PHILADELPHIA,
FEBRUARY 19.
From the Gtr.cral ddvcrPfar of this Mor
rung.
Last evening, an extra mail brought
the papers of the December Packet.
From a lially perusal of some of the
latest we have received, whicUuirc to the
6th of December, \Ve abftra& the follow
ing beads of intelligence. The Morning
Chronicle is our source of information.
On the 27th of November, in the Na
tional Convention, Robcrfpierre made a
report on the political situation of Eu
rope, as it reflects Fiance, oil which the
following decree was passed:
The National Convention declares i:
to be their constant resolution, to ihe»
thenifelvcs terrible to thei. cneitiies', ge
nerons to their allies, and just to all pco
The treaties now subsisting with the
United .States of America, and with the
Swiss, (hall Icrupulouffy executed.
With regard to the modifications which
have taken place, in confcquence of the
French Revolution, or the revolutionary
meafurcs taken for the maintenance of
Liberty, the Convention relies on the can
dor of the Republic and its allies.
• The Coiivcnta.il enjoins its civil and
military agents, to make the territory of
France, refpecfted'by their allies, and es
pecially the Swiss CautOHS.
The Committee of Public Safety, is
charged to draw i-lofer the ties of linion
and good undemanding fubfi(ting between
the Republic and its and to fee
that the neutral powers- enjoy all the
rights fti£ufcited in. treaties.
This report fliall be printed in all lan
guages, and sent by extraordinary co-u
---i'ieiß, into Can*
•ntons.
On the iSth Amar in the name of the
committee of i>;entrfil fafety announced a
plot formed by Pitt, and the coaJefced
kings to corrupt the leading rcprefenta
tivesof the people. Bazire and Cnabot
had received, and brought to the commit
tee ioc,eeo ltvres, to put thefhfelves at
the head of a conspiracy to dissolve the
Convention. Thcfe have denounced j
lien and Launay who accepted the offers
of the coalition.
They were all fourdite£led to be arretted,
In litis fitting, a letter was received
from the ei-devvarit I)uchcfs of OVkans
offering her fortune, At vtn ml
Republic
The comnvttee of fafety made a re
port on the means of giving government
nectffary energy.
On the 1 ith' of November the gold
and filvev colle&ed from various parts of
the Republic, in Paris, amour.ted to no
less than forty-one millions fterliug.
The Morning Chronicle of the 2d of
December fays, that it is now a well
known fa&, that the King of Pruflia has
withdrawn himferf from the war, under
the convv&ion that the new dodtiines of
the Jacobins cannot be overcome by force.
The Scotch Convention of Delegates
for obtaining a Parliamentary Reform,
met in Edinburgh on the ?6th of No-
vemoer.
Danton on his re-appearance in the Con
tention was received with luch applause
as fully proves that neither his popu
larity norhis influence arc on the decline.
M. C. Dec. 3.
The French have gained' conliderable
ground in the carter of Deux Pouts.—
The people in. the Netherlands are called
upon by government for voluntary contri
butions to support the wai.
Both Amliiaus and Piuflians about
the end of November were making re
trograde motions from all their polls.
Strcfbourg has been attempted by the
all. : er > in the only mode which has proved
to them fuccef&ful liuce the commence
ment of the war; —briberv :—But there,
even those mean., failed.
NATIONAL CONVENTION
November, 24.
Some Citizens of the United States of
America came to congratulate the Con
tention on the free and candid decla
ration tlicry tad made in the name of the
French People, lo'lheir allies and neutral
powers. They requeued the eitablifh
reent of a comm'ffon, charged under the
infpedlion of the Committee of Public
Safety, to determine on commercial dif
ferences which might arise between the
Citizens of the two Republics, and swore
inviolable friendship to the French, who
Kad afllftcd them to gain Liberty. Re
ferred to the « mmittce of Public Safety.
On the 21 it November, Wui nfer was
attacked by 25,oob'FrenthT ; t'.i Ldes
fought with fury from -morning till four
was covered with B,coo 1!..?n. At fi-x
the French (fay Bru.il is account) were
forced to yield and retired, to their en
trenched camp,
in the afternoon,
Tlse French are in poffcfllon of Blief
caftle, Kombourg, and Deux-Ponts, in
Germany.
