National gazette. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1793-10-19 00:00:00

National Gazette.
By P. FRENEAU: (at No. 209, Market Street) Published WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, [THREE DOLLARS per annum.]
NUMB. 102 of VOL. II.]
SATURDAY, October 19, 1793.
[Total NUMB. 206]
From the BALTIMORE EVENING POST.
IN a republican government, freedom of speech and sentiment on governmental affairs, provided they do not degenerate into anarchial licentiousness, is considered as the palladium of liberty. Liberty consists in the sovereign power being vested in the people. Long had the people of all nations not only yielded up the fruits of part, but conceded a right to the fruits of future labour, to the greedy avarice of kings and priests; until these confederated states removed and dissipated the clouds of prepossession and prejudice which darkened the intellectual world—Too long had the human race, born to equal rights and equal freedom, been marked with haughty domination on the one part, and abject thralldom on the other. America was the only quarter of the globe that remained unpolished with the hideous monster of arbitrary power—tis true, young as she was, corruption had defiled her—but an abortion effected a purification. Experience, the preceptor of wisdom, taught her that without civil government to check vice and protect virtue, there could be no true and solid criterion of justice—That the arbitrary maxims established by kings and priests “of the ministers of government having an inherent right over the people” was the most absurd and spurious idea that ever was adopted by a community. A republic, where the people at large choose their representatives, who when chosen diverge from the different parts of the state, and convene at a designated place for the purpose of legislation, delineates one of the most perfect systems of political mechanism that can be planned—this is the system that America has chosen. Whatever is resolved by this constituted authority cannot fail of infusing such satisfaction in the mind as to cause regularity and harmony to operate upon the will of each member of society. In such a government as this there is nothing to create aversion—If a person delegated, acts in opposition to the wishes of his constituents, the harmony of the system is easily restored by displacing him, & putting in another of a less jarring disposition—this is what invigorates the springs of government, and gives them strength to withstand the shocks of ambitious men.
Peace and moderation is the spirit of a republic—cultivate virtue and you eternize its duration. The spirit of monarchy is war and enlargement of dominion; slaughter and avarice are the springs which keep it in motion: from this we may infer at least the probability, that monarchy took its rise from an extraneous principle that has spoiled the original delicate texture of the heart, and caused it to become the abode of all those passions and corrupt affections which we experience to flow from thence and destroy the peace and harmony of mankind.—Without a delusion of senses and a perversion of understanding, the mind is not capable of giving a preference to monarchy, because there is nothing nutritious to a political union; and he must be a unique in politics indeed, who thinks, that a durable political structure can be erected upon slaughter and avarice, because it is morally impossible.
It is the opinion of some, that a government composed of the three original ones, is best calculated to advance the welfare and prosperity of a nation. The principles of the three governments are—Virtue, or amor patriæ, the most sublime of all social virtues; this is the principle of a republic; here it is that each organ founds Liberty and Equality . Honour, that is the prejudice of every person and every rank, or a desire of exalting one's self upon the downfall of another, is the principle which sets the monarchical wheel in motion; here it is that one part of the creation is toiling to support the other in luxury and grandeur. Fear is the other ingredient to complete the jarring mixture, this is the principle of despotism; here it is that man is a creature that submits to the absolute will of a creature like himself, man's portion here like that of Brutus, is instinct, compliance, and punishment. The government of England (upon which so many encomiums have been and are daily lavished, and which is so much admired by the aristocrats , or to simplify the word, tories of America) presents to our view the three foregoing principles of government consolidated, and of course the most finished hotchpotch of discordant contrarieties that were ever thrown together: which fully discovers the illegitimacy of its origin. A-greeable to the principles laid down, avarice,
ambition and fear, are its component parts, or in other words, the king, the lords, and commons. Avarice and Ambition, as is very natural, soon jostled fear out of its liberty and rights; having thrown fear out of its own, they have ever since been quarrelling and wrangling for an ascendancy over each other. Can principles of such clashing natures possibly produce peace, content and harmony? If they cannot, which must be obvious upon a moment's reflection, the end which the formation of society meant to promote, is absolutely frustrated. To be brief and explicit, the king and lords may be considered (and justly too,) as two putrid streams bursting from a corrupt and cankered sore, that has fed deep into, and spoiled the moral texture of the political heart of Great-Britain; but from what malignant taint this calamitous sickness may have certainly taken its rise, I will not undertake to decide. What may have been the true cause is not so material: the effect is what more immediately commands our attention. The people of England have been kinged and lording over, and priest ridden for many centuries past; like gentlemen of the law, they jump to a conclusion that what had once been done may be continued to be done. Thus, what was rivetted on the people by their inactivity, remissness and ignorance, centuries ago by precedent, have now ripened into law, and say they, to annihilate this precedent would be an innovation on that structure of wisdom which our ancestors spent so much time and deliberation in perfecting. Strange indeed! the people of England choose slavery in preference to liberty; because established by precedent.
The reign of Charles II. offers to our view a very important spectacle in the history of England; under the inauspicious direction of Cromwell (who was void of all public virtue, and whose ambition was inflamed by the success of his bold endeavours) did the people of England attempt to trample under foot the shackles of slavery; but he was suppressed by a succeeding faction, which involved the government in a continual change: the people, astonished to see so many revolutions, fought ineffectually for a republic. At length, after a series of turbulent commotions and violent shocks, they were necessitated to have recourse to the government they had abominated and proscribed. At that period the world was not sufficiently enlightened. The arts of delusion were too highly cultivated not to beguile the plebeians, who compose the majority of every nation. Had they, like the people of France, as soon as they discovered that private ambition had invaded the heart of their leader, and virtue was expelled, made an example of him by lopping off his head, and branding him with ignominy, they would have been as successful in their struggle for liberty, as our friends and allies the people of France. But Frenchmen, I must confess, had a greater opportunity or accomplishing their undertaking than the people of England. For the revolution in America, it must be acknowledged by all mankind, affords as much light to the moral and political, as the sun does to the natural world. This probably may be considered by enthusiastic aristocrats, as the mere phantasma of an infatuated mind; but time will develop to them light to extricate themselves from the error of despotic education and ignorant prepossession.
America has taught France, and is about to teach the world, to transmute government into a state and form in which the people may be capable of a more accelerated progression in knowledge, virtue and happiness. It is true the transmutation in America was attended with blood and disastrous calamity, for the space of seven years—But the prospect of a more exalted existence, consistent with, and promotive of that happiness she now enjoys, gave her vigour and strength to withstand the shock of British cannon. The same happiness and prosperity which we enjoy, is now in the embryo of time for every other nation upon the globe, and nothing is wanting to give it birth but virtue and courage .
The government of the American States, appears to me to be better calculated for the happiness of mankind than any other: because it has a greater conformation to the equality that we discover in human nature; and because it exempts one man from the subjection of another, so far only as the harmony and economy of government will permit—as all mankind share one common nature, we have so constructed
our government, that equal liberty should extend to each individual of the community—It does not bestow honours and privileges upon a particular branch or class of citizens, at the expence of those upon whom fortune has not lavished affluence and plenty, as is the case in the kingdoms of Europe—It does not aggravate the misfortunes of the poor, by setting upon them a mark of ignominy, as in England; but merit meets with its reward, whether found in the cobler's shop or the statesman's hall.
