From the American St a k
A Frcnch paper, publifii d in this city
Present Jlate of Poland.
Since the divisions made at Grodno,
the size of Poland is 4,41 1 half square
miles, and contains 762 towns, 11,260
villages, 626,248 houses, 3,468,808. in
habitants, 36,08 1 soldiers, and produces a
revenue of 17,711,604 Polilh florins.
The part subdued by Rulfia is 4, 15 7
half square miles large, :.nd contains 390
towns, 8,783 villages, 574,654 lmufes,
3,055,590 inhabitants, 24,660 soldiers,
and its reyeoue is 13,619,946 Polish flo-
rins.
The part invaded by Prussia is of I lie
size of 1,061 square miles, and contains
262 towns,B,2 4 villages, 195,0 16houfes,
j,136„3J9 inhabitants, and its revenue is
6,870,486 Poliill
The former divjiion of Poland", added
an increase of population to Russia of
2,100,000 inhabitants; the part of the
king of Prussia contains 650,000 ; the
part of Austria, including .vhat was taken
from the Turks, contains a population of
2,800,000 inhabitants.
ExtraSfrom tie Courier of London, A 0. 39.
" The Convention approves of the de
crees made by the department o: Kerauk
(Montpe'.'ierj ordering all fathers, mo
thers, and citizens, to inform and declare
the places where their children, who have
been summoned, are hid ; forbidding all
citizens from harboring them ; and oblig
ing the mnnicfpalities to search every
house twice a week. O sacred and charm
ing Liberty, which forces a mother to be
come the informer of her child !"
M fe.—The fame paper mentions, that
it has been proposed in the'cTub of female
Jacobins, to guillotine all women wl>o are
either barren or old, as being useless per;
lons in this land ofliberty."
If this anecdote is not an a'riftocratical
joke of the London editor, it is a confir
mation of the ancient rancour that young
women always had against old ones—it is
a quarrel as old as the wcfld, and which
perhaps the guillotine may for a while put
a stop to, but can pever entirely eradicate;
bccaufe there will always be old women
of a crabbed disposition, and young ones
very although amiable in every
other r fp;
44 F> 'j<n the mcjl powerful of Gods I re
il c/ivribmy birik ;
44 Jam corjid'nt of it from the f>Wif">r I
44 have in vengeance."— Crebillon.
From the Middlesex (Con.J Gazette,
A Dialogue let-wi'.-n Willy Frank and
Faithful Columbus, tiuo Farmers.
Willy. MY dear Sir, I have come a
long journey, to have a conference with
vju with refpefi to the management of
the Fanr.Vef which we have the care.
Faithful'. Sir, I thank you, any advice
you can give me and my Family in the
management of ours (hall be gratefully
received, and improved in the bed manner
we are capable : And you may atTure your
felf of my reciprocal advice for the bene
fit o r yours.
Willy. 1 thank you, brother Farmer.
I expected nothing less from so good a
friend, and his good Family : And though
I am personally a perfect (hanger, yet
confider-ng our Family Connexions, and
the kindnefies your family in time past
have received from mine, I am confident
of fjitallc returns. And now, fir, with a
freedom and franknefs without difgmfe, I
will ln'orm you what those returns are
You must manage your Fann just as we
manage ours ;oras we ftia 1 1 judge most
for our benefit, so that the Fruit of your
Labor, and the Produce of your Fields,
and all your family improvements upon
your Farm, may be turned by us to the
advantage of our Farm. And if your
connections and engagements with any of
your neighboring farmers, or any other
farmers, far or near, interfere with this,
you have only to break them off all at
once, and immediately to conform to us ;
and then we Ihall go 011 lovingly and swim-
rningly.
Faithful. The love and frier,dfhip of
our family for yours is most sincere, and
for any obligations you may have laid us
under, you may allure yourfelvcs of all
leafonable and proper returns. But that
our Farm (hall be managed ns you are
pleased to manage yours, and the interest
of it appropriated to answer your views.
