National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-03-30 00:00:00, page 2

He -.ropofcJ, merely as t'.ie meanj of
' hj the funds, th.it the floating fuui 1 -
i;i die court of chancery Ihouid be placed
,u the Hocks, under the condition that tue
nation ihould pay whatever 10.0 theie
mij.hr fail 0:1 tliem. Between 3 ami
400,000 pounds were at ninety-three and
upwards. 1 henat«on thereiOre will ha\e
a'-tofoof 16 or 17 per cent, to make good
on this fll ni—The country banks operate
itiil more fatally ; lor by encouraging the
circulation of paper for the benefit ot the
stamp.our manufacturers have been able to
c >.d their trade greatly beyond their ref
peitive capitals. The whole was carried
on by paper, while the ready money, was
veiled 111 the funds. The fall of theft
funds would now make it fatal to fell out,
and hence discount i> almost totally flop
ped. Let this alarm continue, or let us
be plunged into a war, and mull be
come of the manufacturers ot England ?
These are at left grounds of precaution,
which it would have been wellforproud a
ristocracy to nave travelled over belorethej
gave a loose to their grand and glorious
indignation, merely because the men cho
sen to conduct the affairs ol France hat.
not well-born minds."
PHILADELPHIA.
March 30.
. 011 Wednesday lalt arrived here th<
Ihip Dispatch, Cape. Hodgdon, from Lis
bon, which port Ihe left the 20th of Febru
ary. Just as'Capt. Hodgdon was gettinj
under way from the harbour, the piloi
who brought hiin out, informed him, thai
Mr. Bulkley. a refpeftablc merchant ir
Lilbon, had told the pilot, that an expref:
liad, that moment, arrived from France
with an account of war being declared of
the part of the French nation againfl al
the combined powers of Europe, who ha<
refufed to acknowledge their indepen
dence, or rejected their ministers, endea
vours to negociate for peace, viz. Rullia
Pruflia, England, Holland and Sardinia ;
Spain and Portugal Were not mentioned,
neither does the Captain recolleit thai
Aullria was amongst the number, but thi -
maybe owing to their being already al
war with that power. There were 41
fail of French fliips of the line ready to ge
to sea.
Tiie general opinion, however, was.
that this war will be chiefly carricd on b)
mercantile (hipping, as the merchants anc
every person of ability in France, will fil
out fighting veflels at their own expence,
which the government will commiflion.
There was no mention made at Lifoon of
any injury being offered, or intended by
the French to the queen or her childrrti—
neither did the French accounts fay a word
of any intention to bringher to trial. The
ilory reported by the Englilh ariftocratu
prints, of the king having been executed
in the court of the temple, in so indecent a
manner as was lately publilhed, turns oul
tobeagrofs falfhood, for it was at the
Place de Louis XV. and performed with
great Solemnity. That the French people,
inltead of being diflrafted or divided bj
tliofe domettic feuds which existed previ
ous to the death of Louis, have all united
in one lirm pha!anx;&by an open,bold con
duit, declared war againfl: their enemies,
whom they are dcrjrmined to fight, whilll
a man, of their ten millions of soldiers re
main, and is able to carry a firelock. It
vindication of their conduct, it is said, the>
mean to pnblifli appeals to the people ol
Great-Britain, &c. stating, that it was
with the utmost relu£tance, and not until
they had been drove to this dernier resort.
that they had adopted ftich disagreeable
measures.
The ensuing fummcr, we fear, will fur
nifh a dreadful feene 011 the flage of the
old world. \_Am. Daily Advr.'
£ From the Baltimore Athertifer, of
March 26.]
Captain Jofliua Barney, of the fhipSam
fon, arrived here from the Havana, which
place (lie left on the 10th inflant, informs,
that the day before he failed, the Spanifi
frigate Juno, arrived there from Ferrol in
28 days, with dispatches for the different
Spznifhgovernments. The advices by the
Juno were, that the king of France had
been decapitated—thathoflilities had com
menced between England and France, and
that there was an hourly expeftalion of a
declaration of war between France and
Spain ; that the Empress ofßuflia had ac
knowledged the republic of France, and
declared herfelfher ally. The Juno flop
p.'d but four hours off the Havana, and
men proceeded to la Vera-Cruz, to pre
vent the failing of a 74 gun fliip and a fri
gate, which had gone down to take 011
board eight millions of dollars, till a fur
ther convoy ihould arrive. Captain Bar
ney also informs, that an embargo was tu
take place atthe Havana, the day he left it.
Lord George Gordon, who in 1786 was
fentcnced to seven years imprisonment in
the Newgate prison in G. Britain, was to
li ive been liberated on the 28th of Janua
ry 1 dt ; the term of his confinement expi
ring 011 tiiat day.
