Philadelphia, July 11.
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE,
By the Olive Branch, Capt. Calder, arrived
xt Boston, and the York pilot-boat, arrived at
New-York, both from London, after Ihort pal
fages, papers are received to the 2d June, they
contain the following interesting information.
In the Bruifel s Gazette of the 4th May is an
account publiflied by the government, —That
011 29 th April a body of French troops advan
ced near Tournay ; these were attacked by one
regiment and feveu companies of foot and four
squadrons of dragoons, that after the Auftrians
had fired lbme pieces of cannon the French re
treated precipitately beyond the Austrian iron
tiers —with the lol's of two dragoons, andfeveal
horses killed, forty so dbrs takeu prisoners
and four pieces of artillery. 011 the lide of the
Auftrians none killed, wounded or miffing.
On the fame day another body of French
troops, under the command of Monf. de Biron,
entered the Austrian territory, and advanced
beyond Boulfut, these were opposed by General
Beaulieu at the head of 1830 infantry and 1500
cavalry, and were obliged to retreat towards
Bouifut with the loss of twenty killed and (tve
ral wounded. The day following the French
troops again attacked Gen. Beaulieu, a Ihon
action commenced, which ended in the complete
rout of the French, who loft 250 killed, a con
siderable number taken prisoners, and five pie
ces of cannon.
The above account is under the Bruflbls head.
Under the London head are accounts which
make the above actions to have been more con
siderable ; that in the firft Ikirmilh the French loft
near four hundred men, that, in the lccond
they had 700 killed, and among them Count
Rochambeau's son—but the Brulfels account is
no doubt fufficiently exaggerated.
The papers further state, that Col. Dillon,
who commanded the French in the iirft action,
being fufpefted of treachery, was taken by the
soldiery and mob at Lille, and hung upon a gib
bet—his head and legs cut off, and the trunk of
his body burnt. —A French Abbe, fufpefted also
of treachery, parting accidentally by this scene,
was also seized and executed on the spot, the
soldiers also executed their chief engineer, and
two or three other officers. An article under
the Londonderry head fays, that Count Dillon
was, tried by a court martial, that he was
hinged and burned halfalive; the charge agair.it
him was being privy to a scheme of leading the
French troops into an ambuscade, where were
15 pieces of cannon. Col. Dillon's brother has
petitioned the National AlTembly to employ the
molt effectual measures to discover and punish
the aflaflins. Several Ikirmilhes between the
French and Auftrians took place from the 4th
to the 20th May, the date of the last continen
tal accounts; the former are represented as
having been always worlied. A great many of
the French soldiers desert and join the Austrian
army". The 3ruifv.i, Gazette ..ep.efents the
above Ikirmilhes and attempts as nothing more
than ministerial intrigues—that they (hall soon
fee whether the French army will assume a more
military attitude.—As to the Austrian troops,
the faini Gazette lays, they fecm remarkably
steady, wel( disciplined, and by no means likely
to desert.
Toe French prisoners at Brufielis amount to ,
about 23c —among whom is Lt. Col. D'Efter- ]
hazy—they are treated in the fame manner as (
the Austrian troops. The 'French minister of .
war, M. De Grave, has resigned. The Nation- ■
al AiFembly have voted an address to the peo
ple ; it recommends discipline in very earneit
term? to the soldiers, and concludes with fay
ing, u We have sworn never to capitulate •
with pride or tyranny—We will keep our oath—
Death—death, or vi&ory and equality." 'The '
alTeinbly has " ordered, that the executive
power inform the AiFembly, every eight days,
of the enquiries made into the aiFaffination com
mitted at Lifl<*, of Gen. Dillon, and other offi
cers"—nine persons were already in custody on 1
that account. A spy had been apprehended,
who, it was proved, had cried out in the adtion
of Mons, " Save himielf who can.'" The war
minister informed the AiFembly in the fitting of
the 13th May, that the whole regiment de Saxe
had deserted and gone over to the enemy—92
of them ware brought back and 88 horses.
