Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1794-1795, October 20, 1794, Image 2

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From a ionjaft Pitftr*
The EMPEROR's return to VIENNA;
Francis n. and the magnanimous Col.
Mack reached the vicinity oi Vienna, in
iomv\vi:at of a dolet'jl mood, looking hack
at every moment; to fee' if the trench
huifirs were not behind them, and little
tx ( .;f'ed ihe honors that awaited them
without the gates of the imperial city.
Sonjt icyal Germans, anticipltuig the
conquests of their Sovereign, had there e
rict. da triumphal arch, adorned with em
blematic figures, and covered with inscrip
tions in excellent f.at'ui. The gentle Em
pro;, who wiu shivering beneani his
cloak arid a dog-days fun, liardly knew
who was meant by a brawny Hereulej
treading upon a hy Ira j but asto Colons,
Mack, he rec9gn:Sd himfelf irtimediately
on feeing the words—" the Saviour of the
Netherlands" written over a river God,
with a trident in hi. 1 * hand making water.
Cafnri inmilto ! said the Emperor lift
ing up his bfciver to read all ipfcriptiort on
the arrh ; Ottfari inviSio ! repeated he,
puliing it down again over hit eyesi ind
i/ting for some time after in silent dud
geon.' The mighty Colonel, wTio perceiv
ed that his mailer felt something like
irony in this well intended prttfe, wilhed
much to Hop the career of this reflection,
aftd to offer a few condolatory words.
Thefubjefl, however, was so ticklilh
that he did n'ttt kitow where to begin : he
twirled his whlkeri; but if he had eradi
cated every hair on hisbeird. he would
not have found a sentence suited to the oc
cafioa ; at last, he lO'ckily thought of in
voking the German Muse, arid took up
His pipe, Which was mouldering away in a
corner »f the carriage; then prefling the
ashes with his little fi»yi,(far- the brave
Colonel never was afisid of fire) an< ad
minifierirrg the tube to his mouth, hfe drew
in an enoritioift ■whiff, full fix feet long
Rhin!and meafkire, and blew it puff into
the sacred face of Francis th« second.
The fuddsn gust of smoke, by G —d s
blefi-ng, a*ak«ned the trnperbr from
painful reverie ; but is the D—vil would
have it, it had Inch an effedl upon his
weak lungs, th*t his Imperial, and Apoftd
lic Majesty was nearly fuffocited.
By this time, the good people of Vienna,
had leanht the approach of their sover
eign, and were standing at their doors aAd
windows in expe£Utu>ri, of hearing the
horns announce nis arrival; after conquer
ing Frtrice, said the gOod people of Viert
tia, and being so long abftnt from his
wife he will certainly come back <wish
«r<u-No hoi'nj, however, could they
hear i but at length they perceived their
mighty maiter ftelling ddwn the bye streets
so the cbmlcil chamber. Aye, said the
*~Hjle of Vienna, he is njodeft, like hii
tirvcle Jolept; atfd fike him, he makes no
parade of his vudiores.
"The Council was setting—The hoary
Kaunitz finding by his la ft dispatches,
that the Empcrod had promised his
— rK TWTV- I • «r»\ ,
he had conquered French Flandtra, and
not doubting but he would fulfil his roy
al word, had called together the cou'n
fellors to make a division of the spoils
of the energy. After a short dilate,
they had determined that the Dutch
{hould have all the conquered coOhtry,
as a barriery iii the hands of their ally,
to p rot eft them from the French : that
the English {hould have all the honor-t—
of paying for it f and that the Empe
r6r fliould keep nothing but the fove
leignty and the revenues.
