rj'is wiiicli have favored the believed very ini.cb, and greatly harafted and diltrefled the French whose infantry are obliged to stand up to the knee in water, and their cavalry immerged in the mnd. Such are the accounts given by the officer of the Dutch Admiral at this port, who imme diately sent the accounts o/T express to the Hague. The French dreading a disembarkation as Cadfand, are busily employed in con ftfu&ing batteries on the coast. They frequently fire at the (hips, but to no pur pose ; the distance is too great for the balls to do any execution. HAGUE, August 15 The moll imoortaftt intelligence of the dav is, that the Allied Pdwefs are at length going to recog lize MonGeur, Re gent of the kingdom of France—to raif; him an army composed of all the French Emigrants), and that England will refufe the afytum she has hitherto bestowed, to furh as may Tefufe to serve. The death of Robcfpierre has revived the hopes of the Emigrants. They think themfdves alreidy in France. The down fall of contending fa&ions proves to me that nations might with security treat with the Convention, whose authority alone is permanent, which contains in fa£t the fen timents and the energy of the French peo ple. BOIS.LEDUC, Auguftii. The preparation! now making here for a •rigorous defeDce, in cafe of a siege, are gnat and unremitting. HALIFAX, Sept. 13 The Pioou'» Cargo was advert!fed for Sale on the loth inft- As neither the Captois or Claimants would accept the Bail offered by each other ? our wor fhipful Judge determined to sport the Cargo at Auition ; The appraised va lue is 2t,0001. our Currency ;It is true the prrfons offered as Bail by the Claim it's Attomies were fomc of the best PeiVpk"ln the Province, but the Captors appeared determined to accept none that could be offered ; and, in the usual phrase to make " Ducks and Drakes, " with the cargo at all events. UNITED STATES. BOSTON, Oft. 14. Yeflerday arrived here (hip Mary, Captain Stephen Ham, in 60 days from London. Capt: Ham was boarded by the Frsn:u igate Proserpine, on his paffagi, '.\'liq took out of his vessel 20 Englith pafTeiigerß that were on .board, with ail the property they conld find belonging to them j what they could not conveniently get on board, they threw overboard ! NEW-YORK, O(Sober 17. The present governing party In France fay the fame hard things of Robespierre, as Robespierre did of Danton and He bert ; as these did of Briffot and Ro land ; and as all those parties did of La Fayette and Dumburier—traitors, con fpirarors, villains,—no name is haifh enough to describe the fallen men. We arc told by our Jacobins that there are very few crimes committed in France at the present period—theft and robbery are said scarcely to e*ift in that country—and this is alledged as a proof of thegoodnefsof morals in the French nation. The truth is the French were never addi&ed to the crimes of theft and robbery. Under the old govern ment a traveller might leave his bag gage in the bat-room of an in n, without danger of losing any part ot it. But France abounded with crimes of other kinds. There Is however another circumstance that deserves notice. The common idlers and rogues of that nation are mostly em ployed in the army; where their morals are kept well disciplined. Besides the ex iftenceof a new and general crime, that of anticivifm, or opposition to the present government, seems, like Aarons serpent, to have swallowed up the reft. It is like the yellow fever in disease, as defcribcd by Sydenham and Ruih; wherever it prevails, it expels or absorbs all smaller crimes. This idea is not merely ludicrous. It is nptural that when the passions of men are all directed to one point, that one object Ihould engross the minds of the na tion—the pursuit of that objea should constitute thehigheft virtue—negleil or op position to that pursuit, the most odious crime—irA the vicious hearts of a nation am P le employment in punishing that common crime. All the furious passions, the pride, the envy, the avarice, the hatred of the French may now find occu pation, in afflnSling the ariflocrats and puniCujig treason. When the diftinflion ot patriots and traitors shall no longer ex ilt, then trie punishment and extermination of |»d men will no longer furnilh food for the vicious passions, which of consequence will have rrcourfe for gratification, to the variaus crimes which infect all other coun- Were we however to believe the tri- P Brt 3 r l^c Convention, we u 'd find that France abounds with crimes. After one fa&iun has taken off another, the victorious patriots spend a wce ' c or tw ® in detailing the crimes of the late tyrants. When La Fayette was driven from his army, his enemies were busy in recapitulating his crimes— they have nut yet finilhcd the catalogue. After Dumourier's flight, the fame ditty was, and is repeated. Briflot and his party were, according to Robespierre and Dantrin, the vilsft and worlt monlters in exiltence. No sooner was this faction ciufhed, than Hebert, the bhfphemer, the atheist was denounced, and fell under the axe for attempting to reject a God from the national creed. No sooner was Hebert gone, than Danton was a villain, an a theist and a speculator. Danton falls and all is quiet. Robespierre and his party pretended the Convention was thoroughly purged of villains. The calm lalted near three months—a moil