The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1793-09-04 00:00:00, page 2

fhion of all the commissioned officers
of the company shall deserve such paniih
ment.
And be it further eraaed, That all com
missioned officers belonging to any compa
ny of infantry (hall reside within the lim
its of such company.
And be it further enaaed, That when it
Ihall so happen, that officers of the differ-I
ent corps, shall he on duty together, the
firft officer in rank (hall command, wheth
er of the infantry, cavalry or artillery.
And be it further ?xa^r/,That every Citi
zen enrolled as directed in this ad, and
provided with arms and accoutrements,
shall hold the fame exempted from allfu its
•distresses, executions, or sales for debt, or
for payment of taxes.
And be it further enaaed, That the mili
tia of this State, fhali be divided into
three divisions, and if convenient, each
division Ihall confirt of two brigades, each
brigade of four regiments, each regiment
of two battalions, each battalion cf five
companies, and each company of sixty
four privates.
And be itfurther enabled, That in form
ing the cavalry and artillery not more
than one eleventh pert iha'l inlirt out of
tiny one company of infantry into filch
corps.
And be it. further enaaed, That there
fhUI be an adjutant general, whole duty
it Shall be tb distributee!! orders from the
commander in.chief of this State, to the
Uveral corps; to attend all public re
views, when the commander in chief of
this State ffi^ll review the militia, or any
part thereof, to obey all the orders from
him relative to carrying into execution
and perfecting the fyflent of military dis
cipline establish: d by law ; to furniffi blank
forms of different returns that may be
required, and to explain the principles on
which they Shall be made ; to receive from
the fevera! officers cf the different corps
throughout the State, returns of the mili
tia, under thrir command, reporting the
actual Situation of their arms, accoutre
meats and ammunmoil, their delinquen
cies, and every cth^r, thingwhich relates to
the general advancement of good order
and discipline.
And be it further enaaed, That the com
pensation Shall be made to the adjutant
general, and the brigade inspectors for
Services, front time to time, by the legis
lature as they Shall think just.
And be it further enabled. That the field
officers of each and every regiment, shall
form and arrange the companies in their
ieveral regiments, from time to time, a^
they shall think the public good may re
quire.
And be it further enaaed, That the col
our of the uniform of the infantry be de
termined on by the commander in chief.
Ahd be it farther enabled, That each and
every i.ji commilii >ned officer or lonelier,
who mail enlist into any corps of horse or
artillery, (h.ll within fix months from &
after luch irdiftment equip himfelfas the
law direds, and alter the expiration cf
the said fix months, ih-uld he not be e
quipped as aferefaid, then to return to the
campa&y from which he enlifled, and the
commanding officer thereof, is hereby di
faded to enrol him accordingly.
dnd be it fbriber enabled, That the fev
ers! compcilies, which compose the re
giments cf cavalry, be annexed to the
regiments of infantry in manner fJl^w-
To each regiment of infantry there /hall
be, as fir as the number of companies
of cavalry will admit of it, one troop of
horse, or ermpany cf cavalry, with the
present officers (if they fee fit) and men
offaid companies, who are now uniformly
eloathed and equipped, or shall be within
four months, laid troop of horse shall be
under the command, of the field officers of
the regiments of infantry, and Ihall be
joined to fueh regiments as fell be the
molt contiguous and convenient to said
companies. Privileges shall be allowedto
non-commissioned officers and privates es
cavalry at any time hereafter, of being
enrolled as infantry, provided they de
cline serving as cavalry, and said compa
nies of cavalry may be completed by in
liftments, from time to time, from the
infantry, as vacancies may be in fiid com
panies.
And be it further ensiled. That this a&
shall be read at the head of each company
in the several regiments in this State, at
least once every year.
