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Female Courage,
Paris july 27.
The affafiin of Marat wp.s one of thote un
common characters, which Nature, as it were,
frames on purpose for a deed like her’s. The
unianatic cooteefs with which the prepared and
executed this deed, the high mindedncG and
courage which Ihe diip’ayeu before her judges,
and on rhe IcafEld, went far beyend the com
mon powers or her-lex. Every chcumftancc.
therefore, which concerns this extraoraieary
woman, car,net fair of being intereftteg :
She belonged to a noble family, whefename,
beinre the extinction of the titles of Nobles,
was Her fither was Equerry to
L uis XVI. i>he was born at St.' Saturnin,
rear Seez, wa’ unmarried, and in the 25th year
of her age- Her face was beautiful, her car
riage nobly bold, and her whole deportment
decen t and majestic.
Admitted into Marat’s room, /he found
him in a bathing machine, busy in arranging
fme flieetsof his journal- She mentioned the
domellic broils which convulsed France, and
on his assuring her, that their authors fhouid
expiate their crimes on the /caffold; she drew a
kr.ite; sr teuft tin his bread.
IV her. J, .- ;y -after flie was arretted and
, ih teid with a haughty smile, •* I
j ■ r rmy fate ; I knew 1 have de
terved wcJ dmy country,”
O < ;3. J il in the Abbay-prifn, she said,
, ” I have performed my talk;
let others do the rest.”
As during her trial she was s/ked, what
prompted her to commit this horrid crime, she
replied, ” Conviftion that Marat was the au
thor of all the di'afters of France ; and when
cons-outed with Fauchet, a Member of the*
National Convention, tefpeded of having been
pi ivy to her crime, she said to her Judges, “I
have known Faubhet at Caen, as we know peo*
pde we fee in the street, but I never eiteemed
him to much as to make him my accomplice.”
Mar a r’s funeral obtequies were perform*
on t-he :6:h, in the evening—a great concourse
of citizens, the Convention in a body, ihe con*
ftitUted authorities and the popular societies
f irmed the prbcefiion, which followed the body
in profound fiience to the found of mournful
music. The cannon was fired in several quar
ter sos the city. Marat was interred under .the
trees of the garden of the ci-devant Convent of
Cordeiiets, at two in the morning. His toipb
is a rough Rowe without any ornament.
In th'- evening of the 17th, the execution of
’Charlott^ Corde, the a/Talfm of Marat, took place
in the Place de la Revolution. Her undaunt
ed compoterein her last moments, will feme,
perhaps, more than her crime, to tran/mit her
name to pdfterity. During her interrogatory j
she astonished her judges, and the fpeftatorsby
her calm, decent and unaffected deportment;,
and even on the approach of death she expre/T
--rd herfelf vVith the greatest ease, and in terms
of pleasantry. S^e aWolutely retefed the af
fuUnce of a Conteffor. In the cart which car
ripd her to the place of ex«-cudon, and even on
the fcaffbfd, her air and motions were graceful
and decent, rhe placed her head, w thout
any visible en. tlon, under the fatal inftrumenc
which fevered it from her body—the most pro
found fiience was observed. The executioner,
on fhe-ving the head to the fpeftators, gave it a
blow —on which, by an almost univerlal mur
mur, the people expressed this sentiment,
La lai pun it et ne venge fas.
The law punifhes.and does not avenge.
’The head was then pate, but perfectly beau-
The executioner (hewed it a second
time to the people, and the blood which was
then extravafafed, had restored to her cheeks its
former animated glowlhouts of hiv la Re
fstb'.iyee were now heard, and the fpadators
dispersed lets impressed with the recolledion of
bcr crime, than of her courage and beauty.
The Secretaries read a great^number of
Adcitfles, adhearing to the measures taken
by the Convention, the 31st May, and 2d
Jtee. .
