The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-05-29 00:00:00, page 2

. “The only official conversation which 1
zecolleét with Mr. Fauchet upon this fub
je&t, was when 1. .communicated to him,
with the President’s permission that Mr,
‘Jay was infire€ted not to weaken our en
-ga2gements 1o France, neiher then: nor at
. auy other tiine in official or unofficial con
. verfation, did I cver fay to him that. noth
,ing cf a commercial natare was contempla
~ ted, or, that nothing but the controvesfies
under the old treaty and the spoliations
- were contemplated. oS B
¢Mr. Fanchet some time ago said to me
“that he undérfiood from what 1 said that
*Mr. Jay was not authorifed to treat of com
~mercial masters, 1 rotd bhim that he mis
understood ‘'me, no letter has . ever pafled
upon this fubjeét.” : :
- If-then Mr. Randolph did give Mr,
Fauchet the information contended for, it
-8 plain that he never'was authorifed to do
so ; but the considerations already detailed,
- render it infinitely more probable that Mr.
- Fauchet bas mifunderfood Mr. Randolph,
than that'Mr. Randolph has mif-informed
Mr. Fautcher, 55 il
The undersigned have taken, they trust, a
“corre& view of the leading and influential
measures adopted by the government of the
“United States's they have endeavoured “to
-fiate with plainness and with candor the
‘motives-which have occasioned the adoption
‘of those mealures, and 'the' operation
«they are believed 1o have. © They haye
“shewn, that if America is 10 be reproached
“with partialities, irreconcileable with her
“neatral fituarion, 1t is not by France that
“thole rcproachc's*Ouglg‘to be made. They
“have been induced 10 take this review, by a.
hope which they cabnot relinquith “without
“ regret, that it may contribute to efface im-’
“preflions which misrepresentation may have
-mude, and to take from the intention and con
‘dult ofthe government they represent that
falle colounng which unfriendly pencils.
~have o profulely beflowed upon them.—
They are anxious fiill to cherith an hope,
« that by . exposing frankly and sincerely, the’
* fentimems which have hithertoguided their
* vation, they may teftore dispositions on the |
" pare of France compaiible with the conting- |
- ance 'of those feotiments. "+ |
- 4Complaints Kave bein made that in the
i/applitation in particular cases of those gen..
i erab-principles, Which the neutral fiation of
“#he’ ‘Utited States ‘renders indi(penfible,
“ldeonveniences aid vexations: which- were,
ripnavoidable, have been fomedmes sustain.
w PR RN, o~ Car s ol grc T
‘the United Stateg'believed itfelf to be tran. |
salting a business exclusively its own, which |
.could give umbrage to noae, aud which no |
other nation on earth would confider wtfelf |
as having a right to imterfere in. There -
existed confcquently no motive for congeal- +
ing from France, or any other power, that |
the negociation of Mr. Jay might or might |
not tcrminate in a commercial treaty. The |
declaration therefore was not made ; noris |
it usual for nations about to enter into ne- |
gociations, to proclaim to others the va
rious objefls to which those negociations |
‘may poflibly bedire®ed. Sach is not, nor- |
has it ever been the prallice of France. To |
~fuppole a neeeffity or-a duty on the part of |
“one government ‘thus to- proclaim all s
views, or to.conlulr another with refpetito
15 arrangemepts of its own affairs, is to im
—ply a dependance to which no government
ought willingly to submit. So far as the
interells of France might be involved in the
" pegociation, the infirutlions given to the.
_negociaior were promptly communicated.
The minifer of this republic wéds informed
" officially that Mr. Jay was inflruéted not to !
weaken ahe engagements of the United'
* States to France. - Further information was
ncither to have been required or expeéied :
“indeed, that which*was given furnifhed rea
‘fon to suppose that ‘one of the objefis of
" the negociation with Great Britain was a
commercial treaty. 'Why then such unne
cessary and unnicrited - farcalms against a
" caatious and unoffending ally ¥ Those ob--
jests which she pursued were such as an in
dependent nation might legitimately pursue,
and such as America never had dissembled,
and never deemed.it neceflary to dissemble
“her with to obtain. 'Why should an cffort
be made to impress France with an opinion,
that Mr. Jay waé not authorifed to' nego
ciate 2 commercial treaty with Britain,
“when the fixed opinion of America has:
_ever been, that France could not be and
ought not to be diffitished with the forma
tico of such a treaty 7 Why should the
minister of France have been joformed cffi
“cially that Mr. Jay was efpccially inftruéted
not to weaken the engagements of "the U-!
