Domestic Articles. CHARLESTON, March Y>. The company for opening the navigation ot the Catawba river is revived, and proceed ing with sprit in making the arrangements for competing the object ot their mft-.tution. At a late meeting they elected the honorable Grimke, for their Preiident; and the honorable William Smith, Gabriel Maiiigault, T o iin S. Cripps, Charles E. Miller, Cbnftian Sens, und Dav.d Ramsay, Elqrs. Directors It is witli pleal'ure we notice a novel insti tution that place in this city, within a few days pal*, which equally contributes to the comfort and con venience of our citizens, as well as strangers—we mean the eftabhfti ment of hackney coaches, which now daily ply in our streets. BOSTON, April 8. £xlra3 of a letter to a gentUmsn ' hi ' tcmn ' da " d Port-au-Prince, March 13, 1793- «' The army which is out on the Plains have pat quarrelling among themselves, and are coniinff in to day, to leave the Plains to the mercy"of the Negroes, and you mav depend that it will all be burnt to ashes. The Mu nicipality made a request, or rather ademand, yesterday, that all the mailers of veflels fhoqld furnifli one third of their crew to go out 011 the Plains—which they refute. They are willing to guard the town to save tlietr own goods if possible. What' will be the conse quence of our refufal I don't know ; but we luppofe that they will lay a general embargo. The people ate in the greatest consternation you can conceive ofthey exfleft when the army coines in thev will again fight among themselves, and if they do, this town will again be burnt. There is another circum ftsicc 'vHch u!« aw.afraid Commiffary is expeftsd here every moment, from, the Cape,' to enforce some ast, which the people here are determined fhnll not take place How it win lie fettled, God only knows. I with I was clear of this place of contusion, tu mult and disorder ; but it is impossible—they will not let cfre go." htrad of a letter dated Au* 14, jrom letter twin* "w* » » »-« -IT « Mertihtr of the Colonial AJjembly. " -Tranquility is not yet restored td/thu Col«ny, cannot be restored Until' f>ell» force,s Wcive, commanded by true repub lican'- , . • " SOme of the rebels haye lately set tiro to the iiigar works in the des Ances, be longing to several planters." By Ihe ttturss from a grept number of towns, (Here I* nu'doubt but the preient Go vern«r aid Lieutenant-Governor will be re Hoitsn.i« ejeifted j Eed»r«t- a ' prefejiUtirfc-— —" IN WHALE FISHERY. Cipt. Paul Worth, of Nantucket, in a let ter to a friend of his at that place, communi cate? the following agreeable intelligence of thefuccefsof our Whalemen fitted out the paftfeafon. He dates the letter from Marti nico, lSth Feb. 1793 —and mentions, that he has >ios barrels of sperm. and 2000 whale-oil. Obad. Barnard, on the coast of Peru, 20th July, George Bunker, ditto, William Swain, on the Brazil coast, 20th December, Gilbert Folger, Seth Coffin, David Barnard, Philip Fofdjck, Zenus Coifin, Peter Foidick, William Gliiby, Thomas Brook, 70 sperm and barrels whale. Dunkirk 1 nth Deccmbtr. PHeg Bunker, Benjamin Paddock, Prince Coleman, The Penelope, William Hawer, HARRIS&URGH, (Perm.) April 8. from a Correjpvndent. I. IT&kARY INTELLIGENCE. A gentleman lately from Fiance informs, that tlie love»s of modefn ethics will Ihortly be gra tified with ihe foWowing cdnlolatory publica tions, vie. 14 The Wrongs of Man," by Mi. Paine; being a masterly illustration, in the way of contrast, ot his former fubje£fc— 14 The Mille nium, a poetical Vijiort," by J. B. a fraternifed Ameiican—" State Regeneration, or the politi cal RWf&ngs of Aiheifm," by Citizen D ipom— And ** The Id<-a of Humanity on the new Srhemc of universal Fraternity," by Ci'iz-ns Egalite and kobetfpierre—an immortal work, with this motto, haifl M'Fmgal— hor now in itfprimptolfmfc, Ike term, human'tk comprehends „ All things+of which, on this fide he/f, IKc human mind is capable. BALTIMORE, April 10. YeflercUy arrived here, the Ichooncr Port-au- Prince, L<viw Jones, master, in 8 days from S;. Domingo. During Capt. Jones's stay at St. Jc rrmic, the mulattocs had revolted ; and at the timcol bis depart lire, thf ditturbances had not fubQded. About the *Q(h of .March, a whaling (loop put iiuo Jcrenv.e, and informed, that a few" nights before, they loft their Captain and fix haorfs. She w« callcd the Sally, Captain Howland. # Philadelphia, April 13, 1763. At a meeting of Che Aldermen of the City of Philadelphia, held at the City-Hall this day, tliey proceeded to the choice of a Mayor for the catalog year, when Matthew Clakkson, Elqoirc, appeared to he unanimously re elected. Rohxi Huiy DuNUMj Clk. Philadelphia, April 17. Articles of accusation and impeachment for high mifderneahon, were palled again ft the Comptroller General of flits Common wealth, by the Houle of Reprefenfatives at their late feflion. The charges refer princi pally. to certain negotiations and speculations in public securities. The House referees to itlelf the liberty of exhibiting at any time hereafter, any other accusation or impeach ment against thefaid Comptroller General. The Legislature of the state is adjourned to the fourth Tuesday in August next. Wjn. Colt, s!'q. Treasurer of tlx state of Conjjeiftiqut, U. appointed fupcrintendaDt of the Manufa&ory of Paterfon, N. J. A publication in a London paper, fgned Charles J. Fox, Colonel Fitzpatrick, Lord Robert Spencer, &c. contains the following declaration ! u That we will, all and each of us, in our refpeftive stations, colle&ively nd irdividu ally, contribute every assistance in our power to the due execution of tl*e laws, the mainte nance of civil order and government, and the immediate suppression of all riots and •tu < - mults, under what pretence soever they may be excited ; to discourage all illegal meet ings, and all seditious and inflammatory wnt r ings, calculated to mislead and seduce the people from their allegiance, and render them blind to their true interests." The Indian Chiefs who lately went froin this city to the eafte n states, left Boston the week before last, on their return to the Indian country. Various are the reports in circulation— Spain it is said has declared for a neutrality in the war; but at the fame time the Spanish Court is gone into mourning for the late King of Franc j. There Is a letter in town from LUbpn, dated the sth of March, which cpntains the following account':— a That France has de clared War against Spain—that a French cruiser has taken a Spanish velFel, loaded with hides and tallow, and having on board 100,000 dollars specie—that the Britilh government had publicly recognized the Dauphin as King of France—that Lisbon was arming with vi gour, and would have a fleet ol (hips of the line in a few days ready for sea." The fliip America, Capt. Bright, from Cal cutta, is aVrived at New-York. A correspondent observes, that as English accounts of French affairs are said to be par tial, i'.icqrre.'fl and falfe* ij: is much to be de sired that the public might be favored with Tranflatiohs from the Leyden Gazette, un paper publiflied in Europe, is constantly received in this coun try. A bill has been brought into the Irish House of Commons to discontinue the rcftraints and disabilities heretolore imposed by on per sona in that country profefling the Roman Ca tholic religion. A motion h*# alio brer* matte jrrrd irgrerd vof for the House «o go into a committee of the whole on thefubjeft Ma parliamentary reform. The Roman Catholic bill originated with the Hon. Mr. Hohart. The motion lor the com mittee on a reform, with Mr. These salutary mcafures appear to be the re sult-os accommodating principles, which it is found neceff.vry to adopt, in order to ensure unanimity at the prcfent intcrefting crisis of af fairs. Should the people of Ireland find a re dress of their public grievances in consequence of the war with France, ii will verify the pro veib, "that it is an ill wind which blows nobody any good." 700 600 700 700 400 none 100 (AYS A CO R B ESPOKDE NT ( The real friends of freedom and the equal rights of m*n in the United Siaies, and io ail other countricxs, are the h tends of reafwn, juilice and humanity; but there are those in aii Darn of the civilized world, who while they a flu me the honorable appellation of Republicans, dis cover the mod intolerant and rancorous temper towards those who piefume to controvert the