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The following is the tranflatiouof afeter,
address-d by.citizen Moiflonrer, Vice Consul
of the French itepubHc, to the Captain of the
French'fllips’, now lying in this harbour :
Baltimore, July 15, 1793'
Sifondjear of the Ft enih Refill lie.
CitizEN-Captain,
TldE humanity andgenerofity with which
the citizens of Baltimore have received odr un
fortunate Brethren of Cape Francois,ought to
. ekeite in the bread of every Frenchman, rhe
warmefl acknowledgments, The chief Judge
has this moment informed me, Citizen, that
he conceives it necessary, in order to insure
• the tranquility of the town, that he ffiould es- x
tabliffi a patrol, who will arrest and coniine
in prifbn all those who. may be found in the
flreet, after 7 o’clock P. M. Thelc measures
cannot but receive my applaufc ; and, in
confequtncei I request of you to inform your
crew thereof, to adore them that they are a.
meng a free and wife people, a people who
arc friends and benefactors, to wbofe laws
they ought to pay the utmost refpedl—you
will inform them, that I will not protest those
^ho are arretted for having disobeyed the or*
dirsof the ma gift rates, in not retiring to their
{everal ffiips at the hour appointed- and t
hope that the good citizens, who are under
your command, will receive this Communi
„ ifcioh with equal pleasure & fubmiffion,lines
it has for its foie cbjed, the prefervatfon of
p ace and good order. I am, very sincerely,
Citizen Captain, youi’ fellow citizen,
(Signed) F.MOISiONiER.
NOR^H-CAROLIN^
" HALIFAX, JULY 17,
- Important Decision.
Ai Ice federal Di fir iQ Cow t which
Was held fit FFAminglon on the
infl. a libel was exhibited in behalf of
the owners of a British veffiel which
Bad been taken by u privather, common- .
tied by a Capt. Hervieux, cl French
citizen, and tarried into that port, Ihe
libcUants in their itb^l, ’ fuggefied, that
the privateer was heretofore an Amdri
fan bottom, and bad been fraudulently
transferred- ——that (he had cleared out
at CharleHown as an American vessel
on a it a ding voyage & had aj t erwards
. put into GSotgCtown, and provided
herfelf witb arms, having on board in
Quality of mate, a Certain Gideon Qlm-
Head, dn American citizen, who was
uNive i^ ^fdring 'ifApri£e—C4nf^
quenlly that (be was illegally taken and
Bo prize, r: . . 'i
Arule was granted, that the refpondeiits
' * should (hew cause Why the libel should
not be admit fed and process ijfued
again® the pr^ On the next day
Copt, If>arvieux appealed and pleaded
to the junfdtFiion of tbe ^odrt, bating '
that the nalion of which be W^t a
Citizen, wot at tpen war with Gfeatf
Britain, frdm wbbft fubjeSs the prize
was taken on the high feds, and that no ;
Court of Admiralty of a neutral natidn
could df night, fake cognizance of quef~
Cions of prizes or no prize between tbe
belligerent partied -, many authorities
weri cited io tb& paint—’He also pr^
. . t x 1 * •. -• » •• -* * * f ’
grew, at Cap& Francois ; that the Colonel
had entirely defeared them, and got pofief
£on of the rown.v-During the engagement
Sonrhonax loft hi* head,
A pafienger of refpedability, in the Aiip
Silly/ Edert inform^ .the Editor this morn
ing, that jufl Before ASey Tailed from Limh
xlok, it wls Uurrehtlyreportedthere,that the
combined' ar®ie» had retired from before
Conde,and that 6^o of the Britilh guards had
fell in ah adion With the Frtucfi, who had
also made prisoners of two officers of diflinc
tibu in the Au ft ri an army,and that the brave
patriot and valiant General Dampierre bid
be tn killed in an engagement with the enc'
* my near Conde.'
A report haying yefterdsy prevailed that
the Capr. cl the French privateer, called Ci
tizen •Genet, had a recruiting party in this
town ; and that for the accommodation
of the fame he had’ eflablifhed a houie of
ifndczvous at Fell’s Point ; a committee
ol gentlemen were appointed to enquire into
the circumstances. '•We are happy to.inform
the pebluk; thit-theft gentlemen, upon the
fulleft inveftigsefon, were perfe&ly Gushed
that there was not the flightcit ground for
the report.—>They were, moreover, well affu.
red, by a number of refpeftable citizens that
rhe conduQ of the sailors and others* belong
to the French vessels merits the highest
■coni men d aiionthat ;in their fcc’al inter
. Course with each o+her, and with the Ameq>
_«an citizens, they are ihild, peaceable, and
carted, beyond any thing we have ever expe
rienced in like circurnftances.
