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European Intelligence.
Germany.
VIENNA, SIFT. 26.
'CT'HIS morning feme villains gem.
'jlL mitted a shocking murder at
the Bank of Vienna, upon the person
^ Ml. de Schorn, whom they attack.
..pd just at he fa entering hit room,
Tabbed him in (even or eight places,
.and left him weltering in his blood ;
the, centinels heard no noise, and the
Murderers escaped. We do not know
what loss the bank has (attained, ei
there in paper or money; bet as it
it mod likely the thieves palled the
might there, they molt probably aar
~ tied off something considerable.
^ When| the Inquisition in Spain is
'demolish lea, a, it certainly must be in
^brocefs rtf time, the hidory of that
Iniquitous prison will aftonilh mar
kind. The t^&ile has been a para-
Wife te, place of torments.
= FEMALE PATRIOriSM.fr:
Two female societies have been
formed in Paris, for the purpose of
prompting the conversion of trinkets,
jewels, plate, and other valuables,
into money, far the publick. The
artists, arucheas, painters, sculptors,
end all other profeffions connected
with design, The (fond society is
pompofed of the wives of jewellers,
goldsmiths, toymen, and others of
th, tame class. ' They have each no
minuted a Lady President.^
They have also refolded,;
1 That it is honourable to women
to be permitted to contribute to the
- ftbtic necemties.
1. That it is laudable in wives and
mothers to facrifice articles of luxury,
to the advancement of a conffitutiom.
53. That the conversion of gold and
filter trinkets into specie, being one
means of augmenting the coin t the
Aflembly w ill receive nothing else.
f 4. That the honour conferred on
the firft deputation, refleas luftre on
the.whole-fax; and that theref^e the
Assembly will be content with trinf.
mittingAhe contributions ^che As
sembly, with afimple addfli, with
out desiring admission b^Btotation.
They are to accept dowels or
plate, down to the fmaHR article,
and ladies who have "il^^ jewels
Bor place of gold or silver, may con
<vert other ornaments into money, and
Extraa 6, a letter from Paris, Oa. 3.
'' The fate of the French Monarch
is remarkably fingolar. He has giv
'en liberty to 24 millions of people—
:and orie the firft fruits of this greatest
and noble gift in the power of
Kings to 'bellow, is, that he is
fifyfived of his own liberty, and
made a prisoner, by those whose fet
ters he i^d broken, far the journey
from Versailles to Paris, the little
Dauphin, unconfeious of the danger
of his parents, was extremely sportive,
and by his little tricks seemed to put
the people in good humour: they fre
quently cried P7ws/< Dau,We." \
; Mr.jefferfor, the American Agent,
as well as his secretary who followed
him to Cowes, met with every civility
JU the Custom-House, by the express
orders of Me. Pitt; a circpmftapce
which has produced more good will
among the Americans, both for the
Snifter and the < entry, than would
have been obtained at another junc
ture from favours far more important.
-We learn from Madrid, that the
*icg of Spain has ordered a nine
rto's p^plto^? 4&=@#a, ft
fries) lover all his dominionsTpraj
%g th lithe Almighty would be pleaf
ted to f iterate and confound all those
gownfehS which tend to the humilia
tion of the monarchical power in
JFrance# • -
IONDOM, OCT. 13.
England.
" T"' report.of the proceeding,
f ' between the commiffibners ts
Congress and Mr. M'Gillivray,reach
ted this place three da/s after the bip
finefs was finished ; but as thpj Spa
niards are exceedingly cautions to
wards franker#, {they take ci* tu
keep, the re^lt of that day, profound
secret ; twenty chiefs OTthe Upper
and Lower Creek Nations arrived
here a few days after the treaty oa :
^3 ^^^<
pedies, who en terttins them it hit
own house, and {offers no ffiWtf
an interpreter to be prefena— —&^
whispered that the reason of M§|4
livray's net an taring 'in to « ^T
with the toamifaffl was, that tte
terms offered by Congrefa would, (if
accepted of) infringe oa the treaty
' ( , < ^.^•
:>?'",£;.sA.'*£^'l^ML.SjLaß^foibJfo&ddtetii^^
^C^. if they f^fe, m/ht* fc
verely on those who treat them not
with ,he refyea they merit. A gcp.
ternan who had married a fecood wife,
indulged kimfey in recurring &vr
ten in conversation fio the. beauty and
virtues of his firft contort. He had,
however, barely difeernment enough
to difepver, that the fubjed was nek
agreeable to his present lady. " Ex
cuse me, madam, said he, I cannot
help expressing my regret for the det
deceased !" " Upon my honour,?
said the lady, “ I can most heartily
affirm, that I am as finme a ta&(,_
for ber, as you can be." '. ~•--/
GBORCETOWN, NOIT. %§.
