i thit unfortunate country, or of the ef fects which followed them. Hi Ihould forbear to enter into a minute inveitiga * tion of that infamous combination of ty rants, the treaty of Pilnitz, which, at a time when France was about to ellablilh and enjoy fomethfng like a temperate and rational freedom, in exchange for their former tyranny, roused by its unjuftifiable aggreflions, the free spirit of cntlutiiafm, into the rage of madness, and gave rile to all those scenes of horror which have since desolated the half of Europe. At this period, General Fayette found him f~tf at the head f>f the arms of France, by the unanimous voice of his country, for the purpose of repelling those inva ders. To prove the General's sentiments at this period, he read an extract of a letter written by him from the entrench ed camp of Maubeuge, upon the occa sion of debates upon the degree of power to be entrusted to the king. In this iet te: he Hated that he was for preserving the Monarchy, ftrfttly hereditary as here tofore ; that the King (hould be at liber ty to ehufe .his Mini iters, and not have the creatures of a faction forced upon hjn againfl his will. These -he Rated to be his sentiments, which he found it ne ceftary at that time to declare, lett the uncertain events of the war (hould here after put it out of his power so to do. This letter excited againit him in Par's the resentment of the Jacobins, who now firft began to rear their head, and produ ced an accusation of Fayette before the .AffetnMv. Upon this oceafion, what did that' General do ? Indead of march ing to Paris at the head of the army, which attached to him as they were at that period, he might hrive easily done, and Blade every thing subservient te his will; he set ofj and preferited himfeif al naoik unattended before the Convention. He there so well defended hitnfelf against his accusers, as to call forth their unani mous acquittal and approbation,find thus 1 for while truth obtained a triumph over „ villainy and treachery. But this was of short duration. Upon his return to the army, he quickly found his enemies had not been idle, but taking advantage of his abfeuce, had corrupted the troops, and poiioned their minds against the man whom so lately they adored. In or der to regain their good opinion,he pub lilhed an addrefe, in which he tlill mora ex- pfe'sfcly explained his fermments,''calling upon them, 'in his own emphatic t cubs', " To ehufe between their King and Pe tion." Thisalfo failing, he resolved up on the o;(ly step left an honest man to ehufe. Instead of abandoning his princi ples, and taking advantage of the litua tron lie held, he resolved to facrifice every thing to the prefei vation of them and to fly his country, which he coult} no long er serve, as those- principles didlated.— This refolutiort, after communicating to a few friends, he accordingly put in exe cution, accompanied by them. He palled all the French out pofts,and was 011 his way tor Holland, whence he purposed taking reihge in America, that hit alylum tor liberty, when he was intercepted by an Auftrun patrole. He was at firft treated with some ihare of lenity, but afterwerds was treated with all the ignominy and cruelty described by his Hon. Friend. Upon this x detail he conceived the ii juitice and cruelty with which he was treated must be apparent to ail; and he hoped, that at a time when we were treating with Pruifia, poiTibly tor tne purpose of parting with our trealure, that we would interfere, and endeavour to refcus him from those horrors with which he is un meritedly loaded. He could,from his person al knowledge of the unfortunate General du ring his reliJence at Paps, fay much of his virtues, his integrity, his attachment to the cauie of true and temperate liberty, and his admiration of this country; but he too well knew the generous sympathy of British Bo soms towards unmerited fufferings, to urge the feelings upor, this occaiion ; he therefore contented hiinfelf with seconding the motion of his Hon. Friend upon the grounds he had already ltated. (To be continued.) PHILADELPHIA, MAY 8. Inconfcquence of the proposition adopted by the tloufe of Representatives in Congress ] for impoiing an excise on Snuff, Manufar- 1 lured Tobacco, and Refined Sugar ; a noti- ; Jicatiori is published, calling on the various tieicriptions of manufacturers in Philadelphia , to aiiimfcle this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the State House, to devise and pursue such lawful measures, as the nature of the cafe, ' CiaH require. TheaecoHnt of two persons having 1 ten f tarred and feathered in "Norfolk, as lately publ.ibcd, the {jeneral Aiivertiler of ih.s ■liOii.iae lays, is without foundation. Sunday last the Mercury was up to 87 — (ast night there Wis a Lveie froii. A resolution for the ceifition of the em bargo, from and after the day of May inlt. was laid on the table of the H u'.e of Representatives of the United States tne'Jay before yesterday by Mr. Swift. By this Day's Mail, NEW-YORK, May 7. On Monday afternoon, while the citi zen! of New-York, were empl.oyed in je moving an 18 pounder from the dock on Governor's Island, to the battel}'on.the oppolite fide, a young man, a Tanner"bv trade, who was at the drag-rope;, Humbled and fell, and before he could recover him felf, one of the wheels of the carriage 011 which the cannon was flung ran oyer him, which, passing acrols one of his thighs, broke it iultantly.