•freferit tune, arid which "if the 'fiufuon of ,
toiiffot, which has lately beeu ueltreyed, ;
ftiauld unhappily be loilovedby another po
litical paroxiiin; aad if nothing f*«i arrest
the progreii of diforganizatkm,. so
far advanced, it may before the fliort space
of one year, so change the face of the em
pires within the sphere of its influence, that
wc may hunt ffer one half the people of
iope, but in vain, and we Jhall not find even
the tradition of them, except in the accumu
lated ruins of i.hele vail communities.
Firth* Gaxstts of the UmitkdStates.
Mr. Fen no,
The following feikarh on the pulsations
of a certain iefcription of writers -who
• art incefftiMy laboring to mate the people
defp 'tfe theilr own govehtmettt, and plunge
themfeha into a Jlalt of nttarchy, debili
ty and tontempt, are contained, fubflan
tiallyi in a performance which lately ap
putrid in a paper publi/bed in the wef
-1 tern part of one of the eajlern Statesi—-
You will fieafr to give them a place in
in ymr paper. G.
THESE Writers impute the oppofit ion
which it made to the formation of, what
they call " Republican Societies," to the
moniedpart of the people—and to the No
bUity. Who they allude to, by the nobili
ty in this country, I cannot divine. And
who i« meant by the monied part, whtre
property is so equally divided as in Ame
rica, is inconceivable. Some of them have
Called upon the farmers, &e. to guard a
gainst these monied people- I —The fact i»»
that njoe tenths of the property of the
United States, is in the hands of the far
mers—they are called upon therefore in
this cafe to guard against themselves.—
it is said, " the only reason why the mo
tiied part of the people oppose these so
cieties is because a great many of them
have crept into offices. What.is this,
fwt a reprefentatiuflof our civil officers,
us a mercenary crey.—Obferve—" they
have crept into offices." It is a new
iflea, that our civil officers who are cbo
fen by the free fuffrages of the people,
have crept into office, i. e. got in by some
mercenary or underhand method. Not
fatijfied, however, with representing them
io this contemptible light, they are exhibi
ted as an associated band of enemies to
the people, as being jealofls lett the peo-
pie obtain political knowledge eiuiugh tu
iolpeit their wicked and inimical proceed
ings, which, they lay, " they are doubt
ful will not (land the test." What a de
t eft able abuse of our civil rulers is this ?
Have they given occasion for such black
calumny ? Can we patiently hear those
worthy char afters, whom we hive cho»
fen to tranfaft our public business, tra
duced, when, as yet, we have found no
cause of complaint in their administra
tions. These writer* Ccem to have consi
dered themselves at the head of - an armed
fa&ion, under some corrupt monarchical,
oratiflocratical government, ready to (hike
8 most fatal blow. Their language can
be.applicable in no other cafe. And can
the citizens of America endure, without
indignaiioit, such unreasonable abuse, not
only of their civil officers, but of them
selves also ? They are represented as hav
ing been so duped in giving their fuffia
goa, as that they have chosen enemies,
alfd men of the moil corrupt and aban
doned principles.
£>oes jiot the complexion of this lan-
guage too plainly manifeil the spirit by
which these societies are a (filiated ? Can
that fee a good spirit—a spirit of true li
berty which influences men to publish
such vise and slanderous libels? Rather,
is it not the spirit of anarchy, and ought
it not for the peace and happiness of so
ciety, to be fupprcfled immediately, or to
be treated with such general contempt,
as that it may fink into its deptaved in
fignificance ? It seems by the spirit of
these writers that they want nothing but
anarchy and the guillotine to have business
enough in taking off the heads of those,
whom they fay " are keeping the people
in ignorance lead: they hurl them from
their easy situations." Such writers mud
be informed that the people of this coun
try are at present unwilling to involve
themselves in anarchy and eonfufion, or
to drag, without trial, our civil rulers to
to the Place de la Revolution,—or to burn
the bible, —or to commence atheills,—or
to aboliili tin' £a\>bath ; and that there
fore their inflammatory productions are
uitfeafonable:—-Frobibly, in France such
essays might haw i. en the occasion of
cutting off'tHe heads of twenty two or
three members of the Convention, and of
eftfuri™ feats to their authors, till kno
ttier fattJon more dartng Ihould succeed
then), by publications Rill more inflam-
when their denunciations would
take place-—and thus rhe revolutionary
wheel would be kept in PEaritTUAi. mo
tion-
A REPUBLICAN.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, March 4.
