iJ futom of arraigning sixty prifoneri at oner, but it wa« not fully adopted un til Robefpierrt and his partisans thought , pioper no longer to disguise tb(:ir hoi j-iblc intentions. At thar epoch Fou quiere caused to be conltrucTcd all round the hall a number of benches, rising one above the other, like the gallery of a theatre, up to the cornicc of the ciel jng, so as to receive a greater numb«r of victims at a time. They were u sually taken without diftin&ion from all the prifjns, and the number comm'jnly tried and condemned at a time, was from 60 to 70. The evening befure, or the "morning of the trial, the acl efaccnfatibn W at given to some of the psifoneri ; it wns often never fignified to them at all, no witness qtieftioned for or againll, and no official defender allowed them. , Often, for want of a victim, some Innocent fpe&ator was seized in the hall, placed instantly among the accufcd, and condemoed. Alter th-y had spread the report, that an attempt had been made to afliflinate Robespierre and Collot d'Herhois, they had picked up So persons for trial. Few or no witnesses were heard in that affair. The accused taken at hazard from different prifoHs, did not even know one another. L'Amira!, the reputed afiafiin, had never seen the unhappy family of Renaud. They were however a'.l chaiged with the attempt to aflaflinate Robespierre and Col let d'Herbois, Dumas, the Prefidenrhold ing the lift in his hand, said to each of the aoeufed, " Do you know any thing of this conspiracy." They all anfwercd ' no.' Jf any of them attempted to tnakeJTi "h ---frrvation, " you have no Innger Ithe rifht of speaking" replied Dumas. If they infilled, they were condemned immediate ly. This operation began at 10 o'clock in the morning, and was finifhed at 11 or 12. The jurors then returned into their cham ber, and ia a quarter of an hour returned, and made their declaratoin, on their fouls and coufcienceij- that all the accused were of the attempt to aflafiinate Robes pierre and Cellot d'Herbois. The prifon eri were not permitted to be present when khe PreGdent pronounced judgment on them, for fear they might in ael'pair, be guilty of fomeexcefs. They were all af {embled in the prifan. a secretary read o ver the fcntence to them, and ther were immediately cosdu&edto the guillotine ! These bloody lcenes would uo doubt have excited fharae an 1 reraorfe in the "bread of any other man ■ But Fouquier j Arrival of which conhi m.'ii a furraei Tainville, on the contrary, has been /account of the depredations of the - known to make merry, and boast of the i French on the African coait, reached V prodigipu.number Of v.a.ro., which he Sicrra L(ione , f ortlll V ht aftcr the ene . every day facrificedi to complain and re- a. fret that he could not ftcrifcce more, to : "»' !' - L - , ''promifehimfclf the pleasure of being soon 1 vviiole or the fcttlement, for a • , to dr> it, and with a horrid effrontery ran g e two! milts from the sea coa!t : appear to receive the m >ft fenfihle pleasure into the country, wa« in ruins } impart from this inconceivable hope; and the of the numerous houses and itores re anore speedily to realize it, he employed mai'mug but the bare waili, nor a vessel most criminal manoeuvres, and fu,h whether coaftcr or olhtr wife f to be seen. ~ imhfard of meafurej, that itleem e d as if ; rp, r . ', . the important sword of the law thefep- n J h f , fc " lm "f® diffat.s tr« of justice, moved by his terrible hands, with the conduct of ttieir governor, bad been, in effeift, the fire brand of fury, much more fitted by habit and' and the faerilegious poignard of cruelty. ; conttitution for the pallor of a eomne . He was inveftfed, during eighteen months gatiofl of method ills than the poff he yhfc the painful Obligation of'purfuiag aad then held, waa panic struck on the fiilt puui&ing crimes ; but honored at the appearance 0 f lhe ene V an j , lame time with the holy and confoht rv ins«. u • c. j r i r • *. . power of raifeng hk voice in favor ot in „ i, ?'