It is to me somewhat astonishing, that the people of Europe do not renounce unanimously all subjection to royal government; which being founded in the corrupt principles of human nature, tends only to pervert the moral sentiments of mankind, to deepen the corruption of their nature, disqualify them for the acquisition of virtue, as well as moral and political happiness, and, ex consequenti , ineffectuate the very end of their creation;—But it is to be accounted for only from their looking through a glass brightened by the illusive rays of monarchy and aristocracy. The end of government being preservation; every government being founded originally upon injustice, unless the sovereign power is in the possession of the people; it follows as an undeniable consequence, that no government can be so happy as that in which the people are supreme.
Increase of dominion, was the ambition of Rome; war the delight of Sparta; but peace and tranquility with all mankind, is the joy and particular view of the confederation of the American states. In order to preserve this turn of mind in any government, virtue is indispensably necessary; and a cultivation of virtue, is as necessary to give order, tranquility, strength and vigour to a political, as moderate exercise is to preserve health to the animal body.—Whenever aristocratic sentiments creep into a republic like ours, it is an unerring proof that virtue languishes, and of course disease relaxes the body politic;—then it is that the political physician should exert every faculty to strengthen its sinews.—The present crisis is the most important since our declaration of independence and establishment as a free people—It is now every exertion should be made to stabilize our existence as an enlightened republic.—Foreign aristocrats are daily emigrating to our country, and are, in concert with our federal conjurors, exerting every faculty, every nerve, in the dissemination of their anti-republican principles. This, then, is the grand conjuncture in which each citizen should make every effort to prevent himself from being led astray from the path of virtue; and thus to enable America to avoid the diabolical system of politics and morals which Europe, in combination, are endeavoring to impose upon the world. Why do I say diabolical ? Because they are reduced to the necessity of having recourse to the sword to vindicate their arbitrary doctrine. Does this not prove, beyond the possibility of a scruple, that the principles they wish to establish, can no longer, in Europe, be inculcated by sophistry and delusion?—The days of chivalry and delusion are over, and the nurse of wisdom, virtue and manly sentiment, has begun to tutor the world—a system of politics, founded upon such principles, that, like mathematical progression, every step forces the assent of the mind as they advance; and conducts it at last, overpowered with conviction, to the truth proposed to be demonstrated.
A system of government founded upon rational conviction, is the only one that can possibly tend to the removal of public and private discontent, disorder and misery; and substitute in their place public and private content, harmony, prosperity and universal happiness—A system which America has chosen, and which, if universally adopted, would effectually banish Slavery from the human race, ensue to all mankind Liberty and a stock of wealth, as ample and affluent as either his reason would allow him to desire, or his happiness permit him to possess.—For a people to avail themselves of this happiness, they must cultivate virtue ; because it is the guardian of liberty; morals , without which true patriotism can never glow in the human breast— education , because it is the source of morality. They must reward zeal for the public good, by punishing fraud and contrivance. Whilst this continues to be done, I venture with confidence to predict, that the United States of America, will not be jostled into indigence, or gulled out of liberty—the inborn right of man: But liber-
ty, prosperity and happiness, will be a blessing coexistent with the confederation of the American states.
A FRIEND TO THE PEOPLE. Annapolis, Sept. 30, 1793.
FOREIGN NEWS.
LIVERPOOL, (England) August 23.
The Pilgrim , Hutchinson , from Barbadoes, arrived here this day; on the 3d of May she fell in with the La Libertie , of twelve six pounders, in lat. 5. N. long. 23. west; both ships engaged, and continued an obstinate fight until the 7th, when she struck to the Pilgrim . She is a very fine ship, of 800 tons burthen, with a very valuable cargo. She was carried into Barbadoes, and there condemned. The captain of the prize was killed, and 3 men wounded:—one man killed and three wounded on board the Pilgrim .
The Indiaman's cargo cost 110,000 sterling in Bengal, exclusive of private property; had been out three years, and is supposed to be worth at least 150,000. Manifest of the cargo of the La Libertie :
138,557 pieces of yellow and white Nankeens—150 fards sugar, or about 150 hogheads—71 chests China ware—18 do. Mother o'Pearl—139 do. cinnamon—183 bales of Surat goods, different qualities—2 chests of Fakee silk—1 do. cotton wollen stuff—4 bales of Mucinees—17 do. of Cassimis—13 do. of Bagatapaes of Surat—1 do. of Tapfel—2 do. of Corott—2 chests of silk manufactory—1 case Nankeen calico—20 do. Images—1 chest Printed paper—108 sacks of Malahai pepper—1 bale of muslin—3 do. white Linen—90 do. Cotton—7 do. Bengal goods—1 Embroidered waistcoat—554 chests of Tea—6 parcels Sugar Candy—1 do. Fontaragre Lucca—1 do. Medical roots—500 Gardsels pepper.
Extract of a letter from Vienna, July 26.
“A plan is now laid to be on foot, the acceptance and execution of which will it is said, be the only condition on which peace will be accorded to France. This plan is to contain an ameliorated and new constitution for France, which will be first sent to the French princes, and the most unprejudiced chiefs of the counter-revolution, that they may make their remarks upon it. It will then be communicated to the neutral powers, which are to be previously invited to guarantee it. After these preliminary steps, it is to be proclaimed to the French nation in a manifesto, in which it will be declared, that the combined powers propose, as the fundamental condition of negotiations for peace, the acceptance of the said plan, without which they will never acknowledge France as an independent state. In case of a refusal, the whole French nation is to be considered as the enemy of all civilized nations and treated as such. France, in case of non acceptance, is threatened with total dismemberment to pay the expences of the war.”
A declaration of war, by the Emperor of Germany, against the Republic of Venice, is immediately expected.
The following is a literal extract of a letter from an officer in the fleet under Earle Howe, now returned to Torbay. “We had just a light of the French, and in such a stark calm, that neither the number nor force of their ships are known with precision. Our vessels could make no way, and theirs were probably in the same condition. Heavy gales, which succeeded within forty hours after, forced us from a station we would willingly have kept, and obliged us to come into the channel. Our stay here will be short; not more than a week if the wind permit us to sail again.”
Letters from Paris, dated the 11th inst. state, that the Federation on the 10th inst. was not marked with any disastrous event. This, however, has not appeased the solicitude of the inhabitants. The festival of the Federation was celebrated last year also in profound tranquility, but on that very day were concerted the sanguinary measures for the 10th of August and 2d of September, and from among the Federalists the fittest tools, were chosen for their execution. These were kept at Paris, and the others sent back into their different departments.
