(CIRCULAR.)
General Orders.
«•
Philadelphia- Bth of August, 1794.
SIR,
THE Governor having iiTued orders
for calling into afttial fervite, ar.d hold
ing in readiness to march at a moment's
warning a body of 5,200 militia (in
pursuance of the requisition of the Pre
lident of the United States, contained
in a letter from the Secretaty at war,
dated the 7th instant) I have fabjoined
a copy of these orders to guide your
conduct in organizing the quota con
fiding of 559, officers and privates in
eluded, to be drafted fiom your brigade;
and I entreat, in the most earned man j
ner, that you will, with all possible dis
patch, execute the btifinefs committed
to you upon this important occasion.
If it diould be impracticable to arm and
equip completely the above tjilcta, ei
ther with the public arms and equip
ments in ybur custody, or with such as
belong to the individuals who compole
it, you will be pleased to take the earli
est opportunity of letting me know
your situation in that refpeft, in order
that a proper application may be made
to supply tha deficiency.
It is unneceflary I am persuaded to
add to the inftru&ions of the Gover
nor, cither to explain the nature of the
service, or the necessity of cxercifing all!
your diligence to promote it: It mayi
be proper te request, however, that you!
will be pleased to employ &e mod expe
ditious conveyance} to report when'
your quota lhall be in readiness to
march.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient i-crvant.
(Signed)
JOSIAH riARMAR,
Adjutant-General.
To
LEWIS NICHOLAS, Esq.
Brigade-Infpeftor of the Philadel
phia City, Brigade of the Mili
tia of Pennsylvania.
Copy of the orders from the Governor,'
referred to in the preceeding letter.
SIR,
THE President of the United States!
having deemed it incumbent upon him, I
after the mod solemn deliberation, ti;»
ROLL de/ignating the quota of the federal Brigades towards forming a detachment of 5 200 Militia, Officers included,,'
agreeably to the requisition of the President of the United States, contained in a letter from the Sttretary of War, dated (
the "]th day of Atigujl 1794. "
Major-General WILLIAM IRVINE, 6th Division. '
Brig. Generals THOMAS PROCTOR, ift Division.
FRANCIS MURRAY, 2d Division. " t]
JAMES CHAMBERS, 6th Division.
V
c "■> e£* Total Cofnmjiined OJicrrif ,
•2 -2 Non-commissioned Officers, Mufit ,
DlVlStOflSi § ,g 5 dans, and Privates in due bra
£ C portions* ..
I. DIVISION: «, a* '>
Ift Brigade—City cf Philadelphia. 60 83 559
2d Brigade—County •£ Pniladel. 50 544 .
11. DIVISION: ( 11
Ift Brigade-—County of Bucks. 50 46 504 "
2d. Brigade—Co. df Montgomery. 46 331
111. DIVISION: *
I ft. Brigade—County of Chester. 58 378
2d. Brigade—County of Delaware. 20 16 36
IV. DIVISION:
i ft. Brigade—County of Lancaster. 60 30 569
2d. Brigade—County of York. 22 55a
V. DIVISION :
1 ft. Brigade—County of Berks. 26
2d. Brigade—Countv of Dauphin. 38 2C 271
VI. DIVISION:
ift. Brigade—Co. of Cumberland. 50 363
2d. Brigade—County of Franklin. 282'
VII. DIVISION: {
ift. Brigade—Co. of Northampton. 20 374
500 200 $196 d
Major-General, 1 P
Brig. Gencrali, 3 h
_____
5200
The foregoing detachment to constitute one division, to be formed into the three following and to be in T>
rcadinefs to march at a moment's warning. f (
Major-General, WILLIAM IRVINE. c
1. Brigade: Brigadier-General, Thomas Procter, a
Philadelphia City, * - 559 J
Philadelphia County, - • 544 si
Montgomery, - - - 332 e:
Chester, - - 378 a
Delaware - - 3 6 tl
2. Brigade: Brigadier, Francis Murray, 1849 o
Bucks, •> - - 504 w
Berks, - - - 434 I-
Northampton, - - 374 tl
Dauphin, - 273 " m
3. Brigade: Brigadier-General, Jambs Chamber* 1585
Lancaster, - - - 568
York, • ... jjo
Cumberland, - - - 363
Franklin, - - - 281
2
j'96 q
Major-General, 1
Brigadier-Generals, - 3
5200 t,(
N. B. In the present state of the Indian War, it has been thought advifeable to avoid taking any part of the above
Corps from the Brigades of thofc Counties, which are exposed to the hostility and depredations of the Savages.
