Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1795-05-23 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States  AND  DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 122 of Vol. VII.]
SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1795.
[Whole No. 845]
Wanted to Purchase A SHIP or BRIG Of about 1200 or 1500 Barrels Burthen. also  To Charter A SHIP or BRIG of the Burthen of 1500 to 2000 Barrels to load at Norfolk for the West Indies. Apply to GEORGE SIBBALD, No 18 Penn Street. April 27.
Just Published, And to be sold by Mr. Ormrod, No. 41, Chestnut Street, Mr. Dobson, 41, Second Street, Mr. Davies, 68, High Street, and by the Editor, 119, Chestnut Street, An ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE  DUTIES Payable by Law, on all Goods, Wares & Merchandise, imported into the United States after the last day of March, 1795.—Price with a Dollar. March 19
FOR SALE, At the STORES of  Jesse & Robert Waln, PORT WINE in pipe, h bds. and quarter casks LISBON do. in pipes and quarter casks Souchong and CONGO TEAS, in quarter casks A quantity of Lithium and Cadiz SALT Soft shelled ALMONDS in bales Velvet CORKS, in do. Bullia MATTS. May 2
JUST RECEIVED, By the Abigail. Capt. Blunt, from Portsmouth a few barrels Excellent SALMON. For Sale by T. MOUNTFORT, At his Store on Cox's wharf, just above the Drawbridge. May 11
For PORTLAND, Massachusetts. and from thence to CAPE NICOLA MOLE, The Ship BETSEY, Pearlman Freeman, Master. THIS Ship is now getting a thorough repair at Mr. George Eyre's Ship-yard, and will sail for Portland in about ten days; in about four or five days after her arrival there, she will sail for the Mole, the has uncommon accommodations for passengers; a number of them may be received either here by applying to the Subscriber, or at Portland, by applying to Wm. Cobb Esquire, or to the Captain. LOUIS OSMONT. April 28.
For HAMBURG, The New Ship  ASIA, Captain LANGFORD. The Asia will be launched in a few days—is a very fine ship—coppered, the greater part of her cargo is on hand, ready to go on board, and it is hoped she will sail in all the present month. For Freight or Passage apply to Captain Langford, or to PETER BLIGHT. Who is now landing at South Street Wharf, the cargo of Snow Hebe from Havanna. 270 Hbds. Molasses, 130 Hds. choice Jamaica Green Coffee 40 Hbds. ditto Sugar, With a Quantity of Pimento and Ox hides. May 9
For LIVERPOOL, the American Ship  DIANA, GEORGE CLAY Commander. She is nearly a new vessel, well fitted, and a constant trader. She is intended to sail in the course of the present month, and to return an early Fall Ship. For Freight or Passage, apply to PHILIP NICKLIN & Co. Who have for Sale, Landing from on board said Vessel, 3 cases Cutlery, Copper in Sheets and Bottoms, Drop Shot assorted, Red Lead in casks of 7 & 8 Cwt each, White Lead in do. of 3 Cwt each. They are also Landing from the Ship George Lake Hammond master, from Jamaica, laying at Chestnut Street Wharf 10 Punchcons JAMAICA RUM. And from the Boston Packet, Captain Washburn from Liverpool. 22 TONS of PIG LEAD. They have also on hand, Rich Mountain Wine in quarter Casks, Fine Old Port Wine in Pipes and Hogheads, Spanish Liquorice Root, in Boxes of 2 Cwt each Brimstone, crude and refined, Men's English saddles, English fail Canvass assorted, 150 Crates Queen's Ware, Crown Window Glass 8 by 10, and A Quantity of Mahogany. May 8
For LIVERPOOL, THE SHIP  MANCHESTER, JOHN COX, Master. A constant trader, built of cedar and live-oak, sails fast, has excellent accommodations for passengers, and will sail in about three weeks. For passage apply to Capt. Cox, or Rundle & Murgatroyd, No. 11, Walnut-Street Wharf. Who have for Sale, OZNABRIGS & TICKLENBURGS, In Convenient Cales, for exportation, and entitled to Drawback. Also 25 Hbds. Muscovado Sugar. May 6.
For RICHMOND, Virginia, The Schooner  POLLY & SALLY, George Carr, Master. Now lying at Chestnut Street Wharf, will sail on Saturday, the 23d instant. For Freight or Passage, apply to Captain Carr on board, or to R. HENDERSON. Who has for Sale, 10 casks Carolina Indigo, 1 chest Imperial Tea, Scotch thread by the box. 18 bds. Middlings, A few Bushels Shorts. May 18
ONE CENT REWARD. WENT away from the Subscriber, an Apprentice Man named Alexander Stanford, aged 21 years; 5 feet 4 inches high, pitted with the Small Pox, had on a Blue Coat, Red Waistcoat, and trowfers, Shoes tied, took some other cloaths; whoever brings him the said Apprentice, shall be entitled to the above reward, and no charges. R.D. MARLEY, North 6th Street. May 18
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Robert Reside, late of Southwark, Mariner, deceased, are desired to make immediate payment, and all those having just demands against said Estate, are desired to furnish their accounts properly attested, to either of the subscribers SARAH RESIDE, Executrix JOHN CRAIG, } Executors. JAMES SAWYER, } May 21
Office of the Department of State, May 21, 1795. ALL Persons interested in the Brig Hannah, of Kennebec, William Springer Master, and the Ship Molly, of Philadelphia—Farrell Master, supposed to have been captured and carried into Kinsale, may receive some information relative thereto, on applying at this Office.