The Morning Chroni I- of December
4th, contains an account of the issue of
Lord Howe's manoeuvres to take the
French squadron with which he fell in on
the 18th November. By Utters from
the fleet to the 27th 'it appears that the
French got ess under cover of a fog and
the night. The Blonde French frigate
was taken by four of the frigates ot Lord
Ho\re's fleet ; but Hie does not appear to
have belonged to the French squadron.
V I E N N A, Nov. 15.
The States ofltaly, it i~ fa id, mean to
take 20,000 Swift into their service and pay.
The Imperial troop-, who are marching from
Galllcia, wif! be replaced by some K<rifian
troops. Thsy are buftly employed in the ar
senal in making ten thousand fufils, which
will be feiit to Toulon by-Trie (lie. It is af
ftrted, that before the end of March next,
the army irv the Low Countries will be rein
forced with sixty thousand men.
The grand duke of Tufcartv having joined
the coalition agamft France, the city of Leg
horn will be the arfcnal and general maga-
zine of the njaratime power*? hi the Mideter
ranean. The Republic of Genoa, which has
also declared againff France, will obtain, as
an indemnification,- the island of Coi'fica,
formerly belonged to it.
The Hungarians have given a frefh proof
of their devotion to their sovereign by a free
fift of 3,000,003, a raffing three new re
giments of from «-o 5030 men each.
M A N H E l M, Nov. j6.
A desperate engagement, it is laid, has
token pk-.ee near Straftmrgh, in which the
Republicans have been completely defeated
by general Wurmfer.. We wait for further
account; refpefling this action.
The account of the a&ion between the
French and general Wurmfer is confirmed.
The latter attacked the French in tliree co
lumn';, dislodged them from all the adva»ta
p.ious polls which they occupied near Straf
fcurgb, zvd took polfefTion of them himfelf;
the loss of the Republicans is very con fide r
able.
We learn that on Monday last* the Praffians
made & smart attack on the fortrefs of Bitche
and penetrated as far a» the' drawbridge,
which they battered down; but the Republi
cans then made lb brisk a on the riffailants
tliat the latter, nptwithftanding the 11 utmost
efforts, were obliged to retire with confide r
able Iff is. Prince Louis of PrufEa, it is faid y
was wounded in the attack.
Uionty to the
General Wurmfer's head-quarters are still
at Brumpt, and the grand magazine for the
Pruluan army before I-andau is at Bracken
thai, two leagues from hence. The bom
bardment of Landau will, it seems, recom
mence in a few days. They are now repair
ing the entrenc.hment S) which the bad wea
ther had damaged.
The subsequent accounts of the aftiorv
near Strafburgh agree that it was a very
desperate one. The Austrian huflars took
the enemy in the rear, and made a great
slaughter among them, and thus decided the
vi&orv. They took a great number of can
non on the occasion-
Worms, November 21. The account
from Deux Ponts are not! the mod favora
ble. After the fraitlefs attempt of the Prus
sians on Bitche, the French advanced as far
Blielcaftel, in the environs of
Deux* Points, where the inhabitants fled on
all lides, to avoid the fury of the Republi
cans. It is supposed that a decisive aflion
will take place to-day or to-murrow, as the
dirFerent corps of Pruflia had united to at
tack the enemy, and oppose their further
progress.
naM'y Nov. 22. His Royal highness
Mor.lieur, the Regent of France, set off on
he Bth instant, with the two lons of the
Count d'Artois, for Cadiz. Those two
young princes, it is supposed, will remain
at the court of Spain, and Monsieur wit] go
to Toulin. The Count d'Artois will Ihort
ly quit Ham, and join the Rovalifts in Brita
nv. There will without doubt be an aflerii
blage of Emigrants, who will form a nume
rous army, and reinforce-that which is en
tering into France.
Cobletrtz, Nov. 23. We are in daily ex
pectation of the arrival of 16,000 Pruilians.
According to letters from Lorraine, the
Frcnch have drawn a body of troops from
the garri I'ons from Mezieres to Metz, to
form an army of 40,000 men, which has a
train of from 50 to 60 pieces of artillery.
This army will march to the Rhine, and
support the levy iir a mass of men, women
and children. The women have 40 sous a
day, and the children 15; They are going
to publilh the third requisition througout
France.
Ollio'tlfs, Nov. 8. We received reinforce
ments from the neighbouring departments,
but most of them are without arms. Those
whom we expert from Lyons begin to arrive
but we (till are not strong enough to do any
good agair.fl Toulon, formerly ccnlidcred as
November 16.
