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we left the "ho^fe fitting.
Notice is hereby given that the
Probate Court by law to be held at Epsom,
on the third Wednesday of January >794, will
be adjourned to the third Wednesday Os May,
then next- AU concerned may govern them,
leaves accordingly.
Bf order of the Judge,.
> Wiiliam Parser,
The clerk read a report from the commiC.
iioners appointed for the reduction of rhe
debt of the United States. They had pur
'chafed certificates to the amount oftwo mil
lions and nineteen thousand nine hundred and
odd doliarX, tor which they had paid one mil
lion three kindred and ninety-four thousand
fix hundred and sixty-sour dollars and forty
four certs.
Reported from the committee, a bill for
completing and better supporting the mili
tary ertabliihment of the United States, and
to incteafe the pay of the soldiers one dollar
per month. Agreed to refer it to a commit
tee of the whole House to.morrow.
The house were then proceeding to read
the communications from the Prcfident to tEe
house of Representatives, refpeaing the nego
ciation between the United States and the
gcvernMeat of Morocco and Algiers. As
cheie were of a confidential nature, it was
proposed to clear the galleries. -—Ac twelve
we left the ho<>fe fitting.
A letter was read from the Secretary at
War, enclofirtg, by order of the President of
the United States, a return of the ordnance
and military stores, the property of the Unit
ed States ; also fandry documenta relative to
the fitua ion of affairs on the frontier of the
United States, south-west of the river Ohio.
The documents were read by the clerk.
A message was received from the President
of the United Su es, communicating sundry
ftatemen s, relating to the affairs of Spain.
Another message from the President com
munieaxed a report from the Secretary of
State, relative to the negociations with the
Emperor of Morocco, and Dey of Algiers.
The reading of the documents relative tn
Indian affairs, continued till 3 o’clock, when
the gd’eries were cleared, to attend to feme
confidential communications.
promised to lay before (he house tie proper
documents. Laid on the table.
THE Hotfe resolved itfelf in Committee of
the whole on the PRESENT SITUATION
of the UNITED STATES.
A committee was raised to report what a
mendments are necessary to the MILITIA
LAWS. —
Mr. Paiker moved, That immediate pro
vision be made for the security of the ports
and harbours of the United States.
Mr. Giles tvefred several refolptions rela
tive to this bulinefs, and proposed the ap
pointment of a committee, to make the re.
quifite enquiries, and to report 10 the boufe.
Mr. Smith, (5. C.) called up hrs motion,
for the appointment of a committee, to en
quire into (he situation cf any judge of the
United States, who may be difqunlified from
difehargiug his judicial functions, by reason
of infirmity, or other difqualifying cause.
Mr. Smith dated the reafoas on which this
motion was founded—it was occasioned by the
fltuation of one of the Diflrift Judges, vho
is unfortunately so fkuated by reason of infir
mity, that he cannot attend to the duties of
his office—the law does not provide a remedy
in this calc—- he gentleman cannot resign,
and unkfs some provision is made, the ad
ininiltrauoa of juflice mull be interrupted.
Alter Icme other obftrvaiions by different
members, Mr. Smith withdro v his motion to
make way for another proposed by Mr.
Smith, (N. H ) comprehending other objeds
in the Judiciary Department, which require
legifl itive provisions; this was adopted in leu
of the original motion, and referred to a com
mil tee of ieven.
A variety of objections were made to the
wording of this motion. Mr. Clark observed
that if the mover intended that the whole
coast should be fortified,from New.Hampfhirt',
the attempt was of infinite difficulty. It was
observed, also, that it would have been mote
accurate, to have reftriiled the motion to the
principal ports and harbours of the United
States. Another member remarked, that
peihaps a navy might be found the most es.
jcctnal mode of proteding the coall. As the
hcufe did not fe«m to have prepared them
felvcs fufficiently for this modon, the mem
ber proposed to withdraw it, until Monday
next.
A letter was read from the Secretary of the
Trealury,rrquefting an enquiry to be inftitut
rd, for the purpose of iDvefligating the tranf
n&ions of the Treasury Department, and fug
gelling a mode, different from that pursued
at the Hfi leffion.
It was moved, that a more efFedual provi
flon be made, for augmenting the troops des
tined for the deience of the Weftern Territo
ries, To far as to complete the number grant
ed.
The Frefident lent a me flage, inclofing
certain Communications. / They were read.
TUESDAY DEC. 17.
FRIDAY, DEC. i 3.
MONDAY, DEC', 16.
minations.”
