m
Frotn the Virginia Ctut in el, &c.
Friends and Fellow-Citizens,
AT a time when the public tran
quility seems to be threatened with the
awhil calamities of an approaching war,
a certain constancy and nrrrmffs ofTen
timent, supported by exertions, unaui
moufiy -contiirtwdj appear in .a remark
able degree to be required. The impe
rious arm 6f Efigland, contrary 'to the
rights of neutrality, has beey for feme
time employed in pillaging our property
by sea, and the late (Sncroachments on
our territory by land, leave us faint
gieatris Of hope "for a fuccefsful negocia
tiort. thVough the medium ofour Envoy
Extraordinary.—HenCe little else can
be expedted than sudden hostility. With
fnch Sir tventriil .period in our view,
much is required, both individually and
collectively. Our government has, on
"her part, judiciously pursued every mea
sure that <56nld secure pacific operations,
and conleque'ntly preserve the happy
blefiings of a more lasting peace. This
will be a chei idling refleftion/y/hen we
liave to seek an atonement for our in
juries, in the field. The only grateful
return we can well manifdt, to those
who have the charge c our national in
terests, for conduit so highly laudable,
is to adopt every method, in a likeli
hood, to facilitate discipline, or that can
aid in forwarding a prompt conformity
to all inftruftions, whether by law of
Congress, or proclamation. Not a mo
ment is to be 1011. There are abundant
intervals of leisure, from our private
avocations, for privately practicing the
use of arms, belidep bellowing the n\oft
conitant attendance at the mutters re
quired by our laws ; for it tnuft be ob
vious, that time should be embraced
with patriotic ardor to hasten military
improvements. Hence the general with
es will be more prosperously carried into
effect.—Evei'y circumstance having a
tendency to spread dissensions in our
militia regulations should be discarded,
a* unworthy to dwell in the bosoms of
men engaged in a common cause for
the defence of their Rights and
Liberties. Willing obedience to those
who are delegated with authority, as
officers, should be ftriftly regarded, for
obediertce will .eventually be fotind tile
fnoft ready road to victory.
If non-attendance to orders, under
duty, is ptaftifed, it will grow into ha
bit ; and when the day of trial arrives,
this pernicious habit will be carried
along with us, and we lliall appear me
lancholy examples of our own indiscre
tions. Voluntary obedience, and a love
of order, are among the mtft diitin
guifhed honors in the character of a
soldier, as well as a citizen. It is but
too notorious to be forgotten, that a
contrary conduct, during our struggles
for freedom, often produced the molt
unhappy consequences to some of our
Belt men, under militia establishments.
The national afflictions which are
likely to result, from the unlawful afTo
ciatiofi of armed rtien to the who
are about Snaking a defceiit on the Spa
n!fh lettlements, cannot be too harihly
condemned, by those who lo'tc their
country.« The separate departments of
our government, were in pursuit of
means the mod likely to secure a free
and'uninterrupted navigation of the ri
ver Miflilippi, without shedding the
blood of a human being; but the fond
votaries of the fa&ious Genet,-to the
westward, have acted with such & ftiare
of immoderate folly, that we may ex
pect to hear of them staining the mar
ginal courses of the Miffifippi,with the
blood of our brave soldiers, who are
now engaged in defence of their coun
try against a savage enejny:—For it be
came neceflary, for the preservation of
political and national ordqj", to ditett the
national trjops to march against these
fugitives 6f their country. This is one
of those rare, but lamentable truths,
of men deserting the cause of a happy
land, where their property, their lives
and their liberties were protefited ; and
proves demonftrably the important ne
ceflity of concord and unanimity. Let
us impress on our memories, and on the
memories of our childrerj, the venerable
maxim of old, —" United we Hand, di
vided we fall."
A Friend to the People.
Winchester, June 19, 1794.
CONGRESS.
IN SENATE,
Friday June 6th, 1794.
( Continued.)
A meflage from the House of Re
presentatives by Mr. Beckley their
Clerk :
Mr. President—The House of Re
presentatives agree to the amendments
of the Senate to the bill, entitled, " An
aft supplementary to the aft, intituled,
" An aft to promote the progress of
ufeful arts." And he withdrew.
