to wine. The bark is seldom toiisd f much advantage in this state of the fever, and frequently brought on a return of the vomiting. I preferred to it, in a remission of the symptoms, a Ttnons infufion ol the quaflia which fat better upon the stomach." Married, on Thursday Evening, the aril inft. by the Rev. Mr. Turner, Mr. Jacob Carmen, to Mils Polly Lei, both of this City. By this Day's Mail. BOSTON, August 20. Subfciiptious for the relief of our unfortunate citizens by the late tire, we tmderlhmd, have been opened in Phila dtfyitia, Nf<w-Tork, Sa.em, &c.—The : Atari lie* feels for other's wues, JhaUJind each■filj'fhJorr«iv less. Translated for the Centind- N.Unual Cotruentiqn, 22 d Prarial, (June l O.J THE official report made this day by the committee of treasury, Hates, that the total of the funds remaining in thefcvetal departments of the trealury, the 19th, at night, amounted to 655,838,54.6 livies. The total of the affignats in circula-1 tirai is 5,643,354,620?. Died at sea, on his passage from Canton to Boston, off the Cape of Good-Hope, on the 30th May last, Major Sv-iuel Shaw, of the late.A merican army, and Consul of the United States, at the pent of Canton. Newspaper penegyricks are so often perverted to 1 varnilh bad characters, or to give fpleodor to dull ones, that the eulogy of merit can fcareefy be disci i aiiuated from the interested adulation of party spirit, or tlie companionate flattery of friendship. Yet when Pi ovidence calls away ontf of that'-fmall number, -who before their decease, have attained ad miration and 'flicneed envy, and have deprived oar lait enemy of all his offices but that of a dtftroyer, it is equally pro per and natural to take a retrofpeft of the character on parting with the indi- > vidual. Such was his, whole death has ' jutt been announced. His fine natural talents, elegant eru- 1 dit ion and social benevolence, gained him the esteem of a numerous acquaint ance, and fitted him for extehftve ufe fulnefs to focicty. As an officer of the army, in which he served during the whole of the late u, his merit was conspicuous. Though polfefied of much romantic ardor, he supported a dignity aatj confillency of character; was equal >' 1 prudent and brave ; and ever atten tat- to the duties of his station. | A%rr the peace, with a fuccefllon of j fine profpecks, he took a voyage tp the East-Indies. But his expe&ations be ing in a measure frußrated, he deter mined to go into another line of busi ness, where he could enjoy his friends, and fettle in his own country. He was however, ftronglv urged to undertake another voyage, and having formed new connections, in 1787 he failed for Chi na, with a commission from Congress, appointing him Confnl for the port of Canton, bting the firft commission of the kind granted to an American. In this chratteir, he was called to aft a part, which required much discretion and firmnefs. A very important controversy arose between the Regency of Canton and the veifels of all nations then in the river, which involved the njoft serious conse quences. An account of this whole af fitir, which has been denominated " the Canton war," appeared in the periodi cal publications of that year. On that occaiion, Mr. Shaw represented the A merican interest in such a manner as to throw a lullre on his commission, and give him great credit among the Euro ' pean merchants, and other eminent cha racters abroad. At his return his con duct met the approbation of the Repre fen atives of the United States in Con grei's. He was considered as an ornament to his country for his inflexible integrity and a greatness of heart, which he dis played on every occasion. ! The virtues which adorn the man, and which he manifefted from his youth, became more fpiendid as he advanced in yeais, and i engaged jn public aftiort. In the opinion of some, his spirit wan too exalted to be fuccefsful in the common concerns of life. He cfid not love property for its own fake, but as the means of making his benevolence mre extensive. He disdained many of t ' r ife arts of traffic which are daily p.rac tiled and deemed juftifiable. His com ! meicial dealings were regulated by the j lti icteft honor, refined by the princi-1 pies of phiU'fophy and religion. The engagements of commercials and j even o? military life, did not seduce him from his love of