Wanted Immediately, A Man Servant, who is capable of doing the drudgery business of a Public House. ALSO, A gentle young man, in the capacity of a Waiter. And a Woman, who understands the business of the Kitchen, and occasionally to assist in Cooking. Such persons having good characters, will receive generous Wages, and constant employment. Enquire of the Printer. No 96. District of Pennsylvania to wit.
BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the first day of May, in the nineteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America, James Ph. Pugh of the said District hath deposited in this Office the Title of a Book the Right whereof he claims as Author in the following words, to wit: "THE FEDERAL POLITICIAN, by James Ph. Pugh, Teacher of the Spanish and Italian Languages, and author of the Spanish work entitled el Defensor del Hombre, or the Man Undeceived. &c. Est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum. In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States intituled "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books to the Authors and proprietors of such Copies" during the times therein mentioned. SAMUEL CALDWELL. Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. May 2
A FEW COPIES Of the celebrated Performance under the Signature of  M A N L I U S, May be had of John Ormrod, No. 41, Chestnut Street. PRICE—25 CENTS.
KNOX & HENDERSON, No 46 North Front Street, ARE just opening a Handsome Assortment of SPRING GOODS, per the William Penn, from London, which they will dispose of on low terms for Cash, or Short Credit. May 12.
GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES. THE Terms on which this Paper was to be sent to Subscribers not resident in Philadelphia, were—that one half, at least, of the Annual Subscription should be constantly paid in advance, or that some person at the place of publication should be responsible for the same. Those Subscribers who shall not have complied with the terms above specified on the first of July next, will, from that period be considered as declining to take the Gazette any longer. The Editor has heretofore omitted any charge for directing and enclosing his paper—in future, one dollar per annum will be added to the Subscription of those whole papers are sent by the Post.
NEW JERSEY.  PRINCETON ACADEMY, May 1795. An experienced Teacher of the Latin and Greek Languages, is wanted in this Academy, where adequate Encouragement will be given. Application in Person, or by Letter, addressed to the Trustees, shall receive immediate attention. Gentlemen at a distance, who may send their Children to this School, either for Instruction in the English and French Languages, Arithmetic and Mathematics, or in Latin and Greek, preparatory to their Collegiate Studies, may be assured, that due attention shall be paid to their wishes, and that good accommodations in private Families, according to their respective Limitations, shall be provided. Children addressed to the Trustees, with necessary Remittances, or Directions how to draw for Payment, shall be provided Clothing, Books, &c. agreeably to orders. In this Academy, no vacations will be admitted, nor unless Holidays given, but on the written Request of the respective Parents. Teachers of Drawing, Dancing, Music, and Fencing, shall be engaged for three Months, or more, in each year, as shall be found requisite. A separate School will be kept for Young Ladies, under the Direction of the Trustees. A French Teacher of known abilities, and respectable Character, is engaged for the purpose. The prices for tuition, &c. are as follows— For English, Writing and Arithmetic only, two dollars per quarter. Mathematics & Geography, Latin, French or Greek, four dollars per quarter. For Music, Dancing, Drawing, and Fencing, the best teachers shall be employed, on as moderate terms as possible. Entrance money, three dollars. Firewood, for the whole winter season, two dollars. George Morgan, } Thomas Wiggins, } John Harrison, } Trustees. James Hamilton, } Stephen Morford, } May 20, 1795.
DELAWARE BRIDGE,  AT EASTON. NOTICE is hereby given, that agreeably to the directions of an act of the general Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "an act to authorize the governor of said commonwealth to incorporate a Company for erecting a Bridge over the river Delaware, at the Borough of Easton, in the county of Northampton" and also of an act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, entitled "an act to empower the governor of that state to incorporate a Company for erecting a Bridge over the river Delaware, at the Township of Greenwich, in the county of Sussex, opposite the Borough of Easton," a Book will be opened on Monday, the sixth day of July next, at the Compting House of Levi Hollingsworth & Son, for receiving subscriptions for the stock of the said company, and will be kept open for three days at least, from 9 o'clock until 12 in the morning, and from 2 o'clock until 5 in the evening, unless the subscription should be sooner closed. The Capital Stock of said Company to consist of two hundred and fifty shares at one hundred dollars each, ten dollars whereof must be paid on each share at the time of subscribing. When a respectable sum is subscribed, due notification will be made in the newspapers of a time and place for the Stockholders to meet, to choose a suitable set of Directors for carrying the business into operation. JESSE WALN } L. HOLLINGSWORTH } of Philadelphia. JOHN NICHOLSON } THOMAS PAUL } THOMAS BULLMAN } New Jersey. JAMES HYND SHAW } JOHN ARNDT } WILLIAM HENRY } Northampton. JOHN HEISTER } Commissioners under the Laws. Philad. May 14
SHERRY WINES, in pipes and quarter casks, 4 years old; Spanish and Carolina Indigo; Muscovado Sugar, in hogheads and barrels; prime Boston Beef in barrels and half barrels; Hyslop and South-chong Teas; Ravens Duck; Ticklenburgs and 8 by 10 Window Glass, for sale by Nalbro & Jno. Frazier, No. 95 South Front Street. April 28, 1795.
