firll received by.the Trustees /hall
be entitled to the Premium.
Also, a Premium of one hundred
Dollars is offered to the perl'on who
fliall on or befo-e the firfl day of
July discover an effectual, and
the cheapelt method of destroying
the Canker Worm, and give evi
dence thereof, to the faiisfu<stion of
the Trultees. - -
It is required tliat the communi
cations for which the above Premi
ums are offered, be delivered in,
-Without names, or any intimation
r& whom they belong ; that they
befeveratty fiiarked in fiich man
ner as each claimant lhall think fit;
the claimant fending with it a pa
per sealed up, having on the out
side a correl'ponding mark, and on
the iufide his name and address.
By order of the Trujltes,
Oliver Smith.,'Lorref. Sec'iy
I ROM THE NATIONAL GAZETTE.
AN immense num>v.-r of peaceable and un
armed citizens were atfembled in the
Champ de Mars, at the altar of their coun
try, to sign a petition relative to the dethron
ing of Louis the XVI th, after his flight. La
FSyette at the head of his mercenary troops,
after martial law had been proclaimed;, order
ed them to fire upon these citizens, and be
tween twelve and fifteen hundred were kill
etU
Remarks en the Jorcgoing,
'* from Loudon's fNtui-Yvrkj I)iary.
A .gORRESPONQENT cannot hut express
hisTUtjjnzb at a* paragHiph infd&r paper of
Saturday evening, stating the conduit of that
excellent man, and firm friend to America,
Monsieur De la Fayette.—An American,who
was at the time mentioned, in Paris, is well
a Cured of the misrepresentation of that ac
count. All parties acknowledged, that if was
entirely owing to the firmnefs, prudence and
good conduct of Gen. La Fayette, that the
mob, collected in the Champ de Mars, was
dispersed with so little ettufton of blood—after
they had wantonly destroyed two persons, and
were ordered repeatedly by the Mayor of Pa
ris and the Municipality to difpei fe, without
effect —Military law was proclaimed, and the
guards fired firft over tlieir heads ; which was
returned with Hones and (hot—A division then
fired at the mob, and about thirtyAveje killed
and wounded ; upon which they inftintly dis
persed, and the city was as quiet the evening
after, as if no lucli circum'ftpnte had 'happen
ed : From*perfons pi'efeiit on the ground, it
js Well )cno>vtj» were
eoNwAetoy as 'Sre' said in the accoint . taken
from the National Gazette, were'kShled. "four
is fully fatisfied, that thefirfety
or<ier of the f ify ps Paris wanivinp
asiriucn, perhaps more,- to the lleady and pa
triotic conduct of Monf. de la Fayette, dur
ing his command there, than to any other
C&nfe whatever :—And Airely, the inhabitants
of America wijl not fbffer the aspersions Of
the enemies of so tried a ftiend to the general
liberties of mankind, and of this couatry irt
particular, to operate a moment on their
Blinds.
PhiladelphiajMarch^o
Ttle ship Difpatcb, Capt. Benjamin Hodg
don, arrivted here Wednesday, left Liibon on
the 20th of February. Captain Hodgdon in
forms, that while he .was preparing "his Ihip
for sea, the pilot came on hoard, with intel
ligence that an express had just arrived from
FrStice, with an account of" the declaration
of war by that republic, against the different
powers of Europe, that had refjafed to nego
ciate with, and acknowledge the republic of
France, viz. England, Holland, Portugal and
Sardinia
Capt- Hodgdon cannot vouch for the au
thenticity of the foregoing important intelli
gence, as the Ihip, at the time of his receiv
ing-it, lay some miles below the town ; but,,
fronj its being communicated to the pilot by
Mr. John 3ulkeley, a very refpeftable mer
chant of Lilboq, he is of opinion that it may
be relied on.
We wait thearri val of the fliips John Bulke
ly, Capt. Wharton, and the Four Friends,
Capt. Volaus (which were to foil in two
days after Captain Hodgdon) for a confirma
tion of this news, and the advices from En
gland by the Packet, which Captain Hodgdon
•bferved going into Liibon.