. nited States’td Friice, 1F it was intended to;i
" convince that ‘minifter, that his powers did'!
* mot extend to fubjefts in any degree con- |,
nefied with those engagements 7 To what!
parpole should the goyernment of the Uni
ted Srates have phfagifcd a deception deem- 1
" ed by ielf totally “unneceflary, and which|
its utmost efforts could not long continue ?!
‘ It requires an’ equal “degree of ‘folly and'
" vice to prafiife an afeléfls frand which muft’
inevitably and immediately be dete&ed,and
-the dete®lion of which must expofe'its au
thor to general infamy, as_well a 8 the en-.
mity of those on whom ‘the fraud had ‘been
praftilfed. These considerations ought to.
“have prodaced some hefiration concerning |
the salt. The testimony in support of it
ought to have been very positive and very
unextéptionable, before ir received implicit.
“faith.” It should Wive béen very clear that
" there was no miftake,'no mifunderflanding
“ concerning the information commanicated, '
before the charge was made in such terms.
.as the minifler-of 'Frarce . has been.pleafed
. to emplay ; but: the | teflimony is believed '
‘to be fauisfallory, that the Government of
.the Unitéd States - has. not endeavoured to
imprels in France any opinion on -this fub
~je&t which the fa&t oz the case did not war
rant, The declaration of Mr. Randolph:
. made Julg Bth, 3795, is full on this point.
. Itis in these words ¢ ¢¢ 1 never could with
truth infdsmed .the French aminifter, that
the mission, as set. forth .in the President’s
meflage to the Senates contemplaied only
; an adjuflment of dur complaints ; if by this’
- phraile it be intended to exclude .commer- J
. cial arrangement, I could ‘have no reason
. for faying so, since the French Republic
could bhave had nothing to do with our ‘
commercial arrangements, if they did not
derogate from ‘her rights ; 1t could have
‘an{wered no purpose when {o short a time’
. 'would develope the contrary. 1 never did
iuform the French minister as is above sla
ted. / , g /
‘ventured into. It has been demonstrated
that governments may by contrat change,
as between thémfelves, the rules established
by the law of nations, and that fuch' con
traét becomes completely obligatory on the
“parties, though it can in no manner affelt
the rights of cthers, yet by this decree, al
hies“with whom f{uch stipulations exist are
to be treated, without regard to such flipu
lations, in the {ame manner as they' are
treated by others, who ‘are bound by a dif
ferent rule. This, as it refpe&ts the Uni
i ‘ted States is the:more unfriendly, because a
{ readiness has been manifefted on their part
! {o to modify by consent their treaty with
France as to reinflate the rules establish
ed by the Law of Nations, :
- The general term too in which this de--
cree is conceived, threatened but too cer
tainly the mifchiefs it has generated, and
the abuses which have been praticed under’
it. Neuatrals are to be treated as they shall
permit the Englith to treat them. 'Norule
extrafted from the -praftice of England is
laid down, which might govern the cruisers
of France, or inftrufl the veflels of neutrals,
No principles are slated manifefting the o
pinion entertained of the treatment receiv-.
ed from England, which might enable a:
“ neutral to controvert .that opinion, and to
shew that the English were not permitted
’ to treat its flag as was supposed by the go
' vernment of France. To judge from the
decree itfelf, from any infornfation_ .given
concermug it, or from the prathce upder
it, thole who were to be benefited by its a
" bufe were todecide in what manner it thould
be executed and the cruiser who should fall
in with a valuable. veflel had onlv to con
| {ult his own, rapacity, in order to determine
[’ whether an. English privateer, meeting a
veflel under similar circumstances, would
} capture and bring her into port. Multiplied
excelles, and accumulated vexations could
‘ not but have been apprehended from such
' a decree and the fa&t has realifed every fear
- that was entertained concerning it. It has
~ been construed even in Europe to authorife
the capture and condemnation of American
veflels for ‘the single circomitance of their:
being deflined for a British port. At no
- period of the war has Britain undertaken to
exercise fuch-a'power. At no period of .
the war his fhe'sflerted such a right. It
-is.2 power which pioftratés every princi
ple of national sovereignty and to which no -
‘nation can’ fobmit, without relinguifhing at
the fame time isbeftintercts and facrificing
The undersigned persuade themselves,
that the explanations which have been given
relpeéling them, if not entirely fausfattory,
have yet been such as to prove the good
faith and upright intentions which never.
cealed to dicett the condu& of the United ”
States. R .
