f>ut, if perfilled in, give to each of them the \Vutu-wound. The neighboring Kates view yojj with a jealous eye. With your own ftatc this town never was a favorite ': You have been repeatedly charged with being with out order, licentious, and opposed to le gal authority. Why will you put it out oi the [ oiver of your friends,to rescue you (mm the opprobrium ? Why will you jutl:fy all the charges of your enemies, and gratify their rcfcnlmcnts and animo sities agaiutt you ? Are theie the methods to increase your population or your commerce ? Are these the methods of being reipected or eltecm eu ? What man of property, what man o: character, can you cxprd will change h s relidencc to come to a place where the laws cannot govern ? What man of pro perty, what friend to order, would re main where lawless licentiousness a flumes the place of legal government; whore, property, liberty, or life, is not secure? A deluded party *may pull down the house of their judge, for executing the laws : They may take his life but un lcfs they could, at the fame time, destroy our government, and introduce anarchy through the union, what bcnelit will they receive ? Violence may triumph for a day, but it mull tall before the powers of govern ments; the more accumulated its atroci ties, the more severe will be its punilli- nient Ttie citizens arretted may fufFer them selves to be committed, that persons with out property and unknown may tear down the goal and liberate them ; but will they thereby be purged from the charges, or freed from piofecution? No, these men will be anfwcrablc themselves for a violati on of the laws, which they have caused ; and to cause which they refufe giving the recognisances : Government will compel them not only to anlwer the present char ges, Uit also this in addition, unless they can deitroy their government. It is laid the armed companies will not come forward in aid of the civil power. 1 hope the charge is n6t true ! Reflect fellow-citizens ! If you will not life your arms in defence of the laws, or turn them again It yoargovernment.it will not permit you to enjoy theii use ; It will take from you those arms which they have given you, if used in £n unworthy cause, or re fund to be used in support of the civil magiftratc. Refle£t, my fellow-citizens wotdd.you choose to be without a militia of your own > Would you choose to have the miliiia of some other part of the state, or of the union, to be quartered upon you, to preserve peace and order among you ? And if there is one individual in this town, one man of property or influence, who, actuated by any poflible motive, can advise or encourage the present opposition to authority, let him be afiiired the day of deluGnn will soon pass away, and that then he will be not only the objeift of in dignation and contempt to the friends of order, but the execration of his deluded vidlims. A Friend to Baltimore- ¥o tvn, May 5, 1794. LAW OF THE UNION. THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE FIRST SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. j4n ACT providing for raising and Orga nizing a Corps of Artillerijls and Engi neers. Sec. I. T1 E it enafled by the Senate and 1 ) House of Riprefentativcs of the United States of America in Congrefss ajfembledy That the number of seven hun dred and sixty-sour non commiflioned offi cers, privates and artificers, to serve as privates and musicians, fhalj be engaged for the term of three years, by voluntary inliftments ; and lhat the proper propor tion of commissioned officers {hall be ap pointed to command the fame. Sec. 2. And be it further enadrd, That the aforefaid commiflioned and noncom missioned officers, privates, artificers and musicians, (hall be incorporated with the corps of artillery now in the fcrvice of the United States, and denominated the corps of artillerists and engineers, and that the entire uumber of the said corps, exclusive !y of the commissioned officers, ft 1 all be Mine hundred aiul nfnity-Uvo. See. j. And he it furl her enaSedThat the organization of the said corps be at herein mentioned, to wit:—One lieute nant-colonel commandant, one adjutant; one surgeon ; —four battalions, each to consist of one major, one adjutant and pay inafter, and one fiirgeon's mate; —and four companies, each to consist of one captain, two lieutenants, two cadets with the pay, cloathing and rations of a ser geant, four sergeants, four corporals, for ty-two privates, (appers and miners, and ten artificers to ferveas privates, and two mulicians. Sec. 4. And be it further enafled, That the additional commissioned officers, non commissioned officers, privates, artificers and mulicians, by this ast directed to be railed, (hall receive the lame pay and al lowances, ill all ret'petls, as the troops al ready in the service of the United Stares ; and they (hall alio be governed by the fame rules and articles of war, which have been, or may be by law ellablilhed. Sec. 5. And b; it further enaSed, That it (hall be the duty of the Secretary of War, tt> provide at the public expense, under such regulations as (hall be dire&ed by the President of the United States, the neeeflary books, instruments and appara tue, for the use andbenefit ofthe (aid corps. Sec. 6. And be it further enaSed, That the President of the United States (hall cause such proportions of the said corps to serve in in theiieid, On the frontiers, oriu the fortifications of the sea coait, as he (hall deem confident with the public ser vice. Frederick Aug ustusMuhlen berg, Speaker of the House of Representatives. John