their coufcier.ces eonfent to abjure their re- j t li-v ion, or to protsri.be their Lords or | i p;ie:U. When t e king ell-aped, they I i < armed to support his cause : When th. r t prieils were threatened with banishment, . tiicy concealed them ; and when their i Lords were attacked by plunderers, they \ flew to the rescue of their ealtles. For a t while they were in iilent, trio' impatient t J'ubje&ion, with the reft of France, to the j galling yoke ot' the Convention; but t 'when the kmg was murdered, and the re- t quiiitioß of ti oops demanded, they 101 l all ; pitienec. At that moment theluccei's of 1 the Allies on the frontiers fe rued to offer , a opportunity. Thole who fe- i riuilied among tliem, lor the purpose of ; brjojn.ng tlie leaders tiiouj, it that now ; was tiie tlx time to ihew themlelves. I Th ey did so; tliey exhorted the people,and I the nifurreiSlion was aimoit lnilan.aneous. ; The peasants, armed only with (ticks, .or i wit'i implements of hulbandry, feji furi- Innly upon the national guards quartered n.noag them, and by their defeat l'up'p ied tiiemf'eives with 8,-e arm#, ot which they ha-diy kn'w the uie. Emboldened by this fir.t success, they viikel rhe neighboring towns, collecting all the Royal lib they couid iind, and dif frming others— vVlierever the republicans made "reliftance, they rteftroyed them in t.eir way- forced the prilo,is, an 1 liberat eaaiiii n.ier of 'Prielts inu many Gentle men, who became their leaders in ne.v enterprises, and more important victo ries. f'he infurreiliin, at firft a despicable spark, became by degrees a prodigious fire, which could no. be extinguished. — O/.e hundred and twenty miles ot territo ry wece p eiei.uiy 101 lto tiie Republic.— The ol<t iftcn, tiie women, the children, and proviliows weie tiu:iiported into the impenetrable receiies ; the approaches to which were guarded by hity thoufa.id geajjiift i 'tie Contention in vain de creed i'uldi.-rs, ipoiinted Generals, and furniihed trams or artillery againll- tlioie whom ihey denominated banditti, wretch es, 6c«. the latter wefe always Victorious. The unfortunate Generals went from tiie cioKiuiirid to tlie guillotine, and their can non to the Royaints, .* u> not knowing how to dilp.ife of thciri, deilroyed and left them. Such was the origin of the infurreclidn in La Vendee, which continually alioniih < ; the world with new triumphs, though tlie heroes by wlioiii tiiey were at . hiaved remained Unknown. t hie Gaiioh was f. r a long time i'uppofed to be their leader, and was celebi a.ed in that character, til.' he never etifte:! but in th.- manorial oftfle Koyatiits. i'heir Chiefs wifhidtp remain unknown and therefore created ihio ima ginary General, taking his name from the Records of French prov/efs an J chivalry, as one worthy of Lading them to glory and to victory. ' CHOUAN3 THE name oi the C.iouans that second set of K.'iyalillsin France, little lei's for midable than the i'n fl, is often mentioned in the public jk.ll u, but jew* are. acquaint «d with their o s ': r , u. The Cliouann nr;t appeared in the neigh borlntod of F'luieresiii Uritatmy, preciie ]y at the time when the Rgyaiiits of La Vendee croljed the Loire, and threw the.n felves into lV.it province. The malier of an iron f-irg'*, named C'nouan, had three foils, who put them selves lit the head oi the dilcoittented in tiiofeparls. Hciilc their name is derived.At firft they gained f verai advantages, but oil the arrival of the Republican ariiiy, they were obligedtoa'wndorithepliir.,ia.il)..take th mfeives to the foieits, wliere their ene mies could not purlue them. The defeat* of the other i\nyaliltß lirengtliencd the tarty of the Ch.uians, for all thole of La Vendee who could escape from the of the Republicans, haftenedto join th: Breton iiil'urgents. perl'ecuted, and reduc ed'to live the lives of wiid beasts in the v.