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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
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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
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