h;m too rr. J:h , I,<lnl not fiy Jt tj ( p:
the Mi'iijlcr of the gOTfrnjueittf but ' s f
M the recalleil Minister, Mr. Monroe, to wlior.i tl
Mr. IX- la Croix writes a ddUaring— ci
that the Dire&jry will not. acknowledge nor b<
receive another Minidri- P ei'ipotinr'ury from ti,
the Uii.ted 3ta: s, until "fur the reclrefs of the h.
grievances demanded of the Ameriran govern- w
inent, and which thfPrcnch rcpub!ic.has a right ' c<
to expeiit friom it." V i
Now, wr.at, K>h. S. a(ketl, were the grievances di
contained in Mr. Adet's note, and to wiach the bi
directory here refer ? They were viry numer- c<
- dus ; but they chicSy fell uu.*r trie four heads th
he had mentioned. According then to this de- to
duration of ti.e French government, what were ol
we to do ? We mu(t, said he, annul the Briti(h hi
treaty; rrpeal the law of June 1794, which was F
lal) leifion very unanimously te-enafted ; and
we niuft, by some proceeding or othe-, which tl
he supposed even the ingenLj.ty of the gentle- ' t j.
manfrom Virginia would find it difficult to point •
out, annul the decrees of the courts of the Uni- I "
trd States. Yet though all this mnft be done, | ri
before the directory would condescend to receive
our miniller, the gentleman did not believe any hi
iiuhgiity whativer had Iwen intended againit la
this government ; and we must not express our- Q |
feivei as ir we thought or felt there had been q
any. It was, at the belt, a mere matter of eti- .
quetic on the part of France, it was meant to
tolivey no insult, no indignity; our govern- '
men( had given offence by failure of etiquette, a J
and therefore, to heal the breich, we muit fsnd c«.
an envoy extraordinary to make the neceflary til
cunceHions, and all will go well. :
With rtfpeil to the gentleman's second pro- Jj (
pofitiew, if i: was proper to be dtfeuffed at all,
it would have been more properly difcufied in a w .
committee of the whole on the Sate of thr- Un- Vl
ion, after proper notice and being printed. If th
(be House cannot confide in the Executive that th
It -vil! ta!;e the proper measures to heal the to
■wound ; if the lioufe were convinced that the 2I
tjecniive were not disposed to d» this, it might
h< then their 4u'y to apply to him ; but the Pre- "
fijent, in his speech, had explicitly said, that it
Was his mod sincere desire to restore harmony, tr
»d that, notwithftandmgthe indignities offered b<
ta our minister and our government, he did not gi
tjiink thr honor and dignity of our government b<
forbad farther advances towards negotiation.
After fir candid and free a declaration, he was p
flrprifed ao hear his difpofi-ion in this relpeift
tlus called in qneftien. For his part, Mr. S. c<
flld, hs had not the lead hesitation to believe, h
diat th« executive would go all lengths confid- tl
with the honor and dignity of the country, h
to restore harmony between the two republics, „
teeaufe he was fatisfied he had the interest of the
country at heart, and he traded that no gentle
jaaii, not even the gentleman from Virginia
Umfelt, would doubt this. a
It had been argued that this country had not
»a,d a proper part with refpefl to France. In I «
®rderto (hew this, the member had adverted to ti
three fpecific grounds of complaint ariling out „
♦f the Britilh treaty. « u
The gentleman from Virginia htd eonfined
the complaints of the French government to
three articles of the British treaty ; though, if ''
the committee referred to the letter of Mr. De f<
U Croix, it would be found that they did not o
confine them within so narrow a compass. tl
They complained, fird, of the inexeeution of
treaties j there are several poir> ts of complaint
lelative to that head. ad. Complaints againd P
the decrees of our federal courts j 3d, againd "
the law of June 1794 ; and 4th, against the "
treaty with Great Britain : Yet the gentleman t
confines hirafalf altogether to the latter. And f
really he did not expeit at this time of day, as- ,]
ter the fubjeit had been so fully discussed, and f
determined, and the objeflions refuted over and
over again, that any gentleman would have£n
deavored to revive and prove their complaints
outhis head well founded.— The three articles '• v
were, id. That free (Hips did no! make free h
!oods. ad. The contraband article. 3d. The f
rovifion article. n
1. The flipulation with refpeit to neutral j,
tflels not making neutral goods in the Britilh
treaty was not contrary to the law of nations ; ,
at only provided that the Uw of nations was to *
be carried into effeift in the manner mod con- v
venient for the United States.. But this doc- g
trine, he said, wa* uo new thing. It had been t
acknowledged mod explicitly by Mr. Jefferfon, ;
Secretary of State, in July 1793, and was fode
claredtotheminiflerof France ;yet no objection
wasmade to it until the Bnti(h treaty was ratifi- v
<d, though long previous thereto French pro- \
jiertv was captured on board our velTels. Mr. 1
Jtfferfon writing on this fubjeit to the French t
Sinister, said " You have no (hadew of com- I
ain* the thing was so perfeflly clear and ,
\iell undsrftood by the law of nations. This j
jtippened so long ago as July or Augud 1793. .
