not beefl out of Paris, and is it this prefer.t
moment in a state of requisition, to make
Ihoes for the soldiers.
«
GENERAL PICHEGRU,
Commander in ChieJ of the Army of the
North, to the
SOCIETY OF THE JACOBINS.
Brethren and friends, as soon as 1 liad re
ceived my appointment to the command of
the northern army, I resolved, to come among
you for the purpose of repeating the oath
which i 9 engraved on my heart, and of ai
furing you that I will defend to the last
drop of my blood, Liberty and Equality and
the unity and indivisibility of the Republic.
Orders, however, which have been tranf
irtitted to me and which command me to set
off initamly for the army, deprive me of the
pleasure which I had proposed to myfelf.
" I fly to my brethren in arms, determined
nevr to separate from them till we have
bowed to its b?fe the column of despotic
power.—l glory in the fucceiTes of the army
of the Rhine, and I am convinced that the
soldiers o£ the army of the North have equal
courage and eqml patriotism. A French Re
publican fighting for liberty must be invin
cible.
" Founded on the rights of man continue
to propagate the love of the Republic, while
we are fighting in defence of it.
" I fo'emniy swear that the arms of the
Republic (hall be triumphant, and that either
the tyrants (hall be exterminated, or. I will
my life in the ccnteft. My last words
(hall be Viye la liepubliquc !—Vive la Mon
tugnc !
(oigned) . « Pichegru,
Commander in Chief of the army of the
North. . '.
' February ix.
\ Barrefe raids a report on La Vendee, not
Hot to alarm the Convention, not to speak of
MfurnetSionof X-3 Vender, a refurre<£\ien
i'iipoffiMe, though much desired by bad citi
zens and the partizans of the. foreign pow
ers, Some midak.es h? # been co nmitted in
1/3 Vendee, which had given freflj hopes to
the remnant of the banditti; feme bodies of
them had collected, but the troops of the re
public had alrca4y dispersed them in fereral
place*. He prppofed several measures which
were adored, and-a monument ordered-to
be ere£led*o. the memory of young General
Moulin, who killed himlelf to prevent his
felling into the hands of the royalifls.
The convention decreed, that the tnemory
rtf General Moqlin behig dear to the repub
lic, a monument ihould be ereifted over his
grave with this mfenption—" Republicans 1
he destroyed .himfelf that he might not fall
Irving into the hands of the ruffians!"
The Representatives of the People with the
army at the Weltern Pyrennees to the
Convention. ,
" Lan S fa" the republic !—Chawvins-dra-
ganj, Pluvioje 17 (Feb. $.)
" This morning we were attacked by five
colunns of Spanish troops, cornpofed of about
15,000 men. Their intention was to fire the
barracks of the Sans-Culnttes, and to pene
trate into the interior; but we have van
quiihed, and forced the Spanish General tc
retreat, after having loft about- 1200 men
Our Iof? cor,lifts in 60 killed, and 150 wound
ed. The battle iafled eight hours. This i
one of the moll glorious days of the repub
lie. The French, attacked on all points
nave triumphed every where."
February J9.
Barrere, in the name of the committee of
public welfare, made a report refpe<fting
lome frefli viiflories gained over the remains
of thp royalists of La Vendee. " I hope," ,
said jlarrere, " this will be the last time that
1 lhall speak to you of that difgraceful part of
the Ktvuulic." He firft read a letter from
the Ri-prelentatives of Saumur, dated Feb.
i.Uh, announcing, that the royalists were re
duced to 7000 men at moll, who were not
even all armed—that the division ofCharette
conliited of not above 4300 men, and that
of Laroche Jaquelin of 3000.
Genera! Haxo wrote' from Nantz, Feb.
15th, that General Cordelier, after the vic
tory of Chollet, purfuetl and overtook the
banditti near Montrevaux j the combat last
ed two days ; the banditti were completely
put to the rout; 1500 remained dead on the
held, and ijoo drowned themselves in a '
neighbouring river. A young woman, who
leemed to command the rebels, has also been
killed. This vi&ory has been obtained o«r
the remains of the army of La Roche Jac
quehn. J
Fepruary 15.