LATEST
EUROPEAN INTELLIG ENCE ;
Received b, the Ship Industry, Capt. B arnes,
who arrived at Bof on,in 49 daysfrom Bri
fol(E.) which place fee Ift the gtb 'July.
lonbon, CT-'HIS day a messenger ar
june26. I rived atthe Secretary of
file's Office, with dispatches from Sir J.
Murray, and the duke of York. He left
the camp before Valenciennes on Frid/y
evening last, at which time nothing of im
portance had taken place, only the bom
bardment which had commenced on the
iSth was still continued,
Great diffentioni prevail between the
inhabitants and the garrison of Valencien
nes : The former infiftiog upon surren
dering to save their huufes, their property,
and their liv* ; and the latter on defend
ing the place to the lad extremity. Seve
ral periods have been put to death for pro
paling to surrender.
In the Star of Friday, we announced
that General Santerre, at the head of the
Patriots, had been defeated by Gen. Gas
ton's army, and a great Daughter made of
his troops. By the proceedings in the
Convention on the 12th, given in the Star
of Saturday, our readers wpuld observe
that this advantage, gained by the Royal
iftr, was at Saumur, which had fallen in
to their hands. The particulars are not
yet fully known ; but it appeals, that on
the arrival of Gen. Santerre, with the Pa
risian Volunteers, Menou, the Cemmand
er ofthe Patriots in Britanny, meditated
ah attack against the Royllilts under the
command cf Gaston, Gaften, however,
did not wait for him, but fell upon him it
the neighborhood of Saumur, and fought
with such intrepidity and success, that the
Patriots were entirely routed ; 6000 of
them remained dead on the spot ; and they
loft the v hole of their artillery, ammuni
tion and camp equipage.
Onthe 15th inst. the Convention de
creed, That to infare their liberty a
corps of 6000 men should be railed, en
tirely dependant on their orders. The
next day they were compelled to refer Te
matter to a nominal Appeal. De aul^
was hissed and very ill treated.
The Paris Gazette of the 17©, con
}tains the following paragraph,
Menou had two horses killed under him,
and was severely wounded. As for San
terre, he fled with his volunteers early in
the day,.and was found with difficulty af
ter die engagement. The taking of Sau
mur, with its calle, was the fruits of this
victory.
The patriotic army has divided itfelfin
to two parties ; the battalions of Paris
have fallen back upon Angers; and the
others have retreated to Tours, nt which
p'ace is Gen, Sinterre. Gen. Meno+i,
dead cf the wounds he received before Sau
mur.
Gen. Gallon's army amounts to 15c,
000, and menaces Angers, Nantz and
Renees. Th fe places are mast probably
how in possession of the Royalists.
• The B irriers stilt remain fliut at Paris.
A frefh levy of 25,000 men for La Ven
dee, has just been decreed.
There i^a general difeontent against
General Santerre. A falt-petre manufac
turer of the name of Henriot, has repla
ced him as Commandant General of Paris,
This is the fame Henriot who had disposed
of all the cannon for the siege of the Cod
vention, or the zd of June.
Gen. Paoli has hosted the ftnndard cf
revolt,and has aleeady attacked the French
troops at St. Floren.
The new Minitier Beauharnois has al
ready been denounced on all tides. Gen.
Cuftinc has been also denounced, and was
obliged *o fend a long apologetic memori
al to the Convention on the 14th.
Carra has been denounced, and struck
off the lift of the Jacobins. They said,
that before Dumeurier had betrayed his
country, Carra had been a cock, but since
that time he was a capon.
The department of La Gironde is in
open infurredion against the Convention.
Troops from Bourdeaux and other depart
ment, are on their march to Paris,to over
turn the Anarchists.
The lections of Paris have been or
dered to deliver up their cannon. These
ofla Fontaine and Moliere have opposed
these order,, and withheld theirs.
Gorsas, after having been at firft well
received in Normandy, and even led in
triumph to Caen, is at the present there
under arrest. The knew infurreaion in
this province assumes openly the character
of Rovalifts.
E NGLA N D.
