For the Gazette of the United States.
f r. F' ;,:'o,
n? iXlie of" th< com . A it the
enfii.ng election between Billy the Fidler
an the lit'L o ait,-, forinj a fubjeft for
much Speculation jit the jjrcimt luument.
The relative nerh.. ■ and qualifications of
tb- ft uirgui:. xandSlsctes, 3>e dilil* dif
.y t!iew rcfpc<si,ve partifaiis and
frotttribute greatly to tl»c public amuse
ment. ~ * T yV J
"he friends of Billy are willkl" to ad
rc thiT lit is a hairs breadth Ikortqp than
hit rival, that lie was ncrt inlf rurflental in cal
ling :< • T, Bhtik of Prnn/r-foama —
tbt ln/ti) tuue Companies of North Ameri
ca and »' PcvnfyKiatlta, the HofjtitaJ on
S'tite IJland -with ihej.mds allotted to it &c.
Lie. as is more particularly Hated bv the
orator lumfelf in the Gazette of the U
nited Stales of the 19th September 1 a ft;
but iben they ftrtnliouiiy contend* that
Billy in proportion to his mearf-, contri
buted as much to'.virus allgrants of tnoney
«s the liid littllc orator —aiid what is ot
( much, import an'cf, has had no htmrf
the pr*|cxt 04 /' (pi/ rejijlitnce a\d coiyjitu
tloral ppqfxiiH'ri promoting the infurrec
t:on in-the wWfcA n conntits and thereby
< ittfiaj: aruxu enccof onehundred&tweuty
. liirmfaud dollars to the State of i'eniifyl
vauia and perhaps 6ne Million to the the
b..ii>n—On the contrary, Billy's friends
art ready to prove, thit he has at all
tirirs demeiflicd himfelf to the laws atid
(udcavored with the aid of his Fiddle and
a clear conlcience, to promote good hu
mour among his fellow-citizens.
rhe advocates tor (he little orator con
tent thlinfelvc* with observing—that lo
quacity and verfat'lity of difpo'fition—the
acquifrtion of a great deal of property
— the rendering of iht' laws odibus to in -
duce revciutior., and tfie abl'cnce of all inr
tue but- J hat of money, conititutes the
qualiftf tiop- necefiary for theperfon who
is to r.-prefer, t their feelings---whcth'er they
have been fortunate in their choice is for
the public to determine.
AltfioOjfi vyehav'e ifct beeniayored with
she nanic of the chairman of the meeting
at which Billy was urfanimouffy nominat
ed, yet, as he was never known to draw a
long ootf, justice requires, (the cases being
flriilly similar) that we (houkt yield as
fr'Aich credit to his statement of the bufi
flefs, as ha> been t6 the declarations
cf .lis Antagonift/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
— For the Gazette of the United State/.
Mr. Fenno*
YOUR Correfpbfidents ai! liftral are
itot mfcrely fa'tisfied to commend the
present member of Congress Mr. F.
but proceed to abuse and tradube the
rival candidate Mr. S. in your paper of j
Saturday—That geirtleman is charged !
as not being uniform; not pOiTeHing a
fund judgment ; as hiring fond indeed
of getting money, but no way liberal
?■!! the life of it; as being opposed hf*r»-
ftlf to the Constitution of the United
Sratis ; and a tool of th&fe who ari so—
To all' who know him these charges are
brardlefs arrows. It happens indeed
O'ifortunately for T. T. that in general
the judgment of his favorite Mr. F. ou
matters of Finance and Banks has been
wrong, which experience has proved.
He indei'l has been uniform, but uni
formly in error on these points. With
refpeft to the libeiality of Mr. S. (
believe tirtfre are few public institutions
in the City that cannot bear witness to
it and in the fate dreadful calamity of
the yellow fever it was to this fame libe
rality, that the defencelefs orphans owed
a consoling roof.—Where has Mr. F.
exceeded him in this way ? With refpeft
to the Constitution of the United States
Mr. S. admires it to the full as much
as Mr. F., and never in his life opposed
it ; and as to his being a tool to party,
his Independence is too well known, and
his iupport from all parties too noto
rious, to fay much on that head. Final
ly, if the public be determined to sup
port Mv. F. they may easily do so" with
out pouring any ridiculous and fooIi(h
abuse on Mr. S. The merits of Mr.
