Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1794-04-24 00:00:00

77  Gazette of the United States  AND  EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 113 of Vol. V.]
THURSDAY, April 24, 1794.
[Whole No. 509.]
Louis Osmont,
Has removed from No. 40, north Third street, to No. 117, north Second street, between Arch and Race streets, in those stores lately occupied by Mr. Starman, opposite to Messrs J. W. and W. Gibbs, where he keeps his Wholesale Warehouse, for the sale of all sorts of GOODS, and the transaction of all commission Business, and
Has now for Sale,
White silk stockings,
High dressed English fashion A box of French pomatum Hanging Paper of the best patterns and colours
A few pieces of Long Lawns An invoice of Sattin Cloaks, which on account of the season will be sold low and at a long credit
Champagn Wine 6 years old
A few pipes Lisbon Wine
Do. do. Port Wine
Do. do. Madeira
Some Calacavella Wine
Burgundy Wine and Claret.
April 17. dtf
The following Certificate
of the funded three per Cent Stock of the Domestic Debt of the United States standing on the books of the Treasury of the said United States, in the names of Donald and Burton of London, merchants, and signed by Joseph Noule, Register of said Treasury, to wit:—No. 5476, dated 24th August 1792 for 2959 dollars and 53 cents was transmitted from London in the ship Peter, Paul Hufley, master, bound for New York, and has been lost.—The Subscriber intending to apply to the Treasury of the United States to have the same renewed, desires all persons who are interested in the said certificate, to make their objections thereto, if any they have.
Francis Macy.
Philad. March 27. d6w
PIRACY!
THE Schooner DELIGHT, the property of Manu l Antonio Martin, of the Island of Bona Vista, was on the 18th of October last, while lying at anchor in the road of that Island, forcibly entered and carried off by JOHN DUNHAM, JOHN MURRAY, a man by the name of DODGE, and one other person, name unknown.—This vessel was sold to M. A. Martin, by William M'Neill, who came to Bona Vista in her, from Madeira.—She was built in the county of Matthews, state of Virginia, and was registered at New-York, the 16th April, 1793.—Her name was pinned on her stern—Her dimensions as follows: 56 feet 6 inches keel, 16 feet 6 inches beam, hold 6 feet 2 inches, her burthen 54 tons.
At the time of their entering the vessel, there was a black man on board by the name of Baltazar, whom they carried off with them. John Dunham was mate of the vessel under Capt. M'Neill, prior to the sale of her, and the other persons were mariners. Dunham is a married man, and has a family at Nantucket.
The cargo of the vessel consisted of the following articles.—2 casks containing 74 pieces Linen; case Wine-Glasses; 1 bale containing 9 pieces Broadcloth; 1 do. 9 do. 79 pieces Cotton, (needle worked)—33 do. do. inferior, 2 moys of Salt; she had seven small arms and some pistols.
If any person can give any information of this vessel, or any part of the property, so that it can be recovered, or the offenders brought to justice, they are requested to inform Messrs. JOSEPH ANTHONY and SON, Philadelphia; MURRAY and MUMFORD, New-York; CLARK and NIGHTINGALE, Providence; or HEAD and AMORY, Boston.
March 17. diw.
FOR SALE,
BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
Old Lisbon Wine of a
superior quality in pipes, imported in the ship Wilmington.
OLD SHERRY WINE of the first quality in quarter casks, imported in the brig Nancy capt. Gwin, from Cadiz.
SHELLED ALMONDS and a few kegs of RAISINS, imported in ditto.
Particular TENERIFFE WINES, in pipes bds. and quarter casks, imported in the ship Thomas, capt. Skinner.
A few quarter casks of old particular bill of exchange MADEIRA WINE.
George Meade,
Who has also, just arrived and for sale
A SMALL CARGO OF
Lisbon Salt.
A quantity of empty BAGS for sale.
April 5. w&sim.
For Amsterdam,
The new fast-sailing, copper-bottomed SHIP ADRIANA,
K. Fitzpatrick, Master.
BUILT of live oak and cedar and was intended for a Liverpool Trader, will sail with all convenient speed. For freight or passage, having excellent accommodations, apply on board at Walnut street wharf, or to
THOS. & JOHN KETLAND.
N. B. Passengers will be landed in England if required.
March 6, 1794 dtf
For Sale or Charter,
The SHIP ANDROMACHE, (An American bottom) John Moore, Master.
IS a stout good vessel, about two years old, burthen 232 tons, has only made three voyages, and may be sent to sea at a small expence. She may be seen at Vine-street wharf, and the terms made known by application to
WHARTON & LEWIS.
March 21. dtf
For Norfolk & Fredericksburgh,
The Brig LITTLE SALLY, JOHN EARL, Master.
A staunch good vessel, will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, apply to the master on board at Chesnut street wharf, or to
JOSEPH ANTHONY & SON.
March 31. dtf
A FEW BARRELS OF POTATOES,
Well picked, out of a very large quantity—AND A FEW
Tierces of Rice,
FOR SALE BY
Louis Osmont,
No. 117, north Second street.
April 17. dtf
Just Imported,
In the Ship Apollo, Capt. Fitzpatrick, from Amsterdam, and now landing on Walnut-street wharf, viz.
GIN in pipes,
A few bales Holland Duck,
Ditto Osnaburgs,
Holland Sheeting,
Juniper Berries,
Glass Ware, viz. Tumblers and Mugs, various sizes.
Sheathing Paper,
Swedes Iron, square and flat bars,
Hair Ribband, No. 4.
Dutch Great Coats,
A quantity of Junk and Oakum, &c. &c.
FOR SALE BY
THOMAS KETLAND, Jun.
