it -.-i'i k/:!<?\v that the g'at VriMj I have dc
f:nbfd,' i very t'alle cne.
If the former .rstiue friends
to liberty and equality, then a fufpici >n
.wadid A'ife tf 1 - 11 ti;e litter are not so • and
I ijacq.-c'j W'ih that this may not be the
1 if;. To " be righteous over much," —
xti are told by facri-1 authority, is no very
goc'i fyinpton. Bar it we take a trari
fierlt review of the French Revolution, we
ft?" i"ftifled in fiyiilg the fa ne thing of
i iofe who are zealous over much. Hnw
. ltfthc zeal of Mirabeau term.nate ? Of
Dantirii ? Of Briffot ? Of. Dumourier >
Of Robespierre ? In treachery. Nor is it
to be wondered at: for o/er heated zea
lots are always '.indcrtheiniluenceofpaffioii
and not of teafoa, and tho wh ; 1 o
nevr can be gove-ned by principle.
I have been led into eliefe obfervationi
by the con In ft or' a certain defcriptiuu of
persons who, for f-veral years part, have
Keen extremely libera! of 'their abuse, an 1
even wanton 111 their vilifications of some
of our meritorious citizens. Last year and
the year before, Mr. Hamilton was the
chief object of their vengeance. But fincc
his charadter has been refened from the
fangs of malicious falfehood, an } due ere.
dit has bee.i given by Congress to h's ta
lents and virtues, the tongue of fl'ander
has been, to a certain decree The
Pwfident n( rh- Unite i States then came
in for his ill are of abuse. He ran the gaunt -
I'i on account of hio wife and wdl timed
Proclamation —and is not even to this da<-
excused for it. lie is Hill under the la/h —
brii tiie strokes they give him are not di
rect, rtieyare fide Wo* , fo.nething after
the manner of en logo jlab. Mr. Jay is
the game now thatthe foul mouthed pack
are endeavoring to run down. He is intro
duced into all companies andnpon all occa
iions, with epithets of obloquy— tho' no
charge of afpecific or diftiuCtive nature is
publicly urged against him. What the
malevolence of a black hearted crew may
suggest in private, 1 know not ; but from
iiten aeeuftonaed ' ambiguas fpargere -va
c's,' he may expefil In order
to give the public a true and faithful his
tory of this gentleman, I have tranferib
ed Iroia the wo-k of the celebrated Briffot
his account of h.tn—an account founded
on farls, and, so far as it relates to his
public Jjfe, supported by documents which
may be now resorted to in the office of the
Secretary of the United States.
As the account comes from Briffot, the
relation and patron of the noted Genet—
of that Genet who was the patron of the
Jacobins and Democrats here, concerning
whole propenfrty to calumny we have been
speaking, I trust due credence wrll be giv
en*' it by them at least.
" From Herfeneck we pafled to New
Rochei'e, a colony founded the last cen
tury by some French emigrants, which
appeals not to have profptred. Perhaps
this appearance relults from the last war ;
fcr th;s pla : ?e fuffered much from the
neighborhood of the Englilh, whole
head-quarters were at New-York. This
place, however, will always be celebrated
for having- given birth to ohe of the moll
diftinguiihe.l trien of the Jaft revolution—
a republican remarkable fir his firmnefs
and his coolnef-., a writer eminent for his
nervous fiyfc, and his clofc logic, Mr. Jay
at present m'milter cf foreign affairs.
" The following anecdote "will give an
idea of tli_ firmnefs of this republican : at
a time of laying the foundation of the
peace in 178,',, Vs. de Vergcnijcs, afloat
ed SyTecrev motives, tfifh.ru to engage the
amballadcrfs of to confine their
demands to the filheries, and to renounce
the western territory ; that is, the vail and
fertile country b yond th* AilCghaney
mountains. 'hie Minister required parti
cularly, that the independence of Ameri
ca Ihould nst he Considered as th'e basis of
the peace ; but, limply, that it Ihould be
conditional. To succeed i* this pfojeifl,
it was ueceflary to g in over Jayand
Adams. Mr. Jay declared to M. de
Vergennes, that he would foOrier lose his
life than f:gn such a treaty ; ,that the A
ir.ericars fonght for independence; that
they never would lay down their arms, till
it Ihould be fully consecrated ; that the
Court of France had recognized it, ar.d
that there would be a contradiction in her
conduit, if (lie Ihould deviate from that
point. Jt was not difficult lor Mr. Jay
to bring Mr. Adams to this determinati
on ; aadM. de Yergenncs could never
fcake his firmnefs*.
