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Continued from Thutfday't Gazette.)
.. How fluctuating is popiHar favour,
iid on what tr:v;al circutnllanceg and
inknown variations in the humours of
nen, do great affairs depend ! the co'rti
auneof Paris, the armed force of Pd
is, the Jacobin dub at Paris, ramified
nto every part of France, and hitherto
he arbiters of the public coWncHt ant'
- rtune, were alt on the fide of Ro'oef
>ierre. Bift a spirit of bold patri'otifh
vas quickly spread by powerful fymp'a
hy from certain individual* in the M»
ional Convention tfi&Sughout all clailes I
" Parii. A force VVa'i quickly provid-j
■d for guarding the National Convention j '
rom violence ; the courage ahd firmnefs | 3
)l the Parisian guaids were not
rallied by the intrepid oratory and ex
ample of Henriot the Comrtione o
Paris that had at fir ft promised an afy.,
lum to Robespierre, taniely gave him
up i the municipali y and the feiftions
o! Paris congratulated the Convention
on his ni reft—and all the people ex
preflid immoderate joy at the execution
J f *'I»V who, but A few days' before,
h-d beei thei# idol. But had rlie com-
InteJjigence. tnurfc of Paris, arid she rriunfcipal guards,
° ' ; hcoh firm to their engagements, thj
T ovnoiTc I Convention might have been furrouud
' Sf pt- 2 >-• ;ed befoic they had time to ft, ike a blow.
It i# rumoured in Holland, that Ba- The Courage of that affeinbly m«S
on Van Gk'u l:c« « at ihis time em- have beetles ft' down, and tf««t «»'.s£&
>loyed on a plan ot general pacification,- - T«nilint«ipw(Ju.llUH.J!Hy exalted." The
jetween the Alll'. i Cowers and the late of hung in fulpenfe oil the
French Republic, it is alio reported «j«cftion who fliould strike the firft blow;
hat the French ate demolishing the ' was to be'determined by the toss-up
ortification of Shiyi. [ of a halfpenny.
The Couit of Portugal, it appears, ' 3• was perhaps otving to the con
ire equipping the whole of their naval fideiice they placed in the jacobin*, and
"ice, and alio making gfeat exertions the municipality of Pa-;s that Robef
n the land u-rviettjjtt. join the forces of pierre, his brother, Coutho;;,- St Juif,
Spain. &<:. in thjpSetnmon cause o f the "thers, behaved with such undaunt
:o.ilefced powers againit Fiance. ' *d coma<;e, when Robespierre nas de-
Letiers received from Switzerland, ) nounced i.i the Convention. There
ay, that the troops of the Cantons are . ivas ; however, a noble i'riHpricty in
lai! v arc daily augmenting on the fide ' their conduit. They did Sot fiirink
>f France; and all the inhabitants are \ from theit friend in the critical moment
novement of the French. From Pied- his principles and cause, and clung, as
nont it appears, t.hat the French are ft were, to his person. To fay the
lill retreating. truth, the French in this dreadful rev®.
All letters and accounts from' Italy lution, have displayed innumerable i,i-
Jy the Flufhir/j mail almost agree in j ftar.ces of heroism. Never wa» there a
bating the gradual and entire retreat of greater contempt of death, or prodiga
he French from Italy, and that this '' l y °f I'fe—But,
night be perfor<£gjl with greater feeu- That which chiefly intercffs afcftnd
■lty, in rainy place*, their tents have a " the neighbouring nations in
xea left Handing. ™ catnftrophe at Paris, is, itr pdJmlfcl
Numerous accounts from Spain down conferences. We, itt Britain, have
o the date of the 3d inft. agree with not > perhaps, (wren fully ienhble, how
•ur late reprefentationg refpe&ihg the general the spirit of liberty had become
•heck with the enemy have lately fuf- France, and hoW deeply rooted. We
fcined in the province of Guipufcoa ; have been prone to hope that the csufc
>i?t it does not appear that St. Sebatliaii oF tnoriaiehy would draw i'ome advan
ind Fontarabia ate yet retaken. tage fiomthe pievalence of certain men
A severe and general fever IwS been a «d sett of men and the fall of others,
■aging in the illand of Cotftca for some Various ups and downs, however oi
imepaft. this kind have taken place: and '(till
An accoint was yesterday posted at 'he French go on in their wild career.
