of French privateers, have prefentec! a gri- tin . tu itv of fiftygmn -as to Thorns Prance, late to mister of the brig Joseph, oi Barnltap.e, |] nc for his "aUant condna during two engage- t ; le ments with the Sans-Culotte privateer on the coast of America. After a ftiarp en ?a» n America, j we hear of no riots for bread —but some times for wJiiflcey.] From a Correspondent Diftinitions between a Republican and a Democrat of the present day. A Republican wifhis both parties and all parties arid alt men to be fubjecft to the lav s or public will, expressed by the con iiitutional legislature ; and those laws to be general and equal in their operation at all times. A Democrat wishes and endeavors to govern the country by small parties and private clubs. He strives to make a part direct the whole ; and in short to put it in the power of private cabals and occasional popular meetings, to govern the conftitUT tional government. A Republican, when any thing is wrong, always has reeourfe to the law for redress; t a Democrat often has reeourfe to tar and feathers, a guillotine, or riots. Witness several late faCls. HARRISBURGH, August 2. Not a word relative to the late dif_ turbance in Washington county, owing tha to the excise law, has come to hand, nin lince our last, except a confirmation of the account already given, and that the m mal-coritents in that quarter are very is 1 numerous, and ge u ally thought the gt! m.ljority of the inhabitants, who Jjerfe- do vere, with the greatest obftmacy, to an< evade the duty impoled by Congress. cai on From the ORACLE. ba th Mr. Wyeth, ca A number of the citizens of Har- th' ri (burgh*, beg leave to make use of your lax paper,to express their diiapprobation of ihe flag that was raised a few days since ai. upon one of the fcaffold-poles, at the B court house lot: they are neither is Frenchmen nor Englishmen ; they of profefs themlelves to be Americans, and er ainceive that an attachment to French th or Engliib flags, or cockades, in pre- ca ference to those of their own country, th is mean, servile, and degrading, in the or highelt degtee ; —but they view the e- di reftion of the flag, at this time, parti cularly indecent and improper ; because as their country is in a Itate of declared e> neutrality, and it therefore becomes the indispensable duty of every good citi- ct zen, to fnch neutrality, llricily ci himfelf, and to prevent, as far as in him b lies, the violation of it in others. How it nreat then is their altoiufhment to find, c; that this aft has been done, or at lealt a countenanced and permitted by men b high in office, and especially appointed c to watch over the laws and government is of their country ! July 2, 1794. v a in - ■ t From the Minerva. —• • 3 The " Report upon the Principles e of Political morality," by Maximilian ' Robespierre in the name of the commit- r tee of public fafety, and read in the t 1 Convention of France Feb. 6, 1794,1s j ■ a molt curious compoiition and highly ( chaiaifterilhc of the present rulers of France. Its dclign is to develope the , principles which are to foim the balis of t 1 the interior admfiiiftration of the Re » public and to defignntc clearly the pur- ] ; poles of the Revolution. In the following passages, the report ' unfolds a general view of these purpufes ; —purposes and wishes in which r men wil'-join with one voice : 1 "We wiflithatorder of things where - all the low and cruel paflions are en chained, all the beneficent and generous ; pafflonsawakened by the laws; where ! ambition fubfifls in a defile to deserve s glory and serve the country ; where dif tinftiiiriS grow out of the lyftem of e e quality, where the citizen submits to the authority of the magistrate, thema - gilt rate obeys that of the people, and y the people are governed by. a love of >; jilftice ; where the country secures the it cotrifort of each individual, and where e each individual prides himfelf in the n prosperity and glory of his country ; r where every foul expands by a free com r- municatron of republican sentiments, s, and by the necessity of deferring the it esteem of a great people ; where ' the ' j- arts serve to embettilh that liberty