Bit two years afterwards, when the British.
treaty was promulgated, the whole country was '
tirown into a flame by admitting this very I
fame doflrine. France herfelf had always adt- t
eil unde/ this law of nations when not retrained
3 ; treaty ; in Valin's ordinances of France this ,
early appears. The armed neutrality was
ekinfiued to the then exifling war ; Ruflia her- \
ft If, the creator «f the armed neutrality, enter
ed into a compafl with England in 1793, ex
yrefsly contravening its principles. The prin
ciple was theß not edablifhed by our treaty with
i ngl 'id ; but such being the acknowledged
lr.wof nations, it wa3 merely dipulated that it
fli»uld be exercised in the manner the lead inju
rious
a. The next article of complaint was with
refpefi to contraband goods. If gentlemen will
consult the law of nations, they will find, that
die articles mentioned in the Britilh treaty a>e
by the law of nations contraband articles. They
will find that in all the treaties with Denmark
and Sweden, Great Britain had made the fame
iipulations. Indeed the gentleman had ac
knowleged, that it was so dated by some writers
on the law of nations ; but he wilhed to dero
gate from the authority of those writers, in the
fame way as Mr. Genet, in his correspondence
-with Mr. Jefferfon, had called them worm eat
<ea folifi'j nnd mufly apborifms { to Vattel might
be aJd«d Valm's ordinances, a very refpecUhle
v»ork in Fiance. H«w, then, can the gentle
man with truth fay we have deviated from the
itwof nations ?
3. The lad point which the gentleman took
notice of was the prov'Jt9n article I here was
* r.i> doubt that this government would nevir al
low provisions to be contraband, excrpt when
gcing to a besieged or blockaded port. Tho
lit made this declaration, yet It was but aandid
to acknowledge that this was stated by Vattel to
he the law of nati&ns* [[He read an extract
•from Vattrl ]
When this was stated by I-ord Grenville to
Mr- I'inckney, our then minister in London,
* Mr. Pinckney acknowledged it to be foliated in
Vattel,but very ingeniously argued, that Fi'anse
caul'd not be considered as in the fituatio.i men
tii ned in Vattel, since p-ovifions were cheaper
they were in England, and therefore
the cafe did not apply< When our envoy was
loit to London, both parties were tenacious on
this ground. Our minister was unwilling tp a
to this conftrvic\i"M of the law of nations,
bet the Blilifli minister insisted upon it, and if
til-re had not beriijomecomprati.i!;', thenego
tiiiion must hive brer. br~ktn off, and a war
I'fotjably enfucd. 7he refutt wis, therefore |
M>st, without admitting it to be the law of ia c
t'pns, it was.-agreed thai wiiete >rov fions we*'e
contra! and by the law of nations, they (h ruld '
be paid (or, but not-confifcated, as the av o '
nations (admitting that con.truSion) woul I /
have authorised. Therefore some advantage /
was it-cured to Fiance, for if Great Britain bad I.
