The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-03-04 00:00:00, page 2

October 3 t.
A deputation of the council general of
the commons of P?ris came to demand,
that a revolutionary tribunal do accompa
ny each detachment of the revolutionary
army.
A deputation of the popular focie ies
came to demand, that every perlon refi
dentin the country, and having® town
house, shall return to town in the course
of one m mifi • — they Hated, that-.hole
per Fons ilaid tn the country on puipofeto
ahuG: the revolution, and the law that fixes
the maximum of provisions.— Referred to
a committee of legislation.
A petition of the fame deputation made
a long (r^cb, by which he demanded tjiat
t^e ulual mote of ad reffingone fingie rer
fon by the polite wojd You, in the plural
number, be converted into Thou, which
is of rhe singular number, for the fake of
abolishing all proud diltindtions among the
French Republicans.
Bazire demanded that this request be
inflantly decreed ; but on the motion of
Philippe tx, the C ny nticn thought it
Sufficient to give it inlettion in their Bul
letin.
employed in railing rhe fortifications of
that rebellious city. A colony of Repub
licans will follow d’Herboit to this city in
order to regenerate the public spirit,
which is yet in a revolutionary stupor.
On motion of Romme, (he convention
decreed :
1. That the words of Town, B rrgh, or
Village, fhal! forthwith be suppressed, and
thaj of Commonalty fubflituted in their
place.
2. That the inscription to be put up in
front of the Tennis Court of Versailles
{hall be the following : “ The Common
aky of. Versailles has well defcrved of the
country. *’
L O N D ON, No<v. 14.
The intimation that the British troops
were about to go into winter qua ters is
cofirmed. On the 7th inft.the regiments
of British troops serving under the Duke
of York, went into winter quarters at
Tournay. The Prince De Cobou^g is
encamped with the principal part of his
army between Cambray and Landreci.
The States of Brabant arc said to have
NATIONAL CONVENTION, Oa. 30.
THE procurator of the diftrid of
Rheims, lent books and parchments
which were used at the consecration of
the Kings of France ; he joined to them
the oath taEen by Louis Capet at that
ceemony.
Romme demanded that they should be
destroyed
“ I fee not (replied Burden of Oise,)
why we should preserve the ornaments us
ed at the consecration of Kings, when we
have destroyed the seal of the state, and
every thing which belonged to royalty.”
He demanded'that they should all be
burnt.—Decreed.
Same citizens of Corbeil brought a
gilt fi’ver shrine, which inc’cfcd an old
Saint, who bad long be>n supposed to work
miracles, said they, but we find that the
nnl” good quality he had, was the shrine,
Which we have brought to be converted in
to Republican coin.—Honorable mention.
In conformity to the report of the com
mittee of general fafety, the Convention
decreed :
equal vigilance the encroachments of anar
chy, as well as of Deipotifci—that the
name of Lib tty, without its blessings is a
dclufive phantom —and that the greatest
of these blessings are Security and Peace :
That the Despotism of a Mob, is as tre
•mendous an evil as that of a Monarch:
That to countenance either, is to incur.the
execration of mankind— and that they, who
wilfully plunge a nation, happy aslhis is,
in discord and bloedfhed, generally give
birth to one or other of these calamities.
i. That women shall no longer be al
lowed to assemble in popu’ar societies.
2. That all the fittings of the popular
societies o f men shall be public.
The CommUfioners wrote from Lyons
(2sth October,) that 600 workmen were
Sioned by order of the
Several -Meetings,
COMMON SENSE, Secretary,
Foreign Intelligence.
By Friday s Maik
FRANCE,
On Monday last, at 10 o*clock, that
Committee made their report, in which
they dated a number of embarrassments
under which our commerce generally, and
carrying trade in particular, now labours,
and ethets which may be expefied to anfe
upon the arrival of peace. To effefl a
removal of those existing, and to guard
these which may be apprehended in the
event of peace among theEurcpean nations,
'he committee fubjoired fvndry Resolu
tions for the town to adopt ; the moil of
which weie only declaratory of certain
principles and opinions, upon which to
bo tom one, recommending a diferimina
tion agair.fi Britain and Spain, by impo
sing new duties on their vessels and goods.