Extra# ofa later from ax American
tynthman, at St, Augufine, (E. F.)
to bis friend in tbit town, dited 08,
%<>O7^ ^
transmit the ameufit, not less that
fix livres^ Botti tke Lay Presidents
have taken aa oath to concealxhe
amount of the several fabferiptioos ;
bafrahenamesof the contributors are
to be registered. ^\
oCToten #&,
AN EFFECTING EFEN?.\
A few days.foee were executelat
Shrewfbary, Thomas Phipps, E^q,
a g ed 47> and his son, Thomaa Phipps
jua. for forging a note of hand for
201. purporting to be given by Rich
ard Coleman. The note had been
put in suit—but the defendant infill
ed, that the note was a fogery.——
After a full hearing, the two Phipps's
were brought in guilty and were sen
tenced to be hung. Mr.. Phipps and
his son, from the time of their con
demnation until the morning of their
execution, persisted in their innocence
gaol, the young Phipps confeffed that
he committed the forgery, avowing
his father's innocence of it, and igno
rance of its being forged, when ,#b
lifhed. They were taken in a mourn*,
ing coach to the place of execution.
0a their way to the fatal tree,! the
father said to the son, * formy, thou
bast brought me to this fsamefdl end, but
Ifreely forgive tbee.' To which the^
son made no reply. ] -4; : §
When the awful moment arrived,
that they matt leave the (able vehicle,
Mr. Phipps said to his son, ' Yow
have brought me bitber, do you lead the.
way ;' which the youth accordingly
did, and in the most composed n@.
net afrerded the ladder to g traffic
ry fcaffold, ereded fefy^e purpose,
followed by his father.* Wten the
devotions were finilhe&q@&Kfye©n
vids tied up, ttey emrared each
other, and in a fe „miriutes ra ©tie
cutioqer let down the fcaffold, and
they were launched into eternity, a^
miitfl avast concourse of deeply affec
ted fpeaatorfy beholding a parent add
child (offering an ignominious death
for violating the laws of their coun
try.
Virginia.
Dotyeftic Affairs. -
THE LADIES
:^^
PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 2s.
Thursday morning, about half pah
two, a fire broke' out atahoufe in
Third freer-next door to the Bunch
of Grapes Tavern, which had arrived
at such a height before it was disco
vered, either by those vfithin, or by'
the watchmen, thafrfhe whole was
involved in a tivid flattie— an dhcieht
man burst from the k>wer* floor and
efcaped^ Elizabeth Preston and her
two children presented themselves at
the chamber window, with (creams
of the most piercing footed< The few
inhabitants who had been roused by
the fry of Are, attempted to rriife a
heavy ladder for their relief ; but ev
ery effort failed-—-The poor distres
sed mother, most probably drawn by
the heartfelt cries of her children,
retreated r om the window. Ano-'
ffier frantic object with a child then
[phifented themselves : The unit
ed /bork# ' .hefe poor diftreff<
tares were heard at the diftan<e of
arar half > iqu, e. The ladder %&$
at length raffed, when an adven/rcc,
citizen af^rg,% and at the halrd
ofc hir. life, tefeued the left woman
and she child. A thousand fears were
qu.ckly excited from the gathering
crowd, as the man was thought to
have difappeered : but from every
information we can Colleß, this hu
mane adventurer Was saved ; the poor
woman with her two fens perished in
;the*flames, and were found at day
light devoid of human form, the
^hole mass being changed into a
black cinder. Jac^b Brown and his
wife, an induftrtoO young couple,
happily escaped at the chamber-win
dow, but [emaio objeQs nf real dif
trefs,having left their money,#loathes,
furniture, arid turn'd;into the world.
NEWTORK, NOV. 11.
Extra# of a letter from Zofon, dated
: November 3.
" THE Frefident hath visited us—
" All his steps were dignity and lore"
—lt was glorious ^ once to embrace
onr Friend and ^fother— Fellow Ci
. tizen-^Genenxl— Supreme Magistrate
— Political Father—Head of dur Na
tion—and Representative of the Ma
jeft| ,of& U^ed Scates—whofe vir
tues are 4, blessing to the world: -Er.
ery pulse seemed to beat ardor for hit
welfare— every heart was animated—
:and the m}tfacer, were our efforts
.to pay him fefe^Qd make him
ha,py -,Mx go, firemen, by fe
"vefe indisposition, the day after his
;arty,,m 4tog hie refidenee here,
staffed me of thepleafure of pay'
iagffiy petfood refpeas to him—This
Q a great draw back upon my hap-'
,0 on te florions eecafidn.