The Portuguese were making great pre
parations for war : about 8200 troops had
Ween ordered from Lisbon to strengthen the
different garrisons of the kingdom.
fxtrtß of a If Her from a gentleman at Li/ion, re
ceived by theflip Dijpatch, Capt. Hoagdcn.
" "We have just received advices from
France, by land post, and from England by
Packet, that the Republic of France had de
clared WAR against Portugal, Holland, Raf
fia, England, and Sardinia."
By a letter brought by the James, to a gen
tleman of this city, dated Bristol, January
>7, we learn, that Louis the XVlth was pub
jicklv beheaded, at ten o'clock on the morn
ing of the Jlft of said month :—He met his
unhappy f a te with the most dignified forti
tude, declaring his innocence of the crimes
alledged against him, expressed his perfeeV re
signation, and a hope that his death might al
lay the ferments and diftrafVons of his bleed
ing »*untry, ire. &rc.—Popular tumults and
outrides immediately fuccceded bit executi
and mnny.m:m'jel-<; of the-coY:ventio;i are
feid to have been facrificed to the fury of ail
ungovernable and blood cliirftv mob.—
CharUjhn p <p:r.
Captain Joftma Barney, of the Ihip Sainton,
a.irivecf at Baltimore from the Ha v ana,which
place he left on ; the 13th inft. interim, that
the day before-he failed, the Spanifli frigate
Juno arrived there from Ferrol, in 28 days,
with dispatches for the diiferent Spanish go
vernments. The advices by the Juno were,
that the Kin'g of France had been decapitat
ed—that hostilities had commenced between
England and France, and that there was ail
hourly expectation of a declaration of war
between France and Spain—that theEmprefs
of Russia had acknowledged the republic of
France, anil declared Iwrfeif her Ally. Tlje
Junr> stopped but four hours off the Havana,
and then proceeded to la Vera-Cruz, to pre
- vent the facing of a 74 gun (hip and a frigate,
which had gone down to take on board eight
millions of dollars, till a further convoy thould
arrive—Captain Barney also informs, that an
embargo was to take place at the Havana tjie
day he left it. J
The above account of R.uffia's recognizing
the French Republic, appears to be extraor
dinary; but when it is considered" that Swe
den, which is now in alliance with Russia, has
(to use M. Kerfaint's observation) taken the
French Republic by the hand, .and when it is
also recollected that measures are said to be
pursuing by the French Republic to indicate
the Tutks against Russia and Austria, it will
be conceived that motives of policy and felf
prefervation may have induced the Eirtprefs
to take this step. There are, con
siderations which abate the probability of the
account. Russia, Anftria, Prussia and Eng
land, are apparently on good terms.', The
Turks have fuffered so much in the latei war,
that they will not slightly provoke their old
enemy. England and Russia are conuefted
ed heads of Europe are persuaded that the
fuppreffiop of Fiench principles is a common
cause to them. Should Russia be detached,
one of the strongest links in the chain of the
combination would undoubtedly be broken.,
France, in cafe of a rupture with England,
will, it is laid, immediately declare her islands
independent, sensible how inadequate her na
val forces would be to protect them against
the combined power of England, Spain and
Holland. If this should be the cafe, we fhaJT
be immediately released from the guaranty
ftipiilated in the treaty of alliance.
By the last courier from Port-au-Prince we
learn, that an .American ve/Tel has been feiz.
Ed at Fofle having on board 6000 muskets and
1000 pair of piftoli, corifigned to the worthy
tie jiJmecourt. A few days more and the pro
vince of the Weft would have been
It has been saved by the courage of the patri
ot Borel, who was so cruelly treated by the
perfidious Blanchelande.
, By the last letters from France we learn,
that the Blanche'andes, and the Girardms
frvtll uu rlw, -**♦, T»
is to be hoped, that their vile coadjutors,
will net long delay experiencing the fame
late. Gen. AJi.
Mr. Rickets, the celebrated horsemen—has
advertiled that his unparalleled performan
ces will commence, at the Circus wbifb he
has erected, on Wednesday aext at 4 o'clock,
P. M.
The Hospital bill, before the Legislature,
and which will probably pass, provides for
the appropriation of 26,666 dollars for the
improvement of that benevolent inftitutioo.