After the repprt was read, the debates
were opened thereon, byMr. Russel!, Mr
Jones, Mr. Eufiis and Mr. Codman, who
were in the minority of the reporting com
mitue ; and who row opposed the report.
On the other fide.it was supported by Dr.
Jarvis, Mr. Morton, and Mr. Aufiin,who
were in the majority of the fame commit- ,
tee. This debate, in which betide the a«
D U B L 1 N, f Ireland) Nov. 26.
A gentleman from Leghorn, now in
this city, fays that a company of Marfeil
loife emigrants had last year applied to
the Divan at Constantinople, for permission
to take a large trail of land in the island
of Crete, for the purpofc cf reviving the
cultivation of the sugarcane there ; that af
ter a number of delays and deliberations,
their request had betn complied with; —
in conlcquence of which, a firman or or
der had been sent to the Bey or Governor
of the island, to give protection to the
chriftian adventurers on the payment o> !
an inconfiderab'e quit-rtnt, and that lard
had accoroingl been taken by them for
the purpofc, frem which, in a few yea. 5,
they expeCl to raise upwards of 2.000
hogffiears ol sugar.
As the cbma e and foil of this island
have been ages ago rema kably calculated
for the production of the fugsr-cane, at
a time when i s culture was vtry imper
fectly understood, it is thought that thi
company, feme of whom it seems have
been planters in the WeHTndies, will have
great uccefs, efpeciaily should the high
pi ice, sugar is now fold at in the European
markets, continue ; and that their ex
ample will be followed by many ohers.
FxtraFi of a Ie ter ft cm a Mer hart in Li^er.
pool, to his friend in this city, dated Nov.
11 — receivedyeflirdayper tie flip Lydia.
“ We have' accounts this day that the
French have orders, and do capture, and
fend into port all neutral fh : ps, bound to
or from the ports of their enemies ; for
this purpefe they have now (even large
frigates cruiz ng between Cape Finifter
aod the Lzaro. American ihips are now,
greater rifq esthan Biirfh vefltls, as no
American (hip coming home can be ap
prised of th s late order oi the Convention
They have captured several Danes and
Swedes, the or,lv two nrtioni they were
not at war with.”
determined upon raffing 40*°$® men f° r
the service of the ensuing year. Each of
the regiments are to bear the name of the
provinces in which they are rsifed. 'I he
ftaff officers are already nominated by the
Emperor. The States had a special meet
ing on the 4th instant, to pursue their de
liberation upon the pecuniary and martial
fuccour reclaimed by the Emperor.
One of the French ships of the line,
takes at Toulon, is said to be upon her
voyage to England having for paflengers
several hundred refpeClabie inhabitants of
that place, who have requested to be re
moved from any pofGbility of a capture by
their savage fellow countrymen. It is not
to be interred from this, that the place is
in any immediate danger, for certainly
the moll remote possibility of its being ta
ken is a fufficient reason for the removal of
thole,againft whom so much vengeance has
been threatened by the Convention.
THE public have already been infor
med of the meeting of the inhabitants of
this town, to take into cenfideration the
embarraflments under which our Com
merce labour ; and of the appointment
of a committee of thirteen to report there
on.
American Intelligence.
IMPORTANT MEETING !
N E W- YO R K, Feb. 17.
BOSTON, Feb. 26.
the following forwarded by a Salem Capt.
at St. Kitts, and received by Capt. T.
arrived at Salem, viz } that a vef
frL Capt. Robinson master, had arrived
at St. Kitts, from England, which he left
Dec. 26th, who mentions, that when he
failed he saw an English newfpaper,which
The late Meeting has done, and will do
much good. It will flrengthen the opinions
of our delegates in Ccngrefs, and convince
them that a? long as they are just and patri
otic, their constituents will support them.