These letters farther state, that the Queen has undergone three different examinations, with an intrepidity, a presence of mind, and a precision in her answers, which struck with amazement and completely discomfited her judges.—Unable to

nd her guilty in any respect whatever, they have ordered her to be removed from the Conciergerie to a more decent place of confinement, and her cause is taken from the Revolutionary Tribunal, and referred to the committee of public welfare. We fear that a considerable party is endeavoring to save her life, while another, of no less consequence, is aiming to use her only as an instrument to check the progress of the Austrians.
Two couriers are said to have been sent by the National Convention to the Prince of Cobourg, with a view of commencing a negotiation concerning the Queen.
By these couriers it is asserted, that the National Convention has written word to the Prince of Cobourg, that if he should advance farther on the territory of the Republic, the Queen should suffer immediate death. The Prince is said to have returned in answer, that he commanded a victorious army, enraged at the excesses committed by the revolutionists, and determined to avenge them, and that if any attempt should be made against the life of the Queen, no stone should remain upon another at Paris.
PHILADELPHIA.
SATURDAY, October 19.
It is with the greatest satisfaction that we can now inform the public, from careful enquiry and actual observation, that the mortality in this city has suddenly and surprizingly abated since the rain on Tuesday last, and the consequent cold northern winds, and frosts. Not more than 8 or 10 are now reckoned dangerously ill at the hospital; the burials in the city visibly decrease; and tho' those in the latter stages of the disorder cannot be much benefited by the salutary change in the atmosphere; yet still it may be reasonably said, that very little is to be apprehended at present, from the malignant fever, by those in health, who live temperately, and observe a prudent caution in their intercourse with the sick.
Letters from Knoxville to the latter end of August, mention great distresses in that country from the depredations and murders of the Indians. Within 20 miles of Knoxville, there is no stirring out of the forts without the most imminent danger of being scalped.
General Wayne's army had not yet moved on the 26th of August. They were to proceed on Gen. St. Clair's old-road as far as Fort Jefferson.
A London paper states, that on the 21st of July, the combined English and Spanish fleets, consisting of 78 sail of the line, were then lying before Toulon.
Accounts from France to Aug. 23, mention some considerable successes of the armies of the North over portions of the combined armies. On the 19th the French made an attack on the village of Blanton, and entirely defeated the enemy, putting two companies of emigrant troops to the sword, who wore the Orange uniform. On the same day the French attacked the village of Lincelle, and took possession of a redoubt. The enemy, having sustained great loss, evacuated both villages on the same day, leaving behind them their ammunition and baggage waggons. The allied army lost more than one thousand killed, and forty waggon loads of wounded were seen to go off.
By a decree of the Convention, passed Aug. 15, bread, biscuit, all kinds of flesh, fruit, cyder, wine, brandy, vinegar, oil, salt, honey, sugar, soap, lard, coal, un wrought iron, paper, linen, stuffs and millenary (silks excepted) are forbidden to be exported from the territories of the Republic.
On the 24th the Convention decreed, that the livre shall be divided into 10 equal parts, called dimes, the dimes into 10 parts, named cents, so that a livre shall contain 100 cents; and that in future all French money should be estimated by livres, and decimal fractions of livres.
On the 14th of August the combined armies had advanced as far as Maubeuge, on their way towards Lisle, but were attacked by the French army; and after a severe action, were obliged to retreat to their former post, near Valenciennes. The insurgents were in considerable force; but on the 10th of August were defeated at Valenciennes, with the loss of 7000 men, and a quantity of cannon.
A great many American vessels are detained in the ports of France, in consequence of an embargo, laid by order of the Convention.
Decree of the 23d of Aug. for the augmentation of the armed force.
Art. 1. From this moment, to that when the enemy shall be driven out of the territory of the republic, all the French are required to be ready for service under arms. The young men shall go to combat; the married men shall forge arms; the women shall make tents, clothes and serve as nurses in the hospitals; the children shall scrape lint; the old men shall be taken to public places to excite the courage of the warriors, by preaching "hatred to kings, and unity to the Republic."
2. The buildings belonging to the nation shall be changed for the time, into barracks; the public squares into stables for
horses; the caves for extracting saltpetre.
3. The muskets shall be exclusively given to those who go to the armies. The interior service shall be performed with fowling pieces and broad swords.
4. All saddle horses shall be ordered for the service of the artillery.
5. The committee of public safety, in conjunction with the executive council, is charged to take the necessary measures for establishing an extraordinary fabrication of arms, which may answer to the eagerness and energy of the people. Thirty millions of livres shall be put into the hands of the minister at war for this purpose. The central place of fabrication to be at Paris.
6. Representatives of the people who are sent to the departments to execute the present decree, shall have the same power in their respective districts as those at present in the army.
7. No substitutes can be allowed in the service for which any man is upon; and the magistrates, or functionaries, shall remain at their posts.
8. The recruiting shall be universal;— the citizens from 18 to 25 shall march the first; they shall assemble without delay.
9. The representatives of the people shall take the necessary precautions to prevent the citizens from assembling only as provisions are provided for them, at their places appointed for mustering.
10. The places for assembling shall be appointed as circumstances require, and designed by their representatives.
11. Each place shall have its battalion, with a standard bearing the following inscription: "The French people rise against tyrants." (Le Peuple Francaise debout contre les Tyrans.) The organization and pay of these battalions shall be the same as those now on the frontiers.
12. To obtain a sufficient quantity of provisions, the farmers and overseers of the national lands shall gather the produce of their lands, and deposit them in the principal granaries of their respective districts.
13. The proprietors, farmers, and holders of grain, are ordered to pay their arrears in grain, even the two thirds of those of 1793.
14. The National Convention adds to the number of its representatives near the army, the citizens Chabot, Tallien, Le-Carpentier, Dartigointe, Boisset, &c.
15. The envoys of the Primary Assemblies are requested to assemble immediately in their respective districts, to fulfil their civic mission, agreeable to their decree of the 14th of August.
16. The Minister of War is charged to send instructions and military agents, and take every measure necessary for the execution of the present decree. Fifty millions of livres shall be vested in his hands, for this purpose, to be at his disposal.
We hear from Elizabeth-town, that a pestilential disease prevailed in a great degree near that neighbourhood, during the summer, among horses; and which carried off great numbers.
"On dogs and mules the infection first began,"
"And last, the vengeful arrows fix'd on man."
Gov. Gaihan, who lately fled from New-York, has been seized and imprisoned at Fort St. John's in Canada, till the governor's pleasure be known concerning him. On the 25th of Sept. Lord Dorchester arrived at Quebec from England.
Capt. Martin, of the ship Providence, arrived at New-York, from Leith, in lat. 40. was boarded by the British frigate Boston, on the 7th inst. on a cruise, steering to the southward and eastward: and on the 11th, he was boarded by the French Republic's ship Coeur-de-Lion, to the eastward of Montauk point: the French fleet were then in company; after which they continued their course in the track of the Boston frigate.
Letters from Spain to August 18, say that the expedition of the Spanish and English fleets to the Mediterranean, and Toulon, was completely broken up. A raging malignant fever had prevailed in the Spanish vessels; in consequence of which they returned to Cadiz; and without their co-operation the English did not choose to act. The English had predicted the most complete success from this expedition, forgetting the old adage, "that man proposes, and God disposes." Our readers may depend that the affairs of France are in a prosperous situation.
