wncrivc. : t>e fcbtme to extract
from our friends more than .seven thciufand
pounds, our veffcls having been fold by or
der of the judge, and we unanitfioufly de
clined adding this sum to what they had
already deprived us of—and the event pro
ved as we expeftcd, as the judge denied us
the benefit of an argument through our
attorney, and condemned us all under 6ne
utidiftingttifhcd sentence ; —As bad men,
supplying bad men in a bad cause, and were
and might to be considered as enemies to
Great-Britain, thereforewe were good and
lawful prjzes to his majesty's fleet and ar
triy, and as such he condemned us.
Signtd by forty Captains.
Far the Gazette of the United States
SNUFF and SUGAR TAX.
It is itbfuid to fay that home manufac
tures are improper fubjedts of taxation ;
such a dodtrine would, under certain cir
cumstances, destroy all revenue, and leave
the government destitute of any resource
but land tax, which ofjtfelf operates in
a great degree as a tax on home manu
factures.
If the revenues (>f a country be chiefly
-derived' from import, and the effect of
;hat impoll be, by protedting duties, to
fubrtitute domestic for foreign manufac
tures, the revenue is loft on the articles not
imported, and mult be supplied, either
by a laud-tax or by a tax on the home
made article. For instance, imported loaf
sugar and fnujf, were dutied so high as to
micouiage the home manufacture of those
articles ; they are now no longer import
ed but in small quantities, the revenue
once derived from them is consequently
Igil ; but that revenue being pledged foi
the iupport of government, and the pub
lic credit, a fubrtitute mult be refbrted
to ; now what better fubrtitute can there
be than those very articles furnifhed by a
domestic manufacture, foftered and teared
to maturity by the very duties which their
pcrtedion has annihilated. If this be
not done, those articles will altogether
escape taxation, and surely there are none
more fit for it. Shall fait be t»xcd, and
has sugar and fmjf go free > The one a
species of luxury, the other not only a
luxury, but an idle fuperfluity ! If ever
there were two articles proper for revenue,
these are the two, and the mode adopfed,
is the only one whereby the articles are
ccmeatnble.
All the noise then made on this fubjedt
resolves itfelf into this, that fnuff and
loaf sugar ought to pay no tax.
Infant mnnufadtures ought certainly to
be protested, and no government has
done more for them than that of the Uni
ted States. The manufactures of fnuff
and sugar have experienced the benefits
of that protection, and have grown to
such importance, that they not only sup
ply all the United States, but furnifli a
fu, plus for exportation. Of fnuff a con
siderable quantity is exported. Shall the
opulent manufacturers be exempt from
their fhate of the public burdens, while
the merchant and shopkeeper groan un
der the prefTureof continually increasing
duties > Ought they not to furnifh their
mite to the support of a government un
derwhich they have grown wealthy?
Will the sugar-baker begrudg# a trifle
from his immense earnings to sweeten the
sorrows of his wretched fellow-citizens
at Algiers ? Will the fnuff-manufadurer
suppose the defence of our country not
worth a finch of fnujf>
Fie on such opposition ; if these gen
tlemen are composed of such fymtathhing
materials, let them sympathize with their
miserable fellow-men at Algiers, and not
deprive Congress of the means of deliver
ing them, or rob the consumers ef War
ana fnuff of the gratification of contribu
ting to tKeir relief.
Where is the truly patriot-citizen who
will not find his sugar the more palatable
when he refiedh that it tends to sweeten
the poor captives' woes ? Or who will not
more enjoy hi, pinch of f„ u ff, f or beine
ri"ht3 R > mean " ° f maintainin S ourjull
WARREN.
Foreign Intelligence.
BY THK
LATE ARRIVAL AT NEW-TORK.
PARIS, March ij.
We learn from Brest, that all the ship,
of the me of the two divisions, have
been obliged to return to port, on account ;
of bad weather. The frigates alone are
I able to remain at sea. Jambon-Saint-An
dreis animating the woikmen at Bred by
his presence.
