National gazette. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1792-11-17 00:00:00

National Gazette.
By P. FRENEAU: Published WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, at THREE DOLLARS per annum.
[NUMB.-6 of VOL. II.]
S A T U R D A Y, November 17. 1702.
[Total No. 110.]
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
PARIS, Sep. 17—25.
THE enemies of France are every day becoming more formidable. All the advices from Germany, Spain, and Sardinia, agree in the accounts they give of the expensive preparations which are carrying on against us. The king of Great Britain, in his German character of Elector of Hanover, has not merely avowed his intentions of taking part with the two great courts, but has been most conspicuous and forward in engaging others to coalesce. His Hanoverian minister, as we have seen officially notified to the assembly, has travelled over Germany, to make converts to the cause of the Princes. The king of Spain has thrown off the flimsy disguise of neutrality, and assuredly declared himself for hostilities. Sardinia, at the same time, has no longer occasion for jesuitism, but threatens determined war.
The general idea of the plan of the crusade against France is as follows.
1. "The united armies of Prussia, and Austria have no hope beyond the reduction of the northern departments, in which, if possible, they mean to plant themselves for the winter, not entering Paris, but holding the chief quarters of the camp at St. Denis.
2. "The whole of the southern frontier to be menaced and held in check by Spain and Sardinia, while a diversion may be made by the Swiss Cantons.
3. "Thus invested on the South and North, England, for they cannot separate the King of England from the Elector of Hanover, is to threaten the departments opposite to the Channel, that the panic may be general: and thus assailed on all sides, the mediation of England is to be offered for the establishment of a limited monarchy."
We have the omens of new massacres in Paris. The minister of justice has found, that since the massacre, between four and five hundred persons have been imprisoned in Paris by the municipality, the sections, and individuals; some of them upon crimes alleged, but most of them on mere undescribed suspicion. The assembly knowing well that the insinuations of these ruffians are signals for execution, have taken measures to save these poor wretches from the fury of the mob.
During the night of Sunday and Monday last, the mob here broke open the jewel-office belonging to the crown, and stole out of it all the jewellery and regalia.
The treasury deposited in this place, comprising diamonds and other precious stones, the rich presents made by foreign princes, &c. was by far more valuable than that belonging to any other crowned head in Europe. The total value of the diamonds, pearls, coloured stones, and diamond ornaments of the king's dress alone, is estimated at about one million sterling.
Mons. Merlin, member of the committee of researches, has given the following account of the robbery:
At ten at night, a patrol of the section of the Thuilleries perceived a man who was descending the lamp post of the jeweller's office. On seizing him his pockets were found full of jewels, diamonds, gold and silver. Another robber in attempting to escape by throwing himself from the top of one of the pillars, was wounded in the head and taken; he was covered with brilliants, and had a handkerchief full of gold and silver, diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and topazes. The national assembly has this morning named four of its members to be present at the information of this affair. Two considerable diamonds, one named the Regent, worth 500,000. sterling, and the Souci, are carried off, with all the most precious
brilliants. The value is estimated at several millions sterling.
In consequence of this depredation, an order was issued instantly to shut the barriers, and search every person who attempted to pass. At the same time couriers were dispatched on every road leading from the capital, with orders to stop every carriage they met. Two of the thieves were taken into custody.
The pearls of the crown are in number five hundred and thirteen, of which four hundred and eighty are not set, and thirty three are placed in some ornaments worn by the queen, which were shewn to the commissioners.
The rubies are two hundred and thirty, of which number an hundred and forty five are not mounted, and eighty five are placed in the epaulette, golden fleece, and coloured cross of the order worn by the king.
The Topazes are seventy one, of which only three are mounted, and these are placed in the coloured cross worn by the king.
There are an hundred and fifty emeralds, of which number only seventeen are set and these are placed in the coloured chain of one of the king's watches.
There are an hundred and thirty-four sapphires, three oriental amethysts, and eight Syrian granates.
Of the diamonds, one called the regent, of the weight of 146 carats, is estimated at 12 millions of French livres, or more than 500,000. sterling.
The best ruby is estimated at 50,000 livres, and the worst at 50 livres; the best topaz is estimated at 5000 livres, and the worst at 150; the best emerald at 12,000 livres, and the worst at 150; the best sapphire is estimated at 100,000 livres; the second at 6000, the third at 3000, and the worst at 120; the best amethyst at 6000 livres, the worst at 100; the best granate at 12000 livres, the worst at 200; the total value of the coloured stones is 360,604 livres, or about fifteen thousand pounds.
The diamonds above mentioned are separate from those made up into different ornaments for the king's use, the value of which latter is 6,834,490 livres, or more than two hundred & fifty thousand pounds. The total value of the diamonds, pearls, coloured stones and diamond ornaments of the king's dress, is 23,922,197 livres, or about one million sterling.
The following letter was read from the commissioners sent to the armies.
"Maubeuge, Sep. 14.
"We cannot delay informing the assembly of the situation of this town. The enemy, who are numerous, hover round the glacis, and plunder and lay waste the neighborhood. Every thing announces that we shall soon experience a siege. The inhabitants and garrison have no confidence in their commandant. As this objection does not come within the limits of our powers, we have written to the commissioners to the army of the north, requesting two of them at least, would repair hither. The camp under Maubeuge has been too much weakened: that of the enemy encreases daily, and we have sent notice of this to the minister of war. The enemy have done every thing in their power to seduce manufacturers here, but have not succeeded; they are advancing in two columns.
A dispatch from M. Moreton, late commandant of the camp at Maulde, confirms the breaking up of that encampment, and the distribution of the troops into the different garrisons, to shelter them from the pursuit of the Austrians commanded by general la Tour. The number of killed and wounded on the part of the French, at the time of the retreat is not yet known.
The Austrians are besieging Maubeuge, one of the best fortified towns in French Flanders.
The city of Lille is still surrounded by the Austrians, who are in possession of all the villages and small towns in its vicinity.
By letters from Givet it appears, that that part of France is in a most unprotected state. Notwithstanding the allied forces are advancing, there are only 3000 men to defend Charlemont, Givet, &c.
