PROCLAMATION FOR RE-COMMENCING HOSTILITIES. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. PROCLAMATION Of the Executive DireSory tn the French Na tion, to the end tfiat the French armies tnay be complete and ready to march by the 15/6 of Vtndemaire next, 08. 6. The 18th Fru£tidor [Sept. 4] imposed si lence on the orators of London who were stationed i*n Paris. After that very memo rable day, the English ambassador pressed to rxplajn himfelf in a prtfitivemanner as tathe firft jedt of his legation, fee off on return for England. On her fide, Austria fuffers herfelf to be direfted by the Cabinet of St. James's, which labours inccffantly to diftraft Europe and foment troubles on the Conti nent,, ; The Emperor thwarts the wilh of his states and that of his court: he refills the peace of which his fubjeSs are in need, and confirms himfelf exclusively to preparations for war. His armaments apprize us of what weourfe|ves have to do. If the generous loyalty which urged us to fubferibe to the articles of Leqben is abused ; if, speaking conflantlV of peace, nothing is breathed but war, the French nation, which merely speaks of war, because it is desirous of peace wuJ put itfelf in a condition to support its dignity ; and the valour of its armies mutt recover its advantages. It-is more ef pccially fcffefitial fully to convince the enemy that there is no longer in France but one •and a sole part, but one tentiment, b;it one interest, that of a sovereign nation,-which isfcufible of its grcatnefs, and which wiflies to prefervc its liberty—The Executive Di rectory is fwaved by no other motive than these. The law authorizes lis to provide for the fafety of the (late.— It is pleflfed to make you the judges of the reasons which determine it to employ this sacred right. Your enemies-who are not a ble to rjfift your courage, have endeavour ed to subdue you by stratagem. They de ceived you by the (how of negoctatibn.- If they had beenfincerely desirous of what they appeartd to seek, peace would be now con cluded. The Executive Drrc&ory hasten ed to flop the progress of the French ar mies. It gave itfelf up with sincerity to the hope ps the good understanding which dazzled its fight ; and enjoyed, in idea, the means it was about to possess of causing li berty to be beloved, and of procuring for France as great a proportion of happinefe in peace as (he had acquired of glory in war. But after having obtained this interruption in the progress ps our victories, what did out enemies wi(h ? To gain time, to foment among you intefline divisions, and to take the advantage of what Would result from them, to cause Frenchmen to massacre each Cthcr, until they (hould be enabled to fall oh the remnant of the population, to di vide among themfelvcs the (hreds of a coun try thus divided, and to blot out France from the lift of nations. ' Republican good faith could not have fufpe&ed this snare of the policy of courts ; you mufi, however, Jiare seen, citizens, whether this plan was "not faithfu'ily followed up 5 the majority of 'yourpublic funftionarieseompofed the auxi liary- army which fought in the bofotn of France for your mod cruel enemies. v They ,'liad called hither swarms of those barbarous emigrauts who are bent on tearing in pieces the vitals of their country, and of those fa ruatical priefls who are skilled in kindling up *very where the murderous zeal of homicidal piety. The national tribune no longer re sounded unless with the voices of the depu ties of Austria and England, calumniating defenders, insulting your generals, em ploying themselves in paralifing your gov ernment, and reducing it gradually to the abfolu'te nullity which corresponded so well with th&r royal inftrudlions, and with the views of their constituents. At' length the veil is tore off ; —the partizans of the so- Nrign Courts are no longer the orgaßS the national will; the helm of the reptiblicris in the hands of the republicans ; —and the people of France have French Reprefenta lives. Citizens, in these eircumftances, •what course ought your magistrates to pur sue ? A nimated by a sincere wish to give to I Trance a peace worthy of her, that is to fay, >a solid peace, agreeable to her interests, and conformable- to her engagements, how are they at this time to repulse the pretensions and elude the fraud of the cabinet of Lon don? How are they to put an end to the in decisive tardiness of the cabinet of Vienna, and to free Austria herfelf from English in fluence, the only real obstacle to the peace of Europe ? There is but one mode. Since your enemies, in feigning to negociate, hold themselves in an hostile state, their example forces you again to take up arms, and