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TO THE PUBLIC. , be
Voii'mued from yjlefday 1 / Gazette. an
I Pk'.l in this place mention ray reasons irr
For a Hurting. in my former publication, that fa
»« Qr. Oniric ought to have been the lait per- h:
foil in the worty to mention any th ug in al- I
lulion to the mortality of that period"— w
meaning the month of September, andmorV.
efpi'ciafly that part in which the firft letter
of Dr. Cutrß, above quoted, came out. —
We find hare that Dr. Currie afftrts, that f
bfter the "firiSeji enquiry" he was " con
vinced" that there were not mure than " 40
or 50 in the whole city"—" ronjined bv tt
the genuine yellow fever." Let us pot this j r
affeition in its proper light ; for it is the ir
greatelt insult that Dr. Currie could have it
offered to the feelings, as well as to the un- d
derftandinga of the citizens. At this very I
time, and for some days preceding moh than ii
tint number w;re daily falling vieb'm* to the a
disease—as the following statement (hews : n
" September 14 —died 48 il
15 56 I
16 67 r
*l7 ' 81 c
18 68 I
19 <sl 1;
20 67 t
( * This is the date of Dr. Currie's letter. )'■ t
'Tis true —-the Dr. had the sagacity to
difcoverthat there was " another formidable l
disease prevalent" —the " common remit- r
tent,or fall fever." Whether Dr. Currie, r
in his own praftice, fuffrrs his patients to c
be carried ofFby this "formidable" disease !
I know not.—ln general it is not fatal. But 1
let us uow take a view of Dr. Currie's 2d c
pamp'alit, p. 15, 16, which was publiflied f
in January 1794. Here he fays "as soon v
as the contagion had reached the central part t
of the city, the difeafc spread with ajlon- f
ijhing rabidity. In tht course of Augufl,
there were more thau 300 funerals ; tow- f
ards the clufe of the mou»h, twenty were f
buried of a day." Does Dr. Currie mean i
that they died of the " genuine yellow fe- a
vcr" or of that formidable disease " the 1
Common remittent or fall fever" ? He goes c
on again to fay, " In September the diieafe c
increnfed amaxingly In the course of the inonth c
about 1400 citizens Were added to the lift of I
mortality ; towards its close, from 50 to 90 t
were buried of .1 day,'* &c. 1
Surely, Dr. Currie, if you have the small- t
c sV sense of (harhe—you will blush at thus t
expoftog and refuting yot/rfelf!
Tt" lifftory of Dr. Rufli's conduft to
Dr. Glentworth, is grossly misrepresented. <
Dr. R. found Dr. G. with a full and tense
putfe, the pupils of his eyes dilated, and his 1
head affecled with great pain. In this (late
of his disease he advifed*b!eeding- To this
lir, G. nhjgfted unless Dr. Currie approved 1
—ft! u. 1 l?i» —ft. tHgc not' :!
praftice as he did in the prevailing fever,
andoNefted to eonfulting with him. Up
on this he took his leave of Dr. G. but not
without ijrgiflt him a 2d time to be bled,
and gave as a reason for it, that he had
symptoms of an hydrocephalic tendl icy.—
Dr. R. denies that he even h'nted to him to
fettle his affairs. This ndvice he has never
given without the request of the friends of
the Tick; and then in am; that I be
lieve has never offended, or been complained
of by any body. Dr. G. it is true, rfcover
td without bleeding (though Dr. C. asserts
that he was reduced " aknoft to death's
door by the violence of his remedies") af
ter a long confinement to his room. Dr. C.
seems to suppose that bleeding is used only to
five life-. Those who undc-rlland the use
and benefits of this remedy, know that.it is
often prescribed to Jhorten the duration of
acute diseases, and to prevent their termina
tion in such as are of a chronic nature.
Mr. Connor had the usual symptoms of
infeftion in his eyes and pulse when he called
' upon Dr. Ruth-—for which he advised him
to use the depleting remedies. They had
the desired effeft, and soon romoved his in
disposition. Dr. R. saw Miss Cownor but
once during her illness; for he was so worn
iovvn with fatigue and fickiiefs, that he was
forced to confine his vif;is towards the close
of the d'feafe, chirfly to his old patients.
