National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-09-04 00:00:00, page 4

From the New-York Journal,
To Mejrs. JAY and KING.
YOU thought proper, gentlemen, quit,
ting your high and dignified stations,
to come forward, on the twelfth of thii
month, in the public p pers, with th<
.following very extraordinary publication :
" For .he N. York Diary.
" MefTrs. Prin'ers,
" CERTAIN late publications rendei
it neceflary for us to authorise you to in
form the public, that a report having
reached this city from Philadelphia, thai
Mr, Genet, the French minister, had said
that he would appeal to the people fron
certain deciln ns of the President ; we wen
asked, on our retu n from that place
whether he had made such a declarator
—we answered, that he had, and ive aid
mentioned it to others, authorising then:
to fay, that we had so informed them.
JOHN JAY,
RUFUS KING."
Having descended from your car of pow
er and pre-eminence, and voluntarily adopt
ed the refpedtable title of tell tales, permil
me to remind you, that we Hand exaftlj
on the fame footing of plain un. ided cili
Zens, wiih this only difference, that, while
you have enveloped your tale in difgraccfu
tiarknefs and dtfigning obfeurijy, I fhal
endeavor to express rr.y observations or
both you and it, in a plamnefs of diciioi
and simplicity of (lile, of which no one
can avoid underfianding the true meaning,
and I will venture at leall to hope, ver)
few will disavow the propriety of—except
—the enemies of republicanism—the wel
wishers to the combined armies in theii
nefarious warfare—'.he fvcophants of pow
er—the admirers of dark envenomed fcur
rility—the timid detdlers of manly open
nefa and generous franknefs—with fom<
few others of your bed, warmed and moil
partial friends and dependants.
Before I enter into particulars, permit
me farther to observe generally, that at £
me ting on the last ele&ion, for firft ma
gillrate of thin ft; te, I said so much ii
your favor, Mr Jay, as to offend, in ;
very high degree, all my friends who wen
present, and were opposed to your filling
that high and re eitahle ofiice
It is with pleasure too, I confefs, tha
I have read, with inexprcffible delight;
many of your charges to grand juries, ir
your present dignified station of chief jus
tice of the United States.
The services you have rendered to thi;
country, I will admit to be great, noi
ought one adl of petulant turbtilency tc
obliterate them from a grateful heart ; anc
I iincerely wifn, for your fake, that ther<
was only one ast of that nature to com
plain of.
Having found but very few good King#,
in my perusal of either sacred or profant
history, I cannot fay, Mr. Rufus King,
that your name has created any allurements
on try mind to warp my sentiments ; and
not having the honor of your acquaintance,
but in a very flight degree, 1 mult rell
contented with my knowledge of your ge
neral character, in reflecting, that I have
heard much more said in tavor of youi
stern integrity 33 a man, or your fhininj
abilities as an orator, than of your decided
firmnefs as a republican.
Having ptemifed thus much, with res
pest to yourfeives, let me next view, I wi-i
not fay wi h a friendly, but with an im
partial eye, the features of. the untimely,
unnatural, ill begotten, and yet apparently
very favouiite child of your conjoined
; though appearances are at present
againd it, the drooping head of the dar
ling infant may yet be supported for some
time, through your parental care, and the
unabated attention of its friends and ad
nvirers ; for I have not, since its birth,
converted with a torv, who did not speak
of it with rapture, and seemed desirous of
becoming its nurse.
Do not despair, gentlemen—This vir
tuous and refpe&able class of men (for
they are not all citizens) have become your
firm, your established, your unalterable
friends, and will certainly continue so until
yoa alter your present system, Br I have
heard some of the warmed of them fwenr,
"By the love thev bore to this country ana
its eonflitution," that they would willingly
defend the legitimacy of your and tiieii
darling, at the vifque of their lives and
fortunes ; exclaiming, with a degree ol
joy bordering on phrenzy, that it carried
in its front such insignia-os wisdom anc
design, as to leave no doubt that from the
fame stock, th:re would fpnng out oihei
branches, vvtich, in process of time, would
amend all the evils in our government,
and plare us in that deledtable situation,
spoken of by the great and good Edmund :
Burke with foch heavenly (and, therefore,
to the base born) unintelligible rliapfody—
a situation which, for m;-.ny years, they
have fpr.red no pains to bring about, and
which, but for the ignorance and rustic
perverfenefs of the <whigs, they would long
ago have accomplished.
