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tacked at home, and that by her own fubjea^'in
attempting to place .another monarch on the
throne ; these infurre&ions lasted but a short time,
and for the remainder* of the century the country
was in security and tranquility.
If, therefore the opinion was to prevail that,
during any war, whether naval or otherwise, or
however distant in its operations, her subjects
could not change their allegiance, notwithstanding
their affairs, their necessities, or even their health
might require it, they would continue to be as they
have been, for half a century, imprisoned and de
prived of their rights ; confined like plants to the
spot where they happened accidentally to spring,
and compelled to vegetate there at the will of their
sovereign. (To be continued.)
Macdonald is at this moment at Paris, and has
already had a conference with the minister at
1 War.
Moreau after the battle of Novi, had at firfl re
solved to quit his poll and to retreat to Savona ;
but having learned how much the enemy had fuf
fered, he renounced his first design, and determin
ed to cover the Genoefe territory. % We shall re
main on that part of the defensive, at least until
the arrival of Championet, who wih bring with
him a reinforcement of 30,000 men to join him,
for his army of the Alps.
Our army of the Rhine advances into Germany
without meeting any^great obstacles. It has ex
afted contributions from several towns on its
route.
, I PASIS, SEPT. 4.
A letter from Toulouse dates, that a column
of rebels which took refuge at St. Clar de Lo
magne, a small town near Leffoure, has been cut
to pieces. The Republicans were not fatisfied
with the victory, but put to death the men, wo
men, and children, of the village, and then burnt
the place.
SEPT. 4
The Directory has ordered the editors and
printers of the allowing journals to be arrested ;
Bulletin official des Armees Cbalifees, La Pariti
enne, La Quotidienne, Le Courier de Paris, Le
Democcate, Le Mirror, La Feuille du Jour. Le
Necefl'arie, Les Hommes Liares, le Grondeur, and
Le Defenfeur de la Patrie.
\ It is Delmot who commands qt Brest in the ab
sence of Bruix.
It is said that we too have a secret expedition
on foot, and that it will be commanded by Bur
nadotte.
It appears that the Auftro-Ruffians have taken
Tortona, and that they threatened Coui. But
Championet has thrown provisions into the latter
places, as well as into Feneltreiles.
Our troops have crossed the Rhine in the neigh
borhood of Spires, in several places, and alter
having joined a corps of 8000 men, encamped be
fore Qfanheim, the Army advanced into the Val
ley of Neckar. The head, quarters, at the date
of this intelligence, was before Heilbrunn. The
arm, is more than thirty thousand strong.
Twenty thousand men who have joined the ar
my of Mass ua, make his army amount to 100,000
lighting men. We expert every moment a terri
ble and decisive battle.
The attack of Philipfburg is begun by this fime.
The siege will be covered by an army of 30,000
men.
Paul I. has ordered a new levy in his dominions
of 180,000 men, in order to repair the losses which
his army has experienced in the present campaign.
Extras of a letter from Suchet, Gen. of Division,
and Chief of the Staff, to the MiniJier at War.
Aug, 27.
The loss of the enemy in men very much ex
ceeds ours, and amounts from his own confeffion,
to upwards of 8000, 1500 of whom have been
left upon the field of battle, 1250 taken prisoners,
with General Loufigan and 28 officers, and the re
mainder wounded, and unable.tp tight.
Thus, after 14 hours obttinate fighting, the
French army would have remained in possession of
the field of battle, had not the minds of the sol
diers and the General officers been affected by the
loss of their brave commander.
The successes obtained by Gen. Klenau, have
raised the courage of our troops ; and the greatell
part of them now desire to engage the Ruffians,
whom they have had an opportunity ot knowing
and conquering during the whole of the battle of
Novi.
(Signed)- SUCHET.
(Counter-signed) BURNADOTTE.
ENGLAND.
LONDbK, SEPT. 20.
