National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-07-10 00:00:00, page 3

Inppy t« inform, that all cfcapsd, exccpt
Nut and Miller, of Charleston (S.
C.) who were milling. He further adds,
tii it itis impolfible todefcrib? file cfifireffes
of the unli >v inhabitants of the Cape ;
every build, ig of consequence he saw in
fl ines, and the pjtfengers, by him, flew
to prcferve their lives.
Since the foregoing intelligence was
communicated we have heard further ac
counts bv the brig A&ive, capt. Waters,
and several other vessels : —
It is said that the British prifonprs at the
Cape, amongfl whom were the officers and
marines and feainen belonging to the pri
vateer Hvxna. (captured only a few days
before this melancholy event took place)
J>u: themselves under the command of a
British officer, and fought bravely by the
fide of the F'rench soldiery an<l f.iilorj under
" leral Galbuid, againlt the coiiimiifion
rs, mulattoes, and negroe.i. But Gel
band. had he flood out 5 minutes longer,
it is thought must have gained a vi£tory ;
he, however withdrew the troops and
"went 011 board the French ships of war, af
ter fighting three days, and with him took
the British officers, &c. who had so cou
rageoufly afiifted him.
Thisis a striking inllance of the uncer
tainty of human events, and the fate of
war —How remarkable to fee the French
and British soldiers and fajlors, who, but
a few <hys before were employed in the
trade of (laughtering one another, so soon
join hand and fight like brethren against
the nmlattoesand negroes' —
At the fame time that Galbruid quitted
thefceneof attion, it is said the commis
sioners, Santhonax and Polverel, also fled
with the soldiery under their command in
to the country, and thtr- the town of Cape
francuis bei.ig evacuate I by both armies,
was immediately exposed to the depreda
tions of the negroes, mulattoes, and bri
j!;and% who finding nothing! o oppose them,
rulhed in with demoniac fury and set fire
to i; in every quarter. —Had either party,
Calbattd's or the commiflioners succeeded,
this inoft unfortunate event would proba
bly not have happened.
Another American veiTi-1 is taken and
earried into Jamaica, the brig Defiance, of
ii iltirttore- She was I iden with sugar and
coffee, and bsund for Baltimore ; had on
board 30 negroes a id 8000 dollars in spe
cie. The i.nglifh privateers are very
troublesome to American vefiels among
the windward islands: several have been
very latelytaken and carried into St. Kitts.
»pd every ungenerous pretence made-use
of to hive the cargoes condemned.
Liters from England mention, that pro
duce of every fort there has aftonilhingly
declined in value. Jamaica, or St Do
mingo cotton will not bring more than from
ii to 13 pence prr lb", and impossible to
jijnke sales of that or almost any imported
article, there being no demand and the
Itocjc on hand very great ; added to which
the whole manufacturing buiiuefs of the
country is at a tiand.
On Sunday la'l arrived here a large brig,
call el the Mary, from J.imiica, taken
off the Delaware Capes by the frigate Am
bufcadc. Her cargo confilts of Wed-India
produce. The privateer Citizen Genet,
tias sent a prize into Baltimore, taken
about 10 leagues from the Capes of Chesa
peake ; also uSpanifh brig, prize to another
French privateer, has arrived at Norfolk.
She had an action with the privateer, in
•which 4 of her seamen were killed and j
jumped overboard.
Extratt of a letter from Jamaica, June ro
"Oh the 4th inft. at Savannah-la-Mar,
"was burnt in effigy, Thomas Faine, with
the cap of liberty on his head, set off with a
variety of labels and inscriptions. You
will not be in the least surprized at this
tranfaftion, when you consider that a herd
of Jamaica negro-drivers can have no dif
tin.it idea of the rights of man."
Extratt of a letter from Paris, dated
April 3.
" You will judge, my dear friend, to
what height public spirit has risen in this
city. About 2000 yonng people of 14 or j 5
years of age but who have not compleated
their j6th year, and therefore not liable to
enter into the national gu,i. d came out of
what is called the battallion of childien,
and hive been at the national convention
to prefest 011 their knees a petition to go
to the frontiers at the expence of their fa
milies, f,vearing at the lame time they
wquld not rife until they fhonld do juflice
to their demand. The members of the
convention could not refrain from tears, at
the interesting light of youth so cournge
oully offering itfelf. They rushed for
ward to embrace these generous children,
who, without changing attitude, inrreated
the legifl'ature immediately to pronounce
their concurrence, but feeing the afllmhly
undetermined, the lead, r and orator of
this affeiting deputation, turning hijnfelf
towards his brethren, addrefied them in
the words following, which were fre
quently interrupted by his tears.
