Citv of you 'h»ve roadeu, an"bffer of more am-
J » ▼ ple.fecurrtty than what We ftimci
sy/i jfune eut > ankliave accepted for *the payment t>i
Mr.. ¥VnnO ' prizes. Through hin 'we 'have also injomcd
the Vrefidenk of ouY in javor 'of ite
A PUBLICATION of a Lottery under fee and Lottery."
the defection No. 2«> having appeared in From the then advanced state of the two
Meirrs. Angel and Sullivan's'Baltimo.'e Pa- latteries, I defined Mr. one of the
per, we thoug'it proper 'to pnb 1 ifh in the cdmmiflioners, todr&w the bo ul and mort
famc paper out disavowal Of it; an adver- gage for both mi one, and as hie le£il know
t-fement has lince been published in your pa- ledge has never been qn- ib"i»<rd 1 I car
per, under oa'e of the 7th inft, allertiug icarcelv believe that there was any defici
th.it 44 for the Lottery No. 2, the securities ency from igvorav-ce.
" alfeady givert Wilt b® retained by the But if there lhould be any intentional te-
Commiflioners or transferred by them at gle&, or any other error in the cafe> the
t( their option to the Bank of Colombia," publication to alarm by way of complaint
&c. &c. and since that a fchenke of Lott ry prior to any requcjl ma.de either iliretll) t>r ivdt-
No. 3, has a-Ho been diltrihuted with yoiii retll\ to rri;, in order that the d may
papers in a fupplemeht be supplied, is indeed cruel—becaule th- re
These publications may lead some to be are three toone, who aftingin their official
lieve that Lottery "No. 2, carried On Un- capacity, mi£ht possess unequal power,over
der the countenance ol the commifliouers J anv individual in my fituatioTi, while de
that security is lodged vteith them, and that pendant in the instance, on the public o
they will lee that the terms are complied pinion, having pledged my character on the
with. fuctfefs of th?s favourite plaiij viz. the build-
No security is lodged with lis on actoUnt ,n g of fix elegant houles by an easy mode,
of any new Lottery, nor have we anything and in part by foreign funds.
to do with any such, you will theiefore o- Yet, if I may judge by letters from the ?ro
hlige us by publishing this, and our former pnetors of the City of Wafaington, by pub
dii'avowal intlo i?d. lications in the Columbia papers, or by th<
TH, yOHA T SON 9 } continued success of the Loiters—the Com-
DM. STUART, i Commiflioners. havc ( m, , ircd n th , or , en .' ircl r-
JD AN C *ili 'iOl L ) Prelident ot the Bank of Columbia, hav
.v . j kirtcily offered to receive my bonds and
" fecuri y on behalf of the pnklic, I return
City qf Wajhingtori) May 17, 1794. him my gra'rful acknowledgcm< nts for this
THE Commiflioners were no farther of just ice an^ charity.
Concerned in the Hotel Lottery than giving ~ CommifTioners mftcad of an unwar
a naked permission for it-afetond has late- " ntab l ft o» wiM na*ne 3
iv beou advertised in Angdl and Sullivan's d , a >' wh " IJ* ™'ly wllV >/° a
n„i.; .. , J > 1 1 : • vT thev-will be treed at once from every kind
BaJtimoie paper; under ihe delcriptioh No r it » .
\tt\ „u t -ill of concern m eiiher Lottery lam rold two
2. Whether it comports with the saw? oi cti r . r , . 1-#
, • 1 , of the:e gentlemen tn consequence of the dif
thisftatedoes not particularly concern us, emc J t wlth the prop ? icto , havc f cnl
b.!t as, from the manner of the pub! cation i* lhelr .efignatton to the President-is so, it
the pu. he may poflibly infer that ti.e Lot- \ s perhaps incumbent on them to relieve
tery is raised with 'he approbation of the therfifeives from their real or pretended bur-
Commiflioners, and that they will attend to then as early as poffiblc. I have now only
the condilift of it; we think proper to de- to allure the Public and the Proprietors, thai
Hare that we have given fto countenance to no change of mind or pcrfon in the Commtf
the publilhing or carrying on this Lottery j lioners, will affect mv ardent endeavors to'!
hoi will have any thing Co do with the con- promote the general inlerett in the Ciiy of
tlu(st of it. Washington, as Jong as life and health may
'Th. John/on, peimit.
