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
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