~7 F
' FRANCE. f
NATIONAL CONVENTION. t
Sitting of September i. 1
Monnoi, in the name of the committee of public
fafety and finance, said,
" The moment is arrived, when you can flip- !
press, without danger, that inftitutjon of Robe- ®
fpierie, which, after the revolutionary tribunal,
has done the mod mifchief. —1 speak of the com- c
mittee of fubfiltenoes." Applauses.
k 11 Neither policy nor prudence will permit it 1
longer to exist. It itneceffary to replace this com- *
raiffian in such a manner, that the piovitioning of
Pan's, and of our army and uavy, ihnuld no longer \
fuScr. The radical fault of this inllitution was,
that each of its agents mide an advantage proporti
oned to his purchnfes. They were of course interest- ®
ed to multiply the latter for the purpose of aug
menting their fortunes. '
" The National Convention fnppreflcs the com- [
mifiion of provilion. The agency which futnilhes
Paris (hall alone continue in it? functions, under the '
immediate fuperintendance of the committees of
finance.
" The treafjry (hall pay no draft from that com-
mission unlcfs it has been figne'd by the committees j
of public welfare and finances." i.
A violent discussion arose upon the dilapidations
committed by the agents of the, commissions of j
provision*.
Barras << It is not to the committees of govern- !
ment, but to the committees of protifions, that wc 1
owe the famine which has so long tormented- us. j
It is that committee which has sent its armies of
brigands throughout the republic. It has made
government to pay at the rate of 3000 livres the
sick, for that which cod them but 1600. He
concluded by demanding, that the committee
should be put in a (late of arreftation, and that
eommiffaries Ihould be appointed from the bosom
of the Convention, to eximine into their con- '
dust.
Le Hardy supported the proposition, and said,
■ that he (hould give proper information of the pro
ceedings of the committee, and of their connexion
with the bakers of Paris.
After a long debate it was decreed, that the 11-
nited committees (hould present for the approbation
of the convention, five citizens, to form an extra
ordinary, to examine into the markets purchafcs
roade by the commiflion and agents of fublift
ences.
Sitting of September 2.
Several addrcfles against refradtory priells were
read.
A commune of the department of the Si?ine in
/ormed the Convention, that the royslills were in
great number, and wifned to filed the blood of the
patriots. Citizens of the commune of Langies
stated, that these pricds preached royalifm openly
in the fields ; that they menaced with eternal dam
nation the parents of the yonng men ot the firft
requisition, if they did not recall their children ;
and they prohibited, under the fame penalty, the
use of republican money, under tHe pretence that
it was made of the metal of church bells and
church plate. Referred to the committee'"sf public
fafety.
Lefage, of Eure and Loire, communicated to
the Convention several manoeuvres of the. moaopo
lid*. "At Chateaudun, (said he) corn only fold
for 188 livres the quintal; at Chartres for 600 the
double quintal, before the arrival of the agents of
the commiflion of fubliftence'; but those miscreants
soon coutrived to raise the price to 3400 livces,and
afterwards to 6000 litres. I move that I raay be
permitted to present the plan of a decree on this
fubjedt to-morrow noon."' Granted.
The fe&ion of Le Pelletier appeared at the bar,
and presented a petition similar to which were be
fore presented by the fedliclns of the Mail and the
Champs Elifees. The petitioners remonft rated
with great vigour and energy against the eftal'.lilh-
Bient of a camp in the vicinity ot* Paris, with a
•view to influence the elections, and overawe the
voice of the people—they protested also againfl the
plan adopted by the Convention, for perpetuating
their own power, by compelling
tives to elect two thirds of them to be members of
the legislative body. They likewise obferyed, that
great numbers of the Tcrforifts liad lately been fct,
at liberty.