-oods, they became almuft as ferocious ; while all those who were difguftcd by the requifitionof their perfnn or property, in thole parts, were cowinualiy added to their number. They were divided into bands under certain leaders, and, and tho' dsftitute of every advantage, of money, tloathing, proviiionr, &c. by wonderful courage and perseverance, and a 1 molt by miracle, they were able to render them selves formidable. The Convention Generals aiTesfled al ways to speak contemptuoiifiy of them, as rollers, banditti, birds of night, &c— h it the Convention feared them, and does .ilill; they know they are not queiled, and know not by what means to quell them. — They are said to be flill increafiug. For the Gazette if the Unitkd Status. Mr. Ff.nno, WE are in a fair way of being involved in a controversy, whether we lhall take inrafures for prefervilig the city from de ftru<slibn, or not—nay, I g» further—the question is yet more firnple: It is, whe ther the most duralve, and in the end, the cheapest materials, lhall be tiled in cc n ftruifling.tiie bnild'ngs in this metropolis or not ? The sober sense of' the people cannot be supposed to err on this o.caooii, ittheir jutlg-nents'h jve fair play—but if they can be so far i npofed on, as to be made to believe there is as much danger from brick or ilone buildines as fromvthofe conftrinfl ,ed of Wobd —as a writer, from one or two fails brought into view for that pnr pofc, would iiiun'uite —if they can be in*de to believe that this city owesits popu lation to depopulating fires, originating .1- rnuftex- luuyelyin wooden edifices—if they can be induced to fntjpofe, thatiu the long run, wooden, lionic would turn out a bet ter iqterefl than brick—or that the insecu rity of wooden ffrui'u res will produce a general conn.lv-nce favorable to populatipn »-—v^'hy thcrij tbc cur;iora,tioi),.tiie miunncc companies and owners ofhoufv:s have been 1 ir. batte in p.opofing, and the legifli ture precipitate in pliliiij the law prohibi- 1 tiag the creeling of wpjden buiui.ngs— ;i3t!t Mr. printer, I conceive that the fiw is touudsd in :bu.id wildom —and will e ventually be wuverjully approved It therefore only remains for the friends of the law to be firm to their purpose till ex perience (hall (hew the propriety of what the iegiflaftfrehas done—lt has been hint ed that the meal'ure ought to have been ,■ ad p.fd gradually—or that a distant period j lhoiild have been assigned for its com- £ menecin.-nt —but to either of these propo- _ fitions, there are numerous objections— y a gradual operation wpidd never produce ' a reform, it would only procrastinate the buli.ie'Vfuu die ; and as to a distant day's being ailignGd, it would only produce an accumulation of wooden buildings in the interval—and when the period Ihould ar rive for arresting the progress of the evil, ( the number of those ".terelted to oppose the law ■*. ould probably exceed thole in fa- • vor of it. J The bufmeft has not been precipitately done. Like an embargo—perhaps the leis j warning the better, if any th.-ng is ever . to be done—The utter impoHibility of e- j ver making a la* againtt the ereflion Of • wooden buildings wtiich shall not in lbme J degree, have a retrofpeclive operation is no argument against the rnealure, uniel's [ tne power and right Of the majority to ' take every proper ttep for the prcfervati- ( on. of their property is abandoned alto- i gtther. ' J cr/is. ] CHARLESTON, April *i; The jaiieiigers, officers and crew of the f Princr William Henry Puckft, who were landed at Crooked llland, as mentioned in our last, arrived here ori Saturday. DECLARATION , Of Captain Sabds, 6f the lloop Maxwell, to Mefirs. William & James Msfa ct NaiiVu, Merchants. ON the id mftant I failed from this port, in thefaid iioop-for Crooked iiland with I'un.iry supplies, a lady and three gentlemen pall'cngers. Oil the 8;h was captured in tire Crooked liland paifagf, by the privateer (hip called the Vengean. e, of 18 guns and ioo inrii, commanded by I Capt. Allaiil. She was built at Baltimore, | and failed from thence, schooner rigged, ! early this year, out laif from Port du-faix, | where the laid vell'el Was altered from a | schooner to a (hip, as I was informed, lni- | mediately on the privateer coming along iiuv, 1 was ordered to hoist out my boat and come on bo*rd, which orders I ac? j cordingly obeyed. No. sooner had I set i my foot oil the (hip's