EE
p'oportion to the rights *i:id privileges [ On the fuhjecl of grievances—a fin
of the people, will be the laws toiecure | gle qucftian dceides the fate of the new
a..d<3"'.i«3 those rights and ,p 1 government*—not a fe, -ier, 'merchant,
and the e.vpence ot adminiffering anfl I mccitonrc or laborer, in America, i»n
e-.ecu. ing tiioie laws—Tim. multiplicity | all; himfdf whether he Ims enjoyed more
of !?. vs ha j been co.fjiljilned at—>-thc « protection and prosperity lince its ope
laws ot one of the despotic govern- > ration than before ? But what mutt,
ments in the north of Etfl-ope i| oor»-a out and all, declare, with a loud \6icC
tained in a volume of about live hu,l« J in the jjliirmatiye, iiotwithliandiiig all
drt-d p.ij'es odtavo. « the additional taxes. Whence then all
A rotation in office, a large repre- < t'ii.«. diiturbance ? Do you expert to en
fentation, and numerous officers—are I joy protection for nothing ?If to, your
eontidered efiential to a free govern-J mcannets, is equal to your infamy.—
ment—- and doubtless are so—but a de-« But to be fe: ions—your gentry ot the
spot doe", or may govern alone—Tie i little pitiful village of Pittlburgh, of all
ma / allocate few or many in the admi- * men ;n America, one would luppoie,
n ; ration-—jullice is cheap—no jurors ! fiionld have been the lafi: to rife in oppo
t"o pay, no advocates to plead—'lew or | fition to a revenue, of which you pay a
appeals—judgment is promptly [ mere mite—a considerable portion of
f i■.•en Marcus inlinuates that clubs [ which has been expended for fcveral
v,-rt .klious to iome persons Lecaufe the years palt, diredily for your individual
clubs are opposed to taxes—This iB hot protection ; and the greatest part 01 it
true—and an inftnnce in point cannot Centres immediately with you; 3efidcs,
bt produced to juftify the remark— 1 tan affirm, that in paying the exclfe
The reverie contains the real Hit e of] upon whiskey, you do not bear any pro-,
facta-—Thefe focietjes arc friendly to a i portion to the burthens of your feliow
ccwnhtee gOvernnient-+-anci the reason ' citizens on the sea board, and in the
is obvjjua —the loaves and fifhes wotild j middle diftritts. You manufacture all:
thereby become infinitely diffufed—lt j your own Ivlgar, a great part of your
(Mult be indelibly imprefied on the mind ialt, require less of luxuries, make tnore
, of every man, that to change our present • cloathingj artd it you substitute T»alt ii
free government on account of the ex- j quors .-dead of whiflcev, you will be
pence attending its administration, were ■ aimolt exempt flom paying any part
to double that expence—for the preei- j of the revenue—-and can it be poifible,
ous privileges of a committee govern- ' that you can wiffi, perhaps one greater
ment (and a more popular plan,'. can 1 part of the revenue applied to your pro
be carried into execution, no other way) J tettion and expended among you, and
would be incurring a burthen which j jet bear no (hare of the burthen your
tieither we nor our poftefity could bear. ■ selves ?—Bhifll B —, for vourfetf
LUCIUS. ! and the wife, the libeial, the just men
,_ ! of the patriotic, the mighty town of
n l * All n>n I Pittlburgh.
From the Albany Repjler, . If you do npt like the Ux> why do , you
— I pay it ? Jt is not an arbitrary .tax, every
To H. H. 3** ** > Esq. man is his own afleflbr it is altogether a
dittckiti)n T-t voluntary matter—you are not obi;,; dto
rl 1 loiiu »v(_rn. k et p ft;il s —drop voiir whiskey, and drink
SIR, malt liquors and the Cornell ends. But
TKr. intemperance of your wiM [ 1 ydu, let me address a word to your
puvffiits for fcveral /ears has %>iliariz- philanthropy, if a parade of that gencr
, ' , k , . ' otis glow Of a pood heart can reach one io
ed 1 r name to the public.' Jfot that 4n(i 0 „ nfifchiefas yours.
your virtues or pat lotic deeds have Abftrail -d from every other idea, even«d
ever entitled yii»u to thrtt refpett, but mitting the ex:ife to operate partially np
yOUjl' Te'lil'-fp spirit and unwarrantable on your adherents, who have rose to crufli
r.-.cr.fmc; hive drawn on you an indeli- it, aud that every other part of the union
Lie fenw of "infamy and comernpt— ; wMexAapt. from k—l again aflert t ouadly
j ' -ii r • i j ; that interclt and love or mankind
a;, J yrttir name wiil pass quiet y down . We acquiefcel!c ,.
t ■ p.: ferny, hand m hand with that of • that at t |,; s m „.