The general embargo laid upon American vessels in several French ports, has rather an alarming appearance. It is sincerely hoped the Republic meditates no hostile measures against these states, especially as the hearts of the people, and their hands, if necessary, are with them and their cause.
When the last vessels left Europe, an attack on Dunkirk was an event that it was certain would take place in a few days, by the British land forces under the Duke of York, and a part of the combined forces. A small British marine force was to co-operate with them. Dunkirk (in English papers) is said to be weakly fortified, and in no condition to resist the formidable force of the allies.
In our Saturday's paper, (October 5th) under the Frederick Town head, it is
mentioned, that the trial of Ensign JOHN MORGAN was going on at head-quarters. A letter from thence, dated the 16th of August, says, that the proceedings had closed that day, and it was expected the court would decide thereon the next day.
From the Boston Mercury of October 8.
The sentiments contained in the following extract of a letter from citizen Genet, to the Vice-Consul of Boston, upon the subject of his being arrested, by the Federal government, breathe the purest principles of Republicanism, supported by a firm reliance upon good laws, & a good government.
"Perfist in your protestation against whatever might, in the least degree, affect the rights of the French nation, and the character with which you are invested; afterwards, give yourself up wholly and without reserve to the moral force of the judicial power of the United States; and confine yourself to presenting to that authority, which is independent of the executive power and its decisions, in one hand, our treaties of commerce and alliance, which should be for them laws most sacred; in the other the history of the immortal revolution of America. The latter ought to be for just and grateful men, the only commentary on our National compact.— If you are absolved, more than ever bless and adore those free governments, where man is ever sheltered from the fatal strokes of despotism, so long as his conduct is justifiable, in the eye of the law. If you are found guilty, leave to the sovereign people of France and America to decide, through the organ of their representatives, whether our bands of union are to be strengthened or wholly broken, at a time when all the courts have sworn the ruin of those republics, which are founded upon the rights of man; at a time when their perfidious policy has directed all its efforts to a disunion among them, that they may afterwards with some safety operate their effectual destruction."
The British, to palliate their disgrace in the affair between the Ambuscade and Boston frigates, are publishing various accounts of the action in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland newspapers: as usual, these accounts are all in favour of themselves & their prowess, & decrying the French. One account mentions, that the sole reason of the Boston's retreating was a sight of the French fleet, coming from the Chesapeake. But it can be proved beyond contradiction, that at the close of the engagement, the headmost ship of the French fleet must have been at least 30 leagues distant.—Terror (says Sterne) can magnify sticks and straw into masts and bowsprits.
General Valence (says a London paper) has embarked for America. In a private letter of that general's, he says, "I am now going to America, and I hope to find in that happy country, that safety and protection, which the English, under the influence of an ambitious minister, have denied me."
Extract of a letter from Fort Washington, dated August 26, 1793.
"The army has not yet moved, but general Wayne is indefatigable in every necessary preparation. Every thing may be expected from him which prudence, courage and discipline can produce, so far as he is acquainted with his enemy. Our numbers are sufficient; and no one thing is wanting in the arrangements. Besides the regular troops, one thousand volunteers under gen. Scott from Kentucky will march out with us, as a distinct army, and these being all mounted, are thought of themselves to be equal to all the Indians who will make head against us. It is said we shall march within twenty four hours after an express arrives from the commissioners, unless they advise to the contrary. We shall proceed on gen. St. Clair's old road as far as fort Jefferson, because we have posts built thereon at every twenty odd miles, and a good road for artillery and waggons is already cut, but from thence we shall march north eastwardly instead of north west as general St. Clair did, not knowing the true course or distance, which are all now ascertained."
"This day the trial of ensign John Morgan ended—On his being asked what time was necessary to his defence, he addressed the court to the following purport; I believe in these very words. "Gentlemen, I do not wish to say a word in my defence, but to submit the matter to you on evidence before you, well assured of an honourable acquittal." He then withdrew, and it is expected the court will give in their decision to morrow—Those who have attended the proceedings say matters are very clearly in the Ensign's favor, and that it only remains to be known whether it is an act of mutiny in an inferior officer, to write and point out to the government or executive of the United States, the misconduct and official misrepresentations of his commanding general."
"Unfortunately for General St. Clair, he had been induced to give in an additional charge against Morgan, accusing him of falsehood, unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in writing to the Secretary at War, that General Butler, one of the best and bravest of men was killed in, or on, or during a charge on the enemy, and that he was by his side; I say
that this has been so incontestibly and honorably proved by volunteer evidence, (for it is said Morgan disdained to seek any) that the accusation is held in the utmost abhorrence. I will give you the substance of one testimony on this subject."
"Serjeant Major M'Kee being sworn, testified, that on the 4th of November, 1791, he followed Gen. Butler on a charge on the Indians, made by Major Butler at the head of his battalion; that in animating the men to the charge, Gen. Butler was shot through the body, and immediately fell from his horse; that this deponent was one of the first men who endeavored to assist him; that at the moment of Gen. Butler's falling, he, the deponent saw Mr. Morgan at his side; that whilst he (this deponent) John Motherel, and others were carrying Gen. Butler to the center of the camp, Mr. Morgan continued to encourage the troops on to the charge, which enabled this deponent &c. to carry off the General's body, by thus covering them."
"1st, Quest. by the court. Did you see Gen. Butler fall in a charge on the enemy? "Ans. I did."
"2d, Quest. Did you see Mr. Morgan by his side?"
"Ans. I did. He was close to him with his sword drawn, animating the men to the charge, calling in a strong voice, charge, charge, my brave fellows, the day is our own."
P. S. 20th. When I wrote the foregoing I expected ere this, to have been able to have told you the result of Morgan's court martial—but after all the proceedings were closed in the manner above mentioned, general St Clair, who has been indefatigable in this business, induced the court to open again their proceedings as he had new evidence to offer. It seems that he had failed in his proofs, even of Mr. Morgan's having either written or published the letters for which he was arrested, and it was to establish these, that he now wished a delay; for whether these letters were true or false, he says they were equally mutiny. The proceedings are now closed, and next Monday Mr. Morgan who confessed his having written the letters, is to give in his justification of them, indifferent (after having established the truth of every assertion in his letters) what the consequences may be. No news yet from the Treaty."
Whoever takes a view of these States at the present period, must be convinced that a great political reformation has within these three or four years past been gradually taking place. Aristocratical innovations are on the decline, and their authors and abettors grown out of all consequence with the people. In a great degree, this happy change may be imputed to the exertions of free and patriotic presses, operating upon the good sense of the great body of citizens of the United States, who, in general are too enlightened to be long misled, without detecting the imposition and resenting the insult. Go on, then in this your useful line of duty, all honest and benevolent writers, printers, and editors! Though your labours may not always meet with their just and deserved reward, tho' yourselves may be calumniated, your views misrepresented, and your principles decried by the selfish votaries of interest, or the secret or avowed enemies to the rights of man, yet by a prudent perseverance, despising their resentment and regardless of their abilities, you will ultimately have the satisfaction to see tory machination and malice, aristocratical sedition, court ambition, court mystery, court intrigue, and every other poisonous excretion of imported royalty, withering into an eternal non-existence before that fatal scythe, which tyranny and tyrants never could withstand.