I he Citizen Dubois C r anc e , Represen
t .t v» of rhe people with the army of ti c Alps,
lent the Convention the form or the oath tak
en hv tie inhabitants and the garrifors
” We swear fidelity to Equality, to Liberty,
to the'republic one and indivilible, refped to
the laws and property, union and fraternity
with all good citizens. We (wear to acknowl
edge no authority but the National Conven
tion, ard its decrees ; to treat as an enemy
Whoever /hail attempt to annihilate this raliy-
Jng pO’m — which gives action to all ocr force
*—"hich will be our glory,& afford our happi
nH.”—After taking the oath, she garrisons
and people teng in chorus the hymn of liber
ty. Cannon were Ered f and the mountain’s
Fefbunded with fangs of joy, and a thousand
times repeated Vive la Repablick, one and
indiviCble”—” Vive la Convention Nation
file.” The troops then filed off before the
Representatives of the People, and the rest of
the day was spent in effufrons of fraternity.
rI T 11K GO f MONDAY, JUNE 0 ,
^ATIbNAL CONVENTION—
PRESIDENCY OF THERIOT.
FRANCE.
Frankfort, julY 25. The Germans en
tered Men z yesterday. The firft column of
the French left it io day, and the second co
lumn is to follow. They are marching towards
Men z.' Commifhoner Rebhei intended to re
pair to Marienborn, in order finally to fettle
the terms of capitulation. But "the King of
Prussia declared, he acknowledged neither the
National Convention nor their Commissioners,
and that the capitulation ought to be concluded
by General Kalreuih and General D’Oyre,
who had begun it- Yesterday a part of the al
lied troops set out from the camp beforeMentZ,
cn their march to Landau. We learn,that the
Preni^n Battalions of Krufaz and Borch are to
, form the garrison cf Mentz, in order to. recover
from their severe fatigues ana losses during the
latt stage of the liege.
The town is not to much damaged as had
been foppoled. The passage thro* the streets
is neither Hopped by heaps of ruins or retrench
menu, and nothing compelled the besieged to
surrender the place but want cf medicine and -
forage. They were Hill provided with pro
visions for three months, and had plenty of am
munition.
The French garrison of Mentz confided of
22,0c0 men, at the beginning of the blockade
—and at the time of the surrender of the town,
of 19,000 —4000 of whom were sick in the
different holpitals.
IRELAND.
waterford, may 2. Last Tuefday the
firft stone of the bridge which is to be built o
ver the river Suir, opposite Bridgeftrcet, w'as
laid by Sir John New port.. Bart, inthe pres
ence of a number of gentlemen,* and avast
concourse of people- On the stone was fixed
a pla;e of copper, on which was engraved the'
following infciiption : . k
In ‘793’ , . r '
A year rendered sacred to. NatiohaJ prosperity
By the extinction of Religious Divisions,
The foundation of this Bridge was laid,
< At the expence ofalfociatcd Individuals,
Unaided by Parliamentary Grants,
, By Sir John Newport, Bart.
Chairman of their Committee, '
Mi. Lemuel CoX, a Native of Bolton,
Architect
ENGLAND.
Liverpool, July ft. The Emperor of
Morrocco’s family, enpfifting of two Sultanas,
five Princes, one hundred and ten Women,
and forty mrn* id their passage from Sama
Cruz, to Salle, were driven off the coast. and
got to Madeira in great distress. They were
treated with every mark of refpeft by the Gqv
ernour, who ordered them to be fuppljed with
every necessary they required, and freighted
two veflels on the Queen of Portugal 1 * account
to accompany them to Salle, The Sultanas
were visited by many ladies of the lffand,and
were received with as much Hate as their veL
We Hear from Saumur, datM »he 2Yll inR.
that the Republican rrotps hase /everely fuf
ftred in an aftion near Date in Anjou : that half
she Gendarmerie is killed, and a g-reat number
of cannoneers have experienced the fame fate.