Letter of the Representatives of the Peo
ple at B reft, dated Feb. 10.
The sword of the law begins to strike
the guilty heads. The Revolutionary
i ribunal has just condemned to deatth
three naval officers of the faction of the
infamous Larivicre, who delivered up our
/hips to the enemy in the Leeward If-
Jandi. They were convided of having
ho-.fted the white flag, and of having
brought to the fcaffold the patriots of
those countries. In confequenre, Mont
eclair, Robert Rougemont, and Kercou
all three ex-noblea, have been dispatched'
here, amidtt the shouts of Vive la Repub
liqiif.
" The fleet is excellently difpofcd : it :
applauds the.cond& of the Convention, ill
having rejected all terms with the despots.
The commonalty of Brest some time ago
contained men, who wanted to lacerate
their country with the daggers of federal
ifm, but now it only contains men worthy
of liberty ; and I, can allure you that will
for ever belong to the Republic.
" P S. I forgot to inform you, that
we hold here in the castle, converted into
an house of arrest, the ex-deputy Giroud,
of the departmyit of Eure and Loire.
He difappearedirf the convention on the
15th of June lilt. ; he probably overrun
the: rebellious Departments. We found
upon him falfe passports, and he hovered
about among the miners of Poullaoien,
some liftle mutinies among those miners
are certainly his work. We write to the
committee of Public Welfare, to know if
he has not been out {awed. "
Insertion in Bulletin,
Oudot, in the name of the committees
ofGeneral Safety and Legiflaion, madehis
report relpeding Chaud-it, the Notary,
under fentencr of death. He read several
pieces which served to convifl Chaudot,
and analized the defence made cf vhis
public fuftionary. He allured the Con
vention, that they had been milled refpect
i»g his affairs. He urged that Chaudot
had received sentence, not for having figrv
ed, as a secondary .agent, the loan opened
for the Prince of Wales, but becaute he
had been convicted by a Jury of being
an accomplice in the plot which exilted to
favor the foreign enemies of the Republic,
by {applying them with specie. He con
cluded by moving, that the decree by
which the execntion of Chaudot was sus
pended, be revoked.
CufFroy, member of the committee of
General Safety, demanded that the sen
tence of the Revolutionary Tribunal be
annulled— and quoted many instances
to prove the patriotism of Chatidot.
The Convention decreed, that the re
spite of the sentence of Chaudot be re
voked, and himfelf left for execution.
Jeanbon Saint Andre presented a re
port in the name of committee of Public
Welfare, refpefting the claim of a priva
teer who had taken an American prize
bound to England ; the privateer who car
ried his prize into Havre-de-Graee, was
there fined for having brought in that
capture- The Reporter demanded, that
the claims of the privateer be disregarded.
—Dec reed.
UNITED STATES.
NEW-YORK, April 29.
By recent intelligence from Canada, we
can aflure the public, that they in that quar
ter are not making the leafl preparation for
war.
The following Copy of a Protest entered
on the Minutes of the Council of Appoint
ment, has bsen communicated for p'ablica
tion, by
A Correspondent.
DiSCOVERING soon after the appoint
ment of the present council, that a majority
of its members entertained ideas of their ■
powers repugnant in my opinion to the con
llitution, I took an early opportunity of ex
plaining to them my conitru&ion of their
constitutional powers, as fanftioned by the
uniform practice of the preceding councils.
