From tie Virginia Gaxettr.
Mr. Printer,
I'y Minting the rodofed Dialogue
which happened between one of my
neighbors'uonc of the lowercoiiTltie& ;I, ai
dant - which it i
''tuber 4, 1794- account for ; if he enters by tiic month
Ir is ENOUGH TO MAKE A (H'akF.r an. lif he ent ei sby the gallon it is wori'e
The above fen.cnce was ..tiered by a argumcnt . — m)t m ,,
country oilfiller, very early or. Most- los i; , o (he faml
day nun,,.ng, m the- he.ghth of the , • ico , )vemcne J;
diddling fcaton, 111 Virginia. After a , D j ftr __ No> For men of property
great ram, (hehavmg with much ado . . o) . at ]ea(
veil <1 the Sabbatl.,) all his Uj thci
he being driven up without halt Deep . jo th|s hw yQU f . )tal
to fcthi.ftill towoik, that he ln , ..it , [ • fayou . of j f an ini
rot be mined by the tax, and oblige
as far ai might complaining cm- • oi ,._ lt fr . c|ng y . n , arc v ,-n
; s: T I,C 'J i ;<c , )!■.,/'. to plenfc ; ,vhat could Con H ,d
Ins pre hufiK an overwne to . , i r t i 5 \f t, -i
, ~1 , , ..I do, to plenfe every body : Y oil have al
moke and llenc i, u . ; ,d V given up, that money tnutl b.
warm, and he warmer, when «,.,etf -*v m fcs> what bette ,
nughbors, an exc,fe t ffioc,be..| > be
early trf'the <Wcof Ins bvmncft D ; ft) ,_ A nlcthod not to opprcf*
a so, rode up of a hidden with h» I ,t „ i. „fci , B
„' n , , . ~, . nor endanger the health, nor lim.s or
ti ltli'd fh.rt, C<c.- —-broilirirt on the 1 . . " . r> r 1 „
. . . 0 j the citizens, nor create a uu!i,« number
dia ogne . j of offices to prey upon the reventif.
Cloud 1 ring neighbor ! .1 Off.—l am at tf lois to knou
'i lie diftilTer, rising uj» and looking , method you can have in y'our head,
ah 'iit, it being dark, piping his , t | ta , would answer better than the ho
fiid, {food morning^to you fir. . j no)a ;,] c Cougvefs, lias thought proper
,
{Jry this morning—Do Qaukers ever t I>;|l r> Why if the revenue require*
«it, pi't a moderate tax 011 the iiills AMSTERDAM, Augujl 18.
Diiiiller. Ido not kil-nv tilai T eVcifj thnriftUes annually, whet her we work We continue to he kept here in the cornple
! one swear ; hut this hvlUjh e'xitfi \ t ] l Jin or n otj accordiit;; to their capnci- tejl fyhorattci rifpeß':ng the operations o,
'iazv, thitijr* that I know of • t ; L , S) a3 1)n , ying carriage:., &c. the arm its on tbt frontiers of these frovin
iu the general government, i« enough to , / T | lo > I mud corifefs, it is a doitbt, ' «'■ *bis day thepojl arrived.from Mae
m-k- 11 heft man in the world swear, j Aether eithet arc strictly con- J'j;'* > *?% tbe . 'f f T"?