iflue liis Proclamation, dated tlie 71? <
inltaat, and to takeoti ei iegai nieafuresi
for causing the laws of the United 1
4- States to be duly observed irt the Wef-'i
tern parts of the (late of Pennsylvania, I
according to the purport of the Procla- 1
j ination, has iliued ills icquifition, so. ;
f , c forthwith organizing and holding in rea <
to march at a rtrbnu nt'S warn 1
, a corps of the Militia of Ptnr.ly,' 1
amounting ton 5,200 r;ou-com t
r mifaoned officers 3:1 J privates, With at
J due proportion of commtfiioned officers - , (
according to the letter of the Seoetan I
n ' at War, dated the lyth of May latf.V
and communicated to you in my letter c
e .°f the 21ft of the fame month ; the f
' corps to i#e armed and equipped as com a
j,- pletely as pollible with the articles it: (
e[ jpoffeflion of the state of Pennsylvania, 1
or of the individuals who compote it. r
|( j You will, therefore, Sir, forthwith 1
,j jiffne General Orders for calling into ac- <
tual iervice, and to be held in readinefst
to march at a moment's warning, thi |\
■ e part of the militia ipecified in the en-'t
j'j closed Roll, by the claQes mod convet
w tiient to the citizens, and bed adapted t
c) to a prompt compliance with the Prefi-c
dent's requisition } the part so called«
not exceeding four clalfes of the militia (
of the nefpeftive Brigades. c
_ Should it be impracticable to arm and c
equip completely the said corps you j
jjjwill give me the earlielt possible uoticej
jtheieofthat I may inform the President,'!
u jWho will direct the deficiency to be fur-'j
inifhed by the department, of war as well (
ia» tents, camp-kettles and other articles j
of camp-equipage, and mufkc-tcatridges, t
artillery and the apparatus thereunto be- s
(longing \
The time and place of rendezvous!:
tvill be hereafter designated ; and the e
arrangements for furnifhing rations, and
( j other neceflary supplies, will be season- f
' ably notified. 11l
On this occasion, Sir< I tautt entreat a
.1 tiie mod pointed attention, as well on f
|- your part, as on the part of the corps
that is to be drafted, for the purpose of
manifefting a just sense of the obedience
which is due to the laws of Ourcotintry,
' and the patriotic zeal with which the P
Freemen of Pennsylvania will 011 every
emergency, maintain the government
ra that they have edablHhed. It is to be
n, seriously lamented, that an occasion
xlfhotild ever arise for arming one part of
the commitmiv againfl another ; but it.
s every conciliatory measure that can be
l,diviled to rescue the inhabitants of the
- iteftern counties from their delusion,
>,should be abortive, the officers of go- i
vernment might well be charged witht
an abandonment of their trufl, if they J
omitted to employ any other legitimate (
means, for enforcing obedience and sub ]
miflion to the laws. In that unhappy |
event, the ilfue mufl be,' whether, u t )on ;
the pure principles of a Republican ]
Government, the minority (hall be a!
lowed by violence to fuperledc the will •
)o?the majority ;to IT'bHitUte the law jj
of arms, for the law of reaion ; and,
fatally to convert the peace, happiness, ]
and order, which we now enjoy, into a I
feene of war, wretchednelsj anr! anarchy.'
If I atr. at all acquainted with the ge
neral character and feelings of my fel
low-citizens, they will not hesitate to
decide this great and interesting quef
ticm, upon the principles of patriotiip,
jwhich in this cale are likewise the ge
-|nuine principles of felf-love': andfliotil'
the awful neceflity of an appeal to arm;,'
; be matured, beyond the power of ami
-cable accommodation, I expert from -
every good citizen that firm and aAive ,
support, by which the freedom and in- ■
dependence of our country were ac- (
quired and by which they must ever be,
preserved.
I Still, however, I indulge an anxious,
,'hope, that the liberal forbearance of'
■ government, and the virtuous refkftions
los those, who at present oppose its le (
sgitimate measures, will avert the storm
that threatens, and enable us to embrace,
as brethren, those whom we must other-j J
wife, for the fake of every social
ling, but with grief ar.d commiseration,'
encounter as enemies.
You will be pleased, Sir, to omit no
proper flep for placing the corps in a
iftate of readiness to march ; and as soon r
as it is so, you will communicate the'
.fame to me.
1 am Sir,
Your mod obedient servant,
(Signed)
THOMAS MIFFLIN. }
Philadelphia, 1
Bth Aug. 1794. \ e
To 1
JOSIAH HARMAR, Esq. 0
Adjutant-General of the Militia 1
1 ps Penujylvania. jj
merit of C2OO Afiittia. (Jmcrrs ittrluAed. .