confiicated our veftelsgo ng to France with pro
vilions, it would certainly have damped the ar |
dor of our citizens employed in that commerce |
but under this regulation, our merchants were
certain of being paid for their cargoes, whether 1
they arrived in France or were carried in- P
to England. These were the three grounds of 15
obje&ion which the gentleman from Virginia o
bad stated as grounds of complaint by the tl
French ajjainft ihe British treaty. t |
Before he vreat furtlier, he would observe,
that admitting (which he did not admit) j
that there had been grounds of objec
tion against the British treaty, before it was j
ratified, yet they ought now to be closed. It j
had received a full discussion at the time ; ii
had been carried into effedk, was become the
law of the land, and wa» generally approve'd
of by the country. Why, then, endeavor to
stir up the feelings of the public againd it by n
alledging it to be the just catife of complaint i v
If the committee wanted any proof of the t |
approbation which that inftrttment had re
ceived, lie thought it might be gatheicd from ..
the general approbation which had been
given of the adminillration of the late Pre- f
fident on hisrettrment from office, in doing
which, the people had doubtless taken into Q
vi»\v the whole of hit condutt. Nor did he r(
think the people had Ihewn any hostility to
the treaty in their late eleftion of members
to that house. Indeed, he believed that the a ,
approbation whi.h the treaty received, in- ti
creased in propostion as the fuAjeft came to p
be uudtrilood. Admitting further, that the ( j
treaty had changed the exi'tin* (late of thiiigs rt
between Great Btitaii: and France, by having
granted commercial favois to Great Britain, t|
by the 2d article of our treaty with France, t i
the fame favors would immediately attach to
France, so that (he could have no reason to t|
complain on that ground. Indeed France
had herfelf now modified the treaty betwixt f,
that country and this, and had taken to
herfelf what (he deemed to be the favors g
granted to Great Britain. (Mr. S. read the j
decree on this fubjett of 2d March last) j
Mr. Smith said, he believed he had cx- „
amined all the obfervationt of the gentleman t
from Virginia, relative to the treaty, which #
were eiTential to the fubjeft under confidera- t
tion. He did not with to go much farther t
on the present occasion becaofc he agreed v
with him, that it was proper they (hould keep v
themselves as cool and calm as the nature of
the cafe would admit; but he thought whilst c
so much deference was paid to the feelings -]
of France, some relpeft ought to be paid to t
the feelings of America. He hoped the f
people of America would always retain a a
proper refpedt and confideratiou for their 3
national character ; and however earnestly <j
he wished that the differences fubfilling be- c
tween the two countries might be amicably {
fattled, yet, he truded, that our national c
dignity would never be at so law an ebb, as to a
fuhmit to the insults and indignities of anynn- t
tion whatever. In faying tins,heexpreffed his j
heaity wi(h to keep the door of negociation c
: witn France unclosed ; but at the fame time f
lie ilrongly iccommended 'O take every necef. ]
fary dep to place us in a fnuation to defend t
ourTelves, provided she (hauld (till perfilt in %
her haughty demeanour. t
He truded they would convince the c
French and every oilier naiion, that they r
were determined to preserve the right of felf- (
government, and that they were able to fruf- c
trare eveiy attempt which (hould be made to
influence our councils. That such attempts (
had been made he knew some gentlemen ,
would deny, but to him it was evident that )
all the minillers of France, who had resided (
in this country, had endeavoured to obtain an
undue influence over our affairs. It was now |
become a serious question whether we were
to make concefiions to France of the mod
humiliating nature, and thereby provoke j
future aggressions, or aft a firm and determin
ed part, in expressing our indignation at
their insults, and resolving to resist them if
they were petfifted in.
He did not wifli unneceflarily, he said,
to excite indignation ; but it was necessary,.
on this occasion, to take particular notice of
the insulting speech of President Barra«, in
reply to Mr. Monroe's valedictory, a speech
evidently calculated to separate tba Ameri
can people from their government.