On Tuefday evening his Majesty's sloop L'Efpi
egle arrived in Yarmouth Roads, with theddpatch
es from the British army in Holland.—L'Efpiegle
left the Texel on Sunday night lalt.
Eleven thousand troops, British and Ruffians,
were to move forward on Monday from the Held
er, to join the main army/aud 5000 more were
preparing to disembark. The whole were in the
highest health and fpirus.
All the tetters yet come to hand express the molt
sanguine hopes of Amsterdam being very speedily
in our poffeliion, if the French, in their retreat, did
not inundate the country, for which, by accounts
received from the head-quarters of the British ar
my, it was apprehended they were making prepa
rations. '•
It is natural to suppose, however, that this is a
rpeafure which the great majority of the Dutch
would rife up to oppose ; and it is a measure of
all others calculated to unite that people against
the common enemy of civilized society ; for the
people of Holland must be convinced, that by a
dupting so desperate a measure as that of a general
inundation, the French did not confider not only
the future welfare, but the present exigence of a
great proportion of the inhabitants of Holland.
We know nothing more calculated to opeii the
eyes of what the French call the Batavian people,
than this tneafure of deflruction which they medi
tated against them. Theidea of such a measure
being in contemplation, however, has accelerated
the landing and march of our troops, for it was
conceived possible that we might press upon the
French so fall, that they would not be able to ac
complish their murderous and diabolical defigus.
The Juno frigate, commanded by Capt. Dundas,
has been lightened, for the purpose of her failing
up as near as possible to Amtterdatn , and (he was to
be accompanied by all the gun and other vessels of
force that could be adapted to the navigation of
the Zuyder Zee. Vice-Admiral Mitchell, whose
Late European aobices.
FRENCH ARMIES.
ARMY DE ITALY.
FRANCE.
SEPT. 7.
judgment and spirit are equal to every emergency,
was himfelf to command this armament, with his
flag displayed on board the Juno.
By accounts daily received by those who flock
in to range themselves under the flag of the Here
ditary Prince of Orange, there is every reason to
suppose that the main body of the Dutch troops
at Amsterdam & Rotterdam will, at the approach
of the combined force join the Orange flag. ,
OF PRUSSIA.
/ STPT. 20.
The determination of Prussia to remain neutral
is confirmed, and Saxony, in following the exam
ple of Prussia, has explicitly declared to the Diet
that foe will take no part in the war of the Em-
pire. —
By the Thetis sloop of war, which arrived at
Plymouth on Tuefday from Minorca, we are in
formed that a report was circulated there, that
Buonaparte had at last surrendered to Sir Sidney
Smith.
Yesterday afternoon Maj. Dalton arrived with
dispatches from the army in Holland, dated Tuef
day last, at which time no action had taken place
subsequent to the defeat of the French and Dutch
upon the 10th inst. The French it is said, had be
gan to cut through several of the dykes in the
country round Alkmaar, Haerlem and Amsterdam,
probably with the view of preventing the advance
of our troops.
Alkmaar, which so much engages the public at
tention, is about 23 miles to the northward of Am-
Iterdam.
^His Majesty's ship Monarch, of 74 guns, arrived
yetterday in the Downs, from Lord Bridport's, to
resume her flation in the North-Sea.—She left the
Channel fleet last Friday at 8 o'clock in the even
ing, all well, off Brest. The Ships from Plymouth
had joined, and his Lordfllip had with him an in
vincible fleet of 40 fail of the line.
FRENCH ARffi OF THE RHINE, Gc.
SEPTi 19.
The Hamburgh mail due on Sunday arrived lad
night. The molt important intelligence brought
by it is from Switzerland and the Rhine. The
French have crossed the Rhine, in order to divert
the attention of the Archduke, and to oblige him
to divide his forces. They are now advancing in
two columns of nearly twenty thousand men each
to Durlach and Heilbron, ahd seem to threaten the
Archduke by Schaffhaufen, while Maffenna is to
attack him in front. His Royal Highness there
fore has quitted Switzerland with a large part of
his army, and has marched to Donaue'fchegen, in
order to check the progress of the French army,
in which the accounts from Frankfort fay he has
been fuccefsful. Gen.Hotze commands the Andri
ans and Ruffians in the absence of the Archduke.