" The fcveral banks at Boflon frill flop
discounting, owing to a jeaioufy of eatlc
other, and the-wan: of confidence in tlv.
di.-cttora, which lias thrown the commer
cial part of tiie town into great coniuiion,
&. has bankrupted many per foil, oi'hereto
fore good credit, wh<> had wilhed to en
large their views, and the
terms-held o«t by the various banks for
ilifconnting, whose fiulden lloppage had
nearly effected their ruin ; in Short we arc
informed that thole banks are become the
links of speculation, and even are thoi:;!'
lo be the very funds for those purpol'es,
and all concerned therein ; ffocknolden
are strongly fufpe£ted to be inte relied ii
ihofe manoeuvres, that tlie public papei
may be bought up at a depreciated rate,
and then appreciated in their hands. V.
hear the government of JVlaiiachufctts ai >.
looking into thele affairs. &mean to expose
the principles upon which all the l.tte flop
pages have taken place. Banks begin to
be considered as the mod dangerous of ail
yftenis, and are elteemed only as inftitu
ions by which the Stockholders may mo
nopolize all the most valuable real propei -
:y of the state, and instead of being aids to
:r.ide, are becomenuifances to society, and
f not carefully guarded, may become the
übjett of popular fury, and the direftort
ind stockholders, considered as the ftanui
in.lifers of old, and the office derogator>
to a citizen. We are happy to know
that the bank in this liate is under the di
•eftion of gentlemen, whose wifdoin anc
foi elight does not permit them to exceei
the bounds of prudence, and are conten
not to exceed the limits of a moderatt
interest, and who chufe rather to ferv<
:hofe who have milled to their generolitj
n the continuance of discounting only foi
them, rather than to embark in risque
which may bring any obloquy, or the ap
pearance of any danger to themselves.*'
( N. Hamp/ltirepaper.)
By private letters from Canada, we ar<
nlormed, that republican principles nr<
irevalentin that province.—That revolu
ion societies are formed and hold fre
|uent meetingt, and the de:reafe of mo
larchical folly and valfalage becomes con
picuous in the complexion of their public
papers. The affairs of France are eager
y fought after and regularly publilhed
ind the Rights of Man investigated wit!
ividity ; on the whole, it appears higlil;
irobable that the extensive province o;
Canada, w ill at an early period, add one
:o the number of independent tree repub
ics, to grace the western hemisphere.
[Vermont Paper.]
Further accounts by the Jay, fron
Ciork, arrived at New-York, state, that in
had been received at Cork a few
lays previous to her failing, from Dublin
a hich mentioned that the Dublin volun
eers had lately been under arms—and ii
tew uniform ; on the buttons of whicl
nere engraved the Irish Harp without the
>own, in contempt of Royalty—the con
equence of this was. the regulars wen
mmediately ordered out to disperse them
n order to prevent the volunteers railing
iny tumult—these citizen soldiers, whet
the regulars came up to them, and mad:
known their bulinefs, gave them to under
Hand, they were determined not to yieli
without making some reliftance. The)
then exchanged a few fliots, and number:
fell on both hdes, amounting in the whole
to upwards of 30, when both parties fel
Dack and retired.
[From Charleston, March 16.
In the French windward islands, ano
ther revolution has taken place. Ihe re
treat of the combined armies from Franct
dccided the contest in the colonies infavoi
of the democrats —and the adherents ti
the old government have been obliged tc
Peek refuge and Ihelter in Grenada and St.
Chriltopher's
As a war between Great Britain am
France seems now inevitable, we with tc
call the attention of the American mercan
tile interelt to the peculiar predicament in
which the United Slates Hand, in cafe oi
such rupture.
To this end we have publilhed the trea
ty of alliance entered into between theft
Hates and France, in the year 1778.
By the nth and 12th articles of thi:
treaty, it appears clearly, that it Great-
Britain makes any attack on the Frencl
polfelllons in America (e.g. Weft-Indies]
we arc bound to aflift the latter. Now.
>t is almost felf-evident that the firft offen
live preparations of Great-Britain will lie
ceffaiily beagainit the French Weft-Indies
not only as they are the rnoft vulnerable
and difitffefted, but also as they promii'e
more national advantages than conquelts,
which inuft be purchased at much greatci
L-xpenditure of blood and treasure.
Whilst this however, appears the clear
interpretation of the text, we know not
how far ourprefent executive government
may consider themselves bound by a trea
ty entered into by powers 110 longer exist
ing on either tide the Atlantic.
At all events, the war will place this
continent in ail aukward lituation, be
tween their natural predilection and mul
tiplied private ties to Great-Britain, and
their gratitude and public engagements to
France.