• f. ate '! W . , nocence, of. defending it and of protetfl- •* ruc * " l 8 house, immediately haul in-» it- He was however, capable ,of the 1 down the colours with hands, nwet pleasure of confuting these two du- i piously lefigning himfelf and hit trust ies, and taking them in inverse sense. jto the will of Providence. Wi A battery of 20 twenty foHr pounders 1 and fiores well tilled with mufquetry and ammunition, one would have ima gined, Ihould have enabled this meek apostle ta make a vigorous defence, if, not beat off the enemy ; but in vain did a deputation of the fettlen press for the opening of the magazines, and th# free black* from Halifax volunteer tfceir set rices to man the batteries. Their ruler being better read in scrip ture than ta&icks, only recolle&ed that " Whosoever fheddeth man's blood by man lhall his blood be (bed," and qui* etly gave up the place to the mercy of the Sans Culottes, who rewarded his forbearance by carrying off every thing that wa* worth removing, and destroy ing all the reft. In one fchooneralone they found twenty'five tons »f iVoiy, a j quantity of gold dust, and some o.hcr > valuable articles. . | Philadelphia, March 19. On Tuesday last Israel Wueus, Esq. was clected a Senator, to represent the city and county of Philadelphia, and the county of Delaware, in the Senate of this Common wealth, by a large majority. Yesterday arrived the br'g Lavinia, Capt Jones, from, Kingflon, Jamaica. Several Ihips, Capt. Jones informs, had returned to Jamaica from the coast of Africa, without any slaves, the settlements having been des troyed by a squadron of French ships of war. Marri.'d at Burlington, on Monday even ing last, by the Rev. Mr. Annan, of'this City, Mr. RoBtRT Annan, of New York, to MifbM,ißiA Hutchin, daughter of Mr. Amos Hutchiii. !' Th; Eaflcrn Mail was not arrived tbi« Gazette was put to press. A writer in the Virginia Gazette pub lished at Richmvudth£ 1 ith Inltant ; fpeakineof the commercial Refoluti tioni introduced into the House of Reprefent»tiv»s in 1794 —makes the following remarks. Othei ttanfaftiuNs (hew that those gentlemen were right in thinking feme of the patrons of those pi opolitions were ri fpoft-d to have a war with Grest Bri tain ; the Virginia senators "Afterwards, the 01.e moved and the other fcconiled •hat th-fourth article of the treaty of peace which stipulated the payment of -debts, should be ftifpendcd, and this 'hey did a few days after John Jay ac cepted of his million for the purpole of obtaining reparation for injuries done to <>ur citizens by Great Britain, and of ■Edjuftinjr other differences between the to countries. Tbefe senators ar.d those pitrons of the commercial proportions were in concert as to their political ob je_ts—and the motion of the one and the plop )linons of theother were parts oi the fame war policy. But Admitting the Virginia fyilem would not certainty produce war with Great-Britain,' still if it Jud a tendency to it, that was fumcient ground for re jctting it ; why it may be asked fliould the greater part of the Virginia delega tion be delirous or careless of hoflili l,e* ' va ' uus ca "fc» occur which it is poitible had fume operation j but to what extent or which of them really influenced them,' I do not offer to at k rt Envy, that all perverting paflljn. Discontent at feeing the nation pros perous under lsws which they had op posed and under an administration which they had held up to the people as de lijning the ruin of their liberties. l. Ambition to stand forcmoft in the public eye i;> point us legislation. 2. The love of power & the p-.ffion of ; a paflion which education and habit in Virginia renders imperious over men of the mildeit tempers. 5. Antipathy to the payment of old Britifli debts, which in some parts of the comm an wealth is too prevalent, Personal refentm.-nt. 4. A difire for deranging the general £overiunerit which a state of vl-ar would particularly favor. 5- Affiliation of fuperier public virtue. 6. An opinion that it was better to go to war with Great Britain than to fubrnit any longer tu her aggreflions. 7. Ignorance of the real interell of America. 8. Political vanity or an, over-rating the national ftrenglh arid resources. The following intereftinsr Intelligence was copied from papers witlv which we were favored by Capt. Joie». [_An. baity AU-v.J KINGSTON, February 10. HIS Majefty'i Ihip Iphijjenia, Capt. Gardner, with four or five of the cap tured Republican privateers, is houriy eupciSed at Port Rjyal. It seems that the (hip Achilles, the February 11. We were yeftetdny obliged, by the Gentleman to whom it is addressed, with the following copy of a letter from the Captain of a Guinea (hip, dated off Bance Island, December 26, 1794. " I take the opportunity of the brig, which i» to fail from the Isle De Ix>fs in two days