Three squadrons of the regiment of deßerchini
have also deserted. May 14 —M. Servan gave
alarming accounts of the number of troops
which continue to desert—he demanded that a
ievere law be passed to prevent desertion, and
to deterotficersfrom resigning their commissions.
M. lznard concluded a spirited harangue by
moving, having previously aflerted that the
coufttry is in danger, that the Legislature (hould
meet 111 some private place, on the evenings
when there is no fitting ; and that a message
be sent to the King, desiring him to declare
whether he loves or hates the constitution, and
whether he means to support or destroy it.
M. Rochambeau has resigned his command,
and is succeeded by M. D'Eftaing. M.La Fay
ette's army is in theSieighbourbood of Namur,
and is continually reinforced—he seems, by
his motions, t fays the BrufFells Gazette, to be
meditating some important attack. The King
of Pruflia has ordered 70,000 men to march, of
which himfelf is to take the command. The
Duke of Brunfwick is to command the Austrian
army in Flanders—the Prince Hohenloe the
Austrian and HeUian army on the Rhine—Gen.
Brown is to command under the Duke, in
Flanders.— Thus much for foreign continental
affairs—it is pretty apparent that great allow
ance is to be made in reading the foregoing.
The citizens of the United States have had fuf
ficient experience during their own contest, to,
prevent an implicit credit in foreign news
paper details of battles, sieges, desertions, &rc.
They are more than one half exaggerations.
The accounts from England arc—That the
Lord Chancellor Thurlow has resigned—That
frefh riots had broken out in Birmingham, oc
cafioned by a soldier's being killed, and were
jencreafing when the veft'el lailed. Mr. Paine
lias publilhed a third pamphlet intitled the
Crisis—A royal proclamation is iifued agiinll
ieditious writings. Britilh stock has fallen;
3 per cents to 87. American funds at par.
A camp had been formed at Bagfliot, and ano
ther at Hyde Park.
By sundry articles under the head Coblentz,
ill the European papers, dated April 20—it ap
peals that the ex-princes have culled a convoca-
tion of their adherents, uhoie intention is to
declare the King incompetent to the duties of
his station—and to appoint Monsieur, Regent,
and Couut D'Artois generalilliiuo of the forces..
Form of a Passport for Commf.rcial Ves-
S±iS BELONGING TO FRANCE.
LOUIS, by the grace of God and the Consti
tutional law of the State, King of the French,
To all thole to whom thele prefeuts lhall come,
Greeting. The velfel named the of the
burthen of tons, having been regiltered
in, and belonging to the port of and prov
ed to be French property, we hereby declare
that said velfel is entitled to fail nnder the Na
tional Flag ot Fiance, for which purpole we
have granted letters of licence and paliport to
Cominander of laid velie], to depart
from the port and harbour of with in
ftruclions to govern hinilelf according to the
laws of the kingdom and the marine regulati-
NVe pray and request all sovereign powers,
iriends and allies of the French nation, and
their subordinate officers ; we command and
enjoin all public functionaries under orders, the
commanders of veifels belonging to the State,
and all others whom it lhall concern, fafely and
freely to l'uffer to pass the laid with his
veifel aforenamed, without interrupting him,
or fuftering that he lhall meet with any trouble,
detention, or delay whatever, but on the con
trary to Jhew him every favor, succour, and af
liftance whatever, where it lhall be necelfary.
In Witness whereof we have putourfignature,
and caused the fe-al of State to be aihxed to
the prelent paflport, and the fame to be coun-
I terfigned by the Minilter of the Marine.
The Minister, of the Marine.
Delivered at the general ojjice oj the
Marine,at No. , and djpauhed.
[Department of State, to wit
The preceding is a translation of the form of
the paflport now given by the government of
France to the veifels of their nation, as offici
ally communicated by their Minister Plenipo
tentiary, of which all whom it may concern are
desired to take notice.
Til. JEFFERSON, Sec'ry of State.
Philadelphia, Jul) 7, 1792.