- If notwithstanding this good faith and the 1
purity of thele intentions, the difficulty of -
their fitvation has in any tafe produced even
an involuntary departure from those princi
ples by which they profeffed to be guided,
they are ready to confider that cale and re
pair any_fault which may inadvertently bave
been committed. With these dispositions
on their part,- with: this confcioufne(s of -
having never ceased to merit the friendfhip
and eiteem of the French nation, with a
convittion that a temperate and thorough
view of the palt cannot fail to remove pre
judices not warrantedly fafls, the Unpited
‘States have relied confidently on the justice
of France for 4 discontinuance and repara-’
tion of "those ferious' and heavy injuries,
which have been accumulated on them.
"Desirous of eftablithing, not the depend
ance of 2 weak on a powerful nation, but
that real and cordial friendfhip, the willing
and spontaneous offering of generous minds,
.which can only be lasting when evidenced
to be mutual, and can only be preserved
‘when bottomed on reciprocal justice, the
undeifigned will now represent with can
‘dour and franknefls the well founded com
‘plaints with ‘which they are charged.
These complaints consist :
Of claims uncontroverted by the Govern
ment of France, but which remain unfatis
fied, and T R R ‘
Of claims founded on captures and con
fifcations the illegality of which hasnot yet
been admitted. ‘ : e
* In the firft clals are arranged ;
Fitftly, Those whose property has been
seized under the decree of the national con
vention of the gth May, 1793.
Secondly. Those who are entitled to
compensation in consequence of the long
detention of their vessels at Bourdeaux in.
the-years 1793 and 1794.
‘ Thirdly.79’3f'he hol7ll9e4rs of bills and other
evidences of debts due, drawn by the Co
lonial Administrations in the Welt-Indies.
<" Fourthly. Those whose- cargoes have
becn appropriated ‘to public'ufe without re
ceiving therefor adequate payment, and
-~ Fifthly, Thole who have supplied the
‘government’finder contratts with Its agents
which ‘have ‘hot yet been complied with on
the part of Mhnce. ' '
These welFfounded claims of American
citizens, thus originating in voluntary and
¥mportant {uPplics, in the forcible’ seizure
‘of valuable**property, accompanied with
promises of ‘payment, and in injurious de
tentions confitute a mals of debt which the
justice and géod faith of the’French govern
‘ment cannot refufe to provide forand which
‘is too confidérable to be unnoriced by that
of the United States. The undeifigned are
inftruted to solicit your attention to this
Hubje&, and ey would persuade themselves
that they do dot solicit in vain, So many
‘circumdlances ‘concur to give force to’ the
‘application, that they leave it to your gov
-ernment in tHe confidence that no additional
representations can be necessary.
. They pals to complaints still more im
‘portant for thigir amount, more ‘interéfting
in their natufé, ‘and more serious in their
-consequences: © - R e
" On'the 14th Meffidor, 4th year of the
French Republic, one and indivisible (July
2d 1796) the Executive Direflory decreed
“*Tharall nedfral or allied powers fkall with
out delay be notified that the flag of the French
‘Republic will treat neutral veflels either as
to confifcation, as to searches or capture, in
the fame manner as they fhallfuffer the Eng
lish to treat them.” This decree, in any
point of view in which it can be con.-
“idered, could not fail to excite in the Uni
ted States the most serious attention. It
dispenses at once as they conceive with the
most {olemn obligations which compaét can
‘create, and consequently asserts a right on
‘the part of France, to recede at her discre
tion from any flipulations she may have
its dearest rights, This power has been ex
ercised by France on ‘the rich and unpro
tefled commerce of an ally, on the presump
tion that that ally was sustaining the fame
injuries from Britain, at a time when it was
belicved that the depredations of' that na
s tion had ceased and the principle for com-.
_penfating for them had been recognifed.
In the Weft-Indies similar depredations
have been experienced. On the 1t of Au
gust 1796, the special agents of the Execu
tive Direftory to the Windward Hlands,
decreed that all veflels loaded with contra
band should be seized and confifcated for
the benefit'of the captors.
: On the 7th Frimaire, sth year of the
French’ Republic one and indivisible (e7th
N0v.1796) the commiflion delegated by
the French Republictothe Leeward Islands,
resolved that the captains of French na
tional veflels and privateers are authorifed
to stop and bring into ports of the colony
American veflels bound to English ports,
- or coming from the said ports. .