It ajfo fhew?,that when the mercantile and
mechanic prefeffions have time to delibe
rate, they fee their bell interetts, and pur
sue them.
We have been alarmed several days, by
report, that all American vettels bound to
and from the French ports in the Weft.
Indies, were seizable by British armed vef
fejs j we have the fatisfadion to announce
bove gentlemen,great numbers took a part,
was continued until near two o’clock P.M.
when the town adjourned to meet at the
Old-SoothMeeling-Houfe,at three o’clock,
(the inhabitants who attended being too
numerous for Faneuil-Hall) when the de
bate was refumed,and continued until dark.
The town then adjourned to ten o’clock,
yeftuday morning ; when the debate was
again resumed, and kept up with much
spirit until near cne. The question was
then taken upon this motion, “ That the
furtbtr confederation of the repo, t be referred
■without day" — and upon a divi(ion of the
house, there appeared a very large major
ity in favour of the reference. The meet
ing was then diflblved.
Never did we fee a fuller meeting ; and
never were debates more fairly conducted.
We cannot omit mentioning in a particu
lar manner, Mr. O;is,who to:k a coTpic
uous part in the course of ihe debate, in
opposition to the Report—His-fellow citi
zens did justice to hia abilities, and elo
q fence. The arguments used by the gen*
tiemen in oppofhioi to the report,difplay
ed an extensive knowledge oi our com
merce, its natural and permanent advan
tages,as well as its present embarraffnients;
and they were so convincing, as to fatisfy
a large majority, that it was inexpedient
for the town to declare any opinion as to
the measures proper to remove these em
barrafTments; but rather to leave the
whole fnbjeft with Congress, where it
ought constitutionally to reside.
It is unfortunate for the United State?
that they fofler in their bosom so many res
idents so intirely devoted to the French, as
to forget they owe their country any duty
as Americans. They do not seem to recoi
led that the French Court took a long time
to confider on the changes of war. before
it g ive us any affidance—notwithftar.d ng
that assistance tended to weaken a natural
and formidable enemy ; ar>d when too,
the present Ruling Powers of France have
declared to the world, that the assistance
rendered originated in the most treacherou:
and feififh views.
According to the la-est European papers,
was still in the prison of Magdeburgh ;
where he is confined in a dungeon of only
ten feet square ; and is not allowed pen,
ink or paper; or to converse with anv one.
«« When we read in hiftory,” fays the Ed
itor of a Philadelphia paper, “ what is said
of hirnin France,& compare it with the re
lation ol a citizen of Virginia, in his Tho’ts
on the United States, we shall be nduced
to doubt whether there are not two La
Fayette.' ** “ The charaftej of the Mar
quis de la Fayette,” fays this hifto
rian, *' stands in America, on abase that
the most refined malice cannot overthrow.
There is not a fingie trait in his life but we
must recoiled with pleasure, and which
null make us refped him. His courage,
which never failed him, is still Jess ccnfp c
uous than his prudence in command.
“it is not his military renown that has
rendered him most dear. The only doubt
we can form, is to know if he was made
greater by his wisdom or by his huma- in :
Amongst the many proofs of the second the
deliverance of the English Captain But
ler should not be forgotten.”
** ‘The People” of the United States, in
the Constitution they have adopted, have
declared, that ** Congress shall h^we th
exclufi^e power of regulatingCotnme cewi h
foreign nations” ~ “ the People” are
determined to fuppert that constitution !
THE MARQUIS LA FAYETTE,
In tire fling.
said that all vessels that failed from A mem
ca before January ift, 1794 5 having no
French property on board shall not be de*
tainrd by the English, but all that failed
after that time to icpply the French,
shall be detained in the English ports lor
legal adjudication.