The accounts of the affairs of France this
day publilhed, are received through the medium
of Britiih papers—the public anxiety h greatly
excited—but a little re flettion will relieve the
mind from an anticipation of very disagreeable
consequences to the cause of Freedom, when it
is conlidercd that the French Itory is not told
by themselves.
During the late war in America, it was ex
tremely difficult to ascertain fa&s jvhich were
said to have happened within a very short dis
tance ol" the place where accounts were pub
lifhed—ln the present cafe, when the rumors
of rumors, and the echoes of echoes, are wafted
across an ocean of a thousand leagues, and the
trumpet of news is blown by those who live by
[fabricating reports, let us be " flow to believe."
Accounts from .Cape Francois to the -65 th
June, fay, that the negroes are flill destroying
with as much fury as ever, and no profpeft of
a peace with them.
Attempts were making by the Governor to
negotiate with the mulattoesat St. Mark's,but
the event was not known.
Captain Joseph Brandt, the celebrated Indian
Chief from Canada, departed a few days since
from this city on a journey to the weltward.—
It is fai I his objedt is to endeavour to concili
ate the minds of the hostile Indians, and lay
the foundation for a permanent peace between
those tribes and the United States.
By a veflel arrived here on Saturday last we
learn, the decree of the National Aiiemhly giv
ing to the free negroes and people of colour equal
rights with the whites is generally approved of
in the colony. The parish of Jeremie, only,
have made (hew of opposition to it.
By this veflel we alio learn, that the negroes
have written to M. de Rouvray, proposing
peace on terms le s rigorous than heretofore.
The vefTel also brings accounts of a declaration
of war between Ruflia and France.
Extrafl oj a Utter jrom Majjachufdts.
u Some late accounts from the westward give
a dawn of hope that peace may eventually be
concluded with thehoftile Indians without much
more war ; i* it can be, it will be fortunate in
many refpe&s. If it were not for some white'
Stages on the frontiers of some slates, I conjec
ture the business might be effe<sledwith whiikey;
and blankets. I wish the good Quakers, or
some other denomination equally pacific, might
always be next neighbors to the Indians, as they
boast of knowing how to live at peace with
them.
44 Here 9 you will observe, we have the old ru-j
lers re-cietfled, and things jog 011 according to
old stile. We are blest with a fine season."
The state of births, death??, and commerce,;
in the city of Amflerdam for the year 179 1 ?
stands thus :
During the last year, 8970 persons have died
in that city, which is 291 more than the pre
ceding year.
The total chriftcnings in the Lutheran and
reformed churches, amount to 5176.
In the course of* the year, 1791 veflels of di£»
ferent nations have entered the Texcl> which
is 75 less than the preceding year.
47
The jallowing adanft to the Rational jijfnukly of
l ranu, uvanimokjty aetctd to by the LcgiJlatureoj
Virginia, u extractedJtum the Journals cj 1791.
" .WEj the representatives of the people of
Virginia, long fompathifing with the* National
AlVembly ut Franfce, in t. fir glorious llruggle
for liberty, avail onrlelves of the earlielt op
portunity to present, with all the finccrity of
iraternal alie'titm, our warmest congratulati
ons on the tiilablilhment of your new Conititu
tian—a comtitution in which every malculiue
feature is portrayed that could strongly mark
it as the legitimate offspring of liberty. Indeed
i om such an illultrious band of patriots and
pWi"' 'pliers, we anticipated nothing lei's, pre-
Ic-rvi. -j as you have done, with undimiuifhed
■ uni; through do many iucceflive ages, that
noble I'pirit of your anccftors, which often bade
defiance to the ancient conquerors of the world.
" It is impossible for a nation, in the full en
joyment of liberty, to look witii an eye of in
difference on the struggles of another to pro
cure it. Upon the general principles of phi
lanthropy then we felt an anxious i'olicitudefor
the fuccefsful issue of your labors. ' But when
wecarry our minds back,and review the event
ful hiflory of our own country, we are impelled
by the strongest additional motives of si iend
fhip and gratitude, to fympathue with the Na
tional Alfemblv of France.
