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CONGRESS. \
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IN SENATE,
Saturday June 7th, 1794..
f Continued.)
The report of the to
whom was referred the bill-, entitled,
" Art afil providing for the payment of
a certain Him of rttoney due to the
French Republic," was read as sol-
lows
" It appears by a statement of the
Account between the Unit'ed States and
Frtrrce, reported to the House of Re
prefetitative3, that according to the
vieto, which is-entertained at tlve Tre;?-
fury of that account, the United States
on the firft day'of January, 1794, were
in advanfce to Francc the sum of two
iniliiotis oile hundred eleven thousand
and eighty-fix livfes tournoisand five
clem'ers'(being 383,162 dollars and 11
cents) Beyond the inilalments of prin
fcipal and all intertft which had accru
ed'to that, period:
" Jt. fin f her appears upon enquiry
at the TrCafuryj that since that period
ther<; has been advanced on account of
bur debt to Fiance the further sum of
seventy-one thousand two hundred and
forty-two dollars and eighty-one cents.
" And it appears likewise from the
papers referred to the Gomriiitttee—
thdt the Preiideiit lies promised fur
ther payments upon the fame aCcbunt
of 1,500,000 liv*es on the third of
September next, and of 1,000,000 of
livrrs on the sth of November next,
making together 453,750 dollars ;—
which payments, it is undefitood may
be anticipated at the Bank of the U
nited States, in the proportions and at
the epochs which are desired by th?
Minirter of .the French Republic.
" These sums embrace all the parts
of principal which by contrail would
become payable to France during the
year *794> Beyond which, were there
flo anticipations, nothing would be de
mandable during the present year but
the interest on the balance of the entire
debt, which balance on the ift day of
January, 1794 is computed at theTrea
lury at 2,61 1,587 dollars and 88 cents
—whence it results that the payments
which have been made, and engaged to
be made exceed those -which by the
terms of contradl could be demanded.
" This being the cafe; and the loan
in question having been in its origin
fpecifitally appropriated to the purpose
of the finking fund :
linion of the Committee,
"That ;t is not adviicaoie 10 divert u irom
its destination, as is proposed by the
bill referred to them, and confeqnently
that the bill (hould not pass."
On motion,
It was agreed to adopt the report oi
the committee.
On motion,
Tha* the bill last reported on, be
ebnfiderrd in paragraphs.
It patted in the negative—Yeas 7 —
Nays 12.
The yeas and nays being required
by one fifth of the Senators present,
Those who vQted in the affirmative,
are,
MefTrs. Brown, Burr, Hawkins, Hen
iy, Jackson, Martin, and Rofs.
Those who voted in the negative,
are,
Meflrs. Bradford, Cabot, Ellfworth,
Foster, Ounn, King,
Livermore, Morris, Potts, Rutherfurd,
and Vining.
And so the bill was rejected.
Ordered, that the Secretary acquaint
.the Howfe <Jf Rep'referitatives that the
Senate do not concur is this bill.
(To be Contiuued.)
foreign Intelligence.
NATIONAL CONVENfION,
Monday April ii.
iZlllaxtd Varennes presented the following
Report from the Committee of Public
Safety.
" CITIZENS,
AT the opening of the Campaign,
Vtfhichmuft terrible, Etcaufeit is time
to put and end to the contest between
Royalty and Republicanism, the Com
mittee of Public Safety have felt the ne
cessity of fixing fin-ally the basis of that
fyfleiji which ought to regulate our po
litical conduit. If courage and despair
be alone neceflary to commence a revolu
tion, perseverance and prudence are in
indefpenfably rtquifite to conduit that
revolution, and genius and magnanimity
of mind to put an end to it. It belongs
then to you to forefee all thecaufes and
to calculate all the effects.
" Too long have we marched at ran.
df>m. Whoever has neither fettled fyf
jtftn nor defined plan, may sometimes be
fucprfsful, but he mull often be exposed
to the operations of the paffuns, and be
'dragged by ciicumftances 'far from the
I'dellined goal.
" It is not thus that a cautious po
litician prepares for success; he endeavors
to prevent difallers, and not to be dif
mayedbythem when they arrive. He
feizfcs the favorable Opportunity, with
out ftVppofmg that fueh opportunities
will frequently occur. Every thing
which is doubtful ought to be deemed
delusive orprecarious, every thing that is
unforefeen pasTes often away with the
quickness of lightning.
