National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-05-29 00:00:00, page 1

from the Richmond Chronicle, of May 17.
cUFFF.R me through the channel of voiu
O lirefLl , l iel . 5 Mr. Dixon, to congratulate
jtiv coinitry, on the advantages it has de
rived, from the labours of Futurus *
Dreadful inded, would have been the ra
1, oiti to which hemuflhaveb«n expl»l
ed had not this friend to America, ft..ppeci
,-orth. and pointed out the ( I.ne of condurt
fheoti'ht to pursue, with refpea to t.e
bellizeT-ent po\ve-s'.-His ar-uments-hh
reafo lin.r, awaked "1.1 the presidential mind,
that turpitude, whirl, m.ght have proved
ruinoir to his country; was it not. in cc _
tempi ition, to lit out a numerous and ere
Lendou< host. for the alli'tance of the
French resile > Was it not de-ermineci
upon, to raise one hundred th >u a> '
nentals, and twenty thousand 1 .duo .fro*
the w.'lern country'.-Were not the
com'miTiotiers of the.mint direeled w pro
ceed in the coin ige with all «pcd«t.on
and that th? eagles so Too 1 as ca.
fly to tne French coffers? And that a -
appointed fleet, was immediately to be g 'l
ready ?-Ho.w violent were the conteiui
ons for command ! r,, ™ e^ ec !* re s de
late u lfortunate general—but he •
jetted on account of his age, and atta
rnent to whiskey; others tor gen-. 2 »l ■
but his friends, objeftcd to this , g
was too fat and unwieldy and btfde wa.
011 the ro>d to wealth, and v>erie>a y
tented with his situation, in a snug J
Ascertain partizan general was no
ted and would have succeeded,— if a ' °'
le 1 r :hni.*nf to his certificates, had noi
staggered hi n-but on being told, trier
were no bus.i fightitusin France; ''"Jf* I
fav: on the pate, as Falftaff said, he t '
ed the honor.—But the content.on for g
ry, was checked at once, by the truiiiu
arguments of Futurus. A* soon is tne F
peril fed them hereturnedpofthaftetoP.nl
adelphia and iflued hi* proclamation—not:
little chagrined imiveyer, that his count >
£h >nl:l o-ve her future fafety, to tne fug
tr.''fions of a f ireigner—who among otaei
ar»flinents declared, that all America,
were opposed to thdfe ft. uggles for liberty,
which animated the vhole French nation ,
bit particularly the planters of Virginia
—And really it fh ml I seem so. for citizer
Genet, was mo;l negligently treated, hot!
in Charleston and Rich nond — and fre
qiKutly exprefled his wonder, that foinc
opulent and reputable citizen, had no
■waited upon him, with congratulations 01
hi» arrival.—A few iuconfiderable charac
ters indeed, did youchfafe to call on :.im
The only attention {of conference) tha'
(hewn him,was by the mayor who waite.
on him (after he was gone.') & profferec
him *.he free 10111 ol tlic city 1- dut th(
strongest argument that prevailed, to pro
duce the neutrality, was the irrt-matior
which Futurus gave t!ie president. ant
which he received from a conhdentia
friend at the Britiib court—that if Ameri
ca dared to a'lift those infernal affajjms f(
foou as the king of England had reftorei
monarchy to France, he was determined tt
overthrow the republic of America, anc
cut off the Prefident'.- head 1 1 '.— 1 his com
munication, made the P- wipe the fweal
from his brow 1
How many brilliant fortunes, has this
neutrality destroyed in emOrio 1 I hat
determined. myfelf,to fit out a ("mall priva
teer. under French colors, and lie in wail
at Norfolk, till some rich tobacco fhij:
fnould fail, & (provided flie did not carr>
guns) flip out after her, and—blood and
<ions ! 1 wish this fame Futurus had been
at the devil—or broke his other leg, be/ore
he became a writer.
Z.
* A writer who had been previotify la
faming to prove that the fahation of Ame
rica. depended on the flritieji neutrality,
in r 'ejpec! to the powers at war.
Anecdotes of Gen. DUMOURIF.R.
f From a London paper. ]
DUMOURIFR was born at Cambray
in the year 1740 and was ill. lieutenant in
a regiment of cavalry, when he diftin
gtii filed himfelf in different engagements,
during the German war. when Monf.
De Vergennes, minister of foreign affairs
discovering in him a bold and enterprizinp
spirit, employed him in several expeditions
as spy or secret emissary.