•' Conlider hers the firange concur
rence o events. The American who
forced the Court of France, and gave
ws the Englilh minister, wis the grand
lon of a French refugee of the last centu
ry, who fled to New Rochelle. Thus the
descendant of a man, whom Louis the
Xl'/. hadperfeeuted with a foo'ifh rage,
imposed liisdecifions on the defendant of
that nvereign, in his own palate, a hun
oried years alter the baniihment of the an
cestor.
J^ r " J a y>tfis equally immoveable by
ad efforts of the Englilh minister, whom
I. <■'• \ ergennes had gained to his party.
He proved to him, that it was the interefl
ot the Engiilh themselves, that the Ame
ricans Icouid be independent, and not in 1
iituation which would render them depen
ant on their ally. He converted him to
is Sentiment; for his reasoning deter
mined the court of St. James's. When
Mr. Jay pafled through England to return
to America, Lord Shelbourne desired to
>.ehim. Accused by the nation of hav
*nS granted too much to the Americans,
tolmfs of Mr fay Jhone luith
aif irgtujhed lujirein the tmvention of the
at of Nesv-l~or& for examining the new
federal Corftitution. Mr. Clinton, the
overntr at the head of the Antifcderal
''l' a r a S reat majority ; but he could
re J>J the logic of Mr. Jay and the e-
PWcey Mr. Ham,lt on.
.._.ired to kno v, in cafe s.* V.ad per
-1 '"d not to ?.c;ord to the Americans tl.r
welt?rn territory, if thev would have
continued tiie war ? Mr. fay ar.fwered,
that he beli-ved it, and that he fnould
nayc adviftd it.
" PHILO-JAY."
UNITED STATES.
LANCASTER, Dec. 17
By a letter from York-Town, we are
informed, that Brig. Gen. White of the
horse, and Major Dunham's troop of dra
goons, with about 20 infvirgents under their
escort, arrived in that town from the west
ern expedition, on Monday evening; They
are expected to be in this borough to-day,
or to-inorrow, on their way to Philadelphia.
KNOXVILLE, Nov. 29.
We feel our [elves compelled, notnuithjland
ing theplenjing profpcßs of peace, held
forth in our lajl, to flute the following
account iif murders, EsV. by Indians ;
but tue would willingly hope they tverc
not committed by Cherokees :
On the 24th of October la!V, a party
of Indians fired upon John Leper and
another m&n, near the house of the
former, on the cad fork of Red liver,
Teneffee couuty. On the fame day a
nothet party of Indians killed andfcah»
ed Evan Watkins, within one hundred
yards of Co!. Wincheftev's mill, in Sum
ner county.
These two places are 70 miles di.tant
from each other. On the 25th of the
fame month, a party of twelve fellows
were •discovered eroding the road be
tween Bledfoe's Lick and Shaver's Ca
bins. On the following day Cornet E
vans was fired upon between Bledfoe's
LTdramreotGrVcl Winchester's by four
fellows ; and on the 26th the fpieß dis
covered a party of thirteen Indians cros
sing Cumberland river, towards the Set
tlements, within five miles of Colonel
Winchester's.
These everal parties appearing in
and about the settlements, nearly at the
fame time, spread an unusual degree of
alarm among the inhabitants. Families
in general throughout the neighbour
hood, shut themselves up ij> their stati
ons, and all intercourse ceased for seve
ral days, except by patroling parties.
The people exclaimed, Congress could
not know their fufferings, and have the
feelings of men, or they would take
measure to give them effectual protec
tion.
On the fifth instant, a party of fifty
Indians, on the waters of Red River,
TennefTee county, fell upon the families
of Col. Isaac Titfworth, and his bro
ther, J(ohn Titfworth, and killed and
scalped seven white persons, wounded a
.negro wench, and took a white man,
three children, and a negro fellow pti
foners. Pursuit was given by the neigh
bouring militia, and the Indians disco
vering their approach, tomahawked the
three children and scalped them, taking
off the whole Ikin of their heads. The
white man and negro tellow were either
killed, or carried off.—Our informant,
from Mcro diftrift, supposes these mur
ders to have been committed by Creeks.
