in order so be ready to succeed the firft
class, who when properly disciplined, are
to march to the afliftance of the regulars ;
thus every class is to be called out, as
their fervicct become necefiarv, till not a
man is left in France, or they make their
enemies sue for peace. There are fifty
fail of fir ft-rate fliips of the line building
and equipping at Brest, to be ready by A
pril next, (it is believed for a descent on
England) thev have also embargoed all
the merchant vessels in the different ports,
to ast as transports ; and they have cer
tainly a revolutionary party forming in
England, to favour a descent, should the
expedition now forming be feut there.—
That the affairs of France are so far des
perate, that all their former rcfources are
exhausted ; that the mode in which they
procure the neceffhries for carrying on the
war is by fixing the price of the articles
(fuchas iron, &c.)ata certain rate, and
then taking the property of any individu
al to buy them up with ; that their de
crees are executed by force. Such is the
mode they have from neceflity adopted,
and all views of commerce are abandoned
till the close of the war.
The lad Gazette printed at Leyden,
informs that the celebrated M. Danton,
who is supposed to have long governed
Ban ere, the Monntain, and the whole
party opposed to that of the late BrilTot
ine faction, has formally requested leave to
resign his feat in the National Convention
pleading his great infirmities.
The Socifte Popu!aire of St. Malo, has
demanded of the National Convention,
that they request the United States of
America, to pay the debt due by them
to France, in VefTels of War to aid them
in the cause of Liberty.
Dubois Crance and Gautier, two of the
Commiflioners sent to the reduction of
Lyons have arrived at Paris under arrest.
The Emperor of Germany haj gone
himfelf into Hungary to fix on the sum
necefTary to be levied, and the number of
troops to be raised for the next campaign.
The. Grand Seigaor is calling out his
troops on the borders of Turkey, being
jealous of the large armaments which the
Empress of Ruflia is preparing.
A war between Ruflia and the Porte,
is hourly expected.
Extract of a letter from London, Novem-
ber 12
" The Debating Society, late of Coach
maker's Hall, has been removed about a
ir.onth, and hitherto have met with no in
terruption, although the Advocates for
Freedom have spoken pretty boldly. The
afflicting news of the dreadful calamity
now raging in your neighbouring city, has
been received—the (hip which, it is said,
carried it to the Well-Indies, is now lying
in the Thames, and has occafioncd no little
alarm amongst even the alarmifls them
selves—they fay the Government (hould
order it to be burnt.
" As to public news, up to the period
of my writing, you will no doubt fee it in
the English papers, and forming your
judgment upon, the vvhele, I think you will
not fee much cause for regret. My pre
sent opinion and prophecy is, that aotwith
(landing much treachery and many difaftcre,
this campaign will, on the whole, termi
nate in favor of the French Republic: but
I (hould not wonder if the war, notwith
standing, (hould be of fcveral years conti
nuance, as the Anjlocracy of Europe will
certainly protract it while they can pro
cure men and money.
" We have in the paper* of to-day,
Citizen Genet's letter to President Wa(h
ington, and the President's Secretary's
Jiarehed Anfrner. Will it not be a reproach
able timidity, as well as narrow policy in
the American States to fuffer any power
to deprive the French people of the IVeJI-
India JJlands ? By our Government ef
forts, I understand, arc to be made for
that purpose—it was certainly n great dis
appointment to the Court cf St. James's
that they did not succeed in their usual
mode of proceeding (viz. corruption)
to obtain possession of those valuable
I (lands.
" How this would have flattered the
vanity and gratified the avarice of JOHN
CALF, (for he is no longer worthy of
being called a Bull) and what dalhingthe
minister would have exhibited in the House
of Commons, fee what ivonilcrt J have per
formed ! To fay all in one word, I believe
every thinking man feels himfelf heartily
tired of a war which began in injustice,
and can only yield a hat veil of mikry and
difgiacc."
CHARLESTON, Dec. 21.
Letter from Citizen M. A. B. Mangoa
iit,to his Excellcucy General Moultrie,
Governor of the State cf South-Caro
lina.
Charl'Jlon, December IJ/A I 7QJ.
the id year of the French Re-
public
Sir,
I REQUEST from your Excellency,
to lay before the Honorable Legislature
of South Carolina, the demand I have
the lionor to make for the payment of the
sums of money due to my Republic, by
the State. Thii is a prefling matter. I
have translated my memorial into English,
in order to lose no time, and to serve the
zeal of a body composed of members,
none of whom are ignorant of the value
of the French Liberty to the United
States, and who are fully convinced of
its future triumph ; efpecia'ly if the tijie
friends of France enable her to develope
all her refourCes.
Sure of your Excellency's attachment
to the French cause, by your love of your
conntry. I rejoice that the claim of a
great nation is to be presented by you, as
it is in the power of no.oneto support and
enforce it better than your Excellency.
I have the honor, &c.
(Signed)
M. A. B. MANGOURIT.
MEMORIAL.
