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aoy laws issued by the diet of Ra
lilbone or the Roman emperor.
Arc. 3. Theconvention demand
that Austria &Prussia renounce all
j urifdiiftion over fuoh of their pro*
vinces as are situated in the ab we
mentioned circles; the French gov
ernment leave it to the wisdom of
the new federal republic to indem
nify the said powers by exchang
ing such provinces as lay contigu
ous to Brandenburg and Bohemia*
Art. 4 On these conditions the
French republic offers the stares of
the empire and particularly to the
new.federal republic,peace, friend
fliip, and an unlimi:ed liberty of
commerce, provided that both par
tie sfubmit to the general mtafures
Os internal police., *
In consequence of the former,
articles the Rhine will be in future
the barrier ; the navigation of that
river will be entirely free and
neither of the nations (hall be al
lowed .to lay taxes, or imposts on
goods, &c. tranfponed on the
Rhine, under, whatever name it
may be.
AMS TER DAM, Jan. 28.
Extras of u totter from the Hague, Jan, 29. |
0 We have had a new proof of the per
fidy of the Stadholderian party, and of the
Aflembly of the ancient S;ate General. It
is nowfaliy ascertained that in order to sp.
pcafe the patriots, theie gentlemen had cir
culated a rumour, that the Stadtholder had
refignedaH his employment. l , civil and mil
itary, and that his resignation had been
accepted by (he States General. This is
a falfehood and thecounfellors of (he Stadt
hoder h»<re been more expetC, or rather
more perfidious. We decide on this lub
jeft from the following refolurion entered
into by the States General on the 18th Jan
uary. the very day on which the Stadholdcr
departed. Tbe patriots have found this
infamous document in the secret register of
the deliberations of their High Mightinesses.
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Sunday, Jan. iS, 1795
Report has been made to the Aflem
by MelT. Grotenrey ind other Commission
ers of their High Mghtinefles for military
affairs, who have been direfled by the re
solution of (his day, to examine a letter
from his Highness, of the fame date writ
ten at the Hague, and of the following ten.
/ or.— * That the cite um fiances which made
his Highness forefee the Jot that awaits him,
in case the enemy should penetrate further
into tbe country, and His net being willing
to oppose any obstacle for peace, of which
the good citizens have so much need, have
determined' him to quit the country with
all his fami’y, for a certain time, hoping
that their High Mizhtineffes will not dis
approve this ttep. His Highneh prays the ;
Supreme B.’ing to Ihed his most precious
bleflings on his once happy country, and to
restore its ancient splendor. He protetts
Glemnly he has used his best endeavours to
serve it well, and that he utterly defpaii# of
his being able to contribute any further to
its defence. And finally, that if circum
flances, should at any future day, allow
him to be ufeful co his country^ which he
hold, dearer than any other ‘objefl in the
world, their High Mightinefles will always
find him difoofed to exert him fell to the ut
< znoft. His Highness has determined that
his two lon*, whole resignation of the com
mand of the troop* of the States he ha# ac
cepted, [hould accompany b*im*”
Having deliberated on tbe premises, and
had regard to the. aflual state of affairs,
which demands some precautionary mea
sures which cannot he found neceffiry to
' declare, that whatever may be determined
for the prefenfand hereafter, fhali hoc car
tv any prejudice at future times to any
perlon whoever. It has been fine* deter
rained to writeto the commanders of troops,
as Well #s W the governors, commanders of
cities and fortrefles belonging W States
General, that hie Highness has withdrawn
from the territory only for and W
? his two fens the Princes of Orang^ bad
been dtfmiffcd from the command of the
army j in consequence it has been order
ed that all the military officers whatever
A.H pro.ifionally lorw«o
fate of the uotoo, .11 themihwy
reports wbkh h,»e hitherto been fubmlt-
X th. Wd Prihee. It. C.p
tain General of the UoKtd Provinces
Jt h.. been
forweded to Mons. De r.r«y, hu Ht»h.
ncft’«pri»*« <««W» >0 fot war d
any delay to the council of Rate, all the .
military reports which Ihall come to the
address of his Highness, and all other let
ters whatsoever, which he fhali have reason
to presume contain military details.,.