The king of Prussia is making new levies in Brandenburg, as well as in the other states. A considerable train of Prussian artillery is on its way towards the French frontiers.
The Prince of Nassau reached Luxembourg on the 4th inst. and brought the news of the near approach to the French frontiers of 25,000 Russians.
General Montesquieu, it is said, has received orders to commence hostilities against the king of Sardinia, at the head of the victors of Arles, Mantaban, and the camp of Jolis.
The French ambassador has received orders to quit Madrid, where, we are assured a war against the French revolution is decided on.
German Empire against France.
The minister for foreign affairs has sent the following letter to the assembly:
"Mr. President, I informed the assembly yesterday morning, of certain circumstances which indicated that we should soon be involved in a war with the German empire. I am now informed of it officially by dispatches. The decree of the commission has just appeared. A translation of it is now making in my office. In the mean time I send you an abstract of eight articles which it contains.
"His imperial majesty expects that the diet will deliberate on the following points:
1. "That a formal declaration of war, in the name of the emperor and empire, in opposition to that war already begun by France against the empire, by invasions and hostile irruptions, be made.
2. "That what has been granted to France by the treaty of Munster and subsequent treaties, ought not in future to be considered as obligatory.
3. "Whether it would not be proper to raise the triple of the common contingencies, in order to employ them against France?
4. "What regulations ought to be formed respecting the establishment of a war treasury and respecting the contributions necessary for supplying it?
5. "Whether it would not be proper to recall, by imperial letters, all the subjects of the empire, who are either in the military or civil service of France?
6. "Whether it would be proper to forbid, by penal laws, the exportation of arms and ammunition?
7. "What regulations ought to be made in regard to the commerce with France?
8. "Whether it would not be proper to forbid all the members of the empire to remain neutral?"
"Such are the proposals made to the diet by the emperor. All the ministers have already received their instructions on this point. The resolution of the diet will therefore be speedily formed. The execution of it must however experience considerable delay. On a mature examination of the situation of the circles, I think I can positively assert, that the empire will not be able to disturb France before the end of this year."
"If it should be decided in the diet of the empire, that the king of England, as elector of Hanover, shall furnish his quota of men to act against France, they must certainly be drafted wholly from Hanover, and maintained by the purse of the empire.
M. Bernardin de St. Pierre has been chosen deputy to the national convention by the department of Loire and Cher, and Dr. Priestly has been chosen by that of Orne.
The duke of Brunswick is posted with an army of 50,000 men between Verdun and Clermont. Fifteen thousand emigrants, with 5000 other troops, are behind Longwy.
General Clairfayt, with 30,000 Austrians is in the neighborhood of Carignan.
There are about 2,000 Austrians between Sarre Louis and Longwy, which together with other small bodies, make in all 132,000 men, without including the troops of Brisgaw and Flanders, who are said to amount to 80,000.
Several persons have fallen victims to their imprudent zeal in digging up leaden coffins, in order to convert them into bullets.
M. Burruyer has been sworn into the office, before the national assembly, as commander of the camp under the walls of Paris.
On the 21st of September the national assembly, after an existence of one year, closed in a cheerful and truly patriotic stile, by addressing the national convention, of whom a sufficient number had that day convened, and resigning the great trust of the nation, the reins of authority to their charge. In this address they solicitate themselves on the happy reception of those measures which they were driven to (by the perfidy of one man) for the preservation of 24,000,000 of people. They mention the perils which France had experienced since the 10th of August, and the perplexity of their situation—you are, say they, invested with the unlimited confidence of France; commissioned by it to let its external enemies hear the voice of its independence; authorized to chain at home the monsters of anarchy, and make every head bend under the protecting and avenging word of the law—The nation wishes for liberty and equality—by the aid of heaven you can soon give to Frenchmen, liberty, laws, and peace—These three emphatical words were inscribed, by the Greeks, on the walls of the temple of Delphos—print them, with indelible characters, on the whole surface of the territory of France, and confidence, due submission and durable happiness will be the blessed consequence. The assembly decreed, that they would proceed in a body to the Thuilleries, and act as guard to the convention. Ye sons of despotism, is not this a test of patriotism, and does it not remind you of the great Cincinnatus at the plough?
The convention entered convention-hall at half past one on this same day amid incessant plaudits, and proceeded to business. M. Pétion, President of France, to reside in the national palace. After organizing the house, they proceeded to ceremonies, but they seemed all of opinion that equality should be observed; that their great business was to free the people, by hurling monarchs to destruction: they finally declared, that there could be no constitution but that which is accepted by the people; that law must resume its empire; that territorial property and the fruits of industry are sacred; that they will concert the mode which the French people at large shall pursue, to manifest their opinions respecting the constitution which shall be presented to them; they decreed, that those laws and powers which had not been abrogated or suspended, shall be provisionally preserved and supported, and that existing taxes shall be collected: M. Collet d'Herbois just as they were about adjourning, rose and said, "There is one declaration which ought not to be deferred even until evening—it is, the eternal abolition of royalty in France"—Some debate arose, but finally, the following decree was obtained, "The National convention decrees, that royalty is abolished in France."—Vive la Nation, &c. was vociferated from every quarter.

In the evening 3 commissioners were appointed to inspect the works at the camp of Paris, M. Condorcet was appointed vice president. Officers of departments appeared at the bar, expressed satisfaction at seeing France delivered from the scourge of tyrants, and swore to discharge their duties with fidelity and punctuality. Three commissioners were appointed to inspect the ex. funds and treasury—several deputations were admitted, who congratulated and promised support.