1 The committee of public welfare have
ordered that the Theatre ci-dcvant Fran
> cais, being a National edifice; Ihould be
r opened without delay, and that it ihould
■ be invariably set apart for reprefentaliorts
, to be given by and for the people, at cer
; tain periods in each month.
3 . Amongit Oe persons who have been
1 lately guillotined, arc the Count de
L'Aigle, Matechal de Camp, and Loui
sa Rosalie de la Rochefoucault ; ninety
one Priests havebeencondufted from Rou
en to Rochefort, condemned to be trans
ported to the coast of Africa.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
25 Ventofe—March 15.
i St. Just communicated the following
letter addrefled to the Committee of pub
: lie fafety by the Public Accuser of the
; Revolutionary Tribunal:
1 u In consequence of the information
received at the Revolutionary Tribunal,
in execution of the decrees of the Nati
onal Convention, which order the Public
Accuser to inform againfl the authors and
1 accomplices of the confpiracv formed a
gainst jhc liberty and security of the peo
ple, I hasten to announce to you, that
the refiilt of my enquiries permitted me
not to defer any longer the arrest of Rou
fin, Vincent, Hcbert, Momoro, Ducro-,
quet, and Gen. Laumur. A Dutdi
banker, of' the name of Koc.q, is also
ordered to be arretted, at the moment 1
am writing. The enquiries and informa
tions are going on ; I hope soon to ob
tain new intelligence. I prom:fe you
that the tribusul will negledl nothing to
find out all the culpable."
Jlobefpierre—" The execrable faction
who v»oiild enslave us, and whose plots
have been discovered, has assembled at
i aris, bands of emigrants, and of despe
rate men of all deicriptions. With the
aid of these monsters, crimes have been
planned, the idea aloue of which makes
one shudder, and of which the annals of
'.he world afford no example. All the
tyrants ot Europe were well acquainted
with the exa£t time at which this incredi
ble tragedy was to have commenced. To
force the prisons, to cut the throat of a
part of the prisoners, to arm the reft, to
fall on the National Reorefentation and
murder them, to do. the fame by the
Constituted authorities, and all the firmed
fujiporters of the Republic; to obtain by
this means, the poffeflion of all the pow
eia, and, upon the fmoaking ruins of the
Temple of Liberty to re-establish Royal
ty : I his was the horrible fate that await
ed us, and which lias been planned by men
who had contrived to insinuate themselves
into the confidence of the people. With
regard to the proofs of these accumulated
ci imes, we have them in abundance.
These proofs {hall be laid before you.
But, before all things, I adjure the peo
ple to employ themselves to discover their
enemies; I adjure them to defend the sa
cred cause of Liberty with their accustom
ed energy: 1 adjure them to second and
support their R'epreientatives, who will
always condud themselves with the fidelity
proportioned to the confidence reposed in
them. I entreat the people to go through
the Sections, to pull off the malic from
the accomplices of the criminals whom
we have already in our poffeflion, and to
confound the traitors who are salaried bv
the Tyrants."
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. io.
1 he infurreaion in Arabia (till conti
nues. The rebellious fed are called the
Vehabi, and have nothing lefj in view than
l »? P ,' ng the wllole foundation of
the Mahometan Religion, which they are
taught to look upon as tiie groffcil Ido-
The discontents among the people here
are ft,ll very high. Divisions alft> exist a
mong the troops, and a {hort time since the
cannoneers and the Janissaries had an en- I
gagement, in which many were killed on
both fides. And notwithstanding this
U'mult was appealed, a new explosion is
terrible l" Cannot fail to be
FRIBOURG, in the 3RISGAU
March 6,
The communication with Basle and
witzerland is still interrupted. All tranf
pickaxes, & c . which the Swiss drew fiom
this country to fend to France, are car"
fully flopped. A single focietv at Bade
has accepted a delivery of 100,000 pair of
shoes for the Sans-Cu'uttes.—Cloth fuffi
cient to habit 20,000 men have been al
ready seized.
VALENCIENNES, March 16.
