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Letter from PoCH E ll e, Representative of
the People at Rennes, elated Oil, 27.
The irruption of the rebels of La Ven
• dee,on the right bank of the Loire, after
having been beaten and exterminated on
the left, has given our Republicans an
opportunity of displaying an energy
which promises the speedy deftrudion of
these banditti, who at prefect are aduat
ed by despair alone. The National
Guards of Rennes have risen in a body.
They are now marching against the ene
my. Those of Morbihan began to
march on the orders of Prieur, of
La Marne. The troops of the North
* coast are in motion. The department of
La Manche is rising altogether at the
call of Galni er, of Xaintes. In Ihort,
all the citizens, filled with indignation
at feeing their foil polluted by fanatics,
will not return to their homes, until
they have destroyed the Vendeeifts.
They are at Laval. The treachery
which delivered up that'town, will not
remain long unpunished.
Deputies from the. Jacobin Society
were admitted to the Bar, and Rated,
that being filled with indignation at the
delays in trying criminals by the Rev
olutionary Tribunal,'they requested, that
the Convention would lay aside forms,
which were flow, and not revolutionary.
This propola! was received with loud
apphufes, and the Convention decreed,
that every difeuflion on a criminal affair
before the Revolutionary Tribunal,
sh uld cease the moment ‘hejury decJared
that they were fat 'tied.
The minister of justice-was ordered to
fignify, in the coorfe of the dayithis de
cree to thePrefidenc of the Extraordinary
Tribunal of Paris; and, without delay,
to all the Extraordinary Tribunals of the
Republic.' t '
The Convention referred to the Com*
mittee pf Legifl^tion, foe remainder of
the pethioii of the society of the Friends
of Liberty and; Equality ar Paris the
objed of which was, that the Tribunal
of Patis^ fhpuld lay aside those forms
which embajrafs it. . . , \ \
Letter from the Provijicnhl Municipal
ity in La Fend^e da tell Oft-.- tff ; ’
You mutt not exped from us,mere phras
es and words; we are republican* and a
number of good' Republicans have join
ed us, to maintain the indivisibility of
the Republic* Men who are Republic
ans, amidst hordes of banditti, are,, with
out doubt, worthy of attentipD. } The
Representatives Os the
not ignorant that our hottfei have been
destroyed as well as our property. We
are destitute of relief? and we demand it
of the national justice. We are freed
from our enemies, but fanaticifm Ta .still
lurking among their ruins, and may re
vive from their ashes. We have need
-of foppdrt, «nd pur efforts ought to be
seconded, especially at a time when a
g^at number of rebels have acknowledge
ed their error, and are bolding oat their
arms to us. Refcrfed tothe Committee
of public fafety.
“ Such ate the views of the committee
if they are supported by the Convention,
the English will soon be convinced that
Frenchmen are as brave as themselves,
and scorn to conquer by the aid of cor
ruption. They will be.ccmvinced. that
the fate of Garthage impends over their
proud capital, whose head must soon
be bowed down to the daft.”
BILL AUD Va r f NNES addressed the
Convention in the follow ing words :
“ Know, Representatives of France,
that you have formidable armies. Know
that your fleets are prepairing, even at
the moment I am speaking,. to ihflid a
terrible vengeance on Great Britain.
“ Your Committee of Public Safety
has de'erminedto attack Rome in Rome
herfelf. One hundred thcufand men
a«e ready to make a defeent upon Great
Britain.
National Convention, Sept. 25
Foreign Intelligence.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29.
FRANCE.
Jan. 18. A Tetter by .the Afrea,
to a merchant in this city, informs, that
s Oftend was, on the 25th Nov. in perfect
: tranquility,, nor jhad she inh*bitan<s uny>
informatiptj of those occurrrncc?. faidjp
I have been received here and at 'PlsiladiP
\pht^, refpt&ihg' l »hfe-taking-’of TouiorP,
; with every feip which . was in the jptfrt
' and in the harbour, and the capture 0/
the Duke of York, with his whole ar.
my prisoners.
Our readers may bp afluretf, that the’
above i® iotetiigence
than anyhidu^ro announced
since lb® of jhe N&ncy, CaaL
,sYLVE«T«itvfrom CrdrkL The iblp
A Urea left Oftend more than 30 days W?
tef than the veflel arrived from Havre
The correspondence bet ween, the ex
ecutive officer? of the national govern
ment and rhe French minift r, Mr. Gen.
et,together with Mr. Genet’s inftruc*
tions, is now pnblifhed at length. By the
inftrudions of the French minister to Mr.
