The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1797-11-21 00:00:00, page 2

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(AMERICAN NEWS'
SOUTHCAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, OCT. I,- ^
CAPT. Coffii, from the I&^[
of France, informs, that per
fea tranquility reigned there, and
.the (lives under the ftri&ft subor
dination ; that the produce of the
colonies was exceeding highland j
American produce as low in pro,
portion ; that many American
vessels have touched there from'
Boudeaux,and proceeded on to Ben
gal. Nine French frigates, and 15
iprivateers, were out upon the dif
ferent coaft# of India, cruising #-
gainft the Eaglifh, and a numb '
er of valuable prizes, tdoen by
them, were daily arriving. Good
accounts were received at the Fie
of France, of an English fquad<on,
tothe number of eight or ten Ihips
fitting in Madras roads, for some
secret expedition, reported to be
destined against Manilla , but the
French teemed to miftroft, that
their intention was to piy them a
vifii; they talked lightly of it, as
they tho'ttheir Island proof against
th, whole naval force that Eng
landhad in the Eatt Indies. They
seemed to be under some appre
hension for their filler colony of
Bourbon.' The • generality of the
people appeared to be qaite arif
cocratical in their principles, and
talked very loud against the pre
fect government of France, with
out the least reserve as to time or
place. They pay great refped to
the American flag ; and the gov
ernment, in its dealings, behaved
very honourably. Paper money
?was depreciated to a very low ebb,
but there appeared to be plenty
of coin in circulation. They had
beard from Europe, that the gov
ernments of France and America,
laboured under some misunder
standing, which they seemed much
to regret. Thee was news cir
culating and generally credited,
that the Eoglifh io India were at
war with some of the country
powers ; and likewise that there
had been an engagement between
~ two Eoglifh feventy-fogrs and 4
French frigates, in the firait# of
Malacca, but it was not decisive.
A number of French vessels were
daily arriving from Batavia with
rice; A DanUh company (hip
had arrived from Canton, difmaft
ed; and a Dißilh thip was stand
ing trial, foppofed to be English
property. The English had de
stroyed the French settlement at
Madagascar; and taken the gsrrif
or prisoners, which had arrived at
the IGe of France in all Engliffi
cartel, for exchange./
NORTHCAROLINA.
WILMINGTON, OCT. 12.
A gentleman who arrived in
town on Sunday last from New-
Providence, via the Havannah,
J has favoured the printer with the
following information-on the au
thenticity of which he places the
^^ greatest confidence. ^ > ;.%
That on the 20th of August,
^ the day deleft Pensacola, hetik
^ an official Iletter front Baron de
1 Carordblet ,o a gentleman in
office there, acquainting him of
'h having received by the lift
courier from the Havannah, or-
Q^dm^om his court, tb put into
^ * full execution, the for between
^1 Spain tod the United fate of A
t metica , for which purpose he had |
forwarded difpatehe# to the com
mandants of the foft no the„M.f^
fippi, to deliver up the posts and
evacuate the fortifications with all
convenient dipatch:,- That b,
the lirhecwer, gov. GayosoW
appointment to, the governor gen
era ship in the Floridas and Loui
siana, hid arrived ; and that pre
vious to hil elofing that letter,
Gov. Gavoso had reached the
capital and was about to enter on
the duties of bis(ffice. Biron deCar
ondelet was to leave N. Orleans
00 the i6h of Sept, for Quito, on
the Spanish Main, on boardof a
frigate which was then firing for
hh reception. [^ Sp nijb trick ]
MASSACHUSETTS.
<SALEM. NtV.,.
FLAG of the UNITED STATES.
A law of Congrels, psffed Jan.
13,1794, ecads, that the flag
ot the United States be 15 Gripes,
alternate red and white ; that the
union be 15 stars, while to a field
blue. It is said that the French
have captured American vessels
for want of conformity to the a
bove description ; and many still
fail, under the thirteen striped
fiw
' The last Mail's News.
FORBIGN
LATE & IMPORTANT.
[By an arrival at Bolton, in 34 days
from London. Papets to the 3d O&]
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
Relating to the Exterior.
Declaration against the EM
PEKOK.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY.
Proclamation of the Execution Diredory to tbs
French Nation, to tbs end that the French
armies ma, he complete and ready to march
by the \ybPendtmairc next, oa. 6.
