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A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FZNA'O, No. 34, NOPTH Fl}iTii-.6TRF,ET, PHILADELPHIA
[No. ir 9 of Vol. IV.]
Foreign Intelligence.
V 11 A N C E.
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
May 1
A DEPUTATION from theFaux
bourg St. Antoiue, teftd the
plan wliicli they had adopted for
recruiting the army, and for mak
ing a pro«ifinn for those citizens
who had Sniffled. This plan was,
that every citizen who had more
than 2000 livres of annual income,
fhotikl carry the half of the excess
to the Treafiirer of the diftridl, if
he had no children ; and that those
who bad children flioolcl be flowed
to dedurt jcio livres from the ex
cess. The spokesman of the depu
tation said, " We come, Legislators,
to tell you severe truths : but we
come likewtfe to tell you how to
save country. Employing y-our
felves for a laltig time as you have,
with your own perfon&l interests
and palfions, and divided as yoti
have been, declare to U3 what you
have done 1 [Violent murmurs.]
" You havg promised every tiling,
and kept your word in nothing.
Our defenders have been left desti
tute of every neceflary ; and you
have engaged to regulate the price
of the necefiary articles of life, to
relieve the necefficons— but in no
one inltauce have you kept your
word.
" The people have madeevery f.i
crifice to Liberty ; and do you in
your turn forge: who you are, pro
prietors and farmers. Imitate the
pwpie in their facrifices, and efta
biifh a limitation of tlie price of
prowifjtins
" *Ve reqtielt of yon (hat a price
way be fixed tor provifio'ns, and that
you will adopt the iiieafure-i we have
proposed. These are the means we
think nrceflarV for Caving our coun
try. ff you do not adopt them, we,
who wish to save it, declare, that we
are in a state of insurrection ! Those
who unite with us in our demands,
are at your doors. We requett leave
to file off through tlie hall. We are
111 number 8000—but ail unarmed."
The Convention was thrown into
* violent agitation by this har
rangu'e, and Mazuier moved, that
this petition should be printed and
ienc to the departments ; and that
all fiibfiitutes of the deputies
fliould be ordered to aflemble at
Tours or at Bruges.
PhilipeauX wifiied that the petiti
on might be rejected, and that the
p£rfoil who read the address (haulii
be put under arrest.
The Preftdent now read a letter
from t lie inhabit ants of. the above
Kiuxhourg, Rating that as they had
learnt with grief that their petition
had brought on an unfortunate dif
cuflion, they had fentanew address,
signed, '• The people who wifli to de
fend—no;to destroy the Conven
tion."
The difc.uflion cant inncd for fame
time, and Onnton at length moved
the order of the day, as the petiti
oners had difilaimed any incivic
j and that the petitioners
ill oulci tie admited to tbe honors of
ibe fitting.
Way 2
Twb depnries from the rfepart
aieot of la Loire rnfeiieure ap
■|»e»r«d at ilie bnr, and drew a moll
<ii(heßriei)ing picture of the rapid
progT«ft of the royaTrft*. They
trembled, the) said, for I heir native
<■*17 ; and avlded, that nearly two
lhoufind pntriors had been flawi in
their neighborhood ; and at Ma
fhecoiil alone, five hundred and fif
ty- With»m a very powerful arm
ed force, ihfy were convinced Nantz
fali. :i e infr.rre<ftion,which
was at firll but a were spark, a* it
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were, and which promised :o be in
stantaneous and local only, had ac
quired Tuclv iicetigth ;v.k! ewnli.ien
cy, that uniels circumfcribetl, it was
to be dreaded that by degrees it
might become general'.
It was announced that the depart
ment la Manche was threatened
with famine.
Barrere in the name of the Com
mittee of Public Safety, entered in
to a detail of the present li; nation
bf the Republic. Every thing ac
cording to his ftatetnent, was as
well every where as it possibly could
be ; and Francs in all her points ivai
impregnable.
This faithful portrait the mem
ber contrasted with another, which
represented the Powers united a
gainli France as in the rnoft poHibl<j
state of diftmion and difc«rdance.
As all this was mighty consolatory,
Barrere's Report was crowned ft'iih
applauses.
Mat 8.
A Deputy of Indre and Loire was
admitted to the bar.
I come, said he, to demand the
fpeedieftand molt eflfeiftual succours.
The National Convention appears
to have been abuled on the realiry
of our dangers. The Western De
partments are 110 less agitated than
ours, by the too common calamity
of treachery and coutuer-revoiutioii.
