National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-05-11 00:00:00, page 3

monfallr tV - ' Itfhg's hrot'ier, By his order,
in caiii pr bilL of exchange, 6 o.ooo— i o
count HaniTltoii" colrmel de N n.ui ioo,oc
— o dune tie Choifeul 97,000 livres, ol'
■which he will remit 25,000 to count Ha
inilton, for which I will give him cred it —
ToM. de "vl.tndri, lieuteiia ,t colonel of tile
royal German regiment,' 40.000 — ioM. It
count tie Bufdl, colonel de Chamborani,
26,000— 1 o de la Salle, comiifli.iry a.
Metz, 6,0. o—R- m lining in my bond:'
78,000—.md ailL; ats, worth about 65,00 c
—Advances made for provisions for tile
camp at Mb.itmedl. about 12,000 —To
Hey man, Klaingler, and Dofpelite, genera,
ctficers, for their expences in leaving
France, having' lolt (.heir ail. each 54C0 li
vres, 16, 00 —To M. Heynia i to defray
liis cxpeiices to P.-uliia, 011 the fervi.e 01
the king, 3400 —To tberoy. 1 German re
giiiieht, whtfm I furnilhetl with horses to
go to ihe relief of the king, 8410 —To the
coinnialldant of the detachment of Huil'ai«,
2400 —To M. Cdquelas, a3 near as'l tan
rccolle'ft. 3600 —To leveral officers, 6000—
toil by one of my people who was taken
urifoner, 2A'oo—Total 54,400 —There re
iSiiiin i 1 my hands from 8 to 10,000 livres,
which I have partly made use of for my
expeiic'es', having no other rel'onrce, all m,
property in France being friz-. ii by the af
feinb'y- I will however remit the whole
balance to the king if he so orders in.', a
veil as fcoo* livres left at Metz, with M.
de la Salle, antl expended 011 my orders.—
Signed. t Ments,Dec. 15. 1791."
From litis Jett: r alone there i« full proo:
th t Louis C p t was concerned in a plot
ag.,..ilt the nation with the infamous Bouil
le, andiui ni.ited the means of his brothers'
fri'lii France. It is also clear, th. t
he k: p up a coi refp«ndence with the
court of Berlin. a.ld diil every thing in hi
power to perfu itle them to make war a
gaintt France, letters of a
like kind re produced, which we hive not
room to detail at prcfent; but fromoi.e o
them it appears that Louis Capet's journey
to Vareu.u? , where he was arretted, col:
the nation 6,066,800 livres, from the pub
lic tre fury.
PHILADELPHIA.
Saturday, Nlay ii.
According to the Dutch account of the
bar'l - fought between the French and
Aultri m forces on the 16th i-th and 18th
c viai cli, the particulars Hand as follow
U:i tlie i-th the French drove the Aultri
:,_.i from Tirlsm >nt. On the 18th Gen
D imourier attacked the imperial ariiiie
a' their head quarters, near Lande n , lix
m.les/rom 3t. Tron. The attack bega ;
a j A. M. and continued wiih dreadful
fl'lighter till 5 in the afternoon, when the
r,i ot th • French were broke, chiefl
by the arrival of,a frelh body of Aultri ;
c f-dry. a i l.left the Au;trian-> m i(ter> o
the Held ; the French retiring on the 197
to.Louvam, whare they collected 80,00 c
ftroug. The los; on both fides was abou
i' 3,000 me 1, and nearly equd to both par
ties. Lollvain is 1,5' miles N F,. of Bruf
l'els, where if the French Could not mak.
a Itand, it was thought that Bruflels wouid
soon be in the hands of the despotic for
ces. It does hot appear that any action
liad taken place on the 22tl of M rch, a
been reported. A body ot Prussian
and Dutch were preparing to blockad:
Breda, to prevent the French from throw
ing ia any additional fucccurs.
By a letter from the French commiffi
oner GolTuin at BruiTels. to a member o
the Natio lal Convention, dated M rch 18,
tile French are represented as f.illy faccef.
fill n .ainft the Auitrians; and that 110
thin.'that had then happened afforded tilt
leait taufe for defpondtiicy.
