BaAuiw his beisa relrafcd and a guard
g svem fajfls for his protection.
BrItJSSBGS, June *6.
From the Haerlem Paper.
Wc fceaF from the army of Gen. Clair
fzk, tbat after the said army had retreated
to Deynfir and Peightm, the French iin
meflajely took: po:!e-0ion of their position
at Tiaidit, aud an the ajd attacked Gen.
Oairfiur at Beyrafe, and forced him to re
treat to Giient.
Tl»e zimj of the Duke of York is also
broke un, aii ion t/ie 24th hadtiie'rhead
qsMriers 3t Gtadcnde.
Fratn the Leytfen Gazette.
Same Date.
Hie alarming accounts follow one
another here with such rapidity, that we
hardly e*er enjoy any repose for two
days; iiiccefllveiy. General Clairfait
hairing retreated from Deynfe to Ghent;
and efJabSiftied his head quarters there
on the 23d, was attacked there the
next afternoon at 2 o'clock by the
French, who had followed him closely ;
after having driven back a flrong corps
of Hanoverians, polled there for the
defence of the canal of Bruges ; but
Gen. Clairfait detached a corps of
cavalry, which arrived in the moment
when the French were about forcing
their way into the > city thro' the gate
of Bruges, and made a terrible carnage
aßto3g!k them. In the evenl ng the
French were driven two leagues the
other fide of Ghent, and it is even
reported that Clairfait has refumcd his
former position at Deynfe. 111 the mean
while, at It ait one iotirlh of the inha
bitants of Ghent have fled in the
utmoll condition.
When the news arrived here that the
enejny weie at the gates of Ghent the
emigration retcromeneed ftrdnger than
ever; they continue tfo pack up the
eSeSs of the court, aod govern meat will
in all probability remove to day.
Yesterday the baggage of the afmy
ot the Prince of Cobourg went thro'
tbu city: the military chest is like wife
arrived her;, and the trealury of the
English army has been sent to Antwerp.
HAGUE, July 1.
The combined army, forthepurpofe
of relieving Chitlerui, advanced in 5
columns on the 25th of last month, and
on the 26th at break of day attacked the
French in their entrenchments in the j
Betghtooihood. From the fliort account
t't the Prince of Cobourg of this affair
whrih is arrived and ha» been published
here, it appears "that Charleroi had
been obliged already to surrender to
the French, an account of their supe
rior fontr, and that the rombined forces
bad hjif thereby about 1500 men,, but
no artillery; but the French loft oiie
hoveitzauri one standard ; and that the
DrtKj'yt of the combined army was made
in tW bell order as far as Mot bais, where,
they their ni-ht qnarterson the 26th
and from whence they were to march
the next cjoi tiing for Nivelles, in order j
to cover the country as much as possible
andtoiiipport Namur.
By this Day's Mail.
KEW-YOkK, Atlg. 25-.
ExfraS aj a litter of a late -date, from
Chart.jicm, received this day, £Satur
" The French have obtained two
TtQorles ovirClairfait—Clairfait Is moi
taDy wounded.
" Captain Cross, ftom Bourdeaux,
in 37 days, brings news that the
Sam Culottes have conducted the King
o: Sardinia and his two sons to Paris—
Courtray, ftJeniriyFuines, Calient, Ypres
and Nienport, art all taken by the
French."
.. .. ■
At a meeting of tile Democratic Soeiety
of the City of New York,on Wednes
day the aoth day of August 1794, -
aud in the nineteenth year of our
independence—lt was resolved that •
the following- fbould be published aS
a deciaratiou of their sentiments.— >
'■ It is the opinion of this Soeiety,
that the present situation of the United
Stites is 'critical and alaimiug, and that
it is the indifpenlable duty of every citi
zen to use his utmofV exertions to pre-
Itrvepubliclilxrty the firftof all blessings
and to support the Conftitutioii of the
United States, which has been adopted
by the choice of the people.
?. This Society disapprove the eoni
duel of their fellow citizens of the wes
tern part of Pennsylvania, in refjfting
with arms and violence, the execution
of a constitutional law, which however
odious had been enacted by a majority
of the representatives of the people ;
because we conceive that a recourse to
arms ihould only be the last resort in
those melancholy times when the me
moriak ir.d remouftrances of a majority
-1 of the people have proved Ineffectual or
been'treated with contempt,
3. 'It is alio theopinion us this Society,
that every lenient and conciliate)y mea
sure covilillent with the welfaieof the
United States, Ihould be used with ouf
j ' weitern brethren before resort is .iad to
- | that molt dreadful of all alternatives
1 ; which can never be juftihed but from
• principles of imperious aud urgent n? c ef.
iity—'that of lpilling the blood of the
} citizens by the hands of each other, an
_ alternative that must endanger the ex
igence of all good governments and be.
pleating to kings and tyrants only.