Chenier, the President, in reply, said—
" Citizens who feck to feparale you from vour
brethren in the armies, are the very men who come
to this bar to tell you, that the colours of patriot
ism are the banners of terror ; who formerly de
manded the dismission of the republican arrfiy, with
the fame ardonr as was difplnyed by the contlitu
ent alfembly, when they required the cifmiflion of
the troops employed by despotism. If feme guilty
men have been released, there arcjti ibunals which
will punish crimi.ial adts, though not exaggerated
opinions. The National Convention will ntver en
ter into any composition with aflafii'nt; it devotes
to public execration the horrible scenes of the 2d
of September, and it will ever celebrate the anni
veifaries of the 14th of July, the 10th of August,
and the 9th Thermidor. It will not fuflcr its last
(ittirgs to be degraded.
Trarijltilcd for the slukORA.
NANTZ, Sept. 8.
Thf following happy intelligence from ourGoleniej
was lately'communicated to the Convention by
Defermont, in the Rame of the commutes of
public fafety.
BY the corvette L'Heureufe Nouvelle, we have
informed you of the fuccefles of the arms of the
republic. It affords us particular pleasure to an
nounce you sow that victory follows continually the
tri coloured (tandard.
You know already by pur former accounts, that
the English have retreated to the fort of Sr. Lucia,
the Gibraltar of the Weft Indies, but they were
•ot able to hold out against the impetuous vaiour
of republicans.
Gros Islet, Lc Maine, La Vigie, and the bat
tery of Euftache, forming the key of the fortifica
tions raised at Moit.c Fortune, were carried at the
point of the kayonet, and as soon as every thing was ir
prepared fora ger.Al assault the enemy thought it in
advifablc to evacuate the fort, and fled on board n;
their squadron, leaving all their property, even
their wives and children, behind. w
What during the American war a Bonille, a m
D'Eftaing, and a Loewendal, were unable to cf- iv
feft, tho' tkey had 10,000 men at their command,
and were supported by twenty fliips of the line, —
has been executed by a handful of republicans led
on by ottr celleague Goyraud, and having nothing C
to oppose the formidable fleet of the enemy but ft
their invincible courage, and a few small vtffelscar- p!
rving three pounders. B
You may allure the Convention that we do drain ai
every nerva in order to annihilate the Britiih.— ai
They have never in any war fuffcrcd such heavy tc
loffag as they now encounter in their islands. They ai
are perfedtly convinced, that if you fend usfome fc
succours, however trifling they may be, all their e.
colonies will be fucceflively loft without their hav- a
ing the leafl hspes of devising means to fare them. I
Terror is among them, and they (igh for peace, fc
as the only means by which they may hope to be C
cxtireated out of a labyrinth of dangers. li
We cannot forget to give you an account of our ci
expeditions by sea, which to this very hour have \s
been executed with the greate.ft possible success, in a
fpiteofthe immense superiority of the Britiih fleet, p
The winter season drew near, and we could not ex- si
pest the least succours from Europe ; we rcfolved C
therefore to try our befl by hazarding with prut
denceour small naval forces Our small veflels were u
employed for carrying troops, provisions, and am
nutnition, to St. Lucia, and the other invaded If
lands. We determined to form three divisions of
onrUiipsof force, and give them orders to cruise in
such quarters, that the English, configuring the
superiority of their own forces, could nsver have j
thought it possible to raoct them so r.ear th;ir If- J
hnds. J
The Ration of the frigate l'Herculc, la a
and la Concord, and the corvette le Brutus, was off f
the Iflanrloi Bar adoes. The corvette le Decius, i
and the sloop la Revolution, were ordered to cruise g
to windward of Antigua. The flute le Marfouin, r
l accompanied by the corvettes la Republi;nine and c
le Sansculotte, were ftaticned between Porto-rieo f
and St. Thomas's. t
After a cruise of 4$ clays, rear-admiral Leiffe
qucs, who commanded -the find divilion, returned, i
. having made eleven E'igliih prizes, ten of which ar- f
rived in port, and one \Vas funk.
Several of these fliips wjjre freighted on account s
of the King of England, and provided lis with ob- ;
. jests we flood mod in want of ; one (hip contained f
weight of excellent powder, 1 2 ficjd-pieees,
4 howitzers, a con fide rable train ps [irnvy artiliety, t
j mortars, bombs, balls, in short, every thing necefla- [
, ry for the eUabiifliment of a;/ arsenal. The other- t
j (hips contained tents, shirts, medicines, and dry .