November 21
November 28.
impugnable. Our advanced posts t(tc fre
quently unguarded,. but this will be regulat
ed better. The new redoubt ii aimnftfani li
ed,'but we nnifr Juive a confide rahhi rcn
fo cement before wo can undertake any tiling.
0 Monies, K'ov. *2. The patriots are dis
pleased at,the tardiness of the operations be
fore Toulon. Three months arc now elapsed
fmce the commencement of the liege, awd
nothing has been done; not one fort is in our
power, or even a redoubt, except two or
three which the Engliih would not take pof
fellion of; th£ enemy, instead of abandoning
any of their poftr., work with redoubled ardor
in ere&lng new batteries, and fortifying
themfelvcs on all iides.
We have aimoit tiniihed our new redoubt
which will fc<? mounted wit* pieces of
cannon * but that will not do: we nruft get
pQueftion of Cape Cepe, to prevent the ene
my from receiving any succours ; and the
are so conscious of the importance
of that post, that they have fixed their
camp there, which is protected by a re-
doubt of 40 pieces of cannon.
Turin, Nov. 2. General de Vins, we
learn, is advancing with io y oOC men into
Provence, towards the lea r from vhich he
is only two leagues diftancc, General St.
Andre still remains on the defenfive at Ber
ga, where the enemy harrafs him perpetu
ally. Our loss in the affairs of the 18 19th
of october has been exaggerated, as it only
amounted to I2men killed and taken; a
mongffc the latter is Prince Marficonovo,
son to tlie Neapolitan Ambafiador sit our
court.
Leghorn, Nov. 8. Yesterday the Forti
tude and Lcviathin, two Engli.'h 74 gun
ships ; the sincere, 04*24 guns ; and a Royal
French frigate, of 40, failed for Toulon.
They are under the command of Capt*
Young, and have 1640 men onboard. They
also a«. 4 as a convoy to some vefTels, and,
amongst others, the Grand Duchess of Tuf
cany, which is going to the Eatt Indies.
Letters from Genoa inform us, that last
week a number of barrels of gunpowder
were found concealed at Porta Fanco,
from which it was conjectured thrt some
ill disposed per foil s had designs against the
great magazines which are in that place. In
consequence of this difcovary an Extraor
dinary Council was held, the result of which
was, that all strangers without exception,
were ordered to quit the city and port of'
Genoa, and a number of feluccas arrived
here this morning with patfengcrs from that
place.
jßrujfehy Nov. 29. The city of Antwerp
' has followed the example of the other towns
who have adhered to the requests of his Ma
jesty. His Excellency the Miniller Pleni
potentiary received the agreeable intelli
gence last night.
PARIS, Nov. 7,
The Jews of Avignon, to put their
money out of the reach of all requisition,
had filled several coffins with it, which
they daily went to bury in their burial
ground. The people iiruck with the
weight of one these convoys, entertained
jfofpicions, and opened the coffin, which
was found to be full of fpccie. In conse
quence a narrow search was made in the
burial ground, which produced a great
quantity of gold and silver.
November 22,
A letter from Salicetti, representative
of the people at Toulon, states, that the
army is iricreafmg, and artillery and am
munition arriving daily, and that they
will soon be able to press Toulon with vi
gour.
November 26.
The council of the commons of Paris
have on the motion of Chaumette, resol
ved, that to prevent fanaticifm, all the
churehes and temples in Paris of
every description shall be (hut; that the
priests of all religions shall be responsible
for any troubles that may be excited in
Paris under the veil of religion ; and that
whoever requests the opening of a church
{hall be arretted as a fufpefttd person.—
The convention furthermore was requeu
ed to prohibit priests from exercinug any
public function.
We hear that a squadron of French
fliips of war, are arrived in the Chefapeak
after a (hort pafiage from Brest. It con
fills of two of 74, 3 frigates of 44, and
18 guns. It is said that an officer from
the Admiral, with dispatches for themi
nifterof France, has arrived in town from
Baltimore.
We hear that Mr. De La Forest is
arrived with the above fleet, and is come
out as consul generalfor the United States
—also that this armament is designed as
convoy to the French merehant (hips des
tined for France—We further learn that
a commifiioner or commissioners are also
arrived as above.