science. Though he had not the advantage oi an academical education, yet his classical merit was so conspicuous, that in 1790 he was pre sented with the honorary degree of Mas ter ot Arts, by the University of Cam bridge. This was done, in his abience, and without his knowledge, at the feli citation of fcvetal gentlemen of emi nence in literature. About the fame time he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sci ences. Had he lived a few years longer, his country might have derived much bene fit from his abilities, his information and his virtues. His zeal to make others happy, would have endeared him still more ta those who enjoyed his friend {hip,and made every heart be '.t with new feufations of pleasure, which now feels heavy with grief. The tmWerfal regr«t caused by his death is an evidence of the great efteeni in which he was held ; all who knew him lament him with ex pieffions ef sorrow equally lively and iincere; ' SHIP NEIVS. Arrived ,_at Gloucetler, oil Friday last, the snow EfTex, John Tucker, mas ter, in 46 days from Gottenburgh, Ju ly 7, in lat. 5-8, long. 4, E. spoke with brig Expedition, from Baltimore, bound to Hamburg, 3.8 days out, all well ; loth July, between Orkneys and Fair Ifiti, spoke with the brig Bedford, from Boston, bound to Amflerdam. Ahout the 14th of June failed Capt. Well, of Martha's Vineyard, in a ship belonging in Boston, from Gottenburgh, with freight for France ; about the flrll of July, would fail with an American brig owned at Alexandria, Capt. Whip py, matter, for France, on board which would go pafTengers Mr. Grigre the ownerj with his lady. NEWPORT, Aug. 1L Last Wednesday arrived at this pdrt a BHtiflrbrig, of about no tons, prize to ! the French privateer fchopneriSans PSreille ! —She was from Turk's Iflind, loaded with fait, rum and molaffcS, bound to N. Brnnl'wick, Nov'a Scotia. The prize matter's name is John Baptists Bernard, who came on shire, and the next day was taken up and confined in our goal, in con fluence of a proclamation itTued by the Governor of South Carolina, offering a reward for apprehending said Baptifte, for murdering, in a mod barbarous manner, a citizen of Charlefion. CHARLESTON, Augult 8. The following letter is ptfblilhed for gene ral information, at the request of the author. Philadelphia, June 10, 1794. Gentlemen, MY time Of service as a senator of the United States will expire on the 4th of next March; and the legiilature of South Ca rolina will probably at their next session e le£t a person to fill the vacancy which will then happen. I feel very fenlibly the ho nor of having had for fix years so import ant a trull committed to ine ; and have the fatisfadtion of knowing that it has been discharged to the best of my judgment.— But determined to retire from public busi ness, I requelt that you will be pleafeti to inform the members of the legiilature that 1 decline being a candidate for a re-elec tion. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your >im ft CMdient servant, RALPH IZARD. The hon. the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the Houle of Repre sentatives of South Carolina. SALEM, Aug, 19. Capt Tucker, who left Grand Terre the 18th of July, is of opinion that the del'cription ( given in St. Kitts, of Grand Terre) was intended for Basseterre, Gua daloupe j as the French were in good health and high l'pirits—as about 4000 negroes were faithfully doing duties as fol d era, as the Engliih, who were there, fuffered from ficknels much more than the French, and as they had accounts that it was very licldy in that quarter poffefled by the Engliih, and it was expected they would quit Guadaloupe entirely. Capt Tucker informs, that the naval force, which arrived at Point-a-Petre, was only three frigates ; whofc guns are taken out, and they hauled up ; and that ob ftru<slions are funk in the road. The French were in no danger of star vation, as a number of American veflels had arrived in different ports of Grand Terre, notwith ending the British flups , which were cruising off Point-a Petre. - j Capt. Tucker lett at St Ann's (Grand Terre, )July 18th, fehooner Bethiah, Car ver, of Bolton ; and Capt. Titcomb, in a fehooner from Neu buryport. WORCESTER, August 20. ACCIDENTS by LIGHTNING. At Oxford, on Wednesday, week: s before last, a barn, belonging to Capt. Jeremiah