A few days ago the French, to the
number of 3000, with four pieces of can
non, arrived at the village of Youi, on the
causeway between Bouchain and Carabray,
which they immediately began to pillage.
The whole village would have been sacked,
but for a detachment of about So Auftn
an hussars, who making their appearance
before the village, led the Carmagnols to
fnppofe that a strong corps was appi oach
ing to dislodge them, and Caused them to
retreat, carrying with them 50 -waggons,
loaded with their spoils. The day before
yelterday the republicans returned, 6000
men strong, and accompliihed the ruin of
that ill-fated viilaj^.
The head-qnarters of the Prince of Co
bourg are still here, and nofNvithftanding
<he contrary reports, which have been in
circulation these last days, it is not likely
that any great movement will happen in
our army before the 25th of this month.
FRANKFORT, March 6.
The difference between the courts of
Vienna and Berlin, with respect to the
most proper means for the defence of the
I Empire, against the invasion of French
1 troops, is of such a natui e as is likely to
produce a great change either in the future
conduit of the war, or perhaps in the ge
neral position of affairs with refpeft to
France. The probability of this becomes
greater, not only from the arrival of French
comtnifiioners in this city, and from the
manner in which they are received by the
Prussian general, the count de Kalkreuth,
but from their continuing to reside here,
and from the pacific tone which is affumid
by all those who belong to the court of
Berlin, and the writers in their intetelL
MANHEIM, March 11.
Deserters just arrived from NenhorfF,
acquaint us, that the republicans arricon
ilrudting a number of boats at Spires.
1 hat city is totally ruined, and the in
habitants robbed of every thing they pof
fefTed.
1 he night before last a great body of
French cavalry appeared before- Rhcrn
gemheim, and forced the Austrian advan
ced poll, after a day's bloody skirmish. *
The Carmagnols however did not succeed
in their object to plunder the country, but
were obliged to fend back their waggons
empty, which they had brought with than
to carry off the spoils.
Last night the French, in very conside
r j f° rce > l attempted to carry off the ports
of Mundenheim, Oggerfheim, and Friez
heim. Ihe post of Oggerfheim was taken,
the other poll fell back, as did two more,
to the fort of the Rhine ; the French pur
sued as far as within reach of the cannon
of the son. The reserve of the garrison
ot Manheim were ordered to mar t i. to the
fort of the Rhine, which movement they
effe&ed with much celerity ; at 11 o'clock
a part of these re-entered the city, and
every thing was quiet. ,
BRUSSELS, March 18.
n r French made a Thursday
last from Maubeuge, with 2500 men, of
whom half were cavalry—the ad ion was
bloody; they left 80 dead and wounded,
and 116 prifonersin the hands of the Au
ftrians, who had only two lieutenants
of Starrey and 23 men killed, and 10
wounded.
1 he 1 r;nce of Cobourg has ifTued a pro
clamation which has been placarded every
where, that all French Emigrants without
exception, and within three days, depart
from Valehciennes, Mons, Le Quefnoy,
Conde, Courtray, Tournay, Ypres, .Fumes
and Nreuport; and even those who had re
ceived letters of admiflion and residence from
induded in Severe
/r i t O / Mce is said to b e occasi
oned by the discovery of a plot at Tournay,
in which it appeared that many French imi
der the t tie of Emigrants had engaged.
Last week the French made a dreadful in-
On fV" 10 I Prmci P alit y of Chimay—
On Friday, they entered the town, cut to
pieces a fmail body of troops that attempted
fet°W e t tt, em, ! Pllllged a " the houfcs > and
set fire to the place in . four different parts
In retreating with their booty, they pillaged ;
relt a nTr ytra ' Vl,lages ' Vi- ,
tw.nf g 7 - Slxt y-«ght Auftrians and
twenty-one peasants were killed. At Leniruv
seven Frenchmen, who staid behind the reft :
Ito plunder, were taken by the Austrian huf :
fars, and put to the sword. t
' h*"'f W^°^e quarters are 2
at Arlon ' has sent to the Prince of Saxe- tl
1 ..
Cobourg for reinforcement to enable hint
to oppole the attempts of the French army
Of the Mozelle on- that part of the frontier.
