read the projeft. requeded he might be al lowed forne time before he made lip his mind on this fubjedt. He was also deflred to withdraw, and being arretted in the gallery where Barthelemy was taken, he attempted to draw his sword. Barrns, who Jiad left the room with an intention of following Carnot, cam: behind him, and stabbed him with a 1 his back. His body was immediately tnken away, ats buried in the vaults of the Luxemburg!). The triumvirs then fin idled their game, and began thi revo lution . Gaptali Cotes has been hitherto prevent ed, hy the want of a paffpdrt, from visiting Paris, in his new capacity as agent for the exchange of prisoners ; and it is now be come a matter of doubt, whether, in the pre sent disposition of the directory, he will ven- , lure to trust himfelf there. Government, we underdand, havecomt to a determination not to permit any French officer, of the rank of captain, to be ex changed, until the liberation of fir Sidney Smith (hall have been assented to. The known tendency of the conqueror of Italy to rhodomontade, is infinitely t;xceedtd , on a late occasion, by Moreau. General Buonaparte can only find a solitary plot in a port-folio, while the commander of the army ' of the Rhine and Moselle, can, 011 the emer gency of the moment, find proofs by wag gon loads. In the Spani(h fiiip which is prize to the Raven, is a coffin, containing the body of a grandee, that was sent from the Havan-1 nah to be interred in Old Spsvin. The jack tars infid upon over-hauling the old gentle man, as they fufpedt he has got the dujl with him. General Thureau, the author of the his tory of the war of La Vendee, is again em ployed, and is gone to the army of the Sam bre and Meufc, to serve under Hoche. The Sans Joaqliim, Santa Cruz, Trini dade, Modena Delz, Truenzo, Piadade, Roa Nova, Patrouina, Alegria, Carolina, Boa Fi, Bernardo, and St. Teraza, from the Brazils to Oporto, with eight or ten other ships, from the Brazils, are taken by the French ; and also a (hip from Liverpool, for Mir tinique, and one from for Ja maica. The America, Tucker, from Wifcaffet to Liverpool,*has been taken by a French pri vateer, and retaken by the Bellona man of war. HARWICH, SEPT. 20. This morning was brought into this har bour a French lug-fail privateer, captured on : the Dutch coad by one of his majedy's frigates. She is a remarkable fine vessel, on ly fix months old, pierced for 16 guns, which were thrown oveiboard in chace—her complement of men 63. This veffttl fails very fad, and during her cruize of five months, has taken 14 Englilh (hips, and funk two, and mod probably would not have been captured, had it not blown a gale of wind. / _____ FRANCE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. Mrjhge to the Council of Five Hundred, on tie 4th Complementary day, sth year. Citizen Representatives. The executive direCtory has received the twb me.Tages which you addressed to them yesterday, concerning the exceptions propo fetf to the dispositions of the law o? the 19th Frftftidor, relative to emigrants. You will find annexed the report which has been .nvde on this fubjedt to the direftory by the min ider of general police, to which the diredto ry refers you. v L. M. Revelliere Lepeax, President. Legarde, Secretary General. Report to the Executive Dirt dory. Citizen Diredtors, The law of the 19th Frudtidor, occafiou ed by the dangers to which the royal con spirators have " exposed the conditution of the republic, bears the marks of that fpint of grandeur and of wisdom, which has di rected the progress of the two powers in the late circumdances ; it has heen received with transport throughout the republic ; the Ftench people have received it as a solemn pledge of the loyalty of the legifhtivebody, and thanks be to it, hrttory will uot have a single excess with which to reproach so re markable an epoch. The execution of thi3 salutary law will deliver the republic fromitsgreated enemies, the emigrants and turbulent prieds. • Its dispositions are fimpie and humane ;it calls not for the blood of men who have only signalized their return to the territory of the republic,' but by trouble, revolt and af faffi.lations. It expels them only .rom a country, to the laws of which they refufe to submit thepifelves. The advantages of this measure are »m ---menfe, inappreciable ; its inconveniences light and partial. You