44 We venerate the wiidom that suggested—
we admire the boldness that commenced—we
applaud the manly firmnefs that pursued—we
are pleased with the humanity and politic for
bearance that ensured—and we love the virtue
that atchieved the enterprize. Long may you
enjoy the inestimable blelling which this combi
nation of enviable attributes has secured to
you, and may your example be imitated, not
oniy by the reft of Europe, but by every enilav
ed nation upon the face of the' globe—till des
potism, with all its holt of enemies to human
happiness and improvement, is entirely chafed
away."
V leading feature in the chara&er of the re
generated French has appeared to be affection
to the English ; no longer influenced by those
unjust prejudices, those mean jealousies, which
formerly divided the two countries, they have
taken every occasion to express, with regard
to the British nation, the highest relpecl and
confidence, and to shew how desirous they are
to cultivate a reciprocal good utiderftanding,
and eftablilh a permanent alliance. Thh sen
timent has appeared not only in those public
tranfa&ions, which might be influenced by poli
cy, but in the conduct of individuals, which af
t\. as the best, and indeed only, criterion of
! real charade r.
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Stating facts with respect to the Bank of
the United States, has been called— u Throw
ing duit in the peoples' eye*but it may with
more propriety be said, that some of" the false
hoods and misrepresentations which have been
th\ »wn out on the iubjeft are brick-hat argu
ments, calculated to knock the peoples'eyes
out. The measures of the General Govern -
ment are the result of the 1110 ft labored invefti
! gation, and are founded on experience—as fuel;
i they will Hand tke left ; but had the vrjiwary
I schemes of many persons been adopted, efpe
ciallv those relating to finance, it is pore
than probable that the hopes of the people, like
the do ve of Noah, would to this day have found
no retting place. And though this o'ofervation
is in part conjectural, yet confidc-ring that the
oppofers of the measures which have received
the lan&ion of the Legislature of the United
States, are generally the fame persons who op
posed the adoption of the new Constitution, and
ere the advocates of committee systems and paper
expedients in the days of our humiliation, the
conjecture appears to be well founded —but
however this may be, certain it is, that the stric
tures on men and measures which form the long
columns in the National Gazette, are deiigned
to subvert the prelent harmony, peace and hap
piness of the Union. —This obje<st is, in short,
openly avowed—For, fay these modest eagle
eyed supervisors of the legiilative and execu
tive departments of the government of the tJ
nited States, u Another Revolution must be
brought about," that is, That revolution,
which has given birth to the glorious revolutions
in Europe, mud be revolutionized.
"Whoever, fays a correspondent, is acquaint
ed with the manners and customs of* the Indian
nations, and their mode of carrying on war,
must be convinced that the pre fen t system of
military discipline ought to be entirely laid a
lide. How absurd is it to spend fix or eight
months, in teaching men to hold one of their
eyes over the button holes of their jacket, a
practice absurdly called u drejjingy" eventually
of no service whatever in the grand aim of all
armies, that of conquering.
Shouting on the day of battle is a practice
founded in nature, the dreadful efFe&s of which
are known only to those who have experienced
them, or are only to be conceived of by those
acquainted with the principles of adlion in the
human mind.
Who has not heard of the infernal yell on the
fourth of November last ? Its consequences are
too well known.
If the found of a warbling brook, or the gen
tle failing of rain will lull the mind to sleep, or
if the fpirrit-ftirring-drum will invite to action,
why should not other founds produce effe<sts that
unman the foul ? The custom of lhouting has
been practised by the Trojans, by the Geimans,
by the Gauls, by the Grecians, and by the Ma
cedonians and Persians. In many inltances,
recorded by historians, the enemy have fhame
fully fled, upon hearing the shout, before they
were in danger from the pikes of their adver
faries.
J-et us imitate the practice of those nations.
Caesar has been its advocate. The exprellioi
ofCato, the elder, will juilify the experiment,
u that he gained more battles by the throats
than by the swords of the soldiers."
An account of the failure of Meflrs. Duer,
Macomb, &c. it isfaid, had reached London be
fore the arrival of the express-boat dispatched.
from New-York on that event.
