flcfts difhonot also on his ftibje&a. Your
Majesty, I am sure, will pardon this
warmth. It is the eiTufidil of the fin--
cereft regard. The aitiiable part of the
picture is not so much a lefTon of what
you ought to be, as a prophecy what
your Majesty will be."
'The hrit official account which Ge
neral Kolcinfko feht to the Supreme
Council, at Warsaw, of the battle of
6:h, is the most modest which has c v er
been reported by a general under fimi
, lnr cirfcumftances.
'i he general fays, " wc hive beeil at
tacked by an enemy twice superior to us in .
tillery : we iuitamcd a lots not so coiiiidef
abfe with refpe& ,o the nuinbta- of killed
and wonnried, as to the dtath of the two
bravegenerals Grochcwfty and Wodzicki:
we loft a!fo a few cannon. Vidiory was
ahn><ft in our hands, when it wa* wrench
cd'trom us by the giving way of the bat
talion of the peasants ; but after a can
nonading of 3 hours, we retreated in gr>od
"deJ*." 1 his firlt account was dated from
Ij;s ttirnp near Moligoflez, June the 7th
th d«y after the battle.
Provincial accounts received at War
law mention, that the Ruffians having
lv.:;"raffed the Fmall town of Wlcozefcowa,
the property of citizen Malachowflii,
the iiiha'bitan'.s Were obliged to defend
thimfeives, and at lalt Fucceeded in driv
ing th em out ; but a few days after .a
llrong party of Ruffian Coflacs ret urned
arid committed the most horrid cruel-
ties : they furrdunded the town and set
fw to it, w.n'cfl was wholly consumed
bf the Sari'ieS, from which' only one house
and the Jewifo Synagogue escaped.
Those harbai ians were feeft to push, with
their pike.3, into the flames, the women
and children, who endeavored to escape
from therm
Experience has shown the folly of
putting soldiers into various coloured
coats. Nothing- can eqaal the confufion
of which the" motely garbs of the allies
liave given rife. A curious ircftance oc
curred at Aloft. While the English
troops were buying their meat in the
market, with ottly their fide arms, and
in feemiug fafety, >a patrole of 6oC
French horte, in grern uniform, rode
into the town without oppofrtion, and
drew up in the market place. They
were rr.iitaken for a Heflian regiment of
green horle, and when they began to
cut down our troops, they called out,
" Nous fommes Anglais." " Qui, An-'
£tau / Fcutres!" waetheanfwer of the
French; and at the fame inltan't a re
giment of Austrian horse, in bine and
red turn ups, emered the place, whom
the Engliih miftofak for French, and
turned from their real enemy to attack
their friends. Ought not this to be a
warning to our colonels not to indulge
their foppery in drefling out their new
corps in all th? colors ot the rainbow.
4Tranjlated for this Gazette.
proclamation.
Of 7/jomat Brijbane commanding for
his Britannic Maj.Jy at St. Mara,
J- 1 -drcuhaye and their dependencies*
THii, slaves of the Quarter of Port
au-Prince have begun to amend ; the
flight of the two impojlors who led thsm
airay, has opened their eyes ; and in-
Head of the flatteiing profpedt which
was presented them, they are left to
behold only the greatelt and mod im
minent danger. His Excellcncy M.
"V\ llliamfon has perceived their retunj
■with that goodness which mud make
them repent : he has promised them
an amnesty and an oblivion of their
past faults j and has fixed the condi
tions in his Proclamation. That Pro
clamation has been sent to me officially
by him, with liberty to adopt, in the
Quarter of St. Marc, whatever part of
it may appear to me proper. Wishing
thetefore, to fecorid his intentions, and
his desire to save from the last miseries,
those unfortunates, who doubtlefi are
reproachable with error rather than any
ciimiual machinations, I declare and or
dain as follows :
. Indulgence and Pardon are promised
in the name of the King to those of the
Infill gent slaves who will, at the Sum
"mons which I shall give them, render
themselves up to their mailers, and re
commence their labours. Ipromife fo
lemtily, that no mark of rebutment or
diflatisfaaion shall be (hewn to them,
and if any unJer such apprehensions,
will come to me, I myfelf, will restore
them to their matters, and 1 engage my
honour that they shall be received with
favor.