for Grenada, to inform you that I arrived on the coast on the 7th October, and came to anchor in Sierra Leone river that day, and was futprifed to fee 7 large vessels laying off Free Town, Sierra Leone, and a brig and a (loop under way and making for us; the (loop being nearer than the brig 1 sent my small boat, with the chief mate and two men on board her, to gain in formation, bat no fooncr my boat was on board her than they hailed me, and told me I had better make no resistance, for the fleet I saw was French, and the Brig that was so near, would soon fettle my buiinefs ; and told me at the fame time, that Sierra Leone, Bance Island, and all tho English fettlcmeiits on the Wisdward Coalt were in their hands.— To all this I mads no anfuver, hut de manded my boat and people, aad at the iame time began to fire on the (loop till I saw the boat put off from her. 1 got the boat and two men, but they detain, ed my mate as a prisoner. By this time the Brig wa» rery near hand üb, when I could easily difeover her to be a French Brig of 18 gum, and another Brig tinder fail after her ; 1 then ordered the cable to be cut, and make all fail; the brig had by thi» time five large launche« towing her, and about 1 P. M. falling nearly calm, (he <ame within £un (hot of when a running fight cummenced which lasted at various distances till 7 in the evening, when, luckily for us, some of our (hot took effe&, and carri ed away her Audding fail booms, after which we dropt her very fait, and we were soon out of her fight. " I then (leered for Cape Mount, as well to give information of the enemy to any English (hips which might be there, as to obtain all poffiole informa tion for my own fafety ; I was there informed with too n.ueh credibility that Sierra Leone, Bance J (land, the Isle Je Loss, and all the Engli(h fettlcmeuts 011 the Windward Coast, wire then clef-' troyed and burnt by the enemy. On the nth i left Cape Mount, in company with the Ann and Philip of Liverpool, Capt. Clark, and left'the Kofe, Capt. Finley, who would not come away with us, and w s taken, a few days after, at anchor there. I kept boxing about from one hole to another till 1 iound the French had left Sieira Leone, I then (leered for the river, and arrived at Bance Island on the sth No vember, and found all the above infor mation true, and was informed of the force of the enemy, and the prizes ta ken by them on the Windward Coast, a lift of which you will find subjoined. " My fortune hai been partitulatly good, every thing considered, as not a velTel 011 the Windward Coast has es caped filling into the hands of the French, except the Ann and Philip and myfelf. The Duke is the only (hip with (laves for your IQand, and indeed from any other part as far a* I know, as the French w:re to lange the ceaft all the way down. 1 can only inform you I (hall lose no time in making the heft of my way to Jamaica. " A lift of the French Fleet : —The Experiment of 50 guns and 600 men ; La Vigilant* of 40 guns and 300 men ; La Felicite of 20 gum and 280 men ; and the La Province, a large brig, of 18 twelve pounders and 220 men, (the lame which chafcd and '"gaged me or the 7th O&ober ;)the Muline, another brig of 12 guns an'd 180 men, beside* some of the aimed (hips they had taken. All thu'r guns were said to be 12 poi!mders. " The following is a lift of prizes taken the above fleet that 1 know of: The Jean of Liverpool, Captain Wright ; the Swift of Liverpool, Capt. Fell ; the Nancy of Liverpool, Capt. Smith ; the Harpy of London, Capt. Telford; the Sophy of London, Capt. Bcvim; the Flora of Bristol, Captain Thompson ; the Prince of Wabs, Capt. Webb ; the Barbadoes of Liverpool, Capt. Jones; the Bess of Bristol, Capt. Arundel; the Margery of Liverpool, Capt. Hallywell; the Molly of Liver pool, Capt. Selleis; the Sierra Leone Packet, Capt. Bucket; the Cutter, Capt. : besides all the craft at Sierra Leone, the Ifte de Loss, and many other places. I was told from good authority that they had 27 Eng lifli prizes on their lift before they pas sed Bafla." Letters from Port au Prince, dated the 4th inft. speak in a very unpleasant manner of a plan, which was to have been put in execution the proceeding Sunday, for exciting a general commo tion. The plot was fortunately disco vered on the pteceding evening and four of the principals, on full convi&ion of their perfidy, were condemned and ex ecuted. PRICE OF STOCKS. 