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
<hew you what the witch of Endor could not.
How a good conscience shall torment a man
by exposing him tp persecution: and when I
conjure up spirits pall'd in the dunneft {moke
°f a kitchen without a chimney., to pre
side at clubs, they lhall seem angels of light.
ASMODEUS.
From ■on English Paper.
THE GENERALS.
First General Brunswick made a fad cam
paign—
Then General Coeourq took the field in
vain !
Next, General Wurmser bid the troops
advance,
And General York declar'd he'd conquer
' France:
All the vain efforts of these Generals past—
We reft our Hope Jorlorn —on —General
Fast.
J
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
CLEARED.
Sch'r Favorite, Folger, Freden'ckfburgh
Captain Bunker, in 63 days from Dublin,
informs, that the Ihip General Walhington,
Capt. Geddes, with a number of passengers,
was to fail about the 25th of March ; and the
brig Betsey, Gordon, about the fame time,
both bound to this port.
C/" In the journal of the Seriate of the
United States published yeflerday—after the
motion by Mr. Martin, the words in the
copy " It paired 111 the negative"—<w t re
inadvertently omitted.
NEW THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING,
May 9.
Will be performed,
An OPERA, called
Inkle and Yarico.
With the original Overture and Accompa
niments.
In ast 2d. will be introduced a Charadteriftic
Pantomime Dance, incidental to the piece
composed by Mr. Francis, by Meflrs. Dar
ley, Darley jun. Bliffett, De' Moulin, War
rell, Lee, and Francis.
With new Scenero, Dresses and Decorations.
The Scenery defigued and executed by Mr*
Miloourne.
To which will be added,
A FARCE, called
Lovers QuarrelFs ;
O R,
Like Matter, Like Man.