-journey ta Ss«;. Hs, propoled, thic Convention iTwmid(iecree the exami nation of the Members denounced hy Robei t- IJjierre " I know," fa id Marat, " t'vit wicked md criminal faction oi Guadet, Vc-rgniaud, Jriirot, and Genfonne, aims at concealing its rimes under the veil of an imaginary con piracy. The criminality of this faction, nany of the members of which have, how :ver, in my opinion, been led allray from :heir allegiance, is no longer a mystery, finte 3umourier has removed every doubt on that sead, by declaring in their favor. It is not for me to decide whether Phillippe Egalite might to be brought to trial, upon a charge aftreafon; but this I know of him, that he is a inan without moralsj without capacity, and without honor. Whether or not he is culpa')]*, I leave to.the Vifdom of your re iearchp'. ,° It is, however, no longer doubtful) that the younger Egalite, who has followed Du mourier, has !»een guilty of Leze Nation. I therefore demand that he may be declared no longer under the protection of the law, and that the Decree framed ajainft his worthy jnafter in fVeacfiery may b4 extended to hini. I urifli alio to fee whether you will peal y pro scribe the family whom ydu to appearance Jnirfue ; and X demand against all the fugi tive Capets the decree youbive palled againtt DiiinouTier. As to the authors and abettors of the Faftton of la Giror.de, 1 wilh to lee tliem in pofleffion of every polGble means of freeing themselves from the stigma with •which they ire covered by the public opinion." Here violent murmurs afofe agp.inft the Speaker; and it was demanded that he should be called to order, and reprimanded. The Aflembly now became very tumultuous, in somuch that the Prafident put on his hat. In the course of a few minutes, the tumult was appeared, and Lecointre Ifuyraraux, ob tained a hearing. He combated the propo fitions.,of Marat which he found very impolitic, *since they might induce the enemy to make ""reprifals, and cut off the four Commiifioners jiTiprifoned at Toumay. He next insinuated, that certain persons would perhaps be very happy to fee the ci-devant pril'oners aflaflina ted, to the end that their accbmplices might not be come at. Here Lecointre was interrupted by the cries of the Mountain, several of the Mettl bers <*n that fide observing, that none but the friend's of the Capets, and Statesmen, could entertain such a wifti. At tbefe words, the t>imult redoubled.— AM the Members on right the fide, among j»hom Duperet was particularly noticeable, each Wilt) a iVord care in his hand, the wea pons drawfr, hurriid m a body towards the Mountain. " 1 The Fi'efiderit irift'antly put on his h'»t, and *5t was timfe before tranquility i#uljT>e re-eftablifced. : T ' ' ■ Lecointre wirtied to resume his harangue, but was interrupted by Caloh, who demand ed fhat Du;jeit should be ordered' to the pri son de PAbbaye, r for having sword in hand, "J!senace3*Tome of the Deputies; This motion gave rite to 4n agitation, which conftant'y seeming to draw towards a a conclusion, and as constantly renewed, was of a very comidcable duration. Dupe ret at length ascended the Tribunal. tf The favor/' said Tie, u I have to ask of the Convention and the Tribunes, is a calm hearing— a" favor that is not refufed to the greatest criminals. It* I am culpable lam not the man who would wish to withdraw hitnfelf from the avenging arm of my Fellow- Je^iflatprs. kt For nineteen months, in the Legislative AiTembly, did I combate a&ainft Despotism and the Feni.'lans. u Since I have held a Teat in this Conven tion, I have unceaimgly striven again ft a band of in«fcreants, who have long fought the dcftr-u&ion of the common weal. " In vain for the last two days has an at tempt been made to come at a knowledge of the accomplices ps Dumourier, Lecointre has for more than an hour endeavored to com bat the propofit on of Marat, but has not been able to obtain a hearing. In the interim, a part of this Alfembly was excitecfby an emo tion of indignation.