. goods, to a considerable amount. .
The corvette lelDerjus returned also with five (
English prizes, forming part of the fame convoy as ,
. the former, four arrived fafe in port, and one was j
. funk. Their cargo confiils also of different goods j
t we are molt in Want-of.
j As for the division of Le Marfouin, who'fe ftati- ,
c on is at a coniiderable diflance, and her cruise not ,
yet terminated, we are »ot able to give you an ac- [
3 count of her exploits. We know only that on« of ,
her prizes is arrived 4t St. Euftatia. We hope that
j the committee will be able to judge of the prudence ,
e of these operations by the enclosed inflruiflions—
,f No. 1, which we have given to the commanders. |
Our plan has been crowned with success, not wit h
rj (landing the exprefled averfton of some of our'fca- ,
e men to put out to sea, whiijl the Engliflt had such ,
s an immense superiority afloat.
We ellimate the whole (lores alone, which
t have been on board the prizes, and deposited
in the national arsenals, at three hundred thousand
e dollars ; this will enable us to provide St. Domin
j go with powder.
1 h»commiitee of public fafety mav reft affur
a ed, that our solicitude will always extend beyond
e the limits of oi)r million, for the interest of there
e public. Gencial Laveaux having demanded api
g munition from us, we hasten to supply his wants,
and fend you a copy of the letter we write to him :
,f Health and fraternity,
t VICTOR HUGUES,
t LE BAS.
Defermont announced besides, that the number
r of Englifti prifoneris made since the recapture of
. Gandaloupe, exceeded by far the whole number of
the Republicans, who had so often conquered the
. Bruilh, and performed so many wonders in, the
Islands. He announced (life, that the magazines
. of the Republic at Gandaloupe and St. Lucia,
f were filled with colouial prpduflj, which Vi£t.
y Hugues intended fending to France with the firlt
i, opportunity.
:1 At St. Lucia, the Republicans captured 125 En
. gli(h merchantmen, and an immense quaHtity of
s coloaial products and merchandizes. On account
] of the loyalty displayed by the inhabitants of St.
. Lucia, the Convention decrecd, That this Iflsnd
> fhal! in future be called Lucie la, Fidele.
t ~
NEW-YORK, November 7.
Arrived at this pot t.
Brig Henrietta and Huldah, Hicks, New-Orleans
Dedahts, Holden, Montferrat
Schr. Thomas Strutter, Norfolk, (Virg.)
1 Sloop Dolphin, Freeman, Jamaica
Experiment, Smith, Edenton, (N. C.)
03* A HINT for COASTERS.
AN old experienced Pilot tells us that in failing
up the channel fdr Nantucket light house, on flood
tide, we should head at least a point northward of
the course of the channel for the firft four leagues
as the tide fetsacrofs the channel and will heave a
vessel on ta the south flioals—after the fiifl four
leagues theeaft end of Martha's Vineyard takes the
rake of the tide, and the vessel may lay up the course
of the channel.
LANSINBURGH, November 3.
On Friday last, was apprehended in this town,
for horse Sealing, Stephen Welder), one of the pa-
s Iridic mobility of Bennington, who assisted in.tc.rn- w
t ing the Treaty; and i» now lafcly lodged in Alba- th
1 ny goal. _ w
1 On Tuesday the jyfti tilt, an Episcopal church ct
was established in the town of Stiliwater. A fer
\ mon was preached upon this occasion by the Rev.
. Mr. Rogers, Rector of the church in Ballflon.
! ' SCHENECTADY, Oft. 3.