A FREE PRESS.
ANECDOE. A Welch curate, in returning thanks on a Sunday for the safe delivery of the squire's wife; coming to the word woman, he thought it too vulgar an expression to be applied in the present instance. He therefore read thus in the service—"O Lord, make this lady thankful for the great deliverance thou hast wrought within her!—To which Taffy, the clerk, whined out in a piteous tone of reply—"And mercifully hear her ladyship when her ladyship calleth upon thee!"
THE failure of a supply of paper prevents us from publishing this day on more than a half sheet.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
   OCTOBER 1793.   D. H. Barom. Ther. W. nd. Weather     Tuesday, 8. 7 30. 6 53 N. Fair.   2 30. 6 68 do. do.   Wednesday, 9. 7 30. 5 53 N. W. Fair.   2 30. 4 70 do. do.   Thursday, 10. 7 30. 2 49 E. Fair.   2 30. 2 74 N.W. do.   Friday, 11. 7 30. 0 51 W. Fair.   2 29. 85 74 do. do.   Saturday, 12. 7 29. 6 58 S.W. Rain.   2 29. 55 64 N.W. do.   Sunday, 13. 7 29. 85 49 N.W. Fair.   2 29. 0 69 do. do.   Monday, 14. 7 30. 05 52 S.W. Calm.   2 30. 0 76 do. Fair.  

captain Parker. The mate of the ship whose name is Edward Jones, said he was married in Philadelphia, where his wife now resides."
New-York, Oct. 10. It being reported that Mr. Whitmore, an officer of the Ambuscade, was taken by the Boston frigate off Sandy Hook, a few days before the action between those frigates, will not be considered by the British as an officer of the Republic of France, on account of his having been an American Citizen, but treated as a Pirate —We have authority to assure the public, that until a satisfactory explanation will be given on this subject, NO EXCHANGE of any Englishman , made prisoner by the ships of the Republic of France, will take place—And that the consuls of the French nation in the United States, are, in the mean time, instructed by the Minister accordingly, not to treat, negotiate, or consent , to any such exchange.
From a London Paper of August 2. A few days since a man named Wade, a blacksmith, of Tuddensham, drank some water from a well near his house, which occasioned a sickness at his stomach for several days; in order to relieve, which he took some emetic tartar, and voided a frog of more than an inch long, which is now alive, and he is quite recovered from his illness.
Extract of a letter from Citizen Moissenier, Consul of the French Republic, at Baltimore, to Citizen Genet, Minister Plenipotentiary, dated 6th Oct. 1793.
"The Schooner Sans Culottes , from Marseilles, has lately captured an Irish brig, which had on board 186 passengers, who had sold themselves as slaves for the term of 4, 5, and 6 years, in order to pay their passage.—The master of the prize expressed an inclination to sell them; but I rejected the proposal with contempt, and gave them their liberty immediately. My conduct on this occasion was very pleasing to the inhabitants, especially to the Irish, of which there are a great number, and who, would certainly have blamed me, had I acted otherwise. The passengers are exceedingly grateful, and implore the blessings of heaven for the French Republic, and all her agents, who are actuated by similar motives."
Extract of a letter from capt. Miller, of the barque Prudence , dated Bourdeaux, August 17, 1793.
"We are now fully loaded, and would have sailed in a few days; but yesterday there was an embargo laid on all foreign vessels which had cargoes on board. It is supposed the reason is, that a great many of them were bound to Bremen, Holland, and Flanders, to supply the enemies of the nation. Four American captains have set out for Paris, with a petition to the National Convention, for liberty for those bound to America and the West-Indies to proceed. It will take 18 days for their return."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Boston, to his friend in Philadelphia, dated 25th September last.
"This will be handed to you by citizen Robert, a French Physician, and a gentleman of merit. He had engaged and paid half of his passage for France, when he learned the progress of the dreadful disease which rages in your city: without hesitation he has given up the money he had paid to fly to the assistance of his fellow creatures. I hope his exertions will be crowned with success. I beg you will introduce him to some of your friends. He comes from the Manillas in the East-Indies, where the unhealthiness of the climate has afforded him the opportunity of being well acquainted with such diseases. On his passage from thence to his own country, he was taken by the British, and lost a handsome property—present my respects to your family—I wish to hear that none of them have been hurt by this disease."
The following plan of a decree, was proposed by Barrere in the National Convention on the 1st of August, and was adopted.—
 Article 1. THE National Convention denounces the British government to Europe and the English nation.  2. Every Frenchman that shall place his money in the English fund, shall be declared a traitor to his country.  3. Every Frenchman who has money in the English funds, or those of any other with whom France is at war, shall be obliged to declare the same.  4. All foreigners, subjects to the powers now at war with France, particularly the English, shall be arrested, and seals put upon their papers.  5. The barriers of Paris shall be instantly shut.  6. All good citizens shall be held, in the name of the country, to search for the foreigners who are concerned in the plot denounced.  7. Three millions shall be at the disposal of the minister at war, to facilitate the march of the garrison of Mentz to La Vendee.  8. The minister at war shall send to the army on the coast of Rochelle, all the com- 
ustible materials necessary to set fire to the fortress and underwood of La Vendee.
9. The women, the children, and old men, shall be conducted to the interior parts of the country.
10. The property of the rebels shall be confiscated for the benefit of the republic.
11. A camp shall be founded without delay between Paris and the northern army.
12. All the family of the Capets shall be banished from the French territory, those excepted who are under the sword of the law, and the two offspring of Louis Capet, shall remain in the Temple.
13. Marie Antoinette shall be delivered over to the Revolutionary Tribunal, and shall be immediately conducted to the prison of the Conciergerie. Louisa Elizabeth shall remain in the Temple till after the judgment of Maria Antoinette.
14. All the tombs of the kings which are at St. Dennis, and in the departments, shall be destroyed on the 10th of August.
15. The present decree shall be dispatched by extraordinary couriers to all the departments.
Extract of a letter from a merchant in Liverpool to his friend in Norfolk dated July 28, 1793.
"Every thing is in an unsettled state here, and a war between this country and America appears inevitable; indeed we may say that hostilities have already commenced, as the British citizens capture all American vessels to or from France, unless loaded with tobacco or in ballast. Should the Americans be inclined to submit to this (which I expect they will not) they will shortly not be permitted to trade any where but to England; and I am much afraid there will be another struggle for liberty against tyranny. The Americans will have many crowned heads to contend with; and, in my opinion, they cannot too soon put themselves in a state of defence; and, as it always best to nip every evil in the beginning, I think it would be very proper for them to turn their attention to something like their old associations, concerning manufacturing, raising sheep, flax, hemp, &c. and immediately pass a non importation act, from this country on all British goods from any port, which I expect will have a good effect, as the trade in this country is almost at a stand, and the manufactures in great distress and at present only supported by the American trade."
