The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-09-02 00:00:00, page 2

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Commotions in France.
NATIONAL CONVENTION, June 2 .
THE Minister CLAviERE,by Let
ter, complained, that from reiter
ated Menaces, he had been compelled to
abandon his Post ; and prayed the Pro
tedion of the Law for his Person, and
that his Condud might be examined.—
Referred to the Committee of Safety.
IK, A very desultory Debate ewfued on the
Commotions which agitate Paris— lt was de
clared by feme Members, that the General was
continual/, beating—that the Deliberations nJ
the Assembly were interrupted b, armed Men
and hireling Emissaries, in Conjunction with
the Galleries, andfome of the Members, who
when a Member /poke they did not like, drown
ed his Voice, with down with him, down
with him : That a new Committee badufurp
edtbe Function of the Executive Council : —
That the Sections exercised Powers which did
not belong to them ; and that all the Duputies
exclaimed that the, were not free : The Asser
tions were contradicted and foliated b, others ;
but all agreed in the Intemperance of the Pro
cesd ngs :,—During which]
The President announced a Deputa
tion from the forty eight Sections, and
from all the constituted Authorities of
Paris, demanding to be heard at the Bar,
—Admission was instantly decreed, the
Deputation presented themfehes, and he
who spoke on their behalf, said ;
Deputies of the People, during, four
Days the People of Paris have not quit
ted their Arms ; the Peace is preserved,
and their Perseverance applauded; but
the Pillars of the Temple are shook, the
Counter-revolutionists have dared to raise
their Heads ; let them however tremble,
the Thunder is heard, and it will quickly
eonfound'and destroy them. The Crimes
ofthe factious Members of the National
Convention are known ; we come to de
nounce them for the last Time ; instant
ly decreed that they are no longer worthy
of the national Confidence ; put them in
arrest, we will answer it to their Depart
ments with our Heads. The Safety ofthe 1
Peopleis yet fora moment in your Hands; 1
preserve if ; or we declare to you, that we 1
ourselves will interpose. [Loud Applauf- 1
es j The Assembly after Consultation I
refers the Petition to the Committee of
• [Annber Debate arose, when a Decree
sassed in order to remedy the Evils experience 1
tditthe Dcpartme^u of the inferior Loire, tc
recel General CoustaE D, re-jeize upon,be
Persons of federal ofthe fufpeaed; and re
call the Commiffiiners sent into the Department
of Loiret.]
Barrere proposed to the Members
who were denounced, to make a Sacrifice
of their Rights to the publick Safety,
thereby shewing their Patriotism, and
saving their Country. He proposed the
following Decrees :
Ift. The National Convention pro
nounces the Suspension of the Members
who have been the Cause of the Inquie
tudes of the People.
2d. They shall be Under the Proteaion
of the Department of Paris.
3d. The Convention shall immediate
ly name Ministers to replace Bouchet
te, Le Brun, and Claviere.
[IsNARD, SaNTHONAX, DUSAVLX,
and Fauchet immediately suspended tbem
ilves, and took their Seats with the Petition
ers. After another Proceeding, in which the
Members rujhed out in a Bod, to fraternize
with the armed Citizens who jurrounded the
Hall ; when the, returned, the, were addrtf d
by] Couthon. All the Members of
the Assembly Should possess a Confidence
that they are free ; you have just found
on all Sides, and at every step, a People
who are good, but irritated, and desirous
of justice- Ido not at this Time vote iri
.favour of the Decree of Accusation against
the denounced Members, but feeing that
the Opinion is strongly manifefted against
them, I demand that they be put in arrest
in their own Houses ; I comprehend in
my Motion the Commission of twelve,
and the Ministers Le Brun and Cla
viere. This Propofiiion was adopted.
The Members afftfted are, Vergni
au, Barbaroux, Salles, Genson
ne, Gaudet, Petion, Brissot,
. Chambon, Buzot, Biroteau, Lid
on,LaSOURCE, GORSA6 LANjUINAfrs,
Qqangoneuve; Lehardy du Mor
bihau, Lesage, Louvet, Valaze,
'the Members ofihe Commission of twelve,
excepting those who did not sign certain
orders of arrest, and the Ministers Cla
viere and Le Brun, are arrested.—
The fitting adjourned at ten o'Clock.
[ln.Addition to the proceeding, which is ex
tra^ed from Paris Papers, received by the
Brig Eliza, Captain Wood, from Bour
deaux, in France ; we further lean by a
Letter.) FROM BOURDEAUX ;
That forty four Sections had revolted,
were united ; and had adually declared
themselves for a limited Monarchy, or
the Constitution of 1791. That forty
Members of the Convention had been ar
rested, and committed to Prison, among
whom were the late celebrated Patriots
Pethion and Brissot : That at Mer
feilles, they were paffrng decrees annul
ling all thole ofthe Convention and that
Gaston, was at the Head of a numerous
Army of Insurgents, in Ci-devant Britan
ny and Normandy.