1 At a meeting of the board of Union
j College upon the 29th of September last, it was re
t solved, that the Rev. John 13. Smith, of Philadcl
. phia, elected Prcfident of the College at a former ' )c
Board, be informed, thiU the College is established
1 and licbe reque.'cedto remove toScher.eftady as soon at
- a« he can find it convenient.—The Trustees appoin- ft,
r ted a senior and junior Tutor, arranged the elides "
r and different (ludies, formed laws and regulations r ;
e for the future government of the college—appoint
r ed a committee to immediately purchase books and
- a philosophical apparatus for the use of the College,
. The Board have a!fo • nominated John Taylor, the
, senior tutor, to take charge of the bufintfs of the
e College, until the Prcfident flir.ll arrive. The pub- 5
lie is informed that, the bufinc-fi of the College will
r commence upon the 39th of October current ; at
e which time, attendance will be given by the facility
i and committee«vf Trustees, for that pyipofe, ap
. pointed to examine and admit, into different claflee,
- fuc'ii young gentlemen as may offer as (ludents in the »
d College. 1 lie Eatin and Enghfh schools in the
- Academy, will still be continued, their buGnefs Z
e will commence upon tha 12th of October current.
By order, C
V. RENSSELAER, jun. Secretary,
if _____
n BALTIMORE, November 9.
e I Yefterdny arrived the brig Rover, Capt, Smith, in *
c ; fix weeks troKi Gibraltar, byvwhom we liave received
f. th« important and long wiihed for intelligence of a
PEACE between the United ?tates and the reg*ncy
of Algiers" difpatchcs for our Executive containing an "
s ' account of the nejrociatior:, Capt, Smith lodged in"the fl
" ppft-oiCce yefferday :—By liiia we also have the very ; e
5, important news, of a declaration of WAS by the Al- jfi
lc gerines agair.ft This intelligence was ! g
, t not the mere report of the day, but was received bv t<
J our Consul at Gibraltar, in a letter from Cr.pt. Q'Bnafi t(
at Malaga, where he has resided firice his %!eai'emeiii
0 from slavery at Algiers, and where he was when Cap- a
tain Smith left Gibraltar. *
The news of the dav at Gibraltar was, an approach- 1
j, ing war between Great Britain and Spain, which was n
r- prefaced by politicians, and eagerly wiihed for by the n
officers of the garrison and navy. Every preparation a
vt was making for i'uch an event, and ten regiments were
daily expeAed, to garnfen the rock, on which had j
lately been erected several new. works, and the old
one: completely repaired. 11
■' It does not appear that Muley Soliman has been \
U driven by his brother ftom his capital ; but lie had 1
'• laid siege to the town of Tttuan with an ar- 0
:r " my of 50,000 mountaineers, and a determination 1
7 to reduce the 1 lace, but it was supposed at Gibral
tar that he would be obliged to relinquish his un !
,e dcrtakinj, as the garrison confided of 80,000 '
as men. Mr. was in the place on his way '
" from Morocco, at the time, and it was with no ®
I s finall diflkulty he made his efcnpe out. ' 1
A convoy with.nearly 200 fail, left (Gibraltar the c
Jay before captain Smith, which he fell in with a- '
gain,-ftd the day after heard a very heavy filing I
c " off Cape St. Vincent, the cotirfe they were shaping 1
when he l<ft them. s
at Oft. 25, lat. 6, 39, spoke a schooner from Liv- '
:e etpool, (N. 0.) bomidto Antigna, out 22 day 9.
~ Oft. 27, lat. 21, 15, long. £>3, 30, spoke the '
s - brig Ann, of and from Philadelphia, 15 days out. '
Oft. 2s, lat. 31, 10, spoke a brig from Phila
delphia, for Tiinidad, going full before the wind— 1
; 1' could not learn particular. 1
Off the Capes was boarded by 3 British frigate, ;
"another frigate, a sloop of war, and a brig in fight. '
Yelferday morning, off Pstuxent, spoke the Ihip
1( 1 Sarah, captain Conyngham, beating'dewn. j
n-
ir . Philadelphia,
jJ WEDNE3DAY EVENING, NOVEMBER ir, 1755.
On Tuesday last, at Friends Meeting,
. ' JOHN HALLOWELL, Esq. of this city, Attorney
_ ; at Law, to Miss REBECCA PARKER, of Peel Hall,
'• county of Philadelphia.
