The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), 1793-12-02 00:00:00

The POTOMAC GUARDIAN, and BERKELEY ADVERTISER.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER ANN.]
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1793.
[NUMBER 159—VOL 4.]
WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.
Franklin.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, Two Journeymen SADDLERS, and a Journeyman BLACKSMITH, The latter who understands the waggon business, horse-shoeing, &c. Constant employ and good wages will be given, by applying to WILLIAM DARKE.
November 25, 1793.
Constant employ and good wages will be given to a JOURNEYMAN BLACKSMITH, Who is acquainted with the different branches of the business, by WILLIAM MERRETT.
November 25, 1793.
TO BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, for ready money, on Tuesday, the Tenth day of December next, on the premises, 200 acres of rich Lime-stone LAND, in the County of Berkeley, adjoining the lands of Mr. John Davenport, being a tract sold and conveyed to me by Robert Throckmorton, Esq.
JOHN ARISS.
November 22, 1793.
CAME to the Subscriber's plantation, about the 9th instant, a stray Mare, dark bay, with some white on her forehead, branded on the near shoulder I, about 7 years old. The owner is desired to prove his property and take her away.
JOHN EVANS, jun.
November 21, 1793.
THE DEBT OF HONOR.
THE Members of the Martinsburg Jockey Club, who have not paid their respective subscriptions, are requested to call and pay the same into the hands of the late Managers, or to Mr. CHRISTOPHER PARROT, the winner of the purse.
November 25, 1793.
THIS is to give notice, that I gave a note for seven pounds ten shillings, to a certain Zachariah Miller, bearing date Nov. 12, 1793. I therefore forewarn all persons taking an assignment on said note, as I am determined not to pay it, as the said Miller refused to give me the article that we bargained with him for, before we gave him the note. EDWARD & PETER BANKS.
November 22, 1793.
WHEREAS on Sunday the 3d of this instant, my wife Sarah Kearns, did, without any legal provocation, abscond from my bed and board, therefore I forewarn any person or persons from crediting the said Sarah Kearns, as I am determined not to pay any debt of her contracting, unless compelled by law. Given under my hand, in Hampshire County, November 13, 1793. PATRICK KEARNS.
Just opened, and now ready for sale, BY PATRICK BOYLE, At his Store in MARTINSBURG, A large and general assortment of FALL GOODS, Which he is determined to sell on very reasonable terms, for cash or country produce. The highest price given in cash or goods, for good MERCHANTABLE WHEAT, And CORN.
November 4, 1793.
TO BE SOLD, 530 acres of LAND, lying on Sleepy-Creek, a corner of Frederick County, nearly adjoining Berkeley and Hampshire line; there are about 50 acres of plow land clear'd, 12 acres of meadow, and much more may be made, a young bearing apple and peach orchard, the land well watered and timbered, it has a good mill seat, a limestone spring, some cabin buildings, &c. Apply to WILLIAM CATLETT.
November 18, 1793.
JOSEPH & JOSHUA RIDDLE, Have just received a neat and general Assortment of Well chosen FALL GOODS, Imported in the last vessels from Europe. They hope to be able to give full satisfaction to all that may please to call on them; they are determined to sell for ready pay only , and have opened their goods at as low an advance as any others in the County.—The highest price given for country produce of every kind in cash or goods. They return their thanks to the public for the encouragement they have already received and hope to merit a continuance. N. B. Saddles of all sorts at the shortest notice.
SIX PENCE REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, an orphan boy by the name of PETER BANKS , bound by Court—he is a four looking lad, black hair, about 20 years old. Whoever takes up said runaway and commits him to goal, shall have the above reward. ZACHARIAH MILLER.
THE Subscriber informs the public, that he has established a NAIL FACTORY in Charlestown, where Nails, Brads, and Sprigs of all kinds in his way of business, may be had very reasonable for cash. GEORGE WARK.
NOTICE.
ALL Persons who stand indebted to me in any manner, are desired and earnestly requested, to make an early provision for the payment of the several sums which are due; those who neglect the observance of and compliance with this request, will not I hope blame me for commencing suits against them, which I am determined to do. MOSES HUNTER. Martinsburg, 17th October, 1793.
TO BE SOLD, From 300 to 700 acres of LAND , lying in one body, on both sides Back-Creek, including said Creek two and half miles on one side and two miles on the other. This land is divided into four plantations, well watered; there is a two story log house, barn, kitchen, &c. on the principal plantation, also a good apple orchard of near 100 bearing apple trees, a peach orchard and some cherry trees, about 16 acres of good meadow, and a mill seat near the dwelling house. The whole of the said tract of land is well timbered, and the bottom equal to any in the settlement. There is on one of the plantations a log house of one story and an half, and an excellent limestone spring, suitable for a distillery. The above tract will be divided, or sold altogether, as may suit the purchaser. For terms of sale, apply to the Subscriber, on the premises, or at the Printing-Office hereof. WILLIAM BAILEY. October 21, 1793.
THE Subscribers respectfully inform their Friends and the Public, that they will receive raw cloth at Mr. Seth Duncan's , (formerly Mr. Thomas Duncan's ) in Martinsburg, and return the same when dressed the first day of Court following. We return thanks to those who have favoured us with their custom, and those who wish to continue, may depend on due attention, and an immediate dispatch, by THOMAS BUTTERFIELD, and Co. October 28, 1793.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the Subscriber, on the night of the 19th of September last, a Negro Man named SOMERS , about 26 or 27 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, tawny complexion, has a down look. He took with him when he went away, a light cloth coat and breeches, a red shag waistcoat, a round white sailor jacket, a pair of striped and a pair of tow overalls, a good wool hat, and shoes. He will endeavour to pass for a freeman. Whoever apprehends said Negro and returns him to me, or commits him to goal so that I get him again, shall have the above reward, and necessary charges. JOHN KEARNEY. Berkeley County, Virginia, November 11, 1793.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Monday, August 26.