Ail those who thus render themselves,
and Will bring with them arms or am
munition, shall receive, over and above,
a pecuniary recompense as follows :
F&r a mufltet in good
repair with bayonet 33
A pair of pistols 24 15
A pound of powder or
eatridgw ,6 IO
A cutlass, poignard or
sword
A lance
Finally I will admit a ccrtain riijrtl
bcr of the iifft tvho shall Jsrefcnt them
selves, into an armed corps which 1 am
railing, and which will be entirely com
posed of faithful (laves who by consent
of their matters are to be maintained
and paid by the Government, and will
obtain their libei tj by a iervice of five
years. '
Such are the propositions which are
rtadtt to the Insurgent (laves, and Which
hey have the power of acccpting du
ring the term of . This delay
is the time for clemency and tnercy ;
that of vengeance will presently fuc
cecd, if it (hould pass away without
effect ; and no restraints will then be
kept towards tliofe blind and infatuated
enemies whom nothing will have been
able to bring back to reafciri, and to the
consideration of their real interefb.
ilefleft then unhappy fla&sy.tfbd have
been lo cruelly led all 1 ay, and ttfiu your
eyes to the storm which 13 ready to fall
Upon twii
Consider that the means by which
you have prolonged your state of rebel
lion to the present time, are at an end*
that your refouiccs for the procuring of
arms and ammunition will be loon ex
hausted: a rigid watchfulnefs now guards
the whiles from the thefts that' you
made of their arms in order to turn
them again ft them. Relied above all
that the Civil ConmiJJioners are 110 longer
at hand to procure you those fuccefles,
which served and palliated their avarice :
the troops destined to oppose you will
be no longer neutralised, disorganized
and dispersed—that time is no more ;
Polverel and Stinlhonax, have fled and
betrayed you, as they had before be
trayed the whites.—Can you have con
ceived the senseless hope of refilling for
any length of time with success, the
troops of their Britannic and Catholic
Majesties ? Behold all the European
powers interested in attacking and de
ftroyirig you : Behold the fate of the
insurgent (laves of Surinam : Contem
plate what is already that of the (laves
of the Cape, even in the midst of "an
apparent momentaiy fuecefs ; they pe
rift in the (beets, and in the public
places : famine, and the miseries infe-
parable from a (late of war, cut them
oft in a most (hocking manner—and
seem by the depopulation which they
occasion, to contend witH the arms of
the Kings of Spain and England—The
fame scourges await you : the time will
come, and it is not far diilant, (and
which without doubt many of you al
ready realize,) when you will deplore
your desertion. Remember that mo
ment will not be flow, and that your
repentence will then be of no avail.—
See on the other hand the advantages
whvfch are offered you, if you conform
to the above proposals. It is sot you to
reflect upon them, and make your elec
tion.
And you, whites, who are united
with the slaves in their revolt; who fufr
tain and encourage their rebellion, you
no less iniferable vi&ims of the Civil
Commiflldneri, contemplate the horrible
abyls before you ; leflt'Ct that one fault
bungs on another, that despair will not
ftifie. repentance.
Amnesty and perfect tranquility are
equally offered you, if you consent to
abjure your errors. The fate of those
among you, who participated the par
ticular favors of the Commissioners,
ought to be An important lesson.—Some
have 101 l their lives, others have aatcih
panied them, and are without doubt
abandoned by them as instruments no
longer ufeful, and as dangerous evi
dences of their wickedness. The most
part have been left, *nd cxpofed Uo our
resentment.
Return then to wisdom, to reason and
to justice.—A sincere furreflder will
meet the indulgence of government
upright and honett conduct will ensure
you those favors which aiepromifcd on
these conditions. Finally, I offer you
peace—l demand it of you—that a
blind reflifal of it on your part may not
be the lignal for your deftru&ion.
Thomas Brisbane,
Commandant.
Done at St. Marc's, the 7th Aug. 1794.
For the Gazette of the United States.
Mr Fenno,
I CANNOT help congratulating
the Public 011 the opening of the
tioneering Campaign in your paper of
Saturday. Whatever may be the emo
luments attached to public office, abuse
and calumny are always sure to be of
the party.— Your correfpondeuts of
course begin to depreciate merit that
they cannot equal. They talk of unex
pe&ed acquisitions of property to one
of our tirft merchants who has carried
on business and on the molt cstenfive
Livres. Sous,
scale in tlifs city for tlicfe twelve years
past, and who of course had all the
right to expect to acquire property
- which can be derived from indultry and
- perseverance in honorable labor and ap
i plication to obtain it. Had he been
- Without property doubtless it had been
t a motive of equal reproach : To have
1 trusted public concerns with one who
1 had (hewn no care of his own, had been
e surely deemed excej* ionabl?, and now
that there is property it is qdite natural
- to lelTen the merit of an indtfftiious pur
i fui't of business by an idea of !udden
- acqmfitiom So difficnlt it is to please
<f your corfdpondents, that fllence on the
; subject of the Insurgents would have
- been construed into adtirig with them,
t and fpi'- king out is deemed merely a
e put pose to"carry an Election. Againlt
d such opponents, candour has a i Mplefs
n warfart, and.it might be best to leave
e them to their own ungrateful refk-dtions.
