, () »« 9 coHWianity to purged of wicked design ng dura<»ir s , whose probity depend' upon eo«volfioh« rf their country, «r whofc reftkb, oneafy temper J cannot hear S«J>o»rjrf peace, but that a mind willing like fomrt, to prollitutejtfeif indifcrjmiimtely to ' «U, tbp nKSsUkras.aiMt fenrtttien ts of fi.ch cha ' rWWri, and usher their venom into the world, LnA i'ulficient eirployroen', and earn the of the inoft degrading dependence, a (hi the vices of others—while I thy conduit, I almost pity thy ne -4 but look, up and behold the *tm ol .a "M iUdtlfhk. , . Aim riu {ChamX »to«) SfATt GAZETTE. ADtiiialhn /« auuMufual fjlt* THIS BOOK, ... IS DEPICAT ED TO that man (whenever he may appear) who, fclefied with a foul superior to all lucrative and ambitious views, will dare 10 (?;inO forth, the generous advocate and benevolent protector .of the public welfare.—Who, when in will make the bappineft of hi* fellow citizens, his tote objedt j*"and w ho, when out of office, independently of every partial confederation, will lleadily and unifjorjiily adhere to the fame honest phrii.—Who,..while in power, will boldly oppose all meaiurest however profitable to himfelf or his friends, that may be Jerri menial to tlie cause ofhigcoun try —and who, when deprived of power, unfliaken by present disap pointments, or uninfluenced by fu ture expectations, will as boldly support every measure, Which may be beneficial to that cause, though it originates from his mofl hated advei (ary. Such a man may be juftl) honor Ed with the glorious title (hiihertq, ala* 1 ideal) which in all ,ag?» has f Veen frequently conferred, but,per haps. never yet merited, of a PATRIOT. Foreign Intelligence. P A,R IS, April 29. GbNera t cUSTI N'e's fccotiJ letter to the J'rejTdent oj the National Con vent ion. " Head Quarters General at Weifleubourg,i\lay 7, 1793. " Citizen prefideut, " T CA4NNOT command thearmies X of the and the Moselle, which have been entruttert after having loil the confidence of citizens Ruautps, Montaut, and So bi'aile, the coinmiflioners of the re presentatives of the people. 1 can not doubt that the fit ft has brought with him the most disagreeable and -moll unmerited prejudices agaiult me. 11 These three eoniiniflioiiers, on Saturday the a7ih of April, brought Hie to a trial before them, giving me as antagonist, Lieutenant Col. Offenftein, one of the leafl refpetft able ftibjeAi of the Republic. " At present after returning from 8 journey which 1 was obliged to take to the Upper Rhine, for the inierelt of the Republic, 1 was vio lently accused by one of these rc prefent stives, in presence ofa num ber of (he officers of the at my', re fpeifting a letter which I wrote to the Duke of Brunfwick s an exa*ft copy 1 have here fnbjoined, wiih my private Iliooghis,' by which it wes dictated, explained in t-he mar gin. As long as 1 was obliged only to interpret, my exprellions, 1 an swered with all that moderation which the commilfionfrs had a right to expert ; but when one of them, whom the re it applauded, accused me of having difplaj ed in that let ter sentiments unworthy ofa repub lican, i can no longer after such an injury continue to command the ar mies of the Republic.; and for its interell, I request that you will ap point some one to fncceed me, for I cannot command the French trooj>s •fter their delegates announce to e tbatthey refufeme their ePceem ; I it would be dillionoring the to which your confidence raised l and be (hewing myfelf.nnwor f that leftifled to me by my fellow citizens, ifthroogb ambition I fhuuid retain an office in which such language would deprive me ot tl:e ineaus ot being able to di'charge lite duties of ft, " 1 lie character which I had e \er before the States General, the opinions which at the epoch were iii me the result of long experience, and of mature oblervaiion, inade in the midst of courts (an experience | and obfervaiions which g<*»e rile to my republican principles) are the Tame at piefent ; but as they the result of principles long.ago deeply studied, they have not pro duced that exageration which makes font* ilefpife all kings, becaufethey have had the misfortune to be born on the throne. " 1 beg the representatives of the people to remember, that 1 demand ed ifie reiteration of a villain ; and tlvat 1 was not limiting an eulogium ■, but 1 will again repeat, let imparti al men read my letter, and they will fee whether 1 offer incersfe to the virtues of the king of Pruljia — On the contrary, tliey will that 1 hope not to be compelled to pronounce opinions so unfavorable to him, as those which would be ex cited in my mind by his granting protection so traitors. I fball not here mention tbe harsh expressions with which this charge was accompanied, becaule ibev con cern niyfelf perlottally. 