National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-10-12 00:00:00, page 4

Foreign Intelligence.
PARIS, July 16.
Our c~ufe is an univerfn' one, and our
unparalltltd (trugglcs and fufferings malt
certainly excite the attention and ardent
good wilhes of tlie whole human race. Be.
nevolent minds are no doubt afflitteJ at
the effufion of human blood, but let them
remember, that the contelt in which we
are engaged, hss for its object nniverfal
an 1 perpetual peace. If we succeed in
establishing our principles in Europe, and
abolishing kingly government. 0 , we (h?ll
ce/tainly eradicate the principal causes
which have, for centuries, produced w;r
after war, and Itained our planet with the
blood of its inhabitants. Should our cause
fueceed, men would indeed be sensible of
their rights, and na longer fuffer their in
llrumentsof husbandry to be vvretled from
their hands, a death giving weapon placed
in their (lead, and then at the nod of an
impious tyrant, absurdly, fhamefully fuffer
themselves to be led, to cut the throats of
armher body of cultivators of the earth,
i 0 :iorant, innocent, slaves like themselves,
to whom they could give a fratern.il em
brace, at the very moment they are com
manded to deprive them of life ! Should
our principles take root in the world,
commerce and the intercourse between n't
tions would no longer be iubjetted to the
narrow and ridiculous policy, of avaricious
despots, who are always the most ignorant
of men with refpeft to the true interests of
civilized man. .But It is now certain, that
the age of light and reason is approaching,
the time so long wished for, by philoso
phers and philanthrop-.ile ; the agt of pre
judices, ignorance and tyranny is passing
away ; men begin to think and act for
themselves, our insulted and degraded fpe
cie3 rises at lalt, indignant, filled with as
tonishment that they have tamely crept at
the footltools of gods of their own mak
ing, for so many thousand years.
Some enemies to our happiness are at
this inflant oufily employed, in spreading
falfe and altered copies of the conltitution
through the whole extent of the Repub
lic But the Convention in their late Ad
dress to the People, " promise to watch
over it, and to follow it with an eagle's
eye, u.itil it arrives in all its purity at the
molt diltant cottage in the nation." The
Convention invites a 1 friends to Libeity,
to discover tiiefe fabricators of falfe laws.
" The monflers who are breaking the an
chor of propriety which has jult been
thrown in the mic.ft of the tempelt," and
entreats all good citizens to suspend their
judgments, until they fee the authentic co
pies, addreffe'd direiHy from the executive
council, to the communcs and constituted
authorities. The Convention fay they
•' cxpefted some such wicked at'empt, as
every grand epoch of the Revolution has
always suggested a new crime to ariilocracy
and royalty." "The success of our republi
an conltitution" fays the Address, is cer
tain; for if it had been " hurl ful to the people
and unfavourable to their rights, ariilocra
cy would never have attempted to alter it."
The Convention has decrced •' that the
punidiment of death (hall be inflidted on
any person who prints, fells or distributes
any falfified or altered copy of the Conlti
tution."
July 2T. The combined efforts of the
despots against us, have made us know
and feel our own strength and vast re
sources. "Our citizens so far from be rig
dismayed at the number and force 6f their
enemies, breathe nothing but revenge for
their infamous attempts againlt our (acred
freedom. The contempt of our soldiers
for the Aultrians, is hardly to be conceived.
(The Spaniards we count nothing.) The
king of Prussia's coffers are exhaulled, and
he mull soon quit. With refpeft to Eng
land, we may fay, "and thou too Brutus!''
The Englifli, that once free and generous
people, are now leagued with tyrants in a
libcrticide war. But we fear them not,
we wilh their happiness, and as a firlt step
towards it, the invasion of England is, at
length, firmly resolved on. It is no secret,
for if we will it, nothing can hinder us.
We (hall embark near the fame place where
our fierce and hardy anceflors did above
seven hundred years ago. Those irrefifta
ble conquerors who crofiing the narrow
sea, conquered and threw chains over the
English, and held their faces in the dull
for so many centuries. But our invasion
is totally different in its nature. We (hall
not land on their coast to enslave them,
but to break their chains, to humble their
tyrants, and restore—to the nation, that
liberty, which a people, naturally so brave
and so high fpiritej, are entitled to enj' y."
The Tiger privateer has brought into
Brest, three Englilh vessels, which were
designed for the coait of Bretagne. One
of them haa on board a large sura of mo
ney.
■London, Augutl 15 —17.
Exirafl of a letter from Leghorn, July 18.