6 per Centß 3 per Cents Deferred Bank of the United State* Pennf/lvanfa North-America FOR SALE, B Y F. Coppinger, No. 121, south Front near Pine street, A Quantity of C.LARET. In hhds. and cafcs. East India and Cayenne COTTON, , Black PEPPER.* March 19 Just Published, And to ac fold by Mr. Ormrod, No. 4!", Chefnut ftrect, Mr. Dobfon, 41, Second ftrect, Mr. JDavi.-s, 68, H. ,h fcrect, aad by the E die or, 11-9, Cbclbut ftiftet, An ALPHABETICAL LIST DUTIES Payable by Law, on all Goods, Wares & Merchandize,imported into the United Seaten after the last day of March, 1795..—Price l-Bth of a Dollar. March 19 Newcastle Pier Lottery. THE Twelfth D iy's Drawing is arrived at the Office Chefnut-llreet, between Fourth and Fifth-ltree.s. Information given where a few remain ing Tickers be had wakia.itLb l -1- D ft AWN,. Casu for high or low prizes at a fair dif- count. A State of the Wheel to this day—-also a corrc.3 copy of each djy's drawing, from the Managers I,ill, open for public tnfpsdion gratis. Marck 19, For printing by fubjeription, a new pub licaliouy to be entitled The American Remembran- Cer & Univerlal Tablet of Memory, 1 ft. This pubheatton wiij Oe primed on p<tpc», and on a type and will con tain at gec duodecimo. 2d. The pnee to Sudlcribrrs w'U i>e 75 cent to non-lMhfcribcr.o, one dollar. ■yf. The Work, it is<xpe&ed, will be re* dy lor debve.y, by il.e middle o March 4*h. J hole who Oiall ihciin 12 Sublciibcrs, will oc entitled 10 untcojjiy lor their rou ble; to Pi inters and Bonklellers the iilua! allowance will be giv n. THE dchgu ol this r üblicatiou i» to rescue fiom oblivion the nwiiv im F o.- ant rver»i» ai.d nanl'-ftio..., which, und.r divine piovidcucr, have br< n chiefly e< nrlu civc to thp rei.lcn>ein this couo«iy v .t.ritu the eft ibliftimfnt 01 our prclcut happv foim of (jovernnu nl ; as alio to tr*nfroii i» poftrci lity the names and Jich.cvm,, nu ot timl.- itdtv ruieii * nil litioei, 10 Amerit"! is must wiUeliied lor her Übtriy and indepen dence. Should any nairiotic Printer ihink proper to plttmtizc ihl* mid. 1 uking by occ«fionai» ly nifcuitig ihr jhove in h.» p.jer, ami p.o. curing SuUfcnbfrs, ;he lavoi,r will be thank fully acknowledged U' thf E.luor James Hardie, N, B. It is requ -fled that fucli persons as «re entrusted with fubfeription papers, will be so obliging as to eturn th m by the firft of March, in order that their names may be inserted as patrolis of the work. J"- %A Mmday Marti %i, 1795. Inland Navigation, This Day ii publilhed', and to be fold by Zachariah Poulfbn juh. nNo. So, Chefnut street, And M tie Philadelphia Library. AN historical account Rife, progress, and present state •rt » s Canal Navigation in Penn Jyivania. - With an Appendix, containing Abftraftsof fheA!ts of the Legiflatu e since the yeai »79°> a "d their Gi ants of Moneyfor im ytoping Roads and Navigable Wate*s thrcnglioui the state iu which 'is an nexed, " An Explanatory Map." PuMiftied by Dinftion oi th« President at d Manager* of the Schuylkill ?■ d Su'qtc hanno, and thir Delaware and Schuylkill Navigation Companies. " Here finooth Canals, acrofj tU* extend ' ect plain Stretch tlieir log armi (<> join the diftsm main, The Tons of toil, with n- any a weary flmke Scoop the hard bosom of ' solid rock ; flefiltlefs through the ft fl oppofirg Witfiilead) pjtienie, work their giadual way 5 Compel the Genius of th'unwilling fl 'od Througli the brown horrors of the aged u ood j ' / Cross the lone waste the silver urn the} pour, And cheer the barren heath,or Cu!!en moor The traveller, witU pleasing wonder fees 19/8 to 7 Tke white fail gleaming tbroagh the da&; v-treesj . ' 13/3 to 4 29 to 30 28 to 29 45 And views'the alter'd land'oape with fur p»ize And doubts the magic scenes that roand him rife. Now like a flnck offwant, above Mi -head, Their woven tlx flyng veff«ls spread Now meeting Areams,in at-flul mmr»,gHde While each,-Domiciled, poms a fop* 1 ate Now, through' the hiddea veins ol etrlfc tbtfy flow And vlfit fulph«roH« mines and /oares br. " low. The ductile streams obey the guiding hand. And focia! Plenty crowujtbc Happy land! 2awtf or THE PROPOSALS To the PUBLIC. or THI trjm t'e A l»fachnf(tts 'V-r. Thi NEIGHBOUR. No. xcu FA.