THE CORDWAINER—No. VII.
With what fentimeuts my gteat
g rand-children, the lires of whom Arc
not yet born, will read my labors, I
will no ipore undertake to conjecture,
than 1 wiii to piedift whether tliey will
wear buckles or filings irt their ftioes.
We authors. however ( are fond of
looking well to the intereii o£ future
getiei '.tions, which is certainly verv
laudable; and 1 should perhaps he guil
ty of an unpardonable wrung to posteri
ty if I did not leave to thein my senti
ments upon a fubjeft lb important as
thiit of political Equality. My duty I
am reiolved to discharge, and that if 1
were even certain that my writings
would be buintd by the hand of the
commdn hangfnau, Ned Nipper will
never die in debt to his posterity.
1 know not how better to explain
mvfelf on this fubjeft than by the sol
owing itory :
On a time when all things were en
dued with Reason and Speech, there
aro'.e in a certain country an Uneaiinefs
among the vallies, the lawns, the dreams,
the trees, and the fhruba, who com
plained bitterly ttf Jupiter of the inso
lent pre-eminence of the neighboring
mountains. "It is infutFerable," said
the vallies and the lawns, " td fee these
tall, shabby-looking fellovfrs, thrulting
up their heads into the 1 clouds, to catch
the tirit and faireft enjoyment of all Hea
ven's bit dings. When the fun rises,
why to be sure their honors rnuft receive
the ftrft salutation, and a golden coro
net must be tricked out for them of the
fairtft beams, before the humble lawns
below can be noticed : At evening no
less partiality is l'een, and the fond
beams hang lingering long upon th'eir
favorite hills. If a refrefhing (huwer
lhall fall, their thirlty, gaping fronts'
are sure to receive the firft and the amp'
left draught, and it is well if we, some
times, obtain even the drizzling flops'
of their redundance." The ttreama,
the trees and the ltlrubs, who piqued
fhemfelves on their own beauty and
grace'fulnefs, thought ft hard that they
Ihould be deprived of the enjoyment, of
their villas, and their extensive land
lcapcß, by the obtrusion of fucti o'dious
forms.
They weie often, too, fuffered to languilh
•with-it a breath of air, while the ze
phyrs were wantoning in the pines on
their proud firmniits. And the trees' on the
banks protested they could take no pleasure
<11 view ing themselveS irf the glassy ltream,
Kile tlicy perceived they wefe but inligni
fica.it appendages to the picture ofafwag
gering mountain. In (tort, they humbly
brfought tliat, 7n the wisdom and clemency
of his Godffiip, relief might be granted
them, and the laid mountains reduced to
a becoming level—and his petitioners, a«
in duty bound, would ever pray.
It was id vain that the mountains urged
in reply to the charge, their merits and
their services—that they not only arretted
the pal Ting vapours, and drained their
moilture, to furnifh springs for .he valleys,
into whofeboloms they faithfully poured
all their etrafures, but that soY their pro
tection they Inflamed the angry blast of
the \vihtry storm, and even braved the
thunder of heaven for their fakes, by of
ficio'ufly offering their heads to its bolts.—
Jupiter was in a yielding humor, and an
earthquake laid the haughty moutains pro
flrate.
It is true the uubounded profpefls of the
lawns were now opened : the fun bid them
good morning us soon as he was out of bed;
and the breezes impartially visited every
grove, and every ftr'eam. What felicita
tions went round ! What greetings of
brotherly affeitioh and fellowship j It was
" Citizen Grove," Citizen Mead," and
" Citizen Stream,'' Brother Oak," and
" Brother Elm.'.
But alas! this was not the only change.
I saw (said the sage from whom i
have the account) the brightness of the
verdure beginning to fade ; the streams
were fluggilh and stagnant in oozy chan
nels ; and where once bubbled the cool
fountain, there remained the white peb
bles, but- they were dry. The refresh
ing (hower was expected in vain ; it
iound attra&ions powerful elfcwhere
and had become a stranger. The trees
drooped in the parching ray, and even
the gentle breezes purloined their ho
nors— —the thunder came, and their
trunks were torn by the fiery bolt j—
the Itormy tempests came, and the pride
of the groves was laid low."
If I were to extract a moral from
this tale, it (hotild be this:—lt is not
so much the inequality, as the abuse of
privileges, against which we are to
guard ; fmce no privilege, the exercise
of which redounds proportionably to the
general good, can be wrongly bestowed.
Malta the rulers whom I am to obey,
fubje& to the fame reft riftion* with my
felf, from doing evil; but let them en
joy the privilege of doing a* much
good as they please.
ftj* The great press of highly interejl
i/ig foreign News, occajions a poftpone
mint of sundry Eltflior.ctring Artie let.