A veflel, arrived a fen.' dayj u lien:
Cap,e FraiKois, is said to have brought in
formation of the arrival oi a ihip lrom
Fra'nce in 27 days, with oi
war having been declared in 1 ranee ag linii
England.
By letters from Cape Francois, receiv
ed by gentlemen in this town, dated Fe
bruary 14, we are informed,'that the day
before an express packet arrived there
from Brett, informing that war had been
declared between France and England—
that, in confeqnertce, an eittbargo had
been laid 011 all the wild- in Cape Fran
cois, and that the produce of France had
risen 100 per cent, in conference.
Extract of a letter from Rlartinigo, datei
February 13
" We have much talk here of war witl
England. Preparations for it are making
This day a proclamaiion has been reai
throughout the town, forbidding any fo
reign vessels whatever, to enter any por
of the island except St. Pierre, after this day
and all that nre in the ports at present, an
permitted topurchafe no more goods thai
the amount of what they entered at tin
cuitom house will pay for."
We hear from the town of Paterfon, ii
New Jersey, th.it a mechanic of that plan
lias invented a wheel to work by wind, ii
a horizontal position, which bids lair t(
become of great public utility ; the con
ftru&ion, in molt parts, differs material!)
irom any hitherto attempted for this cle
ment, and is in all points applicable where
wind, water, fleam or horses are necefla
ry.~ It is calculated to receive the wine
without the lealt change in the polition oi
the wheel, let it come from whatcvei
point it may, which totally removes the
objettion to the European vertical wind
mills, which require turning or setting al
every change of wind that takes place ;
and it is well known that nearly two third:
of the wind acting against the fails of one
of these mills is totally loft in point of pow
er, being exerted in a line of direSior
with the axis, while the construction ol
the horizontal wheel admits without the
lealt diminution of power the whole force
of the wind to ast upoi» it, and from its
tapability of compression ill a peculiar
manner during its revolutions, nearly al!
counter resistance is done away, and this
machine upon its horizontal principles, is
fully equal to the European vertical
wheels, with only one third of the fame
quantum of canvass ; and in cafe of gust. l
or sudden squalls, the attending person.
can in a moment, with the ntmoft ease
throw it out of gear, and totally stop the
wind from having the least effect upon the
wheel, and consequently, prevent all thoft
damages which at fnch tiniest 00 frequent
ly happen, to the very great detriment oi
the mill and injury of the owner.
We hear, that " great discontents pre
vail, in general, among the Farmers over
vvhofe land the Pelaware and Schuylkill
canal is to pass : It is added, that the
work is at present at a Hand, owing to
near 2CO labourers having quitted the cm
ploy in disgust."
Extrad of a letter lrom Eafl fer/c\\
March 16th.
" The enquiry into the conduit of one
nf the great departments will no doubt give
a serviceable check, as far as it has gone.
3lit a renewal of the subject will no doubt
:lo more good. Aristocracy is vegetating
too rapidly in this country : its feeds, I
find, are taking root in individual farms,
lieretofore, as was fnppofed, the retrea
and abode of honest labour, fimpTicitv,
Jomeftic virtue and unambitious indnftry;
in fliort, it is making rapid strides in al
noft every county and, certainly, in every
slate of the unio.i by the flock-jobbing
ind monied interest. If this inlatiable
:hirft was confined to people of narrow
property and labouring under the prelfnre
if pecuniary difficulty, the matter would
lot be so strange ; but it is a fa£t that the
"icli and wealthy, at least too many of them
ire, and will be led blindfold too far into
:he path of speculation to find their way
jack, and in the enel will be compelled to
put on the appearance of voluntary fub
miflion to the very principles they \» mid
have opposed with all their ltrength, had
they been timely guarded against them."
A nuisance has from time immemorial
exifled in the European cities (and from
thence transferred to America) that it is
hoped will in time be done away. "The
French have already aboliflied this relique
of the 3ges of superstition and bigotry.—
In a large city, which is commonly crowd
ed with churches and spires, the tolling
and ringing of the bells nuift be one oi
their molt prominent nuisances. The
hateful knell, which was congenial to the
gloomy habits of monks, and fnch beings,
can by no means be acceptable to a biify
and induflrious laity ; and many there are
w'ho are hurried from the bed of sickness
to the grave in consequence of this fupcr
ltitious abomination."