The above-mentioned Ship is for Sale—Should application be made within a few days; otherwise she will take freight for Amsterdam.
March 1, 1794. d—tf
The Profits arising from the following publication are for the benefit of the Poor.
Just published, printed by R. Aitken and Son, and sold by J. Crukshank, W. Young T. Dobson, and the other Booksellers,
MINUTES
OF THE
Proceedings of the Committee,
Appointed on the 14th September 1793, by the Citizens of Philadelphia, the Northern Liberties, and the District of Southwark, to attend to and alleviate the sufferings of the afflicted with the Malignant Fever, prevalent, in the City and its vicinity.
WITH AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING
A list of persons admitted into the Hospital at Bush-hill, shewing the times of their admission, death and discharge.
Number of Houses, Deaths, &c. in the respective streets, alleys, and courts in the city of Philadelphia, Northern Liberties, and District of Southwark.
A list of the Interments in the Burial grounds in the city of Philadelphia, Northern Liberties, and District of Southwark, with a meteorological account of the weather.
A summary of donations in cash and provisions, received from sundry persons and places, for the use of the poor and afflicted.
April 2. d3w
Congress of the United States.
House of Representatives
On Monday last the House agreed to the following resolution:
WHEREAS, the injuries which have been suffered and may be suffered by the United States, from violations committed by Great Britain on their neutral rights and commercial interests, as well as from her failure to execute the seventh article of the treaty of peace, render it expedient for the interests of the United States, that the commercial intercourse between the two countries should not continue to be carried on in the extent at present allowed:
RESOLVED, That from and after the first day of November next, all commercial intercourse between the citizens of the United States, and the subjects of the king of Great Britain, or the citizens or subjects of any other nation, so far as the same respects articles of the growth or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, shall be prohibited.
AYES—Armstrong, Bailey, Baldwin, Beatty, Blunt, Carnes, Christie, Claibourne, Clark, Coles, Dawson, Dearborn, Dent, Findley, Fitzsimons, Giles, Gillespie, Gilman, Greenup, Gregg, Griffin, Grove, Hancock, Harrison, Hartley, Heath, Hunter, Irvine, Locke, Lyman, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mebane, Montgomery, Moore, Murray, Nevil, New, Nicholas, Orr, Page, Parker, Pickens, Preston, Rutherford, Scott, Sherburne, Smilie, Israel Smith, S. Smith, Sprigg, Tredwell, Venable, Walker, Williams, Winn, and Winton.
NOES—Ames, Boudinot, S. Bourne, B. Bourne, Cadwallader, Cobb, Coffin, Coit, Dexter, Forrest, Foster, Gilbert, Glenn, Goodhue, Gordon, Heister, Hillhouse, Hindman, Kittera, Latimer, Learned, Lee, Malbone, Sedgwick, J. Smith, W. Smith, Swift, Talbot, Thatcher, Tracy, Trumbull, Van Allen, Van Gaebeck, J. Wadsworth, P. Wadsworth, Ward, Watts, and Wingate.
The following committee were appointed to prepare and bring in a bill pursuant to the above resolution, viz. Messrs. Clark Madison, Lyman, Carnes, and Grove.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO,
You are requested to publish the following in your paper.
A certain gentleman who has lately been guilty of conduct which reflects credit neither on himself nor connections, is cautioned to beware how he presents his un pardonably indefinite hints to the public in future; for independent of the chastisement which will be the consequence, he may expect, if discovered, to see his name published in the newspapers, together with the list of the innocent who now are suffering under the imputation of misconduct, owing to his cowardly and ungentlemanly stile of writing.
LEX TALIONIS.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, February 5.
A letter from Havre de Grace stated the capture of the Seton, 700 tons, of Liverpool, bound to Gtend.
All Germany, assuming a warlike appearance, is now actually in arms, to repel the invasion of the French.
From our correspondent on the Rhine we learn that the Austrians evacuated Fort Vauban, ci-devan Fort Louis, on the 17th, at ten in the evening, after burning the town, bridge, &c.
They also blew up all the works, and retreated with the loss of only one man, who happened to be sick and could not be carried away. All this was achieved within sight of the French army.
Mr. Pitt may hope to distress the French by the bill which he has brought into the House for putting all their property here
into a state of arrestation; but like all his other measures we fear it will revert upon this country. They have constantly beat him at his own arts. He laid his hands upon 100,000. of the public money of France, in our Bank, and they instantly clapped the National Seal on all British property. He passed an Alien act, and they stopped all communications between the two countries. Thus have they ever gone beyond his efforts, and thus, whenever he has tampered with credit, have they uniformly made it turn out to the disadvantage of Britain.
General Brown is to succeed General Wurmsier in his command. The Prince of Waldeck is to command in Brissgaw.
The news from Paris, which we have received down to the 23d instant, is particularly to be noticed for the number of executions which continue to take place in that Capital; as well as for the celebrations in it of the anniversary of the murder of the unfortunate Louis XVI.—They form a very striking contrast to the honor yesterday paid by the British Parliament to the memory of Charles the 1st, to expiate the crimes of a set of factious men in this nation during the last century, who brought this Prince to the block.
Private accounts from Paris mention, that the Convention makes a boast of having men in this country, who are assisting its views; and that it daily expects a deputation from hence, to concert the plan of securing the descent of the French in England.
ENGLISH PRISONERS IN FRANCE.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman at Bourdeaux, dated December 26, 1793.
