FROM THE BALTIMORE EVENING POST. BRUTUS (a writer in Mr. Freneau's Nation* Ga/.eiie) inquires, after comparing (he sup porters of government to the hireling writers in tin Englift* papers who are paid Jot their aoufe>" when, «' arc we to look for the advantages which the 44 people have gained by the conilituiiou of the « United States ? Is it, he asks, to the profpeous 4 » situation of our mechanics and manufacturers, t* who on account of severe duties on fait, tea, and other"neceiranes of life have been un der the necefliry at raiting their work in oider «« to support their families ? Is it the mercham 44 whole business is liable to be deranged, and-his " calculations fruftrated by the opinion ot a fccre " tary of the treaUrry ? Is it to our commerce 41 more than ever embai railed with vexatious rc tl gulaiions ? Or i* it to the great body of yco " manry prevented from felung the produce of " their farms to foreigners, and having an exciL " man planted in every quarter of the country, " like in overseer on a Negro plantation, to pre vent the firmer from making use of the produce ti of his own labour." All the laws reipeCtingl these subjeCts, it seems are exceedingly obnoxious to the writers in the National Gazette, are abomina bly bad, ought to be annihilated, and all who had any concern in their enaction forever excluded font Con*ref'; then as these genilerrien tell us aimoit in every National Gazette, we Ihould under the new \ adminijl ration of affairs, enjoy a return of true re- i publican days,the good days previons to the adop tion of the conftiiution ; days and times which I am persuaded, a vast majority ot the people of the United States, most heartily deprecate. That the la w for the encouragement of manufactures has de fers ; that the law for regulating trade and lav ing duties has defcCts ; that the law providing tor the payment of the public debt has defeats ; that the excise law has defeCts, will not be denied by the warmest advocate for the government : but can it be doubted that when these defcCls come to be known, experienced and pointed out, they will not be remedied. Why do not these reform ers, who have never yet, through the organ of the National Gazette, found occasion to praifea Jingle wteafure of government, why do they not go to work like honorable men and point out their defcCts. Why instead of laying their finger upon them one ! by one, and suggesting fome'.hing better in their stead do they deal always in general declamation and indijeriminate censure, a mode of writing which ha* never yet either injlruaed or enlightened man kind ; a mode of writing which eifeCtually dif fualifies from judging, and yet Brutus and his party, requires that the people should pas's sentence. But what is the veal filuation of things, for that is a tefl within the knowledge and comprehtnfion of mechanics, manufacturers, farmetsand merchants, all of whom it seems are called upon to unite un der the banners of Br utu s, to pull to pieces the government and the laws. Are our artizans and manufacturers, as Brutus implicates declining in their business and ? No. We alien that they never were in this country in a more thriving or growing condition, or at any former period could they contemplate such promising prof ie£ls for themselves and posterity. If the ca lamities in the Weft-Indies have raised the pricc °ffugar that is not to be a fori bed *o government, and if they pay a little dearer than formerly for some other articles, that is more than overbalan ced by a greater plenty of money, introduced by the operations of government, by the duties it has laid ojn imported articles of their refpeCtivc trades, and the spring which it has given to every effort ot industry. Ought any order of citizens to enjoy advantages and not contribute to the support ol government ? Is trade iujuted, or have the laws of trade or revenue contracted or abridged it ? as Brutus further implicates. DireCtly the reverse. The laws of trade, and for the collection of the re venue, which includes the banks, have extended, invigorated and improved evcrv thing refpe&ing, and dependant on navigation. Witness the amount of our exports; witness the amount of the tonnage oj American vejfels employed in our coalting and fo reign trade,which (hews inconteftibly the irtmenfe fupcriorit vof the present over the pafl. Bur, con tinues. B'r utus, the regulations of commerce pre vents the fanner from felling his produce to fo reigners ; that is, Congress having laid a higher tonnage on foreign than American vessels, procures thereby for the latter a preference