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»<ment, he obliged her to Iheer off, but "
Ac privateer returned to the charge, and m.l,
by liptrior force obiged Uim to lurrenjkr, ven
anerbfiiag both his hands, and being other- f:va
wife severely wounded.
From the Baltimore Daily Intelligence.
MetTrs. Printers,
If the following copy of an edict, pub
lifted at Cadiz, on the I 6th of May, rlli
1794, bv order of bis Excellency !"1
Joachim Fonldevilla, governor of that 1 hi:
place, defcrves a place in your Daily ' ! P
Intelligencer, you will, by inserting «"
the fame, oblige J ' 1
A Constant Reader. l ,r<
IT having come to the knowledge
of his excellency, that fitndry young
men, strangers, correspond very badly .
with the attentions and refpeft due to
the territory and domains of. his mod
Catholic inajefty, wherein they reside,
and enjoy the protection, privileges
commerce and diftinftions, reciprocally (
adapted between nations living in friend-
ship; tha' noft of them, and some Spa-
Diards, are ostentatious in their conduct,
by ; % certain cloathing, [nodes and
deo»d(ions, which, not being adopted
by their refpeftive nations, cover them
with ridicule and scandal ; forming a
fufpeded clii'Untlion, susceptible of cri
tics and epithets, analogous of fenti
mcnts that are kept in horror ; such as
ought to h'fbain them from transform
ing themf'.lves into objects of ridicule
and contempt, whereby they ai e expo
sed to be itifulied by those who believe
ih3t this very extravagant diftinftion,
vriih which they decorate themlelves,
atitboriles them so to do. By the fame ol
means they turn into ridicule the inha- R
bicaius p.ofeffing good principles, which te
they never cease to recommend to them, C
accompanied with fnch reflections, as a
good education and manners are capa- cl
■ bis to inspire. F
His excellency, ever so confident that 1 p
they wilicorreft, moderate and restrain tl
themlelves, hath thiught it his duty to p
o-uer, and doth order by these presents p
that no person, of whatever Itate or
condition he may be (hall not be allowed u
in future to wear long furtout coats _
(levilesj pantaloons, troufershighcrovvn n
hats, ribbons m their (hoes or fniall
cii 2ihs, colored neck cloths double fa- a
ced jackets, flicks canes or cudgels ex c
ceeding the comrtiom bigness, or being p
{barter than three feet; and that they a
(hall not be permitted to diefs thcmfelves a
in any fafhion, or diltinftive.fo as to par t
ticularize themselves, or differ from the <
reft of the fubjetfts; afid enjoins all inha t
hiiants, (tranters and ti aveilei s, of what- g
ever rank,fortune, art or profemon they t
may be to conform thcmfelves thereto; j
in default of which, they shall be dealt c
with as the circumllances of the cafe t
may require; andw.ll give information j
thereof, and of the name of the offender
to hi; majesty—His excellency is per- 1
fuaded, that the fathers of families,
chiefs cf houses, and others whom it
may concern, in compliance with the du
ties impaled upon them by their own
lights, will be watchful about the ex
ecution of this ediiff, as their honorand
goodordei of government require it:
And in order that nobody should pre
tend ignorance, the present edict shall
be printed, read, and publiflied.
NEW-YORK, August 6.
EXTRACT.
£In other conitnes, bad governments
leduce men to poverty and wretched
ness. In America few are poor, but
fromlazinefs or intemperance. In Eu
rope, if men are swinish, it is from the
vices of government ; in America none
are fwi;jifh, but such as render them
selves so, by /their beastly vices. In
Europe pc.jple fqmetimes collect in
crouds and for bread; > 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»<S
laws to guide themselves. Tl»
Perhaps the American government?
are the best comment on this passage. \\t o
By our conltitutions,. our government Svvi
is reprefcirtative—every diredt exercise
of legislative, judicial or executive pow- Ale
er is delegated away from the body of
the people—The people do all they
can do well—that is, they freely eledt Tht
their reprefentntives and freely censure
or approve of their condudt—but, never
dictate or controul them.
In this report .here are many thing?
afierted that are contrary to fa£t and
experience. Such as the true maxim of ;
Montesquieu, t*at viitue or love of ones j
country, is the spring, the foul of demo ,
cracy. A man loves his country only, |
because his interest leads him to it. The (
report fays, this love of one's country ,
can exist no where but in democracies,
and that in a monarchy there can be
but one individual who can love hi
country, and thfl is the monarch. This
is dircftly contrary to the fact, and the
French people, before the revolution
were a (Inking proof of the , people's T(
attachment to the monarch and theii
country, tho governed by a monarch. ri ;
The report alledges that the" Fren:l>
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 <i ilra.n of in- t
vective againil the oppofers of the Jaco
'S bins ; the moderates, ariltocrats &c. — T
e One ftr king fedi pledged in this report is,
e that arijiocrary institutes popular jocieiies. _
f- This probably alludes to the societies of i
■- Fuillans and Cordeliers, which were inftiu
o ted in opposition to the jacobins. f
I- The following pafllige in the repqrt de
d serves particular notice. " Democracy [
•jf fullers from two exceil'es, the ariuccrry of j
the governors, or the contempt Jkovjn by
16 thepeo If to authorities by them coi.J}-'uteri; £
re which contempt makes each afieiTii)l'..;e of
le persons Or cach individual the e-litre o: at- (
' ; tra&ion to a portion of the pi:U .c force,
II- and brings bark the people, thro' anr- chy
:3 , to inrilulatk nor defpotifnv hoe
he defcripfon this, of the nature and danger
. ou& tendency of popular ibcuties. ]
. Tht truth is, he convention 's alarmed
e " at the strength of th ir popular foc'r v ;esin ,
n- France. In. several iriftanc.s, the'y ha-;e
rid reprimanded their deputations, e-»i tjieir
;w violent propotals, and diirn iTLd them trojn
the hal! with marks of disgrace.
ty A deputation from some of these foe'e
[ty ties lately addrefled the convent oti»ca.i.nt
eg for vengeance on their internal enemies,
and demanding that blood m:glie be the or
der of the day. The President informed
>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•