Miss C. was attended chiefly by myfelf—
and I think it highly probable that a more
liberal use of the depleting remedies, would
have rendcied the issue of her disease differ
ent from what it was. Dr. Currie, who,
in 1793, 1794 and 1797, preferibed with
fafety and success much larger and more fre
quent doses «f the mercurial purges than were
taken by Mifß C. cannot and does not believe
that (he died hi consequence of their dras
tic operation.
The patient whom Dr. R. refufed to visit,
in consultation with a Bark and Wine Dr.
was Mr. DaVis, then partner with Mr.
Chancellor. The reasons we have already
given winch induced Dr. R. not to consult
with a p'uyfician who did not praftice in a
similar way with himfelf—lt is not neccffary
to repeat them. In eonfequence of this
i~fufal, Dr. R. was requested to visit and
attend Mr. D. alone. He found him with
a full pulse, and great k" 1 and burning in
his stomach, under the use of tonic remedies.
He had been bled, hut Dr. R. thought too
(paring!)'- He ordered him to lose eight
ounces of blood which afforded him consi
derable relief. Mercury was likewise ex
hibited libeVally in his cafe, under the use
of which he recovered. As a proqf of the
dcftrutlive effects of in this fever, I
mu | a dd here, that, my fellow-ftudent,
Mr. Fi!hs>r, thought he had injured Mr.
Davis by 2 few fpoopfuls of the infufion of
the bark which he had prescribed for him
a ft e r lie had overcome the inflammatory
symptoms by the depleting remedies.
Dr. Currie lias asserted that " Those ac
quainted with the causes and laws of conta
gion, thought him (Dr. Rufn) insane."
This expression of the " causes and laws of ,
contagion" has frequently- helped Dr. C.
at a non-plus, asaliy cne will fee who reads
his publications. In being charged with 1
insanity, Dr. llufh has (harcd in the calum
ny with many men who have darei to think
and aft differently from the habits and pre
judices of their cotemporai iea. It would
be happy for Dr. C. if his Conduft in 1793
and 1797, had fubjefted hita only to this
imputation. The incoiiliftency, folly, and
falfthoods of his publications and conduft, ,t
have procured him very different epithets.
I need not name them. No lapse of years r !
will ever \<-ear them away
JOHN REDMAN COXE. u
(To h- ""Hi'" '"* ) '*""" " a
For the Gazette of /a* United States. e
Mr. Fenno, "
As Mr. Cobbett's condescension in at- "
tempting to palliate tjpo charge of publifli- M
ing sentiments unfriendly to lour revolution, J
implies a difavowai of any defi'gn to discredit ''
it, I fnould be at variance with my former r
declaration, were I not to fay, I was pleased. 0
I can by no means however admit, that the
imputation was unfounded. In the inflance v
alluded to, the merit of Mr. Gibbon being
made to reft upon his loyalty, the want of \
it, is of course the reproach applied to Dr. c
Franklin ; and in this view, certainly war- 1
rants my inference of its involving a "general
censure upon the afters in the revolution. 1
Nor can I think it at all material, to the eftab- j
lifliment of my conchifion,tobe able to prove
that similar sentiments to those ascribed to ' 1
• the Doftor, were uttered by others.
If Franklin was treacherous and malicious, ]
he certainly did not fft:w these qualities in |
requefling Mr. Gibbon's company. If his I J
re«l design ,was to assassinate the historian, I
can only fay, it does not appear j and I be- I
lieve moil men will admit, that there was at '
lead as much wit as malice in the Doftor's
effenfive retort ; . (or prediction, ifitmuft be
so :) or if even the latter predominated, it
was so far frori* being a ivanton attack, that
there was fufficient cause to excite some re
sentment, in the mod milky disposition
With refpeft to the'publication of the
story, (whether true or not) I make no dif
ficulty of faying, that in my opinion, it was
improper, and that it had but too much the
appearance of " a fort of dunghill-cock tri
umph." Though I cannot think it either
decent or necessary, especially upon a prin
ciple of conciliation, that every idle, injudi
cious, or malevolent news-paper paragraph,
' (hould be repelled, at whatever expence to |
the feelings and charafters of not the least 1
refpeftable part of the community—and |
those too, who may as much disapprove of t
the publication, as Mr Cobbett himfelf.
As to my being a bitter enemy to Great
-1 Britain, an abettor of " certain political va
garies", a protestor of " American baseness",
and a " lover of revolutionary France 11 , I on
-1 ly smile at the insinuations, harsh as they are.
■ " Sejanus, IVolfey, hurt not honejl Fleuri."