a(k me, citizen direftors, what are the exceptions which it will be possible to make to the dispositions of the 15th article of this law. You inform me, at the fame time, that the kgifature have proposed to except from that article the persons men tioned in the lid of emigrants by the admi oidration of foreign departments, and that, the council of five hundred have sent back to you the petitions of two soldiers who com plain that they have been unjudly profen bed. To make this circumdanee an exception, would be to dedroy the principal law. Doubtless well founded complaints exilt ; doubtless some citizens, public funaionanes, a fmsll number even of the defenders of the country, may find themselves included in this law ; but th<: magidrates of a great na tion, the legators, cannot facrifice to the intered of a few citizens that of a whole na tion. It is this day demonstrated that the rebel emigrants and prieits ought to be ba niflied from the French foil, or that the constitution and the republic must be•"pol ed to the hazards of a civil war, all i-s In Vain will it he fa id, that to except f»iim this law,fijch or such a class of citizens is not to agree to dedroy it ; exp'rience h;is (htvtn us that wken a principle is once at tacked, intered and malevolence know how to profit l»y it, so as to render nu'.lthe mod j severe law. It is with similar exceptions that but : lately we had nearly recalled the emigrants, as fugitives of the Lower Rhine, as fugitives j of Toulon, and as fugitives of the colonies. ; Citizen Diredtors, the mod constitutional j law is that whieh drives away emigrants • from the republic. How easy it is to deceive on qued/ons of. emigration, by captious reasonings, and by apparent authentic proofs ! Have I not re cently made known to you the frauds prac , tiled by a great number of emigrants, by corruption, have got their names fubdi tuted in the place of republican volunteers, usurping the glorious title of defenders of their country, and claiming the merit due to such. How many other's, if the propos ed exception fliould be adopted, would e quivocate as to the spot of their residence, and would by a thonfand pretences elude the provisions of the law. By such an excepti on all the emigrants would remain. Yes, Citizen Diredtors, I hesitate not to declare to you, that the fafety of the repub lic depends upon the drift execution of the law of the 19th Frudtidor. The partizans of royalty and accomplices of the late conspirators, are far from believ ing themselves vanquished; already you . know, that they affaflhiate in ftveral depart- j ments, republican functionaries; important communications which have lately come to ' your hmd, have developed to you the vad plan of dellrudtion and death, which, by the nxrafurcs of tSe 18th Frudtidor, you 1 prevented the bloody execution of; and when, to arrest so many misfortunes and 1 crimes, the French nation contented itfelf | by removingfrom its bosom its acknowledg ed enemies, ii is feared to exercise this grand act of jiiftice, becauff, by doing so, they may the intered of a few citi zens i The mod equitable law is that which j contains the lead of injudice. None more than myfelf, Citizen Diredtors can bear witness of yourcondant solicitude to diftin guilh the innocent from the guilty. I have to the utmod of my power sup ported this principle of juttice, and every day lince the passing the law of the 18th of Frudtider last, has been marked by the con viction of a great number of citizens, that either error or malevolence had enrolled on the lid of emigrants. As to any thing else, the legislative body may be easy, you have in your hands, and have already made use of the means of go vernment which will alleviate that in which the vigour of the law might appear rigid, and which will prevent the innocent from being included with the guilty. As for my part, I must confefs to you,-I look upon the entire execution of the law, to be as just as it is indispensable. By it, you cut the thread of those dark plots which have been formed againd the public tran quility,; by it, at length, the republic throws off, without any effort, those who were tearing her to pieces. Dedroy this law, and you compromise the fafety of the conditution, even to hesi tate to maintain it, is a public calamity. SOTIN. By this day's Mail. • BOSTON, November 17. Latejl Foreign