With what Chriltian meekness and be
coming fortitude mult you, gentlemen,
have behaved for some timejpaft, to have
thus converted your formerly greatell and
mod relentless enemies, ict» your firmeit
and mod determined friends.
You, no doubt, 1 ope, that you will not,
by this condudt, lose one of your old ad
herents.
Time will evince to the world, whether
:hefe hopes are, or are not, delulive.
Perm t me now, gentlemen, to inform
you in what manner I intend to examine
:his your very uncommon product on —
ill. I will endeavour to exhibit to our
"ellow-citizens the original view you mo!i
probably entertained, v. hen you firfl ven
ured to whisper the Tale, and deduce :n
---erences therefrom to Ihew, whether your
licencing from your r; fpedtive high fla
.ions, and volunteering in this low, secret,
ind subtle way, was ihe effedt of a patri
otic condefcention, or an intriguing im
pertinence.
2d. The quantum of good and evil which
las already, and dill wi 1 be molt likely to
efult from your publication.
3d. The very ankward situation in which
7011 have placed both the Prefider.t and
Vlinrfter.
4th 1 shall make some observations in
:Omparing Mr. Jay's fondnefs for receiving
iddrtffes, when dedicated to the real Chief
fullice of the United States, and -would le
Glovernor of this Hate, with his aversion
o that proposed to the Minifterof Franoe,
»hen it »as barely in embryo.
I (hall at present bid you adicn, gen
:!emer>, for a few days, with an afTurance,
hat it will be totally contradidtory to my
intention and dc-sign, if I either afft rt a
"aldiood, or put it in your power to fay
:hat I am
A FLATTERER.
New-York, August 27, 1 793.
Extract Jrem the Minutes of ihe Katior.al
Convention.—June 4.
A letter was read from the commifiion
■rs of the convention at Niort, near Ro
:hel|e, dated 28th May, by which it ap
peared that fucce'.s had itill attended the
;ims of the insurgents j but that affairs
pegan to look bet'er.
" Our army" f.iy they, " which the
lay before yeilerday was composed of 1200
rien only, is now more than twenty thou/and
trong. When firll Informed of our dan
ger the "neighbouring • dillridts rose in a
jody to cur alliltance ; one of them, the
liftridt of Mille, has not a single man left
it home. But the greatest part of these
patriotic citizens are pofiefTed of no arms
>ut their zeal for the Republic."
They further mention the arrival of 400
ps the hufTars of the Legion des Alps, and
icoo or 1200 infantry from Poitiers ; Ge
leral Biron was also arrived; and theimme
liate attack of ttie rebels was determined
)n as soon as a fufficicnt force (hould arrive
The departments of Cantal and Lozere
sere in a Bate of infurreftion. Thearmyof
he rebels in Lozere confuted of 8000 men.
June 24 It appears that the infurgent3
pad hurt their canfe by the'r appetite for
plunder. The People of the neighbouring
iepartments were violently exasperated a
jainftthem, Their army began to dwindle,
py a great number having fa'let off from
hem. Five thousand had already left them.
June 26. The committee of pub ic fafe
:y laid before the convention the answer of
general Wimpffen to the minifltr of war.
[ Ie had been ordered to Paris togiv} an ac
;ount of what had palled at Caen. Wimpf
:en in reply wrote that he would go to
Paris at the head of 60,000 men
A decree of accusation was palled againfl
Wimpffen.
June 29. Intlte fitting of the convention
of the 28th June, a let'er was read from ge
neral Biron :—This letter announces a bril
liant vidtory gained over the rebels in the
department of la Vendee. As it appeared
the intention of the insurgents to make a
movement towards St. Maixent and Niort,
general Weftermann was detached to in
tercept them. This officer immediately
gave battle to the rebels, routed their
army, took a great part of their artillery,
ijo head of cattle, and all tlieir (teres.
'I hey have nlfo been defeated in fiveral
other places. Ihe patriots of Nantes have
repulfcd them and put 400 of them to the
bayonet.