1 But from what Mr. Cobbett could have tak
l en up these ideas, lam at alofs to conceive.
~ To right howevar, let him be affur
, ed, that Mr. Fenno's subscriber, Tees the
- folly and baseness of too many of his eoun
t trymen with equal concern and indignation.
, That in love to revolutionary France, he
I yields not even to the editor of Porcupine's
Gazette :—and as to Great-Britain, with
3 all her errors and vices (and little perhaps
r as America may owe her,) considering the
f (Station in which she has .been, fortuitoufly
- placed, by the dreadful convulsions of Eu
-1 rope, so far from wilhing her downfall, he
- considers her preservation as of real inipor
-8 tance to mankind, and has long looked up
s on her as the barrier betwixt the world and
anarchy. He makes this declaration, not
. because he thinks it due to the manner in
0 which his observations have been treated,
e but because he takes the sentiment tobejuft,
s and knows it to be honest, and as it may
f serve to (hew, that if he is au officious, he is
1- not an uncandid defender of American
honour.
if When Mr. Cobbett tells me, that recon
d ciliation and harmony with the ignorant and
n rancorous, is not to be effefted by mildness
d and forbearance, he need not have added his
1- assurance to give weight to so obvious a po
it fition. But »f he will again take the trou-.
n Me of perusing my remarks, he will perceive
w that die animosities to be buried, were not
"e the wife and the ignorant,
s. the generous and the rancorous, but between
- " the people of the two Hations" ; that is,
■e between the good and faithful fubjeUs of the
d king of Great-Britain, and the good citizens
r- of the United States of America—if I may
3. be excused the vagary.
:h Why such emphafisandfignificance,(hould
e- have been attached to the word fubferiber,
re it is for Mr. Cobbett to explain. It was
fe innocently adopted as .a (ignature, without
f- any idea of the terrible effefts it was said to
oroduce upon some of the printing tribe,
t, Taking into view the word which precedes
r. it, it was probably fuggeiled by a desire to
r. sccount for the length of time which must
ly elapse, between the appearance of the offen
ilt five paragraph and my notice of it. Had I
a been mean enough to intend it at a threat,
ry how could I suppose it to have the smallest
lis operation upon the pels-disclaiming editor
id of Porcupine's Gazette, efpccially as it is
th not said whether I am, or am not his fub
in fcriber. Ego et Rex metis. Sat. Sap.
•s. But as enough in all conscience, has alrea
-00 dy been said upon the fubjeft of poflibly a
ht mere inadvertence, and which owes.perhaps
si- its chief importance to vhe pertinacity with
x- which it has been defended ; I wilj willing
ife ly dismiss it with an assurance, that I refpefl
he an independent fpirit,and that I fee nothing
I \mamiable in national partiality, when duly
nt, correfted by candour and "liberality. Still
Ir. with Mr. Cobbett's leave,
of A Country Subscriber.
im The Medical Lctrures
"y In the University of Pcnrfylvania, are post
poned until the lift f.lor.day ill Novcmbci
ac- next.
ta- O&ober 14. Uwt-v-
„ jLeu Foreign intelligence. but
part
PARIS, September c. tern
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRFD. voic
Permanent fitting of the 4th itij. dec
The following is a <hort fketchof the debate tys
on tie motfonsmade for erasing the names suss
of f»mc of the members of the Council ed
fromthe lift of those ordered for tranfpor- f
tatian : acq
Norraand. Savary, " The officers who his
served in La Vendee know, that Normand alw
diftingtiilhed himfelf in that warby his brave- fen
; ry and good conduct. He is a young man cn«
who pqfTefles much zeal and patriotism ; but fed
upon his »ntry into this assembly, he was 1
misled by perfidious men. I move that his cor
name be struck off the lift. Boulay second
ed the motion. " Normand was the usual I( "
reporter of the military committee ; but that e
. duty was put upon him because he had a , tio
good "voice, and was more accuflomtd to the I ore
Tribune than his colleagues. He has con
t feffed to me that he was often compelled to ( ' e
r make reports which were contrary to his
opinion."