American Landscapes.  PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING IN AQUATINTA TWENTY-FOUR  VIEWS. Selected from the most striking and interesting Prospects in the United States; each of which VIEWS will be accompanied with a descriptive account of its Local, Historical, and other Incidental Peculiarities. By G. I. PARKYNS, Author of the "Monastic Remains and Ancient Castles in Great Britain." CONDITIONS. I. That the work shall be published by Subscription; and that each Subscriber shall engage to take the whole set of Views; and shall pay for each engraving, if black or brown, 2 Dollars; and if coloured 5 Dollars. II. That the dimensions of each engraving shall be 24 by 17 inches, executed in aquatinta, and published upon paper of a superior quality. The publication to commence immediately; and one engraving to be delivered to the Subscribers, on the first Monday of each succeeding month, until the proposed series shall be finally completed. III. That with the last View of the series, shall be delivered an engraved title-page; an elegant characteristic vignette; a map of the route, connected with the prospects exhibited in the the course of the Work; and an Alphabetical list of the Subscribers. Subscriptions are received by Mr. Harrison, at his Print-shop, Maid Lane, New-York by Mr. Carey, Book-seller, No. 118, Market Street, Philadelphia, and by all the principal Book-sellers in the United States. February 28.
JUST IMPORTED, And for Sale by the Subscriber, at his Store, No. 18, Penn Street, 50,000 lb.  St. Domingo Coffee, 5 hds. Muscovado Sugar, 20 boxes Havana Do. 2 bbls. Do Do 1965 Spanish Hides, entitled to the Drawback. April 7
Geo. Sibbald.  FOR SALE, 5,000 Bushels of SALT, on board the ship Eagle, Capt. Williams, at Mr. Latimer's Wharf. Old Red and White Port Wine, in pipes, hds. and quarter casks Figuera Red Wine, in ditto Malaga Wine, in quarter casks Teneriffe Wine, in pipes, just arrived by the ship Thomas, Capt. Gordon. ALSO, SALAD OIL, in Casks. Apply to Philips, Cramond & Co. 4th May.
WANTED. Immediately by JOSEPH COOKE, Goldsmith, Jeweller, the corner of South Third and Market Streets— From 20 to 30 Journeyman Goldsmiths Silvermiths, Jewellers, Engravers, Buckle-Makers, Plate-Workers, Spoon-Makers, Small-Workers, Lapidaries, Chape-Makers, or any other Mechanics, useful in the different branches of a Goldsmith and Jewellery, Manufactory; any one capable of undertaking any of the above branches will meet with constant employment, the highest wages, and every encouragement due to their merits. Any person capable of being a Foreman to the above described Business, willing to instruct Apprentices, and do every duty incumbent on a Foreman, shall receive a handsome salary for his services, with Board and Lodging in the house. Five or six Apprentices will be taken to the different branches as above, and one to the Store and Mercantile part of the business. The highest price given for Old Gold and Silver, Lace, Diamonds, Old Watches, and Jewellery, in Exchange or otherwise, by applying at the above Store, where there is ready for Sale, a complete and elegant Assortment of fashionable Silver, Plated, Jewellery Cutlery, Japanned, and Fancy Goods, received by the last arrivals. In addition to which he hopes to receive a fresh supply by every European arrival, and still continues to manufacture every article in the various branches as usual. N. B. As he is going to remove to the corner store, the House he now occupies is TO BE LET, or SOLD; which, for Convenience, Beauty, and goodness of Stand, is by far the most eligible of any in the City. May 13.
J. M. BART, No. 170, North Second Street, Continues to wait on such Gentlemen and Ladies as are desirous to be instructed in the French Language. May 19.
TO BE SOLD. A HANDSOME, STOUT,  SADDLE MARE, With or without her Saddle, &c. Apply to Mr. Robert Adams, Fifth street South alley. The highest price In Cash, will be given for  EMPTY BOTTLES, A preference will be given to Claret Bottles. Apply at No. 187, fourth Third street. April 10
THE Stockholders of the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, are requested to meet at the Company's Office, on Tuesday the 26th instant, at 4 o'clock in the Afternoon. By Order of the Board of Directors, SAMUEL W. FISHER, Sec'y. May 11
EXHIBITION. THE Committee appointed to receive and arrange the Paintings, &c. are under the necessity of informing the public, that the Exhibition, which was to have been opened this morning, is unavoidably postponed until Friday, the 22d instant. By Order. Wm. LEWIS, Secretary pro tem. Philosophical Hall, May 18.