which i '11 m'vcs them \alue and support, and com- j x- merce is a fonrce of public wealth and j id not merely of immense riches to a few : : individuals. c- We wilh in our country that morality ail may be substituted for egotism, probity for falfe honor, principles for ulages, duties for good manners, the empire of reason for the tyranny of fafhion, a con tempt for vice instead of misfortune, pride for insolence, magnanimity for 15 i vanity, the love of glory for the love of money, good people for good company, ! ut merit for intrigue, genius for wit, truth for tinsel shew, the attractions of hap piness for the ennui of sensuality, the " le grandeur of men for the littleness of the "?* great, a people magnanimous, powerful, . happy, for a people amiable, frivolous 111 and miserable ; in a word, all the vir ca ' tues and miracles of a Republic, instead ne " of all the vices and absurdities of a Mo narchy." The report then proceeds to fay, that md a Democratic or Republican govern ,j [ ment, is the only kind that can realize : these prodigiess.—But the description on- of this form of government is a clear.ex > be r plicit disavowal of the use and expedien all cyof private clubs interfering with go vernment. The words of the reporl ' are, " A democracy is not where th< Trt ' always affembled,regulate them tYn i selves public affairs ; much less is it when nial one hundred thousand portions oj th itu- | people, by measures infulatid, precipitat and contradidory, should decide the fat ' n S> of the . whole nation. Such a govern cli i ment has never existed except to brin s back the people under the yoke of defpi tif'n." ' These are stubborn facts, fupporte by all history, and we cannot find dif more pointed censure of popular club than this which the Convention has fur-1 r nifhed us. • I The report proceeds to define a de- part mocracy. " A democratic gavernmefit is that in which the '.vereign people, A guided by laws of their own ena&ing, Jerf do themselves all that they can do well to ll and by means of delegates all which they Aln cannot do thertifelves." In this defuii on there is something vague a:id per- jft-j, haps for it is admitted, in the prrceeding passage, that the people [ n , cannot themselves regulate public affairs, \yh therefore they cannot personally en» are thp firit people in the world that have 1 established democracy in its purity." To this extraordinary proposition, we A- A mericans (hall perhaps accede;.but until . the operation of it shall have produced bet ter proofs of its internal excellence, wc q ' .shall not regret that they are the firit sn(F only nation that is blefled with it. 1 hat government which cannot conircul its in- I - ternal factions, bending the wills of men f to the laws; in short that government T - which cannot prevent the mceflity of per- Ipctual bloodihed by the hands of. the ex ecutioner, mult unqueilicnably be a very defective government. Imperious necessity may apologize for present evils; but the s government must be able to repress the violent factions of France, or it is a lame F government. e A gr». at* part of the report, instead of cor refpondir.g with its title ? is n " them tha: JvJtice, not blood, was the or ne ' der of the day, and difmifi'ed them with For mar ks of pointed disapprobation. : The Revolution of France is dellined ?/> ultimately to produce glorious effects ; •th but men who suppose the l'rench have 'P* now a Free Constitution or one that will h e J n secure life, liberty, and pro perty, will find themselves egregioufly ful > mistaken. When her foreign enemies ous are totally vanquished, France wili find Tlr * a great part of her work remains to be done. The Convention may make or liflen to elegant reports and brilliant the ories of government, calculated to a muse people glowing with an enthtifiaf =y n " tic ardor foi liberty ; but praflice will l ize hereafter sweep away many of their airy tlon systems, and stubborn experience will > ex " correct much of that enthusiasm which ' en " lis now neceflary to elevate their minds g°" ' above all obstacles that oppose them- P ort selves to the progress of the revolution, the iem- Mr. Fen