A war more difaftrnus that) that we
wage against Francis or Frederick
William dfefolates and threatens to
annihilntethe Republic. The coun
ter-revolutionary traitors prefeut
themfelvea in several points at once,
in columns of from ten to twelve
fhonfand wen. I demand of yet:,
Legiiiiiors, by what fatality it is
the Executive Council has left us
two jnonths without arms and with-
out men '
" By what fatality have the bat
talions ordered to us been counter
manded ? If the end of these schemes
have been tofavor the insurgents.to
open their way to Paris, it is fulfill
ed. The territory of Indre and
Loire is fubjecfted by the traitors ;
the city of Chinon is now, perhaps,
in their hands, and they have seized
on DietTuire, Tours, and Loudun ;
the latter of which places, alter
throwing down the Tree of Liberty,
did not scruple voluntary to open
gat e
" On the receipt of tliis intelli
gence, Legillators, the .Adiiviniltra
ors resolved to repair to Chinon,
.vhere all the citizens were mufter
;d in the name of the law, anil futn
inoned to follow. This rampart of
our fafety is, however, far from im
pregnable : and unless you instant
ly fend us men, arms, and ammuni
tion, we cannot answer for any the
fmallell chance of the public fafety.
" I therefore demand, in the
name of the department, that the
Executive Council instantly dispatch
for C hinon and Tours,all the troops
at its disposal ; that to expedite
these succours, the battalions which
lhall be thus collected be embarked
on the Loire, as soon as they can
reach the banks of that river ; and
that all the disposable final) arms,as
well as cannon, (lores, and ammu
nition of every description, follow
them. Six hundred thousand livres,
at least, ought besides to be sent to
the Department."
Bentabole demanded that alarm
guns fliould be dilcharged inftani ly,
the tocfiu founded, and all civil mat
ters suspended. He proposed that
each individual, having a male do
mcllrc, fhonld supply two men arm
ed and equipped.
Thuriot demanded that the ter
ritory of Liege fliould be united to
the French Republic. It was lug
gefted that the inhabitants ought to
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foe confalter! : couriicl was
>iver-awed—jthe Union •**«»djpcresf| 4 '
and tfte pro)>ei^CiJiJttrHkt'eo ctiargp'v \
to traine an Act for that purpose.
MAy IT.
A letrer from Talien, commission
er in the departmetlis of lndre et
Loire, and Loire et Cher, dated
Tours, May ] o—dating lhai falfe
and alarming news wasdaily (plead
ing by the enemies of t he Republic,
reCpecfting the fuccefles of ihe infur
geiHs; and that an a
gent of Dumooricr, had, after the
example of his patron, betrayed the
iriterells ov his country, by opposing
little refinance, though he had scoo
men under his command,, to the
forces of the rebels. It was even
(aid, that he had induced his foldi
eis to fly before them. Talien ad
ded—that Loudun was evacuated ;
that the enemy would perhaps be in
pofleflion b£ it that day, and that
Here were only very tew troops to
copofe them. It was however hop
ed that a small army could be col
levied until the new battalions, so
long promised, should arrive.
Letterfrom Citizen i)evauliverd, to
Citizen Talien, dated Chinon,
May 8.
" We have heard the uoife of
cannon all this morning, which
makes us presume that Ligoniei' is
engaged. I hope that he will be
more courageous and less a traitor
than Qoetineau, the ci-devant adju
tant ol fiumourier, who, infteadjnf
fighting as he promiled before me,
Ail-rendered with goco nun ail arm
ed, whom he had in ihc tow n of
Thoiiars. Tlie brave Marfeillele
•.'-■rug merit praise—they tore down
the white flag which had been hoifl:-
ed j combatted like true republi
cans, and, though reduced ailength
to the number of fix, flill fought
till every man of ihem was cut ro
pieces. They formed themselves
into a square, and when their car
tridges failed, ihey fell furiotifly on
the infurgems with their fixed bay
onets. Had all the red of the troops
at Thouars followed their example,
it would have been (till free."
The Convention, after bearing a
report from the committee of pub
lic fafety, decreed that of the 2r ,000
men, making part of the levy of
300,000 decreed on (he 24'h of Fe
bruary, and now aH'einbied at Gre
noble, 8 battalions ihould be imme
diaiely organized to inarch againfc
the insurgents.
A letter was read from 3oi(T'et and
Moyre Bayle, Commidioners of the
Convention in the Department of
the Bouches-du Rhoine They an
nounce that all the nieafures which
they had ordered at Ma.rfeilles to
fecpi't the public welfare, had been
carried into execution with much
tranquility, when in :in inltant the
scene had changed—that the fedti
011s of Marseilles, which had con
stantly kept themselves within the
fii ft bounds of their duty, had cxer
cifed, and were now exercising pow
er without limits ; that they bad
created a popular tribunal, and had
anthorifed it to purfne all offences ;
that the constituted authorities were
by this means etnbarrafled in their
proceedings. One of the fecftions
deliberatt i upon lending a deputa
tion to the commirtioners j they
came to them in the night, made
them get out of bed, and forced
them to break open a bureau, of
which their secretary had the key.