—This impulse I follow ed ; and whilst I was stationed in the centre of the Hall, I perceived a Mountaineer level a pistol at my head. Seized by a natural emo tion, and 'impelled, if I may so express my felf, by a fury, I drew my sword. But I had still another weapon—a pistol; and if I had merely made a thruftatone of my colleagues, I would inftanrly have blown out my braips." The Aflembly at length put an end to this farcical contest, by proceeding to a nominal appeal on the nomination of commiflioners to proceed to the Department of de l'Orrie. St. (OHNVfAoligua) May p The {Loop Favorite, Win. Haftie* matter, ar rived here yefteiftay from Gibraltar, which place the left on the iOth of Apt it. Capl. Ho'flie re ports as follows : That.s jO gun A»ip aiui 2 forlic», Wiih the 3«d regiment sod a battalion of the fain us artillery oe board, failed with him. bound to Baibadota—^and that he spoke the Woolwich, <>nt ol thr 49's, o» ihc 14th of that aiootb, about Utjp.co.lof^jj. T»»i fiiteenSpanifb line passed the Hack of.Gibraltar, bound to Cailhagrna, to joia |b*fe tb»t wery there, aod that the whole Mete to join t.ord Hood, who was expetted at Gitfaltai, with »5 fail ol (be line. That France had declared war a gain ft Poitu- X?l and all the eaftnn poweis, and that when he Iclt Gibraltar there were laying <r that place a Portuguese {hip ot the line, 6 frigate*, 2 brigs "and d cvtter. Th»t Ger>. Ohat* hatl armed there with a 50 a {loop of w«r, an J two brigs ; that a prodigipttt Dumber of piijei fiom A«e/tca, Guaddloupe, and Sr. pomingo, had brr-n carried in there; ami ih<u in the l °[ March there vttreonly 7 fail of French 1 ii»c oi battle ihips Jaymg at fJrclt. That a French Itore-ilvip, carrying 6 eighteen pounders, and 4CO troops on board, had beerv taken by rhe Scout (loop of war, ar ({carried iWft Malaga, after an engagement ni 6 hours. She was laden with stores tor the French fleet. May 23. Admiral Gardner, with a-part of his fleet, are gone 10 Barbados s to wait the arri val ot the troops fiom the different iflandsj in tended for the attack of Mart iqico : Commodore Thompson is now cruizing off that island. We have been favored with the perusal of a letter from a gentleman at St. Martins to his friend in this town, dated the 21ft i-nft. which gives an account that oh 'Saturday night last, a party fiom the Dutch quarter, surprized them, and took the fort without the lealt accident hap pening on either fide, and that the Dutch color* are now flying ail over that island. United States. COLUMBIA, (S. C.) May 21 On Monday last came on, in the Federal Circuit Court, under the authority of the United State*, in this town, beforejudge Pa terfon and judge Bee, the important taufe of William Higginfon, tiirviving co-partner of Greenwood and Higginfon, lale merchants in London, against William Greenwood, surviv ing co-partner ofLegare and Greenwood, of Charleston, and George Crofts and company of Georgetown, merchants. It was by a bill on the equity fide of th* Court. Mr-Read and Mr. Pringle werj cawjcil for the complain ants ; Mr. Edward Rutledge and General Pinckney for the defendants. It appeared, by the pleadings and the evi dence, that in 1771, the defendants wrote to the complainants to flipplv them with gpods, &c. and agree to allow the usual commission on the purchaCes, and five per tent, interest ; that the accounts of the complainants fkou'd be fettled and balanced every year, aiic 1 ! inter est charged on the several invoices after a certain periud from their refpe&ive datei; and, if not paid at the end of each year, should be added to the principal, and draw interest alfd at five per cent. This appeared to be according to the cus tom of merchants engaged in that trade at the fame time. The dealings between the parties were continued for several years, and the accounts of the complainants were ft2ted according to the agreement, and sent over •to the defendants until the 2iftof December, 177.7, which they acknowledged, to have re ceived arid to be just. Mr. William Greenwood, one of the de fendants, and the only forviving co-partner of both the companies in America, was put in the confifcation lift in South-Carolina, and his. property fequeflered for the use of the state in 1784. —He afterwards went to England, and the complainant there applied to him to acknowledge a dated account against Legare ind Greenwood, which was made up to the S-UfrDecemjeiM 7Sj,-t,o the amount of .about. J4,0301. in which compound interest Was charged for the whole time. He desired this might be signed and acknowledged, for the purpose of recovering it of the commiflioners of confifcated property in South-Carolina, which