But Hotze, with an army inferior to Maflena's,
can only act ftridtly on the defenfive —l,e is wait
ing anxiously for the reinforcements from Italy
under Gen. Kray. Lecourbe is again marching
against Coire.
The French, it is obvious, have no idea of main
taining themselves in Suabia—they will probably
retreat as the Austrians advance.
In the Electorate of Mentz, the people have un
expectedly risen en maffe, driven the French back
to Offenbach, and threaten the city of Mentz,
which, as well as Caflel, is declared in a date of
siege./
SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, SEPT. 23.
Parliament, which had bepn porogued to the
29th of Oct. is now called to meet on Tuefday the
24th of this month.
This sudden and unexpected measure has made
a very strong impression on the public mind, and
has occasioned a considerable fall of the Stocks ;
Since it is ascribed to Some important movement
in the Cabinets of the coalesced powers, upon
which our Ministers do not choose to act without
the concurrence of Parliament. We have good
reason, however, for believing, that the chief ob
jeCt of this measure is to get a bill passed to enable
government to fend an additional nnmber of Mili
tia to Holland. We know from very refpeftable
authority, that it has been in contemplation some
time to augment our continental army with 30,000
troops collected in this manner, especially, as it
does not appear that his Prullian Majesty will take
any part m tne deliverance of Holland. A report
was even circulated yesterday, that our Miniller at
Berlin had been ordered to quit that city, from[
which it was inferred, that hostilities would soon
follow. At Ratdbon, the 25th ultimo, the King
of Prussia declared, as Elector of Brandenburg,
“ That he would not depart from his neutrality,
and that he would take no part of a war of the
Empire."
Domestic Intelligence.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA,OCT. 36.
\FIRE!
Yeflerday morning, aoout ^o'clock the city was
alarmed by the cry of fire, which issued from the
Livery Stables of the late Mr. Martin Murray, at
the corner of Watkin's court and Moravian alley.
So rapid was the progress of the flames, that be
s re the citizens had generally assembled, the Sta
bles, together with 17 horses and a large number
of carriages, harness, &c. were consumed. Near
ly every engine in the city was present, but the
great Scarcity of water and buckets rendered tfie
chief of them useless ; and 13 dwelling houses and
(lores were either destroyed or materially injured
before the progress of the destructive element,
could be arrested. B^the extraordinary exer
tions of some fearlefs citizens, the principal part of
the property contained in the stores was refeued
from the flames. r '
< NEW-YORK.
neW-eork, oct. $4.
To the Editor of the /Mercantile Advertiser.
SIR,
,On the 3d of Oft. I was boarded by the British
fhipof war York of 64 guns, and detained tor fix
hours and an half, from under convoy of the
George Washington. After the Washington was
boarded, they filled her fails and left a .number of
veflels with the 64. 1 was taken on board the
York with my papers, which they examined, and
The five Spanish fllips which had come out of
Rochfort, have escaped the vigilance of Sir J. B.
Warren, and have got into L'Orient. The two
Squadrons were in light of each other, but the
Spaniards were so far to windward, that it was
impoflible to cut off their retreat.
THE FLEETS.
SEPT. 2T.
SEPT. 16.
detained me on board, and in their boat fix hours.
Capt. Romney, of the brig James, of Philapelphia,
informed me that he had been taken on the 20th
September, and they had made a tender of his brig
ever since, as foe wasarmed.. The officers on board
the York informed me that the letters on board the
brig James had given, them every information te
fpefting the veflels they wanted to take.
Whilst I remained there, they sent the log-book
of the brig Harriot on board the York, and after
that sent a prize-mafler on board of her, and had
several more veflels there detained when I parted,
and wanted very much to fall in with the schooner
Nancy. They Stove in my quarter, in my absence
on board the York, by running me foul of another
veffeL W M . Fisher,
Mafler of the brig Abby, of New-York.
