Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1793-1794, April 23, 1794, Image 2

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    contempt for declamation, the bkffings of
ear political courtitutipns would probably
-Continue from generation to generation.
Unlets foirie change takes place soon, mea
fureß will be pulhed from session to ses
sion, until those who think they can better
us, fuccecd Britain commonly, Algiers
sometimes, and mal-adminillratiori of the
Federal Gevernment always, together with
the weight of obligation to France occali
oualiy,compofe the text, and yon would be
aftoniihed at the capacity of the expositors,
for although eloquence is rare among them,
found argument confined to one (your ami
able, theoretic country-man,) they all pil
fers parliamentary courage, and they all
use their right of franking letters liberal
ly, and of coiirfe make much buttle in the
Honfe and out of the Houle.—They will
I in/about a war, if Great-Britain is not
itaiiviveablv averse to it—unless the good
sense of the landed interest of the United
States interferes in time.—To be moder
ate begins to be criminal—and to address
the judgment of those entrusted with the
awful right of changing us from peace to
war, is conlidered as treason.—Urge on
war ! is the tone amonj; men who are am
p}y paid and greatly trusted by a people
not frefc from the debt of a war founded
on morality, the nativity of independence,
and giving to their extensive country the
full bleflings of true liberty, with the mod
flattering profpecls that their dear children
\fhould enjoy the boon pofleffed, without
\he tax of the calamity to whiih their .fa
thers were exposed in procuring it.—l ue
disgraceful appellnt'on of Monarchist and
Aristocrat, is affixed to those who depre
cate war, by the impudent and unprinci
pled abetters of anarchy, who debase the
liberty they enjoy, by denying to their
fellow-citizens one of its mod precious at
tributes, the freedom of opinion.—Tell
ine whether the late proceedings of your
towns, bespeak. truly the sense of the
towns ?—And, whether if this be the
cafe, your country people unite with the
towns r—When I lived in Virginia, the
and holders ruled, and they ought always
o rule, if they mean to be happy."
;tte of the United States.
For the Gaz
Mr. Fenno,
OUR di (organizing party fay, leave the
work of govtrnm'en to our management.
We will let matters into a wonderfully fine
train—We will continue embargo afer em
bargo, for the benefit of trade. The Engliih
will not let us traffic in the Weft Indies, and
we will cut off at a stroke of our guillotine
all trade with England—We will break ail
the bones that we find whole in the Ikins of
Our poOr briiifed' merchants. We will pre
vent negotiation in order to prevent war—
We will fequeiler debts, prohibit all com
merce and'do our worst to scare the Engliih
men out of their wits, left we ihould be dis
pleased with them. In the mean time we
will go cm and reftri# trade very much at
leisure, we (hall have nothing else to do.
Thus for the love we bear our dear mer
chants, we will have no commerce. Our
zeal for peace is (hewn just as sensibly. We
lay (tumbling blocks in the way of negoci
ation. We scorn to treat when we have
taufe of war with England. When we have
a<3ual war with Algiers we scorn to do any
' thing but treat, In the firft cafe, treating is
plaving the fool, in the second, arming is
not better. To get ready for war, we talk
fiercely. We stab the revenue to the vitak,
forbid the importations which yield it, and
th*n llrong in poverty we defy all foes.
Without the (inews of war, we will provoke
It. Let us alone, and the national govern
ment (hall be dieted on ratsbane. No medi
cine of your federal quacks gives fych a tone
to the fibres.
Foreign Intelligence.
Continued from the London
received by Cafit. TruxTon.-
MANHEIM, January to. .
Field-Marshal Count Moellendorf, who re
places the Duke of Brunfwick in the com
mand of the Prussian Army, is expected in
a few days.
The French have set fire to the Palace of
Worms.
The French column that evacuated Krentz
nach on the 9th infiant, retreated beyond
Birkenfeldt, every where railing contribu
tions, and carrying ofFHoftages. It is thought
that that column will soon retreat beyond
the river Queich.
The Inhabitants are evefy where riling
on the Banks of the Rhine, and it is thought
thatfeveral Circles of the Empire will ihortly
furnifli an army of 100,000 men.
January 21.
Yefterdaythe Prufiiansattacked the French
befvWen Worms and Rhine-Durkhelm. The
cannonade lasted several. hours, but the issue
of the engagement has not transpired.
