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Ai* 1 .-— 1 --»■ tyvftvwi mrmr SAVA VN \f l f Frbfnvher 20. O >nJ Net"s I / / On W eveninc arri ved the (hip Nanrv, ca mrl XT eweP, from Cn'tinm. which hi- left on the 2*d of July. Gapf, N. brought no hijt has noh’rdy handed t»« t' e following Th*t previous to h»5 failing, let fnrs had hern received from France which g vr an account of a mofl deflruX'vr engage ment between gen. VPDonaM, and the Puffian* an 1 Auflrians, laded for three days fur reffively, on the Gft of which he received a reinfon ement, he redoubled bis exertions, pufrig all to the fword. and taking *OOO prifoners; this ac tion was fought on the Bth July. That the French had declared war againft Sweden, in confe quence of their having, agreeable to treaty, furnifhed the Auftri ans with 12,000 men—That the French and Spanifh fleets (con fiding of 57 fail of the line had formed a junXion, after having been feparafed in a gale of wind in the Mediterranean, in which 11 fail were difmafted and others much damaged) are now aXually riding at anchor in Cadiz harbor, after having eluded the purfuit of the combined fleets, and ac romplifhed the landing of 5000 trt ops at Genoa—That by recent let .ers from Pnu deaux, received at ( orunna, Buonaparte with his army of 150,000 men, were ranging the country triumphant •y— *-That the French have called in all their privateers, and as fafl' as they arrive deprive them of, their commiffions, and that the | French agent at Corunna had, previous to our informant's fail- { ing, taken the rommidions from fix, and fent them to France, by order of the direXcry, Left at Corunna , The fchooner Frederick, rapt. John O. Clarke, of Ncw-Yoik, I from Sinegal (coaft of Africa) | bound to Hamburgh, with a car go of gum and ivory, was cap tured by a French privateer, but rcleafcd with damages againfl the captors—the owner of the 1 privateer has appealed to Nantes 1 for a fecond trial. ' LOUISVILLE, TUESDAY , St/ttemher 24, 1799. Arrived in a Yankee Droger, from Bofton, one JEnglifh tory p» inter. fc** A\ ovld to God he had fpent his days in any other (than thi ) r untry. National reflexions are only to he met wilh from illiberal minds uninfpired by fentiment. Js ve d has fo highly recommended us an efficicio us m a ei m for p-rfuns in the\el- Jow ftV I ; ar d if *my rials arc Cijdc of it, which proves its [utility, we think ihcy ought to be publidicd fro hono publico. The tories can never mention the name of Mr. Murray, our envoy at the Hague, without exoreffing indignation at his intimating to the executive the defire of the French government to effeX a reconciliation. That avowal marred all their fine fehemes and checked their ca reer. Robbins found very little honey in the accents of Judge j Bee, when delivering his deci fion. Wc were told how difficult it was to procure the President's content to the execution of Per kins, confcquently his ckmency was overcome by the entreaties of Tome perfon or perfons, but wc know not whether there was any difficulty in procuring his fignature to the order to deliver up the ill fated Robbins into the hands of the Britifh. Perhaps Mr. Lifton conde scended to entreat, and Timothy lent his affiftance to accomphfh the praile worthy, humane tafk. The fate of Robbins reminds us of a circumftance we have Several times heard recited by, fome who were witneffes to the tranfaXion. When commodore Barry was at the rendezvous at St, Kitt's, in the Weft-Indies, fome months fines, the Britifh were preffing our men on fhore as ufual. A gang had taken the I whole crew from a boat belong-' ing to a (onncXicut veflel, ex cepting the mate, who feized ! the tiller and Itood on the defen ' five, knocking down feveral of | the affailants, and at length the officer of the gang, into the mud. The captain of the American, who was then prefent, alarmed at feeing his mate ftrike M his majefly's officer," advifed him to iurrendcr, which he at length did, and was carried on board the (hip to be punifbed for his offence. When capt. Barry heard of this, he immediately fent to admiral Harvey for the man, who was rtfufed to be given up, until the fecond de mand, when he was reftoied, with an injunXion to our com- | mander to fee the proper pun- 1 iffiment infliXed. The man was accordingly carried onboard the United States, where he was received by the noble commo dore, with a flowing bowl of punch, a hearty approbation of his conduX, and a charge to repeat it whenever he fhould have occafion. We wifh Rob ( bins was on board this frigate, where he would have had pro tedlion. [foe. fhe expences of government already am >unt to ten millions ot dollars per annum; to what t will increafe in ten years the w leacrcs of government can only fathom. Probably the fol- lowing calculations may caufe the people to reheCl on the mag nitude of the Turn : Suppofe our expences be 10,000,000 dollars, and