in the way of freight. Tf this be a crime in government, to prefer our own vejfels* who except such as Brutus would wish to lee it punijhed. Why is it forgotten by Brutus, that a great pail cf the wealth of the Dutch, that much of the wealth of the Eng'.ilh has been accumulated by freights ; and that the envy! of the Englifti at feeing the Dutch enjoy almost exclusively this profitable branch of commerce, pro duced the celebrated navigation ad, under which our vefTels groan in England, and for which oui extra tonnage on their vefTels forms no equivalent reftriCtion. According to Brut us also, the ex cise prevents the farmer from making ule of his own labour. Alk the manufacturers of stills, whether that branch of business has diminished on which her enemns behold with envy, and hit friends with admiration, and yet Brutus alks. where are we to look for the advantages gained by its adoption. Let us pity such men, wlio amidil such feenr&xan liA_d.i£fu»«*ei»*rtJ. TOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES in CONGRESS. r T" , HE importance »( a repfefentative govern meni tothe pAfervation of the rights and privilege of the people, is idea deeply i m . prrflVd no the mind of every lioneft intelligent eitizen qf the United Slates. This however, is nothing n.ore than a general pr.nciplc, which in its application may, or may not Complcat!v answer the expeditions of the peo ple. On a jutt and deliberate fxercife ot the dut) which devolves on the voters, depends the wifd*n> and lnccefs ot future arrangements for the public ood.—li is not a nicer opinion, that the belt and •vifeft inititulious are liaolc to abufc—faCts and xpenence concur to prove that want of capacity and honelty in thole who arc deputed to tjanfatf anylpufmefs, public or pnvjtc, will almost inva riably produce if not mifchiet, in the end. It is too oilen verified to ef,aue obser vation, that men a-e ceded to public offices, whom prudent persons would not emrult w»tfi the management of their individual concerns—for , proof ot this, ler us turn our .attention to country from. whence the principal part of cur civil and political inilitutions are derived.-— S'Jy, do we tneic btl.old men of principle, men of pro bity and real integrity, difluiguifhed by she frages of the people ?—Do we there fee m*n of independent characters and situations, biouglu I forward, and made the guardians of the public m teteft ?—True it is> their rcprelentation is grossly defective; but by far the majority is chosen by the votes of free eleCtors. Are those immediately and freely chosen by the people, eleCted for their wisdom and virtue ?— Let faCts determine.—lt is a general opinion in. that country, that every man has his price. Men of extravagance, gamblers, fpendthrifts and debauchees, are generally necefii tou>-*— the price of such characters is in propor tion their circumltances—and so it ever will be in all countries. If the people will-not be just to ' themselves in their choice ot representatives,they cannot cxpeCt that their reprefentatires will be faithful to their infercfts. 44 A good tree will not bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit." Let every eleCtor there fore commune with his own heart when about to give his fuffrage—let him ferioully enquire whe ther he would entrult the characters that may be proposed to his cheice, with the management of any private business of importance? If he would not, Jet him withhold his vote from such charac ters. The want of honest principles is an open-, door, thro' which every species of fraud and mil managetnent will enter. It is possible to find a fufficient number of honest and capable men in, every community, to appoint as the organs of the nation—and when that is the cafe, and elcCtions are free, the people themselves are to blame for the nufchief consequent on giving thejr fufFrages to persons of no reputation in private life. Philadelphia, Aug. 22. ' Capt. Boys of the Ship Perseverance, arrived here on Sunday afternoon from Havre-deGrace, which place he left on the 19th June, and brings, intelligence, which corroborates in part the re port of the success of Gen. Fayette's army; and it not fully confirmed by the accounts now rece!ved, they prove it to have been not with out foundation, as will appear from the follow ing extradl of a letter from an American house, in Havre to their correspondent in this city. " With refpeft to o,ur markets, but little al terations have taken place since our last; but our exchanges with all foreignplaccs have taken considerable favour—that on London has risen from id to 