After the Directory knew that Mr. Mon
roe was no longer the Miniller of this coun
try, after, he had presented his letters of
recall, and Mr. Pinckney had presented
[ his letters of credence—after the Mini Her of
Foreign Affairs, De la Droix, had said that
they considered America as having no Minis
' ter in France, the Piefident of the Direftory
delivered the insulting speech above alluded
to, ia which he tells our late Minister, at a
5 public audience, in the presence of feviral
. Foreign Miriideri, to go home and tell his
: government " that tit country owes itt liberty
" to France." Wfc have never denied, said
" Mr. S. that we receiveJ great services from
1 France i but was it not degrading to this
country that their late Mi> ifter (hould be
c thus addressed. This address was through
out couched in terms (ludioufly marked with
k indignities to this country, and an attempt
» to separate the people from the government.
Notwithstanding all this, the genilcmam
1 from Virginia is wonderfully afraid of ufiog
j language which might irritate France : Mr.
0 S. wi(hed France had n»t given just cause of
a irritation, but thnfe who had read the cor
refpondenoe which had been laid before them,
0 for a few years pad, mull have seen reitera
'» ted insults to this country.
It was fufncicnt io call to their recolltc
j_ tion the many indelicate ar.d offenfive expref
;r (ions used by the various French Ministers.in
re their diplomatic letters. Ir.deed, were he
» inclined to aggravate the sggMfions we had
,n received, he might difp'ay a whole volume
of Genet's abuse. He IhouU, however, fa
tisfy himfclf by presenting some elegant ex-
0 _ trads from the letters of Citizen Adet. Mr.
ar S. here quoted a nuipber of offenfive epi
the' 9 and expi< (lions fu<~h as J under a 1
ilj i m u. .v'i, the v/itof dtfrnulaihn, ty- t
runit'c tl iiml h-itniddu! iujul'icus prcria- <
matlni -tf mutraiiiy, the ebic.inry of its Courts, i
p efnm:g 11 poitnn! to cut the i/ji cat of its "■ (- j t
ly, all jubmijjion to tie will of iir.ghnd, pr f f
Muting iti neutrality, &c. Sec. f
•Mr. S. frfid, as he knew in.Jecent ar.d liarfh u
langu-.ge always recoilrd upon thof- wlia d
used it, lie did not tvifh to a 'opt it ; but at
the time it was due to uurlelves to ex- t
press our feelings with a proper decree of ri
ltrength and spirit. He was nut in the habit n
of quoting any thing from Mr. Gener, bu: o
there was one exprtHlon of his which he a
thaught contained good adviL-e, " all this «
accommodation and humility, all this conde
scension attair,3 no end." 1
After the gentleman from Virginia had ti
dwelt fufficiently upon the danger of irrita- c;
ling the French, he had emphatically called 01
upon us to recolledt our tueaknefs. It might b;
have been as well if he had left that to have »!
been discovered from another quarter. He bi
hoped we had fufficient confidence in the U
meant of defence which we pofTcffed, if dri- w
ven to the last resort; and he believed that if 1
there was any one more certain way of K
provoking War than another, ix was that of a
proclaiming our own tueaknefs
He hoped such a language would now be °l
spoken as would make known to the French w
government, that the government and people P 1
of this country were one,and that they wouldi e '
repel any attempt to gain an influence over a<
our councils and government. The gentle c<
man had said that thet« did net appr-r to !>e hi
any design of this kind, and had endeavored
to do away what was stated as the opiuion in „
France, in General Pinckney's letter. He o
did not mean to red this altogether upon the 1
repoits of an emigrant, whom General Pinck-
ney mentions as having represented this coun
try divided, and of no greater consequence «
than Genoa or Geneva, but he took the whole
information into view. [He read the ex- b ,
traft relative to this subject 3 fii
It was evident, Mr. S. said, from this in- 111
formation from Franee, that an opinion had
been taduitrioufly circulated there that the (]
government and people of this countiy were vi
divided ; that the Executive was corrupt and
did not pursue the interctts of the people ; J
and that they might, by perseverance, over- C
turn the administration, and introduce a new j a
trder of things. Was not such an opinion as |
this, he a/ked, calculated to induce France r j
to believe that she might make her own terms . n
with us ? It was well known what the French |
wished, and it was time to declare it plainly; jj
his opinion was that (he designed to ruin the tt
commerce cf Great-Britain through us ti
This was evident. They talked of the British w
treaty ; but they fiiftered it to lie dormant ' 0
for near twelvfc months, without complaining ol
about it. Why were they silent till within a
a few weeks befoie the ele&ien of our Prefi- yi
dent i Why did they commit spoliations up- q
on our commerce long befote the Britilh *
tieaty was ever dreamt of ? Their firft de- 1 P
cree, dircfting spoliations of our property, c j
and the capture of our provision Clips, was on j fl
the 9th of May, 1793, a month before the °
provifioa order of Great-Britain, which was f'
dated June 8, 1793 : and why have they w
from that time to this, been committing fpo- p
liations on our commerce ? The Bntiih trea- t<
ty was publilhed in Paris in Attguft, 1795 ; v !