1 inlill on ly on the impossibility under which I am of being able todtf eharget-bofe . fuwftions which 1 am deli to us to fee taken from me. f, £ . " My wifhe* for glory of the arms of the Republic are, however, not lei's finrere. 1 wflh that another fonunaie thanjnyfelf w>#y v nite ibe confidence of the oners to the taleius neceflaryf&P in fill in,g our success. Till moment I (hall negle.<3t iiothijE? to attain thai end, the object my Vows ; but 1 ntuft inform re " prefentative# of «lie is abfolutcly requisite that fotrHfoiie may be appointed to fill Mas f'oon as possible. 1 (hall my facceflor and give him MMRCpUtit of all my plan*. (Signed) LANDAU, This city has been fummoneq » fecoud time lad night. Oti'r Coin niandant Guillot read upon the pa rade, the Commons which had been sent him by the ProlEan General Szeruli, who commands the Prussian van, and {lie anfwei which lief re 1 - turned. M. Guillot fwenrs hot to iui. .-j« r ,j, e fortrefs till it ftiould be convtrteTwimii^»^uj n heap of ruins. General Guillot has since given in his resignation ; and M. Dentzel, one ot'the cnmmiflioners of the na tional convention in the department of the Lower Rhine, has emigrated to Switzerland FRANCKFORT, April 30. The King of PrtUfia, accompanied by the Priiice Royal and Prince Lonis of Pruflia, his two eldest ions,' arrived on the 24th tilt, at Darin ftadt. where those two young Pi inces were betrothed to the Piincefles Frederica and Louisa, the daaghters of the Duke of Meckjenburgh Sire litz. This double marriage will be celebrated at Berlin after ihe cam paign, the opening of which may be retarded by the very difficult sieges of Mentz and Cartel. BRUSSELS, May 4. ' We have learnt from 'a courier who yesterday pa fled through this city on his way to Vi&nna, vvith dif parches from the army, further ac counts of ihe late engagements. The AuftridteCeiierali consider the atfion of tMnli inft. a|, the ipoft important that has yet takeir place, lu fa<s, the whole army is ad/vaticed near four leagues. Tlie Ffe'nch loft, in killed and wounded, more than 2000 men. We took.l4oopri foners, a "teat many baggage wag gons, horl'es, and ammunition Cais sons, fevetneen of which were en tirely loaded with powder. The Imperial troops are in poflelßon of the -formidable . entrenchments of Hauffin, which command front thence the town and citadel of Va 478 tthciefines, and msnace all t*>e 'lowns in Haiuaulr. Briip/f Gazette Extrasutinarj " I he object of the I'rench for ces', who amounted to 'more than sixty thousand men, in attacking all our advanced posts at the fame ino *mtnt of time, seems to have been to re ertablifh the communication between Valenciennes and Conde. The battle was long and oblHiiate, but the valour of our troops ren dered a good caul'e once more tri .uuiphant. PETERSBURGH, April 25^ A courier, arrived from London, has brought here the Treaty of Commerce, which was renewed be tween Russia and Great Britain,and ligned ai London on the °f Mareh, by Count Wororzuw, the Envoy Extraordinary from our Cottrr, and Lord Grenville. The Commercial advantages granted to the Englifti in the Kufiian States, were stipulated and continued on the fame footing as by the I reaty of 1766, the term of which expired at a time when the Courts ot Pe terfburgh and London were at vari ance. LONDON, May 11. The articles concluded on by the Diet of Ranibon, direi'ted that 110 member of the Germanic body ffi all remain neuter, points directly at the Elector Palatine, to whose irre fnllirion all the misfortune* which Germany for thiee mouths pall has (offered, is owing; for had be in time given a pnllage by Manheim to General Wurmfer, the retreat of Culfine and his whole army would have been cut off; however, nnt withfianding his having promiled the National Convention to remain neu;er, he has now agreed to fur nifh his contingency. The Alliance, French frigate of 26 guns and 200 men, :» taken by' the Spaniards, and carried into St. Sebattians, after a strong refinance, which lalted upwards ol two glades. .'Several men were killed and wound ed on both fides. " CUSTINE." May ifj. The fjrft exchequer bills under the new alt are intended to be hilled on Wediiefday next, aiiq one of the niaaUf;u. l tu>'eTS at Miin chefter will be arnoii.j; the firft to be relieved with aoo.oool. who other wise would have been obliged to discharge all his workmen. May U). Extract of a letter from an officer of thi Guar J.' t near Tour i. ay. " This country lias differed much by the war. Friends ami foes, French and Pruffimis, have vied in pluu xßmig it. Our people hiiherto be have amazingly well, and are very papular.