Letter from the Administrators of the department of the Ardennes.
“ Mozieres, August 24.
“ CITIZEN president, tell the national convention, its commissioners with the army of the north, gave us the signal, and this department suddenly rose. 12,000 men are marching to Avesnes, 5000 remain for the defence of the strong places; and in this country remain only fathers of families of the second class. We have kept a man for each wheel plough. Tell the national convention, that the patriotism of the independent inhabitants of the Ardennes is superior to all sacrifices, to all dangers and to all sufferings; and that from one end of the forest in which they dwell to the other, every arm is employed in works of war, and every heart worthy of liberty.”
Tuesday, August 27.
Engagement between the Marseillois and the troops of the convention.
A letter from the commissioner of the convention with the army sent against the Marseillois, was read, and runs nearly to the following purport:
“Avignon, August 23, 1793.
“Second year of the republic, one and indivisible.
“Citizen president,
“The Marseillois having crossed the river Durance, carried the posts which defended the castle of Cadenet, and rendered themselves masters of it.
“The republican general immediately summoned the citizens to rise: at the call of the country, 6000 men came forth, and attacked the Marseillois. We were on the point of taking the castle by storm, when the rebels evacuated it and took to flight.—Arbaud, their chief, has been made prisoner, as his wounds would not permit him to take flight. Arbaud has 36 Marseillois to be his companions of misfortune; 100 of them were killed, and we took 3 pieces of cannon, and 600 weight of gun powder. One single chasseur of the Allobrogi took 18 Marseillois. The prisoners have been conducted to the citadel of Avignon.
“The rebels had taken Manorque : the representative of the people, Robertspierre , and his colleague, run the greatest dangers; their carriages, baggage, and papers was seized. Mainville was in the wrong when he represented that his father and his family had been murdered: they have, on the contrary, been respected by the rebels, and well treated, while eighty of the patriots were massacred. (Signed) “ POULTIER. ”
The convention charged the minister at war, by a decree, to promote the Allabrogan chasseur, who took 18 Marseillois.
EVACUATION OF SAVOY.
Impeachment of general Kellerman.
Amar. “What signifies the profound silence observed respecting our actual situation with regard to Lyons and Mont Blanc? I learn that the Savoyards have been shamefully betrayed—that their territory has been evacuated without striking a blow—that Kellerman , the infamous Kellerman , resisting our commissioners, pushes on no longer with briskness the siege of Lyons, and suffered the department of Mont Blanc to be invaded. I move that the committee of public welfare do make a speedy report on this subject, and that the heads of the guilty be struck off by the sword of the law.”—[Applause.]
Thuriot said, that Amar ought not to have spread the alarm before he knew whether what he had advanced was true, and as he did not know the facts or the correspondence.
Lacroix spoke to the same purport; but expressed his surprise at the silence of the committee respecting Lyons, besieged since the 19th instant, of which place no official accounts have been received, though private bulletins were circulated throughout Paris; he moved that the committee do give an account, explanatory of the situation of the republic with regard to Lyons.—Decreed.
Wednesday, August 28.
A letter from the commandant of the army of the Upper Rhine, gave an account of the fete celebrated when that army accepted the constitution.
The patriots of the department of Dordogne implored the vengeance of the nation upon the administrators of that department, and demanded the sequestration of their property, for having expended the public money in raising a departmental force.

to the notes delivered at that court by the Russian and Prussian envoys, which have been published, relative to the French war, an intimation had been given, that if his Danish majesty shall persist, in his proposed neutrality, and not comply with the wishes of the other crowned heads, his Prussian majesty will renew his claim to the Duchy of Holstein, (the most valuable of the Danish dominions) and assert his right by marching a large army to take possession of it.
A similar conduct has, our advices say, been observed respecting the court of Stockholm, with an intimidatory threat, that if the regency refuses to accede to the desire of her imperial majesty, it shall be looked upon in a hostile light, and the invasion of Sweden and Finland shall immediately follow.
Thus do these northern despots, on the slightest, or, more properly speaking, on no pretence, with a savage and ungovernable ambition, seize on the territories of their weaker neighbours. And all these enormities are permitted by the more powerful states of Europe, because they are so occupied with the destruction and conquest of France, that every other consideration is superfluous.
Letter from Lequinio and Lejune, Commissioners at Soisson, dated August 28.
"The 30,000 men detached from the army of the Moselle to join the army of the North, are daily passing through Soisson. We have been witnesses of the order, the discipline, and the ardour to fight, displayed by these brave Republicans. We have not such satisfactory accounts to give of the part of the garrison of Valenciennes that passed here. This part was commanded by the chief of brigade Boileau. It is infected by the gold of the Duke of York.—These base Frenchmen had their pockets full of English money, and assignats. Many of them were heard to say, that the Duke of York alone could reign in France. We have received on this subject the denunciations which we transmit to you.
"The harvest here has been the most abundant ever remembered. Measures are taken to prevent the evil disposed, who with to starve us, from succeeding in the infamous attempt."
Several articles of the civil code were decreed. The commissioners with the army of the Moselle wrote, that Longwy, Thionville, and Satre Libre were abundantly provided for resisting a vigorous attack.
Tuesday September 3.