juiltce of maxims which lead to the ixieimina tion of the human race. 6 DO 700 9X» 010 J 2:? i Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the De/a- ware State, to hisJr'end in this city. " I have jll ft been reading the hiltory o! .lie crimen, enormities, and absurdities ol human nature, from the end of the 9th cen. tury, down to the present time—Such a pic ture mull disgust every thoughtful person, with the (pecies he belongs to, unlets indeed he reflect that the aggregate of human worth was ever to be found in the private walks ol doineitic retirement. But for many centu ries 1 fear, little of this worth was to be seer even there The small frock of curreui knowledge feeins only calculated to oppreP with more plaulibility the ignorant multitude, who without the honor or fortitude of il>er< savages; without any interest i« the <joar rels of their rulers, were fatrificed, withnu' remorse, t8 the irrational ant) barbarous poll cy of tnonfters called Popes, Kings, and Em perors. At length, however, a dawn of hop* feeined breaking in upon the world, that th« condition of poor human nature was altering for the better. The progress made in science id the knowledge of civil liberty and genuini religion, was cheering every liberal and goo< heart, with the idea, that the ferocity of met was foftening into humanity, and the perio< nearly at hand, when the deftru&ion of thi human fpecie< would be confined entirely ti the savages of the forefr But alas ! How i weep again, over the woeful tragedies no* acting, on a theatre, which is continuallj boafrmg its preeraiuence in politics and ir philolophy ! Refinements in cruelty, barbari ty and profligacy, instead of yielding to the light of reason, appear to keep pace with its progress, and the fame enthusiasm which for ages lias desolated the earth, is as active as ever in the work of death and ruin, though 367 cloathed in the plausible garments of Freedom < and finality. In reading the dii'courfes of the i present rulers of France, one won id be ted to imagine that the human faculties had been suddenly promoted to a degree of energy un known to ancient times'; that man lu'id oflu med a superior rank in the o.der of intellec tual beings, wJ.ilft at the fame time we be hold all the low and boisterous passions. mark ing every ft age of their conduit, and the apos tles of liberty and humanity, funk as deep in blood as the inquilitor or the despot. The fact, I believe, is, they have determined to make the experiment upon Bayle's fentinient, that a nation of Atheifls may be a moral and free people 9 and all but themselves muft-clearly Ice that they have failed in the very outset-— Even a tlem of I fufpedt, will never anfweritieir piirpofe, and it is really aftoii iftiing' that 'men of abilities in legislation, should rank the doctrines of tlie Gospel, among antient prejudices and abuses. Nothing would be moreeafy than to demonstrate that of all tbe fvftems ever held out to mankind, the tenets of the Gospel are the nioft demo cratic. It contains exprellions and injunc tions of equality not to be met with elsewhere. In vain will either despotism or aristocracy I look for fan&iorf or shelter under the law of Christ ; and I will venture to fay, that the CHrifkian comftitution has provided more ef fectually for the Rights of Men 9 than any that can bef frafnetl by the National Convention of France. In the tfereli&ion of this divine fyftern, I think we may discover the source of all their enormities. In combating ancient prejudi ce", they have fallen into modern ones equal i ly groundless and fatal. They have attribu ted to religion the tyranny of despots, and the tame fubmilfton of nations—They have con founded Papal ambitfon and Prieft-craft, with the do&rinex ps Christianity ; and forgetting the tipe old maxim that corrupt!o optind fit ttg&fnve greedily fw allowed ail tll<t extravagancies of their dogmatizing Uphifts, who hive wanted either discernment or can dor, todvflringuirti between the genuine tenets of religion, and the follies which knavery or ignorance have grafted upon it, and fan&ified under-that name.