It am the SALEM QAZETTE .Sept. a.
SUMMARY.
THE advantages to the allies were never more
equivocal, than at the present time. The French
emoy the pride of vi&ory, and enrich themselves
on the Seas, upon which they have been defeated.
The Dutch, against whom every thing ha* been
pr«di£ted, from Prussia at one time, and -at another
from the Statholder, from the loft of commerce,
from French tyranny, from the Scheld, and their in
terna! commotions, find ia their temperance, fruga
lity and '.ndvjftry, their former ample rcfourcet, and
the interference of their ally is only a* they require.
The appearance of Ruffian fleet in the Atlantic
announced, bat we have not yet been told to
afTociate (irror with the event. That they aw to
receive supplies from theji northern regions, ia all'
that has for some time been reported refpe&ing
them. They have not evea a part in the Solitary
captures, which are reported atgreater length, than,
the most important victories of Italy. From the
North we hear often that Rui&a threatens Sweden,
whom (he cannot fear, and yet dares not to despise.
•' And these angry negooiationi, which we know not
bow far they partake of private prejudices, are the
only works of fame, which have been atchieved,
since tWfc conquefl of Poland, by this great nation.
The Emperor does not appear to be supported by
the hearty concurrence of the Empire. From Ita
ly the French have entered upon his dominions,
while his General complaint that he can make no
refinance, or assert the independence belonging to
the name df the Roman Empire. His General on
the Rhine is publicly preaching against defection,
■while the Emperor is thought to be negociattng for
leave to negociate with his formidable enemies.
The Spaniards find spirits, they never felt before.
While the terrors of a French invasion were near,
and their forces which cowld l>e opposed were un
worthy of confidence, they had only deftru&ion in
their view. They had openly detelted the -princi
ples and the chaia&er of the French revolution.
They had inspired a general terror at their irsftilts
to the establishment of the Catholic Church, and
maintained a policy, which might dilative at the
name of liberty. ' They negociated, an<J they found
all their prejudices furmouuted. In no alliance
have they ever appeared more sincere. The French,
whom they reproached, they r.ow confefs have some
virtues, and some honoui. They have experienced
a genera* joy without convullions of the State.
And by the concurrence of the ecclesiastical pow
er of Rome,"have aceomplilhed wi'hout violence a
reformation of the religious orders. Their army
marches at their own will. Their 4eet is under
their own command, and thty are the meflengers
and miniilert of peaoe to their neighbours. Thra
new situation forces itfelf upon the public notice,
and is-a to >oiany infinuationt against the
French nation. The French incursions into Italy
may have some of the evil* of the Crusades, and
yet not be without greater advantages. Europe
has been more happy., since those bold a<fis of en.
thuiufm, and the bold claims of faperflition in the
Chrillian world may soon be no more. The Danes .
have conftimmated their prudence, and have paid
the tribute, to which greater nations submit, of Co
liciting-and purchasing apeace with Algiers. Even
in this age of light and truth, rhe policy of Europe
has fuffered a nation tocxift, vriiofe support is war
with commerce, Law is depredation, and
■whose tribute is for the freedom of the Sea. A
Grotius and a Selden exhauded history to eftablifa,
or difputt the dominion of the Seas. But the pri
vilege denied«by enlightened nations to each other
» surrendered voluntarily to the Barbarians of
Africa. This is not policy with morality. Eng.
land rides fecuieupon the Storm. Triumphant on
the Seas, and fafe from invasion, (he commands the
wars, which desolate nations. Proud of her mo
. narchy, and powerful in her laws, she defies her ene
mies. Her Allies fear to insult' her will, and
chufe to obey. Rich even by her debts, <he holds
the greatest icfources, and fiaurifhet in ware, which
make the world tremble.
AT HOME. We things are in peace.
1 ht tale from Wilmington refpefting the emigrants
who have fought our peaceful Hiorcs, demands , the
vigilance of the magillrate to punish the cruel ava
nee which has facrificed the innocent to its rapaci
ty. We are hippy to hear that this fubjeft has
gained the public attention. We learn, that Gen.