F. cannot (land in need of this auxilia
ry, and I believe such kind of conduit
is never in the long run injurious, but
to the calumniating authors—lf Mr. S.
hath been induced by the kindness of,
his friends and of the public to serve
them in any official situation, it is cer
tainly no proof of an overweening fond
nefs for money, which is more furelv to
be acquired by his own private avocati
on, in an extensive scene of commercial
life—lt is tather a proof of difinterelt
ednefs, and of his zeal to be ufeful to
his fellow-citizens, which ought rather
to draw their elleem, whether fuccefsftd
or not than to excite the illnatured ftric
tur«s we have seen. Z.
PHILADELPHIA,
OCTOBER i 3
A letter from Baltimore by Saturday's
pcil informs thai the late sickness there has
so much abate' 1 , that the Theatre was to
be opened on the iith inflant (this even
ing")
A CARD.
As the children of ljratl are to be af
ferabied together Tu-iUoirow P. M. in or
-ltr t J support the interest of a man who
offers hmijelf as a candidate, a.uiio it has
ceen proved by long experience that they
have been unruly and turbulent when their
11 wAe einpiyj notice is here'nt
gives that at a Certain hotel a collation tru
ly republican, from its strength and solidi
ty, will be prepared for llici. entertain
ment —Whiftey hot from the fti'.l sand
mexcijiet) with rounds of good beef will
be dealt <wit plentifully,
K. B. No provition to be brought a
wsy in the pocfeet, as the broken meats
are promised to the keepers of the Hotel
and TaveriT, where, for the benefit of the
candidate, larfc Town meetings of 15 to
16 people have been a (Tern bled.
Camp at Norr'iJlo<wn, Ofl. to.
IN conffequerice of orders from the Pre
fidefif of the United States, communicat
ed to m'e, this day, by Governor Howell,
the Jersey deiachrncnt, Ido
fcei'iby coiiutrrpnaad the march of all fnch
VOLTO PEEKS, as have prcffered to
ferVc under my command, against the
Weflern Infu fgents, who (hall noi be able
tocrofs the Delaware before the 12th inft.
Thole vvlia ilia!t iiavr crolFed before that
time, wjfl mjtrich with all.poTible expedi
tion to Carlisle, and there join their corps.
FKtD, FRELINGHUYSEN,
Commanding Jcrfiy Volunters.
Troop*Qrtifpf, Gtimp, nehr Car lifte,
jtb Odober, +•
It is witfi great pleasure that the
Commanding Officer of the Philadel
phia troop of Volunteer Greens," takes
this opportunity to acknowledge the
obligation he feels himfclf under to the
Gentleman of the Ccfrps, for their or
derly and soldier-like conduit, during
the whole ctf the march, and in the pre
sent encampment. Their chearful fub
taiffion to military duty and unavoidable
mode of living tojvhich they were nrtt
accustomed, while it evinces an attach
ment to order aud good government,
it also proves, in the molt fatisfaftory
manner, the superior advantages which
are to be expected from a Republic—
whole i'oldiers, aie aduated solely by
principle.
eivis.
From she harrfiony which has been
observed to reign in the troop, and the
'just sense of duty entertarucd by indi
viduals, • the is every reason to believe,
that fucn of the Volunteer Greens, as
have marched on the Wejlern Expedition,
will do holior to the aflociation, and
|iiit ice to the eaufe in fnpport of U-liich
their fei vices have been called forth bv
a floVeniMent, which it is hoped, wifl
be preferred to poilerity.
Return (*<f the Philadelphia Troop of
Volunteer Greens, commanded by
'Matthew M'Connell, now doing du
ty in the Army of the United States
at the Encampment near Carlisle.