On the 12th inft. the Indians killed
John Covington, on his way from Red
Bank, on the Ohio to -Muddy River,
Kentucky.
On Thursday afternoon a companyof
travellers arrived in town from Mer©
di(lri£l. For the news from that quar
ter, we refer our readers to the follow
ing copy of a letter :
Clarkfonville, Teneffee county.
Nov. 12, 1794.
Dear Brothers,
Ycfterday I was a fpe&ator to the
molt tragical scene that ever 1 saw in
jny life. The Indians made an attack
on Col. Sevier's station, killed Snyder,
his wife, one child, King's wife and
child, one of Col. Seviei's children, and
another wounded and scalped, which
mult die. On hearing the guns, four
or five of us ran over: we fouud the
poor old Col. supporting hishoufe with
his wife. It is impossible to describe
the scene to you. Mr. James, who
goes, and was an eye witness, can give
you the particulars. The crying of
women and children in town—the buf
tleandconfternationof the people being
ail women and childten, but the few
who went over to Sevier's, was a scene
which ennnot be described. This is a
llroke we have long expected, and from
every intelligence, we hourly expedi this
place to be assailed by the enemy.—Co
lonel Sevier is now moving, and the
town will not flay longer than Mr.
James's return. My wife lies now on
her bed, so bad that it would be death
to move her. Thus we are situated.
This place will, without any doubt, be
evacuated, in a day or two, unlefc suc
cour is given by the people from the in
terior parts. —Pray alk the influence of
Mjjbr Tatum Dovjlafs, and all our
friends, with General Robertfon, to
guard us, or at leait help us fafe away.
, Adieu, j
Anthony Crutcher.
Mcflfrs. Tho9. & Wm. Crutchcr, 1
Nafhviile. J
Napiville, Nov. 1, 1794-
Ta the Printers of the Knoxville Ga-
zette,
Herewith you will receive a copy of a
letter, stum the Baron of Carondele't.
to the Cherokee nation, nuhicb I re
luefi1 ue fi y ou le publijh, for the information
of your fellow -citizens. The original
•teat taken by a soldier, at the drjlruc
tion sf Nickajack, by Major Ore, on
the 13 th if September lajl.
I am yours, &c.
JOHN GORDON.
An fiver to the Talk of Ouolet/ays and
wd °Tclinker, ch ej's oj the Cherokee
nation.
Friends and Brothers,
The Governot of PeiJacola has sent
me your talk, which 1 haye received with
all the consideration and lktisfadlion it de
lerves. Be aflured thai it is engraved on
my heart; I love all the rfd men in gene
ra!, and only wish for their jirefervation
and happiness. The great king,my mailer
who 'prctedls all those who implore his
aflillance, wilhes that the Cherokee nation
Ihould liv* in peace, and multiply on the
lands of its ancestors, like the itars of the
firmament. I have directed to him the
complaints of the whole nation : Open
your ears and lie attentive to what he has
ordered me to fay to all the Cherokees.
The war against the inhabitants of
the U "8 Staffs is cf long R&uJiug,
coi. vqut'isi!) itis tfififLait to kaow whe-
I
ing into t<«'
with Spain.. » t .» gi-'Jt ki«g
should be a nv-unto: .between it sad the
United .S?u:cs N Jo. <i iwial and perma
nent marking of limits, which should
leave no motiyeof dispute or enmity on
either fide : The great king, conforma
ble to the 3d, 7th, and Bth article of the
treaty concluded at the Yazcu, by
which it puts itfelf under his prote&iori,
is at present occupied in the arrange
ment of all its differences ; and requires
the Cherokee and Creeks nations to
suspend all hoftilitics and remain on their
own lands, content with defending them
felvesj in cafe of being attacked theie}
for a nation cannot from time to time
prevent evil disposed white men without
orders, from committing mifchief on
some red men ; but on complaint to the
chiefs of the white men, justice will be
rendered them ; and it is only in cafe of
a refufal, that they are entitled to take
it themselves.
