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'that their companies are broken tip and their
arms deposited in the places agreed.„They
relate thus the great events—
Get}Brune was reconnoitring near Mu
rillac, attended by the Generals De Belle &
, Guillot, and about 30 Huffays & Chaffeurs.
Four horsemen clad in the Chouan uniform,
appeared bn the highway, not far from a
village-called Theix. They exclaim'd,
Who's [here ,—BRUNE, the General i?
Chief, was the answer. They heiitatec
forte time ; at last, one of the horsemen
said—“ Our commander Georges is here,
and wishes to speak with the Republican
General." BRUNE, who had before re
iffled an interview, proposed through the
medium of an agent of Georges, advanced
then with two Generals rind an Aid de camp.
'Georges alighted and "carrie forward : Ihe
conference took place, in the open air, by
the fide of a hedge, and after a mort hour's
conversation, everything was adjusted--
Georges has consented to deliver in twenty
four hours, twenty thousand muskets and 12
nieces of cannon he had received from the
writifh.,
You will easily conceive what joy we feel
at an event which is to restore tranquility in
this part of the Republic.
The ceremony in which 96 flandards con
quered by the army of Egypt have been
presented ; and the funeral oration of Waffi
fogton pronounced,' has been uncommonly
Solemn, and has attracted an immense con
course of people. 1 The Minister at war has
received the standards, and Foutanns, veil
known as a poet and an orator, has pro
nounced the oration defined to celebrate the
exalted virtues of the American hero.
-The capitulation of GEORGES;the mod
celebrated chief among the Chouaos, has
been Officially announced by Gen. BRUNE.
KdI'ISKON,3 AN.TO.
We have received yesterday the news that
the Ruffian Imperial army is to return home.
The necefiry preparations are making to
that effea.
The firft Consul has ordered the bust of
Gen. Washington to be made and placed in
the national palace, among those ancient and
modern heroes who have served their coun
try, and left an illustrious name. We have
remarked Marechal Turene, and the Duke
of Marlborough among them.
Domestic Intelligence.
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\ JBeto^ork.
^EbV-YORK, APrYI 2%
On the itth infl. the trial of Mr. Charles Halt,
Editor of rhe BEE, came on at New-Haven, be
fore the Circuit Court. The result of which
was, as we are informed, that the jury found him
guilty, and the court imposed a fine of 200 dol
lars and three months imprisonment. The croud
. of people was so great as to oblige the court to'
adjourn to the meeting house. Mr. Holßprayeff
that his confinement might be at New-Loudon-t
his prayer was granted. The particular point on
w^jch the attorney general rested the cause was
that of calling the army a (landing army infthad
of a provisional army, which confiituted a libel
If the above information be true, we would
be glad to fee a dictionary .containing all the
terms neceflary to be applied toa body of enlidc^
foldiers,otherwife it' will be impoffiole to keep
clear of prosecutions. It would fequire indeed
a co;inooTeur in law terras to tell why the word
/landing was more seditious and libellous than the
word provifional.'- ;
Some Who have hazarded an opinion on the a
bove business, have thought that the word provi
-Ify)4 was the only proper term to apply to men
who did nothing but eat provisions. But during
the American war, the army was properly called
a Handing, because they had to stand and face
their enemies.
^^. ; ;o&faty
•- NEWARK, APRIL 22.
*We w&e kindly favored by a member of Con
. so with the ", letter from the Secretary of'flate I
inclofing abltrads of all the returns made to him
by the collectors of the different ports, of register
ed and impressed Seamen ^together with a report
, exhibiting abftrafts of the communications receiv
ed by him, from the agents employed by virtue of
the “ Act to revive and continue in force certain
parts of the aft for the relief and protection of
^/'American Seamen, and to amend the fame.''—
From this letter it appears, that tince the 27th of
Feb. 1798, the date of the last report to the hoofe
x bf Representatives, the number of impressed sea
men exhibits a proportion of more than two jd§
the most impressed by the British—and those few
who have been impressed by the French, are, no
, doubt, by veflels unauthorised by the government
—while on the contrary, those impressed by the
British are mostly (loops of war, and other veflels
commissioned by government.
NEW-HAVEN, APRIL 15.