,e PORTSMOUTH, (Eng. )May j6.
ic
i> By the retaken brig, Mary of Briftol c "
i- from Malaga bound to Bristol, we learn, of
h that the Calloririgate, and the whole ofcn
the fleet under her convoy, fell into the no
han'ds-of lojr French fail of the line, and 1:
L three frigates on the ioth inft. in 44. 40.
3 long. 1 Weil; tnai the laid French
y (hips had chafed the inviftfure, of 74 guns, 2 U
11 2 confidrrable 1 une, but gave up the chafe, crl
11 preferring t he tra'le, the whole of which T1
1 were taken in light of that-fhip. But for- th
;j ttinately the Venus frigate, cue of a squad
ron I orri Howe, with the Eafi
'Vlndiamtii, fell in with the said fleet, and co ,
d recaptured nine merchant ships, and a rc ,
s, French Coop of war, beGcu s the above
a brig, Mai y, wl ich :» arrived hcr&—the re
,. captuie took, place on tile 17U1 mlt.
in -1 1 1 cr<
i- UNITED STATES.
0 Fr
BOSTON, August 6.
The Foreign In elligence, in this lea
days Centinel, is about four days later th'
than before received from England— -
I s and abbut three days earlier than that
1 received at Philadelphia, from France.
11 The motions made by the Marquis of
r Landfdowne, in the British house of
' Peers, and bv Mr. Sheridan, in the
'"Commons, are interfiling—fo are the
' e affairs of Flanders, for there the fickle
Goddefsfports her favors and frowns in
''almost a continued rotation. In Eu
1 rope, Camage is the "order of the" '
18 day;" and the humble petitioners
' the cause of humanity, can lcareely any
15 where be admitted to the "honors of a
e fitting," Under the vine and fig-tree of
—alone can they enjoy repofc, '
:and have no one to make them afraid.
u Oi
NEW-YORK, August S.
Nothing can be so ridiculous a» tke p..
n resolves of the southern Democrats an
e which fill some of the newspapers. t j u
Sometimes they rail againfl one measure
and sometimes another, and almost all
have some different complaint to make. 1
111 Wythe county they seem to think^ aj
the President, though a very good man (o
in genera', has almost tired the
ence of the people with his uneonftitu
iional proceedings; and they declare w j
our commerce to be ruined. This lat- a
7 te» declaration fftows how little the De-, ,
mocrats of Wyt te eouity under
; star.d our public situation ; for whatever j
yloffes individuals have incurred by a herd
«f pirates that infect our seas, or by il-|
legal embargoes, yet it is an acknow- 1^{
ledged fafl among merchants, that our | lal
trade in general was never mure advan- t j )£
rageous to our country* than dmmg-tfcc.
the prcfent European war. q c
The Philadelphia Democrats, after
having repeatedly reprobated the mea- (
furesof government, andefpecially theex
cife, and fp.id enough to inflame the pub- 1
lie mitid, now come forward with re- ma
solves, that however oppreflive and hof- q
tile excise lyftems ate to liberty, still
they disapprove of an opposition to them w j
not warranted by ,the Constitution. Pr(p r(
This is very meritorious indeed, and we ,
are greatly indebted to them for up
holding the law with one hand, while j.j.
they attack it with the other 1
j»9'
me
PHILADELPHIA, kd
AUGUST 12.
inti
t ner
From the articles extracted from hai
' The Times" (a London paper) to ; s t
1 ith June. It appears that the Jtevo
lutionaire, French ship was not taken,; s an .
slated in Lord Howe's dispatches. It ntr
does not appear, that any of the Chefa- ) ln !
peak fleet had been taken or that they mtl
had arrived in any French port. a jf,
mu
Arrived here the Brig Vulture, capt. ent
1 March in 64 days from Bourdeaux, in- dat
forms that the ship Louisa of Virginia, 1
capt. Morgan was to fail in a few days of
after him for this port—On the 6th of trti
June he was boarded by a French frigate offi
;from the Admiral's ship of 120 guns leni
(entirely dismasted, which was in tow of por
a 74, then at a small distance off him, rap
they were about 50 leagues westward fun
of Roehfort and bound for that port wit
when capt. Match fell in with them— the
He further informs, that the 74 and Ne
the other frigate did not appear to be
much injured in their rigging.
AbJiraß from the General Advertiser.
Baftia surrendered tothe British on the
23d of May. The garrison having capi
tulated, to inarch out with all the honors
of war and be transported to Toulon.
An English Camp is forming near,
Southampton. It is to consist ofbetween av
25 and 30,000 men.
Letters from Nimes,of May 23d,men
tion, that Bains and Bellegarde have 6
fallen in the power cf the French. ? r , e
~l At thecloieot the rmr.n .
tempted afTaffi nation of Robtf."
