that he hail received accounts of the reinforcement deltined for Thion ville, having entered that place without the knowledge of the ene piv. The following decree was palled with much applause : 1. M. Wimpfen, the troops of the line, and the volunteers who com pose the gari ifon of Thionville, and the citizens of that town, have ho nourably discharged their dmy. 2. An extract from theproccfs ver bal fliall be addrefled to them, to the 83 departments, and to the army ; and alio to the thiee huilais who while the enemy inverted that town, were not afraid to bra*e the dan gers which threatened them, and carried to the place of their defo liation some difpaiches entrulled to their care. The executive power is ordered to devjfe some mode of re warding and proniotiug these brave huflars. 3. A fund shall be committed to the disposal of the minister of war far eretfting barracks at Thionville. BREST, September 14. Mr.LaTouche,commandant ofthe Languedoc, has sent a letter to the Marine Minister, dated the 24th of August, at Bred, in which he ac knowledges having received his in itru&ions, and which he has taken every neceflary step immediately to put into execution. That he ex petft*4 to be ready to by the 2 7rh at fdrtheft, on his expedition, and hoped in the campaign, to give un equivocal proofs of his patriotilm. That the nation might rely on his services, and that he would fulfil the oath he had taken, to maintain liberty and equality, and to die at his pod. LUXEMBURG, September 11. We are informed from Clerment in Argoune that a detachment of Pruflian Huflars, consisting of 100 men, having yesterday attempted to pass through a wood, near that town, was suddenly surrounded by 900 French, who had concealed them selves among the bushes, with 4 pie ces of cannon. On the fir ft dif charge forty of the Huflars were killed upon the spot, the other 60 cut their way through the enemy with their sabres. A body of troops fufficient to surround the wood, were instantly ordered to march, and succeeded so well in their en terprize, that not one of the French escaped ; four hundred being killed, and the reft taken prisoners ; the Prussians loft only one man. Part of the army of the Princes, having Monsieur and the Count d' Artois at their head have quirted the camp of Hetange, near Thion ville, to join the army of the Duke of Brunfwick, near Verdun. The Prince de Hoheulohe has marched for the fame purpose, with a great part of the Austrian army under his command. GAZETTE KXTRAORDINARY. 13 R U S S E L S, Sept. 18. On the nth, the army under the command of General Count Clair fayt. having quitted the camp of Romayne, went and took post on the heighths which command Bari court Befancy.—The head quarters *ere eftablilhed at Nouach. Apart of the Pruflian army, which had been encamped in the environs of Cierges, made a movement almost in a parallel direction to that of the army of General Glaii fayt. Next morning the two armies di rected their march pall Befancy, to wards the post occupied by the French troops, a detached body ef whom engaged with the Pru'ffian column ai tl>e entrance of a wood. The Austrian army having then formed in order of battle, made some movements, during which the enemy di(appeared, so that only a few piquets of hollars and chafieurs were able to engage in light fkir nnflies with the dragoons and ad vanced pofls of the French army. The lattet-however, attempting to' wards evening to fall back upon the right of our army, were prevented by a company of chafleurs, support ed by cavalry, infantry and artille ry. The badness of the weather and the darkness of the night pre vented any further opeiations. On the 14th in the morning, M. Duniourier attacked us at the port of Roux aux Birs, with about 6000 men ; but our troops defendedthem felves with their ul'ua] bravery, and that port having been reinforced by two battalions and two squadrons, the enemy were repulsed with con siderable loss, and obliged to pass the river Aifne in the greatelt dif. order. The advantage which we have gained by this affair, cannot com pel) fate for the loss we sustained in the death of Prince Charles de Li(|Qe colonel of the engineers', whose excellent character, military talents, intrepidity,and great adtisity,makes him juflly regreted, hurried on by the ardor of his zeal and courage, he marched forward with a men only, towards the enemy's ar tillery, and was killed by a bullet (a cartache) which unfortunately struck him. Our loss besides consists of 4 offi cers wounded and 30 rank and file either killed or wounded. LONDON, September 22. The Savoyards, it is said, are de ferring in great numbers from the King of Sardinia's