PENNSri FA NIA.
PHILAbELPHIA, JULY 23*
EftiraQ of a letter from Lijbon, dated May 19,
. • ve-ceived via Bojlon.
The American ship Hamilton, Capt.
Rodman, who came from Rhode*lfland with
fifh to our feoufe, tock io it cargo of fruit here
and failed from St. Petersburg, Raffia ; when
foe got about twenty leagues distant from
the Rock of IJfbon, was boarded by a French
printer called the Republic, of 16 guns and
160 men ;, the Captain of the Privateer or
dered all American Tailors to come on board
him, except the Captain and Mate, and sent
nice French sailors on board ;the Hamilton
with an officer, and desired them to carry her
to Brest, but luckily, when Ihe got within a
bout s<o leagues of Brett, an Englilh frigate
retook her and sent her to Bit boa, where Ihe
is now waiting for convoy ro carry her ; to
England, to fee whether they me entitled-to
the falv ge. rt
The accounts brought by th* ship John,
Capt. Whitwell, from Atnfterdam, are of ihe
19th of May ; but no newspapers from thence
later than the 16th. Thele do not come
down so far as our late arrivals from Ireland,
\ and therefore, can contain little information
more than has already bcetl published. It
may, however, be proper to observe, that th.e
A mile rd am papers do not exsftly agree with
the Britilh prints in their statements of the ,
fame tranfadiqu^ t For instance, in the bat
tles of the id and 13th Marth, Saxe Cobourg '
had killed of his army, 4 ftaff officers and 27
others of diftin^ion, 937 privates, and 525
horses, betides the wounded, viz. General
Vourhebach, 8 ftaff, and 80 other officeri,
(^BB3 men) and 330 horses; The number
of prisoners taken by the French were 20 of
ficers and 25 privates. There were also mif
fing 43 officers, 400 men, arid 144 horses.
. . The accounts given of th& battles abduc
tbefirh May, are hearly the'fame in the
Dutch, as they 1 are in the London papers,
except, that the government at Amflerdam
take the liberty of infpe^ling all tne proof
fluets of the news,&c. and when it suits their
pleasure, they make such alterations as to
keep rhe truth,very often, from being known ;
for, if it were known, the lofles of the com
bined powers would be found much more
considerable than has yet been made pub
lic.
* ——u ■- - p'
By the Sally, Captain Egger, from Cape-
Francois, which Ihe left the 4th of July, we
Jearnithat at that time about one fourth of the
town remained ftaoding, but entirely deferr
ed by the white inhabitants, who had fled in
every direction, to avoid the melancholy
feene- A few negroes remained, who were
employed in burying the dead. The Com
missioners Sari’bonax and Polverel remained
at A ude do Cap, a final! diflance from the
town, attended by the mula t toes, neg roes, and
their other adherents. .The commissioners
had ifluedorders to one of the mulatto geh
.erals to disarm all the whites, as it was sup
posed peace could not be restored to chc ifiand
until they were deprived of all power of in
terfefing with the Commissioners, whofe'ex--
• ■ pref* bufmefs was to enforce the decree of the
!ConventionofFrance,gTantingcertaifipri
torjtege* to the people of colour.
: . r ' - < / ■
. : JULY: 20. f /;
r t. The Editor has received Lqjdtn papers to
. the f4th of May. They (peak favorable of
the success of the combined forces,, and ;that
they generally have the advantage of the
French troops ; that the insurgents were gai
ning round in Brittany ; and that the Span
iards were making ccnfiderab’c progress in
the province of gavjfdlon.
, The fptrit which the little slate o£ Den
ntarkki^e (hewn in a late instance by fefenting
an in felt offered to their flag at St. CfoiXby
a Britiffi privateer, which they took and car
ried into Si. fbamApsh aftexample worthy
of imitation upon thia principle, that a timc
forbearing conduft will make as liable ra
further infdks, and to ill-treatment from both:,
partiesatwar. -
We bear that the fortifications ,jm Mad h
jland are repairing, and several cannon moun-.
ung for weddence Ofkhe river. A compa-
duced hisiommiffion, which corresponded
With the form published by thefecretdry
Os Sate, and Y elied much on Che treat J
of amity and commerce between France
and America, The Court after hearing
the arguments of the parties, which
exhausted great part of the day determ,
ined that the libel Jhbubd not be admit-
Sufficient proof haWng been produ
ced that Gideon Olmficad, an American
Citizen, was on board of the privateer
when the capture was made, the Court
thought proper to take his re-cogniz
ance, with fur eties for. his appearance
at the next circuit court to anfwerthe
charge.
ted, the cause not being cognizable in
that Court.