“On the 24th, all the prisoners confined here as subjects of Great Britain were liberated. On Christmas day I had the honor, with numbers of my countrymen, of dining in company with one of the commissioners—when he addressed us in a short but pathetic speech, assured us that it was with the greatest reluctance the National Convention found itself under necessity of adopting measures so repugnant to their wishes, but that from the vast number of spies in France, such a measure had become for a time in dispensably necessary. He begged further to assure us, that the first neutral vessel which arrived in that harbor, should be hired for the purpose of conveying to their native country, all subjects of Great Britain as should wish to return.—Never were prisoners so happy as we were during our confinement—beautiful gardens to walk in, and a free intercourse with each other; we had liberty to write to our friends, together with plenty of the best provisions, good beds, &c. and all at the expence of the nation.”
The total amount of the French Emigrants appears now, from the muster, returned to government, to amount to 14,877 men, women, and children, brought off by the British fleet from Toulon.
A letter from Toulon dated the 4th inst. states, that the executions go on rapidly in that city, and that already 3000, accused of having traitorously assisted the English, have been tried by the military tribunal, and guillotined.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
French property in foreign Countries.
The Solicitor General, after a short preface, on the necessity of bringing forward a measure, mentioned by his Right Honorable Friend on Saturday, relative to the late decree passed in the French National Convention, and observing, that if any difference of opinion should arise on any part of the provision which should be proposed that might be discussed in some stage of the bill, said he should now content himself with moving for leave to bring in a bill. He moved accordingly, that leave be given to bring in a bill, to prevent the application of debts in the

28 ads of any of the subjects belonging to his Majesty, to or for the disposal of persons resident in France, under the power of the persons who exercise the present Government in France, and for preserving the produce of such property to the individual owners thereof.
The question was put and carried.
PLYMOUTH, January 22.
Yesterday the French celebrated at Mill Prison, as a civic fete, the anniversary of the execution of Louis XVI. The procession went round the square of the prison, formed a circle, and then sung the Marseillois Hymn, Ca ira, &c. They then began to shout, threw their caps in the air, took a civic oath, and put a red cap upon a pole.
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
Tuesday, Jan. 21.
The Jacobins of Paris came to the Convention, and made a speech on the anniversary of the death of Louis the tyrant. 'Representatives of a free people,' said the orator, 'this day is the anniversary of the legal death of a tyrant. So grand a day, which recalls to Republican souls an act ordained by reason, and by nature as the first step towards the happiness of all human kinds should be celebrated by every man who knows how to estimate his own dignity. The Society of Jacobins with souls that burn for liberty, have in a mass consecrated this grand day, to felicitate anew the true Mountain-eers, on the courage of whom as the organ of the French people, they exterminated the monster that devoured them. The Society invites you, Mountain-eers, to make a decree that this anniversary shall be regularly celebrated and consecrated to liberty: continue your labours with that firmness which belongs to free men; be the terror of the tyrants of the globe, and the hope of suffering humanity. By and bye, through the example of Frenchmen, all nations will shake off the yoke and break their fetters; and then, if the sublime achievement of a people, whose organ you have the happiness to be, should serve as a model to all nations, your civic virtue and your courage shall serve as a lesson to their representatives.'
'There is no equality, no liberty, where there is a king; there is no happiness without liberty; you have destroyed a King, and you have thereby shown your desire to establish equality and liberty, that is to say, the happiness of the people; you have therefore deserved well of your country.'
Answer of the President.—'The anniversary of the death of a tyrant, which is a day of glory to the French people, is a day of terror and of mourning for despots and their supporters.—This memorable day announces the re-awakening of a sleeping people, and the massive weapon of the revolution is ready to crush the monsters who hold nations enslaved; and the glorious Tree of Liberty shall not perish, while their impure blood shall nourish and fructify its root.'
'Citizens, the festival that you are going to celebrate, ought to animate the courage of the Sans Culottes, appease the manes of the victims massacred under the standard of tyranny, and avenge human kind for the outrages that they have suffered for more than fourteen centuries. It is on this day, it is at this hour, that the head of a tyrant falls—it is before the statue of liberty that you are going to found the last hour of crowned freebooters, and all their satellites. The National Convention will take into consideration the petition you have made, and invites you to the honors of the sitting.'
These two speeches were ordered to be sent to all the Popular Societies, to the Departments, and to the Armies.
Fort Louis, new named Fort Vauban.
Barrere.—'Alsatia is secured to us. Fort Vauban is ours, said the corrupt emigrants in their intercepted letters. Wait but a few days, said the Committee of Public Safety, in its last report on Landau, and the flaves of Prussia and Austria will no longer defile our territory: the prophecy is fulfilled, and Fort Vauban is at this moment occupied by the troops of the Republic.'
'Cowards are always cruel and destructive. The banditti have disappeared like malignant meteors. They have set fire to a part of the Fort; have laid waste the various houses of the town; have placed mines in all parts, some of which are sprung and have carried off the cannon.'
'Alsatia is wholly preserved; but the Austrian, after ruining what he could not preserve, has prudently put the Rhine between himself and the French Republican. We have lost houses and fortifications, but we have an invulnerable rampart, a Republican army. The place has not cost us a single man, and according to scientific men, the recovery of Fort Vauban by siege, would have been a loss of 5 or 6000 men to the state. We shall rebuild the necessary Forts, and as to houses, in fortified towns, they have always been rather injurious than useful. Beside, what have we to regret for places that either have the cowardice to invite or to receive the enemy?'
'Do not imagine, however, though Austria has avoided battle by cowardly flight, that there has been no trial of patriotism honorable to the French soldier. The powder
magazines were undermined, and matches were prepared through the whole town to blow up the habitations; but our brave volunteers flew on all sides and snatched up the matches, despising danger, with most admirable courage.'