——.
The members of the new states of th? b
province of Hyland being assembled at the
hotel called Heerelogement, the citizens
of the Hague were introduced to compli
ment them. Citizen Peter Paulis was cho
sen preiident. Two Secretaries were like
wise appointed, viz. De Lauge and Spoors
The former secretary Royer was called in,
and he was dirrfled to convoke the AfTem
bly without calling either the ci-devant
nobility or the grand peufionary. They
want in a body to'the General Assembly
of the S ates, where they were received by
the Secretary Royer. They qualified them
' felve? as Pjovifiunary Reprelentativespf rhe
People* of Holland—They decreed the
Sovereignty of the People and the Rights
ofJVfan, and abolilhed the Stadtholderfhip
with all its dependences. The oath upon c ?
the old coottitutfon was fopprefied.
The chambers of accounts and others
were dissolved, and were replaced by com
mittees of public welfare, military affairs
and finances. Which were immediately .
organized.
The deputies to the States General have J
been recalled, and the liberty of gunning
upon one’s own ground has been allowed.
They have given notice of all this to the
reprefuntatives of the French people, who
were fatisfied therewith. |
(From the Moniteur Univtrfal, Feb 8.
PROCLAMATION
Os the Representatives of the people of
Fran te, lent to the armies of the North,
Sambre and Meuse. i
TYRANNY, which conspired against
the liberty of Mankind, has declared war
on us, and attempted to oppress us.
A flubborn Stadtholder made himfelf
mailer of your government; he entered
into the pernicious coalition of tyrants,
and formed wi h them the rash resolution
of enslaving a magnanimous people.
Your blood, your treasure, were lavifbed
in that criminal attempt.
The fate of arms answered the j office of
our cause, and our victorious 'armies
entered your territories. Batavians! wt
ate very Ur Pom thinking that you are
accomplices of this horrid attempt. O^r
enemies «re also yours. . v
The blood of the founder of the Repub
lic of the United Provinces flill runs in you*
veins, and amidst the havocks of war we
flill continue to conflder you both as our
friends and allies, and it is upon this prin
ciple that we are now among you ; we
bring confidence and not terror along with)
US It fc but a few years ago. that a haughty
conqueror presented hws to you, and we
now restore liberty to you ; we do not
come into your country to enslave—the I
French nation Ihall rdpefl yoor indepen 1
dence. r «
The armies of the republic of France
fhali observe the ftrifleft difdpUne; the
ieaft injury and extravagancy committed
agajr.fi the inhabitants, fhali be severely
punished.
The fecutity both of person and proper
tv (hall be maintained. j
' The Fee exercise of religion fliall not)
be disturbed. Tne laws, customs, end j
manners (hall flill be maintained. The .
people of Holland, by using their foyer- ;
eigoty, ffiall alose be abie to alter or im—
prove the constitution of their government. !
At Amsterdam, the tft Pluvoife ; in thtf
3d year of the French Republic, dne
and indivisible, (the 2bthof January,
1795, old stile.)
Signed on the original,
GILLET, '
BELLEGARDE.
J B. LACOSTE,
JOULERT, ; -
POSriER,
DEL’OiaE >
Domestic Intelligence.
Bl TTSBURGH, April 11.
A CORRESPONDENTobferves.that
he is happy to hear that the a^my
now tn this country is tobedtfeharged—we
need not fear another mfurreAion, as the
people have seen their error, and will profit
by the experience it has taugh« them ; juf
tlce requires that the army should be with
drawn, to give the people an opportunity
of convincing (heir fellow ernzens of the
Odud bWthM .tej .re »ot Wed n,:
as good citizens, although they have been
; | led astray by a few defighing charaflert.
i FHILADELPHIA, April 6-
RxtraS of a letter front an Officer in the
! >7'farn army to bis Father t dated Fort
Waynt^ Dec. 30.
