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MUSES’ RETREAT. —I— *O-300 Mr. Carry, S.'o/ilyou think the f-'h-f'-no hires worthy of in - Jeti/Oss, they are tit your jet vie. , Z. A. THE COUNTRTMAM A \7> SPECTACLES. Robin, who to the plftw was bred, .And who could ncitlier r.-ritc nor read, Seeing the good old people use ‘ln read with g!a'Te *crof the nofc, ’Which they for ever wore ab >ut them, And said they eou’d not read without ’em j Happen’d one day to come to town, And, as he laurctcr’d up and down, He fpy’d a tbop, where such like thing* Hung dangling in a row on firings : It tonic him in the head to (lop, And ask the matter of the lhop, If he could furnifh folks that need With glade* that could make ’em read ; ■ O: fell ’n a pair of what d’ ye call it, W ould fit his nofc, and would not gall it ? The man his draw’r in one hand took, The other opes a bilde book : The draw’r contain’d of glades plenty, From.three times one to one and twenty; Some set in horn, and loins in leather; And when a hundred pairs h’ad try’d, And lliil had thrown ’em a!! aside, T lie mun grew peev?(h ; Boh grew vext, And fworc lie could not read tin text. • blot read ! confound you for a fool ; ‘ I’ll hpng if e’t-r you went tOfchool: ‘ Could you e’er read without the help • Os fpcdtacles ?’ “ Why, no, you whelj) : “ i o people who can-walk without, “ 11 uy wooden ley s to f .imp alaut 1 ’ n/V iv -rS- **■ Sj->j ■■■ ■ N ts. W-\OR K, November 14. A c -rrefp oident lift evening favoured us with “ The Courier,” an 1 evening paper, primed at London, b pic.nber 14th. fie account in this paper and Bi 1 to! papers, Hate (in pro- j ceedings of the na ional convention of S1 1 ‘inher 1, a, 3, n l 4,) That gene- > ral Duoua had chnged the Spaniards 1 with ) y diets,ai Line, near Perpignan, who r. seated precipitately, took and barm itorcs, &c. 1 hat the enemy at the Riiine weie continually beaten by the bravery of french folditrs—that ncai 2000 Austrians were lard in the dull near Strafburgh, about Augufi 28t!i, the whole people resorted to arms! ihai thedteree, “ that the whole *po iple thai! rile agamit tyranny ,” is carrying iiiloextcuiion w ithenthnfiafm - dial the gr ra of counter revolution is entirely crallied a’ Rouen—that the rebels in the env.rons of Bourbon and, Goupillieu are adtually subdued—that September 3d, (of Ame rica) Villt i>, in the name of die c.in ‘niitice of commerce made a report on the petitions oi the captains of vellels of the United Stales lie proposed the following plan of a decree, which, was adopt'd : “ Inc national convention, dt firous to obi uteall the difficulties which may a rife with rcfpetl to the execution of th. decree oi the 15th of lall month, by which she ex portal ion of several articles is prohibited, and secure the in ans 01 exchange to the captains of neutral velf. ls, who bung into Fiance e-ther proydions or raw materials, after hiving beard the report of i*s com mittees of commerce and marine, de creed feveraj articles tending to pro do e th? dclired < ffetl.” 1 hat fever 1! fucceflVs against the rebels at Saurnur increased daily, and that the rebels, who advanced in three columns at St. M iixent, were cut to pieces, and jeo tnxen pri Toners. ‘1 hat near ia Motile Atiiard, the patriots live no quarters t>* the rebels ; the t* ive garrilon of Mentz had arrived there, and fevear never to depart the Vendee until all the are killed, or b.ought to a sense ♦heir dui’-. Ihe miuifter of war, > iiiber 4h, announced a complete ‘ ’ ■ }’ over the Spaniards at the foot \ V I out L 1 tire, with the Infs of their **y to and all their equipage, not a -*'s Tha, eignt £ glilh ‘-‘ t S ..Ow.su Tjulau, null tiix.com- missioners from Marfeillcs, dated Au gust 29 ; received with firmnefs by the conven ion, who were also interned, hat general Carte.ru commanded aii ti e leading pailes to Foulon, and that the English could, make n > important txcurfions in th. f< uth—that new,luc celfcs attended th - patriotic arms at Nantz. The pe. pie la 1 t irrhed in to battalions in A face to the amount of uo,ooo men !—Thus far in con vention. The Courier further ftotes, under the London head of Saturday evening, September 14 —T hat 86 offLersot the allied army were killed on the spot, while the duke was effediog his junc tion with marshal Freytag ; 60 wag gons of wounded were lent to Furi es on that evening, and 60 more the ru xt day; 2000 barrels of powder, w re taken by the French —that the Fiei ch afterwards attacked Yprrs. but wore repulsed with the lofsvf 2000 met —. and that immediately after ‘he duk* had planned a return to the (lege of Dunkirk ! that the prince Adolphus had returned to his royal father at Kew, with a flight wound. Anv York Journal. A gentleman arrived this morning from Burton, reports, tlrat when li ■ leh that town, a