A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 34, NORTH FIFTH-STREET,; PHILADKLPIUA [No. 125 of Vol. IV.] f>'ii Jt- fjM F Q A 2-£. I ' : , j HOW profufe ! how prodigal ! are fonie m>n of their genius! They have no more id«a of economy than a libertine—Sure this extravagance dolewej the utinott ten ure; and when we fee a man ]avi ftji 11JT as nany metaphors ami figuies upon one subject s would serve for adozei, we cannot but la nent the blind the incOnfideVite walVe nt ta nnts aml®enius, ami be led to believe that he lime will come when this prodigal < >f w,t » ike children that throw away their bread ai d Juttei, ivlll want tiiat which he ha* lo toolifh v fquandertd ; I am carritfd into these r<»- fle&ionsby the perul'al of Come verl'es adiiietl rd to " Juftfte" in the National Gaaftte of July' 31ft* ; only attend to the vast variety of Biapes and figures nndei <vh:ch tlie P clident of the United States, ai:d 'the writer <ft u Justice" are reprelented, and mark their connexion. The Prcfidert is an ro;al fig— a fieei and a deer, in only two verses. But tie writer of '< Juftit e", far exceeds him in title- —He is dog, aml a moujt. but £*£xl»v 1 *»'-•' «s js • ■'< 'i f! itrict- L &-prtvUtttr — a nag ape with a "cUnJ? quill-" , • ' What ail imagination this man mull have . What aftonifliing incongruous powers ot coii netticm ! One would suppose these verses were written at sea, when every movement ol the veirel introduced a new train of ideas. " Wit" fays Lord Kaims, " consists chief lv in joining things bv djla*t and fanciful rela tions, which fwprife, because they are tcftcd ; such relations being of the Jhgrtcjt kind, readily occur only to that per for who crakes every relation equally welame. What a wit then the author of these verses in nit be, who ioi-r-e have no relation at n— W5 pretenfi.tns to fancybiiV are really Jurprt jing and unexpeled, and are made equally wel come with the heft relations imaginable. As I am unwilling to throw any damp up on decided merit, I am sorry that candor obli ges me to observe that the metre in these veries is not altogether accurately measured ; however it should be remembered that ge nius spurns at cifnfinement ; apd God forbid that I ftiould cast a (hade over this rising lu minary for a paltry fglhtble or two in a line— ©elides ttre more Hie' verTTKoßTifes, the more is the " found an echo to the sense," and eve ry body knows this Is ajcapital object in Poe try.—Perhaps too the author, under the func tion of Pope meant to J)i*lch a giacc or two bc\Qnd the reach of art\ and dbubtlefs he im proved upon the idea, by taking it beyond all human camprehenfion too. JUSTICE. • See page of this Gazette. FOR Till GAZETTE. THE public having seen in the General Advertiser of Saturday the 13th inft. a piece laid to be " from a correfpor.dent," entitled, " Two queit ions to two great Men, one a piece." iff. Whether he, one of whnfe com pa nions is a man, who was employed by the late King of France to bribe Members of the Con vention, and who afterwards ran off with the money, is a proper person to be at the head of the Finances of the Uukm ?" 2d. *' What should be thought of a man, to Whom a late General Officer in the French Armies would dare to cry out with exulta tion, that St. Domingo wasruin'd? Should we not think he delighted too much in devas tation to direct a war?" And another in the fame paper of Tuesday lift, under the fignatnre of ** Viscount N?>*a ille-.," in which he fay* that', " In Voor Sa turday's paper, you informed the public of a conversation refppfting St. Domingo, between a late General Officer in the French Army, and a person who is so described as probably to intend the Secretary at War, and conclud ing with facing, that if your informant had reference to ine, he told a Lie.''—lt is become neceflarv, in order that a right judgment may be formed of the whole tianfaftior, that the following ftateuient should be laid before the public. An Enemy to Foreign Influence. Phrlede/pva, .7 y ') 27, 1 On tMPnorning of Monday 15th rnft. be tween feveo and eight o'clock, at the requcft of the Vi'countde NoaiDc. l ?, a gentleman of this c»ty accompanied him to Mr. Badie's, • when rh follow i.