THE French Republic, to oppose the
iniquitous crusade of tyrants, having
but the profound fcntimer.t of the sacred
and eternal Rights of Man ; the great
ne4 of her caufc, and the energy of her
warriors ; Cngle, and prefTed on all fides,
but ready to I'ally out wherever the hydra
of defpotiftn fnews its head ; the French
Republic, in a contest as honorable to
herfelf, as ufeful hereafter to nations,
mitft afFemble around her all her ftre'ngth
and employ all her resources.
In this position, which is so much the
more extraordinary, as it is unexampled
in the annals of history j so much the
more sublime, as twenty-four millions of
men must fall or regenerate other nations !
Whom will the French apply to with more
confidence, than to this State; which,
through privations, defeats and victories,
(hared with the French, then enslaved,
but deftiocd to set Europe it IJberty,
came to the peaceable enjoyment of a
happy independence.
Would it not be highly injurious to
doubt, but that the State of South-Caro
lina will readily come to the aid of a na
tion who assisted her wealth and force, to
lay the foundation of a Republic, when
this very nation is contending for the bles
sings of a similar government ? The citi
zens of South-Carolina are too well known
for their generosity and gratitude ; the
faered flame of Liberty is too purely pre
served in their hearts, to harbor the least
fear of an ungenerous refufal.
The example furniftied by the Federal
Government to all the States of the Uni
on, (hall finely be followed by Carolina.
In this hope, the Consul of the French
Republic has the honor to demand of the
Honorable Legislature, the reimburse
ment of the sums of money due to his
Republic ; which sums, the preceding Le
gislature acknowledged, and towards the
discharge of which they appropriated a
part of the taxes.
France, when at peace, heartily agreed
to the delays demanded by the State of
South-Carolina ; though distressed in her
finances, {he acquicfced to the arrange
ments agreed upon to come to a fettle
mcnt. But now compelled by the most
powerful motives, to have recourse to the
loyalty of her faithful friends, she hopes
that the Legislative Body will have some
regard for her past indulgence, and ac
eomplifh a discharge, whose value will
mostly be redoubled by the urgencies of
circumstances.
The Consul of the French Republic
has the honor to request of the Honora
ble Legislature, to take the demand into
their most serious confide ration.
(Signed)
M. A. B. MANCOURIT.
NEWPORT,..January 21.
Last Wednesday failed from this port
fur India, the (hip George Walhington,
Capt. Donnilon, of Providence—on her
departure (he fired a salute, which was re
turned frcm Fort Walhington.
In the above (hip went paflenger Mr.
William Hammond, merchant, of this
town.
BALTIMORE, J*n. ly
lis: rn.it from a letter of tl.e MinMer of
Maiine, to the Commander of the Na»
val Forces of the Ficnch Republic, in
Cliefapeak Bay.
LißFnrr—Paris, \th month,
2d year—Equality (f the French
Republic—One auri lr.an'jille.
CiTIZFJi,
Invite, by all the considerations cf
public, as well perfcnal interett, the mer
chants, owners of veflels, to complete
their cargoes, in articles of provisions,
particularly in Flour and Wheat.
The pi ice will be fettled with common
content, and paid to the owners ; either
French, or Neutrals, they are excepted
from the general rules eflablifhed for the
fixed price of gwx)s. They will deal iu
that respect in France, as if they were in
a foreign couiitiy.
You will make the a&ual fitun
tion of the Republic to the French, as
well as to Foreigners, of the entire de-
Oruction of all her internal enemies, and
of her advantages gained over her exteri
or foes, her liability immoveable, the
dread, and terror of furroiinding tyrants,
who have dared to attack her.
The schooner Polly, Capt. S. Scott of
this port, belonging to Mr. Waters, was
cast away three miles to the foutliward
of Cape-Henry—the Captain, veflel and
cargo entirely loll:. By information recei
ved from the Mate and Sailors, Captain
Scett supposed himfelf to be on t! Mid
dle-Ground—it being very foggy, and a
very high Sea running, Capt. Scott came
too in three fathoms water, and parted his
cables ; alter which (he soon fettled.
Captain Scott had got on Ihore fafe, but
ventered to the wreck again to save his
trunk, during which time his boat was
stove; he then fattened his trunk with a
cord, and in attempting to swim to the
shore with it, was drowned, within forty
yards of the fame. One of the Sailors
remained on the wreck all night, though
repeated attempts were made to get him off
before, being prevented by a very high
furf.
ALBANY, Jan. 23.
At a meeting of a number of gentle
men, from the counties of Tioga, Her
kemer, Montgomery and Otfego, at Coo
perttown, on the iyth of January, 1794
—on the interesting intelligence received,
of the recal of Genet ; the ousting of the
old clerk of the afl'emby of this state, and
the choice of a virtuous conncil of ap
pointment : When after an elegant sup
per, the following toalls were drank, with
a discharge of cannon, at each.
1. The Right of Suffrage.
2. George Washington.
3. John Adams.
4. Alexander Hamilton.
5. Thomas Jeflerfon.
6. Henry Knox.
7. The federal part of the house of as
sembly of this state, and the virtuous of
the senate.
