Philadelphia, Od. 13.
By the Jhip Diana, Capt. Goodwin, ivho
arrived at Bojion on the 4th in
35 dayi from BriJlol, the following
intcllizence is received.
•5
PARIS, August 1 J
M MERLIN announced to the As
. fembly, that the Pruftian and
Austrian armies had entered the de
partments of Moselle, and that they
had made thcmffcfves matters of the
a<lvanced pods of Sierck and Rode
mack.
This circuinftance, he added, ought
uot to intimidate the French nation,
but it ought to arouse thein so as 10
adopt a very important tnciafure : He
therefore moved, " That the relati
ons, the wives, and the children of
the etnigrants, should, wiih Louis
XVI. be reserved as guarantees for
the events of the war."
It was accordingly resolved by the
Aflemb'iy, that they (hould be detain
ed as hollages within the limits of
their refpe&ive municipalities.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
August 18.
M. Cabot read a letter from Mau
beuge, from which it appeared that
the foldicrs approved of the proceed
ings of tiie Assembly, and thac they
bad refitted the attempts made by
Dillon, Lauieth, and La Noue, to ex
cite them to oppose tiie Aliembly.—
To the infinuacions of those Generals
they replied, " that their true poin
of rallying was, and always wouli
be, the National Aflembly, and tha
they considered Louis XVI. as a per
juved wretch and a traitor !"—" M
Lameth in vain attempted (said th<
writer of the letter) to gain over ;
few regiments. In vain did he lei
them that 15,00® Auftrians were rea
dy to fall upon tliem. The troop
flew to arms, and ordered their inuli
to play Ca ira !!"
Sunday, Auguit 19.
The AHembly were occupied for
alnioft two hours in reading letters
and addrefles, all approving of the
decree for suspending the King.
The Departinetu-of Guai c'e inform
ed the Aflembly, thru they had caused
the refractory Prftfts to be,exported,
and that tbeyoonfideredthia measure
as tending...tarty much to preferre
public tranquility.
The Aflembly then ordered the
Committee of Legislation to prepare
the plan of a decree for transporting
all the refractory priests out of the
kingdom.
Some private letters from Marshal
Luckner were read, which announced
that he had again taken the oath of
fidelity, and profefled his attachment
to the public eaufe. In a paragraph
of one of these letters, the Marflial
exprefl'es himfelf thus :
" Though the Executive Power be
suspended, I hope I {hall not be or
dered to retire. Had 1 not been or
dered to withdraw from Courtray,
I would, in a little tiqie, have rettor
ed liberty to the Belgians."
LA FAYETTE ACCUSED.
Some soldiers of the army of M. la
Fayette being admitted to the bar,
informed the Aflembly that they were
obliged to make their escape through
a wood to avoid being seduced by their
chiefs, and that they had come to Pa
ris to learn tlie truth refpetfiing the
events of the ioth. Tliey said, that
M. Veneur had written to the batta
lions, in the natne of M. la Fayetie,
to the following purport .
"Soldiers! your confiitution-has
been annihilated ! Seditious men have
filled the measures of their crimes.—
They have caused the Swiss soldiers,
and the comiiiandandant of the Na
tional Guards, to be aflalGnated.—
Wit h fwerds in their hands they have
.compelled the Legif.ative body to de
cree the fufpenfion'of the King. Sol
diers clioofe between ths King and
Petion."
They added that M. La Fayette
•wished to make thetn sign a paper
written in the fame (train, and re
queued that the would pre
vent the perfidious design of this Ge
neral.
M. Merlin presented fifty different
pieces to support their accusation.
Two private letters, and in parti
cular one from the Coumiiffioners
sent to the army, being adduced to corroborate
tnefe charges, (he Ailcmbly immediately palled
the following
DECKEL qv accusation AGAINST M. DE LA
FAY £T'l Jr.
1. It appears to this AflVmbly that there; isjufl
ground for accft&uon against M. de la Fayette,
heretofore Commander of the armyot the North.
2. The Executive Power lhall iu the nioit ex
peditious manner poflible, put the present decree
into t xecution ; and all authorities, alt
citizens, and all foldters, are hereby enjoined, by
every means in their power, to secure his person.
