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
pe<Jl of future aggrandizeii.rf.it; but lika
many other orphans, the guardians have
Ihamefully neglected their ward's interest ;
and have not as yet gave an account of ftieir
stewardship. It is rumored by fotne, and
; believed by many, that Arid jnilice ha 9
not l>een 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 <c £cn .
tre, unkfs prohibited by the it uure U
thagoons are dreadful in the light, Sc
impotent in darkness, their fafety during
night must therefore be regarded.
The artillery to move as a park, and
march in the centre.
Conllant communications mull be
prrferved between the Light Corps »nd
the main body and between the refpec.
tive columns, witli all Other precautious
neceflary to protest the troops f riim
surprise and insult.
Whatever inay be the profeflions
the infurgeiit3, they are not to be re
garded. Men who have acted a part
so aitrocioiis will cheerfully add to their
guilt, if it can be done with impunity.
Careieffnefs in tl>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.
<No citizens of the United States can
ever be engaged in a service more im
poitant to their country. It is nothing
1, f$ than to consolidate and preserve 'he
blcfiings of thnt revolution which at
much expence of blood and trtafure,
constituted us a tree ami independent
nation. It is to give to the world an
illuftrrous example of the utmolt confe
quenceto the caufeof mar-kind. I ex
perience a heartfelt f&tisfcctioo in tha
conviction that the conduit of the troops
throughout will be in fcvery reipedt an
fw-eiable to the goodncis of the ca:ile
and the mngnitude ef the (lake.
There is but one point on which I
think it proper to add a fpectal recom
mendation, it is that every ofacer ar'i
fuldier will constantly bear in mind, that
he comes to support the laws, and
it would be peculia ly unbeci minj; '''
him to be in any way the infraflor o.
them, that the eflential prii ciples at
the government confine the province '
the military, when caUrd fort h on futj»
occasions, to these two cbjefls '
To combat and fubdne all who may be
fo'.md in arms, in jfition to the nati
onal will and authority—2d lo aid
aud support the civilß^gi'^ rate 10 k nD ß*
' '• '"1