cocir-atiors have attempted to form j
combinations to raise their wages, which ; 1
however they have no right to complain 1
of, as they are as high as when pro- .
s [lions were at the most exhocbitant ,
prices. j
On the 20th of June 38 persons and t
on the 21ft 25 were guillotined, among 1
whom none were ci-devant nobles. •
On the 2id 15 more fuffered the fame
fete.
Of the new affignats 200 millions are
to he fttuck of 5 livres, 300 millions of
izy livres, 400 millions of 250 livres,
too millions of 1000 livres, 100 milli
ons of zooo livres, besides some more
miliums of other denominations.
Some catholics having attempted a
procession through the streets of this
city, tliey were taker, up by order of
the muniv'ipaiity as fanatics.
UNITED STATES.
BOSTON, Aug. 16.
ExtraS of a letter from a refpcßalle houJ e
in Liverpool, to a merchant in ibis toiuu
Liverpool , June 23,1794.
" Ir> confeqtience of the embargo on
stt vrflUs in American ports, and some
of your members of Congress having
voted for a sequestration of Biitiflt pro
perty. many of our merchants have de
clar. ' they will not fliip any goods for
.A all the result is known. Mr
Had several conferences with
-1, but nothing of importance
f.f.i . umpired. Delegates from the
t m il. .cluring towns, and a
Cot 'i f«. i American merchants in
L i"'., : v rutedon Mr. Pitt who
;-f inrti'iferit! tliat the intentions of
o.:r court wcie pacific towards America;
a:id that every reasonable restitution
ii; .mid bemad? to these American citizens
\:,io had fuffered by.our cruisers in the
Weft Indies.
June 27.
•'As we have sealed up your letter
we put in this flip of paper to inform
you, that the London newspapers of
this day give us every rcafon to believe
that all matter in dispute between your
government and ours will be amicably
fettled. We think the following extract
of a letter we have received from a very
refpeftablehoufe in-Leeds, much itreng
thensthe probability :—" Our minds
are much relieved to day on American
affairs, by the return of the deputation
which the Merchants of Leeds sent to
obtain information of Mr. Pitt(our mi
nister) whether or not wil may execute
our bia-anfwer being
iu the affirmative we may expect the
markets to advance as our merchants
"have determiucd to execute the or
ders."
PHILADELPHIA,
AUGUST 29.
Translated from the Courier Francois of
Yesterday.
Extrafl of a letter from Brejl, June 25,
to citizen D. L. Morel at Philadel
phia.
" We call anchor at Brest the 12th of
this mqnth—by order of the police 1 was
detained in the road till the aid. The
The croud of people is so great here that I
have found great difficulty in procuring
lodgings, lnthemidftof abundance,eve
ry thing is dear, occasioned by the altonifh
ing population. Brest is full of prizes ;
the movements here are truly grand ; our
convoy is not only arrived without any o
ther accident, than that of two veflels of
the fleet which ran foul of each other ; all
the people were favtd. But we have taken
every thing we met on the sea, and ton
s dufled to Brest 15 prizes, and 4 transports
from Martinique.
" TheEnglilh have been deceived in
their cal«i,lati .n< ; they sent to sea 40
of war, of which 11 were 3 deckers, to
take us. A French fleet of 26 fail gave
them battle j the engagement was so live
ly on both fides, that many ships were dis
masted, and three funk, of the latter it is
said one was the English admiral, without
saving a single man. You should have the
account circumstantially, did business per
mit ; knowing your republican principles,
it will be matter of joy to learn, that the
republic proceeds with confidence from
conquest to conquest.
" Believe me for life your afTedlionate
friend; for French Republicans are ser
vants to nobody, and do not admit the term
in future."
We are authorised to inform the public,
that on Thurfdav, the 20th inft. the com
missioners appointed by the Governor to
endeavour to restore tranquility and order
in the western bounties, conferred with the
committee appointed by }he Convention at
Parkinfon's Ferry; and that that there is
a fair profpe<K of an honorable and amica
ble accommodation. We are happy to add
that the views of the Commtffioners ap
pointed by the President, being of the
fame conciliatory nature, the nWpoft har
mony subsists between them, ana'the state
eommiflioners. Am. D; Ad.