ab>"' folvcs you, by anticipation, from all the cala mities which in their territories are about to be the inevitable result of the rupture of the truce. Ah ! if war be a feourge that ean not be too much deteilcd.but the horrors of which fall on those by whom it was provo ked, if humanity revolts again ft those who died blood, who plunder cities, and lay pro vinces waste without a neceflity ; if the au thor of an iniquitous war be responsible for the death of the men who are killed, for the deftruftion of the cottages which are burn ed, forthelofsof commerce which ensues, for the provisions whieh are deflroyed, for the violence*, disorders, and crime, which ire committed with arms in the hand ; if those who feed on the horrors of war, enter ed into without pretext and without reason, are ferocious monsters, unworthy of the name of men, not merely enemies of the countries which they cause to be laid wafle, but ofvihe whole human race :—you who have for fix years been forced to fight for yonr indepen dence ! yon, on whom certain perfidious men endeavour to bellow the fatal gift of a civil war! you, who, conquerors and tri fcmphant, laid down your arms to propose pnd hear the words of peace ! you will not J have to dread the imprecations, the legiti- ( mate anathemas which nature and jullice ad irtfs to your cnertiiev In returning. ?gaii/fl 1 Your will, to the blocr.ly contest from wlilc 1 .yon had drawn yourselves, you may prote in the Face of the who!j world what yourir tcntions have been, and call' on Heaven t witncfs the juflice of the cause you are aboij to defend. Thus, then, citizens, agai take up your arms without ceasing to be dt firous of peace. Your government perfi veres in offering it on the conditions whic appeared it to be meet and compatible.— Perhaps t'he warlike appearance you are a bout to resume, will fufHce to obtain a con fertt to these conditions ; but if they fhouli be refufed, you will maintain the honor an< the laws of the republic. It is in the nam of the nation, it-is to fulfil its will, finijcur its rights, and to preserve its glory, that th executive power their flandardsal the.Coldiers of the country Who have with drawn from then> on any cause whatever The executive directory accordingly enjoin its commissioners Rationed iu the depait menu, to cause to be executed, without de lay, and without reftridtion, the law 3 of Frimaire and 4 Nivofe, of the fourth year together with the resolutions of. 4 Ventofe and the subsequent ones, and to cause at the soldiers and requifitiens whatever, whe are now at their homes, to join by the 15th Vendemaire (Oft. 6.) —Frenchmen, it ii necessary, that at this epoch your armies (hould be complete, that they (honld be rea dy to march, and that their awful and ter rible afpe& fliould inflantly command that glorious peace, which for fix months past ought to have been the fruit of their tri umphs. The executive diredlory rcfolves, that the above proclamation (hall be printed, solemnly published.and fixtd up all the com munes of the republic by its commissioners stationed at the central departmental admi niflrations j and the war minifler shall take all the Btceffary measures for its speedy exe cution, of which he thai] give an accouat every three dayi to the dire&ory. (Signed) REVEILLIERE LEPAUX, t President. Legasde, Sectctary General. PARtS, September 23. What we have announced relative to the appointment of Geo. Hoche to the poll of Generalissimo of the two armiei of the Rhine is positive. An order to this effeft ha* beeniffued from the War Department. —Annales Politiques. If, contrary to all appearances, fay the letters from Milan, hostilities with the Em. peror (hould be renewed, the Piedmontefe troops will join the French army. This point is decided. It is even repotted that they will form a body of 15,000 men. Ve nice will furnifhio.ooo, thfCifalpine repub lic 20,000, and the army of Kellerman, 30,000, amounting to a reinforcement of 75,000 for the army of Italy, which will be under the command of Maffena, Berna dotte, &c.—lbid. Letters from Bruflek ftatc, that Camil le Jordan, and two others, had passed thro Anvers. It was difeorcred too late who they were, and that they intended to quit the French territory. There is the (Irongtft reason to believe, that the courier dispatched by the Ejirefto rp on the night of the 2d and 3d* comple mentary day, Sept. 18 and 19, carried to Buonaparte the orders to renew hostilities with the Emperor. At tlye very moment when the conrier fct off, a courier arrived from Lisle with the intelligence that Lord Malmefbury had quitted thai city, and had set out for Londcn. His departure, which so soon fuccecdcd the arrival of Treilhard and Bonnier was the result of the firft con versation with the new negociators. " Have you power," said Treilhard to Lord Malmefbury, " to restore to the French Republic all her colonies."