111 the afternoon t>f the 19th intelligence
was received at Oppenheim, that the French
were on the point of evacuating Worms, and
from the large volumes of fmofce which rose
from that quarter, there is reason to suppose
that that city has been set bn fire. We ex
peift the farther particulars,.
The Duke of Briinfwick is at Merttz,and
General Knobelfdorf has reached O]
heim.
The Republicans have upwards of iooo
waggons with them, which came from Lor
rain and Alsace, for the purpose of carrying
oft" the immense booty which they take in
this country.
The French were driven from the Village
of Marlheim on the 13th inft. with great
loss, the best part of their cavalry and in
fantry was killed. The reft made a preci
pitate retreat to Kirchheim, favored by a
thick fog. One of their advanced polls of
1100 men, Rationed in the wood, was en
tirely cut in pieces. The Prussians also took
on this occasion three officers, 48 privates
and upwards of 20 borfes.
We are this moment informed, that the
smoke seen in the environs of Worms, was
owing to the conflagration of the Palace, and
of all the buildings belonging to the Nobi
lity and Gentry.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 12.
Giafar Han, Sovereign of the. Chtrasf
one of the molt powerful Princes of Per
sia, has lately been dethroned by his 'bro
ther, Mahomft Han, who entefed into
the possession of his dominions—This new
Periian usurper is now threatening the
Turkish dominions with a powerful rtva
fion. i
A far more formidable enemy has late
ly riien in Arabia, who menaces the Sub
lime Porte with no less than a total fub
verlion of the Mahometan Religion and
ddtrudtion to the reign of the Succefiors
of the Caliphs.
This enemy'is a Schcich Hujabi, who
is at the head of a numerous Arabian
Tribe, encamped between Mecca and Baf
fora. He profcfles to deny the Divine
Million of Mahomet, the Sandtity of the
Alcoran, and all the Religious Ceremo
nies of Mahometanifm. He and his Tiibe
are continually adoring the Divinity in
the open field, defpiiing the institution of
Mosques or Temples. The Father of
this Arabian Chief, an old man of eigh
ty, is the Founder, and Principal Priest
of this new feit. The Rights and Laws,
he has > composed himfelf, and collated
in a book. It is much apprehended, that
he fuft acts of hostility of these New
Se£taries will be directed againlt Mecca
aod Medina, in order to render themfelvcs
masters of the immense treasures of the
Ottoman Empire contained in these two
towns.
Our Government seem in a sea of un
certainty, respecting the powerful Iman,
of Mafcaty of whom it is yet unknown,
which party he will embrace.
Camille Defmoulins lias been arretted
and conducted to the prison-house, lately
belonging to the Carmelites.
The famous Abbe Robert has been ta
ken up at Befancon, and the Chevalier
Fitlier has been arretted at Lille.
Charles Alexander Defcliarraes, natu
ral son of Brulard Sillery, and formerly
Aid-de-Camp to Dampierre, has been
ordered to be put in irons for forging a
paflport. Some others have been order
ed to be executed for iwcivifm. The trials
are ordered to be carried on with increased
speed, 'for the prisons are not fuffkiently
large to hold their vittims.
A letter from Mans, dated nth inft.
announces, that the royal and christian
army, on the left bank of the river Loire,
is daily increasing.
A great number of vessels and (hips of
different sizes are daily launched at C'hcr-
CONSISTENC Y.
Papers
bourg ; and the piepaiations for a descent
upon England are continued at Brest,
Havre, St. Maloes, Cherbourg, and in
• all the ports in the Channel, with the ut
most activity.
On the motion of Couthon, the Jaco
bins have appointed four commissioners,
charged to present an ast of accusation
again 11 all king?, to prefer their crimes
both in public and private character.—
This ast of accusation is to be sent by
the Jacobins and laid before the Revolu
tionary Tribunal for the public opinion.
Letters from Lyons mention, that the
executions continue without intermission.
The following letter was read in the fit
tings of the Commons on the 22d i
" We are in no want of Employment j
besides our other occupation?, wc-have to
watch great.number of traitors, and dif
PARIS, January 26.
caver their cbnfpirades. It is even be
come requisite to watch our own trpops,
who have (hewn foihe signs of incivifm.