Arnold, as two of the greatelt causes ; thc {rcd o[ - the convulted na
iiir.enca bas.ever nounftied in her bo- (>f are all turninß thcir
: Pl ft j on " avc ! a - 5 wi'hful eves to this land of freedom, £
boured m thc lty:e (if a madman, to in- tliejr fi , w and oilljr a f y l unl of reft?
voivc us ;n p. war w«h Spa,,,, in »«- ; Thoufm , tk wjU be „ d tlieir course - to „ ur
,X T r * l °, e T tt ' borders, with millions of wealth, if we
ti- iffliniibp ,v, en me, t ,oug ww collt [ nue to enjoy the reputation of pol
' l "' u uru 1U! Uil, o» to c c ' f-iiiinr a Well govern ment 9 an»!
t'je' tr.ir.e object;n a peaceable manner. inU ,« a , c _t a nd pray, will not the
Fiom that penod to t.ie comfflence- : ; nter ; or () f Pennfyivama be more bene
mc;nt of trie We, your ,11- ated name f fiUcd ~ a )(arvett one year than
reil'ed in obfotnty—-and now behold you rf , he wa „
a-e at the fbmrmt of •your detelted ambi- j ? Q|i the o(her h;;nd( j- fc it
t on. Not a man in America who ; for vou tu h;)]d up yo:n . Rlliity
loves his country and is not led away , Cd kflg, in otopofition to the power
bhr.dtolo by men of your call, but !q{ Ullion _ The oppre{ r fd people in
views you with horror and detestation— j „- on from IJf
««d whatever fond l opes ybu may che- > d;f ft and despair of finding a
nlh of being supported tn your villa.- ; a( . e £ f Qn thg j obc-
nous meafurcs by the union at large, bllrtlteni ,| the Union with an ex .
reft allured in these northern States, of ;m - (Q b „ . to ~
but one voice animates us all—and how- f enfes _ a ,. f you iVO[ aWare that Congrcfs
ever we may jar ,n fomc pomts of our jt ; n the{r vert 0 effca tll ; 8 ob .
political creed, in suppressing your . int , rdfi j } all intercot.rfe with
wrcciied combination, to disturb the • olJt of tbe
l ntcrn:;! peace of our country, and q{ withaiU tlie cv
miure it 9 reputation abroad, we are! , ~ ,
' J , r , ' ...! pence or a dollar r
firmly cemented to a man—and you will NORTHERN MAN.
find, fir, by fatal experience, this truth
confirmed if we fkould be called fbtth to
raise our aims again ft you.
Perhaps roil may be led to suppose
that' 1 ipenk feelingly, from being per
sonally interested in the success of the
revenue fyltom—in this I avow folemn
!y, that 1 du not possess, directly or in
directly one shilling depending on that
foiirce—To apprize you in time of the
midifgiiifed sentiments of the people at j
large in this quarter, and by a wish to |
discharge a debt 1 owe my country, 1 s
am induced to (tep forth. I
I will this fhoit address, by i
Hating a few questions ; if you are not j
loft to every sense of shame, I beg you >•
will, answer them with the fame candor
they are stated. i
What is your object ? Is it really for
thc lake of the pitiful excise of a few j
pence per gallon on your deteltable ;
v.-liifky, that you make all this noise r ■
Or, are you (as some shrewdly lufpeft) .
employed as Indian incendiaries, aided j
by Engiith Gold, to raise a barrier to S
prevent supplies going to our Western |
iVmy, and by such means to cause its »
deitruCtion ? If so, may the ven- j:
geance of America pursue yoil and your .
in&mi»ijs adherents without remorle or i
compalTion. If we can so far pity your E
meanness and ignorance, as to suppose
that you are really actuated by a belief
tlir.t you are opprelfed, and are seeking
for i\ !iat you may call redress—in this
view of the fubjedt y i are entitled from
every republican at lead, to a few que
ries addreti'ed to your reason—is any
remains.
<Mk, .
\ . *
remains.
For tht Gu%ctit of the United States.
Mr. FF.N NO,
I SEND you the literal translation
of a curious letter from the National
Agent of the diitiiflt of Cahors, written
to the Convention, and published in the
Paris Journal, duodi l2d Floreal, that
is, on Sunday the iith May, 1794.
