The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-02-02 00:00:00, page 2

LslT&ST FROM EUROPE.
n o r a.
Delivered »o the Minilrrr for the department of fo
reign by Lord ivhhnctbury, 'Envoy of the
Britiifj Cabinet.
THE unrtarfigned has not failed to tranfmit to
his court the anlwer of the Executive Direc
tory to file prop'i'.itions which he \v:,s charged to
males, and which were iniended io ftrve as over
tures to a negotiation of peace.
** Wjrh rtdpect to the injurious and offensive infi
ruatiom comariKcl in that anlwer, and which are
Crtly fit to throw new obftacles m the way o‘ that
reconciliation which the French government pro
ffrfses to ckfire, the King lias thought it farbeneaih
Ins dignity to aiiow any reply whatever to he re
turned on his p«i t. The pregrets and the refult of
the tiegociati.;n will no douot evince the principles
on v* hi. ii it Ihafi have been conducted on either fide,
and It is neither hy repro.ches, as difgutting as tiiey
are without foundation, tor hy recioiocal ii iults,
tlf.it a liucere iutemiuu is ili««wn to further the work
of peace.
“ 1 he underfigped jx-occeds therefore to the firft
ohject of (tiiculliou let forth in the anlwer of the
Execut ive Directory, that of a f-.psrate negociuti.
on, to which it hMS, without the lealt foundation,
fuppofed that the iir.derfigucd was unauthoriled to
accede. His credentials and powers, drawn up in
lift/al form, fully authoriie him to negotiate and
conclude a peace, but they preferibe neither the
form and nature nor the terms of the future treaty.
On tiiele points he uiuft, purfuant to the cuftoin
long eftabiiihed and acknow lodged jconlorm himlelf
to the inftruciions received from bis court, pnd he
has conliquently not failed to inform the Minifier
for the Department of Foreign Affairs, in their ve
ry first conference, : hat the King, his matter, had
expr. Illenjoined him not to liften to : ny propofii
tending ro leparate the intereits of his M jrliy from
thole of ills allies. J
“ A rug iciation which embraces the interetts and
pretentious of if! the poweix who make a common
caufe with the King in this p re font war, is therefore
the only one which can take place. In the courfe
of inch a ncguc'iHtion, the imeivcntinn, or at 1-aft
t.ie p irt icjji n io :i of tr.efc powers, w'il noduubt be
come absolutely necchary, and his M j ify hopes to
hu.: at a.l times the iiune di'pofnion to treat on a
J • t and equitable bafts, of which his Maj-.fty the
iMnp.-ror and King gave the French government fo
JinUmg a proof at the very moment of the opening
of the campaign.
“ Bjl to WJU >ur 3 f’rmal and definitive author!
ty °n the part ui the King’s allies before Great Bri
t-nr anJ trance lltnulj b.gin to difcnls, even pro
viitomdly, the principle, of the oegocmion, would
"i.!>pi"-“'s. » very ofetels delay. A courlc
•W Itiy dift.retir ban been pur(ue<l by ttte two pow
ers no aliurmer occafions of tl,e fame nature- : and
hit M j (ty is of opinion, that the belt pledge which
Ilm moment they can give to all Europe of their
rmitual dcltreto pot a pe,ioc! as loon as poffible to
the calammi s ot war, would be to fettle withont
!t • 3 bilh'‘ ot combined negociation, and to invite
their allies to participate in ir, in ihe belt manner
calculated ro acccjrrate a general peace.
“ It was With this view, that the ondeifi..ned
had It in command to propofe, at ti.e very coin,
ii'rncemei't of this negociation, a principle, which
ms M jelly, genrrdfity and good faith ..lone could
silctaie to iilin, vtit.—to indemnify France, by pro
portionate reltiiutionsfor fuel, arfangenuytts as II,e
will conient to .n order to fatisfy the juft claims of
the Hies ot the King, ami to preferve the political
balauce 0. Europe. _ 1 he Executive Directory lies
not explained ttlc-lf in a preiile manner either on the
■ pprunstiun oftbis principle, „or in the alterations
and mooincaitous winch it mav dtiirre nor lias ir
proposed any other principle tending to the lame
'■ rh‘- underfigm d, is ilicreiore, ordered to to
turn, tins lubject, and to demand on this head an
open, declaration, in order to ihoiien the ..Ida.
