National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-05-29 00:00:00, page 3

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Wednesday, May 29.
A correspondent informs us that Mr.
Henry Voight, an ingenious clock and
.watch nMKer in tliis city, and one of the
officers 1.1 the mint of the United States,
h is riifcovered the method of making Iteel
from iron, which exceeds the generality
ef a.iy imported cast Heel, when manufac
tured into knives, razors, &c.
It is said that Mr. Voight intends com
municating this'dilcovery gratis to all the
blackfiniths and others, interested in iron
and steel manufa&ures, which may prove a
conliderable saving to the United States, in
the importation of this necessary article,
as it will then be in the power of every
blacksmith to make his own Heel.
Two sailors belonging to Great-Britain,
have been taken up and lodged in j ii
for riotous behaviour in the streets, and in
houses, where they went in search of
French sailors, some of whom they insult
ed. The insolence of these people ha< ri
len to a degree above blood-heat.—Me
mento !
The following gentlemen are chosen re
presentatives to Congress from tlie ltate o;
jVlaifaChnfetu—viz.Samuel Holten.Dwight
.Fofier, William Lyman, and Peleg Wads
ilvorth, Efq'ri.
j The Island of New-Providence is open
ed to foreign veflels, for the importation
of provilious, which are there in great de
mand.
Th# island of Tobago is said to be open
ed to all neutral bottoms.
When the laH veflels left England, (April
ir) the general opinion was, that there
would soon be a peace.
Oi the following barbarities (faysaGeor
gia paper) we congratulate owe friends the
Quakers of Philadelphia, and the equally
piilanthropic Congress, who, among other
l.irgefles, ordered nine thousand bulhels of
corn to be distributed among the lavages,
ac 3 period when its scarcity enhanced tile
value of the donation, & at a time too
ample experience had evinced the impoli
cyof treating with these treacherous prow
ling monsters of the sorest, whose ferpci-.
oufnefs the revenue of the United States
could not restrain, nor all the philosophy ot
nations civilize.
The protufion of gifts, doubtless confer
red from the molt benevolent motive 011
these unworthy ohjetls, has produced pil
lage plunder & murder, in an accumulating
ratio to the bounty of the miideft and tuV
molt generous government. In proof 0/
the aflertion, and in addition to the cala
mitous scenes hitherto submitted to the pi
ty and spirit of a free people, it is with : e
ileepelt sorrow we are compelled to
publilh many deplorable facts, lias ! to
well authenticated to dispute their veracity.
By the Alexander, arrived from Sa
vannah, at New-York, on Friday last, we
learn, that the noted chief of the Creek..
(M'Gillivray) is certainly dead. We are
sorry to hear also, by this veflel, that-th
Indians have murdered fever.il persons, ta
ken much property,and threaten defoliation
to the state of Georgia; that 500 are armed
and within 60 miles of Savannah, and
that the militia in the several counties are
called out.
Genera'.Lincoln.one of the commi(Sorer»
for treating with the wertern Indians, v. 1 h
a number of Quakers and others I ft Al
bany the 12th of May, on his way (by Of
wego, and Niagara) to the Miapii Village
where the treaty is (hortly to be held.—
From S. heneftady, he proceeded by water,
with 8 large batteaus which had been pro
vided for that purpose, and for transporting
stores, baggage, &c.
From the Bennington paper of lathinft.
We hear from Niagara, by Mr. Hatha
way, who left there on the 23d of April
that the I idiaiis, had fat in grand council
for a number of days, and had concluded
their bulinefs the day before he came a
way—the council confilled of the lix na
tions, together with the Delau ares, and se
veral other nations who relide upon the
Iliores of the wellern lakes ; in their de
bates many of the chiefs discovered much
natural eloquence, their gestures were
strong yet expreflive —they spoke very loud
in general, and some ot them very lengthy
—the Farmers Brother, a Seneca chief,
spoke almost three hours in one harangue.
