National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-10-16 00:00:00, page 3

caiVaiil Parker. The mate of the fli'p
w'i.ij - .name is Edward J<>tier, fjid lie was
i;, !! . !i i Philadelphia, where his wile
no > re ». '
0-"t. to. I'be'iv; reported,
"the.' M . \» litmope an officer of the A:n
b\i" >d»\ who was taken by the Ballon • ri
ga;: . y Hook. a few days before
til,- s n ~.i Wtwt-fii those frigate*, "ill not
1) ■ o '!i;1 : !by the Briti :i as a 1 cfli er .-f
the' Republic ojF: France, o't accent f hit
ftnsl :' I -eu on A/ificx'i Citizen, k:t
tr.-i'-'l-at a P-i-fl"—Wo have an-horicy
11 affiire the pnblir, that untii a fati.fn f try
e: 'vi l be given oil this fui i -.it,
N > EtCHANsnof any E iglifnnut;:. isi.sdc
p.-.j v. b-, j.ie .' .i>>s of the :c ol
Fe.«n e, will take pi cr—And that the con
lu3s of t'. f French nation in the Unit d
A
j-olta/J, tr c -ftnt. t:V any filth exchange.
fr-i'i a L-1-iAon Paper of Aug ■ r r a.
A f«\v-d !>■ • ft'i ••• a man named V/.id»\ a
° Tiuld.-rt!; .m, drank fume
wt?.' from " well near hi - Jioiiie, which
occafi >1 .1 a si kef; at his 'I >mach for fo
veral .dav! ; in order to relievo vi hich, lie
t ) >'c f. • emetic tartar, and- voided a
ft »G of mo ■. than an. inch long, which i
no v alive, and lie is quite r.co. .red from
his illiiefs.
Extract of a letter from Citizen M-ifien
nier, Confnl < L f the l 1 renc.t K '[-tr. !:c, at;
J Baltimore, to C.tjz m Gem-, Miuifter
Plenipotentiary, dated 6th O1- 17V '>• "
" The f h loner Sans Culottss,. troin
MarfeiHes, has lately captured an lrilh
b wh•eh had oil board i 8 > pafli-n ;ers,
who had fold themfeWcs as fljvt, for the
term of 4, 5. and 6 years, in order to pay
their 'callage—The mailer <A the prize
e; r- '••tl an,inclination to fell them ; but
' J :Vj *:led the proposal with contempt, and
\r IV the in their liberty immediaielv. My
c) id net on this occaSon v. as very plea'vig
to th • inhabitants, e'fpecialiy to the Irish,
of wilt. 1 there are a great number. ami
who, would certainly have blamed vn..
lud I acVd otberwife. The paffengsrs
o".i-eding'.y grateful, and implore the
b'elfi i.(s of heaven for the French Repub
lic, and all'net; agents, who are actuated
by ii.milar motives."
Ext raft of a letter from cant. Miller, of
thei irqne Prudence, dated Bourdeaux,
.A-iiyvll 17, '793- , , , , ~
" W".-are now fully-loaded, and would
have failed in a few days; but yellerday
the-e was an embar-o laid 0.1 all foreign
vellffs which had cargoes onboard. It is
fu*>pofed the realon is, that a great many
of th" a were bound to Bremen, Holland,
anti-Flanders, to supply the enemies of the
nation. Four American captains have let
out for"Paris, with a petit 0:1 to the Na
tional Convention, lor liberty for those
bound to America and the Well-Indies to
proceed. K will take 1 8 days for their re
turn.''
Extra,l of a letter from a gentleman, in
Boston, to his friend in Philadelphia, da-,
ted 25th September lalt.
'• This wi'.l be handed to you by citizen
Robert, a French Phvlician, and a gentle
man of merit. He had engaged and paid
half of his paflage for France, when he
learned the progress ol the dieadfiil oifeafe
which rao;es in your city : without helita
tion he has given up the money he had paid
to fiv to the abidance of his fallow ciea
tiire's I hope his exertions will be crown d
with fuccels. I beg you will introduce him
to feme of your friendHe comes from
the Manillas in the Eafl-Jndies, where the
u l'lealthinefs of the climate has attorded
liim the opportunity of heing well acquaint
ed with such disease*. On ins paflage irom
thence <0 his own conntry, he was
by-the Britilh. and !o!l a handsome property
prefeht my refpecls to your family I
Willi to hear that none of them have been
hurt by this disease."