The 18th Frudidor [Sept. 4] impos
ed silence on the orators of London, who
. were Rationed in Paris. After that very
memorable day,the English Ambassador,
pressed to explain himfelf in a pofifive
manner as to the fitft ohje& of his lega
tion, set off on return for Englands On
her fide, Austria (offers herfelf to be di
retted by the Cabinet of St. James's,
which labors inceffintly to diftrad Eu
rope and foment troubles on the Conti
nent. The Emperor thefts the with
of his States and that of his Court : He
resists the Peace of which his fubjefts are
in need, and confines himfelf bxclufively
to preparations for war. His armaments
apprize us of what we ourselves have to
do. If the generous loyalty which urged
us to subscribe to the articles of Leoben
is abused , if, speaking constantly of
Peace, nothing is breathed but war, the
French nation, which merely (peaks of
war, because It is dtfrous of peace, must
put itfelf in a condition to fwpport its
dignity ; and the valour of its armies
must recover its advantages. It is more
especially tgentill fully to convince the
enemy, that , there is no longer in France
but one and a foie party, but one fenti
rnent, but one interest, that of a sove
reign nation, which is fcnfible of it,
greatness, and which withes to preserve
its liberty.—The Executive Diredory is
swayed by no other motives than these.
The Conftitetionil law authorizes us to
provide for the fafety of the State. It re
pleased to m^e you the judges of the
reasons which determine it to employ
this (acred right, Your enemies who
are not able to resist your courage, have
endeavored to subdue you by stratagem.
Bhe few of nego
ieeo fiocerel, de
ppeared to seek,
ncluded.
^ory hastened to
/French armies.
Sincerity to the
Landing which
enjoyed, in idea,
to possess of cauf
and of procure
I inp for rrance as preat a Droportioff ot
I bappioefs in peace, *! (he bad acquired
glory i&«@Q, But after having obtain
ed this in!erroption in the pregrtfi of
: oar victories, wir.it did our enemfeb with ?
To gain ti^e, to foment among you in
t^Oine divifiuns, and to take the advan-?
,age of what would rifelt from them, to
. cause Frenchmen to mafhere e^ch ether,
until they ffrould be enabled to fall on the
remnant of popoldliGn, to divide among
themselves the shreds of a country thus
divided, and to blot out France from the
lift of nations. Republican good faith
could not have fufpecied this Inare of the
policy Os Courts ; you muff however,
have seen, Citizens, whether this plan
was not faithfully followed up ; the ma
jority of your public Fundienaries com
posed the auxiliary army whichfought in,
the bosom ot France for yohr meft cruel
rtßenfes. They had called hither swarms
of those barbarous Emigrants who are
bent on tearing in pieces the vitals of
their country, & of rhofe fanatical pritfts
who are skilled in kindling up every where
the nioiderous zeal of homicidal pi ty. —
The National Tribune no longer re
founded unless with the voices of the
deputies of Austria and England, calum
niatirg your defenders, infultirg your
Generals, employing themselves in p:r
ilifing your government, and reducing it
i granary to the absolute nullity v hich
;correfpotid fo,wcllwith their Royal in
ft, uaion<, and with the views of their
conftitutn,. At ength the veil is torn
off ; the partizaru of the foreign c urts
are no longer the organs of the national
will ; the helm of the Republic is in the
hands of the Republicans ; and the peo
ple of France have French Representa
tives. Citizens in these circumstances,
what course ought your Mgfhates to
pursue ? Animated by a sincere with to
give to France a peace worthy or her,
that is to fay, a solid peace, agreeable to
her interests, aid conformable to her eot
gagements, how are they at this time to
'epulfe the pretentions and elode the
frauds of the Cabinet of London ? How
ate they to put an end to the indeeffive
tardiness of the Cabinet of Vienna, and
to free Austria herfelf from English in
fluence, the' only real obfticle to the
peace of Europe ? There is but one
mode. Since your enemies, in feigning
to negotiate, hold themselves in an hos
tile state, their example forces you again
to make up arms, and absolves you, by
anticipa ion, from all the calamities
which in their territories, are about to
be the inevitable result of the rupture of
the truce. Ah !if war be a scourge,
which cannot be too much detested, but
the horror of which fall on those by
whom it was provoked, if humanity re
volts against those who filed blood, who
plunder cities, and lay provinces waste
without a nectffiry ; it the author of an
iniquitous war be responsible for the
death of the men who are ,burned, for the
loss of commerce which enfue^, for the
provisions which are destroyed, for the
violences, disorders, and crimes, which
are committed with arms in the hand ;
if those who feed on the horrors of war,
entered into without pretext, and with
out reason, are ferocious monsters, un
worthy of the name of men, not merely
enemies of the countries which they cause
to be Lid waste, but of the whole human
race :%You who have for fix years been
forced to fight for your independence !