It is to be obfervrd that our accounts
from the Continent of Europe, by the ar
rival from Hamburgh are of a later date
than than thofc .. eceived by the late arrivals 1
at NeW York from England and Ireland; ]
and it cannot escape notice that the London '
paragraphifts not only contradict each o- '
ther, but cross the truth in respect to feve- 1
ral fadts relative to the adlual posture of 1
affairs in Flanders. j
Mr. Fenno,
The following paragraph is taken from a ,
Hamburgh paper of the i6th of June. .
The article alluded to is translated from'
a German paper published in this city, j
of which I enclose you a copy. I
" The Academy of Arts and Sciences i
at Stockholm liave chosen Dr. Benjamin
Rush, Piofciior of Medicine, &.C. of Phi
ladelphia, a member of their Society."
A Caution to the Democratic Society.
The custom you have adopted of bal
loting in the names, of persons without
their knowledge, and afterwards reporting
such to be members of your club, will not,
be put up with by the persons thus abused. —
This hint it is hoped will be fufficient
without further notice.
808 SHORT.
CIRCULAR,
TO THE
BRIGADE INSPECTORS
Of the Militia, from the Adjutant
General.
Philadelphia, August 27th, 1794.
Sir,
AS the period limited by the Presi
dent's Proclamation, for the. dispersion
of the insurgents, in the western parts
of Pennsylvania will expire on the firil
day of September next, the governor
has exprelfcd the greatest foUcitude, .that
the corps of five thousand two hundred
militia, to be drafted in pursuance of
the General Orders of the eighth inft.
may be in readiness to march on that
day. 1 must therefore make ,an imme
diate report of the progress, which, has
been made in drafting and organizing
your quota.
The eyes of our fellow citizens
throughout the Union, as well as in
Pennsylvania, arc fixed upon our con
duel : you must be fenfihle, therefore,
that the slightest appearance of a want
of zeal, or energy, to embark in fopport
of the violated authority of the laws,
will product that reproach, and disgrace,
which, as public officers, it is our duty
if possible, to prevent, and which it
will be our misfortune, more than any
other part of the community, to en
j counter. But, I am f persuaded, fir, that
' reffefliona of this kind are unneceflary,
( to stimulate you, or the militra of your
Brigade, to Ae petformimcc of a:i eflen
tial duty. The occasion is intprcfting
to every man, who feels hi? obligations
to society, ami is defirofis to prcferve
from the fury of .anarchy, as well as
from the encroachments of despotism,
the independence of a freeman.
The governor, therefore, directs me
to repeat his confidence in your exer
tions, and in the patriotism of every
well disposed citizen : but as he is anx
ious that the public disposition may he
r displayed by the mod expeditious com
pliance with the Purfident's requisition,
he has thought it proper thus to renew
the communication of his sentiments.
e I am, Sir, &c.
I (Signed) Josiah Harmar.
J ' -
- By this Day's Mail.
BOSTON, Aug. 33.
>f Capt. Tucker, in the brig Harmony,
II of this port, has arrived at Portland, from
n Brest, where she was carried in by a French
1- veflelofwar, the cargo taken for the use
:s of the Republic, and paid for, in bills on
Hamburgh.
n —
n We learn, that John Quincy Adams,
0 Esq. appointed Resident at the Hague, i
e from the United States, has so far proved
:- hinfclf a " good citizen," as to obtain per
f- million of the Citizen owner to take paflage
s for " Amjlerdam," in the efficient Jhip
it Robespierre."
e Brevity isfaid to be tiie foul of wit."—
■- If so, the French have published a witty
1, account of the late adtion, as follows,
e " fVe ha-ve had an aft ton with the Engli/h
[i and our ships have returned into port."
In one of the towns in England, to ex
e press fheir loyaljay on their late naval vic
•- tory, they roasted a whole sheep, and
a burnt Tom Paine in effigy.
If alt the French " official accounts"—
are of a piece with that of Barret e of the
, adtion of the Ift of June, some doubts of
- their infallibility will ere long be appre
a hended.
r —
e In a late Centinel a paragraph, ex
t trailed from a Dublin paper, gave some
s account of Mr. Cox, the celebrated bridge
- architect, having been tried in a Judicial
1 Court, in that city, on a charge of inticing
- artizans to quit Ireland. We are happy,
e by being in poflefiion of letters from the
- son of that gentleman, now in Europe, to
e give some explanatory intelligence on the
,fubjefl—and present the following.