<L(nC if company, the other ■ lay, with a true, who appeared, hy hi) habit, to He in (Iraitcnrd circinnftancri, we entered iiiio converiation upon the times, the jjeneral ,face of pi olperit y, 3cc» thai howcvei peoj !e in general were piolprrous, eveiy body making money and £ rowing riih, it » s his ]pt to be p u r and brhinrnai d a.l hi» dnys. Amonj other things, h< told mc ihat it was luu rivsiortune to li ve contiguous to i wealthy farmer. t aficcd liira to explain himfclf, and to let me know how he could c.-U it a misfor tune to live i\i the near neighbourho..d of a family that Was .h!e to afford him a (Ti (lance, and to supply thofr uants, which, on account of his poverty, his family mull daily feel. For, fa'id I, pu.ph rn petit ,a! think, if tl,ere be any m stor'une in the cat'.;, it m'tift be on the lide of the wealthy, w ho a>e to expend so tmich in affiiling the poor. Whatever the rich may think, replied he, or however it may appear in Ipecu l.ation, 1 belie\e it it true, th it whcie a rich m.in and a poor man live near to each oilier, the poqr man is the greatell fufferir; at lead I think I have found it so. A rich man, continued he, h:'t -bilftr and foritude to do as he phases ; poor n.an mult <!• as h.- c. n : n.i'ha feels his wti.knels and poverty much more arid paiiiful.y, bv being in a fittiarien, in which he cannot a\oid a co;n parifo i of thcr cin umilances, so much to his own d fulvant; The rich man feels his importance, ajid is apt to be fclf sufficient, and f.ihit Tines proud and oppressive. The poor man feels weak ar.d dependent, and often diffident add ftt vile. The rich, like great fiflies, are apt 1 to (wallow up the little ores, «rk,-p ; them in fear. The poor, being depen dent, are apt to get in debt to the rich, and then arc obliged topait with their little farms, and become tenants to tl>c rich, on what was or ce their own, or to labour in their fcrvice, and be alway* at their beck. This is the ca e with me ; I ;im in debt to my rich and unitble to extricate royfelf.' When ever he wants me to work I mu!l tun, though my own little fa m, . r my own weakly family, ii fuflei ing, for w-:nt of my attention. Bribes all this, a g;eat farmer keeps threat (lock ofcattj., ma ny flieep, Migny hmfes and colt., m ny (wine, many fewk, &c. ' Among t, efe It were (trailer if a uumher ot them did not prove mifchit vous, and hrtak out ot their own encLlures into thc.fe of their neighhois. This I have had ex pend,cy of to my sorrow. Should my cow, and every creature i l ave, lie in my tich neighbor's fields all night, they would cicllroy but a small proportion. But. when his drove of liogi which go on the commons rub down the bar» & get into my fields ; or when his unruly bull, 01 rwguifh oxen, tear up the fence and let in all his drove, the whole pro duce of my fieldi will hardly give thetn a supper. A great farmer, too, is obli ged to employ many hands, both in doors and out. Ameng tbcfe it is a wonder if fbmt are not tioiiblefome to tfyeir poor neighboui g many ways, giving themfeKes libeity to hector and insult them, if not to do fume of the family more fcrious injuries. In (horf, 1 am sometimes ready to think, that the rich dont consider. that the rights, and pro perty, and children of the poor, ate as di ar to them, as they feel their own to be ; and that the rich care not how much they depiefs the poor, nor what becomes'of them. I found, by these remarks, that my companion, though poor in ef-ate, was not so in uaderftanding and observation. Per haps his mind was not wholly free fr#m a tin<£l\ireof envy and discontent. But his complaints, whether Wfll founded or not, led me to deprecate fuck a condition, to be thankful for my mediocrity of cinum ftances, and molt heartily to wilh, that the rich and poor, who by the appoint ment of Providence, meet together, might alw ays meet and live upon friendly and obliging terms. Jawtf Tomorrow morning will be landed from on. board the Schooner Polly and Sally, Captain Carji, at Wanut-Strcct Wharf,' and for Sale by th~ Sits fcriber, viz. J8 Hhds. prime old Tobacco, ol Richmond Infpeflion. *78 Barrels Flonr. 18 Barrels of P.-afe, Short*, 3cc. N. B- The Schooner will return in a fcif days for Norfolk and Riihmond. For fr ij>ht or paiTage apply to the Captain on board, or to ROBERT HENDERSON, No. 10, Chefnut-Street. March io A meeting of the Proprietors of WHARVES,'is req efted on 1 herf 1 ay Evening neit, at - o'cleck at the City Ta vern in Second street, when Bufmcis of im portance so their (ntereil wiil be fubmittcd to their configuration. March it
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