V.mu, mult otherwtie refult from ,lie difficulties rai’
, by the Directory With refpect to the form of
P<’w'1.s-1 ',L' lsamimrtfed to add lothisdcmand
theexpre s declaration, that while his M j.-i'iy |J,all
h,5’ua01‘ allies Willi all ini lucedfi, e l,ep,
rdauve to fheWct of this pielent mgociation.
and inifil towards thofe lovereigns in the molt tffi
curious manner every duly of a good and faithful al.
oVrthnD,’ C‘amc “'"e ne«icct nothi"iS <•" Ills
jo^rt both to dilpo.c them to concur in thru negocia
lion, In all Inch me ins as are inul't fitted to acctie
rate us progress and eufure its fuccels and to pre
erve ihent in dtfpoi.lions favourable to his ivilh for
the rein, " of a general peace, on juft, permanent,
and honuuranlc coiuluious.
„ . ., “ MALMESBURY.”
l-wis, November"12, 1796.
aV,: nT ,l,c Fren<:h Minlrtfr for Foreign
. , Delacroix, returned the following anfwer
Anlwer of the Mmi.ter for the Department of Fo
re.gn Alt urs to the note of Lord Malmell.urv.
he wnJer^ned is charged by rhe Ex-outive
Directory to call on you to point out as fneedily as
puutlue, and nom,natively the ful-jeu* of reciprocal
compenlatton, which you have to proptfe.
'S decidedly charged to alk' of you what are
the dllpohl,ans to treat on a juft at)d equitable l.a
.. ° .*nu'h M’jrlty the Emperof an,I King fur
n[." , lo confptcuous a proof at the commencement
of -he prekut campaign f The Executive Directory
are igncrant of ibeto. It was theEtnperor anuXing !
by whom the a r in i ft ice was broken.
(Signed)
“ CHARLES DELACROIX."
Paris, i2cl. Brumaire.
VIENNA, Novembers.
On the 2^1 h, a courier Irom our government fet
off tor Paris. The French melaengrr lately arri
ved here, is frill extremely ill in health.
MANAU, November 4.
It if faid that the French, or the other fide of
the Rhine towards Manheim, have again taken pof
lc-flion of Fraiukrnihal and Worms. The heao
rjuarters ot the archduke Charles will be fhifted to
5chwetziugen.
LONDON,
Nov. 14.. One very ple;<fing article of intelli
gence is, that the Dutch having fined out a fleet
under the command of admiral Lucas, on an expe
dition againft the Cape of Good Hope, (which was
to have been joined by Richeri, had not admiral
M .n, kept in Cau'D; they proceeded to that place
and loon after their airival had the mortification •
to find themfelves blockaded there by admiral El
phenfVcne, who had received timely notice of iitii
intention in Augu.t, 'finding no p fTibility c'f efcape,
ihey were comp, lied to give up their Hups, and
furrender them!'. Ives priloners.
1 lie following is a iin ol : fie Dutch fi ret, under
rear admiral Lucas, whiih lurrendtred on the 17th
ul Augult, to a Iquadron of his M je-»ty*.s (hij s
commaded by the honourable fir G. K. Elphenftont"
K. B. in Salona B »y :—
Dordrecht, Rear Admiral Lucas, &6 guns * Re- :
volution, Captain Rhenebend, 66 gums; Admiral
Trump, C plain VJkenbuik, 54 guns,- Cal'ibor,
Captain Clurilse, 44 guns ,• Bellona, Captain V.dk,
z8 guns ; Siren.ce, Captain Dr Cere, z6 guns ; Ha
vik, Captain Btv.emer, 13 guns ; and Maria, Itore
lliip l otal 342 guns—iy 2 troops and leanien.
We fome lime iince Ituicd that Moreau had re
treated toScockach and frreybourg inltead of reti
ring by Huniogen, as it was luppofcd he would.
In retreating to hreybourg hisdtiign was to recrois
the Rhine at Kehl and btrafburg, to protect thole
ploCrs, and perhaps to retain polstffion of the righl
bank of the Rhine in Brifgaw. With this view be
Ii id marched as far as itrt-ybuurg. Here the arch
duke attacked him on the 19 h, md after an obfti
natc conflict in which the archduke behaved with
great perlonal gallantry, theFreilch polls were de
feared, and their army compelled to retire with the
fois of 2000 priloners, and probably about half that
liumoer in killed and wounded# Moreau lull enter
tained hopes of maintaining himlelf on the right
bank of the Rhine, and poked himfelf advantage
ous tor that pur pole .* but the Auftrians having made
diipohuor.s to attack him on the 24th, he again re
tired, and rvtreated acrofs the Rhine inro France
on the z6ili, kill keeping pofseffion of the lirong
head ot the bridge at Hunengue, by which he fecurts
a palsage into Germany.