Extract of a letter dated Liverpool, tl
May 19.. _ e
" As bad news always ilies fact, I sup-
pose you may have heard, tli?t tay father
was and was obliged to give Mil 11
in £ 1000, to stand trial, for, (as it was 8
said) having seduced artificers. It was tl
not the cafe, but is as follows: Three j<
tradesmen came to him, and asked how |(
their business would answer in America— t
He very candidly told them. They wished .
him to advance them money to take them
over, but he told them,. it was of no fer- c
vice to him their going over, but if it was,
and he should do it, he would be liable to
5001 fine, and twelve months imprison
ment. About three months after, one of Q
these fellows took it in his htad to lodge t
information against my father, for which
he flood trial the loth of this month, and
was honorably acquitted— i'he Jury did 1
not leave their box." t
NEW-YORK, Aug. 28. a
We learn from Captain Randall, of c
the Washington, that the British Am- 1
baffador, Lord Macartney, after having 1
visited Pekin, and travelled through the 2
country to Canton, had embarked on c
board the Lion, Captain Sir Erasmus f
Gower, 011 his return to Europe. The <
success of his Lordship's million was i
not known., i
Captain Gower had 17 ships under
his protection from Canton ; and 23 1
from St. Helena. ;
Continuation o/"EUROPEAN NEWS, ;
received by the Mohawk, from Lon- 1
don, and the Prudence from Loudon
derry :—
OSTEND, June 25.
On Monday last, thi French attacked
the Allies at Peteghem and' Deynfe—
It appears that a jjart of the Duke of
York's army had matched to Peteg
hem, for the purpose of co-operating
with General Clairfayi at Deynfe—
After a very severe and well fought ac
tion, the allies retreated on all fides,
and the French made thcmfclves mailers
of Peteghem" and Deynfe at the point
of the bayonet. The ;!|ies retreated
to Ghent, whither they were pursued i
by the, French- , Unable to reliil the j
victorious army, that cuv was forced to j
throw opeif its gates them, and ■
Ghent is now in the possession of the
French. The magazines which ft.il in
to their hands are immense.
[This is afterwards contradicted.
Another packet failed this morning,
but carried no mails, the poll being still
flopped.
Lord Moira, witl) his army, march- >
ed from the town yefleniay at 2 o'clock.
It is Faid they are gone to Sluys, to sn
deavor to join the Duke of York, who,
it is also said, is retreating to Holland, j
~ ■ i
BERLIN, Jime i\. - -j
A Royal Chasseur ai rived yesterday
preceded by fix postillions, with the ac
count of the conquell of the town and
fortrefs of Cracow.
Head-Quarters of his P ruffian Majejly.
MiCHALOW, June 15. 1 j
The following report from Major !
General Elfner, commander of the army
detached against Cracow, was receiv
ed this day by his Majesty.
On the 14th General Elfner advanc
ed with his troops towards the defile of
Michalowica ; this was occupied by the
enemy. The General attacked their
cavalry, and drove them into the en
trenchments before Cracow. Thirty
Polish chasseurs were cut to pieces in
this engagement, and a Captain and 8
privates were made prisoners.-
Our loss, together with that ef the
Ruffians, confifls only of one hussar,
and five infantry. General Elfner fired
some pieces of cannon upon the infan
try dining their retreat,and in the even
ing encamped his corps was with n fight
of Cracow.
On the 15th early in the motning,
Lieutenant Reifwitz, of the regiment
of Wurtembei g, was sent to summons
Cracow. A delay till nine o'clock was
req uefled, and granted. —Lieutenant
Reifwitz was again sent before the time
expired, threatened, that if the town
did not resolve to surrender, that it
. should be bombarded. At eleven o'clock
■ the General received a message, that the
• town and caflle were ready to surrender
' at discretion. The General immedi
ately ordered Colonel. Lediwary, with
two battalions of irifantry, and two
[ squadrons of cavalry, to take possession
of the £ovvn and caflle. The five hun
• dred National Guards have been forced
I to lay down their arms ; and all those
who were found in arms, have been
treated as prifonera of wit.