“ According to different accounts we
have received, and upon which we can re
ly, Gallon's troops have made themfelvcs
matters of Angers and Rennes. The mu
nicipality of Rennes sent a courier to St.
Malo, and requested a reinforcement,
which, however, was refufed."
The above is extracted from the Paris
and other Gazettes ; but there are feva
ral reports in circulation among perlons of
the best information, mentioning that
General Gallon was on his march to Pa
ris, having been joined by a great part cf
the Republican army under Santerre, who
had deferred the National colours.
It is further laid, that the King of Sar
dinia's army had passed the Alps, on hear
ing of the general state of a Counter. Re
velation in the Southern Provinces of
France, particularly at Lyons, which has
declared itfelf in favor of Royalty. Many
circumstances render the latter report ex
tremely probable.
[The foregoing foreign intelligence our read
ers ovill perceive, comes entirely through an
Englifo channel, therefore, in order to keep a
good reckoning, me mujl allow two, if not
three points jor leeway.]
NATIONAL CONVENTION, June 2.
r'HE Minister, Claviere, by letter,
complained, that from reiterated
menaces, he had been compelled to aban
don his post ; and prayed the protection of
the law for his person, and that his con
dud might be examined. Referred to the
committee of fafety.
The President announced a deputation
from the forty eight fedions, and from all
the constituted authorities of Paris, de
manding to be heard at the bar —
admiflion was instantly decreed, the de
putation patented themfelvcs, and he
who spoke on their behalf, said ;
Deputies of the people, during sou;
days the people of Paris have not quitted
their arms ; the peace is preserved, ano
their perseverance applauded ; but the
pillars efthe temple are shook, the coun
ter-revolutionirts have dated to raise their
heads ; let them however tremble, thun
der is heard, and it will quickly confound
and destroy them. The crimes of the fac
tious members of the National Conven
tion are known ; we come to denounce
them for the last time ; instantly decree
hat they are no longer worthy of the na
tional confidence ; put them in arrest, we
will anfiver it to their departments with
our heads. The fafety of the people is
yet for a moment in your hands ; preserve
it ; or we declare to yea, that we our
selves Will interpose. [Loud applaufes.]
The assembly after confutation refers th
petition ot the committee of public fafety.
Barrere proposed to the members who
were denounced, to make a facrifice of
their rights to the public fafety, there
by shewing their patriotism, and saving
their country. He proposed the following
decree :
jd. The Convention shall immediately
name ministers to replace Bouchette, Le
Brun and Claviere.
Ccuthon. All the members cf the as
sembly should poffafs a confidence that
they are free ; you have just found on ail
tides, and at every step, a people who are
good,,but irritated, apd desirous ofjuftice.
I do not at this time vote in favor cf the
decree of accufition against the denounced
members, but feeing that the opinion is
strongly manifefted against them, I de
mand that they be put in arrest in their own
houses ; I comprehend in my motion the
commiff;on of twelve, and the ministers
Le Brun and Clavier.e. This proposition
was adopted,
The members arretted are, Verginiau,
Barbaroux, Salles, Genfonne, Gaudet, Pe-'
tion, Briffot, Chamban, Buzot, Biroteau,
Lidon, Lafource, Gorfas; Lanjuinais, Gran
goneuve, Lehardj, Du Morbihau, Lefage,
Louroet, Valaze, the members of the com
mittee of 12, excepting those who did
not sign certain orders of arrest, and the
ministers Claviere and Le Brun, are ar
rested.
ift. The National Convention pronoun
ces the fufpepfion cf the members who
have been the cause of the inquietudes of
the people.
zd. They shall be under an arre.fi
in the department of Paris.
The fitting adjourned at ten o'clock.
[/.;addition to the proceeding, which it ex
traaed from Paris papers, received b, the
trig Eliza, Capt. Wood, from Bourdeaux,
in France ; we further learn by a letter]
FROM BOURDEAUX;
That forty-four fediona had revolted.
