NEW- YORK, August 31. On the part of'l lie Minilter Pleni potentiary of the Republic, and of the Commander of the Squadron. IT is commandedto all Sailors and Soldiers, formerly embarked 011 board the Jupiter, to deliver to the Permanent Committee,' the Arms wbich they have carried with them; and to all the Sailors in general, not to carry Arms wfth them, under the Penalty of being arrested, and im mediately conducted to Prison. New-Turk, Augujl 30. The Mayor orders the Constables and Marjhals to pubjiih ,the above Order, and unless they are inliant ly complied with, the Disobedient will be punished. R. V. Cambridge, Augult 19. At a refperfable meeting of the landholders-, and other citizens of Dorchelter county, .EsiUern Shore . of Maryland, on the 19th of Augult, ?• 1793, -Col. John Ecclelton in the i# ch.tvr, the following Address to the Prefideiit of the United Stales, on his Proclamation, declaratory of Neutrality, was brought in by a Committee appointed for that pur pol'g, and unanitnoufly voted. ■h a deep sense ble peace, and trality of 1 lie United States, towards the bellige rent pawersof Europe. Of war we have had a ihare—That it was in a glorious cause, will, we hope, ever prove ill'the recollection, a motive to a conduct both dignified and spirited ; but we likewile hope that it will always be, as we believe it is at present, the disposition of all our fellow citizens, to cultivate that pa cific national character focongenial with our Republican Government, and so necellary to its purity and duration. Your proclamation we think conformable to the solid in terests of the country, its eXpreifiops warranted by the opinions & wishes of our fellow-citizens, and to have been inlpired by the'true fpir.it of that Constitution, under which we •enjoy the sweets of civil and abundant prosperity. T6 this additional proof of that vigilant pa triotifui, to which we have been so often and so highly indebted, we beg leave to give our unanimous approbation. IftHK Eccleston .Chairman. Attest. i Ch. S. O'Neil, Secretary~.m To the Landholders and other Citizens of Dorch'fler County, Eajlern Shore of Maryland. Fellow CitfzENS, TOUR Approbation of the mea sure which 1 have taken to declare to the world the Neutrality of the Uiined States, towards the belligc- renc powers of Europe, gives me sincere pleasure. And it is jio less pleating to me to pbferve the difpo fitioiivt'hichydu matfifeft to preserve onr country in a state of peace, as the only means of promoting our national prosperity, and ensuring a cotuinuance of rhofe bleflings which our country enjoys in an eminent digree. G. WASHINGTON. Philadelphia, Augvjl' 24, 1793' SIR, While I acknowledge the receipt of your polite Jeltecof the. 2Jlt iuftant, enclosing the iefolutions of a number of r.fpo&able inha bitants of t'.e county cf New-Gaftle, let me rerjut'ft you to ali'u e tliofe Gentlemen, that. I confi ler theii approbation of the late pro clamation of the neutrality of the United States, anil of tlie measures taken by the go. Vcrnittent to secure to this country a Con ti'mince cf thole,manifold bleflings \yhich bo attendant <>n a state of peace, as a new proof i f that enlightened vifdom and philan thropic (Jifpofition which has ever marked [he virtuous citizens of the United' States. : 'Jo M'XtMLY H limingtoiiy Auguji 31 Portland, {Pijirifl Maine.) At a meeting of the merchantj and otners, w Mr town of S f oitk)ar+nnvth, (nfcobay, the i ftfh dav of Jtugufly the jo(!awing resolutions were utikniyoij !y adopted: ' l. THAT peace and tranquility are blei jfings which ought to be considered at all fifties in llife hVgheft estimation, arid that the prcfei- Vat ion of" them is clTential to our pretert hap- and the prosperity of our country. Go. WASHINGTON. .tat especially when so many powers a.re at \ya. with each other, we, who. can "0 l<ee and imnv,lofted tod.fferd.U ports,:as hevc totoie, when the fame powers were at ij-si:a with each other, myft undoubtedly partake ..f advantages peculiar to our happy fitttatHin ; and that therefore it is our inrerelf by all meaps to avoid any interference whatever that may be construed by any of the belliger ent powers as a departure fioiff'that neutra lity already declared. 