[The ADDRESS of Mr. PINCKNEY to the
Citizens of the United States, (commenced in this
day's paper) merits the f rious attention of every
American !—The Author is a patriot '75 —took
an active part in aiding to establish the Constitu
tion of the United States, and on all occasions,has
shewn himfelf a FRIEND to the rights and inter
est of his country. The sentiments of such a man
cannot fail of being highly acceptable to our rea
ders, and of being productive of much ^ood.J
Cbe Republican Lap preacher,
" But they have fought out many inventions. "=-
Nothing is more true than the foregoing sentence.
It proceeded from Solomon, who if we may credit
sacred writ, was a very wife man, almost as wife
as some of our great men of the present day.—He
was, however, a King, and altho' we are not very
fund of kings or kingly governments, conceiving
one and the other to have proceeded from the ma
ny inventions which wicked and ambitious men
have fought out, to shackle the mind, and bind the
consciences of their fellow creatures —Yet we mutt
render justice where justice is due—among the
groupe of royal despots, which tyranny hasinvent
ed or fought out—there have been a fro,(and but
a few) very good fort of men. In this small class
we rank Solomon, And altho' it may naturally be
supposed that he was fond of royalty and regal
power, it niuft be admitted that he was a wijt
king—and this character does not apply to ever,
king, from Saul the son of Kifh to George the third.
Kings being an invention fought out by men, an<
not as some fay, “ appointed by God" it is natura
to suppose that the fame motives which brought
them into their high and exalted Station, \\ ill ope
rate not a little upon their conduct in the admin
iftration of their regal power. Tho' Kings, the)
are but mere-men, composed of the fame ingredi
ents with their fellow creatures —eat, drink, Deep
talk, walk and ride in nearly the fame nanner,—
Indeed Solomon, though he sometimes exprefle:
himfelf in a lofty (tile, and kingly manner, such a:
" The King's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, bw
Ms favour is as the dew upon the grass." —“ In the
light of the King's countenance is life —and hr
favour is as the cloud of the latter rain—the wratl
of a king is as the messenger of death, but a wifi
man will pacify it." Yet speaking of himfelf, he
fays, " As it happeneth to the fool, Jo it happenetl
even to me, and why was 1 then more wije ? the?
said lin my heart, this is aljo vanity."
Among all the inventions, which mankind have
Jought out —there is no one more ridiculous, nc
one more debating—no one more incontinent witl
reason and common sense, than that pueriie, piti
ful invention— a King . ' Man, fays the preacher,
was created upright, but they have Jought out ma
ny inventions. By the theocratical form of govern
ment, under Which the Jews were placed, God a
lone was their supreme Ruler and King. But the
Jews, like our royal federaliJls were not content
with this, and cryeel out, “ give us a King." Their
requell was complied with—God gave them a king
in his wrath, and so well were they paid tor their
inventive genius. Now the[e are but lew, the
leaf! acquainted with hiftory, sacred or profane,
but what will acknowledge that Kings, generally
speaking, are, and have been, very great men 1
but that the Situation of mankind has been amelior
ated by their administration, remains to be prov
ed. The millions of human carcases that have been
immolated for their aggrandizement does not
prove this—rhe abjett llavery under which their
loyal fubjetts have groaned for centuries, does not
afford any additional argument —nor the burthen-
Come and almost insupportable load of taxes which
they have been obliged to pay, to support a wife
King, and a debauched family and nobility,cannot
be considered as very favorable to the petition.