Letters from Nantz were read, which brought information, that new successes attended the arms of the Republic near Machecoult; that General Beysser was every day beating the rebels; that the late garrison of Mentz was on its march; that the rebels were in vain ringing the tocsin, the people, cured of their errors, far from flocking to the standard of revolt, were offering themselves by hundreds to enter into the service of the Republic; and that there was every ground for hoping, that within a fortnight after the junction of the garrison of Mentz with the army in La Vendee, there would be an end of the rebellion.
The following letter was read from the commissioners of the convention at Nancy, dated September 1.
"The satellites of despotism went to enter the fertile plains of Alsace, but the French in that quarter are opposing them with all their force. The tocsin has been constantly ringing for these three days past; and already more than 140,000 men, formed into battalions, both horse and foot, with provisions and cannon, are on their march to Weissembourg, the lines of which have been attacked without success for six days together: on the 12th and 17th, the enemy were beaten; on the latter of these days, they lost 2000 men killed, and 3000 wounded. Nancy has furnished a company of gunners, and eight guns. Phalsbourg has done the same. In short all the towns unite in pushing forth their forces; and the rendezvous is at Weissembourg. This mass will presently act; and the stroke which is meditated on the Rhine will astonish the universe, and give triumph to liberty."
L O N D O N,
Sept. 18. A private letter from France has communicated to us the following important intelligence; That the National Convention has authorized the executive council to endeavour to enter into a negotiation with the British minister, and to propose, by a special messenger, that if Great Britain will withdraw from the combination, the Isles of France and Bourbon, shall immediately be ceded to her. As the possession of these Isles would produce the most beneficial advantages to the commerce of this country, the English minister will probably give the proposal a serious consideration.
Whitbhall, September 16. Letter from Colonel Sir James Murray, Adjutant General of his Majesty's forces, to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, Dixmude, September 14, 1793.
SIR, I TAKE the opportunity of Captain Robinson, of the Brilliant frigate, going to England, to inform you, that the Dutch posts upon the Lys were forced by the enemy, upon the 12th. In consequence of this, the troops of the republic have abandoned Menin, and have fallen back upon Bruges and Ghent. His Royal Highness means to march this day to Thouroute.
Accounts were received this morning, that an engagement had taken place at Villers en Couchee, near Quesnoy, in which the French were defeated with the loss of 3000 men and eleven pieces of cannon.
JAMES MURRAY.
September 19. Yesterday evening Mr. Sylvester, one of the King's messengers, arrived at the secretary of state's office, with dispatches from the Duke of York.
The accounts received from his Royal Highness are dated from the camp before Thouroute (a small borough between Dixmude and Bruges) on Sunday last, Sept. 15.
It appears that the expected auxiliary Austrian force had not then joined his Royal Highness, who, on account of this delay, had thought proper to remove to the camp of Thouroute, where he will be shortly joined by the Austrians under General Beaulieu.
His Royal Highness is now in a situation to frustrate any attack the French might venture to make upon the British forces. As soon as the proper reinforcements and ammunition shall have arrived, his Royal Highness will act upon the offensive.
The following is an extract of a letter from Bruges, dated Friday evening: "Our town is at this instant in such confusion as I scarcely ever witnessed before, occasioned by the defeat of the Dutch at Menin, who were commanded by Prince Frederick of Orange; he is dangerously wounded, and now lies here at the Hotel de Commerce. The body of Dutch that was attacked, was about 2000 strong. Those who fled and have reached this place, say, that upwards of one half their corps were cut in pieces. A great many people are flying the town, fearing the arrival of the French. Furnes is already in their possession. It is hoped that the Duke of York will be able to repel the attack that will be made upon him. The fate of West Flanders depends upon his being able to make good his position. We have been beaten at all points—our affairs are unfortunately in a desperate situation; and unless we speedily get assistance from General Cobourg, I dare not say what may happen. Menin is in possession of the French. Orders are given for the retreat of the remainder of Dutch cavalry to Ghent."
Extract of a letter from Ostend, dated September 17. "A junction has been formed between Generals Beaulieu and Clairfayt; they attacked the French troops at Menin, and chased them from that place with a dreadful loss. It is said that upwards of 15 hundred of the French were driven into the river of Lys, and drowned, and that there are 3000 French troops taken prisoners, with eighty pieces of cannon."
P L Y M O U T H, September 14.
The reports, respecting the French fleet being in the channel, still prevail here.
Lord Howe's fleet still remain in Torbay; it is said they are drawn up in a line of battle; but whether this account is true or not, is uncertain.
September 16.
No further accounts have been received here respecting the French fleet being in the channel, and there is every reason to suppose, that they have never been east of Scilly, notwithstanding there is good reason to believe they may be out of port.
Lord Howe's fleet still remains in Torbay.
UNITED STATES.
B O S T O N, November 11.
Official letter from citizen Danner, Consul of the French Republic, to citizen Adams, Lieutenant-Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Published by order of the Consul.
Boston, November 7, 1793.
Second year of the French Republic.
The citizen consul of the French Republic, residing at Boston, to Samuel Adams, Lieutenant-Governor and commander in chief of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SIR, NEW orders call me again near you. The minister of the French republic has, with reason, feared that as in so important a circumstance, the consequences of which will have so great an influence on the destiny of both republics, French and American, some essential measures should have escaped my zeal.
Give me leave, then, Sir, after having again assured you of my sincere respect for all the laws and constituted authorities of a country where I was in hopes to pass the remainder of my days; the dear and pleasing hopes of which, I do not yet despair; of my sensibility for the good treatment that I daily receive from my republican brothers of Boston—and my respectful and grateful attachment for the virtuous successor of the patriotic and virtuous Hancock—to use, though, with the feelings of the greatest pain, which alas may last all my days—to use the right which I have, as representative of the French nation, in the republic of Massachusetts.