This disposition they made known to
Ca;far when lie entered, with manifold
congratulations on the speed of hi» tri
umphant Career.- 1 have not as yet con
quered all the French Netherlands said
the Emperor—your majesty, said Kan
nit/., lias probably taken no more than
Hainault, the Cambrefis, and Artois—
The Errtpcror shook his head—Mau
heuge at the least, is in the hands of your
troops —the Emperor {hook his head
with some impatiencc. Oh! said old
Kaunitz, 1 fee how it is ; your viftori-
Ous alfny is at Courtray and Menin,
ready to seize its certain prey—the
French army is at Menin and Courtray,
said the Emperor, pettilhly.
The French army iB at Menin and
Courtray 1 All the aged counsellors drew
t fieir chairs close to the Council Board,
planted their elbotts upon it, and reft lug
their chins upon their hands, fat look
ing each olhet in the face, and in that
pofturc, no doubt, they would be fit
ting ft ill, if they had not been roused
fcfr the fuddtn foundirig of a horn.
It was a meflenger from the army.
The French hate taken Ypres, said the
pieflenger —Tan-tara. It was a lecond
horn, and a second meflenger. The
French have taken Charleroi—Tan-tara.
A third messenger came in.—The
French have taken Mons—Tan-tara.
The Freuch have taken Bruflels, said a
fourth meflenger.
As the mrfliftigcrs fucceflWely brot'
,r. the doleful tiding#, the jaw of the
aged Kaunitz kept dropping an inch at
a time ; but whcii he heard that the
Carmagnolt were in Bruflelt, the poor
old man, who like Ulyfles's old dog,
had prot rafted his fetble exigence to fee
his matter's return, was feiztd with the
irortal convulsion, and gave up the
Cholt. Sic Iran/it flcria mm A.
FroiH the Ameticmi Daily Advert ifcr.
Meflrs. Dufilap and Claypoole.
If you think proper to lay Hie follow
ing information before the public, you
may rely on its being true.
• Three d«yt before my departure fnttn
Cork, arrived the ship fame, of Bolton,
Henry Davis, master, from Norfolk for
Liverpool, laden with Tohac o. She was j
captured on the ijth August, off Cape I
Clear, by the Agricole, a French frigate )
of 50 guns and 500 men, and after putting !
fix men, and a prize mailer on board, .
sent her for liochfort. On the 18th, capt. j
Davis, with tliree of his men, who were j
left on board, rose on the French, retook ]
On iila arrival, he made application to
Capt. De Courcy, of the Pearle frigate
for afliftancei upon which an officer and
crew were immediately put on board, and.
tination. Capt. De Courcy, I was in
formed, demanded a salvage.
Gapt. Davis was told by the • oramiti
td to seize on all American vessels bound
into British ports.
On the 4th of October, in lat. 16, 40,
ong. 60, fell in with, and was boarded
)y the Blanche frigate, Capt. Faulkner,
:o lirm I was carried, with my papers and
reated very contemptuously. 1 hey ex
imired my logbook, bills of lading, mv
lirefi, reg'ifter, clearance, &c. —
nce from Philadelphia, to Cork, and the
nanifcft of my otiter cargo, ind the pro
eeds thereof, were demanded, and whe
her 1 had Frenchmen and property on
loard. Upon enquiring whether emigrants
fid their property, (if I fhruld have any
in board) were liable to feiztire, I was
.nfaered by the Captain, that Frenchmen
le was determined to take all he fell in
He. a lf6 told rtie, that he had a long I
lift of the Merchants of Philadelphia who
weft constantly supplying the French, ai'
mentioned the names of several A lift
my paficngers names was made out, and
an" officer took pofieffion of my ihip
while 1 remained on board the frigate. -
After a detention of two hours 1 was dif
mifftd.
On th< 17th inft. off the Capes, I was
chafed for three hours by a three mailed
schooner. till I was within the light house,
when perceiving they could not come up
with me, she bore away for a brig which
was in fight to the fottthward of the Cape,
and fcemingly bound in My pilot "nform
ed me that tide schooner Was a Bermudian
privateer. ~
Otto. 19,1 794. JOHN ROSSETER.