" Citizen Representatives, oif yes
terday, Piiilofopheu and Republicans
enjoyed a delightful exhibition in the
commune of Cahors—Yefterday, the I
Supreme Being was honoured, and fer- '
vice rendered to the Republic t Would 1
you imagine by whom ? Even by |
Piiefls. The popular Society of Ca
hors perceiving some pious simpletons ■
still obltinately bigotted to certain days \
called formerly feflivals and Sundays, I
at one of its fittings invited all the '
Priests of the Diftrift to repair on the '
Bth of this month (formerly a Sunday)
5 to the ramparts of this commune, in
| orcUr to work on the great road, and
f thereby exhibit an example equally il
f luftriouß and itfeful.—Truth conttrains
ime to inform you, Citizen Reprefenta
tivei, that the invitation was received
j with transport, and that 200 Priests,
now become Citizens, worked all day
yellerday with an alacrity, which Fa
triotifm only could inspire—l hebeld
in the gang, and embraced Ecclelialtics
80 years of age, drawing cart-loads of
earth with all the vigour of youth, and
carneftly exhorting their fellow-citizens
to forget their ancient and fottilh fu
p<r®t!oh. The viaory over fanaticifm
wis complete. Citizens, Bigot 9, even
former Church-Wardens lent a liancl to
the work, and I allure you> that t-iey
will not rhiiik of ielt again but upon
the days of the decape. They will all
receive with respect and gratitude the
decree which ir> to avertge 'he Supreme
licir.g in (lilted by the impiety of Hebert,
and liis abominable accomplices. — 1 bus
you lee, that the diltri£t of Cahors is
entirely weaned from religious prejudi
ces. There are no more Prieits; but
there is a God to punish the crimcs of
Capet and his adherents —A God, to
receive into his bosom Marat, and all
the Miirtyi J of Liberty ''
Mr. Feniici, what will American
CJjri/lians fay to all this? What will
be the reflexions of rigid John Calvin's
disciples ? This tllUftiduS reformer alio
loved Liberty; but I thuft question
whether in this, ancf mariy other points
of refortjiation, lie would <igree with
Robcfpierre, that his countrymcri are
two tiioufand years in advance o: all
the human race*—Tiiufe, who bellow
on the Fiencli nation unqualified ad
miration and applause, would do well
ti> reflect that two powerful a glare of
faHe light may dull the mental as well
as the physical eye, and may prove as
fatal to both as the obfeurity of error.
As for fmcere believers in Revelation,
let them remember that mankind is ever
prone to imitate what they admire, and
th:;t the follies of nations are generally
fsnuggled into other countries under the
fpendid cloak of their victories and suc
cess. When pronouncing upon the cha
; racters either of nations 01 individuals.
| Wiidon) will always difcriminatfe be
| tween their excellencies and defects ; and
the waimeft votary for Liberty, if at
tached to his religion will execrate the
dart that is /levelled at her vitals, tho'
it still be reaking with the blood of "bme
despot. America to.be free and happy
mult think entirely for herfelf, and have
national maxims, opinions, and fafhions
of Iter own.
An An\eyjcan Chriftiaji.
* See Robcipierre's report.
| Foreign Intelligence.
July 18. -v ,
An epidemic fever, we are'toWV
< swept off numbers of peopljf S*. Jamaica
' THE NAV'y. .*■ t S|. Domingo, wuhfn'"tHrfe eight
Lord Howe, fatis.tk'«l with complete^ w^f ks. - ,*■ .
y,. beating the French Fleet, and an-'' A gentleman in whd
cingtho event, has left it to others '. h™ e«c')iive sources
the particulars. -There are Writing to hit comfpari#rt hStr«,
:i r rtimftaticf 3 now aicertained, which, , tlons > that la ft summer a fever, in
a julKce'to his Lordfhlp and the fleet refpfft similar to that of
mder his command ought to be made carried off upwards of fifty thoufanc
viiown to the public. V P«'P le the Spanilh province of Ytt
The a&ion of the 29th May, on *~catofni. ,catofni > , '
which huT Lordihip but jult touches in ■ From from Guapa
his letter, was long and well contested. oU P e > under the Janwica head, then
The damage fuftaincd by the enemy on i appears every probability of a good ac
that day, accelerated their defeat on the ! count being soon given of thfFrencl
lit itifti Four of their ships were so : «>ip» and troop* in-that quarter,
completely beaten, that the French ad- ■
rr.iral sent them away the nerff day
v. Inch a rcinforctm . it of four frelh (hip
enabled him to do without lefiening hi
anginal number. The fa£t, tlierefore
is, that Lord Howe, with twenty-fn
(hips of the line, beat thirty-one of ,th<
enemy. jjfe
The eight ships oWne line seen b)
Capt. Parker 011 the morning of the
29th, were the Concale squadron, com
ing up to join the I'reft: fleet, which
they were prevented' from doing by the
accidental cifrumlUnct of Lord. Howe's
being between them and that fleet. Had
this fquadion, and the four ships that
joined on the 30th, effected their junc
tion oh the 28, the French fleet would
have consisted of thirty-nine ships of
the line, and been too .much superior in
point of numbers to Lord Howe's fleet
even if Admiral Montagu had beei
with him, to be engaged with prudenc
LONDON"; June tj.
