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|, f wnfannllcKince the time
jvlilc.it 'Walhiogtoa vifitcd
this ci:v, in the year 1791.
I Veflerday morning tne launch
I of ,l,e frigate was completed
I without any accident. .
I SAVANNAH, June 14.
I On Tuefday la It. arrived the
I (hip St. Andrew, capt. Kirk, 53
I davs from Greenock, by tpis
I ar rival, we have been favored
I with London papers down to
I ,he 13th April, and Glafgow as
I late as the 16th; which ful.y
I authenticate the defeat of gene
itsl Jourdan by the archduke
Clnrles.
Schooner Pally, capt. Gor
ham, of Washington, No-th-
Caiolina, arrived at Five Fathom
Hole lallevening.from Kingdom,
latnaica, who informs, that in
the Gulph Stream on Sunday
Jaft, in lat, 26. he fell in with a
wreck, on her beam ends, from
which, in company with another
veffel bound to Norlh-Carolina,
took about 1,500 pieces of duck,
linens and cambiicks, pocked in
calks and boxes. On her deni
was painted Patty , but no papers
could be found ; her mads were
both gone, clofeiy by the board ;
one man was fecn floating 111 the
|lcabbin.
I Capt. Chlfholm, of the Hoop
[■Three Friends, of this port, ar- i
[■lived here la 11 evening from St.
■Thomas’s, via Ghailefton, who
that he was taken by
[■three French privateers when
||within 10 leagues of Surinam
(25 days out) carried into Gay
ane, tried in 48 hours after,:
nd veflel and cargo condemned, 1
11 The fchooner Hiram, captj
HCliace, of Charlefton, bound I
I a Martinique, an?l the fchooner |
ntrepid, rapt. Williams, of'
odolk, (Vir.) were both car-!
icd in and condemned.
Capt. C.a!fo informs, that on'
e °f May, tlie French
f nt at Cayenne, had actually
. J d a proclamation, author-!
the taking, burning and
eifroving of every American'
ciiel tney fhould meet.
I he above proclamation was
. in confequence of infor
mi°" re ceived at that port of
le Ukln g of the lafurgente.
L 0 u I S V I I, L E,
TbESDAT, y urit ,g }
1 or ‘he LomfvilltGazette,
Day,
Si;,
ie^! V | lN . G f . en fome political
Wliiaper 7 ■’V*® Louifvi:|e
etl( L P, . wnich are now the
] to d c of converfation,
»" I.l° V
lannerasrh "* aS Irr P a,tial a
ft, v t|l ■ natUre of lhe fu ’>-
The firfl ! flu,!!
We ? h* [ °f “ The Oiferver." i
e fond :rr nkmd 1,1 o° r - erai i
B e ar^na COn^ql Wer, anc * of ap
■f U ? US amon g their
P lntr b each man has his
; peculiar manner of recommend
ing himfclf to popular notice:
I who then can blame 4 * The Qh
'/ervey," for the method he has
taken to a. tract the attention of
his fellow-citizens; for 1 hip
po Ce him an American, and be
yond a doubt, one of the “ well
born.” But to the fubjefl in
quedion, can any man of com
| mon capacity, but agree with
i him, that great and numerous
are the bldlings attendant on
! monarchy and aridociacy ? Hoes
not ancient and modern hiftory
furmfli us with ample proof of
this alieition ? Witnefs the cm-
I I ides, the wars cairied on be
tween the houfes of Lancaller
and k o k : nay, our own revo
. lution. Was not royal clemency
extended to every American,
which they could not kill nor
imprifon ? Witnefs, I fay, the
prefent holy juft and neccffary
war of extermination, nuw car
rying on againll the Republic
j of France, by a combination cf
emperors, kings, princes, p-iefls.
! potentates, and the whole hofl
| of the a Lord’s anointed!' —no
doubt but they will luccecd in
their glorious labors,
»
Thou lands and tens of thou
, bands oi dilconfolate widows are,
j and will be left to blcfs trie name
I of monarchy and arillocracv, ■
j for having been the means of
leaving them and their little,
j orphans, without the abidance j
; of a fond f. it':er, to procure them
- 4.
thole neccflaries natu ! e requires.