Oflcber 8, 1794-
Matthew M'Connell, Captain
John MorrelK Fh'ft. Lieutenant
John D. Blanchard, Lieut. & Adjut.
John Surgeon
John lnflaep, Quarter-Master
George Weed, Affiilant do.
John Sitgreaves, Henry Miercken,
Robert Crosier, Joshua B'. Bond, Wil
liam Mafley, Charles Han is, David
M'Cormick, Jonathan Smith,- Jun.
William Moore Smith, William M'Fa
den, Matthias Sadler, James
Joseph R. Tatem, Jarties Bacon Richard
Potter, Edward Price, John Morgan
Price, John Fairbairn, Robert Camp
bell, George Laumsn, William Brown,
Peter WikofF, jun. John Davis, Henry
Toland, James Grubby William Me
redith, Franklin Wharton, John Crof
by, William Mott, Henry L. Waddell,
Alexander Cochran, Samuel N. Potts,
Richard W. Meade, William Hunter,
Caleb Foulke, Adam Hoops, Daniel
Levy, Charles Francis, William Ser
geant, aft lug as Brigadier Major, and
Aid-de-Camp to General Proctor.
Jacob Gideon, Trumpeter.
Enrolled men equipped by the Troop.
George Rawlins, William B. Smith,
Martin Lambirt, Joseph Blythe, Chs.
Tall man.
N. B. There are ten additional mem
bers in Philadelphia f (ome of whom are
sick, and some on leave of absence, now
expired) who are expelled to join the
Troop without delay.
Accounts from Head Quarters of
Thursday evening fay, that the army
was to march from Carlisle on Friday
morning. The troops of horse from
this City, and Major Macpherfon's bat
talion, with two field pieces formed the
advance guaid.
By the the sloop Abby, Capt. Eames
in 49 days from Cadiz, we have the
important intelligence of the taking St.
Scbaltians and Fontaravia (in the Bsj of
Troopers:
Signed by Order.
Biscay) by the French forces—Pampe
hnta had, it was" reported, fallen into
'■ their hands. The strong fortrefs of. St.
Sebastian fuvrendered without the lead
defence. Catftain Eames Sdds, that
a fleet arrived in a very lickly condition
from Ferro!, where thev loft a 74 ujjon
iipoti the rockS, and landed I ?o0 ljck<
The following American veuels were
in the port of Cadiz, performing quar
antine- for nine days, when Captain
Eames failed—to wit.
ShipLydia, G. Grcnough, New-York
*3rig Fair Hebe, M'Ever, Philadelpllia
Mary, Beeks,
Rover, j. Smith,
Yefterdav arrived the (hip Adriana,
Capt. KJeren Fittpatriek, fro j. Am
flerdam. Capt. Fitzpatrick, -Ir't the
Texel the 2ffth of August, and the
land on the Bth of September, and ar.
rived in the Delaware on the 9th in It
(3i_days.)
The drip Peggv, Capt. Elliot, for
his port, and Republican, Simfon, for
Baltimore, came out in company—the
Amiable Creole, M'Kevcr, and barque
Prudence. Miller, failed for this port
ten days before. The (hip Checfeman,
Ogilvie, for New-York failed the 24th
of Atigitil from the Tejirel.
On the ift September, between Fair
lfland and the Orkneys, spoke the brig
Rebecca, 10 days from Hamburg for
New-York. On the ' at - 55' 54«
lon. zo, 30, spoke th'e Cheefeman for
New-York. Oil the 21 It spoke the
brig Mars, out 10 weeks from St. Pe
tersburg for Philadelphia ; lat. 40, 26,
long 43, 30* the Captain, informed
Captain F. that he spoke the Prudence,
Miller, 4 days before.
On the 22d, spoke the brig Slercti
ry, Tlmmpfon, out 29 days from Ham
burg bdund to Philadelphia, long. 44,
30. Oh the 26th, spoke the {hip Hope
trom London for New-York.
