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^us reports are in c'rcuhtt m.•
'Government are totally fifent on
% the fobfe&, and the crc^ulou,
^are inclined to believe every idle
rumor.; Indeed the only intel
ligence which has been received
from the Rhine is through the
medium of foreign gazettes, for
the authenticity^ of which we
cannot vouch. ; ;
To us, the accounts in the pa
\ pers alluded ^ appear exagge
rated, and we would caution ou,
.readers agaiift a hasty adoption
of them. It will be the duty of
the Executive diteapry to recon
cil^ the inconfiftencics of th^
rumors, and to relieve the anxi
ety these reports have produc
ed/in the public mind. The
truth ought not to be suppressed
from fear, for furdy a fait#!,
even of disastrous events, can
not appal a nation which has <6
long and so foccefsfully detend
cd itfelf again# all Europe, and
which has now a million of men
inarms.
.VALLEY OKEHRENBREITSTFI N, OC 2$
About joco French still occu
py the tete de pont, and the en
rtrenchments which they gained
poffoffion of on this fide of the
Rhine m arNteuwied. The Aus
trians are in possession of the
town and the adjoining country.
The enemy have a bridge of
boats in constant use to the isle
:of Guaffwoth, which enables
them to keep up a communica
tion with the oppefite Chore. --
They also occupy the isle called
Niederworth ; but the Austri
ans who are in daily expectation
of their he^vy artillery, and a
reinforcement of several battaL
ions of grenadiers, are in hopes
of driving the French from thele
posts Aimoft the whole inhab
itants of Nieuwied have emi
grated.
VIENNA, CCT.ro.:
The imperials chancery has
sent an order to set at liberty
the French prisoners SimonviUc,
Boutnonville, Maret, and other
deputies, who are to be efcorred
to Base with ad the fefpe&due
;to them:} They are there to be
surrendered to the French com
missioners, who are to , deliver
the daughter of Louis XVI.
ROCHELLE, 25 VENDEMAIRE,f
^Seventeen British Ihips richly
laden have been sent into the
sports of Rochefort, Bparde^x
and Rochelle. In the gale that
I&pperied onthe i 6th, 17th and
18th, there were loft on the
coast of La Vendee, an Engirfh
/hip of the line, a frigate, and a
f great number ofiranfports,. The
j|ll()llllICU Willi UvdU LJUUi~3
and wreck.. 40^ none. died.
.bA^n^^r w uHp ai Rnmt ft°Jen in Bull% on
ftlgh,^^^ f^e^ff < f ^ ihtfy-OR exauim^m, he appeared guilty, and iscam^tadw^hyc&l^.Thisi>^^ G ,„
/ CON^RT F. n ?raA ?Y + %6 ^
OUR fofe ^s^2% * uppo^nr-
The rer^t of th French is anV&t&t 0# .
so mwch to ti&nidabie'atfa< ksot fed AWL
an%lis to num^HHprelum^ whi^ ri
chegru and J?urd#u sent 'A ^wd:,^ 2}s
infurgeqey A^ffiffl^^h^^
tarbmerits.it 8 # j^to :n^^r-nd to,cob ^
tify^ Tb<r c ^<k,l on the j§fo, the
French, iri^hfem h l^ cvnlti
tutiori, have a.n'auvantage djuty Qt&n-'
, faring their FJs. m O
Judge-Ratledge, of Southed;^fe^ et
tempted iArely TO drowa himfrlf—inSohy.
Gen. Wayneis da hUw^y fiu:rihi$ m%
on a vifi: to Philadelphia,
To fulfil our^R week's pronfife, we omit
sundry articles, and give the following; :
,E^raa as a beer fram a Mrabtr es C^grtfs,
at Ph ladilpbic, to the Editors of the ft.nr,.
dated Pbiladt^hia, Jan. 1 zib, 1796.' f
GENTLtM r ~,.
I e^lofe the P.-efideat's Message on the
prefentarion of the National Colours of
France, pr<footed to him by Mr. Aust,/
^the Mirviller of thtit Republic so fah United
States —This trenfaffion seems to evince a
good underftandi'g between the two oa
riuus.
in the HOUSE—JAN, 4.
''A Melffitgh in writing, was received from
the President of the United StO :s, by Mr.