3. The Atfembly forbids the army of the north
any longer to acknowledge him as Geneial, or to
obey his orders ; and lti i£tiy enjoin thdi mo person
whatsoever shall luinith any thing for the troops,
ar pay any f'noiity for their use, but by the orders
of M. Dumourier.
We fhull be imjprmed before-hand of the part
chat the Aflcmbly -will take on the question of the
forfeiture ; tor, in the intermediate time, they are
oy deputations to col left the opinions or no.
LONDON, August 20.
The people at Havic-de-Grace, and from thence
;o Rouen, appear to be pretty equally divided be
tween the Kmg and the enemu s of monarchy.
The letters trom Paris brought by ths last mail,
mention that every thing in tiiat city is in a state
of the gieateft ferment and confufion, that every
hour perl'ons of refpe&ability ate airelied, and
that no one thinks himlclf late ; and that all who
can get awny are doing it as tall as poflible.
There are one hundred, ana thirty persons in
pr'.fon for the bufincU of the x®ih ; there is a very
great probability that they will all be put to death,
.is no doubt they will al l be found guilty of—fide
lity to,the King. The executions are to take place
m the square ot the Caroulal over against the Pa
lace. Among the vi£hms, aie several noblemen
of this country, and the flower of the Swiss nobi
lity, many of the late mimfti ts, and M. la Porte,
the keeper of the privy purse. The trials com
mence this day.
A letter from Oft' nd, dated 22d inft. received
in town this morning, fays, 41 We haye this day
the important news that M. L,a Fayette, and thir
teen of his officers, are carried prifdners of war
into Nimur—you may depend on the authenticity
of '.hisnews."
The Duke of Erunfwick, it is generally credit
ed, marched on Thurfc.ay from Luxemburg!) (ihe
word ol cohimand was given by the King of Pruf
(ia) on his way to Pans ; the diftauce by land from
thence being about 210 miles: It was conje&ured
that the Duke would transport his army by the
river Moftlle, and reach Paris on the ot Sep-
t ember,
The Temple, where the Royal Family of France
are confined, was a fanduary where debtors took
refuge agaiuit arrest— 44 Never," said a Parisian
wit, on feeing the King enter it on Monday—
44 never before did it contain so great a Bankrupt!"
ELECTION.
Return of the number of votes at the election,
held oil Tuefdav fall
CONGRESS.
Candidates.
F. A. Muhlenberg
T. Hartley
J. W. Kittera
W. Fiiidle.y
I'D. Heifter
| \V. Iryine
P. Muhlenberg
T. Scott
T. Fitzfimons
W. Bingham
J. Armstrong
H. Wynkoop
S. Sitgreaves
C. Thomfou
J. Barclay
W. Montgomery
I. D. Sergeant
A. Gregg
J. Smilie
I. Jacobs
R. Johnfton
I. Arndt
W. Rawle
County Commissioner,
ISAAC HOWELL.
Representatives in the State Legiflatttre
City. County. ;:
John Swauwick Robert Hare . . j
•George Latimer 'Tbomas Forrelt""
Henry Kammerer John Lardner
Jacob Hiltzheimer Thomas Paul
Benj. R. Morgan Thomas Britton
Montgsmer-j.—J. Davis, J. Tyfon, C- Evans, J.
Shoemaker.
C/icJtu. John Himium, Dennis Whelen,
aCharles Dihvorth, and Samuel Sharp,
j Sherifffor Chester—Joseph M'Clellan.
i Representatives in the ThirdCongrefs of the
United States :—
Maryland.
John F. Mercer, Uriah Forrest, Gabriel
Christie, Eiquires.
A number of artists are arrived at Boston
from Amsterdam, who are to be employed in
the manufacture of Glass in the Glass House in
that town.
By an officer from the Rock Landing, fays a
.South Carolina paper, information is received,
that Col. McGillivray havingloft the confidence
of the Creeks, has retired with what property
he could collect to New Orleans, there to re
main in a private flation, by order of the Spa
nilli Governor.