a year after, in July, 1796, they deteimine t |
to treat us in the fame way that we fuffer ' g
other nations to treat us, and this decree was j
not made known to our government till the j n
O&eber following, a few weeks before the : J
eleftion of President.
But this wasnot all; the l'Verch had pur
sued similar measures towards all the other i|
neutral powers. Sweden, in confiquence, si
had no minillerin their country, and was on 1
the eve of a rupture. The intention of the J
French evidently was, to compel all the neu
tral powers to deflrrty the commerce of Great f
Britain ; but. he trusted this country had c
mure spirit than to fuffer herfelf to be thus b
forced to give up her commerce with Gteat t
Britain ; he truiled they would spurn any c
such idea. 1
Mr. S. hojjed the obfervatioas which he '
had made would not be construed iuto a wish ,
to fee the United States and France involved j
- in a war. He had no objeAisn to such mea- 1
fures being taken for preferviog peace betwixt 1
the two countries as should be confident with 1
national honor. It was a delicate tiling for '
them to fuggefl what the Executive ought
to do. It was out of their province to di
re£t him. The Execuiive had various con
siderations to take into view. We had in- '
juries to complain of againlt France for the
I spoliations committed upon our commerce.
If the Executive conceive we have a right to
redress, that fu'ojeft will of course eonftitute
• a part of our envoy's inftru&ions. Would it
' then be proper, said he, for this House to
1 interfere with the Executive, to obtrude its
> opinion and fay, " You mull give up this
1 point; we take upon us (without any au
s thority by the conllituticn) to give Carte
t Blanche to Jrancff, without, any indemnihea
i tion or redress."
1 The gentleman fays it is the ohjeft of the
s amendment on the table, to recommend to
e ihe Executive to remove any inequalities in
■ the treaties ; that was alone fufficieiit to vote
I) it out.
t There had been no period since the revo
■ • lu'ion which had so powerfully called on
n Americans for that fortitude and wisdom
g which they knew so well how to display on
r. great axd folenan emergencies It was not
>f his intention to offend any one by Hating the
r- queflion in such strong terms: but he was
l, persuaded that when the present fi'uation ot
»- our affaits with refpeft to France was well
undrrltood, it would be found that to ac
:• quiefce in her present demands was virtually
f- and efTentially to surrender our felf govern
in ment and independence. |
le The independence of a nation, lie olferved,
id might be defhoyed in various modes. Whe
le tlier a preponderating influence was obtained
a- in her councils by fedudiou, intrigue or ter
x- ror, or by a dired and open invsGon of her
r. territories, and consequent subjugation, was
>i- immatetial: IndeeJ it wauli tc fifcr fcr v s
' if a foreign power were at once to attempt
our (ul.juration y inviifion j for, in that
cafe, there could be but one opinion amoiig
Americans about a vigorous refiltance ; but
the flaw approaches to our fubjedtion, by the
subtle artifices of intrigueand deception, were
fehiom difcetned by the community at large,
until their peftileritial effrfls had taken such 1
deeps root at to In: with difficulty extirpated.