IMPORTED, In the Ship MANCHESTER, Capt. Cox, just arrived from Liverpool, and for Sale (by the package) by the Subscriber, upon very reasonable terms, the following GOODS, judiciously assorted, and of the most fashionable patterns, viz. PRINTED Silcos, purple, dark and light chintz, &c. Mullints and D-mities, a variety of elegant patterns, white and coloured. Quiltings, white and printed. Nankeens, striped, clouded, twilled, and silk striped. Thickets and Corduroys, twilled and plain. Fancy do. and do. do. do. Velveteens and Velveteens. 1-2 yard and 1-2 ell pillows and jeanets. Cassimeres, mixt, plain and printed, common fine and superfine. Broad and narrow cloths, first and second quality. Figured cloths. Beaverets, silk beaverets. Elastics Orleans and Brunswick stripes. Calimancoes, ribbed and plain. Prunel and Calimanco lastings. Mullins, plain, checked, striped, tamboured and book. Mullin handkerchiefs, plain and coloured borders. A few boxes of youth's, girl's, men's and women's hats, well assorted. A small assortment of silk and cotton hose. Do. do. sewing silks. JOSIAH ROBERTS, No. 62 South Second Street. May 2
St. Croix Sugars IN Barrels, St. MARTINS do. in do. HAVANNA MOLASSES for sale by SAML. R. FRANKLIN, No. 137 South Front and 136 South Water St. 33wtf
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mary Lewis, late of this City, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment; and those having any demands on said estate will please to apply for settlement to DAVID LEWIS, Executor. May 8.
Jamaica Rum. A CHOICE PARCEL, Will be landed to-morrow morning, at Jesse and Robert Waln's wharf. Also at South Street Wharf, The CARGO of Schooner INDUSTRY, Captain Elmen, from JAMAICA  COFFEE, In Hogheads & Barrels,  Pimento in Bags, FOR SALE BY Peter Blight. March 26
FRESH FRUITS &c. To-Morrow Morning will be Landed, At Stamper's wharf, from on board the Schooner Eliza, T. Arnold, master, direct from MALAGA, 300 Qr. Casks old Mountain WINE, of superior quality. 500 Qr. Barrels Bloom Raisins. 100 Boxes Lemons. 208 Boxes mufcatel Raisins. 192 Jars ditto ditto. 48 Sacks soft-shell'd Almonds. 25 Kegs Figs, &c. For Sale by PETER KUHN. May 7.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
For the month of February, 1795.
IN our last Political Appendix we proposed, and in part made out, a brief sketch of the year 1794. Having taken a general view of the Grand Confederation against France, we proceeded to a survey of the particular members of which it was composed; their interests, passions, views, and natural resources. In this course we travelled over our own country, Great-Britain, which was to be considered as the chief of the confederates; and now proceeded to
GERMANY.
In this country, before the French Revolution the most military in Europe, the only powers that seemed inclined to prosecute the war at all hazards and expences, were the Emperor, who pledged his revenues, under the sanction of the public offices and laws, and the good faith of the House of Austria, never yet broken, for a loan, on the most advantageous terms to the lenders, of six millions sterling; the Elector of Hanover; the Duke of Brunswick; and the Prince of Hesse. The King of Prussia, though subsidized by Great Britain with more than two millions sterling, deserted the confederacy; whether from a jealousy and natural hostility to the house of Austria, or a share, as is suspected, in the plunder of France; or from whatever motive; but certainly it was equally inconsistent with sound policy and a love of glory, to abandon the allies and his kindred house of Orange; to resign his army to inaction, sloth and the influence of his own enervating example; to undermine the opinion entertained by his own people, and by other nations, of the honour, and policy, and power of Prussia; and to expose his scattered territories, unprotected by military habits and political vigilance, to the attacks of martial and ambitious neighbours. The other powers of Germany, and particularly the ecclesiastical states, the Elector Palatine, and other princes and towns, from the vicinity to the Rhine, most exposed to the horrors of war, manifested an anxious wish for peace; though all Germany agreed in the necessity of the most vigorous warlike preparations. These, however, as all history proves, suffer unavoidable relaxation when the minds of princes are fixed on plans of peace; especially where discordant views naturally prevent or interrupt unity of design, and constancy of action.
The principal scene of the war was Flanders, and, in general, the Austrian Netherlands. That country, since the impolitic dismantlements of the Emperor Joseph, was unprovided with places of strength. Hence the operations of war consisted almost entirely in battles. The Sambre, as the war became hotter and hotter, easily crossed and recrossed, was tinged almost daily with the blood of the slain. The disciplined bravery of the Germans, and the noble ardor of the English, never overpowered by equal numbers, availed not in opposition to the frantic fury, and vast numbers of the French, who, finding resources in these for reiterated attacks, and opposing, as in a siege, indefinite to definite numbers, reduced victory, so near their frontiers, to a certainty. Passing the Meuse and the Rhine, they carried war and victory into
The Seven United Provinces.
The defile of the Greb, in the Province of Utrecht, by which the French penetrated into Holland, presented to the Batavians a Thermopylae; but there was not to be found a Leonidas. The Stadholder, the hereditary Prince of Orange, some of the ancient nobility, and a few military as well as civil officers, did all in their power to animate their countrymen to resistance.