deck, but 1 was ! knocked down by oue of the ofticors with j ; a.fa'ore; avid winlft in that recei- ' vedftverji kicks, and from the captain threats and abuiive -language. He alked | me for the veflli s papers, wnich 1 mime d-.i.t :ly Hiewed hiin-- lie then called me a I pirate, and i...iu he would hang ine 1 was then ordered to be- put in the after-hold, I where I remained cio e confined'lor .up wards of ii i.ours. i'iit DcxSor, and a- i . nsther oinrter of the privateer, Ke.ned ve ry ueht-0.. to have the lady brougnt on 1 board, and nifiiieJ (he lhouhl be letciied, j laying they intended "retaliating for some improper utige to a French lady when captured by one. of the Providence priva teers, called the two Brothers. Mr. iVien zies, a gentleman palTenger, rerr.onilrat ing on the impropriety of removing her so lite in the they then declined fend ing for her. On the gth inft. the privateer, with her prizes, (the Prince William Henry pack et, Flying 1-iJh, Capt. Uibfon, a\id the Maxwell) anchored at the French Wells, (Crooked iiland, u here I, with Mr. and Mrs. Anderfon, Mr. Menzies, and Mr. Sullivan, were put on (hore, after having every article taken from us but what we were then clothed with, and without the leal! furteiiciiice of any kind. Seeing some bread lying ot the privateer's deck, prior to my being ordered out of her, I alked the captain for a few bil'cuits, informing him tnat it would be the next day before we Ihould be able to get any relief from the inhabitants of the liland ; this he re futed, faying he had none to (pare. Af-. ter experiencing a long and tedious jour ney through faunas, ponds, and Woods, we with difficulty reached the hut of a ne gro belonging to Mr. De Lancey, al'out midnight, and received from hiin every relief that he could give us. (Signed) MARMADUKE SANDS. A'ojjuu, ( N. P.) April 23, 1795. £>worn to before me, Stephen Hawn, Notary public. Jjy this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, May ij. Capt. Flagg, of the (hip Arethufa, 31 ' 1 days troTi Savannah-la-mar, arrived lad evening ; by whom we learn, that only 8 ' snips of the fiaet of 260 fail bound from ' England to Jamaica had arrived—He al so informs, that the fever has ceafc-d rag > ing, and the iiland is generally healthy — Spoke on the 10th inft. 45 leagues from ' Cape Henry, the schooner Thomas, How - ard, fro.ll Philadelphia bound to St. Tho ' mas, all well. Arrived at this Port. Ship Jay, Thomas Curracoa Brig American Hero, M'Dougal, St. Croix Hope, Webb, Savannah I Eagle, , William, , Schr. Sally, Bells, St. Croix a Sloop Heclor, Leffiugwell, St. Thomas 1 Rifmg Sun., Wilson, Philadelphia „ 1 Betsey, King, Port au Prince The EELCTORATE of HANOVER. It b T.'or following import utffip'm'.ani. ire frntn <] Qiraui, a member of tin Convention— i.'oey may- have led to certain lat? alirti onj, or not : H r e think it momentous to P present them at the present crisis, as they P ivould uo doubt be Weighed by the E.vecu- r live Government of France. r IT teems to me, that for a free people v under a democratic go vernmeßt, we arc not I fufficiently occupied with our external re- v laticns. Our public papers ought more j, frequently to offer us thole diplomatic ide as, which, even if the mere reveries of the £ honeftandintelligent, cont iin always some thing ufeful—and the time is at length ar- w rived, when, without palling for a mad- ' ( man, it is permitted one to believe fomc 1 part of our schemes ma / acquire reality. a Without wishing to penetrate the secrets ' 0 of our Government (since it is essential t there (hould yet be secrets) I think it is the interest of France, when (he (hall judge proper to make peace, to conclude ' only Separate Treaties. The Germanic Empire, ought by us to t he separated from the Honfe of Auftm. That Empire composed of different States, J has been drawn into the war, rather by the influence of Great Power than any senti ment inimical to France. Their contin gents, furni'.hed tardily and imperfe&ly, a prove this fuflv/iently. r The French Republic is bound to main tain the Independence of these petty S tat e«- l I except from