The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-02-01 00:00:00, page 1

COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED, Nou. 9.
The Decrees of the Council of El
ders was read, and the President ad
'journed the fittting to meet to-morrow
at St. Cloud. On breaking up he ex
claimed Vive la Republique! Vive la
Conftitution'de l'an 3 !
Nov. 10 :—at St. Cloud.
The Council passed a decree of urgency, of
sixteen articles :—
The ift ABOLISHES the EXE
ICUTIVE DIRECTORY, and EX
PELS from the National Repfefenta-'
tion SIXTY-ONE Members, amongst
whom are the distinguished Jacobins,
,Gen. Jourdan, Bertrand (of Calvedos)
) Briot, Bontay-Paty, and Stevenotte :—
The 2d appoints an Executive Consular Com
>niittee, conipofed of Buonaparte, and the Ex
fl ~ Directors Sieyes and Roger Ducos-—who are
Linvefted with the plenitude of the Directorial
authority.
, By the gth art. the -Legislative Body is fuf-
L pended until Feb. ^o, 1800.
7 By the Bth' and 9th, Two Committees of
twenty-c. 2 Members are to be formed, from
each Council.,.
By the 15th the Councils may be extraordi
narily convoked for the ratification of Peace, or
in case of public danger.
A mod violent debate ensued ; dur
ling which a letter was received from
Ithe Director Barras, in which after
complimenting Buonaparte whom he
stiles “the illustrious warrior," he adds,
I 'he shall return with joy, to the rank of
a simple citizen, convinced by the ele
vation of that General, that the perils
'cfliberty are now surmounted, and the
interest of the armies secured.
Cen. Buonaparte entered , the Hall,
" Tbe Republic was periling —you knew this
and your decree has saved it. Misery to tbfe wbo
•would trouble and disturb it. Aided by Generals
Bertbicr, Lefebre, and all my companions in arms, I
fall arrf tbem. Seek not, in tbe pofl examples
•which may retard your progress ! Nothing in bfc
tory resembles tbe close of tbe I Btb century / Nothing
in tbe termination of that century resembles tbe present
moment. Tour nvifdom bas puffed this decree —our
arms shall execute it. We mill a Republic found
ed on true Liberty —on civil Liberty, and National
Re,refentation. We will bave it —l SWEAR IT.
—I SWEAR IT IN MY NAME, and that of
my companions in arms !"
Lively applauses proceeded from the
galleries— The President called them
to order.—The council remained tran
quil. The President made the subse
quent reply to General Buonaparte :
General Buonaparte yesterday ap
peared at the bar of the Elders, accom
panied by Generals Berthier, Lefebre,
Moreau, Macdonald, &c. and made the
following speech :—
Citizens Representatives,
" The Council of Ancients exercises
the right, delegated to it by the iozd
article of the Constitution, of changing
the residence of the Legislative body.
It exercises this right, in order to fp
prefs the factions which aim at subjugat
ing the National Representation, and in
order to restore internal Peace. It ex
ercises this right, in order allo to
RESTORE THAT EXTERNAL
PEACE, which humanity, and your
,lengthened facrifices demand. The com
mon Safety and common prosperity,
are the objeds of this constitutional
measure. They shall be accomplished.
—And do you, Inhabitants of Paris,
remain tranquil ; the presence of the
Legislative Body will soon be restored
to you. Frenchmen ! The results of
this day will soon Shew whether the
Legislative be worthy and capable of
preparing the means of your happi
ness."
“ Tbe council of Elders receives your oatbs, and
entertains no doubt of tbeir fncerity, and your zeal
to fulfil tbem. He who never, in vain promised
victories to bis country, mup execute with fervor bis
new engagements of ferviee and fidelity."
The Council broke up, amidst cries of Vive
h Republique ! Vive la Constitution ! and ad
journed to meet at St. Cloud.
Another Revolution in France.
PARIS, NOV. 10.
YESTERDAY, on motion of Cor
net, the Council of Ancients de
creed, That the Legislative body should
be (this day) transferred to St. Cloud,
(two leagues from Paris) to hold their
fittings in the Palace there :—That
General Buonaparte should be inverted
with the military command of all the
troops in and near Paris, for the pro
te&ion of the National Representation :
—That he should take an oath in the
midrt of the Council, &c. This de
cree was ordered to be printed, & sent
to all parts of the Republic.—The fol
lowing Address was also decreed :—
Late Important News !