3- That we highly approve the late Procla mation ot the Prejident of the United States; and being lenfible of our present happy efta bliihnient, we will do ail in our power as good citizens, with integrity and uprightness, to support the o'ujcfts'of his recommendation, and thereby promote the benefits we mjoy, and the general prosperity of our aiul that we will difcounteH&nce whateveV may be conlidered as deviating from the ftiwTU ell line of neutrality, fliouldany steps of that fort be di (covered by us, in any of our fellaw citiz»ns. Voted, that these proceedings be printed in the Portland papers; and tfcat a transmitted to t-he Hon. Thomas Hulfel, Efq, to (hew our hearty cnnturrenr» with our fel low-citizens of the town of Boston ; and, that tlie chairman sign it. WILLIAM MARTIN, Chairman'. Philadelphia, Sept. 4. From the Gazette Nationale ou Lc Mofii- . teur Universal, Pointed at Paris, June 24 and 28, 1793* r-'ceived by Capt. Malays, from L'Orient. Two works have been published.in Gertya ny, the firft entitled, a poem rompofed bijojt aid ajtcr the death of Lauu Xl'l,—Tin- other in Ai inavtt of the Piflim of the Revolution, with tin's— 9 Gustavus and Louis are the firft.—The French pai agraphia adds to this article, the following remark ; that it is a bold attempt on the part of the Houle of Aufti'ia, to charge., itfelf with reviving in this manner, the Love of Kings in Europe. Travellers who arrived at Maldenade and Montevido, Spanish places, relate an extra ordinary phenomenon which happened inthfc river La Plata lalt April—an ijnpe tuoiisjwpnd roie, it blew with a violence so extreme, that it drove tl)« waters of the river ten leagues distance from in banks—all the neighboring cbuntry was inundated, the bed of the river was left dry—This terrible irruption disco vered vessels which had been loft for thirty years—they found among othefs an English lKip which was wrecked in the year 1762— many persons went to the place—and walked all about the bed of the river on dry feet ; they are returned loaded with the lilver and spoils which had been fwal lowed up in the vefTels —This phenomenon which ought to be rank-" ed in the number of the grand revolution;; of nature, lafled three days, it the end of which time the winjl ceased, and the waters return ed with grand impetuosity to the natural bed ( . of thfc river. Numbers of persons in prison June 19, ar retted by tbe department of Pari? :— Coiciergerie, 325 > Grand Force, 33 1-— 70 of which .are ; Petite Force, 108 ; Sainte Pelagie, 131; Madelonnettes, 80; Abbaye, 69—of which 23 are military, and $ hnftages; Bicetre, 214—a !a Salpetriere, 45 f Chambre d'Arret 4 la Maine, 39. Tota -342. ; M. Roland ha 1 ; fled to Lyons ; Briffotwas to join liim when he was arjefted. ' Civil 'Sta\ of Paris. Divorces') Marriages 28 Born 68 Died 56 ,8 7 2 9 <>' \ 19 7 2 4 65 oil Seven hundred and eighty-five millions of aflignats bad been burnt Jime 22 ; tlnrty tbree millioiis more were ready to be defiroy ed. Collot D'Herbois was Prefideiit the Convention the 23th June. The places' of public amusement which were open in Paris the 28th June were ten theatres—an amphitheatre, and two other public exhibitions. * ' The Spaniards have two Generals who are not without merit, viz. Don Rtcardos, com mander in chief of the army of Catalonia and Don Vinlura Coro, who commands the ar my of Navarre. ' They write from Perpignan that the brave garrison of Bellegarde hold out yet, notwith standing a contiuual bombardment— they tear a famine —if they can get ill provisions, the fortrefs will be saved—and efforts are daily made to get forward the convoys; but the vigilance of the Spaniards is incessant. The garrison of the fort' da Jlatn*, has been on fliort allowance 56 days ; it was not till the 57th that it Airrend'ertd, after having been 48 hours without eating. Thd Spaniards have taken Fourqves three lea" ues si 0111 Perpignan ; they have re (Sored the ancient police in all its forms. M E"alite in a letter to the National Con ventioii'of the 2d June, fa.vs that the moment he had Battered himfelf with a favorable cifion on his'ca'e, at that moment he found h.m<elf more cloiely confined.—He was tranf ferred to the fort St Jean the 27th very culd pril'on, without rece.vmg comnm nications from any one—and without any at tendait* for himfelf or his son j his domett had been driven away although.they had pafT corts from the committee of the pub/c fate - tv and he was not permitted itther to fee or (peak to th-m ; he prays that the Oonven tiun would jutlgc h m to h, merits and attachment to t e cause of the through the Revolution. He for a , we dv deciiion— and if their decree fliou.d liot give him entire liberty, he a(ks perm, Won to cpHverie with fuoh t»erfon» a* he si.all de 527 fire, o<H to belhat rip to. that, prtfon., that he i*i a y be iyt iiliai ty to u-a.lk, and take the air, vtvi'cfc iiefays is alifuUirelj- necclfary to his now greatly ll'jtirtd by Ins c!ill' cis ol and mind. , - This Jetter wai rtieired to tine committee (V Astety., A vessel arrived here yesterday from Gibral tar, the Capt. of which fays that he was in formed by the officers of the garrison there that the combined fleet conlilting