The ship that fought Captain Parker,
and the four disabled ships sent away on
the 30th, got into Bred.—Eight were
seen by Admiral Montagu getting in on
the Bth June, and eighteen on the 9th,
making,with the two funk, and fix tak
en, the whole number that had been out.
It is known that there were fix line of
battle in Brest water before. The French
have, therefore, thirty seven ships of the
line at Brest; of which fourteen viz. the
fix last mentioned, and the Concale fquad
run, have not been in a<ftion, and may be
conftdered as immediately fit for sea. If
the exertions of our Admiralty are not
greaterthantheyhaveyet .;een,wefhall soon
have the mortification of knowing that the
beaten fleet of the enemy is scouring the
ocean, while our viAorious fleet is in
port.
It is indeed matter of aftoniftiment, that
with more than one hundred ftiips of the
line in commission, two of the maritime
powers in common cause with us, the dis
organized and crippled navy of France
alone to contend ngainft—that our Grand
Fleet (hould be sent to sea so much inferior
in point of number to that of the enemy,
as to render the event of a battle doubtful,
if not imminently hazardous.
Fortuoftte circuijiftances prevented the
enemy from availing therrfelves of thsir
whole force ; the superior skill and valor
of our officers and men triumph over all
.he reft; the evil genius of our Ministers
again interposes, and blasts the fruits of
our viiflory !
Of naval vi&ories the consequence used
to be, that our cruizers ranged the coasts
of the enemy to intercept their trade, and
give fecurily to our o»u. Of this victory
the immediate coniequnce is, tint from
the Straits of Gibraitar Vo the Stails'of Do
vets we have not a finglt ihip of the line at
sea; and a convoy of incalculable value to
the enemy, which will fuppiy'them with'
provilions, naval ltores, and feainen to
an immenle amount; arrives uiimolefted*
STOCKHOLM, June 27.
The difpatclies received by Count
RofA»ir<ow from PeterJburgh are said
to be of a very important nature.
NASSAU, (N. P.) July 11.
During the thr» ' la(t weeks, the wea
ther has been uncommonly dry for the
season.
July iJ.
During the lalt fortnight, frequent
reports have been received here, of some
t)f Hie Chxleiton privateers being seen
amorg these illands, and of their having
made prize of several droghing and
wrecking vessels.
Yefrfcrday we had information from
Crooked Iflaiid of a {loop and a fehooner,
the foririer called the St. Joseph, the
other the St. Maria, both well armed
and manned, and bearing French oo
lqurs, having had the audacity on Thutf
day the iolli inttaitt, to attempt taking
the fehooner Cleveland from Moss's
Landing. Two guns belonging to the
Cleveland being placed on (hore, were
fired at the enemy, and kept them at
bav, until the cargo was landed. The
ammunition being expended, the enemy
got possession of the fehooner hnd were
carrying her off, when the tnilitia of the
island having aflembled, a three poundet
was got to a commanding situation, and
fired with such effedt, as to oblige the
pickeroons to relinquish their prize, and
push off. The Cleveland was afterwards
brough back and yefteidsy arrived here.
On Saturday morning, the privateer
fehooner Flying Fill), Capt. M'lvinney,
arrived here fiom a cruize.
CHARLESTON July 26.