The fame busy Spirit which has actuated man
kind in all ages, may be traced in the present age,
and in our own country. The fame rage for in
ventions—the fame lust for power and domination
—and the fame cry, “ give us a King !" —Reader,
llart not back !—we are treading upon sure ground
—and that ground, that so. ,is Republican-foul
how long it will remain so, our fellow-citizens
must determine. If our present republican forms
of government, which we call a good invention,
are worth preserving, then you mull be up and
doing. Remember— there is a combination to de
fray them. The anglo-federaliJis have been Seek
ing out many inventions ; and among these, a ve
ry pretty one —they are fall advancing to theKir/g-
Row ! and when they get this complete, their in
vention will be completed, they will then move
backward and forward as they please, and nothing
will be wanting but to get a patent ! —At prcfeni
you enjoy inestimable privileges ; support and de
fend them—let none buPreal republicans (if you
can prevent it) fill offices of honour, trust or profit
—leit in the language of the preacher, the time
may come, when each may fay, “ So I returned,
and considered all the oppreffons that are done un
der the fan : and behold the tears of such as were
.opprefed, and they had no comforter ; and on the
fide of their oppressors, there was powers but they
had no comforter,''
[The late European Intelligence, published in this
day's paper, was received by an arrival at New-
Bedfordfrom Leith. By this arrival, Edinburgh pa
pers were received to the 23d, and Leith to the 24th
—They contain, befde what we publiJh, the parti
culars of the capture ts Seringapatam, &c. by the
English, which they exultingly Jay, secures to them
the sovereignty of India. TheJe papers aljo contain
official details of dJkirmiJh in Holland, in which the
Britijh were Juccefsful. The trophies attending
this last affair was one cannon, a few pontoons,
&c. From a retrofpea of the, whole, we may ven
ture to assert, that France is not conquered—nor
is Holland—nor is Switzerland. Further, the King
of Prussia has not, joined the coalition, and Saxo
ny is following his example.]
Oe Republican Ledger.
Portsmouth, November 13, 1799.
I "What have I done unto thee, that thou has fat
ten me these three times ?” These are Yhe uords
of an Ajs, directed to Baalam, the prophet, wluin
Balak, the King of Moab, had sent to curSe Israel.
It was contrary to the decree of the Amighty that
the prophet should comply with the request of Ba
lak, yet it feenis he was permitted to go.on his
journey uninterrupted, until flopped by the angel,
—Baalani, it feenis, did not difeern the danger he
was running into, by thus perfifling on an errand:
which was finally to bring on his deftruaiou his
love, it feenis, for the wages of unrightecufneß,
overcame every honest emotion, and like maty
falfe prophets of the present day, he appeared more
deiirous of pleating the K ng of Moab, than of
gaining the favour of his God— One would have
thought that the solemn arid remarkable rebuke he
met with from the Angel, and from his faithful
servant, the rf/s—would have daggered him in hh
pursuit—but he was permitted to go on, and to
utter those beautiful and sublime words, “ How
shall Icurfe whom Cod hath not cursed," &c. The
inference from the foregoing is natural, -and lim
ply this—Great men are not always wife — prophets
are not always Jincere —and miniflers, may fonie
times be in error. Many of the clergy have been
curling and defying the French—they have been
literally beating the drum ecclesiastic to volunteer
for the armies against that nation—they have ad
vocated the cause of all those who were fighting
against them, and if they have not actually prayed
for their downfall, their difeourfes have plain!,
proved that it was their Sincere desire that this e
vent fliould take place.—Well may the French
adopt the language addrefled to Baalam, and ap
ply it to our Clergy— -What have I done unto thee
that thou haJI Jmitten me these three times. —lt
was ungrateful in Baalam thus to treat a servant—
Is it not equally so, thus to treat a faithful friend.