On the 22d decreed—1. That all public acts shall be dated, "The first year of the French Republic." 2. That the state seal shall be changed, and have for legend, "French Republic." 3. That the national seal shall represent a woman sitting under a bundle of arms, and having in her hand a pike, with the cap of liberty upon it, and on the exergue, "Archives of the French Republic." 4. That petitioners shall not be admitted at the bar, but during the evening sitting. Three commissioners were sent to enquire into the disturbances at Orleans, and to assist to quell them. It was decreed, after much debate, "That all the administrative and judicial bodies should be re-elected" "That all judges may be chosen without distinction, from among the citizens." The following letter, from Gen. Dumourier, was then read "Last night, after making an attack of 8 hours, on the post of Kellerman, the Prussians, who lost many men, continued their march on the left. I shall not remain long in my present post, but follow the enemy, and if they advance towards Rheims, I shall hem them in. I am perfectly satisfied with seven battalions of federates who have just arrived; they are perfectly obedient, and love discipline, Signed; Dumourier. A letter was read, announcing, that the enemy's force seemed bent towards Valenciennes."
On the 23d commissioners reported from Orleans, that order was restored. Decreed, that the military committee should have access when they pleased, that there shall be a committee of war in two sections to concert together. The conduct of Spain was discussed, and commissioners proposed to be sent for information. General Montesquieu's conduct censured for having sent false information, &c.
On the 24th threats from the Diet of Arau, were received by letter, to invade France. General Dumourier, has evacuated Chalons, by way of precaution. The day terminated by these two decrees, 1. The French Republic no longer acknowledges Princes. 2. The national convention, in consequence, suppresses all appanages.
Longwi, Aug. 5. His Prussian majesty passing by a village near this place, escorted by some dragoons, the inhabitants manifested a great joy on seeing him, but all on a sudden the sound of three or four muskets were heard, and his majesty and his horse both fell. His suite, furious at seeing this treason, fell on to massacre the people and destroy their houses; but the king, recovering his fall, called out to stop their vengeance, saying, I am not wounded, spare shedding human blood. However, this accident induced the king to send a courier extraordinary away immediately, ordering thirty thousand more of his troops to march towards the frontiers of France.
Lyons, Sept. 13. In imitation of the example set by the Parisians, the prisons in this city were forced open, and the prisoners, though defended by the municipal officers, were all slaughtered indiscriminately; nothing could exceed the fury of the populace, and the effects it produced are too shocking to relate; several heads were carried through the streets. One of the prisoners had escaped from his murderers, and came to the hall of the magistrates, to implore protection; but even his judges could not save him from the monsters who were in pursuit of him, and who cut him in pieces, with several more unfortunate citizens and prisoners, in the very presence of the officers of justice.
At night the bloody scenes increased; every moment the prisons were opened; a great number of priests were murdered; one of them was disguised in women's cloathes: the slaughter did not cease till the streets were covered with dead bodies.
An insurrection has also taken place at St. Martin, near Lyons; seven persons, among whom were four priests, were saved from being massacred by a party of national guards.
London, Sept. 21. The corporation of Dublin, in Common-Hall, on the 24th inst. took into consideration the petition of the Roman Catholics, who claim a right to equal immunities and privileges with the Protestants. This petition the corporation have rejected, as tending to overturn those principles on which the constitution is founded.
The question between the Protestants and the Catholics in Ireland is agitating with much vigor. The appointment of delegates, by the latter, having been treated as illegal by some persons of considerable weight, the opinions of Mr. Butler and Mr. Burston, two of the leading counsel there have been taken upon it, who have declared the measures to be one of the unalienable rights of the nation.
Since Monday last, entries for goods for different parts of America, to the amount of 160,000l. have been made at the custom-house.
Extract of a letter from Dublin, Sept. 13. "It is said that in the course of last week a subscription, amounting to three millions sterling, was completed among the Roman Catholic gentlemen and merchants of Ireland, for the purpose of purchasing lands in North-America."
The object of this purchase is said to be two-fold; first, that these lands may serve as an asylum to which those people may retire, should they fail in obtaining what they now seem to consider as essential to the being of freedom—the elective franchise. The second object is, that they may be a source of profit, should their situation in their native country be made such as to induce them to remain in it.
"This measure of the Catholics, should it be carried into execution, must very deeply interest the national welfare. Nothing has occurred in Irish politics, within the present century, more worthy the attention of the politician and the statesman."
Brussels, Sept. 22. After the events of the 14th inst. the news of which you probably have heard, the armies under the command of the Duke of Brunswick, having turned the mountains of Clermontois, found the armies of Luckner, Dumourier, and Kellerman, very advantageously posted in a chain of mountains parallel to the river of Aisne.
The combined armies offered battle to the French, which they refused. It then became necessary to turn a corps of 20,000 men under M. Dumourier, who occupied a height which is considered as the key to the passes. The intrepidity of the troops conquered all obstacles; they attacked and took a battery of cannon, and M. Dumourier, perceiving they would turn his flank, took flight. The two other generals followed his example, and the French army passed the Aisne in the greatest distress, and fled towards Chalons, where it is thought they did not stop.
In this retreat, from four to five hundred prisoners have been made, and they lost a great number of people, four pieces of cannon, sixty waggons, and an infinite quantity of baggage.
M. de Sombrueil, aid-de-camp of the Prince of Nassau, has gained great credit in this action by his valor and intelligence. It is understood that the king of Prussia decorated him with the military orders on the field of battle.
All the difficult passages are now forced, and the combined armies have the keys to Paris, except the battle which the patriots are to fight in the plains of Champagne, behind Chalons; but it is feared their courage will not await the Austrians and Prussians.
The combined armies bewail Prince Charles de Ligne, whose courage was the cause of his death.
L O N D O N.
To write now in favor of the people is deemed seditious, and a libel on government. In the name of common sense, what would soon be the people's condition, if they were left to the will of governments, with no friend of spirit to plead for them.
According to the modern definition of a libel, every newspaper which is not in favor of ministers, is liable to information daily, by the attorney-general; for if to abuse government be to libel it, do not all prints of the above description abuse it? Pointing out its corruptions and deformities, is abusing it to all intents and purposes.
"Reprobate and vilify the friends of the people," is the cry from a certain quarter. "If we can frighten John Bull from encouraging any salutary reform in parliament, and make him terrified at the appearance of his real friends, we then may pick his pocket at our pleasure."
The advocates for despotism, though they lose their arguments, will not lose their holds, while their patrons have the treasury in keeping. Take that away, and down goes the zeal of their adherents at once.