By which unhappy necessity—by which dreadful fatality, dreadful perhaps for our two nations, yet sisters, is it possible, that my two first official steps, instead of permitting me to make use only of the expression of the ever dear fraternity, I am obliged to use those which require the gravity of the official demand of a rigorous trial.
Citizen Duplaine, who had been appointed to fulfil, per interim, the functions of consul to the state of Massachusetts, has been dismissed without a previous judgment, by the chief of the federal government.
This act has been communicated to the Plenipotentiary of the French republic; and it is by his orders that I am again charged to declare to you that he does not acknowledge its validity, and that he orders me to solicit again of you the most severe scrutiny of the crime of which citizen Du-
plaine is accused, in order that he may be punished by his sovereign, if he ought to be.
I request then, Sir, very earnestly, in the name of the French nation, of justice and of liberty, that the most formal and solemn inquiry may be fully made in this state, of the motives of this dismissal, and into the legal forms which ought to have preceded it.
I beg of you in the mean time, that, in executing my orders, I may deposit in your hands, "my protest against this impeachment of the executive power of the United States, against the sovereignty of the French people, and the particular rights of the state of Massachusetts, which ought to assist and support foreign agents, admitted among them, when the verification of their powers has been made by the first Minister of the American Union."
(Signed)
DANNER.
PROTEST.
Annexed to the Official Letter of the French consul at Boston, dated 7th of November, 1793—against an Act of the Government of the United States, purporting the dismissal of one of the Agents of the French Republic.
FOR as much, As the Government exercises no other authority than that which it has received by delegation from the nation which it represents, and that the nation could not have invested with an authority, which it has not itself.
For as much, As no nation has the power to limit, to obstruct, and still less to abolish the authority which the Agents of a foreign nation exercise, by virtue of acknowledged treaties and of the character with which they are invested.
For as much, As the source of the powers of foreign Agents is out of the reach of the local Government, and that in regard to this source, it owes the same respect it has a right to claim.
For as much, As the degrees of rank or extent are nothing to the nature of the consideration due to them, and the right and force of the nation, as well as the nation itself, is fully represented in all those functions which are exercised in its name.
For as much, As the Act by which a government acknowledge the Character of Foreign Delegates is not, on its part, a formal and necessary consent to their political existence, for then it would participate in the right of election, the most sacred of rights, and of higher import to nations, than to individuals.
For as much, As if the exequatur to Consuls, is anything more than a verification of their powers, it would be power communicated to them; in which case the Consuls would partly exercise the local authority, and would no longer be foreign Agents.
For as much, As the Consuls having received no power from the local government, can be deprived of none by it. The cancelling, therefore, of an Exequatur becomes only a nugatory offence.
For as much as the functions of French Consuls, being nothing else than a French Magistracy established for French citizens, and operating in no shape upon the citizens of the United States, the cancelling an Exequatur can only be understood as a prohibition to all French citizens to acknowledge the authority of their natural Magistrate; and in this sense, this Act of Government has no object, or has a purpose which never can be answered.
For as much, As the enjoyment of the prerogatives invested in the Consuls by the treaties, is not a benefit conferred, by mutual concession; and that in endeavouring to lessen the dignity of their functions in one country, the Government of it, subjects its own Agents to the same degradation in all others.
For as much, As a Constitution in all free countries and even despotism, in enslaved ones, having once marked the limits of different functions, it is not permitted to any government to narrow or enlarge them.
For as much, As this exemption from controul, being not only a security for the public order within, but also of the political tranquility without, all Foreign Agents have a right to be apprehensive of those attacks, which an invasion by the local authority, makes on the Constitution, in the connection which their functions have with that Constitution.
For as much, As the Constitution of the United States has given to the Government the right of receiving not of dismissing, of acknowledging, not of denying foreign Agents: and having denied it the right of declaring war, this prohibition ought to extend itself to every sort of offensive act, and especially to that of altering or abolishing the choice of foreign Government, and depriving peaceable and industrious individual residents, of their Magistracy.
For as much, As the French commerce is a common benefit to both nations; and the Magistrates who protect the French commerce, being at the same time the friends and auxiliaries of the American commerce, their function and their independence, are as much a local, as a foreign prerogative; and thus an offence against their authority, is also an injury against the country to which the benefit of their assistance is extended.
For as much, As the strange system of annihilating Consuls, by the will of local Governments, tends to introduce into their rule of conduct a principle of fear, of condescension, or perhaps one still more ignominious, of hope and ambition; and that such a degrading system is a personal outrage upon the pride and delicacy of the present Agents.
For as much, As although they have in their conduct as individuals, and in their private interests to answer for their actions before the Courts of the country where they reside, (who proceeded accord-

ing to legal forms and not arbitrarily)—it is not only to the nation which has delineated them, that they have an account to render, of their official and judiciary conduct, and can only resign their mission to the country from which they derive it.
For all these reasons, I, Consul of the French Republic, at Boston, PROTEST against the act of the Government of the United States, which purports a dismissal of Citizen DUPLAINE, the consul, per interim , at Boston; and declare, that Citizen DUPLAINE is only deprived of his functions, by being replaced by me, Citizen DANNERY, appointed by the Executive Council of the French Republic, to fulfil the duties of the Consulate.
I declare, that in every case of this sort, the force employed to compel an arbitrary dismissal, and to hinder the usual relation of subordination and assistance between the Agent of the French Republic, and the French, permanently fixed or temporarily resident in the United States, can be only a persecution exercised against the citizens of an independent nation, and an act of offence against the French nation itself.
(Signed)
DANNERY.
November 13.