The elevation of count Browne de Ca
mus, to the chief command of the Impe"
rial army on the Rhine, having excited
the public curiosity, tht following parti
culars may not be unacceptable i
Descended of a very ancient family in
Scotland, count de Browne Was born in
the year 1744, at Riga, wheffc his father,
a field marshal in the service of Ruflia,
and commandant of the Province of Li
vonia, is ft ill alive. His mother is sister
to field marshal Lafey. Count Bro\#ne
pofTefles a very large fortune, which he
employs in the moll worthy manner upon
all occasions. His military knowledge
extends to every branch of the art of war,
and his attachment to the sovereign whom
he serves is not inferior to the fidelity
which his illustrious uncle, the commander
in chief, always (hewed towards the House
of Austria.
It has been said that our laws are so ad
mirably balanced, that they provide an ade
quate remedy for every injury which a man
can possibly fnftain. This axiom is ad
mirably illliftrated by the statute against
dog-stealing, where it is ena&ed, that the
pdrty offending in such a cafc, shall be
publicly whipped, but added, that if he
thinks himfelf aggrieved, he may after
wards appeal for remedy, at, the Quarter
Sessions ! !
On Thursday last, a couple being out
aflced, at St. Ann's, Soho, came to be
married, and when the clergymen came to
that part of the ceremony which dire&s
that the woman shall be supported in sick
ness and in health, the bridegroom, in a
joke, said to the clergyman, " What shall
I do with her if (he should be lame or la
zy i" Upon which the clergyman refufed
to proceed with the ceremony, and the
disappointed couple were obliged to defer
their nuptuals to a more convenient season.
adtion is unnecessary. Suffice it to fay,
that perhaps had the worthy clergyman
ex populated with the bridegroom, the un
lucky incident might have ended much
better than it did. Whether they have
since been married we cannot learn.
The accounts from Botany Bay men
tion, that the colony begins to flourifh,
through the industry of the new inhabit
ants.
A Portuguese frigate tool lately into
the port of Lisbon, from Madeira, a rich
French East Indiaman. The court of ad
miralty of Liibon has declared her a fair
prize, in consequence of the French hav
ing captured four Portuguese veflels, whiqh
they carried into the port of New-York.
Accounts from Petersburg mention,
that on the 25th of January last, the ice
of the river Neva was suddenly broken by
a violent hurricane which blew from fei.
This caused an inundation never experi
enced before in that metropolis. No ac
cident happened, on account of the inha
bitants having received notice, by a gener
al discharge of artillery.
Letters from Constantinople, inform
us, that the sublime Porte seems very much
inclined to listen to the offers made by the
rebellious Mahmoud Baftiaw ; the latter,
after having defeating the troops which
the Porte sent against him, has written a
letter to the Grand Signior full of protes
tations of fidelity and submission, offering
to pay the arrears he owed to the Ottoman
government, provided he is allowed to
continue in his situation as Bashaw.
BRISTOL, March 3.
A few days ago a pig (fed by Dr.
Warter) was killed at Siberfcot, whick
weighed 32 score 5 when alive he flood 3
feet nine inches high, and measured eight
feet in length.
DUBLIN, Feb. 25. 1
A very uncommon circumstance lap.
p«ned yesterday to the child of one Jtorke,
of Thomas-street. A boy about 7 years
of age, who had charge of an infant, went
to fifh m the Reservoir that fupplieg the
town with water. Just as the pipes were
opened, in consequence of a fire that broke
out tn Bridge-street, he happened to let
l>Ls fitter fall, who was precipitr.ted thro'
tlx; pipes, and.ivas afttially carried into the
anna of one of tlve fire men where the wa
ter had vent. The infant was apparently
dead ; but co marks having aj. peared ol
receiving any injury, except luffocatio:.,
and a surgeon in the street having treated
it accordingly, the child was rertored to
life by the means recommended to recover
drowned perlons by the Humane Society*
From the Reservoir to Bridge-lb cet is
more than an English mile.