—Lall night on entering the village in which we are now • •quarieied, the Coldlt re.llll grena diers were to occupy a farm hotife, the niiferable inhabitants of which were ill the uunoft diltrefs 1 the Pruflians had robbed them of every thing, not leaving them even a nior ■Jrl (if bread. i heir new guelVs g:lve them frefli alarm ; as they had now .nothing 10 give, nor nothing th»t could be taken, they expected and dreaded the mod harfli ulage. Their joy and fu prise may eafiiy be conceived, when they saw the Biitifh soldiers empty their ha : frerfacks, and were cordially invit ed to partake of the humble repalt. Tbeir graiitude soon spread (he (lo ry, which has gained us much cre dit in the country. May 20. We (Vated a few weeks ftnce, that the French Executive Council had sent over two gentle men to this country, to convey let ters to Lord Grenville, with a view of endeavoring to open a communi cation between t he t wo government s. Lord Grenville received thele let tera. A time hasofcourfe been re quired, to convey the proceedings of what pafl'ed to Paris; and we now learn, that an answer from M. Le Brun, the French Minitter, is daily expected. —We offer no opi mon of what tnay be the result of this agency ; but this is certain, that there are peribns in this country, com miflioneil by the French mir.if try lo open the channel of a nego ciatiotv, and that they, continue to be occafioiially feeti by those who .y mtiiiiatctt aifinefled few I litraiipn. ~1l DuUe of Yoik's heat! qua ireaF Vournay. 1 tie Biiuiu aas :\i yet been encamped, but tin iroupl are cantontd in ihe neigh, borhcbd of I "ouriiay. The com millions given to the re. venue Gutters, which have been fit. ted ouiby government as privateers differ from all the letters of matque hitherto ill'ued in our fervicc They have the usual authority i 0 of having all the prize- thev iakt fubjeft however lo ihe damage which they would incur if ilieytm, velleh which Were not legal piiz/ they now have only one halt of i prize, but the Admiralty ii:denn them agiinft all ri:'k. an ad n A letter fr<jm Pe ei fourg (hit on the 19th the ice upon the Nev* beg.au to give way as er the riv f r had been frozen 143 days fnccel". lively-. On tl>c 20th several vefltli were rowed over, and shortly the nfua] communication was entirely reflored. ' . . ; Two Ruffian men of war are ar rived in the Kumber in 14 da\» from Revel. It was yeflerday reported, that the Count d'Artois was ariived iu the Mumber, in a Ruffian frigate from Petei fbiirg—but that doubts were entertained on the fxpedienrr of bis landing, as bills drawn in bk name to a conliderable amount an i'.iid to be in the bands of federal per font in this country, who might fend a flieritFs officer to demand payment. Another report went farther,and said that the Count and his eMer brother, Monfienr, had been in Lon don, incognito, since Friday, on their way to join the royaliih in Britanny. DUBLIN', May ri. Breast and Toulon are the two in oft Ipacious ami Gecure harbors in (•Vance, where the largelt (hips-are built "Wild iiaiioned, wn|i a munici pality of yards and docks, nr. fenals also furniflled wiil> amazing quantifies of naval (lores. 111 1754, the Ehgiilh attempted to He ftroy the worksof the fanner, but the fchfitne- irajifpiiiug, and.the French having previoufiy collected a larger army than the invader*, with a heavy train of artillery, the British forces were difcomfited, and General Talmarfh, the chief com mander mortally wounded. No at tempt of a like kind ha; been msds on that important harbor with its fortifications ever since. Since the commencement of the present war, there has not occurred an event so pleasing, if dulyconfi dered, as that which the last pac kets announced, relpeiting ihe a vowed neutrality of '.he Swedish Court, for by this means a fate and happy conveyance in neutral bot toms.fonthe imcneufe quantities oi our manufactures will take place, and again let our Itarving artificers to work. United States. CHARLESTON, (S.C.) J-ily 13. Last Thnrfday arrived here, the the sloop Alexander Hamilton, Bacchus, in 6 flays from New Prt« videuce. Capt. Bacchus was on his paflage froni Aux-Cayesto Baltimore when taken by the privateer fchoo nei". May Flower, and carried into Naflati ; where, on hisarrival, here, ceived an order from the court o:f admiralty to land his cargo ; »' 4 * ing libelled on the plea of its being French property. He landed it, and supposes it will be condemned and fold. The cap'ors alledged, that they had found letters in a schooner which they had taken* few days before; purporting, that the goods Jhipped on board the A lexander Hamilton were French property. The goods were (hipped at the Cape by an American agent, to an American house in Baltimore. The brig State's-General, ps this place, was taken on her pallage from Cape-Francois to thi3 port, aittl car ried into Bermuda, where both vef* fel and cargo at e libelled, '' W hen Captain Bacchus left the \i f: •A'
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