;Dardridge, his Secretary, as followeth:
Giatbrachtf the Sthalf, ana of the
Htye of R^rejextatrots,
A letter from the Minister Pleni
poterfury of the French Republic,
feceireJ on the 22d of last month,
covered an a^dreh, dated the 21st of
Oft. 1794. from the Cemmitreetof
Public Safety; to the Reprefemtives
of the U^ed States in Congrefi ; and
; also informed me, that he wasloft tid
ed by the Committee, to p'tfent to
the United Statet, the colour of
' France I thereupon proposed to re
ceive them left Friday, the tirftday
of the new year, a day of general joy
and congratulation, ! On 'that day, the
Minister of the. French Republic de
livered the colotirt, with in addrtf?,
^'frio^ returned an anf^eß Br
the latter, the' Hopfe will fee, that 1
have informed the Minister; that the
colours will be depcfiftd with the ar
chievei of the U 4 ked Seatei. But it
seemed to me proper, previously to
exhibit to the two Houfei ot Con
giefs, these evidence: of the continued
friendthip of the Fren'ch Republic,
together with the feotimenU express
ed by me on the occasion, in behalf
of the Uiiced States. They are here
with commu:ica:ed.
„G. WASHINGTON.
„OT
(TRANSLATION.)
„g Rfrtyniaii^H of the French Peofk, tom
pifoglbe Committee cf> Public polity of the
Nattonel Conven'ior, charged h, the hm of
\?^&7<b Fruatdir, ^iiQ the direftion of for
eigißetatat,.
To the R^refentatroef of tbe United States of
America, in Co grefe afoubled.
Citizens Representatives,
} The connections which nature,—
reciprocal wants, and a happy concur
rence of circumftaflces, have formed
between two free nations, cannot but
be. indiffoluhte. You have ftrength
eoed thole lac red ret by the declara
tions, which^ Plenipoten
tiary of the United States' made]
in your name, to the National Co.-
vennoft and to .she French people.
They have been receded w, rap
^'^W.^ ^i"^P,\ rs °. know how ro
appreciate every teflimony which the
I;Unittd States have given to them of
their affedton. : The colours of b^h
I lotting evicerce r>4ft wnten
I foccefs of the French Repub ift }1
IToU were th, ft# Ce'eriG+'rfrXrf&tne 1
& & / •°\ % ~ I
I endowed with an mYivcibte q@^v, |
SjrrtdiT'he pe^p'e.s : ih! U /tiedl
S^lttmxcive, ^ every v^ry 0;,
^ happi^fe : They ^%}^
k&aed},! cur momeowy misfor
ram, occ firmed by tcafaM purchaf
td by Englfh go d, they have cei
ehf&tej with sip ute fug fu&efo §)I .
our brave armfc\
None of th&'Tympnheuc emo, j
tions have tiesped the ft6fiss c^
the French riatio,. They have aii
served ipcerntnc the most inmate
and fold uhion thit has ever exited
between two naiiors.
?The. Citizen %d% who will r^fiJe
near your Government,^ qut&y of
Minister Plenipotentiary.of the French
Republic, it ipeciaily inftrocled 10
tightto'chefe band: bf fraternity and
mutual happinefcfffle hs^e that he
may fulfil this principal object of hit.
mission, by 1 condua worthy of the
confidence of both nations and of the
reputation which his pattioiiftn and
virtues have acquired him,
An analogy of political principles ;
the natural relations of commerce and
indufiry ; the efforts and immense
facnfices of both nations, in the de
fence of liberty and equality; the
blood which they have spilled. to
gether; their avowed hatred lor def
po< s; the moderation of their politi
cal views ; the difintereftedoels ot their
coupcih % and cfpecially the success
of the vows which they have made
in pretence of the Supreme Being, to
be free or die ; all combine to render
iodeflru^ible the connexions which
they have formed.
Doubt it not, Citizen! ; we shall
finally destroy the combination of ty
rantt ; —you, by the picture of pref
petity, which in your vast countries,
has succeeded to a broody ftrugg'e of
eight years ; ue, by that enthefhfm
which glows in the breast of every
French,min.. Astonished nations, —
too long (he dupes of perfidious kirigs,
cob'es, and prieft#, will eventually
recover their rights, and the human
rice will owe co the American and 1
Rencfy nations, their regeneration and j
aj^fling peace. f
Pari; 30th Vehdemaire, 3d year.ofitil l
U French Republic, ^ne and in<ir.fibk. f!
:p°bfcfl%tahrs of tbt Committee if Public S^lf'j,t
J S.B DELMAS, , !
BERLIN, (of Dou^L &:. ,
'2lft October, 1794
Fuiihjulh tr&f^tfd from tbe original by ,
,/GEO. TAYLOR, jun.
she S^b of the Mihfor PlifytmtiarYnf the
French Republic, t^ the Prfrent of th?-United
&uih; on bis „/?Kting the Colours of France
to the United'Stata. ij? Jan. 1796.
Mr. PRESIDENT,
I come '0 acquaint myfelf of a do
fy very dear to my heart ; I come to
deposit in your hands, aid in the
mice of a people juftif renowned for
[heir courage and their love of liber
ty, the symbol of the triumphs and
of the enfranchifement of my cation.