Collot d' Herhois;—lt inneir 6* U?
}1 committee, that Pitt Wj * the boS
i.of those attempt., the convent,on £
• creed, fay the London pap<;rs „.f c ;
d n i > { ? Ua iH (h - U ' d * S' vcn t0 the En
ghln and Hanoverians "
;; On the 3 .ft of M,; admiral M
mu after , 8 unfuccekM
;• T\ nth lnto 1 Vouth f ( , un J
i, Ihe story oi Lib capturing ij i f ;t
•• ihi Chrf.pc«k a«, „ .jfj;, I■*«1■*«
« 'rri.'ri" «!■=• i ,utt
rle I ohfh patriots fey the U te(t
a counts, it appears, were carrying on thdr
3 revolution with treat fuceefs.
f The French Mofellc ar ,»v w»» » ,l„
■24th Of May driven b.y.md the Sanibre
atfer a severe and- bloody
erciied that river 6e,000 tiroiig.
Ihe arrival of Hamilton Rowan i»
France is confirmed by the London n aTOr ,
( ,1 he French at the taking of Collioure
nade jooo Spaniards prii'oners. T(i.s we
is learn from a paper received yefrtreay i n
r the Vulture from Bourdeaux.
— ■ — ,
1 LATE AND IMPORTANT
f Europeart Intelligence.
f
t . From London papers to the nth J ntf
e via St. Croix.
London, June 4 '.
Admiral Montague's divifhn of the
c grand fleet was that which was fem to
protest the outWard hound Ealt ami
' Weil-India fleet. The Admiral's in.
; ilruftions were to return and meet the
,grand fleet in a certain latitude; i,
wftich he cruized for three davs; but
' neither saw nor heard any thing of it
On returning to Plymouth, this divifm J' i
of the fleet had a very narrow efcap*
t'rom fallirng into the vjjy centre of the
French grand fleet ; having met with
ban American fliip which had passed
' through it only a few hours before, in
' the vety track of our fliips.
June 5.
' The plan of the French army, which
"has again crofted the Sambre, appeari
'to be as follows : To force the poll cf
' Nivelle, and the pafTage of Waterloo;
' to penetrate into the sorest of Soiguiei,
"which cow •» Bruflelk, and to make, by
"a coup-de-main, an attempt on that ci
"ty. By the reinforcements General
" Kaunitz has received, the high road
J however is so well defended, as to leave
nothing to fear 011 that score.
"j The Carmngnols, to repair the losses
"they sustained in the attion of the 24th,
r have withdrawn all the garrisons from
"their fortified towns, amt replacnTtVtfr
' by iiie foldicrs of lite second recjuifition.
General Kaunitz, it is said, made every
preparation to attack the Freuch a le.
' cond time on the firft instant.
June 6.
The grand armies in Flanders SJ'lre
"raain on the defenfive. The Prince de
" Cobourg is marching to the relief of
' Charleroy, in the Luxembourg country,
1 which has been again invaded by the
' French, to the great uncalinelV of the
" people of Bniflels. On the iide of the
" Rhine, the Austrian General Prince
u Hohenloe has gained some important
over the French.—On the
ilyth ult. he defeated them near (kr
'merlheini, with thelofs of 400 men kil
led and 60c prisoners.
June 7.
We have received a greater variety of
intelligence from all parts of the conti
nent than we almoll ever remember to
1 have done in one day. The following
1 is the general purport of the whole:
No general action has taken place in
1 any quarter. All is quiet about Tour-
T ney; but in Weft Flanders, the French
- have besieged Ypres, though not with
> much probability of success; and have
alio appeared before Knoque and Dix
inude; but no serious apprehensions are
. entertained in consequence of those prc
■ datory incursions.
, On the fide of the Rhine, the success
iof the allies has been rapid in the ex
treme ; as the following letter from an
• officer and correspondent 111 Gen. Mo
; lendorPs army will (hew. This enrref
• pondence will be continued to lis. 1 hefe
rapid fucfefies must be in a great mea
sure attributed to the French having
withdrawn so many of their troops from
the Moselle and the Rhine, towardsthe
Netherlands.
" Camp near Nurdort, a
league from Landan>
May 30.
" Barrere commenced one of his re
ports by faying, *' that the Republic
lived uon viftoriis." This debut,
which with him was a republican hyper
bole, is a simple truth with us. After
having defeated the Carmagnole army
near Lautern. we have prefTed on with
an energy which would have graced the
belt days of our great monarch. We
are in pofTeflion of Pirmafens, Lautern,
Mo'nrlautern, Spire, Deux Pouts, Neu-