The final result was peace generally they
unanimously agreed to meet the Americans
in the grand convention, that is about to
Wholden in June next, on the south fide
of lake Erie ; and for the purpose of mak
ing peace more permanent and extenlive.
they have appointed Brandt, who is now
their king of kings, to go and convene all
those tribes who live to the north-weft of
lake Ontario. He accordingly the da/ af
ter set out for that purpose : it cannot be
doubted but that all thdfe northern Indi
ans, arc, fully determined upon peace,
and will do every thing in their power to
effect the fame ; their situation. if nothing
e-lfe, compels them to be at peace with the
people of the states : they live so contigu
ous to us. that if occalion required, we
might with the greatefteafe extirpate them
from the face of the earth.
The following is an extract of a letter
jilft received from London. 44 Money is
remarkably scarce—the bankers can 110
longer discount—several very large Inufes
have 1 ailed—two or three country banks,
leveral other capital houses in the city are
talked of. Such are the blellings of war.
At Sutton, a place where we have many
workmen—they have been lighting about
To,ll P ,ine, &c. &c. and carried their
quarrel to such a pitch, that they introdu
ced pistols, mufquets, and other weapons.
Tom's friends proving victorious, Meflrs.
Burx, Pitt, Dundas, and Rose were burnt
in effigy, They are now all going tolaw."
On Saturday lalt arrived herefrom Cape
Francois, the lliip Arethufa, which place Ihe
left tire Bth instant. She was boarded off
Cape Henlopen by an Englifli privateer.
The report said to have arrived by the
Vigate from Brest, with the new general,
efpefting Duimmrier's desertion to the
Auft ia.it, was generally discredited at the
Cape.
I here are eight cabin passengers arrived
n the Arethufa.—The inhabitants are still
uneasy on account of the partiality which
they imagine the coinmillioners used to
wards the blacks ; but it was hoped that
the new general would be abie to rcltore
. inquility amonglt them.
The {loop Sally, Captain Hefs, from St.
Euftatia, in 11 days, was boarded by a Bri
ifh Cruiser in his palfage.—There are se
veral Britilh privateers fitting out at 61.
Fullatia, but 110 prizes had been brought
in there. It was reported and aflerted as a
poluive fa£>, that a Britilh privateer had ta
icen an American brig with French proper
ty on board, and lent her into St. Kitts.
The above is also confirmed by a letter
to a gentleman here, which mentions, —
" That an American brig had been fcized
and sent into St, Kitts by an Englilh priva
teer. 011 suspicion that there was French
property aboard
i he brig Harriot, Capt. Bentley, arriv
ed here last Saturday, in 19 days from Port
-11- Prince, which place he left the 4th inft.
Spoke a brig the 7th. bound from Janevive
to Bait.more, in lat. 20 long. 71 ; faint
clay fell in with a French fleet, lat.2 1 .long.
and parted with them the next day,
jth, off Cape Frrfnfois; they conlifted ot
upwards of 70 fail oi' merchantmen, under
convoy of three frigates and a flaop of war,
all bou.id to France.
A gentleman who arrived lately from St
F.uftatia informs u , that he dined in com
pany at the Coffee-houfe in St. Eultatia.
where there was an American Captain
a 110 informed, that a 20 gun lhip. fitted out
>f St. Vincents by the Britilh, h id hoard
ed him on his pallage, examined all his pa
>er r- ry 1: i utely ; and even made him
pen his chelt. and when he could find 110
jtlier apology for obftnuting the Ameri
jii Captain, he extorted three or four
foes be!ore he departed. The American
Captain declared, that he would publiin the
w hole of this tra:ifa£liori on his arrival at
PhihuF Iphia.
A veflel, arrived at St. Euftatia from St.
V incents, brought accounts, that 1 late ar
'ivalfiom England had brought intelli
gence of t ie Turks having declared war
igaiult Russia, and all the other enemies of
llk' French repub.ic This, it wasobferved.
was more honor !>ie to France, than tin
■ iliance of tiie Dey of Algiers was to Eng
land, during the American war.