There .are few men who in the cnurfp
e of two years would have rendered the
r city more real and fiihllatitial fervict
:J than the little loquacious city member,
so often abused in your paper, as al
l most all our public iiiflituiions mav
- prove." The Sank of Pennsylvania, the
, Insurance Compani sos North Ameri
f ca and of Feftnl'ylvania, the Hospital on
- State 111 and with the funds allotted it ;
t the grant to the fennfylvarria Hospital,
i the mild change of our Pjiial System, the
i vigorous measures of khe Government ps
1 the ftatc to re-eftablilh order in tl.'e bjick
- country, due to the money thV $at?
, found in her coffers from her Bank ; the
: consideration and order of her present
1 finances in that her prosperity in being
I able to provide for her expences withoift
; taxes. Much of all this has been owing
I to the zeal and indnftry of the little
■ member, who at the faiVie time is one
■ of the largest export Merchants of our
port, employing annually a great n(M>-
: ber of ships and u!"e{til hands. This is
his bell eulogiiim, and though A. B.
has the goodness to wish him among the
- Insurgents, it is probable that he and i
: all like him might be spared from the •
city with less .chance of being milled
i from it. ' I
I also wilt), thai a man of refpe&nbili- 1
■ ty and merit may be chosen, one able to ' 1
serve the public, and who has proved
this by real service for these 15 years ' 1
pad, and I believe this will in all pro- ]
bability be just as well done by our little «
city member as by any of the tall gigan- '
tic figures that are opposed to him. ) I
CIVI.S. j 1
I .
PHILADELPHIA, I'
..■» 1
, 6-
5 .
The following, fuppofid to have letn
v/rittfi&by Mr. Braclenridge, is the
Letter, to which, that in the ttvo loft
numbers of this Gazette is an an
swer.
PITTSBURH, Aug. 8, 1794
Sir, , .
I HAVE received no papers from you,
your letter by the post id the firit that I
have heard .from you. I take the oppor
tunity to give you in return a summary of
tlie prelent ffate of this country, with
refpedt to the opposition that exists to the
excise law. It has its origin not in any an
tifrderal spirit, I alfure you. It is chiefly
the principles and operations of the law
itfelfj that renders it obnoxious. Be this
as it may, the fadis are these ?
Ihe opposition, which for some time
shewed itfelf in the refoives.of committees,
in representations to government,in masked
attacks on ir.lignificant deputy excise of
ficers, for cnly such would accept the ap
pointment—did at length, On the appear
ance ol the marshal in this country to l'erve
procefles, break ont in an open and direift
attack on the mfpetHor of the revenue
himfelf, General Nevil. These circiim
itances you will by this tinte have heard,
from the General himfelf, and from the
marshal Major Lenox.
Subfequcnt to their departure from the
country, notice was given of a meeting
on the Monomjahela river, about eighteen
miles from the town of Pittlburgh. Six
delegates, of whom I was one, were sent
from this town. Nothing material was
done at this meeting, but the measure a
greed upon of a more general meeting, on
the 14th of August, near the fame place
to take into view the present flute of af
fairs of the country.
Subl'cquent to this, the mstil was inter
cepted, characters in Eittfburgh became
obnoxious by letters found, in which sen
timents Construed to evince a bias in favor
of the excise law, were difepvered.
In conf'equence of this, it was thought
necefTary to'demand of the town that those
persons should be delivered up, or expel
hd, or any other obnoxious character that
might re fide there : also, that the excife
office ft ill kept in Pittlburgh, or said to be
kept there, should be pulled down ; the
house of Abraham Kirkpatrick, burnt 01
pulled down ; other houses also, that were
the property of persons unfavorable to the
cause. For this purpol'e, circular letters
were sent to the battalions of the counties,
SEPTEMBER 19,
detachm-r.ts from which nv-t on Br?d
dock's field, to the amount of at !eaft five
thousand men, or. the jd of the .month. —
It was dreaded, on the part of the town,
hat from the rage of the people involving
the town in the general odium of abetting
the excise law, it would be laid in alheS.—
And 1 aver that it would have been the
':afe, had it not been for the pron.pr and
decisiVe refoluiioiio of the town, to march
nut ant? meet them as brethren, and com
ply with il! demands. 7 hi, had the effect,
■ lid the battalions marched into town rn
the jd, an 1 during their delay there,
and cantonment in tlje neighborhood,
with a trilling exception (if a flight damage
done to the property ot Abraham Kirk
patrick, in the poffeflion of his tenant,
which was afterwards compehfaied, he
haved with ail the regularity and order of
the French or American armies, in their
march through a tf-wn during their revo
lution with Great Britain.
