A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND "-"- 1 = ' <I)A\5 BY JOHN FENNO, No. 34. NOP I H FIFTH-ti/HEEI, PHILADELPHIA [No. 58 of Vol. IV.] Wednesday, De BY THE PRESIDENT »f the United States if AMEKIC*. A Proclamation. WHEREAS I have received authentic information, that certain lawless and wicked persons, of the weftcrn frontier, in the state of Georgia, did lately invade, burn and a to-wn belonging to the Cherokee nation, altho' in amity with the United States, and pat to death several Indians of that natior; and whereas fiich outrageous conduct not only violates the rights of humanity, but also en dangers tn« public peace 1 ; and It highly be comes the honor and good faith of the United States, to purfueall legal meansfor the punish ment of attrocious otfenders ; —I have there fore thought fit to iiTue this my proclama tion, hereby exhorting all the citizens of the United States, and requiring all the offi cers thereof, according to their refpeftive sta tions, to us« their utmost endeavors, to appre hend and bring those offenders to juiticc. And I do moreover offer a reward of Five Hundred Dollars,for each and every of*the above-named persons who shall be so apprehended and bro't to justice, and shall be proved to have afTumed orexerciled any command or authority among the perpetrators of the crimes aforefaid, at the time of committing the fame. Id tefcimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be afiixed tothefe presents, and signed the fame with my hand. I>onc at the city of Philadelphia, the twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of t»ie United Stvtc3 the Seventeenth. G. WASHINGTON. By the President, Th. Jefferson. Foreign Affairs. P A ft I S, Sept. 13 PROCELDINCS OF THE JACOBIN CLUB„ MLe Moine, who was com . miifioned at the last lilting to present the plan of a circular letter, to be traniinitted to all the allociated societies, in order to make theni -acquainted with the reason of the ablolute suspension of the correl pondence of the societies, commu nicated the following address, which it was immediately agreed {hould be printed, and sent to the allocia led societies : " >The Motlier Society has been obliged to interrupt its coi refpon deuce since tlie jotli of Augult, not because it considered that day as butting an end to plots and intrigues, but because many of its members were honored with the public con fidence, and admitted to places in the provilionary adminiltrations, juries, &c. The society, however, become a lirtle more numerous, is desirous of renewing an atftive cor respondence with its brethren in the departments, pei fuaded that the present circumstances require more than ever the molt fraternal com munication between patriotic foci- cues. Since the 10th of August the con spirators haveexpiated their ciitnes; the public fpiric has prevailed ; and the sovereign people recoveiing their rights, have at length tri umphed ovet villains leagued toge ther again'ft their happiness and li berty. The inhabitants of Paris, however, have been sensible of the lieceffity of continuing on their of keeping flridt watch over the agents and supporters «>f the con (piracy of that traitor, Louis the iaji ! Let us never cease to dread, friends and brethren, that new intrigues may fncceed to thole already tendered abortive. The "hits, the niufe, and tht fretencf oj machinations ftitl breathe*! Defpo'ifm growjs in darkness. Let us Hand up ready to give i': a deadly blow, under whatever form it may appear. " The grand interests of the peer pie are going to be difcuHed in the National Convention. Let us not lole a Tingle moment to and let it hear the national wifti, which ought alone to di'rtlt its ac tions. Let us above all prevent, by firm meafurcs, the danger of feeing these new Legislators Oppolo, with impunity, tlieir interests, or private withes, to the sovereign will of the nation. Let inviolability in future be attached to nothlngbut the law ; let all the municipal magifttates fee pntiifhinent placed by the fide of criroe%. Hetnjmber how final! is the 11 timber of thofeLegiflators who have refilled corruption.