Thegarrifon of Valenc ennes in a sortie
defiroyed several of the batteries of the
besiegers.
In a letter from general Birojy, read the
27th, dated the 22d of June, it appears
that a detachment under general Chalbos,
and brigadier-general Salomon had defeat
ed a party of the insurgents, killing 200
of them and taking 20 prifoaers. The
army of the Republic did not lufe a single
man. General Biron complains of want
of discipline.
General Cuftine was at the head of the
army of the North, as appears by a letter
from him to the Convention, in answer to
the calumnies of general Farriers, tlated
Aire, 23d June, 1792, in which letter
he mentions two small advantages gained
by the troops of the . Republic, under
generals Leveneur and Lamorliere, over
the advanced pulls of the allies.
Aug"fi 30, T793
At a meeting of the Committee of Mer
chants of Philadelphia,
It was refolv d, That a letter from
Thomas Jefferson, Efq Secret?ry of
State, and the answer thereto, Should be
published in the newspapers of this city.
Extract from the minutes,
Robert Ralston, Set'ry.
Philadelphia, Augujl 27, 1793.
Gentlemen, /
Complaint having been ms 'etq the go
vernment of the United States of some
initances of urijuftiCable v<x tiotiaiul fpo
lirtion committed 011 cur merchant veU'els
by t' e privateers <f the powers at war,
and it being polfible that other inllsnces
may have happened, of which, no inform
ation has been given to the government,
I have it in charge f.om the President to
allure the/merchants of the United States,
concerned in foreign commerce or naviga
tion, that due at'ention will be paid to
any injuries they may fuffer on the high
seas, or in foreign countries, contrary to
the law of nations or to exiiting treatic ;
and that on their forwarding hither well
authenticated evidence ot the iame, propei
proceedings will be adopted tor their re
lief : The jult and iriendly difpoiitions of
the several belligerent powers, affor.l well
founded expectation that they will not he
(itate to take efleftual measures lor reftrai:)-
ing their armed vefiels Irom committing
aggrefiions and vexations 011 our citizens
or their property.
There being no particular portion or
description of the mercantile body pointed
out by the law's for receiving communica
tions of this nature, I take the liberty of
addrelfing it to the merchants of Phila
delphia, for tbe State of Pennsylvania,
and of reauefting that through them it
may be made known to all those of their
State whom it may concern Information
will be freely received, either from the
indiv duals aggrieved, or from any afToci
ations of merchants, who will be ple„fed
to take the trouble of giving it, in a cafe so
interetling to theinfelvcs and their country.
I have the honor to be with great
relpeft, Gentlemen,
Yourmoft obedient servant,
TIL JEFFERSON.
The Merchants of Philadelphia.
Sir,
The merchants of Philadelphia reccive
your commumc ition, as one proof among
the many of the attention of go.vern .Irnt
to the commerce of the United States,
■vhich involves in it every otner important
interest of our country.
They will avail themselves of the invi
tation given, to convey all filch informa
tion as they may obtain, refpefting the
vexation and spoil committed by the pri
vateers of the powers at war, upon the
trading vessels of America ; and they doubt
not upon representation being made, thoie
powers will fljeiv the bell clifpolition to
retlrain aggrefiions, which, being exercifcd
against a people, who, in maintaining a
tlrift neutrality, have maniftfled a friend
fbip for all, and ought to exempt them
from luch depredations.
I am with perfect cfteem,
By order of the committee, and
in behalf .of the merchants o.f
the city of Philadelphia,
JOHN NIXON.
To Thomas Jefferson, Efq- )
Secretary of State. $
Shrewfotiry and Philadelphia
s T AGE.
THE Shfeivfborj and l'h lndelplna
will co.r.mtnce to run rrg, 1 j r l>, on T |jui(-
~ he fourth ul July, to Itavt Philadelphia on
mat day, aj-'i*r winch time, during the month
it u ) i),nt from M'Kean andVanEm
bui;'» whaif ai Philadelphia (the nex wlaif be
iow A.ch itiirt) on every Sunday an'd Wednrf.
Jay & procerd to BurUcntoE—the land ftaje to
proceed on the next morning to Eciington, an J
10 return on every Tuesday and Friday, In the
month of Augutt, itwi.l leave Phiia-klphia on
"very Sunday ajid Thursday, and return on every
ftielday and Saturday.'