A memoir on the important subject ol
preserving water in long voyages, was
foinetime since read before the English so
ciety for the encouragement of arts, ma
nufaflures, ar.d commerce. It appears
from experiments that have been made
that caihs burned in the making, till a
crust of clrarry matter is formed over the
whole internal furface of the-ftaves jjJ
preserve the water, put into them, perfect
ly sweet for years. The heads of caiks
uft also be charred, and great care is to
be taken in fitting the heads that as few
chips be made as poliible, every fredi f, )o t
having a tendency to taint the water. '
The electors of the county of Fairfax,
Virginia, have re-elected Richard Bland
Lee, Esq. as .» reprefeiitative in the next
Congress.
France, in cafe of a rupture with Eng
land, will, it is Paid, immediately declare
lier islands independent, fenliblehow inad
equate her naval forces w ortfd be to protect
them a*iinft the combined power of Eng
land, Spain and Holland. If this (hould be
the cafe, we lhall be immediately releafecl
from the guarantee stipulated in the treaty
us alliancc. [Gen. Adv. ]
One of the Paris Gazettes, (Patriate
Francois) among other remarks on a ccr
:ain American publication, makes the All
owing :
" There is now tranflatetl into French,
i book entitled the Ft derail J}, cm: a collec
:ion ofpieiesin favour of the constitution,
jropofed for the United States of America,
iy the Convention of 1787, publtftred i;i
New-York, by Meflieurs Hamilton, Mad
fon, and Jay,citizcns of the United States.
The bookseller, Btutfon, has done France
jreat service, especially in her present cir
-11111 fiances, in publishing this worm, which
s clearly the best the world has hitherto
"een on the fubjefl of confederate govern
ment. It mud be confelied, however, that
11 some places, there are paflages, taken
n certain views, wherein we may remark
in ariftocratical tendency ; but in general
he political maxims are exellent."
Exlratt of a letter from Aux-Cayes, da
ted February 14.
" Tranquility is not yet restored to this
.-olony, and cannot be restored until frelh
r orces arrive, commanded by true republi
cans. Hitherto we have seen only parti
sans of the ministry. Of the three civil
ommiflioners sent us, one failed back for
france without the least notice. San
thonAx is in the north, making procla
nations. and the famous Polverrel, lor
"ome time pallid, residing here, prohibits
:he execution of tliofe proclamations in
:he Weft and South. These two dictators
work us in different directions, and the ef
fect of this unfortunate difigreement is to
keep us in a tlate of deplorable anarchy.
" It is seen, that it would be nectlfary
to form a new colonial alfembly to bridle
the caprice of thole two little despots ; but
it is neceflary to wait until the nation (hall
rrevocably acknowledge two claflesof men
in the sugar 1 Hands, frjr men and slaves ;
Chen, and then only, an alfembly will be
ible to go to work'upon a solid basis, and
we shall know w hat dependence to place
an our property.
" I have always thought, with you, thac
free people of colour Ihould enjoy political
rights, but the enormous crimes of which
they have been guilty by uniting with the
counter-revolutionists.call for punilhment;
and if the guilty are not punilhed the iaws
arc but an empty name.
" We have, for near fix moaths past, re
taken polleffiou of the parish of CAVAIL
lon ; but we are not yet finally fettled up
on our plantations there. We have two
camps, one upon the plantation Labi CHE,
and another in the heights. We have
made a sortie against the rebel slaves.their
camps were destroyed and numbers killed,
and many have returned to their masters.
We are preparing for a second attack, and
are determined not to return until we ef
fect a total defeat of the negroes.
" Some of the rebels, have lately set fire
to the sugar workc in the quarter of des
Ances, belonging to fevera! planters.
" By the lalt courier from Port-Atj-
PRiNCE,we learn, that an American ves
sel has been seized at Fosse, having on
board 6000 mulkets and 1000 pair of pistols,
conligned to the worthy de Jumecourt.
A few days more and th,e province of the
Weft would have been ruined It has been
saved by the courage of the patriotic Borel,
who was so cruelly treated by the perfidi
ous Blanchelande."
Extrall of a letter from a gentleman in
London, to his friend in I\la(fachufett!.
" We have more reasons for leaving Eng- I
land than when you left us: Government
has taken steps which have exasperated the
people againit difl'enters. There have been
several riots, ail fmiiiar to that at Birming
ham, which they attribute to the difl'en
ters. Numbers of alfociations have been
formed by persons of various defcripticns,
to obtain a parliamentary reform, which
persons in power represent as inimical to
government, and designed to overturn the
constitution. Twohundred informations
of seditious books, the attorney-general
hasput upon theiile tobeprofecuted.Paine's
pamphlet has been condemned as seditious
and libellous. The high church party spi
rit rages with intolerable fury ; and the
people envoyra 1;. il.'ov thole in power, will
proceed to ;jrea: excefies : a Sabbath or
two ,-!«o the;- i!r-;"£c<! thr Rev.Mr.Hull, of