4. rii« Society molt, highly approve
of the piucjent measure adopted by the
; Executiveof Pennsylvania, in appointing
' persons to confer with our fellowcitizens
' of Pittfburg, looping that by theii timely
intervention all dilquietudcs may be re
> moved from the minds of our weitern
; brethren, and general harmony fully and
firmly rc-eitabli(hed.
5. It is the decided opinion of this
i Society, that the mode of collecting pub
! j lie revenues by means of excise is op I
■ preffive and dangerous to civil liberty,
because among a number of evils the)
are partial in their operation and pro
ductive of innumerab e vexations, op
preffions and acts of violence in then
collection—bscaufe they havegeneralK
been deltcuctive to the internal trai/quili
ty of those communities in which they
have been eftablilhed—becaufe they cre
ate a dangerous and pernicious influence
in government by unneceffariiy increaf
nig the number of its offlceis and lubor
dinate dependents—because they tend
to alienate the affeftjor.s .of the people
from the government, and to excite those
alarming jealousieS and diffentions which
can only end in oppofitiori and reliitance
011 the one part and violence and op
pression on the other— and la'ltly, be
cause in these United States we' have
every reason to believe they aie imme
diately contrary to the wiihes of the
people whose authority in every free
country only can be supreme. And this
Society while they pledge themfelvesto
use their unremitted exertions by every
constitutional mean in their power to ob
tain a repeal of those " immoral, op
pressive and expensive laws," do moil
earnestly recommend to their western
brethren, an immediate and unanimous
return to that (fate of orderand tranqui
lity which it s the duty of all good ci
tizens topreferve.
By order of the Society.
Bavid Geuston, Prcfident.
Jacob de la Mon tagnl E,'SeeVy;
ARRIVED,
Ship Wafliington, Randall, in 147 days
from Canton
Brig Diana, Barker, St. Croix j
Mary, Caffady, Leghorn
Cha lotte, Fitch, Liverpool";
Sloop Clanfla, While, ■ Kingston
The Wafliington waft flopped three
days ago by a British frigate, the Cap
tain of which ordered Captain Randall
on boatd of him, with intent to fend
the Wafliington into Halifax; but
Captain Randall informing him that he
lailcd from the Eailvlndies with a Bri
tifli convoy, and warning him of the
consequence ot detention, he permitted
Capt. R. to proceed.
The Blanche, a British frigate, has
captured the following American veffcl's
on our coal! and sent them to Halifax,
viz.
Brig Prudence, of Chatham in Con
ne£ticut> Nathaniel Done, Mailer, from
Martinique, b6und to New-Yoik.
Ship Portland, c«f New-York, Tho
mas Robinson, Mailer, from Ca{.e Ni
cola Mole, bound to New-York.
Brig , of Philadelphia, Stoaks,
Mailer, from Philadelphia, bound out.
Brig —, of Philadelphia, Bas
set, Matter; and another brig, com
manded by Captain Coffin, wheie own
ed we could not learn.
On the 13th init. Captain Barker
j spoke the brig Polly, of Philadelphia,
' bound to St. Thomas's, out 42 days,
■ in great diftrefu.
' On the 21 ft, saw at a distance three
I (hips of war.
i Yesterday arrived at the Watering
Place, the British frigate HuzzAi-, Capt.
George, 111 Io days from Halifax. Gen.
Bellegarde, and his two Aid-de-Camps/
which where taken in the fleet from the
Delaware, bound to France, 2nd sent
into Halifax, came paffehgerr in the fri
gate.
ALEXANDRIA, Aug. zi.
ExtraS of a letter from a gentleman of
information in Falmouth (England),
to hi) friend in this te-wn.
" The Frcnch fltet.have had a com
plete beating—-loft 8 fail of the hne—
but they have thereby got in tht-ir Ame
rican fleet. The Frcnch fou.;ht despe
rately—one ship the VffrTguer, a 74,
funk close along fide the Mailborough,
from which ship our crew saw the Yen- j
- geur finking—in this situation thf
Frenchmen retired from the under deci
, and fired the upper deck guns, and ;is
■ soon as that was under water, they re
; tired to the poop and there find theii
mniquetry, and then *went down, cry.,
' j VIVE LA ! !