The following plan of a decree, was pro
poled by garrere in the National Con
vention on the ill ot Augull, and was
adopted.—
Article r. THE.National Convention
denounces the Brinifli government toKu
rcpe and the Englith nation.
2 Every Frenchman that n*i.i p.ace his
money in th« Englilh fand.f fhail be declar
ed a traitor to his country,
, Every Frenchman who has money in
the Knglith funds, or those of any otlier
with whom Franye-is at war, Inall be o
blia-ed to declare the fame.
4. All foreigners, fubjefts to the powers
now at war with France, pa.ticularly the
Englifli, lhall be arrelb d.und fials put upon
The barriers of Paris (hall be indanf-
All good citizen* (liall be held, in the
name of the country, tofe irch for the to
reigners who are concerned in the plot ce
Bounced. . , ... r
7. Three millions fliall be at the difpof
sl of the minitterat war, to facilitate the
march of the garrison of Mentz to La
-Vendee. ~ „ .
o. The m'nider at war fia.i fenc. to the
army oil the coalt of Kochelle, all the com-
ti!V;b!e Materials necciTiry tc> set tire to
the fortrefs and underwood ol La Vendue.
9 The women, the children, and' old
n:en, Iti 1 be conducted to the interior
a irtj of;iie country.
10 The property of the rebels fliall be
coiififcated tor the benefit of the'republic.
ir. A camp Ih ill be,founded without
i- ; y between Pais and the 'northern
. 11" tii V .
j2■ All tiie f.imiiy of the Cttpets {hall
be bamlhed from the Fren'eU territory,
thoft? excepted svho are under the Rvord
•ii the law, and the tv.e o r.p : ot Lou
is Capet. no (bail remain i'* tile \ emple.
13. M*r> Antoinette shall be delivered
;v-c» to til ' Revolutionary Tribunal, end
'.all be immediately e&adntt d t-> the ;>r>-
0:1 i Coilcierrerie. I- H'.if'i I', iiz .b ■ cI)
haii remain in the Temple till after the
j of Maria Antoinette.
i 'j, All the to:, b; (/' i';o k'"s which
re at : t. Dennis, and in'(tie departments,
I hall be c!< .iroyed.on theicrh of August.
Ij. The p'-tfent decree Oiall be diipateh
sd' bv extraordinary couriers io all the de
•a tn eats. ——■ —
F.xtraii* 0/ a letter fr> in a merchant in Li
verpool to his friend in Norfolk dated
July 28. 1:93.
•' Every thi.ig >s in sn unfett'ed Hate
liiTc, a - ;'l war b •tv.cen this country urci
\:;:cr a appears inevitable; indeed v t
:n iv fay thar hostilities have already corn
menced, as the Britilli citizens capture all
Ait:- ricau vt i; •st •or from France, tinlc l.
01 c! -I v.i to!- Icoor in ba! a!t. Should
•:h'~ A ..crs —s be inclined to 0 ! mit to ":!.
fwtoivh lexpe'ct ihey. will not) tli_y w ill
liortly n !>'• permitTrd to trade any where
nit To England; and 1 am much a)raid
.here wi.i le another ilne/Me lor liberty
.<:■ 1 1 ill tyranny, ihe Americans will hive
jl.iny crowii'd heads to contend with:
md. in my opinion, they cannot too foe ■
;nit thcmfelvei. in a I'tate of defence ; and,
15 it always belt to nip every evil in the
beginning, I think it would be very pro
;>er for 'c!;.M to turn their attention to
f: mi el hi iike tin:'.:' old alfociations, con
cerning isiaaufacturin;.. railing (beep, fl x,
lepip, &.c. and i: n me. J lately pass a r.on im
portation act, from this country on all Bri
.iib jsood* Iroin any port, which I expect
wiil have a good efiVtt, as the trade in this
country is alrooftat a Hand, and thetnahu
'.-ctures in great diitref-, and .t present on
ly supported by the American trade.
vi About to days .r'o 1 u'a? in the cloth
market at Leeds where there were at lealt
to 000 pi. crs 01 cloth exposed to sale and
not 30 bought, audi atfnred that trjey
tvc.'e fold by p> ! 'p 'in difi tf-. and at very
•educed prices—ln a ancKMVef tuey are
equally bad, and many thoofand fupport
_v! by fubfcripdion. and i.i t! e utinotl enf
:refs.; yet the mili ary a"e infatuated and,
Teem determined to involve this country in
[till greater evil*;.