An account of the king'., princes, and
slates ei gigtd again!'.' t!ie republic ol
France, viz
The kiiig of Great Britain : the empref
of Ruiai, tiie emperor of Gernuiy,
of Hungary and Bohemia, the arc
(hike oi An.Brabant, &,c. &c. th
electors 0£7.1:n,z, Treves, and.Hunnver
indi. iduutly. tjie king of Spain, the kinjr
of Frulfia, th? stater general of Holland
ike. the; republic of Hamburg, the repub
Jicof Lubec, the republic of Bremen, tin.
Pr but.op of Liege, the dn ,e of Deux
Potiti, the prince of Hefie C ..lei, and the
dui-.e of Bruiifsvick Lunenberg.
A coffibmation, which for extent of do
- milfoil, wealth, and power, i.r without ex
ample in the annals of mankind.
A number of artifls and manufacturer:;
are arrived here in thelhip Glasgow, fro'ni
Greenock, and have engaged with the di
rcc.orsof t!ie national manufactory at the
tow n of Paterfon.
On the 23d of March the Lord Lieute
nant of Ireland gave his assent to an acl
lor facilitating the trade antl intercourse
between that kingdom and the Uniteo
States of America.
The Briti(h consul general for the mid
dle and foiuhern dates of America, Phinea-
Bond, Efcjj 1 ".arrived in this city fromßrif
tol : his appointment is recognized by the
Prefieent «i the United States.
The French frigate L'Ambufcade, is
now undergoing feme repairs in this port.
Accounts from various pnrts of the
J uthern and wcltern frontiers, inform of
depredations ami murders comriiitted Lv
the indians. Aletter rrom CoJ. A. Lewjs,
UutfJ April pt.i addressed to go
-ernor Lee.ol V irginia, mentions that i?
p.Hons were lately Killed on the ironiier
•■I tiiat i.ate ; Several others were kiliec
on the Kentucky road, and a coniiderable
number ot hones liolen.
Oil or about the 14th of April the French
island of i obago, 111 ttie Weft Indies, wa
aken by a Britiih expedition from haroa
does. Eightßritim iiiips of the iije under
Admiral Uaidner, werehomly expected
with a large body of troops.
Ext ast of an av.thentii lette> from riav>e de
GruCCy dated JJa ch 16.
" The French have now in actual fer
vicefix hundred thousand men, besides the
national guards of each city, under excel
lent discipline, noiwithftanding the ac
counts to the contrary you may receive
from England and Holland, which are al
1110ft in every thing v\ holly void of truth.
Holland wiil probably *e in pofleflion of
the French in three or four months."
Among the pafl'engers arrived here last
week in the flup Pigou. from London, is
the Rev. Dr. Duche, formerly Chaplain to
the Congress of the old si deration.
On the 29th of A ( >ril u't. arrived at Bof
ion a vefTel from Oporto, in Spain, Capt.
Ounli im In lat. ,8. long. 69. he was
warded by a British privateer called The
Libe ty, command- dby a Captain Mi rop
Launigan, in the time of the late war a
refugee with the British, from one of the
■ astern dates. He brought Capt Dun
nam forcibly to, fcrtitinized hi-, papers
vith an ungentleinanly rigour, plundered
ills trfiel ot candle , wine, poultry, and
Oiiier arti. les, for whieh he promised to 1
ive an equivalent, but made fail and left
hem a> soon as a biitzi Ij.rung up fuffici
.".it to carry him out offight.
Extract of a lettc from Lonior, March 2j.
•' 1 he whole British people are in the
utnioft commentation, r.ot only from the
• mazing failures which have lately taken
,>laco, but from the change of politic? which
■he people have been ge •T.-t.ty forced into
bythe terror of .li bay. net. .Vlany mvol
ved-pt' pie have absolutely hinged .hem
elves in de!pnr ; and 11 affiliation has
>een entered into by a number of persons
1 the kingdom to fici like one li if oflheir
property en feuir the other if pnfiible
One great rea on i'or the fcarcit) of I'pecie
1 England is that ten millio ■ Iterling
. ve actually been tlr wn fnim the \ i
.his banks tofuccour the patriot- ofFra ce
The people ofEngla d are lamemi.ig their
legr ded it ate, to reve ige which they will
lot ! U'.j a 1 opp •! tun ty to pass nnenibra
id. No one da. e speak hi femiments
tor fear oi t ,e militia and court iiiforn:-
ers : the printers no longer dait pi ini die
truth, and the papers have very lit tie in
hem that can 'je relied oil for truth."