vcftel arrived from Ca liz,after a short pafTige, had brought th? following in'el'igence ;—“ Tile in habitants of Toulon had refufed to participate in the c,ime of th fe who had fur rendered the to wn—’h y had taken poss flion of the fort L male, which commands the road, and it wa very probable, the Kngli'h would not find it so eify to go out as to get in. 1 ’ NOV EMBER 15. ——. We have a report that in Canada they were in conrternation for Ear o! an att-ck on Qj bee, from admiral Sercey’s fleet, who, it was tin re said, had. 13.000 troops, with him ; and that form: of the forces from Upper Canada had been adualiy ordered clown to Qneb c. It was also reported, that the Flora, a French forty gun frigate, had en'ered the ol St. Laurence, and dellroyed form: fiflicries there. The committee appeihted to pre vent the icitrodudlion and fpeading of infe£fious diseases in this city, taking into confideiation the favourable re ports from Philadelphia, concerning the situation of the inhabitants of that city as far as refpcrSLs the ma-ignan: disease which lately prevailed there— and being persuaded that there will be no inconvenience or danger to the citi zens of New-York to open the com munication between the two places, so far as refpefts palfcng- rs and their wearing apparel : it was upon motion resolved, That palfengers coming from Phil adelchia to this city may be admitted in future, together with their wearing apparel, without any rtftridion as to time, until further orders from this committee. By order of th? committee. JOHN BROOME, chairman. Tiiuifday Evening, Nov 14. NOVEMBER iB. 0:i Saturday arrived here the flip Canada, of and for London, from the Bay of Honduras, burthen 500 tons, deeply laden with logwood, a prize to the.FreiKh Citizen of Bourdeaux, of 36 guns. The tirrt gun the frigate hied burtt, and killed 14 of her u,vn men. PHILADELPHIA, November S, Extract of a letter from a genrte ma‘. in Edinburg, to his correfpon dent in this city, dated Augufi ißth, 1 793* “ I am glad to hear that you have ma le so good an exchange, from ;>cr fecution to eale, an 1 a profpedt of comfort: a fmail tbare of which is now left to this unfortunate and devoted country. Increaiiig burdens, lot's of credit, genera bankruptcy, and public perfeem Dus .are among the long caia lugue of evils that have increaftd, and are increasing, fioce your departure. “ ihe great Robinfons, bee>.ieilers, in London, hove been tried and found j guilty, ( he whole linn, fix partners) fir ieiuing tliree copie- of Paine’s R ffi s >f Tvl u to a c mnt y books 11 r, tonisorde., among other books to the am uit of fwVenty-two pounds Iter- I .tint. > VV. have rec-ived a viriety of other .ext its of letters, in the I one rtyle, ; vvh.ch he limits of the Fue lera! t .a ----z ate prevent us from ( rtering. One of taefe, from Loudon, ttates that fifty beuk uptcies happen in that city every week. NOVEMBER 18. A renort has this day prevailed at themom mtof our puiting this paper to rhat an exprd's t.- arrived 10 the P ert lent from citizen G net, at N. w-York. which itaies that the duke of York, his two brothers, and a great part of his army have been made prisoners of war by ‘he army ol th; Fr< n"h republic. Extradl of a letter from an eminent commercial eflab’ifhmer.t i t Ortend, to hiffriend iu this city, dated 2irt ’Sept. 1793. “ We have been very uneasy this eight days part, the French having at tacked the Fnglifh ‘he 9'H. who were ergagf A in the ft g?of Dunkirk Th? Eugofh were totady routed and left 80 pieces of cannon, and the great ell part of their baggage and provifi ns, an ‘ fled with great precipationand ands older, plundered the different towns aid villages they palf.d through, ihe D itch, on the other fide, have bv?en q :.a!iy thrown in disorder, and pursued as far as Alh fl and Ghent. The French en ered Menin and totally plundered it—they are Hill at Fumes, where they are un! vading the English (lore houses. In fadl, my dear fi , it ha been a total rout, ahnort in Ls ef fect without exam ole—happily th- French confined th mftlves to the plunder of Menin and furne?, for had they come on here, not. much would have been left for them to do.” NOVEMBER 19. Captain Ayers S ockley, of the brig 3 Am, just arrived at this port, who let’’ London the 26th of September, and lailfrom Gutrnfey, which place he left so iuteas the nth of O&ober, confirms ali die circumflances of the total over throw of the army under the duke of York—but mentions nothing of his being made priforer; vvethersforc con clude the report of yeltealay was pre mature. PETERSBURG!!, November 29. ExtraFl of a letter from Thomas Jef ferfun, efq. secretary of fcate, to a ge.illeman cf Richmond, dated Ger man-Towr, November 14, 1793. “ I have the pleafureto inform you, that after the great rains which fell