October 2d spoke the {hip Draper,
from Dublin', last from Waterford, out
23 days, for New-York, lat. 40. 12,
long. 54. Oll,the 6th, spoke a brig
from New-York for Hamburg, : out 5
days. Saine das the brig Neptune, of
New-York, from London for Norfolk,
out 1 o weeks.
i Captain Fitzpatrick left several A
■ merican vefiels at Amftii'dam : among
thein was the (hip John, Whit well, and
snow Harriet, Holland, loading for Phi
ladelphia.
! In the Adriana carrie paflengers,
Mr. PI. J. Stier D'Artralaer and
Lady.
Mr. J. M. Vanborn, Lady and
Child.
Mr. C. J. Stier and Lady.
Mils Stier, and two servants.
'The (hip loft on Egg-Harbor bar is
/aid to be a Genoese, and that the Cap
tain and one of his men were drowiied.
Four brigs, a fehooner and Hoop, ar
rived at the fort last evening—one of
the brigs is from London, another from
Halifax.
Yesterday arrived the ship William
Penn, joliali, London—Clothier, Hull,
and Caroline, London.
Tfie William Penn failed from Lon
don the iith Anguft, and the Caroline
the i ft.
PaflengerS in the Atlantic from Li.
verpool in 49 days.
Mr. Cooper arid family from Man
chester, Doctor Jardine and family from
Bristol, Mr. Porter from Plymouth,
Mr. and Miss Keyworth, Mr. Guille
nerd,' Mr. Parr, Mr. Greves,fr6m Bir
mingham, Mr. Peat, Mr. Fairclough,
Mi. Smith, Cabin passengers 16—
Steerage do. 21.
The Sanfom, Smith, from New-
York, and Pigou, Loxley, from Philar
delphia, arrived at Dover, the 4th of
August.
Arrived at New-Tori.
.Ship Hope, Haley, London
Factor, Bowen, do.
Sch'r. Julia, Stremes, Halifax
Sloop Peggy, Jackson, Philadelphia
Yesterday arrived at Sandy Hook,
Rear-Admiral Murray, with the fol
lowing (hips under his command :
Ships. Guns. Commanders*
Resolution, 74 Admiral Murray-
Argonaut, 74 Capt. Pender
Africa, 64 Capt. Potter
Cleopatra, 44 Capt. Barrisford
Thifbe, 32 Capt. Hardy
The Admiral came to this city, in
the Cleopatra frigate.
Capt. Haley spoke on the 14th of
September, fliip Prudence, Miller, from
Amsterdam, bound to Philadelphia,
36.
Sept. 26, spoke Ihip Adriana, from
Liverpool, bound to Philadelphia, long.
49, 11.
October 7, spoke the Caroline, from
New-London, all well, long. 67, 4.
By this Dny's Mail.
NEW-YORK. OBober il.
By the Ship Hope, Captain Haley, in
47 days from London, *wc have received
London Paperi to the 2id of Augufi
from which toe have copied tke follow
ing information.
ROTTERDAM, August 15.
The French are about to raise the
siege of Sluys, where they have hither
to made but.a very infignificant progrifs
almost all their batteries having been
I difmonnt'ed by the fire of the bt-fieged,
and their troops eonftantly harrafled by
! fucceffful sallies of the garrison. Ano
ther reason for abandoning the siege is
on account of the inundation, which
surrounds the greatest part of the town
,->nd of the gnat number of their sick
who aic daily conveyed to Bruges oh
jo or more waggons. The cannonade
| has began much t6 flackcis, and only
a few cannon (hot arc now tired in the
courfeof a day,
Baltimore
On the 28A, at flight, were guillotined
here, the following peri'ons : Maximilian
Robespierre, 35 years old, a native of
Arras; George Couthon, 38 years old,
born at Orfav; A. St. Just, 26 years of
age, a native of Litere; A. Hobefpierre,
a younger brother of the above Maximili
an ; F. Henriot, Commander in chief of
the armed force at Paris ; Lavalette, ex
noble, born at Paris, Commander of a bat
talion of National Guards, late a Briga
dier General in the Northern Arm) v ; R.