But the enthusiasm of William III. of England, who, menaced by the numerous armies of Louis XIV. said, that he would dispute every inch of the land, and then die in the last ditch—the enthusiasm of William III. would, perhaps, have been insufficient to arouse the Dutch from their lethargic indifference to the public weal, and rekindle that amor patriæ , the great genius and guardian angel of oppressed kingdoms and states, for which there is no substitute. The Austrians and the English, with the other foreign troops, retreated before the incumbent mass of the enemy; the Dutch themselves, alone, could oppose mass to mass; alone effect their own salvation. But few cared for the public weal: all were intent on their private concerns, and according to their prejudices or predilections, their hopes or their fears, contested their individual interests. The French party, whose confidence in the fair promises of the invaders was in proportion to their antipathy to the Stadholder, and the smart sensibility with which they recollected the Prussian invasion under the Duke of Brunswick, affected to rejoice, and were indeed, perhaps, stupid enough to rejoice sincerely at the approach of the enemy. Many of the Orange party, with their wealth, left the country. The Stadholder himself, every patriotic exertion being made in vain, came with his family, and some of his most intimate friends, into England.
Thus have we seen the origin, progress, and termination, of the famous Dutch Commonwealth, whose history abundantly verifies its motto, Concordia res parva crescunt, discordia maxime dilabuntur . This political drama, occupying the space of two hundred and fifty years, presses on the least attentive mind the most important reflections.
First. No state, merely commercial, can long preserve its political independence. When the military spirit, with an attachment to the soil, departs from a nation, and each individual appreciates all things by the standard of loss and gain, then it depends for protection on foreign
armies; that is, it has only a choice of masters. The Dutch had an option of German masters, English masters, and French masters; and they have chosen the latter.
Secondly. Although money, in these times of extended intercourse, and military instrumentality and preparation, be proverbially called the sinews of war, it is evident that there are other circumstances of much more consequence, in war on a mighty scale, than even money. The Dutch nation is more numerous now, and infinitely more wealthy, than they were in the end of the sixteenth, and beginning of the seventeenth century—when they defied the armies of Spain and Austria collected on their frontiers in the Netherlands, the hereditary dominions of the house of Austria, the great entrepot of commerce, and, by natural fertility, as well as the state of the arts, and the possession of the Scheldt, singularly adapted for the construction of magazines and arsenals. There was a people, more congenial with the Batavians than with the French, interposed between the French and that people—and the embouchure of the Scheldt was actually in their possession. The Austrians and Spaniards then, in possession of the ten Catholic provinces of the Netherlands, were enemies at least as formidable to the Dutch of former times, poor and oppressed, as the French were to them in the course of the present war, when the most powerful nations were confederated, with the Hollanders against this numerous people. But how different the result of their different situations? Virtus præstantior auro . Wealth is not so much the cause as the effect of exertion.
[Remainder in our next.]
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON.
Capt. Livingston commander of a Liverpool vessel, was captured by the French so long ago as before the fall of the tyrant, Robespierre:—Since which the accounts received from him, have been very infrequent and his relatives have naturally felt the most serious alarm for his health and safety; an alarm which was not a little increased from the knowledge of his spirit and principles;—some idea of which may be conceived, by the circumstance of his taking off his hat, immediately after his capture, and exclaiming, "Vive le Roy!—D—n you all!"—About three or four months since, his relatives, in Liverpool, commissioned a Frenchman (an entire stranger, who said he was going into that part of France, where the young gentleman was confined) to deliver him twenty guineas, and a number of articles of wearing apparel:—The trusting a stranger with this property, and a Frenchman too, was, in the opinion of some people, thought little less than an act of insanity:—this will, however, be judged of by the sequel, which may be selected from the following few words, in a letter from his sister, to a female friend in Chester:— Liverpool, March 2, 1795.
DEAR MARY, "I wrote you a few days since;—no common occurrence induces me to write again so soon; know then, my dear Mary, that we this day received a letter from our poor, dear lad, dated the 16th of December:—The Frenchman, by whom the money was sent, delivered it, and every thing committed to his care, to my brother, and behaved very kindly to him. Heaven bless him for it!—Our dear fellow says—"I am removed from Rochelle, to the interior part of the country, where were breathe the fresh air, are amongst a set of humane, good people, who treat us more like brothers, than enemies; in short, we have every liberty we could wish, but that of actually quitting the country!"
In the Mayence Gazette of Jan. 31st, the Minister of Sweden contradicted formally the report of Baron de Reuterholm being about setting out for Baile, in order to assist at a congress, the object of which is said to be to mediate peace among the belligerent powers.
He declared besides, that none of the powers at war having formally re-claimed the mediation of his Swedish Majesty, it could not have been the intention of the cabinet of Stockholm to interfere in that matter.
PARIS, March 18.
Never was energy a higher duty for the Convention; never did the representatives of the people so much need to be seconded by the efforts of the virtuous citizens and the good republicans.
All those who fear the scrutiny and severity of the laws are now endeavouring to bring about a crisis which will however, no doubt, end in deceiving the criminal hopes of the royalists and of the sanguinary terrorists. Corrupted and corrupting malevolence constantly aggravates the causes of the public misfortunes and endeavours to lay them to the charge of the national authority.