Ta'.lien, " If my testimony be of any j ] e {
s weight, I can attefy that Normand fought ha
r well at Quiberon, and that he obtained the foi
f erteem of Gen. Hoche by'his excellent con- th
dust in La Vendee.—Normand was ordered na
to be erased from the lift. an
j Thibaudean Bouh'y, "In confidopng j ia
tlie lift which the committee has presented
to us, there is one/eutimeirt which certain- of
e ly muil animate this council. It is, that all
0 the lift should be as ftiort as poffibleand con- w
i tain only the chiefs-of the party : they are
. j few in number, and the others ar« only raif-
n ' | led. Every member of the council ought
; s 1 to propose exceptions in favour of such of 0 1
j his colleagues as hethinks it. I pro- tli
._ pose one in favour of Thibaudeau. (Mur- p'
t muts. Some voices, " Yes, yty" Thibau
deau can only be reproached for some errors
e in his last report. (Murmurs.) In the t j
t important cri/is in which we are placed, bi
lt while we are required to pronounce judg
ment on the fete of our colleagues, the mod ti
perfe£l liberty ought to reign amongst us.
c Ido not knovr Thibaudeaaperfonally ; but (
p_ I have marked him in his political career, 0 ,
la and I know tint he has at all times rendered n
ie great service? to the revolution, and has ' n
i- given the ftrcngeft proofs of his attachment n
, r to liberty and the constitution. I move that t!
Thibaudeau be erased from the lift." (Se- P
j' veral members, " agreed, agreed.") Har- "
( dy, I (hall not speak ei,ther for or against ]?
„ Thibaudeau : but I must observe, that the
-1 (j | nions that a deputy may have uttered, but
3 f; to a vast eonfpiracy which must be defeated.
Under similar circumstances, the Conventi
on did not rote the exclusion of its mem- t
a _ bers en majfe, but individually. T move that t
> we adopt the fame mode, and that the Coun
n_ cil fiiall pronounce upon the fate of each 2
c individual in order upon the lift, after hear- c
1 ing every member who cbufes to speak for
l or against his punifhment."-«-This motion <
e was agreed to ; and the Council ordered <
r [ the lift to ic read a second a time. The 1
le tranfportati»« of all the members inferibed <
n _ on the lilt was ordered, down to 1
n _ Doulcet.—-Dumontdu Calvados, "Doul
le cet, by his coududl for these fix years past, :
> 8 has merited the efU'tnj of all" true patriots. ■
I know him : I have been couftantly with 1
p S him. In common with him I have shared 1
le the perfections of aristocracy ; and we all
]y know, that in the convention he always tef
n_ tified an inviolable attachment to the repub
lican government. The royalists would re- 1
ir _ joice in his proscription. He never was a
p_ Clichian. I know him very well, and there- :
fore undertake his defence." Hardy, " The
ot name of Doulcet was found among the pa-
j n pers of Lemaitre ; but it must not be for
gotten, that when they were read in the
convention, he completely juftified himfelf.
3 y I have but one word to fay—Doulcet is one
of the twenty-two who were proscribed on
an the 3 1 ft of May. I move he be struck
of the lift." Bellegarde, " I was for five
n _ months upon a mission, in company with
;1 j Doulcet, during the siege of Lisle : i attest
that his conduct was unexceptienable, and
that his principles were always those of a
lo _ sincere and good republican. I support the
lU _ motion-V The names of Doulcet and Thi
:ve' baudeau were ordered to be erased.
10t Bailly.—Males, "We ought to punilh
llt the leaders us the eonfpiracy, and not those
, en who have been led and deceived : Bailly is
j-j of the latter class, and no fails appear a
hc him. Befidc-3, he was formerly a
ens P" e ft> an< l to °k constitutional o=th,
l3 y which he never wojk! ret raft ion this ac
count he was insulted and vilified, agreea
ble to the fafhion whiclt lately prevailed.
„ I move that his name be erased."—Order
' j
vas e '
3Ut Decrecy.—Taillien, "We do not yet
to know this member. I move that he be
| str _ struck off, imlefs some aceufation be sub-
j ts ftaatiated against him." No member spoke
t0 and Tallien's motion was carried.
Richoux.-—Eudes, " I rife to speak in
" erN favour of this member, who is my colleague
jj . for the department of Eure. He entered
. at) j zealously into the cause of the Revolution
so early as the year 1789, and was elefted
; tor a member of the Convention, It belongs
; s less to me than those who were member? of
tha#celebrated Affemblv, to pronounce up
;ap onliisfate; but I move the order of the day
rca _ upon his name." Richoux was ordered to
lv a be erased.
la p S Duprat.—Labroufte moved an exception
in favor of Duprat. (murmurs.) Btrgo
in<r- '"&• " I call assure the council, upon the
authority of the miiiifter of police, that this
jjj in . member was one of the most daugerous in
j u ]y the Legislative Body. The correspondence
itill w hich he held with the emigrants and the
priests of his department was notorious, and
u tended greatly to embarrass the police,"
The motion was negatived.