army. Nine hun dred and fifty of them, if the ac counts may be believed, wen' over to the French in fix days. From Paris, Stpi. "J. This country continue! to i><* drenched in blood ; and the ®eni us of this once polished people,ftems to fuffer a gradual deterioration ; their cruelty exceeds belief, *nd they every day give new and (hock ing proofs of their ingenious baiba rity. In my lad I had occasion to mention an order of the National Afleinbly,for transferring the State Prisoners from Orleans to Saumtir : ihe banditti of Marseilles, whom the sanguinary chiefs of the capital sent to escort them, received and disobeyed the legislative and muni cipal mandate, marched on to Ver sailles, where they arrived yeftsr day, with their devoted vidiims— they led them in great pomp tiro* the principal streets, until they came exactly opposite to the War- Office, where, dreadful to tell ! tkey put every loul of them to death, without even the formality of a mock trial ! the prisoners, fifty three in number, were all either Bifliops, Dignitaries of the Church, or Officers in the army. The ruling faction in Paris has intimated in writing to the Duke of Brunfwick, that his attempt to ap proach the capital lhallbe thefignal for murdering the King and Queen of France. Letters from Barcelona state, that five fail of French (hips of the line were at anchor off Nice the 24th of last month, for the avowed pnrpofe of bombarding that place on thefirlt movement of the Sardinian troops to join the confederate army. Advices received yesterday from Frauce mention, that it was rcpjrt»d that the Duke of Brunfwick bad en countered the French army under command of Dumourier in a gene ral action near Chalons, and obtain ed a decisive victory : near 10,000 of the French being said to be cut to pieces. War was declared by Spain against France on the ad of this month, and Meff'rs. Rubi, Alva rez, and Delafey, are appointed to be his Catholic Majesty's Generals. Sept. 27. A letter from Verdun, of the 17th September, fays, that General Glairfayt has put Dumou rier to flight, dislodging him from his post with only t 7,000 men, rho' Dumourier had 22,000; that the latter had retreated to another body of 30,000, making in the whole 52,000 men, with which hefled with such precipitation as to abandon ai) his out ports, with his mi litary chest, containing 50,000 livres in crown pieces, besides affignats, and 60 wag gon loads of proviiion. The money is said to have been divided amoup thg Hulans. In consequence of the imminent clanger to which the lives of the royal family of France aie exposed, toe undersigned miniitera have pre fcntcd the following note to Lord Grenville.on thefubjetf. Themea fures inuft appear to every perfou 198 extremely wife ancT expedient, and we rruft that it will be attended with salutary consequences. Tranflat'ton from the original. The nnderfigned envoys extraor dinary and Ministers Plenipotentia ry of his Imperial Apostolic Majesty and of his Majesty the King of the two Sicilies, in consequence of the ties of blood and friendfliip which attach their Sovereigns to the King and Oueen of France, have the ho nor to address Lord Grenville, to represent to him the imminent dan gers which threatens the lives of their Moll Chrittian Majesties, and their royal family, and the appre hensions they have too much cause to entertain, that the atrocities which the factious in France prac tice against thefeauguft personages, will not cease until the crime is com pleated. They are authorised to express the wirti of their refpec s tive cotrfts, that his Britannic Majesty in the event of such an horrible at tempt, will not permit the residence, nor give any protection or asylum to those persons who may be known to have participated in such a step. Signed, Cte Stadions, Prince Castelicicala. Sept. 20, 1 792. To this application Lord Gren ville feiu the following answer. " The uiiderfigned, Secretary of State, in answer to the official note of yelterday's dale, which lie has received on the part of the Count de Stadions & the Prince of Cafteli cicala, Minilters Plenipotentiary, and envoys extraordinary of his Im perial Apostolic Majesty, and of liis Sicilian Majesty, has the honor of renewing to those Minilters the ex preflion of the sincere interest which the King has always taken in what ever peiTonally regards their Most Chriftlan Majesties : an interest which cannot help being increased by the unfortunate circuinflances of the situation in wliich their Majes ties find themselves at present. " It is the King's niofl ardent wi/h, that the fears declared in the note of the Count de Stadions and the Prince of Caftelicicala, may