Why are there bakers at whose doors no tails, [gqueues] are seen, (we are totally at a loss to explain the meaning of the word as used here) is there a secret reason for these meetings so painful to real patriots? where are all the horrid blasphemies uttered against liberty and the republic? Is it not in these assemblies become almost seditious. The country should have no fears on the score of those murmurs too natural from the mouths of women, whose intentions are pure, but who lament being obliged to lose a time precious to them and to endure the inclemency of the weather at the doors of bakers. But why is not the bread distributed at each person's house? Nothing easier, and it would be in the government a necessary and cheap sacrifice.
Why women and always women in every popular movement? Why daring petitioners, directed by golden wires by
no means imperceptible to the thinking man, to the patriot, come to insult the national representation (alluding to those who petitioned for more bread) which is ever-occupied in providing for their wants; why do turbulent women excite them in their clamours, by their applause, by their cries, by their vociferations? Is it not evident that they are paid by the villains who wish to overturn the reign of justice and of liberty.
What! in such hard times as the present, when the most constant labour is scarcely sufficient to give what is barely necessary to the man of probity, shall we see every day in the galleries of the convention the same faces? And will it not be believed that they are so regular at this post of disturbance because they are paid for it!
When will there be an end to this female aristocracy? Our laws grant no political rights to women; well! why are they every where a very political assembly? would it not be reasonable and decent to exclude them? will public concerns remain a secret to none but male citizens are admitted? do not the duties of women call them to the bosoms of their families, to the practice of domestic virtues, to the education of their children? on whom, besides, would this exclusion fall? would it be possible to mention many virtuous women who attend those assemblies where men alone have the right to discuss matters and fulfil the duties of the station?
I see dreadful symptoms. The execrable days of the 2d and 3d of September and of the 31st May are incessantly spoken against, and several of their authors are yet at the head of public administrations, or presidents of their sections. None therefore but the enemies of their country have applauded a rebellion the consequence of which was the dissolution of the popular representation. Therefore none but the partisans of tyranny, none that representation has been rendered entire, with to bring about new counter-revolutionary movements. None therefore but the enemies of France can encourage those criminal machinations of those whom the representative government wounds and restrains, because it would become the basis of the felicity of the country. National Convention! Energy then, ever energy! Cause the majority of the French people whom you represent to be respected; drive away without hesitation all such as shall insult your authority. Remember that the 31st of May was only occasioned by the tempestuous spirit of men, who did not immediately oppose vigour to audacity; and remember that by declaring yourselves for the stability of the Republic and the triumph of liberty, you will always be supported, surrounded by citizens, who would prefer death to the return of that despotism, which is, however, out of the reach of possibility.
(Signed)
TRouve, [English we take to be one of the editors of the MONITEUR.]
[The foregoing paragraph which we have translated literally from the MONITEUR, is an additional proof of an impending political crisis in Paris. The ruling party, in the interest of which the MONITEUR stands, dread much the influence of their antagonists, who even in the Convention nearly balance the majority, as many of the 71 deputies released with an expectation of strengthening the Moderates, have actually thrown themselves in the Jacobin scale. In the troublesome times of a revolution (and France must be considered as in a revolutionary state, until affairs are conducted under the sanction of a Constitution) these parties cannot long remain in this equipoise, and much as a sanguinary scene of a 31st of May is to be deplored by every friend of humanity, it is most probably at the eve of being repeated in Paris, by one or other of the contending parties.]
[Aurora.]
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
March 20.
Boissy d'Anglas delivered a very eloquent speech in favor of restoring to the families of those condemned unjustly under the reign of Robespierre their confiscated property. We regret that time and room do not permit us to attempt a translation of it; we shall however give some extracts which may enable our readers to form some idea of it, and of the merits of the question.
"We have all acknowledged, that the revolutionary tribunal was a tribunal of blood, we have also acknowledged that its decisions were so many murders cloathed in a judicial form; we have all acknowledged that its bloody decrees, the opprobrium of the French Nation, the shame of the 18th century, required to be justly and signally avenged, and as far as in our power repaired. We pursue the monsters who dictated them, the villains who pronounced them, and we send them to the scaffold.
"We all know that the confiscations which have followed those atrocious decisions, are so many thefts, thefts which have plunged in misery one hundred thousand innocent families. The cries of these distressed families continually assail our ears; their mourning distresses our sight; their tears melt us to pity. Virtuous and energetic writers recall to the minds of those unfortunate families their miseries, their rights and their duties; several of our colleagues busy themselves in their behalf, and speak to us in their favor; and we have not yet repaired so much injustice; and we con-
tent on this referring this subject to committees, with adjournments of the discussion and in giving room for hopes of a partial reparation!
"Citizens does the atmosphere infected by our tyrants still envelop us? Until when will it paralyze our efforts? How long shall our hands which crush the villains appear the accomplices of their thefts? How long shall we pursue this slow and gradual progress from crime to virtue? Let us traverse in a moment this disgraceful interval."
He next combated the opinion that the property of these condemned persons were necessary to the republic. Two thirds of it must go to liquidate the demands of widows, children, servants, &c. and the total amount of their value is not more than between three and four hundred millions.
After answering those, who say, that the revolution must not retrograde; that the convention must not look back on the past, except as a warning for the future, by contending, that this doctrine would perpetuate the oppressions committed by any tyranny; he expressed himself as follows, on the subject of the assignats, which it was said, the restitution proposed would tend to depreciate.
