The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1795-05-09 00:00:00, page 2

Signed upon the original,
NS. HAUSSMANN,
JOUBERT, and
ROBER JOT.
Conformable to the original,
(Signed) NS. HAUSSMANN.
Os poor Poland and its late
King.
LONDON, FEB. a6.
Accounts from Poland, byway
of Vienna, affirm, chat the eonfe
.• S'' ■■ i'■ ■■ ’ V S'"'' * "
. r. * C*;'
111. An agent general (hall be
appointed for all the United Prov
inces, who is to collect all the a
bove inventories, and dilpole of
the things mentioned therein, ac
cording co the inftru&ion he (hall
receive from the representatives
of the people.
The magistrates are to deliver
to him all the declarations made
to them.
The fourth part of the fine, and
likewise one fourth of the value of
goods not declared, and the sum
above cited, (hall belong to the
discoverers and informers.
IV. It is forbidden to accept
any notes dr bills of exchange, or
to make any negotiations or Joans
for, or on account of government
at war with the French Republic,
upon pajn of confifcatipn of the
whole value of such objects.
The tranfgreflbrs of- this shall
be considered and dealt with as en
emies of the French Republic.
V. It Is forbiden to all civil and
military agents of the French Re
public, to fieze upon any treasure
belonging to towns, communes, or
to the government of the United
Netherlands, upon pain of arrest.
VI. What has been decreed by
these presents (hall be addrefled to
the Rates general, desiring them to
fend it to the reipeftive Rates of the
United Provinces, in order to be
printed in both languages, and to
be sent to, and ported up, without
delay, in all the towns, communes,
and ports of the United Provinces.
E^UALHT, LIBERTY, ERATERRHY
HAGUE, JAN. 30.
^be third year of the French Repub
lic one and indivisible
The Representatives of the peo
ple, with the armies of the North,
the Sambre, and the Meuse, decree
as follows
Art. I. All goods, both move
able and immoveable,lhips,merch
andise of any kind, pretcnfion and
property of any kind whatever,
belonging to governments of war
with the French Republic, or of
French emigrants & likewise those
of priests, monks, members of
churches, or spiritual corporations,
having emigrated from the con
quered Provinces between the
Rhine and the sea; a Ifo all goods
whatever, given in trust by mem
bers of churches and corporations,
are seized and confiscated for the
benefit of the French Republic.
IL All foch persons as are debt
ors, concealers, or detainers of
what is mentioned in the above
article, are to give inventories of
the fame to the magistrates of their
circuits, within eight days after the
publication of the present.
All luch as negleft to conform
themselves to it are to pay a fine
of double the value of the articles
of which they have not given any
account as above stated.
The king of Poland, left War
saw on the 7th Jan. for Rome, on
his departure he declared, he was
no longer permitted to be consid
ered as Sovereign of Poland, and
he would not consent to be king
of the wretched remnant of his
country,—He is to ipend the re
mainder of his life in exile in
Rome. On his departure, Gen.
Suwarrow informed the feverai en
voys at Warsaw, that their ft ay
was useless; They answered that
on that fubjeft they must wait for
advice from their refpe&ive Courts.
“On his journey, he was re
ceived with general esteem, and
exprefled much concern on parting
numerous villages,which had been
laid in ruins by the Ruffians.
“ Prince Reflnin received him
at Grodno ; and, we hear, he is
to be conduced either to Peter
sburg or Mohelow immediately.
“ The Sifters of His Majesty re
tire to Galicia, where madame de
Grabowjky lives.”
From Pofnania, Jan. 21, we
learn that “ The King of Poland
arrived at Grodno, on the 12th,
elcorted by 120 Ruffian Coflacks
and Dragoons, commanded by
Gen. Vormanzow.
nates, the Austrian commandants
had already began to receive the
customary taxes, &c. for the Em
peror’s use, apd to charge the in
habitants for the maintenance of
the troops. He had also laid on
an extraordinary impost for fix
months to come, commencing in
Jan, 1795; ft was like wife expect
ed, that an oath of allegiance to the
Emperor would (hortly beadmin
iftered.—The Prussian command
er in chief has fixed his residence
at Bialliock, where he receives the
duties? &c. formerly paid to the
Republic.
Mafovia, and all the Palatinates
remaining on the confines of South
and Weft Prufiia, fall to that pow
er ; while Rullia takes pofleffion
of the grand Dutchy of Lithuania,
Courland, and Samogitia. The
Ruffian troops were in motion for
that purpose when the last intelli
gence came away.
The Empress of Russia, wrote a
letter to the King of Poland, on
the ?.d of Dec. stating that the fate
of Poland was the consequence of
the principles deftruftive of all or
der which had been spread, in im
itation of the French. She advises
him to retire to Grodno.
qence of a late extraordinary ex
change of couriers between Au
stria and Ruflia has been a final di
vision of that unhappy country, so
far as to exterminate even its name
from the lift of independent States
upon the continents a convention
having been formally exchanged
among the co-dividing powers ;
according to which it is agreed ip
on, that Austria (hall poflefs the
Palatinates of Sendomit, Lubin,
Chelm, and Cracovia, with the cty
of that name. In conlequcncdof
the new arrangement, the Adi'
rians in Gallicia, to thenumoeiof
60,000 under Gen. Harcourt,
ordered to march to take pofleljon
of the new territory ; and a Col.
Fletfcnes, of the corps of Engineers,
was to go from Vienna, to form chit
necessary lines of demarcation. —
In the above mentioned Palati-
FEBRUARY 27.
The foilping letter to the Governor of
Pennlylvania, copies of which have no
doubt, been tranfmited to all the maritime
ftate*, evince th* strong disposition of our
Executive to support the rights of our neu
trality. ——
(CIRCULAR.)