the defendant signed accordingly; but, in his Snfwer to the bill he avers that he was under arrest, and signed it without examina tion. There was some evidence to this point. Judge Bee did not think it amounted to a legal purer* ; yet, as the account was signed and acknowledged for the purpose and with the views mentioned in the answer of the de fendant-, it ought not to bind him ; and, par ticularly, that it ought not to bind the execu tors and repr.efentatives of deceased part ners, bc,ing done long after their deaths, and of course after the termination of the co partnerfliip. The accounts against the firm of Crofts and Co. amounting to about i 6,0001. were never signed. The cau r e was argued with great ability, learnig and eloquence on both fides. 1 The complainants contended that they were entitled, by virtue of the coritra<sV, and the custom of the trade, to have the principal and interest on their debt during the whoJe time, and interest on the accumulation each year. Many cases from the law were pro duced in support of their claim, and the trea ty of peace was particularly insisted on. The defendant contended that no com pound interest ought to'be allowed after the mutual dealings of the parties had ceased ; and that no interest ought to be paid during the war. A? all communication was prohi bited by the Sovere gn power of each nation, it was unlawful,and indeed impossible to make remittances : That the complainant being an alien enemy, had no power to ftie, and had no demand during the war : That his Claim was forfeited by the laws of nations ; and that the treaty of peace only restored to him the right, lie had at the commencement of the war: That the word debts in the treaty did not in* elude interest of course ; and Hiat in treaties where interest is intended to be included it is always mentioned : [Several extracts from treaties were read in proof of this.} That the a<st of a sovereign of a state is the ast of every individual who composes it; and that* the complainant did, in fact, binder the de fendant from making payment, and therefore he ftiould not have interest, which is damages for detaining the debt; besides, that in a great national calamity, where the defendants could receive no prpSis, no interest ought in equity to accrue- This appeared to have been the law in Irelaitd, and ought to be so here, &c. The Judges delivered their separate opini on* with great clearness and precision. Judge Bee wat of opinion that the com plainant fiionld recover interest, according to contra#, till 1777, on both debts; that the interest (hould then ceafctili November 1782, 1 the grnvifienal articles of r '"-'*tr4jt"y of : peace, und should then cor.i -, - lc - according to the contract tiil paid I , J re -farCliim wai of opinion that the cmtijMijjnd inteidft fliould be paid on both debts during the time the parties had mutual dealings, to wit, on the i 6,0001. till 1777, due f rom George Crofts and Co. and then to drew simple interest at 5 per cent, till paid, that be'iig the time the dealings ceased ; and that *'' e JifiOol draw compound interest till De cember; 1783, the time the dealings with Le gare and Greenwood ceased, from which time it should draw simple interest at five per cent, tit! paid. He was of opinion, that the treaty of peace restored the complainants to all the rights they would have had if no war had 1 been and.that the interest was a necefl'ary con if\ u *" te tf>e debt, and was intended by bVpeace. The Court being divided, no final decree was made. Wdzrt fbrry if is not in our power to give a mare full--and accpi ate account of this cafe, £s b? arguments of the council, and the opi nions(of the judges, would afford much enter tainment and inftriiftion to the gentlemen ef the law. Tife trfaj was not ovfcr until Thursday - * ' ' RICHMOND, May 30. ' DUMOURIER.) Letters from MefTrs. Anderfon and Co. of London, an American house, as late as the 7th of April, fay nothing of the defection of DUMdURIER—of courie we may infer, tliat the various publications on this fubjeft are fabficated lies—and that tliis Greatest or men is still a fact Republican, ready as he to-expofe himfelf sword in hand, agaipi} the foes of FRANCE, of LIBERTY, and of MAN—-it is wouderfu] to remark the zfal which chtai* people inauileft to circulate ta'lrs which may