^ When (he broke her chains; when
foe proclaimed the imprescriptible
rigtet of man then in a terrible
.war she sealed w ,ih her hood the
@yeo@r fhe/h^d m^de With hberty;
her own happintri wits not alone rhe
obfea of her glorious <ffi%Q her ;
Ifo^^l^% ^ freepeopte,
She law torinfa^s blended :with
I tWength h^ce /the ipu^u&ipn % tgel
t „.ft ^fr.;, ft temoft
rtthrol #fo. flu to & ugh; ^R^
(rioter the so rr^Wnia^r fii ^l
Heids cf America, &&< &auffob
of vjaory, ovet the nf.n, ^^ifeify.
,Tie N^raty 'Conventions rhe or
gin of,hY4# Mthe French ration,
hiteCTfl^ff o ^^ frir'
fe^imerrti to the American people ;
but above al', theft burst forth on the
august day, when the mitgfter of fc %
United States preferred to the Nd -
rboal RtpreleptAfon, the cotows of ^ >
hit country. Dcfiripß never to lefe .
teco&aipM as dear re Frenchmen, ar'.Q
they mutt be to America 01, The
Ccouertion o;cered tfothere co 1 -
owj fhsuid be placed in the'ball of
rhtir fitiicgt. They had experienced
fechrioob too agreeable rot to cause _
them to be pai^ken of ty their atf
!>;, $4, decreed that to Lem the r&
^ colours Ihould be p/tlemed.
Mr Presld l n 7,
I do nor donfot,h<ir ex; cation will 6?
fulfilled ; and I am co. vmerd that every
citizen will receive, with a plrufitg emotion,
this Arg,,elfcwhere the rer.or ot the enemies
of liberty, here the certain pledge of faith- \„
ful friendfhip; efpeci dly whtD they reeolka
that it guiues to combat, men, who bare
thared their toils, and who were prepared for
liberty, by aiding them to ^ quire their own.
(Signed) P. A. ADET.
FehbfuP, trafteedfrom the ordinal, by
GEO. TAYLOR, jun.(
the arf^er of tie Prtffot of the United Stafn ?'
to tbe uddreft ol,be M n : far Pltnifarttianff"
the French Republic, '* bisjreftnting the C§N
Cure 0/ France to the U^itid 3:^o.
BORN, Sir, in a bud o' Liberty ; having
e^rly learned its v;.|jc ; hiring engaged in^
a perilous con ja to ^ fe d it ; having in a
word devoted the best vt^rs of m, life to se
cure it a permanent eftabidbrnent i^ my ewn
country ; my anxious tecoUeaion6,my sym
pathetic feelings, and my best willies are ir
refifliWy exgi ed, whensoever, in any coun
try, I fee an eppreffed nation unfurl the ban
ners of freedom. But above ail, the events of
the French Revolution have produced the
c'cepeft solicitude, as well is the bigheft ad
miration, To call your nation brave, were
to pronounce but common praise. Wonder-?
Jul people! Ages to come will read with af-\
tonifhment the hiftot^ of your brilliant ex-.|
plcits ! I Rejoice thet the period of your toils^
and of your immense facrifices is approach
ing. I rejoice that the interesting revolutton- %
ary movements of so many years have iffyed
in the formation of a cofillitwion, designed
to give permanency to the great object for
which you have contended, inj 'ite that h
herry, which you hsve so long embraced with ' ,^,
lenthyfibfmlenthyfibfm ; liberty, of ,which you have Sept
the invincible defenders, now finds an afylnm
inthe besom of a regularly organifed gev.
errotvent ; a government which, being form
ed to secure the happiness of the French peo
ple, correfyonds with the willies of my heart,
while it gianfiesthe pride of every citizen of
the United Stages by its resemblance to their
own. On these glorious even s, accept, fir,
my sincere congratulations. 'jCT
In delivering to yenthefe sentiments, I ex
press not my own feelings only, but those of
my fellow citizens, in relation to the com, ,
mencement, the progress, apd the issue of
the French Revolution ; and they will cor
dially join witbrae in purest wishes to the Su
preme ^aihg, that the citizens^ of ottr filter -
republic, our magnanimous allies, rnay soon _
etfy in peace, that liberty, which they have %
purchased at so great a price, arid all the hap
piness which liberty can k^aw.
I receive, Sir, with lively fenfibilry, the
Roebel of the triumphs and of the enfrart
ebifement of your nation, the colours of
France, which you have now presented to
the United S,ates.- The,.,
announced to Cong r efc; and the colours ^^
win be deposited with thofc Achieves of Ibe
'United Sor es,",hieh are at once theeridenef
ts. and the memori fe of /heir freedom and
independence., Mar ihrfe be perpetodTy
and m3v teffi^p of The two fapfe
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