Capt. James Stewart, of Chathan, in the brig
Sally, arrived at New-London on the 4th inilant,
from Jamaica, brings the most unpleasing accounts?
from that quarter. He states, that, the British
capture all American vtetTels that afford the flight
ed pretext for condemnation, and impress all?
their seamen without diferimination. Ca,; Stew-f
art was taken by his Majesty's ffiip Acaffo, 0'44
guns, the commander of Which, Edward Fellows,
, came on board the Sally himfelf, ordered Captain
Stewart's cbeft open, and with his own hands took
out of it 1250 dollars, besides plundering the cab
in of other articles. On the arrival of the brig at
Kingflou, every man on board except the captain
and boy, all natives of Connecticut, were impreff
* ed, and are left there. Capt. Nathan Allyn, of
" Groten, had 211 his people impressed with their
protections in their hands, Capr. Waterman of
Nev-Ydrk, was treated in the fime manner, with
many others. And Mr. Savage, the American a-
gent hi Kingston, informed Capt. Stewart, that
he had forwarded to the Secretary of State, by
Commodore Truxton, an attefled till of the names
iof oue thousand and one bona fide American fea
meu who have lately been impressed by the Brit
ityin that tingle port. American veflels and car
goes were constantly condemning in that place, a
full account of which muttfoon be made public.
Several makers, and fopercargoes of condemned
vessels came home with Capt. Stewart, who, be
sides the general usage, was himfelf treated with
perfonah incivilities and contempt,
Boston, may ft'
I FROiM FRANCE— direct.
By the Cartel brlg Benjamin and Nancy, capt.
Williams, arrived on Monday, from Bourdeaux,
French papers to the middle of Feb. are received.
The Paris Journals do not contain any thing ve
ry interesting as to the exterior relation of that
country ; it seems, however, that the armies on
the Rhine and Helvetia , are well organized, for
midable, and ready to operate at the firft Signal.
Several corps are on the right bank of the Rhine,
one of which has taken post at Hockheim, an em
inence before Coffell, on the road from Mentz to
Frankfort, where it is observed by the armed peas
antry and the hussars of Zecler, polled at Hocheft,
and along the Nidda ; it appears that the French
are likewise polled on the right bank ofthe Rhine
in Switzerland, in the environs of Bregents.—
Some of their patrols, which communicate with
the detachment polled at Rhineck, and the adja
cent Villages, often give the alarm ; they are also
matters ofCouftantz, Slein and DiflenhoTen, and
at Basil a division occupies the whole eaflern shore
ofjthat 'river. A little below,oppofite Hunjngue,
they have strong redoubts—and old Briefach,
which is a natural fort, is likewise in their hands.
Another strong position, from which they can ea
sily pass the Rhine is Oppenheim, Situated between
Manheim and Mentz.
From what Gen. Brune Bates, in his last ac
counts, the Chouans seen pretty much reduced.
Many of them, it appears, only took up arms
from fear of being plundered by other parties —
after some Chiefs were killed in battle, some tak
en and Shot, the main bodies were delirous of
peace and tranquility ; and what now remain to
be reduced, are not domiciliated cultivators, arti
sans, &c. but merely a pack of deserters and free
booters bv profession ; who will soon meet with
their well deserved fate—The business once finish
ed, will leave the Republic a disposable army of
thirty thousand men, as a reserve for the armies of
Italy and the Rhine. Some, excellent regulations
rerpefting the victualling and paying of the armies
have been adopted —and by private letters, that
enter very 'minutely into the circumstances of the
last change of Government, its form, and the con
sequences that may therefrom result, it summari
ly appears, that the people of France have full
confidence in it ; that they approve of the mea
sures of Government ; and that they are ready to
support it with new facrifices, if necessary. The
fait is, that they behold with fatisfaftion a mild
fyltem of toleration—that men of found under
(landing and good principles, are placed in public "
employment-4-tlfe the different departments and
adminillratipns are purged—that embezzelers are
arraigned and punimed, and that the public weal
is confided to men of pure hearts and pure hands:
which mull certainly create confidence.
The&es of Friendship, those of the common
eaufe retween France and Helvetia, have been
Strengthened by the newly adopted just measures of
the firft towards the latter, whose complaints have
at last been heard ; and whose reliftance against
oppreffiun, has been duly appreciated. “ Assure
the Helvetians," said the Minister of Foreign af
fairs to the plenipotentiary of the descendents of
Tell, << assure them that the French government
will exert her utmost to heal the wounds that may
have been opened by incapableness and by paffious.