surprising length of time ! Then the Itorm thickens and burlls upon the head of Robespierre—this immaculate patri ot is suddenly converted into a Despot —a monfterof wickedness ; and he with fifty or a hundred accomplices is tum bled into the grave. Now the players* Tallieti and Collot d'Herbois, have co pious fubjefts for their theatrical elo quence ; such a catalogue of crimes is detected againlt Robespierre, as would make even a Revolutionist (hudder! Now again the Conv«ntion is purified of traitors—-perhaps for a month, or t'djo at farthejl! Whatever then be the state of the yeomanry, if we believe the Convention, their leaders hitherto have been the worst men that ever disgraced human' nature. The real truth probably, is, that the Convention are all like other men, and very much alike in their views. But they differ in their opinions as to public measures j and not pofTelfing a spirit of conciliation, each party are determined to take off the other. Then commences a secret war, and intrigues with tin; po pulace of Pari3 ; and that parly which is supported by the populace of that great city always succeeds. This is the state of the whole bufineis. PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER 11. From Mr. Brown's Philadelphia gazette of Lajl Evening ! " We hive long been accustomed, in this cduntry, to copy the Debates in the Britifti Parliament. The Editors, on that fide of the water, begin to repay this com pliment, by tranferibing whole pages of the Debates in Congrefslaft session, taken down for* and pubiifhed in the Philadel phia Gazette." From a New.Tork Paptr. " The hall of the Jacobins in Paris, having been found equally inimical to the liberty of the people, as the Baftile, their a (Terribly hath been dispersed, and the key depofked with the convention. Thii Trophy, of a new conquest over tyranny, will be sent to the celebrated WASHINGTON, accompanied by a requelt to place it be side that of the Battile.—And from thence to learn that the despotism of Jacobin Clubs, wherever inilituted, is not excelled by the despotism of abso lute monarchy." , By this Day's Mail. Mi LAN, July 21. The French have advanced to Borgo, within a few miles oP Coni, where the Piedmontefe have an entrenched camp. If the French should drive them from this important post, they may leave a de tachment to mafic Coni, the siege of whith would be tedious, and march with the reft of their army to the gates of Turin. We are aflured that the Republicans are under the walls of Su za, where the Piedmontefe are entrench ed. As we do not har that they have taken the fort of La Brunette, which defends the pass of Suza, we suppose that they have made thcmfelves a new road over the mountains. The situation of Piedmont is most critical. The French seem ready to penetrate by three or four points, into the heart of the country. A consider able number of militia is railing to op pose them, a description of troops of the line ; but we fear the Piedmontefe mass will not be found a match for the French mass. We recoiled also, that Savoy, Nice, and part of Piedmont, are already in the hands of the French, so that the King of Sardinia is deprived of a great part of his resources. From Genoa, we are informed that the French have asked leave to pass into Lombardy, through the territory of the Republic. Although the Genoese appear to be strongly attached to their system of neutrality, it is to be appre hended that the French may take mea fures to make -thent comply with their dem-nd. The Genocfe Republic !s in a great state of defence, fapit it ca.inot rt-ptl force by force, if tlie French-yo to extrimities, ileitis the whole; uuuy of the people in concert with the government. The late viftoties of the French have difFufed such a terror throughout Italy, that the Genoese will hardly venture to expose their country to the chance of war. LONDON. To Mejfrt. Harrifon, Anjlty, Co. Gentlemen, An order has just been received at the Admiralty-Office, of which a prin ted copy shall be sent yoli as soon as obtained, revoking the Article of In ftruftions of Bth June, 1793, which made it lawful to detain all vessels, la den with Corn, Flour or Meal, bound to France ; but otherwise continuing the fame in force. I am Gentlemen, Yours, &c. R. PARKER- Doctors Commons, August 23, 1794. From the West-Indies. To the Editor of the Columbian Centinel. SIR, We beg leare to inform you, that the potts in this island were opened for the importation of all fiich articles as can be imported in Britlfli Bottoms, as also all kinds of Salt Provi/ions and Live Stock, and continue open for-fix months —At the expiration of which term wr imagine they will be arfaiii opened for a further time. We will be much obli ged to you to publish this notice in your paper. And we remain, Your very humble Sevants, THO. RUDDACH, & Co- Amer. Min. NEW-YORK, August so. On Saturday I ith inft. departed this life Mrs. Anne Dovvdall, wife of Wal ter Dowdall, Esq. of Cioton-River, and niece of the late Sii William Johnson, Bart. By a gentleman of refpe&abijity from Canandarqua we learn, that Col. Picke ring arrived at that place, on the 16th of Sept. for thtf purpose of holding a treaty with tlie Stx Nation! j.that the Indians had not yet come in, hut that they were within 30 miles of.that place when He came away- It was supposed tbe late defeat ofthe western Indians