From the Pittjburgh Gazette oj Ofleber 6.
u We are informed that theCornplanter,New
Arrow, and of the chiefs and warriors of the
Senecca nation, have set out for the Miami
towns, to council with the hostile Indians,
and to exert their influence to bring about a
peace between them and the United States.
u Sunday last was hanged on the commons of
this place, James Nugent, alias James M'Mul
leni, belonging to Capt. Roctgers's troop of
hoiTe, for desertion and stealing a horse, &c.
the property of the public.
" And on Wednesday, two men were (hot,
lor having deserted ftindry times.''
155
The Prciider.t of'the United States, his Lady
and Famdy aie expected to arrive in town this
•jay.
Joh.v Patton, Esq. iselefted Representative
in Congress for the State of Delaware.
We hear from Nantucket, that the shipping
employed in the wha ring business out of that
place, have been very iuccefsfuJ the past feafou.
One ihrp brought in barrels of oil, and
7000 lb. of bone.
Accounts, from Nova-Scotia fay that the fame
business has been so unfavorable, that the ad
venturers there are alrnolt entirely diicouraged.
The ErigKfh whale fifhery has also been un
fortunate this year.
A Richmond (Virginia) paper of Ottober 5,
informs that four horses belonging to the
mail were drowned the preceding day, in
attempting to ford Pamunkey river—The pas
sengers crofted the river on a temporary bridge
tfre&ea for toot paflengers—the driver narrow
ly escaped drowning.
Extract of a letter from Cape-Francois, Sept. 17.
u The fleet arrived this day at twelve o'clock,
the new General (M. Defparbes) dined on board
the Eole, man ot war. The troops were under
arms, in order to receive him : at 4 o'clock, he
sent word that he would not land until morning.
" At half after five o'clock, however, he
landed, and his landing was announced by the
firing of cannon. The proceflion was dispersed,
this was what he wished to avoid. He went
to M. Blanchelande's, who met hiin at the
Champ de Mars. After resting tor half an
hour, we all went to the Colonial Aflembly, the
the President, M. Danfy, exprelled his regret,
that the intended ceremony had not taken place
on his arrival, and invited him for the next
day to a feaft with the aflembly and civil com
| miflioners. M. Defparbes answered, that he
would not hear of any feafts or ceremonies, that
he was c6me to save the Colony, and that he
had more serious business to <lo than receiving
or igivtertainmeßts; upon jthi* he walked
olf an>imt the plaudits of a numerous gallery,
conf]fting,chiefly of the niofj reputable citizens,
fie bpijg? "with him 6doo ir.en, among which
are 260 dfragdons, of the Regiment of Orleans.
ii Ths fame letter relates, that the Negroes
have been lately beaten at Gros Morne, that fe j
vera! of their encampments have been taken,
that they had 150 killed andjoo made prifouers."
It was the policy of the ancient common
wealths, by public games and feftivals, and by
various devices, to multiply and strengthen the
ties which bind men to society. The fine arts
were encouraged by the public, chiefly with the
view of foftering the enthuliafm of the citizens
for their country. It is surely better to bind
men's hearts than their hands, to engage their
best feelings for a government, rather than to
awe their fears into obedience. Yetfome men.
pretending to be philosophers, wiser than the
ancients, and colder than nature made them,
aHTetffc to dread the influence of opinion in favor
of a popular authority. They fear that a go
vernment, in all its branches purely represen
tative, will poflefs in too great a degree the
£;entleft of all power—the power of doing good,
exercjfed in a manner to gain the affections of
the people. Surely these men would not re
commend a government as more fafe, which
iliould make itfelf justly odious by violating
their rights, and debasing itfelf below the degree
of excellence in which every good citixen de
lights to contemplate the image of his country.