Fare for PaH'engersfrom Philadelphia
to Btiington - - two dollars &an half
For good* ditto - ditto pr. cwt. on** dllar.
VAN JEMBURG & M'KEAN,
SAMUEL FORMAN.
Bordenton June 29, 1793.
For Irtijil.t or pafl'age, apply to the matters ore
30ard, or to
M'KEAN & VAN EMBURGH
WhchaVe for sale as ujua! tatheir stores 0-3 f,M
poikj hams, il u , lard, butter, rye aim
?ian meal, cbeele, w bar uon See. &c.
J ul ) 3 • 2m. law.
TO THE PUBLIC.
W HER *; AS 2n attachment at the suit of Sam
uei imljy and Nathaniel Imlav, executors
>f the tertament and last will of Peter irtiiiy, de
railed* has iliued cut of the Supreme Court of
Judicature of the Aa.e of Ne«w. Jei fey, the
:i'ids ot Garret Voorhris, late ot the bounty "/
IVliddlelex, and ftste afortfai-d, returnable to the
irft 'I uefdav i-> feveuteen hundred
two Notice is hereby given (o the
> \\ Gariet Vborheis, that unless he appear aai
iie special ba r ! to the said a£lion, nt
A'ill be tnrered"againit him r by default, arid the
ands so attached lold for the fatisfoflibri of such
jf his creditors as lhaii appear to he jnlvly entitled
to any demand thereon, and /hall 2pply for that
: urpols, according to the form of the lla'.ute in
luch cafe made and provided.
By order of the Court,
April 17. law. iy - K.CWELL, C!*c-
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be foid by Thomas Wil
liam Voung, Roeeut Campbell,
jVlellrs. Rice and Co, and Jon M M l
Culloch, No. 1. North Third-ih*eer„
A N EXAMINATION of the late pro
* * ceedirijjs in Congress reflecting the'
official (.oruiinft of die Secretary of the
Jpreafury.j with Observations, &c. on the
application of Joans from Hoi! nil, negoti
ated under the ails of, the 4th and 12 th of
Augulfc 1790. —T'he price of the above
>an«phlct is three (ixteenihs of a dollar, or
is 4d. 1-2. April 24. 2aw if
*** The author requests .hi* readers to
:'orrect the loi Jawing KRRATA in the
pamphlet above mentioned page 5.
ine 1 1 —2d. paragraph, for Coalition read
Coltifinn. Page 25. iilie 11—2 d. parag.
nltearf of Bank directors read 44 Stock
jfilcUrrft*''
Just published,
And to l,c f<*!o at the res r&ive ft. '< Stores of
Jojtpb Cruhfhank and 7 rvas Dchjon, and map
be had at ths Printing offic", No. zcg, Mar
ket-Street. [ Price ere eighth of a uci!ar t J
L E T T E R S,
4ddrefie<l to the Yeomakiiy of ths
United STATES:
Containing some Obfei 1 r:o;is on In::(ting
and Bank Syjicnsi '
By an AMERICAN" FARMER.
Alien to7vvj7. it t I'ancaP.zr ecunty t
To whom it may concern.
WHEREAS rny wife SAR/'.H SHAW hath'
behaved he fs'f in a very unbecoming manner, I
lave ihoug it fit to forewarn ail persons fullinff
ler on it:y account, 2s 1 am determined to pa/
io debts of her contracting, after the datc
ic- r 9 . JOHN SHAW,
AuguftJ'tS, 1793.
W A N T E D,
IN TWO OR THREE MON THS,
AN APPRENTICE.
REG UL A R I APO THEC ARIZ
A Youth not less rba'i fifteen or (ixtei ;v
.•ears of age, with a CuitaMe education, and
;ood nio-al character.—For further parti
. ulars enqiii.'e of tr.e Editor. ?.awtf
A FEW SOP IE SOF THE
TRA NS A C TIONS
Of the Society iujiituted in the State of
Nevj- Y*rjt, f r the promotion of
AGRICULTURE, ARTS, and .MANU"-.
. F.iCTL'RES,
May he hat! at this OiSce.
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