Intelligence. PARIS, September 24. BUONAPARTE CENERAL Iff CHIEF. Head-Quarter?, at PalFenano, 25th Fru<£lidor. SOLDIERS, We will celebrate the 1 d Vendemairc, the epoch mod dear to the French : it will be ;; day mod celebrated in the annals of the world. It 's from this day that the foundation of the Republic, the organization of a great nation,* the call of a great nation to aftonifli and console the world by its destinies, is dated. Soldiers—separated from your country and triumphant over Europe, they were pre paring-chains for you j you knew it—you have spoken ; the people awaked and mark ed out the traitors, and already they were in irons. You will hear, by the Proclamation of the Executive Diredtory what the private ene mies of the soldiery, and particularly of the divisions of the army of Italy, were con spiring. That preference does us honor— the hatred of Traitors, Tyrants and Slaves will be in hidory qur best title to glory and immortality. We return thanks to the courage of the F;rd Magidrates of the Republic, to the aimies of the Sambre and Meufe and of tht Interi or, to the patriots, to the representatives who have remained faithful to the dediny of France ; —they have done by one blow what we have been doing for the country thef» fix years. BUONAPARTE. LONDON, Oclob?r 2. Mr. Vick did not carry dispatches to France as was so industriously reported on Friday night j but carried papers for lord Grenville in the usual way in which that no ble Lord tranfadts the public bulinefs. No proposition has been made to the French ; and it is expedted that a date paper, or a collection of paptrs, will speedily be made public, giving an account of the conduCt of the negotiation at Lisle. The principal a gents have been daily employed in the pre paration of this maniftdo for some time pad. Camille Jordan is said to have been im -1 prisoned at Middlebourg soon after his ar ■ rival in Holland. Suard, editor of the ; Nonvellc Politiques, Padoret, and Boiffy rd'Aitgias are arrived in Switzerland. October 3. Ycftcrday evening a French fog ef trace arrived at Dover, by'which a M. Ivfetiue, a French courier, brought a dispatch from the commiffioncrs of the directory, ad4re(Ted to lord Mai me (bury. This difpatcli was instantly sent off by a fpe«ial meffenjjer to London, where it arrived at two o'clock this morning. We cannot take upon U3 to state the nature? of this communication. It may be merely the answer of the com miflioners -to tl»e- Ittter written by lord Malmefbviry, which Ins been so much the | fubjedt of discussion ; but to which minis ters have inid, they expefled no favorable answer. Tliis d.iy will prove to us, whe ther the French diredtory have relaxed from tn<sir demands or not. It (hall be our study to procure the bell informatian for our rea ders on a matter so truly interesting to them. At the fame time a Danffti-' arrived with passengers, and by this we have Paris journals up to Friday hit the inft. ' They do not j contain any interesting news. Nothing decisive has occurred at Udine. The armies remain in the fame po rtions, and though there appears to be some alarm of commotion in the provinces, it is feeble and unsupported. No account is yet given of the new Re public on the left bank of the Rhine, ex cept what the Journals have received like our elves through the German prints, and it seems to pass over, as st common event, unworthy of occupying a place in the pub lic mind. The escort of the Deputies, under sum mary judgment of transportation arrived at Rochfort on the 21 ft of Sept. they were em barked the fame day at noon, and the wind being favorable they were expedted in a few hours to be out of fight.—Thus the execra ble sentence of these men, without trial, is carried into effect, and the wretched imita tors of their tyranny in every country of the world, will have to quote th'eir example of injustice for the persecution of»the men whose opinions they dread. Whether these men were guilty or innocent i« foreign to the queflion. It is only by trial that Jus tice could be fatisficd. [Morn. Chrtn.~] La Fayette was liberated Aug. 27. Pre vious to which the Emperor asked of him a declaration.