<— C. Pincknev is to succeed Mr. Monro as our
Ambassador to France, and that this gentleman
will do benour to his country. Jotl Barlow, the
hero of liberty, i» to be the American Consul at
rtlgiers. By the lad accounts, tlie mortality con
tinued in St. Domingo, but more in Port-au-Prince
than at the Mole. The French were in motion
against Jeremie, and the Enghlh were ceHefting a
force at the Mole. The French have little to dp,
while the ravages of disease are so cruel. Jamaica!
aus perhaps no part of the Welt-Indies is friendly
to the conllilution of the Americans, who visit at
this feafort.' Many deaths are reported to us. In
the States, the mortality has not been so alarming
as in some years pall. Reports from Charleston are
not so diltreffing, and we trust th t appearances ate
less thteateiung in (he different parts of out own
state. 111 oiii political affairs there is general quiet.
Some que It uns will remain to agitate the public
inind, and demand the national vigilance, and in
tlie rcfpedlive States there ar ( e fame temporary jea.
loulies. In the Tcneffe-, the Governor has con
■voiced tlie Affcrably <»» the fubjed of a difference
in the laws of the Union, from those which ex ill in
that Territory, in order to amend or petition. And
the late jffeffments of Rhode-island have produced
or been accompanied with competitions between
New port and Providsnce. But these are not we
trnft lei ious affairs. In Bollan, their rival Theates
have .drawn the public attention to the expence»
they create, and to the advantages which arc deriv.
Ed from them. It is agreed, thai the moral advan
tage? ought to he veiy great, to indemnify far the
pure bate. We hear fiom Philadelphia that a por
trait of Ri;te<iin;ufe may be yrefcrvtd for poflerity,
and that the public have thc oftcr from an ingenious
hand. rattiotilin is invaluable to all nations; and
one GiCIUwU us iflfpiring it is, gratitude to national
i r
benefa&ors—- to the friends of science and of" gov-,
ernment—to great men, and to inventive genius.
What patriot would not prefer impressions of the
heroes of hit country, from wooden blocks, to a
dorn his apartments, to the richest papers of China,
re the bed hangings, or the dearest ornamenta ? We
:h hope fitch worka will be encouraged, and that every
es apartment will-teach our children the history of
J. their couutry, frstn the most simple ornaments
:n which can adorn it. Let not France be more fond
tr of her rich colle&iepa, or England (hew the monu
e, ments of her dead with more geneiottt pride, than
i. America retains the love of all who have aided her
i infancy, and nursed her conftitutipn. Let every
id metal, and the variously moulded clay, speak her
e. gratitude, and Jet'her humbled fone live under the
ic countenances of her bed men. The good preacher
:o may then live with posterity ; the good magillrate
o publish the authority of th< laws ; the patriot may
ill' proclaim liberty i the artist inflame genius; and the
g immortal writer call to the petufal of his facied
7 pages, or the recolledlion of his wisdom, wherever
in hii name can be known. This is the luxury which
te virtue claims | this is the pride which education
i, may teach ; and this is the honour which Chrillian
s. ity haa faȣiified.
>t ■ i
le COMMERCE OF LONDON.
1, The following (ketch of the Commerce of the Port
v. of London, is said to he taken from the mod au
y thentic document!, and supported by incontrovert.
i- able evidence:
s, Of the good* imported into London, the ex por
o tation, in the time of peace, bore a proportion of
0 four to twelve to the importation ; that is, one 3d
n part of the import was consumed by other nations}
i, the goods sent to various pans of England coad
>t wife not being included in this proportion of four,
s. Since the commencement of the war, and parti
e. cularly during the two lad years, both imports and
r, exports have confiderahjy increased: and the pro
-1 portion of tbt exports to the imports, has been
n much greater., The import* during each ot these
i- years, amonnted to about fourteen or fifteen milli
1. ons; in 1794, the export! of foreign goods amsunt
ts ed to seven trillions, and in (795, to upwards of
d eight millione.