C 0 N NE CT IC V T.
H AKTFO RD, Jvay
An fiffociarion has lately been formed in
Philadelphia, under tbe name of the “ De
mocratical Society,” of which Mr. Rhcen
houfe is eleded the President.
By the declarations of the Society. It ap
pears their objeds are, <* to cultivate a just
knowledge of rational liberty, to facilitate
the enjoyments & exercise of our civil rights,
ro transmit unimpaired to posterity, tbe glo
rious inheritance of a free republican govern
menr. In their fundamental articles they re
cognize the right! as man. and the exclusive
right of the people to make and alter forms
of government. They declare it to be their
duty to fupporr the Regttbliian Conflitution of
jhe United Siatti, and that of Pennsylvania,
and also, “ to regard with attention and dis
cuss without fear, the condud of public serv
ants in every department ot government.”
Tbe Society is to be a flandard to which, in
danger and diflrefs, the friends of liberty
may fuccefsfully retort.”
^uery’— Is this the “ ft anda rd of common
sense,” round which we are to rally in oppo
sition to the aristocracy of New-England ?
. Why noftruft our Refrefwatvvee in Legijld
ture to guard us and proted our rights?—
What oceafion for an extra body of demo.
. crats ? In New-England, Public. Schools,
Libraries in every village, books and newf
pipers in every farmer’s house •* circulate
ufeful information,” and teach people their
rights. Tbe fame institution in Pennfvlva-
Bia would/in a few years, so per cede the use
of Democratical Societies, and do more good
z than all the Societies under Heaven.
MHA £ E- hid N De
it PROVIDENCE, July 27.
Capt. Rhodes, in the Schooner Sally, ar
rived. here on Wednefd^y from Cafe-Fran
ceu, which he left the 3d infl. He firft quit
ted that place with the fleet, during the late
disastrous tumult, and proceeded to the Mole,
frctu whence he returned to Cape Francois,
though he did nor enter the harbour. Capt.
.. Rhodes informs, that about 50 hoofes in the
Carnalh, escaped the conflagration, and that
the humber of men, women and children,de.
ttr oyedby the Mulat toes and Negro«s,is «f
--tirtated at abdut 5000,
In Great Britain, the sums levied annually
for public purposes, amount ar present ro a
sum not less than twenty five millions of
pounds flerling. The income of his Majes
ty George the third, which has been regard
ed as not more than necessary for the mainte
nance of kingly dignity, may be reckoned,
oneway or other, at twelve hundred tbou
tboufand pounds yearly. Suppofiog the av
erage price of labour to be a (hilling a day
throughout Great Britain, his Majesty’s ex
penses coafuwe the perpatual daily labour of
above sixty thousand men 1
There were letters in town yesterday from
Cape Francois, dated some days since the
burning of that place, which mention, that
tranquility is rettored ; and that a number
of white inhabitants ftillremain in the town,
which is not more than one fifth part deflroy
cd. In consequence of this intelligence,
there are several families preparing to return
there from the different ports of the United
States, in American bottoms. The only ob
stacle to this determination is, rhe rifque of
meeting with insults, and every kindof inter
ruption from the New-Providence privateers,
fitted out by LordDunmore and the refugees,
of notorious memory in New-York, &c.
JULY 27.
Ar a special session of the Circuit Court of
the United States, new fitting an indidment
was found by tbe grand jury against Joseph
Ravara, Consul from the Republic of
for a mifdemeaoor. Mr. Ravara by his
counlel moved to quaffi the indidment as he
Contended that the Supreme Court of the
United States poffielfed exclusive jurifdidion
ot rhe cause, on account of bis charader as a
Consul ; this point having been fullv argued,
the court, this morning, delivered their
judgment rhereon—Judge Wilson and judge
Peters were of opinion, that the Circuit
Court peffefled a jurifdiftion concurrent with
the Supreme Court lefpefting Confute, al
though not refpeding Ambassadors. Judge
Iredell was of opinion, that the cause was ex
du lively cognizable in the Supreme Cburt of
the United States.
The motion was therefore overruled, and
the defendant directed to plead to the indi&-
menc. 4
Dublin newspapers are received in this ci
ty to May 25 } all of which corroborate the
accounts of the luccefs of the French arms o
vd tbecombined forces.
ny of militia is also Hationed there, to be re
lieved weekly- -
Our newspapers abound with accounts of
abuses and depredations committed on our
trade and commerceby the Britilh Piivateers;
but, lays a correspondent, we do not hear of
any memorials, representations, or remon
ttrairces, being mice or presented to the ex
ecutive of the United States, by any person
or persons on the fubjed.
V r.