—The items of the demand may be conceived from the following, which was the effedt: DECLARATION of GEN. LA FAY ETTE, Dated Olmutz, Aug. 26, 1797. The commiflion with which the marquis de Chaftcller is intrusted, appears to relate to three points s 1. His imperial Majesty wishes to afeer tain the true state of our situation at Olmutz —I am not disposed toprefer any complaint upon the fubjedt ; the detailed circumstan ces refpedting it may be found in the letters, reeeived or sent back, which were tranfmit tedby my wife to the Auftriangovernment; and if his imperial majesty is »ot {satisfied by reading over the orders sent in his name from Vienna, I am willing to give the mar quis de Chafteller any information he may think proper to desire. 2. His majesty the Emperor and King, wishes to be assured that, upon my release, I (hall immediately set * out for America.—l have frequently fignified this to have beer, my intentioa. But, as an answer, onderthe present circumstances, might seem to admit the right of exadting such a condition, I do not judge it proper to comply with this de mand. 3. His majesty the Emperor and King, does me the honor to fignify to me that the principles which I profefs, being incompat ible with the security of the Austrian gov ernment, it is his pleasure that T (hould npt re-enter his dominions without his fpeeial permifiion—l have duties from which lam not at liberty to withdraw myfelf. I am un der obligations of duty to the United States —above all, I am under obligations of duty to France, and I can coutradt no engage ment inconfiflent with those rights which my country holds over me. With these ex ceptions, I can assure the general marquis de Chafteller, tKat it is my invariable resoluti on never to set foot on any territory, fub jedt to his majesty the King of Bohemia and Hungary ; consequently I, the underfign cd, engage myfelf to his majesty the Empe ror and King, never, at any time, to enter into any of his hereditary dominions, with out having firft obtained his fpeeial permis sion, provided this engagement is not under fteod to contravene the right my country holds over me. (Signed) La Fayette. The Diredtory invited General La Fayette, to return to France, and this invi tation has been renewed since the late revo lution. He will no doubt accept the invi tation, and go to Paris, to acknowledge the obligations that he is under for the inter ference of the Diredtory is his favour,j but we understand he is going to Spa.or Aix-la- Chapelle to take the waters for the recovery of his health. The Orrington, American Indiaman, was attacked in the Britilh Channel, by a French Privateer. She had means of de fence and used them. The privateer struck to her ; when (he was bid to sheer off, but to be more careful forthe future of meddling with Americans. Mnjical Infirumenl Manufactory, 167, Arch-flreet. TO THE LOVERS OF HARMONY. harper, INFORMS his friends and Ac public, that he has now ready for fate, * few of his new invented, and puch admired fide hoard Piano Fortes, with Pedal*,patent lwrll,if ftepshant ?.nd French harp lop which for fallibility of touch, brilliancy of t.inc, simplicity and durability of conftruilion, the faperiority of which,he flatters hiinfelf, a single tri al will convince the unprejudiced judge— As they are manufactured irndcr his immediate mfpeition, of the v-ry be- seasoned materials, he can fell 011 rtalonable tern 4 i'orCASH. Inftrumentj repaired, iur,ed, Sic. N. B. feco.id hand P»"° Fortes taken in ex change for new. 18. sawimo. novetnler 18. %\>% dMsette* PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY "EVENING, NOVEMBER 44. SUBSCRIPTIONS. a ■ Amount of fubferiptions receiv ed, for the use of the Sick Poor of the City and Liber ties of Philadelphia, continu ed from the 2nd of November 1797. Dlls. Cts. 3086 91 Received since, Ofjohn Redig*r liis fubfeription 3 o OfMatthewClarkfon,late May or of Philadelphia. 35 o OfHny Cr.Vanvagenen of New ton Long Island, his Ditto. 50 O Of Thomas Leacock and Tho mas Parker '3 33 ' Of Joseph Haberfhara Esq. re mitted liim from Portsmouth New-Hampshire, viz. The fubfpriptionsof sun dry inhab!tantsthcre 220 o Ditto of a small religi ous focietycalled In dependents, of the fame City. 44 25 Ditto the donation of / the south Parish of Portsmouth. 