, On Wednesday lall Mr. Maurice Spil
liard arrived here, in the schooner Ad
venture, a prize to the French priva
teers Norbonnaife. He has made the
following depolition before a notary
public of this city 1
That on the sth of July, he failed
as passenger from Charleston, on board
the schooner Polly, Capt. Wright be
longing to Mr. Robert M'Grath, of
New-York, merchant, and bound to
New Providence, laden with a cargo
of merchandize.—That, on the fame
day, about four o'clock in the after
noon, being then about 4 le agues from
Charletton light, they wei'e chafed by
the French privateer Narbonnaife, com
manded by Capt. Hervieux, who fired
two (hots at the Polly, and brought
her to. Lieut. Rivers, vviih five men,
immediately took pofleflion of the Pol
ly, and Mr. M'Grath and Mr. Shofield,
(pafTengers) with the Capt. and two
hands belonging to her, with her trunks
and baggage, were ordered on board
the privateer: but the deponent be
ing very sick, was left on board the
Polly. That Lieut. Rivers then went
on board the privateer, leaving Don
Manuel, a Spaniard, as prize-master,
with the other four hands on board the
Polly, and ordering her to Port-au-
Paix. That about three days after
wards Don Manuel was taken on board
the schooner privateer, wnere he re
mained until the day of July, when
the schooner Adventure, Capt. Elliot,
of New Providence, wai captured by
the Narbonnaife, near Crooked Island,
one of the Bahamas, when the depo
nent was put on boai d of her ; and the
said Don Manuel, as prize matter, with
four other hands, ordered to take her
and carry her to Port-au-Paix—
That the fcliooner Adventure's boat
having been allowed Mr. Dclancey (one
of ner paflengers) to carry him to
Crooked I (land, the deponent was
offered the liberty of going on (here
there ; but finding hi rfclf very
sick and weak, he applied to Captain
Hervieux to remain on bo; rd tiie Ad
been ordered to Poit-au-Paix, which
Capt. 11. consented to, and ordered
the deponent to be well used. That
during the time of the deponent's being
on board the schooner Polly. Captain
Wright, he saw another schooner taken
by the Narbonnaife, called the Polly,
Capt. Prince, from Cape Nithoh Mole,'
bound to Charleston, laden with coffee
and sugar, belonging to Mefirs. Pen
man & Co. Pray, Grant and John Price,
merchants, of this city. That the
prize-mailer of Don Manuel laid he
muit steer for Charleston, as he should
not be able to get into Port-au-Paix, on
account of the Biitifti cruizers, and ac
cordingly ai rived is this port on the
z2d of July inft. in the evening. That
on the passage, Don Manuel, the prize
matter, dripped the deponent of his
cloths and wearing apparel, knocked
him down, and ordered him upon the
forecaftle amongst the negroes, and
otherwise ill-treated him.
GUADALOUPE.
(Tranjlated for the General Abver-
TiSER.)
The following Proclamation was !{lued
at Point a Petre, after the EngliJh
had abandoned their attempt on
Grand Terre.
Liberty, Equality.
PROCLAMATION.
The commissioner delegated by the
national convention to the windward
islands, considering that Point a Pitre,
after having been delivered by traitors
to the English as well as Guadaloupe
and the French poflcfiions in the An
tilles, and after having been reconquered
by the arms of the republic is the firft
; port where the delegates from the Na
tional Convention brought the decree of
liberty pafled the 16th Pluviofe, to con
secrate the memory of that event and
of the victory obtained by the republi
cans over their enemies and the traitors
combined, on the glorious day of the
14th i'nlt. [July 2] declares, that the
commune of Point a Pitre fha!l in fu
ture be called Commune of the Port
Of Liberty, and the fort heretofore"
called Morne of the Government, Vic
tory Fort.
He directs the municipality to eme
gifterj cause to be read and publilhed
the foregoing, wherever required.
Given at the Port of Liberty, lfland
of Guadaloupe, hitherto Point a Pitre,
28th Meffidor, second, year of the
French republic, one and indivisible,
[July 16, 1794.]
(Signed )
Victor. Huguej.
Visl, Sec'ry.
UNITED STATES.
NEWPORT, August 25.
Mr. JOHN BAPTIST® BER
NARD, Prize Master of the British
Brig Perseverance, whom we mention
ed in our la't, to have been imprisoned
here on suspicion of Murder has been
honourably acquitted.
PHILADELPHIA,
SEPTEMBER 4.
ExtraS of a teller si om a Gentleman at
Canandarqua, in the Genefee country
to his friend in tbis city, dated August
12, 1794.
" The present appearance is fucli
that it gives me full confidence to a (I'm
to you, in contradiction to some writers
from your quarter, that the Six Nations
do a&ually remain at home, and have
not joined in the war with the fioltile
Indians against the United States, which
may be attributed in a great measure to
the people withdrawing from Prefque
Isle. At the treaty, which is soon to
be commenced, I hope and believe all
difficulties will be removed and morefe
curity rendered to our frontiers."
By this Day's Mail.
BALTIMORE, September ®
On the 15th June, in the National Coftv
vention of France, Vamer denounced a
counter Revolutionary Alterably in Rue
Contrefcarpe, feftion de l'Obfervaioire,
No. 2078. up three pair of flairs. An old
maid, called Mademoiselle Theros, bad
collected around her a number of phylici
ans, lawyers, and rich icle men who tiad
r.ever done any thing for their counry.—
This new mother Catharine promised im
mortality to her scholars : to obtain it, it
was absolute necelTary to embrace her lives
times ; twice on the forehead, twice on
the templis*, twice on the cheeks, ir.d the