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