PARIS, June 20.
: The two principal conspirators against
Robespierre and Collot d'Herbois, with
1 52 other persons, were condemned to
' die on the 19th June.
| NATIONAL CONVENTION.
June 19.
Barrere informed the Convention
i y
>at the brave garrison ef Landrecy,
infilling of 4400 fine young fellows,
ad been carried to Biuffeis, where tliev
■ceived the moll tempting offers to en
age thi m to enter into the iervice of
te Emperor, but which had been re
6ted by all except twelve ; a circum
ance that, he said, iufficiently .evinced
tat fcJdifcrs raised by the law of requifi
on, were infpiied with the utmofl en
lufiafm for the public canfe.
LONDON, July r.
The Flanders Mail of this morning,
wing to every kind of intercburfe be
ween the different places in the Ne
herlands being entirely suspended for
lie prefcnt, brought only one bag con
aining a few letters from Oftend.—No
* T ewfpapeis or letters from BrufTels or
ny other part of Flanders. Any ac
ounts therefore from that quarter have
0 authority than that of rumours'in
irculation at Oftend, aud can only bi
ppreciated by the concurring teltimony
if circumltances, and the general uni
ormity of their contents. There are
lontradiftions in some particulars Hated
n the letters from Oftend, but all agree
n the fait that the French forces in
Flanders are greatlyfuperior to those of
he allies, that they may be conlidered
is mailers of that country.
Mr. Mason, the messenger, arrived
It the Secretary of State's Office this
norning, with dtfpatches from his
Royal Highness the Duke of York.
I'he late events of the campaign have
jeen as diiaftrous to the allies as our
created enemies would wish them. The
nterruption of dll regular communica
;iori was a fufficient indication of the
"uccefl'es of the enemy in Weft Flan
fers ; and the following official com
munication (which Owing to the late
boi|r at which it was punished, appear
ed in only a part of our impreflion yes
terday) ihevvs that East Flandei3 they
Kave been no less fuccefsful.
If we may judge of the other inha
bitants of Weil Flanders from tii; dis
position manifefted by those of Bi iges,
it is vain to preteftd to force our pro
tection upon them ; they want it i.ot.
Duke of York's aymy.
Camp at Tournny, yt:ne> 28.
A second council 4 of war was held
this day, from 10 till 3, but never weie
troops kept more in the dark than the
British. A disagreement was said to
have taken place between the Duke of
York and the Prince de Cobourg, and
about 4 o'clock the Austrian cavalry
and infantry began moving off thi
ground for th<? Sambre. lti the even
ing our regiments had to flrike tcr.t.
and reft on their arms, and our piquet!
were withdrawn without the line of in
trenchrhents. The Hessians also witl
the part of artillery had been at Rhume
returned and joined us. The heav}
baggage was sent off to Grammotit.
June 23;
All is consternation on the part of thi
inhabitants of this devoted city (Tour
nay,) and every preparation is makinj
by the British for retreating ; whilst th
Aufliian treachery is the theme of exe
1 cratiori from every tongue !
j We have long fuipeojrd the Auftriai
! policy telpeCting this country. Fron
the beginning of the campaign the Em
peror was greatly deficient in the jium
ber of troops, which by the treaty h
was bound to keep in Weft Flanders
and now the deficiency amounts to mor
than 60,000. This has been the res
and original cause of all our want a
success this campaign. Three week
ago he began removing all his militar
(lores from Brussels into Germany j an
the manoeuvres of the Auftrians with
in these few days have completely open
ed the eyes of the most unsuspeCting
to the real situation of the British arm
here.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28.
Mr Fenno,
Reports are induflrioufly circulate
tending to induee a belief that an ainicabl
adjustment with the malcontents in th
western parts of this state, has become cei
tain. We understand that there are fom
favorable appearances—but a proof tha
they do not juftify the very fmguine can
clufions which are dra\»n is that rneafure
of preparation for a different issue ar
going on with unabated exertions.
In such an undetermined state of th
bufmefs, what can be the motive for pre
pagating the belief abovemejitioned. Js i
to cool the zeal of good citizens ond rela
the measures which the support of the law
may be eventually found to requite ?
August 19, 1794*
(CIRCULAR.)