The post from New-York which arri
ved this day, brought no newspapers—
this omission was occasioned by the large
number of letters with which the port
manteau was crouded.
CONGRESS
House of Reprrftrtalivei.
February 18.
The Pod-Office law was under difcuffi
-611 this day in committee of the whole—
an amendment propoling the redudion of
the postage on newspapers, viz. on tholV
carried to any dillance under an hundred
mile», to half a cent, and those carried
more than an hundred to one cent each—
occasioned considerable debate—and was
finally negatived, 44 to 40 —a motion for
further reilrifting the privilege of franking
was also negatived—the committee at
lengrti rose and reported progreis-
February 19.
Sundrv reports and petitions were read
and referred—among others a repot t from
a feleft committee on a message from the
President of the United States relative to
the South Western Frontier—this report
lecommends putting that quarter of the
United States into a defeniive situation,
and that the President of the United States
be inverted with powers requisite for that
purpose.
A message from the President of the U
nited States communicated a representati
on from the chief juflice and the affociatc
judges of the supreme court, relative ta
defects in the judiciary system of the Unit
ed States.
Another meflfage from the President
announced, that the a& for the relief of
Thomas Jenkins and fon6, has received
his approbation and signature.
The report from the leleft committee,
on the memorial of A. G. Frauncis, was
taken up and agreed to by the House.
The difcufiion of the report on the
Poft-Office law, was finilhed in committee
of the whole—agreed to by ths House—
and a committee appointed to bring in a
bill.
The discussion of a report on the Ju
diciary laws of the United States, engag
ed the attention of the committee of the
whole, till the time of adjournnrent.
The fubjeft of the contested election
of Mr. Gallatin, was further poflponed
in the Senate of the United States, till
to-morrow.
SHIP NEWS.
Yesterday arrived at Marcus Hook, tlie
brig Betty, Capt. Pease from St. Thoma&'s.
The schooner Neptune, Capr. Currie fioin
St. Mark's—and the flooja Salem, Elkim,
from New-York.
The lhip Edward, Capt. Crandon, of Phila
delphia, is arrived at Reedy-Island, from Pe
terlbix gh and Elfincur.
Arrivals—Sloop Nancy, Deaike, N. York
Hetty, Wallace do.
Farmer, Arno'd, do.
CO Crito is unavoidably pojlponed till
to-morrow.
*** Gracchus, is received, andfkalf
appear to -morrow if pojible.
(£j* This Gazette Jhall be enlarged, as it
receives encouragement—The Stibfcripiion
encreafes daily—Advertising Favors arc
folicited —These conjlitute an ejfential Item
in dimini/hing the Debit fide of the Account.
Philosophical Le£tures r
By J. M. RAY.
F H O M Edinburgh, lately from Paris,
teacher of Hebrew, & c . languages, au
thor of Comprehensive View of Philosophical,
Political, and Theological Systems, from the
creation of the world rothe present time, Sec.
He Will begin this second course of Lectures
Icbru ry 27th, at 6 o'clock in the evening, in
the Friends' grammar school room, 4tk ftreer
and will finilh it in a month.-*-The idea of it
was fiig|»erted by some Ladies for the improve
ment of the sex—but it is calculated for both
sexes (of any age above childhood) whereby
they will discover a new world in nature,
concealed from others as a fine country i*
from travellers in the night, and as the light,
and the appearance of natute is from tlxr
blind ; this will be a new fceneof enjoyment
and delight, as that of feeing is to one born
blind, and will teach them to acquire the pro
per use of their faculties, as a child does thar
of his limbs by learning to walk :-*-this will
elevate them to a Philosophical region of sub-
I me enjoyments and rational pieafnres, as
much superior to the pleasures and amuse
ments of others as a man is to n child in ftn.
ture, and which will endure the (hock of ad
vei fity, and notforfake them like others, is*
-ffliftion arc! old age ; as the use and end of
all real knowledge is practice and happiness,
this course will tend to promote perfonul haj
pinefs,.and fit lor the duties of fcrcu.fy, one
part of it will be on the preservation ofhoalj;h
of body and serenity of mind, without which
riches can afford noenjoyment : those whoob
fervi d the author's regimen,efcaped the Pcfti
lential disease in the houf? were others died
of it. To begin with an introdu&ory Lco*
ture on the great benefits of Pl.ilotophy tw
human life.
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