—He was immediately taken into a house near by, attended by two French dodtors who happened to be then present, and had his woiind drefled ; after which he was brought to this city, and other physicians appointed to take charge of him: There are some hopes that he will lurvive, notwithllanding his wound is very bad. The Patriotic will doubtless contribute to his relief. A sloop of Mr. Jackson's arrived here yesterday from Guadaloupe in 23 days, infor rns that St. Pierres was taken by the • Bv.tilh forces, after immense daughter on both fides ; they then proceeded, for Baf fcterre, which we fear, mull inevitably fhaie .the fame Fate. The mate of the above sloop came off in fitch hade, as to leave the captain behind. By the brig from St. Euftatia, we hear that it was currently reported there, and believed, that St. Lucie had likewise been captured ; and that the Britifli had put the garrison to the sword —Several cap tains and mates of veflels, which had been prisoners in Martinico during the whole siege, came pallengers in the above brig. At a late civic feiSt in Philadelphia, among other democratic toafbj was the following: " May every fl-ee nation consider a pub lic debt as a public curse, and may the mail who would aflert the eoivrary opinion, be considered as an enemy to his countrv." TVis is speaking very plain ! If the debt is a ciirji, if follows thst it ought to be ex ptmghl! The debt is the price of our Inde pendence ; is our Independence a curse ? Artiw.r this quellion, ye Jacobiris: Then anl'.ver another. If a public debt is a public curse, why do you openly and violently urge for a war, that mull inevitably augment, probably double that debt ? Answer this qurftion or blulh for your coriiradii!torn. ' BALTIMORE, May 5. ■On Sunday afternoon arrived jn this port from ) .or, don, the Ihio Remiblican, Capt. Gardner, m whom came paiTer.gers, Mr. & Mrs. Chalk, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Beverly, Melfrs. Robert Field, Wm. Ed wards, John Hahn and Sop, Richard Hay man, Joseph Carnall, and James Wilks. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, March 9. On the 7th infiant, the Council General of the Commons issued the following ORDER. Th? Council General of the Commons, I coufidcring the neceltky there is for providing with meat women who are with child, in la bour, the nurl'es, and the sick, of both sexes, decrees— ill. There lhall be; distributed daily to all the fe&ions of Paris, proportionate to their population, beef, veal and mutton. id. There lhall be killed an Ox, two calves, and a (heep, in addition, for the sick in the houses of arrest. .•d. The meat lhall be delivered under the fupi rintendence of civil committees, who (haii deliver it only after having the cafe pro perly attelled by the officers of health. .ah. The administration of fubliften.ee is cha ged to oversee the mode of killing, the diluibution, and the sale of meat. In the fame fitting, a citizen complained, thai coramiffiuners had paid him.a visit, and intimidated him with punilliment beeaufe he hail not sown his garden with potatoes in stead of peas and lettuces. Chaumette laid, that he was sorry to hear the orders of the council had been so much perverted—which were only intended to al low the civil mapiftrates to make revolution* ary visits, but not to destroy. The Jacobin and Cordelier' Clubs, are now in the moil stria alliance. On the 7th, Collet d'Herbois was deputed from th ■ Jacobins to the latter club, and was I received with acclamation. He said, that :n future Jacobins and Cordeliers (hould fight under the lame bangers-r-upityd in ■ j heart and in principle- He observed on ; | tiie general cry about Paris of an ini'ur j Vectioo, and laid'— J " But untjer what rircumftances Ho II fly-y talk of an infurredtioii ! *a nio inciit, wUq Pitt and Cobourg, hovering like birds of prey to devour France,.are appjes of ditcord among good citizens, whom they are arming one against ■ Jnother ; at a moment, when leports are tpread abroad, that the Jacobins and Cor- J.'liers are about to fight a deadly combat with each other; at a moment, when Pitt, with the trumpet of, a Daniel, is prophe sy.ing.an in furred* ion in France ; at a mo ment, when Kings, foaming on their thrones, are indignant at not having over • urned the collpffus which threatens them ! Ah ! brethren and friends, instead of talking of infurreftion, let your wants be made known to the fathers of the people, and they shall be relieved !" Hebert mounted the triburie, and loud ; ly exclaimed against. the enemies of Liber ty-, who Itrive to spread abroad that there cxifts a difference between the Cordeliers and the Jacobins. Pie denounced to the patriots the paper of public fafety, which mutilates and totally changes the sense or what passes at the Cordeliers, with counter-revolutionary intentions. The President, in token of union, gave the fraternal kiss to the Jacobins deputed to the Cordeliers ; and the society resol ve.l that it would on the morrow fend a deputation to the Jacobins. The General of Division du D rut, Com ma idant at Douay, has written to' the Cc mmittee of Public Safety, as follows : " To combat our. enemies, we mud have arms—and to pursue, we must have :—We want both." NATIONAL CONVENTION. Sitting of Mcfrch 8. The