Lloyd's, Rating that the Hennikejythe }Ve are apt to look at men and perfonai
Expedition, the Thames, and the Sa- influence j the French to principles, to
■ah, with 23 others, being part of a f'eedom. to the elLblifhment of a re-
Wet of upwards of 10 Tail, vugjfefail. public. Even if Robespierre and his
id from Spithead for Corunna, under faction had gained tlje advantage over
■onvoy of a Spar.ifh 74, and two sri- the Convention, it is not ptobable that
rates, had been captured by a squadron 'heir al'cendeocy ; the
;f 10 fail of French men of war off they might have bound'tKe nation in fct-
C»JW Ortegal. v ter» for a time, and prepared the way foi
A letter from on board <B|6evcrn various events never now to happen,
nan of w»r, off Cape Ortegal, bearing By the overthrow of thatfaaion which
S. by E. nine or ten leagues, dated Au- aimed to give law to the Convention.
full, :sth, 1794, fay». "At seven the authority ot that aflembly will be
A. M. the 22d August, the Carysfort confirmed ; and the tide of affairs flow
frigate, chafed a large Dutch (hip *nd mor e nnd more iu the channel of repub
took her : (lie w*s loaded with 560 licantfm. Tallien may undergo the fats
hogsheads of fngar, 300 teeth, indigo, °f Danton and Robespierre, but othei
frj. had been taken by the French nine heads will spring up ; and thus this tur
.lays, there were nine of these vessels bulent state, like a race of men, mai
aken by eight Frenth fiigates." be continued for a time, nmidft deatl
Awututi received fro* the djfierent a "d a»d ■, h ipw forms ; tin
WE have among 11s persons who
leonfider the prevailing varty in France
as always right till a stronger party cuts
off their heads. Then the new party
are in the right. Be it fife Even tlii
unsteady rule of right will antwer tlu
purpose to put down the namc-caHinp
impudcnce of our clubs. It is now faiu
that Pobefpierre, lately the demi god,
waß juflly put to death, becanfe he was
a cruel tyrant, a di£Utor who had usur
ped the sovereign power. This may be
so ; for many true patiioti held him in
abomination long before his fall. E-
Vents have confi;itwd, not changed their
notions of his conduit awl authority.
But what made him a di&ator, a ty
rant? He was a puny little fellow, who
was so for from being able to bind tlic-
French nation with cords of slavery,
that he was rrot a match for a Jinglc
fifhe! mar;. He had means, however,
which enabled him for a time to earn'
his point. The clubs obeyed his will
Thro' them, he ruled Parij, and deciclr 1
whether a citizen Ihould enjoy his own
estate, or wear his own head ; through
them, he awed the Convention, and
made the ileyolmionary Tribunal his
blood-hounds. § He nude the lawfpeak
or hold its glib tougue. He could
flretch his knife out from Paris to the
frontiers. In short, no king of France
is pretended to have been half as bloody,
or half as arbitrary.
Let us learn wisdom from the fuffer
ings of Others. Shall we cherish clubs
in Our country as the friends of liberty,
wh -n all parties at last agice thsy iuave
— (rfiafliTTsTn France?
Mr. Genet, v vj brought the eggs of
these venomous reptiles to our shores,
has put us 011 out guard against their
flings. His was fliort ; yet al
tho' it was too long for oilr repose and
our honor, it la (led long enough for
warning.
It is afTerted, and it seems to be cre
dited, that a snake will not live in Ire
land. From the prcfent auspicious ap
■-pearances, it will soon be our more fdu
tary boast that anarchy clubicaitnot cx
ift in America.
C.
Foreign
for the Gazette of the United Stales.
Mr. FENHO,
Letters from Copenhagen mention,
that 450 torn of saltpetre from Bengal
have been lately fold there at the eitor
no'.is price of 2001. per ton, for the
use of the French ; the Municipalities
of which country, without aay reference
or communication with each other, had
imprudently given orders to different
merchants in Denmark to buy sos them !
these merchants bidding against each
other, occafi(j:icl this rife"; saltpetre
felling at this time in London at about
s 21. per ton; This seems to prove,
that the French do no: make such vast
quantities of saltpetre in their own coun
try as they have boasted.
parities in the ifland'of Jamaica a! con
tain the flounlhing and luxuriant state
jf the growth of the bread fruit, and
other plants, lately- introduced from the
South lea idands : a very large number
if plants of the bread fruit have been
added to the original flock by layers;
tnd in the pari(h of Trelawny, there
re fevtral trees growing luxuriantly
iom cutting.—The price of rum is
lowered to 3s 6d. p.;r gallon.