". Do we wish to fucceeed—we
ought then to begin by knowing our
real situation—by lopping off thole, prin
ciples Which afe Only specious, and thus
combining and concentrating all cir
cumltances, the Republic mud proceed
with a firm flep. It moll overcome all
obstacles—conquer all difficulties, and
in a word attain the desired end, by
the' force of the impetus with which
it is inverted.
Billaud Varennes entered now into a
very eloquent coinparifon of the situation
of Rome, at the expulfiou of the Tar
quins and of the situation of France at
the present moment;
" Representatives of the French
People," he coatinuedj " the Repub
lic has imposed on you, a duty, as vail
in its extent as it is difficult in the per
formance. The establishment of a de
mocracy in a country which has so long
languished in fetters, may be compared
to that tremendous and awful effort,
which nature makes, when she pasTes
from nothingness to exiilence. It is ne
ceflary, if I may be allrtwed the expref
fton, to re-create that people whom we
are leading to a lite of liberty, because
all ancient prejudices must be eradicated,
all old cuitoms -abolithed, ail depraved
habits extit pat ed—all fuperfinous wants
reflrairred. A vigorous aition, a vehe
ment impulse, is necessary to developc
the civic virtues, and to repress the pas
sions of avarice and intrigue.
" Citizens, the inflexible aufteiity
of Lycurgus, was the fundamental stone
011 which was erefled the column of
Spartan liberty—the feeble chara&er of
Solon repluriged Athens into slavery.—
This parallel contains all the science of
legiflation\ The Consul Brutus, when
he condemned to death his guilty sons,
well knew that such a severity, flriking
the people at the fame moment with ad
miration and terror, would appal con
spiracy, and render her inert. This
calculation, was so just, that after the
death of Brutus's sons, the only resource
of Tarquiri was that species of combat,
established. Who will -now dare to
prqjeiS the ruin of the countty, when
it is known that you have made justice
the order of the day.
" We mu(l prevent the assassination
of the social body, by putting the af
faflins to death: The death ofCataline
saved the lives of the Roman Senators,
and of thousands of other persons. The
definition of the two fa&ions, has
prevented the dertraftion of the people
and their representatives ; has, paved
the way for vidtory—has forced the
enemy's advanced posts—and has Air
rendered to us their head quarters with
out even giving them a battle."
Billaud Varennes concluded by pro
posing the following decree, which was
unanimously adopted : _
*' That supported by the virtues of
the people of France, the National Con
vention will eftablilh Democracy, and
punish all FTeenemies of that Demo
cracy."
BRUSSELS, April 29,
On Sunday evening, iClarfhaJ Ben
der received the news of the important
vidlory obtained by the Prince of Saxe
Cobourg, on the 26th. The French at
tacked all his polls between Landrecy
and Cambray, with 100,000 men, di
vided into four columns, and provided
with 500 pieces of cannon, while the
garrison of Maubfcuge made a terrible
sally at the fame time. The battle was
mo ft bloody. Every inch of ground
was furioufly, yet firmly disputed. At
length, towards evening, the French
were obliged to retreat towards Cambray
and Maubeuge with the loss of near
10,000 killed and wounded, 68 pieces
sf cannon, 162 ammuqition waggons,
1900 prisoners, among whom are Cha
puy, the commandant of Cambray,
and several other officers.—Moll of the
officers were brought hither this morn
ing.
This event was announeed by the
firing of 100 picces of cannon, the
ringing of bells, See. but the particu
lars are not to be published till this even
ing. In the mean time we are inform
ed that our loss amounts to 4900 killed
and wounded. Of the latter, 120
waggon load are already brought hi
ther.
On Sunday last also, an English Co-
loncl arrived with an account of the v?e
tory obtained on rtie 26t by the Duke
of York, whom the French attacked
in all his polls, with 30,0*30 men. They
were repulsed by the British Cavalry,
with the loss of 8000 men killed and
wounded, and 2% pieces of cannon.
The British had 800 killed and bound
ed, artong whom are General Manfel',
and several other oflicors.