Papers from New-York by ycftcrday's pofl
contain many particulars of the late engagements
between the French and the Auftrians, by which
it appears that Monf. dc Biron and other French
(Oininandcu conduced with diftinguiftied bra
very* and that the repulses they met with were
owing to feveial unfortunate incidents—That M.
de la Fayette had token the Abbey of Oival, a
tich defot of arms and money for the Emigrants—
in the ikiimifh 22 Aulhians and 6.French fell.—
Further accounts at in tngland of the
iueceft of Lord Cornwallis; if was expelled he
would be before Seringapatam by the 13th of Ja-
uuai y
The French Mmiiler of foreign affairs in
formed the National AfTembly 011 the Bth May,
that Mr. Pitt had given a flu ranees of the neu
trality of Great-Britain ; that several of the
German Princes had avowed their intention to
contribute only their defeniive proportions of
troops to the army of the Empire—and that
Sweden has determined to remain in peace.
We hear nothing of the Empress of llufiia in
the late accounts—the report of war's being de-'
clared against Rullia, is not coniirmed of courfc.
The Directors of the AfTociation for efta
bliftung ufeftil manufa&ures met at the new
Town of Paterfon, New-Jer/ey, on Tuesday
!aft ; and after purchaling the lands of the pro-
upon the exact situations of the
different mill feats, and other principal build
ings of the establishment. The town it is said
is to be laid out by the celebrated Major L'En
fant—the form of which it is contemplated
(hall be circular—encompassing a delightful
plain intended for a bleaching ground ; every
advantage appears to be concentered in this si
tuation to make it the moll eligible in the United
State?, for the permanent establishment of ma
nufactures.
EXTRACT.
"DESPOTISM is an excellent fyflein for all
its ministers ; excellent for their paflions, their
fortune, their pride, their revenge, their plea
lures ; but detestable for the people whom it
crushes ; dsteftable alio for kings, whom it
renders odious and contemptible, all whose
faults it occasions, all whose fnisfortunes, and
sometimes their ruin/'
ENGLISH PARAGRAPHS.
Admit the diflenters to the common rights of"
citizens, and there will be anendof them, " Re
ligion," fays an acute politician, " is merely
the talking horle upon these occasions." When
the civil and political interests cease to clalh,
adieu to all diftin&ions upon religious fubjefts.
—A diiienting minister said, the other day, that
were the test and corporation a&s abo'.iflied, it
would be the worst thing in the world for the
diflenters (as diflfenters) for that then the body
of them that opprefiion, real or supposed, keeps
together, would have no common center of uni
on or r ttra^li.j-i.
u The house of Hanover/' said a leader some
years ago to one of our governors in America,
" are the worll enemies the friends here e\er
had ; they have never once persecuted us."
FROM A DUBLIN PAPER, OF MAY 15,
JAMES NAPPER TANDY.
LaftWednefday bills of indictment were found
by the Quarter Seflion Grand Jury of the city
against Joseph Knight, the person who arrested
Mr. Tandy on Monday the 13th of April last,
purfuantand in virtue of a proclamation iifued
for apprehending that gentleman, by the Lord
Lieutenant and Privy Council. In consequence
of this proceeding, the validity of a proclama
tion, such as the one above mentioned, will be
tried in a few days by a Jury of Dublin citizens.
Wednesday last the Attorney-General moved,
in the Court of King's Bench, on the part of the
Kino;, at the prosecution of John Toler, Esq.
his Majesty's Solicitor General, that the Cleric
of the Crown may be at liberty to fend up a bill
of indi&ment to the present City Grand Jury,
against James Napper Tandy, Esq. for fending
a challenge to the said John Toler, Esq. his
Majesty's Solicitor General, when the Court
ruled it—be it so.
Upwards of 70001. is mentioned to have been
already subscribed to fupportMr. Tandy against
the Court Prosecution, and to enable him with
effect to carry on his two prosecutions against
the names annexed to the decree under which,
he was apprehended in the firft instance and a
gainst Knight who executed the warrant of it
in apprehending him.
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