darken the protpefts, which relate! to France; 'tis ■ tpe ciei offijlly and madness, which verifies the expraflion, "QuosDeus vult perdcrc primus dmm tal"— lt Whom God intends to deflroy, he jijl infa tuates,"—for, concluding from the disposition which pervades this State 'tis not to be doubt ed in cafe the struggles of France (hould be come more serious—that this mongrel herd of pfendo-politicians and and lye-mongers will be disagreeably fitnated, and compelled 2gaip to fly from the land of liberty, or be come the cohfpicuous victims of their own folly—and Tt may not be presumed, that a people will hefttate to ast decidedly, because of a governmental veto, who a few years ago disregarded the eflirt of king, -supported and enforced jby the whole British.nation, and legions of German cur-throats. SALEM (Mail*.) June 4. Town-Meeting on the PrefidenCs Proclamation. AT a meeting of the inhabi'ants of the town of Salem, legally warned and a(T mbled, at the Court-House, on Friday the 31ft of May, 1793, for. f urpofc of taking irn© ih**r serious conCideration the pl&fihf and timrly Proclamation iflued by the Preftdent of the United States of America, enjoining upon the citizen* thereof to pitrfue a conduit friendly and impartial towards the belligerent powers"— Elias Hafket Derby, Esq. being cholen Mode rator— Fotcet unanimoujty. That the Proclamation is sued by the Prciidcnt of the United States be lead. Voted unanimoiilly. That the town of Salem, . feelingly impretfed with the highrft sense of the wisdom, goodness and fmpor»ance of the Prefi ' drm's Proclamation, do address the Prciident oT the United States on that fuhjeft. An address was then laid before the town, and read. Voted unanimovjty, That the to*-n approve of, TecCTve and adopt the address presented; and thar a committerof eighteen perfors be chosen to and inclose a copy of the fame, tn behalf of the town, xo the Prefirient of the United States ot America, at Philadelphia. , v; , t . ALBANY, May 27. Bv ,1 gentleman who 1 1 ft the Li I tic Faill on the Mojiawfc riv<*f on Saturday Uft, we arc in* formed', ttySl about two hundred and fifty men are employed m cutting through the rocks, with a fair profpeft of accompli fhing the important obj(£l in view, with left difficulty than W3j an ticipated Hy J many. From the Northern Canals we also l arrf, that tbey*re B° ir Ws with great spirit—th.* men arc 1 well fed and accommodated, and ir.ftcad of cut ting their way through solid rocks, as was ex i peeked, rt proves to be a slate foil, easily loomed ! by a plough ana eight oxen. From a perfoo who lately visited the wonder ful Ftftpof as now afcerrained to be ncai 159 lect perpendicular, the ice was not at the bottom, and formed a conical or pyramidical appearance of some ex tent and height, this added eonfiderably to the majeure and marvellous profpt#, that thii pro digy.pt nature always seems lo have; the rain bow also, which of a fine fun-ftiiny day is ever conspicuously visible, materially enhances the value of thi« unparalleled view. This gentle. man,v.wlio has frequently for some years part minujjety tnveftigated these catata£U, further ac- the, Table Rock over which the imm«ff fliert of water, which comes frftni the upper Lakes falls down, is considerably ex cavated i, this is unaccountable, as one would imagine iuch a inafs of water rolling over it, would prevent this, and counteract the vapour or fprrv below, wtiich is the only reason that can be afljgned for t his- phcenomenon. Upper Canada t Gaz. NEWYORK, June 7 On Wednefdfty the £th inft. I*o Gentlemen dined at the To&tttic Coffee.Houfc, being the amiivrfUf y.of laying the corner ftoae or th«t building, at a fpiendid entertainment piovfliM by Mr, Hyde, aad conda&ed witk much Jilia* l«i£tion u) 3li preKfV, After Dinner the tollowibgToaft* were drauk. 1. The People. 2. TTie Preftdeot of the United States. 3. Governor of the S'Jte oi New-Yoit*"' <t. Chief Juflice oi the Umud Sttti.^ g. Secretary of the Tieafury, 6. Agriculture and Coitinurce/ 7. Science and the ufrful »rt»y 8. The fraternity of IrcelttC". 9. May our law< be mild ih their iiiSurisef-, and equal in their operation. 50. May thesdvocatei of vrtr alone feet it» mifeiies. it. May the commiffinnera of the Indian treaty secure a permanent peace. j2. May the nation*of Europe bury their ani trtofities in the tomb of despotism. 