MADRID, March 26.
Our letters from Catalonia announce,
that our army is about to eommcnce
the campaign; Two commissioners have
been sent to France to fee the iSpanifli
prisoners taken care of; and two French
commissioners had arrived at Barcelona
for the fame purpose.
.LONDON, May 9.
Another day has pafled without re
ceiving any intelligence from the conti
nent ; which is the more to be lament
ed by us, as the public curiosity is natu
rally much excited to learn the progress
of the Duke of York's march to the
relief of General Clairfayt.
There are private letters in town*
which we under stand were brought over
by Lord Malmtefbury, Hating, that a
■very considerable body of Austrian and
Piedmontefe troops have marched into
Genoa, to take pofleffion of that City.
In consequence of a note from Mr.
Secretary Dundas; on Wcdnefday, sent
to Lord Lauderdale, Mr. Sheridan,
Major Maitland, Mr. William Smith,
and Mr. Vaughan, members of the
House of Commons, requesting they
would attend a meeting of the cabinet
ministers at the Secretary of State's of
fice ; the above gentlemen yesterday
went thither, at 11 o'clock, and were
each interrogated feparatcly in conse
quence of some n»Stters which had c6me
out on Mr. Stone's examination- The
three firft of these gentlemen were not
long detained ; But the interrogation of
Mr. Vaughan lasted until near 6 o'clock,
Mr. Wilson of Bartlett's Buildings,
.brother to Capt. Wilson, of the artillery
was also examined. The council fat
from 11 o'clock till fix. Mr. Bond,
the magistrate, was present:
It would b« improper for ui.to offer
anv surmise as to the nature of the ex-
aminalions ; but they have natilfally
given life to much speculation. it wag
in conlequenee ot the occupation of the
miniftere on this fubjeS, that the Houses
of Parliament adjourned without doing
any public bulmels.
ENGLISH HERETICS,
licfpecting his Holitiefs the Pope,
J By letters from Rome, dated March
7, 1794, we learn, that 240 Britifti
Cavalry had arrived in that city, and
were to form a guavdD'honeur to his ho
liness the Pope, and that 250 more
were expttted in a few days <0 land at
Civita, to protect that place. It ap
pears somewhat ft range, that his Holi
"nefs (hould have chosen English Here
tics for. his Body-Guard ; but the fa£t
is, that the Swinilh Multituds at Rome
are very diffatisfied, and offer him very
little protection ; and that the political
disputes are carried on with the great
est violence.
The promotion of Abbe Mauray has
given great discontent, which the po
pulace express by hilling his attendants
as they walk the streets The Cardinal
seldom appears in public.
At the commencement of Reign
of the late King ps France, a petition
was prefeuted by the tope, Cardinals,
and other Dignitaries of the Holy
Catholic Church, to the Monarch, ur
ging him in the moil pressing manner,
to keep a watchful eye upon the Pro
testants, from whom hie Holiness and
the" Conclave expect now to derite their
salvation.