The bill, sent from the House qf Re
presentatives for concurrence,,entitled,
" An aft laying duties oil property,
fold atauftion, was read the third time.
Resolved, that this bill pass wittP a
mendments.
Ordered, that the Secretary desire
the concurrence of the House of Repre
fentatjyes in the amendments to this bill.
The Senate adjourned to 10 o'clock
to-morrow morning.
Saturday, June 7,
Mr. Vining reported from the com
mittee for enrolled bills, that they had
examined- the following bills, to wit :
the bill, entitled, " An aft laying du
ties on property fold at auStion," the
bill, entitled, " An aft to continue in
force fcr a limited time, th£ aft supple
mentary to the aft for the eltablilhment
of light-houses, beacons, buoys and pub
lic piers," the bill, entitled, " All aft
concerning Invalids," the billj entitled,
" An aft for the relief of Nichdlss
Reib," and the bill, entitled, " An aft
fupplemeritary to the aft, intituled,
" An aft to promote the progress of
ufeful arts," and that they were duly
enrolled.
A message from the House of. Re
presentatives by Mr. Beckley their
Clerk,-
" Mr. President—The House of Re
prefenta'tives have pafied a bill, entitled,
" An aft making appropriations for
certain purposes therein ,in
which they desire the concurrence of the
Senate.
" The Speaker of the House of Re
presentatives having ligned several en
rolled bills, 1 am directed to bring them
to the Senate for the fig-nature of the
President." And he withdrew.
. The President of the Senate signed
the bills last reported to have been exa
mined, and they were delivered to the
cormriittee to be laid before the Presi
dent of the United States, for his ap
probation".
Mr. Vining reported-from the com
mittee for enrolled bills, that they had
this day, laid the bills last reported to
have been duly enrolled, before the Pre
sident of the United States.
Mr. Potts from the committee to
whom was tefeired the bill, entitled,
" An aft declaring the consent of Con
gress to an a A of the (late of Maryland,
paired the twenty-eighth of December,
-one thousand seven hundred and ninty
three, for the appointment of a health
officer," reported amendments, which
were read and adopted.
i It was agreed to difpehfe with the
rule and that this bill be noto read the
third time.
Resolved, that this bill pass with a
mendments.
Ordered, that the Secretary desire
the concurrence of the House of Re
presentatives in the amendments to this
bill. '
A meflage from the House of Re
piefentatives by Mr. Beckley their
Clerk:
•' Mr. President—The House of Re
presentatives agree to the amendments
of the Senate to " The resolution di
recting the Secretary at War to make
out and return to the Diftrift Judges,
certain lifts, in the cases of invalid pen
sions They also agree to the amend
ments of the Senate to the bill, entitled,
" An adt to enable the officers and sol
diers of the Virginia line an continental
establishment, to obtain titles to certain
lands lying north-weft of the river Ohio,
between the Little Miami and Sciota.
They disagree to the amendments of
the Seriate to the bill, entitled,'" An
aft for the more effedlual protection of
the South Western frontier settlers."—
And he withdrew.
The Senate proceeded to consider
the resolution of the House of Repre
sentatives on the amendments to the
bill last mentioned—and
Resolved, that they insist on their a
mendments to said bill, and that a con
ference be desired on the disagreeing
votes of the two Houses, and that Mr.
King, Mr. Ellfworth and Mr. Potts be
managers at the fame on the part of
the Senate.
Ordered, that the Secretary acquaint
the House of Representatives there
with.
A meflage from the House of Re
presentatives, by Mr. Beckley, their
Clerk:
" Mr. Prefidftnt—The House of Re
presentatives agree to the proposed con
ference, on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses, on the bill, entitled, " An
aft for th* more efFectual protection of
the South Frontier Settlers,"
and haye appointed managers at the
fame on their part." And he with
dreuv
- The bill, font from the House of
Representatives for concurrence, enti
tled, " An aft making appropriations
for certain purpcfes therein expressed,"
was rpad.