Genet it.is afcertained.that the French
ministry expected the gdve.rnment of the
United State’,'would rpake a cpinmon
cause with France l in the present War,
and that Mr.. Genet was furnifhed with
300 blank commissions for such Ameri
cans as might wilh to cruise against the
vtflels of England, Holland, Austria, Spain
and Ruffid. These fafts explain Mr.
Genet’s coodud,..apd acepunt.for his
efforts yp fj|Bke ith? .Americans cqm.mit
hofiilities agafoft/thole Dowe'rs
r ’Froth this cpriefponaence’it.'ap'peaH
also that the pßjmDEfr^artd’the hdadb &t
departments have bepn, uncommonly
vigilant in restraining all ads of hoftil
itiys and punifliing aggreflbrs. In short
these letters afford the ftrongell pfoof of
the fogend^JWifliom end l firmneG of
pur PrESipe nt and a^l higher offi
cers of bur government.
The following ext raft of a letter from
Citizen Yiore, Repref ntative of the
People, to the Northern army, to the
National Convention, dated at Head-
Quarters, the Ift of the 2d month,
I inform joo that we fly from vic
tory to vidory, We are before and be
hind Menin, and Our fuccefies are at
their height ; on every fide the cry of
Five la Republic que resounds—it is out
rallying motto. Yesterday and this day
the Hanoverian slaves have bowed the
knee to General Jourdan. When the
fire which t raver fed Menin, put to Hight
the soldiers of despotism. 1 was at Sail
li and ———. Those two villages were
taken with fixed bayonets, and 500 of
the slaves of Pitt, (viz. the English)
have declared themselves prisoners of war.
We have taken from them ten pieces of
artillery, under Menin. Ido not know
what has been taken in other quarters,
but soon liberty will be proclaimed eve
ry where. We killed yeflerday a whole
herd of Emigrants, under a mill at Wcr
wick ; one of whom has been lent to
L’fle to keep in perpetual motion the
Guillotine- Tomorrow we will be in
Belgium. Joy to the Sans Culottes ”
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9.
FACTION and Sedition disgrace a
free nation,fays the Boston Centi
nel. The Independent Chronicle takes
fire at this unprovoked insult, and ex
claims in'a rage, difgraceful sentiment !
According to the Chronicle therefore,
the proper and creditable sentiment is,
that Fiadions and Seditions do not dis
grace a free nation.
A letter was fead from DofpeT, Ge
neral of the army brdered against Toulon,
stating that he was going to march a
gainst that rebellious city, and that its
walls must fall—lf, however, said he,
my life belongs to the Republic, J
ought to spare the blood ofmy fellow
ckiZens, and I shall not strike any great
stroke until all my forces are colkded.
I am inceflantly exerting myfelf to pro
cure such a supply of provisions and am
munition as will ensure our success.
The Convention decreed a number of
articles, refpeding the primary fchoois.
American Intelligence.
, NEW-YORK, Jan. 16.
WORCESTER, Jan. 16:
On Monday night last week the two
eldcft fonsof Mr. Stepben Hall of Sutton,
one about 21 th; other about >4 years of
age, were tending a codpit, at feme
distance from their faJheHs. A cabin,
covered wLh combustibles was epnftrud
ed to secure them from the cold, in
which they' were fleeplng. By some
means this took fire and was all in flames,
when they awr ke. Starling fromfleep'
in surprise, they rose up in the flame,
and it was not until after repeated
inVffedual attempts, that they were able
fofoffiov^ what-feoured the entrance, and
tfeeitricate- themfelvjrj from rthe'fire.
Rurnf foi ft /hocki ng maimey, they
to go' co or,^9 rpds.to a Houle, the qWeft
having his clothes Mltnoft entirely burnt
frwifhis b<"dy, his back badly burnt, his
head,To as to be entirely blind, and his
hands t in foch a manner,, that the Ikin
and-nails were mostly off, and hanging
Tot/f^ : His Case appears dblher|fo. The
fitoation of the youngest is more fisvtmr-.
a^Crl ;TTt —
B O S T O N, Jan. 29.
A BS TR A CT.
<» Mr. Genet's news’* is contradided
—The JPren h Republic h* iFeUMd war
S g*inff (Gwr^-^Tb^ infatifoM Bh it 1 p
EgaM-Te. form?rly• Dflke..o. ( O''^
was beheaded at Paris, (he 7-h Nov —
The Committee df Congrtfs on public
defence, have reported in favour of the
building of four 44, and two 3© gun
{hips— An English frigate of iff guns
has beeo carried into Chhrlefton (S. C.)
by a Rrench frigate.