Dav. Stuart { Comm'ijfioners. SAMUEL BLODGET.
Dan. Carroll, J — 1 111
July 3 tawjw
' — " ~ ' Foreign Intel]ig;encc.
ADVERTISEMENT ° . &
To the Public. From the London Gazette.
Admiralty-Office, April 21, 17 04.
WHATEVER unworrhy motive mav 0 . n n i > i
have milled Melfrs. John fori & Co. to the Captain Henty Powlet arrived this
"wanton attack on my plan for improving tnorhing with dispatches from VicC-Ad
the Federal if } could discover a de- miral Sir John Jervis, K. B. Comman
cent regard for truth in their public tion der irt Chief ef his Majelly's (hips and
your paper of the 3d instant I fl.oald re- Vfffcls at Barbadoes and the Leeward
main lilent trom a con viCtioHi that all par- T /i jo \ r i
ties are liable to ftiffer in the folly of a news filand, to Mr. otephens, of which the
paper controversy. following is an extract and copy.
The schemes for the firft and f cond Lot- n . n in .«■
teries were firft by deftre of the Mart,n,que,
chmrniffi.'ners, after they had Tent an ex- lvlarch 2s, 1794
press to Annapolis, to ascertain the legali- SIR,
tyof the mcafUre, which a law of the flaw r i ■ >
bad rencfertd queftronaMe. The following n I " ter \° Y ou o( th . e l6th ' b y tllc
extracts from their Ivtters willfhew there- Roebuck packet, a duplicate of which
fait of their inquiry. is enclosed, has made the Lords Com-
DateA Jan. 6, 1793. miflloners of the Admiralty acquainted
« This afternoon the return ps our mef- »ith the operations of the f.ege until
fenger furnifhed us with a copy of the late that date 5 I have tlie pleasure to com*
aft of this state j we have tlie pleasure to municate, for their Lordfhrps further
fii.-d that thepropofed' Lottery will not fall information, that the battery on Point
-Within it; lb that yoa luve ouTperm.ffion, C arriere, which forms the east fide of
with the previous approbation oi the rreii- , - ,
dent, to project, plan, and p'ropofe it as foCn the entrance of the Careenage, opened
as you pleaie." at day-light on the 17th, and with gun
Signed by the three Commiflioners. boats kept an inceffaHt fire on Fort St.
Exlratt from Mr. Carroll's Utter, Jan. 6. Louis, While the gun and mortar batte»
" It guve us all very great pleasure 10 ries on the heights played on Fort
find that the law did not prevent tis from Bouibon ; Lieutenant Bowen of the
carrying into exacution the intended Lor Boyne, who had commanded the night
terv, as it does not commence till the nrlt , , , r , 1
of June, and any time which may be tho't g uard and for a considerable
proper,-can be taken for the completion of time, perceiving a favorable moment,
it. The important ejfcfls Jrom this, as well at pulhed into the Careenage with the row
/rom futuie Lotteries mujibe evident." i !lg boatsof the guard, boarded the Bien
As it became legally necessary, I receiv- Ven French f ,; j , ff
ed the advice of the commilliouers to pub- , ' T . ° ' o
lifli the second in May 1793, anc * Captain, .Lieutenant, and about 20
Informed them of niy having made a sale men who were on board her, under a
of tickets prior to the firft of June. The smart fire of grape shot and mufquetry
publication ot the two Lotteries has con- f rom th e ramparts and parapet of the
tinued molt of the time since, ui either the r r
Annapolis or Baltimore papets, under the "
eye of the Commifiioners, and the adver. *h e luecels of this gallant action de
fifement annexed to the febeme, as publish- termined the general, and me to attempt
ed inMr. Fenno's and Mefl'rs. Angell and the fort and town of Fort Royal by
Sullivan's papers, t have by me in the hand afl - auh and j direaed fort fcal ;
writing of Mr. Tohufon. lam as sorry to , , , , , c , , ,
find he has fofoon forgo, a child of his own, t0 ** made of bambo ° and
as lam that the commillioners should wait fuial' uretched cordage, from twenty
till more than twelvi months have expire*! to thirty feet long, and ordered the
before they offered their objections to ei- 'Asia and Zebra to be held in readiness
ther Lottery. This is unfortwn.te for them tQ entef Czr ; n orde| . %Q ba{ .