It is related a-- a fa£t, that a high church:
,) rl'on in England having hired a mob
"urn Mr. Paine in effigy; after the cxhibi
"ion was over, a gentleman, merely to try
the principle of the people, hired the fame
•nob for 2/6 to burn the aforefaid parson
in effigy, dressed off in his pontifualibus, hi:
• (hrouds and tackle."
On the 7th instant, at 5 p. M. a large
nip wasfeenE. S. E. from Cape Henlo
pen on about 17 fathoms foundings. By
er built, (he appeared to be a French sri
te, and mounting from 32 to 36 guns,
c here was another vefTel in company with
ler, which had the apoearaiice of a large
p ivateer. No other particulars are yet
ometoband. Another frigate has been
een oft' Sandy Hook, said to e British.
Attachment to country (fays a corref
■o'ident) ii not easily overcome, atui
lere is no man living who doe not yield
. decided preference to that spot on t< e
lobe wiiicii happened to give !i in birth
it iiie one great reason for f'o many bend
■g their necks to slavery ,in Europe, and
• u iniitting to the talk mailer, who but so
ove ot pouni y might find a more gratefm
"il in foreign climes. But tnis 'ttach
nent oftentimes advances fiill further.
Those who by reason of their crimes, their
treasons, or their inimical conduit in ge
nersl. may have been under the necefiity
if abandoning their country, have fre
quently the unbliuhing. confidence to re
turn, even wiien certain that iihrojl uni
■. erfal contempt murt of" cdnfecjuence
stare them in the face—
"Blest seasons advance! when traitor
shall find
That they can be happy, and we can be
kind,
When rebels no longer at traitors fiia'.l
spurn
When Arnold himfelf shall in triumph re
turn."
From the Salem Gazette of April 30.
"By late accounts it appears, that the
French rrms had been attended with al
most uninterrupted success in the Nether
lands, till the. 18th of March, v hen accor
ding to the Dutch and Erglifh accounts
they mr-'t with a check, a id ifterwards with
a complete overthrow, which rescued Hoi-
land from the invasion of tii c fe new, fierce,
.nd hitherto victorious republicans-——
Should it prove true, that the Frenc
nave tor once 101 l a bauie, it is what oughi
to be expected, in the various fortunes oi
vvai ; but we ci. ijbt not, when we havt
■ ■ie,i accounts to compare wnh thule oi
tir enemies, the Jailer will appear t<
..ave been exaggerated, in propor tic: to tin
" of the event. But be this as it may
wtnle the hrenth are able to continue tin
< eat of the war in the r enemies' country
"d thereby prtfei ve to their own t!,<
"2 s of tranquility, their arms mult b.
loiiliderid as iuccef.lul. Arid li.ould the;
e\en be driven back into their own coun
1 1 y ' to the v ery plains of Champagne, rht ;
in only be v. here they lalt year beg-.i
me ihfgraceful route of the duke ot'Bru .f
V "-*<■— a 'id will doubtieis be able to do (lit
ame buhuefsover again. Men,imp!rite.I b)
.ne principles ot liberty,w ill never despair,
and when they appear to tie,driven to tilt
£i eatelt flraits, they tail forth new am
Linexpetiedrelburces, and rousing all thei.
•">eiuv, hurl defti'iiclion on ihcirloes, and
flatter them to air."
I'he following is an . xti acl of an officio!
letter iroin the French civ 1 comni fi'ar>
at Sc. Domingo to the French conlul
at Charlefto.l, S. C. daied Marci,
26 - 1 93-
" 1 h cruisers in the European seas art
in the utmolt activity : already from
-O fix hundred i-ulch and 15ritiin (hips, and
from (even to eight thoufalld teamen have
been either captured or detained in the
French po. ti,"
By letters from Virginia, it appears thai
the Indians have been particularly alert
in horse dealing, plundering &c. inft>meo<
the frontier coonties of that stale. A
r-arty of three were overtaken at d kille<
by the whites the beginning of April, mu
the property recovered.
An F.ngJifii vessel laden with rum wa
ra en bv a French frigate of the cape:
•> Chefapeke on the j-th of April. Se
veral veflels have been chafed and brought
ro near those capes.