—vc-y *ev» indeed can be found in each Legis lature. Let us be inspired then with the spirit of the electoral body of Paris. They alone can save us from all kinds of despotism, and from dangers and convulsions too much prolonged, &c. " The decrees of that body ex press, ' That a scrutiny shall be made of the National Convention, for the purpose of expelling from its bosom such fufpetfted members at may, in their noniination, have es caped the sagacity of the Primary Afl'eniblies. " That all Deputies chosen to the National Convention, who may have attacked, or fliall attack, the fi>ver eignty of the people, shall be de clared incapable of fitting. " That all constitutional decrees, pafled by the National Aflenibly, shall be lancftioned or revised by the pebple " That Royalty fliall be abfolut*- y al>o 1 i/hc-tt, and (lie punishment of leath inflkted 011 those Who may >ro'pofe the re-e(tabliftiment of it. ' That the form of government /hall be republican.' " These, friends and brethren, are the important objetfs which the electors, the community, and the prirrtaiy afletnblles of Paris, iVtvite you to discuss fully, in order that you may strengthen and support the National Convention *»ith your vvilhes refpe&ing them." Oct OB F R I The Minifler for Foreign Affairs informed the Convention, that the King of Pruflia proposed condi tions of Peace to the northern and central Generals ; but the Council answered, that the Nation would not listen to his propositions as long as his ariny was in the country. M. Equality (the late M. Orleans) confirmed this intelligence. The Minister at War communi cated tothe Convention a letter from General Moreton. " A strong de tachmeiH appeared on the 27th be fore St. Amand. After a vigorous defence of three hours, the enemy retired, leaving behind them 40 killed, and taking away a great number of wounded. On our fide there were only four killed, and fif teen wounded, rheindifciplixie of our troops, who shewed the great eft courage, \yss the cause that we Jolt the fruits of this expedition." POLAND The fentiinein of liberty is felt once more ; and the despotism of Russia unveils its terrors and weak ness, by the very pains it takes 10 ettablilli its power. The general confederacy of Poland, united to that of Lithuania, deltroys, under the protection of the Ruffian soldi ers, ilie many jnftiiutions created by the revolution of the thiid of May ; removes from every charge thole who were devoted to thefren douiofthi.il- country i teieives, or 229 L MJJ Ell 19, Ijy 2. ..uicr forces rhe adhefionsof all the Palatinates to the new order <if" things, and binds 1 lie Poles by oath to relpetl their bondage, and never lo flwke oft the yoke. The armies WPoland are to be commanded by Radian officers. No Pule can tra vel K present without a paHport, fignetl by rhe Minister of Kuifia. All tliofe who fought gloriously for the canfe of liberty, and who would fain die in its defence, the Maifhul Malachowfki, the Prince Jofcph Po niatovvfki, are delivered over into the hands of justice, if justice can rcfide at tribunals created by the general Confederacy, where 110 law will be heard but the vengeance and resentment of Catharine the Second. In fine, as the moment approaches for the opening of the Diet, the i'.i'li-n foqw svrive f every quarter. It is amidfi the bayonets of the northern hirelings that Ca tharine pretends to iflue out the free will of the Ilepublicof Poland : and Stnniflaus Auguftus,the pretend ed King of this pretended Repub lic, consents to live on a throne which exposes his fhameful life to the eyes ef Europe.— dictated t» him the atft of his fubirnflion, and bis eternal degradation in the rnoft abject terms ; and he signed it as it was presented to him. October 3 fa it becomes every day more difficult to guard the prisoners in the Temple, on account of the nieafures which they concert toge ther, and as the rel'ponfibility of tVe council-general of the com mons, renders it neceflary for them to prevent them from escaping, they have pa(Ted the following decreesT I. That Louis and Antoinette lhall be confined apart. 11. That each priloner (hall have a separate apartment. 