Tarbe.— Hardy. " I have known Tarbe
since the commencement of the revolution,
and 1 alwaiy* belie v ed him to be a goodpat
tf. riot. lam ignorant, however, hov far he
has been Involved in the plot, of .Clitchy ; Cure
but I observe that Tarbs i 9 from the a:- the
partment of Yonne, and agreeable to the I
terms of four resolution, which declares poii
void the eleftions of that department, his of
eleftion is annulled. lam of opinion that mal
: J) Is exclusion from the legislature will be a T.h
i fufficient punishment." Tarbe was order- ide;
1 ed to be erased. fori
Simeon.— A member. "I am not much mo
acquainted with Simeon, but I have been >
:> his colleague in fev";ral committees. I was pol
d always of opinion, that the principles and apj
- sentiments he profeffed were truly republi- ouj
n ca»; besides, I know that he has purcha- lie.
t fed some national property."
s Bergoing. " l'he m afures presented by the !Gr
s committee were planned in concert with the! 1
[_ government,, and there are proofs of Simeon's ' c jj
. b;i»ig inculpated m the eonfpiracy." Si icetti. • .
1 " After the taking of Toulon, Sirrteott ernijra -
lt t ed, and remained there 14 months. Theq'ief- 1 * :, ~
a ! tion 'beinz put on the name of Simeon, ic rm;
le i ordered to remain on the lift. | tht
I- Noqgier Malgay. — A member stated.that this 'mc
0 deputv was an oH and an infirm man, who
• c odld not f ipport the fatigue of a long voyage •
1 j He was ordered to he struck out of the lift. j ,
| K.lit el. — Pcuilaiii Grandpre. *'" It is doubt- !
>y I less in confrquence of fee omiHion, ihatwe
it have not heard the name of Hamrl mentioned ; : th<
le for he is infinitely mjre, dangerous than many re;
n- that have been placed upon it. I movethathi6 a u
.(j name be fu'ifci ibed." —'Ordered. _ j r
The lili was read a third aud fourth time, . .
and finally adopted in the manner in which it j
'S has already been puMiftred.
-d fean^Debrv. —" D.mbtlefs every proportion jde
II- of clemency find , a lavorable xeception in this ■ du
at afiembly I have voted for several exceptions jha
jj__ which have been proposed ; but cur present ft- ■
tuation requires that we should pay less conD- j rp
y deruion to individual interefls thjn to general I
fafety ; we ought no v to expose ourselves to the i
dangers of a new revolution, nor to the chance j **
of of .being re-plunged in that abyss fom which
o- the wifdpm of the dirpflory and the devotion th
, r . of the armed force have rescued us In present- e»
u _ inp the lift which has keen read, the committee re
had certainly reasons sot propofins; that all these c}
j l men (honld be banished from France. ■ I move
tint those who have been erased from the lift. 1
d> be allowed' to retnniiv in the republic, but that
g- iheylhall not he permitted 10 fit in the leyilla
>ft tive body." The council palled to the order of
4S> iheday. _
ut The Terrorists-—Merlin de Thionville —
*■ While yoy combat with courage the friends .
. of royalty, you ought also to subdue those ef a-
ei * narchy. Felix Lepelletier, Antojielle, and O- d<
138 ' mar, are at this moment employed in. recom- F
•Dt mencing their intrigues. You hive ordered
iat the leaderi of the royalist fait ion to be trant- q,
j e . ported—you ought to adopt the fame measure t j
with regard to those of anarchy. I move that a
proposition on this fubjeiTt be referred to the P.
committee.