" The demolitions advanci. The Po
pular Society would soon be cashiered, if
an armed force did not protect it. In
struction is the order of the day, for it is
in vain to discuss the great intereil of the
Republic, while the people are so unin
formed.
(Signed) " PELLETIER,
" Representative of the People."
The notary Brichard and his head clerk,
hatfe been arretted,and taken to the Concier
gerie, by order of the committee of general
fafety, for having negociated a loan, in 1790
fer the Prince of Wales. An interpreter
has been arretted on the fame account.
The Swiss have, according to4ptters from
Bade, made a present to the republic of sixty
thousand pair of shoes, a part of them have
been already sent to Huninguen. We are
aflured, that the Senate of Basle, received
with the moit'lively fatisfadtion, the officer
dispatched by the French General, to com
municate the late brilliant fuccelTes of the
republic.
NATfONAL CONVENTION,
January 12.
A letter from Tureau Bourbottc, re
presentatives at the Isle of Noirmoutier,
which they have called the Isle of the
Mountain, stated that they had taken all
the necessary precautions to guard this is
land, which might be called one of the
keys of France. They had established a
fuificient garrison, appointed an able en
gineer, a Sans Culotte c«mmander,' and
a revolutionary tribunal of a good ilamp.
—On the morning alter victory, the com
miffi mers, thinking that a number of roy
alills mi-;ht be concealed in the woods,
and among the rocks, ordered a general
hunt of them in the fame manner as of ra
bits : and this search brought forth an im
mense crowd of priests, of the wives of
emigrants, and others who hadconftantly
eluded the pursuit of the Republicans.
A military commission was lffued to try
tljefe people, and from General Delbec
downwards they had fuffered death.
•'You will.fee," fays the letter, "by
the copy of the interrogatory of Delbec,
that the isle of Noirmontier became the
retreat of these chiefs, only because they
were led v to eXpect these succors from Pitt,
to whom they, only fifteen days before,
had sent the Chevalier du
present to the English court a Have of the
forces, the resources and the wants of the
royaliitsin this part of France, agreeable
to the desire of the British cabinet, and
they found provisions for 20,000 men for
fix months.
Thursday, January 23.
The representative of the people, Le
quinio, writes from Rochefort, that the
ex-deputy, Dechezeaux, hasjuft paid the
forfeit of his crimes with his head. The
-republican ship, the Jemappe, of 74 guns,
has been launched, and will soon be fol
lowed by several others. The public
spirit of revolution is at its acme in these
parts.
The criminal code is not fufficiently se
vere ; or rather, it takes no notice of per
jury in criminal causes. This day the
National Convention decreed, " That a
falfe witness (hall incur the fame punilh
ment which would have been incurred by
the person against whom his falihood was
directed."
On the' proposition of Thuriot, the
question, whether perjury in civil caules
ought not to be punished with death ? is
referred to the committee of legislation.
NEW THEATRE.
THIS EVEN TNG,
April 23.
Will be performed,
A COMEDY, called the
School for Scandal.
To which will be added,
A COMIC OPERA, written by the author
of the Poor Soldier, never performed here
called
Peeping Tom of Coventry.
Peeping Tom, Mr. Bates
Mayor of Coventry, Mr. Finch
Harold, Mr. Marihall
Crazy, Mr. Francis
Earl of Mercia, Mr. Green
Count Lewis, Mr. Cleveland
Maud, Mrs. Marihall
Emma, Miss Broadhurft
Lady Godiva, Mrs. Cleveland
Mayoress, M%. Shaw
Boxes, one dollar—Pitt, three quarters
of a dollar—and Gallery, half a doliar.
The Public are cautioned tc.
beware of counterfeited Five Dollar Bills 0 J
the Bank of the United States, and Twcnij
Dollar Bills of the Bank of North America,
fevered of wbie'h have appeared in circulation
within a fe<w days past ; they are a good ge
neral imitation of the genuine Bills, but mxj
he dijlinguifhed by the following
Five Dollar Bills of the Bank of the
United States. >
ALL that have appeared havz the letter F.
for their Alphabetical Mark. v
The Texture of the Paper is thicker and
whiter and it takes the ink more freely than
the genuine paper.