They did this to examine their cor
respondence, They ordered them
to depart in twenty-four hours, un
der pain of being arretted. On
their arrival at Avignon, they had
nearly been mallacied.
The Commiflioners made a dccree,
of which the following is the f'ub-
n'
' '■ V.
[Whole No. 44 I.]
(lance : 11 Considering that The fcr-
Jlions of Mirfeilles, comoflfed to:'
f finne ri rne f)Ttt*i>l*fnCixet't ed perfous,
manifHied all evident 1 end en
cj" to fedei'alifni, ilifv uecieed iss
follows -
id, I'hat ihc Popular Tribunal
grftahlifhed :it Mai'feilles is a-mmlied.
2d, The "Central Committee ett -
blilhetj to rceeive secret vlcnuuciaii
o»s is aiuuilled.
gtl, The Presidents of ilie fedti
oiis aie (rtrfonally responsible for
the criminal decrees wliicli may be
made.
4111, The Commissioners sent from
Marseilles, Aix, and Toulon, shall
' be''denounced and prosecuted ac
cording to law."
After a very long difenflion, the
Convention suspended 1 he execution
ariet. ur.til afier tlie.ieport
of the Com mil see of Public Saferj.
l,el'erfrom Citizen Gafpariti, Comnilj/ioner
Nortkcrir/frity, dated Otthies,
May Q.
41 1 herewith transmit you a report of the af
fair of yeflerdav, which has been just now sent
to me by General Lamoliere. I can warrant
the truth of it, as I never quitted him a moment
fihee our departure from Liilc, and as I have
fees every thing he did, and all tlie jprivate ac
counts which he received. What he fays re
fpe&ing the firmnefs of the soldiers of the Re
public is ftri&ly agreeable to truth.
" In an expedition in which all the wants of
the troops could not be supplied at the mom nt
notwithflanding the attention of the General
and the Adminiilrators, our bravs defenders te
ftifitid no tineafinefs, except on account of the
enemy not being near enough that they might
engage them. In the concise account of the
General, I find that he has forgot to mention,
that at ten yesterday evening, as we were retir
ing to headquarters, we oblerved the Abbey of
Vigogne in flames. It was set »n fire by our
howitzers, and as the flames raged violently, I
an>induced to think that rhc of the
enemy must be consumed ; and I have no doubt
that we {hall be mailers of them to-day.
"P. S. Prisoners taken at Vigogne arccon
tinually arriving. There area great many Eng
lish amongfl them. In the lafl convoy there
were 14 of Englifli, all wounded."
Report of General LamorUere.
" The affair of the Bth has been mod glori
ous for the arms of the republic, and proves in
the bell manner the dignity of the cause lor
which we are fighting. At fevcVi in the morn
ing, for such were the orders of Gen.Dampierre
the commander in chief, the different corps of
which my small army is composed, attacked
the advanced polls of the enemy. The firingj
was commenced by the division under the com
mand of Gen. Defpourches, who was charged
to dislodge the enemy from the Abbey of Vi
gogne, and from the differerif entrenchments
which they had in the wood of St. Amand. The
Gen. and our brave brethren in arms presented
themselves with unexampled courage and intre
pidity. They overcame incredible obstacles, as
1 at every Hep they found entrenchments, from
which they drove the enemy, who were every
where far superior in number, notwithstanding
batteries of 17 p unders which they continually
employed againlt us.
" Defpourches had taken post on the platform
of the Abbey of Vigogne, where he entrenched
himfelf, and kept up a brilk fire from a quarter
past 7 in the morning until 9 in the evening, (
fuccefsfully sent him a supply of provisions and
ammunition, which he in vain expedted from
Valenciennes. This General Officer used all his
efforts to have his right wing covered by the
left flank of Gen. Hedonville, who attacked
Rhemes at the fame time, but he could never
succeed, except in regard to the few chasseurs.
It appears that the enemy lott a great number
of men, we had also some brave foldieib killed.
" This division lay on their arms all night, in
the wood of St. Amand, retaining their porti
on, and will this morning continue their at
tack, which cannot be made v/ith advantage un
less they can unite on the right wing with
divisions ordered to dislodge the enemy from the
wood of Rhemes.
" At tlie moment when Defpourches attacked
with my advanced guard, I marched against the
enemy encamped near St. Amand in two differ*
ent points.
" They made a more feeble defence than they
did the preceding evening, and endeavoured to
draw me ne»r the town or the causeway ; but
having determined not to take poff-ffiofi of it
till they should be driven from Rhemes and Vi
gogne, I occupied them in different point* and
ar different times, to render my diverlion more
ufeful.
" I dire&ed several attacks on my left, both
against Leccllea and against a mill where the
enemy were potted, andfioxn which they were
Ppo