" _.On the Igth Pluviofe, sth year of the
- French Republic, one and indivisible, (Fe
- bruary 18, 1797) Vitlor Hughes and Le
| bas, the {pecial agents of the Executive Di
_retory to the Windwa:d Islands, pafled a
decree, fubje@ing to capiure and confifca
tion neutral veflels destined for the Wind
ward and Leeward Hlands of America, de
livered up to the English, and occupied and
defended by the emigrants. These ports
are Taid to be Martinico, St. Lucie, Toba
go, Demerara, Berbice, "Essequibo; Port
au Prince, St. Marks, L’Archaye, and Je
remie, " This decree also fubjefls to cap
ture all veflels which have cleared out for
the Weft-Indies generally. -
"The undersigned will'not detain you ci
tizen Migifler for the purpose of proving
how direltly and openly these decrees vio
late both the laws of pations and the treaty
between France and the United States.
They have been executed on the officers
and crews of the captared veflels in a man
fier, by no means calculated to mitigate
their rigor. ‘ i
-+ (To be continued. )
LEXINGTON, (Ken.) April 11,
A caution to flore keepers and others, a
gainst keeping Gun Powder in a careless
_manner. g
- On Monday the Igth of March, a
bout 11 o’clock, A. M. two little boys,
the one of 7 the other § years old,
went into the store of Evan Francis,
at Huatcheraft’s mills, on Stoner in
Bourbon county, wherein was deposi
ted about 500 pounds worth of Mer
chandize, and about 73ip. of gun
powder ; Mrs. Francis, with Miss
Polly Steward, and Mr. Joseph Wil
lis, late from Maryland, ' were in the
store dealing, when the boys came in,
they brought with them fire in order
to flath powder, (not.knowing the
dreadful consequence ) whenthey came
into . the store,: Mrs.. Francis saw the
fire, bid the poor unfortunate boy to
go away with the fire, his little bro
ther standing by him ; but instead of
retiring he put-the fire on:the head. of
the powder calk,. whereon lay some
fcattered.grains of powder which im
mediately caught ; a hole had been
bored on-the head of the powder cask,
it was .;.oEen,--fromz' which the powder
on the mfide took fire, blew up the
store, and two.dweling houses ad
joining, one belonging. to Evan Fran
“cis, the other. to: Stephen Radcliff ;
there weredixteen: fouls in the house,
-the two boys were killed dead, ftrip
*cd naked, and burnt as black as ne
- . LLONDON, March 18.
: Admiralty-Office;, March 17.
Copy of a letter from Sir John Borlafe
Warren, K. B. to Evan Nepean, E{q.
- Canada, off Isle Dien, March 8.
MRy : :
. .1 take the liberty of acquainting
you, that this morning a convoy of
the enemy was discovered within Isle
Dieu, to whom I immediately gave
chace with his majesty’s thips under
my orders ; but the breeze dying a
way, I made the signal for the boats
of my, f{quadron to chace,*and I have
the fatisfadtion to: inform you, that
the’ veflels mentioned in the inclofed
lift were capturedby them. A schoo
ner gun veflel and an armed lt}?ger
escaped into the Formentine Paflage,
over the Island of Normentier.
- Two of the prizes are numbered,
and laden with naval stores for the
armament equipping at Brest, for the
intended expedition against England ;
the rest have wine and brandy for
their cargoes, and were bound from
Rochefort to the above port.
- " I'have the honor to be, &c.
et 2o S EORNEB WARREN.
A lift of vessels captured by the fyuadron
under theorders'of Sir F. B. Warren,
SRR R :
A brig from Rochefort, bound to
A brig from do to do, numbered,
and4aden with naval stores, as trans
ports. ; | o
A brig from Rochefort, bound to
Bret. ‘ . e
" A brig from do to do.
- A brig from doto do. :
A brig from doto do. :
A brig from do to do, laden with
wine and brandy. . [
- A Chafle Maree, from Rdchefort,
bound to Brest. -
- A Chafle Maree, from do to do.