of fifty-two Jail of the line wefe to ' attack. Toulon* "Yesterday arrived 'here from Bengal a Frfe'icb ship called La V«lle <k JL'Oneut. Capt. Malm. | Yesterday a number of French lailors (a ---| Ane hundred) lately belonging to the flhip ! ' JupS'ter, now in New-York, arrived in this I tjj>y lt iiuder<the care °f ** party of militia. I Geteral Galbaud, it is said in a has been re-taken, near Weft Chester, by a party sent in purluit of him. fcip ©obd Intent, of Bristol, mounting i« arrived ?t New Ymk, a prize to tfc JilMfellles of 22 guns.. She was taken afjer'an fcftinate engagement, and the-lofs °C fcaptain and 8 men killed and so vkuHUe " ■ ' Fiom New-York we learn, that Citizen Qwpet, owirij* to Hie diftuvbances on board the ! Jupiter, bid iflued. a proclamation, ordering t her crew, with a few exceptions, to leave the $jid repair tp quartei sprovidedfor them on snore. many did. An attempt was made on the life of Admiral Cftmbi* (tiot of Citizen Genet as has been re ported) in,'which he was wounded in the hand. The attempt made by some of the crew of .the Jup itpr a few of which number have been apprehended. General Galbaud escaped from tfifcTupi+er on Friday la!ft, and tooltTre -rout Weit-Chdfter, escorted by a few of the crew vf the Jupiter. ? ■ : r <j[t -Vas currently reported that Captain Bompard 4s to be appointed commando of tile Jupiter. Three hundred paflengers are arrived in the Ann from Londonderry. There is ano ther p»(Tenger fliip, we underltand in the river. We hear that the Britilh (hip £)usen of 98 guns, the Orion and another 74, with three frigates and a Hoop of war, are cruizing off the Delaware 4nd Chesapeake bays—and that, belides the privateer Sans Culottes, the Orion has taken the industry, a Freuch privateer fitted out at Baltimore. The French frigate Adrea, oC 44 guns, is arrived at Annapolis. Letters received in this city From Mr. Wignell, via New-York, ship Amller ijrnti Packet, dated London, July 6, inform, that Ire was to fail in the George Barclay, 1 ©apt. Collet, positively on or before the 15th, with the whole of the company of comedians, number of musicians, engaged for the ness theartre in Chcfnut-ftreet- The accom modations for pafTengers in the George Bar c,layrare entirely taken up by Mr. Wignell. * J"he;public are informed in Mr. Dunlap's paper of Saturday last, that those members of the French National Convention " who were were treated so at their own re quest." A correspondent fays that after fnch an assertion, it will be with a very ill grace on the part of fame persons that the Englilh paragraphifti shall iii future be called juarS. It is.presumed the following article will (hew how much justice there is' in the above recited aflertion : Hat'onal Contention, June 4- Vateze One of the Deputies ill k cuftody, complained in a Jitter of having been put under ai reft with out a previous hearing ; he added that being father of a family, and in embarrafled cir cumstances, he flood highly in need of the ar- Mkars dite to himfince thelaft month. Order ofKhfe day. q The address of the arretted raeir.be'-s of »h6- National Convention to the people oi France, contains a develop ment of the nioft : eitriordinar'y tranfaftion that has taken place since the commencement of the revolu tion—and ftiould if be eventually produflive o^favorable confeque-nces to liberty and a free government, it involves a total subver sion ofali the principles on which free legisla tion bits heretofo. j been supposed to depend llfr it's exiftetice. fmpartant Commercial Communication. 'Jf a meeting of.tie Committee of Mercian's oj Phi 'I Jaddkhit,—i: was refohed, that a letter Jrm ' Tlioinas Jeffer/on, tff. Secretary tf State, an, ' ' the arfu.tr-thereto, Jhould be publijked in thi. ' city- ' , . * •Extra# from the minutes, Robirt Ralston, Sec'ry. 1 , Philadelphia, AuguJl 27,1793. dSNTLEJtiN, Complaint having been made to the govern, ment Vvf the United States, of some mftanee of'uuj'nftifiaWe venation and spoliation com. - m ttklnivour merchant vessels by the priva- I te«r»pfitlje powers at war, and it being pof. fib'e t:»Rt other instances may have happened, ofxTWcl no information has been given to the government, I have it in charge from the . J>refideirt to assure the merchant* of the Uni ted States, concerned in foreign commerce or navigation, that due attention will be paid to any injuries they may fuffer 011 the high Teas, or in foreign countries contrary to the law of narionj or to e*ifhng treaties ; and that on their forwarding hither well authen ticated evidence of the feme, proper proceed ings Will 1>« adopted fee their relief: The jufVflrrd friendly - clifptiit ions of several belligerent powers, afford well founded