—" No"— " Why then go heme and get them !" September 26. /dminijlration of General Police to the Edi tor of the Annates Politiqucs. " Reports are spread that the Deputies sentenced to transportation have escaped. This intelligence is falfe, and you are desir ed to contradi£l it by the channel of your paper. (Signed) SOTIN, " Miniftcrof the General Police." The Dire&ory held an extraordinary meeting on the 22d inft. to which not even the Misifters were admitted—its.objeft is said to have been the necessary dispositions for opening the campaign. September 27. The Commissary of the Execntive Pow er the Municipal Admillration of Police, writes al follows—" General Dutertre, commander of the armed force, charged with escorting to Rochfort the transported Members of the 19th Fruftidor, arrived here the firft complementary Day. He wasarrefted two days afterwards by order of the Government, five leagues from hence, and set out the next morning under a strong guard of gendarmes.—The reports concern ing the troubles said to have taken' place at Lyons have been contraaidled by a letter of the Departmental Adminiilration of the Rhone, Rating that no column of the army of Italy has arrived in this city, and that the column expefled will find uoobftae'e. The Administrators add that Lyons, where pub lic tranquility has not been troubled fqr one instant by tht news of the salutary events of the 18th, still continues calm, and that the measures of public fafety ordered in conse quence of that memorable day are rigorous ly executed." , TO THE MINIS I fclt OF JUSTICE. " Paris September 7. "Citizen MirtiJler, "The prrttmlfil Amfrinnj, and ll.eir de fenders, have alway« maintained, that the vrf fels belonging to the United Ft.ite« never make a privftire of carrying with them fa He lifts o?' their crews. The following is a proof of ihe contrary . The (hip >'«ry, hound from nn Ame rican port to London, was taken and brought into Maotc by tie Fount of I'Oricnt, bn?«fc the rT.uiltr roll produced hv the Captain'did ivt i-oncfj pud with the nan and difcription of the »vc»> who coirpnfco the civw. \\V hive the hcuoui to tranfinit you » c> j>y of :fist ti£ ; h I yc.u will observe, C' r « z er» Mimfter, that !t is ex it atflythii fume frith the copy which the Cap tain of the ilepofit-s jri/.eprove, the pro priety of requiring'the muliei rollsito'bVtoroilui:. etl, and of eompari.ig them with the uew, ' which is the only m :ins of drtefl.nv fraud.. " Hcatth anil refuel, 1 ' (Signed) 1 . Deduilx, df anta, Thomas, fc-rt. «f st. Rta (if l«e» the Brothers De'lpaujt, the B others Bo rn "•? Matoea. of fOnent." j l-ift of the. Officers and Scairjeh on hoard the , A'tirr os-Boston, biund ffopi Portfmjuth{New , in>) to ■ • John vhartcfton, MaflV i Wilham Curtis, firft Mate, M\rW»-heaJ do. . William Cbardtil,,fecond Matej ditto do. Ilia: WaeMen, Seamaa, ciitto Thomas Ireland, ditto Cbarlefton. James Hoyt, ditto New York. 1 Geo (ft Johnften, ditto Marblehead. William Culler, ditto ditto. J •tin Hazard, ditto B.iftoa. 1 . MILAN, Be»t. 4. General Buonaparte arrived ar Ud'tia on the 3d of September. The Congress is held at the t house of the Marquis di Gallo : but nothing!, • that liifclofes its progress is pe' tpitted to tranf- j pire. TUI we know is, that at the firft confer- t enee Buoraparte held this languige—•' I ap- f priaeymi that in a few days all this oegociati on must be brought to an end. The Frsnch | Government iaanxiqas for Peace, thopt. 6. fr The Bey of Tunis, has officially declar ed he - will not observe the arrangements made with the United States in O&oberlaft | But the Dey of Algiers has interfered, and c ' | it is hoped, he will alter his mind. 1 • Sept. 8 , Thelaft propofitionofour Government to France, was ta retain theC. of Good Hope, . Trinadad and Ceylon. ,n 111 Sept, 10- c| Wjth much concern we now fay, that ( j Lord Malmefbury has returned to England ij. without accomplifhiag the objeft of his . million. With refpeft to the causes which led im- . y mediately to the ruptijre of the negociati«ns, the only information we have been able to t j obtain is, that on the arrival of the new commiflioners, Treilhard and Bonniere at ,j Lisle, they demanded of Lord Malmefbuty a final and categorical answer to -the terms which had some time before been presented ] )( to him as the fine qua non of peace. His Lordship's reply was, that in that stage of the negocintion he was not autho- as rized by his court to agree to the propoli- tions of the Executive Dire&ary. The a) commiflioners immediately obferred, that it g was evident his Lordfltip was not veiled with the ncceffary powers to treat ; and, therefore, that his further reljdence at Lisle would be dispensed with by the government of France. This observation was followed G by a peremptory order for his Lordship to quit the territories nth ™> P*fru from Bailee for 7 or I, do. at Hartc/cna. I 1 n *}*??"