BOSTON, JAN. 25.
Yefterda, arrived here the brig Halcyon, Captain
Samuel Gale, 35 days from London. —i) her
nue bale received London papers to Dec. 13 —
Many days later than before received.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. ' F ^ DERAL GOVERNMENT, ELEVENTH YEAR.
Ibe Batten ffls ©fade of the ^ap.
. —— , ►■ — • - 1
Printed and Published every SATURDAY MORNING, by '' CHARLES PEIRCE, No. 5, Daniel-street, Portfmoutb, N.H.
6 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, ißco. ™ A Y PRICE 1 DOLLAR 50 CENTS Per Awwr..
No. it. vol.
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSI BLE SUPPORTS. WASHINGIOE S LEGACY.
"Frenchmen !
“ General,
The Council of Ancients, to tbe French.
The Council of Elders called me be
fore them. I obeyed the call. A plan
of general restoration had been concert
ed by men in whom the nation is ac
customed to behold the defenders of
liberty, of equality, of property. This
plan required a calm and'free investi
gation, unbiased by any influence or
by any fears.—Agreeable to this idea,
the Council of Elders resolved upon
transferring ' the Legislative Body to
St. Cloud ; they charged me with the
military force necessary to protect their
independence—l deemed it a duty I
owed my fellow-citizens, the soldiers,
who are perilling in our armies, and
the national glory acquired by their
blood, to accept that command.
The Councils aiTembled at St. Cloud;
the Republican troops watch over their
external security; but ada'dins make
terror prevail in the interior. Several
Deputies of the Council of Five Hun
dred, armed with stilettos and pistols,
circulated all around them the threat
and terrors of death.
The plans that were to be develop
ed are limited ; the majority dFforga
nized, the -most intrepid Speakers dif
concerte#, and the proposal and agita
tion of twiy wife measure became utter
ly ufeleis.''
I confmunkate my indignation and
my forrbw to the Council of Elders ;
I request to be allowed to secure the
execution of their generous designs ; I
represented to them the calamities of
the country by whicli they had been
suggested ; they joined me in new testi
monies of their constant determination.
On my return to Paris I found dis
cord reigning among the Constituted
Authorities, and that they agreed on
ly refpeding one truth, viz. "That
the Constitution was half destroyed &
was unable to save the cause of Liber
ty."
All parties came to me, entrusted me
with their designs, disclosed to me their
secrets, and Solicited my Support. I re
fufed to lend myfelf to any party.
They thronged round the President
with threats in their mouths, and arms
in their hands; they orderedhim to^ut
this question of Outlawry/ I wa&n
formed of this and gave orders to relfce
him from their fury, and accordingly
fix Grenadiers brought him out. Im
mediately after some Grenadiers of the
Legislative Body entered at the Pas de
Charge into the Hall, and cleared it.
The factious leaders being thus inti
midated, dispersed .and went away.
[Tbe following PROCLAMATION -was fan
after issued by Gen. Buonaparte.]
A great tumult instantly arose. The
Members in foringinz towards him o
verfet the feats, upon which the grena
diers advanced, and carried the Gen
eral off. The tumult continued—The
President (Lucian Buonaparte—the
General's brother) attempted to speak.
A prompt decree of out lawry against
Gen.Buonarparte. was moved ; —Talot
cried out, " Let the Council go in
their robes against the soldiers." — "Ay,
ana' to Paris ; cried another member.
Lucian Buonaparte demanded to re
sign, but the Council refufed —-Confd
fion ensued ; and the Geenadiers car
ried the President out of the hall. A
detachment of Grenadiers beating a
charge, entered the hall at quiek-ftep, &
with fixed bayonets, drove the Mem
bers out of the hall in presence of Gen
eral Buonaparte. He immediately
harrangued the soldiers, who surround
ed him with testimonies of the most
lively attachment. One of the Grena
diers saved him from the thrurt of a
poignard, made by one of the mem
bers.
I appeared in the Council of Five
Hundred alone, without arms, my head
uncovered, such as the Elders had re
ceived and applauded me. I went to
remind the majority of the intention by
which they were animated, and to as
sure them they might rely on their
power.