’ru’’.* ? L? ‘ r .J
, COMMUNICATION.
-r-The wits pf. Paris— : and not
■ withstanding the times Paris still
Such an extraordinary opinion as this,
is enough toaroufe all the vigilance of
government and of individuals. That
an American citizen has a right to leave
the United States, and go where he
pleases, in a peaceable manner, unarmed,
and without hostile intentions,,^ one will
dispute. But that any cit z:n >nay arm
himfelj or tnlift others and arm them with
a view to commit koftilities on a nation
with whom we are at peace, is a doctrine
highly dangerous to the government,
peace and prosperity of this country.
Such a dodlrine would lead us into end
less confufion, and perpetual war. Yet
(his doflrine is preached and strongly
inculcated by ceriain anti-patriotic peo
ple called democrats, who pretend every
one has a privilege of doing what is right
in his own eyes; that town meetings and
evening clubs are the great fafe guards
of our liberties, and that patnotifm con
sists in condemning government, and
finding out a world of evils and dangers,
which no man feels nor has reason to
fear.
From all such dangerous dodrines,
and all reftlels hypocritical patriots, who
would overthrow the government that
proteds them—Good Lord deliver us.
[.American Minerva .J
It appears from the proceedings of the
Legislature of South Carolina, that cer
tain perlons have been taken up and im
prisoned on a charge of levying men in
that State for the purpefe of attacking the
Spanilh feulements in Florida. The re
portof the committee, who have exam
ined the proofs of this charge, is» riv
«:e* ;‘but it is said to contain very im
portant information. A Mr. Drayton,
one of the persons arretted, has publifli
ed a long vindication of himfelf, in
which he complains of the tyranical
proceedings of government towards him
in restraining his liberty ; and “ he aflerts
he is free to quit these States when he
plcafes, and go where he pleafesHe
even strongly insinuates he has a right to
place himfelf at the head of a thoujand or
ten thoujand men, and attack what na
linn he pleases, out of the jurifdidion of
the United States.
at Philadelphia, which it is fnggefled had
brought the accounts pnblilhcd yester
day in the New-Fork papers.
* It has f nee been published.
COMMUNICdFIION.
AMONG the various instan
ces of AlgerinHm» committed
by the French against the per
forms and property of our fellow
citizens, the capture of a schoon
er belonging to Meflrs John
Cor lis and Co. of/ Providence,
ought not to be forgot. This
vefiel fold her cargo at Barba
does, and loaded back for Provi
dence with the proceeds ; but on
herpaffage (lie met a French
Substance of a letter received by a
gentleman in this town, from a
refpePable Merchant, in New-
Fork. J
New-York, Jen. 20, 1794.
“ You will have heard of
the unaccountable manner in
which the American public have
been sported with, by the French .
Minister within these few days ; 1
in hishafty annunciation of news
said to have b^en recently receiv
ed from Europe:—Chagrined at
thedevelopement of his conduct
in South Carolina, by the unani- ,
mous voice of a large state he
was determined to catch at the
firft opportunity to attain a mo
mentary eclat : He accordingly
upon the firfl rumour which
came from the veflel which had
arrived from Europe, dispatched
an express to this city, contain
ing the intelligence you mult
have seen. His fattllites gave
it currency ; and although many
of their leaders knew it to be
falfe •, they joined in the mo
mentary exultation. They are
now completely chop fallen ; not
so much because the news has
not proved true, as from the
circumstance of their darling
Minister’s imprudence andhafte.
—The fad is, there is news
here twenty-fix days latter ; and
letters to the last of November,
from Oftend, and several from
refpe&able People in the capital,
and other parts of France, which
totally contradift the business >
and fay, that no adion, or event
of coniequence has transpired,.
since the retreat of the combined
forces over the Sambre. The
Duke of York, was at the latter
pafj of November, not far from
Valenciennes, ready to march to
the fuccour of Oftend, should it
be attacked—of which there did
not appear much apprehension
when the veflel failed. . As to
the news of the recapture of Tou
lon, accounts from that place,
nearly as late as Genet’s Havre
intelligence have been received.
It was then supposed to be out
of danger, from the forces in
v^ing it, but they were speedily
to be joined by the forces from
before Lyons. The insurgency,
in La Vebdee, Fam credibly in
formed has been crulhed com
pletely. •
abounds in wits—propose to the
jacobins to apply to the several
Societies of Arts and Sciences
in £urope for the premiums of
fered for the difeovery of the
Perpetual Motion— The Guillot
ine, fay they must gain the pre
miums. .