would change material ly the tone of tbefe Indians at the ensu ing treaty. . The article in our last, that JLt. Sheaff did not return according to pro milt',to the Great Sodus, is in part err oneus—He did return and personally delivered to Capt. W'illiamfon. a protelt agaiiill his fettling at that place. This protest was marked No. I." Capt. Ruflel arrived here from Rufiia spoke 3 French 4© gun frigates off the hanks of Newfoundland, who had taken three prizes, and were on a cruize; af ter which they intended failing for Bos ton or New-York. The cartel (hip, for France, will fail in a few days. Near 200 men, women and children, will take passage in hei. She has a flag of truce, (he will not be molested. Arrived the fliip Delight, Captain Bridges, from Liverpool, who spoke the following yeflels: Sept. 17th, long. 42, W. and lat. 43, 37, N. the brig Inde pendence, of New London, with pas sengers from Sligo for New-York. On the 20th, he spoke (hip Adiive, Colden, from Liverpool for New-York—and parted with her the Ift inft. in long. 55, 42, W. and lat. 41, 24, N. all well, wind north. On the 25th Sept. the (hip Fair American, Hathaway, from St. Euftatia for Amsterdam, lat. 41, 41, N. long. 47, 41, W. all well. Paf fengets per the Delight, Mr. Schofield, and Mr. Roylance. BALTIMORE, Otfober 17. Yesterday arrived Captain Joseph White who left Port-au-Prince on the s6th ult, — From his logbook, we have taken the following extradl: Friday, O£lober 10, in lat. 3.?, 10 long. 74, 37, per observation, at half past two, A. M. fell in with the schooner Molly, of New-York, John Leonora, mailer, five days out, bound to Charleston, who sprung a leak on the morning of the Bth instant, on the edge of Hatteras Shoals, in a violent gale of wind at N. N. £.— By means of cutting away his main-mafl, and throwing over board about one third of his cargo, (consisting of about 37.00 bushels of Indian com) they were enabled to keep her from totally finking, until we Telago, Aug. 23, 1794. Sir, ALBANY, Oft. 16. boston, oa. 15. had thehapp'nefs of having it in our power s o relieve tlu txaufted crew, by taking then out of tfie veilM, which, to ill ap pearance, funk flu-itl;' after, th: sea mait n? 1 continual break over her. Capuin Aiuhins, who left Curacoa a bout three weeks lago, fays, that he was there informed, the British troops had ta ken pofleffion of Jaequemei. Oiftober 18 The Ihip Camilla, Captain Robert Ser vice, of New-York, arrived in this port ye.lerdav, frqm Liverpool. On his paf i'age, Captain Service spoke the (hip In duftry.——Redmond, matter, bound up James River, which left London about the 4th September, the palTengeis on board of her reported, that the French were at Breda, and the people of England hourly expected the intelligence of their arrival at Rotterdam : further, that the apparent disposition of the Briti/h ministry was in favor of prosecuting the war. PETERSBURGH, Oft. 14. A gentleman arrived in tlr's town in fourteen days from Kentucky, informs us, that a part of the mounted volun teers, that lately went from that (fate, under the command of Major Whitley, on an expedition againlt the Cherokees Chickamaugas had returned, anil reported that they had effected the ob ject of their expedition, having destroy ed three lidian towns, about 2000 a cres of com, and took 70 fcalpsand 14 prisoners ; with a loss on the part of the volunteers of only 3 men wounded. The fame gentleman alio informs us, that the General AfTembly of that state, are to meet in November next—when it is cxpedted that the law laying a tax upon lands, will be reconlidered and a mended. SHIP NEWS. It ha 3 often been objected to repub- The Pennfylvaniaj" Harding, left Liver- ' I '*j an W)<™, they too frcquntly pool on the 26th. A'lg. Sept! 12, lat. 46, ' »"° w violation* of the laws to go unpu -23, long. 29, Ipoke a brig from Baltimore n, 'hea that an intrigmng ambitious to llo:terdam out 20 days. man WI U often be able to overlct the go. 13th. lat. 43, 34 Long. Si, spoke brig vernment; and of course that thert is no Sally from Virginia to Portfmonth out 26 medium between Despotism and Anar days all well. C hy. If these principles are established -a3d. Long. 41, 53, &w a fleet of 92 . the condua ofourcit ; the tail of merchantmen under convoy or five c . * , r . nun of war, bound from the Weft Indie. beyond the Atlantic, to the Eastward. Same day was boarded . w . icnlibly checked, li the enemies by Capt. Affleck of the Alligator, from °' peace and our happy constitution Jamaica to England. ! should form a majority in our Coun- By Capt. Howard in the fclioon-r Tho- ' cils, which may Heaven ever avert f mas, from Fort Dauphin, we learn that f ore j g ners who with to support c.r the Republicans captured Leborene about ,1 . -n . .. ■ the middle of September. ' W '" C ° nt " lUe , tllelr P'. ln " s at Capt. Betterton in the fchr. Betsey, is home, and none will fettle in this coun arrived at the Fort from B.v miida, where * r y> but thole who are regardless of he was taken some weeks since from off cvsry civil obligation ; the refuse of Indian river, wjth his pilot on board, and , Europe will fvvarm on our shores, tht condemned, veflcl and cargo—crime trad- < mild reign of Government and Law, of nig with the-French. i Jultice and Order, in America will cease, The barque Join, from Bourdeaux, to d y , f bloodflie j "