'Yesterday the mal contents spread a rumour that the army of the Republic had been defeated at Worms. The enemy attempted to make a movement, but the Republicans soon recovered their position. Worms is at present ours, where we have found immense magazines of corn, leather, and cloth.'
'In common wars, after successes so numerous, peace has been sought for and obtained. The wars of kings were only sanguinary tournaments, the expences of which were defrayed by the people, while tyrants insolently assumed all the pomp to themselves: but in a war for freedom, there is but one means, that of exterminating despots. When the horror of tyranny, and the instinct of freedom, have armed the brave, they will only sheathe the sword by dictating peace. The coalition has harnessed twenty-one nations to the corps of despotism, the inhabitants of which still are slumbering: the people of England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Hanover, Brunswick, Hesse, Prussia, the Imperialists, Austrians, Hungarians, Bohemians, Belgians, Russians, Piedmontese, Sardinians, Parmesans, Florentines, Romans, Neapolitans and Spaniards. To enumerate them is but to give a list of the vanquished.'
'What campaign was ever more glorious, presenting as it does, the Spaniards and the English flying from Toulon, the Prussians beaten at the Mozelle, the Austrians repassing the Rhine, and the Dutch chased from Dunkirk?'
'Some voices however, already are heard declaiming on the advantages of peace. What man of understanding, what sincere patriot will dare to mention peace, without dreading to compromise freedom? Who then will speak of peace? Those who hope to adjourn the counter revolution for some months or some years by giving foreign nations and tyrants time to breathe, to mulct their people, provision their magazines; and recruit their armies.—Who is it that calls for peace? Brunswick, Cobourg, Pitt, Hood, and Ricardos. The deceit is too gross, for it is our cowardly enemies themselves who industriously disseminate this opinion, and have the folly to hope it will prevail.'
'Let our popular societies seize every means of developing the crimes of the British government, and of proving that its minister has familiarized national despotism, and in a pompous manner has substantiated the royal tyranny. It is the forms of this government, which you ought to destroy.'
LONDON, February 7.
The French are making astonishing exertions to fit out their navy; and for this purpose, every seaman in France is put in a state of requisition!
Letters from the Continent, by the Flanders mail of yesterday, bring the interesting intelligence, that the French have re-occupied the important heights of Openheim, and have pushed their advanced posts within two leagues of Mentz.
On the other hand, the army of 32,000 men, intended for the siege of Fort Louis, has posted itself before Manheim. They have brought up the heavy artillery and pontoons, and batteries are erected, not only for the purpose of bombarding the town, but of covering their passage over the Rhine.
The accounts of the demolition of Fort Louis, are true only in part. Two bastions, or rather distinct forts, looking toward Alsace, having been completely destroyed, but the French entered the town with astonishing intrepidity; and were there in time to cut off the suffices which led to the powder magazine and the other works.
Our Letters from Basle, in Switzerland, dated Jan. 30, say, that a French gentleman had arrived there, in ten days from Nantz, who states, that at the time he left that place, there existed not the smallest trace of the army of the Royalists.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO,
To bring about a war, the ground must be taken carefully. The people are irritated, but decidedly opposed to hostile measures. Those who hunger and thirst after war, because they will hunger and thirst till there is one, have a plain game to play. To irritate the people more and more, if time or any relaxation on the part of Great Britain should be likely to abate the general rage, it must be heated by some new fuel. It must be established as a rule, that a man's patriotism is to be measured by his fury. To act against the general movement is hard work, like rowing against a strong current; But to go as the public is going, and to persuade them to go faster, to find them angry, and to exasperate them up to a pitch to act as
well as threaten violent things, is not the most difficult thing in the world. From words to blows is but one stage in passion. What was attempted last summer? War. What is in train at this moment? Look at the resolves of our factious Societies; at the style of certain newspapers. There is another place where the most outrageous language has been used. Let our prudent thinking men examine the whole of this way of proceeding, and doubt, if they possibly can, that some persons, whom it is not prudent to mention, intend to have war: That others who perhaps do not precisely see what they are about, are joining the violent party and are getting along towards hostilities a step at a time. Thus we shall find ourselves in three months at the edge of the pit, and wonder how we came there. It is time, if it is not too late, for real Patriots to take their stations, and to keep the violent passions, which are always the forerunners of war, from taking the lead. Thus far the effect of our newspaper and speech-making and resolution-making rage on our own citizens has been hinted at: but let us extend our views. The tendency of many things that have been said, and of some few that have been acted, to exasperate the people of England so as to make them run into a war in support of the unjust proceedings of their ministry, is self evident. What would the feelings of our own citizens be if the newspapers of England, and the debates of Parliament were as outrageous against our country, as their proceedings in the West Indies have been opposed to the principles of justice? Would it have been possible to have kept those who are now so violent, within any bounds of neutrality? Let our Farmers, our Merchants, our Tradesmen who must bear the burdens of the war, pay due attention to the movements of those who seem to be so ready to make it.
For the Gazette of the United States.
The "Democrat," acknowledges the receipt of an admonition in the Gazette of Wednesday, and proceeds to apply the general doctrines it contains. If the "exercise of sovereignty engenders a wish to usurp," it certainly behoves the people to watch over this unlucky human inclination, unless it be proved, that it is unnatural to the modest spirit of aristocracy, or the meek temper of men in office, and the exclusive property of democracy and equality. And that those who quaff deeply of wealth and power, are less liable to "intoxication," than citizens abstractedly employed in discussing and disseminating the principles of liberty.