Tell them that the French Republic Shall always
view with a religious refpe&,the independence of
her alite,,
Gen. Moreau/h tompany with Generals Ee
courbe, Defloles, Elbi, Gudin, &c. paid a visit to
the celebrated Lavatcr, a- Zurich. The conver
f^tion was various and interesting ; they spoke
successively of the critical Situation of the Helvetia
—of Peice—of Buonaparte—of Sieyes—of the
Emigrants—of the Stagnation of Commerce—of
Italy—of the Character of the Italians—of Pamt
iog—of the famocs David— of Mulic—of Ghemyf
try—of Layoifier aud Bertholet ; on the improve
ment of humane'N^ture, &c. &c. The General
(aid, that “ a Peace might easily be concluded, if
rhe coalesced powers would bring into the treaty
as much moderation as the French government
was willing to do."
The last disturbances in Sweeden, was merely
the result of whifty phitofophy, and of course soon
quelled. ,
SUMMARY.
We have received by the Benjamin and
Nancy, a file of French papers to the 22d
Pluviofe, (Feb. 11.) Their contents are
important. We cannot indeed prefect our
readers with any details of sieges, battles and
other warlike exploits ; but the friend of
humanity and rational freedom will not be
displeased t& learn that the greatest harmony
prevails among the new constituted authori
ties of the French republic ; and th& the
confidence of the citizens gives to the Gov
ernment strength and refpe&ability. The
civil war which preyed upon the vitals of
France is terminated. It will, no more in
spire the Royalist with hopes, and furnish;
the British ministers and their partizans with
a pleasing endless theme to descant upon, in
all the fdblimjty of ariftocratical declama
tion. Georges, the great leader of Choi.-
anery has capitulated in the beginning of
pluviofe, (last day of Jan.) and he has sur
rendered ,0 the gallant general Brune, twen
ty thousand muskets and twelve pieces of
cannon, which the British had generouQy
sent to him. The English fleet have quit
ted their, Ration upon the coast of Normandy
and Brittanny. 1 His majesty's officers \com
plaiftbitterly that they have been deceived by
the Royalists, who after having pocketed
the^money and received the arms, have,
rather huffily, agreed to the propofol# of the
Republicane.
ft appears also certain, that the Ruffians
after much wavering, are returning home.
The boundless ambition of Auftrfa, apd thel
,opftinacy of Paul, have concurred in this
measure, which will have a great influence
upon the operations of the campaign.
The French generals are very active in di
reding, organizing and reinforcing the dis
; ferent armies. Moreau has arrived at
Mentz, Matfena is in Genoa'; and it is the
1 public opinion in France, that Buonaparte
will take the command of the army of the
Rhine. Berthier is to attend him. The
well known Carnot is minister at War.—
Thus are the French concentrating all their
talents in one focus, and setting at work lev
, ers which, it : s expe&ed, will make and pull
down the ill-jointed fabric of that unprinci
pled coalition of villainous Priests and despo
tic scoundrels. .
The contrast between the present situation
of France and England is great indeed.—
Whilst the bleflings of plenty and confidence
are daily binding the French to their Repub
lican government by the strong ties of love
and gratitude, England exhibits the picture
of wretchedness and woe. The price of
bread, keeps encreafing at an enormous rate.
The people accuflomedio the yoke dare not
murmur, and the silence of despair is taken
by the Mirier for a token of approbation.
1 I Corrupted England like a bloated carrion,
swells gradually as he comes nearer a Rate
of dissolution ; thousands of hungry worms
are concealed in her polluted bosom, and ev
ery thing is rotten in her fate. It" was not
the scrupulosity of treating with Buona
parte that prevented the British Ministers
from listening to his oyertures of peace.
The fad is their situation is such, that fecu
. rity cannot exiff for them either in peace or
war. Trusting to chance alone the fortunes
of England, they prefer war ; because they
have a fair pretence for increasing the num
ber of their partizans, and keeping at hand a
preceding army ; But though they may pro
tra& they cannot avert the moment of retri
-1 bation. It will come at last, and writhing
in the agonies of political death, the people
of Britain Will bring to a merited' punish
ment those infamous Ministers who coolly
desolate the world, and tnow to a (hilling
. the price of human flefh. Mercilefs' Mon
sters 1 who covered with crimes and blood,
dare to pronounce the names of justice and
humanity.