Treaty bet-wren his Britannic Majejly,
the king of Prujfia, and the States ge
neral of the United Provinces. Signed
at the Hague, April 19, 1794,
Their rfiajefties the king of Great
Britain and of Pruflia, and their high
mightinefies the states general of the U
nited Provinres, being animated by the
fame desire of putting a stop to the pro
gress of the fyltem of anarchy and crimes
by which civil society has been menaced,
and being desirous of concerting toge
ther to support, in the most effectual
manner, the common cause in which
they are engaged, in consequence of the
uitjuft and cruel war which the persons
who exercise the powers of government
in France have raised up against several
of the great powers of Europe, have
agreed, in conformity to the bonds of
friendfhip and alliance which has so hap
pily united them, to conclude the pre
sent treaty ; and, for this purpofe,-they
have named their refpeitive Plenipoten
tiaries ; to wit—His Britannic majesty
the lord baron of Malmefbury, a peer
of the kingdom of Great Britain, privy
counsellor, knight of the order of the
Bath; his Prussian majesty, the fieur
CretieiT Henry Curee, count de Haug- •
wit 7» his minister of llate, of war, and
of the cabinet, knight of the order of
the red eagle; and their high mightinefles
the states general of the United Provin
ces, the fieurs Laurent Pierre Van de
Spiegel, counfello>, pentionary of the
Province df Holland and Welt-Erland
and keeper of the seals, and deputy of
the said ptovinoe at the affcmbly of states
geneial, and Henry Fagel, Greffier of
their high mightinesses; who, after
communicating to each their refpeftive
full powers, have agreed upon the fol
lowing articles:
Art. I. His majesty the king of Prus
sia engages to furnilh an army, which
(hall lie composed of sixty-two thousand
four luinded men, conformably to the
establishment which he has caused to be
delivered to the miijifters of the Mari
time powers ; which establishment (hall
be- considered as making part of the pre
fertt treaty. This army (hall remain
united under a Prussian commander, and
(hall a£t in the moil effectual manner a
gainst the common enemyi either sepa
rately or jointly, with a body of troops,
in the pay of the maritime powers, or
of one of them. The said army lhall be
and (hall remain Ss complete as possible,
and be employed according to a concert
on military points, between his Britan
nic majesty, his Prussian majesty, and
their high mightinefles the states gener
al of the United Provinces, whereveV it
shall be judged most suitable to the irs
tereft6 of the maritime powers: This ar
my (hall arrive at the place of its desti
nation on the 24th of May, in the year
one thousand seven hundrtd and ninety
four, orfooner, if possible. It (hall be
provided with field pieces with their
carriages, and also with the tents and
all military equipments neceflary for
acting in the field.
Art. 2. It is agreed by the high con
tracting parties, that the troops which
his Prussian majesty is bound to furnifh
to his Britannic majesty and to their
high mightinesses, by virtue of the res
pective treaties of alliance between his
Prussian majesty and the maritime pow
ers (hall be comprized in this army of
sixty-two thbufand four hundred men :
and that, by employing the said army
in the manner declared in this present
treaty, his Prussian majesty (hall be deem
ed to have furniflied to his high allies
the fticccurs stipulated in the said trea
ties-
Art. 3. In order to facilitate to his
Prussian majesty the means of acting
with vigor and conformably to the fcn
uments of zeal and concern with which
lie is animated for the common cause,
his Britannic majesty and theif high
mightinefTes agrtt to furnifh to his Prus
sian majesty a subsidy of fifty thousand
pounds sterling per month until the end
of the present year; and to be reckoned
from the beginning of the month in
which the prefect treaty is signed.
Art. 4. His Britannic, Majesty and
their High MightinefTes will pay to his
Prussian Majesty, immediately, the f«m
of three hundred thousand pounds ster
ling, to enable him to defray the charge
of compleating the above mentioned ar
my, and the firft cxpences neceflary for
putting it in a state of a&ion, and for
carrying it to the place where it is to
a6i ; and, at the period of the return
of the said troops ; his Britannic Ma
jesty and their high Mightiness (hall
moreover pay to his Prussian Majesty,
t-he sum of one hundred thousand pounds
sterling, for the cxpences of the return
of the army into the territories of his
Prussian Majesty. The said payments
for the expencesof completing and put
ting the troops into motion, shall be
made immediately after tile exchange of
the ratifications, as well as that of the
subsidy, to be paid monthly, of fifty
thousand pounds. Ihe following
months fliall be discharged m advance,
at the beginning of each month. All
these payments shall be made at Berlin,
by the maritime powers, agreeably to
such arrangement as they shall agree up
on between themselves ;'and the pounds
sterling shall be reckoned at fix orowns
in Frederics d'Or.
Ait. 5. 1 he above mentioned fnbfi
dy and payments (hall fatisfy all de
mands which his Pruflian Majesty might
be entitled to make upon the maritime
powers for the expences of the army ;
all these expenses, of what nature soe
ver they may be, being to be defrayed
by his Pruifian Majesty, with the ex
ception of the expences of bread and
forage, which filall be fnrnifhed by the
maritime powers, as well for the thirty
five thowfand four hundred men whom
his Pruflian Majesty engages to employ
over and above the stipulated fuccpurs,
as for those themselves, in a rtianner
conformable to the terms of the treaties
of alliance subsisting between the mari
time powers and his said Majesty.