The democrat in sad condolence, sensibly feels the truth of the position, "That when secret combinations direct the choice of representatives, the Republic ceases to be free." Whether it is most pertinent to the paper combination, or to the democratic societies, the reader must himself determine. If to the former, then his spirits revive up to the congratulatory pitch, upon reading, "that Clubs are the forerunners of reform in a bad government;" or in other words, that they tend to reform, whatever is bad in government. Thus applying the position, the Republic "has ceased to be free," according to the principles of the paragraphist, and though the Democrat, admires the foundation, and proportions of the edifice, he confesses that he is not delighted with certain carvings and cornices, which have been tacked to it, since it came from the hands of the architect.
From the General Advertiser.
MR. BACHE,
As the division in Senate respecting Mr. Jay's appointment has been published with unusual industry and with a view to conceal the principles upon which it took place,* I have procured and beg you to publish the following, which I have reason to believe will explain the motives and justify the conduct of the minority to the satisfaction of all true republicans.
The following resolutions were moved in the Senate:
1st. Resolved, That any communication to the court of Great Britain which may at this time be necessary can be made through our minister at that court with equal facility and effect and at much less expence than by the means of an Envoy Extraordinary; and that such an appointment is at this juncture inexpedient and unnecessary.
2d. That to permit judges of the supreme court to hold at the same time other offices emanating from and holden at the pleasure of the executive is destructive of their independence, and to expose them to the influ-
ence of the executive, is mischievous and impolitic.
I am informed that a majority of the Senate appeared to be in sentiment with this last resolution, but the friends of Mr. Jay urged that his delicacy and sense of propriety would certainly induce him to resign his office of chief justice when he should accept the other, and no question was taken upon the resolutions; but they went off, either by a previous question or upon motion for postponement, 10 to 16. The minority supposed that more was to be feared from Mr. Jay's avarice than was to be hoped from his delicacy or sense of propriety. The event will shew who were right. The division was upon the principles before stated, and not upon the man, tho' cogent objections might have been urged against him, particularly as having publicly and officially justified Great Britain in holding the posts and carrying off the negroes.
* As the publication alluded to, originated in this Gazette, it may be proper to say that the motive here suggested, never existed in the mind of the publisher.
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE,
Tuesday, April 1.
A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Beckley their Clerk:
"Mr. President—The House of Representatives agree to the amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled, "An act to provide for placing buoys on certain rocks off the harbor of New London, and in Providence river, and other places." And he withdrew.
Mr. Foster reported from the committee on enrolled bills, that they had examined the bill, entitled, "An act to provide for the erecting and repairing of arsenals and magazines, and for other purposes"—The bill, entitled, "An act transferring, for a limited time, the jurisdiction of suits and offences, from the district to the circuit court of New Hampshire, and assigning certain duties, in respect to invalid pensioners, to the attorney of said district"—and the resolution to carry into more complete effect the resolution directing an embargo," and that they were duly enrolled.
A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Beckley their Clerk:
"Mr. President—The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed two enrolled bills and an enrolled resolution, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of the Vice President"—And he withdrew.
The Vice President signed the enrolled bills and the enrolled resolution last reported to have been examined, and they were delivered to the committee, to be laid before the President of the United States for his approbation.
The petition of Elkanah Prentice, praying compensation for military services, and that he be placed on the list of invalid pensioners, was presented and read.
Ordered, That this petition be referred to the Secretary for the department of war, to consider and report thereon to the Senate—
The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, April 2, 1794.
The Vice President laid before the Senate a letter from the Secretary for the department of Treasury, enclosing a memoir of Mr. La Rocque on the politics of the United States respecting their public debt and agriculture.
The Vice President laid before the Senate a letter from the Honourable Anthony Morris, Speaker of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, together with a certificate of the election of the Honourable James Rots to be a senator, to represent said commonwealth in the Senate of the United States; which were read.
Ordered, That they lie on file.
Mr. Foster reported from the committee on enrolled bills, that they had examined the bill, entitled, "An act to provide for placing buoys on certain rocks off the harbor of New London and in Providence river, and other places," and that it was duly enrolled.
A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Beckley their clerk:
"Mr. President—The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of the Vice President"—and he withdrew.
The Vice President signed the enrolled bill, entitled, "An act to provide for placing buoys on certain rocks off the

harbor of New London, and in Providence river, and other places," and it was delivered to the committee on enrolled bills to be laid before the President of the United States for his approbation.
Mr. Foster reported from the committee on enrolled bills, that they did yesterday, lay the following enrolled bills, and enrolled resolution before the President of the United States, to wit: The bill, entitled, "An act to provide for the erecting and repairing of arsenals and magazines, and for other purposes," The bill entitled, "An act transferring, for a limited time, the jurisdiction of suits and offences from the district to the circuit court of New Hampshire, and assigning certain duties in respect to invalid pensioners, to the attorney of the said district," The bill, entitled, "An act to authorize the President of the United States, in certain cases to alter the place for holding a session of Congress. The bill, entitled, "An act for the relief of Stephen Paranque," and the "resolution to carry into more complete effect the resolution directing an embargo."
The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Thursday, April 3, 1794.
A message from the President of the United States by Mr. Dandridge his Secretary:
"Mr. President—The President of the United States did yesterday approve and sign the act, entitled, "An act to authorize the President of the United States in certain cases to alter the place for holding a session of Congress."—And he withdrew.
Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives, therewith.
The Vice-President laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary for the department of War, on the petition of Elkanah Prentice, which was read.
Ordered, That it lie on the table.