lince it has left ground for suspicion, at least , i . n \
refpe6ling the true cause of their present 1011, and to cover the flat boats,
advertifement—\Vhich I believe to origi- barges and pinaces, under the command
nate In a pique, or party fpii it onljy ; and of Commodore Thompson, supported
have the following reasons in fapport ofmy by Captains Nugent and Riou, while
' 6ii Col. William Deakins and myfelf g a ve g ren «iiers and light-infantry from
our bonds for a-due performance of our e ooumrie advanced with
trust—but no idea of a collateral security field pieces along the fide of the hill
was ever even hinted, till an unfortunate undef Fort Bourbon, towards -the
rnifunderftanding arose re-'perting an im- bridge, over tfie canal, at the back of
portan,t lale of the public Lands. F °R. ,
A« comm flioner ot fates, and ai a donor r ti •
of the public lands, it became my duty in 1 hls combination succeeded in every
a double capacity to state my objeaions, part, except the entrance of the Asia,
with those ofmoft ot" the other city pro- which failed for the want of precision
prietms which n«t having the weight we ; n t) , e jj, cient Lieutenant of the Port,
expedled, I rehgned from disgust, my office x/rr . ir u u j
of /opervifory and commifliorer of Tales. Monsieur de 1 ourelfes, who had un-
But at the request of fonie reipe<slal>]e dertaken to pilot the Asia.
proprietors, 1 agreed with tl.e commission- Captain Faulknor obfervintr that fliip
ers to as an occaiional agent ror she city uA3 j * t j i r» , 1
provided that no pry fho«ld he anneied to affled her attempts and the Zebra
this employment,-in which X still continue, having been urtder a Ihower of grape
About this time my pride in consequence of shot for a great length of time, (which
our mifugderftaiidmg, induced, me to ten- he,- his officers and sloop's company,
der collateral fed, ity to the Coinm-ffion. llood wjth a firmnefs nQt tQ bg
ers, this being aocepted, they wiote me the uj\ 1 j . j i i >
following letter, Viz. bed) lie determined to undertake the
n . service alone, and he executed it with
S I R Va ' neton ' J jnuary 2,7 9't- matchless intrepidity and condud, run
iC We have written to the Secretary of Zebra close to the wall of the
State,, througiihiin informing the Fiefidenr Fort, and leaping overboard, at the
head of his (bop's tompany, aflailed
and took this important pod before the
boats could get on fliore, although they
rowed with all the force and animation
which characterizes English seamen in
the face of an enemy.. No language
of mine can express the merit of Capt.
Faulkner upon this occasion ; but as
every officer and man in the army and
squadron bears teftimonv to it, this in
comparable adtion cannot fail of being
recorded in the page of history,
The grenadiers and' light infantry
made good use of their field pieces and
nmfquets, and* soon after the surrender
of the fort, took poiTeffion of the town,
by the bridge over the cdiral at ihe back
of it, while a strong detachment from
the naval battalions at Point Negro,
under the command of Captains Ro
gers, Scott, and Bayntun, in flat-boats,
barges, and pinnaces, approached the
beach in front.