" My companions let us go, and return
didtbnoured to our families, for the fa
thers of oar country judge us incapable of
dying for lire republic." A niajeitic calm
fueceeded all at once to this public fcene
and the convention, after a lhort debate,
decreed in the greatest silence that the le
gion, called the children of the republic,
fhottid hot J itfelf in readiness to depart in
8 days for the frontiers. Instantly shouts
of long ti-ee the republic were heard from
every corner of the hall, and more than
20,000 voices replied from without. I wa?
there, my dear friend, and 1 cannot recall
the ravilhing light, without shedding tears
of joy. The mothers of these inconceiv
able children attended Them at the paflage,
and, weeping, congratulated them oil hav
ing deserved the confidence of the rcpnb
>ic. The executive council hath given
orders that this legion be condu&ed by
short marches to the frontiers, and that
the national volunteers of Paris should go
in two months to relieve from their polts
these young pttpils of the country,little ac
customed to the fatigues of a camp. What
an example for every town through which
they will pass, and what e ithutiafm they
uiuft spread on their return."
Extratt of a ktter from Cadiz, dated
April 22.
" Many of your people will wonder at
the difiolution of the family conduct, the
ties of religion that formerly held Spair
and France together, and our new jurfti
on with a power with which we have for
centuries hcen on bad terms. The mat
ter will he plain when it is said, that If.
France becoming a free and republican
nation, Spain evidently fee; the emancipa
tion and independence of all her vast pof
feflions in America. Theeventis dread
ed here universally, aryJ those who dare to
think (for speaking is out of the queltion)
are convinced that it is not remote. Your
Miflifliippi will then be free, and your flag
appear in ports of your adjoining conti
nent that, while dependent oh old Spain,
will ever be inaccefiible. One thing is really
wonderful that England hss so far over
feeir her interest as not to unite \yith
France in haftcning the freedom of Ame
rica, which would be immensely to her ad
vantage in acomhiefcial view of things.
But this it is thought will yet be the cafe,
when the people there are governed by
their own voice, and not by the voice of
the court."
[From a Correspondent at Elkton,
Maryland.']
Elitvn, July sth, 1793 —Yefterdav the
Citizens of Klkton. a patriotic little band,
ever mindful of the glorious anniversary
of cnir independence, affcmblcd at Seasr s
Hotel, and celebrated the-day with their
nfuai feltivity—UfcEßTY and EQUA
LITY 1
Extratt oja letter from New-Providence,
June 19.
" You will nn doubt be rnrprized to fee
the date of a letter from me at this place,
but when I inform yon of the cause, & you
are made acquainted with the treatment
Americans receiva from the Britifti cruiz
ers, your surprize will be removed, and
you will probably feel that indignation,
which every American ought u|'on such an
occasion.
" J failed from Ar.x-Cayes about a fort
nighrfince, with an American Hoop hound
for Baltimore, full of freight, when eight
or nine days after leavingAux-Cayes, I tell
in with the schooner May Flower, a priva
teer belonging to this, port, who took me
into possession as having French property
on board, and sent my veiTel and cargo here
for trial. On their tirft taking nJe, they
mentioned that American property was not
to be diflurbed, bnt that all French proper
ty they were determined to have ) and in
consequence of an information lodged by
one James Alpine, who was, or acted us
mailer of a fcHoone* belonging to \ irginia,
they were particularlv informed my vellel
and cargo were both French property ; this,
although an infamous fatlhood. had induced
them to libel both (loop and cargo, and be
ing an entire stranger here, and delVutite of
the money neceff.iry ta secure iureties for
the cost, I am neceflitated to give up my
property, -.vhere I have all the profpe.it in
iife of gaining my claim of the (loop, which
God knows is just, if 1 had - wherewith to
support my claim-; in this situation I know
not what to do, and all the confutation I
can have in my mind, is to menace them
with the hopes of revenge.
" I am not alone in this bufmef;, there
are how here seven American vefleJ;, v i"h
the greater part of their cargoes libelled,
ahd more expected every day, many iroi;;
Aux-Cayes, which are likewise informed
against by the said M'Alpine, they have
likewise libelled the schooner M'Alp ne
was in, merely from his faying (he was fold
in and altho' the proprietor
was present, and nothing can be proved to
ascertain the sale, yet I think, and am
afraid, his chance will be small of recover
ing her—for it is hard going to law, where
the Devil lits judge."