" The beginning of iaft week a despe
rate engagement happened off the illand of
Corsica, between an Algenne frigate and
one belonging to the French Republic ;
they fought with the greatest br very for
five hours, when night parted them ; the
next morning, at break of day, the con
flict was renewed with equal courage, and
the most determined o -ltinacy on both
fides, for Uj,wards of nine glaiTes, great
pi't of the time within pistol (hot of each
other, The Algerines made several at
tempts to board, but wete as often beat
off with great flaughrer, yet so damg and
resolute were the nirater, that they run
their fh;p along fide the French in spite
of ail resistance, and grappled them so fail,
that every effort to get clear was in vain :
the infidels immediately jump.d on board
fvvord in hand, swearing bit'erly, in seve
ral languages, they would conquer or die,
neither would they give or take quarter ;
the Republicans received them with great
spirit and resolution, when a most dreadful
carnage ensued, with fvvords, pistols, ja
velins, and lances, till at lad the French
were overpowered and o liged to flrike to
these terrible barbarians : the pirates loil
in hoth rencounters upwards of 100 men,
besides all iheir officers ; the boalfwain
was the last who had the command, this
fellow, altho' wounded in several parts of
the body, rcfufed to quit the deck, and
died as he wa3 encouraging tbe reft to
fight. The French mounted 30 guns, and
the Algerines 28, besides peteraros, and
thetf were both in such a Shattered condi
tion that it wa3 next to an impoffibihty
either of them could reach Algiers.
" P S. The Algerine Captain was (hot
through the head in the height of the ac
tion, as he was nailing the colours to the
mast ; and the firft and second lieutenants,
who were both his sons, shared the fame
fate soon after ; it was alio reported that
they both funk the next day, and what
remained of the crews were taken up by a
Tunisian bark, ana carried into Tunis."
War/aw, July 20. The fate of Poland
fecms unchangeably fixed. On Monday
the 15th day of July the deputies held
their second conference with the Ruffian
ambaffatlor, and delivered to him a memo
rial, which they requested hitn to forward
to the empress. This he absolutely refuf
ed to do, and in a note which he sent to
the Diet, accompanied by menaces, he
infilled on the signature and ratification
of the treaty of alliance and commerce
between Russia and the Republic, and that
the deputies fhoukl be invelted with ful;
powers to do the tame.
In the felfion of the fame day (the 15th)
when this note vva3 read, the Diet con
sented to the prorogation of the session
till the 30th inft. but refufed to comply
with the willies of the Ruffian ambafTador
rcfpe&ing the treaty of alliance. This
treaty, a plan of which the deputies pre
sented on that day to the Diet, conlifts
of ten articles, and contains some advan
tages at the expence of some faerifices.
! he Polish nation may chufe the form of
government which it conceives bed adapt
ed to its interests, except that of the 3d of
May, 179 1 ; but the basis of the advanta
ges to be granted to Poland is the com
plete and full ratification of the treaty of
partition between the courts of Peterf
burgh and Berlin, in its full extent, as
was required on the 9th of April.
In conftquence of the refufal of the
Diet to accede, the Ruffian ambassador or.
the 16th sent a note tantamount to a for
mal declaration of war. He said in this
note, that unless the deputies were invert
ed with the authority required on the
17th, he (hould lay the eftaUs, possessions,
and habitations of the members of the Di
et, under a military execution ; and (hould
the king adhere to the oppoiite party, the
royal domains would be treated in the fame
manner.
The Diet, in consequence of these me
naces, by the advice of the king, who saw
with grief the danger of a vain refinance,
at length yielded, and the resolution was
carried by a majority of 69 to 20 ; but a
number of proieftj were entsred on the
occasion; Poland must therefore submit to
its fi.?e, amidit the absolute silence cf all
Europe.
The city of G'odno 13 closely Mocked
up by foreign troops, and no one can quit
ihe city wiibout a pr.Tport from the Ri.fii
an ambafiador, net even to t; ke a walk.
Count de Sievers has offered the foreign
minillera their palTport, but the diplomv
tic coips have rtfufed his uifer3, aj contrary
to the liberties and respect due to their
chaiatter.
No information whkh we should tli'nk
it prudent to rely upon has yet found its
way to us with regard to the dtligns of
the Prussian or combined arnifes. They
are probably cor cealtd with great indullry,
as nothing can so much hairafii the French
force! or divide their atteniion, as the ge
neral ftatc of uncertainty in which all par
tes seem at present to remain. On the
22d of July there was a very serious action
in the neighbourhood of Landau, in which
the French, if we are to give credit to the
conquerors, left five thousand d>:ad upon
the field of battle. By their movements
subsequent to this defeat, if appears that
their immediate apprehensions are for I hi
onville, the chief town of French Luxem
bourg, and a fort*efs of confiderabl<
(Irengtb, which, it may be remembered,
signalized itfelf in the lad campaign by a
v.-rry gallant defence under Gen. Wimpfen,
now commander in chief of the French
forces in opposition to the Convention.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSEK Vs(TlO NS.