Adams, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved—May the ninth 1794. G°. Washington President of the United Slates. From the General Advertiser. Copy of a letter from Colonel Whitlock, Commander in Chief, to Mr. Lavkux Commandant at Port de Paix. Jereraie, 9th February, 1794. Sir, If I am not mifinformed, concerning your present situation, it is such that you will not be surprized at receiving this letter. You cannot but be fully acquainted with the in tentions of his Britannic Majesty, to use the moll vigorous efforts to take pofleflion of the Island of St. Domingo, or of that part of it which is not yet subdued by the arms of Spain. I hourly expect considerable for ces from England j the army under tny command has lately been confiderably.rein forced. I doubt not but you have also been in formed, that all the members of that party of the National Convention of France, who had (anrtioned the measure for fending to St. Domingo, civil Commiflioners, who are looked upon as the cause of the total ruin of the island, have for that crime fuffered an ignominious death. Briflot, the leader of that party, was ac cused of three capital crimes, the firft of which is, that he advised the measure of fending hither civil Commiflioners. The unhappy state of France, rendering it impraflicable for that nation to fend suc cours to this ill-fated country, several of the moll refpe&able proprietors of St. Domingo, were forced to apply to England for protec tion ; which was accordingly granted to them. I now therefore, in the name of his Bri tannic Majesty, do hereby offer to you the fame protefiion, on condition that you shall firft deliver the town and forts of Port de Paix and its dependencies into the possession of the British government, which being com plied with, the officers and loldiers Serving under your command, shall enjoy the fame favors as have been granted to those of the Mole, leaving it to the bounty of his Majesty to grant to yourfelf the rank he lhall judge proper. I further add, that as a reward for the confidence which I demand of you in the name of the government which I serve, the sum of five thousand pounds sterling, mak ing fifty thousand crowns (ecus) Tournois, (hall be paid to you in person, ordepofited in the Bank of England, payable to your order, on your delivering the town of Port de Paix, with the forts, artillery, ammunition, provi sions, &c. &c. without any damage or devas tation having been committed to them, into the hands of the officer whom I will appoint to receive them, as also the (hips of war which may be in the said port. I fliall be at Leogane next Wednesday, where any flag of truce you shall please to fend me, lhall be received and refpe<3ed. I have the honor to fend you inclosed, the extra<sl of an Enjlifli Gazette, which has b<*n Cent to all the Englift commanding officers. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your very humble and very obedient servant, Whitlock, Commander in Chief. Anfsver of Lavaux Governor General per interim. Port de Paix, Feb. 13, 1794. 2d year ofthe Fiench Republic. The probity, the delicacy which reign in the breast of a French Republican must ever have given yon full a durance that we would refpeft your flag of truce. French generality does not fluctuate with events. As amongst us no peifon is diftinguiftied as a superior, we all doing the duty of a soldier ; I looked upon your letter to me as addrefled to thefirit soldier of the army, and as I conceal nothing from my com rades, it was opened and read publicly. We are animated by one and the fame spirit of defence. You tell me that you will have at Jean Rabel a fufficient number of men for the execution of whatever plan I may do you the honor to propose. The whole army has no other plans but those neeeflary for a vigorous defence. You propose to fend a ship of war into the ca nal, you may fend her as soon as you please, we are ready to give her a manly reception. You further inform me that all possible care (hall be taken to secure to me every thing belonging to me. You need not give yourfelf that trouble. My booty is that of the soldiers; we wear the fame uniform ; in this I glory; our food is the fame, and hence I enjoy good health.— You tell me the molt honorable attention will be paid to my person : I take you for a man of honor and sentiment, as such how could you honor a commander who had betrayed his country and fold hit brethren in arms ! Wifbing to pieferve to me all that belongs to me you would take from me my honor, the only property of which I am covetous, which I will carry with me to my grave, and which will for ever secure to me the esteem of the Eng lifti. You aflure me that all the officers and troops of the line will be received in to the pay of Great Britain on the fame footing as those of Dillon. To this, I answer in the name of the whole army, that were to barter our honor for a bit of bread. We are not yet famifhing and we all swear to you that we will never betray our country, and if we cannot make you love us, at lead we will force you to esteem Us. I greet you in the name of all the ar. my. (Signed) Foreign Intelligence. LONDON, Jan. 21 The following letter is written by one of the proscribed inhabitants of Lyons, who was so fortunate as to effect liis es cape from that devoted town, and to reach Switzerland. " Lausanne, December 24, 173 " The number of the persons imprison ed at Lyons amounts to about 6000 1 (hall at prefect only name you the Con ilitution at Curate Charrette, from whom they toolc 9COO livres in specie, whose house they have pillaged, and from whom they endeavor to