The tourof the PRESIDENT thro?
the Baftern Statesman event, which
erifting between his Catholick Ma
jfefty,and the Creek nation; that
fach a treaty exists is beyond all doubt
—for the king of Spain, ever fierce
the recovery of the Floridas, has paid
an anquattribute of 8000 dollars to
the Indians bordering on the provin
ces ; they arc regularly (applied with
clothing, arms and ^munition, put of
the king's magazine here,, ami in
hifffi.fr,
“ Trifling as this prelent affair
may appear to feme, I can assure you,
from my own observations— a perfo
aal knowledge of M'Giflivray—the
Indians— the extent and situation of
their country—the weak state of our
southern frontiers, &c. that the next
step Congress takes in the bufinefe
will be of importance to the United
States- ,:,
" Lhave the greatest reverence and
opinion of the *vifdom of our lead
ers, but am apt to think that the
(word in triads of the Olive-branch,
will be their result at last—and there
fore a speedy application of the for.
mer might save lives and money. -
. b '<.-4 ^° '/'I-A?'?-'^ •Y°? : ° '
Nfyy/orL
Maffacbufetts.
BOSTON, DEC. 16.
WESTERN PQSTS. .
? A letter from the Weftern Terrify
ry of the United States, dated O&.L
mentions, That there are reports in,
that part of the Union, that the Brit
ish forces on the frontiers are prepar
ing to evacuate the Wefcra Polls, ± ,
to build new ones on the other sides
of the rivers on which they are fitaat.
SHIP NEWS.
Captain BLASDEL, lately from
Newburyport, in a new fchooher, on
bis passage to th6 Wefiindies, Dipped
a fa which ,overfet the vessel, by
which he and all on board (except the'
mate) loft theiclive£ The mate(Mr,
Eliotj floated on a spar nine day%
seven of which he held a boy fa nia
arms, who then died—The ninth da, ~
he was taken up by a British vessel,
and carried into the Weftindies, where
a h^ndfome fubfeription was raised,
and on his recovery, was immediately .
put into boffnefa Ift. Among the
toft, wat Mr. Jofcph Lochen of
Newburyport. ^
has served to call, forth the latent
principles of virtue, gratitude, and
patriotism, in an eminent degree s-
The real friends to the revolution—
the advocates for governm^nfo .peace,
and freedom, were fully convinced
that the attachment of the people to
the Constitution was solid and perma
nan:—that their love and veneration
for, the President could receive no
addition—Still the pen of dander has
not been idle—and the tongue of ca
lumny has not been Glen:—while jea
loufres and apprehensions have been
excised refpe&irig imaginary evils—
It therefore seemed necessary that
some great occasion should offer, to
call forth the real sentiments bf the
Union, and afford that demonstrative
evidence of what the people fed b
which all the adrerfaries of on, rati
onal honour " should not be able to
gainsay or refift,''
Ths PRESIDENT Are tm>
' TYTHXNGM4N.
The President, on hU return to N.
York from his iate tens though
Conne&^ut, having miffed his way
on Satur^v, was obliged to rideg
few miles on Sunday learning, ia
order to gain the town, at which ha
had previc^fly proposed to have; at#
tended divine fervice.^—Before he ar
rived, hewever, he was met by&fpt
thingman, who commanded hfa w
ffop, demanded the occafien of bia
riding ; and it was not until the Pm
fident had informed him of every err.
cumftance, and promised to go to
further than the sown intended, thou,
the Tylhingman would permit his,
to proceed on bit journey.,
Thia day, at 11 o'clock the Prtf.
dent was conveyed in the Admir^'e
barge on board the Admiral' aJhipQ
the Major of the fleet fleered, tht
midihipmen rowed, all dressed in red
—when the President arrived he waa '"
received on board, in the fame man.
qer they receive their gin^s, viz.—
The Officers took ofQheir Ihoed
and the crew all appeMfeWith their
legs naked. =
DECEMBER fr '%,
The following article -is copied
from rhe journal cf the Senate of the
United States.
" May 14, The committee ap.
pointed the gth intt. to cenfider
and report under what tme it would
be proper for the Senate to address
the President of the United States es
America," Reported, That in the o.
pinion of the con mittee if will be
proper thus to address the President ►/
His HIGHNESS the President of th
- States of 4&erica, and PretMte
of tlfeir Liberties,
Extraa of a letter from Bfon, dated
O&ober 28.