Fttm the Enffijb Revutv, to Septem
ber, 1794,
, OF FRANCE.
arju. i i|C ,
But ffiould the French cross the
• Rhine, and other barriers, nations more
' remote would be brought into play ;
and the horizon of their vi&o'riea' mint
, always be furrotindtJ by a wider hori
zon of refinance; until, at la It, their
Itrength be enfeebled by diitanci*
tvrecn the source of owtion and the
centre of percuflion'. Thus then, it !
seems certain, that the present order of !
affairs In France cannot he lading. If .
the French continue their attacks all a- ,
round them, they will weaken their
itrength by dilatation, and provoking a
wider and wider confederacy aj;ainft
them. If, on the contrary, they should
attempt to confine themfrlves, in peace,
within their own borders, then their !
government must fall to pieces for want; '
of external, WW That prefnrelJ
was iudf** at nrlt, vriy mrprmrmf f 1
forCST upon them. Their neighbours} *
may, however, fee their error, and leave] *
the French to themselves. But the ru-, e
i le's of that unhappy people, iri such a ' c
ease, would be reduced to-the nectffity j c
of provoking hostility ; for their repub- 1
lie is a kind of salamander that can exilt )
only by fire. c
Although reasoning ftom ancient : o '
modem times has fowielimes been car- f
The President—A letter in Engli(h
hasjuft now been delivered to mc ; the
tranllation which was joined, announces
that the Miniftcr Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America fends a ttand
of colours, in order to be plaeed in
the hall of tiie National Convention,
were carried to extremities ; but
when thiy were just on the verge of
battle, some patriot always found means
to effect a coalition of parties by pro
voking a foreign war < under the dan
ger of which they were compreffcd by
the common enemy into internal unif#n,
at lead a suspension of internal violence.
But Rome going on conquering and to
conqutr, and wanting at lenght exter
nal enemies, near enough to serve as a
balance for her internal agitation, fell
back ttpon herfelf, and perished in her
own fire. The French demagogues have
Greece and Rome too much in their
heads not to be fenfibls that peacc
would be fatal to their turbulent state ;
which mull therefore die, now that the
sword has been unhappily drawn, not ]
by a plethora, but by exhaustion. It !
seems now impossible, to continue the
phraseology of physics, to lessen the ac
tion of the democracy without lessening
its power.
Translated for the Aurora from the Paris
Monitsur.
ried to pedantic extravagance, we can,
in some instances, trace fimilaiitics of
fituatfofi between ancient and modern
nations, which, human nature being in
all ages the fame, may juitify certain
general anticipations. The Roman wa3
but an ill-balanced state, confiding of
only two powers; that of the Senate, !
and that of the people. The enmities be
tween the two powers, on manifold occn-
that what wits produced or permitted by
the former, will also be produced or
permitted by the latter. When the A
rabians, but especially when the Ro
mans; laid the foundations of their pow
er, the world in gfrieral wu funk in lg
noranoe, rivetted to (he foil by habits
of hunting, and the occupations of a
griculture ; confined to narrow spheres
by the tyranny of fupcrftition ; and en
gaged only in the petty warfare of plun
der or passion : the firl't extremely li
mited in extent, the second in duration.
In the pi.efeht Etge (it science, com
meree, and extended intercourse of na
tions, no political revolution in one
country is regarded as a matter of indif
fereoce in another ; but a revolution
tliat threatens to cut up by the roots si
lubordination and good order, on which
ali improvements and comfort depend
riuift, in it 3 piogrefs, be oppuled by al
civilized nations. Hitherto the Euro
pean nations, from a narrow and short
lighted felfilhnefs, have thrown thecbie
burthen of the contest on the Empero
aftd the Englilh.' ,
their family, Ske pirates and robbers,
will probably be of fliort duration. It (
maj be here objc£ted to this prediction
that nations of men have in character,
and vocation of robbers, enjoyed a long
and splendid exigence. Witoefs the
Arabian tribes, the dates of Barbary,
intermixed with Arabs, and tin6tured
with Arabian customs ; and; above all,
the Roman founded in ideas of
rapine, and by ideas of rapine cairted
to the highest pitch of power and glory.
But the circumliances under which the
iArabian and Roman Hates took root
nto the earth, and those of the present
time are moil eifeutially different: and
thercfoie it is not reasonable to infer,
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
September 11.
Bernard of Sainles President.
Bulletin on the state of Health of the Re-
The Phliftonda are eifaced'; there is m
appearance yet of a n. : fture about the
efcher, the fiate of which is always the
ijijie, the oppression end pains have been
trifling since yeflcrday, there is no figr
of a fever, and all the fundlions of th
Vifeera go on in a fat is lactory manner.