Many arguments have been made tife of
to Tefiite those whp havejailerted that A
merica ought to regard the king an I not
the nation of France as the object of our
gratitude-for the hlefiings which we now
et)joy from independence, a good govern
ment, and a fertile country, the produce
of which we can spply to our own use.
1 o prove to which of the parties sur obli
gations are really due we will quote what
followsfrom the Annual Register for the
year 1776. page 184, under the head of
The liiftory of Europe "It is probable,
that Europe much indebted for the con
tinuance of its tranquility, to the pacific
disposition of the French monarch, which
is fuppolVfl with difficulty to have retrain
ed the activity or restlessness of a close aily
and powerful neighbour, as well as the
ardour of the princes of the blootj, the
nobility, and the nation in general, who
are thought to be eagerly dil'pofed for a
\yar.
" Indeed from whatever cause it pro
ceeds, the American party is so strong in
France, thai seems nearjy to include the
whole nation, except the ruling part of
crte court. However, that may be, the
prcfent disposition of the courtls favoura
ble to the happiness of mankind, and, in
the present date of affairs, particularly
fortunate to Great Britain."
The applicability of the above passage in
the history of Europe, written and pubiilh
ed by EnglWhmen, is a proof, beyond the
pofiibility of doubt of the falfhood of those
fa&sfrom which the inferences of certain
writers are drawn, and too pointed not to
enforce conviction on scepticism itfelf.
\V irg. Gaz. ]
The following is a translation of the toasts
drank by the French Patriotic Society,
aflembled at No. 94, North Second-street,
on theevening of the Fourth of July, to
celebrate the ani'iverfary of American
Independence.
1. "The day we celebrate. 2. The
French Republic : may ber popular go>-
vernment, ai d her primary aflemblies,
serve as models to all Europe. 3. The
Republic of the Uniteil Statt-s of America;
thefirft founded oil the principles of im
mutable truth. 4. The National Con
vention ; may their courage, principles,
and virtue be immovable. 5. The Con
greCs of the United States, and the Decla
ration of July 4th, 1776. 6. Liberty,
Equality, and no king. 7. Principles, and
not men. 8. The Democrats throughout
the world- 9. The Democratic Societies
of Pennsylvania, and all those instituted in
France, and in the United States on the
fame principles. 10. The Sans Souliers
[soldiers without shoes] of Valley Forge,
and the Sans Culottes of Jemappe. 11.
May the Frcnch never have a king under
any title whaifoever. 12. May the Cap
of Liberty preserve from epidemic aristo
cracy. 13. The writers, friends to liber
tyand eqiir?!itv. ?4. M y the United
States by fauhftillyTulfilling their treaties,
teach even England to execute hers. 15.
The fair fex,.friends to the rights of man.
16. Profperityto the French navy. 17.
Perpetual union between the French Repu
blic and the United States of America. 18.
Republican limplicity and sobriety!''—The
room was decorated with the French and
American colours, joining under a cap of
liberty, on which the national cockade
was fixed.
Lart Saturday arrived <it Baltimore the
privateer schooner Citizen Genet, wfth
her prize, the brig Lovely Lass. On the
4th (lie had a warm engagement with the
British (hip Trusty, mounting 8 nine poun
ders, and the brig Cornwallis, mounting
6 eight pounders, about 5 leagues east of
the capes of Virginia. The brig Corn
wallis tlriick, after engaging one hour.
The ship Trusty fought the Citizen Genet
3 hoars* when the ammunition chert on
board the privateer took fire, blew up, and
wounded lix of the crew in a terrible man
ner. In coiifeqnence of this accident (he
bore away for the Chesapeake, without
being in a condition to feture her prize,
who with the ship crowded fail, and llood
away S. S. E.
A venel is just arrived at Norfolk in ten
days from Bollon, spoke a brig from Bri
stol, only 28days out; the captain of which
informed him, that the French had gained
a signal Victory over the combined
armies of Austria, ahd Prnffia. near Dun
kirk—that they beat and drove them in ail
politions, making gt «jt. slaughter, and tak
ing a number of prisoners;
The following accouiit of the diftrefles
at Cape Francois is copied from a New-
York paper of lad Monday.
