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..Fifty-eight refraftory priests be
□ng brought inp the city, were
put into a boat on the river and
funk, the water being the guillo
tine here.”
DECEMBER 29^
' The address to the army of the
Pyrennes, which was decreed yes
terday, was read this day, abd is
as follows :
' “Soldiers of Liberty,
“ How is it that you have (Juf:
ed Charette’s forces, and several
battalions having turned them,
put them to flight. The brave
defenders of their country, who
, were confined to their tents for
want of flioes, tied canvas round
their feet, and rushed to (hare the
fatigues qt their comrades.
Among those who diftinguiihed
tbemfelves, was Citizen Dauni,
an officer of engineers, who,
though shot in the shoulder, re
mained at his post encouraging the
soldiers, and diftriburing cartridg
es to them.
Letter fiomCk^x^, Representa
tive of the people, with the army
of the IVeft.
“ZAUR troops have obtained
V_X an eighth vi&ory over the
bande of Charette, on the left bank
of the Loire. This horde, reduc
ed to 6,000 men, came to attack
us; but Gen. Guillaume waited
for them. Three hundred can-
A letter, from Carrier, Repre*
fen^tiye' pf jhe people*, plated
iJanteSi Dec. 24, confowcL the
details of the letter from Sevenay,
and added that a Tingle rebel
would not have escaped, if Gen.
. Maulin had not given passports to
some of them. This Gen. is put
arfeft.
The» officer who was the bearer
;of this letters said that before he
left Nahtes< the country people
Sad brought in 500 rebels, who
had thrown away their arms and
impaired pardon. This was re
fufe^, and they were all put to
death. On the road from Mantes
to Ancenis, fieffietoiany detach
ments of volunteers and country
people who were leading along
rebels they had taken in the forefts.
At* Ancenis, the administrative
bodies told him that more than
600 had been brought in ther^
the fame day ; 890 were brought
jo Angers ; and a great number
to Saumur, of whom the repreßn-i
tati ves of the people would rid th<
earth by ordering them to be
thrown into the Loire. The
numher of the killed and taken
iti the late aft ions amount t 0
39,q0q. ’‘‘ .
non shot from our army weaken-
[Volume VIII.
American Herald of Liberty.
FRANCE.
CONVENTION, DJJC. 4
Foreign Intelligence.
EXETER ( New-Hampshire) Printed and Published by Sterns and Winslow, in Main-Street, at 6/8 per annum*
DECEMBER 2&
JANUARY 3.
Barr ere.—“ The Committee
has charged me only to present you
the means to regenerate the Ma
rine of the Republic in the ports
in the Mediterranean, and to give
it back the power and rank which
its petition, richness, .population,
inclination, and yi^orfes allure it
on the seas.
A ble to the Repubjic for Perpignan,
Bellegarde, and Vendee.”
“In this port (Toulon) there
remains to us 13 men of war, five
frigates, five (loops, and one (hip
and two frigates building*
“ One part of our squadron has'
been burnt by the crime of our
^hemies; these snips Ihall be re^
placed by the lands of the emi
grants. Their fortunes remain to
pay the building ; their fqrefts
shall be converted into (hips’ and
their houses changed into arsenals
“ Frenchmen, The Spanish
slaves and the English, in flying
from our shores, carry with them
their disgrace across the seas ; and
you, at the foot of inacceflable
rocks, recoil before the ignorant
foldfery of the ty rant of Madrid.
“They tell you that the troops
of the ferocious Ricardos are nu
merous, but those of France are
republicans. The hordes of the
Spanifli Capet have formidable ar
tillery ; but have not the Repub
licans bayonets ?—No, you will
not leave the Pyrennes without glo
ry, amidst the fuccefles which
crown the armies of the Var, of
the Rhine, and of La Vendee.
“ While you march to the com
bat, let rhe victory of Toulon in
flame your courage. The glori
ous defenders of La Port de la
Montagne [Toulon) and their intre
pid General are flying to your as
sistance. March with them against
the slaves.—-You will be anlwera-
“Nine (hips have been burnt
by the Spaniards and Neapolitans;
four were carried away by the
Englilh. ~ :
“Fifteen remained untouched
in the port; four, had beep previ
ously sent to the ports of ^Orient
and Brest, with the French Tailors
of the Mediterranean^ intended
without dpubt, to qprr uptqyr ports
on the ocean, and prepare other
perfidies.
The Republic. poflefles in the
Mediterranean more than 30 ves
sels, including frigates, corvettes
and advice boats, without reckon
ing the Duqueffie, of 74 guns,
which is at Tea/ / -
sered the most cowardly of your
enemies, the most superstitious of
all rhe people of Europe, to fully
so long the territory of the Re
public ? How is it that the fame
climate, the fame men, have been
able to witness the glorious viAory
of Toulon, and the fhamtful sur
render of Collouires ?