A citizen requests to know, what answer the lieutenant-governor has given to the extraordinary address of M. Danner. It is of importance to the citizens of Massachusetts to know;—and they have a right to demand, whether the incendiary proceeding of the consul in question has met his most pointed indignation; or whether it meets, in the least degree, his countenance or acquiescence! And they ought to know, it in as public a manner as the address to him has been public.
In a free and sovereign republic, independent of every power on earth, could it be possible for the freemen who inhabit it, ever to have expected, that a foreign agent—the satellite of another foreign agent—would have dared so far to intermeddle with their government, as to declare his right to construe their constitution—to define the powers they have given to those whom they have appointed to administer that government; exultingly to say, That all foreign agents have a right to be apprehensive of the administration of that government ; and to sum up the total of official arrogance, to " prove against the act of the government of the United States ," for removing a vice-consul, who under the guns of a man of war, and with an armed force, prevented an officer of the United States, charged with the execution of a civil precept, from performing his duty—when that duty was the rescue of property captured by a pirate. And, as their eyes have witnessed it, what, but that enlightened policy—that dignified political urbanity—that perfect command of the passions, which is the characteristic of freemen, whose laws are their avengers, debar them from exacting on the intruder, the effect of their most pointed indignation? But both the minister, and his satellite, know they are in the United States, and that the citizens thereof, are partial to the failings of Frenchmen. Let them, however, beware—There are boundaries beyond which even American urbanity and partiality will not consecrate intrusion.
The citizens of the United States ought to be reminded, that it is their beloved Washington , who is the object of the repeated insults of the French minister.
In what relation does the French minister stand with the American people? it is a question many ask. The answer is, that not even the most distant connexion subsists between them. It is also asked, who appointed him, and to whom he is accountable?—The answers are, the French executive council appointed him, and to them alone he is accountable—Common sense then enquires, why, in the name of reason, does he not make his complaints to his masters—and forbear the office of a perpetual newspaper scribbler?
Whether the French male and female embassy to Salem, will be able to compromise with the captain of a Salem vessel, for the stripes he has received, we pretend not to say: unfortunately they were inflicted by the captain of a privateer, fitted out by Genet, called the Genet, and is a pirate in the opinion of every one. The patriotism and firmness of Mr. Gray, the owner of the insulted vessel, will not, we presume, on any consideration, suffer this flagrant act to be smothered.
November 14. Tuesday evening arrived in this port, the schooner—Capt. Runey, in 45 days from Havre-de-Grace. By this arrival we have received a file of Paris papers up to the 22d of September.
From a cursory perusal of the papers, and the corroborating testimony of two French gentlemen, passengers, we are able to give the following important particulars of the repeated successes of our republican allies, over the armies of the combined despots.
It appears that the French troops triumph thro' out the republic—That the army under the Duke of York, has been totally defeated in several engagements, which took place before and after the 8th of September. That General Houchard, victoriously pursued them to Furnes (the place from which Sir James Murray directed his last despatches, dated the 9th,) which place the combined troops evacuated, leaving behind their artillery, said to amount to 128 pieces of different sizes, a great quantity of ammunition, warlike stores, provisions, small-arms, &c. The loss of the combined armies, in the engagement of the 8th, and several after, was reported to amount to upwards of 9000—That the Duke of York had, through the intrepidity and courage of a regiment of dragoons, escaped, though
much wounded, to Ostend, to which place the French were pressing, and it was reported before the schooner left Havre, that the tri-coloured flag was displayed from the tower and steeples of Ostend—That a part of General Houchard's army had marched towards Quesnoy, against that of the Prince of Saxe-Cobourg, who was near that place, and in such a situation, that it was expected that he could not fail of being completely Borgoyne.
General Carleaux, at the head of 60,000 men, had taken a position on the heights which commanded the forts and port of Toulon; by his letter to the National Convention, he assures them, that the English fleet at Toulon, cannot escape from a total destruction, which he expected to accomplish in 48 hours, if they did not surrender.
The Prussian army, had received several checks, near Alsace, where the republican army have had the greatest success. The French patriots had given a severe drubbing to the Spaniards, towards the Pyrenees, and the insurgents in Vendee are almost entirely destroyed.
The constitution has been accepted by all the departments; and provisions of every sort were plenty throughout the republic.
Upon the whole, the affairs of our republican friends and allies appear much brighter than at any time since the revolution—their enemies appear every where flying before them—their late internal commotions seem entirely expelled—the recruits are numerous beyond their most sanguine expectations, and we have no doubt, but at this moment, unless peace is declared, (which we fondly anticipate and hope soon to announce) there are no less than a million of men in arms in France; and that the combined forces have entirely quitted that republic.
On the above important and agreeable intelligence, we congratulate our republican friends, and doubt not they will unanimously respond, long live the French republic! —and may their alliance with America be perpetual.
NEW-YORK, November 20.
A gentleman arrived from Salem, informs, that a brig had arrived there from Martinique, belonging to William Gray, — Gage commander, who had been boarded by the Citizen Genet, and robbed of near 800 dollars, and many other articles; and on the captain's remonstrating against the same, was tied to one of the guns, flogged severely, and treated in a most abusive manner, &c.
In consequence of the above information, Citizen GENET, the minister plenipotentiary of the Republic of France, has given assurance, that, on producing proofs of the fact, he will do his utmost to have the delinquents brought to condign punishment, and to cause an indemnification to all sufferers.