1 iie snow St. Thomi, commanded b<
Captain Gracez, a blackmn ; - ' jr j i;e(
deportment, and gentlemanlike address,
31 rived here on Monday in 60 days Iron
M deira, informs,that he fell in with a .Bri
tilh frigate, and eight fail of vcflels offßer
muda 011 the jth instant.
We learn, by agentleman dire£tly frerr
Halifax, that in conference of the \ 1,
bulinefs there was at a Itand, and the whale
men and fifhing smacks hauled up ; that
:he regular troops had all gone to t
Weft Indies : But that a hot press bathrr
ken place, to man a.frigate which w as de
liined, it was conjectured, to take S.Pierre,
lear Newfoundland,and destroy the J rencl.
liberies there.
The captain of a (loop just arrived fron
North Carolina, informs, that on his pas
sage, he saw an engagement off the Capt
ot'Chefapeak bay; between four Britill
merchant-vefl'els, and a final I French crui
Per, supposed to be the Sans Culotte, whi.cn
on attempting to board one ot the mer
chantmen was fired at, the ship having
Pome guns oil board. This oecafioned h
a brilk return from the Cruiser, and the
firing lasted untill the (loop, by which the
account comes, had loft light of t ie action;
but not before it appeared evident that the
merchantman had (truck. 7he othjr
three vessels may probably have taken the
advantage of the moment, and Iheered off
to sea.
Three privateers have been fitted out in
Barbaiioes, to cruise for some trench Gui
neamen, bound to Tobago, of whose fail
ing from Africa they had received intel i
gence.
It is said, that the French fleet in the
Mediterranean, which Conlifts of nineteen
fail of the line, has made many captures—
Among others, of a so gun lhip, and five
frigates,but of what nation we do not learn.
Three Britilh (hips ot war and several
merchantmen (accoiding to accounts from
Newbury-port) have been captured by the
French and sent into Port-au-Princc. —It
i» iaid, i he French iflr.nd of St. Peters, near
Newfoundland, is taken by the Ehglifl).—
A large French privateer is nusv cruiling ii
rhe Gi Iph, olf the coast of the Unitec
States. She was lately spoken with ; is iron
H.ivrede Grace, and had taken twenty-cm
prizes. There are also several frigates
trench and Englilh, cruising in these fea.s
and number of privateers of both na
tions.
Extratt of a letter from Barbadoes, Apri.
16.
' 1 Ere this, Tobago is captured, as admi
ral La Forey, with general Cuyler, in tin
Trnfty of lifty guns and fix hundred men,
failed from this, for that place lalt Friday.
Admiral Gardner, from Portsmouth, with
8 fail of the line, and 7000 troops, will be
there this week, and l am informed that a
descent is abfoluteiy intended, 011 the ad
miral's arrival, on theiflands of St. Lucia,
Martinique and Guadaloupe."
By the (hip Amiable, captain Paul, arriv
ed here on Sunday, from St. Vincents, we
learn, that Admiral Gardner, with fix fail
of the line, arrived before Martinique the
11 til instant. No land forces were on
board the fliips, it being fuppofe'd theifland
wou '! fi;rrender on the appearance of the
Knglilh fleet, but as general Kochambeau
commanded the troopsat Martinique, there
was no doubt of a vigorous refinance.
A vefl'el just from St. Euftatia, confirms
the accounts of the arrival of Admiral
Gardner, with a Brilifli fteet of eight fail of
the li *!e at Barbidoes; ou board of one of
which is the Chevalier Dubiic, and the
other gentlemen, who some time since were
deputed tofolicit the protection oftheßri
tilh government for the islands of Martini
co and Gaudalope. It is therefore ima
gined that the firlt object of the fleet will
be t: e capture of these islands.
The latelt Engiifli news in this country
is to April it. —These accounts generally
agree, that Dumourier had declared him
lelf in favour oi monarchy in France, and
the re-inftatement of thedauphin. Duinou
rier's treachery and the plots oi the coun
ter-revolution.fts in France, appear to be
the great dependence of the despotic pow
er . to effect the overthrow of the republic.