te The value of the exports from the port of Lott
d don, upon average of three .years preceding the
:e war, amonnted to four millions. Their average
1, value since rhe war, is a third greater.
te In the above Ratement of value, the calculation
d has been regulated by the-ancient entries in the In
i. fpe&or-Genaral's book ; that is, merchandise has
i- been set down at the price it bote a century ago.
a To obtain the true value, eveiy one of the preced
y ing ftims must be doubled ; and it should be also ob
tt served, that the duty it not included in the edi
rs mate. *
ts The exportt in 1794., including British manufac*
», tures, amounted to above sixteen millions of these,
e therefore, nine millions were British manufadlures.
y The true value of foreign -exports was fourteen mil.
d lions t and that of the Britilh manufactures, proSa
e bly, in the fame proportion to their nominal price.
1. The effed of the deftruftion of Holland, in in
e creasing our foreign exports, is obvious, by, throw
is . nig into our hands the carrying trade, which it
d was once the greated -care of the Dutch to pre
1. serve; and the effed of the tuinous date of France
n is equally obvious, in the greater quantity of Bri
e 'tifh goods exported to supply the place of those
r commodities which France once furnifhed.
PORTSMOUTH (N.H.) Sept. u
' Perhaps the olded man living never recolle&s To
r sudden a tianfition in the weather, to have happen
j- ed, as since Monday last, when the thermometer
flood at 90, Tuesday forenoon at 86, afternoon fell
• to 64, and in the night to freezing, and on Wed
s nefday morning ice was seen in several parts of this
town of confnJerable thickness.
During the tail week was seen off Portfmouih
j harbour, a sea ftrpent, which was supposed to be
sear one hundred feet in length, as it {hewed itfelf
( out of water 40 feet; it was as big round as a bar
•rei,
FROM BIDDEFORD Aug. 30,
8 A (hip beloi ging to Mr. Cutts, arrived there
t from the.Weft-Indie*, on board of which was a
man sick of the yellow fever; his father went 00
' board to carry him to hi* house, on Sunday ; and
6 on the Friday following the father was taken with
• the fame disorder and died the next day'i liis son
r dieJ the night following. The pilot, who brought
11 in the (hip, wag taken ill on-Thurfday and died the
c next day.
1 Since the above wa* wrote, a number more we '
• hear arc sick, and some dead.
0 PROVIDENCE^R. I ) Sept. 5. i
a It }* not clearly afceitained whether there it a :
, choice of a federal representative in-the room of
, Mr. Malbone. The general opinion is, that there
y has been a small majority of vole* in favoi of Mr.
t Cbamplin. %
• Died, at Newport, on Tuelday last, in the 55th
1 year of his age, m'ach lamented, Henry Marchant,
e Efq- Diftridl Judge for the state of Rliode-Ifland
e and Providence Plantations. Previous to the revo
lt lutian he had been employed as agent for this then
. coiony at the court of Great-Britain; he was long
c a member of our legislature, and had reprefenled
n this (lata in the Congress of the United States.
• The duties of the various trusts reposed in.fcimj
- were discharged with honor to himfelf and his con
e ftituents. In the more private walks of life he was
n trot less refpeftable; universal benevolence, with
i every social virtue, marked his chaia&er; and in
tl him were united the gentleman, the inflexible pa
ri triot, the honefl man, and undillembling Chiillian.
e The death of such a citizen may jullly be conlider-
ed as a public loss; to his bereaved family it mud
• prove irreparable.