A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Beckley their Clerk:
"Mr. President—The President of the United States hath notified the House of Representatives that he did on the 2d instant, approve and sign the act, entitled "an act to provide for the erecting and repairing of arsenals and magazines, and for other purposes"—and the act, entitled "an act for the relief of Stephen Paranque," also, "a resolve to carry into more complete effect, the resolution directing an embargo;" and that he this day, approved and signed the act, entitled, "an act transferring, for a limited time, the jurisdiction of suits and offences, from the District to the Circuit Court of New-Hampshire; and assigning certain duties, in respect to invalid pensioners, to the Attorney of the said district." And he withdrew.
After the consideration of the executive business—
The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.
From the Daily Advertiser.
To the MAN which appeared in the Daily Advertiser on Thursday, March 17th, 1794.
IF slander, malice and falsehood make up the character of a Man, then your publication is stamped with strong evidence of the propriety of its signature.
If a base affectation of benevolence, for the purposes of private resentment—if the employment of detestable means to obtain what you falsely suppose "a popular end," or if an attempt under the veil of darkness to ruin a person who never injured you, are evidences of manhood, then your title to it is indeed established.
You have aimed at me a deadly blow, the stroke now recoils, and your guilty conscience will give it all the effect I wish.
You have bestowed on me the handsome appellation of—
"An avaricious catch penny shewman, "Tom Thumb, Esq."
"Keeper of the Guillotine,
"Keeper of beasts, &c. &c."
Poor pitiful offspring of billinggate, thou oughtest to have known that a keeper of beasts is better than the beast who is kept—for had you had the recollection of an ass, you might have known, that this scurvy barefaced abuse would completely unveil you; in all this you went astray from the path hypocrisy dictated; you forgot yourself; you should have swallowed your gall, and the world would perhaps have taken you for an angel.
For you pray too in the dark—"God forbid"—"Forbid it God of all mercy." Very pious indeed, and probably had you
at the moment given vent to the devout feelings of your heart, and finished your prayer, you would have added "forbid that Tom Thumb, Esq. shall be any longer the catch penny showman—and O grant, that sooner or later I may be the keeper of the beasts myself."
The most undiscerning must perceive that all your motives are not avowed;—some secret springs must actuate your malicious heart—nothing else can account for your conduct, a certain constitutional tenderness may cause you to shrink back from instruments of punishment, but to this, no rational man can impute your violent abuse and overflowing spleen.
But with an effrontery peculiar to yourself you have thought fit to traduce also, the American character. You seem to suppose the good people of New-York, capable of being diverted by the sight of the guillotine. But know Sir, that this instrument is viewed with horror, as every such instrument ought to be—That it leaves an impression on every mind, unfavorable to the cruelty of penal laws, and the infliction of sanguinary punishments: This impression is a useful one in a country where a reform in the penal laws is much wished for, and capital punishments are perhaps too frequent. But your idea that humanity is in danger of being banished from our citizens unless the guillotine is exhibited only in pictures, in miniature, or in paste board models, is worthy only of their ridicule and contempt. American principles are not to be shaken by trifles, whatever you may suppose.
But you go on, to tell American citizens that "a dangerous spirit is creeping in among them"—"an insidious spirit." If this is so, I hope indeed it is not the spirit you have manifested. You call this "an awful period." But why all this alarm? Alas, Gardiner Baker (the poor mechanic you affected to despise) has got in a small private room the model of a guillotine, large enough to strike off my noddle; and this he shows to every friend of his that particularly requests it! ! ! —"You think this a political decadence?" —"a sad preface of decaying morality?" —"an unbridled licence" and an attempt "to weaken the government."
Alas, poor creature, your friends have reason to tremble for your intellects!
'Fret now and flatter yourself' as much as you please, and dream if you like of 'an guns, guillotines, rattle snakes and scalping knives'—'deformities, deleterious plants and venomous animals.'
Adieu,
ANOTHER MAN.
April 7, 1794.
PHILADELPHIA,
APRIL 24.
General Rochambeau's Aid de Camp is arrived at New-York from Newport.—
An arrival at Baltimore from Jamaica, brings an account that Captain Barney had been tried and acquitted.
A New-York paper of the 22d instant, says, Mr. Jay will sail from that port in about 14 days.
Interesting particulars of the siege of Martinique—and the surrender of Fort Bourbon, as published in the St. George's Chronicle and Grenada Gazette of March 28th.
MARTINIQUE,
March 6. The batteries of the besiegers being completed, to the number of 60 pieces—
March 7. At half past four in the morning, from the signal of a rocket from the camp, a general attack began, and the fire of all the batteries was directed upon Fort Bourbon, which was vigorously returned by the besieged: towards night the fire ceased upon all sides. On this day the English had five men killed and wounded from their own fault in their batteries.
March 8. About 3 o'clock the fire began very violently, but that of Fort Bourbon weakened: towards the evening Sir Charles Grey gave orders to fire only by intervals: Fort St. Louis was cannonaded and bombarded the whole night by the gunboats and bomb-batteries.
March 9th. A general cannonade and bombardment: at 5 in the morning a piquet guard from Fort-Royal attacked the post of
Lacoste, and was repulsed; but being afterwards supported by the garrison of Fort St. Louis, and some armed men from the town, they intrenched themselves under the walls of the Hospital, and in this situation fought till 10 o'clock: the British troops under a cross fire from two forts, and of some cannon placed at the point of the Hospital, and exposed to the musketry of the besieged, displayed a degree of firmness and resolution beyond all praise; the engagement was finished by the effects of a 12 pounder placed upon Mont Tartenson, which drove the patriots from their intrenchments; the English had some killed and wounded in this action; the loss of the enemy is not yet known. Our batteries, to which an augmentation of four mortars had been added, playing during the whole engagement; the forts of the enemy kept up a terrible fire, but fortunately without any mischief; the rest of the day passed more quietly; the whole night a cannonade and bombardment was kept up upon Fort St. Louis both from the sea and land.