Capt. Roffeter failed from Cork on the
11-d of August,- with 83 paficngers.
UNITED STATES.
CAT-SKILL, oa. 2.
jin olTtging correfpondev.t at own,
has favored us with the following ex
tra fl of a letter from Mr. Robert New
nan, who pt'JJed through that town on
his return from captivity, to Kentucky,
where he belonged.
•» sir:,
" Being informed that you wiftied
an extract, of what has occurred to me,
since my ca£tufe by the Indians, from
General Wayne's army, in order that
you might transmit it to the Catfkill
Press—pursuant thereto, I give you
the following account:
" I was captured, returning from the
river 3t. Mary's, to Bearer Greek, a
bout 11 miles in advance of Fort Reco
very, the ill day of Augitft. My then
position, with reflect to the army, was
favorable for me, by exercising a little
art, and telling a story, to mitigate the
barbarity, and avert the cruelties, which
prisoners generally experience when tak
■cn by the favogva. But it will be n£.
ceflary to trouble the community with
those things which only concern me and
the Indians.
" They asked me a number of questi
ons to which I replied in a manner that
1 supposed mod likely to fee ure my own
eafc and fafety amongst them. They
themfelve made but very little enquiry
concerning General Wayne's army, or
his intentions. I was from thence hur
ried away to the Delaware towns, a lit
tle examined, and generally believed to
be their friend. From thence to the
foot of the Rapids of the Miami of the
Lake, where Col. M'Kee lives. He
made every enquiry, concerning myfelf,
General Wayne, and the state of his
army ; and as he seemed to want to gain
of me a great deal of information, or
intelligence, 1 was very liberal in grati
fying him in his desires. But the cha
racter of Colonel M'Kee being so noto
rious, I !hall pass it over, only mention
ing that he doubted my friendftip to
the Indian*, and fufpefted me as a spy ;
and that he is one of the mod eminent
merchants in the scalping trade, and a
kind of Quarter-Mader-General to the
Indian army, in the service of the Bri
ti(h. From thence I was conducted by
Ensign Thomas M'Kte (who is a Bri
ti(h officer, and was in the battle fought
the lad day of June at Fort-Recovery)
to Detroit. The commanding officer
at Detroit, particularly enquired whe
ther General Wayrfe intended to march
to the foot of the Rapids, and attack
the Briti'h post at that place. I told
him 1 knew nothing of Gen. Wayne's
designs (particularly) but if there should
be a British post in his road, no doubt
h£ would trrtt it as he ifrould an Indian
village. He fetmed very much furpi if
ed that Gen. Wayne should alter his
j course of march ; and that it indicated
some design againlt that fort, faying
that his former intended route, was to
the old Miami village.
" The people of Detroit seemed ve
ry much exasperated agaiaft the people
of Kentucky, ftfld made no fee ret of
theii prayers foi tEe deftru&ion of Ge
neral Wf.yne's army. Colonel Bauhee
marched the 14th of Augwlt from De
troit with two hundred men under his
command, to the British Fort it the
foot of the rapids, in order to oppose
General Wayne and strengthen that
j garrison.
j » When the Indians tk white people
[ returned frortithe battle at fort Recove
ry, to Detroit, with the featps taken in
that brittle difplaved on a pole, aefcord
ing to their ctlftom, they were saluted
from the garrifoq, with the fire of three
guns, and huzzas from the citizens.
From Detroit 1 was sent to Niagara
to Governor Sitncoe, where similar ex
aminations, and enquiries, as at Detroit
took place. The Governor is fending
daily all kinds of military ftorss to the
fort at the foot of the rapids, ammuni
tion, guns, tomahawks, and scalping
kniv<fs ; provi ions And clc •'"ntf in a
bundanee.
ifl, ;now
wketl'«€ n, t -
as !i> cutLd him) it■<'' CV.nj>Vcilional or
ders, or ord..■■? mm Mr. Washington,
who is the hyad'uf the nob, in his lan
guage, to a".ack the fort or ihfnlt the
ttritifh flag at the foot of the rapids. I
told him I knew nothing of General
Wayne's orders, or what CongreS? had
dire&ed him to do. He wished that
Gen. Wayne would dare to attack that
fort, if he d'd he would soon put a pe
riod to the war; and the mode he
wciuld adopt, would be to tfut ©if Gen.