"Your assignats form a currency guaranteed by your good faith. They rest upon your honor and credit as the representatives of a nation more than on any other basis. Their value depends on the stability of your laws and the purity of your principles. By offering to your creditors a mortgage on property which you have not a right to, you lessen the effect of the incontestable guarantees, arising from the other national property which is more than sufficient."
"Good faith, that is the basis of your credit; if we steal the property of private citizens what right have we to expect that our circulating medium will command general confidence? What will warrant the fulfillment of our promises? Who will give credit to our engagements? What man will confide in the good faith of a government which is not just, which will prefer money to honor? What Frenchman will not endeavor to place his funds in hands more pure? What foreigner will buy those lands which are the real guarantee of our assignats, when he will learn that his family will lose its property if he should fall the victim of a tyrant, tho' the whole nation should afterwards lament his death and punish his murderer."
At the conclusion of his speech he proposed the following decrees:
Art. I. That all decisions by revolutionary tribunals from the 22d prarial be declared null, as well as the confiscations which were the consequences of them.
II. That the committee be directed to present within one decade a project of a decree to annul the effect of the decisions of revolutionary tribunals, against the accused of conspiracies said to have been plotted in prisons and against those accused of crimes not considered as such agreeably to subsequent amnesties.
III. That the committee of legislation be directed to present a manner of revising all other judicial decisions, by revolutionary tribunals prior to the 22d prarial.
V. That the convention decrees from this moment that the sales of real and personal property of persons condemned by the revolutionary tribunals, from the first establishment, are suspended.
VI. That as the sales already made cannot be annulled, the committee of legislation be directed besides to present within the aforementioned period of one decade, a manner of indemnification, to the heirs of such condemned persons the condemnation of whom is revoked, by an equivalent for the property which may already have been sold.
Boissy d'Anglas's speech and project of decree were much applauded.
Lefage, D'Eure and Loire, next rose. He supported the decree proposed with much eloquence. In his speech he took nearly the same field as the former speaker, painting in strong colors the tyranny of the late revolutionary tribunals. He concluded in the following striking manner:
"Representatives, one word more. When at the birth of the revolution, casting my eyes on an assignat, I read, Mortgaged upon the National Domains , I would say to myself: corrupting royalty, hypocritical priesthood; insolent nobility are then abolished forever in France, for their spoils are divided and scattered in the hands of all the citizens. But now when I read the same sentence on our paper money, I cannot suppress a sentiment of grief. This paper, say I to myself, represents perhaps the fruit of a poor unfortunate individual, put to death for having afforded an asylum to a persecuted person, (Applause) or the
little corner of land, the fruit of the industry of some individual sacrificed to the private resentment of some other; our resources! and the possession of the currency representing their property.—Legislators, take away the occasion of such reflections from the man of sensibility; no longer suffer that the national property be composed of the fortunes of those whom the last tyrant has condemned to never-ceasing tears; it is the least reparation we can make them."
Lefage then proposed some further deviation from Boissy d'Anglas's proposal.
Coren Pultier mentioned an instance of the wanton cruelty of the late revolutionary tribunals, in support of the decree proposed:—
"Citizen Paumier and his wife were arrested as suspected, and carried before the revolutionary tribunal. When they appeared before the assassins of that tribunal, there was found no act of accusation against them. They did not escape for this, but their names were put down in the act of accusation of another, laying therefore to their charge crimes which it was impossible they should have committed. They were upon this condemned. The wife, however, upon a plea of pregnancy was respited, and the 9th Thermidor saved her. The husband was executed; but ought not the decree which condemned him be also recalled, and his property restored to his heirs."
Foussedoire. "If we return to the heirs of persons condemned the property of their relations, I think we are also in equity bound to return all revolutionary taxes."
Several voices. "Yes, yes." Albite maintained, that even if those condemned were guilty, it was no reason for depriving their heirs of their property. He moved that the project of decree, which he considered too important for a precipitate decision, should be referred to the committee of legislation.
Several voices. "Yes, yes; let it be committed."
Duhen, Chales, Ruamps, and some others. "No, we do not want it referred. The previous question."
Charlier is for the commitment. Bentabole declared himself in favour of the reference; but on this principle, that among the decisions of the revolutionary tribunals many must have been unjust, and not on the ground, that the property of those justly condemned should not be confiscated. He concurred on the contrary, that it was just to defray the expenses of the war with the property of conspirators.
Charlier. "The question is not who shall pay the expenses of the war; the question is to do an act of justice." (Warm applause.)
Several voices. "The commitment." Legendre, of Paris. "We must fix the public opinion on this question: we must not permit the convention to be accused of crimes which belonged only to a villainous administration." (Reiterated applause.)
"We have all been oppressed, all without excepting one, and if posterity which will judge us declare that we have committed faults, they will not refuse us the justice of owning, that we have acknowledged them. (Applause.)
"Though I have long felt the justice of the measures now proposed, I should have found some difficulty in meeting them; the interest of the republic would have checked me. [Thus Legendre conceives the interest of the republic may clash with the dictates of justice; Oh the cloven foot.] Yes, we must restore the fortunes to the relations of those from whom it has been wrested with life; but the interest of the country must not be neglected. By having it always in view let us prove to the people of Europe, that it is not true, as their governments have endeavored to have it believed, that the Convention has murdered citizens for the sake of their fortunes. This crime does not belong to the Convention; those who were the authors of such atrocities had caused half of the National Assembly to seek safety in flight, and held the remainder under the fatal axe.