They notwithftar.ding proceeded to en-'
crease the number of Civil Magistrates
in several Counties, and without a hear
ing or any adequate cause assigned, to dif
p.ace many officers. After cxpreffing my
disapprobation to them of such proceedings,
I was at firft content that it Ihould only be in
forced by others from my omitting to fub
knbe the minutes in every cafe in which I
deemed the a&s of the council exceptionable
but as I co»ceive it my duty to bear testimo
ny in the moll explicit and unrefer'ved man
ner against every departure frem constituti
onal principles, I now deliver in writing, my
reafonsfordiflentinrfrom the measure pur
fuedbyUe councl, left my silence on the
fubjcdt Ihould be construed to fantfion a pre
cedent detracting from the powers of the
executive, and injurious to the intercft of the
Jl Miut . ion vests « the governor, the
supreme executive power and authority, and
Sfnll t0 f T that tbe laws are
faithfully executed to the belt of his ability •
also auchomes him, by and with the confjni
?L«thT nC l' f ° if>point 3,1 officers > o^er
n , H 1 redil ' e<Sed t0 be
no manner ' but neither exprelsly
nor impliedly, empowers the council to in
crease or uiminifh the number; on the con
toatrhe 3 Go e CXeCUti °" . of the is confided
to the Governor, his capacity of Supreme
Executive, and as in the exercise of Tat
very elTential and important trust, a propor
,onal degree of refponfibiHty is
is to be forcibly inferred, that in every ih
afceruineri b l ' hC ° f ofßcers is
aicerUined by law, the power of determin-
ing what number is neeeflary, was intended
by the constitution to be lodged in him. For
it this conftruition is not admitted,the coun
cil has it in its power to weaken and perhaps
prevent the interposition of the executive in
enforcing the laws, either in a direfl way by
refufing to appoint such officers as are requi
site for their effectual execution, or in an in
dued! manner by appointing more than is
neeeflary, and thus degrading the reVpeitabi
ty, and diminilhing the energy of the maeif
tracy. The constitution declares that all of
fices, the duration of which is not particu
larly afcertaincd, ihall be held during the
pleasure of the council. By the pleasure of
the ConncH is intended in my opinion not a
capricious, arbitrary pleasure, but a found
rational difcretioft to be exercised for the pro
motion of the public good ; a contrary doc
trine renders the constitution unfafe, and its
admimftration unliable, arid whenever par
tie? exist, may tend to deprive men of their
office, because they have too much indepen
dence of spirit, to support measures which
they suppose injurious to the community and
may induce others from an undue attachment
to office, to facrifice their integrity to impro
per confederations.
(Signed)
GEO. CLINTON.
In Council of Appointment, Albany,
27th March, 1794.
PHILADELPHIA,
MAY I.
Extra&of aLetterfrom Cowes,(England)
dated 18th February, 1794. I' ma y
be depended on as authentic.
" 1 have now to inform you that Govern
ment has iflued an order to their collectors
of the cultoms, to stop all Ihips having on
board pot or pearl allies, and to prevent
their departure till further orders ; in con
sequence of this the Iris, from Boston, ar
rived here on Sunday, is ftopt for the pres
ent, as her cargo consists in part of the a
bove articles."
In the debates in the Britilh Parlia
ment, the conduct of the government of
the United States has been brought for
ward with diftinguiftied marks of approba
tion, as well by members of the adminis
tration as by those in the opposition : The
following pafiage, occurs in a speech made
by the Marquifs of Lanfdowne in the
House of Lords against the war:
" The conduit of the Republic of A
merica was worthy the emulation of every
other power. The Americans could not
brook the insult offered by England, and
while the spirit of the people was willing
to meet the misfoi tunes of war, the wii
dom of that great, that good and wife
man, his Majesty ( I mean General Wash
ington) called them back, and they una
nimously agreed to accede to his recom
mendation to preserve their neutrality. If
it were argued that they were in want of
money, he would alk what was the fitua-
tion of Holland? Its credit was so low,
that it could not borrow money at five per
cent, and her debt had accumulated so
much, that (he could not borrow money
in future, at the most exorbitant interest.
The king of Prussia was in a worse state,
and the Emperor was reduced to the expe
dient of encouraging private donations,
which did not promise by any means to
replenish his coffers. The noble marquis
intreated his majafty's miniiters to beware
how they incurred a war with America :
there were various reasons why the mea
sure should be most cautiously avoided ;
and at the present it was well known to ■
miniiters, that Jamaica was obliged to
open her ports, to receive heavy timber,
and other important articles from Ameri
ca. There was a tima when the Weft-
India islands were valuable to this country,
but that period, in a great measure, had
pasTed away. The French had given free
dom to the blacks, and the spirit of liber
ty was not only diffufing itfelf in St. Do
mingo, but throughout all the Weft-ludia
islands. The Weft-Indies will become so
many money traps ; and though the mo
nopoly may be advantageous to them, it
cannot longer be an advantage to this coun
try. If ministers were of a different opi
nion, why not conciliate America, as the
belt and most \ifeful ally in that quarter."