Dumas, 37 years old, born at Lufly, for
merly a Lawyer at Lyon-le-Saunier, and
late President of the Revolutionary Tribu
nal ; J. R, Lefcot Fiurict, 39 years of
age, Mayor of Paris ; C; R. Payon, 27
years old, a juryman in the Revolutionary
Tribunal and National Guards of Paris;
N. Viviers, 50 years old, Judge of the
Criminal Tribun.il of that department, and
President of the Society called Jacobins,
in'the nights of the 27th and afcfh July;
C. liernard, 34 years old, an ex-prielt;
Genny, aged 33, a vintner; Gobeau, 26
years old, a substitute to the Criminal Tri
bunal ; A. Sim6n, a/hoemaker, and Go
vernor or Preceptor of Louis XVII. C.
Lairrent 33 vears old ; Warnee, 26 years
of age ; J. Foreftier, 47 years old,a can
non founder: I'.Guerifl, a rent-receiver:
Leza-. d, a hair drefler ; Cochefer, an up
holsterer; Bogon" and Qjjefne ; being all 12
member's of the Municipality of Paris,
outlawed by a decree of the Convention,
and their porforur being duly recognized,
surrendered to the executioßer to be put
to death in 24 hours.
We have never witnessed a crowd equal
to that which attended their execution.—
WOmert, children, old men, and the
whole town were present, (fays a morn
ing print, and it is hnpoflib'e to exprtfs the
joy pictured on every countenance. All
the ftreefs through which the conspirators
pal Ted refoimdtd wtth the following ex
clamations. Gli the scoundrels—Long live
the Republic-—Long live the Convention."
All eyes wereefpecialfy fixed on Maximili
an Robespierre, Cduthon and Henriot,
who were covered with blood from the
wounds they had given themselves before
they were faken.
Henriot ( fays another paper ) even after
he had been outlawed by the Convention,
was dill threatening the Republic ; at
length tbrfaken by the patriots, he tried to
break his head against a wall, and then
concealed himfelf in a common fewer, out
of which he was taken after the nioft des
perate reliflance.
The heads of Robespierre, Henriot,
Dumas, and some others, were held up
and (hewn to the people, who the whole
way frcfm the Place of Justice to the i'caK
fold teftified their abbot rence and diluti
on.
Yesterday the Convention c-na<sVed the
following decree. " All Members, Judg
es, Jurymen, and other officers 6?the Re
volutionary Tribunal, areher-with sus
pended from their functions. But Billaud
Varennes having oblerved that the Revo
lutionary Tribunal svere employed iu try
ing the accomplices of Robefpi.i re, to the
number of 7(, the execution of the above
decree was postponed, till the Committee
fliould have made their report.
The late execution of Robespierre has
not made much imprefiion here ; all is
quiet. The places of Rofcefpierre and his
adherents, in the Committee of Public
Welfare, Jiave been supplied by Bread,
Thuriot and Tallien, and this Committee,
as well as that of General Safety are I
henceforth oue fourth part to be newly
clefted every month.
FRANCE.
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
Addition to the fittingt of I "]th Tbcrmi
dor, (Augujl 4.)
THE nsw REVOLUTIONARY
TRIBUNAL.
The following is an extract from the
report of Merlin of Douay, upon the
organization of the Revolutionary Tri
bunal.
" Your Committees have not been
labouring foui days, to destroy that
salutary inftitutiofl—but merely to amc-
PARIS, Augtift r.
liorate it—to prevent its becoming the
engine of injustice and cnitlty in the
hand of a tyrant. Yon have often been
spoken to of terror—We are to speak
to you of Justice. If the terror of the
wicked be the triumph of the country ;
general terror would be the (lumber of
Liberty and the evidence of Tyranny.
" Virtuous patriots re-afiure v\r
minds—the Revolution ought to anni
hilate all conspirators—but we would
not that liberty (hould reign in folitt:<le
over defarts. It is little to have delbov
ed the tyrannous forms of that dn-. d
tribunal, we woidd that propriety and
justice (hould yet preiide over- its judg
ments.