Oa motion,
It was agreed to dispense with the
rule, a:id that this bill be now read the
fecoiid time.
Oidered, that this bill be referred
to Mr. Cabot, Mr. Rofs and Mr. Ellf
wortfi, to consider and report thereon
to the Senate.
(To be Continued.)
LAW OF THE UNION.
THIRD CONGRESS OF THE
UNITED STATES,
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Philadel
phia, in the State of Pentf Ivania,
on Monday the second of De
-cejpber, one tooufand fi
ven hundred and
ninety-three. ,
An ACT laying additional Duties an
Goods, Wares and Merchandize im
ported into the United States.
Sec. I. XVE it'enaQed by the Sejtat c
~ J3 and Hovfe of Representa
tives of the Unit/i 'States of America, in
Cungrefs ajfemblid, That from and after
the last day of-Juhe instant, there (hall
be levied, collected and paid upen the
following articles, imported into the
United States, in /hips or veflels of the
United States, thefevera'l duties herein
after mentioned,' over ahd above the du
ties now payable by ; —viz :
On coffee, clayed or lump sugar, per
pound, one cent.
On cOcoa, per pound, two cents.
On cheese, per ponnd, three cents.
On boots, per pair, twenty five cents.
On (hoes and flippers for men and wo
men, and on clogs and golofhoes, per
pair, five cents.
On shoes and flippers for children, per
pair, three cents.
On coal, per bufliel, one half a cent.
On millenary ready made, artifici-"
al flowers, feathers and other
ornaments for womens' head
drefles, and on dolls drefTed and
undrefled.
On cast, flit, and rolled iron, and
generally, on all manufactures
of iron, ileel, tin, pewter, cop
per, brass, or of which either of
those metals, is the article of
chief value, not being other
wise particularly enumerated,
(brass and iron wire, locks,
hinges, hoes, anvils, and vises
excepted,)
On carpets and carpeting,
On leather tanned or tawed, and
generally, all manufactures of
leather, or of whicli leather is
the article of chief value, not
otherwise particularly enumera
ted-,
On medicinal drugs, except those
commonly used in dying,
On matts and floor cloths,
On hats, caps, and bonnets of e
very fort.
On gloves, mittens, stockings,
fan 3, buttons and buckles of
every kind, >-r
On sheathing and cartridge paper, S
On all powders, pastes, ball, bal-
sams, ointments, oils, waters, „
waflies, tinctures, eflencesj, or J, 3
other or eompofi
tions, commonly called sweet
scents or odours, perfumes or §-
cofmetifs, and on all dentifrice, §
powders or preparations for the 3
teeth or gums,
On gold, silver, or plated wares,
gold and silver lace, jewellery
and paste work, clocks and
watches, and the parts of either,
.On groceries, to wit; cinnamon,
cloves, mace, nutmegs, ginger,
annifeed, currants, dates, prunes,
raisins, sugar candy, oranges,
lemons, limes, and generally, all
fruits and comfits, olives, ra
pers, picklcs of every fort, oil
and mustard in flour,
On all tnarble, slate, or other
stone, on bricks, tiles, tables,
mortars, and other stone, and
generally, on all stone, and" ear
then ware,
On Cabinet wares, and all manu
factures of wood, or of which
wood is the material of chief
value,
On all manufactures of cotton or
linen, or of muslins ; of cot
ton and linen, or of which cot
ton or linen, is the material of
chief value being printed stain
ed or colored ;
On carriages, and parts of carriages,
four and a half per cent, ad valorem.
Sec. 2 Judbcitfurther entitled, That
after the said last day of June inft, there
(hall be laid, levied and collected, in
addition to the prcfent duty thereupon,
a duty of two and a half per Cent, ad
valorem, upoji all goods wars' and mer
chandize, which, if imported in (hips
or veifels'of the United States, are now
chargablty by law, with a duty of seven
and a half per cent, ad valorem.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the fourth fee}ion of the ait entituled
" An act for raising a further sum of
money for the proteftioH of the frontiers,
and for other purposes therein mention
ed," whereby an additional duty of two
arid a half per cent, ad valorem, was
laid upon certain goods, wares, and mer
chandise, be, and the fame is hereby
continued in force, until the firft day of
January, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety seven.