- A Chafle Maree, from do to do, la
den with wine and brandy. =
- A Chaffe Maree, from do to do,laden
with. wine and brandy, burnt, being
on shore.: - .« e
(Signed) ~ JOHN WARREN:
groes. Mrs. Francis it is thought
blew through the broad fide of the
house. The two boys were found
some distance off, among some saw
stocks, Polly Steward lay within a
few feet of the calk, badly burnt, Jo
seph Willis was canght by.a plank a- -
cross his legs, with several ‘houfe lw:»gs’E
on it, which held him faft for half an
hour, although every exertion of the
fpeators was used to rescue him ;
the goods were on fire round him,
with his cloaths, till buckets of water
were brought a considerable distance
to extinguith the flames. The dread
ful thock with the wonderful explo- -
fion of the Powder, has, with the fire
since deprived three others of the un
fortunate fufferers of their lives, viz.
Mrs. Francis (formerly Todd) Joseph
Willis and Mr. Francis’s daughter,”
about 4 years old. Miss Polly Stew
art is recovered, and Stephen Rad
cliff’s daughter mnearly. = It is very
remarkable that 16 fouls could be in
the house, where partitions, logs,
chests, tables, bedsteads and every
thing were driven to pieces, and yet
only eight were wounded. 'To hear
the cries of mothers for their children,
brothers and sisters for their comrades
added to those wounded was diftref
{ing beyond description, and ought to
be remembered by every person deal
ing in that dangerous article gun pow
der. : '
. The above is a true detail of fa&s
given by Thomas Hutchcraft and
Stephen Radcliff, who were both eye
witnefles: to the Wonderful catastro
phe. s #3331 K
Stoner creek; Hutcheraft mills,
Marck 28, 1798. ¥ }
: NORFOLK, May 8.
By a gentleman arrived in town on
Sunday from Cape Francois, and who
came paflenger in.the thip John and
Jane, Capt. Adams, bound to Balti
more, we are favored with the follow
ing particulars : That the new gover
nor (Hedouville) arrived at the Cape
on the loth April from Santa Do
mingo ; that the administration con
tinue their depredations on every kind
of provisions on board American ves
sels bound to their ports, giving them
in return their administration notes.
PHILADELPHIA, May 16.
Yesterday the ship Beveldere, arri
ved from London, mounts 1o guns,
failed with convoy ; May g, lat. 39.
long. 65. fell in with, and engaged a
French sloop privateer, of 12 guns,
full of men. The privateer bore
down, and fired into the ship—which
immediately returnedthe compliment,
and after exchanging a number of
shot, the pirate sheered off. She had
a brig with her, under English colors.
Thus is a fine ship and cargo saved
by being armed, and having a {pirited
commander. . :
Extralt of a kiter from an American
gentleman in London, dated March
14, 1798. k
¢ Denmark 'and Sweden have re
solved to arm a part of their naval
forces for the proteion of their com
merce ; and, with Pruflia, have or
dered their Envoys at Paris to remon
strate against the late laws affe@ing
the commerce of neutral nations.”
May 18. |
(AUTHENTIC.) |
Extra® of a letter from Rufus King,
Lfq. to the Secretary of Statey dated
-London, Feb. 26, 1798. Wng
- ¢“Annexed you have copies of three
notes which I have lately received
from Lord Grenville ; the firft is ans
answer to my note refpecing the pro
ceedings. of the vice Admiralty Court
at St. Domingo. As this Court was
not legally authorized, its proceed
ings are void, and those who have
fuffercd from its aéts are referred to
the High Court of Admiralty for re
geels™. i . ; |
-~ Copy of Lord Grenville’s Note.
. “Doawning-Street, Feb. 20, 1798.
. “Lord Grenville presents his com
‘pliments to Mr. XKing, and has the
honor to inform him, in answer to his
note of the: 3d instant, that he does
not find, on enquiry, that any regular
authority has been given for the in
stitution of the Vice Admiralty Court
at St. Domingo mentioned in that
note : It does not belong to Lord
Grenville to anticipate the decisions
~of the regular courts here in any in
‘dividual cases. 'The proper resort of
such parties as may conceive them
selves to be aggrieved by the proceed
ings- had in St. Domingo is to the
‘High Court of Admiralty i this king
dom, where claims must be given,
.and the consequent legal steps taken
thereupon ; and there is no doubt
that the judgment of the Court will
‘be guided by the :fame principles as
‘have already been acted upon in cases
‘of a Gmilar pature” -
b ﬂ:’: is a good anfaver to Ik"@ﬂfie:
-in yeflerday’s Chronicle, relative to the
condemmnations at Nfrﬁdai.ﬁdri m{g ?‘ :
folation to the owners of the long rp{
{:‘la e Byt Lo ol
el iy ach clin 1
W“} SR el e e T R
JUST IMPORTED
In the brig Orion, and for sale by -
Thomas Sheafe,
18 and 15 thread St. Peter’s Lines.