Capt. Fanning of the brig Union, ar
rived yefterdiv in 14 days from Cape
Francois, gives the following melajicholy
particulars refpefting the fate of that un
happy island.—
" On the > Bth of June, the civil commif
lioncrs, Meli'rs. Santhonax and Polverel,
arrived at the Cape from Port-au-Prince,
—they immediately fulpended Molls. Gal
beau, th£ governor and commander of the
troops at that place, and Cent him on board
ihip ; on the 19th a number of mulattoes
were encouraged by these gentlemen, to
come into town, who, by unfair means,
armed all the negroes belonging to the
liti-zens, and encouraged them to affilf in
deftro'ying all the whites, which fcer.e
a£talu'v began 011 the 20th about noonv hen
an indiscriminate mr-h'acre of both sexes
took plate—men, women and children
were cut to pieces, to the number of be
tween 8 and 10 thousand ; numbers took
refuge in the mountains, where it is fup
pefsd they i»ave ihared a firoilar late to
their brethren ere this ; —thofe who were
more fortunate, escaped oil board the (hip
ping with what little cloaths they had on ;
the wretches then began to plunder th»r
town, after which they set fire to it, and
on the 23d, when capt. Fanning failed,
there were not more than johoules {land
ing. Capt. Fanning failed in oompany
with 250 fail of vefiels bound to different
ports in America, umjer-eonvoy of two
74's and five frigates, who were bouftd to
Boflon or Newport,fo that we may hourly
expect to hear of their arrival. On Sa
turday last he fell in With the l'Ambufcade,
otf Barnegat. who detained him for three
hours, and then ordered him to proceed
on—Capt. Fanning's register, and all his
papers were burnt at the Cape.
The merchants of the city of Philadel
phia assembled on Monday last, in conl'e
quence of the departure of the French brig
Litt'le Democrat (late the Little Sarah)
armed& fnppofed to be bound on a cruize.
They appointed a committee to infoitn the
governor, that at lead one of the hands, if
not more, on board said brig is a citizen of
the United States. This committee w,A
also directed to make further enquiries re
lative to the equipment of the brig in this
particular. '1 hey were 10 reporr in the
evening.
On the sd inft. a velTel arrived at Boston
in 15 days from Oftend, which place (he!
left the 15th ot May. The French were
then in high spirits and determined to de
fend their country to the last extremity.
Every neceflary of provifionj, &c. were in
plenty, and no appearance of want
throughout the republic. Accounts were
current in Oftend of an engagement be
tween one of the French armies and the
Britifii and Auftrians combined, in which
the latter were defeated with the loss of
twelve hundred men. A body of 1000
British foices marched from Oft end on the
10th May to join the combined armies;
others had arrived, and more were expec
ted. Gen. Cuitine, at the head of 20,000
men was ready to attack the ele&orate o(
Treves, and his advanced pods were ac
tually on the electoral frontiers.-.
On Monday morning last died, Mr. BeM*
lAMin TowNE, many years a printer irt
this city. His remains were interredyeiter
day evening, attended by a refpe£table mint
ber of citizens; &molt of the typographical
profefiion in Philadelphia.
*** A Friend to Truth, and several other?
communications, in our next.
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Ten Dollars Reward*
RAN away from the fubfcribir on the i6:h
of June last, an apprentice lad named
JOSEPH CURTIS, by trade a house carpfntfir,
about 19 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, U
left-handed, light brown hair, full faced ; had
on when he wi»nt away a brown broadcloth coat,
with metal buttons, ftfiped cotton waiftroat,
and homespun lir.en fcrowiers, coloured. Who*
ever will rake.up said, appjer}tice, and secure him
in jail, so that his mafttr may get him again.
| or bring him home, shall receive the above re
ward) and reasonable charges paid by
WILLIAM COOKE.
Bordcntewn, July 6, 1793. lawjw
Twenty-five Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the ftibfcriber, in Newton,
the evening of the sth instant, a Negro man
named SOLOMON, about five f«et two or three
inches high, yellow complexion, speaks good
Engliih, c.in read well, and is an a&ive smart
fellow—had on and took With him, a new wool
bar, linfey fulPd coar, sundry veiVs, on* striped
pattern not made up, fuftian overalls, new flioes,
and lundry otfaeis nop here afaertained.— Whoever
will secure the above mentioned negio in anv
jail", so that the cwnef gets him Sgain shall have
-he above reward and all reasonable' by
. . JOHN DEWITT,
N»wtop, SufTex County, Nsw-Jericy,
July 6,1785. "w