Cbe Republican Lebgec +
Portsmouth, MAT 6, 1800.
A gentleman es this town, who left New-York
on Friday last, has very politely handed us the fol
lowing IMPORTANT HANDBILL.
NEW-YORK, MAY I.
,Briifh Robbery Detected.
GEN. HAMILTON having pretended to doubt the
Capture of Two American Weffisk near Sandy-
Hook, and insinuate that the Jame was a mere
Electioneering "trick, the General Committee of
Republicans have examined intothe Circumjian
ces ; the following Relation may, therefore, be
depended upon.,
His Britannic Majesty's (hip the Cleopatra which
now lies in this Harbor, captured the American
, (hips Warten and Charlotte, the former belonging
to John Murray and Sou, and the latter to Mr.
Henry A. Coder of this city ; The Insurance Offices
as soon as they Jieard of the British Captain's being
insolent enough to anchor near the City deputed a
refpeftable committee to wait on him; to endea
vor to obtain a release of the property and of the
seamen who were prisoners on borrd, but all in
vain. The Captain alter keeping the merchants
Waiting half an hour deigned at length to admit
them into his presence. But he would give 110
fatisfattion why he made the capture. Thus, my
friends, are you robbed, almoit at your own doors,
ofaboxe TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS in property, and your Fellow Citizens de
tained perhaps in chains in fight of their wives and
families.''
KWas a french man of war to have committed
n outrage of this kind, many persons in this city
would have expatiated on the infamy of the ac
tion, and talked in thundering drains upon the
honor and dignity of their country. But when
the British take upon themselves thus to plunder
us, they do all they can to palliate their conduct,
and to make you believe it a deception. Let any
man who disbelieves this relation, impossible as it
may ftfm, call at either of the Insurance offices in
this city, and he will have it confirmed in every
tittle; aird the Friends of the British are hereby \
publicly challenged to DENY IT.
City ofNew-York,ff.
Eliab Sturtevant, mate of the (hip Charlotte,
commanded by capt. Greenfield, and belonging
to Messrs. Brothers, Colter and Co. being duly
sworn, faith that the said (hip departed frem San
dy Hook on the 21st inst. on a voyage to Amber
dam, in company with the ship Warren, Capt.
Campbell. That nothing material occurred un
til the morning of the 23d, at ^o'clock, when in
laL 39, 6, N. Tong. 71, 30, W. the British frigate
Cleopatra, of 32 guns, Capt. Pellow, hove in
fight, and fired a gan. The Warren being to
windward of the Cleopatra,immediaaely hove to,
.but - tfe Charlotte continued her course until 6
guns had been successively fired, the latter of which ,
just hru& astern of her. At BA. M. (he came
along tide of os, and ordered us to wear, round &
follow her ; and also to get out our boat arid
come on board immediately, which we did With
out delay. At about 9A. M. the Cleopatra fired
a gun as a signal for the Warren to bear down.
She bore down accordingly, and Capt Pellow sent,
his boat on board. At 10 A. M. the Capt. of the fr
Charlotte and Warren were ordered 01 Iboard 1
the Cleopatra ; and whilst they were detained on 1 1
board, the firft Lieutenant of the Cleopatra and 1
the coasting pilot came on board the Charlotte ; 1
brake open her letters, arid took them on board 1
(the Cleopatra. . At 2 P. M. put a prize mailer and
several seamen on board the Warren; her crew,
excepting three, being at the fame time taken on
board tlie Cleopatra. At this time the Captains of
the Charlotte and Warren returned ou board their
refpe&ive Ihips. At half patt two the Charlotte
was also taken possession of by a prize matter and
seamen; the cook and cabin boy only remaing on
board. At 4 P. M. the Charlotte and Warren
bore away for Halifax.
Tteday following this deponent with the firft
and second mates of the Warren, were dire&ed
by a midihipman to defiff from walking the quar
ter deck, in confequeuce of an order to that effect
received fromthe firft lieutenant. On the 25th
iriftant this deponent with the firft and second
mates of the Warren, received orders to leave the
officers room where they had hitherto messed, aud
io mess in future with the seamen; but in conse
quence of a representation from an officer of ma
rines, matter's mate, and several midshipmen, they
were graciously permitted to live as betore. The
conduct of theje officers towards the deponent and
the other mates was uniformly civil and obliging ;
tor which this deponent publicly returns them his
acknowledgements—on the morning of the 28th
inst. the Cleopatra arrived off Sandy Hook. A
pilot coming on board, this deponent with the 0-
ther mates and the crews of the Charlotte and
Warren were ordered to go below, which order
they obeyed.