From the iStli to the 26th there fee in to have been
continual actions of polls, in which the Auftrians 1
generally nad the advannge . bur at no time, not e- :
venroll the 19th did the French fuffer a complete de- ;
Nov. 17. We are forry to ftate that thing* af- ;
fume every day a more gloomy appearance in ]«•-. !
land. i hofe who can fee farther than the bare lur
f.icc, preIzgc^ dreadful calamities to this country
from the cfius to which they perceive things haften
tngin the filler kingdom. The events we fhall
latilifuliy relate, as they arife, and we fhall '.pare
no pains to obtain the belt information of everv
thing that concerns that country. fhe following
paragraph we copy literally from a Dublin paper of
Saturday hit (Saunders's News Letter ) It deferves
the more attention, as that paper it not charged
with retailing matters inimical to the men in pow
er. 1
‘‘Notice, it tv.m yefterday faid, has been given
to fome of the military aisociations of ihe metropo
lis to bold thenifclvcs in readineis to take the feve
ral guards ol the city, in the eventual abfence of the
troops in garrifon, who we are informed, have been
in ftructed to be in immediate preparation for inarch,
with fixry rounds of ball cartridges. Thefe orders
are, we hear, in conftcjuence of difpatches from a
nobleman who lately proceeded to the north, and
who, it would feem, from thofe precautionary mea
lures, envifages fomethingof a growing turbulence,
againft which it may be ntcelsary to oppole judici
ous and mftant preventatives.’*
V, e have to announce from refpectahle authority,
that letters were received on Saturday from Col.
Do} le, ltatir.g, (hat from ihe mupeiuious Itote of
the weather, and other unfnrcfeen d fficuhits, he
had not been able to acccinplHh the object of his
expedition. The colonel lately failed from the
Downs with a confiderable force, for the purpoie,
it is laic, of deftroying the gun-boats in the liar
hour oi Hulhing, which w< re fuppofed to be col
lectino or aiding the projected invafion, now lo
much Hu general object of alarm in ibis country.
II the enemy are (erious in their threats of an in
vafion, the northern coaft of Ireland, as molt fa
vourable to their views, will prove the fpot of tie.
(cent ; a {tint would probably be made on fome
eaftern part of ihe Englilh coaft, in order to direr!
the Britifh fi-et from the real point of attack.
The Spaniards have at length gravely fitren
dow’n before Gibraltar, forgetting, no doubt, the
fatal 13th of September.
3,000 pounds Sterling will be the lhare of each
Gapt. concerned in taking the Dutch fleet.
The relation of General Walhirct — k d <
ltfs “ Kr«« cr.ilis. '•» !h; ne» eonftiiuiYon of Am--\
c.a * "u”hat it is equivalent in that reln„t
tieath of that great man, whoTe very txhtenee J
poffible return to the head of affairs, will r,f,
tor a time both perioral ambition and proving
hatred, and local contention. The paper which h
basaddrefsed to the United States is replete whh
nrii'dom, and applicable in many pomts r,| view t
our own circumitances, as well as thofe of Anieri
ca. Coming from authority fn pure and fo n,-s.'
and lo entirely dilmterefred, his opinion n:,v be ref!
pccted ; end a partialityfor France, arid for poiititol
aisociationa, which has too long difgraced ant) me
triced os, be abandoned by ms PER usmok a,
/■am, of foreign corruption and foreign treafon, and ot d,
nt Jtic violence ana me tyranny of paction !
UNITED STATES.
BOi » OiS, January 18.