these, however, the E c fiaftical Principalities, which, in anv P°h- ] tical combinations, ought to disappear trom the Imperial Circles : These (hbttld be proteisle3 from the two Great Powers that press upon there ; and who fear, cr late, will invade them. Several of these States cannot have for 1 gotten, they owe their existence to the i ancient kingdom of France. And if ( Frederic William lus forgotten the fine ; part his uncle played, when the Germanic League was formed againil the invading ' House of Austria, France ought'ftdl more 1 efficacioufiy to fill this character, since (lie ' cannot be (ulpeiited oi particular aggran- 1 difement, or family compadts. i Englandeither trom policy orfeeblenefs ( particularly in war by iand. That govern. ( [ inent preserves us preponderance, by de | voting its fubjedts to the aitivity of an im- ! i menfe commerce, which yields it that gold 1 |by which the biood and ihe freedom of o- ' j ther people are purchased. With her ! guineas England colledts those hords in in Germany, whom (he lances against the independence of nations. Let us dry up this fruitful source to Eng l land. Let us reduce her to he resources of ! her own population. Let the fubje&s of i their kin g, determined to remain so, combat themselves, for the glorious title. \Y"e (hall j then fee, if pounds iterling are supplements for French valour—if the Enghlh bank is : proof agunft Republican bayonets— to sum • up all, if eight .millions oi men, fighting to preserve their fetters, will no: dilappear be i fore five and twenty millions, determined to break th.m for the happiness of the world, i I would therefore ihpulate in these treaties, that no (late eomprifed in the Germanic circle ' ihoul'l hire out or fejl its fubjedts, at the dil-i ! poial of England, directly or indirectly, in any part of the world. The Electorate of Hanover, however, can- I not b; cflfnprifed ic this chain of treaties. We ! mult dry up tnis source of royal corruption. It mud contribute to overcome the ii,itiih leopard. We mult by this ir ty rel'erve the right of peffage to our victorious legions, to seize this inheritance of the head of the House of Brunfwick, who, defpoilea of this resource, deprived of the means of German itipendaries, will be at length compcded to humble the cabinet of St. James's before the Republican Genius. , LONDON, March 17. We have the pleasure to fay that F.arl Howe is happily recovered from hisin qifpolition, and is going to sea with the grand fleet forthwith. The CJhcuans, some of whom still hold out, are rather freebooters by trade than tnfurgents connected by any political or religious principle. Notwithstanding the interference of Earl Spencer and Mr. Duudas, to fet tle the differences between the Ship builders in the river, and the Navy board, and the intimation to the for mer, that their terms ihould begran'.ed, it is a matter of fatt that, except tor convertipg fdtne (hips intended for In diamen into men of war, not an order had been issued from the Navy-board on Sundaylaft, for building any (hip of war by private builders. The interruption in the happy inter course which fublifted so cordially bet ween Their Majesties and the Prince of Wales has not been occasioned by the demurtothe payment of the Prince's debts, for their Majeities have no ob- | j je&ion to their payment by the people,! , but it is owing to a refufal on the part . of his Majesty to employ his Royal - Highness on the ftaff as a General. It is extremely inaulpitious to the 1 Princess of Brunfwick on her coming 1 to England, that the affairs of her illuf- I trious confprt are left in the fame deran ged (late in which they have been for a vears part, and that on her arrival the :. Palace of Carlton House may even be x dismantled by the creditors.—We do h not mean to fay one word in favor of " the conduct of his Royal Highness ; but though his claims on the liberality 15 of the nation are not great, it mult be a owned that he has been fcurvily and e coarsely treated by Mr. Pitt ; since it is certain that lie p'edged huuteli" t» H bring sos ivaxd the of paying 1i» ; h debts in full, and he Bj\v hesitates, if >ni not a£tu illy refit xs, to do it. Mr.P::t, it p.oves, that he is always laviih for the fn public purse when a party is to be cor h rupted. He has nt scrupled to load rht people with 200,0001. a year in fa ',] voi - of his new converts, and yet th. 