Wayne's army and make a conquest of
! Kentucky ; destroy.the mob ; give ho
| neil people good government, and there
j by produce peace, harmony, and good
neighborhood.
"Th e ' •
'< N. JJ,Captain Brandt was, when I 1
left Niagara, at the mouth of BiifFaloe
Creek, hoTding a council whether the
savages in that quarter ftiould go and
affilt the hostile Indians in driving Ge
neral Way hi; from their country i And
-I rather "-"fill go, becaufc the
Britifliare preffiug and urgrn^Tiertritr
war.
" All the soldiers (but a very few
left) from the garrisons, at Niagara ajid
lake trie, to this new fort, at the foot
of tht rapids; and their placcs suppli
ed by the militia.
" This fame Mr. M'Kee who accom
panied me to Detroit, was the man who
carried wampum and an invitation to
the Hurons to go to war; and I was
present when he delivered it, on hi» way
to Detroit.
PHILADELPHIA,
OCTOBER io.
George Dent, Esq. is re-eleflcd mem
ber of Congress for the State of Maryland
_ Diedar Coriiruta, Cipt. James Whar
ton, of thalhip JOIIII liuTkeley.
ELECTION.
Returns from the following companies,
were hft night received from the army,
\'izi Woelpert's, Anthony's, Nelson's,
Cufack's, Rufli's, Afhm&id's, Price's
Singer's, Bavnton's, Dunlap's, and M'-
Eutn's- —Total of votes for Congress.
Mr. Fitziimons had 177
Mr. Swanwick, 46 —I*3
Extraßs from the Log-Book of the Brig
IVa/hingt&n, Capt. William Maforu
May 26th, took the command of
the brig George Walhington—one of
the convoy bound to France.
July 13th, at 6 A. M. got under
way in company with the Concorde,
Lafcafas, Prompte, &c. and the reft of
the fleet under their convoy, and at 8
proceeded to sea. July 14th, in com
pany with the fleet proceeding for
France—weather foggy, at 6 A. M.
fog cleared away—saw 4 fail to lee
ward, Concorde made the signal for an.
enemy->—at 8 A. M. made the signal
(hist for yourselves. At half past 10.
teceived 5 fliot from the Resolution of
64 gun*, and left him immediately af
ter—fell in with the Thetis of 40 guns,
who fired 2 shot at us—She camc up
so fact, that I was obliged to heave too
for him—lent his boat with hands to
man the brig, removed the crew on
board the Frigate, and erdered the brig
to Halifax.
The above mentioned (hips were a
fqiiadron under the command of Admi
ral Murray, viz.
Refohition, the Admiral's (hip, 64
Argonaut,
Tljetis, +°
L'Oifeau, 40
July 2zd, Arrived at Halifax.
Au'guft 25th, Arrived a (hip from
Charleiton, Capt. Brown, bound to
Corunna, laden with rice, and imp JUi
za of Boston, p.izes to the frigates
Thifi>e and Cleopatra—the latter had
been taken by the Thetis 5 the matter
and 2 black men Were left on board,
who re-took her fro.m the Prize Master
and 11 fcamen belonging to the Fri
gate—a few days after, fell in with the
Airica who retook her again.
August 30th. The (hip Success was
finally adjudicated by the Admiralty
Court—"Having been an Engli'h bot
tom, taken by the Sans C«lot«, and
not legally condemned, is to be restor
ed to the owners, captors to receive
salvage—Master to have his own private
adventure.