[The above Accounts are certainly of the
latest dates from France ; but as Friends to
truth, we cannot pass them without an Ob
servation, that from all the Account; received,
the Statement receding the forty four Seaions
(which by the Byefis but a Part of a Depart
ment) appears to have arisen from the Denun
ciations of the fort, eigat Seaions of Paris—
Whatrendersit more doubtful is that Marat
and Robertspierre, are at the Head of
the Counterrevolution —kVe know that these
two Citizens are at the Head of the denounc
ing Party.]
Important State Paper.
Philadelphia, august i§.
The following Letters have been trans
mitted by the Secretary of the Treasu
ry to the Collectors of the different
Ports in the United States.
CIRCULAR to the Collectors of the
Customs.
Philadelphia, Aaguft 4th, 1793.
Sir,<
IT appearing that repeated Contraven
tion of our Neutrality has taken place
in tty Ports of the United States, without
having been difeovered in Time for Pre
vention or Remedy, I have it in command
from the President, to address to the (ol
lectors of the refpeaive Diftrids a par
ticular Inftrudion on the Subject ,
It is fpea^gx^ ^ -o%^ ffih^
Customs in each Diftria, will in the cotfle
of their official Functions, have a vigilant
Eye upon whatever may be parting within
the Ports, Harbours, Creeks, Inlets and
Waters of such Diftria of a Nature to con
travene the Laws of Neutrality, and up
on Discovery of any Thing of the Kind,
will give immediate Notice to the Gover
nour of the State and to the Attorney of
the judicial Diftri&, comprehending the
Diftria of the Customs within which any
such Contravention may happen.
To assist the Judgment of the Officers
on this Head, I transmit herewith a Sche
dule of Rules, concerning sundry Particu
lars, which have been adopted by the
President, as Dedudions from the Laws
of Neutrality, eftablilhed and received a
mong Nations. Whatever shall he con
trary to these Rules will, of Course, be
to be notified, as abovementioned.
. There are some other Points, whi^h,
pursuant to our Treaties and the Deter
mination of the executive, I ought to no
tice you.
If any Vessel of either ofthe Powerset
War with France should bring or fetid
within your Diftria a Prize made of the
Subjects, People or Property of France, it
is immediately to be notified to the Goy
ernour of the State, in order that meas
ures may be taken, pursuant to the 17th
Article of our Treaty with France, to o
blige such Vessel and her Prize, or such
Prize when sent in without the capturing
Vessel, to depart.
No Privateer of any of the Powers at
War with France, coming within a Dif
tria of the United States, can, by the 22d
Article of our Treaty with France, enjoy
any other Privilege than that of purchas
ing such Victuals as shall be necessary for
her going to the next Post of the Prince
or State from which she has her Commis
sion. If she fliould do any Thing besides
this, it is immediately to be reported to
the Governour and the Attorney of the
Diftrift. You will observe by the Rules
transmitted, that the term Privateer is
understood not to extend to Vessels arm
ed for Merchandize and War, commonly
called with us Letters of Marque, nor of
Course to Vessels of War in the immediate
Service of the Government of either of
the Powers at War.
No armed Vessel which has been or
shall be originally fitted out in any Port
of the United States by either ofthe Parties
at War is henceforth to have Asylum in
any Diftria of the United States. If any
such armed Vessel shall appear within the
Diftria, she is immediately to be notified
to the Governour and Attorney of the
Diftria ; which is also to be done in re
fpe& t any Prize, that such armed Vef
fel shall bring or fend in. At Foot is a
Lift of such armed Vessels of the above
Description as have hitherto come to the
Knowledge of the executive.
The purchasing within, and exporting
from the United States, byway of Mer
chandize, Articles commonly called con
traband (being generally, warlike Instru
ments and military Stores) is free to all
the Parties at War, and is not to be in
terfered with. If our own Citizens un
dertake to carry them to any of those Par
ties, they will be abandoned to the Penal
ties which the Laws of War authorize.
You will be particularly careful to ob
serve, and to notify as directed in other
Instances, the Case of any Citizen of the
United. States, who shall be found in the
Service of either of the Parties at War.
In Case any Vessel shall be found in the
Aft of contravening any of the Rules or
Principles which are the Ground of this
Inftrudion, file is 10 be refufed a Clear
ance until she shall have complied with
what the Governour ffiall have decided
in Reference to her. Care, however, is
to be taken in this, not unnecessarily or
unreasonably to embarrass Trade or to
vex any of the Parties concerned.
In order that Contraventions may be
the better afeertained, it is desired that
the Officer who shall firft go on board any
Vessel arriving within your Diftria, shall
make an accurate Survey of her then
Condition, as to military Equipment, to
be forthwith reported to you, and that
prior to her Clearance a like Survey be
made, that any Transgression of the Rules
laid down be afeertained.
But as the Propriety of any such In
foeaion of a Vessel of War in the immedi
ate Service of the Government of a for
eign Nation is not without Question in?
interference to the Usage cf Nations, nol
attempt is to be made to infpea any such
Vessel rill further order on the Point.