1 " By laud the French are fnccefsful
1 every where—Ypies is taken with 7000
men and 130 cannon, and perhaps the
Freneh are at Oftend by this. The
grand army dares not stir from Tour
nay, as the French are Hill in possession
of Courtray, and a strong at my invert
ing Charletoi, from which place they
have been driven three or four times
across the Sambre—but always returned
again almolt immediately with increased
numbers.
Things look dismal on the continent.
The Etrmeror is eertainlyabout to aban
don all Flanders.
Prussia has enough to do with the
Poles. Kofiufko was beateu, but ral
liet) again, and it is said has completely
beaten the Pruffiaiis—though headed
by their wife king. It is said that Mr.
Elliot has arrived from the Hague with
some important intelligence relative to
Pruffia—aifo a messenger from Madrid
—it is said the Spaniards are about
making a separate peace—Such is the
alarm at Oftend and Brussels that the
former is nearly defeated and at the lat
ter they are packing up. Earl Moira
has failed sot* Oltend about the 25th
with 8000 men to defend that places
it is expected he will arviye too late.
People begin to vyi/h for a
though Lord Howe's victory rathe:
Itrengthrned the attachments of the a
1 iflocrats—J-but all allow we shall never
reduce them. >
HALIFAX, July 31.
On Saturday lail the pleadings on
the Trial of the ship Pig on, before the
Court of Vice-Admiralty, being ended,
the Court Was adjourned to Monday,
when .the, cargo was adjudged to be
I'rench property, and condemned to
the Captors ; excepting the private ad
ventures of the Captain and such of
the crew as are Ameiicf&ns. The de
termination on the ship was adjourned
to a future day.
August 12.
On the Halifiix Station.
Resolution | Admiral Murray
'. T £Capt. Pender
Argonaut 64 Ayimer
A frica 64 Home
Beaulieu 40 Riou
Ad venture 44 B.nller
I hctis 38 Cochran
L'O'fenu 36 Murray :rr
I Cleopatra 32 Ball
: Blkhche 32 Faulkner
j Quebec 32 Rogers
Alarm 32 Carpenter
i Tetpfichore 32 Bowen
: Thifbe 28 Hardy
Hu'far 28 Com. George
Alert 16 Capt. Smith
Zebra 16 Vaughhani
GLOCOW, IN GALLICTA,
June jo.
An Austrian officer is just returned
from the frontiers of Poland, where he
had'been sent to save some of our boats
011 the Vistula loaded with corn, which
Shad nearly fallen a prey to the Ruffian
vengeance, mistaking them for the Po
liffi. This officer was almost an eye
;witnefs of the battle which happened
011 the 6th inllant, between the com
bined Ruffian and Prussian ,atmies, and
the Poles. It seems that the intention
of the Polish general was to attack the
Ruffian corps tinder Denifow, about
eleven thousand strong, besides the Cos
sacks, before their junction with the
Prussians, but his plan failed ; as on the
sth, the Ruffians had effedted their junc
tion with the Prussian army, confiding
of near twenty thousand men, command
ed by the King in person. The Poles
Ivad then no alternative, but to change
their plan into a deTenfive one, and ex
pecting to be attacked by an enemy of
far fupeiior force they prepared to re
ceive him. The position for their army
was matterly chosen, and all the villages
in flank weie guarded by small detach
ments and field pieces. The combined
armies began the attack at eight in- the
morning : the Poles defended themfelvt s
with courage without kifi'ng an inch of
ground, and even the peasants
with pikes, dared to advance withis.fif
teen yards of the Prussian batteries.
1 he battle was obstinate and bloody' till
about tifvo o'clock ; when th? Piuffians,
after repeated attacks, fuceeeded to
drive the Polish detachment, with four
field pieces, from a tillage,' where they
established immediately a battery, which
annoyed so much the fiaiikj of (he Po
lish army, that they gave way and be
gan about three o'clock to retreat,
; leaving some canjioos dismounted. Their
j retreat was conducted with so much
'judgment and coolness, tliat'the vifto
■ rious > armies could r.ot tak? any advan
j tage on their rear, not even make any
pnforiers, except tfiofc.- who were left
| w;um!ed on the field of- battle: I'he
lols ot the' Poles may be<comj,utVd to
' 1 5"°» andl-i i ' cannons, b .fides a
few of the flying artillery ; fume ( ,f the
j guns had Ruffian arms upon them. The
j loss of the combined aiihirs mult be
; double ; three Prussian officers have
; been killed, and a great many wounded.