His firft niiflion was to tne rebel Pugats
cheff, in Russia, the French minister in
tending to make a tliverlion in favour of
NuMSi 61 of Vol. ll.] WEDNESDAY, May 29, 1793.
By P. FR£ NE AU: (at No. 209, Market Street) PMifhci Wednesdays and Saturdays, [Three Dollars ptr a ,*«»*.]
he Turks, Pugatfcheff stated himfelf, in
a manifedo sent over ali Rullia, to be the
emperor Peter iI Id
A'particular account of this rebel and his
hifto. y is to be seen in Mr. Cox's travels
through Russia and Sweden.. Dumourler,
under the name of Beaupres, was his lieu
tenant and cotinfellor in ail his expedition
where, cruelty, plunder, and murder were
not spired ; he h din the
success again(V the Ruffians, but at lall was
taken prisoner. and executed at JVlofcow.
DumourieV escaped. In a Rullii-i
b>ok called Wafiliet's h'llory of the rebel
Pugatfcheff, which it translated into Ger
man. his portrait, which was sent to all the
jj. ifd ctions in Rufii!, was so well made,
that 1 recollected him last year when I
saw him at Paris.
In 1774 he was sent to Poland, as a se
cret em lfi.y to the confederates. He in
termixed with both parties, but his in
trigues were fjon discovered, and ptince
Sapjeha threw him out of a window at
W irfaw, by whicll he had his leg broke,
and rather lamed-
During the American war he resided at
London, under the name of Abbe Lem.»g
ue i. When he returned to France, he
was made Captain of the port ol Cherburg.
where lie lived in obscurity ti.l the tgin
uing of the Revolution, when he perform
ed the farce of a Ja-obi.i. but ill tact wa
an aristocrat. He was called into the mi
niffry, where he betrayed the king, the 11a
tion and the Jacobins. Hecaufed Wa.'to b
declared, k by his intrigues iuSered the
French to be beat at Mon i & I oiirnay. re
moved his riv-d Li Fayctt., and overturn
ed his feilou ministers. Seivmi Clavier,
on pnrpofe to b: prime minister.
He proposed to the king to give him an
order to all urinate the whole national if
fembly, but as the king re'r&ed this offer
with horror, he turned his greatefl enemy,
resigned the niiniitry, and went to the ar
my, where he t :rew hiuifrlf into the Or
leans party.
When he was fnrroin.«ed bv.the ilu-Ue
of Brunfwick, he b-. ganhi:. mjlterious ne
gotiation, of which theie are the fa£ts.
He promised the kina ot Prussia. to save
the itfe n Louis, and to re-eitablifh him.
As Frederick William would nor trust him
he sent a courier to Paris, where Peiion and
M inuel went to the king in prison. and
persuaded him. by the promifeof saving his
life, to write a letter to the king of Prnffia.
Louis complied with sorrow, wrote a let
ter to the king of Prufiia, who retired.
This was what the King intended to dis
close to the people on the fcatfold, when he
Was so cruelly impeded by Santerrc; but
as the king has given several copies of a de
claration to this effect, to his counlt llors
and other people, it is to be hoped the tail
will one day be dlfcovered.
[From tae Chester town SPY."]
r T , HE gallant contest in which the French
A nation is engaged, in defence of their
property, liberty and lives, mill! call forth
the sympathy of every American heart,
and remind them of their late glorious
struggles, during our revolution. This
nation had been a long time opprefied by
the iron hand of dejpotij'm, and fubjeited to
the uncontronlt d power of a king; they
had long groaned under the yoke offervi
tude, imposed by the tyrannical fwav of
Louis and his ancestors, and indeed Dili
perceived their grievances encreafe, as
years advanced along. At length, roil fed
oy wrongs too weighty to bear, the; dared
to break the (hackles which confined them.
,nd overthrow that mighty Gothic fabric
if government from which flowed all their
evils.
Those brave and independent people, at
the dissolution of their old government, af
f'embled at Paris to erefl a new one. Still
attached to monarchy, which had been car
Iv planted in France, they eftabliflud thai
form of government among them, limiting,
l iowever, the power of the monarch. Lou
i and his successors were appointed to tht
hi? heft offices in the kingdom; Louis ac
eptedofthe appointment, and swore tc
rule agreeable to the conl.itution. He
freely and without compulsion assented 01
objected to the a£ts of the national afl'em
bly. Louis at the reqneft of the nation,
invited the noblemen who had fled iron;
the firft tumult; which arose at Paris, to re
turn to their country, and share the privi
leges of other citizens : but these monften
wffhing to re-eftablifli a government that
gave them unlimited power over the Pr
ions and property of all other classes of ci
fizens ; and even allowed the father to be
imprisoned if he would not submit to tlic
protlitution of his beauteous ard innocent
daughter; These wretches re) used the invi
tation; but roamed about Europe, and
iailed forth the apprehenlions of its ty
i ants for their fafety, if they fliould not
co ilefce and crulh the infant, Liberty, in
its birth.