Sec. 4. And be it further enaSed,
That an addition of ten per centum,
(hall be made, to the fe vera! rates of du
ties,! above fpecitied and imposed," in
refpedt to all goods, warts and merchan
dize, which, after the said last day of
June instant, (hall be iniported in ships
or vefiels, not of the United Stafes,
Sec. 5. And be it -farther enaSed,
That all duties, which /hall he paid, or
secured to be paid, by virtue of this aft,
/hall be returned or discharged, in ref
peft to all such goods, "wares or mer
chandize, whereupon they ftiall
so paid, or fetcured to be paid aa within
"'twelve calender months after payment
made or fecorit.y given, (hall be exported
to any foreign port «or place, except one
per centum on the amount of the said du
ties, which (hall be retained, as an in
demnification for whatever expense may
have accrued concerning the fame.
Sec. 6. And be it 'further -enabled,
Thfit the aft, entituled " An aft to
provide more eneftually for the collec
tion of the duties, fmpofed -by law on
goods, wares and merchandise imported
into the United States, and on the ton
nage of (hips or vessels," shall ext,end to,
and be in full force for the collection of
the duties fpecified -and ldid in and by
this aft, and generally, for the execution
thereof, as fully and effectually as if every
regulation, reftriftion, penalty, pro
vffiorTj clause, matter and
in contained, had been herein inserted
and re-enacted,
Sec. 7. And he it further enaftcd,
That nothing in this aft (hall be con
strued to extend to, or affect the aft in
tituled " An act prohibiting for a limi
ted time the exportation of arms and
ammunition, and encouraging the sam« "
Sec. 8. slnd be it further enaßtd,
That this aft /hall continue in force un
til the firft day of January, one thousand
seven hundred and ninety seven, and no
longer.
Frederick A'. Muhlenberg,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
Ralph Izard, President of the
Senate, pro tempore.
Apprcved—June the 7th, 1794'.
G°. Washington,
President of the United States.
Foreign Intelligence.
FRANKFORT, April z 4 ..
The Pruflian soldiers who had been
sent to Colonge are returning to join
the grand army under Marshal Mollen
dorff, who receives daily, very conside
rable reinforcements. It is certain that
the Prussian forces will not be divided,
but will commence- the operations of
the campaign by the liege of Saar Li
bre. His Pruflian ivlajeily, accompa
nied by his two'fons, will be at the
head of his army by the middle of
May.
While on the one hand the Pruflian
army will be led on by so great a Gene
ral as Marfhsl Mollendorff j on the o
ther, the Combined, Imperial and Aus
trian forces will be in fact commanded
and directed by Prince Hohenlohe ;
the Duke of Saxe Tefchen, having
merfcly a nominal command; In a poll
or two, I (hall probably be enabled to
give you some account of the comer.ee
ment of the Campaign on the Rhine.
BASLE, April 21.
On the 3d, 4th and sth of this
month, the French opened the Cam
paign in Italy, by a combined attack
along the frontiers of Piedmont.
The French after taking poll at No-
Xelefa, Onde, and Sezanne, marched
towards Exiles ; it is supposed this
place js taken.
.On the 4th, the French marched in
a column ol 26,000, and took the town
and territory of Oneglia. Six hun
dred Swiss,. with some Piedmontefe
troops, were made prisoners.
With reipect to the Swiss, their neu
trality is decided. Nothing call make
them swerve from this line of conduct,
which has been approved by all the Can
tons. .»
Dumoufer, who is in some part of
Switzerland, lias just published at Lau-
fanne,. two volumes of memoirs, by way
of defence.
PARIS.
Revolutionary Tribunal,
3 Floreal, 22d April.
The following persons were tried and
found guilty of Treasonable Practi-
ces agairift the Republic.
J Dupremefnil, 48 years of age,
born at Pondicherry, formerly Coun
sellor of the Parliament of Paris, and
member of the Conltituent Assembly.