:he The council palled to the order of the day.
pi- The fitting was fufpendedat midnight. I
>ut o
ed. 19 Fru&idor, Sept. 5. e
iti- A resolution, bearing that the army of v
:m- the interior had deserved well of its coun
xat try upon the 4th, was read. 1
un- Chazal moved that to it be added, that I
ch all the armies had deserved well of their t
:ar- country.—Adopted.
for The revolution, said Balleul, was prin
ion cipally direfted against the privileged or- ;
red ders. Is it not absurd then to fee them in 1
she the administrations ? Ought the protection ;
bed of tht republic to be committed to such 1
hands ? 1
»ul- He moved that a committee should be
aft, appointed to consider whether all the ci de- ;
sts. van! men of title, who (ince the revolution, ]
?ith have not conftantlj laid them ailde, ihould
ired not Le included among the emigrants.— J
: all Adopted. _ ]
tef- Sept. 5, at night. 1
ub- General Jourdan —" Citizens Reprefen- 1
; re- tatives, the French people, the armies, the
is a government, and you, chose a republic ; ,
ere- and the resolution you came to yesterday, ]
rhe and which has been fanftioncd to-d yby
pa- the council, (hew the world that you
for- are determined to preserve your liberty or
the to pen'fh. You have, Representatives, on«
felf. more duty to perform. The enemies of the
one republic will endeavour, no doubt, to
lon blacken the immortal day of the 4th of
uck September ; they will try to make the good
five people in the couutry believe that liberty
vith has been opprefled ; they will perftiade them
tteft that these steps have been taken against the
and will of the legislative body, and that you
of a are not free. Well, I will propose to you
: the the means of making our real iituation
rhi- known to France and to the armies. It
will be necessary, by an address prepared in
inifti this council, and agreed to by the other,
hose to assume to yourselves that portion of glo-
Iv is ry which belongs to you for your firm, cou
ir a- rageous, and prudent conduit. 1 his ad
■ly a drels must also state the crimes of those
Eth, conspirators whom you have brought to
ac- juilice.
eea- " Perhaps these men who would persuade
iled. their fellow citizens, that a republic can
;der- exist without republicans—these men who
wi(h to .destroy the constitution of the third
yet year,andvetwho are continually praifing,it,
ebe will accuse you for your conduft. Under
sub- these difficult and extraordinary circum
ppke stances, Representatives, this is the answer
—you opprefled the people ; your poniards
ik. in were wet with the blood of our best citi—
ague zens, and that constitution which .you now
tcred appeal to you every day attacked,
it ion " You placed yourselves in the ranks of
;cled our enemies ; you offered us battle, and
ongs we have conquered you ; we may use all
:rs of the rights of vi&ory, but we •will not take
e up- your blood.—Liberty haß triumphed, and
e day that is fufficient. 1 therefore move that a
ed to committee be appointed to prepare, within
three days, an address to the French peo
ption pie." —Agreed to. [This fpecch was or
ergo- dered to be printed.J
n the Bent3bole.—" It is not enough for you
t this to have heard the cries of true republicans;
>us in you ought also to hear the cries of all ho
dence j nest men, and to make those who have fjt
d the j tened on the fpoi's of the nation give an
, and account of their fortune. I am far from
lice," j wishing to touch private property ; but the
I good of the nation is the good of every,
["arbe ' one, and not of individuals. I require that
jtion, j thole whom the confidence of government
dpat-1 had placed in an important adminillration,
r ar he ;be bound to render accounts. This mea-
r
sure is founded on the con/tit uiiort, afcdoa
the .justice which you owe the nation."
Portier de l'Oife—'" The committee ap« k,
pointed to make a report upon the arrears
of the national accounts, will be ready ta
make their report on Sunday fe'nnight.
T.his report agrees perfe&ly well with the
ideas of my colleague Bentabolle, and there
fore I move the order of the day upon hia
motion." Agreed t6.
Andouin, in a motion of order, pro
posed that a committee of five members be
appointed to report upon the means that
• ought to be adopted to prtfervc the repub
lic.
j The council appointed for that purpose >
: ' Gregoire, Jean Debry, and Vil'ars.
; ' The dire&ory sent a melfasre to the coun
cil of five hundred, in which thtjtfexprefs
a hope that the change which hacFTrren ef
: I fefled, would give to their application for
1 financial relief that fuecefs, of which, by
| the intrigues of the royalists, they had for
-8 ' merly been disappointed. The following
" objects of revenue are pointed out:—l.
To regulate immediately the direst taxes of
" the 6th year. 2. To exadl from the col
e letters obligations si r the payment of what
; | they recover. 3. To modify the duty oF
y regiftrajion. 4. To raifc the duty 0/ land
s and water carriage,, and aboliih banking.
'5. To eftablii a national lottery. 6. A
j duty of toll fo'f the support of highways.
17. To impofc a duty of registration on law
dends and proceedings. 8. To establish a
is ! duty of an hundredth part on paper or
•s . hanging-paper mannfa&ured in France,
1 double on the fame articles imported, gr.