"About 10 days ago I was in the cloth market at Leeds where there were at least 10,000 pieces of Cloth exposed to sale and not 30 bought, and I was assured that they were sold by people in distress, and at very reduced prices—In Manchester they are equally bad, and many thousand supported by subscription, and in the utmost distress; yet the ministry are infatuated and seem determined to involve this country in still greater evils."
"There are about 20 sail of Americans in this kingdom brought in as prizes. The American brig Hope , from Charleston to Bourdeaux loaded with coffee, sugar, and tobacco, was captured by the Royal Anne of this port, and sent in here yesterday—the captain was detained on board the Anne, and the crew, as soon as they arrived here, sent to jail. The mate of an American brig that has been brought in here has been bribed to swear that her cargo is French property, and the bribery can be proved—from 500 to 1000 guineas is frequently offered to captains and mates to swear against their own vessels."
The snow Eliza , Caldwell, is arrived at New-York from Havre de Grace, from whence she sailed August 13. By the Eliza Paris accounts were received to the 7th of August. "It is discovered by these accounts, that neither the late queen, nor Custine , had been guillotined, as was said, under London head of Aug. 12—we do not find by them, that Paris is otherwise than tranquil, though, as might be expected, anxious, and diligently pursuing measures of resistance against their hosts of foes. They still hope for a firm confederation under the new Constitution—and believe, that had it not been for British gold , they should even now have enjoyed that much wished for coalition, which would prove a terror to the combined despots. No great movements have taken place, but a grand camp of defence, on the road to Valenciennes, has been decreed, among several other important objects."
The republic of France contains one hundred and eleven fortified towns, which supposing one should be taken every month, it would be ten years before the whole could be taken.
The cities of Lisie, Rochelle, Havre de Grace, Elkœuf, and other places, have signified to the Convention their acceptance of the Constitution. The administrators of the district of Rochelle, who joined the department league, have ascribed their defection to a thousand false and incendiary reports, and to the insinuations of Duchaffot, member of the National Convention.—They have sworn to preserve their allegiance to the Republic.
The inhabitants of New Providence have received intelligence from the British minister, that the French fleet at New-York were preparing for an expedition supposed against that place; in consequence of
which they have laid an embargo on their privateers and were repairing their fortifications, when the last accounts came away.
We learn that, a few days ago, a fire broke out at Laningburgh, supposed to be set on fire by a wicked woman, and burnt several houses and stores, to the very great damage of several individuals in that town.
We are informed that the Custom-House in this city is about to be removed to Chester.
Boston, Oct. 8. We hear that the British ministry have declared, that should Americans continue to permit the French to bring prizes into their ports, that they will immediately give orders for the captures of every, and all American vessels which may be found on the high seas.
"The Executive power of the United States has prohibited the Consuls from condemning prizes. That power did not appear to them clearly expressed in the treaties between France and America. I am told a negotiation is on foot to adjust those matters. The result of this prohibition is that the captors must take upon themselves the management of their prizes, and the sale, which as far as it respects the cargoes, will be attended with no difficulty. But those who would purchase the vessels, will not easily take them without a previous condemnation."
The health committee of New-York have passed a Resolution, prohibiting all dry goods, beds, bedding, cloathing, &c. packed up in Philadelphia, being brought into that city, unless previously exposed to the open air in some well ventilated place for at least 48 hours; and undergoing several other modes of purification.
M'Dougal, the noted pirate of New-Providence, is apprehended there, and is to take his trial for piracy; an action being commenced by the king's attorney against him, at the suit of capt. Shillaber, of Salem, in Massachusetts, "for robbing him on the high seas."
From French papers we learn, that the account of the misfortunes at Cape Francois, reached Paris on the 10th of August. The generale was instantly beaten , the stock-finished; and the sections collectively demanded of the legislature, "that measures might be entered into to send relief to the colony."
Some accounts from Europe say, that the king of Prussia has withdrawn his troops from the French frontiers.
All, or most, of the English papers paint the French Republic as upon the brink of an abyss. It ought to be remembered, that such pictures are the work of those who are interested in the overthrow of the Republic, and with the restoration of the old tyrannical government.
The proportion of deaths of males in this city, for two months past, to females, is, about 3 men to 1 woman. The deaths of persons far advanced in life, and of children under seven years of age (the age of innocence) are very few indeed, when compared with those of persons in the prime and vigour of life.
We hear from Boston, that Gov. HANCOCK died on the 8th of October: His death was unexpected, altho' he had been indisposed for some time.
It is remarkable that the neighbouring cities, and even the country within 3 or 4 miles of this city enjoys a remarkable share of health.
On the 12th instant, the Committee of health in New-York reported, that "they knew of no instance of any person infected with the disorder prevailing in Philadelphia."
Anecdote.—Ah, honey! (said an Irishman to his friend one day) pray can you lend me ten-pence?—"No, indeed I can't, (replied Paddy) for I have no more nor four-pence."—"Well give me that, (returned the other) and then you'll owe me six-pence."
From the Greek of BION. IF God, or Fate, to man would give In two successive states to live; The first, in pain and sorrow pass'd In ease, content, and bliss the last; I then would rack my anxious brain With study, how that state to gain. No task too hard, too rough no road That led to that serene abode—
But since to all impartial heaven One fleeting life has only given, 'Twere madness, sure, that time to waste In search of joys I ne'er can taste; What hope can bloom on life's last stage When each delight is pall'd by age!
[The point in which this ancient Pagan philosopher expressly disavows his belief, constitutes a leading article in the creed of every Christian. How inconsistently do they act then, when professing to believe what that philosopher disbelieved, they avoid pursuing the course which he would have pursued, had he been a Christian.]
From the Baltimore Evening Post. To the Editor of the BALTIMORE EVENING POST.
SIR, SINCE my return from Norfolk I have learned with no small uneasiness, that an "Extract of a letter from a gentleman travelling to the southward," which has been
published in one of the Philadelphia papers, and thence copied into the Baltimore Evening Post of the 26th ult. has been generally ascribed to me. I therefore think it incumbent on me, in the most positive and explicit manner, to assure the public, that I neither wrote, dictated, nor published a single line of it.
The similarity of some of the circumstances mentioned in the Extract, to those which occurred on my arrival at Murray's tavern, the place where the guard was placed, renders it necessary to enter into some detail on the subject.