The stilettos by which the Deputies
were menaced, were immediately rail
ed against him who wilhed to be their
deliverer. Twenty a Baffins darted up
on me and aimed at my bread: ; the
Grenadiers of the Legislative Body,
whom I had left at the door ofthe Hall,
ran up and threw themselves between
the affaflins and me ; one of the brave
Grenadiers, named Thome, received a
blow of a Stiletto, which pierced his
clothes—they carried me off.
At the fame moment, the cries of
" Declare him an Outlaw," were heard
against the man who wished to defend
the law. It was the frantic cry of the
aflaffin Against the force detained to rob
him of his prey.
DUONAPARTF's PROCLAMA TTON.
ADDRESS
From the 'Legiflative Body to tbe French
People.
" Frenchmen, St. Cloud, Nov. io.
" The Republic has again efeaped
the rage of fadions; your faithful Re
presentatives have broken the poignard
in the hands of the parricides; but af
ter having averted the blows with which
you were menaced, they felt it their
duty to prevent an eternal agitation, &:
taking counsel from their duty & their
courage only, they presume to hope
that they have Shewn themselves wor
thy of you.
" Frenchmen, your liberties torn,
still bloody with the crimes of the Re
volutionary Government, we shall Seek
an asylum in the arms of a Conftitutipn
which promises at least some repose.
"But the seditious have attacked
without ceasing the weak parts of our
Constitution and the Coftitutional Re
gime has been but a continuation of the
revolution in every sense in whicli the
different parties themselves have inter
preted it. Those even who wished the
most Sincerely to maintain that consti
tution, hav^Teen forced to violate it at
every instant, that they might save it
from perishing.
"From this State of instability of the
Government has resulted greater insta
bility Still in legislation, and the rights,
thetnoft Sacred of Social man, have been
delivered up to the caprice of faction
and events.
" It is time to ptit an end to this tu
mult; it is time to give a: Solid guaran
tee to the Liberty of the Citizens, to the
Sovereignty of the people to - the inde
pendence of the constitutional Powers,b:
to the Republic rffclf, of which the
name has too often served tocohfecrate
the violation of all principles :, It is.
time ,that thf Great Nation Should have
a Government worthy of :tfclf ; a Gov
ernment firm and wife, which can give
a Speedy ana solid Peace, that you may
enjoy true happiness. For the purpose
of arriving more rapidly at this end, a
provisional Government is instituted. :
Frenchmen ! rally round your Ma
gistrates; Soldiers of liberty, pursue the
course of your victories, you will at
chieve the conquest of Peace, that you™
may soon return to the midst of your
" The Patriots have made themselves
heard. Every thing that could injure
you has been removed. Every thing
that could Serve you, every thing that
remained pure in the National Repre
sentation, is united under the banners
of liberty.
"Frenchmen! the Republic, re-estab
lished and replaced in Europe in the
rank which She never Should have loft,
will proceed to realize all the hopes of
Citizens, and will accomplish its glori
ous dertinies.
" Take witli us the oath which we
have made to be faithful to the Republic,
one and indivisible, funded upon Equality,
Liberty, and the Representative fyfiem.
" By the Consuls of the Republic.
<« ROGER DUCO6.
"BUONAPARTE.
" SIEVES.
(True Copy)
" Hagues-Bernard Marat, Sec. Gen."
The firft duties of the " Consuls of
the Republic" are " to organize all the
parts of the Administration, to re-estab
lish internal tranquility, and to procure
a solid and honorable Peace."
The CONSULS— to the FRENCH.
" Paris, Nov. 12, E^btb year of the
French Republic, one and indivifyle.
" The Constitution of the third year
has perished. It knew how neither to
protect your rights, or support itfelf.
Multiplied attacks deprived it forever
of the refpedof the people. Heinous
and ambitious factions divided the Re
public between them. France at length
approached to the lad term of a gener
al disorganization.
The majority, refeued ^m their at
tempts, freely and peaceably returned
to the Hall of their fittings, and heard
the propositions which were to be made
for the public fafety, deliberate upon
them, and prepare the salutary resolu
tion, which is to become the new and
provisional law of the Republic.
Frenchmen ! you will doubtless re
cognize in this conduct, the zeal of a
soldier of liberty, and of a citizen de
voted to the Republic. Views direct
ed to conservation, to protedinn^o lib
eralpurpofes, will resume their influence
by the dispersion of incendiaries who
oppreiLd the Council, and who, tho'
they rendered themselves the most
odious, never ceased to be the most con
temptible of mankind.