October 1793*
D. lil Baron. Tber.j ir.nJAJVeatber
Tuesday, J. 7 30, jr. 64 1 S.W. Cloudy.
aj 30. r 80 j do. !Fair.
iVednrjduy, 2. 7! 29. 1, 70 j W. Wuucy.
a 1 30. C, 72 N.N. w'/V'V.
Tburjday, 3. 71 30. a 50 W. j Fair*
J-\ 30. IS 7- S.W. | dc
Friday, 4. 7] 29. 75! 59 S.W. jCh'udy.
21 29. 71 72 I W. I do.
Saturday, 5. j\ 30. c| $8 N. Fair.
21 30. 11 66 do. do.
Sunday,] t. 7I 30. 3 43 N.E. \Fair.
2I 30. 3 | 66 W. I do.
Monday, 7. 7 30.4 s! 46 cairn.ll dir.
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JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be fold at the refpedtive Book Stores o
Jofepb CrukJJjank and Tbsmas Dobfon, and ma 1
be had at the Prinring QtHce, No. 2C9, Mar
ket-Street. [Price one eighth cf a dollar.]
L E T TERS,
AddrefTed to the Yeomanry of the
United States:
Containing some Obfervarions on Funding
and Bank Syflems:
BY an AMERICAN FARMER.
Allen town/hip, Lancap.er county,
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY on the 20th of June las*, from
the fubfoiber living in Caroline councy, in
end date of Maryland, near Choptank Bridge, a
NEGRO BOY, named J-jnatban, about 15
years of age—he is free bom, but a bound fervani
until 21 years of age—he is toler«»Viy flout an<i
trait built, has a yellow cart in his countenance;
talket-h wi;h his tongue against his tceih, ha:
large thick seer, his toes square to the ends—hi:
mother's nam® is Lidye, who now lives in Jones'
Neck in Delaware state, where the boy has form
ed some acquaintance since he run away. Anv
person taking him up, must act with the grearefi
caution, or he will give them the llip. Whoeve:
takes up tSie said boy, and fecurts hini To tha
the owner may have him again, ill ail have th<
above reward, paid by
WILLIAM JACKSON-
Sept. 4, 1793# 2aw6w
Seat of War.
FOR SALE,
At M. Carey's Store, 118, Mar
ket-street.
A SHEET MAP
Of the French, Austrian and Dutch Ne
therlands,
In which the progress of the prrfent War
may be traced.
Price three eighths of a Dollar.
And a MA P of the
Three-Northern Diibidls of France, di
vided into Departments—Price
one fourth of a Dollar.
Maps of the United States :
ANY public-spirited gentlemen, po fie fled with
materials for corre&ing and improving the
maps of the several states, will lay M. Carey
under very particular obligations, by communi
cating them. He is in immediate want cf some
for New-Jersey and Delaware j of which Hates,
he ia now preparing maps.
Guthrie's Geography :
THE fubicription for this work wjil be conti
r ued open, at the piefent rate ot' CweUs dollars,
till the firft day of November next; a.tcr which
it will be ra'fed to fcurtoe 1 dollars.
August 10.
To be Sold or Det,
(Ar.d of this immediate poffejfiu* given.)
I' handsome, well-bunt thrc.e story Revr
houff, situate o-i the call lidc south
Fourth-street, ne. r the Indian Queen, Philadel
phia. T! is situation is valuable, being\in a
central part of the city, 3nd convenient to\ the
and public ifice;. The house is 25 Veec
in front, and, v>iin its office?, extends nearly iir»
feet backward'. It has the privilege cf an alley
4\ feet wias' The offices are three stories high,,
and, together with the house, are built of brick :
thefecontain five apartments, belides a wash house,
and four of th<?m have fi;e places. In the dwell
irg ho»fe iifelf, there are nine rooms and eight
fiie places : fix of the rooms are spacious, and all
fashionably finifhed. The gairets are ceiled : the
ft.iir-cafe is elegant. There is a good cellar u&der
the whule, and in the yard a pump.