WORCESTER, Auguft3t. (
e The dyfenttry prevail* in several of the neigh
bouring town*; in this town, during "five weeks pall, 1
i 16 young children, ail under fix years of age, have
s died with tiiis and other disorders, and only three
i adults. Excepting in a few inftanccs, ( those of a 1
Immature age, who hive been attacked with the djf
-- . 1
- enttry, in (hit place, have hid it very mildly', » ;ias
i. been most fatal to children who were ttfething. Ma
e ny alarming reports, we are told, are circulating
abroad refpedting the sickness in this place ; but the
i, ftatament now given is accurate.
e ——
y BOSTON, September 3.
f A eorreQtondent fays, that the officers of Britilh
t frigates have been uniform in their declarations,
A that they wiflt not to interrupt or impede the com
. merce of the United States; but that it is their
it duty to fcarch for the property-os their enewies,
r wherever it can be found. They declare they have
r information that vast quantities of French «nd
r Dutch property areconstantly transferring in neu
e tral vessels, and as they cannot investigate faCts on
r the ocean, it is their righr, agreeable to the laws of
e nations, to fend vessels which they fufpeft have such
jr property on board, for examination into the near
e eft porta. That as t® the impressment of Teamen,
i they know they are authorised by the laws of their
r country, to impress all Britilh born fubj«£ts ; and
i that by tkefe laws no fubjedt can withdraw his alle
1 giance—nor can he screen Himfelf by any protedti
. ona whatever—and that whenever they through mis
take press an American, they are obliged, at the
peril of losing their commissions, to discharge him
the instant they discover him so to be.
t September J.
Arrived on Friday la ft, the schooner Lucy, cap
. tain. Beatley, 30 days from Guadaloupe.
Captain Bcatley's cargo, confiding chiefly of
. provisions, was purchased by the French coTttmiffa
f ries and punctually paid for, as was also all the car
-1 goes that arrived there within his knowledge. In
j short, the Americans were treated with the utmotl
. juftite and-frundfhip by Vidtor Hugucs and the
other officers in Guadaloupe.
Captain Beatley informs—that aa adtioa took
J place, off the bay of fiaffeterre, on the 24th of Ju.
- iy, between a French privateer and an English brig;
> the Fienchman mounting 6 four pd'tsnders and ear
i rying 18 men, tlie brig : 2 nines and fixes, and 25
. men. The action lifted about.3o minutes before
. the English called Tor quarters, the captain losing
f his life after he had (truck tlis colours.—The French
loft one mao—the British had several wounded in
boarding, though none killed except the captain.
He farther informs, that four days previous to
the above, a long and severe engagement hippenea
between an Englilh frigate, called the Beaulieu, of
44, but carrying 48 guns, and a French frigjte
carrying 40 guns. The adtion laftr.d 3 hours, or
thereabouts, but a 74 coming down relieved the
English, otherwise (he must have been carried into
Basseterre—the a£tion being fought hut two leagues
from that bay. The Republicans landed the fame
day—having about 50 wounded, and near the fame
number killed. Captain Beatley saw three men
the day after, who had deserted the JLnglifh man.
of-war | they told him the Bully had loft 100 men,
as sara» they could tmderfland. (Chron.)
CHAMBERSBURG, August 25.
At a public meeting of a very cenfiderable num.
ber of the inhabitants of the county of Hunting,
don, at the borough of Huntingdon, on the 18th
day of August inft. in pursuance of notice, forthe
purpose of taking iato consideration the property
Sf nominating » fuitabU character nr rcprefetU us
in the house of representatives of the United States
—to be announced as a candidate with the appro
bation of our fellow-citizens, and to be supported
as such, at the ensuing election, in the diftridt
composed of the counties of Franklin, Bedford,
Huntingdon and Somerset.
1 It was unanimouQy agreed to nomioate William
M. Brown, Esq. of Chamberlburg.
Resolved, unanimously, that we will exert our.
I selves to eledt him ; and at the fame time, We re
■ quelt the aid of our fellow-citizens throughout the
1 diftridt.
And further,
1 Refoivrd, that our proceedings be published in
the Franklin Repository without delay.
By order 0/ the meeting,
BENJAMIN ELLIOT, Chairman.