PHILADELPHIA,
MAY 17.
The Indian Chief has been captured by a
French Ihip of war, on her voyage from
England, because Ihe had a few staves on
The George Barclay escaped the fame
ate, by something lite a miracle ! During
ler voyage from Philadelphia to England,
n December last, Ihe was hailed in the Bri
ifh Channel by a French frigate. The Capt.
•xamined her manifeft, and exprefled his
"atisfaclion that several articles, which lie
enumerated, were not on board ; otherwise
he should' have been obliged to capture the
veflel. Among the reft, he mentioned staves.
There were staves in the vefffl, but they had
at firft by mistake, been forgot in making
out the manifeft, and were, after it hid been
signed, indorsed on the back of it.
This trifling mistake laved the (hip, as the
Frenchman did not think of turning to the
other fide of the paper.
A Correspondent intimates, that on the pre
sent evening in particular, it may not be
improper to communicate what follows -
Extradt from an address to the Deity, de
livered by Dr. Magaw, on Wednesday
last, at the close of an examination and
other exercises of the " Young-Lafliej
Academy of Philadelphia."
IT is thy inspiration, Father of Lights !
''that giveth understanding, aad opencth the
fountains of wisdom : How excellent is
thy name in all the world ! We praise
thee ; we bless thee ; we worlhip thee ;
we glorify thee ; we give thanks unto
thee!
Here, and in every place, where the
intelle&ual culture, united with the vir
tues of the heart, are the Learner's ob
ject, and the Instructor's care,—to thee
we can look with a religious confidence,
I, Knowing; O Lord, that whomsoever
thou bleffeft, they are blefled indeed we
commend to thy special favor, these our
beloved Daughters : Thine they are, most
bounteous Maker! Thine they are, re
deeming God!— With that unfeigned .ten
derness which is of thy bestowing, and
that solicitude which thou wilt not def
pifc, may we be permited to a(k,
That it may please thee, to endue them
with a fubJimc sense of thy perfe&i
ons, and an unalterable love of thy ho
ly name:
That it may please thee, to encteafe their
inclination and pursuits after valuable
learning; and to direst them in its
uses, and proper application ;
That it may please thee to bless them
with the diftmguithing felicities of
their youth ; defending them withal,
from its peculiar temptations and dan-
gers :
That it may please thee, to afiift, and di
rest them by thy grace, so that none of
them may cost a Parent, one tear;
nor a friend, a fmgle sigh—unless it
may be the sigh at parting—or the
tear which doth not interfere with joy :
That it may please thee, to adorn them
with that discretion now, that meek
ness, that goodneis, and inflexible in
tegrity, which will insure to them ref
ped and confldcnce, to the end of
their days;
That it may please thee, to confirm them
aU . the habits, and richeit consolati
ons of piety and virtue !
By the remembrance of thy pa st good
nek ; by the hopes which thy promis
es uifpire ; by Hie mutuality of affetti
oo, which, we believe, subsists between
these Children and us—we beseech
ttiC€ to hear üb,ub, O Lord !
Finally, thou infinite guardian and friend ■
taKe us all under thy divine protedion !
Be thou the saviour of the land we live
m! the infpirer of tiiofe who counsel t
the ftrengthener of those who !
the intlrudor of those who teach ; aud
the encouijager of those ivho learn ;
till fafctyi freedom, science, jjure reli
gion, -M its Offspring, happinels, (hall
be eilablilhed on everlatting fbundnti
ons, through Jesus Christ, our bWffed
Mediator!
ILxtraSl from the slibuny Gazette.