„ v i r tIH , :f tvvffiWe In- • 1 \ . » , , , ; fell in with n party of French pat roles, by
v ; " P s" fJ• . , i ft.tntio.ial:) and then there would not [ mnms w / dep^', ed Llti lajl
lixiifc utkff, VV about dotib. you be , ialf , he u s e tlicre Ig> f or f 0 needlefa o f t i M i etterj j,. om t j x M e uf>. When
are out or your tenles this morning; it | a f tt „f beings as you ar#j riding a- \ tbe taj} accounts came away everything in
is the law ycVu so mncb exclaim agaum I boU ( j n fplen Jov, lording it ovet lion eft ! Maeftricht <was in Jlatuqtio. The gazettes
makes your brandy bring fueh a price ! a|]( j ;„(J u Hn o | ls labourers, enmmitting j mention that an atiion took place near the
thii year a« it is like to do :as to the ; n t j l9 execution of your office horrid , Mmje on Monday lafl in ivbith the French
other things you know of it. the y )ders . / w | lich | lil3 not been uncom- ' ™re*p«t/eJ with loft ; but of this event
al government, Ido not knbw what you . mo()f even wtt hin the narrow circle of
m „ , , r | ! m Y acquaintance,) to the great prejti- ■■ WLt , n Antwerp and Hoo? flraeten, which
Dlftilk-r. Pox lake tlx? puce tor mc - jM| CC 0 f a number of citizens. Jbouldfee?* ta indicate an approaching at-
Ex. Off.—l think you talk with mare i tat* ou Breda.
cit idi U.lt 1 know it is not the duty I ro „s Jence than good sense ; for Ido ! It is fatd that the Spaniards have rccent
o our spirits, that raises t!ie price j nQt know W |, Q be so C a. )a bJe to' b obtained fame important advantages,and
11. 4 • .1 • r . it „i , i have forced the ent -ny to raise the ficve cj
" tc "' tii determine in this cale, as our well clio- | j> >«/ • •
DllilLfwhv foreign 1 ! » that j 'sTLJdred m,n of tbe Dutch -dragoon
. ' . , , i ucKjy. 1 and Svjijs guards arrived here on Saturday
IpiriU, and the articles tlity aie com-1 ]Qj;l v . —lf you are not careful I fan- i injl from, the Hague to reinforce thisgarri
posed of ;or else we might drink our 1 y (U , w j]] g Ct wat m ptefentl'v !—But fan ; the cause of theirfit den arrival is wi
Krrrrdynt n.: o!d price, ancL have our ,fa what m ay about fdfco.itidci.ee, 1 known. • ' S; ''
. . time rur ihft;llinjr it, without en- |or non ),. n f Cj ; t ; s f rom a very painfu*
:a rM :S °;' r i ufo of my sense?, that I have learned
vei.e cfl'eer. \<>n are very much w ] iat ] | lave an( ] j c | o mo (l can
mi'taken, tor you ought to thank yom ! assure you, that 1 depend more
'• '■ lk " " •- vtr tl,e " cad on thole monitors, than all their viiion
• " ,s » P"'? " c " * lu " ary theories in politics, and inconfilhrnt
- - 1 hanit toe DvVi ! fvlloj'ifms which either ancient or mo
oflcer. \on lee 111 to be warm den , philosopherS) politician,, or logi
this int. in 1 , , 011 1 a ve j c J anß , have dnvvvii, and I again'repeat
•; ~ -t ).u wot.ltl have cooleil from j t> a .id mult fay, that the excise law, as
'!:! ,v »'t» hv this time. ;; t , low ttands has not a feature of re-
Ji truer. 1J- not know what fhouh : pub l icail ; fm in it . but is i ; , u; . i'ous, op
',M ' r ' K ' 1 ue, . c '.'ke m y . preffive, and a law, dan-cous to the
; ; ; i, V.nd of lite :i.r it teems as if the j hea , th an j ,; ves of citixrlls> am} , lee(1 .