PHILADELPHIA,
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OCTOBER 9.
By the Ship Atlantic, Capt. Swaine,
arrived at Fort Miffly lajl evening
from Liverpool, London Papers
are received t« the 16th Augujl inelu-
Jive.
The Atlantic left Liverpool the 19th
Augujl—Having been favored by a
Gentleman with the Sun, a London
paper of the 16th. and Wheeler' s
Manchester. Chronicle of the
fume date, <we r.re enabled to lay the
following INTERESTING CON-
TENTS before our Readers.
LONDON, August 16.
The Dutch Mail due yelterday, arrived
this morning, and brings the following
particulars of the preliminary hufmels to
to the important Revolution which hat
taken place in the Government of France.
PARIS, July 18.
Yesterday, the 27th inft. wasamoft re
markable day. Indeed on the 25th the
Debates in the Convention and in the Ja
cobin Club, were mostly dire<sled upon
the oppression to wliich the Convention
was exposed; upon the efforts made for
Creating a Di&atorfhip ; updn the plans
of murder which were in agitation ; upon
the necessity of restoring their freedom to
the Rejirefentati-tfes of the People, &c.
011 the 26th Robespierre made a long
Oration, in which he endeavored to prove
andjuflifjr the purity of his intentions.—
This oration was followed by long and
violent debates, which were remarkable
foV such a spirit of boldnels and indepen
dence, as had not been perceived in tht
Convention for many months back.
Yesterday (July 27thJ St. Just, whe re
quested to be heard, was fikneed, and
f>refopioiily refufed his request. Immedi
ately after, Billaud Varennes rose and ac
cused Robespierre bf being a tyrant, after
having carefully eftablilhcd his proofs up
on many notorious faAs. The Galleries
and the Hall of the Convention heard this
accufstion ■frith the loudest shouts of ap
plause, and whenever Robespierre at
tempted to open his rnouth to vindicate
himfelf, the majority of the Convention,
arid the Galleries vociferated : Away
Away with the 'tyrant! !
The Deputy Tallien, casting his eyes
upoh the buftof Brutus, and imploring
his manes to support him, exclaimed with
a drawn dagger in his hand, " I will
with this dagger, rid the world of this Ty
rant, if the Convention does not Jlrike off
bis head with thejkottrd of the Laiv."
Tallien then moved, that the Sitting do
not break up ; and that Hinriot, the Co
mmandant erf the Naional Gfiards, be also
put under arrest; both which motions
were instantly decreed.
Billaud VarenneS notor named many o
ther creatures of Robespierre, whose arrest
was also immediately enadked by a Decree.
Barrere read an Address to the People,
which was adopted with the loudest ap
plause, and the Convention decreed, that
it be ptinted, promulgated, stuck up in
the usual places, and sent by extraordi
nary Messengers to the Departments and
Armies.
Barrere next moved, that the Armed
Force of oris be put again on the ancient
footing, and that the Mayor arid the Na
tional Agent be made responsible with their
heads, tor the fafety and security of Parij.
This was also decreed.
After Davier, Tallien, Billaud Va
rennes, Freron, Lacofte, Delmas, and
other Deputies, had spoke upon the
business of the day With more or less
energy, it was decreed that Robefpierie
the elder, Robespierre the younger, St.
Just, Couthon, Lebas, all Representa
tives of the people, and the Juror Ni
cholas, be put under arrell, and their
papers put under seal. This was in
stantly executed.
Billaud Varennes, Collot D'Herbois
and Barrere, seem to have timely ob
served the prevalence and superiority of
the party against Robespierre, and for
faking the latter, to have joined his op
ponents.
The executions continue daily as nu
merous as eves. On the 15th, thirty
persons were executed j on the 16th,
thirty-one; on the 17th, forty; on the
19th, twenty four; on the 20th, four
teen ; —in all 139 persons, in the space
of fix days.
Among these art—Edelman, the
composer, and his brother; the ci-de
vant Count Fandons, and his daughter,
aged 18 ; and several persons accused
of having endeavoured to throw the
French army into confufion in the late
a&ion of Fleurus. In the lift of those
executed on the 19th, are Magon de la
Balne, aged 8t years, born at St. Ma
loe», and one of the richest men in
France, and the whole of his family,
sons and daughters. He was accused
of having opened an accoftnt current
with the French Princes.
LEGHORN, July 16.