TUESDAY, April 8, 1794.
or manufactories. The Republic
ans will make fails in the very
places where the Emigrants form
ed plots, and the country i^ill at
the fame time be enriched by their
flight and their fortunes.”
Extract from a Pamphlet entitled,
** Old and New principles of
Trade compared.”
VI wrote you by the fame op
portunity a few days since; 1 then
told you of the success of the Ar
mies of the Republic in the taking
of Toulon and Valenciennes; this
day, being the Decadi, we have
been celebrating the event, or rath
er rejoicing with our brethren of
this Repuclic, at the»re capture of
Toulon^ This morning arrived
here the confirmation cf the taking
of Valenciennes; it is (aid that the
Austrians loft 14,000 killed, and
that 6000 came over and joined
the arm^ of the Republic, the
rest were taken prisoners.
< “W$ have also had .accounts
that the rebels at La Vendee, are
completely cut up. On every fide
fqccefs attends the French arms.
“It Scarcely now admits of a
doubt but that the 'TREE of
“ TF thele governments [ofNorth
X America] pursue their advan
tages for Agriculture ; if they ad
mit the manufactures of Europe,
rendered cheap by bounties and
real advantages attending the arts
in rich and populous countries,
without regard to their own manu
factures, (which will always be
established with ease, when their
establishment is beneficial) and
if they avoid* politics, they may
out-wit, by a natural conduct, a
multitude of nations, who think
themselves wife because their plans
are intricate. It cannot be ulefui
for America to be noticed at pres
ent in Europe, otherwise than by
her good fenle : She should grow
to greatness like the trees of her
wilderness, in the midst of silence
and retreat. Nothing can check
her population depending upon a
facility of subsistence; or oppress
her strength Springing from numb
ers, situation, and knowledge* If
Europe does not treat America with
wisdom, America would do ill, to
copy the weak example of those
whom the discipline of experience
has not been able to inftrudri She
has the peculiar happiness of being
able to Ihape her course free from
the influence of her own errors,
and those of others; beginning,
where all nations may be happy
to END.”
BOSTON, March
Fxtra^ of a letter from a gentleman
now in France to bis jriend in
this town, dated,
Havre, Dec. 30, 1793.
American Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 24.
LIBERTY, planted in this count
ry will take root, and spread its
branches over all Europe, and that
tyranny and oppression will be no
more. If the prayer of an individu
al will avail any towards it, I will
pray without ceasing.”
Official accounts are received
of the surrender of the garrison of
Pondicherry to the Brnifh army
commanded by Col. Brath
waite.
Capt. Burnham, in the brig
Neptune, arrived at New-London,
13th inst. in 20 days from N.w
Providence, where he was carried
in by a privateer and released, in
forms, that all American vejjels at
that port were released.
Capt. Gilbert, arrived at New*-'
London, in 20 days from Cape-
Francois, informs, that the French
Republicans in that quarter had
regained several forts which hacL
been taken by the Spaniards.
Last week, Mr. Samuel Cabot,
of Beverly, arrived from Bour
deaux, byway of Tobago. He
failed, by permifiion, on the 28th
Dec. The embargo was then
continued^, and the National com
mifiioners could give no encou
ragement of its being fpeedilv ta
ken off. It is supposed that Bour
deaux would long since have been
given up like Toulon, had the in
habitants had the fame opportu
nity. Their disposition being well
known, they are watched by the
National Commifiioners with the
utmost ftridnefs; and the decrees
of the Convention are executed,
with unexampled rigor. All for
eigners at that place (except of
neutral nations) and many French
have bpen confined in prison.—
Numbers have been condemned
to the guillotine, by the Revolu
tionary Tribunal; and the execu-
Combine an aftive principle of
dignified Refoluricn, with a pure
regard to republican circumspec
tion. Their prompt adoption will
strike the enemies of the United
States with fuitabie awe, and fill
the breasts of Americans with that
spirit which conduced them in
triumph thongh the most arduous
scenes of the Revolution. A na
tion like America, ought not to
submit to be fpprted with Its
citizens by their firmnefs and de
cision ought to convince the world
that- though deprecating the ca
lamities of war, their is no injury
they would not more readily sub
mit to, than fuffer contempt and
infuk„ —To the government of
Great-Britain, they will emphatic
ally fay,
“Know thou thyfdf, presume not us to
scan,
“ Your Power’s precarious, and Your
isle • span.”
MR. SEDGWICK i PROPOSITION.
SALEM, MARCH 2^?
FROM BOVRDEAUX;
[Number 40*