U ... was ,n tier tins morning, the vyood, , ]cCv t )enflve . a ,„j f(Kll as ~( >u |h ; Ilk
lire, or a!, of tl.ent together ; for it j am> , can demollftrate it> if }K3l . had
sj.pears as tlio.igh 1 (hall never get her to hfar ]ne
to : But to tell you the truth Qg-—p ra y j et ug jj Car jj OW
r, lam never cool, when I think of Ditir. —it is inquitious ; —becanfe it
this iniquitous law, even the coldell day dots not bear equally on the citizens in the
i. winter. Union; as might easily be shewn, iu fun
Excite officer. You do not seem to dry instances. It is oppressive, because it
In ... a proper frame for conversation, deprives free men of the free use of their
t .1 ■ i_ i 1 , r 1 • liberty and property; and it is a qucl
ur eifc 1 think. 1 could eanly convince .- _ . e K L . . .. n '\ r
c , 1 Hon with .ne, whether a greater Itreteh of
you ctyonr mi Italic. power has ever been exereifed in the most;
Dtliiller. I have be«n angry it is despotic government's —for I aflc, might
'rue, and am now ttoHfeled at my heart, not Congress, with as tnucl. propriety,
- Ttrit the general government, whom I make a law to number mark our
had inch conlidence in, Ihould so soon p ,ou S'» s > carts, waggons or even our
after the adaption thereof, treat their >'orfes &c. and that when we wanted to
conllituents like a set of (laves ; but if use ° ur £ lou^ 3 f* we »
r .1 , T certaiß officer by law appointed tor that
yo». can convince me of my m.stake, I plirpofef namely J . To g ,.[ nl us liccnce to
will attend with all the ears I have, and ufc our ploughs &c. certifying when we
jrive your arguments all the weight I should begin to use them, how long «c
think thev deserve. might use them ; and that if we warned
Excise officer. You know there must mi re time to finifh our crops, or accom
he moncv raiftd to pay our debts, and pbfh our jouriiry &c. as the cafe might (.?,
defray b Mic exDences luppofir.g it (hould be only a day or two,
, , 1- a j u -i we wanted, or a small remnant ol a month
And am heartily ve must flop our ploughs, leave our carts
willing to bear my part of that ex- &c, from home; or else take out a new
pence, licence for a whole month : or be fubjedted
Ex. Off, —Well then. What can be to a heavy fine. It is dangerous to the
more equal than the duty on spirits ; for health, and lives of the citizens, because
thole who consume to pay the tax ? h P uflies ', a " d unnecelTanly drives them
i va. t + c »*u mglit and day m a llcklv leafon of the
—I conrels it appears lo at the +2 -au • • ii u j
.. u . ~ , ! 5 r i » year, to aroid being ruined by a heavy and
nit view ; and has, arid does fool thou- opprefTive duty. Upon the whole, if )i
---.g nds ; and at the firil had the fame ef- bcrtv breathes through any part of this
upon ; but 1 have seen better law, I have loft my ideas of repubiieanifm.
i?nce ; for I must affnre you, that when x * Off.—But there is or.? comfort, viz.
a rra;i gives up hlerty for money, he y ou arconl -y one °f adifcontcnted few, who
r V. ; a bad ba.gaiu I fa« a wordagainft it-
Ex. Off.—l know not what fort of 3n P n i, r "~ f . may .^ w . ,W ' s
n , , , and patience of Americans in general, a:,d
, you must have, or bow you calcu- thf ; r ~,f ire „f s U p a gcvenime.it
it.- ci>.w filch an idea in this cafe. honorable to them ; known..; that the eyes
ij.llr.—l think it is very ealily seen, of all the world are upon thein , ii' their
' : I :ean tilt impoiition of this law,) by governors would let them be oi-lv halt i'riv;
> ail tboic who have the use oftlicir com- mean) enjoy liberty hi a tolerable de
- 'Jiifesnot to lay any thin- of but let me tell ; thatfvo.u wha:
.t- jj* i • J 1 b nttle I know; thougn that is but lade
V ' ' i acu if , that Americans nave some courage et
ILx. C, ,t. Now do tell me wherein . an( j very fevr like the excise law, as i
i-itir.—Why to be short. Every now stands; except it be t'nole whi
man's still is not a-like expeditious of arc tintfnred with itriftocratifia, and I fear
the fame capacity, cvcrf man has not if * rupture fl»o»U tun. up, the conle
the fame advantage of sing his ft.il you think
td/tbfltiame pr»>ht ; and huitltsi, men o c on( y re f Sj js coinpoied of a let of arif
flender force who have no out to depend tocratical tyrants !