not be realized, but if happily the event should prove otherwise, his Majesty will not fail to take the most effec tual measures to hinder the guilty persons offo atrocious acrintefrom finding an asylum in the states of his Majesty. The King feels a plea sure in formally giving to Princes so closely united by the ties of blood to their most Chriflian Majesties this aflbrance, which his Majelfy re gards but as the immediate and ne cefTary consequence of the principles and sentiments which have always directed his condurt:. Signed, "Grenville." At Whitehall, 1 Sept. 21,1792. i For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES. A WRITER in the American Daily Ad vertiser of the 14th inft. under the signa ture of Lu c t us, fays, " it appears by the public prints that there will be a coined for the office of Vice-President, which becomes vacant 011 the 3d of March next. For the honor of our coun try, particularly as referring to iti consistency of character as a r ipoblic, it is to be hoped that this " conrrfl" will not appear among the inde pendent ele£lors, whatever importance it may ajjume in " the public prints."—The ele&ors of President, and Vice-President will probably be mert of information, liberally and independence-, they will think inA judge\or themselves notwith flanding all the arts employed to bias their o pimons, and to place in an unfavorable point of view the grefent occupant of "the important ilation" of Vice-P'cfident. The calumniators of Mr. Adams pretend to be pcrfeflly fatisfied with the administration of the President of the Uni ted States—and while they discover great soli citude to depreciate the former ih the public efti ma'ion, they scarcely rifo a whisper against the latter ; to fay nothing ot the monarchical features strongly impicffed on this mode of conduct, a few simple qu (lions will set its invidious quali ties in a flrijung point of view.—Has not the administration o* the supreme executive given the highest fatisfaftion to the friends of our re publican c«n(titution ? Is not the Vice-Presi dent, so far as his " (lation is of importance" fully implicated in all the applause so justly paid to the chiel magillrate ? Has ihe eye of jealousy difcovcred a single trait in the conduct of thel'e gentlemen, during the period they have been in office together, which sullies their tame, or throws the fainteft imputation 011 their public chara&ers ? Does not the rcafonin* therefore that applies to the removal of the one, apply with equal force to the removal of the other ? But, fay our brethren of Virginia, Mr. Adams is attached to a hti/anced-government ; he has writ ten iaiavor of the JJiilifh contliuiLion—"a go verrimcnt of king, lords and commons."—] faj > not go into a defence of the orinciplos contained in Mr. Adam's writings ; they are bftorc the public—and if his euetnie* would fuffer the peo. pie freely to read and judge for theinfelves, f am fully of opinio thai the rcfult would be,'' o remove the mists Of prejudice and error with wh\ch party has in some parts of the uniou cloud ed the public mind ; the writer of thit is well informed that a gentleman. f n public life, 0 f an acute penetrating under (landing, and wliofe re publican principles can never be doubled — attcr reading Mr, Adams's Defence lad winter for the firll t:me, was asked whether he lound that woife to contain the anti-rtpH.b\ican principles imputed to the writer : he replied, " direCtly the revcrfe" — that in his optnion, c< the Defence ot the American Canfhtutions," is the best defence of a hrr republican government in n,c F.:. 1 lan. guaj/e."—lt is abundantly evident ih.»t toe con* ftttotion of the United Stares i founded on li« milar principles with those of everv Sate in im? union — and as it is well known, thai Mr. Adams'* opinion had great Weight in forming many ot the Stale LovjlitutionSy aud the conftirution of the United Stales :s confefledly an improvement up* on all of them ; it must neceflavily follow, that it has a decidcd preference in the judgment of the Vice-President—accordingly we find it ths fubjeft of eulogium in the last letter ot the 3d vol. of his Defence. In short, his known at tachment to this government hoi been one of the obje&ions to his political cbara&cr m the minds of his enemies—but it seems to have been lately discovered that this objection wiii not suit the prtfont temper of the times; a moil earneit solicitude being manifefted by the tede ral intertft through the union, to retain in the public councils this firm patriot, this unconupt, and independent politician. With refpr £t to the candidate in oppofitioii, started orignally in a pretended *' ex>rad of a