-g cotlyerlation pdOeri :— ' ■ —Sir,- in your paper of Saturday Ir.lt, the public are informed of a conversation a Frtnch General Oifccer, and agpn- • tlenian n 3 public capacity in the service of tue United States—By the French Officer I conceive I sin meant. Mr. Bache.—Sir, it is fa*><J 11 a General Offi cer," your name is not mentioned, arc! 1 ven ture to allure you, it was not intended other w i c f^an against a man in public life, unJcr jfeh Government. I am tjje only French General OtMpr m town, and doubt tJv ji.finu *twp alludes tn riiM; arc vef-yJ Saturday, August 3, 1793. [Whole No. 445-] Jwt- pnde taclc o|K»n aiwtftr. • ••s**• " "»*V ' / Air. Hachf —i ' epp»t that yon are not tnel* tvoncd, and that tfe artvtl# is 'not uieant rgiht i on. ' . ' *' V. A'oai7.>ii—Her* k my answer tnJlifs stt tack (handing him tihtt the signature of VilcoiHfr Ndaitie*) which I with inlerted in youp' - . , Mr.'Bacht.—Be*ffMtcd I (hall duty to do to. • *,-■•■ I? V. S'auitks.—l now wifc to-hive •Gie-'uaoie ■ •Ae.—tM . Mr. DacAe.—?At preftn —/ Ko fciva l\im-Wpy but wiH Co aiKt.oiKujto'ltaw to l«* il»nic. - „ i K m«y -, arid toi #ift>pflnt itt 1 ■ i Mr. .dertiiirfj <k> &>« , V. SriiHtr^-fto-Khatibofii *•■»" 1 &fV« at oji fwe i as vifc.it tptoS#' 6 ' f Int.J'' . i" ~ Mr. tWB W'|Wf 1 f J w'nUftseiytfii ag»Mi^6rip«t'ow d *%, ( i again,beiylßMi pp* UUd-'t+fr " '■• ' •••^,•>:■'• — ' -' : •• P ' a private man r vo tins towi .try 1 tof<m3i»>quiet: it <*«yman wiftw: to addtefs me with Duth, I have no t?bje6;iop as to iiiyieU* hw being left w-i;h you— hut no man Ihalffite tkro' sic as another; fc chJrt you will be authorised to give, up the name of any pevioii >yhu Diav hereafter pre lent other publications. Mr, kachc.-r'lt is il.ot the custom cf this cjuutiy. V. Moaillcs.—l will call again between one and two o'clock. Accordingly at about half past one, Vis. Noaiiies, accompanied by the Tame gentleman, callid lit Mr. Bache's, and waited about half an hour, when Mr. Bache came in and began the con venation. Air. Bucke.—l am. now authorized to give you tiie name of Citizen Paital as the writer ot the piece in queitiun. k\ Aloatffo.—Mr. the Secretary-os Mr. Geiitt ! t Mr. cache-—The fame. V. Aouillej*—Very well 1!! Mr. lactic.—l can alio inform you the inten tigsi SKIS r»'»t \Cuba* t your bet meanti Aguwjt a public ojjt-ier oj our Government. Munities. — l repeat again, I hope you will aIwA)S *>e to name the perion who may in iuture cleiire you to print any thing rela tive to me, or you will be aufweiablc. Air. Bache.—Yes, Sir, certainly. V. NoailUs.—*l expert the lei ter given you this morning, will be printed. Mr. Bache.—l give you my word it (hall. The name of the gentleman who attended the con variation, the printer is in poifeflion ot, and at liberty to give any peifon who may doubt tb£ authenticity of it. FROM THE BALfmOlti i.VE.aiSG POST. SIR, Your ifijerting the J»'!owing in your ufejul Paper t tuill muck oblige A FRENCHMAN. AMONGST thcMulattoes and rebel Haves, \Vho plundered and burnt the Cape-Fran cois, or slaughtered its unfortunate inhabit ants, Stephen foverel and Leger Felicite Sonthonax, who always lay they are delega ted to the French Leeward lflands, to rcejta blijh order and public tranquility, have declared by their proclamation of the 2ift uit. that the will of the French Republic, and that oj its delegates j was to give freedom to all the Negroe? who will fight for the Republic, under the or ders of the civil cominttfarles, either against foreign or domejiic enemies. It should seem by this expression, that all the formidable armies of the combiuated for ces against Fiance were threatening the French Lecwaid Ifhnds. Neveithelels it is undoubted, that the Eiglifh, the only nation to fear in these Teas, were without ary J'qua dron at Jamaica ; and that the Spaniards kept them elves