If Mr. Secretary Dundas should go to the East-Indies this summer, instead of his uninviting spot near Edinburgh, we advise him not to touch at Botany Bay; his popularity is no greater there than in Scotland.
We stated in our last the combined armies stationed before Thionville having taken the height of St. Michel, near that place, after an obstinate action, in which they lost five hundred men. It now appears that the prince of Hohenlohe was killed in the contest. He was an experienced general and the commander in chief of one of the three great armies, destined to act against France.
A stratagem of General Wimpfen, the commander of Thionville is much praised. On the 11th inst. he made a prodigious fire in the market place, the flames of which were mistaken by the enemy, for a fire among the houses, kindled by their bombs. They immediately made an assault. A detachment from the garrison took them in flank, while the cannon of the place played upon their front, and they were presently routed with the loss of three hundred
men, left dead upon the spot. Upon the whole, Thionville has already cost the enemy a thousand men, besides an immense quantity of cannon and bombs sunk in the Moselle.
RION, September 8.
"Thomas Payne, the Electoral Assembly of Puy-de-Dome, in its sitting has chosen you a member of the national convention. Your love of humanity, of liberty and equality, the useful works, which have issued from your heart and your pen, to defend them, have determined this choice."
It was received by universal and reiterated plaudits. Come, friend of men, increase the number of patriots in an assembly, which is to fix the fate of a great people, and, perhaps, that of the human race.
"The time of happiness, which you have foretold for nations, is arrived. Come, do not deceive their wish."
"Signed The Members of the Electoral Assembly of the department of Puy-de-Dome."
Letter from Brussels, Sept. 8.
"A private account received yesterday from Luxemburg, said that the operations of the army were far from having been attended with the success that had been expected; that the Hungarian grenadiers had been very roughly treated, the vanguard of the Prussians repulsed, and that the army, instead of marching straight on to Paris, was intrenching itself on the frontiers of France. It was further said, that the king of Prussia shewed already some marks of disgust, and had repeatedly reproached the emigrants for having assured him, that half the army would come over and join them; that the towns would open their gates, and a considerable party make head in the interior of the kingdom. Yesterday the account was that Thionville had been at last taken, but it is now contradicted."
"Saar-Louis, Metz, and Verdun, have been reported to be taken, in order, no doubt, to keep up the spirits of the aristocratic party, and the report found afterwards false. Longwi was said to be taken before it was in reality, no doubt for the same purpose; the allied armies have now been a month opposed against the enemy, and if they have taken Thionville, it is the only conquest yet reaped by their arms, for Longwi was the fruit of treason, not of valor."
"The king of Poland, it is said, not only means to resign his crown, but to exile himself forever from his native country. This shews a mind weighed down with grief."
"The Duke of Bourbon has quitted his camp at Ardennes where the patriots had an intrenched camp during their war with the Austrians, to attack the French frontier on the side of Givet."
"The Prussians occupy the advantageous post of Tiercelet, where the French first encamped at the beginning of the war: They have made the peasants furnish a man from every house in sixteen villages round about, whom they force to work at their intrenchments."
"The king of Prussia gave the other day a dinner to the Count D'Artois, it consisted only of twice three dishes. After the repast his majesty intimated to the royal emigrant, that if he had always made such frugal meals he would never had occasion for his assistance."
"The emigrants may have deceived the courts that espouse their cause, in promising a powerful internal co-operation of their party on France, which probably consists of no more than the adherents of the late civil list and the fanatic clergy, in which doubtless they were wrong, but the mortifications they at present meet with are not excusable to men under misfortunes. To give a man four rye bread with all the bran in it is hard enough, without insulting his delicacy. This treatment had nearly brought about the other day an engagement that might have rid France of her enemies."
For the NATIONAL GAZETTE.
Short Remarks on the present unpopular Indian War, and pointing out the means to negotiate an honorable Peace, much desired by a majority of both parties, on terms of reciprocity.
THE merits and demerits of the present very unpopular Indian war have been much discussed during the late session of Congress and in our daily papers; but in no instance more thoroughly or justly than in a small pamphlet lately published, and to be sold by William Young in Philadelphia, entitled, "Minutes of Debates in Council, on the banks of the Ottawa river, November 1791, said to be held there by the chiefs of the several Indian nations, who defeated the army of the United States on the 4th of that month."
Owing to these discussions, and to the sense of the nation, the executive of our government have adopted various means to induce a treaty, but without any good effect; because the superstitions and prejudices of the nations we are at war with have been disregarded, through ignorance or inattention in those who have been en-
trusted with the proposed negotiations; and our ambassadors have not been allowed to enter into the enemies councils, to deliver their embassies, but it is said have been put to death. Hence, some, and particularly the first promoters of the war, and those who have an immediate interest in its continuance, wish us to believe, that war alone, and not peace, is the object of our enemy, and therefore, that we ought to redouble our forces and our expences, to reduce them to a proper sense of their perfidy, as their noble spirit is improperly called.
The causes of the war, pointed out by the Indian nations in the above mentioned pamphlet, and particularly our disregard to their ancient customs, manners, and prejudices, are the occasion of their inveteracy and hatred: and our pride, insolence and falsehood, displayed in some of our publications, and our contemptuous treatment of them on various occasions, as pointed out in that pamphlet, ought to be removed, before we can expect them to place any confidence in us.
It may perhaps now, after our several defeats, be honestly asked , how we are to induce the nations with whom we are at war, to listen to our propositions for peace? I know that nothing, of equal importance, is more easily to be accomplished; a perusal of the above mentioned pamphlet will point out the means, and our former mistakes; but if it does not do this so fully as might be wished, there are, no doubt, many among us, who are acquainted therewith; and whose patriotism would induce them to undertake, were they to be called upon: or, they would at least give the necessary information. All with whom I have conversed on the subject, who are acquainted with the Indian character and politics, do declare, as I do, from an intimate knowledge of them, that peace with the United States, upon just and honorable terms, is their first and most desired object; and easily attainable by us, on principles of reciprocity.