Other letters from Tours, dated July 22, al
fure us, that Satuerre has fallen into the hands
of the enemy, and has beer, /hot by their or
ders ; as allo, teat General Menou has been
wounded in the breaff.
The bufi-nefs of the guillctine goes on pretty
briskly. After a long (cries of proceedings be
fore the Revolutionary Tribunal at Lyons,
Chalier, M^yor and chief of Moratifts of that
town, has been executed there, Louis Mal
herbes, from 'Caen, has here experienced the
fame fate for the crime of emigration. M.
Armouid, the author of ihe Delaflemens d'un
himme ^cnftb\e (Recreation a man of feeling) &
of the Ccunf of Cwinings, a favorite French
Drama, has been condemned to fix months im
pnfehment for having concealed in his house
one of his Fiends, who was an emigrant. Th'e
patriot Colonel of the Legion of the North, ac»
cufed of trealon has been put in irons and con
duced to Nidrt.
Our ihteTligence from Britanny is of a very
alarming nature. Aristocracy is said to have
gained a decided superiority at St, Malo.-*-
Brest, we underlland, refufes to acknowledge
the Convention any longer, and has arretted ihe
commissioners tent thither to negociatethe ac
ceptance of the new constitution.
h ague, july 20. Mr. Middleton, the
Pulifh resident, presented the day before yes
terday to their High Mightinesses a note, re
quelling their meditation on account of rhe
frefti attempts of the courts cl Peteriburgh and
Berlin to dismember Poland, Qur .govern
ment is now conteriing with the British Min
ilter the most convenient measures to be ta
ken on account of this importar' business ;
and has tent new inftruflions to our Charge d’
Affairs at Warsaw.
- Madrid, JULY 3 The fort refs of Belle,
garde terrendered to rhe Spani/h troops on the
23th ulc.—The garrison, consisting of near
a 1000 men, are to remain prisoners of war.
GERMANY.
SUCCESS of the COMBINED FORCES.
SURRENDER OF MENTZ.
HOLLAND.
SPAIN.
Extract of a private letter from Bvrueaux,
dated loth Jme, 1793, the zd year of the
French rtetuolic.
*' 1 am just arrived from Bayonne, being
ordered by Geueral Courpon, to announce
here the news of the victory which I assisted
in obtaining, and which will completely ex
,pe! the despots from this part of our territo
ry—chefe are the details of it.
“ The B<h inst. we had a great many work
men employed, to repair the fort of Socoa,
arid it was important to the Spaniards to pre
vent this being dona—we had torfeen that
they would attack us, and had concealed in
" the neighbouring woods a m&lked ba tery, of
14 pieces of cannon and 4000 men. lying on
their bellies on the ground, & while the troops
and workmen at Fontenis appeared to retreat,
our anibufkade took them in front and rear,
and pur them totally to rout. They left on
the ground 4566 men dead, 1900 prisoners,
and as many wounded. The fine regiment
of Spanish carbineers; was totally destroyed,
as well as one of Dragoons. We tock 1305
and odd horses ; all their field tents, which
they occupied tne night before, and pursued
them for three quarters of a league beyond
their former encampment. I need not tell you
that all their provjfions and warlike ffores fell
into our hands. We loft only 79 men killed
and 114 wounded.
'* Hiftory will never.faiito make honour
able mention, of otir brave Republicans, ef
peeially of »be bsttalicn of Gironbe, who de
termined the fate of the day f To do them
juffice; each individual Tnould be named ;
but above all, wai distinguished citizen Fau-
Ver, a merchant of Bourdeaux, and Captain
of foot. Chapeno, he took with his ovn
hand, the Colonel of the Spanifll carbiti'ers
prisoner, after having pursued him upwards of
800 yards overthrowing every thing in his
w»y. They had not determined when Lleft
them, how 10 celebrate this heroic adion.—-
I am, with brotherly affection, yours,
PITEY,
Aid de-Camp tn General Courpon.