Monf. Rochambeau did not lose a
moment in requesting that CommifTlon
eis might be appointed to corifider of
terms of surrender ; and the General
and I named Commodore Thompson,
Colonel Symes, and Captain Ccnyng
ham, to meet three persons named by
him at Dillon's plantation, at 9 o'clock
on the 21 ft, and on the 22d terms were
concluded. I'he rapid success of his
Majesty's arms lias been produced by
the. high courage and perseverance of
his officers, soldiers and seamen, in the
most difficult and toilsome labours,
which nothing short of the perfett una
nimity and affection between them and
their Chiefs could have furmountcd.
Commodore Tholnpfon conducted
the enterprize on the fide of La Trin
te, like an able and judicious officer.
Captain Henty carried on the buhnefs
at Ance d'Arlet with great energy,
and has been indefatigable in forward
ing all the operations he has had a {hare
in. To Captains Brown, Nugent,
Harvey, Markham, Faulknor, Sawyer,
Carpenter, and Scott, 1 am greatly
indebted for the manner in which they
conducted the attack against St. Pierre.
Captains Harvey, Kelly, Rogers, Salis
bury, Incledon, Riou, Lord Garlies,
Carpenter, Scott, and Baynton, have
gained great reputation in the army by
the conduct of the naval battalions, and
working parties under their command.
Captain Berkeley (since the arrival of
the A flu ranee) has furniflied a power
ful reinforcement of men from that
{hip. Captain Pierrepoint has been very
active in the services allotted to the Sea
flower. In Capt.Grey I have found the
experience of age, joined to the vigour
of youth. The Captains of the 44 gun
{hips armed en Jleute, of the (toreftip
and hospital {hip, have done well.
For other particulars, I beg leave
to refer their Lordships to Capt. Pow
let, who cat ries this dispatch, and to
Capt. Markham of the Blonde, who
conveys him. They served with Com
modore Thompson at ,La Trinite, and
arrived , on the south fide of the island
in time to have a /hare in mod of the
tranfa&ions there.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
With great consideration,
Youi most obedient
Humble Servant,
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Sitting of the 15th Floreal.
Barrere in the name of the commit
:ee of Public Welfare.
Citizens, it is not tc day the (hout
of victory, it is the attitude of courage.
—Landrecies is fallen into the power
of the Aufl.rians—our batteries have
been dismounted.
Letter from General Ferrand to the
members composing tire committee of
Public Welfare of the National Conven
tion, dated Head-Quarters at Reunion
fur-oife, 12th Floreal, 2d year of the
French Republic, one and indivisible:
" Landrecies is no longer in our pof
feffton ; its batteries being dismounted,
it could hold out no longer ; such is the
letter which I this moment received
from Fromjntin, general of diyilion, of
which I fend you a copy. After the
attack of the 7th I had attempted a se
cond on the 10th. Our efforts were
ineffectual; the weak ftatc of the broken
division of Cambrai, which had loft al
most all its artillery did not permit it
to fuilain my left. The right divisions
of the army'fought vigorously ; 300
men and several horses were cut to pie
ces by the squadrons of the 22d of ca
valry, and the 12th of dragoons.
.As to the particulars of the capture
of this place, I have not yet received
any, asfoon as 1 (hall, I will hallen to
communicate them to you.
X greet you in fraternity,
(Signed) FERRAND.
Barrere. If 1 had the bafeneis to
speak to the court o£a king, I would
disguise this revcrfe. Such palliation
would ill become republicans. Were 1
in the presence of factions, 1 would re
present this evetit with the neeeffory art,
to make you perceive tKeir fcaridalous
and hidden joy at the republjc's ceasing
for a moment to he fuccefsfttl; but I
am speaking to the representatives of
a free people, and I mult tell them that
victory has for a moment been absent
from the French camp.