TWe following is an extract from the return for Sen
ator, of the Diftiift composed of the counties :
Bucks Chefler and Montgomery.
er «We do certify, that at a meeting of a num
"{ ber of the judges of the diflrift composed of the
counties #f Bucks, Che'ter and Montgomery, con
ver.ed at the court house in the county cf Mont
•e gomery ; and after taking the amount of the votes
ta from each county for each candidate balloted for ;
la > do declare Zebnlon Potts, Esq. to be lawfully cleft.
'• ed Senatur for the said Diftrift by the number of
two tlioufasd five hundred and eighty four voles."
N. B. The above is a true extract from the orig
n" inal return, officially signed by the judges, &c.
Oft. x 1 ft, 1795.
Nt
I.etterfrom Mr. Rnndchh.
" Philadelphia, Ntir. 7, 17-95.
Sir,
~ AS you have lately struck off the statements,
which are to precede my general letter of vinvica
tion, atid are in pofiefiioit of a considerable part of
nt that letter ; you are at liberty to fay, that the
at whole will be shortly publidicd. The inierccpted
• ) letter of Mr. Fauchet, upon which the flanders
ca Irave been propagated, confiftsof many pages, and
'•) is not confined to a finglc fubj.-ft, at has been sup
posed ; but it was iieceffary, in explaining the par
agraphs which involve me, to review moll of the
ig important acts of the executive from the beginning
jd of the year 1794 to t!ie time of my resignation.—
of All the papers belonging to them, among which
ics was a very efTential one, I did not receive until tlie
' a 22d nit. But lam this moment informed, that a
ur trafillation of that letter, which I expected from a
lie particular quarter, is unattainable, and Jthat I 'must
fe have that branch of the work executed myfelf.—
Unaided by a copyiii, and interrupted by the bu
siness, preparatory to my return to Virginia, 1
could'hot be as expeditious, as my friends and my
n, felf wished. But they may be afiured, that theie
a- has been, and will be, ho hesitation er delay, which
.vill not appear Bn'avaidittf. The remainder of
the gene:?.] letter svil! be copied, and the traiflaiion
will be completed, as foer. aj potable, and fenvani
ed to you.
I am, Sir,
Your humble Servant,
EDM. RANDOLPH. "
Mr. Samuel H. Smith.
The French Convention have decreed a rrvmtd of
3500 iivres to Madame MafTon, ior having difcovertd
the art of fabricating new paper, from iticfa as had
been already used for writing or printing.
The ci-devant Bishop of Amiens h-s turned Printer
at Paris. Over the door of his Printing-Office, in tie
street of St. Jaques, is placed the following inferiptioti:
" Cbrifian Printing-Office, in the •ear of. cur Lord,
*7S S-" / _
Arrived at the Part of Philadelphia.
Brig Nymph, Sullivan Caym?ttes 17 days
r>s'e, Grihbia Ch?' leftort 8
John, Shields, Aucayes 2S
Sclir. Safannah, Williams Martha Brae 34.
Minerva, Anuaullc L'Arcahaye 21
Ship Fame, Eidtige, fr>:m St. Übes, is below.
03- Ihc schooner Eliza, from Ma
laga, is remaved to Hamilton s wharfs
ivhere the Sales of her Cargo will bs
co:;ti)iued. Nov. 7. 4/.
— ■
From the liudfcn Gazette.
Mr. Stoddard, by giving the fol'owiug fbort Eflay,
a place in your paper you will oblige a friend.