"We learn, by the Captain of an Eng
lish merchantman; who arrived here
yefterdayfrom Calvi, that three fire
ftiips have been sent from St. Florenza,
under the escort of some men of war,
to join Admiral Hotham's squadron,
who still blctks up the Frenth fleet in
the gulph of Juan. The garrison of
Calvi Hill continues to make a vigorous
defence, and we are informed can well
do so, as they had, at the beginning of
the liege, ptovinous and ammunition
For four momhs.
GENOA, July 18.
Since the blockade of our Harbour
has been raised, the Ships arrive without
molestation. The British Consul has
also notified to our Government, that
the letters of Marquo granted to the
Corfican Privateers against the Genocfe
had been levoked.
It is said that the Republican party
on the other ,fide of the Mountain in
the Island of Corsica grow* (tronger
and stronger and means to relieve the
besieged Fortress of Calvi.
Franc fort, July 29.
The fortrefs of Luxemburgh is now
properly supplied with every neveffary
to relist a feriout attack. The day be
fore yeftercW, ao miners, and as many
sappers, passed through Treveg on wag
gons, which had only been sent thither
from Cologne on the 16th inft. to acce
lerate their march. In order more ef
fedlually to prevent th« enemy from pe
netrating in that quarter, the main bo
dy of the Prufiian army is to make a
movement towards Treves and the Mo
selle, the better to fnpport the left wing
of the Auftnan Army along the Maefe.
This disposition was made on the 26th
ult. between the Duke of Saxe-Tefchen,
General Mollendorff, and Prince Reufs,
whom the Prince of Cobourg sent to
the Prufiiaß Head-quarters.
The circular Troops of Franconia,
who for some weeks have been collected
ot a I mall dillarice from this place, are
now at Coblentz, to garrison the Fur
trefs of Ehrenbreitslcin.
The deilrnilion of the Palatine town
of Kufel is perfe&ly confirmed. It is
laid to have happened in consequence of
a dcctee of the National Conventioa,
and that the place was not plundered.
HULST, August 2.
As far as we are able to learn* Sluys
has not furreadered yet. We heard a
cannonade this morning, and it is thot
to proceed from fort Ifabcjla near Phi
lippine. Yefteiday, and the day be.
fore, a corps of Ftench Dragoons made
their appearance at the Polder of Clinge
and the village of Kieldrecht, at the
diltance of half a league from hence.
PRUSSIAN CANTONMENTS.
DORBRILAS, in Poland, July 15.
The Polish corps under the command"
of General Rorwuwfky, occupred, af
ter the retreat from Biala with 2obo re
gular Infantry, the Polish villages of
Sisboyne and Dcrptiicki, on the other
fide of the River Norew. The Enemy
pofTefled there all the advantages of lo
cality, were surrounded by woods, and
took post upon the steep Heights near
Dcmnicki, and were iiationed behind
redoubts and abattis, defended by one
howitzer and five pieces of cannon. In
this position the enemy were attacked
by us yelterday. General Gunther ad
vanced against Demnicki, dislodged the
enemy's cavalry from the village, and
marched with about 350 men againit the
enemy. Amidst an inceiTant cannonade
kept up by the latter, the Infantry ad
vanced so fact, -|hat our cannon could
not follow them : they climbed up the
mountains amidst the most violent fire
of grape-shot, turned the enemy's left
wing, rafhed into the left flank of the
right wing, and drove the whole hostile
force down the mountains. Quarries
& moraflcs afforded them shelter against !
the purfnit of the Cavalry. j
Lieutenant Colonel Glafer also drove
the enemy from the village of Szboyne.
We took all the enemy's cannon, bag
gage and ammunition waggons. The
enemy's los» in killed and wounded can
not as yet be ascertained. We took pri
foneis one Colonel, who was seized by
Major Manllein himfelf, who perform
ed prodiges of valour, and fir ft mount
ed the redoubt; 20 other Officers and
80 Privates. We had 1J men killed
and 54 wounded, including two Offi
cers. Even in the seven years war 350
Prussians could not do more than attack
an enemy, 2200 men llrong, in a posi
tion fortified by aTt and nature, and to
defeat them immediately. 1
MANIIELM, July 13.
Since the 12th inflant, not a day has
pafled without some bloody a<£lion in the
Palatinate, and on the left of the Rhine.
Since yeftcniay morning, the French hive
occupied thf very fame pofls in whichj
were stationed two months ago, before
combined army, under the comonanl
tlreDuke of Saxe Telchen, had cro
the Rhine, and the Pruffiaos had ta
Lantern.
The following is the official Bulletin of
the attack made by the French, on the
upon the Corps of PruflTlu troops,
under the command of the Hereditary
Prihce of Hohenlohe.