Learned, containing about 20 tons of hay, and a large quantity of grain, was set on fire and consumed. At Brattleborough, V. fame day, the house of a Mr. Howe was Itruwk, and conti- 1 1 derably injured, and Mrs. Howe killed. : At Conway, fame day, a barn «u let lon fire and consumed, with 23 tons of > hay, and a quantity of grain. At Hollis, • N. H. fame week, Majot Gofs had 11 ■ sheep killed. Several buildings have ■ alio been itrilck in other places, and , one or two persons killed. We hear from Priuceton that, on the 4th inft. as a lad was carrying the only ■ { child of Mi". Nathan Perry, 16 month* old, across the sleepers of a new build 'ing, he fell on one of the fleei.ers, where by the child was l'o broiled as to expire in a few hours. From a Corrcfpr<nd:nt at ShrtvjJhury. Lately pafled through this town, on their way from the State of New-York to the Province of Maine, a man with three children, the youngest of whom was only two years and eleven months old. This child had ridden ;:lon», on horseback, 250 miles, and guided his horse, which was loaded with the move able effctts of the family. The others were on foot. - > TRANCE, NATIONAL CONVENTION. ao Prairial, Sutilny June 8. The Convention did nobufinefs, tile members being employed in celebra ting a grand Festival to the Eternal. 24 Prairial, Tburftlay, June 12. Couthon 111 the name 01 the Com.- tnittee of Public Society, made a report on the organization of the Revolution ary Tribunal, 011 this occasion Bout don de I'Ole and Le Coiutre demanded an adjournment, which Robespierre op posed. " I obfeive," said the latter, " that the period when liberty triumphs in the moll determined way, is also that when the enemies of the public weal are particula ly adtive to deprive ut of the fruits of our labours. We consent to die, but we wish that the country and the Convention may be saved." The ditcuflion was now opened, and the Convention decreed as follows: I. The Revolutionary Tribunal (hall contift of a President, three Vic6- Presidents, a Public Aceufer, and four Deputies, 12 Judges, and 50 Jurors. 11. It shall be divided into smaller Tri bunals of 12 memherS each, seven of whom at least shall be present at any trial.' 111. The Traitors whom the tribunal shall try, confiil of those who have x aimefl at the re-t labWhm' ■nt of roy I alty, and have endeavoured to de grade the Convention, and dissolve the Revolutionary Government-—of those having military employments, who have thrown impediments in the way of the army supplies,' as well at Pa ris as elsewhere—os those who shall have connived at the flight of confpi nvtors and Ariflocrats, and (hall have flickered them from puriifhment, a busing the principles of ithe Revolu tion by falfe and perfidious applicati ons—of those who shall have attempt ed to induce the Reprelentatives of the people to adopt plans detrimen tal to the interest of liberty-—of those who fhall'have encouraged the people t to favour the attempts of tyrants. And, lastly, of those who either di rectly or indirectly shall have endea voured to misguide their fellow citi zens, to corrupt the public mind and ; conscience, and to ftjp the progiefs of Revolutionary principles by cor rupting them. IV. !■' pronouncing sentence of death, the necefTary proofs confili of every description of document, whether j material, moral, verbal, ot written, 1 which carries with it a felf evidence, j V. The rule of the sentences is the j conscience of the Jurors ; their aim 1 is the security of the triumph of Li- j berty, and the process the means I which good sense shall indicate to ef- J tablifh the validity of the fadts. VI. Every citizen is bound to denounce j to a magistrate, any traitor,but not to j carry him or her before the revolu tionary tribunal, the Convention, the j Committees of Public Safety and Ge- I neial Secuuty, the Representatives of the people employed in millions, and the Public Accuser, alone ex cepted. VII. Secret interrogatories are sup pressed. VIII. If'there are material or moral : proofs, independently ot teflimonial the witnefles shall not be heard, unlcfs it be to come at accomplices. , And IX. The law allows to patriots under accusation, patriotic jurors for their oifi.ial defenders, but denies these tp coufpirators. Laeroix Marne moved, that all far mers occupied in converting theirnands • into artificial mtadoi'A, ihonldbe exempt 1 , trom the denunciation. He also moved, '■ I. that the phrase, " all those who endee • t voi- to corrupt the public mind and >f confocnce, ' should be left out of tj 1 , >, decree ; lor although this was a verj l great crime, y/?t the wording was li, e very loose, that any on? in a coffee i house or theatre, might fubjedt a citi tizen to a trial before the Revolution e ary Tribunal. f It was then tpfolved, that the Com * mittee of Public Safety should present -1 the report of a decree on this fubjedt Mallarme wished, that the article for • granting patiiotic juries to the patriots who were calumniated, and not to con fpiratoi s, might be altered. Amitlier member was for the official defenders (/Lfctifens officious} as they were for the molt Part Aiifto crats. The order of the day was moved and carried on the amendment Couthon and Robespierre entered the Hail. Couthon. "It has been pretended, th:tt the committee jus public fafety wiihed to attack the National Represen tation, and to arrogate the right of fending its members before the Revolu* tiona'vy Tribunal. It has been attempted to chargfe u* with motives of ambition : fofae have outraged the committee, hecaufe they know that it, and the far greater part of the members of the Convention arp pyre, Snd anxious for the happiness of the people. Bourdon of Oiie (I will here name one of them) if he had jiot bad intentions, "bonbealed under the tna tion of yeftifflcty, at least committed a great fault, by demanding of the Con vention to explain itlelf relative to the right of delivering over persons to the Revolutionary Tribunal. Pitt also fays, that the Committee of Public Safety arrogates to itlelf the fovereigrt power. The resolution adopted ycllerday is equally disadvantageous to the Conven tion and committee of public fafety: I move, therefore, that it be annulled, ■ and that the order ot the day be fublti- j tuted in its Head." 1 liouidun of Oife said "he would not ' permit the infintfation, that he had ever spoken in,the lame manner as Pitt ; for he and the Mountain were as good pa triots as the committee of Public Safe ty.*' He added, " that in his motion of yesterday, he had exhibited the bell pofiible intentions." > , Robespierre observed, " that after she overthrow of Briffot, other confpi raci> s had beeti fetictly formed ;by the means of which, fufpieion had been at tempted to be sown, relative to the in tentions of the committee of public fafety. " WhrteforC - ,'' exclaimed he, " would Bourdon divide the Mountain i from the committee of public fafety ? Citizens, the Mountain, the Conventi on, and the Committee of Public Safe ty, are one and the fame. ( Loud plau dits.) Behold then a projedt of intrigue in these diftin.ftions ; therefore, there are intriguers." " Name them cries Bourdon. Robespierre. " I will not mention the name of any person, for the intri guers discover thetiifelves (Plaudits) —One fa£t will tend to prove, that there are people who wilh to divide us, and bereave us of your confidence : yes, some of them are tinabls to dissemble their projedts; they endeavored yester day to (lander uS, after the pasTing of the decree. They accosted two couri ers belonging to the committee, with ; " What do yoti do there ? What do you mean ? You are two of the 20,00 a spies belonging to the committee of Pubjic Safety,"' cried they, " Citizens, replied the couriers, we are good citizens, and wish not to a<St as spies Jon any one." .This fadt is exactly as I I state it;|behofd a fvfteinof overturningliber j tv, by attacking us ;we consent to die, i but during our lives we will not permit I the Republic tofall before a few intriguers, i 1 /hall Hate another circumflance; the foi i lowing expressions were heard in the hall, j " The committee of public fafety wilhes j to guillotise us, but we will bring others to the guillotine." Citizens, these ideas I are the fame with those of La Croix l —of i that conspirator, whose remorse and terror ! induced him to exclaim immediately, j" they wilh to guillotine us;" in short, ! all this proves the exiftenee of intriguers j who wish to divide us. Do not permit ' yourselves to be governed by intrigue and cabal: come to our afliftance, and take not away your merited confidence from those to whom you have intrusted