According to the Boston papers of the
'thinftant, received here yesterday, a vef
el arrived at New bury port on the 3d o'
May in twenty li* days from Plymouth, ir
Fn gland ; the captain of which fa Id i(
iva current y reported and believed, when
be left ' :ji nd, that f en. Dumourier hid
jot polftflion of Amsterdam : and that
rom ail that he could learu, it was certain
he French had been fuccefsful. Thrc
ome accident ( apt H acket (of the abo
nentioned va (Tel) brought no papers late,
hahfhtdyjf} of March. He further in
ormcMj that the French and F.nglifi, fleet
1a- if.6ltfd. it ws fuppefed for the Weft
[nd'u ifiands : and that three Englrfh faf
India men had been captured bytheFrenc
The national conrerition ha%e decreet
hat a'l Frenchmen from the age of iS :<
3.0 years unmarried. and these within th<
"ame ages who are married, and have j>r
:Wl(tren. (hall be fubjeft to be called out tt
iifWrthro the army at the discretion of thi
?y,e< i'!'<ve council, and that 300,000 met
il.ould be railed for the army in ade'itio;
o those already in the field.
On the sth of May itfl. arrived at Peftm
3 veflel in 31 djys from England. Th<
Captain informed, th-it 110 more than fix o
even prize veflels from the French h i
been carried into London. It was ment
uned in the public Ledger t f March 2< c
"hat " Ccn. Dnmourier had sent orders tt
Oftend for all the vcffels in that port tt
quit it immediately and fail to Dunkirk."
!t was understood by the fame arrival that
■en. Valence had not been killed, but fe
verelv wounded in the late battle with th
rombined armies. The Spanilh fieet va;
"lit! to be in re: d : nefi» to f.i I from Cadiz
and to be joined fev some snips offeree from
Portugal.
A letter is received at Bollon. from Pa
is. me ltloning that madame de la Fayette,
ady of the unfortunate Marquis, was t'
mbark in a Ihort time for the United
taies of America.
Extrafl ofa letter from Plttfi urgh, AJny 4.
" Amongst the obfervaiions made b;
"•Sr. Blpiichard, at hi* hightft elevation in
is Balloon, onthe 9th of January la{V, is
hat proposed by Doctor Rtifh, viz. Tht
umber of pulfatioris in a minute—which
le aeronaut found to be eight more than
..hen on the ground. thiere—Did lie
eel 110 fever to increase the puliation ? I
nrnv. the I It duel I fought, I found a
t'ery quick putfe ; Put me up a few thou
"aild fathoms in the air, hanging to a blad
le., and I might feel the fame effect. I
ill thank the Philadelphia Printers to
j;ive thisobfervation a place in their pa
pers."
"xtraft of a letter from a gentleman in
Philadelphia to his friend \n New-"i ork,
dated May 7th.
" In my last I gave you some account of
the f niimems of the majority of that part
of the citizens of this city, with whom I
have lateiy conversed on European affairs.
Tnere are a great majority, I do allure you.
that condemn the conduct of the French,
and not so much I find on account of their
measures, as the PRINCIPLES they liave
adopted. This 1 learn to be generally the
c.ife in all the maritime tow ns 1.1 tfk Lnim.
Britim influence, 1 am happy to inforr"
you, is making rapid strides here. It will,
I trust, extend iueli to the peajecntry, in
the interior pains of" the c<m,t,y, but it
imift be the bulintf of time, ai d w ill in at
great measure depend tor fucetis uppn the
iiiduftry cxeruled on cut [art. A jew of
our influential charat.ers may <i> much.
At any rate, we ought 10 perltverc. 11cill
tne perfualion that the fw'i.ifl n uliitin e,'
(to use the language ol our old Haunch
>riend the Britifti Mr. Burke) may rti t ily
lie led to conform to our wiil.es and our
views. Let but Ihe glorious, the royal
>anfe prevail on the continent of I m ope,
■Hid then my fricr.d, I dc.ubt not wefhail
uccaf&fully chace the jilflly abhorred prin
' pies ot nionern revolutionists out of the
world. \ our joy. I am confident will be
equal to mine upon \x c ng the pr«ceed
■gs of a very respecTable r,un;ber of our
countrymen, met at Charkfio; , S. C. on
•'he 26th of April hist for the ptirpofe.of ce 1-
e';rating the anniverfarv of bT. ( f.orgk.