The people however are told to watch, to fuf-
and almost to fear and hate a government
which has done justice to individuals. They
tell us that Congress is more to be feared for
having done justice—those whose threatened
rights have been spared, will be grateful, and
feel disposed to support government. This is
the corrupt and dangerous influence which they
tell you is creatcd, and conjured up a£aiuft liber
ty. Is the world co.ne to such a pass as not to
be shocked when such words are applied to such
a purpose ? Is it pofllble in this enlightened age,
that a government can be chargcd as criminal,
and the people roi)led with alarm, because the
rights of tfie public creditors have been deemed
facrej? The fame writers who reprobate the
fhndiog a&, because it attaches men to fociet)
by tba intereil and sentiment, abhor ftil:
more a Handing aimed force. They would
support the authority of the people thro' their
rulers, neither by the strength of* arms nor of
opinions. The consequence is easily drawn—
they would not have it supported at all. Time
is against the government, for it is new. Ar
mies it has none. Rivals it has many—ene
mies more, some of its own houfehold—lt has
scorned the aid offuperftition—Without nobles,
without a politicalpriefthood, its life is in every
rn'an's hand—lt isfupreme, yet an hoftagewith
the people—Who are they that would incite
them to destroy it? Not the friends of liberty.
The wife and virtuous citizens are protected by
government, but in turn they protect it. They
are the keepers of a sacred depofit—for a re
public io purely ele&ive as ours is, rests on opi
nion. When therefore desperate men attempt
to poison the public mind, it becomes the men
of worth to discharge their trust. They are
bound to resist in themselves and others thefirft
iinpulfes of passion. The sober reflection of the
public seldom errs, and as seldom fails at last to
govern the government. It becomes that so
ber pfiblic to judge whether the tendency of the
late calumnies on men and measures be to cor
rect what is wrong, or to throw down all the
fences of liberty and order.
Total.
8465 a
8647 o.
•85=81 ='
lis 9 I -G
8685 i c
8268 *-"*
6436 | ~ 3
6 234 | £=;
6i J4 |.g,?
4593 l S I
5810 So
5597 5 «
5206 | 2
*9?4 = S
2952 <% S
3732 If
3=46 .3 E
2739 * *
2153 I )
218*
p"
3
2541
377 j
Blind and exceflive praise of-the government
and its measures cannot be expected to serve
any cause. Good men will he disgusted and
cunning men will find grounds for fufp'cion.
But a rational exposition of the principles of a
law and an earnest and frequent appeal to the
sober sense of the citizens on the fitnefs of those
principles and the ufeful tendency of the law, is
always a proper conduct for those to observe
who wish to fee good order maintained.—lt is
COMMUNICATIONS.
doubly necessary to do it when men who wilfully
or ijfnorantly nufripreteut; the delign of a law,
and of thole who framed it, are bulily at work
to kindle (edition—ivlitn they deny facts that
all the world may lee with their eyes, and tell
the people in the bo lorn of peace and in the very
lap of picnty, that the laws of Congress are op
iprellivo and ruinous, that the excile, funding,
and bank laws ought to be repealed, and even
refilled—for their doctrines cannot be admitted
without juftifying the refinance of the laws j
truly in such a cafe it is proper to vindicate the
conduct of Congress—to point out the reasons
of thole laws, to refute the groundsels objec
tions a jainft them, tn appeal to experi
ence, the best judge of men and their
to evince the wiftlom of thole laws by the good
fruits they hai e yielded to the body of the na
tion. Theje tail be nodifputeon the propriety
of doing this olten and with foine degree of
force and earnestness, suited to the fcnle of, the
inifchief of stirring up the people against their
own laws—yet thole who ineelfantly write a
gainst the excise, bank and fnnriing acts, be flow
foul names on those who vindicate those mea
sures. It seems as if the antidote Ihould be sent
after the poison. The soberest attempt to ihew
by facts the uses of a law is denominated puff
ing ; which by the way is fafer than to deny
the fatts which stare them in the face. Advi
sing the people to refpeft the laws and maintain
good order is called lervile flattery of men in
power, fycophantilh, &c. The court—that is
to fay, the lervants of a free people are to be
llandered toVnaniifeft the spirit of freemen and
thole who approve their conduit are base de
pendants or secret enemies of liberrty. Such
are the impudent arts which are using to stir
up mifchief.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Mr. Fenno,
I AM a plain man, and not deeply versed in po
litics, bui I arn conscious ot being in truth a
well-wsfher to mankind, and particularly so Co
the inhabitants of thefc highlyjavoted. United States.