The town of Pittsburgh will fend de
legates to tlie meeting' of the "14th in ft.
—what the reftilt will be, I know not.
fend tommiffio'ners to the Preiiderit
with an addre's, p'-opcfing that lie fiiall
delay any aftt-i..j>t to suppress this
n.iiii I'eciitni, 11 :t wilt be ii led, until
the meeting of Congiefs. This will be
the <>bje£t, limply and alont, with all
that labor to avert# civil war. On the
part of the government, 1 would ear
nestly pray a delay until futh address
and cpmniiflionefß may- come forward.
1 1116 is my object in writing you this
letter, tehich I delire you to communi
cate either by the Gazette or otherwise.
It will be said, this infurrc&ion can
be easily suppressed ; it is but that of a
part of four counties. Be allured, it is
that of the greater pan ; and 1 am in
duced to believe, the three Virginia
counties, on" this iide the mountain, will
fall in. The firft measure then will be,
the organisation of a new government,
comprehending the three Viiginia coun
ties, and those of Pennsylvania, to the
weflward, to what extent I know not.
1 his event, which I Contemplate with
great pain, will be the result of the ne
cessity of felf-defence. For this reafoil,
I eartieftly and anxiously wilh that de
lay on the part of government may give
time to bring about, if practicable," good
order and subordination. By the time
the Congress meets, there may be a fa.
vorable issue to the negociation, with
regard to the navigation of the Miffifip
pi, the weflern posts, &c. A suspension
of the excise law, dining the Indian
war, a measure I proposed in a publica
tion three years ago, in Philadelphia,
may, perhaps, fnftice. Being then 011
j an equaL footing with other parts of the
i Union, if they fubmittu. to the law,
j this country might also.
I ant icipate all that-cstv .bejTaid with
regard to example, &c. 'I may be rnif
taken, but I am deciiive in opinion that
the United States cannot effect the ope
i ration of the i;:w in this country. It is
■ universally odious in the neighboring
parts of all the neighboring liates, and
| the militia under the law, in the hands
; of the President Cannot be called out to
j reduce an opposition. The mid-land
counties, I am persuaded, will not even
fuffer the militia of more distant parts
of the Union, to pass through them.
But the excise law is a branch of the
funding system, detested and abhorred
by all the philosophic men, and the yeo
manry of America, those who hold cer-
I tificates excepted. There is a growling,
■lurking difeontent at this fyitem, that
j is ready to burit out and discover itfulf
j every where. 1 candidly and decidedly
! tell you, the chariot of government has
been driven Jehu like as to the finances;
like that of Phaston it has descended
from the middle path, and is likely to
burn uj> the Ame ican earth.
Should an attempt be made to sup
press t'hefe people, I am afraid the ques
tion will not be, whether you will
march to Pittsburgh, but whether they
will inarch to Philadelphia, accumulat
ing in their course, and fvvelling over
the banks of the Sufquehaunah like a
torrent, irrefiftable, and devouring in
its progress. There can be no equality
of contest, between the rage of a sorest,
and the abundance, the indolence, and
opulence of a city. If the• President j
hair-evinced a prudent and approved de- I
lay in the cafe of the British spoliations, j
in the cafe of the Indian tribes ; much
more humane and politic will it be to
consult the internal peace of the govern
ment, by avoiding force until every !
means of accommodation are found un- j
availing. 1 depiore my personal Situa
tion ; I deplore the Situation of this j
country should a civil war ensue.
An application to the Biitifh is spo
ken of, which, may God avert. But
what will hot despair produce !
Your most obedient Servant, &c.
We hear that the President of the
United States intends a&ing as com
mander in qhief of the militia marching
to the westward, and sets out to-mor
row morning for the reiidczvcas at Car
lille.
The period of e!e<£\ioil is fact approach
ing and our citizens appear still unmindfu
of its importance. Petition and Remtdj
ftrance is butj a l'econdary mode of
encing measures—a proper/choice of mm
is the anoft effectual, then let tliufe'Sj
posed to preserve the principles of our con 1
ftitution in their purity, and pi:.; d rhj
rights.from eticroachmem early t. , n .j, •
atten ion to tpe fubjeef. Let them VC r
to tin* ccndu& of their late repn:
! and determine whether they have or ha»i
' notified as good and faiihiul itrvants •
' whether their votes on important question.
have been the result pi a w if;i to i.romoM
j tire public weal, ir whether they hve i I
bhfled by their own irUerol. J n ,- uir
•none of men let them ftuti ti ,
great intertfi of the people, and above all,
ill their chojce of. public icrvants, L-t them
ffcarch for the honest man.