it." Robespierre afTerted, that 300 persons wen w tneffes of the fafl, and that it was ! oi'ious to add untruth to crime / i Tallien endeavored to clearup the circum *' fiance relative to the couriers: he observed 1 that five persons came up to, and endeavor ! Ed to join in the conversation between him and his colleagues during "their walk on the terrace ; but there wa not a Tingle word, he said, relative to any offieers being kept by the Committee. Kar ere denounced the writers who, on former oetafions, constantly exaggerated the kffes rf the Republic, aud who now, bV an inverfc ratio, led on the Republicans j from to viiftory, to victory todeftroy, by an ti' ' cipation,bythe means of fallacious rethalsof ! prodigious vicionti, the eifeft »f real triumphs. H e ci ted theexa, ~, . that Turin w J .. . V «<ep."l>nc, ana the Ki; . >„ foade pnfoner. It was'his ■ , - tlo 'loura.hfts n£a yreporl " nt " ! - Barrereriext stated, thatp Hk 5 : - , -lie Republicans, after a d.ffi. .mi .J, M 4 J*' had attacijd the S| ... vercome nifurnicmutable ol .1 had, carried a redoubt, notw; heavy fire kept up from it b> •, ~, , against whom the guns of this bs ... v ' imally been tumid. By ti which cost the Republic j»l ( , ' wounded only, the Spaniard.. i„ < | r obliged to 'furi-endei- ls<-liegi 11 ticnch Genera! La 3 the wourfded. miLAjjZijm*, A O. — A correspondent ohfjrV■ \ ,"t retroipeit. will firve to' cui.' ■ all ~t.. fcriptioos of persons, that ' i< entirely to a confidence in *:,e C«• >c .■- Irjfcnt whtch'the people thtr-iclv;ha-e eltablifhed, that the citiicus i.f 'he U nited States, instead of tlk tir> peace, prosperity, and frc'jn. 1 "rt they at present enjoy, arc no? vow -.v > rienting every degree of mil fry nt icK result froiri jealousy, fufpiciuli,'. aar.thy and mutual dittnift. Let this confidence be (he ? da ftroved, and imagination ;>tipt I the diftrefa and horrors w ~i tue. BuGntls in everylln<-wil! be efl.-:, the found oi the ax and i;.., 1 r, il.p mufie of the mechanic, wi c e—the clattering of trucks and cat ,h ma fic of commcrce, will be hi no m,e —The thundering of their ~'s v.j.ed, and the rumbling of wagj s 1 with the precious proddce </ a..-t ral labor, will give place $ . .loom silence. Dillruft will frown on 1 'tfy c teiianctf arid want and d'fm: will in the face every pensioner :;e ! of hfs own handi. | 'With refpedt to-the morc .- •• pi" concerns of thf merchant, th: | Trade (man and manufa&u ,— a extensive Faimer, let the <• firfence be once fevered—am! v be the confequencfc ? rriillio. s wi;' fected. O Re publican ism 1 is Afliei favorite a,bode—Snd ait tlv dishonored, and become ar, r the globe? forbid it geniu- of forbid it.' CortM" « »°. "From the Wejltrn C 1 a [ THE HAPPY l 1 [Short Metr^.j Hbw happy is the man. Who has a quiet hon . j. Wbo loves to do what g/. 1 And hates the demor I Whose hotife contains ei For him and all his f. ; , Whose wife abl rsa bo; • i i And very feldum fmo; es. Whose wife knows how And loves to use the n eil Who keeps herfelf and h ;bai But neverlov'd a fidd'e. Whose wife is like a -trra That's ever green and ; That ever in the bloom And yet will never b< Whose wife will rife in !• Be weather hot or c< And always givesfuffic 7 If e'er Hie chance to This man, while others Among the fonsof P Is always happiest when -mc. In conveiie with his PORT OF PHILAL i.) \'.L ARRIVED, Day Brig Bon Fin Attelin, Reza, cs Norfolk. t :v. k .111 The (hip Birmingham V -a : Lockyer, is arrived at th days from Hamburgh, ai from the Qikneys. Capt. that he left at Hamburgh Henry and Charles, Chafe Phil phia, since arrived at the F A called the India, from Vir ar at Hamburgh sometime I ore -a L. failed—Off the Orkney i.'smuii! was c'nafcd by 2 English >i , ; 20 hours, which could >t with him— 10th July, hel ' . Juliana, Ingrihain frum > ipb bound to London, all v / after he spoke two ships rn S bound to Hamburgh, ai Bolton, bound to London ;i learn their names. In the Birmingham Pat tl 24 pafl'engers all in good 1 - ne (hip Thomas Gordon, of tl ft (• . Liveipool, in 70 days, wit . > ry.-.t fengers is arrived at the For 1 '. - schooner with dispatches I '.aJa loupe for the French Mini Jo the Fort. Welearn that the latest ' , ; • by the Birmingham Packet . of July, aud that thwe it 1 ■ - • ' " .U; . • i
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