50 o 3H 2 S Tatal received from the 2nd of November to the 23d of No vember 1797, is 3492 49 Published by order of the Committee. SAMUEL COATES, °I ksjsoker. HEALTH-OFFICE, 23d November, 1797. Resolved, that the thanks of this Board be presented to Mr. James Smith, late of New-York, for his voluntary, difinteiefted, and benevolent services during the late con tagious fever, and that thefame be publilhed. By order of the Board, SAMUEL HODGDON, , Chairman. Ex'irad of a letter from'a gentleman in Hol land, to his friend in this city, dated Sep tember 18. " The two envoys from the southern and middle pans of the United States ar rived here to day from the Hague, at which place they had waited a fortnight for the arrival of Mr. Gerry ; they are now on their way to Paris, hoping to be joined by that gentleman either on their route, or soon af ter their arrival at that city. " Three of diredtory, viz. Rcveilliere Le peaux, Barras, and Rubel,by means of the armies, (who were induced by mifreprefen tationa to believe that the legislature were concerned in a plot for the re-eftablilhment of royalty in France) have seized one of the other members of the diredtory, Barthele my. Carnot, the remaising director would slave been seized also, had be not made his escape ; fifty four members of the legisla ture have been seized also—the great gene ral Pichegru is among these. " In effedting this revolution the consti tution has not been in the least regarded ; the diredtory sure of the support of the ar mies, have trampled it under foot, arvd yet Have had the address to make those armies believe, that it was the only way to pre serve the conftitHtion. "If you will .read the 69th article of the French constitution, which forbids the marching of troops within twelve leagues of the feat of the legislature, you will fee how that has been violated. " After the feiznre of these men, an ac cusation against them was sent to the rem nant of the legislature, assembled in a haity and unconstitutional manner, and without being heard dr fuffercd to appear in their own defence, were sentenced to banilhment (where the diredtory pleafed)—by that le gislature, the constitution has expressly for bidden to pronounce any greater punilh ment shan reprimand, arrest during eight days, and confinement during three days.— Wny not fend them before that court ex pressly pointed out by the constitution their trial ? it could not be doubted hut that this court would also have been fuffi ciently overawed to pronounce the will of the diredtory. But why not fuffer them to be heard before the legislature ? that pros trate legislature which returned thanks for its own humiliation. The fadt is, the accu sation was supported by such flimfy teftimo py, they were afraid the appearance of these men would (hake it off. It does not ap pear that testimony was produced against any but Pichegru ; and as he is mod fear ed, that against him is produced in full length : it is a conversation which is said to have passed between Pichegru and an emi 'gjant, while Pichegru was at the head of his army. This emigrant has told it to a se cond, who told it to a third, and this third emigrant is said to have put it in writing more than a year after he had heard it— and this writing is said to have been found by Buonaparte, (who is an inveterate ene my of Pichegru Y) To the firft Pichegru is made to unlofom hiinfelf in his firfft conver sation, without having ever before'feen him, and without his being able to advance any thing, to prove he was not a'fpy from the Jacobins, to whom this general is extreme ly odious, but who merely told him that he came from Conde. The conversation was relative to a restoration of royalty in France, and Pichegru for a stipulated price was to proclaim it at the head of his army. " Would you as a magistrate have receiv ed this as testimony on the trial of a warrant for a (hilling. " But the plan is said to have failed, be cause Pichegru wished toaffociate in the plan the Auftruns, and Conde objedted to this, becaufc the Auftrians by this means wo ild have a (hare of the honor of effecting the counter-rcvahlticn. Would Conde have re jedted the .plan on this account becaufc these very Aulri: l ;.; with wLpmhc Im<'i a<L.ei'.; '4 liimfeil, and vvhym hi; had.rpu.rnt *.'» ■ tli.'s very piijqjfele wets- to ft are- the /&rvY.f cnflayjqg a ntfmeruua people ? la my opJsu* on he would not. But had PieKegru been ucliroits ing a counter-revolution would ha h:.ve i\- ligntd his command in an army where liti was adored and where he could do more to* wards efFe&ing the object than any where and retire so poor as to be obliged to fell h;s horfesfrom