from the Minerva. Mrjfrs. PrinUn. m VVt find in jOil- paper of ibe 23d 'mil a piece under the lignatufe of Argus, addrefTed to Ttaonia* (iieanleat_ and John Fellow* Jun, containing fu<-nj p* i'onal aLufe and fllibefal ftiSctutva dnbor liiftoryxf rite-French rrvolmton, an jul ticc t j ourfejveiiand thecaule of uiith w'il not permit us to let p*»fi unnoticed. Wc ther-foro ..tier to thepubhc tilt following obfervatiuiis. The hittorv written by Rabaut,which we firit prppoled to publish, closed at li'e acceptation of the conflitutioH of jyg,—Tilts at the time we commen ced printing it, was the only regtihir hiltriry or tliis revolution in America , »nd has, wr believe the decided prefer rncc to any that has tince been pubhfh td When we had neatly completed this work, wc received another hilloiy of * i.'n Evolution, compiled in London, which had continued it to a much later date. This the authors named "An Impartial hiitttry of the Freuch Revo hi' ion,' Src. They acknowledge that a confideia ble povtipn 0' this work had al eady been pnblilhed in the new Annual R.:-;;il tcr ; and that in the pwient volume it appeared in an impiwved and conedted state. A patt of this liiftory having-been pubhfned in the kegilter we did not conceive an objection to its republica tion in America: As that lircumftarre did not diminish from the merits of the composition, o the autbeujicity of (Jic work. We thetvfoie determined on »«k ---intr up this hi dorr at the close of that wmitrayTrabautV <*« U .'l te-jbqnt'u liiflofy life rtWt ■«» Itime; and r.o'ified our fubicrilwrs, that we intended to publiflva contiilua tion of the revolution. Not intimating however as Argus iirfimlates, that this was written by Rabaut. The dihei ence of the title pages of the two vo lumes put!t this matter out of dispute. The authors of the fecortd volume subjoin a long lift of authorities, to the number of twenty one, besides federal French and Englilh newfpapcra; bom which, they fay, they have compiled thik history. To which of these authors they give the molt credit we know liot. The hi'fcorirs appear however to be written by pcrfous of very opposite fcti tinn-nt» refpe&ing the revolution. And we believe it very improbable, that-hif tori liia of different political fr'TtimetitS, in the heat of a revolution, (honld're late fatts exa£Uy alike.—But, agriea ble to the ideas of our critic, the pilets* have committed'an unpSrdoniSle fault in not ptiblifhing the whole Cbat was contained in these volum. lous works. What right they have to cur tail them ? As they have been once printed they ought to be handed diiwn to pofteiity without any dini-mrtion, addition or any other'alteration whate ver.—The (lupidity of this do&rine needs 110 comments. 111 peruling this comperidium we found, as we observed in our advertise ment, that the fafls, so far as they ref pefted the main progress of the revolu tion, appeared to he fairly stated. The comments of the authors, and the illi beral epithets, which they unifoimly attach to the patriots, prove that they wir*: actuated by motives of prejudice or ißterefl. This history then, which came to us in a diet's, calculated t(i gtatify the rail cor of the enemies of liberty, and to disgust the great body of the Atneiican people who are friends to the revolution, we have endeavored to suit, in expressi on, to the meridian of the free country* in which we publith it. In general sim ply relating fa£b,and leaving the reader !o make his own comments, which pre vents him from'being biafTcd by the par ticular prejudices »f the writer. This it seems has given great umbrage to our critic, who, although he mult be con fciuiis of tie maligniaty of his own heart, ?nd his aptness fit forming inve&ives, yet is sensible that to minds, not equal ly b*fe, the fame rancor would not be excited on reading the success and pro- grefs of liberty. But unfortunately for Argus, he hat brought forward a book as a test to our history which neither of the editors have even read, or had auy thing to do with. How fat- the history which they have copied agreed with the New An nual Rcgifter, they are entire Grangers. Argus mirft therefore travel over the fame ground once more, and compare our addition with the real copy. Till then he cannot inform the public whe ther we, or the Englilh compilers, have made the alterations to which he has al luded. For they tell us that it here " appears iiv an improved and correttcd {late." Neither have we been solely confined to the above compilation, but •*., . rf , rnllr f t . to a work I mallydteffed,to offer us the keys of the ' "i- •la ttf p» I city, to vonxratulatc thf Republicans os * ' obt,c?l (late oj Europe, to tha .vtiictl contains a felediou ot otiii .ul pa- W( . )e ia( ; t( , ~e t v iem . ers, of whole authenticity there can- The ariny kept its poGticr. on