A short sketch of the debates in the house
or representatives, the latter end cf last
month (which appear in some of the late
newspapers J in of some com
munications of the depredations of the Bri
tifli cruisers on the commerce and navigation
of the United States, gives us a picture of so
much warmth, passion and intemperance
that it ieems nothing short of an immediate
declaration of war against that power, will
abate the. rage of certain trading gentlemen,
members of that house.
Then huzza for speculation, privateering
•ind the acquirement of monstrous fortune
by a hop, step and jump : but these fiuious'
gentlemen ought to be apprised, that forcine
the country into a war with such violent
precipitation, is no way to command, (what
must be deemed very efll-mial) the fuppVt
of the great body of the people.
Nor is it probable, that Britain as a nation
can be very desirous of a rupture with this
country at present.
She has full tmploy in her war with
France, and I am therefore of opinion, that
with suitable negociatioii, reparation may
yet be obtained • and the calamities these
gentlemen wiftt so haitily to plunge us into
ivoided.
Every country on going to war, hath ee
nerally some advantage in profpeft to be de
rived, as a compensation for its loft of blood
and treasure, and the devastation she mull
experience in its progreft; but in the name
of health, let me alk, What are we to gain >
Have we a fleet to enrich ourselves bv clo
tures at sea ? Are the United States in want
of territoi y ? Canada, and the beggarly pro
vince of Nova Scotia, both a great incum
brance to and *which she Would be
glad to be rid of, can be the only objects of
our conquest, and are they worth possessing
after we get them: Hence it follows, that
for the gratification of certain favorite filer*
chants, who have sustained lofles by the Bri
tifli cmizers, when at the fame time, we
have property in our hands of perhaps twen
ty times the amount of their losses, belong
ing to the fubjetfs of Britain ; this great ex
tensive but defienctiffs republic, is to be hur
ried into a war, which if instantly gone into,
will be justly entitlcd'tg the appellation of the
Merchants luar: howevt., the farmers by
a land tax, wili have to bear the great bur
-ihetl of tbe enprX\rp in' rarryinff rtn
To conclude, -God forbid that these Uni
ted States fliould follow the ridiculous fop
pery of the nations of Europe, in going to
war upon the moil trifling and frivolous pre
tences.
A war therefore, of this nature not hav
ing either the honor, the happi ß efs or the
glory of the United States for its object, will
not meet with the approbation of
An Otfrgo F irmtr.
Otfego county, tgth April, 1794.
EXTRACT-
Frcquentlya preamble is affixed tohwj,
which gives the reason of enabling them;
to this adi £the Embargo RefolitJthere
is no preamble—lf there was, and the rea
son of palling the ast was what had been
cotiGdercd, it would read thus: " Where
as the owners of ships, seamen, merchants,
and those coiicerncd in insuring property
at sea, have become so infatuated with
fa lie prufpefts of gain, and so blinded to
their own inter eft and fafety, that they fub
je& their perfous and their estates to haz
ard* and lofies, incoufiftent with prudence,
and which no citizcn has a ntfht to when
it is confdcrjd that the loss of each indi
vidual is a los to the country at large ; and
whereas Congrcfs, moved with pity and
compassion for their blindness and perverfe
nefs, and feeing their inability any longer
to regulate their affairs, and sensible that it
is better that the aforcfaid defcriptioos <jf
citizens (hnuld be subjected to idlencfs; the
produce of the country to loss for want of
a market, than they permitted to progre:*
in their mad career, of fending their per
sons and property abroad, do enadt that
an embargo &c. See."
Such a preamble would hardly comport
with the wisdom of Congress, or the feel
ings of the citizens. If the motives that
produced this ast be what some have pre
tended, this preamble would do no moifl
then state the truth to the world—we
ought therefore to impute it* origin to
other caufcs.
It was stated in yefterdav's Garette, that
the bill providing for the payment of inter-;
eft on the balances due to several of the State*
on the sinai filtleijunt of accounts betwef
the United States and individual States, had
pafled the House of Representatives.
This fcufinefs has mgoffed a ecnliderabV i
portion of the time of the Hp-fe— g