On the 3d of April, according to these ac
count! Dumourier began his march for
Paiis, at tMe head of an army determined
0 reflore royalty, and was joined by crouds
nf people to aid his defigus. The white
Sag was flying on the tower ot Lisle, in
which place was left a garrifou of royalist
soldiers. The dauphin had been declared
king at Lille, Valenciennes, and Douay
All offenlive measures against France were
to be suspended during the execution ol
Dumonrier's plan—a proof that the Au
ftrian leader was well allured of his fince
rity-—lt is added, that theinlurgent roy
al.lis of Brittany had tsken poifellion of
Nantz ; and that the Spanilh armies had
entered France in two places. Great con
fnflon prevailed at Paris ; the miniller
Roland, had been accused of being con
cerned in Dumourier's conspiracy, as also
the dtike of OrL ans (f galite). The Con
vention had decreed that all nobles, pritfts
and fufpe&edperfons in the republic lliould
be disarmed, which decree had been rigidly
executed. From the above deta.l, maijy
will despair of the cause of the French re
public. Let us wait, however, with pa
tience,for particulars through another that -
},el. tli t by comparing rhe relations lr»m
both fides, the real Hate of affairs be
twetn the French and their adversaries
nay be afcertaincd with more impartial
precision.
Extract of a letter from Cheflsriown
(Maryland) M; y 23.
" Information has been received in this
town,that a number oi Scutttjh and Britij.
ihopkeepers. in Baltimore, did lately order
he band of niuiic at the theatre, to play
"God save great George our king," which
line was accordingly played. This cir
cuuiftance would be at any other time, be
ne tli notice; but in the present crisis, it
s tie duty of every well-wither to Ameri
ca to give his fentimmts freely thereon.
Tiiis insult was evidently levelled at the
government a d cit zens of the United
ftatjs, as well- wilhers to the French.
• reat praise is certainly due to the Balti
moreans, for their forbearance on this oc
alion, and which, no doubt, mult be at
tributed to the infignificancy of these Rep
tiles. The insolence of these emigrants is
only to be equalled by their ingratitude.
On their arrival in this country, they were
admitted to a full ihare of all the blessings
of freedom, equally with the natives—
Blessings whiih it is well known, they ne
ier enjoyed in their own darling country,
tho' so lruih the theme of their song !
And the return, they make, is, in a If.rgc
commercial town, to openly insult, and,
s far as lay 111 their power, undermine a
government, the happ eft on earth. Base
ingratitude 1 Suppole foil e Americans in
England w ere to denial d, "Wall rgtoi.'>
march," or, " Clinton's retreat." to be
played in one of theirtheatres, what would
be the co feq'.ience ? Theanfweris obvi
ous. If this country, its con.htution, or
citizens, be disagreeable tothofe emigrants
in the name of God let them depart ; we
fl all thank them for their atfence. If,
on the contrary, they mean to continue,
let them recollect, that refpe£t and reve
rence, are due to the governmert, for the
protection ana futppuufi tuey enjoy un
der it."
ARISTOCRACY and DEMOCRACY.
i\
The world is at rlrio moment engaged Tn
the important contest—whether the people
:iiall rule, or be slaves ; tlip-Tucceff or ruin
us the French republic c!ecides the qnef
'ion.' In the mean time the a> iflpc racy of
ill countries are employing every erg £
:hat fear, or art, or revenge can devise, to
ecure and increale their power. Here
:h eir intentions are unequivocal,whi',; iifx
->ne hand they seem to decorate the ft itlie
if liberty, the other is alTiduoufly employ
ed in undermining .ts base.* While they
jretend to emancipate the Catholic, they
ire forgmg new fetters for both Catholics
ind Pruteltants. With an army of merce
laries at their they throw off the
nafk, and declare in the fenate,that —" the
>eople [w horn they call the rabble~\ hai no
>art in the conltitiitioii ; that an ariftnera
y forms the essence of it ; that wealth
Hakes power, and right."—lt remains,
lowever, for the bayonet alone to rend r
nch logic convincing. Wealth indeed
night claim a right to rule, if wisdom at <1
nrtue were its conllant concomitants, and
f those who wanted one, were proprr
ionably deficient in the other. But lince
ill ass is not the less an ass. although his
>annier be loaded with gold ; there is nc*
floral reason why a wealthy knave or fool
h.iuld lord it over a wife and virtuous, al
hough poor, man. Were the people proof
igainlt the con uptions of ve. Ith. they
■vouid soon convince their tyrant*. thot the
'ight is originally, of dot all tin as it thrn ,
ind that power and cumpt teney would fol
ow. \_Belfaft Taper.J
CO MMU NIC AT JO NS.