Mackrel : e
Marline and Houfeline. . o
Herring Seins and Nets. . kg
Sewing and Herring Twine. ¥
‘Cod Hooks. . R ¥
5 " = ALSO— e
For sale, about 100 bufboels excellent Ryes
- Portimouth, May 29, 1798. =
| State of New-Hampshire.
County of Rockingham.
'q LL persons indebted -to the ef
"\ tate of George W. Ham, late
of Pittsfield, in said county, yeoman,
deceased, are requested to fettle the
fame with the {ubfcriber, administra
tor on the estate of said deceased, and
all persons having demands on said
estate are desired to exhilit the fame
for settlement. AT R
~ WILLIAM M’CLARY,
- Epsom, May 26, 1798, =
. Wanted immediately, < .
‘An Apprentice to the
Joiner’s business ; onefrom the coun
try would be prefired 3 Tnquird of
o 7 would b prefed 5o of
The United States ship the Ganges,
Capt. Dale, of 20 guns (nine pound
ers) having compleated her prepara
tions sos -éa},is now lying at anchor
in‘the cove, with a full corplement
of men. o,
The Cutter, General Green, is allo
‘completely armed and manned.
A letter from Liftbon dated April
4th, from a house of the firft refpeita
bility, informs, that the Prince of
Peace, prime minifter-of-Spain; is dis
placed. 7 3
“We are informed, that orders will
be given to all the armed velfels be
longing ' to ‘the United States to re
capture all American veflels which,
may have been taken by the French
cruizers, but not to molest the armed
velfels of the republic, except in feif
defence. o'
NEW-YORK, May 18.
Yesterday arrived here the {chooner
Eglantine, Capt. Smith, from DBour
deaux, which she left March 29, and
the Cordevan on the firt of April.
~ A tin enclosure fromn Paris, suppo
sed to be Dispatches from our Envoys,
is received. :
A file of French papers to March
28, are now in our hands, -but we
have but a few minutes left to extra&
from them for this day’s Gazette.
. We find nothing in the French pa
pers refpe&ting American affairs—
and but little about the invasion of
¥England—They ridicule the idea of
any afliftance from the Spanith fleet
—A French Gazette fays “f the Span
ith come to us they must fight—if
they fight they will be beat’—and
conclude it best for them to stay in
the port of Cadiz, in order to render
the British force against them 22 fail
weaker. T WS
Private letters' state that the Di
reGtory now demand 25 millions, as
a discharge of the obligations we are
under to them for therr afliftance to
us in our war with England.
"On the 14th March 1 the Council
of 500, Gauran got up and exclaim
ed—War—War to the Englith God
vernment ! Such is, and ought to beg
the rallying cry of every republicany
Not that from ambition or desire of;
conquest, the French want to trans
port their invincible legions to the
- plains of Albion. The Great Nation,
the regenerated people, expe& no re
- ward for its atchicvements, but thg
glory of drawing the Englith peoplg
from the abyss of degradation and dil«
grace into which the intrigues of a
- corrupt court has precipitated them.
But, till it is punished, let us nation
alize, batred against this base govern
ment, which has sworn to wage a war
of extermination :upon us. Cato, in
the Roman Senate, uttered only - this
exclamation Delande eff' Carihago.—
Carthage must be defiroyed. Let ours
be, Albion must be destroyed ! Yes,
the descent upon England is.one of
the grandest and most honorable con
ceptions of the Dire&ory. I move
that the President in closing the pre<
sent feflion, manifelt the natioral ba-.
tred by repeating Vengeance, Vengeance
against tie govermment that coppreffes
every, people. » A
The French have found in the Swiss,
an enemy worthy of their bravery.
The cidevant regiment of Watterville
had just been reorganized—ln the
late adtion it was cut to pieces. Seven
men only remained—Disdaining to
survive their comrades, they threw
themielves in the ranks of the French
army, and perished. Eighty Yourtas
of the Berne, defended a.narrow paf~
sage with stubborn valour—killed ma
ny of the enemy, and findlly perished
with arms in their hands. The Ber
nois General d’Erlach” retreated with
11000 men to Lake .Thonn, at the
foot of a craggy mountain,of very
difficult access, "5% T o meai