Was it faying too much, to assert that dif*.
ting to out government, fomenting an itiftir
reclion in our bosom, influeueirg the moil
important election, demanding a violation of
our engagements, the tepeal of out laws, the
annulling the decrees of our courts of juflice,
were not merely interferences with our go
vernment, but in fadt attempts to usurp it i
The complaints of France refpe&ing the Bri
tilh treaty were the pretext, but not the real
cause of her aggressions. It was idle to wink
out of fight the real causes : flie wished (as he
had before ftatfJ) to dellroy tlic commerce
»f England, and the United States were to
be the initrument in accomplishing it. The
United States were to be coerced into such
measures as would effcft this great fchcrae.
The fame policy wis pursued towards the
Hanfe Towns and Denmark : had they made
a Britilh 11 eat y ? Were they anf wet able for I
the fins of ours i The review he had taken
of the ground of controversy as to our treaty '
with England mull have rfmoveJ every im- P
predion unfavourable to our government, and 1
evinced the unceasing efforts of France to v
acquire an improper ascendancy over our
councils, and direst them to the purposes of
her own aggrandizement.
Whether or no our government ought, on prin- a
ciplea of amity and conciliation, to 'quilirr our a
treaties between England and France, was a qucftion
of an executive nature, and was not properly before
the hcufr. An offej of such equalization would n - a
doubtcdly depend on the disposition of France to
make proper and Tunable rquivalents. tl
The gentleman from Virginia had cautioned the
committee against alarming the pride of Fiance— .
but, exclaimed Mr. S has Ameiica no pride ?it l '
hei fcnftbi.ity so debated by prejudice or benumbed \
by terror ai to be thrown out of view on this occa
lion ? 1 trust not, I trust that American pride ftili
maintains an important influence ovet our delibera
tions, and desirous as lam to fee it yield all that is a
due to the influence of policy, God forbid that it I
should ever be lupplanted by an interested and ftr- H
vile tamenefs. He thought it became thedignity of
the House to fupportthe Executive in firm and man- ®
ly language. He was-perfuaded that a decided con- is
dudt would be the moftlikely to discourage aggref- ]i
Con and repetition of insult. He recommended not j
a menacing but a firm countenance; not a bullying, ..
but an undaunted attitude. This wou'.d convince •]
the world we were not to be threatened out of our ti
rights; whereas a timid supplicating pollute could
not fail to invite frclh insults and humiliation. ,
Mr - S. said, he valued unanmity as much at other
gentlemen. He Was fenUblc ;hat it would be pecu- tl
Itarly important at this juncture. It wo«ld engage n
the confidence of the people and fortify the negocia- n
Uon. It would convince the world, that however
we might differ upon fpeculetive points of admi- a
mArauon, there was but one sentiment, resetting p
our felf government. It would extingulfh the hopes a
of those who attempted to keep alive a faction in the r
country ; it would crulh the expectations of those
who wished to fubllitute a foreign influence to the "
constituted authorities of the nation. But it might (
(till be purchased by too dear a facrifice; and he j
would rather have only a bare majority for the re
port »f the committee, than an unanimous vote for
the amendment; so much did he reprobate its prin
ciples. He thought it of more importance that there a
should be an unanimitybetweeuall the departments ,
of the government, than an unanimity in the house,
at the expeace of its separating from the other {
branches of the government; but if the amendment c
was agreed to, it mull produce a separation from the
Prcfident and Senate, and confirm the opinion lof
teiedin Franeeofa division exifticig between the go
vernment and people. Much, therefore, as he t
cnciifhed unanimity the could not purchase it on (
this occasion by agreeing to a propelition, of so dan
gerous a tendency.