*? J " r " c y< f rcm London for R-f ---1 fiend, tt fail mto,Richfort. " 5 r ■ ? h ,' f ° r, °" ar, f 'American Tndiaman J a da/from England Sept. 23. The Columbia, Latbrop.from Ncwyori far ' Hamburgh, u carried into Wa, L tcs. ' .. '''nut, Birrelt, from I.iyerjx,olfor Ncti: ' ' ,J into Bourdtaux. , ■ The Maria, tf Boflcn, Rofs, is f en , iu!u JDQyonne. Tm Friends, Merritt, fr, m Virginia, it • taken by a French privateer. Alexandria, Nov. 1 arrived, Sch'r Mary, Crozier, Guernsey. Ship Fair Virginia London with dry goods. 7 Schooner Charlotte Baltimore. Capt. Crozier, spoke a schooner 2 day* from Havre de Grace, tht captain of which laid, that two (hips and two brigs from the United Statei, bound to Hamburgh and Amltrrdam, had been carried in there and condemned, though possessed of the role d' equi page. Tn Ln. 26, 45 long. 67, j 7 , f pp k e t h e ftip Harmony, from Charleston, bound to Bremen, fifteeu days out—a!l well. Lat. 36, 6, long. 6.7, 20, spoke the Ma ry .rom Liverpool, bound to Philadelphia, 55 days out, nil well. Captain C. informs that a few days ago a (hip belonging to Wifcaffet, from Dub- K bound to Charleiton, had put into Hampton roads in great di(tref3, having loft all her fails; and having been tajcen twice by the French and retaken once by the Eng- Sophia, O'Meara, from IMaderra, last from 1 eneriffe, wine, &c. William Wilson. Captain O'Meara informs, that two days after leaving Madaira, was chafed by a pri vateer, but the Sophia failing f a ft kept confidcrabjy a-head. Unfortunately one of the men fell overboard—captain O'Mea ra immediately hove to, and launched hia borit, but the man not knowing how to wa! loft —This delay gave the priva- J 6 " time to come U P—fired a gun and hodted French colours, and then took Ipof feifion of the Sophia, and ordered her for St. Cruz. After a ftrift examination the j was beared, and the captain permit ted to enter his protest for damages. meeting of the American Philosophical Society will b« held at their Hall, at 6 o'clock this evening. Friday, 17 th Nov. N O TI CE. r TPHE guardians of the poor particularly reqaeft X all persons indebted for poor taxes to pay the fame to the CelleAors when called ob. The increase of tht poor, owing to the late calamity, the Board trufl, will induce the persons indebted, to attend to this request. By order of the Board, PETER MIERCKEN, President. Southwark, Nov. 17, The Canal Lottery, Will re-commence drawing, on Monday the 20th inft. ROBERT BROOKE, ~f.hccl Cl+rl, Nor. ir. ♦ dt2t>. French Circulating Library. JOSEPH E. G. M. De La GRANGE, No. ii« Walnut-fireet, INFORMS those who wish to recur to th? only means of L-ecominjj perf'eA in the French Lan guage.that he has just opened his Library, con fiding of upwards of 1150 volomes, the beit cal culated to afford either ufeful inftrudtion, or plea sure. The nonditions, together with a catalogue, of the Library, miy be seen at every book-fellcr> in town. * w. b. All tranflatioiis from and into the French, Englilh and Spanilh Language*, executed wkh ac curac) and dispatch. eoim nov., 15. Mordecai Lewis, HAS FOR SALE, At his Store, No. 25, Great Dock-street, 250 bales of Bengal Goods Containing B&ftas Colfit Crorrahs Moragugungces Tookery • Check and Stripes Bandano Hatidkerchiefi Mamoody Calicoes H hoxes Irifli Linens I do. Diapers i do Umbrellas 20 caoifters Java Sugar 78 bags black P« pper Ido. East India Ginger 100 calks roil Brrmftone , . 7c pipes Madeira Wine 57 calks Gin A quantity of lheathiag Copper and Nafife O&obir 3®. jawjw For Sale by the Subscriber, White Plattillat Brown Hollindf White Sheeting» Dowlafiea Silesia bordered Hluidkerchiefo Striped Bla k Ribbonj, No. 3 and 4 Gl»fs Tumblers, and Looking Glaflfes, ia in cases, &c &c, George Pennock. November 6. codjw Teas of superior quality. 8o chests fine Hyson 15 ch«lls Hyfon i chests Imperiil For Sale, cornet of Second and Piße.flreett. W C.yHAIGHT. f november frl. 3»wtf All Ferfons who are indebted to the edate of William Hevsham, fen. o; Phila delphia, deceased, arc nequeiled to make fpeep'y payment; and those who have any demandi a-. gainst faitl estate, will plc-afe to f resent them, pro perly attifted. to the fubferibers. William Hejlham, "J Robert Hexham, > Executari. Francis Dwaies Sayre, _} m':r-l:r 0. iuw 4w