expec tatinthat they will uyt hefitfcte to take ef mea urfs for refi raip»n!» their armed veflcls from committing iiggicffions and vex ations on our citizens or tlfcir property. There being :m particular' portion or de (cription of the mercantile body pointed out by the laws for receiving coinmunications'of this nature, I take the liberty ofaddreffing it to the merchants of Philadelphia, for the lute of Pennrylvahia,-and ofrequefting that thro' them it may be made k'nowu to all those of their state wham it may concern. Inforina« tion wi l.lie freely received, either from trie individuals aggiieved, or from any aifocla* tion» of merchants, who will 6e pickled to take the trouble of giving it, in a caljUo interelt ing to themselves and^tielr^HHJj. I have the honor to be witli J (Jj|e|t • Your mod obedient servant, TH. JEFFERSON. r hc Merchants of Philadelphia. The merchants of Philadelphia receive yoiilT communicat or), as one proof among the many of the attention of government to the com merce of the United States, which involves in \t every other important inccreft of our country. They wilt avail thetrilsive* of the ins itatiofn given, to convey all fiich information as tbey may obtain, refpefting rlie vexation and ipoit committed by the privateers of the powers at war, upon the fading vfffefs of America ) and they doubt ftot upon representation .being made, those powers will (hew the belt difpofi* tion to rfeftrain Jjggreflions, which, being est. ercifeif ajainft k people, who.in maintaining a 4 rift hjU- have manifeftcd a frien4* -<Hip for anil which ought to excmpt them depredations,, faiuwith perfect eftflerilt By 01 dec/of the 'onmmitree, and in ' bdiialf of the merchants of the city of Philadelphia, JOHN NIXON. 7*4 Thomai Jejfcrfon, £fj. ) Stcretary uj State. ) The fliip Alice, Capr. Harvey, arrived at New-York from London, Monday laii* we hear (he has brought London papers to the 25th July.—We have Jeen one of the 15th which contains an account of the furreuder of Conde to the combined forces on the loth \ the garrifom had corfilted of 4000 men—lsoo only were found fit for duty who were nude prisoners of war—23oo were sick in the hoH. pitals. Genet a! Cuftine tatd been at Paris the last of June as stated in our lait—*—he had set out for the army—.j/nevious to which he had informed the Executive Council that the ar my deitioed to ast again ft the Prince Saxe Cobourg must be encreaied till it amounts to 120,000 men—in addition to which he re quired another army of 60,000 to make inctir fions into the enemy's country—with this force be promises never to return except he is victorious. The sieges of Valenciennes and Mentz were going on—The French ma king forties daily. No account appears in this paper of the defeat of the Royalists near Nantes on the 28th of June, as related by Capt. Makins from L'Orient. Lord Hiwe, with the Uft division of the channel fl*et, had failed from Spithead—and was to be joined by tfie Ruffian fleet of. fri gates and transports, having 011 board 12,o?o troops—A defcertt on the Coast of Britanny is confidently dated to be their object in the BritilH papers.—lt appears there hat been perpetual fighting between the French and Sardinians—-the accounts are from Tu rin—thel'e {fate that the former loft 4000 men in one action.—The P ruffians have made themselves masters of Weiffenau, near Mentz, after a lharp contest.—A bomb thrown from Valenciennes felt aftiong a number of those of the beflegers, and caused an explosion of forty of them. Lately died at Hudson, State of New-York, Seth Jenkins, E'q. a gentleman highly and deservedly revered for his pjiblic and private virtues. £T" The Anecdote" doty not appear to be fujficiently ivtirtfling. '• He l v 1 ni iis" was not received in JtaJon for this day,'s paper—No. 3. in vur next. Augiift 3°, 1 79.1 ARRIVED at the PORT**/ PHILADELPHIA. Sh p Ann, Stephenfon, Londonderry fli\g Harmony, Dunphy, Port-?u Pi :nco Whipple, S Croix Schr. Happy Return, M'Donald, N. Carolina Katy, Stephenfong Martinique Betsey, Eaile, It more George, Bu>r, Sc. EulLniua John, Hall, do. William, Connelly, Virginia Freedom, Tullai, do. Franklin, Talinan, Current Peggy, Skrjly, Charlfft »a Sloop Friend ftiip, Brady, Virginia Surprize, Berinet, do. Fanny, Brent, do. Bnfey, Hopkins, Cape-Francoit Sallvi Simons, Gouaive The hurricane season set in at St. and St Ktns, on Monday the nth of lait month, and continued u«itil li ne tin* ne*t morning with unabated and violent lury. Five veflVl* went on ftiore at S . Foftatiu , and 15 at, St. Kuu, mostly Aim rieans , Sir, To Correspondents. SHIP NEWS. Betsey, Taylor, Prifc of Stcckt ts ib our Ltjl. '.•fiwft,
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