Attest.
John Cahwaliader, Sec'ry.
August 20, 1796.
COhTJhUjiTIOK OP
Foreign Intelligence,
By tfx late arrfoah at New Tori.
LONDON, July 12.
On Saturday Paris papers weie received in town
to the sth instant. By theft we learn, that the
French Gencfal Moieau, after the capture of Kehl,
as mentioned in our laif, had proceeded against Fri
bourg, in the Bvifg.iu, which after a desperate con
fiidt, he obtained pofilffion of, having defeated the
Auftrians vrith considerable loss.
An article in the Vmis papers reports the above
event, in the following tennis : " The army of the
RVine and Molelle lias gained another vidtory be
yond the Rhine : they have entered Ftibourg, in
the Biifgau, after a long and bloody battle, in
whiyh it is said that the Emperor's regiment of Cui
rafuers was almost entirely cut to pieces. Prodi
gies of valour took place on both lides
" In the above engagement an Austrian cavalier
was taken prisoner by' the French. He ifays that
Conde's artny made part of the Austrian army,
, and that it amounted to 16,000 men; but 'that i«
of no confluence (added the piifoner) you will
take them a!!, for they tremble like hares."
The Emprefsof Russia has published a notifica
tion to the Imprrial Diet, in eonfequence of " be
ing bound by new engagements, mofl intimately
with the head of the Empire in which (he sum
mons the different Princes to remain faithful to the
Emperor in the war—declares " that hut troops are
in fadt ready to march, but her Majesty thought
thatJhc fhauld render a more essential service ly I
tnuling a declaration." j
Ar. official account was published at Pcterfburgh
on the 15th ult. of the capturc of th<^important
fortrefs of Derhens, upotr the Caspian Sea, by the
Iluflian General Stibow, on the 10th of May, af
ter a bombardment of ten days. Upwards, of
ia,ooo privates were made prisoners, with the KnLn'!
is that commanded thsm, mid several other officers, of
i- diffin&ion. Immense otftjjpKines and a great qitan
g tity of artillery wire found in the place,
e A violent dorm of thunder and lightning feß on
the city of Petevlburgh, in the night of the 22 J
of May. Forfy-fu galfies and twenty four jjun
boats were burned to allies.— The apartments of
h the Emprelsat Larlkozelo received cdtifidaablt da
1, triage.
:• S.jme frigates are ordered h. m Porlfmouth for
r the iflar.d ot Jersey, for its further protection.
1, The Earl and Countess of Jetfey have fortuity
e resigned their lifflariong in the hmifli id of t.m
i Prince and Prmcefs of Wales—Lady (J wit : it
- appointed fueceiTor to her ladyfliij# as lady i«
n ing to her Royal m which iapaciiy lb :
f will appear this day at Carlton-houfe.
ti Lord Gwtder (late Sir peter Burrell) fuceeeds
- Earl Jersey a« niafter of. the liorfe to his Royal
, Highness, but this appaintmsiit has not been for
r mally announced.
d The principal Jew merchants of the city have
liberally fubfpribed 12,c001, to tftablifh an hoipi
- tal for the poor of all countries.
Mr. Whitebread has {old one half of his exten
e five brewery to his blewer, his ftorc-clerk, and ano- ,
n therperfoK; theother lulf he retains.
HULL, July 15.
The Ranger llaop oi war, the Seagull snd King
George cutteis, ate arrived in these roads, this day,
f to take under their-convoy the fiiip'- for the Baltic.
A letter from Mr. John Martinfon, matter of,
- of this port, dates, that the Mary it
n arrived at London, having on board thtec mailers
I and their fhips'-companies, # from Norway, who had
e been taken by a Fiench privateer. '1 he French
man would have taken them but for their guns,
c He dtank a glass of grog with Mr. Maitinfon and
. then departed.