Ot Sattrrday !uft arrived in town via New-York
from Caps Francois, cape. Atwood, late of rhe
Schooner jane, of this place. He went to the Cape
on a common!r-ciinj? voyage, on his arrival there
a guard ol Soldiers was immediately placed on
board h»s vefs.-j, and foot) nfrer lighters kur
fide, and ihe*\vh; 1;* ol Iris Cargo forcibly Taken out •
nat ev'-n excepting b:* own and the pour fes men’s
vemurts.* the nr oft rt flian fury marking the plun
derers during the whole operation. On enquiring
the re i\on of faili conduct,'of the cfii.irs r,f.-!.,ve,!Q.
ment, he was told, that they were authorised by
the French Directory. That they were diltrtisf/,
(carving, snd would help themfelves as they could*
chat orders were ilsued for the capture of all Arne*
rican vessels bound to Sricilh ports j and that they
Should loon beat open war with America. Petition
to the admini!tration fcvre treated with the mmole
contempt and indifferenefc. Twelve other Ameri
can veisels were there, which had been treated in
In lame Way.
We havfc, at length, received the rfih i'.l Letter t,f
M »reat), on the victory of Bucbon. This general
gives a defo iption v« ry difF, rent from the fi.bri.
carious n: E.tglill) mhlifrerial prints, of his firU.
ation and retreat. His only view in approaching
.lie French frontiers was to communicate with the
irmy ol thrSam^re and Meufe, and ho brought
with him bom Germany 7000 pi Butter's, amh'go
officers. ! bus v.inilh into Irnoak all the reports
rumours, fabrications, :;nd lies, made, told :md c:r~
diluted, ol this germs!. }f >.vr were to credit
papers on this continent, this general and his
foldiers have more lives than c.v?_Hr hs.s
more than 20 times been cut to pieces ,• he has been
mortally wounded half a dozen times at h-alt !—.
Poor ■Jiuonapnrre was letved in the fame -.curvy
m inner—he was mt to pieces j was fovnei i'nrtes dead
and foimnmes defer,red—Ir was but tha other <l:.y
thatWurmfer pnrfurd him to Vtrona, curing down
and up, and relnltng to give quarter ! Y-m he u<. v
keeps W»rmkr caged in Mantua ! Vv hat I'm is :,xt
to be rol? !r, the convention ro bern i- rtf). md
royaliy eftablilhed in France. How 1< 10 will the
people lufftr U'< rnfel <s to be duped by beings v.ho
havt lcarce lufficient ingenuit y to 1111 a good lie !
FvEW-VChk” January 15.
If is an Ohlcrvarion founded on th< experience of
mankind, that no man however great his virtues,
or perfect in his character, has eft p-.-d the hrcaih » f
cenfuie or tue malignity ol envy. “ The Kci;i•.i:s,**
la\s Plutarch, “ having nothing die to cavil at,
found fault with Scipio's fl.cpingj and 1 he emniic.t
of Pom pc y the Great having obferved that ha
fcratched his head with one linger, upbraided him
with it.” As a freckle or wart in tlie ! .te is more
prejudicial than ftains, maims and fears in the reft
of the body ,• Id little faults, dilcerned in the live*
of pt irices and Itatelmen, appear grear, through jn
opinion molt men have conceived of government
am! policy, which they loc k on as a great and ex
cellrnr thing, and fuch as ought to he pure from
all abfui dity and imperfection.' In America, as well
as in every other country, Fuch as 3re confpicuutis
in the admini Uratinn of government, very oiicnare
wound, a in their repuiarion, and improperly cen
lured. i he nionlt-r.j-aloufy, confirues nifjw.g de
viations into criminal dt-figns again*! the liberties
of'he people ; and a legion of pafiion.s unite in their
malignity, and prey on characters who in juftice
dtierve to be coulidered as the benefactors of their
counrry.
January 14.
It appears that a fl- et of i 5 fail of (he line, badly
manned and equipped, was at Brvfr, ready io fail—
dclrination unknown—and it is laid 80 coo men are
collected—whether tor Ireland or Portugal is uncer
tain.
January 2
It Ins been repeatedly laid that the Ppnr.ilh vef
fels take Americans. We do not believe it. Spain
is on friendly terms with the Unitt<J States. The
truth doubt It fs is, that the French do much os they
pltale in Spanilh ports in die Welt- Indies, as they
do in Italy. 1 hey take and condemn American
vefsels. It will be recollected that th. treaty be
tween France and Spain, though offenfive an.1 e'e
fenfive, is fo only in regard to certain powers—it
does not require Spain to wage war with every pow
er at war with France. It dots not require Spain
to he at war with the United States, even though
France Ihould engage in hoftilities with us. Thi3,
as far as our recollection extends, is the fact in re
gard to that treaty ,* end it precludes all doubt on
the hibject of a war with Sp .in.
Fifty-ejght tail of American vefstls are feized and