wrest the confeffion where his Vicar Philipon, condemned to be (hot, rests concealed; La Saufle, an Episcopal Vicar, for having accompanied' Challier to the place of execution ; De Caftillon, Canon of St. Jult; Orfel, the worthy father of the poor and the perfe cted priests ; the widow Gagniers, so commendable for zeal and intrepid con duit ; and Dutand, Curate of St. Tho mas, and his Vicars, &c. " Those who have not carried arms a gainlt the Anarchifls are, it seems, to lose their fortunes only, not their lives; among these are some of the richelt inhabitants, viz. Mr. Tolozon ; Imbert Colonitr; De Dey, formerly Prevot des Marchands; De Savy, ci devant Advocate-General at the Cour des Mon moyes ; Gabet, Di rector of the Mint; Flaclion ; Jourgteu de Moufon forte ; De la Jamariere ; Au riel; Tabaraud, Port Diretlor; De Mont vert, formerly an officer in the army ; Gi raud de Saint Try ; Pofuel de Verneux ; Boulier de Parigny ; Bettu de la Balmo tiaiere ; Trollier de Catan; Charrier de Grigny, Captain in the French guards ; the wealthy Vincent, who had. fen t all his money to England and Holland, and has been forced by the Commissioners to give up all his bonds, notes, &c. Vitct, ci-dcxant Mayor, andDtputy to the Cen-' vent ion ; and Periffe, l£x Constituent of the left fide of the Assembly, viz. the Jacobin party, &c. &c. &c. ' " Several of the wretched prisoners have found means to elcapc through (he iubtenaneous paflages under the Town houfe, and to gain Switzeilaud. Besides a few others aiejuit arrived, Messrs. Jen tet, Beux, Commander of a battalion, and Tolozon, de Montforty, who has fled to the High Bailiff of Beaumont, after having (lolen thiough the mountains in the disguise of a peasant. " On the 16th instant, 70 persons were guillotined at Lyons, on the 17th 3, and on the next as many. From 10 to 30, more or less, were daily (hot to death. " Among the persons guillotined, <ic fervingtobe dillinguifiied, are, Mi . Fleu r-'t, Juitice ofnhe Peace ; Satire de Mon talant, formerly lieutenant Criminel; Loy er, ci-devant counsellor a la SenechaulTce ; baron du Soleil, formerly attorney-general; Defchamps, ex-con ftituent of the right or arillocratic fide ; Du Tronly de Montbri fon, &c. and among those who have been (hot to death are, M. de Clermont Ton nere, the gallant and honest Servan ; De Coltillon, an officer and native of Pro vence ; Fay de Sathony, member of the parliament of' Paris, &c. " The young, charming, and tender wife of M. Loyer, accompanied her hus band to the place of execution, and there haranged the soldiers : It was I," (he ex claimed, " who solicited, pfonjpted my husband to take up arms Death is all I alk of you; 1 alone am guilty—Save him !" Saying that, (he covered with her body that of her husband, and bathed him with her tears; but all in vain ! They threw her down from the fcoffold, and executed her husband. Arrived at her house, (he destroyed herfelfin a fit of despair.. The wife of M. Saare also destroyed hcrfelf in the Rhone, on the very fame day her hus band was executed. " The conduit of M. Cudel de Mont coulon, a young man of 20 years of age, and nephew of M. de Prelfe, de'ferves the highest praise, and forced even his enemies to admire his courage. Fired with enthu siasm, he mounted the fcaffold, and ad drefied himfelf to the soldiers and the peo ple. " A few who acted a distinguished part with our firft Revolutionills have (bar ed a similar fate ; among these are, Mila nois, an Ex Conllituent of the left 11 dc; tlie Curate Servier, Ex President of the Central Club ; Pnvat, Bcc. &c. who have been guillotined ; and Abbe Rosier, Cu rate of St. Polycarpe, and author of sever al treatises on Agricultuie, who during the siege was killed in his bed by the burst ing of a bomb, Sec. See. Et. Lavaux. " All kinds of religious worship is a bolilhed. The churches are changed into (tables and barracks. Jolv Clerc Curate of St. Nizier, in his lad sermon informed his pariihoners, that for the future no pub lic worship could be permitted, and that knowing the catechism was fufficient. This detestable Pricft fled during the siege to Dubois Cranee, re-entered the town with him, and has just placed the bull of the infamous Challier on the altar of the church, " All the accounts which the newf pnpers have given of the feitival celebrated in honor of this a drvant feboo'mafter arc; erroneous: The following is an authentic description of this farce. " On the loth instant all the Conflitut ed Authorities, the Revolutionary Tribu nal, the troops of the line. &c. repaired with an ass to the Townhoufe. There this animal was decked with the dole, and all the other fuberb farerdotal ornaments which the Count de Maubourg had made a present of to the Cathedial. On his head was put the beautiful Mitre of the Bishop I,Amourette ; on his back were tied the holy veflels, and to his tail a mass book. He was decorated with the inscription, Rejlcs d- Fanatifme, Remains of Fanati cism. Thus equipped, the ass was led in procefiion through the whole town, pro ceeded by the Department and a detach ment of horse, and followed by a band of music and some infantrv By his fide marched two Sans Culottes holding 3 calix, (sacred cnp)out of which the ani mal drank now and then, ?.nd two other Sans Culottes perfumed with him frankin cenfe. The Muncipality,the Tribunals, the Clubifts, and women clad in white, closed the proceflion. Having arrived at the Place de Bellecour, they piled up church pictures, books of devotion, bibl<js, mass books, and luch church ornaments
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