(Signed) BUONAPARTE.
Arena, who aimed the poignard at
Bounaparte, has . been sent to the Can
ciergirie. Geneffieux and Dorimort
are imprisoned for having moved to
Koutlaw Bounaparte.
t nov. 13.
.The grenadier who saved Gen. Bu
ronaparte'slife, dined with him yester
day.. The Consul's lady gave him a
diamond of 2000 crowns value.
Committee 'of Council of goo, Bec. 5.
A message from the Consuls was re
ceived, proposing toopen a credit of 15
, millions to the Mmifter at War, to pay
the army of Egypt; .^
> Consul Buonaparte has directed a
Proclamation to the army in Egypt, in
forming them of the new order of
things; affixing them they are coadaut
Gen. Augereau, one of Buonaparte's
Lieutenants in Italy, and a member of
the Council of 500, was looked up too,
as Commander of the forces which
were to defend the Legislature against
Buonaparte.—Deftrem, a few hours
before the fitting of 10th, said to Au
gereau—"Pou will not be afalfe brother.
We have the Faubourgs, (the mob) fa us
and a great number of patriots of whom
we are fare. We leant only a Chief, and
ve rely upon you.'' "Don't depend up
on me" said Augereau,—As long as I
thought you friends of the Republic,!
was of your party. I fee you are only
friends of a.faction." Buonaparte met
Augereau, . and accosted him thus :—
Augereau you know me ; you know
that I love the Republic & that I have
fought for it. I too have Seen you walk
ing .in the path of glory ; the conduct
which you have pursued, is the pledge
of what you will pursue on so important
an occasion as this, for the fifety of the
-Republic." Augereau, in conversation
with some of the heads of the Jacobin
party said :— “Doyon think that I would
consent to forfeit tbe reputation which I have
acquired in tbe army for tbefake of placing
myfelf at the head of fueb wretches as you
are.""
On&hundred and fifty members of
the Two Councils have been expelled.
The Legislative authority is now in
verted in Two Committees of 21 mem
bers each.
Citizens Barras & Moulins have been
arretted, charged whh having attempt
ed to usurp the Sovereign authority,
and to divide the Republic. The two
Directors offered to divide the Repub
lic with Buonaparte ; but the General
refufed.
Amongrt the deputies arrested, are,
Dorimont, Mitre, Poulain-Granpre,
Deftrem, Frifon, Doche (of Lille) Le
Merys, Marquefy, Quirot, and Mute.
Santerri and Lebois are arrested.
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
Marat, formerly Ambassador to Na
ples, is appointed Secretary-General of
the Confuiate.
Gaudin is Minister of Finances.
Alexander Berthier, Minister at War.
Cambeceres, Minister of Justice.
Forlohe, Minister of Police.
Reinhard,MinifterofForeign Affairs.
Paris, not. 13.
The Two Legislative Committees
met yesterday at Paris, in the palace
of the two Councils.
The new order of things has been
publicly proclaimed. Every thing re
mains tranquil ; but the defeated mem
bers of the Councils yet hold meetings.
The Municipalities of Paris continue
impended.
Gohier, the Director, has retired to
his own house.
Nov. 15.
Talleyrand, Volney and Roderer
are to compose the new Council of
State.
La Fayette, Lameth, Du Puzy, &:
the ci-devant Duke de Liancourt, have
all obtained permission to return to
France. I' nov. 17.
Generals Lefebvre, Berthier, Serru
rier, Leclerk, Murat, Bournonville,
Moncey, St. Remy, Dupont, Boudet,
Gardanae, Sauriac, Amey, Debilley,
Andreffi, Solignac, Leopold Bertier ;
Fontaine, Lavalette, &c. and Admiral
Bruix, formed a part of the force which
Buonaparte rallied around him on the
glorious 9th and icth November.
When Buonaparte entered the ball of
the Council of 500, the 9th inst. he was
Struck on the Shoulder by Deftrem, who
said—" Is it for this you have obtain
ed so may victories ?" The General
took no notice of the assassin.
brethren, and receive from the public
gratitude the honors and rewards reser
ved for your glorious labours."
MEMBERS EXPELLED.
PARIS, NOV. 11.