Representatives of the People, Bernard wrote from Dijon,— " That beiug informed, that the Arif tocratsof Dijon continued to dignify each other with the titles of Baron, Count, and Marquis, he charged a judge to make information, from which it results, that not only these prescribed qualifications were revived, but also that some of these enerniesof the Revolution uttered the most atrocious calumnies against the National Convention, and Conflituted Authorities. I ha ve ordered, fays he, seventeen of the molt culpable to be delivered up to the Revolutionary Tribunal. I prgmife to fend the fame way all who may deserve it." Referred to the Committee of general Safety. The female Citizen Dominiqe Soulier, announced, that she pofTefTed a secret to make fait petre, of plants which abound ed in the fields, and are not eaten by the cattle—Referred to the Committee of General fafety. Fbr the Gazette of the United States. Mr. Fenno, In some places it seems to be thought a duty to make news to help the French kill their enemies. Norfolk has greatly distin guished itfelf in the way of nice work, and the Brussels Gazette has displayed it to great advantage, but the reader who may be ter med in the Congress phrafe,the consumer of the goods, has a hard time of it if he is obli ged to believe as well as read it. Yet seve ral paragraph ills seem to be very angry be ckufe the detected attempts to deceive the public have met with some grave rebuke and more ridicule. The want' of faith in the wonderful news that is so important and weighty or so brittle and precious that it could not be trusted to the express, is called want of gQod disposition towards our good ally ; tbe slowness of our belief is a Jirata gem to alienate our (ijj't'ilions from France. The believers who chide us in the Bruflels Gazette, think we can gulp down a whale as easily at they can. Now fir, Ido really wilh France the blessings of liberty. My heart does not reproach me with the secret fin of en mity to liberty in that country or in this, or indeed in any other. To be lure I would not own it, if I harbored such enmity, but I would try to repent and grow better. But what am I to do to enlarge my swallow of faith ! the stories in the Brussels Gazette stick i n my throat, and would absolutely choak me, if* were to perfilt in forcing them down. I am advised by one of the club that upholds that Gazette to follow their example and I shall overcome all my difficulties, for that peffons who can tell great stories can believe them Byexercifing my invention, I (hall ftren jthen my faith. Full of this notion, I had 1. solved to prepare a batch of pretty sto ries for publication in the BrufTels Gazette ; and after having cudgelled my brains for some time, I offered the fruits of my fludy to the editor ; to my great surprize however, he rejected them, laying that he had on hand Snort marvellous events, alarming hints and ' l , ' f ,'*+.• ; * ft conje&iuyj, paragraphs of the contents r- Cret dil'patches &c. than he could market'in a year. In a word be was so overstocked p with fable, that he rtioiild be obliged to bum one half of what he had on hand, as the I Dutch are said to burn their spices to prevent g * tall of price by tRe glut. He had he said c already iuffered by going too far, forthepuh d lie would not believe the whole of any intel t ligence at preient, unless it was more than a e quarter part true. Formerly a dash of truth would do—jullenough to fwearby. Witness ' the late National Gazette dec<;afed, of glori ous memory. ' i If one wJi net, another will said I, Ncr.v Mr. Fenno, 1 offer you my lervices. Your paper seems to be very bare and lean in the r department ot wonders, i will fiirnifli you on reasonable term? with home made foreign I news) or I will take the foreign made, as the ' raw material, and work it up my own way. I will play the,devil with our trade, wore - than all the privateers. I warrant you, I , will help the trade in tar and feathers. The officers of our government foul be blacker than the Tar ; I will not spare one of them, „ not °ne fir, that is sworth hunting* I would , not Jhoot a blue jay while the .Eagle is to be ' come at, so let the Frefideht take care of 1 himfelf. I will make toasts before or after a feaft, lor publication : I will draw up plans i of demoniac clubs, resolutions and aridreffes . for such clubs. Let me have only one co i ' umn in V 5""" gazette, and I will raifc more fulpicions against the Congress men, than all the other columns shall be -able to countera#. ■ I will .use no colour but lampblack, and paint I nothing but devils :my pen (hall be against ■ the government,' and your 25,000 feleft corps for it,and I engage to beat them. Take me into your pay Mr. Fenno, and we will be the combined powers against American liber ty. But if liberty will be reasonable, I mean generous, and pay better than you will, I will engage to support hercaufe: for as I said before, I harbour no enmity against her. If you incline to treat with me, l am willing to fend you some specimens of my ingenuity ; I will fliew for instance, that a monarchy is 'to be kept up in America with a paper nobility and a negro commonalty, I will prove that the Constitution .will not allow vou to adopt any good nienfures. I will shew how debts public and private may be paid without pay ing. Do but name your fubje& and I will