(Signed)
Navier Default, Cbah
To the Printers of the Pro'ouicnce Ga-
N . The citizen who just spoke
at the bar is one of the most diftinguilhed
Sea-Officers of America. He has render
ed great lei-vices to the liberty of his coun
try, and he could render the fame to
the liberty of France. I demand that
this obfervalion be referred to the examin
ation of the committee of public fafety.—
and that the fraternal embrace be£iven to
to this brave officer (Applauded.
The officer went up with the flag to
the chair of the President, and received
the fraternal embrace arnidft the unani
mous acclamations ari l auplaufcs.
Mathieu.—One of our Colleagues in
rendering homage to the talents and ser
vices of that officer, tcld you that he could
bt ufefnlly employed by onrKepubFc. I fe
cor.d the refer, n-c of his observation to
the committee of public fafety.
•' Decreed.
In the present unsettled state of judicial
proceedings, with rcfpefct to the in
terference of American citizens in
the European war, it is though* pro
ptr to puMilh the following pafe on
that fuhjeft, which came on before
the Hon. Henrv Merchant. Efq
Judge of the Diftria Court in Rhode-
Island diilriift.
jd them dene in the form, late- two certain armed v -
y decrerd by Cengrefs,and have trusted about twenty-five tons burthen ; one of
hem totCapt. Barney an officer ms dif- them called the Sans Pareil and the
inguifhed merit, who has rendered us other railed the Seignior a, the;, and there
jrcat services by Sea, in the cmirfe of 'owned by persons to the libelants un.
>ur Revolution. He is charged to pre- j known ; and afterwards, oa the thir
ent and to depose them on the fpntjteenth day of Augnft, A. D. 1704,
vhich you (hall judge proper to appoint {the said brig was brought into the dif.
or them. Accept Citizen President, jtiidt afore laid, under the eare of John
his (landard as a new pledge of the fen- j BaptiHe Bernards, at matter thereof •
ibility, with which the American peo-f and afterwards, on the eighth day of
jlealivays receive the intcreft and friend- j September inft. the said brig and cargo
hip, which their good and brave allies ; were fold by order of said John Baptiile
five them ; —as alio of the pleasure, and jße manic, at said Providence, ful a large
irdorwith which they seize everyoppor- sum, viz. five thousand and twenty
unity of cementing and consolidating eight dollars, and the proceeds of the
he union and good undtrttaoding bet- sales of said brig and cargo were after
veen the two nations. (Applauded.) wards paid to William Peck, of said
Providence, Esq. Marshal of laid dif-
Speech of Captain BJroey, bearer of trift, and are now remainging in his
the colours • hands, to be riifpofed of as to law and
Citizen Prtjideitt• -jit ft ice (ball appertain. And the laid
Having been directed by the Minister that since the sth
•'lenipotentir.ry of the United States of - 19 *'
America; to carry to the N,n"- fi j (V... the _%'H nlora »«
™ rerQ r ° , l force of said armed vefTel cal'ed the San,
laei under the am ices ot which I had r> -i ,• i , k ,
r . . n Jrareii was cncrealed and augmented, v
ne honor to tight-*gai mi our common *, r , J
, . v ° ft. rr % * <*diling to the number of guns and gun
■nemy during the war which has allured carr : Qn board the fa at t . *
>ur Liberty ana Independence, 111 if-1 Q p Char , e ft () ,, ; n the dittrid of South
barge this dmy with the r w • . ♦ t
£l v 1 r • c n* 1 1 v • Carolina, with an intent to be employ
nott lively iatwrjction, and deliver it to * • c c.. D w- c
tj r ir r i i i r i ' ccl in tervHfc of the Republic of
f 011. Henceforth iufpendeo c»n the fide jr n
r , r i r- 1 r» »7- -it I trance, to cruize and commit himili
u that of the Trench Ktpublic, it will f 4 » r, . „ c , • c
. r , , r. v ' .. . t ties upon the fu'necis* ot the king of
become the lvmboi or the union wn ch tr» , m . p • • • x x .» T1 •, a
, ira 1 ' 1 • I CxieaUcntain, wttu whom the United
lubfittg between the two nations, and' o f „ . ,
i n T 1 . t r 1 i states are at peace: and on the lame
l' li OP i' u g 3S i freedom, ? twenty-seventh day of July, A. D.