An horizontal windmill is said to have bee.n
invented by an ingenious mechanic at Pater
fon, New-Jersey ; the description appears to
agree very nearly with that of a mill, for an
improvement on which,an ingenious.inechan
ic at Boflron lately received a pateDt.
M. Kerfaint—in his speech to the National
Convention on the probable war with Qreat-
Britairi, has lketched a plan of operations,
which if carried into effect'on the part of the
French, with success, would go further to
eftablilh an universal empire than all the pro
je<sts of Louis the XlvCh, their former grand
Monarque—but then, fay the French, it
would be the empire of Liberty and Equality.
A writer in a New-Yolk paper, after dif
fering the Comedy called the School for Scan
dal, fays—" The uncommon popularity of
the School for Scandal, appears to me a ne
ccifary consequence of its immoral tendency.
Whatever chimes mi with a general spirit of
dilGpation, will always be acceptable to a peo
ple of profligate morals. Nor is there a more
effectual method of recommending the most
fafhionable crimes, than by thus blending them
with luch qualities, as are (till amiable to the
most diflolute. In every ag« and nation, men
are immoderately fond of whatever stamps
an odium on such characters, as are a tacit
but living satire on their own manners."
A French paper (Patriote Francois} fays
the National Gazette, gives us the following
Icale of Beings; beginning with the most J'u
blime of all and descending to the lowest dregs
oi his visible and invifihle creation viz.—
God—Angel—A tyrant killer—a philanthro
pic—An honest man-—A labourer—A flothful
cowardly citizen—A monk—A faint—A hero
—A kinjj—The devil—(credit is given for the
above scale to An Englilh Republican.)
Oi/y allowl fume people feope.
They'll hang thenfehies, andfnd the rope.
Tuesday evening the Comedy of the Fash
ionable Lover, and the Comic Opera of No
Song No Supper, we.e performed at the the
atre, in New-York, by the Old American
Company, for the benefit of the unfortunate
widows and orphans whose bufbands perished
in the late storm ; and upwards of 400 dol
lars raised for that benevolent purpole.
347
Tho Proficient of the Suited States kfr
town lit ft Wednesday afternoon, 011 a . visit t6
Mount Vernon.
Bland Lee, E r <{. is re elected if
member of the House ot Kepre fen'drive's of
Lh? l T oited States, tor the itate-of* Virginia.
Extract of a letter ftom a gentleman in the
to bisJrietid in this city. s
" [ am disgusted with a fit of* fciibblirs
who for fpme time past have in felted the pi»b
---• lie peace—Not fatisiied with enjoying the
real and substantial of liberty, they
ra ''f ' * delu g* of complaints fvom the m<*ft in
fi£'iincai&t Jourees, and pass the in oft child ifh
andl ridipulous censures upon their rulers—
Thi h a species of madneis and impertinence
to whjcji e x very free government is liable—
Thev£ every where some dilcontented
xyrctcrics, nrped on either by folly or private
tine finefs, who cannot bear an hour Of peace,
because it is -ift hour of refle&ion, and d.f
charge their venom through the dii tieft chan
nel they can fjnd—Like falprtianders they
can exist only in fire—Every disturbance is
to them an opportunity of plunder.—l think
, it the highest proof of the happy situation of
our country, that thefc wretclcs with all the
of determined mifchief and ma
lice, can find no object to strike at, no abuse
to complain of, that would give a man of
comm n lenfcand candor a moment's thought
—Levees, dress, titles, and trifles of this lort,
coinpofe the whole amount of our public im
perfections artfl calamities—Happy country!"
COMMUNICATIONS.
■Wfcile we are waiting to fee what effefh
will br- r- oduced on a government which was
broag nfo life and is kept in being by the
free »o;< of" the people, bv making the citi
zens hats and fear it, it 13 natural to ask,
\>>l»atguud is done in common life by similar
ufijge individual-—Doss a per,on make
moie willing to l<ud, to aid and
arfift each other by calling them rogues and
rafca'% would itftcure his wife's virtue and
delicacy for all companies to hear her flan
de> feci. Dors it encourage good men to do
w(jf,tiiily bv denying them the praile of well
dbmg—or does it add any thing to the force
ofcenfure by making it indiscriminate.—
Does it not take away lhame from public cen
sures when they are so general that bad men
may be lure to find. themfclves in company
with good men. What good purpole is it ex
peftsd to carry by keeping up an unceasing
cyy agaiuft Cbngrefs and the admiuiftrators of
the government as rogues, speculators, mo
narchymen—will it make rulers mend their
ways, .or the citizens weary of their fubmif
fijin Co the laws?
