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this earth-—• France, with an army of 12
U ? ; hundrcd tboufhnd men, combatting half
Europe, And a body of 60 coo. infurgnets
in the heart of her territories ; the whole
country fubjeft to a high military ariftocra-
L cy orto mtifhal law : Paris and othretowns
k distressed for. foqd ; jealousy and diflruft
r^igneth in the Convention ; parties dif
uaded with violent, d.ffennods, and a’rea
dy calling for a dilator ; yet amidst atl
these evils, a brave fbldjery defeat their
feesand threa'-en Europe with defection—
The combined'powers, defeated and alarm
ed, making every effort to fuppdrt their
tottering cause ; compelling all neutral na
tions to take part in the quarrel ; Pruflia
wavering, and retained in the w?r only By
money ; the Germanic States railing their
peasants in a mats to refill the. French
( troops, and tofinifh the horrid pidure. of
desolation and carnage, the Ruffians., and
- Turks are preparing to renew hottilities—
, What will be the last feene, the catastrophe
of this great, this complicated pqlhkal.'tra
gedy, God only knows* ( But what mad
ness, what infinity would it be for Ameri
ca to engage.in the contest ;a contest that
1 ( may J aft for years—-that may oversow
the arts and the uf?M infthutions,is
I will as governments of Europe, and re
duce mankind to a Hate of batbafifm and
despotic power ! Superficial menmay con**
sider .this contest to be what it aftuaily.was
qt firft, a straggle for liberty acd independ
ence on the parfof France. But there is
something more in this controversy. , A
general revolution in Europe will probably
be the conlequence ; and Inch a change is
^s likely 10 end in general defpotifm,-aMn
the eftablilhment of free governments,
^cok at all the greart, civil commotions of
Greece^ Rome, Carthage, and.EngUmd-=
have they not all ended in tyranny. Look
at all the great conquests cf ancient and
mod era nations, and find ope that has end
ed in freedom.. Violent parties and fac
iiop s alwyys end io reducing the weaker
party to the iron rod of despotism. The
yfii 1 itary powers of a State of war are incon*
fiftent with a'free government! it it now
an rqaal, chance ch« some Ca»iar or Crom
wdK either by add re Is or the plea of ne
-7 f ceffity, will* put hornfelf at the head of the
French army, tender himfclf diftator, and
inake the civil power bend to. the military.
J , And the people, tired of wari of distress,
of faftion and the guillotine, may croud
Under- a dictator’s banner to, iheher them-
L selves from' the fury of the florin. God
jrapt that fiich apprefienfions may be ill
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cuffion of the committee cf the whole, cn
the ways and means, and appointed a com
mittee to bring io a Bill. h
(n the Senate, United States, Thu rid ay,
Sih of May. *
this a&ion, glorious for the. cause of liberty,
upwards of 6000 of the flakes of thi oef
pofic Prussian monarch bit the daft. ,
Valenciennes and Conde,jyere >4^ally
te-taken fame time before Captain Haley
.failed. i - > r
Viflory has also crowned their efforts a
gainst Spain, and many of hey towns are
row in their possession. In addition to all
this, we are poficively affured,not a yeftige
of the rebel army isjefy having almost co
a man paid the forfeit of their heinous
Crimes. > ■ v*
Atlc^ fuccefa has equally favoured their
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On a motion made .to suspend the execu
tion of the 41b article of the treaty with
Great Britain, untjl inneunification te
mace, &c. &c.
Extra fl of a Itttir from a gentleman in Lon
don, la bis jriend in New Yorkt
“—The people‘emigrating, the at or :
ney general prolecuyng, Pitt boaftirg, his
Majesty hunting, the Queen pocketing,
.Royal Frederick {pending,. and the poor
flarving—a»d to Crowji the whole, we
are, ong and all., next Friday, to betake
ou rielves io failing and praying— (Ca
Ira?’)
.The Yeas, were 2,Nays, 14.
The above article relates to the payment
of debts to British fubjefts.
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v NEW YORK, MAY 17.
. By the bxig Mary, Capt. •H«4eyv -in 48
days from Breft,we have received the fol
lowing important intelligence.
About the 10 th of March, tn engage,
jnent took, place between the Frenchand
Pruflian armies; which ended in n.fignjtf.
victory on the fide of the Republicans; in
B O STO X May 22.
Europe at this moment presents a {pec
taele more interesting and august than was
ever before exhibited on the theatre of
HARTFORD, (CON.) May 19.
THE General Assembly have passed
an a& ratifying and adopting'thea*
ExtraS of a letter tram a Captain of a vef
fel^ elated, C afro., Si. Lucia, April I2tb t
1794, to bis owner in this town. .