Captain Paul, malter of the American
ellel, the Amiable, on a late occalion,
hew ed the kindest attentiirn to the crew of
i French lhlp, on the point of perilling,
ind preferred from deitruftion a "nun her
>t citizens, of which the French republic
'lands in need more than ever, line her
nemies have increased upon her from eve
•y quarter.
This generous action was long unkrov. n
o* the representatives of the nation, who
ire nevertheless at all times attentive to
he reward of virtue ; the Convention has
herefore pasTed a decree, charging Citizen
IiENET, minifler of the Fiench republic
:o the United States, to return thanks, in
:he name of the French nation, to Captain
Paul and his crew, for th<* go .:to'JS atten
:ion fhewii to these French citizen*. Tie
atisiadliwn thev mult feel in having fayed
he lives of these unfortunate men, in the
alt extremity of distress, lannot be otijar-
Bi'ife t! an highly increased, when they came
:o be acquainted with the sentiments ot the
rrench naroiian thefubjeit.
( itizen Genet, being ignorant of the
ilace of Captain Paul's relidence, tices
his method, of a public rewfpaper, to re
lief! information of the fan e that it n »y
>e in his power to difcbaige tlie agreeable
luty afligned him by a decree of the Na
ional Convention. \C"pt I ail is ar
'ii'ed in this port fit.t.e out receiving the a
iove.']
The ingratitude which the pri
"oners ot war on board the i'Ai. bofcade
'iave (liewn to the French, and particularly
:o Capta n Boinpaid. w In ha; tri it d :hen»
with all pollib'e human',ty, i aiVuo, bnt com
>titheFre ch to adopt alevere lineofccn
dufl in refpefl to Enflfli prisoner's, in In-
Hire. How the T. nglilh treat thrir prion
jrs of war is no secret : the Americana
iave e- perienccd their u,'a 0 e too le»
merely to lorget it very foe.n. Some | er.
a>ns may, perhap),be ignorant, that tin En
jlilh are Itnpid enough to fupp. fe th t the
French treat their prisoners v. ell ui.l) ft um
motive* of fear. Such an idea conid <b
tain with no others than bafecalumni tors,
the mercenary tools of the britili go\ern
men in this country, whole cone net will
bring upon the credulous sailors of their
nation a just retaliation for their many io
fults, w holly unprovoked on the part of the
French. fl the characters behind the cur
tain, who are so busy in deceiving the ; no
rant sailors, were obliged to fight in iheir
room, there is no doubt but that instead of
reviling the French, they would speak in
favor of their cause, to ensure good »if ge
in cafe of capture. Having nothing to fear
in this refpeft, tliey trouble themselves very
ittle for the consequences of their beha
viour.
That virtue -u'/u'lli requires to be covflrr.t.
ly guarded is Jca cely ux rththe exj etje.—
i lie extraordinary and unfoiicited pains
taken;fcy feme to vindicate the chara£ «r
of the federal government, in totn, might
beget suspicion in those v.ho had not ftt til
ed its principles, that Jometkingis rotten in
Denmark. A found government, Ike the
character of an honelt man. never dreads
invefVigation ; and themofl virulent attacks
are always belt anfwertd by the tenor of
life and conduct. the furelf criterion of
good principles and practice, bvth iu lpea
and governnicnts.