Department of State, April 16th, *795*
SIR, '
AS it is contrary to the Law of Nations,
that any of the belligerent powers should
commit hoflility on the waters, which, are
fubjeft ta the exclusive jurifdi&ion of the
United States j so ought not the (hips of
war, belonging to any Belligerent power,
CO take a flation in those waters in order to
carry on hostile expeditions from thence. I
do my felf the honor, therefore, of requeu
ing of your Excellency, io the name of the
Preftdent of the Unitsd States, that as of
ten aS a fleet, squadron or ship of any bel
ligerent nation, shall clearly and unequiv
ocally use the rivers or other waters of Penn,
fyl vania, at a Ration in order to carry on
hojiile expeditions from thence, you will cause
to be notified to the Commander thereof,
that the President deems such conduit to
be contrary to the rights of our neutrali
ty j—and that a demand of retribution
will be urged upon their government, for
prizes, which may be made in consequence
thereof. A (landing order to this effed,
may probably be advantageously placed in
the hands of fame confidential officer of
the militia; and I must entreat you to in
ftruft him to write by the mail to this de
partment, immediately upon the happening
of any case of the kind. have the honor
to be, with great rcfped and esteem. Sir,
vour Excellency’s moll obedient servant,
7 edmund Randolph.
Hit ExceWncy, the Governor
of Pewfylvania. _ .
• A strong town of Germany lituate on
the river Ems, nets the fea,23 miles m. a.
of Groningen. . .
We crofted the Yeffel, near De
venter. Having loft our way, we
reached, after a five day’s march,
Zuithrock, three leagues from
Gavingen, the inhabitants of which
were raking up arms and hoisting
the tri coloured cockade.—Anoth
er march of five days has brought
u here. The French havederach
ed three different corps to Ommen,
Leuwarden, and Groninghen.
They kern to threaten this country
but Ido not iuppofe they intend
to oafs the Erne. The froft re
turned yesterday with great seve
rity, but probably will not be of
long (landing. Our communica
tion with England, byway of
Emden, is now perfectly free and
open.
All the corps of French emi
grants in the English and Dutch
pay, are in East Frielland. The
regiments that wear the white cock
ade are mostly in the neighbour
hood of Ofnaburg and Piermont.
General Lord Cathcart commands
in the quarter.
A great number of Frnch emi
grants have perished in the Zuy
der sea. Several others have re
mained at Amsterdam and the
Flague, and have hitherto not been
molested. The Archbiftiop of
Tours remains very quiet in the
former place. The Republican^
are arming 40 veffJs.
Aurich, (four league? from
•Emden) Jinuwry 16.
It would be for me a talk, e
qually painful and impofiible, to
give you a detailed description of
what we have fuffered on our re
treat of near seventy leagues, from
the intenseness of the froft, and
tne inclemency of (he weather.
On the 10th inst. we passed the
ice with our artillery. The thaw
having afterwards fee in, we march
ed in two days from Laer,on Ems,
wading through water and mire
two feet deep. Several horses have
perished, and a number of waggons
have been left behind.
B O S T O N, May 2.
NEUTRALITY SUPPORTED.
Rritijh Army
Mr. Pitt has fettled with the
Committee of ship owners—
That the expeufe of the requi-
Gtion fhail be defrayed by the na
tion.
That sol. of bounty-money fhail
be paid to them for each’ man.
That the ffiip-owners Ml x be
bound to find the men, and that,
the embargo fhail continue until
they do find them*
That Commissioners (hall be
appointed to all the ports, to take v
the neccftary measures for railing
It is a point on which the peo
ple of this country ought to be’ in*
formed^ that the people of France
are not less earnest for the reftora
rion of Peace than the people of
this country. By authentic infor
mation, which we have received
from the continent—by the con
current reftimony of every man
who has lately returned from
France, we cap aflert, that the u*
niverfal wife is for a Ipeedy and
honourable Peace s and the pam
phlets publifbed in Paris, recom
mending this measure, are even
more numerous, and, if possible
more forcible than those which are
publifhecj in London.
The Dutch flag continues fly
ing on board the. men of war and
in the dock yards, where every
thing remains in the fame fit nation
as before the arrival of the French#
Nothing, it is probable, will be
done in the Naval department,
until the French have tried whe
ther or not the Dutch will eftablilh
such a form of government as will
save the French the trouble of iflu
ing orders in their own name up
on that head.
By tn arrival at Philadi from Liverpool t®
March 11.
TRANKFORT, FEB. J.
THE Mentz Gazette ftatesk
that the King of Pruffa
has proposed CO the French an
armistice for all the combined pow
ers ; and that if this propofnion
Ihould not be acceeded to, his
Majesty has offered to negociate
separate peace for Prussia and the
Empire. The balls of this peace
with relation to the Empire, to be
as follows: That France is to
have for her boundaries La Quetch-,
and is to recompence those of the
Princes of the empire by money,
who have fuffered by invasion,— —
If these propositions were not ac
cepted in a very (bort space of
time, his Pruflian Majesty would
then employ every means in his
power to procure peace for the
Empire. This account adds, thac
Merlin of Thionville was to carry
these proposals to Paris ; and was,
at the fame time, to take measures
to prevent the Jacobini from throw
ing obstacles in the way of peace.
If this news is founded, there is
reason co think that the propofi*
tions have not been rejected. Mer*
lin was at Paris on the 25th ulq»-
and on the 23d the Count Goltz
opened conferences at Bade with
M. Barthelemy^ after the return of
M. Harmer, the Prussian Secretary
of Legation, who fee off for Paris
at the (ame time with Merlin of
Thionville, and spent the 25th at
Heidelberg, from whence he has
proceeded for Berlin.
Late from Europe*
LONDON, FEB. 19^
PEACE.