ExtraS of a letter f ram a gentleman, at Barce
lona (Sfairi): tn bit correffondent in this
towt, dated May 15th, 1793. .
ts Ttye scarcity of wheat has been so great
hererhis some time past, that we may justly
fay we are bordering on a famine, in confe
qoence of the few arrivals, from abroad,whidb
has obliged us to mix a portion of Barley,
Beans, Indian Corn, See. with our bread, ta
make tbe little exiflenecs of wheat go as ijaar
aS possible; and even this fcbftitute, we feat,
would have been ere now exhausted had- wt
not fortunately the arrival of some Cargoes
from different quarters. A parcel of Flour *
and Wheat has obtained here the exorbitant
prices of uq per qr. for the wheat, and ac*
[current dollars*] per barrel for the Flower,
* A dollar currency in Spain is in value «ft«-
hug. . . , '
A gentleman just arrived in this town
from Cadiz, informs, that a very great scar
city of all kinds of grain, was experienced in
Spain, when he left it, which was the nth
of June ; and that the government almost li
terally fulfiled the words of fcripture,—
the ar mi e 1 ajkfor bread, they giw them little
bettor tbanJionet'—VntiO and Beans.
he brig Mary, Capt. Langdon, arrived
at New-York from Cape Francois, which be
left July 9. The passengers, which are for
ty in number, inform, that it was not suppo
sed more than from fix, to nine hundred
(instead often thoofand as ve heard^loft their
lives in the affair of the 20th—that not.mora
than two thirds of the town was burnt—that
upwards of two thovfand mulatroes and
blacks are now under arms there, well fortifi
that rhe negroes never came in from the
country on the lateoccafion—that the Span*
birds, from their part of theifland, had ta
ken a town, and, were on their march againff
them, and it Is faid/joined by the ariftocrars
and Country blacks. If this be so we ihalJ
hear of bloody werkfoon.
The Brig Nancy, Hooker, from Plymouth,
(E.) is arrived at Porffmourh. Intelligence
by her is is as late as Jane rotb—— At that
time, the combined armies were be sieging
Conde, Valenciennes, Boochain, and QocU
noi, but had not taken a town. . On rhe zjd
May, according to the British accounts the
French camp at France was~attacked, two or
three hundred prisoners, and eight or ten
cannon taken —No other engagement of any
consequence had taken place ; but the papers
are full of accounts of IkirmMes, &c.
Philadelphia papers of the 24th ult. men.
tion, that an express had arrived in that city,
from the CommifHoners to the hostile In
dians, and brought favourable intelligence
refpeding the progress of the treaty.
Twenty one pafTcngers arrived in the Hare*
from Boardeaux, one of them informs, th £
be was io the engagement against rhe Span
iards, when they beat them back with con
siderable loss ; that many were drowned in
crofling a river, which they were obliged to
do with precipitation. That that country
fuffers for nothing—that wut la refublique
rhe universal cry, those who oppose this prin
ciple cannot live there. They heard nothing
of the taking of Nantes, nor do they believe
it in danger.
T
After a full inquiry and debate, the fol
lowing resolve was pa fled. viz.
Whereas it has been published in the Ceo
tinel of the 24th inst. That it was aflerted
in a merchants’ meeting, that it was general
ly known by the inhabitants of this town,
that within two or three days from that time.
Privateers had been fitted out, armed, and
had failed from this port ; that others were
now fitting out, some manned and to be
manned partly by Frenchmen, an’d partly by
citizens of the United Stares: And whereas
the inhabitants of this town., feel their repu
tation concerned in said publication : They
hereby declare in town meeting legally af
fembled,that there was no just foundation for
the aflertion ; but that the disposition of the
citizens of Boston, is entirely in favour of
observing the rales of a Arid neutrality re.
fpe&ing the powers at war in Europe.
Atitji, .
Wm: COOPER, lown- Cleri.
A few days after the ebb fiacre at the Cape, *
afimifer tragedy was to have been aded
at Jereme, South Weft part of Hispaniola.
11 00 Mulattces had meditated an attack on
the town* but were met by 600 of the white
inhabitants, when a sharp conflid enford, i«
which the mulatrces were defeated, and loft
6ooof their number.
On rhe 6th intt. bcing^then, close in with
rbe land, W. S. W. off Monto Chrifto.Capc dlk
Rhodesfawa large fire to the southward,
Which he fuuppofed tb be at Fort Dauphin.
M A S S AC H USETTS.
BOSTON, AUGUST 2*
Town-Meeting.
At a legal meeting of the freeholders and
other inhabitants of tbe town of Boston, at
Faneuil Hall, July 26th, [<r nentioned itt
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