the einin mt be the least doubt. And whenever e nces, which commanded the city. Vve ve have ventured to vary, in the rcla- are matters of the Mofclle and the Sarre. : „ f >ilat™, ive have been g\ ided : liter .lly anJ n( - nlued to 4 » t)ie armies. ,y the lall mentioned wink. oome nn- Aueuft 15. jualified comments, and abusive epithets Le c<4ntre, of VerUilles, organ of the >f the authors, we arc authoiifcd tliro' commifi-on charged to take off the feats oi nnumerahle channels to rejefl. And Hobefpierre's and his accomplices lodgings „ „ fuictbal fjpd .0 <™h, to «« £ ind the rights o, man, wil. cknowlcdge , Duvalj Bourgou ; n , and Pernn ol hat our omiflinns are judicious, even Voi'ges who, tho' named to this coni irimittin>; that our copy, and the An- nl ;(n on) had not presented themselves yet. u.al Register agreed, iu the pa (luges A decree was accordingly pafftd, and cleiSled by Argus. Legaux, Letourneur of the Sartht, Efperet It would be tedious and unintfrcfting of Arriege and Dizes.were agofen. • r "■■>? -jf r ,u \°'t t&i&SPrzl wffrges he has adduced ;we (liall make some m ; )iUr y decorations, taken emarks >m the tnoft material, and leave fr6m a p russian o ffi cc f. le reft for the reader's own reflections. The difcufiion en the new organization (To be continued.) of the fcver.il committees recommenced. ''' ... Ijiit the deliberation was four, after iute Foreign Intelligence. FLUSHING, August 25. The liege of Sluys continued for fc veral days pad with unremitted vigor } and yesterday morning eatly, the can nonading was very diftin&ly heard, as usual; yet, to our very great fuiprue, at 8 o'clock it entirely ceased, and leaves us in the wild field of cOnjedturc ro account for the caufc. The liege is molt, probably raised, and converted into a blockade; but that the Fiench have quitted Cadfand is un true, neither do we f-e any reason to imagine tluy intend it. A few days will explain the cflufe of tlw present silence, and relieve us fium our anxiety 2 for, we imagine has i'uirendeied, as no fignalj have been made by the fiiips which are stationed in a line along the coast of Cadiand, up to Flulhing Roads, and-caVi easily oh fcrve every thing at Sluys. FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION, August n. Barrere appeared at the tribune and r£ad an energetic address to the Conven tion from the army of tfcS Sambre and Mcufe. " Perilh the rfiari" from among us who (hould feel capable to bend before a mat ter, lay the brave soldiers of the army of the Sambre and Meufe, after having tef tif e 1 their indignation against Robcfpierre latHl other conspirators. The law, the law oni,y for all, and annihilation to him who would endeavor to rile above it. Repre sentatives, you decreed us a laurel for the ■ idlory obtained in the Fields of the Fleurus. You rhult accept tft» civic crown which the numerous and brave loldiers of the Sambre and Mpfelle prel'ent to you for the glorious 9th Thermidor. The Republic one and indivisible will always be our ral lying {Soint." ' 1 his addriTs Veing read and ordered to be inf#rted in the minutes, the Reporter rrpoke of the Mofetle army who ha\e jnll merited a new triumph. The retreat of the emig'rmnts and"" the traitors to Fraitce is just takert. Treves is now pyniftied for the perfidy of its Elec tor and the reception given to the brigands. Immense magazines, provisions, cattle in great numbers and heavy contributions ife coin will produce an indemnity to the Re public. For four years Treves drained u# of our motley, they (hkllreturn it. They attempted to depreciate our aflignats; they mail flow take them. They partici pated in the plot of ftarvitlg France : they ihall feed our armies. On the 18th the army began its march in three columns from different points, to rendezvous at Treves. One proceeded between the Moselle and Luxembourg ; the other on the borders of the Sarre and the third advanced in the centre. On the 19th an engagement took place with a corpiof the enemy, whose cannon ade ditf not injure us in the least, and whom we soon forced to retreat. Ano ther corps defended the post of Gfaven macher (a town on the Moselle in the duchy of but the tremb ling garrison evacuated this place, aban doned a vast magazine of oats and wheat and retreated towards Luxembourg. , The communication of thisfortrefs with Treves and the Moselle is now entirely cutoff. Or. the 20th at nine o'clock in the evening we reached a bridge defended bv a formidable artillery, which was soon swept away and abandoned entirely in less than an hour and a half. The Auftrians left here one cannon and an amijiunition waggon, and betides the killed and wounded, 90 prisoners. The left column took during this time the fa mous MontagneVerte, (Green Mountain) where the tyfant Louis XVI. loft not left than 15,000 men, and before which