each dollar to weigh ©ne ounce, a waggon wi'l carry 3300 wt. 20 waggons will therefore carry one j million of dollars—4o two mil- I lions—2oo waggons with fix hoi fes each to carry the weight of our Then allow ing each waggon with the horfes to ineafi’re 62 feet, it would cover 12000 feet fuperfrcial* I This upon the whole is nodef picable fum, and in faCl no fmall burthen for 1200 horfes to draw, much lefs for the people to bear, but as we do not wilb, nor are we allowed to grumble, it is a pleafing reflection that we have the privilege of woiking by the Rule of Three, Herald of Liberty, BritiJJi Robbery ! ! ! No lefs than 29 fail of Ame rican veflels were lately carried into New-Providence, where tire greateft ingenuity is exerciled to countenance the condemnation of American property. The frivolouspretencesunder which veflels and cargoes are condemned by the Britilh is fcandalous and disgraceful. Re iterated accounts are conftantly publilbing of Britilh a&s of rob bery and oppreflion, yet we re ceive them with an apathy which car not but encourage a repeti tion of them. | Such conduCf almoft amounts ito a fervile acquiefcence to the injuries heaped upon us by our pretended friends, but real ene mies. The fpirit of an inde pendent nation, fhould require fiom the Bri.ifh an explanation of their conduCt towaids the United States, and demand a ceffadon of the infults and de predations which we experience from their cruifers. Of what nature is thefriend fhip profefled by Britain for America ? Arc the depriving our citizens of their liberty, forcing them to ferve on board their veflels. and to fight their enemies, interdicting our inter courfe not only with particular ports, but with entire countries, : detaining our veflels without any i caule, and condemning our pro perty upon fdlle and unfounded pretences ? Are thele, we icpeat, the lincere evidences of Britilh f 1 iendfhip ? ; But a traitorous f .Ctmn which is plotting the ruin of republi canilin in this country, conli dering that the aid of the Britilh government may be neceflary to accomplilh their defigns, ftifle the voice of the complaint, and endeavor by threats to terrify men from publilhing the truth, or fpeaking of their loffes and oppreflions, they may have fuf lere 1 from Britilh marauders. The infolence of a Britilh officer was well exemplified in the cafe of capt. Weft, who was afked, how dare he come on the quarter-deck of a Hritifh vcffd with his hat on ? Thus are we : required not to tread on Hritifh i boards without uncovering our heads, and thus are we to learn > politcnefs from our Hritifh mah ; ters. For the Louifuille Gazette . No. 111. Mr. Day, HAVING for a long time been in the habit of viewing the citizens of this country, in a ftate of fecurity, enjoyment and and profperity, as I acknowledge no perfon, but the conflitution, no rule but the law, nor no j fuperior but conftirutcd author ity. But from the fhowing made by fome, and the (hides taken by others, it may be laid, that we live in a government of men, and not of laws. In looking over the declara tion of independence, the arti cles of confederation, the con flitution of the United states with its amendments thereto—it is found that they contain the genuine principles of a free and republican people, and in dire& and pofitive terms guarantees to each ftate in the United States a republican form of government —the freedom of fpeech, tral by jury, and the liberty of the prefs (hall not be abridged nor violated. And in viewing the conftitu tion of each relpefiive ftate, it is alfo found that the framers of them have cautioufly guarded againft tyranny, oppreflion, or even anarchy—and have care fully preferred Sc acknow'edged the fovereignty of the people— That they have an abfulute right to alter, amend or change the government, as they are the main-Iprings thereof, and the only proper fountain from whence all power flows. I Notwithftanding this political I bulwark, this federal barrier, I and continental guide, there are I a number of charafters, em- I ployed to ride poft from the I lakes of Canada to the Floridas; I and from the mountains to the I Tea (bore, with particular inftruc- I tions to conftrue and give our I government a different direftion I from that which the virtuous ■ builders thereof intended it f o I have; and in the middlegrounds ■ thofe feditious mercenary beings ■ (I mean the Hritifh tools) are I lowed almoft as thick as turnip I feed. How Americans can ie- ■ concile fuch meafures to them- I felves is truly aftonifhing to me. ■ It may be honey to the tongue. ■ but it will be gall and bitternefs I to the ftomach. Is it not more ■ honorable to be conquered by ■ the fvvord, than by policy ? it not more credit to us, for t ■ be publicly plundered, than 1 be taken in and made fools of and is it not fafer to depen I upon ourfelvcs than thole tw M tongued creatures ? The ccu*>B