:on but a few weakly children with him- Diftr. —I have not faidfo ; but if I may
felfto carry mi thehtdinefs (at the belt he permitted tofpak freely, I thinkfirom
» ;l,an<j) at this ficWf season of the y<str ; their proceeding* in this matter, and some
.it mutt be presumed, will lole nbun- thing* that I hh e ddeovered m the.r
CIL «,WH f.vm S he mull management; that they mean to try what
we can bear : and it is my opinion as an
individual, that it is the heft way to let
| them know, or at least, keep them in
mind, that they our servants, and not our
matters.
Ex. Off. Be careful left you fpeaktreafon.
Ex. Off. —J am not afraid of that in this
cast, for j have ,fetu, and noticed the
corillitiition, on this particular.
Ex. Off. —But it appears you are too
warm and noisy.
Diftr.—Well I may : for I do not know
but you are come to take me n, by some
of the enfnariilgclaufes ot this law, (and
>t is evident there are many, ) perhaps
you are cotne to fee, whether 1 have maric
e<l itiv Route with capitals,
OF SPIRITS, or whether I have not left
out a letter, or been guilty of some little
matter you can get hold of to tiring me to
punifliment; tliel'e things, and futh like,
are enough to warm a man arid,
him noisy too. -
Ex. Off. —I fee there is nothing t<? b
dope at prel'ent: I must pursue my bufi
ness, liiit Khali fee you before long ana Ih all
wifn to know what you mean by the " 0-
ther things yo i kno?w of in the general go- |
vernmdnt." —Good day to you.
Diflr. —Thejlike to you Sir.
«*>
•otis or
Foreign Intelligence.
HEIVOETSLUYS, August 19.
i Yeftcrday two tlioufand IJritifh troops
j from England pifled by this place to
j ioin the Duke of York's army. Two
thpufand more we underlland are gone
to Amilerdam, where 6 hundred Dutch
troops arrived a few days ago.
Of the four hundred Dutch soldiers
in gtiriifon in this town only ninety are
fit for duty ; tire remaining are ill of a
fever which rages with great violence in
this part of Holland.
LEYDEN, August 24.
From the Meufe there is no other
intelligence but that on the 7th and
Bth, the French seemed to be making
difpoiitions for an attack, which how
ever did not take place, and that in the
mean while Ikirmifhes were very fre
quent along the whole line of defence.
General Kray, being reinforced by a
divilion of Uhlans, and by a free corps
of Michalourtz, has now on the left of.
the Meufe before Maeilricht sixty three
squadrons of light imperial cavalry un
der his ordett. The aultrian army from
Luxembourg to Ruremonde, is divided
into fix corps, the principal of which is
encamped on three lines near Tonrou
la Comte, covering an extent of ground
of about four miles. This corps is com
puted at 35,000 men, and the whole
90,000. The pontoons were ready at
Tourou. At Keer, on the right wing
of the centre were expected the Muii
fters, Counts Metternich, Mercy, M.
de Waldeufls, &c. The Arch Duke
Charles was gone from Aix la Chapelle,
to Bonne, to pass some days. Accord
ing to the report of some deserters,
Qucfnoy had surrendered to th« French,
who were now occupied with beficging
Vak-nciennes and Conde. A great part
ol tiie French soldiers had returned to
their habitations to get in the harvest,
but they were expected to return by the
10th September, for a general review
to be matte near Tirlemont.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 29.
Ssr Ed-ward PrUe-jj, iu the Aretbufa fri
gate and Jive others of Sir J. £• Ivan-en's
j'quadroi: arrived here this morning after a
. cmii~.' upon the French coajls near Brefi, and
\ have brought :n t'aio homeward bound
Weft indiamen, retaken from a fquatron of
French frigatej I'e-ry near Brest bar tour.
7 bey engaged tte French, and even under
their batteries dtflr»'.-d a Freuchf igate of
44 g'">s and t<wo Jloops of %ufir. Ibt bat
safari a Tf : m '^^^l*
und jloet'i *°"»* *"»* «*?,
kilMar<uM>u*ded - J; T •
divided into four squadrons ) bape
twenty one Jail of loaded merchant 'vejjels
fromMartinico and the other captured
France.
DUBLIN, September 3.