13. May success attend oui* hopes, and en joyments our wifius. 14. The American fair. 15. Peace, freedom and happiness to ail mac kind. Volunteer J rem the (hair. Success to the Tontine Coffee-Houfe, afid may it long continue to rtfLft crcdit on the fubfenb eis. June to. A few d*ys since arrived from London, the Chemical Apparatus for Colum bia College; and also a numerous and well chosen collection of Anatomical It must give pleasure to every lover of his country to observe the progress of science among us, who while the Europeans are en gaged in political commotions ard wars, are cultivating with assiduity and success the arts of peace. The introdu&iori of this chemical and anatomical apparatus, evinces the liberal and enlarged plan of education which has been adopted under the fan&ion of a generous Le gislature and patriotic Trustees, and cannot fail in a special manner tofaplitate and complect theJludy of Physic in this Jemwary. Philadelphia, Just« *2- The frigap l'En»bufc«<ae, pafftd the light house on Friday evening, and fired fcveial gum during the night, as figoals, it U fuppoC d tof her boar. The next morning ihr was obfetved at the distance of 5 leagues, (lauding Raft ; and about one o'clock the day captured the brig Catharine, Capt. Drifdale, of Halifax, from Kingflon, Jjtnaica, bound to this port. The Crcw,of the brig, except the on finding the frigate overtake them, took to their boat, and were taken up by a pilot-boat off Turtle Gut. The prize was sent tn\o New-York. The French fleet, for fotne time past exposed at Martinique, had not arrived whrn Captain Pat ton, of the brig Ranger, failed from thcnce, 18 days ago. Capr. Smith, of the brig Aurora, in 19 days from Port-au-Princr, informs, that on the 2sjfi of May, ftie was chafed by the British privateer . cutter Speedwell, Capt. Berry, of 8 gnus ard 60 men,.and boarded by an officer and 6 men off Heneaga, who kept poffeflion of the v<,ffei tbouc four hours, in search of French properly. They informed Capt. Smith that ihey captured the ffchaoafr? Ann, of and. thc,Rjegu- Jator, of Baltimore, Cap'.. White, from Jeremie, to this port, undtr pretence of having French property and pafTcngeis on board. In one of I these vcffcls was a considerable sum of money. By the last accounts from Paris, it appears, that'the moderate party in the National Conven tion are the majority—the Mountain, not with standing the applauses of the tribunes and the galleries, have been in the minority i» fevrral motions made by the lleadv and confident friends of liberty. M. Bouchotte is appointed Minister of War, in the room of Bournonville. Grn. Dampierre has accepted the commaud of the army. There are various reports refpefting the capture of several French places in the Weft Indie l ; by the English—but Marine and Indian intelligence is as uncertain as that from any quarter of the globe—Time is continually/ir futing the mod of it. COMMUNICATION. In private life he that ratfe» and lpread» evil and groutidlefs report# of another is deemed a oafe aflallin. In public affairs the moll groundless fufpieions are v ami (lied over with the pretence ofthe public good—and are imputed by the fabricators to be an extreme zeal for the inttrefts of the people—lo honest as to bepurblind. Happily for the peace of our country,we have no state quacks or politicians so careless or ignorant, as to make falle char ges—nor so bitter and so hasty, as to give them to the public full of blunders and incon sistencies thp.t carry their own ridicule along with them ! Who will pretend that even or e falfe accusation has been made agairft our government either within the walls of Con gress or among the body of the citizens ? SHIP NEWS. ARRIVEDaf the PORToj PHILADELPHIA. Brig Aurora, Smith, Fort-au-Ptincr ftauger, Pauon, Susannah, Alinfon, ieogan Sloop jason, Taylor, Antigua Schr. Nancy, Singleton, Kn^lton Winfieid, WNer-n, Virginia Fi*Q4i- t do. ""PRICE, OF STOCKS. per Cents, \ ijfy 3 pet Cent*, 9/10 Deferred, lojt Full /hares Bank U. 5. 7 per ccnt. adv. - f&T' "THE Poft-M«Aers and other perroni «h> iwy.coileft $njpfcriptioas for tt* GuitUt aj ti< VniiU Sit/tt, <w t)» terms proposed in W* mJdreft requeflad b»&ryrard their bj tfc« nrft of November next " PhiMtlfjki*, Jwk {««
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