Gen. Adv.
Yesterday arrived in 19 days from St.
Euftatitis, the schooner Eagle, Capt'.
Logan, who informs that on the-12th
111 IK he i'poke the schooner Dolphin,
Capt. Yearfley, out 22 days from Phils!
delpliia bound to St, Marc's; lat 25.
long. 67. Capt. Yearfley had on boaid
; the crew of the fchoontr Hannah, of
Briltol, Rhode-Island, which had been
overset by a heavy gale of wind on her
paflage to St. Domingo, and the Capr.
(Collins) drowned. The people had
been 11 day» on the vessel's bottom, al
most famifhed with hunger and third
when they were fortunately relieved'
by the humane exertions of Captain
Y earfley.
Ext raff of a letter foom an offir.er in Cot.
Gurney't Battalion y date*. Sept. 25.
" On Monday we encamped within
one mile of Mrs. Miller's, and the next
day, at 4 o'clock, pitched our teats at
Downing's Town, where we remained
oil Wednesday to refrefh the men, and
about 1 o'clock were joined by Mjjor
Fiihe.'s Battalion and Park of Artiiie
ry, arid Captain Scott's Infantry. This
morning we were joined by the Phila,
delphia and Chester county Hoi fe, con
fiding of 50, under the command of
Captain M'Cle'.lan. We are now about
450, encamped near the Compa(s, 45
miles from Philadelphia. Q,i Sa.urduy
we are to march through taricafter, and
shall encamp near it and remain, in all
probability, untii Monday' morning.
" '/nail company of line Continen
tal foldieis, with ten biafs pieces, pas
sed us this day upwards.
►rorr
Philadelphia County, Sept. 26, 1794..
At a meeting held at the vnd jw Lffh
er'sin Gerpiantown, this day, the fol
lowing gentlemen were named a com-
the city of Philadelphia fcnd the county
of Delaware, on a ticket* tor Senators,
to reprefcnt the diftriil in the senate of
tlieftate, viz.
William Robinson, fen. George Fore
pflugh, Alexander Martin, Thomas
Dungan and, George Gray,; wlw aie
requelted to attend -at the Bunch of
Grapes, in I'hird-flreet, on Wtt' fday
next, the 2d of Odlober, at 2 <>v : r;k
in the afternoon.—Should a comnvuee
from the city or county of Delaware
be named, they are also requeued to at
tend at that time.
By order of'the meeting,
Thomas Dungan, Chairman.
Extradl of a letter from- a Clergyman in
one of the WefUrrt Counties of thi«
State, to his friend in this City, dated
Sept. 3, 1794. - y
" The fttuation of our country has beerty
and Jiill is -very alarming, li'hat the ij-
Jue will be, 1 cannot tell ; but I hope that
peace and order niill be rejlored. The JlatHe
rose Co tuddenly and Jpread Jo rapidly, that
the people had not time to > \jUci : and the
popular Jui-y rose Jo high thai a yerfnn was
in danger, ij he Jpoke a word in oppojition
to the prevailing Jentimeut. however,
matters are otberwije now » the principal
promoters oj the riot are conjiderably crejl-
Jalleu. Men oj fenje and dfcernment be
gin to Jpeak openly, and are determined to
do their utmojl ~to Jave our country Jrom
impending ruin, and to induce the people to
accede to the terms propafed by the comnuj
ijiotiers•
i " The religious people amongjl us are
\ferioufly engaged in prayer, that God would
> interpose / a-td / cannot but hope, that the
J plots of hell "Mill bh baffled, that theJlorm
| will blow aver, and that the people will
! return to obedience to the laws."
The above -was written by a very pious
and very influential Prrjbyterian Clergy
man, wko, as ".veil as Mr. Porter and bis
brethren generally, have laboured to che
rijh attachment to the government and fub
miffian to the laws. And it is remarkable,
within the sphere of their influence, order
is bcfl prejerved and a riotous oppofttiott to
the exrife mofl dfcouraged. ail
the people, and I ibink moji of the miniflers,
are dec dLilly opposed to the policy of an
excise, yet the lattter, and the feriouspart
of their congregations "with then:, are as
much opposed to any other, than ccmflitu
iional measures to effeEl its repeal. The
most violent and fuccefsful incendiaries are
a kind of lawless horde, if ho live in a fort
of hunter slate like Indians, and whose
numbers have been greatly augmented, -uiiih-.