« in t .ej lave ,0 c °nquere , , T there v.a& on board the said arm
and so wifely confohdated. { ed'veffels, called the Sans l'areil, and
Seigniora, as marines or mariners there
)f, divers citizens of the United States,
10 ivit, on board the Sans Pared,
twelve ; and on board the said vessel
railed the Seigniora, twentv-une; all
>f whom were entered on board the
f ime vefTels at said Charleston, since the
said fifth day of June, ;uid were aiding
ind affilting the taking the said brig U
the lime aforefaid ; and that no person
m board said vc(Tel«, Called the Sans
Fariel and Seigniora, was, on the fame
1 wenty-feventh day of July, duly com
ar.y manner whatsoever, rc> attack and
take into cullody the said brig and her' ,
cargo aforefaid, nor hath the said John
Bap'trfte Bemarde, 01 ai y other person
belonging to the fsid vefTels, called the
Sans Parcfl, and Seigniura, lte'en since
duly authorized to d. tain the laid brig
arifiug from the sale thereof, from the
said Jer.nings and Veuner, the owners
tln-reof, in manoer as before Hated
But the fame ought, by the laws of nS
rcd to the said Jennings and Venner.
Wherefore, as ti;is is a matter withia
the jutifdiftion of this honorable court,
the faiil Jennings, for Inmfelf and the
said Vcuntr, praya the advifemeut of
the court thereon ; and that the fcw e
brig and cargo, or the proceeds arifmg
bom the sale thereof, n ay be adjudged
Citizen President, th« Convention
having decreed, that the colours of the
American and Fvcnch Republics should
be united and itream together in the
place of its fittings, ?s a teflimony of
the union and frieiidiln'p, winch ought
to fubftft forever among the two nations,
I thought that I couli not better ma
nifeft the deep impreilion which this
decree has made on me, and cxprefs the
thankful fenfauon of my eon.'lituents,
than by procuring their colours to be
carefully executed, and ir offeting them
in the name of the Americat) people
:o the representatives of the French
nation*.
I'havehad
on 'the fide of the Frencfc colours. It
is brought bjr an officei of the United
States. -
The Contention oiders him to be
admitted. The American officcr enters
the bar amidst univerjal shouts of ap
plaule : he carries a ftandatd, the co
lours of wiiich are the fame as those of
our standard of liberty, with the only
difference that a blue field is interspersed
with Stars.
The Minister of the United States of
Amtriea to the President of the Na
tional Conventi' i).
He prefentcd the two following
pieccs, which were re:id by a Secretary.
wtfervttfr've of the pcole Tallien, 26th
'TinfV.dor (Sept. j 2.)
Jennings and V-nr.er, libellant-,
*». Brt% Pcijeverance, Sic.
Pa.is, 23d FruftidorfSept. II.)
the 2d year of the French
Republic one and indivisible
alet It.
)antau•
to be reftorcd to them; and that thf
said William Peek be compelled to give
caution ro pay the money arifmg fro" 1
the sales <tfur?faid, now in his hands, to
the said Jennings and Venner, if refioi*"
tion (hall be in inannt r a fort*
said.
To the HGHcrable
Henry Merchant, Esq.
Judge of the DiJlria Court in faj
BE it remembered, That Tu
of New-Brunfw.ck, m the dcrr.inior
of the king of Great Britain, merchant •
owner of a certain brig called the P cr '
feveranre, of about one hundred and
e.ght ton. burthen, and one of the OVM ,
ersof the cargo lately lader. b „ a ,. d
the lame brig, which confiM of tl, e
aiticl?9 mentioned in the fciiedule here,
to annexed, and for Mmfcli'siid J o l in
Venner, of the said St. John's, met .
chant, the other owner of the t;)r .
go, and for whom the said Jcnniwg* it
agent ; libels, propounds, and gi vl - 8 th: B
honorable court to undetftand a. ]
informed, that on the twentv-icventh
day of July, A. D. 1794, the Lid
Jennings was owner of said brig, an( J
the said Jennings and Vender were
owners of said cargo, and the said Jen.
nings was then on board the famo brig,
as supercargo thereof, and the said brig
was then on the high seas, and was
wholly navigated by fubjefta of the said
king of Great Britain, and w;.s duty
purfuinrg her voyage from Turk's-lfland
in the Weft-indies, to said St. J ..tin's
in the province of New-Brunfvvick ; and
then and there, on the high seas.
?hafed, attacked, and taken iato cufto
ly, by the matter, marines/rid mariners,
t- eacimf
Rhode-Ifla«d DfftHa, f c .
September, J794.
DAVID L. BARNES.
jitt.for the Libel!ant*
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