It gives me no (mall pain lo lee in some of jhe
I new ("papers, a number ot scandalous refle&iong
thrown out agatuft the pfeTeiit administration ot'
the general government and the conllitutron—a
constitution -which, like the glorious fabric of
heaven and earth, (as far as we may compare letter
things with greatei] was formed in much wisdom
and true patiiotifm. out of a mere chaos—where
we lay in darkness, coniulion, difgiace and dis
tress, which (had 11 continued) was only " the be
ginning of for-row** to us and our poflenty —
whereas now it is the admiration of all intelligent
unprejudiced men in ihe woild who have heard
of it ; and the envy of moll nations, even of those
who hsve not the virtue, power 01 itfoluiion to
iollowoui example. What thofc gruinbletomans
.jmongit ourselves have in view, I know not ; but
however fair their pretention* may be, or how
ever clamorous, their secret views aie ftiongly,
and 1 am afraid justly fufpittcd, by the moie en
lightened and honeit p««rt of the inhabitants of
these ftalv-s, of not being friendly to the pubJic
peace. Perhaps some may want to Rfh in tiou,-
bled waters, even if their country thould pcrilh
in the ilotm. Ii may be envy with others.
From all I can learn, the chief and other offi
cers ot gdvernment were men of the firft charac
ters for probity, intelligence and patnotifm, and
underwent much fatigue and hcait conoding anx
iety in the field of danger and d.cath, rifquing their
all to obtain for this vow happy country, tiec
dom from a most grievous yoke, which neither
we nor our pofteriiy would have been able to
bear.
I have Been at pains to enquire, and from all I
can learn, most or all ibe m< mbcrs of the legisla
tive body, iri both houses, were men of the iiift
characters lor integrity, patrioiifm and intelli
gence, u» the Hates from Whence tiny came : those
!of then pw n vicinity weie ctiliitnly the best
judges of thelr chatfc&erj> ; they must leel the good
or evil of the laws ihey make, more than you or
I, or any others of lei's property, or fewer connex
ions or dependants than thtmfelves. Nothing but
perverse blindnef*, or woife, can hinder any man
from feeing aDd owning thjs ; and what poflib!c
motive could they have lor enabling laws (in the
confcquences ot which themselves and their nu
merous families and connexion's ar< so deeply con
cerned) which in their hear,: and confritnee they
did not thit k to be (upon the whole) best for the
whote family of this great and giowing empire ?
I cannot help fufpe£ting that amongn those un
reasonable enemies to the prelect coflft
there are a few who wilh us again under the Brj_
ti fh yoke, or are inimical to the credit, the glory |
ihe pcace and prosperity of those United States.
PHIL ANT HROPOS.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED ST ATI
Mr. Fenno,
BY this day's Mail I am informed, that the
letter containing 6 per ccnt. Stock addrcfl
ed to me from Bolton, which in a letter of i6tli
ult. was said to be by Post, was not put into the
Poll-Office, but forwarded by a private hand te
New-York, where it was loji. It is but justice due
to the Poll-Office department to make this
matter public,as groundless suspicions may have
arisen in consequence thereof. It is very un
fortunate at this time, that such an error should
be committed, as limilar reports have prevail
ed and in many instances with as little founda
tion.
Ypui's, &rc. SAMUEL EiVIERY.
nth, Oflober, 1792.
No. ok, North Second'Strcct.
UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA,
October 12, 179 2 -
THE Medical Le&ures will begin on Thurs
day, the firft of November.
ARRIVED at the PORT oj PHILADELPHIA.
Pel),;
Puyraud,
Welsh,
Hawkins,
Newel,
Burke,
Ship Eagle,
Brig La Salome,
Norfolk,
}\e\v 'on,
Sch'r Rebecca,
Sloop Thomas,
Pries of Stocks as in cur /act.
Oporto
Nit*
Cape-Frar.cis
St. Croix
Savannah
Aux-Cayes