a ma levolent irnpofter of a general (Beurnon vitle is here meant) was baffled. The enemy left here 600 dead, a great many wounded, and 80 prisoners. Our loft in this engagement, docs not exceed 30 men. Treves was in left than two hours l'urrounded on all tides, and the ar my entered in two columns, on the lift instant, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The Ariftot rats, Monks, Nuns, and Grandees, had betakf 11 themselves to their heels, and the municipal officers came tor- rupted by the arrival of the Miniiter Mcni potcntiai v trom the U -itttl States; lie v. as cor.dflA -d into the ccntre ot the llaiU and a Secretary read the "1 > inflation of his discourse and credential lrtiers, figilcd by George Wafliington, PrefidflSt ot the U nited States of America, and Edmund j Randolph, Secretary, at Philadelphia the 48th of May. The reading of this was accompanied by Repeated (hours of Vive les Repubhqnes, and univerlal acclama- I tions of applause. The difconru s, &c. were ordered to be printed in the French j and Anierican languages. The President gave the fraternal k'fs to the minister.and has declared tha. h rccognized James Monroe in this quau ty. It w; s also dccraed, on the motion of Moyfe Bayle, that the colours of both nations (honld Ve f!ij 1 -OJidctl at the vault of the HaW si »- '■ ft of perpetual al liance and union. Ihe Remitter took his feat on the on the left o the President and 1 he revived the fr ternal kiss sum several deplitiei. The fitting was (nfpended. Meli'rb. Printers, Died on the 17th inft. after along and lingering illness, the Wilmington Acade my, in the .10th year of its age ; its con stitution, tho' weakly anil iunmi, had, with a comfortable beginning, lonie prof peeen done to the friinor, and that their condufl will not b;ar investigation. Not Jong fmce they received from the Congrei's Aug. 48. Wearc harpy to find fhat count } of the United States one thousand pounds Merci's death is nor iVlv to interrupt the > on account 0/ said orphan, and it was ex negotiation between the Emperor and our pedfedthat such a generousfnm would have court. His ExcelK nry had brought over put it: 011 a refpetfa'ole footing, but how a letter written by hi* imperial nujefty to ever it Items the guardians (trufteea) find our king, aflurrng li ni oj 6ur earnest in- ' the sum too small yet, and have tor tuur tenticrf'to profecutc (he war witli the great- own fafetv [lcaft they Ihould be out or | eft vigor. This letter was lonic days fmce -pocket J leafed out the mansion for a wea j delivered by count Srahrcmbtrg to our go-, vcr's (hop.' _ .. • _ j Yernment. What authority is there to call those stewards to an account ? If there is any ai thcrity, is it not hijh time it should be ex.ercifed, as it would certain ly be a great fatisfa&ion to those who have liberally fulfc'ribed, to know in what man ner their money has been applied or dis posed of. , A Subscriber to the Academy. Wilmington, October ti, *794- '• • ■} CAPTURES AT SEA: Statement, taken from Ooyd.'s lifls of Capture* from tlie.jtf of February, 1794, to the id of Aiiguft, 1794; fix months s By the Engitjb. 67 French, (of which 4 arte Frigates, i Sloop, aw! r Privateer) i"3 Swedes' II J}anrs' 1 Dutch I Prulfian t American* 1 Hambro' 96 Vefleli. By the French. 236 Englilh, (of which 3 qje Privateers, and i Frigate) 3 X Dutch, (including 1 Frigate) 4 Spanish 5 Portuguefs 3 Prufiian 5 America^ 3 Danes 2«8 96 192 Balance in favour of tfie French. N. B. Recaptures accbunted for. To- the above loss by the allies* Sep. ought to be added 31 ships, (all which have hitherto appeared on Lloyd's lilts) .retaken and burnt by .Lord Howe ; and to the loss of the French 6 (hips taken and 2 funk, making eight Clips of the line taken or funk by Lord How on the Ift of June. By the foregoing ftattmmt, and one formerly infected, the following a ill be found to be the state of the captures for one year and an half, finae the com mencement of the war, Viz. By the Englijh 299 French 8t of other powers By the Dutch. 2 French. 3go VefTels 30 Veflels 30 by the Spaniih 2 by the Dutch 412 Veffeli. By the French. c6B EogWfc I2C of othe. powers 683 Vcffels- This leaves a balance of two ll " n(,, cd and fevemy-fw.il favour of the Repub lic of France, excluding the 45 !h, P s > (aid to be taken and burnt at i oulon, and the 8 (hips taken ot funk on the ift of June, by the fleet under Lord Howe. UNITED STATES. BALTIMORE, Oa. 2j. We the undernamed Phyficiaus of Baltimoie, taking into consideration, the reports that tt.ll ex ill abroad, re fpeiSling the late fever,.think it incum bent on us to declare in this public manner, that we know of no difeafc at ihis time in our Town, on the Point, or about the preciwfts, but such as is usu al at this season of the year, and that the inhabitants are in general