" We (hall no more behoid involved
in the fame procedure, the inhabitant of
the South, and the inhabitant of the
North, amazed at their union, and ac
cused of the fame offence, without be
ing known to cach other. The con
spirators were for having no gradations
nor ihade9 of punishment. Death, per
petual Death, was their word of order.
We defirc that puniftrment may be pro
portionate with crime. It is our opini
on also tfiat citizens from one end of the
Republic to the other ought to be call-.d
to exercise the function of jurors,
" But the Ariftocratsmufl not think
to triumph—the sword of the law, bet
ter directed, will not be withdrawn, it
will only ft)ike the guilty with mote
certainty. Virtue was only upon the
lips of the conspirators—we shall bear
it in our hearts. They piqued them
selves upon speaking well; just men
think only of doing well."
The plan of the decree prt fented by
Merlin is divided into 17 heads, which
regulate the competence of the Revo
lutionary Tribunal, their fittings, the
arraignment, procedure, and forms of
judgment. 1 Prefidfent, 4 Vice Presi
dents, 24 Judges, 1 Public Accuser, 4
Substitutes, 1 Register, and 60 Jurois,
renewed half of them every 3 months.
Such fliould be the composition of the
Tribunal. Four Sections, eoch of 6
Judges.
None can be taken before the Tribu
nal, but in virtue of a decree of the
Convention, or an order of the Com
mittee of General Safety, or a mandate
of arrest from the Public Accuser, in
these cases fpecifying the cause.
The Accused (hall have Counfet, and
may challenge the Jury, upon fufficient
grounds. The question to the Jurors,
if their consciences are fatisfied, (lull
not be put until three days have passed
in debate.
August 9.
Complete Statement of what pajfed at the
Common Hall of Paris.
Oft-the night of the 9th to lotH Ther
mipor, Raecfpierre and his lccomplic»
with- the aid of a few wretches, delivered
themselves from their slate of arrell, and
took fhflter in the Maifon de la Commune
occupied by men brought over to their in
tereil. This perfidious Commune inflant
ly sent meflengers to the different Sedlionsj
to engage a revolt the -National
Convention. The greater part of the
nuncios were arretted by the fe&tions.
The Commune caused the General to be
beat, land'the tocsin rung; this collecfW
about them a number of citizens, igno
rant -at their perfidious purposes. How
ever the representatives of the people i'e
le<Sed by t he convention to diredt the arm
ed force, and inform the public of the
faifls, soon pervaded the whole city.
Two of these, Leonard Bourdon, and
Camboulas, arrived at the feci ion Gravil
liers about n o'ciock at night, where ten
thonl'and citizens faithful to the National
Representation, waited under arms, the
direction where they were to cjarch.—
Bourdon, a member of that feilion, called
out, " Citizens, the Common Hall is the
haunt of conspirators ; it is thither we
must march. Let the fun lhine no more
upon tyrants."
The citizens, preceded by their can
non, began their march. A detachment
from the military school joined them, *
headed by their matters. The young
est of these youths remained at their
post, wheie they kept guard night and
day, as long as the country was in dan
ger. The Representatives then sent
several citizens before, to ascertain the
purpose of the troops at the Place de
Greve. At the intelligence from the
citizens a great part of those troops
marched to the Hall of the Conven
tion, the reft said they would execute
any ordets that fhonld be given to them
in the name of the Convention.
However the troop which returned
from the common hall, reinforced by
two others from the Lombard feftion
took pofleflion of the streets contiguous,
and soon drew up there in order of bat
tle. Tiiey ieized the cannot: there, and
pointed them with their own- All the
entrances to the house were occupied.
To the profoi .'d silence, which tail
attended all these difpolitions, now fne
ceeded the general ftiuut of the good ci
tizens, "Vive la Convention Natj'>na!e."
These cries firft gave the coiifpiratovs
t9 understand thiv were alone in their
crimes,