How strange soever these observations may appear to those among us, who are for a war of extirpation, or perfect conquest, or however dissonant from their doctrines these positions may be found, yet I judge they are the best principles to build our reliances upon, for a permanent peace. This accomplished, upon true principles, we should see the nations hastening to embrace us, as they did our ancestors; and and then should we see superstition combining with inclination to implant in the minds of the rising generation, on both sides, the most friendly sentiments; such sentiments and dispositions having once obtained, will be the strongest barrier for their own preservation. Opposition to the superstitions and prejudices of a people; railing at them for peridy which they were never guilty of; and insolent threats of chastisement they know it is not in our power to inflict, are not the means from which to expect successful negotiations, or to produce mutual confidence and good faith.
TAIMENEND.
November 16.
C O N G R E S S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, Nov. 13.
Several petitions were read, praying compensation, &c. and referred.
Mr. Boudinot of the committee to whom was referred the letter from the Secretary of State, relative to the northern boundary of the territory of the United States, reported a resolution, viz.
"That the President of the United States be requested and authorised, with the concurrence of the states of Virginia and Kentucky, to cause the line to be extended from the western termination of the line formerly run by Fry and Jefferson on the part of Virginia, and by other surveyors on the part of North-Carolina, by a surveyor of sufficient abilities, in the proper latitude; whereby the northern boundary of the territory ceded to the United States by the state of North-Carolina, may be determined, and that Congress will provide for the necessary expence attending the same."
The house took up for consideration the motion which had been laid on the table relative to notifying the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War of the intention of the house to take up the consideration of the report of the committee on the causes of the failure of the expedition under Gen. St. Clair, and requiring their attendance to what information might be wanted in the course of the investigation.
After much debate the question was put upon the last proposition contained in the motion, and lost. The first part consequently fell to the ground.
The following was then agreed to---Resolved, that the committee of the whole house, to whom is referred the report of the committee appointed to enquire into the causes of the failure of the expedition under Gen. St. Clair, be empowered to send for persons, papers and records, for their information.

The house then came to the following resolution---That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to cause to be laid before the house, a statement of the several disbursements of money made by the department of war in the years 1790 and 1791.
Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14.
On motion that a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes---It was agreed to, and a committee appointed for the purpose.
Petitions from several refugees from Canada, were read and referred.
Mr. Murray's motion for appointing a committee to take into consideration that part of the President's speech relating to the transmission of newspapers, and whether any and what alterations may be necessary in the post-office law---was referred to Messrs. Murray, Baldwin, Gilman, Aines and Barnwell.
Two petitions were then read and referred.
A letter from the Secretary of War, addressed to the Speaker, dated War Department, Nov. 14, was presented and read, as follows:
SIR, "After the close of the last session of Congress, I saw with much concern the report of the committee appointed to enquire into the causes of the failure of the expedition under Major Gen. St. Clair, of the 8th of May, 1791; which having been presented to the house in the last moments of the session, was ordered to be printed, and has since circulated in the public newspapers throughout the United States, containing suggestions most of them founded upon an incomplete investigation, which have been understood in a sense very injurious to my reputation.
Learning that the present day was appointed for taking into consideration the above-mentioned report---I have waited with anxious expectation for some act of the house enabling me to attend the progress of the examination upon which they are about to enter, for the purpose of furnishing such information and explanations as might conduce to a right understanding of facts, in which I am so materially implicated---The failure of a proposition which I am informed was made to the house with that view, has added to my solicitude and regret.
Thus situated, I feel myself called upon to ask of the justice of the house that some mode may be devised, by which it will be put into my power to be present during the course of the intended enquiry, as well to hear the evidence on which the several allegations contained in the report are founded, as to offer the information and explanations to which I have alluded.
To this step I am impelled by a persuasion that an accurate and satisfactory investigation cannot otherwise be had with equal advantage, if at all: And my entire reliance upon the equity and impartiality of the house will not permit a doubt to exist on my part, that such an investigation will be exclusively the object of their desire and pursuit."
A letter to the same effect from Major Hodgdon, quarter-master-general of the late army, was presented and read.
A motion was made to refer these letters to a committee of the whole house; which was superseded by a motion made by Mr. Madison to discharge the committee of the whole from the consideration of the report of the select committee, and that the same, with the documents relative thereto, be re-committed to the same committee---This motion was carried in the affirmative.
A statement as presented, from the Treasury department, of expenditures necessary for the year 1793.
THURSDAY, Nov. 15.
The bill for registering and recording of ships in the United States, &c. was twice read, referred to a committee of the whole, and made the order of the day for next Monday.
A letter was communicated from the Secretary of War, inclosing one from the agent of the United States to the Creek nation, giving information respecting Indian affairs in the southern department. An inclosed letter from Gen. McGillivray was partly read---but stop, and ordered to lie on the table.
A motion was made to refer the petition of Henry Bowes to the Secretary of the Treasury, which was negatived. It was then moved to send it to a select committee. On this motion the petition, and accompanying vouchers, received a reading, by which it appeared, that a house belonging to the petitioner in Fredericksburg, had been used in the war as a hospital and barracks, for about two years, and during that time had suffered much damage.
The petitioner applied to Mr. Turner, a commissioner for the settlement of claims, but was unsuccessful in the application. A second commissioner was appointed who settled similar claims; but the petitioner's ill health, owing to his services in the army, having caused his absence from home, he learnt of the appointment too late to apply. This second motion was also lost.
The petition of Richard Chewworth was, on motion, referred to Messrs. Hartley, Greenup, and Gordon.
A petition from the door-keeper of the house was read and laid on the table.
The galleries were then cleared.
PHILADELPHIA.
NOVEMBER 17.
The general assembly of Delaware met last week at Dover, and have appointed Gunning Bedford, James Sykes, and William Hill Wells, electors of the President and Vice-President of the United States.
On the 30th of October last a violent gale from the eastward did some damage to the shipping in the harbor of Charleston, S. C. fortunately, it being low water on the bar, during the height of the gale, the shipping did not suffer so much as might have been otherwise expected. Some wooden buildings were blown down.