Mr. Smith concluded with requesting the com
mittee feriottfly to ponder on the coafequence of
ag.eeittg to the amendment. It spoke the fame <
feeble language as the address of the last feflion, ;
. the fame timid relu&ance to express our sense of ,
'injury, the fame reliance on negeciation alone ; j
if this was all tha: the gentlemen on the other
fide prepofed doing at this extraordinary feflion, '
! the calling of Congress would prove the "molt
humiliating, the most calamitous measure that
had ever been adopted. Bstter indeed had the
members remained at their homes, and there in
secret silence mourned over thedifbonor of their
country, and smothered their resentments, than
be collected in mafj from all parts of the union,
to be thus publicly exhibited as fellow witnefles
of their own lhame and the Indignities offered
their country without the power or even the cou
rage to resent them. But he could not believe
it polTible that the committe should pursue a
course so pregnant with humiliation, and he con
fidently . pe»ftuded himfelf that as his country
had always djfplayed its juflice, so would all
parts of the house unite on this occasion to con
vince the woild that her fortitude and firmnefs
were eq'ial to her justice.
IVednesday, May 24.
Media. S. Smith, from Maryland, and
Fiadley, from this (late, appeared, and tot k
their oaths and feats, as did also Mr. W.
Smith, from S. Carolina, and another new
member whose name we did not learn.
The House again went into a committee
of the whole on the answer to the Prelident's
speech, and Mr. Nicholas's amendment being
under ronflderation, Mr. Swaitwick and Mr.
Livingfton spoke at great length, particular
ly the latter, in favour of it.
Mr. Coit proposed several amendments
, which he wished to be adopted, ir.ftead ol
the one proposed by Mr. Nicholas, as conci
liatory on both fides of the House. They
. were ordered to be printed. The Committer
l rose, reported progrttft and allied leave to fit
, again.
By this day's Mail.
1
1 NEW-YORK, May 24.
I ARRiTBo. days,
t Ship Gen. Wayne, Manwaring, Bour
e deaux. 45
s Grand Turk, Themfon, St. Tho
t « mas, 18 .
II Brig Piuience, Hovey, Savannah 9
- Schooner Clara, Kobinfon, Curiacoa
y Lucy, 810 l k, Norfolk,
1 ExtraS from the log book of the JLip Grand
Turk, from St. 71/vmus, William Thotnp
I, son, majhr.
:- Monday May 5, at 6P. M. fell in with a
d fleet of jo Tail—was boarded by the British
■- ship Roebuck, of 44 guns 1 the officer from
:r which informed us, that the fleet had failed
is on the 10th of April for Porto Rico from
a Tortola, with about 3.5C0 traeps, ar.d laa
ded on the 21 (J, where they remained until
Ihe 4th of Miy ; but si* 'ing that rd.
flronyly fortified, and n« profpedl of uslur
rendering, tliey ha ) lefi it, and wete now
heating up for Maitimco.
May 29, spi ke the sloop Nancjr, and
Schr. Kitty, from Philadelphia, in lat. 3c,
long. 72, all well.
Yetlerday arrived here in 45 days from
BouHe2ux, the ship Ceneral Wayne, captain
Manwaring, of Nor London. A gej tie
man who came in this veflel. lias favored us
with a rrgtriar file of 7'he PuJ! Boy of the
Armies, and General Bulletin—a Paris paper,
as late as the 301(1 of March. From these
papors we give tranflitions of several impor
tant articles—They follow.
Capt. Manwa; ring fays all apprehensions
of a war between Franc# and America had
subsided some time before he failed. This
change of opinion was supposed to be in con
fequtnee of news from America of Mr. Jef
ferfon's being appointed extra; Ambaffadof
to that Republic.
The Tiosijltitims.
VIENNA, March n.
It appears now decided, that his Royal
Highness tlie Archduke Charles, is to pre
fcrve the chief command of the army of the
Rhine ; but as this prince is to command in
petfon, the army of Italy; I.is orders will be
transmitted to field marlhal Citron Mack,—
who will communicate them to the army.
A corps of 1500 cavalry, part of which
have alieady pafied this city front Moravia &
Bohemia, on their way to the atmy as Italy ;
and the remainder of the Vienna volunteers
are to pracced to day for the fame army.—
When all the reinfoieementsdeftined for that
army arrive, it will amount to 120,000 men.