LONDON, March 18.
Opening of the New Drury-Lane Theptrci
The firft performance in this magnift.
cent ftru&ure commauded, as might have
been cxpe&ed, a numerous aad brilliant
audience. The general appearance of the
house, combining solidity with lightness
and elegance with fimplietty, is, in every
refpeft honorable to the taste and fkili of
the archited. We mult add also, though
it may be deemed an inferior praise, that
the entrances are moll happily disposed
for the cjlftribution of the audience, and
are at the fame time of such amplitude,
that no poflible croud can give iirth to
danger or even to in'convgn/'ence.
It opened with a grand selection from
the works of Handel. The ttage was
formed on this occasion, to represent the
inside of a Gothic Cathedral ; and the
coup d'oeil was such, on the riling of
the curtain, as to draw forth the appro
bation of the audience, exprefled not in
the customary manner, but in loud huz
zas 1
The merits of the performers, and the
force and corredtnefs of the basd, were
worthy of the splendor of the fcenc, and
auipicious of the future management. -
1 he performance opened with the Coro
nation Anthem, which wan loudly ap
plauded.
Mirch 26.
Letters from Frankfort of the 9 th men
tion, that the Prufliuis are in motion, and
making preparations to re-croft the Rhine.
1 he numbers in that neighborhood are about
11,000 strong.
In corroboration of what is dated in
the letter from Frankfort, dated March 6,
With refpeft to the disposition of the court
or Berlin, we extract the following articles
from a Prussian paper:—
" Notwithftnnding the extraordinary
preparations which are making, in all quar
ters tor the opening's third campaign, we
have received particular intelligence, which
gives us reason still to entertain fomehope
of an accomodation tak ng place, or at lead
of a ceflfation of holtilitics being agreed
upon between the contending parties."
A corps of 5969 Hanoverians, under
the command of major general Wangen
heim, marchcd fiwn Hanover on the 1 ft.
instant, to join the combined Brjtifh and !
Hanoverian army, under fbe command of
his royal highnefs'the duke of York. f
General Aberci omby narrowly escaped
being made a prifuner at Werwick, a fevr
days since. A itrong detachment of the
enemy attacked and carried the village, at
which general Abereromby arrived while
it was in theie pofleflion, ignorant of what
had happened j being near-sighted, he ap
proached within a very short distance, be
fore he discovered his error, and was then
indebted for his fafety to the fieetnefs of
his horse.
1 he empress of RufTla has recommend'
ed,that is, ordered, a coufiderable redu&ioa
of the troops of Poland, and offers very
advantageous terms to the difbauded offi
cers and soldiers, who choose to enter inlo
her service. This is a very compendious
Way to get rid of an army that might yet
give her trouble, and to add the greater
part of it to her own forces.
1 he fats of Poland, even amidst the ge
neral diltrefs of Europe, cannot fail of
claiming a sigh of pity, or awakening an
emotion of indignation, in every generous
bread. A further partition of that unfor
tunate country seems meditated by the em
preis, merely that (hi may fecitre the neu*
trality• of Auflria during the execution of
her ambitious views upon the Porte.
.Letters from Nice, of the 17th ult.
announce that the city is full of republican
troops, who are to ast at the opening ofthe
campaign. Sixty pieces of ordnance had
also arrived at Nice front Toulon. The
commissioner Salicetti, was expected shortly
to airive at Nice, after which, 10,000
men,abundantly supplied with ammunition
and provilions, were to embark on some
ccret expedito. The greatest zeal prevails
at JNiee, in building ships and vessels of all
iizes.
A number of troops are about to be em
barked on board the Revel division of the
vuliion fleet, which, after being joined by
alquadron from Arch-angel, is to proceed
on a secret expedition.
1 he sickness among the troops at South
ampton and the Me of Wight is truly
alarming, and demands the molt serious at'
tention of government.—The disorder
l"T g ' Lem 1138I 138 bafflcd the Mll ofone °f / 4
he firft phylicjau generals, and fotne of the
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