J. G. Thouret, 48 years of age,
born ar Pon l'Eveque, a Lawyei, and
member of the Conftitutent Aflem
bly.
G. Lamoignon de Malefherbes, 72
years of age, born at Paris, Minister of
State till 1788, formerly firft President
of the Conr des Aides of Paris, and
official defender of Louis Capet.
A. M. T. Lamoignon Malefherbes,
daughter of the former, 38 years ot
age, and widow of Lepelletier Rozam
beau.
J. R. Guy Chapellier, aged 59 born
at Rennes, a Lawyer, and Deputy of.
the Ex-constituent AlTembly.
G. B. A. Chateaubriant, 34 years
of age, born at St. Maloes, Ex-Mar
quis, and formerly a Captain in a regi
ment of royal cavalrv.
B. Choifeul, 64 yeais old, Dowager
of the late Duke of Grammont.
P. Parmentier, 29 years of age, for
giving falfe evidence.
R. Chodkowitz, 23 years of age,
born at lvofnobil, in the Ulkraine, cal
ling herfelf the wife of Ptince Alexan
der Lubumir/ki, Palatine of Kiova.
4 They were ordered to be exeauted
on the 24d instant.
7'he GENOESE REPUBLIC.
April 5.
On an account being brought that
the French were approaching our terri
tory on the fide of the river, and the
Auftrians on the land fide, our Govern
ment immediately adopted measures of
fafety and defence. Troops have been
sent to Albenga, Gavi, and Novi, and
the new walls conflrufted round this
city have been put in a better ilate o&
defence. Recruits in great numbers
are enrolling, and thufe who seem dispo
sed to molest the public tranquility are
very diligently watched.
VIENNA, April 15.
On the 26th ult. the dreadful plot,
tending to murder the Royal Family of
Naples, and the principal part of the
Nobility, and to change the Constitu
tion of that Kingdom, was happily
discovered. The plot was to have been
executed in the night of the 29thul-
timo.
A, lift has been found, in which the
names of upwards of 1000 Conspira
tors aie'contained, besides a fubfcrip.
tion of 700,006 ducats to defray all
expenses. The Conspirators are per
form of all descriptions. The govern
ment had no sooner discovered the plotj
than orders were given to the military
to occupy all the streets 'squares,
and some hundreds of the Conspirators
were secured. Some had the good for
tune to eftape by flight.
CRACOW, April 6.
On the 30th ultima, Gen. Kofciufko
left this city, taking the route for War
saw, his arniy of Regulars and Artil
lery having been reinforced by 4000
peasants, armed with pikes, fcythes&c.
The day before yesterday, which was
the 4th mil. at a village called Racl.iwca,
which is about seven German milts fiom
Lracow,on the road to Warsaw, he met
with a body of Ruffian troops, confiding
of a bout lix thousand men, with a park
of heavy artillery, who were marching
| agaitift Cracow, for the purpose of re
ducing it. They were headed by the
Ruffian General Thurmanzow, and ad
vanced in three columhs to the attack of
the Poles with great impei'mlity.
Some squadrons of the Polish Cavalry
Were defeated at'the firft onset ; bilt
thtir Infantry, led on by Gen. Kofciufko
in perforl, and supported bv the whole
ot the peasants, attacked the Ruf
fian centre with inch a spirit of defpera
tioiithat the line was immediately broken,
<nnd a dreadful carnage of the Ruffian
troops ensued, the peasants refulinp to
give any quarter. The Ruffian Corps
es Rel'erve, then attempted to take the
Poles in flank ; but this plan was-render
ed abortive ,\v the vigilance and cool;
ness of Gen. Kofciufko, "and it. was V kc t
wife completely defeated, and the „le
Ruffian army dispersed.
Colonel Woronzow was takep prison
er. Upwards of a thousand Ruffians
were killed upon the field, while the
Poles 101 l only 60 men killed, and a
bout 80 wounded. The Ruffians like
wise loft eleven pieces of heavv cannon,
and all their ammunition.
V