Considerable disturbances have recently happened in Cape-Francois; in which the patriotic party have been prevalent. One officer of the counter-revolution party was put to death, and about fifty other obnoxious persons shipped off to take their trial in old France, on a charge of having fomented the rebellion of the negroes, in concert with the anti-revolutionists in the mother country.
It is mentioned in a letter from Paris, dated September 14, that Gen. Dumourier still occupied his old post; with an army suddenly increased from 9000 to near 60,000. The forces under Gen. Kellerman, and some other Generals were expected to join these in a few days, after which there was little doubt but a general attack would be made upon the combined army of the despotic powers.
On the 15th inst. the deputies from the several counties of the state of New-York, (appointed to seek redress for the outrage supposed to have been committed by the decision of a majority of the canvassers for governor) waited on the assembly, to the number of 80 persons, to deliver in their respective memorials. These were presented to the Speaker by a member, and finally referred to a committee of the whole house, to be taken into consideration on the 22d instant.
A letter from Lisbon to a gentleman in Petersburg, Virginia, dated September 7, mentions the great prospect there for the sales of wheat and Indian corn; "The crops having turned out far below expectation, and the greatest part of the foreign grain in the ware-houses in a perishable condition. Upon an ordinary calculation it was thought there was not grain enough in Lisbon to supply the inhabitants three months." Another letter says, "The greater part of the wheat at present in our stores is damaged, and the harvest of the country has been but indifferent; the same having been the case in Spain, there will be a considerable demand there for foreign wheat; and Italy which used to furnish a great deal both to Spain and Portugal, will this year supply little or nothing, the exportation in Sicily being prohibited; neither do we expect much will come from the north of Europe, the prices there not being inviting, and many people deterred from venturing, on account of the heavy losses suffered for some time past."
The legislature of the state of Rhode-Island have very lately passed an act, fixing the value of gold coins agreeably to the standard of the United States, viz. the gold coins of France, England, Spain, and Portugal, and all other gold coins of equal fineness, at 89 cents for every penny-weight; by which, 1 ounce of gold is worth 17 dollars, 80 cents; 1 penny-wt. 89 cents; 12 grains 44 1-2 cents; 6 grains 22 1-4 cents; 3 grains 11 1-3 cents; 1 grain about 3 2-3 cents.
Letter from James Seagrove, Esq. (agent of Indian affairs in the southern department of the United States) to the citizens of the state of Georgia.
"IT being (in my opinion) of some consequence to the citizens of Georgia to know the disposition of the Creek Indians towards them at this time, I have therefore taken this mode of assuring them, that, from the whole of my late communications, and the investigation of matters, I do not find any disposition in the chiefs of the Creek nation to be unfriendly to any part of the United States. On the contrary, I have reason to think it the wish of nine tenths of that nation to be in strict friendship with us.
Many and base have been the attempts of late to mislead those unfortunate people, notwithstanding which, I will venture to assure the citizens of this country of a continuance of peace, and a friendly intercourse between them and the Creek nation, unless the restless, vicious disposition of some of the white people among us, should oblige the Indians to adopt a different line of conduct.
All attempts from any foreign quarter to mislead them I consider of little or no consequence; much more mischievous is to be dreaded from the ill disposed among
ourselves. It therefore becomes incumbent on every good man in this country, as he values peace, and the prosperity of Georgia, to use every exertion to prevent any outrage or injury being committed on the Indians, or their property. Herewith I send, for immediate publication in the Gazette, three Talks which I received a few days past from chiefs who are well known to be of the first consequence in the nation. I am in possession of many other strong proofs that we stand well with the southern tribes, but those I now send will serve to convey the wishes of the Creeks."
[The talks above referred to, are from the head men of the Upper Creeks, Lower Creeks, Cussetahs, and Cowetas; and are all expressive of peace and amity, and a desire to maintain a good understanding with the subjects of the United States.]
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London, dated Sept. 4.
"The Jacobins, or Republicans of France, having overturned the former order of things, a bloody contest is begun, in which it is hard at this distance to say which is right. It is certain the friends of liberty have had many obstacles to encounter; among their greatest and most dangerous enemies are the priests, but they are now to be all sent to South-America to till the earth. Fayette has fled from France, and it is said is going to America. At home Paine has fairly overcome Pitt and his colleagues: in Ireland Napper Tandy has conquered the whole force of government."
Extract of a letter from Hispaniola, dated October 15.
"A ship is arrived at Cayes, with 350 men of the battalion of Aube. These troops, who were much abused by the enemies of the public good, appear to be well disposed, perfectly well disciplined, and shew great impatience to be led against the revolted.
The ship St. Anne, which brings the remainder of the battalion, appeared for a moment, but has been again driven out to sea by the currents.
It is time France should think of us.---Fifteen days more and all was lost.
We with much for the arrival of M. de Montesquieu, to re-establish good order and enforce that obedience which is due to legal authority.
We just now hear, and the intelligence may be depended on, that Cavillon, Jerome, Cayemette, Petit-Trou and L'Anse-a-veau have surrounded the rebels of Petit-Trou, had pursued them for nine days, and killed almost the whole of them; the survivors prayed for mercy, and all is restored to order; it should be observed, that they had as commander no agent of the old executive."
Abstract of further intelligence by the late arrival at New-York.