8. May the new council have the dig
nity of the state, and not ele&ioneering
motives in view, in their appointments,
in the year 1794.
9. Jofiah Ogden, — Hoffman Sc James
Kent. May their firmnefs againit the de
cision of the canvassers be held in remem-
brance.
10. Fierre Van Cortlandt, El'q. May
his integrity until the year 1 792, never
be forgotten ; and his present error buri
ed in oblivion.
11. John Jay, the rightful governor
of this state—3 cheers.
12. Virtue ; may it triumph over op
preflion.
13. The commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia—may that (late immediately exchange
its secretary, for one less equivocating.
14. The nation of France. May they
have wisdom to become free.— 3 cheers.
15. Our unfortunate brethren, captives
in Algiers.
PROVIDENCE, January 23.
" Capt. James Brown, who arrived here
last week, from Surinam, informs, that
the brig Nancy, of this port, Capt. Jo
seph B. Cooke, had arrived at that place,
from Africa, with a cargo of Slaves, who
on the pafiage rose on the white people ;
and that a number of the Negroes were
killed before they were suppressed ; the
purport of this intelligence is confirmed
by a letter from Mr. Fleming, the Mate
ot the brig to his Wife, in this town, who
writes, he had ike to have been killed."
PHILADELPHIA,
FEBRUARY 3.
This morning were exhibited to the
Houfeof Reprcfentatives of the United
States, two pair of chamber bellows, ma
nufafhired in the city of New York, by
Mcfti s. Pearfal and Pell, which are Supe
rior in quality and elegance,to any hither
to imported from Europe.
The Hoiife of Reprefeotativri of tj*s
United States in committee of the whole,
this day ajrreed to the following refutati
on, being the firft in order oi those mov
ed by Mr. Madison, viz.
Resolved, as the opinion of this Com
mittee, that the interest of the United
Slates would be promoted by further rc
ftrictions and higher dutie*, in certain ca
ses, on the manufa&ures and navigation
of foreign nations, employed in the com
merce of the United States, than those
now impoled.
Affirmatives 51 —Negatives ,;6.
The second Relolution is in the follow
ing words:
Resolved, as the opinion of this commit
tee, that an additional duty ought, to be
laid on the following articles, manufactur
ed by European nations, having no com
mercial treaty with the United States.
This being read—Mr. Fitzfimons mo
ved an amendment by striking out the
words " having no Commercial treaty zl.L'6
the United States." Without having any
debate or Tote on this motion, the com
mittee rose and reported progrcfs.
The (hip Alia, Capt. Coffin, of Nan
tucket, from the Indian Ocean, and the
(hip , Capt. Alex. Coffin, of Nev-
York, from the East Indies, are taken,
and carried into Antigua, by the J3riti(h.
A number of gentlemen in Boston, and
its vicinity, have formed thtmfelves into a
society by the name of " The Maflacl.u
fetts Society for the Information and Ad
vice of Foreigners, fettling in cur ccui>
try."
EDUCATION.
Extract from Lieut. Gov. Adams's
speech to the Legislature of Maflachu-
setts.
" Another fubjeft presents itfelf to my
mind, which I think is indeed great and
important, I mean the education cf our
children and youth. Perhaps the mines
of infants may receive impreflions, gcod
or bad, at an earlierperiod than many im
agine. It has been obfervcd, that " edu
cation has a greater influence on manners,
than human laws can have." Human
laws excite fears and apprehensions, lead
crimes committed may be detested and
puni(hed : But a virtuous education is cal
culated to reach and influence the heart,
and to prevent crimes. A very judicious
writer has quoted Plato, who in (hewing
what care for the security of dates ought
to be taken of the education of youtl,
speaks of it as almost fufficient to fupplv
the place both of legislation and adminis
tration. Such an education, which leads
the youth beyond outside (hew, will im
press their minds with a profound reve
rence of the Dcitv, universal benevolence
and a warm attachment and affe&ion to
wards their country. It will excite in
tl*m a just regard to Divine Revelation,
which informs them of the original cha
racter and dignity of man ; and it will
inspire them with a sense of true honor,
which con si ft 8 in confonniug as much as
possible, their principles, habits, and man
ners to that original chara&er. It will
enlarge their powers of mind, and prompt
them impartially to search for truth in the
consideration of every fubjeA that mar
employ their thonghts ; and amonsf other
branches of knowledge, it will inltruft
them in the (kill of political architeflure
and jurifprudenee ; and qualify them to
discover any 'error, if there (hould be
such, in the forms and adminiflration of
governments, and point out the method of
correcting them. But I nted not press
this fubjefl,' being p»:fuaded, that this
leg:flature from the inclination of their
minds, as well as in regard to tlte duty en
joined by the constitution, wife cherish
" the interest of literature, the sciences,
and all their seminaries."
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stdvertifing favtrt from tk? friendt rtrd
patrons of the PulEcttioit, are ft&tdfuJf
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