The great king desires that the na
tion should lire in peace with the inha
bitants of the United States. The
powder, balls, guns, clothes, Vermillion,
bracelets, &c. which he gives to the na
tion, are only the voluntary effedt of his
goodness, and that it may not be jea
lous of others j the arms are for hunt
ing, and the clothes to pieferve them
from the cold. He makes an annual
present to the nations in amity with
h:m, as a mark of his remembrance, b'it
not to put them in a situation of main
taining themselves vrithout hunting, or
labour. Should an attempt be made to
deprive his friends ef their lands, or
drive thefti from their villages, then the
great king will give them arms and am
munition in abundance to defend them
selves and make war; he will make it
with them to force their enemies to re
store what they have usurped, and to
leave his allies in peace.
1 will propose to the great king to
fend Mr. Francis Belleftre to the na
tion, but 1 do not know him of whom
you speak, when you fay you will not
have the American I have given you.
The great king is in friendship with
so many nations of red men, that it is
impoflible to tell their number; as he
is the father of all, it becomes him to
diflribute something to each nation ; he
cannot therefore give to one alone all
Riat you demand. Next spring the
nation will receive another present, like
all the reft, but not before ; for there is
no mention made, in the treaty, but of
| one annual present.
I wish you a good journey, a good
hunt, and the observation of the treaty
which 1 have asked for you of Congress,
since the firft of April, and until the
great king arrange# all the differences
of the nation, which will be in a short
time. I cordially shake hands with you,
andbearinmy heart the remembrance
of you and ycuis.
(Signed)
The Baron of Carondelet.
New-Orleans, July 4, 1794.
GEORGE MEADE's
COMPTING HOUisE is removed
to the South fide of Walnut-Street
Wharf, one Door Weft from the Cor
ner. Dec. 20.
By this Day's I\ia4k
NEW-YORK.
Thtirfday e-veniig Dec. x 3,
A gentleman of ivfp.-"Mbiiity arrived
from 11- .\j .-".i-ed us with the fol
lowing important a: count, aa toid c n tile
Boston exchange ; thata vsiTcl arrived from
Portland about the 9th iuitaut, iu_i6 day»
fr -m Martinique; tj>e Captain of which is
a man of ver:icity, informed that on the
d:;y preceding Itis departure be fatu an
an army of 10,030 Flench folJters land :
he does not irfrrn i.f the number ofihips.
He contradicts t!te j;\ ou:it of the arrival
of British liips a: Martinique, but that
two Britifti line 01" k'.t' ! " ftips and three
frigates, were lpok.cn £oing into Barbs
does.
ARRIVED,
Ship Jay, Dyer,
Brig Jersey, Gardner,
Polly, , Bolton
Schooncr Charlotte, Hamilton, C'narUf
£ton
Sloop Hiram* Ear!,
IT having been mentioned that Capt.
Lewis, of the ftot p Goddess of Liber
ty, had seen fifteen iail of French men
of war standing in for the Chefapeak ;
induces him to pubiifh the following
extcafi' from his log-book, in order to
contradict that erroneous account:—
Dec. 6, at half part 8 A. M. saw a
fleet conliftinjj of 13 fail of large ships,
two of which fleet chafed us three
hours, when, finding it in vain, left oft
the chafe, and flood by the wind to the
east ; saw them in lat. 35, 30, N. long. !
64, 30, W.
» feALl'l
UKE, Die
Arrived jufcrduy the Slip Clwfai
ncakc. Csp+s'ii Wiic, 6% days from
Lcii ji;i;re, together with
a grp&t number o, -j\w>- -7
fels, the names of which are not remem
bered, the ships Cin-innatits, De Butts,
Ea'itimore, and Juliana, Willink, ditto.
The Harriot, Captain Norman, of this
port, arrived in the E!he on the 13th
of October, and the {hip Eliza, Capt.
Hunter, belonging to Chailefton, from
Fluking, was fpukcri with beating up.
the river to Hamburgh. The flbip
Aurora, Suter, Philadelphia, failed 3
weeks, and the fliip Jane, M'Pherfon,
do. failed two weeks before the Chefa
pcake. On the 28th ult. in lat. 35,
50, long. 59, fell in with a Jamaica
fleet ef 3 1 fail ; but could learn no
particulars, nor even the length of time
they had been out. Lat. 35, 49, long.