Jjt seems surprising that the dispatches of
Lord Dorchester to ministry, should dif
fer so widely from the reports of the Ame
rican newspapers, relative to the mifunder
ltanding iubfifting between the United
States and our government. That the in
tentions of both powers are mutually pa
cific) may certainly be depended upon ;
but the American people manifefting so
ltrongly as they do a hostile disposition to
wards Great Britain, will render it ex
tremely difficult for their Ainbaflador, Mr.
jay, to obtain such terms from our minis
try as will appease their fury. And to this
no doubt, is owing the extraordinary
length of the negotiation.
PORTSMOUTH, Aoguft 31,
At a quarter before fix on Friday
evening last, L'lmpetueufe, one of the
large line of battle (hips, lately captured
by Earl Howe's fleet, and which lay
but a small distance from the dock-yard,
was perceived to be on tire, and flames
buriting out with great rapidity, and
forming a pillar of fire, that had the
mod awful appearance. Signals being
immediately made, all the boats from
the (hips in harber were manned* and
fortning themselves into two divisions,
the boats lashed together, they contri
ved, at imminent hazard, to grapple the
Impetueufe fore and aft, with strong
chains, in order that when her anchor
cables were bumt, she (hould be ktpt
from moving, so as to endanger the
Northumberland, which was near her,
and prevent the conflagration from
spreading, as might be the cafe if (lie
wa9 adrift. With these grapples the
boats could also force her wheiever the
fire would he leait dangerous, and they
accomplished their purpose by keeping
her in a proper ftatibii, until (he burned
down to the water's edge. There were
some Spaniads on board, one of whom
was prefervCd, after being much scorch
ed by the fire. The others, it is said,
fell a facritice to the flames, which were
got under about nine, but not totally
extinguished till 12 o'clock.
LONDON, Auguft'29.
The articles put in requisition by the
French in Brabant are as follow: the
whole pi the harvest: a part of the
horses, oxen, flieep, &c. the sugar, soap,
brandy, cheese, linen, leather, iron, lead,
pot-a(hes, &c* The aftignats are there
on par.
The Peggy, Capt. Lant, which is
just arrived in the river'from the city of
Wathington, has brought letters, which
mention that the building of that capi
tal is carrying on with inconceivable ar
dor ; that the President's house was
nearly completed; and that thecapitol,
in which tlie Congress were to meet,
was just covering in.
Bricklayers, carpenters, and black
fmilhs, were so much wanted, that the
- most enormous wages were giyen, while
provisions if) that city were about half
the price they are in London.
As one proof of the sincerity of the
Emperor, the command of the army
is, it seems, to be taken from the prince
ot Saxe Cobourg, between whom and
! his Royal Kighnefs the Duke of York,
it is whifpei c-d, a difference lately took
place. Whether that was a£lually th/e
cafe we> cannot afiert on positive inform
ation of our own ; but we can-state with
confidence there was hardly CTjer any a
greement between tlum, 01 indeed a
mong any of the Generals of tile allies.
During the late campaign, it was no
unusual thing for the Germans to (hike
tents and quit the ground, without so
much as giving t6 the Bntifh the flight
ed intimation of their designs.—Nay,
in one or two instances, they absolutely
deilroyed the bridges behind them a3 if
it had been their mtcuiiou to prevent
our troops from retreating. This ho
ned manoeuvre (foi in war every thing is
fair, excepting rhelricks of the enemy)
was pra&iccd when they quitted the
neighbourhood of Tournay, with the
view, it was thought, to compel the
British to remain there to gafrifon the
place ; or at Iea!l to prevent them from
carrying off their Itorcs, which confe
quentlv were t'.epofned in the Austrian
lyagazinw.
Generals Clairfait and F an.,
to have the principal comii aod i„ ~
new operations, but under th'r nominal
dire&ion of the Archduke Charles.
Accounts were yelterriay received
from Leghorn, of the furrendcr of Cal-
Extras of a letter from Mount's Bay,
Augujl 24.