The O. in' the word Company is smaller
than the M. and other letters of that word,
so that a line extended from the top of the O,
to touch the top of the M. would extend con
siderably above the range of the whole word.
In the word United the letters are narrow
erand closer together than the reft of the bill
The i and fin the word promise are not
parallel, the yinclining much more torwarj
than the i.
The engraving is badly cxecuted.the ftrolces
of all the Letters are stronger and the device
in the margin particularly is much coarser and
appears darker than in the true bills. Some
»t the counterfeits bear date in I;gi Where
as the Bank was not in operation till Decern
er, and no five dollar bills were iffiied in
"ihat year.
Twenty Dollar Bills of the Bank of North
America.
ALL that have appeared have the letter
B. for their alphabetical mark.,
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They are printed on a paper nearly similar
to that of the-counterfeit Five Dollar Notes
above described ; the engrav.ing is bettet exe
ucted, and they approach nearer to the ap
pearance of the genuine biJis.
The fine ruled lines through the word Twen
ty, in the body of the bill, are in number thir
teen in the genuine bills, and but twelve in
the counterfeits.
The word Company is much like the fame
word in the Five Dollar - Bills as*defer ibed a
bove, the o being Jess than the », and others
following.
There is no stroke to the / in the word Nortfc
Whereas in the genuine bills the stroke is well
defined. ♦
The lexers cnt in the word Twenty, to the
left hand at the bottom, do nor come down to
the line, but are so cut as to give an trregufiU*
appearance to the word, the 7wand they go
ing below them.
The Signature J Nixon, has the appear
ance of being written with lamp-black and
oil, and differs from the other inksufedin
printing the bills and the calhier's iignature.
It is supposed these forgeries were committed
in some of the Southern States, as all the coun
terfeits thai have, appeared, have come from
then«e, and tw6 j/erfons have been appiehencl
eti in V»rgmta,o«»4«{pTcto«i-of being the
of ihem.
The reward of QNE THOUSAND DOLLARS
will be paid to any/Person or Persons who ihall
d'f-over and prosecute to convi&ion the feveial
offenders of the following descriptions or any
of them, viz.
The person or perfoos, who manufactured
the piper on which the Bill& are printed.
The person or pcilons, who engraved the
plates.
The printer or printers, ©f the bills.
Every person who has acted as a principal in
an / othe i» way, in the counterfeiting and utter.
mg the fa d bills.
March 28, 1794.
A P ril 22 » 1794.
Other counterfeit biJls
of the Bank of the United States liave appeared
in circulation.
The denomination is of TWENTY DOL
LARS, and the alphabetical mark is the let
er B.
They may be diftingwftied from the genu*
n-jH. the following MARKS :
The pa ie oi ihccountrrfvits is of a niori
tender texture and gloiTey furt'ace than the
genuine, and there is no water mark in them.
The letter C. in the word Caftier, in the
true bills is strongly marked, whereas in the
counterfeits, the whole letter is a fine hair
ltroke, evdently in an unfinifhed Hate. The
letter si„ the word demand, is badly lonncd
and the whole word ill done, and there is no
comma at tJ>e end of it, as there is in the
genuine bills. 1
, *J 1 ?_ mar ginal device, is much* daiker ir*
e a e, than in the genuine bills owing to
the 'hade strokes being coarser, much nearer
ogetqer f and consequently much more nu
merous. This difference ftnkes ihe eye at firft
view.
nnr h T fame reward of ON E THOUSAND
ULLARS, will be paid for apprehending, &c
pro erutiksg to convi&ion several above
Offenders in ref peft to this, as to
the laftdefcribed bills.
p- Those persons who
undertake to cut limber or wood of any kind
whatever, from any lands of the teal cftate of
the laie Richard Stockton Esq. deceased, ia
the western precinct of the county of Soimerfet
in the Hate of New Jersey-, under a pietenceof
a right to cut on lands adjacent, are rcquelted to
desist sum so doing, will be proceed
i d against in such manner as may prqve trou
ble'» ne and exper,five to ihemfelves. V
April i 6. *w&S2W
MARKS.
THOMAS WILLING, President
of the United Slates,
JOHN NIXON, President of the
Bank of North America.
By order of the Committees of the Ref
peftive Boards.
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