At the beginnirgoi 'he French Revolu
tion, and for fame time astir, every exer
tion appeared to te m< de in France, to de
flroy their Weft-India fe tlemen s. No
American is unacquainted with the pro;
fcription and fligh of their inhabitants—
the infurredlions of the negrees and the
deftrufticn cf the towns and plantations.
The ruling powers declared that they had
rather fee these Iflancs destroyed, than that
the Jeaft infraction of a moral principle
should be made. Now they are destroyed,
their value is continually spoken of, and
their advantage to the manufaClural and
agricultural interefls of France, the theme
of caily debate. In con equence a fleet
of seven (hips of the line, five frigates, two
brigs, and 30 tranlports, In November
last filled from B ell, lor the Weft Indies,
but were intercepted b> Lord Howe’s fleet,
and has been obl ged to take flicker in
L’Orient.
We are (old, that the Hon. Mr. Jcffer
fon, late Secretary of State, will succeed
Mr. Mcrris, as the Ambafladorof the U
nited States, to the Republic of Prance.
Mr. Thomas Paine, we learn, by a
late European arrival, has petitioned the
National Convention of France for liberty
to retire to the United States ; but the
prayer of his petition has been rejected.
His friends in Philadelphia, are folici.ing
some appointment for him under th? Unit*
ed States, as a mean to effieCt his regreia
from F1 ance.
On the 16th the Pruflians made an at
tack on Buche, but were repulsed with
great slaughter A battalion of grenadiers
was mostly cut to pieces, and Prince Fred
erick of Prussia received a wound in the
Ihoulder.
Another rencounter took place on the
17-h, in wh ch the French were repulsed.
On the 1 Sth a severe adion was fought
b tw en th- Fre eh and the Auft ians un
<e> General Wurmser in the vic nity of
Strafburg; and the parties are silent as
to theirk lies.
This was followed by a third aflicn on
the 21 ft. when General Wurmser was
attacked in al’ his petitions. 7he flangh
ter was prodigious. The Auftriaus are
said to have 101 l 6000 men ; yet they com
pelled the French to retire to the heights
of Saverne.
There has been feme fi^h’ing also on the
Northern borders of Fiance near Meniu,
bur nothing decifve has phen place, and
the troops of Central Cceourg appear
to have taken up winter quarte r
The combined powers are making all
exertions for the next campaign. The cler
gy of Brabant, it is said, are coining their
Hate for the life of the Emperor; and the
States of Hungary have offered large (ap
plies of men and m<ney. Tha fame may
be observed of feVeral principalities ia
Germany.
General Wurm'er fonn after retired to
Hagenau ; the French tock pofitllion of
Bliefcaftle, Deux Ponts and lexemburgh.
But on the 3O:h, they received a check at
before fta ed.
One of the Secretaries of the British
Ambafudor, arrived in town on Saturday,
with difpa’chesto Prince Edward : Elis
Royal Highness embarked in the Roebuc-
Packet on Saturday evening for the Weft-
Indies.
A body of troops under the command of
Earl'Moi ra have landed at Guernsey, for
the puronfe of making a defeent on the coast
of Briranny to favour the infurredion ia
that quarter of France.
NEW-YORK, FEB. 19.
ExtraS of a letter from St. Thomas, dated
Jan. 28, to a gent'etnan in this city.
" Martinique is entirely blocked up with
5 or 6 frigates, which are determined that
there (ball not be the leift intercourse with
the Americans. The British fleet has also
arrived in Barbadoes—four (hips of the
line, five of 44 guns, and 8000 troctos.
“ Business is much at a (land through
the Islands.”
The American Eaft-Indiamen, fnter
prife, St. Barbe, of Wifcaffet from China
bound to Oftend, hearing of the wah put
Ab ft raft of Foreign Intelligence.
BRUSSELS, NOV. 2Q.
C O M M V N 1 C AT 10 N.