■ The King of Prussia had a narrow ef
j "P* ' two of his Aid?-de-Cafnp had
their horses killed by his lide, His
fun, Prince Louis, shewed so much bra
very to tire perfed fatisfadiou of his
j faihei, that he has been made Lieut.
: Gen. and knighted- with the order of
; the Black Eagle on the field of battle.
! The Ruffian General Deuifow, and two
Prussian Generals, received the fame or
ders. Many officers have been regard
ed with promotions, for their gallant
behaviour; and tfrifi execution ot his
Majeftj's commands. The Polilh Ge
neral Giochowfki, who forttierly has
been in the guards of his Prussian Ma
jetty, was killed in this a&ion. The
Aultrian troops are daily increafmg in
this country j in order to guard our fron
tiers.
LONDON, June
NAVAL ANECDOTE of the FIRST of
June.
Captain Trowbridge, ciptured in t}ie
-actor trigate, was on board the Sans
'jreil, in the aition Of the ift of June,
.folding near the arm chest with the
Yeneh Commander during, the whole
ihon : i'o severe was the (laughter in this
hip, that her decks were totally cleared
*'icc-during th aftibn,and at last the fur
''Ta refufed to come up to quarters.—
Capt. Towbrrdge feeing the abandoned
tatc of the fhrfj, arid the extreme distress
>f the ( aptair,'s mind, entreated him to
permit the colours to be fb'uek, to prevent
he urther. urineceffary eiTu&on of blood ;
to this the French officer replied, " they
should not be ilruck foiong as he had life."
he Queen Charlotte at this, iiiftant wtts
ranging up along fide to pour her whole
broad fide into the Sans Pare;!, when Capt.
■ owbndgr, taking tip a trumpet, called
°ut, "Is ford Howe Well ?" —Aftoriifh
ed to hear furh a question in Englnh from
the enemy's £hip, Sir Roger Curtis asked
ftom whom it came, aijd o being inform
ed, desired to know where the Caflos's
crew were. " Here on board," was the
reply. " Take immediate pafMlion, then,
of the ship,'' said Sir Roger Curtis.—-
" that is impoflible," rejoined Captain
Towbridgej " for I am only a fpedlator
hereon my parole of honor." You are
commanded to do it by Lord Howe," said
Sir Roger Curtis, to save the lives Of his
Majefly's seamen, as v.-ell- as those of the
enemy. On this Captain Trowbridge,
turning to tli<- French Ctrnirrrtindelr' f.-.ilT
# iou heard," Sir, the orders, which
I dare no longer resist: you have done
every thing becoming a gallant officer ;
theiefofe permit me to save the ship and
her crew, by taking pofleffion of her in the
name of my Sovereign." The French of
ficer at length bowed afTent—the Castor's
crew were released from under the hatches,
and the Uritifh colours instantly hoi'fted
over those of the Sans Pared.
i.. . —
PHILADELPHIA, A 80. 26.
FINE ARTS.
Le Geur Flamour, Engraver from
Paris, proposes to publish by Subscrip
tion, deliverable the 15th September
next, a Print, a la maniere noire, 20
inches in heighth by 30 in width, which
will represent the madacre of 771
French men, murdered the 7th July at
Fort Dauphin in the Island of St. Do
mingo. Subscriptions at one Dollar
are received by the Editor of the Con
rier Fransois, No. 85, Vine-Street,
who will Engravings.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED,
Days
Ship Birmingham, Lockyer, Ham
burgh 49
Thomas, Gordon, Liverpool ;o
Snow Henry & Charles, Chace,Ham
burgh 4,.
Sehr. Favorite, Folger, Fredickfbyrgh i 0
Arrived at the Fort on-Sunday
Ship Henrietta, Houston, Antigua
Schr.-Liberty, Vilette, Grand-terre, G.
Sloop Sally, Hefs, Bafllterre'
AH to perfprm quarantine. bein;t from
the Weft Indies.
Captain Chafe of jhe Snow Henry
and Charts informs that on the 27th
in lat. J4 long. jj i, 30 he spoke th
brig M'Krya, capt. Clark of and from
Bollon out '3$ days bound to Amster
dam all well.
—r— | — ■<
Carriages for Hire.
GEORGE GREEN,\
In Pixe street, No. 123, between
Fourth and Fifth ftVeetf,"
HAS FOR HI HE.