March 10th. Little firing on either side; the approaches were carried on, and the batteries of the besiegers augmented; information was received from a deserter, that the bombs had done much damage to Fort Bourbon: during the night the batteries were almost silent, but the bombardment against Fort St. Louis was constantly kept up; the fire of the enemy became much weaker.
March 11th. Little firing during the night. The scaling of Fort St. Louis was agitated at head-quarters: in order to accomplish the establishment of a mortar battery at the Polygon, two strong batteries of cannon were formed, one upon Mont Tartenson, and the other upon the heights of Viomenil; these two batteries were manned by sailors. Mr. Daoule, the famous partisan, intrenched himself upon his own hill, and refused to surrender: 250 men marched against him, and conducted him this day to St. Pierre's with some of his accomplices, and a great quantity of muskets and side-arms.
March 12th. Little fire in the morning, the rest of the day quiet; a flag of truce was sent to Fort Bourbon; upon his return the fire of the besiegers upon Fort Bourbon and Fort St. Louis was tremendous until the next day.
The army is in high spirits, in general very few sick, killed or wounded.
St. GEORGE's (Grenada) March 28th.
After having been involved for a considerable time past, in a labyrinth of incoherent reports, respecting the fate of Martinique, we have at last the satisfaction of announcing its final surrender to the British arms. This agreeable information was brought by Capt. Holman who arrived here in the Fan Pan last night. The well directed and incessant fire that had been kept up by the English batteries had so much damaged Fort Bourbon, that it had been deemed practicable for some time past to carry it by assault; but from the certain knowledge that the besiegers had that the mines of the enemy were carried to a considerable distance from the body of the place, it was not thought proper to sacrifice the lives of such a number of brave men as must have perished, if the besieged should have sprung them, which there was every reason to believe would have been done. On the side of the Fort next the town, the natural strength of the place, and the protection of Fort St. Louis, had been so much depended on, that that side was left without those subterraneous works.
The capture of Fort St. Louis therefore became an object necessary to pave the way for the carrying of Fort Bourbon. The former was taken without any loss on Thursday, and the town of Port Royal with all the shipping in the Carenage, fell into the hands of the English. This was an acquisition of great value and importance. On Sunday, the enemy received the last summons, and on perceiving the advantages the besiegers had gained, and the advances they were making, agreed to admit a British regiment into the Fort to remain together with the French garrison till the terms could be finally adjusted. The sixth regiment accordingly marched in and remained till Tuesday, when the English colours were hoisted, and the French marched out with the honors of war, to the number of 800, 200 of whom were whites, and the remainder negroes and mulattoes. They are all to be shipped to France.
Four hundred of the garrison had been killed during the siege, and the works were in a state of ruin.
The greatest part of the guns were dismounted, the mortar beds rendered useless, the buildings within the fort entirely destroyed, and the body of the place filled with rubbish. The loss of the British on the whole did not exceed two hundred.
To the above information we are sorry to add, that a Captain whose name we have not learned, charged with Sir Charles Grey's dispatches, was unfortunately drowned, in attempting to go on board the Blonde Frigate, appointed by the Admiral to carry home the intelligence for Government.
A summons has already been sent to St. Lucia demanding the surrender of that Island, which it is not expected to make any resistance.
Guadaloupe is the next object to which the operation of the forces is to be directed.
General Rochambeau has it left to his election to be sent either to France or America, and it is believed that he will be prudent enough to prefer the latter when he considers the state that commonly awaits the Republican Generals when they fail of success.
By this Day's Mail.
BOSTON, April 15.
We have the pleasure to inform the public of the arrival in this port, yesterday, of the schooner Betsey, Capt. Carver; and Schooner Ranger, Capt. Atwood, from Jamaica, where they had been carried in for legal adjudication, tried and acquitted, as no proofs of French property could be found.—That many others, it was expected, would be immediately released, notwithstanding the counter-instructions of the 8th January had not been received from England.
By Captain Carver we further learn, that Captain Barney, (who report said had been condemned,) was tried, acquitted, and enlarged.
The opinion of the Solicitor-General of Jamaica is, that no American vessel could be condemned under the orders of the 6th November.
The above vessels are said to have brought home near 15,000 dollars.
CARLISLE, Pen. April 12.
On Monday last Lieut. Richard Hazlewood was thrown from his horse and killed; this accident happened on the mountain near Strasburgh; his horse frightened, took flight and threw Mr. Hazlewood among the rocks where he received almost instant death—Last week Lieut. Hazlewood marched with troops through this town; and this morning his remains were brought to town to be buried in the ground adjoining this borough.
The committee of the House of Representatives on the resolution inserted in the first page of this Gazette, reported a bill this day, which was read twice and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The ways and means were under consideration—further progress was made this day.
We hear that the British Commander at Martinique, has changed the name of Fort Bourbon, to that of Fort-George—and Fort-Louis, to Fort-Edward.
In the piece signed "A Democrat" published on Monday, 5th. paragraph 4th line, for "portion" "read a fortiori."—18th line for "equally" "read equality."
NEW THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING,
April 25.
Will be performed, A TRAGEDY, called
HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK.