And are there not thoufmds of
j heroes who left the vde mechanic
i arts and the drudgery of the
j plough, to bleed in their caufe ;
j and aie now living monuments
| ol their glory : after luch an
j enumeration of bledings and
, hundreds more which I cou’d
: mention, who can blame “ The
ChinverT for being the ebam
| • * O
i pion of monarchy and ahdo
cracy : but it is wifpered that
it is not his own piodufl on—
j that granted : furely it is i’liberal ’
not to let a man make the bid
iufe of his talents. If he has'
| not capacity fuTcient to com
i pole a piece in vindication of ;
ihis favorite do£liuie. he ought!
( • '3
,to be allowed the privilege of!
i r o
feiecling. I mud hope “ The
j Ob/erver '* w 11 continue his excr-!
jtions in the cau r e he has fo!
honorably embarked ; luch fu- j
pine lophidry as his cannot fail;
to convince Americans, that a 1
monarchical government is the;
bed adapted lor them.
I now come to lhe Qojervcr of
u The Ohfaver ” —It certainly
| was the greatefl piece of abfur
dity in him to “ periinaoionjlf ,
i intrude himfelf upon 44 The i)h-
Jervtr” when he was frilpothl} 1 ,
calmly and quietly leadfrfg iu
into the glorious laberinth ol
monarchy, well 'fall it;
“ ruhbifht' when it was the cCTu
fions of an honed heart, the
dilates of fcnfibiuty, for the
ludcring of his fellow men.j
Such vulgar feelings as thofcaic'
' not apt to intrude themfelves in
i t T ie bo Tom offuch men as u The \
Oh fervor. No; tlicir feelings j
‘are more exq nfite thei * lend- 1
■bilily is moved even with the
thrieks of virgins, gcrng to be,
ravifhed—hv d\ mg infants dr;u*-
ged from the arms of a tender
mother—hy cities wraoped in
flames—and the earth purpled
with the blood of in lyrters m the
caufe of liberty. Their feeli-gs
are as exquifue as chofe of the '
pious Cathadne, who had tedium
lung through her empire, for (lie 1
conqueft of Prague* after her
general had in cool blood hu
manely put out of this trouble
lb me world thirty thoufand of
its citizens, rnd made bon-lrres
of their houfes, to warm them
ic* Ives : after io pious a labor,
i who can but admire their nice
‘ feelings. I fliall now leave
The Obfcrver of “ The Ohferverff
and hope he will not interrupt
the champion or the alien and
Tedi ■ion b’l s any mo.c; but let
him go on uninterrupted in his
honeft ende ivois, prelling tow
-1 'TO
arus the “ mark of the p>ize 0)
theh'gh calling;” whether it be
" Prague and War faro lie nearly
together , as Lender, and Wtflmin
/Ur ; being divided only by the vif
tula, the number of unfortunate
wretches who p. rified, were 50 o
Joldicrs in the attack: after the hat
-1 tic was ended, the Ruffian*proceeded
|to di/arm the citizens, and to plun
der their houfes; after all refifhmce
had ceafed, about nine o'clock at.
night they Jet fire to the town % and
beran to butcher the inhabitants
The fuk cni wounded p riffled in
the flames ; the <ld men , women
and children fell by the (word ; nne |
thoufand perfons of every age, and |
ei her fx fell in this maJJ'acre ; and
ike whole ( a /ao altered houfes i
excepted) was reduced to afics. Te
dcum was fng t and a foie mu d y
of thank[giving to God was Jet apa: t ,
for this abominable butchery. Jhe
; impiety \ [fays an anonymous nrittr]
• which prevails in Trance is Jhock- j
ing : but what is it com hared with !