“ I also desire to know (said Grniffieux)
why a citizen (Doppet) Has been appointed
General of the army of the Var ; elo, al
though a patriot fall of spirit, was but a short
lime since a physician ? Where has he acqui
red military knowledge ? The executive coun
cil ought to make known its motives for these
changes.”
Duhem— ** In this difeuffon yon confider
men and no things. You are placed between
the dangers of treachery, and those of igno
rance- It is true, you might be betrayed ;
but your foldicrs might be left to be cut in
pieces for wentof (kill.—You ought to a
void both. You (hcvld endeavour to have
Generals who are patriots and men of abili
ties. I demand that when ever the minifler
proposes tl efe kind of changes, he shall be o
bliged to present a lift in two columns, upon
one of which (hall be the name of the candi
date, and upon the other, his afls of civifm,
his proofs of service, his former situation, his
age and the place of his birth,”
Saint Andre, —Houchard is the approver
of Cuftine’s fyflem. Let it be known that
if these men had not been displaced, the Noch
ern Frontier would have been irrecoverably
loft. Remember, that the army of the Mo
zelle, when it wsfs marching to the relief of
Mayenee went only at the rate of one league
, a-day, and returned at the rate of eight or
nine leagues. Why fltould there be this diff
erence, if the Generals had rot a regular sys
tem of treason 1 Interrogate the soldiers of the
army of the Mczelle, and it will befeen, that
Houchard is detested. With what pride did
he receive the representatives of the people,
who wished to bring him back to the paths of
patriotism ? Saint Andre then denounced
Barthelemi, Chief of the Fiat-Major of the
Nothern army.
After feme debate, the aflembly decreed —
that whenever miniftcra fl.all nominate or
cafhire officers, they shall give in their rea
sons for so doing. The committee of public
welfare shall make a report to-morrow on all
these points, and the caufcs of these changes
and promotions.
The Minifler of War announced, that he
had appointed d’Aobigny as second in com
mand in the army of the North. Bourcon,
Billaud, and others said, that this d’Aubigny
was a notorious cheat: and they wiihed to de
nounce the minifler for reccammending such
a fellow. Ordered.that a report be made,
whether, this d’Aubigny is the fame man who
stole 10,000 livres from tile Thuillpnes on the
10 h of Augufl I
The commifliondrs of the convention 4e
putrd Kif the department of Lower Seine,
tranfmit<ed their .federal deliberations with
refecffTo provisions. They have fupplicd '
fame markets, and have dispersed the coun
ter- revdationifis at Rcuen, which city is qui
et. Swetal acmiciftrstcrs of the depaitment
FRANCE.
national convention.
September 24.
The commissioners in the fouth wrote
word, “ That on the 17th the troops encam
ped at Salles, had attacked the Spanilh camp
at Prefcamp, in three colums, while the gar
rison of Perpignan made a foriie on that
fide that the enemy’s camp was forced,
and x 2o pieces of cannon taken, together with
feme very valuable releds of the church,
which had been sent to the mint at Perpignan ;
that the Grand Almoner had been sent prif.
oncr to Montpellier and that on the follow
ing day they attacked the Spanish camp at
Vernet, and took several prisoners and fix
cannon.
Several members teftified their aflesifh
ment, that so many Generals fhculd be dis
placed and replaced, without the minifler
giving any reason for so doing.
“ It is necessary,” laid Duroy, “ to Inow
of what crime Hcuchard and Landremcnt are
guilty. 1 declare, that when I was ctfmmiuiom
cr at the army of the Rhine, I always saw
Landrcmont fight like a true Republican.
Ue has rendered services, and enjoys the
confidence of the army. I also ask, if Del
mas who is'named to succeed Landreiucnt,
is the b r ave, but inexperienced ycung man,
whom I have fecn commander of a battalion
La Correre ? I demand, that the comraittee
of public welfare give us a report in this pre
sent fitting upon these removals and new ne-
Ntw Appointment of General Officers.
The Minillerof War announced, that the
executive council had appointed General
Jourdon to the command of the army of the
North, vacant by the icmoval of gen. Hcuch
srd, gen. Ferrand, io the command of the
army of the Ardennes, vacant by the promo
tion of Jourdan; gen. Delmas to the ccm
mand of the army of the Rhine, in the room
of General Landrewcnt, displaced ; and Gen
eral Moreau to the command of the army
of tie Mozelle, vacant by the removal of
Genera! Scaobcurg.
The minifier fubm’tted these appointments
to the approbation of the National Conten
tion.
Foreign Intelligence,
By Friday’s Mail.