69, fpoke'a fli'p from Charleiton, bound
to London ; all well.
On the 13th instant, off the capes of
the Chesapeake, Captain Wife was
boarded by the lieutenant of the Bri
tish frigate Cleopatra, who behaved ve
ry politely—but on the fucceedirig day,
was boarded by another by which he
was treated in quite a different manner.
Captain Wife ,hss obligingly present
ed us with two Hamburgh papers of
the 7th of Oftober—ihe contents of.
which, if interesting to our readers,
lhall with pleasure, as soon as tianfla
ted, be laid before them.
(£? The Letter Bag of the brig
Hotilbroek for London, will be taken
from the Pod-Office on THIS DAY
20th instant, at five o'clock, P. M.
For Sale or Charter,
. AURGJRET,
MAB T E
She is in eompleat repair, and of about
3'500 barrels burthen*
Jeffe & Robert Wain.
Dec. 19 (1
This Day is Published,
A N
Authentic History
OF THE
Revolution in Geneva:
Price 12 i-a Cents.
The writer oj the akwe introducet the follow
ing highly interejlirg remark —
u Such a detail will be neither void of
ir.tereft nor utility to your prudent coun,
t ynen, May they refl.'ft On it with at.
tention, and '£arn by the disastrous exam,
pie of the mod democatical Hate that ex
•Its on the continent of Europe, the ex.
treme danger of foreign influence ; and a.
hove all, how rapH and inevitable it is to
traisgrels the feeble interval which 'epa.
iates the abuse of liberty from its ruin !"
Sold by Thomas Dobfon, No. 4!, Second
ftrcet, John Ormrod, Chefnut ftreer, by
\I. Carey, IVlaik#t itreet, and by the Edi
tor heieof.
December 1 \ d
Insurance Company of the
NOTICE is hereby given, that, agree
ably to law, an election for thirteen direc
tors to serve for one year, will fce held at
the offica of the Cuinpary, un Monday th'
1 2 h day of J r,uary next. t
Dec. Is.
JVloreau de St, M;ry, & Cc.
foutb Front Street, corner of
Walnut*
RESPECTFULLY inform the rir! : c
jhev have i'lft; opened their $'«>»<■ of
FRENCH, ENGLISH, GER
MAN and. LATIN BOOKS,
of ST A fIONAKY of everv kind, TN
GRAVINGS, MATHEMATICAL IN
STRUMENTS, MAKS, ('.HARTS, &c .
Ttiey pnlfrfs many curibus airtl nreworks
a very- collection of ,lf awiug< of
perlpeflive views ol the. Maun of St. Do
mingo, itc. engraved p'snot the leine. ■
-r;;Tliey 1 receive fubfcVptifl''s »or rho
FRKMCH Gazette puMiheii at nevv-
YOKK in which w v-sry exact!" fonmi th
ru ws of the Weft-Ir.fliei, r.n.i alio for tU'
LEVEL of EUKOPE aud il,e UNITED
STATES. '
MOkEAUDEST. MEHY iul.tCO. will
not emsr into tediOns detail.", T'ney have
enured into this Brili> ess, (with whichthey
intend so C imteft A PRfN TING >FFJCE
and through an earih.-ft
wilh of Tuning the taste I'uV knowledge,
fludy ai d arts so imrverfally difFk.f>ri over
the vail extent of the 1 United- States, a ,d
t iat they wilt zealously ftntlv to accumuli.'.H
rTiis md and to approve tnemfelves u-oi tI;V
the confidence of the public by puiYiftwahy
executing the oideft they'may be honoured
wiih.- -
Tl'.tj pufchafc French books.
New-York Diary,
Newport
Amllevdam
Moreau de St. Mery & Co.