Last evening, arrived in this port the ship Jay, Captain Derry, in seven weeks from Plymouth.—On the 12th of September the French fleet were off the Lizard, consisting of 26 sail of the line, 7 frigates, three cutters, and 4 fire ships. On the 15th Lord Howe, with the English fleet, consisting of 18 sail of the line, and 4 frigates, was lying at Torbay, and 4 ships of the line lying at Portland-roads, destitute of provisions and men—Several ships in commission, at Plymouth and Portsmouth, were unable to effect an expedition, from the want of men.—It is said, that the French and English fleets have met three times, when the latter have made their way into port without risking a near approach to the enemy.
NEW-BRUNSWICK, November 19.
Last Sunday morning an express passed through this city, with dispatches to the President of the United States: He informed that the Duke of York, with his whole army, were made prisoners, on their retreat from Dunkirk, by the brave French troops. We are rather left in suspense respecting the truth of this glorious account. This express was said to have been sent by citizen Genet. New-York papers, as late as Saturday evening, make no such mention; we hope by our next to give the public a more satisfactory account.
BALTIMORE, November 22.
Advices are said to have been received at Boston, that a great proportion of the inhabitants of Toulon had refused to participate in the crime of those who had surrendered that town to Lord Hood—that they had taken possession of Fort Lamalle, which commands the road—and that there was a great probability the English would meet with much more difficulty in getting out of, than they had experienced in getting into, that Port.
NORFOLK, November 16.
Captain Homer spoke at sea the ship Henrietta, Captain Wicks, bound to Philadelphia, who left Ostend the 24th of September, and informed him, that the loss of the combined army at the raising of the siege of Dunkirk amounted to between 8 and 10,000 men; that they were every moment expecting the French at Ostend, from which place the English were shipping off their stores; that the hereditary Prince of Orange lay mortally wounded at Bruges; and that three regiments, actually embarked for the West-Indies, were ordered for the continent.
RICHMOND, November 21.
The great and important news of the success of the French arms over the combined forces before Dunkirk, gave universal joy to every true Republican.
On Monday three barrels of gunpowder were delivered to the Artillery, Grenadiers, Light Infantry
and Riflemen of this city, to celebrate the joyful event, which was performed on the Capitol Square, with great display of military skill, by platoon firing and the discharge of cannon, in the presence of a numerous concourse of spectators, who united in three general cheers, with countenances expressive of their joy.
ALEXANDRIA, November 27.
Extract of a letter from an eminent commercial establishment at Ostend, to his friend in Philadelphia, dated 22d Sept. 1793.
"We have been made very uneasy this eight days past, the French having attacked the English the 6th inst. who were engaged in the siege of Dunkirk. The English were totally routed and left 80 pieces of cannon, and the greatest part of the baggage and provisions, and fled with great precipitation and disorder, plundered the different towns and villages they passed through. The Dutch on the other side, have been equally thrown into disorder, between Allost and Ghent. The French entered Menin and totally plundered it—they are still at Furnes, where they are unloading the English store houses.—In fact my dear Sir, it has been a total rout, almost in its effect without example—happily the French confined themselves to the plunder of Menin and Furnes, for had they come on here, not much would be left for them to do."
MARTINSBURG, December 2.
Robert White, Esq. of Frederick County, is appointed a Judge of the Circuit Court, in the room of the Hon. Henry Tazewell, Esq. who is appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeals.
The Congress of the United States assemble this day in the city of Philadelphia.
An attempt has been made to set fire to the city of Charleston. The Governor of South-Carolina has issued a proclamation offering a reward of 500 dollars to the person who would bring to justice the offender.
We have a report, that in CANADA they were in consternation for fear of an attack on QUEBEC, from Admiral SERCEY'S FLEET, who it was there laid, had thirteen thousand troops with him; and that some of the forces from Upper Canada, had been actually ordered down to Quebec. It was also reported, that the FLORA, a French forty gun Frigate, had entered the Gulf of St. Laurence, and destroyed some Fisheries there.
It is computed that the late decree of the National Convention, putting all unmarried citizens from the age of 18 to 25 in a state of requisition for the armies, and which is rigorously executed, will produce between 4 and 500 thousand effective men.
The eleventh ult. a duel was fought near Baltimore between two French gentlemen, in which one of them received a ball immediately above his left eye, which put a period to his existence. The gentleman who fell a victim to this barbarous and inhuman custom, M. Richardid, was once a major-general in the French service. The name of his antagonist, and seconds, are not known—they fled immediately.
A late letter from London, says,—"Since I have touched on politics, I will give you a state of this nation in a few words, that if our abominable plan of government, with all its corrupt appendages, is not totally changed, the nation is inevitably lost.—While I deplore the measures of ministry in carrying on the war against the Rights of Man , to the destruction of the nation. In this unhappy country, we dare not, at present, say that we hold our properties independent of the crown. The officers of government carry their authority to a high pitch;—they strain every nerve of power to prevent discussion; but notwithstanding their curled schemes, tyrants and tyranny must fall. Our manufacturing and commercial interests, which are the vitals of the kingdom, lie bleeding at every pore. We are struggling hard on this side of the Atlantic to better our condition as men."
CAME to my Plantation some time since, a red Cow, no mark or brand perceivable. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges, and take her away.
JOSEPH EVANS, Jun.
December 2d, 1793.
TO BE SOLD,
On reasonable terms,
100 Acres of good Land, on Back-Creek, adjoining Isaac Clawson's, 4 acres of which are cleared, the land well water'd and timber'd; good meadow may be made. For terms of sale, apply to, JAMES QUICK.
December 2d, 1793.
WANTS EMPLOY,
A YOUNG MAN, well acquainted with the Distilling Business, and who can give an indisputable recommendation.
December 2d, 1793.
Inquire of the Printer.
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SEAT OF THE MUSES.