'i Prince of Wales, who is as good a ci-n t5 vert as the bed of them, is to be lert i] in the lurch. i J{ Mr. Pitt has no ohjeftion t' the vi sale of the estate of the Duke of Com- r|, wall, and this eilate paivniied'out in u; lets, is expected to produce 6co,ccol. » The Priuce'sdebts pmount toßjo,oool. 1 according to a rough eltirnate th»t his JJ been made. It is a base and fordid , thing in Ministers to alienate this Royal Providence for the Heir appaieut, for .. v the lake of taking from our own (houl ders the burthen, and fadling it 011 pof a terity. C 1 Letters from Wi'.na, iw Lithuania, l)( dated Feb. tA, mention, that in that place they are about to edabliOi a tribu- q nal, or rather a kind of a Congress, a , authoriied to judge the chiefs of the lail revolution, as traitors to their countiy. t( The (irll (lep of that aflembly will be to fend deputies to Peterfburgh in << order to solicit the Empress to fend Ko.'tiun<o before that tribunal. BOSTON, I i. ELECT I ON. Yellerday came on the election bf 0 Repiefentatives. Much caucafing on 0 both fides" had preceded theelcdion.— On the one hand,an almost entirechange in our rep efentation was warmly advo cated by many; while on the other hand many were in favor of the almoll entire re-choice of the old lift. The election however ended in a happy and harmo- S nious manner ; a kind of compromise of opinion left out some of the old repre- I fentatiVes, and ir;roduced several new and popular gentlemen. The follow ing is a lill of the gentlemen voted for, ' with the number of votes each had. ■ Jonathan Mason, Esq. 19 15 Charles Jarvis, Esq. 11 25 William Tudor, Esq. '947 William Eu(tis, Esq. *9>3 Thomas Edwards, t'.fq. 1051 William Esq. J°s4 Stephen (Jorham, Esq. 960 Joseph Ruflell, jim. Esq. 885 Mr. Edward Tuckerman, 850 Harrifon G. Otis, Esq. 879 , Daniel Sargent, Esq. 954. ' The firft fix are chofen.—Tliere re mains one yet to be elcftcd. To-morrow the citizens will assemble to complete their lift of representatives. It is hoped that unanimity will at lealt preside on this occalion. Samuel Norton, Esq. is elected repre- ' fentative from Hingham, vice Charleg Cuihing, Esq. The principal teafon | of Mr. Cufliing's losing his eleiflion, is 'aid to be his attempting to cllabiifh a 1 political club at Hi 1 i ' Philadelphia, May 18. ■! From the Aurora. It will give an idea ofthe party which now prevail in Pyis, to mention, (and | this can be done on the authority of the Paris prin s) that those citizens who chute to dieis in a plain mannerand wi; h out powder, are insulted in the (lieets by the Mejjisurs, who fidt with Tallien | and Freron. The leaders of the faction j now uppermost in the Convention, are ( remarkable only fur their peculations ! and profligacy ; their reign will there- 1 fore not be long. But while conten- . ding factions impelled by private mo tives, thus disgrace the hall of the Con vention by their scandalous proceedings the leal pilots of the state digest in secret retirement the plans which, independent of the conduct of intriguers and politi cal gladiators, will conduct the vessel cf state to the harbours of peace and poli tical happiness. Every person who has followed the course of European politics, thro'the French rvolution, will recollett the name of the Abbe Syeyes, and fome -1 thing of his political sentiments. It will | be remembered, that against the opini -1 on of lliomas Paine, he maintained, that an extensive territory could be go verned but by a monarch. This man, Robespierre saved (with many others) to make a tool of his taleuts, but never • trultcd him further than in digest ing . | the details of plans of which the outlines . and principles were fir!'( laid down.