<>w niy heart throbbed upon. I . u« the
following toads—"The 10j..~ a. d ci a ligh
ters of ,t. George."—'• His Britannic ma
jeily"—"The que en of Great-Britain"—
The prince ot Wales ai.d royal family,"
" 1 he tars and wooden walls oi Oici Eng
land," —" Succefl to the Brit lli feet," &.c.
&c. The whole proceedings I endole to
>011, and it w ill do your he art good to read
them. When the accounu ot this bulii ess
came to hand from our old I.until' ,
at Charlelio'n, I silt, believe m . appre
henlive led the ind.gi.atio i ( thole who
yetfmarted of wounds iece.\ d in An eri
a's cause. flmild bt rinileci by the-impru
dent length to whuh our frx mi; h ve
gone ; bin I am happy to inform you. that
my fears were gronndlefs. .The influence
and llrength 01 prejudice i- truly aftoniili
ing. To remove :t totally, when deep
rooted, is abtolutely tmpi llible. '1 his iir
cuniftance (ai d no maxim is more inron
rovertible) is at this cribs fa\ curable to
royalty. To prove the extraordinary in.
Huence of v deep-rooied prejudice, a late
nltance has come under my own neitice.
It was, I think, some time in the fun mer
of 1768, that you n.jfell dined, and
pent the day, at the house of Mr. . in
London, in company with the Rev. Mr.
Duche. This gentleman and family arri
ved a lew days Imce in this city and alio
ifiiing to tell, notvvithftandingi/rc/.tf Jinri
fV. he is almoli iniivt 1 f.il!y carcf.td. R nlc
oryifiu is no longer remembered, cbii
vion's vortex has fw allowed ail up. Would
hi bel eve that it is already wh.;pc:td
hat Mr. Luche «ill in all p: obnbility be
' ..plain to Congress next IV .0.1 ? and,
et me a/k, who more fii ? T.d he not
preach to and pray for (Kb. t, t,e noi.s,
Otn mental reservation) the? number- of
he o d confederation ? '7 is true, in - 6.
to u;e the language" of France, he v a .1
Refradlory Prielt, but fiaunch to th g d
"Id caitje. he ha. done no 11 ore than A h C
nd the whole alphabet to S.—who are
ow citizens, officers, con 11 iU t.hi rs, &.c.
nf the I ..itcct S'lates. Ki.vZa I caira! ca
ra—in i ngh/h, GedfuVc g eat v.co;o c
,c;ng ! !!"
From the New -Y otk Diary.
I AM 110 lc fs affonilhedj than furprieed,
o hear that a plan has been fuggeliee . , ;:d
vas about to Ik put ic cue, ut on to < ' T
t ROM HhR MOORINc S the brig n• e
n harbour, it ;t in as a prize to the
. ■ emh frigate i'An.bi feade, and tc» iarry
:ier vfi. It does not r< quire murh lapacity
o diflover the qiiartei tioii which fucli a
'isle attempt eoud arise 5 w retc <s, who
alter having dillrefl'ed their natiie country
by every means in their powei. en, , . he
te glorious revolution ; who fiedfi, iV it,
when their boafled king could no ioiif-er
old a fuotirtgin it—who folio wed his aims
■ : the dreary am' inhospitable cliu e of
Nova Scotia, and there living, while living
was to be had; I fay, ftich wretches a"
hefe, after returning to their native conn
cry, in which they are fuffered to remain in
peace and qnietuefs, ought to be toid, that
uch conduct is not only difgraceful, but
is highly criminal. Let them beware —
there are watchful eyes placed ener'thein,
and they may be allured, that th>- patriotic
Ppirit of LXX\ lis not yet dead—it nay
nave slept for a while, and when it-is ne
uefiary to awaken it. it will rife with noble
rdor to prevent refllefs, anibitious and un
grateful beings from purfnirtg fleps, not
only contrary to the law s of nations, but
uch as would eventually tend to involve
cliis happy land of freedom in all the hor
rors of war.
A YANKLY.
May 6.
Married. O'l Tuefdny Evening
I ast, by the Rev. Mr Filnere, Mr. JA
COB WEBB F.R S, Printer, to the ami
able Miss MARGARET HENDERSON
both of this City.
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