! w i
this aol of eftentatious and JoUmn
: blafphemy—"What a melancholy idea 1
! dyes it convey to the mind, to jup j oje |
! the world under the government of
j O S
\Juch a God as his, worfhipped at
Pcterjburgh, Vienna, Bolin , and
j Lon don —0 0 a being vho is fup- \
Jo fed to ojjiji the arms a. d enjoy 1
I the triumph of p.wojid. cpp'cJjioK,
,againjl perftcuUd innocence and
\virtuc —To delight in fciag his
I alters ftream with the b od of w:~
\mcn and children ; and in he ring
his praijes chauntcd by the voice if
I; murderers , in the midfl J fhrieks
! and groans cj viHims. Auflna ,
Pruffia and Ruffin no longer ago
'than the year 1795, divided the
l unfortunate kingdom of Pcland
\amongJl them, and were all er/uilly
concerned in that war of murder
and plunder . Yet thefe are the
fanclifud powers, icgeti.er with
England , no lejs famed in the hf
toric page, for unjuflnefs and cru
el’y of her wars , with whom Ame
rica are to be allayed — Heaven,
earth and hell forbid iU
'j crown of glory, commiflion
i place or pro lion.
With relpeft f o lh* “ Cenforf
1 think, he mud be either a to I
or a madman, to vindicate the
caufe of (inking republicanism,
when he knows it is univerfdly
reprobated, not only in firs
country, but all over the w ild,
particularly in Europe, and more
elpeciallv by our firm friend,
,and faithful ally the druifb. It
is fo be hoped he will d f on
;ti lie his pernicious doftrinc,
for fear wclhould be errou( ouflv'
led to believe, that wc aic all
equal. As for the piece lignccl
“ Pier,” it is toj contemptible
for our not ce : ha is one of
thofe impious wretches that
would wdh to teach mankind
the facreligious piincip'cs that
they arc men.
A SUBSCRIBER.
FOR sale,
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A q amiry of "i n?
Northward Chcefe, IVot Bread;
and Piiila lelphia Beer,
h H.n, i ».
!fKUW I S F,
Spanidi Segars, and Tobacco,
O;’ die be t quality .
lB.
i o be (old, at public auction,
On TU E S D A Y,
Ihe 6th Align ff next,
in the J own of VV mn(b»rjugh, Eu.ke
Countv,
150 Acres of LA N I),
Hd g to the E.Utc of Jam»«
kkn, deccaffd, lvi ( ,* on M'Hcca
G.cc'a, r.rij >':n ng land* of Thus. Milicr.
Condiiio.il, C th.
»*y or. f r of C' ur f ,
Daniel M'Murphv, admr .
yune 18
Wafhmgion Superior Court,
Sepicmlcr Term, 1798.
Andrew I lemphill,~]
i vs. j> Fureclifare,
James llcmpbill, J
UPON th petition of Andrew
Hemphill praying he fort
dc/iue 0/ the epnty of red wpi ion,
• in and to the following bold of land ,
l /iiuate, lying and bung in the am
;ty e) Waffnngtrn , bounded by 7, hn
| foremen, John Rogers and ad
j other JidiS by vacant land ; and
I containing two handled e ; g : t\ [even
and an half acres, whLh hallo/
land was mortgaged to the [aid An*
\ drew Hmph //, by the faid James
I hempuil, for the fccunly of one
hundred an I thn ty ftvn pounds ,
[eventfen failings a> d three pence ,
on the 1 6th cay of March, m the
year 0/ cur L rd one thou/and facn
handled an.l ninety-three.
Upon motion cf Mr. Ca dwell,
alto ncy for the plaintiff, it is ct
cti id, that itic principle title?efl and
cojl he paid ituo 1/ls court, within
twelve months from this ime, oilcr
wife the equity of Yidtivpfion will
be for tv r j rec.ofed, and thai a
cop)/ cj this ru ebe ferved up, n the
/aid James Hemphill or pidh/hed
nine months in one cf the Gazettes
J tms Estate, before the expiration
of the laid nine mmhs % agncM to
an ad of the hgflalurt in J u:h cates
made and provided,
A true copy from the minutes,
J. Williams, deputy clerk*