It would be well for this class of reverend and re
fpeftable citizens, to take a retrofpeft of their late
conduit, and seriously determine, whether the,
have, in reality, been advocating the cause of true
religion —of true and undefiled religion—of that
religion which the great Messiah inculcated—which
is peace on earth, and good will to men—^nd if
their anathemas against that nation will add to it
or diminish. In our opinion, it will have no more
effect, than the words of Baalam, supposing him
to have cursed Israel, could have had.—Hear \\ hat
Baalam fays, God is not a man that he should lye,
nor the fan of man that he should repent; hath he
/aid, and shall he not do it ? or hath he Jpoken and
shall he n t make it good ? Then why all the idle
rant of mortal creatures, children of a day—his
purposes shall and will go on, "for he is not a
man that he should repent." —Then woe be to him
that Itfiveth with his maker.—The deflruction of
kingly and papal power is prophecied and must
founer or later take place, and perhaps the time
is not far distant, when the present mills that ob
feure the day shall be removed—when the watch
men, shall fee eye to eye,—when the reign of the
Prince of Peace shall commence, and all civil and
ecclefiaitical tyrants shall fink, like a mighty mill
llone, never to rife no more ! —Then let all who
really wish for this happy period, be cautious,
how they refill its Approaches, left they fliould
have to exclaim in the language of Baalam, — I
shall fee him, but not now, I shall behold him, but
not nsgh."
The following article is copied from a Boston
paper. We republilh it to (hew, that there is no
act, however debasing, which Great- Britain ma,
fee fit to exercise towards these States, but what
the Anglo-Fede^alifts will endeavour to jultify,and
perfuaue the people into ail opinion, that the,
ought tamely quietly to acqniefce.
The “ new orders, as they are called, which
have been received by the British Naval Comman
ders at Halifax, to Jearch vessels under convoy, af
fect all neutral nations: and are founded on the
mofl efiablifhed and acknowledged principles of the
Laws of Nations. Those principles have recently
undergone a though investigation in Europe, in
confequeuce of the capture of a Swedish convoy ;
which, though under the protection of a royal
frigate, was nevertheless condemned ; and one of
the aligned causes of condemnation was, that the
Swedish frigate prepared to resist a search after
contraband goods. The King of Sweden has ac
quiejeed in the decision. A neutral nation, to en
joy its rights, should be careful that its citizens do
not infringe the rights of neutrality. If individu
als will run risks without controul, they ought to
bear the consequent losses without grumbling, and
not involve a nation in a war to gratify their inor
dinate avarice."
The belt comment upon the foregoing ridicu
lous and Stupid paragraph, that vie can think of,
may be comprized in the following words :—
“ Iffachar is a strong ass, couching down between
<c two burdens, and he. Jaw that rest was good,
" and the land that it was pleajant ; and bowed
“ his Jhoulder io bear, and became a jervant unto
" tribute,"
Cbe Treaty.
When the British treaty was under difeuffion,
one of the principal objections opposed to it was,
that whilst it subjected cur feameii to be treated as
pirates should they be taken in the Service of the
enemies of Great-Britain, it left them without the
least protection from impressment into the Service
of Great-Britain hei felf.
But who, among the numerous oppofers of the
treaty, then supposed that it would ever be con
strued so as to Junction or authorije the impreff
meut of our seamen by the British ? No objection
like this appears to have been thought of in any of
the popular meetings of that day, in which the
treaty was difeuffed, or by any of the patriotic
writers to whom the lading gratitude of America
is due for having exposed the shameless commit
ment of our national interests and honour, which
marked almost every Step in that ever memorable,
and ever to be deplored negotiation ; nor was it
forefeen by any or those real Americans in Con
gress, who nobly and firmly opposed, to the last,
the ratification of an instrument which they knew
to be subversive of the bfll interests of their coun
try.—
In the case of JONATHAN ROBBINS, how
ever, to the astonishment of every man in the union
who possesses a clear head and an honest heart, the
principle is ellablifhed, that an American, impress
ed by the British, is deprived by the treaty of
the right of resistance to his oppteffors. The trea
ty therefore is made to Janhion, not merely in 3
negative sense, but by positive legal copf|ro<lioD,
the imprejjment of our seamen, and the inhuman
treatment which they receive from the hands of
the merciless petty tyrants of the British navy.
It mutt afford no small degree of consolation to
the friends and relatives of .that unfortunate Ame
rican, whom a blind policy, to fay the least, has
devoted a facrifice to British injufiice, that a gen
tleman so much the ornament of his country, as