19, and js ftjll on the rife. " News is just received [the letter is dated the I 7th] in town by private letters, and by this day's paper, that on the I2th inft. a general en gagement took place between the Auftrians and the French army under General la Fayette, in which the Auftrians were beaten, with a loss of two thousand men left on the field of battle, be-, fides some prisoners taken by the French with eighteen pieces of cannou." The engagement happened near Namur, near which place the enemy were in great force, as a falle march towards it was made to mislead them. , There has been another change in the French' Miniliry—The Miniflers of War, contributions and ot t;ie interior departments, were displaced. M. Dumouner, late Minister of Foreign Aifairs, has been placed at the head of the War Depart ment; M. Jaiilac is made Minister of Forejgn Affairs, and M. Mauld'e is placed at the head of the interior. M. Gouvion was killed in a Ikirmifli by a re bounding cannon ball. Tfie Princc of Liege is dead. M. Cuftiucs replaces M. Rocliambeau. The Pclilh army effectually opposed ati at tempt of the Ruffians to crols the Dniester.— The latter were obliged to turn back to their encampment. The inhabitants of Porentrui have lhewn a design to allert their independence. A Indian chief of the Onondago tribe,was in humanly muidered near the Ofwego Falls, the 27th July last—One Jacob Valentine is charged with the crime-—and he having absconded,» ttie Governor of the State of New-York offers 520 dollars reward for apprehending him. The Directors of the weltern inland lock-na vigation in the Sate of New-York, having form ed a board, and chosen Gen. Schuyier,Prekdent, the work is to be commenced immediately. A canal has been proposed, down the waters' of the Brandywine in the State of Delaware— Coinmiflioners were appointed by the govern-i ;nent to view the grotnd through which the ca- 1 nal should pass- a committee wai latelv choieni by a large nu'in er of the inhabitant-, met at Ciiefter, to attend the Commillioners on this business. A report is in circulation, that Air. Few de clines a re-election as a Senator of the Unitjd States lor the State of Georgia, and that Gen. Jackson is talked of as Sis fuctelTor. The Boston papery inform, that great appre hensions were lately entertained by the inhabi-i tants of the spreading of Small Pox in t. at town—This bulinefs is much better managed in New-York and Philadelphia—a licence to in noculate when it is most convenient and ad visable, is generally improved spring and au tumn, and ierves, experience teftifies, to ar« nihilate any alarms on account of that dilbrder, detrimental to the trade, bufinels or supplies of thole cities. N0..1. 95 From the various circumstances which are jlated a.» attendant on the death of Elizabeth ieevesjwe believe that the following pajticyjfti-, tffpecling that atrocious murder, aiaybejrSed m as fatfts. Mils Reeves had on Wedncfday evening been □n a short visit to a relation in Coombs's Alley, which Hie left about eight o'clock, to go home, alone, and without any thing uncommon having «>ccurred : from that time Hie was not seen ©j heard of until early on Thursday morning, when her body was discovered lying on the mud with the face down, in the dock near Warder's wharf. On examining, it was found that the most bru tal violence had been committed on her person, and a large wound on the left fide of her mouth, 'and bruises on other parts, that ./lie mult have fuffered much from the molt fharneful abuse ; leveral of her teeth were loose. —It ap peared, from marks of her feet in the mud, that ihe had moved several steps from the place where (he was firft thrown, where her comb and a rib band were found. Nothing has yet appeared to detect the vil lainous perpetrators of this infernal deed, but a bor declared that he saw two men in a batteau very early in the morning at the particularfpot where the body was found, who made off upon his- approach, and went on board afliallop down the river. Miss Reeves was about 17 years old, and ap prenticed to amantua-maker; and when it is considered that Ihe bore a very good character, and was remarkable for her amiable deport ,men't and pleaiing manners, the loss to society I must be the greater, and excite in the brealts of (every friend to humanity a detcftation of the diabolical actor of this horrid tragedy. Her remains were decently interred on Fri day afternoon, in St. Peter's Church-yard, at tended by a great concourse of people of both sexes, lamenting the unhappy and untimely 'detfth of this victim to the barbarity of thole [ whose pride it fhouldliave been to afford protec tion to unguarded Innocence. AljiraH oj European intelligence, received by the UJI arrivalt. Some of the citizens ofParis oil the 12th June appeared at the bar of the National Alterably, and denounced (accused) tlie ftafF officers of the Parisian National Guard—mofe corrupt, said they, than the Kings' Guard, they are more dangerous—they alked that they might be dif banded—referred to the committees united. June 13, A letter from M. Servan, minister of war, informed the AlfemMy that the King liad difmilTed him—ha hoped he ftiould not on this account lose the eftiem of the Alfembly— and allied permiflion to go agaijift the enemies of tfie country. This difmilTion was not well received by the Assembly—M. Duffiiult, a member, pronounced an eulogiutn on M. Servan—and a decree was finally pal Ted in which it is declared that the loss of this minister is regretted by the Nation. r A letter from the King informed the Aifem bly that the MiniP-er of War, of the interior, ["iijd of contributions were difuiifled—and of the appointment of their fuccelTors—fome murmurs followed the reading this letter. The decree of the Aflembly i;i favor of M. Servan, was ex tended to Meifrs. La Platiere and La Claviere. M. Dumourier, the new Minister of War en tered the AlTembly and was received with mur murs, or rather faint hiftes. | M. Dumourier informed the AlTembly that the provisions lent to the army were infufficient, the army incomplete, the cities unfortified, and the kingdom unprotected. M. Charnot denied the unfavorable account given by the Minister. •The emiffioii of affignats was carried to 1800,000,000. June 11. There was a considerable fKirmifti between the vanguard of M. la Fayettes' army, and a part of the Auitrian army—it appears the latter gained forae advantage in the begin ning of the aflion—but M. la Fayette coming up with a reinforcement, he retook all the ground loft, and the enemy retired—the French followed them upwards of a league—every Ra tion was retaken, and the French army dis played on a heigth to offer battle ; but the de liga of the Auftrians appears to have been on ly to surprise and cut oft'the vanguard of the F1 ench—not having succeeded, they retired Of the French the Lieut. Colonels of the volun teers ot Cote d'Or, and M. Gouvion, were kil led.—The Auftrians carried oft" part of their dead, and left a considerable number on the fieid. The above. appears to be the business, on which theltory i; founded of M.laFayettes' tak ing Naraur, and killing 2 or 3300 Auftrians. Accounts from Valenciennes of June 8, fay, that the whole French army is. in motion to in vert Lisle. Mystery governs the plans, exact ness ai d zeal in the execution. Abundance reigns, and every precaution is taken for its continuance.—The Prince Biftiop of Liege be ing dead, intrigues are on foot to make the [choice erf his fucceflor fall on a Prince of the House of Austria.—Certain feudal opprcfiions have been recently lupprefted in the kingdom of Naples—The Helvetic Body assembled in a diet pn trie 13th May, have unanimously refolv ted to ob.erve the ftrifceft neutrality On a re view "f tlie state of affairs in France, it appears ! thit the ardor of the people in the caule of li berty, is in full vigor. At the fame time it ap pear; to be extraordinary that another charge fh mld take place in the Ministry, and tliatfome of the moll decided patriots Ihould be difmiiied. Time will explain all. The Ruffian shave entered the Polish Ukraine, but have Been beaten in all the ikirmiflies which have hitherto taken place. The Kingjo£ Po land is to command the army i* jerfon Articles iwrier.iljs-i'aris head of the 7th June a*, that-the utmost tranquility reigns in that city—that the public funds have ril'en—that the riench armies remain inadive, the Ministers behg determined to equip them formidably be fore thev commence an attack.—M. de Cu'ftine has been naused to succeed Marih*l Luckner a: Commasdsr in Chief of the army on the Rhine; con fide rable failures have happened in Paris artd other parts of France, alio in Bremen and Hamburgh—these have proceeded from too deep speculations in the funds. A proclamation against leditious writings ha", been ifiucu in Ireland. A peace is concluded between the Doge of Venice and the Bey of Tunis. Considerable riots have taken place at Edin burgh, in conleqnence of the Magistrates' in terpoiing to prevent the populace from burning Mr. Dui.das in effigy. The military were called on, and one man killed—the tumult was at length fupprefl'ed.