—They have not consider. Ed, that to discard both together, or to attack the firft on account of the last, is at least as far from true wisdom as fupe.ftition itfelf. lfchriftianity is to be difmifled because evil men have made it instrumental to abuses, let us for the fame reason banish reason, philo sophy and freedom from society. The pic ture now exhibited by that powerful nation, is certainly dark and disgusting to ever)* un prejudiced eye ; and for my part, I can feel but little grounds fit the exultation that has been nianifefted at the success of their amis. It woukl have been time enough for America to rejoice over the defeat of Francis and Fre- when the conduit of their conquerors should be marked with the mild feature of Philanthropy and Benevolence. At present the most sanguinary ostracism is their only law, and as the last and best of their kings !«*■» victim tn wc rrrrsv trr.ftly couclude what will be the fate of thousands of more ignoble fufFerers. A revolution ce mented by such torrents of blood—much of which has been unnecefTarily Hied, must af ford b&t {lender hope for the future happiness of a nation ; for however certain it is, that the left of man has ever been to smart under ail the branches of tyranny and oppreflion ; yet will not this consideration excuse the afiert ors of liberty, when they wantonly pursue the fame desolating plan. In my opinion the only credit due to these reformers, is, to have demolilhed the foundation of ancient def potifra, and to have eradicated-abuses, which have for ages been the reproach and scourge of human nature ; but political happiness con sists not in deftrullion alone : New systems must be e relied on the fcite of the old ones. A chasm in coercive laws, would be as dan gerous as tyranny in a Prince or Minister, and every artful villain would become a des pot ; wherefore, unle's a government be a dopted immediately that may tranquilize that agitated nation—that may increase their cbmforts wttilft it secures rheir rights, that prptell individuals from mobs ar.d de magogues, more effectually, than former laws defended them from nobility and courts; un less it check the spirit of conquest and pro mote the peace of mankind, by countenanc ing urefill knowledge and genuine religion, the only fruit of this revolution will be, to have vouzed an impetuous people from the lethar gy of slavery, to the fever of liberty, without furnifhing remedies for reducing them to that temperate composure, for want of which, po litical equality can never subsist.'' Fed. Gaz. Extrafl oj a Utter from a gentleman in London, dated Feb. 3, to his friend in this city. il All is working in Europe for the freedom of man, the downfall of Antjcbrift, and the dawn of that day, when all /hall fit under their vines and fig-trees* and no ty ants make them afraid. Even war, our fooliih war, will aid thofeevents,and ere long the spirit ofdelufion will cease. 4< France is ailing under an unfeen,and an unacknowledged influence, that influence which dictated to prophets what they knew not, ! and tbe time of its acconiplifhment was equal j ly htl frim them. You may, in your peace ful clime, obierve the signs of the times, and approach, which may be as instanta neous as the lightning, which ftarteth from the eart, and Ihineth unto the weft ! " Your old acquaintance Fayette—alas, how degraded, how justly fallen. He was in league with the King, not deceived by him, and is fu r peltsd of a design unfavorable to the great objects we all desire to fee realized. He is confined in the callle of Magdebourg, and at the mercy of the despot of Pruilia, who, by tbe way, as one of the villainous confederacy of p. ir.ces, is taking his share of the kingdom of Poland—ant this a!<o is in aid of what they think not. All mil work for good." f.xtraCl of a letler from a o'tigymi* iji Liverpool, dated Feb. 9, to kii er>rrtfponde*t in this city. " Th'rig' at pre'ent look very dark and gloomy, wish refpeft to political matters in Europe. The French nation have declared war with and H ii!r.i;ri. . In France all at pielen.t feenr: to te little leis than one * entire fccne of a;-.! 1 , cimi'u/ion. On the 2ifr cf \>ft month they.put theii late King to death, by uuMidy off his head. Our preparations for war aw very vigorous, and except the Lot d in mercy prevent, til® approaching lumraei seems likely to be a very bfopdy one iiirierd ; the Lord prepare us for all h's holy jvill!