Jolely, is what our moral and political du
ties, and our true ioterelt, and give me
leave to add, your duties and interest too,
will not admit. The inftru&ions we have
received in our family and the principles
in which we are educated, teach us, that
the ir.tereft of all other Farmers is as dear
to them as ours is to us, and that we are
under sacred obligations to deal justly and
equitably with all with whom we have any
connection or commerce. To those from
whom we receive kindnefles, we feel our
selves under peculiar obligations, and en
deavor to make suitable Returns. We in
terfere, unaiked, in the intern: 1 affairs of
none, and take no part in their domestic
family Disputes and Quarrels. And while
by your dciire, we are ready to give you
our best advice, and every afiiftance that
propriety dictates to improve your own
ajfairt, you must give us leave to take care
of our own, without your too officious
interference, and to be humane and just
to other Farmers as well as to you.
Willy. Have I come io far then in all
the warmth of zeal and flames of enthusi
asm to meet with such a cold reception ?
to have no encomiums laviftied upon me
and mine, for our late improvements, and
for our profeCed skill and delign to teach
all other farmers-how to improve. Know
then, fir, I came not hither, to be inftrudl
ed, but to inftruil you and yours ; and,
if necessary, and if poiTible, by force to
ob'igc you to confirm to our-fentiments
and pra&ices as you value our fnendfhip
with which your hnppinefs, and very ex
igence is so clofelv connected, and not ob
ly yours but that of toute le Monde.
Faithful. Be calm, my friend, I fear
all your sentiments are not just ; and that
your zeal and warmth carry you too far,
and even to such lengths, as would not be
conlidcred by the moil intelligent and ju
dicious part of your own family, to be for
their benefit. Our family always consult
together in such cafcs, and after calmly
giving and receiving all neceflary infor
mation, with deliberation and harmony
proceed according to the opinion of the
majority, and as is thought to be for the
beil good of the whole,
b'Uly. Then, Sir, I infill that you call
your family, immediately together, and take
their fentimcr.ts : for, from my own feel
ings, and designs, and from converting
with foine of them, I am confident that
they will be of my opinion rather than
yours.
Faithful. You mull give me leave to
differ from yon in sentiment. The family
have been well bro't up : They have form
ed fte*dy habits: They have their dated
times of meeting to consult upon family
affairs : One of these times is now near
approaching : They are now busily em
ployed in their own more private concerns ;
a present interruption to them. I am per
suaded would be disagreeable to them,
and be, by them as it i» by me, (such ia
the mutual affection and confidence fub
filting in the family) looked upon impro
per and unreasonable.
Besides, I am free to tell you, that if
we (hould comply with your motions, 1
think we should give just occasion for um
brage and complaint to some very sub
stantial Farmers, with whom we have con
nections, and would wiih to maintain, a
friendly intercom fe.
Willy. Humph ! I fee you have a re
gard to old ych:> Bull, and Don Philip,
and fan Mynheer, and are unwilling to
facrifice your fooliih expectations from
them.
Faithful. Moral obligations are indeed
sacred with us : They support our politi
cal engagements, & may not be dispensed
with. If others stain their charadtar by
infringing them, we would not stain ours
by atting like them. We will pursue just
and laudable measures in seeking redress
for injuries, and such measures, with the
blessing of Heaven, we are confident will
always be e(Fe£lual.
Pray, Sir, be calm and reason, and your
own good sense will incline you to the
fame opinion, and you will reft fatisfied
with our conduit and proceedings.
Willy. Be calm and reafen ! My blood
and Gizzard! How I feel! and what
fools arc all they who do not feel as I do !
Be calm and reason, forfooth ! mind mo
ra! principles ! Ay, perhaps religion too,
and the religion of the Bible, that anti
quated, exploded book, a book that re
quires us to regard a divine Providence
and power ! What deity is there but Li
berty? And what tsLiherty,but todo as I
pleaie, arid to have all mankind to con
form to my plcafure, and do as I would
have them ? I acknowledge no other Dei
ty : I worship no other God.