At this time Louis was treatc d \\ iih re
ject by. his conltituents, and received the
;rntitude of a generous nation, lor his ap
ready acquiescence to those ella
jlilliments. which lightened the burthens &
rncreafed the happiness ol the people.
ii!t nl is ! this generous behaviour proceed
"J from a base motive ; treachery ixiftei
0 his bosom, and perjuiy was forming i:
lis heart. He was secretly corresponding
ith the emigrants and their allies, ai.i
"iippiyi lg thein with the treasure-he hai'
jeen entrul'ted with to defend the libertic
f the nation. Knowing he was in dif
e. through which he might be difcover
'l, lu withd. ew hinifelf privately from the
.ipitnl, and endeavoured to escape to Ger-
; bfing discovered on his journey
iiid brought t» Paris, he was ag 1111 reltorec
0 the cu . lidence of the nation; again h
iolated the faith rrpofed in him, bj
lr iwing all their enemies to his palace,
1 .<1 exerc.ling every art to involve the na
ioii in a nu fihere, and deluge their conn
y with thcii blood. His scheme was de
nted at Paris on the 10th of August, 179 2 .
day memo; able for h ving given birth to
• new republic, and bringing a traitor to
tie block.
This is the tyrant whom the Franks have
xecuted j whom they dared-to immolate
ooYPended liberty, and to the manes o
lieir murdered brethren. To revenge
is death, kings have combined and arc
•oti.-ing forth tlie'-r mighty armies to defo
ate the fertile regions of France, and fati
ite themselves with the blood of its ii.ha
■itantAt firlt this brave people may b,
lefeated, but tin y wi.l tefuine their arms,
;.4!ti.i'relliv aloe, and defend their liberties
nid polleilions with an obilinate and invin
ible courage ; their llrnggles will be ma
lifold and various ; but t ley will perish in
he field before they will be carried into
lavery. Surrounded by their wives, chil
lren, and every thing that can animate
hem to the glorious combat, they will def
>ife the tenfold horrors ol death, and court
he dangerous pols to which they are rai
led by the flandard of Liberty.
E cry republican mull feel himfelf inte
efttd in their behalf; they ca have no
■neinies, except fools, madmen, fpecuh
ors and kings : and those despicable
i retches, the American refugees a..d to
ies.
FOREIGN ADVICES,
By the brig Orange, arrived at New-"Y erl<
o.i Friday last, m fix weeks from Bril
tol.
Brussels, April 3.— A letter from Gen.
Clairfayt to the Imperial Minifler at
the Hague, dated Tournay, March
3'- T ""93- . . .
" I lose not a moment in communicating
0 youi Excellency vvhat, M. Dumourier
las just written to me, when he sent to our
.amp eight or nine prisoners this morning
our of whom, with Gen. Bournonviile, he
fays, were specially commillioned by the
national convention, to arrefl and cerduil
lim a prisoner to their bar, and on any re
illanie. on the part of Dumourier, to have
lim aflaflinatid on the road: " But, " add;
:he writer, I have been before hand with
:hem, in feeuring those comirillioiiers and
heir deputies a my prisoners." 'Thele
le has lent under a llrong escort to the
prince de Cobonrg after having put seal!
Un all their papers,&c.
" M. Dumourier transmitted me at the
fame time a lilt of the prisoners, and con
1 ludes by faying, 14 that he was that inftani
about to move with the trusty part of his
army* in order todeftioy those who may
further oppose themselves to the public
good of France, and to give to that diffrac
ted kingdom permanent peace and tran
ijuility. I have the honor to be, &c. &c."
Cologne, April 2. We are this instant
informed, that Cuftire having marched
from Mentz on the ift instant, to retake
Oppenheim, the two wings of the Prufliati
army c ut offhis retreat, and he w as entire
ly surrounded with all his army; it was
supposed that he could r.ot escape.
Every thing is ready for the bombard
ment of Mentz and CaflVl, and :f the gar
rifons eio not surrender, they will be en
tirely deftrojed.