And to he So/d,
230 Acres of unimproved land,,lß miles from the
thriving town 0/ Harrifborg, Pennsylvania. This
r radt lies in a val'ey, and is said to be very good
farming lan.i. There are on? or more mills near
the prem.fes. The river Juniata is about
miles distant j whence it is boatable into the Suf- j
quehanna, and thence to Harrifburg. Also,
A dffirabie retreat, or farm, in Newtown, the
county town of Bucks, Pennsylvania j contain
ing nearly 15 acres of land, naturally very rich,
and now highly improved. It is surrounded on a!)
fides by publ:c streets or roads $ and maj, with
present advantage, be converted into town lots
that would prove of growing importance. T here
i? a commodious brit'c house upon the premises,
two ftorics in height, having four rooms on a
floor, a fpaciou3 entry,or pafiage throughout, ar:d
a cellar extending under the whole house. It is
well accommodated with out house?. About thiee
acres are occupied by an orchard of the best graft
ed Newtown pippins r dirtant from Philadelphia
25 m.li s ; irum Trenton 9 j from Bristol 11 j and
is wiihin five miles if the river Delaware. The
lunation is extremely lieaKhy j the profpe&s aie
:harn.ing!y pidurefyue, and the neighbourhood
itlords a genteel focietv.
Beftdii the above,
Tivo comer lots in the town, of one sere each,
ire oneieu for sale, together with about 16 acres
>f excc.lcnt 'and, half a mile from the town,
jnder the best culture ami improvement* Two
>r lhr»e of these acres are in timber.
L,k etui ft :t be Sold,
An tfmebu faun of 53® acres, in the county
)f Cheltcr, 39 miles from Philadelphia : too acrej
t which aie of the riche.fl bottom. The whole
■(' this land tllj'js a k ; nd, strong and fertile foil,
i we I] watered, and admiiably adapted to the
■ailing , f grpi.i and all kind! of rtock ; at prcfent
here aie nearly acres of made-meadow, and
20 or more it watered meadow mav be made
at plealuie : about 200 lie luxuriantly covered
vith a variety cf valuable timber. Up„n the
rem fes, theie a:e a farm house, barn, &c. a
.lever-failing rtream of good water, and a moil
productive aj-ple orchard covering about fix acres ;
he fruit of a good and lading quality : the pur
.hafer may be accommodated with all or any pare
■ f ihetWk or farming utensils upon the place.
1 1 e position of this farm is important, lying oil
bothafiJes of the main road, .tid bounced fouth
eriy by the road to Philadelphia through Down
ng-town j — whence it is aiftant 12 or J3 miles :
On the no.th itisboundid by the road to Waiwiclc
Furnace, firuafe but a lew miles dittant. At this
;>oint, the premise» enjoy a capital (land both for
a ft ore and tavern, and also an eligible situation
;ur a village, which would here have some
commanding advantages, and might be an objr£t
to any entl.emen wifliing to found an extensive
ind p;f.irable fcttlement. On the one fide, it
has a dircO cr mmunication with Downing'a
own j and with the lich and populous fcttletncst
t Cuneftsgo vailey on the other, both lying with,
n a fhert ride of the place. There is ahtady a
naiket here for produce at the Philadelphia priccs
— the neighbouring iion-works creating a conHant
iemand. Plenty ot good linaeftone may be had
vithin 5 miles of the premises, and a to
lrake use of . will be conveyed by the propric
or it required. In iitort this farm deserves the
itte?.:ion of any pei son or persons inclined to
ivail therpftlves of advantages such as those it
>o fit* lies.
1 he title to the several premises are indifputa
>ie ; and the proprietor will warrant to defend
hem. The terms of sale, for all or any of the
ar.ds, w ill be made iccommodating to the purcho
eis. For tarther particulars, apply to the fut
criber, at No. 6, luuth Fourth-itreef, or at hi
tore, the corner at Market and Thiid-flreeta
Philadelphia.
ROBERT SMOCK.
Au S- 10. la. w. t. f.
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be fold by THOMAs Dobson, Wil
liamYounc, Robert Campbell,
Meflrs. Rice and Co. and JoliM M'
Cui.loch, No. 1. North Third-flieet,
A N JI.XAMINATION of the late j;ro
* ceedings in Congress rtfpcaing the
official conduct of the Secretary of the
I reafury; with Observations, &c. on the
application of loans from Holland, negoti
ated under the acls of the 4th and 12th of
Augult 1790. —The price of the above
>.imph!et is three Sixteenths of a dollar, or
is 4d. i-a. April 24. aawtf
*jt* The author requests his readers to
.orieft the following ERRATA in the
Damphlet above mentioned Page 5.
in 11—2 d. paragraph, lor Coalition read
Collijion. Paj,e2s. line 11 —2d. parag.
initead of Bar.k diretlori read "Stock
holders."
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