—The President defines me to fignify to
you his most particular Expectation that
the Instruction contained in this Letter
will be executed with the greatest Vigil
ance, Activity, care and Impartiality.—
Omissions will tend to expose the Govern
ment to injurious Imputations and Sus
picions, and proportionably to commit
the good Faith and Peace of the Coun
try ; Objeds of too much Importance not
to engage every proper Exertion of your
Zeal.
Rules adopted by the President of the United
States.
I. The original arming and equipping of
Vessels in the Ports of the United States by
any of the belligerent Parties for military Ser
vice, offensive or defensive, is deemed un
lawful.
11. Equipments of merchant Vessels by ei
ther of the belligerent Parties in the Ports oj
the United States, purely for the Accommo
dation of them, as such, is deemed lavful.
111. Equipments in the Ports of the Unit
ed States of Vfils of War in the immediate
Service ofthe Government of any ofthe belli
gerent Parties, which if done to other Vessels
would be of a doubtful Nature, as being appli
cable either to commerce or War, are deemed
lawful ; except those which have made Prize
ofthe Subjeds, People or Property of France,
coming with,their Prizes into the Ports ofthe
United States, pursuant to the seventeenth
Article of our Treaty of Amity and commerce
with France.
IV. Equipments in the Ports of the United
States by any of the Parties at War with
France, of Vessels ftted for Merchandize and
War whether with or without Commiffons,
v)hich are doubtfulin their Nature, as being
p applicable either to commerce or War, are
deemed lawful ; except those which shall have
• made Prize of the Subjeas, People or Proper
: ty of France, coming with their Prizes into
the Ports of the United States, pursuant to
r the jeventeenth Article of our Treaty of Amity
l and commerce with France.
, V. Equipments of an, of the Vessels of
; France, in the Ports of the United States,
I which are doubtful in their Nature, as being!
;applicable to commerce or War, are deemed
\lawful.
§ VI. Equipments of ever, Kindin the Ports
: of the United States, of Privateers of the.
Powers at War with France, are deemed
unlawful.
VII. Equipments of Vessels in the Ports cf
the United States, which are of a Nature
Jolel, adapted to War, are deemed unlawful ;
except those frandedor wrecked, as mentioned
in the eighteenth Article of our Treat, with
France, the sixteenth of our Treatry with the
United Netherlands, the ninth ot our Trea
ty with Prussia; and except those mentioned in
the nineteenth Article of our Treaty with
France, the seventeenth cf our Treaty with
the United Netherlands, andthe eighteenth
of our Treaty with Prussia.
VIII. Vessels of either of the Parties not
armed, or armed previous to their coming into
the Ports of the United States which Jhall
not have infringed any of the foregoing Rules,
may lawfully engage or enlist therein their own
Subjeas or Citizens not being Inhabitants of
the United States ; except Privateers of the
Powers at War with France, and except
tbeje Vessels which shall have made Prize of
the Subjeds, People or Property of France,
coming with their Prizes into the Ports of the
United States, pursuant to the seventeenth
Article of Our Treaty of Amity and commerce
with France. [Here followed a Lift of Pri
vateers.)
An important Case, and JTer
di&, in the Circuit Court of
the United States.
AT a ftecial Circuit Court of the
U. S. held at Philadelphia Ju
ly 22, GIDEON HENFIELD
was indited for having entered on
board the French privateer called the
Citizen Genet, commissioned to cruise
against certain powers, with whom
ihe U. S. are at peace ; and having,
with others on board the said priva
teer, taken as prize a Britijb vessel
called the William—against his duty
as a citizen and inhabitant of the'
U. S. against the treaties exifltng
between the U' S. and the United
Netherlands, Prussia and Great Bri
tain, and against the law of nations,
;To this he pleaded not guilty, and
the trial of this important issue came
on the 261 b ult. 4 ' 'qrgr*
It appeared in evidence, that Gid
eon Henfield was a citizen of the V.
S. and that bis family resided in Sa
lem, Maffachufetts — being a feafar
ing man, be bad been abjent from
them feme time, and about the \ft of
Ma, last, being then at Charleston,
Soutbearolina, and desirous of com*
ing to Philadelphia, be applied to the
master of a packet, who afad him
more for bis passage than be could
afford to pay, whereupon be entered
on boar dtbe Citizen Genet, a French
privateer, commissioned b, the French
Republick, and commanded by Pierre
Johanene. —That Captain johanene
promi/ed him the birth of prize mas
ter on board thefoft prize the, foould
capture ; and the fbip Willian, be
^Wng to Britijb fubjeas, having
been captured about the sth of May,
be was put on board ber as prize
mafler, with another person, and ar
rived in that capacity at Philadel
phia. It appeared, that on his ex
amination before the magijirate, be
„°f e ffed bimfelf an American, that
as such be would die, and therefore
could not be Juppofed likely to intend
any thing to her prejudice. He de
clared that if he bad known it to be,
contrary to the President's proclama
tion, or even the wiJbes of the PreJi
dent, for whom be bad the great#
refpeff, be would not have entered on
board. About a month afterwards,
being again before the fame magis
trate, be declared that be bad eJpouf
ed the cause of Prance, that be now
considered bimfelf as a Frenchman,
and meant to move bis family within
their dominions.