It frequently happens, that men by dcfigning the
| worflof evils, have unintentionally effected the gieat
| good ; while plotting their-country's ruin, have
• evidently saved it from detlriidlion. Thi'9 truth if
; surprisingly illufirated, in the conduct of the difor-
I ganizcis of the present day. While endeavoring,
todeprefsin the efiecm of the people, our railci fyf
tctn of sdmimftration, they ha\e by their virulence
and impetiMiiity, exhibited in a clearer light than
was ever before seen, in bcautv and energy.— *
i ney have evinced to the world, that a mild govern
ment, composed of equal laws and impartially ?.d
---mi.niltered, ca:i give security, when governments of
apparently greater force and efficacy, have been coil*
vulf'.d in pieces by lels treasonable fcdlions. We
have seen the-liability of our government, in avoid
ing (be calamities of a war, into which, from the
rcKlcfs difpofitjon cjf many, ot our ciijaene, we wer«
inumminant danger of falling, and from which few
of the European nations have been able to reSrain
themfe'ves.
By this, our conflitntion has become more dear
to us, and the love for our patriots, whose hearts
failed them rot, when attacked with the molt illi
beral abuse, and who defended tins country's good
amidil the violence of rebellion, has been doubly
increaftd. As beauty appears more desirable when
cot traded with deformity, so has our government
(hone with dillinguilhed excellence, by being op
posed to t lis dark intrigues of fail ion. By the
number of its oppofers it has gained frefh dignity,
and by the violence of the opposition new enetgy
and In (ire.
Had fn(fiion never reared its head among us, we
never should have been so sensible of the benefits of
liberty and order : had our government met with
no opposition ; had there been nothing 10 intercept
its projjrefs, \vc might have slept in idle indifference
and iuSered our rights to be imperceptibly impair
ed, till rouZed by some fatal catoftiophe, too-late to
avoid the pangs of diffulutio,n.
—-
Ship Charlotte.
WILL BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
On Saturday,'the 14th inft.
At 6 o'clock in the evening, at the MercliantsCo&e-heufe,
The"ihip Charlotte*
(( As file now lays at Mr. John Wilcocks'»
, ™ h3rf - charlotte is a faitkfn 1 built New
England ship, about fix years old, j* fuppofsd
will firry ijco barrels or thereabouts; she is well found
and fitted in every refpeitis no v.- ready to receive a car.
go on board. Her inventory uiay be seen any time pre
! vious to the sale, and the terms of payment made known,
by JOHN CONNELLY, Au&hwr.
November it. t( j s _
To be difpnfed of at private fnle,
. Pjsrfuant to the last Will and Testament of Casper oraff
j deceased,
I T WO two flor 7 brick MelTuages and Lots of Ground,
• i viz. No. too, north Second, near Race 5 and No.
• I 174, north Fifth, near Vine-ftrett—both good ftauds for
f business, particularly the former. For terms apply'to
LAWRENCE SECKEL, or J
CASPER GRAFF, J Executors.
Novenlcr I;, 1795. liw _
TO THE PUBLIC. '
MINIATURE PAINTING.
ALitiner from Paris refpefifully informs the pufclic
that ke paints Likenesses in Miniature, in fnch'
striking and pleasing a manner, at will, he hopes, Ltisfy
, those who may employ him. His Likenesses are wart
. ranted, hn fittings Hiort, and his terms easy,
f His Room is at No. 2,notth Fifth-llreet.
November 11.
j P. S. As he shortly intends returning to France, he
5 invites fueh J .adies and Gentlemen as may be defiron's of
having their Portraits drawn, to take advantage of the
1 present time.
N°. 116.
e Diflritf of Pennsylvania, to wit:
I < > R E ''t remembered, that on the ninth day
- I seal j , T , N °vember, in the twentieth year of
\ J the Independence of the United States of A-*
ewn r".! 03 ,' Sa ™ Harrifon Smith, of the said
Diftndl, bath t'.epofited in this pffice the title of a
J book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor in
a die words following, to wit: '
\ » A Vindication of Mr. Randolph's Resignation,"
_ in conformity to the A&. of the Congress of the Uni
. ted States, intituled, «An aft for the encouragement
j of learning, by feeding the copies of maps and charts
and books to tne authors and proprietors of such co
-1 pies, during tbe time 6 therein mentioned "
'I v SAM. CALDWELL, Clerk of tbe-
J Key. it. (law S <w)' Diflr:3 of PennfjhaaiM.
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