My Dear Sir,
•* The clouds which have so long obfeu*
tea the riling profpefls of this weftern hem
• ifpherej began to be dispelled by a dawn of
reason, which has beamed upon the bewil
dered minds of the deluded savages, and
Britilh influence, and Briiifh gold, are los
ing their efficacy. I have doc time to en
large upon this fubjeft, fhali therefore bare
ly inform you, that on the 17 h instant
three Frenchmen and four Indians made
tbeir appearance opposite to this Fort,
bearing a white flag—l was direded to
receive and condufl them in—and was hap
py in approaching them, to find one of the
( Frenchmen nailed was the per
j lon whom we had prisoner the soth of
August lafl, who, Iconceive is governed by
.motives, of Imcerity. After opening to
। the Commandant the objefl of his visit, he
f gave us to understand that he had lefi^s
Indian men and 5 women, a few miles be- .
hind, to continue there till the success of
hi* embafly was known to them. Tnis
might do very well with the Indians, who
know not the sacredness of a flag,and treat it
as of no importance, budwith us it would
have been an unnecessary pieceof etiquette,
however as it is proper as far as it u con
fident to conform to coftom, I was direfl
ed to meet (hem, and bring them in, which
I did the next day in the afternoon, and
this daf thev will start for head quarters
—this embafly will no doubt,have a flrong
effefl upon the minds of those tribes who
are inclined to be obstinate, bur who have
not the means to Carry on a war, when so
great a part of the lavages’ detach them
feives from them, and so openly aft con
trary to the council and advice of rhe Bri
tish agents, M‘Kee and Elliot—The depu
ties from the Indians, now at this post con
fifla of the following tribes— Potowatamies,
Chippeways, Ottawas and Sueta"—wno |
come forward and fay, that they wiil bury
the hatchet, and live on terms of amity and
friendfhip with the United States, that they
are tired of the war -have too long (hat
their ears against their own interests, and
have been deceieed by the Britifn whom
they find are not able to protest them, from
«jv advances our army may make into
Yesterday another flag appeared in fight,
which I received and brought in; this flag
comes from the Maimi Nation one of the
most obstinate of the belligerent tribes, and
purport is, offers of establishing a. perma
nent peace. They (ay the great Chiefs of
their nation will be here in a few da^ys—
and that the Shawaneefe, Delewares, Wt
andots and the other tribes immediately
under the beck of British influence have
embraced the oocsfion of throwing aside the
yoke, which has so long bound them, and
have at length determined to consult tbeir
future interest, by forming a compaft of
friendffiip w» h the Americans, for this
purpose they are colleftiog and will, it is
expefled in the course of two months comf
forward with their offers; as this is the
foot on which the Miami’s resided, prior to
Gen. Harmar’s eirthpaign, they I believe
wiffi to be (offered to eftabblh a village on
one of the rivers, and raise their nextyear*#
crop of corn in the vicinity of our post.
N E W Y O R April 9.
BYCapt. Holland arrived at Philadel
phia from' Aux Cayes, information is rcy
t^ived, that on ^he ilth of March, Gem
Regain with/lcucoo trocpf, all people of
' colour under “his command, was to leave
the abov€ to invade Porf-»u.Prmce
Frencfi Hoop of war^me out
; with CnplE. H. with tbe ehietj*rt of his
and milityy 0 ”K so
/o. operate with the Republican troops at
' Certain plate appointed.
. L APBXI*. 17* •
Straff of a letter from the American Con^
’ tiil at Nantx to bis Cot^fondint in ibis 1
city, dated Feb. 6, <7^s*
• :;U. «We picafure thia op
portuhity taglve you the fa&f a Ao«y news,
that flill payment.for freight’•»<! demurrage
£ agreeable, co charterer tly has been recew
ed. in Decie, by OapL Pttitor, cf the
Mary, vmd Capt. Glad ce the fs of
Liberjy. both belorg'og to yaur po»t.