no, ] t is suggested by some persons, not ' under oath by the bye, that the freft 'I" 1 j batch of resolutions owes its existence Ste [ to the late riots over the monntains — f" the eircumftance gave rife to the sol- Wpi lowing distich ; To ra'tfc such devils, and to quell them, irted Are different matters I can tell them, nd a Yours, 1..V,. FORCS-MEAT-BALL. A new-born infant was found one Ens el:iy last week in a dock, at the south part of the town with its throat cut. 1 ™ 'Ti: A man was found drowned on the 2 \ Jersey shore last week, with a brilk tied Thi to his neck. rpr Almighty Jove 1 who can thy pow'r withstand, Whene'er thou tak'ft desponding swains / in hand ! Far In vain we try to draw the fatal dart, Which the young in chin fixes in the Afli lieart— 1 The maddening brain in a wild frenzy toft I Works to a crisis, and the man is loft— -j-j, Swords, pistols, poisons, or the rivfr's 1 brink, Ale Alone can cure—these make us cease to I thilk. The following merits a republication, being At replete ivitb Poaic Beauties _ w From the Independent Gazetteer. Mr. Printer, W The melancholy catastrophe described in the inclosed ELEG : AC, is a real ' fa6t, which occured dun r the au thor's passage from Eu ope to this ul happy co tnr'tit : and - should you de m the verses worth publication, thev are aerfec.ly at your service. Your's, &c. J. J. M. THE SAILOR, M AN ELLEGIAC. TOO long the poftituted strain, O With lome ignoble theme elate, Has sung to soothe the idle tra n Of venal, proud, aad profligate; Thou, modefl muse of puieraim ! Indignant lpurn the haeknied plan ; ]£ And, spite of wealth, of pride, and fame, C Record the hun\ble honest man. On ocean's ever refilefs wave- I feanu'd the wand'ring feameu's life ( The pupil of misfortune keen, t Of want Snd elemental ftrife. t Though conscious of impending ills, h His wayward course the Tar pur ines ; ® *' And while with good the world he \ Ms- 1 He ranks among the woild's refufe ! e Familiar with the gloomy itorm (Where- winds tumultuous empire keep,) j Inntir'd to danger's every form, On ways of woe and death hie deep J ~ He cheerful quits his native foil, Defying hunger, heat oi cold ; ,f For others' ease encounters toil ; . J- His poverty for others' gold ! Matchlef* is his mrdeft worth ! e- The bee of Nature's Icatter'd stores, :y Around the wide diiTever'd earth, Her lufcioiis sweets he plentsous pouis. Smiling nations share the gains,— Cities arise and aits abound ; :e, Shaggy forefls, sandy plains, ly Are ehang'd to gardens all aroi •1 : Where erst the wily serpent llray'd, And ochred chiefs to orgies sped ; ~ Marble teraples.now difplay'd, Commerce smiling rears her head. ... This to sailors do we owe, And withhold the hard earn'd priife ! :iu Ought their worth unnoted go? Rude oblivion blot their days ? ; e . If, just to Nature's trem'lous power, nc Thine heart,with loft effulions warm, es > Ha 3 e'er beguil'd the passing hour, » r : And felt of woe the penlive charm. ie _ u Of fenfibilif y the sigh, ° t 'lj Of sympathy the tender tear, The glow of foft philanthropy, l Oh ! gentle Urariger, feel them here ! 1 While yet the awful tempest rag'd S ' On wide Atlantic's rudest wave ; And in the uproar wild prefag'd Our inftaiitaneous wat'ry grave., p°~ Headlong, fcy the boillerous blalt, Antj ocean's agonizing swell, ! ie ® Hurl'd from the oscillating mast, The hapless Jennique giddy fell! e The anchor's barb, his bosom prone or Harsh macerating, spent his breath ; 16 And a faint heart alarming groan P3- Aniiounc'd him in the gripe of death: ia ,j Immerging at the mighty blow, wl Deep down the while convulsive sea, al 7. That lafh'd the strong vibrating prow, T' The mangled youth came up the lee. ?' C , In vain,—(impetuous pulse be (till!