[k is remarkable,fays aPhiladelphia paper,that this
private intelligence received at Martinicd, and dated
so far back as the beginning of June, fholild not have '
been mentioned in any public account received from •
France, although Paris papers as late asjulyio, a
month later, have been received And when too,
there have been several arrivals from Spain and the
^■ench ports in the vicinity of Spain, which bring
no accounts of it b not anQtkcr of
political lying. >]
BRFTISH HEAD QUARTERS.
estreux, july 16. On the 13th,agree
able to the articles of surrender, the garrison
of Conde marched out of town, and laid down
their arms. It confi’fled of four thonjand and
eight men, among whom were three regiments
or treops of the line, amounting to two thous
and (even hundred men —the rest were National
Guards, the strongest battalion of whom con
sisted of 440 men.
The troops of the line in .general, and a
few of the National Guards, looked tole able
well ; but the rest cut ar cnce a ridiculous &
miserable figure. They had been living for
fame time on 11 ounces of bread and two of
horle fl* lh, and fame rice per day. A confid
erabie quantity of rictf was still remaining,
but bread had very much failed. They car
ried out wirh them about 100 horses in good
condition.
One hundred and three pieces of ordnance
were found in the place, but the quantity of
^munition is inconsiderable.
SURRENDER OF VALENCIENNES.
august 2. Yesterday morning the keys of
the gates of Valenciennes were d livered to his
Royal Highness the Duke of York’, and the
British troops took pofieflion of the garrison.
The French rabble then marched out of the
town, and to be (urea more deploreable set of
wretches were never seen assembled together.
Many of them, without a coat to their back—-
others without /hoes or stockings—and most of
them apparently temifhed. Their cavalry cut
the heft appearance.
The Auflrians have now garrjfoned Valenci
ennes, and have b.^gafi to repair the works ;
but the town is nothing but a heap of ruins.-*—
Besides, the troops who defended the place,
upwards of 2000 of the inhabitants have been
killeu since me commencement of the siege.
TRANSLATED FROM A MARTINICO PAPER
Al) that we know of the K : ng of Prussia’s
Operation is—that his Mr>jelly has written word
to the Prince of Conde, “ that the prejrft of
pentcrating into France and marching to Paris
was now on the point of being executed-—
and that his Majesty was happy in the op
portunity that would be soon afforded him, of
restoring that P.-ince to the poffe/lion of all his
lights and property.” , •
tbNDGN, august 6. There prevails a fly
ing rumour, that the Republican troops have
been routed in la Vend e- It is ne«Kt to an im
pollibiiity to couquCr the Royalills io that
country, where they fire upon the Republicans
from behind every bu/h—befides the very vol
unteers sent against them, desert in great num
beh to their banners.
fels would admit of, bet no men were allow
ed to fee them.
■tmtumcw
Philadelphia, sept q. Yrff'rday morn*
ing between 3 & 4 o’clock, a very alarming fire
brake cut in the back buildingsof Mr. Kenedy^
houle, in Second between, Market and Chef
n t streets, which soon communica'.ed to- Mr.
Dobion s Printing Office and the fables and
warehouk s contigtous thereto, ail of vyhich are
entirely consumed The difficulty ol playing
on the fire in this confined place, was found to
be considerable, and noewithftanding the usual
exertions, cf our Fire Companies and Citizen^
it was one of the mod obstinate fires to extin
guish which we remember ; indeed it is hard
to lay to whet extent the flames would have
spread had it nor been for the capital marctuv*
enngs of the crews of the French Frigate La
Precience and the India ship Le Ville de L*
Orient, who came with their portable Engines
and forced themselves into the molt dangerous
ftations,where they could play upon those parte
where our Engines could not be continually
applied, too much praise cannot be given to
the officers and men from thete ships. Two
persons were killed in the dreadful catastrophe
and several badly wounded——the fire was at
length g t down about 9 o’clock, further parti*
cularshave not yet reached our knowledge.