" There are about 20 fail of American
in 111 i- kingdom in a- p, izes. I lie
American brig Hope, .from Charleston to
Buirdcaux loaded w.itn conee, lugar. .v,d
tobacco, was captured by the Royal Anne
ot this part, a ;d lent in h re ye! .. day —
the captain was derail -ed oa board the
Aiine, and the crew-', as fto-i .<- they aiTiv
e:l nere, sent to j :i. I h.e mate et an A
merican brig tiiat has bee" brought in here
has been bribed to f. ear that her cargo 1
French property, and tiie bribery can be
proved— fr< m 500 to icoo guineas is fre
quei.tly Oifei'ia ■o. capia'ns and matesti
fweaf agalnil i.ieir o a n vcllels.
The snow F.'riza. Caldwell, is arrived at
New-York from Havre de CM-ace, lrom
whence Hie 1-ileciAn 1 By the Eliza
Paris accounts were received to the 7th
of Augufl- li is cb.'covcred by these ac
cma: f,t:i it neither the 1 ite-.jueen.nor Cuf
tine. had be 11 t uiriotiiied., as was laid tin
der Lond a: head of An~. 12 —we do not find
by them, ti at Paris i., otbn'wife than trail
onil, though, as might be expected, anxi
ous, and diligently purftiing mealures ot
re ft J} ana a'jainit theii-hofts. of foes. They
Hill hope for a firm confederation Under
the new Con'Ttiition —and believe, that
had it not been for {hgoM■ they fnould
:ven now have enjoyed tint much wilned
for coalition, wmcil would prove a terror
to the combined despots. No great moye
men s have taken piare but a g.-rnd camp
of defence, on the road to Valenciennes,
has been decreed, among several other
important objects."
The republic ol France contains one
uindred and eleven fortified towns, which
fnppofing one should be takenevery month,
it would be ten years before the whole
could be taken.
The cities of Lifie, Rochelie, Havre de
Grace, Elkueuf, and othri ph'e , have fnt
aified to the Convention tluir acceptance
if the Constitution. The adijiiuiftrator:
as the diltria of Rochelie, who joinedtht
department league, have afcr b 'i their oe
fcition toathoiilandfalfeandinceadiai y re
!),,rts, and to the iniinuaiioi.soi On. haftnt
•nember of the National Convention.—
t have f.vorn to prel#rve their
ance to the Republic.
The inhabitants of New Proridenrr have
received intelligence from the Britifli mi
nider, that-the French fleet at New-York
were preparing for an expedition fnppofec
again!t that place; in conlenneace ol
v.'!. : r!i t! -y have laid an embargo oil
-. neir p>ivateeis and wer?-repairing their
- ortificathni;, when the iafi accounts camc
. w v •
We IfT~ r n flint, a few (1 'f" ago, a fire
broke *>nC at L liumghurph, supposed to be
iet oii lit c by-a uicheti \\ oinaYt, and burnt
i?vr*r-■ i hotjfes and (tore*, to the very great
of fevcral individ; als in tii it
tuvyn.
"\V.e are informed that the Custom-House
in is about to be removed to Chef-
r v
/;' • -» oft. 8. We he tr that- the Britifli
ministry have declared, that fhbuld A:nen
ci i cyntmne to p •rmit the french to bring
;>r"r/.es into their po.ts. that they will im
mediately give orders for the captures oi
every, and all American yeflels which may
be found on the high Teas.
k '*j ble Executive power of the United
States ha.-, prohibit -d the.Qur.fn's from con
demning prir.ca. That power did not ap
pe tr lo iin cjearly cxpr«lied in the trea
ties bct'a ecu T. ance a: :l America. lam
old a ue;:,ociai io n'is oil loot toadjult tlioir
-a itrcrs. " The refnlt of this prohibition i
rb. r the captors rand take upon themfelvc.
the management of their prizes, and the
tale* which as> far as it refpefis the cargoes,
wi'-l be attended with no difficulty. Bit
:'.jpfe who would pnrchafe the veflels, wili
not tr .!*.v tab" them without a previotr
cw.d.-nirs' , t>n."
Tile h- Hh committee of New-\ orh
have p th: ! a Refolutidn, prohibitirfg ail
jr> •••.. , b ,i, "-tiling, cloathing, S.c.
par!-cd u| in Philadelphia, being brought
into that city, unlvf previously expolcd to
rjtg -> >-ii air 111 fame well ventilated place
for l,i bait hours; and undergoing fc
veral - titer monies of purification.