within bounds to preierve their boundaries. Therefore who were the true enemies of France at Hifpaniola ? The rebel slaves and free niuUttoes their instigators, and the Haves ha ye been declared tree by the delegates of the Republic. I* it for havjng, since two years, laid waste that lb flour tffciug country, by murdering the proprietors ai d burning the properties ? tfcat they have been called to fight against t(;e doniefiic enemies.. Who were tfien these domcftic enemies T the white people who they had already fwprn de finition to. But now, how agrees that will of Che dele gate ;ol the Frtuch Hi togive freedom to ell the Negroes, with their oath so solemn ly taken, on the 24th of October last, the day of the reception of General Rothambeau, as Governor of St. Domingo ? He do A»ow y laid tbe\, tiio kn.di oj men in thn country, the Jree* men and Jluvts. He do t.naiu that Jtavt?* jitxeffary to the Lu'onjai Such is the «?rV7 *f the National tinvention* and we do declare that tf tUy naulA Aic their diffojiiioru in this regard, ue 489 *h u!d r&tfor djs~ than f ° to that, vfa- Ut iof ycitr properties. Ask! now, the will of. the of th<- Republic is to violate tleie properties, to give the freedom to all tfte Negroes, to make them ,enjoy allthe rights of the French citizens; and that, .fay they, fa the mission which the ftat'onaU onven itwrrj and the Executive <.ou»a/ of the Republic have "iven to the Cttui (ommiJ[aries. All the proceedings of the National Con vention are public. Where is that which pives them such an impot tant miffior, to make Jlpift enjoy afl the rights of the French citizens ? would not all the world have resounded with. ft> "its of that event ! jAlljes American, judge now between the Gi ii Commissaries, appointed by Louis Capet, ans the inhabitants of St. Domingo, accused by rhen , or their in your own papers, to infringers to the laws,, particularly to thav which p,ives to the Mulattoes the rights of Citizen?! There are infringe rs of the laws, but the French nation will judge them. She ougf'if at length to be enH^h r ened by the con flagration of jlhat important city, the Cape- Fraj.co.s. ;v' v • it i Aiii NATIONAL CONVENTION, May 6. C AMBON, after some remarkson the want of harmony in some parts of the Republic, offered a plan of inltrudiion for the coinmiflioners of the Convention. The discussion on this was adjourned. Ban ere read letters from Nantz, dated the 3d May, by which it ap pears that 600 men ofthe anny coin manded by Gen. Beyfler w ere driven back at St. Lcger, by the rebels, with a loss of 100 men, and 2 pieces of cannon. foreign Intelligence. TranflatcdJrom French Paters. The ad mill id rat ors of Nantz write ftaiing ibe iieceffity of immediate afliftance, to repiefs live rebels in the department. " But a little while since a body of 4 or 5000 men would have beer, fufficient to reprels the infuri edtion ; but time has been given thein to organize afidexercife themselves ; they occupy more lhaii 25 leagues square of country, and all the inhabitants of this territory take an active part in the rebellion ; they are obliged to march under pain of death ; the emigrants and priests have succeeded in making some of these unfortunate people believe that theyaie invulnerable. —Those who are taken and con demned to deaili go to the place ot execution with demonstrations of joy, and in expectation of an inelti mable reward. These people ate not to be despised, there are about 200,000 armed ; 1 hey march in large bodies ; 40,000 have been seen moving with order and celeri ty. Extensive meafutes 11) alt be 'taken ; two armies fliould proceed 'against the rebels, one from Nantz, from Saumur, and our ge nerals fliould never attack but with Cuperior forces." Barrere read another letter giving an account of some fnccefles of the rebels against a small body ot patii ots. Another letter from Poitiers an nounces tbat that city is menaced, that the rebels have gone into Bi ef fuire, which our troops had evacu ated. After the reading of these