Two days ago, even before the com
mittee had received certain intelligence
of the capture of Landrecies, men who
called themselves citizens, were corn
plaining that the news did not arrive
quickly enough, and that the success of
the enemy .was ftudiaufly disguised.
Combat, (fay Richard and Chodieu,
representatives of the people with the
army of the north, in their letter from
Lisle the 12th of this month,) combat
with all your powtr the alarmilts they
are counter-revolutioniils. A patriot
fees in every thing the fafety of his
country, he never gives into those spe
culations of disaster, they announce a
desire of the public calamity. Aristo
cracy from Paris, and exiled into hoiifes
of arrest, or rallying in the departments
around some calumnies, raises its head
at the flighted success of the enemy. It
is incutnbent ®n the Convention to con
found its insolent hopes ; it behoves the
Convention to raise the courage and
public mind of the interior to the, eleva
tion of the courage and public mind of
the aimies. The Romans used to buy
and fell land on which Hannibal was
encamped. The committee is concerting
of attacking the strong holds of the
enemy.
Already is the war carried with suc
cess into their territory. Three of their
fortified places have fallen into the pow
er of the Republic within three days,
ana Landrecies was not taken till after
near two months of intrigues, perfidies
and attacks. Have we not also taken
Court ray, and Menin ! And here I
mud acquaint the Convention with the
glorious details of the army of the noith
which is in maritime Flanders, given to
us by general Pichegru. On the gth
Moreau, geneial of diviiion who com
manded the front of the attack, recon
noitred the'place with brigadier general
Vandame to fee if it could be taken by
dorm, he was convinced that the new
fortifications perfectly secured it against
a coup de main and, that we could not
attempt it without exposing otufelves
to lose several thousand men, which de
termined him to order it to be bom
barded, which took place in the after
noon of the fame day continued
the whole night. The next morning
he fumfnoned general Amerften who
commanded in the place, who relying
on succours from the enemy's army, an
swered that being accudomed to do his
duty he would not surrender. On this
answer the bombardment recommenced
contrary to the wishes of our troops
who all demanded the assault. General
Vandame having observed the large and
deep foffes with which the place was
surrounded did not permit him to yield
to their ardor,' several made anfwe,r well,
since the foffes are the chief obdacle to
the taking of tiie place, we ask you to
let us attack in the firfli rank, our bodies
will fill them up and our comrades'will
mount the more eafilr.
J. JERVIS.
Do you believe that with such sol
diers you have any cause to be cast down
on account of the casualties inseparable
from war: And do you think that
they who desire to fill up fofies with
their bodies, that the fecoud battalions
triay attack a place, will long fuffer this
territory to be diftionored by Austrian
hordes. Every heart glows with the
daring valour of the republic find every
bfealt pants after glory.
"1 he Committee of succour, present
ed a report on the , petition of the un
fortunate Maria Cecillia, daughter of
the Sultan Aehmet the 3d. By this
petition it appeared, that this female
was more than 80 years of age—that
she had fled to Fiance at the age of i 6?
and that (lie had lived or* a pension of
3000 livres to the year 1789, when it
was reduced to 1050. During the last
eight months it had not been paid.
The Convention decreed, that the Na
tional Treasury (hould instantly pay the
Citizen Maria Cecilia the sum of 600
livres as' a provisional aid, and that her
petition should be lent to the committee
of liquidation, which was ordered to
prepare a decree by which an animal al
lowance might be eniured to her during
her life. b
Society of the Friends of Equality and
Liberty,
A secretary read the following letter
written by the female citizen Dulin, of
Clermont, department of Puy-le-dome,
April 18.