—. inds ,rpj s nQt 0 f heaven the high behest, em- ca jj w^j mo rtal man can feel ,on " By mortal words can be expreft— Else might some master Bard rehearse The mournful scene with art too high; 'not Too exquifitcly paint his verse, "reft And wound the foul to agony !) ence she foul with gen'rons warmth infpir'd is— Q an dare the danger of the wave, fcl- With pity and affection fir'd, Can die his brother's life to save : iem, And such, O Jennique, saw thy fate; ;m. But saw, with fad despair and paifi. Contending winds and waves so gieat, l. The bold attempt were mad aud vain ! Enthrin'd in deep green waves, he drove A ltiff'ning corse of fen ft bereft; Nor with the rulhing torrent strove, Nor as he wont the waters cleft; 'Till dillant from the moiften'd eye, As wildly curving currents led, The Scabirds fang his obfequy, Revolving o'er his pallid head ; Then down the drear abyss he went, perhaps within some coral coVe ; And sleeps where ocean's gems are f-.rent, And troubled waters never move. Farewell, cheery, guileless heart, Thy Maker has thee now in tow, Afloat from every earthly fir.art j From storms and tempeils, pain and woe ! Ah ! v.'l. » the widow'd mother's pain, If conscious of my plaintive song ! The objedt of his little g:,V, — Diurnal fubjefi of his tongue ; Aloft, below : in foul or fair ; In feriousmood, or merry glee ; In bloom-inr health, or fallow care ; The filial topic Aire was flic ! 1 And Ye !—companions of his toil, — Say, miss ye not the messmate kind, Who daily made ye all to smile, And sent your furrows to the wind ? Who, ever ready at the word To execute his duty well, To many a heart ye knew prefer'd, In many a taught and weary fpcll ? But Tars !—he's gone' —the moral lean, And hold it to your latest breath ; A good, a truly honelt man, Is valued both in life and death. J. J. M. On the New-Tori News. Whether there ra, or is not a; Barbadoes P a P er > , . , Or whether the whole is merely a printer i vapor, Of th' allies under Clairfait and the D'dke of YOrk,, Defeating the French, and making such bloody work- Killing seventeen thousand men dead on.the '-pot, Of M. Pichegrue's escape, and the Lord knows what — Of the Enplifh fleet taking nine French ships of the line, ' And crippling fix others to boot Are questions, which to refolvc we still are in doubt, • And so must remain, till time lets the se cret out, I But, to humbug the public . ith jokes and with lies — Is conduct, that public must condemn and ( depife. For 'the Gazette of the United States. : Mr. Fennc, If you will give the following trifle a place in your paper, you will confe r a ' favor upon the Author of it. To Miss E. P. C s. IF speech or writing could express The fiame thafc in my bosom rages, s I'd fill huge folios with thy praise, ' And tell thy charms to distant ages, is The lofty hill, the bubbling flicam, Should houily lilten to my love j And each dear letter of thy name Should mark the treesof yondergrcve< ,But ah ! th' attempt how weak and faint ■ Thy beauty's power to reveal! , That pow'rwhicmanguage qannot paint. But ev'ry one, like me must feel. Amator. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA\ e! ARRIVED, Days. Schr. Dairy Maid, St. Vincents 18 Industry, Peamon, Newbury P. 14 • nj Capt. Davis, in coming in the Capes, being ihort of provifions,was going ashore for a supply at Lewis-town ; the Africa, 64, then lying in the Roads, Raddom Holmes, Elq. the commodore, desired him to come along fide, and treated him with the greatest poiitenefs, and supplied him e ! with what he wanted, and sent his barge to conduit him on board, the wind blow ing too frtfh for Capt. Davis's boat to re turn to his ownveilel. Capt. Latimer, in 19 days from Cura coa, informs, that on the 30th tilt, in lat. 36, 44, he spoke the schooner Betfey,Bet-< terton, of Philadelphia, from Port a Pai* homeward bound. Capt. B. informed Capt. L. that he left at Port a Paix, Capt. Waltjn and Capt. Webb, both of Phil j- _ delphia. On board the Betsey were the ' crew of an Englith ship, which Captain Betterton picked up at fe», in distress. th: > A FEW rotis nv, Chipped Logwood, lee- FOR SALR, —• Landing at Hamilton's wharf. Apply to '*> John Vaughan, WHO HAS FOR Sb LE. ; CLARET, n' 1 > i n hogflieads and cases of the firfl quality. Aug. 7 d ir'd btrayed or Stolen, • FROM the Faimof JOHN LAUKfcNCF, F.fq. near the Faii? of Schtnlkil], a final! young SORREL MARK, of the Narranau fw'i breed, with « white flip in her face.— C ' whoever return said mare to laid farm, or to Jam. s Thomlon at the Indian Queen, lhall leceivc Teu Dollar j reward, ain ! 7•