Sept. 2d. All the American reikis
having registers were acquitted—vessels
to be restored, with the Master s
adventures —Brig Maria excepted, her
cargo being claimed as neutral proper
ty —which appeared very evident; but
011 the 4th, the Judge condemned both
Vessel and cargo, on the plea that the
master wanted to cover the enemy's
property. . • r
Sept. 9th. Arrived ship Eliza of
Salem, Capt. Preble, from Bourdeaux,
bound to Baltimore, prize to the Thif
be frigate dF~2lTguns—rcfcen InTTa
thoms water, close in with Cape Henry.
Sept. ioth.Brig Patomac having no
charter-party, vessel and cargo were con
demned.
Sept. nth. The brig George Wash
ington was acquitted, without any fti
pulation —also brig Murciana.
Sept. 21 fr. The Blanche and Cleo
patra frigates failed this day, supposed
with an intention to cruize off out Sou
thern Coast.
Sept. 24th. Press Gang seizing all
sailors without any discrimination—The
second mate of the Muiciana, an Ame
rican born, having been taken by the
gang, was (tabbed by one of the Of
ficers, for attempting to escape, the
wound fortunately did not prove mortal.
Sept. 25th. Applied to the Govern
or for the release of several hands prefled
on board the Resolution, who gave his
word they should be rcleafed.
Sept. 28;h. My men having been
< nt 11 A M- we made fail
for sea, in company with tile btlg Cont
meree, bound to Salem—a .number of
refpe&able people aflcmbled on the
whari, inhabitants of the place, well
wishers to us in lending a hand to put
the brig off.
Thus ends the tranfa&ioni in Hali
fax, after a detention of near a months
and 5 days.
From the general AJvcrtifcr.
•The ariftocratical prints affect to re
present the execution of Robespierre as
a vidlory over the republicans of this
country, who, they pretend always con
sidered him as the great luminal y of
French democracy. His death, on the
contrary, is an instance in proof of the
foUftdnefs of the opifiion ouf republicans
have ever held and exprcffed, that the
French revolution or the liberties of any
people do not reft on the exigence of
any man. Principles and not men lw»e
ever been the objects of their attach
ment.
«< R. N."
The papers under firitifli inflnence,
who have been endeavouring for fomc
time pad by every argument that sophi
stry could fnggeft to persuade the peo
ple that they have no right to express
thpir sentiments on public measure*,
crowed immoderately at the intelligence
lately received of a temporary suspension
of proceedings in the Jacobin Society
of Paris. They artfully represented
tliat intelligence as a death blow to po
pular societies in France and thence pro
ceeded to (hew the propriety ofabolifh
ing limilar institutions here. The whole
■ amount of the intelligence, however,
(and the last accounts leave no further
room for misrepresentation on this head)
is that,at the critical period of Robef
bierre's fall the hall of the Jacobins
was (hut by the anthority of the Cob
. vention; but two days after, we find an
address to the Convention from that
very society under a new name. We
do not, and never did pretend to advo
cate the mcafiues at different times taken
in that society to counterafl. or promote
by other weaponß than those of argument
•the proceedings of the constituted au
-1 thorities : such attempts we always con
-1 fidered as an abufootthc right of frce
ly difcufiing the condu£t of pnWi • men
and the p; opriety of public mealies •
yet from the abuse of the thing we arc
not to aig'ue against its use. But even
if the ruling party in France fhouid -oy
a tyrannical ftrctch of power prevent
the exercise of the important righ of
free enquiry, such conduct would cl ange
the question, and no man, in ou ' .
lightened republic would be fwayt ! •
the force of so pernicious an ex?,
and be tempted tamely to give up L
right because it had been tyraim
ly wrested from his brethren • t e
French.
Capt. Houston left at Trim did,
brigs Recovsry, Bunker, Philadelph
Sally, ,of Wilmington, and , ■
Jane, Motley, Portland, which were >r>
fail in about 15 day 4 after him for il.tr
refpeAive ports.