Hague, April 4. Intelligence has been
received fiom General Ciairlayt, dated at
1 otirn y. lie 2d ii.si advifingthat General
Dumourier haci that morning sent to him,
as prisoners, M. Beurnonville, M. Can us,
and other commilfioners, who had been
authorized by the nation?! convention to
apprehend him, and coi.duft- him to the
bar, and that, in a letter to Gent ral Ciair
fayt, he declared his intention to march the
>ext morning to Paris.
Bergen, op Zoom• April 4. Intelligence
as been received from the prim e tie S. xe
cobourg's head quarters at Mens, thtt . tl
irmftice had been agreed upon between
lis serene highness and General Dunou
ier, the latter having pre* ioufly cor.fenu d
.0 evjcuate the Aullrian Netherlands ancl
Uutch Brabant: that Gen. Dumourier set
ut on the 3d inllant, on his march to Pa
is : that his serene highuef. had put his
troops into very clcfe canti 1 merts,ke< 1 1 g
hern in imratdiate readiness.to ail: that
:>e king of Prtilfia h. d crofled the Rhino
it Buchera. attatkt tl the French at Birigen,
oreittzenach, and Alt) eim, took G> 1 eral
Sen winger, 50officers, 200 non-comm hi*
>ned off.cers, and privates, 15 cannon, and
mlitary chest, a ;d had forme d t he bloc k»
dt of Maytnce: that Gen. Wurnfer,
Mth a Prullian corps, «as immediately to
>ass the Rhine at Manheim, ai d ast on the
eft of the king : that Worms a'd Oppcn
leini were evacuated, and that the enemy
iad retreated from those places towards
Landau. These operations happened fce
v.een the a;th of March and the ill ol A
jril.
Hague, April S. Lord Auckland the
Britiih minilier, set oft yesterday morning
or Antwerp, to meet his royal iiighneis
lie dnke oi ork, and trie prince of £>axe
,'obotirg— The honorable terms granted
.0 the French garrisons of Breda and Ger
irwydenburg, rppenr now to have been Hi*
sulated by Dumourier. in his conference
.yith the prince c.i Coh.-urg.
It is now rumoured, that Durrorrier,
laving found reason to fufpe£t the finct.'iljr
f agreat part of hi? army in the promiles
:ney had given to si pport him in his plan
>f marching to Paris, and placing young
Louis on the throne, had left his srt>.\ at
:he head of a regiment of eav.,)rv and
rone to the Aullrian am y We {.hr'his
merely as a report: we may, livtvt-r
idd, that no offical intelligence ofanyfuth
?vent has been received.
It was reported on Moildny that Ad"l"t»
■al Gardner had taken thirty f il of the
Trench Weft India men. The report was
received yesterday, with the fubltitutipij
jf Admiral Gill, tor Admiral Gardner,
The capitulation of Geriruyder brr r was
signed on the etl infant. 'I lie garrison to
march out with the honors of war, to car
rv off their provisions, horses., &c.
The garrison of Breda to carry iff their
military effe&s, arms and am'ii unition.
and to have a free paliage to the army of
Dumourier. The foreign troops in garri
son to be included in the capitulation j
prisoners on both fides to be restored.
Paris, March 31. Seflion of the J A COBINS.
Marat- —"The dangers which theateil
our country are at their height, and the
moment has arrived when the courage t>£
republicans ought to be difplajed. The
treacheries of our general are no loncer a
mystery. My predi£lions are accoirplilhc d
— But we have opened our eye t< o late—-
A meflenger has been-difp- tched to l'u>
mourier, and 1 wili warrant that by this
time he has emigrated. Bournonville has
set out to seize all the papers which may
tend to convidt himfelf, and perhaps to tiy
the march againll Paris with 1 umonrier. "
Danton, i n a fpecc h of some length, re
capitulated his former service*, in having
prevented the rniniftrv, of which he was a
member, from leaving Paris in September
hit. He knew Dumourier to be iirpiinci
pled and ambitious; but he knew his mi
litary talents, and wished to give his coun
try the benefit of them. But Dumourier
conceived the project of co querinjr the
"Netherlands and Holland, and makipg i-imr
felf their proteflor. All his atlions were
infected by this idea ; and if he did not an
nihilate the Prussians in the camp ofLa-
Lune, it was because he vvilhed to reserve
himfelf an asylum, in cafe of defeat, in the
States of Frederick William. retreat
from Belgium was rather the fanltof hi in
ferior officers than his own- Miranda was
a fool or a traitor. When D'.'.mourier. re
turned from Holland to Belgium he was
[ Total No. 165.]