 Hamlet, Mr. Fennell  King, Mr. Green  Ghost, Mr. Whitlock  Horatio, Mr. Marshall  Laertes, Mr. Moreton  Polonius, Mr. Morris  Rosencraus, Mr. Francis  Guildenstern, Mr. Cleveland  Player King, Mr. De Moulin  Francisco, Mr. Darley jun.  Marcellus, Mr. Harwood  Bernardo, Mr. Warrell  Ostric, Mr. Finch  Officer, Mr. Blisset  Grave-diggers, Mr. Bates & Mr. Wignell  Queen, Mrs. Shaw  Ophelia, Mrs. Marshall  Player Queen, Mrs. Rowson 
To which will be added, A FARCE, called the
Wrangling Lovers,
OR, Like Master, Like Man.
 Don Carlos, Mr. Moreton  Don Lozenzo, Mr. Green  Lopez, Mr. Bates  Sancho, Mr. Wignell  Leonora, Mrs. Francis  Jacintha, Mrs. Rowson 

Philad. April 22, 1794. * Notice, agreeably to charter, is hereby given to the members of the Corporation for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers, and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and children of Presbyterian Ministers, that a meeting of said corporation is to take place, on the 22d day of May next, in the Second Presbyterian church in the city of Philadelphia, at 4 o'clock P. M. for the dispatch of all such business as may then be brought before the board.
ASHBEL GREEN, Secretary of the Corporation.
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Henry Raper vs. Benjamin Gaither and Basil Gaither State of Maryland. High Court of Chancery, March 5th. 1794.  The Complainant states in his bill that the defendants Benjamin Gaither and Basil Gaither were seized in fee as tenants in common of a tract of land in Frederick County, called Hammond's Strife;—that being so seized, Basil executed a power of attorney to Benjamin authorizing him to sell his, the said Basil's interest in the said land, that afterwards the said Benjamin sold the said land to a certain William Gaither for the consideration of six hundred pounds which hath been since paid, that the said William hath assigned to the Complainant Henry Raper the bond executed by the said Benjamin for the conveyance of the said land: The Complainant now further states (and so appears to the Chancellor) that the defendants are non-residents of the state of Maryland, and therefore out of the reach of the process of this court. It is therefore adjudged and ordered, that the Complainant procure a copy of this order to be inserted in the newspaper of Angel and Sullivan, and in the United States Gazette at least three weeks successively, before the twentieth day of May next; to the intent that the Defendants and all others, who may conceive themselves interested in the premises, may have notice to appear in this court, on or before the third Tuesday in September next, to show cause wherefore a decree should not pass for vesting in the Complainant a complete legal title to the land aforesaid. Test, SAMUEL HARVEY HOWARD, Reg. Enc. Con. March 28. tuth&st&w
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The Public are cautioned to beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States, and Treasury Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America, several of which have appeared in circulation within a few days past; they are a good general imitation of the genuine Bills, but may be distinguished by the following M A R K S.
Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the United States. ALL that have appeared have the letter F. for their Alphabetical Mark. The Texture of the Paper is thicker and whiter and it takes the ink more freely than the genuine paper. The O. in the word Company is smaller than the M. and other letters of that word, so that a line extended from the top of the O. to touch the top of the M. would extend considerably above the range of the whole word. In the word United the letters are narrower and closer together than the rest of the bill. The i and f in the word promise are not parallel, the f inclining much more forward than the i. The engraving is badly executed, the stroke of all the Letters are stronger and the device in the margin particular y is much coarser and appears darker than in the true bills. Some of the counterfeits bear date in 1794—Whereas the Bank was not in operation till December, and no five dollar bills were issued in that year. Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America.
ALL that have appeared have the letter B. for their alphabetical mark. They are printed on a paper nearly similar to that of the counterfeited Five Dollar Notes above described; the engraving is better executed, and they approach nearer to the appearance of the genuine bills. The fine ruled lines through the word Twenty, in the body of the bill, are in number thirteen in the genuine bills, and but twelve in the counterfeits. The word Company is much like the same word in the Five Dollar Bills as described above, the o being less than the m, and others following. There is no stroke to the t in the word North whereas in the genuine bills the stroke is well defined. The letters ent in the word Twenty, to the left hand at the bottom, do not come down to the line, but are to cut as to give an irregular appearance to the word, the Tw and the y going below them. The signature J. Nixon, has the appearance of being written with lamb-black and oil, and differs from other inks used in printing the bills and the cashier's signature. It is supposed these forgeries were committed in some of the Southern States, as all the counterfeits that have appeared, have come from thence, and two persons have been apprehended in Virginia, on suspicion of being the authors of them. The reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall discover and prosecute to conviction the several offenders of the following descriptions or any of them, viz. The person or persons, who manufactured the paper on which the bills are printed. The person or persons, who engraved the plates. The printer or printers, of the bills. Every person who has acted as a principal in any other way, in the counterfeiting and uttering the said bills. Philadelphia, March 28, 17
April 22, 1794. Other counterfeit bills of the Bank of the United States have appeared in circulation. The denomination is of TWENTY DOLLARS, and the alphabetical mark is the letter B. They may be distinguished from the genuine by the following MARKS: The paper of the counterfeits is of a more tender texture and glossier surface than the genuine, and there is no water mark in them. The letter C. in the word Cashier, in the true bills is strongly marked, whereas in the counterfeits, the whole letter is a fine hair stroke, evidently in an unfinished state. The letter a in the word demand, is badly formed and the whole word ill done, and there is no comma at the end of it, as there is in the genuine bills. The marginal device, is much darker in the false, than in the genuine bills owing to the shade strokes being coarser, much nearer together, and consequently much more numerous. This difference strikes the eye at first view. The same reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, will be paid for apprehending, & prosecuting to conviction the several above described Offenders in respect to this, as to the last described bills. THOMAS WILLING, President of the Bank United States. JOHN NIXON, President of the Bank of North America. By order of the Committee of the Representative Boards.
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