
fatjslaciion. On cue 19th a proclamation,
was ilfued out by the commifi'aries : on the
-Oth, two hours after the faiiors lanned,
the coinmillariei opened ail the prisons,
and let the Brigr.ncs out, to dell.oy the
town and its inhabitants.
June *9. A proclamation from the two
commiliaiies, iMeiirt. Saiuhonax Snd Pol
verel, was read, ordering all officers snd
teamen 011 board ihsir relpeftive veflfels at
1 7 o'clock, P. M. 1 hey, thinking it an un
warrantable proceeding, would not com
ply u iih it. ..n oiticer oelonging to one
the French (hips, being in u public house,.
was accoftcd in a wry-familiar manner by
a Mulatto—negave him a pulh; on which
he drew, ga\e him a biow with hie
hanger on the arm. jhe officer then en
tered a complaint to the admiral, and oit
the lame da) the admirals waited on the
comiuiiiai ies £\\ ho v ere giving a concert
to the peop.t ot colour) to demand fatis
faction for the infuit, committed upon ope
ot the officers ol tile. fleet under his com
mand. The admiral* were sent awav
without any fatiUacliou. On the 20th, in
the morning, the two admirals waited
second time on the commiliaries, and were
sent aw ay almost w'lthetft a hearing. They
then repaired on board the liiips of \v ar
and immediately o. Jertd-a,I the ships that
were in Ikiore oi tliom, to remove out of
the way. ihe three 74 gun ships then
drew up in a line in order to cover the
landing if* any refinance was made. / t
><alf palt 3,, p. M. i hey nrmnrd their boats
and landed tiietr men to the number 0 f
2000. under the command of general Gal
bar.d, who <vas lent as general to the island
of Hifpaniola, &d-il',:o(ffeiled Q f j,isgovern
ment by the commiiiaries ; they thinking
Ins con,million not .(.ftiuent, and coninrr
£0 the laws of France. At a o'clock the
action began at tli; gbverfloieiit house, be
t'lV"en ttie r->nty and the
faiiors. Prevails to thi there was a
guard fitV-'tcd m ftich a fii.miicr, as to pre
vent the landing or embarki'iTE ofany per
sons oi property. Ob tire'2lft, a few
houlcs were let on fire. » n d at 4 o'clock s.
grejit number ofN"eg!*c*es were seen cann
ing into ttmrt, and on the 22d, in the
mora ng early, great bodies of revolted
Negroes were leen coming into town ■ and
at 12 o'c ock'the middle of the town was
.11 flames ; and on ihe cjdrlr v .h6le of the-
Cape m like ctfml.ii 0.1 A t nigjit, the fleet
all unmoored, and proceeded to s ea as faffc
as poliible, as there was information given
that the Mnliitfties and Negroes intended
burning the fleet if pofßble ; on the 24th,
at i in the morning, cai.ie out in company
with the } reneh fleer, in number 120 fail
oi men of war and men hannnen, bound
lor Philadelphia ; 011 the 2*»ih, at noon,
irtt tire French fleet under the Weft Cay
cos, and proceeded to Philadelphia.
the whoje of the above time (except on
the 2£d, at which time the faiiors left the
tor. n) t.e re was a continual I firing of can
non and fmal.l arm*, from the whites, who
;ad poileflion of the arietta!, a,sd a finali
fort aoove the town.
C. apt. Jones further informs, that the
office's belonging to rl,e British Hoop of
a ar, Hyas;;a, a prize taken into Cape Fran
cois, by the French men of war, were
laved by the f.tcateO Being
.-oncluaeit down.to tl,e American wharf,
°y (l,l " e °f tl«e Negroes wholpv'-? En?li(b
:hey immediately leaped off and were ta
irn up by the American boats, and eo\-
veyed 011 board the French iSips. Capr
janes fV.w a nuinher of the injisbitr.nts of
tin- Cape pref.. rved in the fame manner
The brjg Act We, Waters-; Hope, Pool, '
r, hooner Juihi, 1 anner. tmdtwo ichoonerl
'Belonging to Baltimore, eft the Cape with
I capt. Jones—all the other vessels that wer•
' there vvtret to Jeewai d.
Monsieur Rohejoe. n r nf;'rr- rr with
capt. Jones, was confined to hi? house un
til the 22.G, afterwards Gonciucled down to
the wharf by l-'uir.e trie.,wily Negroes, and
made tils efeape 011 board t.ie schooner, in
| forms, ihas the .Vi-jlattocs con.e to hi»
lioti e, axd alfed his Negroes if' ay were
• »ofrreaay~immediately upon wMchthey
bst u open the doors, and erc jaimrd " Vi
ve le Commiff.drie, ir is he who has trlveft
us liberty, and we will fight for him.""
Jones made very particular enqui
■ r) iOi the iatety ot the Aaiei icans, and is