Last Wedncfday evening, about,/ o’clock,
as M. de la Croix, a planter of Hifpanrola,
was walking very peeceably thro’ Rutger
ftreet, three French Carmagnoles, perceiving
he had. no cocksde in his hat, came behind
him with drawn (words, (wore they would
kill him, struck him on the bead, and very
dangercufly wounded him ; had it not been
for the afliftarce given to this unfortunate
gentleman, by some generous perfohs coming
up to his affftar.ee at the moment cf their at
tack, they would certainly have deftroytd
him on the spot.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, DSC. 25.
COMMUNICATIONS. ■ f .
, Complaints are immort «/—fhculd the Fede
ral Government Irile the Algerines into
peace, the (landing eh/h of complaint with
Port Antonia in the Island of Jamaica, and
the po;t of St. John’s in the Island of Antigua#
are, by a late ad of the Bririfh parliament#
entitled to the privilege of free ports.
The convulsions that prevail in (he Euro
pean world suggest the moil importent me
mentos to the people ci the United States—As
a member of the great family of mankind,
this rising republic cannot (land unaffected
at the recital of human misery— at the ftrug
glcs of any branch .of this family for those
liberties and immunities which the God of na
ture intended fltould be the birth right of his
rationaloffipiing—The honest prayer therefore
of every enlightened unprejudiced citizen of
these free dates is, that the blcffngs of a
free and just gov emmet may be co-extcnfive
with the limi s of creation. The Uor:ed
States have fee an example to the wcrld by
efhbliihing a free, just and equal government
— and if the nations are wife who axe not lb
favorably situated, they will follow that ex
ample. . •
The United States are rot to be taught
the teflons of liberty by any country under
Heaven-—having obtained their knowledge
in the Tchool of e>nerience, reason and com
mon ienfe, it is the lowest degree of lervUJity
for them to copy from thole principles or
pradlices which are net derived Horn these
inf ill b’e sources.
The citizens of the United S ates are so
well versed in the principles of liberty and
government~that there, is no association
however small, in which the essentials of ibofe
principles ate not recognized, felt and under
(looc—There is no reason then to fuppole
that in matters of public concern, the great
political HHe/cfts of our country _wril ever be
loft fight of, by the great body of the peo
ple. —
At a late circuit court, holder, for the dif
trift of Rhode Ifljr.d, it was decided in a case
before them, that a proccfsof bankruptcy, a
grceally to the Jaws of any state in the Union,
under the old confederacy, is a bar to any de.
maud of creditors exiting at the time cf such
bankruptcy.
Summary of the lafi European Inttiligerce.
HE (hip James, arrived at New-York,
has brought London papers to the 10th Oc
tober, by them it appears that Lord Howe
had failed from Torbay with a fleet of 24
fail of the. line, three more were to follow the
fame day—Thar the combined armies were
alTembling to mtske one general attack cn the
(hong lines of the French at Weiffembourg—
That it was reported the Duke of Brunswick
had obtained « conquerable victory over one
of the French n pbern armie?—That 20 of the
Dutch ofiice.s had been broke for bad condoft
in the late engagement with the French—
That alternate success attended the convention
and infurgerit armies in France—That Tou
lon was in pefidfion outlie Englilh on the 20th
of September, tho’ befeg*d by a numerous
army under Gen. Carteaux—That the defence
of the city was committed to the people of
that piece, the forts to the Spanish troops, and
the port to the Enghfh ; 6cco Neapoliian
troops were expt fled to reinforce the combi
ned armament —That Nice was evacu-tec by
the French—That various aftior.s baa taken
place on the fouthero frontiers with the Spaa
iardsand Piedmontefe, who bad not madea
ry impression of importance in that quarter—
That the combined armies under Prince Saxe
Cobourg had crofled the river Sambre, and
had laid siege to Maubeug*, which it was re
ported, had Grrendered.
of PEure have been reorganized,and are com
posed of true Sans Culottes.
Chateaneur: Randon wrote from Saint Just,
near Lyons, under date of the 19th, that the
people in a body had purged the mountains
and defiles of the Mufcadius of Lycos ; 300
of them were Prized with their hot les, e^tfts
and money. He tranfmirted copies of two
summonses which he had lent, but without
effed, to the Lyonefe.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 11.
NEW-YORK.
N E W-YOR K,,D E C. J.
Englifb and Spani^ Convention.