BY the Day, the newest f fhioned Car*
riages, as Coaches, Coachffs, Cha
riots ind Light Waggons, with two
or fcur Horses, and careful Heady drivers.
The terras reafonabie, aed all favors grate
ully _acknc\vk dgtd
. Augult js, 46teojw
(Prom the Columbian Mercury.
i\o IV.
: i Lr^ en ver WJS a rm Ps governmr t
eiabliihed, but it i? had its, oppofers. -
Even our free, republican riprefentative,
federal ivileiri, and those nrhom the sof ole
have chofeii to admihiiter it, hav • met
wit.it,it moll violent oppdfition, and have
been branded for. Anjlucrats and political
heretkj, by many of the Democratic Socie
'•s jS i l then to be wondered at, that the
great body of the community, who revere
thatconftitution, who with gratitude con
fe,uplate its benefic.al effefls, Ihould fpura
with indignation & ref.nuiienf at the men
who would rxit only by d.irk and calumni
ous infmuauons, but alf</by the most
pointed ana malignant animadversions,
mducethe people to believe that the oper
ations of the government arc a lines of ve
nality arid etih-ujenvon !
Snc b. has been the object of the Demo
.craiic .Sooetics of New York, Philade
lphia, Wufliipgtotv and several ether
places, which is but too plainly proved
by their infl.imniatory refolutions,which
have been publiflieil with all the fancied
lupeijotity of an intriguing cabal. -
And t hat the object of nearly all Def '
cratic Societies isa difTolution of f§
federal fyftem.isa fa£t of which nO do I.
can be entertained
' RICHMOND, Au R ult 20.
The Richmond troop of cavalry, c
mahded by Captain Hicks, the Ri
mond company, of artillery, comi.irr
by Captain Quarricr, and the 11..
mond company oflij;ht infantn ■
manded bv Captain' Ricbardft i ve
offered themfelvcs to the M'ajoi ' uihi
and been received by him as vo !■ ,
to perform the firll tour of duty , r
the aft of Congress requiring a r,< ft
of the militia of the United St'i 1
hold themselves in reacjinefs for . . « -
vice Oil whicn tfiey may be orde it
is believed that fo«patriotic an >tx ...
will be followed by many other •;
njes throughout the state.
ANECDOTE.
POUR Negroes were carryir ; : Corofi
to the grave at a place where 'it <v;,. ..
torn to j>ive'tiie bearers gloves but t <
four were not presented with an . \S
middle way from the house ip t ..urcj.
yard, Cufleg turned ilily found, ;.r.d f
accosted hia fellow bearer, "
got e gruv ISo, l'ays he, as J
" Cato, you got e gruv J" No
—" Toney , you gore grilv ? -hi
3 gruv, fays he. " Well thi
fring he down, an let he g ■!*
palm.or Amfte: • n•,
the sn ?
«i. holla:-. a.
Chriftophefr Frankiin, >.
. .iS c c 1« nt acct uprtu d .nor
gtf>» ivi 1 fjl w itb ajf. c< uv ( ri enr
• rig the greatelt part of her.... o
on boarc.
FOl freight oj-pafiag% ap .->r
on boa'd, to
PETER BI
Or
PHAGE Ri
Aug. 26
LAN DTN
From on board the Rirmntgh
Lockyer, and the Henry an?
frorii Hamburgh,
H E M P,
Peterjburgb'l firjl quality
BAR IRON, Swedes, ajorted
TIN, in plates, do. do*
Cb.£\ in hhdsi
SAGGING, German a/Torte*.
glass tumblers, a..
Black Quart Bot
1)F. MIJOUa IVmdcpvj
Feathers of iuperior q
MJTIS, dc. &c.
FOR SALE BY
Thoma,s & John K-
Aug. 26 ■ ■ ; j g
Fine Liverpool
To Be Sold
From the Ship Thoi s.
The second wharf bebw Pihe-St ; .
ply at laid w':.lidrf, to
Jehu Hollingfworth, >
Aug. 2 f<. ,>
J ll it Arrived,
For, Sale Br
Peter Blightt,
Tie Cargo cf the Schooner John,
Sum fan from Jamaica;
Coalifljng of J.300Q0 lbs. Coffe i
So Ho^'flieads,
30 Barrels,
4^)o-Bags.
Atfo For Siile,
PGR r WIN
In Pipes, Hogsheads and quartet
Madeira do. and a Cargo a
St'. Übes SAL'
Just arrived about 6000 Barr
Aug. li.