letters, Barrel e infilled on the importance -fit' preventing the civil war from spreading ; he gave an account of the forces in march or intended R>on to march againtt the rcbe viz. Ten thousand regula>», 6000 re cri'-ts of the department of Chaien ie, 1000 volunteers of Orleans, 2 battalions from Rouen, 12,0c0 men from Paris, the amount ofafubtrac liop "f "cn from each company in one of the aunies of the fron tiers : such arc the foice3 intended for this expedition. But there are in Pari* men wl.o brctd confuflon in the feCkioiis, who will neither fervrnnr n.l.irs to tti "*■«*. wli<i kill time in ci'ilruilions ; rlieie are count ei -i e^olutlonilts who j'ctl v'ert the law i« givs a ft.ib to liber ty. Some wifli to feuil ufl ba< he lors only, ollters <ii iltoci ais, Mid 01 hers again other eludes ; llietlce a genera! want of euetgy. A member announced that in ihe depart uifnt of Lot, all the .citizens wilhed to be enrolled ; the gates of the city were obliged to be flint to . prevent this entljufiafin froiji being an injury to the population and in" dullry. May 7. The coniniillioners of the convention on the vefteijt coalls write that they had fulpended the colonel and arretted 8 ofiii e< s of 1 he Germanic legion, and Ill.it their conduct was applauded by the pri vates. Cambon declared. thai oil the ioth of this mouth, the Committee of Public -Safety would render an ac cotyiT of all their operations, and would exhibit a faiclifiil ll.Sieun'ut of I lie fit nation of the republic ; that in the meanwhile it was his duty to do away the impressions which caltimnics ngainft that com mittee may have produced, i eif^f jv.e totheir expenditures, " calumnies." said Cambon, " which ive have i {jtid of t lie hand of the " arm patriot Brifiot| be reyorter .'iHured,that tlie committee had hoi yet touched the IOOjOCp liviqs put info their hands—neither hs^ci. aii.y part of t,he fix millions appropriated for lecrec expences been ex pen,(ted ; neither any thing; of the funds decreed to indemnify our allies, for expences they might lie at to second i he force of the republic. Cambon oblei ved, that the employ of this 1a ft menti oned fund was'rt fiibjert of calum ny, in order to oblige the commit tee to explain thcinfelves oil this fubjecl:, but that the committee would never impair the fecreis of this operation. Having called Bi if* for an infamous libeller, a man con ne«.led with Pitt, Cambon explained the difficulties the committees had to encounter in order to get things a going ; —" When we began our said he " the executive power did not atft, and some parts of it even yet cannot get to fliew lufficient activity. The minidry of Marine is very active ; ihar of war is a labyrinth, %vhere it is impoHible to find one's way : I defy any man from getting through it. The mi niller of foreign affairs often co-p ---fults with the committee ; yet he it nor as active as we c6uld wish, aitd in general it is plaiii, that the li'ii nifters try to avoid fatigue. The re union of the miniffry of contri butions with the national treasury has been piopofed ; this Union is neceifary," &c. NANTES, May 8 Treason appears on every fide ; we learned ye ft er day ihat a detacih nienc of 300 men of the ci devant regiment of Piovence which was polled at St. Columbin five leagues hence, has gone over to the rebels, carrying wich rlieui a colour, one piece of caniHtto, their arms and baggage—l his detachment has been well received by ihe banditti, who fay tlTat they have nothing agaiuft the white coats (troops of ihe line) as ihey were not the cause of the king's death. They (em bark one of these soldiers afrer having treat ed him well, filled his pockets wiili crowns—This in*n lias rf»a<le a report to our department, and has been imprisoned. The rebels wit-h ----in 1 J days have taken 1000 ninfkets, 3 cannon, and t wo aroniuniiion wag gons. Soldteis are daily sent to sis but they are unarmed, we arm t- */ ?.» . • % * < i. ■ i "V I^- -ViV/f.
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