" On Friday lail the 12d a
Frerch cutter privateer was seen ofrthe
the Land's-end to capture five En.-rifih
brigs and two Dutch vefTels let wee;- ■
Long Ships and Woulf Rocks, about
fix miles from shore. She saw the tu
ridyce frigate Handing into the bay ;
The Swiftfuve had scarcely rounded the
Woulf Rocks ten minutes with a con
voy to Cork. The cutter came down
like a dart rowing 24 sweeps."
Count d'Artois continues at Rotter,
dam, under the name of Count Pon
thieu. He goes abroad but fcldom, and •
theti always at night.
Lull night died Mrs. Hardy, wife of
Mt. T. Hardy, fhoemakcr, now con
fined in the tower under a charge of
High Treason. Mrs. Hardy, a few
moments only before Ihe expired solemn
ly declared, that the fe pa ration from
her husband & the uncertainty in which
(he was, refpe&ing the time of his tri
al, was the occafiou of her death.
The Belmont merchant Ihip, taken
Welt Indies, had on board twelve or
fifteen French emigrants, on their way
to take poffefTton of their colonial pro
perty.
FRENCH FLEET IN OSTEND.
On Monday afternoon, August the
4-th» the whole force of French trans
ports, which have been so long aflemb
ling at Dunkirk, Boulogne, and Calais,
failed from the former place at two
o'clock, and arrived at Oitend, under
convoy of the following ships, which
:;mc into the haiboi, and moorei) along-
The whole amounted to 17; in nnni
norning at nine o'clock.
La Robufte, a frigate mounting 3 6
runs, all 36 pounders. Tins ship was
"oriTU'tly a '.me of b.ittlc i! Ip, and h;;s
>een lately cut down, and carries the
flag, wnto is a Dutchman,
ind emigrated from Holland at the
:ommencement of the French Revolts
ion in 1782.
L'lmpcrilabli, a small frigate of 28
',uns, commanded by Tcrrevflle,
La Vidctta, a Hoop of war of 16
runs, commanded by Citizen La Fon
aine.
L'lnabordable, a brig of war com
manded by De Chere, L'Azon Fleufs.
Two stout cutters—names unknov i/.
Three privateers, brig rigged.
One lugger piivateer.
Seven gun-boats, brig rigged and
schooner rigged ; mounting each 3 guns
brass twenty pounders.
Foui Dutch galliots on anew'peculi
ar conitruftion, mountjng from fix to
eight guns each, generally 9 or 12
pounders. These vefTcls are supported
by props between decks, to prevent tl.e
weight of the metal from forcing in the
deck, and have bulwarks or
made of faggoti, and covered with tai
paulins to fgrm ports for the guns; thp
tackles of which are' fattened to stays
and back Hays from the crofs-treea
to the chains, and others limning from
the cat.head to the main (hrouds.
The vefTels are like logs on the water,
ind have a lingular appearance.
Three armed bye-boats, viz La
Fleche de Calais, La Success, and the
jacket taken from before Oftend laP
ear belonging to Capt O(borne.
o a i
These boati hare on board 26 n ert
each, and go always out in the eveni.^,
and return in the morning.
The officers and men are totallv ig
norant of the place of their definiti
on, though tliey hippofe it is (one
part of Holland—Fluih ng inoit pf»-
bably.
Lad Thursday night at 12 oYlotk,
the Tower was put into a per eft state
of defence; the guns upon the wharf
and Wuiiid the battlemcnti, wire all
loaded with grape flint. The tower
was in the great eft contusion, and the
piifoncrs in the gwateft alarm ; all thi»
in consequence of a lying report, that
several Kidnapping parties had taxen
refuge there,* and that the mob were de
termined to attack it. It is impoffiMe
to describe the bustle and ferment thi
occasioned ; the military were all turn
ed out, and every person ordered to hi
poli, as if a siege was riniHy cxpcctei
but all was quiet. Ycfterday morning
Mr. Pitt, Mi. I)unda», <x Lord 1a
borough, visited the tower and were
there for a cwnfiderable time ; —what
tn 'ir bufmefs was we have not. karot.
The numhtff of Bntifh. Hanoverian,
and Hefiian troops at this time on the
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