But, in order to avoid the difficul
ties which might arise relative to the
furnifhing of these articles in kind, the
high contra&ing parties agree that this
expence shall be fatisfied in money, rec
koning at the rate of one pound twelve
(hillings (sterling money of England)
per month, for each man of the 62,400
to be furnifhed by his Prufiian Majesty,
according to the eftablifliment therein
before mentioned, and the payment of
this sum (hall be made in advance, at
the beginning of each month, in the
fame manner as that of the subsidy, and
shall begin the fame day. But, if it
thall happen in future that any variation
(hall be made, by consent of the high
1 contracting parties, in the refpeftive
proportion of infantry", cavalry, and ar
tillery, fettkd by the (aid ettabli(hmerit;
in such cafe a new valuation of tli£ afoie
faid pecuniary aid (hall be made, accor
ding to the new proportion of rations
and portions which may result from the
said variation, so that the said valuation
may not be beyond the adtual expencts
occasioned by the furnifhing of the ar
ticles in question, recording to the pro
portion of men and horses which (hall
be employed.
Art. 6. It is agreed, that all cun
quefts made by this army (hall be made
in the names'of the two Maritime Pow
ers, and (hall remain at their difpo'al du
ring the course of the War, and at the
Peace, to be made fueh use of as they
(hall then judge most proper.
Art- 7. The two Maritime Powers
fliall name two persons commissioned to
reside in their names at die liead-quar
teas of t.he Pruflian arrtiyj to keep lip
the rieceflary communication and corres
pondence between the refpe&ive armies.
Art. 8. This treaty (hall continue
in its full force until the end of the
present year one thousand seven hun
dred and ninety-four. *
Art. 9. The present treaty fliall be
ratified by all parties, and the exchange
of the ratification shall be made in the
space of one mbiith, or sooner, if pos
sible.
In Witness of which, We; the Plenipo
tentiaries of his Britannic Majcitv,
and of his Pruffia'n Majesty, and of
the Lords States General of the
United Provinces, by virtue of our
refpeiftive powers, have iigned the
present treaty, and have thereunto
affixed the seal of our arms.
Done at the Hague, the 19th of April,
in thfe year of Grace, one thousand
/even hundred and ninety four.
(l. S.) MALMESBURY.
(L. S.) L. P. VAN SPIEGEL.
(l. s> ) HAUGWIZ.
(L. L.) H. FAGEL.
Separate j4rticle.
. The Plenipotentiaries of their High
Might ineffes not having thought them
selves empowered to contract, in the
present moment, any, engagements rela
tive to the payment of the subsidies sti
pulated in the present tre?.ty, beyond
the terrrl of the present year, this treaty
has been concluded only for that time ;
but their Britannic and Pruflian Ma
jellies, being desirous of centinuirig the
efledt of the aforefaid engagements un
til the end of the war, will enter into
further concert, as well between them
selves as with their High Mightinefies,
for the, renewal of the present treaty
for so long as the war fliall last, on the
fame conditions as. are therein declared
with refpeft to the troops, in their em
ployment, and to the payment of the
aforefaid fifbfidies, as well as to the fur
uifhiffg Bread and Forage, conformable
to article 5. of the Treaty ; without,
howevet, adding any thing for the ex
pencts of completing the troops, or for
those of putting them in motion.
Done at the Hague, the 19th »f April,'
in the year of Grace one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-four.
(l. s.) MALivIESBURY.
(l. S.) -HAUGWITS.
PHILADELPHIA,
JULY 3.
Genera! Henry Miller, of York, is ap
pointed Supervisor of the Revenue, f >r
Pennsylvania, vice George Clymer, El'q,
resigned.
A newspaper printed at Bourdeaux of
the gth May, contains an official detail of a
total defeat of the Spaniards, by Dugom
mier on the ill of May, in which 200 pie
ces of artillery, magazines, &c. fell into
the hands of the French, who took near
2000 prisoners The French army was
pursuing when the account came away.
ExtraS of a letter from Woodbuxy, Glau
n
cejier County,
" Yesterday, 28th June, we finilhed
drawing the lottery granted by our legilla
ture, for the academy in this town. A
mong the fortunate adventurers is Mrs.
Marrnaduke Cooper, of this county, who
is poflefletl of a ticket which drew 200