CHARITY DISPLAYED:
Or, a Paraphrase on 1st Corinthians, xiii. WOULD heav'n, to whom such mighty gifts belong, Favor a mortal with an angel's tongue; Could ev'ry speech the various nations know, Glide from my lips in one continu'd flow; If Charity, of graces first and best, With generous warmth my bosom never bless'd, The tinkling cymbal, or the sounding brass, Would be the noisy types of what I was.
Could I the myst'ries of religion scan, Or open all futurity to man; Or did the beams of science in me shine, Though ne'er so bright, enliv'ning, or divine; Or could my faith into the ocean roll The rooted rock, or shake the distant pole; If Charity her virtues ne'er impart, Vain all my power, my knowledge, and my art.
Should I profusely waste my golden store, To clothe the naked, and to feed the poor; Nay should I give my body to the flame, And bear the honor of a martyr's name; If sacred Charity my breast disown, Vain my compassion, suff'ring and renown.
Fair Charity enjoys a patient mind, Forever lovely and forever kind; Let others boast their riches and their state, She smiles content; nor wishes to be great; In her no proud, no empty looks are seen, Mild are her words, becoming is her mein: Cheerful the sacrifices health and ease, To raise the low, or give the troubled peace. No wrath is ever known to change her brow, Nor meditates the evil to her foe; If wickedness in any shape appears, Her melting eyes her sorrows speak in tears: But when religion spreads her happy sway, She gives her sorrow and her tears away: She hopes, she trusts, she suffers, she believes, And cheerfully the greatest wrongs receives; Faith is intended for no state but this, And Hope ere long shall be dissolv'd in bliss, But Charity hereafter shall obtain Diviner honours, and an endless reign.
INDIAN ADVICES.
LEXINGTON, (Kentucky) September 26.
By letters from Fort-Hamilton, dated the 22d inst. we are informed, that on the 17th, the Indians took the horses from twenty-two waggons near Fort St. Clair, together with such articles as they could carry away out of the waggons; such as they could not they endeavoured to destroy. The guard, laid to consist of 70 men, are all killed and missing: The main army at the time were about six miles in advance of Fort-Jefferson. The night preceding, the Indians fired on the centries at Fort-Hamilton five different times.
On the 10th the Indians attacked White's station, about ten miles from Fort-Walhington, killed a man and two children.
NOVEMBER 2.
Copy of a letter from Major General Anthony Wayne, to a gentleman of respectability in Kentucky, dated Camp, south branch of Miami, 6 miles advanced of Fort-Jefferson, October 22, 1793.
DEAR SIR,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your two letters, of the 1st. and 10th instant. A severe attack of the influenza prevented me from answering the first in due season—the last was handed me yesterday by Major Conn, who honor'd me with his company at dinner.
The Legion took up its line of march, from Hobson's Choice, on the 7th, and arrived at this place on the 13th instant (the sixth day) at ten o'clock in the morning, without any accident, but found ourselves arrested on this spot for want of provisions, and the means of transport on the part of the contractors—I have therefore been reduced to the necessity, of ordering the Quarter-Master-General to supply the defect for the present.
It would appear that the savages mean to bend their attention to our convoys—they recently struck at one of them, by which we lost two gallant young officers, Lieutenant Lowry, and Ensign Boyd—who with 13 non-commissioned officers and privates, bravely fell on the morning of the 17th instant, after an obstinate resistance against superior numbers.
The savages killed and carried off about 70 horses—the waggons and stores were brought into camp the day before yesterday, without loss or damage, except some trifling articles.
It is not improbable but this affair may be exaggerated into something serious, by the tongue of fame, before this reaches you—but the foregoing is the fact.
fame, before this reaches you—but the foregoing is the fact.
There are nearly one thousand volunteers arrived in the vicinity of this camp (officers included) of which there is no deficiency.
I fear the season is too far advanced for them to aid with effect—they appear well disposed for action.—The report is, that the Indians have sent their women and children into some secret recess, or recesses, and that the warriors are collected or collecting, determined to dispute this ground, from which we shall not retrograde.
The safety of the western frontiers—the reputation of the Legion—the dignity and interest of the nation, forbid the giving up one single inch of ground that we now possess, until the savages experience our superiority in the field, or sue for peace; an event that I pledge myself to produce, if properly supported by a completion of the Legion.
Believe me to be, with sincere respect and esteem, your most obedient,
And very humble servant, ANTHONY WAYNE.
Extract of a letter dated Head Quarters, S. W. branch of Miami, October 24, 1793.
On the 16th instant, two serjeants of Captain Lee's troop of cavalry were killed by the Indians, and on the 17th, one of our escorts, of 90 men, under the command of Lieutenant Lowry and Ensign Boyd, charged with twenty-eight waggons, loaded with corn, contractor's stores, and two with goods, the property of Mr. Hunt, was attacked by a party of Indians, supposed to be about 60, a little after day-light, at the 20 mile tree, a few miles advanced of Fort St. Clair; after the exchange of a few shots, Lieutenant Lowry and Ensign Boyd fell; this damped the spirits of the men in such a manner, as to occasion a route; the Indians, seizing the opportunity of keeping it up, took possession of the waggons, but were in so great a hurry to get off, that they only took time to cut out the horses, stave all the liquor, except what they carried off, and plunder Mr. Hunt's waggons—leaving the other waggons and corn in the road. The escort lost 15 killed, including the two officers, who died bravely, and 9 men missing. Lieutenant-Colonel Adair, of the mounted volunteers, who lay in advance of the escort, about 6 miles with 40 or 50 men, upon hearing of the disaster, immediately repaired to the ground of the defeat, took the trail of the Indians, and followed them between thirty and forty miles, but not being able to come up with them, and being out of provision, returned.