In writing to my family after my arrival at Gray's gardens, I informed them, that I had been stopped with the whole of the passengers, twelve in number, about two miles from Baltimore; that we were driven out of the tavern; into which, during the absence of Murray, we had entered; that one of the guard had threatened to fire at me three times for walking within his line, although I was uninformed of the extent of it: And, from the darkness of the night, it was hardly possible to distinguish it, even if he had condescended to point it out, which he neglected to do: that for the same offence he had struck an elderly Frenchman on the cheek with his bayonet; that we slept or dined in the stage for three or four hours; that then finding ourselves cold and uncomfortable we kindled a fire in the woods, and slept before it, some on trunks, and others on the grass; that at 8 o'clock next morning, when the landlord was at breakfast, we went to him for some victuals, which he very humanely refused to give us; that about ten, or half after ten, he relented, and sent to inform us, we might have some bread, cheese, cyder, and wine; that we accepted the offer; that we were detained in this manner (a lady, the wife of a French captain, in the company,) without any shelter but the stage and the woods, from 8 o'clock Tuesday night, until Wednesday afternoon; and that I then remained at Gray's till the Alexandria stage set off. All this I wrote—and this only.—And I challenge any man to disprove a single circumstance of it. M. Tiebout, commander of the French vessel, now lying at Fell's Point, one of the passengers, can, and, if applied to, will confirm every article of it. If it be criminal to write the truth, I acknowledge myself a criminal.
I purposely waive, as foreign to my present purpose, every enquiry, whether all the precautions necessary for the preservation of Baltimore, are not compatible with some degree of attention to the ease and convenience of travellers; whether tents or temporary sheds ought not to be erected; whether passengers stopped on their journey, ought not to be secure of being able, when in necessity, to purchase provisions; whether measures of which the legality is confessedly questionable, and which nothing but the paramount law of self-preservation could justify, ought not to be carried into effect, with the utmost lenity. These, and a variety of other enquiries, which arise from, and are intimately connected with a discussion of this subject, I leave to abler pens to investigate.
To return to the spurious extract of a letter. At my return home, I may perhaps be able to trace it to its real author, and to speak positively on the subject. But for the present, I can only account for it, by supposing that the Editor of the Philadelphia paper in which it made its appearance, heard perhaps at second, third, or fourth hand, of the contents of my letter—and then haded up the garbled, misrepresenting account into "an extract of a letter," as an article of intelligence. This, I believe, will be ultimately found to be the real state of the affair; for I am satisfied to be branded as infamous, if the fabricator, or publisher of the extract, can produce any person to whom I wrote it, or prove, or even render it probable, that it was taken from any letter of mine.
A writer, who signs himself " Philo Veritatis ," has embraced this opportunity of displaying his literary talents, which he has really done most admirably. He severely censures the Baltimore printer for the " licentious innovation " of copying a paragraph from a Philadelphia paper. He then bestows on me, the genteel epithets, " imprudent and ignorant ." From these charges, I shall not attempt to defend myself. Those who know me can judge how far I deserve them. Those who do not, might refuse credit to my denial, were I disposed to decline the compliments paid me.
The elegance of this writer, the excellence of his wit, and his humanity, are very strikingly displayed in the expressions " Paddy at all ever leaning to one side—halting forward and hopping off ," all allusions to my lameness, which, if a crime, is certainly a very pardonable one—as it was not committed with " malice prepense ."
I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, MATHEW CAREY. Havre de Grace, Oct. 3, 1793.
P. S. I should not do justice, were I not to declare that Sergeant Stover , who commanded the party on guard, on Tuesday night (17th ult.) behaved with the utmost kindness, humanity, and politeness—as did the whole of the detachment, from capt. Stricker's company, who were on duty on Wednesday, after ten o'clock.

From the ALEXANDRIA ADVERTISER.
THE present crisis is important to the world in general. The struggle of expiring despotism will eventually be productive of consequences big with the fate of millions yet unborn. Such as can view the present era with the eye of indifference must be callous to feeling and possess a stolid insensibility. Patriotism cannot influence their hearts. Let the idea of the subjugation of France be once admitted, and the mind of the true Patriot, the friend of mankind is filled with painful sensations in contemplating the consequent misery, pending the extinction of that sacred fire which now animates the breasts of freedom's sons in the eastern world. Religion, if past experience proves anything, would become subservient to the basest purposes. Calculated by its divine author, to promote the happiness of mankind; and fraught with sentiments declaratory of peace on earth, and good will to men; it would be converted into the tool of despotism, and the chain of arbitrary power, by the monstrous conjunction of church and state. The question in despotic courts is not what religion is acceptable to God? They enquire not whether the articles of their creed correspond with divine revelation? The aspiring despot, and the subtle courtier form an ecclesiastical establishment which most effectually secures to them the possession of assumed power, and the dependence of their slaves.
Civil liberty, which once stimulated the brave Americans to the noblest acts of heroism, would only be remembered as a pleasing dream by the mourners surrounding her sacred urn. The generous patriot would lament in secret the misery of man, condemned to tread the rugged paths of life in chains. The parent, who once enjoyed the blessings of freedom, would drop the sympathetic tear, while reflecting on the miserable subjection to which his children are born. The industrious husbandman, and the humble mechanic, finding no security in the possession of their well earned property, would relax in their pursuits after honest gain. Supineness would pervade the wretched subjects of tyrants, and the hand of industry would be enfeebled. Taxation without representation; trials without juries, oppression without redress; the unnatural degradation of the multitude, and unmerited exaltation of court sycophants and worshippers in the temple of monarchy, are the prominent features of the monster that strives to raise its diminished head, and re-assume universal dominion over mankind. The enlightened mind of man recoils at the bare probability of the extinction of reason, and the triumph of despotism. Shall tyrants again fatten on the soil manured with slavery, and watered with the tear of oppression? Shall the votaries of despotism, more impious than Moloch's worshippers, at the head of hostile bands, again desolate the world, and deal misery and death with unsparing hand among the innocent victims of their rage? Forbid it Heaven!
This is the period which decides the important question, shall man be free? Such are the views which present to the mind of Americans in anticipating the conquest of the patriotic French. Every good citizen, however, deprecates the evil. They feel interested in the eventful struggle; while gratitude, duty, sentiment, the common cause of liberty, with persuasive eloquence, demand the infant arm of America to relieve a sister in distress. Interest, too, if reversionary blessings are worth securing, points out the propriety of rendering effective assistance to our injured ally, if required. Despising the motives which influence the friends of monarchy in America to assume a dove-like appearance by talking of the blessings of peace, and the advantages of neutrality, they dare not purchase these at the expence of American faith and republican virtue. When these gentlemen become the advocates of peace in Britain, and condemn the breach of neutrality there, their sincerity will be less doubted.
The hackneyed argument in favour of a renunciation of our alliance with France, arising from the condemnation and death of Louis Capet, is unworthy a serious reply. If the existing treaty had been entered into for the mutual guaranteeing the heads of the high contracting parties; if the extinction of privileged orders in France, or the erection of aristocracy in America had been stipulated as causes of disunion; then the treaty would be equally
affected in its operation, by the decapitation of Louis in France, or the creation of an aristocratic rule here. The executive of the United States, and the French ministry, as the representatives of the king their master, in the formation of that treaty mutually engage, on the behalf of their respective nations, for the performance of articles stipulated, equally advantageous to the citizens of both countries with respect to commerce and war. It respected not the internal government of France or America; and no relative change in the constitution or policies of either can annul those obligations or render the treaty ineffectual. While, therefore, the good faith of France is experienced, Republican Americans will rejoice in the alliance, and render all the assistance she claims in the hour of her distress from the unsophisticated construction of the bond of union. The late decree of the National Convention of France, announced to the public by Mr. Secretary Jefferson, which operates so advantageously for the commercial interest of the United States, and displays the generosity of magnanimous France, should raise a conscious blush on the cheeks of those who have wounded the honour of America by sophisticated, and explaining away the self-evident meaning of words, and the idea of treaties.