The private letters received by the lift con
veyance from Paris, and circulated amongst the
French emigrant nobility, report, that the un
fortunate Louis XVII. supposed to have expired
in the Temple, June 9th 1795, is Rill alive.—
The Consul Sieyes is assigned both as the author
of the report, and the evidence of the faft. It
was he Who is fatd to have fubftra&ed the de
voted Prince from the prisons of the National
Convention. He procured a child of corref
ponding,age, from the hospital of the Hotel
Dieu incurably affe&ed with the fcrofula, the
pretended disease of the young king ; and admit
ted this unfortunate child into the Temple, and
exposed the body disfigured with ulcers and op
erations inftcad of the royal victim.
^Return of Ruffian Troops
AUGSBURG, NOV. 26.
Alruoß all Suwartow'sadjutants had left thia
city. A division of Ruffians have crossed the
Lech. ? * -
from THE lech, Nov. %4.
"The whole of Suwarrow's army is in motion :
Tomorrow the head quarters willprofedefrom „
Augfburg ; and from thence 'wilfto^ch f
hL#
&3 Confolatbn ofthe Arabics
on the late change.
' PARIS, DEC. I.
Tbe General in Chief of the Army of England, t,
the inhabitants of the departments of tbe Wt,
and the Army.
H s ; a ' Angers, N0v. 24.
FRENCHMEN,
Thehappy change that has been cf
feded in the Government will bring
us internal and external Peace. The
Legislative Committees and the Con
suls of the Republic arc attached to no
fa&ion. They have in view the hap
piness and the glory of the French peo
ple, and are Strong in their confidence
and the victories of our armies. Eve
ry heart expands with hope. A suspen
sion of hostilities already cxiftsi a the
departments of the Weft, and orders
have been given for carrying it into ex
ecution. Without doubt the Chiefs
of the Insurgents and the inhabitants
of the districts who have been taken,
will not delay to submit to the laws of
the Republic. The united efforts of
every good citizen not merely to pre
vent affections from being estranged,
but also to conciliate and win them,can
alone establish a solid Peace in the in
terior. All those who Shall contribute
to th it end will deserve well of human
ity and their country.
T. HEDOUriLLE . Gen. in Chis.
PARIS, NOV. 15.
Lord Nelson is uniting all^he Euglifh forces
in the Mediterranean, to attack Malta.
dec. $ Maffena has arrived here. He is
going to Italy,
Moreau has gone to take command of the ar
my of the Rhine and Danube.
Gen. Champiooet has resigned the command
ofthe army of Italy. The Consulate have ac
cepted it. Maffena is to command in Italy.
The #my lately commanded by (.faffena is
making preparations to enter Germany as food
as the Ruffian army has arrived at Bavaria.
" Comra les, the laws of the 9th and
loth of this month, given in orders to
the army, will inform you of the great
events that have taken place at Paris.
They have inspired the hearts of ever.
Frenchman with hope. They ought al
so to animate yours. Your fuiferings
are about to cease. No longer Shall I
solicit in vain fuccours of every kind to
terminate the misery which now oppres
ses you. You will soon be no longer
exposed to the horrors of famine. You
will leave off your rags for clothes, you
will receive your pay. You will have
provisions, and lead and Iron to fight
your enemy.
" Buonaparte, that Hero of France,
who has so often conduced you to vic
tory, is a member of the new govern
ment which is employed in saving the
country and providing for it; defend
ers the means of living and conquering.
" Comrades, for the last time, I solicit
from you a few ,days more of firm
nefs. You shall not be deceived in your
expectation. Recoiled that you were
in as cruel a Situation, in the Ligurian
Mountains, when you marched to the
conquest of Italy. The hero of Italy
and Egypt knows the whole extent of
your wants and your fufferings. He is
pursuing the mode of ending tbem—
Though absent, his genius will direst
your movements, and the Republic
shall triumph. Five la Re,Clique.-
(Signed)
CHAMPIO NNET, Gen. in Chief.
A true co,y, SUCHET, Gen.of Div.
Chief of tbe Staff, A^aj, Gen.
STRASBURG NOV: 10
In consequence of the check received by Gen.
Ney, the army of the Rhine has been forced to
fail back to, Manheim.
Iy in the min& cf the Consuls ; encour
aging t^m to preserve their courage ;
to repofc in confidence on Kleber ; and
to look forward, to the day when crown
ed with victory, they will be restored
to the bosom of their country.
General Chambionet to army of Italy.
H. q. at Genoa, Nov. 20.
LONDON. DEC. 14.