'■j j To make transferable all the public debt al
e | ready funded or to "be'liquidated, and to
j admit it in payment of national domaiss.
h 10. To authorise the direftory to take all
m the measures necefTary to secure the femcrs
'■ ere:i by anticipations upon the. revenues not
y recovered, so iupply the expense of the
campaign, if peace is not couclrided.
ift T' r " "" ' 1 —'" j —.
t _ By this, xla/' 3 - MiuL
of
7IEW-YORK, November 9.
Summary view of the intelligence by the
a _ last arrival from Europe, in addition to the
). detaijed account of the proCcriptiQns in
n- France. ,
-d The infurre&ions in Piedmont are nearly
quieted. In the correspondence between
re the Sardinian minister and general Buona
[l£ parte, the latter has declared that he had
rigidly forbid the French to interfere in the
local concerns of his Sardinian raajefty.—
He hasalfo given permission to a Sardinian
officer to enter into the fortreflea garrison
ed by the French troops, to fee that no
of works were conftrudting by the garrisons.
tn- The new constitution proposed by the
Batavian people, has been reje&ed 1 one
rat hundred thousand votes against twenty four
eir thousand.
Accounts from Vienna state that} a Mr.
in- Louis had been dispatched from Paris by
or- Barthelemy, the director, to inturcede with
in the Emperor for the release of La Fayette
ion and his friends, and that this wasaffcntedto
ich by his majeily, on condition of his abandon
ing France and retiring to America,
be The Ligurian republic (Genoa) has heen
de- acknowledged by 1 the dukes ofTufcanyaud
an, Parma.
jld Rumours of war increased in Italy, in
> — August Mantua was ordered to be sup
plied with ammunition and provifiuns^—hea
vy cannon had been conveyed from France
en- to Italy.
the The emperor's officers have declined re
ic ; ceiving a courier from the Cisalpine repub
ay, lie—declaring that his . Imperial majesty
by knevr of no such republic,
sou Another plot of the defenders in Ireland
'or has been detested-—it was to murder all the
on« iriends of government,
the The emperor continues all his pepant
to tions for war, and has lately renewed the
of Hungarian troops of the Levy in mass.
ood The young king of Sweden is to marry
:rty the princess Frederica of- Baden, daughter
lem of the hereditary prince,
the The ditt of Ratiibon have publiflied their
you conclufum refpetting a general peace—de
you claring they are ready to concur and fend
tion ministers to a general eongrefs, when ap-
It pointed, to negeciate a peace on the princi
iin pie of preserving the Germanic constitution
her, and the integrity of the empire,
jlo- The French squadron from Toulon has
ou- arrived in the Adriatic gulf and joined the
ad- Venetian fleet. The destination is not well
iofe understood—Certain it is, that the provin
to ces which eompofed ancient Greece are ripe
for infurredlion ; the Ottoman Porte is al
iade armed and is taking measures to repel revo
ean lutionary principles.
.vho One of the mod alarming and fatal eff
hird eftsofthelicentioufnefsof the prefentdemoe
r, it, racy in France is the deftru&ion of the na
lder tienal forefts. The direftory have addrefied
um- an urgent message to the council on the fub
vver j e <3. The ruin of those forefts cannot be
ards repaired in a century, and France will be
citi- compelled to depend on imported timber
now for ihip-building. Not to mention the scar
city of fuel that inufl ensue ; as in France
s of wood is almost the only article of fuej.
aJtd A body of the difaffected Poles have
e all gone to Italy and joined Buonaparte's
take troops ; by means of these men, and other
and renegadoes the neighbouring eotin
lat a tries, the democratic principles will hereaf
ithin ter creep into all the arbitrary government*
peo- in Europe, and gradually extend to Asia.
s or- The eye of philosophy should not overlook
these trifling facts, as from them maypro
• you ceed vail revolutions.
:ans;
1 ho- J>y a legal decifron of the courts in Wefti
: fat- minster, (if vvc recolleft right, it vras in the
'e an cafe of Li v efay &Co ) it was eftghliihed
from a s a principle of law that the consignor of
t the goods may flop them in traniitrey or *
:very, they are received by the consignee, in cafe
that of the bankruptcy of the consignee before
ment the goods come to his hands,
ition, A decilion at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Juf
mea- ties Grofe, in Bristol, has lately puljliflied