No. 84, cote Sud, tin coin de *Front et de
VVahmt Streetj.
j OWT I'honneUr d'iriioimer refpe&uefe
t ineiit ic ont ouvcrt JffttV
I.ivres A»gfoi«.Ali£mai.dJ
Lef Latin?, j, dep*pel#iie re Voute
! nature, de Gravures, d'lnftiumruu 4; Ma
| tbimatrquen, dcCjrtes
' &c. 11; ijnt pfufieuis rare', des*
deffiiK de Vuej peifpeftives de diifrrens
litux de la tol'onie tie St. D tt de
j>iri" *'l- is de la reeir.e lUc. Oir ji afv-iJt
'• *- ftrfifttte P' v ~" " a —
Nc.-.'-Y■ ■ , eE qui dortife <<xatt>nifrtt
• i ~. c|!e4 coloei*les, quj ft 1» ftuMe
du I'Eurnpe c C tic la' A ill cr ' Cj'tC
Seprentrisnajfe.
St. Mepx rr co. hefeiot C
• ici tutu.ie^Suraeration, jiwis ih diront que
Ikurifliblifleigfnr, auquel ils I'e prrtpAfent;
d« ieun ; r rimerie,. I*RelTi»** oh
de mufiqne, &c. eft des
tine a .-prepiger l«» cotinoiflaiccs doht Ic
gout elt si univctfeljf nieor <>•«
(Me .»»fte 'c<mtißenU*fl[ls ■
promotive qtt' ei ie'e perleveroßp V"cci'i
p«.a fans relaclre d«-re;»lile« de'pteiiet de
juftifier la c6r)fiance<iont jJJ» frrontbonniei
lis achetent auE ties li vre« E*jarts;» ; <. , „
m.
On MONDAY EVENING,
December 22.
Will be Presented,
Performed but once, a New COMEDY,
with Alterations, in three a&s, written*
by Mrs. Rowfon, uiterfperfed withfongs
called
Slaves in Algiers,
OR,
A Struggle for* Freedom.
The Music conipofed by Mr. Reina^le.
Muley Moloch, Mr. (sreen
Constant, Mr. Whitlock
Sebastian, Mr. Bates,
Ben Hat Tan, Mr. Franch
Muftapht, Mr. Darlcy juu.
Sadi, Malttr Warrell
Selim, Mr. BliiTett
Zorianna, Mrs. WarreU
Fernah, Mrs. Marshall
Selima, Mrs. Cleveland
American Captives.
Frederick, Mr. Mere ton
Henry, Mr. Cleveland
Augustus, Master T. Warr 11
Mrs. Whitl. tk
Mrs. Rowon
MeflW. War ell, V\ i.h
row, Gibbons, Pr ce, &c.
To tvhich will be added,
A COMEDY, in two a<fls, writ en by
the Author of. the School for Scanilal,'
called
The Critic ;
Rebecca,
Olivia,
Slaves,
— '
O R
A Tragedy Rehearsed..
Dangle, Mr. Bite}
Sneer, Mr. Morcton
Sir Fretful Plagiary, Mr. Harwo< d
Sig. Pafticio Ritrrriello, Mr. Marshall
Mr. Blilfeit
Prompter, Mr. llowft n
Mr. Chalnie/s
Mrs. Dangle, Mrs. Fran, s
Italian Girls, Mrs. OMmixon, Mi r
Bro-ulliiirit
WL
Lord Burleigh, Mr. Bates
. Darley
Earl of Leieeicr, Mr. Cleveland
Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Gre< n
Master of the Horse, Mr. WarrcL
Don Ferollo WhAerandos, Mr. Fiarwo. d
'irft Nieec, Mr;. Cleveland
Secpiofl Nifce, , Mifiliowlba
Corifidppfc jflri. Roh ITO^.
TilWWWft- : 3 JVirs.fhjwfv
-■ft ■ " "fooißelbde •wSttiJi . '-'Jit :
ptittd Fott ?
" ; And feel&sfiia# p£ the Sflsv'' .
**»«">< D«^«r— Mit Jof
.eaw^'in-^ste ' xv; -.•-, . - ■>.
T.bftd .orsjplj brWfWJttcd « a >
Sfnd rTtft^iant *" tegii» f&-$ afteiSSj*? 5
'ilekff'j and plate-, so: the 3:.xei to kc
taken ■of Mr. Wells, at tf.e Theat ,
from Tlx'tiilOME, .Hid on djiy* of f« s„
ance.ftw.. TSft'tU: fau>°v'.iMiEi
cod tf
NEW THE AT,
E.