Faithful. But 1 have always acknow
ledged the one only living and true God:
The whole Family have been taught to
do so. We regard his Providence and
word. Hi. divine help we have experi
enced in remarkable instances. Our no
tions of liberty are different from your's.
In the management of our affairs we de
pend upon his divine direction and bles
sing, and in this dependence, while we
endeavour to do our duty, we have no
thing anxiously to fear.
Should we conform to your notions we
mud deviate from this course : Therefore
you ought not, and mutt not expect it.
Willy. Look you then fir, if this be
your determination, and I cannot excite
an opposition in your own family, too
strong for you, which I (hall fitft attempt
—I will cover myfelf with my frize coat,
and with (hrtigging (houlders and a ghast
ly grin—wish you all to the Devil.
NEW-YORK, Feb. 8.
From the London Gazelle, of the 23 d.
November.
Whitehall, Nov. 20.
The dispatches, of which the following
is a copy (which had not been received
when the '. ft accounts were published)
were yesterday received at the office of
the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, his
Majesty's principal secretary of state,
for the home department.
La Malgne, Oct. 16.
My Lord,
I have the honor to inform your Lord
ship, that in consequence of the enemy's
having repeatedly appeared on the impor
tant hill of Cape Bran, which oveilooks
this fort, and commands a great part of
the harbour, I ordered 100 men of Huif
teins, or battalion of Royal Louis, to be
polled there, and on the 14th, repaired
there with the engineers, to prepare for
its defence ; and after they had marked
out the situation of an intended work, I
sent a reinforcement of 100 of the regt.
of Royal Louis. On the 15th, before
day, the report of mufquetry was heard,
which increased with the light, and in
duced me to order 100 of the 30th. rcgt.
100 Neapolitans, 50 Spaniards, and the
remainder of the Royal Louis, to follow
me there. By the time I got to the bot
tom of the hill the fire was become very
briik, and i had some difficulty to get up
by the road. The troops from La Mal
gne were nearly up, by a (hort road thro'
vineyards. I detached Capt. Torriano of
the 30th to go round left of the hill, and
take the enemy on their right flank ; this
had the dcfired effect, and they gave
way
On the top of the hill, I found the
iloyal Louis defending thcmfelves gallant
ly, although hard pressed, but the out
pods beingdriven in and the men in want of
cartridges. I advanced with the frefh
troops, and recovered our out posts, after
an obstinate resistance, and placed Capt.
Tomlinfon, of the 30th regiment, in the
advance, the Neapolitan regiment in the
center, Capt. Torriano on the left, with
Royal Louis and the Spanilh troops on
the right: and it was near an hour before
the enemy retired. They were supported
by cannon—we had none. I had previ
ously sent an aid-de-camp to La Malgne
for cartridges,and toToulon for a support
of troops. The enemy, notwithstanding
they were greater in force than I expected,
did not seem disposed to renew the attack ;
insomuch, that 1 ordered the workmen to
begin the redoubt, visited the posts, and
then returned to the fort for the purpose
of hurrying up guns, ammunition, provi
sions, &c. and repeating my request of
men from Toulon. In half an hour after
I had left Cape Brun, the whole army of
the enemy had advanced under cover of
woods, and supported by artillery, attack
ed the port on all fides, and carried it in
consequence of numbers, notwithstanding
a most diflinguifhed resistance. lam fqr
ry to inform, that in both affairs, many
officers and brave men fell. In the person
of Captain Torriano his majtfty loft one
of the most refpe&able officers in Europe.
Were I to enter upon the condufl of the
officers and men, I should fail in doing jus
tice to their merit. The 30th .regiment
did all that men could do; and the bat
talion of Royal Louis, although only a
few davs formed, fought with determined
valor. The fortunate recovery ot the post
was so immediately under your Lordlhip's
eye, that it is unneceflary for me to add
more, than that I have the honor to be,
See.
George K. Etyblnjlone.
Right Hon. Lord Hood.
Return of the killed, wounded and mifn
ing, O&ober 13, 1793, on Cape Bran.