At about 3 P. M. the Cleopatra came to anchor
abreast of the fort on Governor's idand ; and at z
o'clock P. M. this day the deponent with the other
mates and crews were permitted to come on shore,
and further this deponent faith not.
Eliab Sturtevant.
Sworn before me this 29th ) T. WORTMAN,
day of April A.D. 1800., , Notary Public.
An arrival at New-London from Jamai
ca brings intelligence, that our good friends
and allies the British, capture all American
vessels, and as a further mark of their regard /
and attachment to this country, (and per
haps to prevent them from falling into the ,
hands of our " perfidious " enemies the
French) they have taken upwards of a
THOUSAND, bona fide American seamen
into their holy keeping. Why do not our
exclusive federal printers announce this plea
sing intelligence to the public ; and by that
means, rivet an attachment to Mother Brit
ain, which it is the interest of the pretended
friends of religion in both countries, to cher
i(h arid perpetuate.
Further accounts from Leghorn mention, that
forty-one American seamen were impressed from
one ship belonging to Providence, by the Britifti,
and that the British prefsgangs were conftautly
taking the Americans in the streets of. Leghorn,
and dragging them on board their Ihips of war.
FREE NEUTRAL COMMERCE.
From the revolutions of power in Frances
one important advantage is about to be de te , ^
rived by neutral nations, which merits, from
whatever source arid through whatever mo
tives, regard & applause. The new French
government it appears has placed the com
merce of rfeutial nations upon the-fame ba
sis as it flood during our revolution, and
while the famous armed neutrality exerted in
the north of Europe. So far there is ari ac
tual fpiiit of justice, and it is the more to be
admired, because it appears to militate a
gainst the commercial interests of France,'
and to favor those of her insatiable enemy.
This comes in the most authorotatiye form,
and is as follows:
Extraß of a letter from Mr. King, Minister Pleni
potentiary of the United States of America, in
Londes, to Mr. Pickering, Secretary of State,
dated London, 31st Dec. 1799.
" Ihe provisional government of France
repealed on the 20th inff. the law of the 29th
Nivofe, 6th year (18th Jan. 1798) —and de
clared tfiat the regulations of 1778 in refpeft
to the rights of belligerents and neutrals
Ihould in future be ftrialy observed."
The Circuit Court of the U. Srates have pro
nodneed judgment upon Thomas Cooper, and
sentenced hinrao the penalty of Four Hundred
Dollars, to endure-Six Months Imprisonment, and
to enter in to bonds for his good behaviour for one
year, himfelf in the sum oEOne Thousand Dollars,
and two sureties of Five Hundred Dollars each.
An arrival'at New-York, from Lindon, in 46 -
days, brings papers to the fah MardQfiftne of
these papers, (fays the New-York Comritef^Qd
vertifer,) it is mentioned that the Bred fleetyreraL
number of 18 ships of the line, had failed on a
cret expedition ; and that the British government,
in confequeuce of the present alarming fcarciy of
Bread, had opened the ports for the admiffon of
wheat and floor from neutral countries, and had
offered the usual bounty.
Accounts from Gibraltar inform, that & King
of Spain has declared that port in a date of Block
ade I and that our^veflels are of course exposed to
capture by the Spanish gun-boats. This is, they
fay, in return for the blockade of Cadiz by the
Britifh.l,
New-Harntfire
TURNPIKE ROAD.
TIE Proprietors of the New-
Hampshire Turnpike Road, are notified to
meet at the State-House iu this town, on Wed
nesday the 14th of May, inst. at 3 o'clock P. M.
Portfmoi„h, May ißoo.
POT & PEARL ASHES.
WANTED,,
10 tons of pot and ten tons of pearl
ASHES, to be delivered by gh< July next,
in Portfipputh, when & cam will be paid,
or an advance of part ca(h paid, on a note
with good endorsers.—Apply to
'^/^^ Chamfeng.