" Oil the 13th of July, at three in the
morning, the enemy began briikly to re
pulse all our advanced polls. But, as
Prince Hohenlohe was informed, by spies,
that the lerious attack would be made to
wards our right, abflve all on the pof 1 of
SchanzeJ, near EdeJhfim, he paid little at
tention to the attacks oh our front. He
ordered the villages of F'emingen and
Edickho/Ft n to be vigorously defended by
abundance of light infantry; and long
our whole front, we loft not an inch of
ground, during an aflion which lasted
eighteen hoilrs.
" The enemy having forced the regiment
of Blucher, which was polled in theplairl
between Edickhoffen and Edefheim, to re
treat, although supported by a battery of
fifteen pieces of cannon, attempted to
open upon us with fix pieces of the cannon
oi the village of Edefhcim, Gen. Blucher
seized this favorable moment, charged the
enemy and took three pieces of cannon
and three ammunition waggonl, with se
veral prisoners, among whom are General
Laboifiiere, and Colonel Ferrier, called
Mitraille (grape {hot} commandant of the
horse artillery. The number of men kil
led in the village of Edelheim is immefife.
" While, in this point, success seemed
to be on our fide, the Prince was informed
that the post of Schanzel had been attack
ed three times by frelh troops, and that the
bravery of our men had repulsed them
with very considerable loss. For more se
curity, however, and considering the great
fatigue of the troops, the Prince detached,
to that post two battalioas of frefh troops,
the whole that were at his disposal, be
cause two battalions only remained in the
position, and the Duke of Saxe Tefchen
had the goodness to lend him two battali
ons of Oliver Wallis.
" About half an hour pall eight in the
evening, every thing having terminated to
our advantage, we Teemed to have the best
founded hopes of complete futcefe of the
day. But the post of Lieutenant General
Kleift having been forced, this enabled
the enemy to turn the right flank of the
poll of Schanzel; added to which, the
enemy's troops confided of eight frefh bat
talions againfl troops fatigued with fight
ing from two in the morning. The news
of this reached the Prince at nine in the
evening. He resolved immediately to rt
treat » le?gue, and by that means changed
to his advantage, the field of battle. In
this position we expedl the enemy every
moment.
" The loss of this day was considerable
—It is computed at from 5 to 600 men
killed and wounded, among whom are
Gen. Pfau and 38 officers. According to
the reports of deserters, the enemy loft
more than 3000 men."
TERS OF THE
IMPERIAL ARMT,
AT FOURON-LE CoMTE, Aug. 2.
On the 31ft of last mouth a Council
of War was held, at which all the ge
neral officers affiftcd. It was believed
that the question was, What measures
(hould be taken for the defence of the
Meule, and | irticularly of Liege.
The fame day, the Deputies of the
States General of the United Provinces
had an audience of the Prince *>f Saxe
Cobfcurg, on the fubjedt of provisioning
and defending Macftricht. One of the
measures refultiug from this conference,
is an order given to General Kray, who
is encamped before that town, to throw
himfelf with his corps into it, to lein
force the gartifon, in cafe he cannot
stand an attack.
The resolution to maintain our pre
sent position, is proved by the permissi
on given by the Prince of Saxe Cobourg
to his officers, to bring back their equi
page, a permjffion by which several have
already profited.
M. de Merci-Argenteau, who arrived
on the 29th at our head-quarters from
Vienna, and on the following day con
tinued his route to London, by the
Hague, positively allured us, that it is
the intention of the Empeior that his
army (hould protett the Meufe with all
its energy. The position which wc have
taken for that pnrpofe is very advanta
geous ; and /hould we not be able tit
maintain it, we can take another on the
fide of Juliert. The principal body of
our army is polled between Vilet and
Maeftricht. General Kray i 3 with eight
battalions and five divisions before Maef
tricht ; General de Weeneck is near
Sittart; the Generals Kollowrath,
dick, and Kerpen, cover and defend the
passage of Ruremonde j but the most
important point is that which Gen. de
La Tour occupies, with twenty 01
twenty five thousand men, near Liege,
where he will defend Chartreus and the
passage of the Meufe at the suburb of
Amercceur. That is the point against
which the French seem to direst their
principal force—they cannot have less
than forty or fifty thousand men in that
quarter.—Things, however remain, ac
tually is the ferme state.
BRUSSELS, July ag.
The French, fffice their' gaining po f.
session of the Low Countries, have impoi
ed Contributions upon ail the 'form ; Brus
sels has to pay Five millions in fpeci'e .