Capt. damm«ge alofie, amounted
to nekr A 000 dollars. ;
The Committees of government have
'conftantly Jccksed that-*® might assure all
d aUdi
murra^e until the last hw
been efflfted by the examples above men-
AFtti. 40.
ExtraO of a letter from a gentleman in St,
Euftdtia, to Afr. Levinus Clarkfon, mer*
chant in Pb iadelpbia, dated iji April.
** The English have declared war against
tbe Dutch, and have granted letters of
marque and reprifah, one has already
produced her commission at St. Kfrts. The
Dutch have acknowledged the sovereignty
of the French.granted one tnda half million
fteilmg 10 profecutc the war, to supply
large quantities of cjoathing for the army
' and to fit out 32 fail of the line, and nine
frigates*
The negroes have retaken St. Lucia,
except the fort of Morne Fortune, taken
Grenada, excep Richmond hill and town,
have rose in a body at St. Vincents, and
are fighting there in a dreadful manner ;
and in neither of the Eaglilh and Dutch
ifla’idj, do th ^mhabnants go to bed with
out ths fear of death before morning.—
Such is Ihc present fuuation of these colon
ies, and you most be persuaded the profpeft
is nqt very tempting to ri Ik property to at
prettnt. All those who had goods here,
last Week removed o it. Thomas and Sr. '
Bartholomews, fearing the attack of the
French, and this week we are expeftinglhe
attack of the English.—Yesterday an En
glish frigate Was here, and it was luppofed
the came to demand the island.
■ * W ■* 1 ^■■ai
Citizen Adet, late Minister Plenipoten
tiary at Geneva, we learn, is appointed by
the Committee of Public Safety, Minister
of the Frence Republic to the United
States of America.f,. 1 ' • 4
In a.letter ffpm Geneva, citizen Adet^ is
said to be ** a declared friend to humanity,
\an impartial judge, and a righteous man
in the ftrifteft fenfe*”
The National Convention of France hat
sent the flag of the United States to Gene
va, by their new Ambaflador there, Citi
zen Defporte, to be suspended with theirs.
Tbe French Convention have ihewn
their wtfdeen sassing to the frdttypf tbe
day^ on what Gmrrf could infniqpj^^
our beloved President. MagnamWy will
always command refpefi.
The intelligence from Europe, Os the
failing of an "Algerine squadron ihto the
Atlantic is interesting. We are happy,
however, in learning from our conefpon
dents at Philapelphia, that the military
t fur Algiers, al the price
of peace, and ransom of our fellow citizens
was embarked on board a veflel bound di
reftly thither.—These apparatus we are
told, confifis of 6000 flands of arms, 4 field
pieces, and a quantity of powder.
Col. Humphreys is on the point of re
turning to Europe. -
Extras of a letterfrom d gentleman
in Norfolk^ ^pril ^tl>, 1795.
We have news here to the lOth
Feb. from Faris^ The States of
Holl and are declared an indepen^
dent country ; ^ave a National
Conventionofjheir own; and have
acknowledge#the French Repub
lic ; and hyve decreed a treaty of
alliance, /Wenfive and defenfive
with Fp4nce; and have agreed to
turn ajf their force against the codi* ’
md^enemy (England.)
/ 70 BE SOLD
Thirty acres of good
LAND
SITUATED in Pittsfield,
centre of tbe Town, sienr the
Meeung House, on the main road ^ing
from Gilmantoi* to Portfmontb and New
bury-Port, under good improvement, with
a House ®nd Barn, and a young bearing
Orchard, , bsvfeg about 300 trees ; also a
new C»der Mill and prela, e conveftteht
Tann Yard, and a Bark House which is zj
leet by 40# likewise a Currier’s and Shoc
maker’j Sfiop, a good Well near tbe house,
and a living brook running through faid*
I land, near the tan-yard.
. For further particulars enduhf of?
william GbRbON,
v ’ . n" oh the premifes.' -■ -
T}Y me the fubferiber, in Exeter, near
tj the store of Melters Gilman andLsw*
son, an px chain some time in last summer,
but thinkiM the owner would feon call far
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