JMis ft.range that so many men undertake
to Mform government, who neglect to reform
thefrown prtv&tHives—Our heavenly mind
ed ipfen of no religion, dread the Aiding of our
pulitic officers into venality—Ambitious men
talb of equality, and our coxcombs and epi
curftsof the true republican simplicity ofmati-
'WTS. nuiini.i/ ™im rrwrn a grided
coach—and surrounded by a train of slaves in'
lively.—Men, who are embarrassed by debts,
and who have long relied on their influence
to Jet State laws pafled to keep off their cre
d!tor's, speak of the corrupting tendency of
public debts. Corrupting indeed if a public ij
governed by knaves who refufe tn pay tberrt.
Gamblers are in a cold sweat left (peculators
Ihould be encouraged—The creatures of an
ambitions party affect extreme delicacy in
regard to the influence of office. Yet they
take'their cue from them, and almost fpeaic
their Words. They mind the whiffle,& come
and .go like spaniels for bidding. These are
the iymptoms of .purity, which many lecm to
make a flourifh with, while they insinuate
every poflible foul suspicion against their op
ponents. Probably on weighing ctiarafters,
the private lives and the public principles of
the supporters of government, will not dis
credit the cause they have cholen to support.
If the friends of government take no pains
to ifindicat? it, and very little to secure elec
tiorfsittfTloneft aiffl able federal men. ' If the
enemies of government have the a&iv'ity of
evil jpirits, and their flanders are spread into
every corner of the union: The lapse of a
very-few years will (hew whether the go
vernment can Hand, when good men will not
take the pains to hold it up, or whether the
most worthless men in society can lie it into
the dust. Is it not to be lamented that too
many of our bell men are lookers on at the
crisis of faction and intrigue, as if they had
nothing to do with the event ?
SHIP NEIVS.
ARRIVED** Me PORTo/PHILADELPHIA.
Ship Dlfpatch, Hodgdon, Lisbon
Brig Polly, Dennis, Boston
Maria,
Schr. folly,
Sally,
Sally,
Pearfon,
Helm,
Sheppard, ]
Downes,
Coppinger,
Wallace,
T aylor,
Baxter,
JVlary Ann,
Sloop $*Jancy,
Betfty,
Delighi,
PHILADELPHIA.
PRICE OF STOCKS.
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J per Cents, 10/5
Deterred, . ~JS
Full (hares Bank U.S. 13 percent, prem
Wtnttd to cmpleatfiles of this GaztUt num
bers 79 and Bc—Six pence each u itl it paid by the
Editor Jot a jew oj ihoje numbers.
Extr<is if * letter ir to Ike Wtjlcm Tjtr'ttr „ dat?J
" 1 have taken the liberty to enclose you
the copy ct i c;>nim ; fl:on from the Honorable
WIKTHRor S**fltKT, Secretary of the Terri
tory of tbi United SUt«< Northwest of tile
R'ver'Ohio, now 'teflcu ail the powers
of the Governor, t«i tile perfiwis therein
named, with their refignatioin. At it is :i,
matter nearly cmiiieA«i with the liberty rff
the Citizens rf the United States, 1 ftioi.ld be
glud you voiiM procure them a pt.ue in one
of the public paoers."
By th« Ho'ioraMe VWrntop SaHgeb*, S«-
erefary in aint ftr tlte Territory of tl»ft
United Stttpr NuUTjWlft Of the hl**r
ortM i»CUt{
thereof.