’Tis with unpieafing feufation that wc add
to this melancholy iketch. the fate of a youn-^
man of this city (Mr. Wm. Cooper near 2?
years of age,)-.who Was killed by the parting
of a fide wall of the burning houses, ‘ while
lending his aad to quell the tonflagration. Two
fine children, each übout nine yens of age,
feme time after the fire had been- exiinf»uilhed,
were unfortunately buried by a fimilw paitiniv
of the wall, in its ruins. Thev were both
louud in a few minmey : One of them, the
daugb-erofMr. Win. R^hardfcn, was qu te
dead ; the o.her a daughter of Mr. Roger
blahaven, shewed tome signs of fife—and we
are since in ormed that hopes are entertained of
her recovery. ;
By- the flirp Alexander, Woodward; from
Killybegr, armed I alt Saturday , n d ;
there are setters received in thia city, which
mention great discontents prevailing among the
b 7" “ ^’B°’ 'h' regular
roop are ordered ironi the Nothern extremi.
tieaof the Island, to Belf,ft_the Volunteere
will not lay do»n their arma, and (honld the
French make a landingnear Sligo it was the o
pinion ot many, that the Roman Caiholic. and
Frelbyterians would ioin them {fl aL*
VIRGINIA.
Pittsburg, the arrival of so me per fort
r/! SEPT ' from fort Ifrafcinglon on
Monday last, we are informed,that the Indiana
Rill continue hovering aboo&ihe out garrisons,
and occasionally dealing horses t that the army
is in high fpirics, anxiously waning the event
of the t.eaiy, and hoping that a campaign will
take place, as no idea of peace is entertained by
any one 5 that the greatest pains ha? been tskea
by the Commander in ChieL ih training his
men in the ad of wood fighting, and that from
their proficiency, and the unanimity prevailing
throughout t he whole army, faccda may be cat*
peded should a campaign take piece.
SPANISH STATE PAPER.
Proctehiation of Gen. Rican des, comrr«ndifig
•he Spani/h Aiiry again/! Fraiice.
THE army bVer u hich the King has been
pleated to g’ve me the command, dees not en
ter France with hcftile intentions. His Majtfk
ty,a constant friend ol the French monarchy
and n|iions, cnly proposes himfe’i to deliver *
her Pom the horrid defpotilm with which she
is oppressed and tyrannized by an unlawful*
usurping, and unruled assembly, who, after hav
ing subverted and trod upon religion, 1aw5,8t;4
thefafety es public and individual property,
alter having committed and ordaire.d, in cold
blood, the most unheard-of murders on thi
most refpeflable and innocent perions, have site
ted the measure of their iniquities, by !heddinj|
the blood of their lawful and wellmeanirg fov*
ercigh.
Fer these reafens, the king orders me to de^
clare, as 1 do declare in his n^me, that all goo 4 ’
Frenchmen who, abhorring the erroneous and
perverse maxims that have produced, iand are
produ&ive of an overthrow, asdatal as it isdif
allrous, fhali declare themlelves to be at
tached to their monarch, will find in his majete
ty every kind of proteflion end support; that
the troops whom [ have the honor to com
mand, fliall obterve the most fcrupulcua difei
pline, and fhali in no manner at.sck the fafety
nor property of any body :—Thai the (peedielt
justice (hall be done to every Frenchman, who
fliall make a weilfounded complaint against sny
individual whatever of the Spanilh army, and
that the troops /hall pay ready money for what
ever is fold or furni/hed to them. On the
contrary, all those will be persecuted who per
severing in falfe principles, or deluded by the
attraction of an illusory liberty, fheli fide with
the pretended National Convention, and aft a
gainst the good cause, either in a hostile man
ner by advice, or by suggestions ; and all tech
/hall be treated as rebels and traitors, to reli- *
gion, their sovereign acd native Country.
feigned RICANDOS.
American Intelligence.
PENNSYLVANIA.