healthy. L. Goodwin, E- Johnson, M. Littlejohn, Gen. Buchanan, Geo, Brown, Henry Stevenson, Henry Wilkins, Wm. Bafiett, l_)aniel Dolvin, John F, Heineke. Tho». Henry Keerl. (£> The printers of the neighbour ing states are requested to publish this. WILMINGTON, OA. 25. From the Delaware Gazette. PHILADELPHIA, The Public are refpeflfiilly informed thit the Suhfcriptions for this Gazette are dai'y incrcadng i»i the City—that its cir culation is extensive, being lent to every (late in the Union —and is probably ex changed with more Printers in the difle rent States thin any other Gazette' — thtfc circuinftances enhAnce its utility as an adVtr ififtg Vehicle. The generous patronage which the pub lication h;-s already received, demands the Editor's molt grateful acknowledgments —He iolirits a continuation of advertising favors. From thel'e principally arise the refotirces which eniblc the publiiher of a daily paper to extend his plan of general entertainment and information. GENERAL ORDERS. To mortow at the hour of 8 in the morning the Light Corps will advance; Major Gen.' Morgan will -lead the one acting with the left wing and Major Gen. Frelinghuyftn the one with the right wing. On the next day «t the fame hour, the army will move in 2 columns, the right wing compoied of the New-Jersey and Pennsylvania lines, forming the right column, under the immediate command of his Excellency Gov. Mifflin ; the left wing compoied of the Maryland and Virginia lines lowniifg the left co lumn with the commander :n chief. The Quarter matter General will continue with the right wing and the proper officers iti his detriment and in the department of forage attended with a fuflicient nutr.bei of ax men, mull accompany the Light Corp», un der whose protcftion they are to pre pare a!l rieciffaries for the army. Abun < lance of ttraw mult be ready for the troops, inasmuch as their health greatly depends on their lleeping dry and warm. The utmost reguJarity mutt be pre ferred in the m?.rch and'iu (hi mode -of By the Spatti/h. 21 French (ert 9 of other pow- OCTOBER *9. ADDRESS. HEADQUARTERS, BEDFORD, Odober 211 encampment, which nv.ift alwa s be in two liaes, with the cavalry in t e tonduft of the aimy will invite attempt* upon it, and pro ' duce war, while vigilance in the con | dust of it will arrest the one and pre vent the other. The different columns will be precise in the execut ion of the daily marches afligned to them refpe&ivdy, and if from uiavoidable accidents eithet ft-.ould fall (hort one day, the deficiency is to be made up the next day, otherwifethe mutuality in operation will be loft and the army will be exposed to disgrace, and the evils of difcordart movements. The particular route* with he ne.ef fary inftrudlions will be givtri to the commanding Generals, and will of courfs form the rule of their conduit. When the right wing reaches it will divide into two columns, the N. Jersey line and brigade of cavalry, un der Brigadier White, forming one co. lunin, to be commanded by his Exec'- lency Gov. Howell, will take a direc tion to the right, while the Pennfylva. nia line, with the blite corps, will jjur fue the original route under the order i of Governor Mifflin. When those co i lumns divide, the right will move from ! their right, and the left from their left. ( Chosen parties of Horse must follow ' the rear of each wingto anefl Stragglers 1 j from .the line, and to protedl the p o -1 ! peiry of individuals, to the due puier ration of which in even' reipect the jtmoft attention is to be paid by OttKOV as every rank. The Preiident of the United States being about to retu.n to the feat of g<>- . vernment, has been plcaied to direst ll e commander in chiel to prtfent to tl e army his affectionate wishes for their welfare ajid happiness ; in no way can the very grateful command be so fully ex cuted as bv puhh{hin£ the veiy words of the Preiident, which ate ac coidiiigly l'ubjoined. UNITED STATES, BEDFORD, O&obcr 20. To Henry Lee, Esq. commander in chief of the Militia army on its march the Insurgents, in certaia western countics of Pennsylvania. Sir, Being' aboftt to return to the feat of government I cannot take niy departure, without conveying through you to the army under your command, the vfry liigh sense I entertain of the enlighten ed and patriotic zeal for the conilitution and the laws which has led ihem cl.ear fully to quit their families, homes and t'ie comforts of private lift, to under take and thus fai topfrfoim a long and fatiguing march, and to encounter and endure the hardships and privations of a military life. Their condudt hitherto affords a full afTurarct that their peife verancr will be equal to their zeal; and that they will continue to perform aiit alacrity whatever the full accomplilh rne it of the objetl ot their march lliall : render necefiaiy.