General Scott, with the thousand mounted volunteers, including officers, is now encamped at a Prairie, two miles advanced of Fort-Jefferson. One of the volunteers was killed upon their march.
The Commander in Chief waits the arrival of about seven hundred, that were sent off yesterday to Fort-Hamilton, for flour and corn, under an escort commanded by Lieuten. Col. Hamtramck; at which arrival he will march from this place to within a few miles of General St. Clair's battle ground, and there take a strong position for future operations, unless the season, and sufficient supply of provision, will justify his farther advance.
It is expected the Indians will attack the army before they separate, being informed through sundry channels that they have pledged themselves to each other, to their respective nations, and to the British, that they will defeat the army. It is apprehended, that as there were British officers with the Indians at the defeat of General St. Clair, some may think proper to be with the Indians on the present occasion. Our army are strong, feel themselves in high spirits, and are ready for a meeting with the enemy.
WINCHESTER, November 25.
We learn, by a gentleman, who arrived here from Knoxville, on Monday evening last, that General Sevier returned to that place on the 25th of October, after scouring the Indian country for upwards of 140 miles, and approaching within 20 miles of a Creek village. In the course of the expedition, he destroyed seven of the principal Cherokee towns, about 300 head of cattle, near 500 hogs, and corn and vegetables in abundance—two Indian men, one woman and one child, were known to have been killed in a skirmish with the Indians, and it is generally supposed, several more of the tawny race fell, as numerous trails of blood were discovered on the ground over which the dead bodies had been dragged. General Sevier had three men killed, and four wounded.
We also learn, through the same channel, that since General Sevier's return, one Indian has been killed, two wounded, and two taken prisoners, within the settlements.
NOTICE.
BEING sworn in, at the last Worshipful Court of Berkeley County, to collect the arrears of taxes, clerks fees, &c. due JAMES CRANE, late of Berkeley, deceased, as a former Deputy Sheriff for said County. I therefore earnestly request all persons in arrearages in like manner, to make immediate provision for payment, or they will be compelled as the law directs, which will be very disagreeable to me, as no longer indulgence can or will be given. JOSEPH CRANE.
October 23d, 1793.
CAME to the Subscriber's Plantation, some time since, a black and white HEIFER, with a white face and black over the eyes; has a crop in both ears, and a bit off the right ear. She has been potted and appraised according to law. The Owner is desired to prove his property and take her away. JAMES HOVELING.
November 11, 1793.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the Subscriber, an apprentice boy named ZACHARIAH LOULAND, bound to the blacksmith trade, about nineteen years of age, six feet high, and fair complexion. Whoever apprehends said apprentice and brings him to me, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges, paid by
SAMUEL MCCLELLAND.
Mill-Creek, Berkeley County, October 20, 1793.
N O T I C E.
MY duty, as Inspector of Flour at this place, obliges me strictly to enforce the act of Assembly passed at the last session, for regulating the inspection of flour and bread. If the Farmers and Millers would duly consider the subject, they would find themselves deeply interested in the faithful execution of this act. If their staple, by any neglect or inattention, loses its credit at any foreign markets, the price will most certainly fall at home as well as abroad. This must be obvious to every person, and requires no chain of reasoning to prove. That the loss, whatever it may be, will ultimately fall upon the Farmer, is as evident. That those who may be affected by the enforcing that act, may not plead ignorance, I have judged it proper to transcribe and publish those clauses of the act by which they may be affected.
"All bread and flour casks which shall be bro't to any of the places before mentioned for exportation, shall be well made of good seasoned materials, tightened with ten hoops, sufficiently nailed with four nails in each chine hoop, and three nails in each bilge-hoop."
"Every miller of flour, and baker of bread for exportation, shall provide and keep a distinguishable brand-mark, with which he shall brand every cask of flour and bread, and mark thereon the Tare and Nett weight, before the same shall be removed from the place where it was bolted or baked, under the penalty of forty-two cents for every cask of flour not hooped and nailed as aforesaid."
The points in which the manufacturers of flour are too generally deficient, are the quality of the timber of which the barrels are made, being often, very often, too green, which will destroy the quality of the best flour; and neglect in nailing agreeably to the directions of the act. My duty demands from me a rigorous execution of the law, which I will most assuredly perform. The interest of the Manufacturer loudly calls for it, though he may, and frequently does, turn a deaf ear to it.
I have just opened, and have for sale, at my house in this town, a choice assortment of BOULTING-CLOTHS.
ALEXANDER SMITH.
Alexandria, Sept. 23, 1793.
3m.
ALL Persons indebted to, or have any demands on, the estate of William Morgan, late of Berkeley, deceased, are requested to exhibit the same to the subscribers, as they are determined on a speedy settlement of said estate.
ABRAHAM MORGAN, GEORGE MORGAN. } Executors.
October 21, 1793.
THE Subscriber requests those that are indebted to him by open account, to come and settle, and if they cannot discharge what may be due, to give their obligations, as their accounts may be closed by the first of April next; he then purposes to open a large assortment of Merchandize, and wants his books settled before he begins business again, as they have been long standing.
JOSEPH MINGHIN I.
November 11, 1793.
N O T I C E.
ALL Persons indebted to the estate of Captain Isaac Evans, deceased, are hereby notified, that unless they come in and settle the same by March Court next, their accounts will be put in suit. Any persons having any demands against the said estate, are requested to bring them in immediately, for settlement.
MARTHA EVANS, Executrix, JOHN EVANS, jun. } Executors. JOHN FRAYATT }
October 14, 1793.
FOR SALE, AT THE PRINTING OFFICE, Blank Deeds of Bargain and Sale, Magistrates' Summons,