—l an l often of late thinking on those twopaffages of scripture, viz." The Lord rergfietfc, let the earth rejoice ;" a ß d " The Lord reigneth, let the people tremble." I am well fatisfierf that the judge of all the earth mull and will 'do-tight—though from the present appearance -of things I cannot help frequently exprefimg rnyielf in those words of the apostle*—'" How unfearchabk are hit judg ments, and hiv ways pall finding out " I rejoice much with you m the profpeft you have of peace with the Indian nations on your frontiers ; the good Lord bring'it about, and eftabliih it ! And with you I hope I can and. do heartily pray ; O that the kingdom of the Prince of Peace may come, and that the "knowledge of the glory of his name and lore may increase, and spread from pole to pole, and from the river to the ends of the eavth 1" FROM THE NHW-YORK JOURNAL. A late publication, /row London x called u 77/£ JOCKEY CLUti," while treating on the intrigues of the QUEEN of France, introduces the foil quo- ing natc '• — u To us who are acquainted with the ac tual resources of Frartce -and with the spirit arid unanimity that now prevail through the v country, the idea o{_ toucjutrirg it ap pear;? insanity ; but while the momentary excefles of an outraged and justly exaopera ted multitude, are at present so maliciously dwelt on, in order to depreciate the gene rous universal principle on which the nation a fly let us refer our readers to the savage horrors now daily exercising on the frontiers, without a lhadow of interest or provocation, by the cfifciplined armies of Pruftia and Au fti ia, under tl?e coriimand of that humane, ex perienced, and philosophic general, the Duke of Brunfwick, the val'rant brother of our Roy al George, and in order to give Tome idea of the tendemefs and companion of the French aristocracy, we (hall relate the follow ing an ecdote, the veracity of which is generally ac knowledged throughout Pari??, and we our felve* heard it triumphantly recorded by a young French aristocrat, who occasionally aflifted ot the ceremony. For a considerable time before the tenth of August, the royalists alTumed a very imperi ous ton^itheir numbers were formidable, and they announced, without reserve, their hopes, which with them amounted to a certainty of a couotter-revolution, and their paflimcs were adapted to the sanguine expfeftations they indulged. " There has been a machine lately invent ed in France, for the execution of < riminals, called a Guiilotin, after the name of its in ventor, and It is contrived, that on dropping, instantaneously to fever the head from the body. In the ariftoeratic families, and chief ly among those connected with the Queen, it was the cufl-om every day, as soon as dinner was fjnifhed, to have one of these Guillotine in miniature, brought in with the desert. Around it were fixed figures representing some of the piincipal and moll obnoxious pa triots, Messrs. d'Orleans, Condorcet; Briffot, &c. Abont the neck of each, was a ImaU phial containing a ctimfon coloured liquid perfume. A magistrate (one of the party) was appointed to try the criminals, and im mediately on sentence being pronounced, by an ingenious mechanical pi'ocefs, down drop ped the Guiilotin, the head was 2t once chop ped off, and the blood flowed, when the com pany in general, and particularly the ladies, eagerly and joyfully fteepeck their handker chiefs in it, and applying Vt to their noses, in extacy exclaimed, 4< qu'il eft doux, le fang des patriotes Ah ! how sweet is this patriot blood!" for amongst them, as with our fine gentry in London, the word patriot is an epithet of mockery and dcrifion. " From the above well known fact, we leave our readers to conclude, what the re sult would have been, if victory had inclined to their fide. Eleven thoufar.d victims were already firedeftined to the block, and it can- not be supposed there would have been much pains bestowed on th * formation of tribunals for trial." ARRIVED a/ the PORTo/PHILADELPHIA. 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