you, on whom certain perfidious men
endeavored to bestow the fatal gift of a
civil war ! you, who, conquerers and tri
umphant,,laid down your arms to pro
pose and hear the words of peace ! you
will not have to dread the imprecations,
the legitimate anathemas which nature
and justice address to your enemies. In
returning, against your will to the bloody
contest from which you had drawn your
'felves, you may protest in the face of the #/
whole world what your intentions have
been, and call on heaven to witness the
justice of the cause you are about to de
fend. Thus, the,, citizens, again take
up your arms, without ceasing to be de
sirous of peace. Your government per
severes in offering it on the conditions
which appeared to it to be meet and
rompatible. Perhaps the warlike ap
pearance you are about to resume, will
fuffice to obtain a content to these condi
tions ; but if they should be refuted,
yen will mantain the honor and the laws
of the republic. It is in theh^me of the
nation, it is to fulfil its will, to secure its
rights, and to preserve its glory, that the
Executive power recalls to their fc„d
ards allthe soldiers of the country who
have withdrawn from them on any cause
whatever. The Executive Directory ac
cordingly enjoinsits Commissioners sta
tioned in the departments, to cause to he
executed, without delay, and without fe
ftri&ion, the laws of the 4. Frimaire and
4 Nivofe, of the fourth year, together
with the reflations of the sh Ventefe,
and the subs q^nt cne^. ^' to'crcfe^il
the fofdkr's end - q ti ions Whatever,
' who are now at rhur homes, t^join by
the sgth Vendem^rc (Od. 6.)
Frenchmen, it is necufary that at this
epoch your armies ffiould be complete,
that they fhouid be ready to march, and
that their awful and terrible afped fhouid
instantly command that glorious peace,
which for fix months, ft ought to have
been the fruit of their triumphs. The
Execu ive Di'e^ory refolves/that ttib a
bove Proclarca ion fh'll be printed, fol
emaly published, and fixed up at all the
communes of the Republic, by its Com
missioners, ft^tioned at the central de
partmental administrations ; and the
War Minister (hall take all the necessary
measures for its speedy execution, of
which he thill give an account every
three days to rhe Diaedory.
(Signed)
REVEILLIERE LERAUX,
'Prefaen#.
) Le GARD, Se,. G,„.
PAR IS, SEPT, fr
The rxptofiio has at last taken
place. The events of yesterday
are of the grea'eft importance.—
lam going to te!ae them in oder
at they happened.
During the fight of the 3^, the
Commission of Inlpedori, with
Several Members of both Councils
had affunted in the Halt o' the 5
Hundred at the Thuilleriei. Ac ,
midnight Ger. Ltmoice fothert
fay Moulin) appeared at the gate?
Pont-toumunt, which lesdi into
the garden of the Thutkriei from
the iqua e of chtßevo urion, tti
the head of a confidera&e deta-ch
ment, and demanded adnynarce,;
which wai refuted him by Ramel,
commander of the guard of the
Legifl stive Body. But on the
General'# ordering two pieces of
cannon to advance and the guard
at the fame time declaring against
their commander, the gate was
opened^nd Ramel arreted. The
General then proceeded to the
Manege, where the members
were deliberating, and found there
Rovere, Bourdon de I'Oife, Piche
gru and Willot, and several othera.
All of whome be immediately ar
retted. Pichegru and Willot
made some resistance, but were im
mediately seized and difirmed ; it
is even said that ^ichegru is griev
ously wounded. Ac the fame
timeßarthelemy was arrested at the
Direacry ;— but Carnot had con
trived to make hi# escape.
Before the execution of this
blow, the Dircaory bad taken
care to have ail the bridge#, the
(quare of the Revolution, ,and the
avenue# lending to the Thuillerie#
and the most considerable poft# of
the city, occupied by ftroog de
tachment# of troopt, with cannon:
In the mean while general Ange
reao, repaired in the barracks
where the grenadier# of the Legis
lative Body, were quartered, and
having affembltd them, liked
them if they would follow him?/
to which they all answered with /
one voice YES. They then de- /
minded to fee their ci-devant I
commander R^mel, and degraded/
him by pulling cff hi# epaulet#, &/
then matched to offer hi# favice#
to the Dircaory., The wall# were/
^covered with different p^peri poft I
ed up by order of the pireaQrhl
copies of which you will find inl
hbe inctofed Redaaeqr. At feta
the arrested Deputie# were ; corn ?
Veyed in carriage# to the Temp&
, ft it pre fumed there are 12 01
45000 troop# at Paris, whie al
the iffuei frcm the city are com
ptetely blocked ^ up^ by 25.°° ft
men, distributed around at the du
tance of five league#, so that it / \