letter from Camden South-Carolina," it is ob» fervable what pains the writer of LuCi us takes to induce a change of whe general sentiment re- Ipe&ing his political tenets—but recent eirrum-. (ranees firtvc to evince toat Mr Clnwvo'l op.i»* ions are not changed. The house of reprefentj tives of the state of New-York, in their address to the Governor, in answer to his fpeeck the present feflion, have recognized in pointed iern»s the bleflings derived to the people, and to that slate in particular, from the operation of the ge<* neral government; but the reply to this patriotic arid federal address, has not one federal feature in it. " Impressed (fa\s the Governor) with a high sense of the happiness we enjoy, under ovt excellent conjlitution, it will give me pleafme to concur with you in every measure that may tend to perpetuate the bleflings it is so eminently calculated to confer." Lucius fays, " it is to be prelumed that many of his (Mr. Clinton's) objecfc,oris have been done away by the amend ments"—this," it is to be presumed," is a con. cession made for that gentleman, which not one thorough-paced antifederalift in the Union would make. Has one individual of that party evel made a funilar contelfion ? The amount of all this business Adams mull be fct aside—his honest and independtot principles have always been in the way to ob« ft raft the machinations of a faction. Alter va rious coufultations, it has been determined on to set up Mr. Clinton as a candidate in appor tion to Mr. Adams, not as a friend to the repub. fican interest in the United States, but as one who would concenter the greatest number of an tifcieral votes. In what quarter these will prin cipally appear, it is not difficult to determine— but, fhouM the plan succeed, is it not evident that the fpint of the constitution wil' be in fringed ?—lf the state of Virginia should io feft fay that Mr. Clinton (hall be Vice-President of the United Srates, will Hie notdi&ateto ail the dates in rcgaid to this important officer ? The provision in the constitution that the President and Vice-Prcfident finll be ele&ed from different states, was not intended as an ideal business—but where is the difference be tween a powerful state's conftitutinr the majo rity in both, cases, and choofmg both from among its own citizens ?—Will the people of the Uni ted States consent that any one state shall give a President and Vice-President to the Union ? Mr. Adams, it is insinuated by Lucius, holdi certain principles unfriendly to republicariifni-*. all the world may know what that gentleman's principles are—He has never been in the habit of concealing his printiple«. «jti|er, er ;a Europe—These principle* are republican, in the true it sense of the word—his country has for ma ny years, and on innumerable occasions, derived the mod solid and durable advantages from tho(« principles. Mr. Clinton, it is readily conceded, has rendered important services to hisconntry ; that country has remunerated those service there must be a change, or a serious profpeft of a change, in regard to his present before he will relitiquilh the profitable government of the flare ot New-York, for the honor of being of the United States, or the writ er is very much miftaken—lt is not to be pre. fumed that this idea has escaped the advocate* for his election in a particular part of the Union — but there was great difficulty in coalefciug in favor of any other competitor to Mr. Adams.— The consequence, a choice by a very small pro portion o* the electors, in cafe a diviGon could be excited among the northern electors, wis not considered of the fmalletl importance, however fubvei five of republicanism—-The real republican* of our country are happily apprized of all thefc manoeuvres—the dtfigm ot those who, under the pretence of foftermg republican principle*, would destroy every bauier of freedom, by ren dering the government of the Union contemptible, are fully cotnptehended—even in that state in which it has been said, that Mr. Adams would " not have one vote"—" To give a republican tone therefore to the chara&er, that may tend to prcferve our liberties lorever, let the cn lightened electors of the fevera 1 Hates ftilTdiftinguifii by their fufFragcs, those illustri ous patriots, Wash i ngTon and Adams—men, whose lives have exhibited one continued feriel of facrifices and services, for their country* happinefj, freedom and honor —-whose uprij! nets and integrity are the fubjefts of extoite panegyric from those who would make a J*pp°J e political opinion the foundation of a profcr pti or» from the public favar. MARCIS. A r ov. »9» 1792
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