Capt. Harding o( the (hip Penn ,
vania, failed from Liverpool the 2'
of August, aiid had a newspaper of t
date which he was deprived of on W< !
nefday last, by the Captain p£ the 1
solution man of war, who took 2 of ..
men. Captain Harding and hii pass
gers agree, that the French have taken
Sluys and closely inveftei Breda. 1 ,
British fleet was reported to have gone
out to sea.
Guns.
Capt. Luke, who failed from St. I' •
terfbufgh the 6th of August, infot
that the Ruffians have a Beet of 111 I?
of the line in the Gulph of Finland, a .
another fleet almost leady for sea,
Cionftadt. The Poles have had iot >
fuccefles over the Ruffian troops—th
surprised the town of Libbo,(a Rufli ■.
fti* whci«- -they killed- JOOO, •"
threatened Mcmel.
The following Interefling Intelligence,
have received from Captain Mia
King of the Brig Pomona; in 43 a.
from Ferrol. It was communicuu .
to htm in "writing jufi b fore he failed/n
the 2d of September. si. D. sh
" On the 15th of July, the Frei:<
forced and took the town of Vert, in
Spanish Navarre.
" On the 2d Aug'uft, thoy took Fn
tntarabia and Trun, onthelideof Gn
ipufcoa. And on the sth, they 1 peace
ably entered St. Sebastians, apparent
ly with the pre-confent of the citizens
and deputies of the Province.
" The French have made therufclves
matter* of the iihmenfe artillery and
(lores of all kinds, which were at the
places taken. They soon after feemcd
to direst their march towards Bill a ;
and have had an engagement with Ihe
Spaniards (who were but 4000 ftit.ig ;
the enemy 15000) on the 9th, at 10-
lofa three leagues from St. Sebaftm »,
towards Ferrol. The Spaniards na ie
a resolute stand, but were repulsed ; it;
losing one fourth of their number. It
is to be observed that Vera is fituat i t
valley, surrounded by eminences, t.eio
fore not tenable!—Fuentarabia, T
and St. Sebastian's, in locality, c. -d
have refilled, but there were not xn
enough to defend them. But gov. n
ment now seem to fee inro the dai r er
of neglect so much, that accounts aj, «
167,000 men have been levied since 'he
taking St. Sebastians. Sixty fcten
thousand were intended to attack !bt
French in Guipufcoa, whilst anothei
my not less considerable, aflenables • I
Pampeluna. The Bifcayans (or n #
properly speaking, the natives of
lordship or independent sovereignty
Bilboa)have raised 24,000 men alr< v
yn/I«ir .nwij ahfl 111 tilt fidll.
the riches of the adjacent country •
removed to St. Arideto, where i a
third body of troops, chiefly volume !».
Extraordinary levies are ar.d it
is said all pensions and gratification; hu
therto allowed by government, ar al
ready suspended. ihe Church and o
bility have offered 2 J per cent, of their
income, besides all the actual treasure
belonging to the rich churches.
«« Letters received from St. Andt 0,,
of the 22d of August, mention li..
the French were difWgedfrom Tci
and that it was expected they wee
fpon be dispossessed of St. SebaU
which they had not yet put in any
of defence.
"The Spaniards are affembhng t
arpfiis in the N. E. of Spain -o' ■
Pampeluna, another at Giemberr
prevent the jun&iou of the Frent
mies of Biscay and Navarre) and a thi:
to attack the corps in the Province <■
Guipufcoa and St. Sebastians.
every information received by this pot'
that all poff.blc efforts are mai
ns to raise a Oifficient army to drive p-t
he French, and defend the
he kingdom. All the people not, '• ' c
ully employed, are obliged to ts>
irms. The nobility and clergy appe;
oremofl to support the crown,
lorthrrn army, is already So,ooo drw»t
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