Britifh—3oth regt. 2 captains killed, I
lieut, 9 rank and file wounded, I lieut.
4 rank and file miffing.
Spanilh—Marines, 4 rank and file wound
ed.
Regt. of Majorca, 1 rank and file wound
ed.
Neapolitans—Regt. of Burgoyne,6 rank
and file wounued, 4 rank and file mil
fing.
Regt. of Royal Louis, 1 capt. 1 lieut. 9
rank and file killed, 1 capt. 1 lieut. 15
rank and file wounded, 1 lieut. 11 rank
and file miffing.
Total of killed, wounded and milling, 3
capts. 5 lieuts. aud 63 rank and file.
PHILADELPHIA,
FEBRUARY 10.
HOTEL LOTTERr, Feb. 5.
No. 37,531— drawn Tuesday the 4th
February—The HOTEL.
Said to be the property of 4 persons ill
this City.
The wheel has gained 50,000 dollars,
and the high prizes are yet in—Say
25,000 —20,000 —15,000—2 of 5000 —
and 3 of 1000.
About 16,000 Tickcts undrawn, not
more than one blank to a prize.
CONGRESS.
Hcufe of Representatives.
Monday, Feb. 10.
A report was read from the committee
of elections on the contested eledtion of
the member from the (late of Delaware—
this report wa6 against the eleflion of the
fitting member, Mr. Patton, and m favor
of the petitioner, Mr. Latimer.
Referred to the committee of thewhole
for Thursday next.
The House took into consideration the
report of a committee on the cafe of sun
dry vefiels which tock refuge in the ports
of the United States the last summer—in
this report it is recommended that the fo
reign tonnage duty, should be remitted—
after some debate, the report was agreed
to, and a committee appointed to prepare
and bring in a bill-
In committee of the whole on the Al
gerine business after further debate
progref»' was reported—without a deti
fion.
Died, at Calcutta, Capt. Jacob Sarley,
of New-York.
SHIP NEWS.
Arrived at New-York.
Ship Courageaux, Swaine, B. Del&go
Brig Friendlhip, Gardner, Curraco*
lfabella & Ann, Hampton, St.Kitts
Lift of Veflels Arrived.
Nov. 14, at Lisbon, ship Patty, Campbell
from New-York.
Nov. 2, at Corunna, 2 brigs from Boston.
Nov. 5. Brig Dolphin, Capt. Dalton,
from New-York.
o£l. 31. Industry, William Perry, from
Philadelphia.
Odt. 28. Sailed for Hamburg, schooner
Dispatch, William Wallace.
To fail under Spanish Convoy, 23 Ame
rican veflels.
At Cura, after a narrow escape of a Cor
sair, the brig Susan and Patty, from New-
York to Carthagena—at Gibraltar, in like
manner chafed by an Algerine, the Dcbo
naire, Captain Gooch, from Malaga—at
Gibraltar, the brig Rover, Capt. Smith, from
Baltimore —at Bilboa, the brig i.agle, of
Boston.
The schooner Goddess of Liberty* Thos.
Sanders, master, was i'afe arrived at Mala
ga the 9th of November.
To the MtWt'tti Officers of Pennsylvania.
r T _I HE Officers of the First Divifiot\
X of the Militia of the State of Penn
sylvania, are requefied to meet at the Philo
sophical Hall, on Wtdncfday Evening, the
12th instant—To receive and take into con
federation the Report of their Committee on
thefuh*e<sl of the State Law, as it now Hands.
Such other Officers of the Mititia of Pem ~
fylvania, as may be in town, arc requtlkrt
to attend laid Meeting; and should any of
them be at the trouble of committing- their
thoughts on this very important fubjedl to
writing, they will be gladly received and
dulv considered.
These observations are intended to be laid
before a Committee of the Alterably, who
appear to have every disposition to bring for
ward as perfecl a Syitem, as the Exiiling
Law of the United States will poilibly ac
mlt.
WALTER STEWART,
Major-General ift Division.
djt.
Feb. ic.