To all tierfmH who {halt fee th'fe
5 Territorialprr/cnts, CreetiNf :
JTVK KNOW YE > have
v —' authorized and empowered
William Gofortb, William Wells, Wi;liani
M'Millin, Ji hn S. Gano, and Aaron Cadwel!,
Efqnires, Judges of the County Court of Com
mon Pleas, for the County of Hamilton, du
ring our pleasure : And do by these prelbnts
authorize and empower the (aid William Go
forth, William Wells, William M'Millin, Jolm
S. Gano, and Aaron Cadwel), or a majoritv
of them, to hold and keep a Court of Record
in the said County, to be styled the County
Court of Common fleas—and therein to hold
pleat of aflizes, fieri facias, replevins, and
hear and determine all manner of pleas, ac
tions, suits ai:d causes of a civil nature, real,
personal and mixed, according to the coofti
tution and laws of the territory.
(Signed) WINTHROP SARGENT.
Territory of the United State;,
Northwest of the River Ohio, C
Hamilton County. 3
T) the fiororat/cWiNTHRor Sa * cent, Efjuire,
First Executive Officer of the aforefaid
Territory.
SIR,
IT is known to your honor that in the year
one thousand seven hundred and eightv-nine,
bis excellency Arthur St. Cl#lr, was pleased
to honor us with a coniniiflion for holding a
Court of Common Pleat in the county afore
faid—which coin million we nhole to accept,
and have acted under the fame from that
time to the present moment—during which
time we are not sensible of any lack whereby
it became forfeited,'or that it expired.
We are again honored with your commis
sion for holding the Tame Court; in Which the
names of John S. Gano, and Aaion Cadwcll,
Efqrs. are included.
We/liould lie exceedingly well suited in their
appointment, would they acccpt, could it be
done oil principles compatible with the gene
, ral iiitereft of the community.
We, on our part, are not fond of innova
tions, and are avprfe to multiplying oaths.
Were we to ast under the late commission, in
concert with the above named gentlemen, we
inuft submit to a repetition of the oath of al
legiance and of office, without any apparent
necelfitv.
But for a moment admitting it was neces
sary that we rtiould be re-appointed to that
office, we could not. stoop to the indignity of
holding officesj the tenor of wMch is during
pleasure. We could not so far betray the
rights of our fellow citizens, as to et a prece
dent which might fii!>jeift the important trust
°' Judges of the Common Plea? to the wbira
or caprice of any one individual.
We have not yet forgotten, that this vrat
matter of complaint against the adminiftra.
tion of the Colonial government, at the com
mencement of the late glorious contest with
Great-Britain.
In the articles of independence, ratified on
the memorable 4th of July, 1776, we find the
following clan's inserted—" He has made
Judges dependent on his will alone," for the
tenure of their offices and the amount and
payment of their salaries.
That Judges Ihould he independent of the
Executive, is expressly guarded by the Con
stitution of the General Government, and it
a right we never can relinquifli. In acquies
cence with the aforefaid gentlemen, we here
fend you enclosed that coromiffion which your
honor has been pleated to offer to their and
our acceptance ; we consider our'elves bound
by and qualified to ast under the former, and
lhall demean ourselves accordingly.
Sir, with great regard,
your mod obedient, and
very humble servants,
WILLIAM GOFQRTH
WILLIAM WELLS,
WIDLIAM M'MILLIN.
John S. Gano and Aaron Cadwell, Efqrr,
made fiimlar resignations at the fame time.
> do.
Charleston
Port-au-Prince
do.
Guadaloupe
Virginia
do.
Norfolk
ICT 3 * LOST, on Monday lajl t a Five
Dollar Baiik-Note, of the Bank of
North-America.—the person -who may
have found it, is requeued to leave it
■with the Editor hereof, and they shall
receive One Dollar and thankt for their
trouble.
• '•\> / '• "J— r
Fto % 7, J 793* to * *n Mijaj,
IN tcftimony whereof we have can fid our tut/ic
St a! to be hereunto affixed. Wttncfs, WW.
throp sargent, eji,-. .w«w»£ rep*.
, fentingthe GovernorandCommonier in Chief,
batci'crt iiinchruitlfH* t,th of February, Anno
Ootntni One 'ftwufind Seven Hundred and
Ninety ■ Three, and of the Independence oj the
Untied States of America the Seventeenth.