— - This man, the present ruling party ; have placed in the Committee of Public - Safety, a fituatio'n of primary import j ance. This fait is a ufeful eommentfiiy f 011 the views and principle of than party. » The known enmity between Tallien F and his party, and Barrerc, Billaud and e their adherents, has induced us to give 3 more implicit belief to the account of t the execution of the latter that, upon Vcj}.*3!jn t i J.Tiv s Ti c " rv r.n «.h •# i s th.o 1 he ae >tm =•.' t >.■ Sus r , a •m hHir, 1 i o uon Pip. vi n h j/ivcs .t on the authority of a vejfer ani from Ilav e, having kftvhat [ioit on he 19th March. Wf have dneft ac -01 nis i" -m he sam piste t-,i the 18th .Isrch, and ota wbifpfi i,f tlit kind h. s reached us thro'tha. ilte£l_ch-.nnel. deliiii s, the cveijt is Hid to have taken place the il'h ; it rnuft, if that hid been the cast, have bee:, ktiown at fl t vre undoubtedly l>tfrre t\se 15th, and then the arrival here mult have brought us the intelligence. Befidc?, it was not t.v heexpetScd, that the trial of the ac ■'iifed members would have Vicen fofpee diiy gone thro'. Thej* were indited mi the 2d of Mnvh ; many parts of the nial adroiniftrarion of which they were accused, iilatedtothedepartments, wh-uee the proofs were to be procured, a id frorrt the prrnfeffeA moderation of their enemies, it is lik.-ly that they would not be judged fummari'y, but be allow ed at v lealt the form of a regular tiial. These circumftancf'S, and the doubtful authority of the Sun, would lead us to the account unfounded in fad, tho'piobably only premature. yl'irora. «' And v.otv <ivcgo up up up, And now we go ilown down downy, Attdn-.w we get .ckwurdsandforwuras. And now we go round rxiund roundj MaßKisd" at Mulberry Grove, fiate of Georgia, Mr. John C. Nightingale, of this town, m-reliant, to Miss Mar tha IV. Grerrie, daughter or the late Major-General Nathaniel Greene. PORT OP PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED. r>Ryi. Snow Ann and Mary, Eggar, New- Oileans, 3.0 Brig Ariel, Gardner, St. Croix, 14 Swallow, Churr.fidc, Hnvaijna, 17 Lark, Cheefrtnn, Boston, 13 Sch'r Charming Bclfcy, Lack, Gre nada, 16 Dolly, Paulding, Jamai- a, 25 Betfev, Wheelright. Bermuda, 10 Ann, J icklon, Rappahannock, 4 Hannah, Norton, St. Bartho lomews, 1 7 Sheerwater, Cook, Welt-Flo. rida, 16 Regulator, Oncal, Alexandria, S Bet ley, Davis, Baltimore, II Holker, Whitney, Norfolk, 4 SI. Enter pi ize, Park, Charleston, 7 Trimmer, Butler, Baltimore, 11 Dolphin, Eallabrooks, Boston, 12 Nancy, Roberts, Virginia, 4 Brig Ann Wadinap, Havaunah 11 Maria—— Horton, Washington N C. bound to Liverpool put in dUtrefs Columbia Baker Cape Francois 19 Schooner Sally, Hughes, Kingston Jam. 26 Frederickftmrgh Packet johnfton Je j . remie 19 Pollyy Sally —•— Carr, Virginia 1 r Capt Wheelright inforrtis that Mr. Goodrich has given orders to his jjriva teers not to capture any more American vessels, except they have French property i on board, or are carrying nn a contraband trade—but that the privateers .of Jennings j Baker E? Co. had their in!'motions to fend j 111 all Americatisbound tcor from a French port. i The brig Eliza, capt. Culver, the biig Nancy, Norn's, fiom St. Thomas, and fchooiier Diligence, from Port-de- Paix, have arrived at the fort. By the Eliza, from jaiiiaica, we are ( informed, that the French privateer ship | Les Jumeaux, captain Rualt, that fail i ed /rom this port in the month of De ; cembei last, has been carried into Cape Nichola Mole by a British frigate—(he had a (hort time before made prize of a Jamaica-man homeward bound, with a valuable cargo. PRICE OF STOCKS 6 per Centi 19/9 3 per Cents j 1/7 Deferred iqfi Bank of the United States 3g—40 Pennf/lvania 37 North-America 45 For Richmond . Virgitiim, The Schooner Polly&Sally, George Garr, Master, Now lying at Chefnut ffcreet Wharf, will fail » on Saturday, the 33d inilant. » For Freight or Paifage, apply to Captain ) Carr 011 board, or to J?. HENDERSON. I Who has for Saie t 10 eafks Carolina Indigo, 1 cbell Imperial Tea, 3 Scotch thread by the box. 18 bis. Middlings, y A few Bufhela Shorts. c May 13 4t To be Sold. , fv A HAND3OMS, STOUT, Saddle Mare, "With or without hit Saddle, &e. M App'y lo Mr. Koij-rt Ajd,«, fifth toei :i Soatu alley.
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