111. That their valet de chambre /hall be arretted. IV. That the citizen Herbert iliall be added t;o the five comuiiflioueis already appointed. V. The coinmiffioners are author ized to put in force the decree of heptehiber 29, and to deprive them of their silver plate and tableequip age ; and, in a word, to lake f'ucli steps as they may think proper, to prefervje. th.efe hostages of the con i'pirMf of tyrants combined againlt the liberty of the republic. Tfe* King of Spain has lately pub lished HQ ordinance, ftri&ly forbid ding the circulation in his kingdom of all books speaking of the revolu lion of France ; as well as fans, rib bons, handkerchiefs, &(c. that may contain any allusion to it. Proclamation of a Covncil of War,he!d at Li/2:, the I 2th of September, I 792, at unci, ths fir ft year of French li- berty " Citizens ! Our enemies def paiting to take the fortrefs by rules of at t, menace you in order to ob tain that end, by a bombardment. Citizens ! be calm ; remember your oaths ; be allured, that government will indemnify you for voor lodes, and our enemies will prove, that it is without luccefs they attack a free people. By order of the Council of War, POISSONIER, Sec'ry." From a Belfafl Pap:r, of Otiober 10 FRANCE NATIONAL CONVENTION, October I . A tetter from the Minjfter for Foreign Affairs, to the National Convention. " Citizen Prefidenr, 1 announced to the National Convention that o \ei tures for a negotiation had been made in tliff name of the King of Prutfia to Gen. Dumourier. I men 'ioned n e fame rime the decilit n ol ing Executive Fovcr, which, or deied the Generals not io listen to the piopofals until tiie armies of defpoti had fir ft evacuated the land of liberty. J'he propuf.ili of the King ot I'niilia were however re markable, as they contained a pre cise acknowldgement of [he nation al authority, and of the quality of representative of the nation in ex ternal relations which had been at tached formal!} to the political ex igence of the conUitntiotial King. Another acknowledgment, no leis remarkable, was, that the ancient order of things, destroyed by the will of the nation lince 1789, was contrary to the happiuefs of the people. " Such an unexpected acknow ledge-cut ,fpo<tt a neocfly made,with out any previous negotiation,might incline us 10 think [hat tlie enemies armies are in the greatelt dillreTs. There are, however, other motives equally prefling, which make thetn think of peace, a kind of truce was agreed upon, Gen. Dumourier took advantage of it, to collecl, and pro perly dilpofe, (he different bodies which weie to be joined to his ar my. He made in quietness, and with silence, all those movements which were necedary to give him a fupei iority, by his situation, and t<J confine the enemy in theirs. While he was thus preparing for his military plans, frequent coin nu>- nications, that could not but be ad vantageous to liberty,were establish ed between the two armies. Gen. Dumoaiier embraced this opportu nity of exchanging prifonets of war. The cartel agreed upon with the Prufiian Generals was formed ac cording to the laws decreed by ihe National Assembly. The emigrant prisoners were not included in it, and the Duke of Brunfwick did not even persist in a remonftrance,which he had made in their favor. " A conference on this occasion look place between the Duke of Brunfwick, Count de Luchefioi, mS nilter of the King of Pt-uffia, and Lieut. Col. Adj. Gen. Thouvenot, who was charged with conducting the exchange of pril'oners. In this conference, the Duke of Brunfwick exprefled hinifelf almost in the fol lowing terms :— " Our nations are nor formed to be enemies : might not Pome mean* he deviled for accommodating mat ters in an amicable manner ? We are in your country, it is desolated by the inevitable misfortunes of war ; we know that we have no right to prevent a nation from giv ing itfelf laws, and from tracing out its internal government —We do *iot wifti it—we are only interested for the fate of the Kinp. Afliiie us, that a place will be afligned to him, in the new order of things, under any denomination whatever, a nd his Majesty, the King of Prussia, w ill return to bis own itatcs, and |, e coine your ally." " The moderation of lan guage, from a man who signed the nianifeftoes already publiflied, and to which the contempt of nation has done ample appear surprising. .i'-f it I I /' » ' r 1 " " Lieut. Col. Thouvenot replied, ' that the will of the French, re public would not yield to any fo reign influence, and that the repre sentatives of the nation, to whom the valuable deposit of its honor and gloiy was particularly entrufled, would continually persist in main taining decrees which had been fan Aliened by general opinion." " The Duke of Brunlwick ter minated the conference, by faying that he would uallium 10 General Paris, Oft. i. No. 5 ° ' ' „
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