We are now employed in the exchange of
the garrison of Mantua, and to this cffedl, a
great number of French prifaners, aie on
their march from Austria to France. The
Vienna volunteers are alrtady exchanged.
Mayenct, March 15.
Several of the mod fupcrior oSeers of the
army of the Rhine, are about to depart for
Italy : Their loss would be fevrrely felt, —
were it not, great confidence is placed on the
abilities of gen. Mack. We learn this gen.
is to have a conference with Latour,
Kray and Wernetk, before they let out for
Italy ; and that he wiH immediately after in
fpe6t the whole line of the Imperial troops,
to Huningcn.
All officers.and others, belonging to the
Autlrian army, have received orders to be at
their refpedive porta by the 16th of this
month at fartheft. It is thought, gen. Mack
means to a& offenfively sn the Upper Rhine,
and that he will make the grcatell efforts to
penetrate to the new couatries, where they
are in hopes of being effectually affi(le<l.—
By this operation, the French army will find
it impoiliblc to attempt any thing against
Germany.
ExtraH of a letter from Manheim dated 15/ i
March.
A eonfiderable number of troops are jufl
arrived here from the environs of Kempton,
in Eallern Suabia ; it is thought they are to
penetrate through the Milanese by a new
contrivance.
Prague, March 9.
Several detachments set out lafl week for
the army of the Rhine ; they-will be imme
diately followed by a new division of cavalry.
Paris, March 26.
We read inTeveral public papers, that gen.
Buonaparte has obtained a signal victory
over the Archduke Charles, 10,000 Auftii
ans were killed and takes on the field of bat
tle. This news has been received from Kel
lerman, who learnt it by a courier from Bu
onaparte. Not wiftitng to doubt the au
thenticity of this news, we only remark that
it is furprifiag the Dire&ory has net receiv.
Ed any intelligence refpefting it. The offi
cial journals make uo mention of this impor
tant viftory.
We are assured that a conference for peace
has taken place at Turin, between f»en. Clark
and the margin's de Lucr hefini. The friends
of humanity mud wifti fucccfs to this uego
ciation.
March 27.
The news of the vist >ty obtained by the
French army in Italy ovet the Archduke
Charles, has not yet been received by the
Direftory, is we mentioned in our last, but
by the Venetian Ambassador at Paris. The
Dirc&ory anxiously wail for offi- ial details.
March 28. •
In a letter from Gen. Buonaparte, dated
March 17, head quarters at Valdafone, he
mentions having on the 16th of March, tak
en from the Aulliian army 6 pieces of can
non, 1 genera], fevcral sffieers, and from 4 to
JO© men. Adjutant-general Kellermari had
received several strokes of the sword, in char
gingat the head of the cavalry, with his ulu
al courage.
March 29-
Thomas Paine left this city the 1 (I inllant,
on his return to America. His departure
will be no great loss to France, alt ho* several
enthusiasts fay, they admire his writing, tho'
• they do not underlland it. His last pitbli.
cation was againrt our constitution, to fhjw
that it was not democratic enough.
The choice ot Eledlors is terminated-
The Primary AfTrmblies, have placed their
■ confidence in men, recommended tor their
integrity and knDwlrdge. .
CHARLESTON, May 13.
On Wednesday Uft, in the Federal Circuit
Court, indiftmems were preferred agaiuft four
teen men, of the crew cf the French fihooncr
Grouper, which were committed to joal 011 the
I jth day of April lad, on a charge of piracy on
the high sea», trcfpafi on the brig Fax Ameri
can, Capt. Almv, and falfe imprifrnment cf her
c. ew. The Grand Jury threw out the bill*; —
m confluence thereof the men were difchar
' ged liy the court.
—'m • 1 ■ ■■■ ■"■■■ ».
fOJiT Of fHILJt DBLfli lA.
3 . J rrii: J. Days.
Sloop Patience, Willis, New-York 6
n Sch'r Harriet, Sweetfer, St. Thomas's 14
In the acconnt of vefTels taken, Ac. at Trini
-11 pubiiftied yesterday, a Sf-ini/i 74 gun Jhif
'• taken, wat OTniited.