hisinability tokeep them ? I think he nvould noti" Extraft of a letter from a gentleman of tli"» city, dated at Paris, 28— 2g. " As for news I have none bnt what you kn&w, 1 suppose—the 18th Fruftidor has been heard of, no doubt. The CommifTion ers, MefTrs. Pinekney and Marihall, arrived here last night—Mr. Gerry is expefted to day. We cannot fay, what may bt- the event bat expect they will be ffvorsbty received* and hope may may be fureefsful. " Sept. 29. I have not leamt any thing worthy your notice fiwee yeilerday." MA'RRIED—Lad evening, Mr. James-' Paul, of house of Wat foil and Paul, mer chants of this city, to Miss Elizabeth Hodman, of Burlington. The British Parliament is prorogued ta November 2. Sir Benjariiin Hammett, knight and aU dermari is clefttd Lord of London, for the ensuing year. " An Engljhnan" and " Mcdicus" are received—they shall appear as foou as pof lible. ■ Ilii .i -_-jnfaiu» GAZETTE MARINE LISTV PORT OF PPIILADELPHIA. From the journal of fat flip Concord, Cap lain Tbompfon, arrived on Sunday from Bala via, tut have extraSed the following further information, which nb doubt will be acceptalli to many of our friends. White Capt. Tbompfon lay at Bat a via, tht following vejfels arrived from th Unt'.'d States: June 17. Snow Panther, iVimpnry, 80j20n6 months, 12 days. v Sune 30. Bark Eliza, Hodge, Salem, 6 moi 16 days. 3d. Brig Olive Branch, Lambert, Salem, 6 ma. Ship Minerva, Loring, 80/lon, 7 months sth. Ship Four Sijlers, Wrey, Bojlqn, 7 months. Sailed for the United States Ith. Ship Eliza, Hutchings, frrr Boflon. Brig Star, Briclmore, ditto- Snow John and Joseph, Clark, with a car• go of arrack, for Tranquebar. Bth. Ship John Jay, Hafwell, Boflon. 11th. Governor Bowdoin, Olive, do. 29th. Saow Panther, IVhimpney, intending to touch at the Isle of France. Aug.ljl, Brig Olive Branch, Lambert, Ben' cqolen ; bark Eliza, Hodges, Salem. Capt. Maitland in the fbip Grace, of New- York touched at Batavia, to 26th July, and proceeded on to CaMon. Captain Thompson, left at Batavia, fbip Four Si/lers, Wrey, Minerva, Loring, of Bos ton, to fail for home soon after him. - Tht\Concordfailedfrom our capes in Febru ary lafl, and performed her voyage in 9 months and Jive days. ■ j-- A'iw-2'ork, Nov. 23. HRB.IVSP .Brig Chatham, Stan wood, Jamaica 27 Barque Eliza, Africa Schr. Ariel, Lowry, Cayenne 32 For Amsterdam, x The Ship FAR M E R, J OHN M'Collom, Master.; WILL fail, in a few days, the part of her cargo being ready. For freight ol fifty tons of Coffee, or paf fape, app,.y to the matter on board, at Walnut ftiejt wharf, or to JOHN SAVAGE. Who i« Landing, out of the said Ship, from Boar deaux, and For Sale, Claret in hhds. White Wine in quarter calks Claret in cases, of a superior quality Fentiniac, ) Sauterne, £ Wines in cases Lunille, ) Prunes in boxes novembt»i4. $ os* St. Andrews' Society. TflE Members of St. Andrews' Society, will pleas* to take notice, that as their Anfflver fary happens this year rn a Fast Day, to be observ ed by an order of. the Synod of Philadelphia, to which community many of tho members belong ; it is therefore judged proper to deftr the Celebra tion thereof, until Friday, the firlt of December, at O'Ellers' Hotel. The members are requested to apply for tickets ol admiflion to any of the afliftants, viz. MefTrs. Thoinis Leiper, Gavin Hamilton, jun. James Hen derfoti, Pobert Henderfon, William H.Tod/Efq. orjDr. Andrew Spence. The officers ar« delired to attend at one o'clock ; dinner to be on the table at three. By order of the Board, RICHARD LaKE, Secretary, novembers*. dtlD Thomas Randall, Puhlic in general, informs them that he has opened aiiQlfice, at his house, No. 88, Spruce street, for the purpole of tranfa&ing bufmefs in the line of Co mm ifi3 and Agei-cy, culle£ing rents and out- Handing claim* in nfiy part of the United Stares Ho flatters himfeif, that from his long residence in this country and a general knowledge ol it, his fcr ckes v. ili be iound \/ormy the no. ice of those who may please to confide to him the management of any ol their concerns. Isi- Is. Security given where required, nth mo 24 3tawtf The Commifiioners. For alleviating the diltrefs of the Citizent of ' Philadelphia, have removed their o:Kce to ill? 1 Old Court House, Higli Street. | EDWARD GARRIGUES, S<c tjry. | 13th mo. iS. • 1 ,v.
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