Lord Grenville in his speech in support
of the war—has the following remarks :
" As to America, which the noble lord
had said was disposed to go to war with
us, his lordship said that he had reason to
be ot a different opinion; on the contrary,
he was persuaded, that if she departed
from her neutrality, it would be on the
fide of her allies.
" He declared that he wished well to
America—was desirous that the utmost
harmony ftould subsist between the two
. • ■ t ■ , ■' » ,
countries, and earnestly wiflied to obliter
ate an 3 wipe away, by every act of good
will and friendly intercoufe, that animosi
ty, which the unhappy contest with this
country had last upon the minds of the
people."
His Lordship here said, that there was
one thing which had fallen from the noble
Lord, refpeaing America, which afto
ni(hed him beyond measure, and gave
him the utmost concern, namely, that it
had been the policy of the British gov
ernment to excite the savages of Ameri
ca to commit h'oftilities against the Ame
ricans. This was a charge of so detesta
ble a nature, and so unwarrantable an as
sertion, that he thought it his duty to
declare it was a gross falfehood : so far
from ftiniulating them to war with the
Americans, the Britifti officers and the
governors of Upper and Lower Canada
had interfered and negociated, and done
the utmolt they could to fettle their dif
ferences, and to bring about a lasting
peace between them.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, April 30.
arrived.
Snip American Hero, Macey, London
Capt. Macey, of the He o, spoke, in
lat. 32, the ship Active, of this port, and
parted with her off the Banks of New
fonndland. The A&ive is full of paflen
gers, many of whom have the small-pox j
a young lady, passenger, died on board
the Active, and her body was commited
to the deep.
BALTIMORE, April 29.
A gentleman who arrived here from
Norfolk on Sunday last, informs us, that
a Danish sloop attempted to fail from
that port—that Captain Blaney, in a
schooner manned with volunteers, imme
diately pursued and overtook her—and
that on their return they saluted the
French frigate, when a swivel burfted and
killed one of the volunteers. Our infor
mant adds, that on the schooner's arrival
at Norfolk, a person (being made acquaint
ted with the melancholy accident) expres
sing a wish that every one who affiled in
saluting the frigate, might (hare the fame
fate, was tarred and feathered, and led
throngh the principal streets.
foreign intelligence.
PARIS, February 13.
. the 3 1 ft °f January the whole di
vision of Maubeuge was almost barefooted,
and without Hackings or boots.
■A. letter from Morlaix, dated January
32, states that three French Frigates, in.
eluding the Carmagnol, had carried into
that port 30 vefiels bound to England.
The head-quarters of general Hochc
are now at Saarlouis, where the army of
the Mozelle has collected in great force.
It is said that it will Ihortly attack Treves
in three columns. There is also a consi
derable army colleding about Thionville,
The House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States has been principally engaged for
ltveral days in discussing the report of the
committee on the ways and means
The (hip George Barclay come up to the
city this day.
THEATRE.
NEW
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TO-MORROW EVENING„
May 2.
Will be performed,
A TRAGEDY, called
OTHELLO,
The MOOR of VENICE.
Duke.of Venice, Mr. WigneH
Brabantio, Mr. Green
Grationo, Mr, Warreil
Lodovico, Mr. Cleveland
OtheUo, / Mr. Fennell
Caffio » Mr, Moreton
iago,
Roderigo,
Montano,
Senators,
Mr. Chalmen
Mr. Bates
Mr. Harwcod
Meflrs. De Moulin, Blif
fet, &c. &c.
Jefdemona, Mrs. Morris
Mrs. Shaw
i o which will be added,
& COMIC OPERA, written by the Author
of the Poor Soldier, called
Peeping lorn of Coventry.
Boxes, one dollar—Pitt, three quarters
of a dollar—and Gallery, half a dollar.