The minister of the home-department, in Paris, had written to the commander of the Parisian militia M. Sannerre, in the name of the nation, to use all lawful means to prevent any further violences being done to persons or property in the capital. On the 13th of September, a part of the Prussian army attacked the right and left wing of the army under M. Dumourier, but were repulsed with considerable loss. The Prussian army, near Verdun, were blockaded by M. Dumourier and Kellerman, having only Longwi open for a retreat. The main strength of the enemy's force was preparing for the siege of Thionville, which was expected, in a few days to begin in form; a part of the Austrian army was also expected to fall upon Lisle or Valenciennes. A fleet sitting out at Brest, for the Mediterranean, consisting of five ships of war, from 80 guns to 18. Though the republic of Holland had determined to take no part in the war against France, their merchants were nevertheless affording them every aid in their power in supplies of ammunition, and every species of military stores. Accounts had been received at Brussels, which were believed authentic, that the king of Prussia's troops took possession of the town of Chalons (95 miles east of Paris) on or about the 20th of September. The Marquis de la Fayette was not admitted to a parole, as he wished, but was ordered to be confined to the citadel of Wesel, in Westphalia. Enlistments were going on rapidly in France, but were a good deal delayed by a want of muskets: a large supply was however contracted for both in England and Holland; the orders on Birmingham alone amounted to one hundred thousand stand. The hasty surrender of the fortress of Longwi was deeply resented by the National Assembly and patriots of France; the assembly passed a decree on this occasion, enacting that, the sums due from the national treasury to the inhabitants of Longwi and Verdun should be suspended; the liquidating commissioner was also forbidden to give them any bonds, or orders on the national treasury; and the agents ordered not to pay any such bonds, either already delivered or to be delivered; and every receiver of the district is also forbidden to receive in payment for national property, any such bonds or orders, under the penalty of respon-
sibility. The Russian squadron, which by many had been supposed to be destined for the Mediterranean to act against France, had returned to Cronstadt, in all probability to lay up for the winter.
Extract of a letter from a respectable house in Lisbon to a gentleman in Maryland, dated September 11.
"We take the present opportunity of informing you, that there is a very flattering prospect of grain being in demand, in our market, during the ensuing winter and spring.
"Respecting wheat, the greater part at present in our stores is damaged; the harvest of our country has been but indifferent; the advices of our correspondents in Spain are to the same effect; and Italy which used to furnish considerably towards the consumption of both Spain and Portugal, will this year supply little or nothing, the crop having fallen so short as to occasion the exportation from Sicily to be prohibited: Neither are we apprehensive that much will come from the north of Europe; the prices there, particularly in Holland, being upon the rise, and many people deterred from venturing to this place by the heavy losses suffered for some time past.
"Indian corn is likewise scarce in Naples, and on the borders of the gulph of Venice, from which parts we received so abundant a supply, in the beginning of the present year, as effectually to prevent the advantageous sale of that from America; our advices are, that this will certainly not be the case in the spring of next year, and we are, in consequence, persuaded that your corn will find here a favorable market."
[From the Daily Advertiser.]
I LAMENT that the writer under the signature of Solon, in the [National Gazette of Wednesday] was either uninformed, or overlooked another connection between the national bank and the general government, which only requires to be known, to be universally pronounced improper.
I am informed, that the gentleman who fills the laborious office of cashier, is also one of three commissioners, appointed finally to settle the accounts between the United States and the individual states, for their whole disbursements during the late war. Objections of a two fold nature present themselves against this arrangement with irresistible force. The salaries to each of these appointments are liberal, and proportioned to the importance of the office. The bank we know must, and will be served; and after that duty is discharged, whether time can be appropriated to the duties of the commission, sufficient to merit a salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, the public have a right to judge; and every man, not inflated with folly or prejudice, must determine in the negative. It will then follow, of consequence, that the most important trust in the gift of Congress, must be made a secondary consideration with the cashier of the United States Bank.
But viewing this subject in another point of light, the objections appear yet stronger and more conclusive; but delicacy forbids here what duty does not powerfully enforce, especially as the gentleman referred to, as far as I am informed, stands high in public and private esteem: It will therefore be sufficient I hope, to hint, without enlarging on the impropriety of any man (for there are frailties common to all) receiving at the same time a salary from an institution so much fostered by the United States, and arbitrating for millions where the union is a party, and where the states friendly or inimical, may stand in different relation to the interest of that institution.
SOLON, Jun.
November, 10.
For the NATIONAL GAZETTE.
MR. FRENEAU, GOVERNMENT are the more perfect the less room they leave for the exercise of venality and corruption.
The best government is inadequate to the purposes for which it was instituted, unless the officers thereof be men of unshaken integrity.
The citizens of the several United States of America, agreeably to their constitution, elect to represent them in Congress, men, as they suppose, of integrity and ability. To them they entrust all their political concerns.
This being the case---Quere, Is it justifiable in the delegates, or is it acting agreeably to the spirit of their deputation, or the wishes of their constituents, that the most important concerns of the nation, nay, propositions on which depend the stability and prosperity of government, be referred to the determination of an individual? I say determination, from reflecting on the well-known influence great names have on some minds.
Did the good people throughout the union, in their elections, contemplate the transfer of their delegated right?
Is the mode constitutional? In fine, is not the legislative body fully competent to all the purposes for which they have been appointed?
Nov. 15.

From the American Daily Advertiser.
As it appears by the public prints that there will be a contest for the office of Vice President, which becomes vacant on the 3d of March next, and which must be supplied by the free suffrage of the people, it may not be deemed improper, in relation to those principles which should be held sacred, to make some comments on the relative pretensions of those who are said to be competitors for this important station. This trait in the executive department of our government, is among the most important of those which distinguish it from the monarchies of Europe; and as its preservation must in a great measure depend upon the political conduct of those who fill it, a candid enquiry into the characters of the competitors becomes a matter of public right. It belongs to a free people to guard themselves from injury; and to this great principle the forms of ceremony or complaisance for persons must, upon all occasions, yield. Even the competitors, therefore, however painful the scrutiny might be, should console themselves under the reflection, that upon the preservation of the principle, the safety of their country depends.
In particular circles several gentlemen have been spoken of for the office in question, but at present all others seem to be withdrawn from view, and the contest to rest solely between John Adams, Esq. and Governor Clinton. To their comparative merits, therefore, as the only competitors, I shall confine these observations.
To treat of them in the affirmative line would be useless, as it could lead to no satisfactory conclusion; for every person will admit that, in some respects, they both possess the requisite qualifications: that both, for instance, possess an adequate capacity for the discharge of its official functions—are of sufficient age and standing in America—and have likewise rendered important services to their country. To fix the preference, their merits must be viewed from a different ground. The objections which apply to each must be scanned, and he against whom the more weighty apply, rejected.