This was to be levied in twwity-four hours ;
but unable to pay it, Hostages have been'
taken, and sent into France. Two Mil
lions are imposed Upon the Town of Lou
vain, besides 8000 cattle, and to.oco p.ir
of boots. The University is flint up
Malines has to pay a Million and a half,
besides 10,000 hats and 10,000 pair of
shoes. The City of Antwerp has to pav
len Millions, and to furnifti 900 Sailors.
Every parilh and individual is taxij,
besides, every exilling tax is to be continu
ed for the benefit of the French Republic.
LONDON, J August 16,
The public will do us the justice to recol
ledl, that so long ago as on Wedi,' uay lalt,
upon the arrival of a Messenger from the
Continent, we flopped the Press, to an
nounce we had received very authentic in
telligence of the fall of Robespierre and
his party. This important and interfiling
intelligence was doubted by allot our con
temporaries, and positively con.radioed
by lome. The event proves at once the
superiority and authenticity of our infor
mation. Of the downfal of the Robef
pierrean Party no doubt has for the two
last days exifttd.
Some accounts yesterday added, that a
Maflacre had taken place ir. Paris, and
that from 15 to 18000 persons had been
butchered. This circumftanc* does not
stand upon such undoubted authority as
the leading fadt which we firft Hated. It
is not improbable, but that the prifsn L >rs
might have fuffered, hut there ii no posi
tive authority for stating so tfxtenrive a car
cage. It is said that Thomas Paine fuf
fered upon the fame fcafiold. The fol
lowing is a lift of the Deputies who were
executed with Robespierre on the ill inft:
George Couthon, aged - 38 years.
La Vallette, - - - :o
F. Hanriot, - - - 38
L. F. Dumas, - - - 39
St. Juste « - - 26
L. Payon, - - -27
Bernard, - - -' 34
N. Vivierres, 4 - 30
N- A. Combcaux, - - 25
L'Escos Flcurier, - - 29
A. Simon, - - - 58
De Launay, - - -33
Waimee, -
P. J. Robeipierre, jun. N. J. Guinn ;
D'Hazard; C«chefort; Dourgi.ii; and
Guennett.
Four Commissioners from Corsica arriv
ed in Town yesterday morning. They
came to Harwhich in the Packet which
arrived on Tuefdav last, but were obliged
to wait there till pafl'ports could be lent
them from the Secretary of Sale's Office.
Letters from Maeftriclit, of the Bth
inft. state, that in the attack which
took place on the jth inft. between the
French and Austrian advanced polls on
this fide of TongreS, Ttie lane. k03260
cut in pieces, and 130 made prisoners.
Letters from Flushing of the 6th
state, that the bombardment of Sluys
continued, and that the French, iii.ee
their invasion of Cadfand, raised four
heavy batteries from New Sluys as far
asyHaazegras. The Dutch frigate The
lon has been sent to make an attempt to
dismount those batteries, which greatly
annoy the paftage.
Letters-from Breda of the 9<h inft.
state, that that place is now in an ex
cellent state of defence ; and that the
news of the French head-quarters being
at Hoogftraaten is premature.
Both at Bergen-opZoom and at
Breda, a most violent canonade wa»
heard on the 6th, 7th, Bth and 9th inft.
feemiugly proceeding from Dutch Flan
ders.
Letters from the Prufiian head-quar
ters at Wolna.of the 30th ult.ftate, that
the batteries against Warsaw were erett
ed on the 27th, 28th and 29th ult.
and that that place was to be bombard
ed on the next day.
On Thursday dispatches were receiv
ed at the East-India Houle, over land
from Buflorah, which where brought
thither by the Huflar cutter, from
Bombay, which place (he left about the
middle of March lad.
Private letters from Bombay mention,
that in canfequcnce of some discontentS
which had broke out in the Province of
Oude, Sir Robert Abcrcrombie had
left Bombay, and was gone with a de
tachment of forces into the Oude Coun
try, to a& as circuraftances might re
quire.
In codfequenee of Tippo Saib having
fulfilled his engagements punctually
with the Government of Fort St.
George, his two sons who were kept as
hostages, have been sent back to Sering
apatatn, highly fatisfied with the treat
ment they have experienced during their
itav at Madras.
We ate sorry to learn, that Admiral
Graves is not fufficiently recovered of
his wounds to be able to rcfumc his
command in the chartnel fleet, the pr«i>
sent cruize.
Rear-Admiral Pafley is to receivc a
pension of 50c!. per annum, as an ad
ditional reward for his services on the
I ft of June.
R,car-Admiral Harvey, the gallant
commander of the Rarailies in the late