—Letters of congratulation have been received in Paris, from the Prelude nt of State*;, on the acceptance of the new Conltitution of France by the French King. Mr. Morris has had his audience of the King of tue French, and delivered his credentials as Mi nister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America. The farmers of the United States are cau tioned, in the Maryland Journal, to be on their guard againift the practice of a cer tain let of men, who in order to affect the price of country produce, especially wheat, publilh fabricated extracts of letters from various parts of Eu rope, setting forth that the markets in that country are overstocked, yea glutted with wheat in such manner that there will be no sale for 12 months to come. The farmers are ad vised to have patience and wait till time tells the truth. Europeans who admire the splendor and pros perity of our new government, would be ar:az ed to hear that there is a disciplined junto train ed to abuse and bring it into abhorrence. The French, who are pafllonate admirers of our free constitution, would be the least amazed, becauie they have such enemies of order and their con stitution among themselves. But, at leait, they understand the views of these men, and are on their guard again ft them. It is time for Ame ricans to stand on their defence against the ene mies of their peace. SHIP NEWS, ARRIVED *t the PORT oj PHILADELPHIA. Bug Heflor, Baker, Cu-ocoa John, fiurnham, ditto Schooner Industry, Stiles, Aux»Cayes John, Love, Jamaica Sloop Jesuit, Lament, Havanna PRICE OF STOCKS. 6 per Cents, 22if 3 per Cents, 1 tfg Deterred, full shares Bank. U. S. 50 per cent,prcm. £ lhares, 61 Several Favors omitted, Jha/l be attended to in the next Gazette. New-Brunswick Church Lottery. THE peculiar circumstances of a gentleman who had undertaken to tlifpofeol a propor tion of the tickets in the New-Brunfwick Church Lottery, having, in his opinion, rendered it incon venient for him further to proceed in the sale thereof, between eleven and twelve hundred tick ets are unexpe&edly returned to the Rettor, Church-Wardcns and Veftiy-min. This lays the Managers under the neceflity oi further adjourning the drawing of the Lottery, until the fifteenth day of October next, that they may have time to trans mit these tickets to the parts of the state where they ate applied for, and lecrive the returns As there are but lew tickets besides these remaining on hand, all persons who are disposed to promote the pious object of this Lottety, or to take a chance for the pi izes therein, are requeued to supply them selves by the firft of O&obcr ; and the gentlemen appointed to dispose of them, are desired to return thole to the Managers which then remain unfold* to anlwer the applications of some gentlemen in the neighborhood, who arepoltponed to this re foutce for a supply.— And notice is hereby given, that the tickets not returned to the Managers by the eighth day of Ottobcr, will be conhdered as at the risk of the holders. N. B. Robert Morris, Esq. of Ncw-Brunf. wick, is duly ehofen one of the Manager! of the said Lottrty, and has given (Kurity and qualified agreeably to law. (eptOi) Treasury Department, August, 20th, 1792. NOTICE is hereby given, that propofah will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury until the fourth day of O&obcr next inclusively, (or the supply of the following articles of Clothing for the Troop* in the fcrvice of the United States viz. FOR thk INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY. 4608 Hata 18460 Shirts 4608 Coats 7956 Pair of Socks 4608 Vcfls 4608 Blanket® 8668 Woolen Overalls 4608 Stocks 9216 Linen Overalls 4608 Stock Clasps 18376 Pair of Shoes 4608 Pan* of Buckles FOR thi CAVALRY. 360 Caps Pair of Stockings Coats '44° Shirts 360 Veils 360 Blanket! 360 Pair of Leather 360 Stocks (Breeches 360 Siork Clasps; also, 720 Pair of Boots laoo Rifle Shirts, to be 360 Pair of Spurs (made ol Ruflia Sheeting. The ahore Clothing to be delivered either in New-York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, at the op tion of"tlu*contractor or contractors, on or before the day of June, 1793. The piopofals may eomprife the whole of the before-rntntioned Clothing, or any one or more of the component articles ;to be furnifhrd agreea bly to patterns or fpecuneus, which will be fht wn at the War Office. Good fecunty will be requir ed for the pun&ual and faithful performance of the contract. The payment will be on the delive ry of the Clothing, or, if. neceflary, such reasona ble advances will be made a:> the Secretary of the Trcafury Ihall deem expedient.