Richmond, Augufi loth, i 794,
Sir,
YOU will readily discover. from th
enclosed Proclamation, how yer
folieitous the Executive are to favethei
Fellow-Citizens and Country from the
horrors and disgrace which afflict and
defame a fitter State ; and you will .per
ceive our apprehenlions that the Insur
gents may, by their acts and emissaries,
milkad some of our countrymen, unless
counter-excrtions are made iir time by
the good and influential citizens. In
this Situation I not only forwa/d to yoit
by Express the enclosed Aft of Go
vernment; but also address you particu
larly ; entreating you from yqur duty
to the Commonwealth, love of order;
and love of country, to avail yourfelf of
every means in your power to counter
act ,the latent designs of your deluded
neighbours, and to bring to punishment
r.ll who openly in any manner violate
the peace and dignity of the Common
wealth.
DllVgrceablfe as <t is to point the ba
yonet againlt the bread of a fellow-citi
zen, it is. dill snore ft} to obey a mob;
and therefore but one opinion prevaiij
among all orders of people in every part
of the itate from which I have as yet
heard, viz.'deteilation of the Pennsylva
nia Insurgents, of their principles, and
actions, and determination' to compel
their submission to legal authority-
Orders have been iflued for a large
detachment of our militia to march un
der the command of General Morgan,
at a moment's warning, and tlie whole
body of militia are ready to follow; was
the fame neceflary. With reliatrce oil
your due exertions, and confidence that:
my fellow-citizens of your county will 1
aft the part- which our common good
and common happiness so strongly dic
tates. '
I remain, &c.
(Signed) 11. LEE.
By the Governor of the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
A PROCLAMATION.
: WHEREAS I have received infor
mation that a banditti from the Weitern
parts of Pennsylvania, have in defiance
of law and order, pa/Ted into this Com
monwealth, and by threats and other
evil doings, compelled an Officer of
the United States,, living in Morgan
Town, in the Ctiunty of Monongalia,
to abandon his home, and seek personal
fafety by flight :—A3SID WHEREAS
I have leafon to believe that the fnid
banditti are a pat t of tV corn
bination of a>eit,,d«.
fideOt's Proclamation <>■ !;.&
prefeut mor.*h, who fovge.- 1
■ f obligations human and divint
tlttt only 011 rapine and anate 1
therefore endeavour by their emi!._
i and other illegal means, to {educe t: z,
t good people of this Commonwealth)
• inhabiting the country bordering on
the State of Pennfylvarui, to unite with
them in schemes and measures, tending
; to destroy the tranquility and order
. which fa hfcppily prevails, and thereby
r to convert the blelfings we so eminently
; enjoy under our free and equal gcvern
. ment, into the molt afflicting nyferies
which can possibly befall the human
i race:
i To arrest ,these wicked designs; to
• uphold the Majelty of the law ; to pre
- serve our fellow citizens from evil, and
e ourcountryfiomdifgrace, Ihavethoilght
proper, by and with advice of the
e Council of State, to'iflue this my Pro
-1 clamation, calling on all officers civil
f and military, to exercise with zeal, dili
s gence and firinn, fs, every legal power
•' vested in them refpeftively, for the
3 purpose of detesting and bringing to
- trial every offender or offenders, in the
- premises. And Ido moreover Specially
, require and enjoin, that all pcrfons corn
s'' ipg into this Commonwealth, from that
part of our filler State, at present so
unhappily diitrafted, be patticularly.
watched; and if they Ihall be found
disseminating their wicked and perni
cious doftines, or in any way exciting
d a spirit of disobedience to government,
e thereby violating the peace arid dignity
e of this Commonwealth, that they be
e immediately apprelicnded and dealt with
X according to law.
GIVEN under my hand, as Govern*
s or, and under the Seal of the Com
e monwealth, at Richmond, this
twentieth day of Atiguft, in the
e (Sial.) Year of our Lord, one thousand
seven hundred ajvd nintty four, and
1 of the Commonwealth, the uine
• tfcenth.
« HENRY LEE.
This is to forwarn all
Persons <ronr> trusting my wife Mary Bifd on
on my account, aticr chc dau htrept, a& [
am determined topay n<s debts of her con
- . ira&iug.
/ William Bird
r Aug. &8 4*