“ This is to inform you of my fltuation
„at this place. On Monday, March. §ift,
th^ English fleet appeared off this; island,
and blockaded the har^jur— op .Tuefday
landed their troops, ano on Wednesday
the French surrendered— Thursday, April
sih, all the American Captains were-or
dered overto Ma rcjnico, (which ^ereeight
in number.) When we came .io Fort Roy
al, we were ordered.on-board the Admiral’s
{flip; when wd Carrie' on board,he aded us
what wecime there: after £ we replied We
Were Ordered there* he t^ep, said he “ wen*
ted nothng of us but tri condemn our ves
sels.” We remained on board about 5
hours, with our hats in our hands, and
were then permittee^ th take passage ip an
American vessel in their (ervice, to St. Lu
civ where we Wait to kpqw the fa ens oar
yeffeh., The general opinion is, that we
Ihail be condemned.” ; ' •
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FOR TS MO UT May 2a.
On Sunday left arrived here the schoon
er Betsey, Capr. Trefethen, of this port, in
28 days from. Dotninico, wiih only
bimfeif and ope hand, being one of the
vessels, detained there by the Eng I i flexor le
gal adjudication, as they term it. fapt
a long detention, and obliged td pay char
ges, was released, with fifteen other Ameri
can Vessels ; Capt.. Trefethen fays it has
been very sickly indeed ; there among the
Americans, that above 170 have died of
various disorders, that it was. With difficul
ty that hands could be got to take proper
care qf the vessels afters they were released,
great part of the Americans b«ing cither
dead, or impressed on board English veff
els,—Capt. Clarke in the fefiooner Ran
- ger, oft his port, after Being detained'three
pr. four,mon tbs, wat rekafed at the feme
time, with • Capt. Trcfethen, and in a day
or two after the vessel went on*fhore and
bilged owing it was fnppofcd to the bad'
fituarion the cables^ &c„ were found in
whep the vessel given., up, having loft
ner anchors,during ^.detention j the pep .
pie wert fettered, the. Captain knew ript.
where and only hrmfelf left to take any kind^
of care oft he vessel, be happened, ar the
time the accidenx took place to be on fhoae,
pre paring to proceed op Ms t voy age ; part
of,the cargo is likely to be fayed (with the,
afliftance Os negroes at two doljars per day;
no white peopkto behadjthe.veffel we
are informed Will bp entirely loft.
flrqggJe? 1 fewexal of the-Cork fleet, and
29 valuable fliips from thqflralghts botnd
to London, have changed their course and
entered different French ports within vert
ed colours. >, l . <>. • - *- . .
; Prcvifions at Bxeft, and in wety town in
Fiance were very piefciy,* and an import
ant ft role was. meditating against England;
Eight Jine of batt e ships with Several trsnl
ports had failed for Jersey arid Goerafey,
and had no doubt of becoming mafler of
tbofe Island?. 7he Brett fleet con lifted of
about 55 fail of the line—Cape. Bom paid
has got the Command of a 74 gun ship.
We further lesrn, that the. Poriugoefe
has sent a fleet to the mouth of the ttreights,
to check: the Algerines.
The Nea-Yoik paper frpm which
the above is extracted, mentions that it
is but a hasty Iketch, from verbal reports.
The gentleman who communicated the pa
pers to the Editor, mentions, that the Cap
tain reported, that the French took .V^eq
ciennes, by storm, and loft 6 or 7000 men
in the attack. t ’
NE W BUR Y • pOk Tr May 1; -
, A vfffel arrived at Bcfton on Saturday
la ft,in 19 daysfrom Maninico, the Capt.
of ifrhich, getting into favor with that im
maculate chgi after. Admiral Jervis, with,
perhaps a dozen bottles ot Madeira, had
permiflion to fail, brings accounts, that
fail of Americans had been libelled there,
in confequeoce of the embargo being laid
in America, that 7 American veffeis had
been stripped of their crews, who were
put on board gtfard ships, and the 7 vessels
lalhed together, and fqfferei to drive On
fiiore, and 1 were ftpye tp pieces.
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* Tbit atednnt but ill agree) with the re
port to the National Conventivtt^ on the Jhb
jefi of Provijionf.
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Mail. . ;
EROMfEkSEf t , . ‘
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As late as March 22^, letters
have been received jn this epwn.
It had riot then been taken by the
French, though in invasion of it
vyds daily expected. The accoutre
ffdm Dartmduth, of March 20ih x
is not, therefore, authentic.
T^have iythorityto. (ay, that
dfe ports in Jamaica are opened
Importation; of aU kinds of
P^ifions, ip neutral vedels,; fQ
the four
^.months further 10 be
giv^. ^; The Jame liberty is 'allo
given for the im^ of pro
vtfibns tothofepo^ St- Domiri
go; Under the Bntiffi govern menr;
; arid.fte veMlv t° St- po~
■ mirigri, wiFk'for
: lOwed to bfib^fn?rn thence pro
; duce, to the amount of their caf
e«s. ’
the end ^triumph over their enemies. The
allies hitherto have apparently .grounded
their principal hopes of conquering France,
on the internal rebellion, and'on creating
a great scarcity of provisions by preventing
all lupphes from going into the Republic.