To Mr. Adams it has been objected, that he is attached to a government of king, lords, and commons; and that the allegation is true, it is to be presumed, will not be controverted. His writings, entitled, "A Defence of the American Constitutions," and "Discourses upon Davilla," fully demonstrate it. If it could be supposed that doubts existed upon this point, extracts from those publications should be now furnished; they shall however immediately, if any intimation of the kind be given. And to Mr. Clinton, an objection of a different kind, his opposition to the present constitution, before its adoption, has been urged. These, I believe, are the principal objections made to either: they are, however, those only upon which I shall make any comment. To whom, then, does the stronger one apply? On whose political principles, at the present moment, would the good people of these states with greater propriety bestow their sanction?
To form a sound decision upon this interesting question, two others, on which it depends, should be previously settled. First, Which of these gentlemen's political sentiments wander farthest from the present constitution? and secondly, On which side does the greater danger lie, in the progress of the government, of an undue inclination towards the form preferred by Mr. Adams, or that ascribed to Mr. Clinton?
With respect to those of Mr. Adams, it will be readily perceived, that they depart, in all the great outlines, from the present constitution. The establishment of a government of king, lords, and commons, would entirely subvert the present one, which rests on the free suffrage of the people. Two distinct orders with hereditary rights, would be created over them, and they reduced to a limited portion of authority only, forming a kind of balance against those higher and hostile orders.
With respect to those of Governor Clinton, it is to be observed, that they have always ranged within the republican theory. His maxim has been, to keep the government, in all its departments, essentially connected with the people. The question about the constitution involved only a modification of this principle. Besides, it is to be presumed that many of his objections
have been done away by the amendments; so that, in fact, it must be deemed, in all its parts, as nearly correspondent with his own theory, as the contrariety of sentiment, always displayed on a subject of such importance, could reasonably admit of.
The characteristic difference, then, in their political principles simply amounts to this, that those of Mr. Adams vary radically from the constitution, in the main features of the republican system: whereas those of his competitor harmonize with it in that essential point. In addition to which it is of importance to observe, that upon the establishment of the constitution, and prior to the adoption of amendments, Mr. Clinton's opposition ceased; and that, on the contrary, since that event, Mr. Adams has, in the discourses above alluded to, endeavoured, by all the arguments in his power, to inspire, in the minds of his countrymen, a distrust of a government founded on the people alone, and to prepare them for the gradual introduction of hereditary orders in the state.
In regard to the other question, On which side does the greater danger lie, of a more probable inclination towards the subversion of the republican system, by the introduction of a government of an higher tone, or too great a relaxation of its principles, I am persuaded that no person can seriously entertain a doubt on the subject. He must be little skilled in the political balance, and the true complexion of the times, who suspects, in any degree, a preponderance of the latter evil. That the government may stand on its present ground, is certainly the wish of those to whom a contrary sentiment has been attributed: for let the objections of those who were opposed to it, where opposition was made, be examined, and it will be found that the space which separated the body of the opponents from that of its advocates, was a narrow one—That, in fact, the difference, in many instances, was but trifling, and that this has been generally accommodated by the amendments. The truth of this position has been so well established by events, that to doubt it, argues a mind so inveterately blinded by prejudice or interest, that the force of truth cannot reach it. No danger than of a vibration back need be apprehended; for, in truth, no person wishes it. On the other hand, it must be admitted, that the evident tendency is in the opposite direction. A particular enumeration of those measures which contribute to give this bias, is at present unnecessary, and would certainly, in their development, exceed the bounds of these observations. For the truth, however, of the remark, I beg leave to appeal to the judgment of every impartial and well-informed American.
If, then, the good people of these states wish to preserve their government as at present, elective in its form and limited in its powers, can they hesitate in deciding to which of these gentlemen the preference should be given? An unequivocal declaration of their sentiments upon this point, thus expressed, would hereafter be felt by the candidates for public favour, and respected. It would give a republican tone to the American character, that might tend to preserve their liberties forever. No consideration of local attachment, should interpose to defeat a measure, which their interest requires and their judgment dictates. For the security of those great principles upon which their revolution was founded, and their present government rests, their union should be firm, solid and indissoluble.
LUCIUS.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
   October, 1792.   D. H. Bar. Ther. Wind. Weather     Tuesday, 30. 7 30. 1 53 Calm. Fair   9 30. 1 58   Wednesday, 31. 7 30. 2 54 N. Fog.   9 30. 2 58 N. E. Cloud.   Thursday, Nov 1 7 29. 7 60 S. S. W. Cloud.   9 29. 8 62 W. Windy   Friday, 2 7 29. 8 53 W. Rain.   9 29. 7 61 S. W. Cloud.   Saturday, 3 7 29. 8 52 N. W. Fair.   9 30. 0 58 do. Cloud.   Sunday, 4 7 30. 15 41 S. W. Fair.   9 30. 15 63 do.   Monday, 5 7 30. 00 37 N. W. Fair.   9 30. 00 67  
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THE proprietors of the New-York and Philadelphia Land and Water Stages, beg leave to mention, that for the better accommodation of the passengers, they have removed their different packet boats from their former stand, at the Crooked Billet Wharf, to the wharf or dock immediately next below Arch-street; from whence a convenient packet boat starts for New-York, as usual, on every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and returns on every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The passage to be made either by the way of Bordentown or Burlington; each place taken alternately. Fare for passengers from Philad. to N. York 15/ For goods per Cwt. do 6/
Van Emburgh and M c Kean, David Williamson, Proprietors of the line of New York and Philadelphia stages, by the route of Bordentown.
Jacob Myers, Amos Hutchin, Nicholas Schenck, Proprietors of the line of New York and Philadelphia stages, by the route of Burlington. Bordentown, Oct. 1.
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For freight or passage to Lamberton or Trenton, apply at said wharf to Thomas Ashmore, William Douglass, John Ashmore or Alexander Douglass, (Masters on board) or as above, to M c Kean & Van Emburgh. Philadelphia, October 6, 1792.
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