A Convention was agreed on, and ratified
the sth day of July last, between the Kings cf
Great-Britain and Spain,of which the follow
ing is an article :
Art. F. Their MajelEes agree, as the
present war muff interest all civilized naror.s*
to uni e all their efforts in order to prevent
those powers who may not tike an active
jart in said war, from giving, on account of
their neutrality, any protection directly orin
dire&ly, upon the high seas, or in the ports of
France; to French commerce ; or any thing
which may belong to the fubjedts of rhat po
wer. Al! military and naval ftores,and wheat,
all other grain, fait provisions and ether,
boond to France, (hall be seized and con
demned for the benefit of the caprors, ’and
their Majesties engage to take all other mca
lures in their power ro injure the commerce
of France, and bring them by these means to
just conditions of peace.”
Aa Annotator on the above contract, ob- '
fsrves, that the intention of rhe powers is noj
more to seize and fell, at their own prices,
produce going to France from any peufral
country.
When the American public are allured,that
besides ’.He United States, Denmark, S-zveaen,
Genoa, The Ottoman Porte, and Venice, are ail
neutral powers and equally the objed of th^
preceding contrail, they will fee the follyß
and condemn the attempts of those writers wh®
would make them believe, and thereby alar«
their fears, that the Convention is solely d®
1 cited to the injury of the United States.
"Extrah! of a Leiter from a Gentleman inLlfbot 1
to bis friend in this town, dited OA. 14. I
” HAVE only ^time to inform you, thei J
is a truce signed by the British Consul Gent B
ral and Agent at Algiers, with the Dey, i I
behalf of the States General of the Unite®
Netherlands, as also another truce for 1 ■
months bet veea Portugal wd Algiers, co 1
certain croakers, would be the degradation
of cur national dignity and honour, thereby,and
that the “ Jirong arm of the Union” is not ex
erted in preference to that humiliating con
dition. Should Cor.grefs decree to arm a
gsinft the invaders of our commerce, then we
Hull hear complaints of expense ; and the
danger of eflablifhcd fleets will be depifted in
the mod glowing colours, If then the Repre
sentatives of the United Statesare not influ
enced by declaimers—they may rest aflured
their mcafures will infutnee the People in their
favour. Firmness and decision are all that
a e wanted to perpetuate the refpefta*
bility and happiness of the United States. ,
The wisdom of Congress is adequate to the
trull reposed in them—if they arc not influen
ced by empty declamation, or noisy ahuiers. *
ft would puzzle O-dipus himfelf to trace the
source of the falFiin wnich hourly infu’t the
public underfUnding. In the Nwo-York pa
pers the public mird is alarmed with the ac.
count, that Mr. Morris, our Minifler in
France, has hastily left that Republic,and had
arrived at Bcflon, in a British frigate. At
Rifon wc have the news that the F.ench Con
sul had recei ed official intelligence of a de
clara ion of war by Spain and Britain againfl
the Un ted States Ore day we ha»e it that
flocks have fallen 15 or 20 per cent, in confe
qccnce cf alarming in elligence and the
next invention carrier itfelf to so diabolical a
he?ghc, “as to report, tbtt the President of
of the United States had'£alien by the hands
of un afiaffin. Like the Andaman irTea,
these reports generally die the day they ate s
ergende.’ed ; but during that they fre
quently are the cause cf much anxiety.
War ! War ! is now the bng-beat h jng op
to frighten the citizens of the United Stores,
ir. o a surrender of the DIGNITY and HO
NOUR of their country 1 . But on this head,
information and petriotifm can aflure them,
rhey have nothing to fesr. The powers of
Europe now combined a?ainft France, have
exprefled the mod amicable difpefitions to
wards the United States——our government
has commanded their applause, and we are
removed out of the Tortex of their poli.ics, sud
balances of power. From the® theu.weHAVE
NOTHING TO FEAR—and it would be an
insult upon the judgment and patrotilm of ;he
governing powers in France, to fuppof? they
would with to aodTHE FREEST NATION
ON EARTH,to the number of their enemies, '
merely because that nation, with becoming
spirit, had relented the infalling and imperti
nent conduft of a meddling Minider. The .
feppofition is too gross for conception. In
truth, the United States have nothing 10fear
from any quarter. And if they had—united
and free—honed inpoliticks, and benevolent
to the world—they can bid petulence and
ambition, defiance. They abound in every
neceflary,and know the arts of war,as well as
peace —and to ciown the whole, they have at
their head, ,1
A Chief in ail the ways of honour JhilPd —
Great in the Council—-gloriousin the Field—
The fcourgeof Iyr ants Columbia's hoaji—
The dread—the admiration—of each hod :
Whoje martial arm, and steady joul alone.
Shall make Invaders C/oake.their armies groan, I
And their proud empire^ t ‘ter to the throw —■
Oh I what thou at, rnaff thou forever be,
And death the lot .of an Chief but thee, 1