The internal rebellion is very nearly crlifti
ed ; but 1 am sorry to fay, that a scarcity
of provisions is felt in many parts of the
Republic j however-the. government have
taken me^fures to. receive great Supplies
from, the notherp part of Europe, and firm
America. This city, confiderjng its great
consumption, has been pretty Veil {applied
until withia the last two ot three weeks,
’ “ The prefentcampaigu in all’ probabili
ty will be the molt bloody the wprjd ever
witncfled. How it will teimin.ate God
.only knows ; bet 1 have very* little doubt
in my oWn mind that the French will in
and nptwichlUnding feme scarcity is now
felt, yet no large city in Europe is more
quiet than this. Every able bodied citi
zen takes his turn to mount guard, and
the patroles by night Or day arrest the dis.
turbersof >the. public peace. .
" I obferve' a- prodigious difference in
the appearance of Pari^from whac it was
when 1 was here in 1788—st that ...time
the great number of carriages of the. Nob'
leffei ano Others, rattling through the streets,
made it dangerous* for a perlon to walk
without keeping a (Karp look out; all the
public places were crouded with perlons
dressed in the ek remeof falhion and fine
ry : At present one may walk quite through
the city; without m r etipg any other car
riage than the miserable Fiacres, (or hack,
ney coache;) the hones of wh’ch appear
as if they were fed on fliavings; acd al
most every man is dressed In the plained
style. Almost every night or 14 Thea- !
tres are opeh^ and.thiy.are in general well
attended ; the pieces which a’ 4 -e commonly
performed, are new, patriotic, and cateu,-
Uted for the temper of the times—in a
great many of them the Catholic religion
is highly ridiculed jju faft, this seems to
be entirely done a.’way at Faris; all the :
Churches are converted into storehouses and
Temples of Rea (on, and fihee my arrival
here^j bavenQUeen any thing that looked
like a priest. v . \
v m py e are daily in expectation of
hearing 'news frorn the iforibern
arrny^ which is now intmenfelyflrcngy
under the command of General f ich
egruej and it is said intends to at
tack Cobourg, who is .very firohgly
entrenched in an advantageous p^fi
tian near'Valenciennesffo that a beiy
ferioits bufnefs is expected to take
place in that quarter wryfdbrif
mendmem to the*Cc«>fiimtiofl es ihe Uni
ted States, which provides that " the Judi
qial power of the United States shall not be
conflrued to extend to any suit in jaw or
equity, commenced of proiccu.ed'again ft
ope of the United States, by citizens of
another State, or-by citizens or TuEjefts
of any Foreign State.”
v BOSTON, May j-4. <
From Peiris, march 6,1794.
Levi HEAtEYd
Pa (t uri ng for m ^res ,ma y
6e had above on. reafohable
terms., .
ALL Perlons haying demands
ag^inlLthe estate
m1 n G r a y e slacept Eieter deceit
them
for fetdem^n^-ahd sp&%defad'.
co" Make immediate payment co
. Benjamin Gx^
£xtttr May'll.'
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The following is extracted from a
x date London paper
Certain accounts from the Con
tinent.mention, that the JEWS ip
Holland have summoned a nicer
i.ng of the Elders; to meet ar. An>
fterdam early the- ytar, co
.examine imo the principle ot ihc
Chi iftian religion-^--and enquire in-
to rbfemifljon of Christ.—Such a
step we confider as a prelude to
their converHon ; and we n uit
.the Jews of thisjeountry will fol
low their example, and kt pre
judice give way to .convidion.”
fditable tor rhe feafon.-^z///^-
- Hyfon, Souchong and Bo
hea Tea, Caffcr, Chocolate, W..1.
Rdmi Loaf and Brown Sugar,
Cotton, Indigo, Alifpice, Pepper,
Nutmegs r> Cinnamon,Cloves—^
Rice, Kaifins, Figs—-Bar-Iron,
Steel, Nails and Brads, Hollow-
Ware, G laisiand Crockery Ware.
Exeter^ May 2 6 0 . i 79 4. - -
AT the (table of the fubferibet
'in- HamptOhfalls, a likely^
t.ulLblooded, dark chefout coiou^
ed HORSE, four years old. ..He
will .cover at '{hillings the Ilngfe
leap, and Twelve /hillings the fta>
son. .
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^be is a bji ihe Sen
ators ^cf ibis Fiate t uho have
been‘elsbled bf the people :
lion. Oliver Peabody,
Joseph Blanchard,
Abiel Foster,
Samuel Hatey
Ebenezer. Smith,<
J ames Flanders, & >
. , ; John BellQWs, Efq’rsf
There are five vacancies to be hlled.
After an existence of fixey days,
it is expected, will experience a
natural death id-morrow. The
good or evil it hath done cannot
4s yet be “ Remembered in its
epitaph.”
John Dean, jun’t’^
■ 'rAßlkTr STORE,
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/A LARGE alTortrnent of,
European Goods,
FRESH GOODS.
Just received and for fale.ac
Will Cover
rars 'season.
Benjamin praxes* Efiaie^
^UFSDAY MAY 27,
■ boston, May 21.
7HE EMBARGO.'