the hrfl three or four days of this month, not a single new infection of the yel low fever took place; that those then ill of it, are either dead or recovered ; and that there is the molt refpedla b!e alTurar.ee that there is not at this time a finale fubjr£l remaining under that disorder. The refugee inhabitants have been returning into the city ever fiuce the rains, without incurring any accident. Some who had returned be .fore therains caught the difesfe. It is jprobable that in the course of this week and the next, 99 out of ico of those who had left the city, will be returned into it. As the m .mbers of congress, coming from a dirtance, may be unin formed of the real state of thing-', he nrefnlent will probably remain here (though he has been into the city) t > form a point of union for them to assemble ?.t, and decide on their own view of things.” WINCHESTER, November 11. A report circulated Lft week, said to have been brought by fome peifons arrived from Kentuckey, that the army nnuer gin rai Waynfe had engaged the Indians, slain itco of them, and that 800 Americans tell. Ihe Kentuckoy gazettes to October 19, tectived by OatuiCay’s man, areentutly liient With refpe£l to the movements of the army ; we may thereioie pronounce the report to be a mere fabi ica ion. M ARTINSBURGH, November 18. By mr. R. Campbell, who arrived in this neighbou h ‘ch! a tew days since, frrmi Lcxirgtr n in Kentucky, which he left on 25th ult. we were in iorm .and, tl at the evening before he de parted that pi ire news arrived there, that general Wane, with the army ill n ind r ‘lis command had reached Fort Jfferfon, but tliat the baggage waggons, twenty two in number, un der a guard of too men, (which were left 15 miles in the rear of ’he army) were intercf p ed by a body of 400 In dians who ki led and took the whole guard, with all the waggons, corn, vvhifkey, Ac. The credibility of our informant leaves us little hopes but that this unfortunate event is too true. WORCESTER, November 6. On Tv.urfday la(t, Saniu“l Frcfl was executed in t is town, pursuant to his sent nee, for the mu refer of captain Elisha Alien, of Princ ton, on the 16th day of July lart. This man, just ten years before he mmdered captain Allen, killed his father, for w hich hor rid crime he was tried, but acquitted by the jury, who supposed him inf'ane. Before execution a sermon was preach ed by the reverend Aaron Bancroft, to a very la'ge audience. The criminal was present. Alter which he was car ried to the place of execution. He (hewed few or nofig is of penitence. On being asked by the high fhenfif if h: wiihtd to fay any thing io the lpec tafrs, he ans vered th-A he had not tnu h to fi y —he would not have th.-m follow’ him. The high lheriff repeat edly asked him if he wiihed his execu tion delayed r hearTwered as often as asked. No !—as he was to go, ( hat w as his expression) it had Better be soon over. The fcaffold dropped, and this uncommon murderer was launched in to eternity. * It is :h tight the num-oer of lne£lutors pre-fent were about 2C(/0* PROVIDENCE, (R.I ) Nov. 16, The grand jury have found bills againrt captain Russ, and his mate, on a charge of having defignediy funk a bng which the former co.mnande i, near the harbour o: Newport, as m u tioned fame time finer.—-Their tiials are to commence on Ti.eiday next. VI R gT N IA. Extra£l from the Journal of the boufe of delegates, Friday, November t, 1 793* . A motion was made that the house do come to the following resolution-: Resolved, 1 hat the committee of the whole house, on the flats of he commonwealth, be difeharg-d fr- m furt'ter pioceedii g on that | a.t oi the governor’s letter, refpc-dlmg the m a b'rt’S adopted by theexecu'ive of ‘he United S ates, f( r preserving the bleifings of peace, as it is conceived by j the house, that it is a subj £t which : exciufivcly belongs to the legislature of the 111 ion, and one which tf:e general ass mbly of th : s commonwealth is not competent to decide upon, ei .her irom I the power left wi h them, or the in- formation bes-re them. And the said refuiution being twice ‘ read, a motion was made, and the question being put to amend the fame, by (Ti iking out from the word “ Re solved, to the end of the ref ilution, and inserting in lieu thereof the follow- , ing words, “ that th? proclamation of the prtfident of the United btates, en joining a drift adherence to existing treaties, and the principles of neutrali* | ty fubfirtitig under them, was a puli’ic I and coiiilitutional m- afure, wifely V adopted at a critical jundure, and nap- \ ptly calculated to prt serve to this conn* try the inellimable bleflings of peace | It was relohed in the aflmnadve ; 1 ayes yy —noes 48. Ordered, T hat mr. Corbin do tary 1 the ref ilution to the senate, and deii.s | tiieir coiicurrence.