M D r il, the noted pirate of New-
PravkWnce, anprelienriid there; and is
to i.-bf his trial .'orpiracy ; an afiion be
ing commenced by the king's attorney a
saii.it him, at the ftiit of.capt. Shillaber,
of. Sal. 111, in Mair.ch.iftHi; " for robbing
lihii i- : the high teas."
From Frciu h tapers we learn, that the
act or n: of the ni A urt tines at (.ape I r.m
ttoi , reached Paris on the loth ot Augult.
The generate well inf.amly beaten ,the tock
fni founded ; and the feitions colleftivel)
iemnnded -if Lite legifltiture, u thai, me i
"ur.st . be eut-led into trt fend relit!
co the colony."
Some accounts from Europe fay, that
the king of 1 1 11f;bi has wtthdrawn hi.
troops from the French frontiers.
A'l, or mod, of the E u papers paint
the French Kejiubiic as upon the brink >i!
iri abyss. It ought ib U rsmemberei, thai
r uch pi times ast the vjerk cf thtfe who
'i/ter:/ (I i the oie: throw '■/ lleputlic.
i Hi.,: t>'u rdi •ration uj the aid tyrant/t
---eal government.
'i : " omportion of deaths of in thi:
ciiy, for. twomou'hs p dt, to females, is
fb'-n; 3 men to I woman. The deaths oi
p rfoH; far advanced hi life, and ot child
r n un-!er foven years of age (the oi
i;-,ii v ::'ce) are very!« w indeed, when com
pa.< J those of persons in the prinit
Mid vigour of life.
We hear from Boston, that Gov. HAN
c-< CK died on the "Bth of October : Hi.
death wa< un'eitpef 1 ed, attho' he had. beer
ind fpofed for tome time.
It is remarKable that the neighbourin:
cities, epdeven the country wiuiii; 3 or L
mile . tif tins city ei i ys a remarkable Ina: t
of health.
On t'le 12th infWnt the Committee
of Ilealth iii reported, that
"they knew oi uo i'i'rance ot any perlo.
infp.red with the cKfo.der prevailing n
I'liiladelphia."
Anecd -v..—All, honey ! (laidan Iridium:
to fys frieOd one d:.y) pray can you ienc
me tea-pence ?— '* iil deed I can l, (re
plied Paddy) for I have no more nor four
pence.*' " Well give me that, (rt-firnei
tlie other) and tueu you'll owe ine lix
pence.
from the Greek o/BiON.
IF Cod, orVate, to man would give
1,1 two fucccl i.-e itaf.s to hie i
The firit, in-pain and foirow pas.'d
[11 ease, content, and bliss the last, _
1 then would rack inv an-cioiis brain
With fhidy, how that state to gain,
No tail; t. j hard too rou ,b no road
Fiiat led to that serene abode—
Butlince to all impartial heaven
Dae fleeting life In only t'iven,
Twere mad«efs, Cure, that time to vrafte
In search of joys I ne'er can tulle ;
What hope can bloom 0.1 'ill'. lalt-ftage
When each delight is pall'd by age 1
[ The point in w'.'.-htbU antient Pajnr
ihrlofopher expressly disavows his belief
iciliiiiutes a lead-lie .o tie'e ill the crett
if every Chrifti ;n. How inconliUently tl
licy ast then, when profiling to believe
*h,H that nr.ilofopher chibelieved.they avoir,
jurftiinj tiie course which he «oidd have
pursued, had he been a C-hriflian.]
From the Baltimore F.vening PoO.
To the Editor of the BaltiSioue Evem
ing Post.
Sir.
SINCE ray r turn from Norfolk I have
learned win no fin •!! tincafmefs, that, an
" Kxtraft of a letter IVom a gentleman tra
velling to the fonthvyard," %\hich has been
I j uMifhed i:i on? 11the PJjilndelphic
j lid tfjence copied into the Baltimore liven
; ing Port of the 26th, lilt, lias been generally
ascribed tome.. I therefore thinkit incum*
b.*nt on me, in the mo.ft politive and ex- (
1 eft manner, to afTure the public, that I
neither wrote, dilated, nor publifned a
n ;!e line of it.