; The North Britain, Edmund, from Davis's
. Streightt, fall (hip, with seven seals, is arrivcd hcre
j this tide. •
e _The Volunteer, ISedllngton, from Greenland,
r is arrived at W hitby. She Hates, that the Caro.
1 lie# of Hull had got 3 fi(h and MSOO seals, True,
a love 3 fifh, John 1 filh 500 seals, Robert of Pe
terhead i filh, Latona of Aberdeen 5 fifn, and
3 the Lively of Whitby was clean.
3 The folloviiiiig (hips and vessels are ready at
f Fluthing, waiting for a fair wind, and deftited for
e the North Seag :
r The Incorruptible, of 44 £t>n«, a tne Clip;
e frigate of 36 guns j the Republican, pierced lor
0 36 guns, mounts 32 ; two barques, with three
s ttrokeg of yellow in the top, no head, and very
e much resemble Swede}; mount 22 gun* each ;
e one of the fame with black sices, of 20 gun 6; a
n fnowr of the fame description, with 16 guns} a
- narrow Itemed snow, with a Dutch frigate and
> guard /hip, of JO guns.
The Queen of PLrtugal has ordered Janquiera,
joining to the city of Lisbon, to be erected a free
port, after the close of the pr«fent year.
One of the largest oxen at thi« time in England
• was bred by and is aow the property of H. Peirfe,
1 Esq. of Bedale. He is tiling fev«R years old J
e measures fix yards and a half i» lenytjj, fivejsriH
r round ttie chert, ati<i is near'feven feet high, and
• fuppoied to weigh upwards of 300 (lone.
s A few days ago, the Rev. Melrille Home, late
- chaplain at Sierra Leone, in Afriaa, and author of
the " Letters on Millions," was indufled jato the
vicarage of Olney, Bucks, on the prrfeuutiun of
» the Right Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth.
One thousand guineas have been fubferibed by
1 the Tufton family, towards defraying the cxpence
of Mr. Honeywood's conte'ft for the county of
• Kent.
Last Tuesday, Montgomery, the proprietor of
■ the Sheffield paper, was released from his impriion
ment-in the Caltle of York.
Yates, the <q!d comedian, died, it seems, in a
' pafSon, because eels had not been bought- for his
dinner. His house keeper, after being reproved
for her omtHion, went cut to get some ; on her re»
turn file found him leaning on a table with his head
on his hands, and spoke to him several times before
(he perceived he was dead. A female pupil difptites
with the heirs at law the old man's property, of
which flie has got entire pofleflion, The heirs as.
ferl 110 will was ever made by him, and the bufioefs
goes into Chancery.
. ——
just Arrived, from,Lifbon,
And for Sale by the Subf&riber*,
Lisbon Wine,
In pipes am! quar/.er-cais;
5000 Buftieik Lisbon Salt.
Jeffs & Robert Wain.
. Sept. io. fdt{
)JCZ_ FOR LONDON,
; The ca P"*' CERES,
fiil soon ! — p or freight or mffire
to DAVY, ROBERTS St Co. ur
"John Vaugban,
September 10. I'ront-ftreet.
FOR SALE,
'^' ie c ' iooner lark,
° De ilull<3r<:tl and t\venty tons burthen.
Vc^c ' found > we ' J huilf, Sl
~ , fails extremely fail. For terms appiy
txj the urEltcr on board, or to
jofepb Anthony & Co. '
If the above vessel is nut fulii iu a few days, fee wiU
take frc ght On very low terms for Boftoii.
Sept. 10.
RAYNER TAYLOR,
MUSIC P KQfESSOK,
No. -96, North Sixth Street.
I D ESPECTFULLY inionns his Scholars, that he
I re-commenced his attendance alter the fuinrntr va
i cation ; and, as ulual, tc-chcs Ladies Singing and th«
Piano Forte. * Sept. 3. »
A Handsome, well-broke
SADDLE HORSE,
For Sale tnqu.rc at thcCoiieftoeo Stlhlc's, t>.e owr;tr
nil him. -
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