COMMOTIONS IN FRANCE ?
were united ; and had a&uah y declared
themselves, for a limited Monarchy, or
the Constitution of 1791. That forty
members of the Convention had been ar
rested, and committed to prison, among
whom were the late celebrated Patriots
Pethion and Briffot : That at Marfeillcs,
they were palling decrees, annulling all
those of the -Convention, and that Galton,
was at the head ofa numerous army of ir
furgents, in ci-devant Britanny and Nor
mandy.
LETTER from CITIZEN GENET,
to the PRESIDENT.
Nm-York, 131 b Auguf, 1793,
Second Tear of tlx Republic.
Citizen Genet, Minister Plenipotentiary
from the French Republick,
To General WASHINGTON,
President cf the United States. °
Intrusted in this part of the
world with the interests and rights of the
French people, as you are with those cf
the citizens of America, I have f-orn to
my country, & imposed it as a sacred duty
on mylcif, never tv permit private confid
eraticns er ether motives, foreign from the
general weai, to impede me in what I
conceived to be'he line of duty. My con
duct has accordingly been marked with
all the energy and franknefs which ever
characterize a true Republican. To you
alone, through the secretary of State, have
I complained cf the principles you have
adopted and remunerated against deci
sions which have refclhd therefrom. To
you alone have I declared, that the Fed
eral Governments far from manifesting a
ny regard for ocr generous conduct to
wards this country —for the new advanta
ges which we were offering to her com
merce—or for the reiterated demonflra
tions cf our real and disinterested friend
fhip, were facrificing our interest to those
of cur enemies, by their interpretation of
the treaties which exist between us. To
ycu have I represented without reserve,
that this condna did not appear, to corres
pond with the views of the people of A
merica, with a desire to observe with fidel
ity their public engagements, or with ts eir
affectionate regard for the cause of liberty,
upon which their very exigence and prof
pcrity depend. Certain decisions es youd
tribunals and verdicts of your juries, ad
ded to the sentiments of yeer fefoz-ch
izens publickly expressed, might permit
me, without a crime, to draw this infer
ence. -
Nevertheless, certain petfons, actuated
by views which time will develope, del
pairing to attack my principles, have des
cended to perfcnal abtife, in hopes of
withdrawing from me that esteem which
the public feel and avow fir the Renrefen
tative of the French Republic.—They
publish with great warmth, that'l have
insulted you, and that I have threatened
ycu with an appeal to the people, as if yie
would permit any one with impunity to
treat you with difrefoeCt, or as it the fl ght
eft hint of an appeal, which, a Magistrate
deferring of his high office, Should ar
dently desire, was to ycu the greatest of
feree that I could offers
It is become necefLry, Sir, to ciffipatu
theft dark calumnies by truth, and pub
licity.—l dare therefore to expert from
your candor and probity an explicit dec
laration that “ I have never intimated to
you an intention of appealing to the peo
ple ; that it is not true that a difference iri
political sentiments has ever betrayed
me to forget what was dee to yous
character or to the exalted reputation you
had required by humbling a tyrant, a
gainst whom you foughtin the cause of lib
erty." A publication of your anfoer will be
the only reply which shall be given to those
party men, who never fail to confound
the individual withtffairs of Rate, which
they too often make use cf as a pre'ex
for their zeal, and a reason for dallardly
appearing under anonymous fignaturcs.
As to myfelf, I have always openly de
clared what I thought, and signed what!
had written, and if others have supposed
they could advance my views by news
paper publications and paragraphs they
are much deceived. A good cause needs
no advocate—time' and truth will mike it
triumph, and ours must triumph in spite
of its implacable enemies, and the prefect
cold indifference cf some who were its an
cient friends. Ihave the honour, %.
Mr. JEFERSON's Answer.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16, 1723. f
Sir,/
THE President es the United States
SIR,