'i'he similarity of some of the circum
(lannces mentioned in the Extras, tothofe
which occurred on niv arrival at Murray's
tavern, the place v here the guard wa«
placed, renders it necessary to enter into
lome detail on the fubjech
In writing to my family after my arrival
at Gray's gardens, I informed them, that
I had been flopped with tjje whole r.f the
paflengers, twelve In number, about two
miles from Baltimore: that we were dm en
out of the tavern ; into which, during the
absence of Murray, we had entered ; that
one of the guard had threatened to fire
at me three times for walking within his
lire, although I was uninformed of the
e-tent of it: And, from the darkness of
the night, it whs hardly pollible to distin
guish it, even if he had eonde/cendcd to
point it out, which he negle&cd to do:
that for the fame offeucf he had flruck an
elderly Frenchman on the cheek with his
bayonet ; that we flcpt or dosed in the
flage for three or four hours; that then
finding ourselves cold and uncomfortable
we kindled a fire in the wood?, and llept
before it, some on trunks, and others m
thegrafs; that at 8 o'clock next morning,
when the landlord was at breakfafl, we ("1 n:
to him for some victuals, which he very hu
manely refufed to give us; that about
ten, or half after ten, he relented, and
Tent to inform It?, we might ha\e some
bread, cheese, cyder, and wine; that t. e
accepted the offer ; that we were detained
. 1 this manner (a lady, the wife ot a French
captain, in the company.) without any
shelter but. the rtage and the woods, from
8 o'clock Tuefdayjiight, until VVeclnefday
afternoon ; and that I then remained at
Gray's 't: 11 tiie Alexandria stage set off.
All this 1 wrote—and this only.—And I
challenge any man to disprove a iinglS cir
cumttance of it. M. Tiebout, command( r
nl the French veil<_ 1, now lying at Fell's
Point, 'one of the paflengers, can, and, if
applied to. will confirm every article of
it. If it'be criminal to write the tiuth,
I acknowledge myfelf a criminal.
1 pnrpofely Wave, as foreign to my pre
sent pnrpofe, every enquiry, whether all
the precautions Eeceflary for the preferva
ion of Baltimore, are not compatible with
Fome degree of attention to the ease and
Convenience of travellers; whether tents
t>r temporary (beds ought not to beereited j
whether (topped on their jotir
acy, ought not to be secure of being able,
when in nece'fity, to purchase proviiinns;
whether meafiires of wl ich the legality i»
cunfeffedly queiTinnable, and which no
thing but tile paramount law of felf-pre
lervation conld jullify, ought not to be
carried into effect, with_the ntmoil lenity.
These, and a variety of other enquiries,
which arise from, and are int inately con
netted with a difcuflion of this fubjei!, I
leave to abler peas to inveftigare.
To return to the Jpurhis extract of a
letter. At my return home, I may perhhpA
b; able to trace it to its real author, and to
[peak politively on the fhbjefl. But for
t ie prclent, I can only account fnr it, ly
f'jpp -ii• 1■ 1 tha: the Editor o! the Phiiadel
pi«i 1 p i?er in win h it inrde ;i« npnc r,ranee,
heard perhaps at second, third, or fourth
hand, of the contents of my letter—mil
th#n bathed up the garbled, rmfreprefent
ed account into " , n e-trait if a letter,'"
as an article of intelligence. This. I be
lieve, wiH bj ultimately found to be the
real Hate of the affair ; for I am f.tisfied
to be branded as infamous, if the fabrica
tor, or publisher of the extract, can p. o-,
duce any person to whom I \yrote it, or
prove, or even render ii probable, that it
was taken from any letter of mine.
A writer, who figus himfelf L 'Philo Ve
ritatis,'''' has embraced this opportunity of
difplayinj* his literary talentr, which he has
really done moil admirably. He severely .
renfuresthe Baltimore printer forthe " lf
:ent/oiis innovation" of copying a para
graph from a Philadelphia paper. He theft
aeltows on me, the genteel epithets, " im»
,nident and ignorant." From thefecharges,
I limit not attempt to defend myieif. '1 hi fe
who know me can judge how tar I deserve
them. Those who do not, :: i J;t refnfe
credit to my denial, were 1 disposed to de
cline the complim:>:ts paid me.
The elegance of this writer, the excel
lence of his wit. and his humanity, areve
ry ftfikingly displayed in tile exprel'iions
'• Faddy at all eitr leaning to one fide —
haltingforwrd and hopping iff," all alin
fionsto my lameness, which, it a crime, is
rertainlv a very pardonable one—as it was
lot committed with " v:alictprupevje.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant.
MATHHW CAREY.
Havre de Grace, Oct. 3, 1 79^.
P. S. I should not dojuftice, were I not
o declare that Serjeant Stover, who com
nandrd the party on guard, on Tuesday
light (1 7th ult.) behaved with the utmolt
;indnefs. humanity,' and politeness—as did
the who eof the detachment, from capt.
Strieker'j company, who were on duty oil
\v tdnefday, after ten o'clock.