Sitting of the 13th Floreal,
to her hufoand, Captain of grenadiers,
of the 2d battalion of the National
Guards :
" Thou informeft me that thou art
sick : couldft thou desire to return i
thou were so base, remember that 1
would not live a week with thee. Thou
hadft thyfelf voluntarily registered to
depart, and from a volunteer, thou haft
risen to the rank of Captain of grena
diers; . Can there be a more honorable
post ? Go on, my dear ftiend, in thy
glorious career ; if thou dieft, thou di
eft for thy Country ; what glory for thy
children ! If thou art wounded, let me
know it; I will go dress thy wouuds,
and wheti they are cured with what
pleasure thychildren will kiss thy fears!"
This letter excited bursts of applause.
GENOA, April IJ.
After the firft intelligence, which
government received by an express, of
the entrance of the conventional army
on our territory, accounts poured in ra
pidly, fir (I of the after
wards of the defeat of the French. A
courier from Alhenge has informed us
of a desperate aft ion which took place
at Saorgio, in which the French were
defeated with considerable loss on their
fide. They the fame fate
in the valley of Oneglia, 011 the fide of
Pieve : they were on a sudden surround
ed by the Austrian and Piedmontefe
troops from Ormea, and attacked with
so much spirit, that they were obliged
to retire* after losing a number of men.
It is said, that the French who were
commanded on this occasion by General
MafTeha, have retreated to their own
territory but we wait for a confirma
tion of this news
M. Daflox is arrived here of) a million
frofri the Executive Council of Fraftci,
charged to examine the afflgnars in Ge
noa, and the other towns in Italy, as
a number of tofged ones are in Circula
tion.
A few days ago government caused
five move Frenchmen to be arretted on
grounds of fafpicion, together with
some military men, aed even f'ome Pa
tricians, who have joined in a plan to
change our form, of Government jj
amongfl the latter is the-noble Gafpar
Saoli.
CATEAU, April 29.
Yesterday the brave En'glifh General
Manfell was buried with all military ho
nors. The Prince of Orange, the He
reditary PrinCe, and his Royal High
ness the Duke of York, attended the
funeral, which was escorted by brigades
of cavalry, and received by the whole
army under arms at the redoubt, No. i.
before the camp. The Pall was boine
by fijt Generals, followed by all the of
ficers of the army; The catinor/ fired
during the ceremony.
COLOGNE, May 3.
Letters from Italy mention, that the
Genoese have acceded to the league of
the coaleTctd powers against France.
LONDON, May 13.
The Dutch Mail brings intelligence
from Warsaw of the sth iiift. stating that
the Polish insurgents at Crafcow con
tinue to ffiake the toTch of rebellion
with increased audacity. General
Kofciulko, tlieir Chief, has ten Adju-
who force the fith ptrfon of every
family to enlist.
The Inftirgents have published a se
cond Manifeltoj which reviles in the
most daring eXpressions Roffia & Prtifiia
but makes no reproach on the Court of
Vienna. This edict has occalioned three
State papers : M. de Cachet, the Charge
d' Affaires of the Court of Vienna, has
figmfied in his Note, the displeasure of
hjs Court, at the violent proceedings of
the insurgents, and its detestation of its
principles. The King of Poland has is
sued a declaration, in which he avows his
abhorrence of their proceedings; and
the Ruffian General Ingelftroem, in Kis
note insists, on the part o{ the Polish Go
vernment, that the Rebels be most ri
gorously prosecuted and punished.
The Insurgents have been attackedby
the Pruflian General Tonnan/.oxv, near
Cracow, and defeated with the loss of
between 3 and 400 men either killed or
taken. The Ruffian Cossacks patrole
already through the suburbs i f Cracow,
which place they seem determined to
carry, cost what it may.
The Prussians are in confiderabie
force in the diflrift of Win/a.
The Rebels have put in reqiiifitioii all
theleed, tin, iron, and falt-petre ; tiny
also raised a contribution of 200,000
Pulifh florins 011 the Clngy, who ave
further to pay 60 per cent. o. t of their
income,
By a young gentleman of 16 years of
age, who lately escaped from St. Owner's
we are informed of the following parti
culars :—About three weeks ago an or
der came down from Paris to the muni