Tell it not in Britain, publish it not in the streets of London, that the civil authority of America hath been exerted to punish as delinquents her citizens for engaging in the common cause of mankind under the banners of France in opposing her numerous foes, lest the votaries of despotism triumph in the defection of the leaders of our country, and rejoice in the extinction of that flame from whence the sons of Gallia derived their sacred fire.
Citizen Patriots, can you refuse the tribute of gratitude due to the TWELVE who, despising the influence of a self-consequential expounder of law, stood nobly firm, and disappointed the hopes of an aspiring faction? And shall the verdicts of juries be despised? Shall the citizens of America, the volunteers in the cause of man, be still pursued by ministerial vengeance? Doth Balak, the prince of Moab, hope by change of time and place to curse the people? Disappointment and shame shall succeed the attempt, and America shall still be free.
Alexandria, Sept. 25, 1793.
PHILADELPHIA.
Extract of a letter from the royalist army, (in opposition to the National Convention) dated Angers, July 29.
"At length I have the pleasure of communicating to you the most pleasing events. We have fought several days successively, and the action of the 18th completed our joy, and gratitude towards the Supreme Being. The christian and royal army has entirely destroyed that of the atheists . They have had six thousand killed, nearly the same number wounded, and three thousand made prisoners. The remainder are so dispersed, that they will not appear again. All their artillery, ammunition wagons, baggage and provisions, are in our possession.
"God has blessed us with a complete victory. His aid also manifested itself towards us on the 24th instant. We had heard that the bridge of Ce, was guarded by four thousand men: we in consequence approached within a league of it on the 23d, and the next day at three in the morning, we ranged our small army in order of battle to attack it at day-break.
"The enemy suffered us to approach within cannon shot, and then discharged twelve pieces at us. We immediately cried out, the sword of God and Louis his follower , and rushed like lions on the four thousand men, put them all to the sword, and took all their artillery. There, on the bridge dyed with the blood of the enemies of God, we made the air resound with the praises of the Lord, whose exterminating angel undoubtedly marches before us.
"After this last victory we entered Angers, where the white flag is flying on all sides, as well as in almost all the provinces of Anjou. We have just dispatched a courier to order the column of the royal army, stationed beyond the bridges of Nantes, to approach that city on the 4th of August, in order to give the alarm on that side, but to undertake nothing, until we shall be ready ourselves to make the attack on the other side.
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 ANES, pot per ton 120d  —pearl ditto 134d to 140d  Bacon, flitches per lb 8 to 10c  —shoulders do 8c  Beef, Boston per barrel 8d  —Country do 7d  Beer, American in bottles including bottles per doz. 1d 74c  —ditto per barrel 6d  Bees wax per lb 26c 28c  Brandy, Coniac per gal 90c 110c  —common do 80c to 85c  Butter in kegs per lb 12c 15c  Cheese, Country per lb 9c 13c  —English 19c  Chocolate 18c 20c  Coals per bushel 20c 22c  Codfish per cwt 3d 53c  Coffee per lb 14c 18c  Copperas per cwt 1d 67c  Cordage, American per cwt 7d 67c 9d  Cotton per lb 26c 40c  Flax per lb 11c 12c  Flaxseed per bush. 90c to 1 dol.  Flour superfine per barrel 6d.  —common 5d. 50c  Bur-middlings, best 4d. 50  Meal Indian per bbl. 2d 52c  Rye, do 2d 40c  Gin, Holland per case 4d 33c  —per gallon 80c 90c  Ginseng 20c 24c  Gunpowder, Fine glazed per qr e 4d 3c  Grain, Barley per bushel 1d  —Best milled per bushel 2d 67c  —Buckwheat per bushel 40c  —Indian corn 55c to 60c  Jersey, do 60c  Oats 40c  Rye 60c  Wheat 107c to 130  Hams per lb 9c to 12c  Hemp, imported per ton $20d 146d 67c  —American per lb 4c 5c  Hides, raw per lb 9c to 11c  Hops 28c  Honey per gall. 60c  Indigo, Carolina per lb 1d 1d 20c  —French 1d 20c 1d 67c  Iron, Bar per ton 84d  —Castings per cwt 3d 50c  —Nail-rods per ton 110d 33c  —Pig 24d  —Sheet 173d 33c  Irons, fad per ton 133d 33c  Lard hogs per lb 9c 10c  Leather, soal per lb 17c 20c  Myrtle wax per lb 12cc  Molasses per gallon 60c  Mustard, flour, in bot. per doz. 1d 20c  —second quality, per doz. 87c  Nails, 8d 10d 12d and 20d per lb. 10c  Oil, Linseed per gallon 66c  —Olive 87.  —per case 5d 50c  Pepper per lb 38c  Pimento 19c  Pitch per bbl 1d 73c to 2d  Porter per cask 5d 33c  —London per doz 1d 60c  —Amer. bot. inclu. 1d 80c  Pork, Burlington, per bbl 14d  —Lower county 12d  —Carolina 10d  Rice per cwt 3d  Rum, Antigua per gal 1d  —Barbadoes 87c  —Country, N. E. 62c  —Jamaica 1d 16c  Salt-petre per cwt 14d 33c  Salt, Alum, per bush 33c  —Cadiz 25c  —Lisbon 27c  —Liverpool 33c  Snakeroot per lb 20c 42c  Snuff, per doz. bot. 4d 5d 60c  —per lb 33c 85c  Soap, Brown per lb 6c  —White 8c  Starch per lb 7c  Sugar, Havannah, white, per lb 17c 18c  —Brown 10c 12c  —Muscovado per cwt 13d 15d  Lump per lb 21c  Loaf, single refined, double ditto 22c 33c  Tallow, refined, per lb 9c  Tar, New-Jersey 24 gal. per bbl 1d  —Carolina, 32 gal 1d 50c  Tea, Hyson per lb 93c 1d 28c  Souchong 50c 93c  Bohea 33c 36c  Tobacco, James River, best 4d 33c  —Inferior 3d 33c  —Old 4d 67c  —Rappahannock 3d 33c  —Coloured Maryland 5d 33c 8d  —Dark 2d 40c  —Long-leaf 2d 40c  —Eastern-shore 2d 2d 93c  —Carolina, new 2d 7c 3d  —Old 3d 33c  Turpentine per bbl 2d 33c  Wine, Madeira, p. P. 176d 226d  —Lisbon 190d 196d  —Teneriffe per gal 63c  —Sherry 90c to 1d 20c 
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