"You do not know yet, citizens, and you must be told it, that before the fatal 31st of May, fifty of your colleagues had slept in the Elysian fields, [a public garden in Paris] because they could not have gone home. I could have wished, that when they went to arrest one of these representatives he should have conducted himself boldly, so as to open the eyes of the people, that he should have killed the man who dare attempt to deprive him of liberty; such an act of courage had spared us many misfortunes."
After some farther observations, Legendre concluded by expressing his wish that the question should be discussed fully and without passion, and the business

then referred to committees who would be better able to conciliate public with private interest.
Vernier assured the Convention, that the reiteration proposed being made, the resources of the republic would remain quite ample for all necessary expenses.
Real hoped that the Convention, if they decreed the suspension of the sale of the property of persons condemned, would at the same time decree the validity of the sales hitherto made, in demarcation, however, to be made to the heirs of those unjustly condemned.
He gave a view of the emigrant property confiscated; it amounted in real property to the sum of about twelve milliards, without including the property of persons condemned. This calculation was founded on the late revenue derived from them. To this sum was to be added at least three milliards for the value of national forests, the property of hospitals, colleges, &c. forming a capital of fifteen milliards, a sum which was undoubtedly sufficient for the public exigencies.
Real was in favour of referring the projected decree.
Bourdon, de l'Oise. "I have said that the property of real co-conspirators ought in my opinion to be confiscated towards defraying the expenses of the revolution. I think this principle a sound one, and it is well to hold it up, that it be not imagined, that the decrees confiscating the property of the emigrants, will be repealed. I will add, that whenever the forms prescribed by the laws relative to judicial proceedings (I do not however mean the atrocious forms established by the law of the 22d Prairial) are fulfilled, it is not right to attempt an examination of the decisions made under them."
Duhem. "I rise not to oppose the commitment; but to propose an amendment that I believe well calculated to prevent the effusion of the blood of Frenchmen. It is certain, that the butchering of many citizens is the order of the day in many towns; it is a fact, that at Lyons, Nimes, Toulon, Coulommiers, citizens have been assassinated, because they were of the party called terrorists. It is certain, that by the propositions made to you the property is to be restored to the children of Toulon, who had outlawed the convention; for they have been judged by a revolutionary tribunal; and though it is now said, that the Mountain delivered Toulon to the English, it is well known that the Mountain, who voted the death of the tyrant, did not give up Toulon. (Some women on the left applaud) I will not speak of the emigrants who daily return under various pretences."
Several voices. "Thou art their accomplice since thou dost not denounce them."
Duhem. "I repeat, that which caused me to be sent to the Abbey three months ago, and the committee of general safety which protects Freron's pretty fellows—(The applause of some women prevent Duhem from proceeding) I propose, as an amendment, that the citizens who trusting in your laws have purchased the property of persons condemned, may retract their bargain, in order to escape the dagger of the aristocrats."
Tallien, after reprobiating the means used by some to create disturbances in the bosom of the Convention, moved, that the principle of returning the property to the heirs of those unjustly condemned, should be decreed immediately, and that the committee should present the mode of carrying the principle into execution, by revising the decisions; by which the Convention, he said, would shew, that they wish not to protect those who opposed the establishment of liberty in '89 and '92 no more than those who with now to re-establish the throne of Robespierre, and bring back the reign of terror.
The Convention decreed the suspension of the sale of the property of those condemned, which has not already been sold, the confirmation of sales already made, and referred the remainder of the decree to the committee of legislation.
Duhem. "A question on my amendment."
Several voices. "The order of the day."
The order of the day was decreed.
Duhem. "You assassinate your country;—you decree the counter-revolution."
Milhaud. "I propose that the Convention should decree that the property of those condemned justly, shall be restored to their children, if it is proved that these have not ceased carrying arms in defence of their country."
Upon the motion of Cambon this proposition was referred to the committee.
Delecloy. "You have made the report of the commission of 21 the order of the day for Duodi, [March 22.]—Your committee of general security has directed me to propose to you to decree, that your sitting as well as all those to be spent on that business, should open at 9 o'clock. The committee will take the necessary measures that the three arrested representatives shall attend agreeably to your decision." Decreed.
It was also decreed, that no petitions shall be received on the days to be devoted to that discussion.
Delecloy. "Duhem has just now said, that the committee was sensible of the necessity of repressing what he calls Freron's pretty fellows. The committee has directed me to say, that they know of no such persons. (Applause) The committee incessantly watches royalists, and represses daily the murderers and Jacobins who have not lost all hope. Daily the committee baffles their infamous projects and manoeuvres, and applaud the zeal of those good citizens who second the vigilance which the public good commands." (Applause.)
Adjourned.
VENDEAN REBELS. [The following interesting piece signed by the principal chiefs of the Vendean Rebels will enable our readers to form an idea of the conditions, upon which the amnesty granted by the Republic to the Rebels is founded.]
PARIS, March 20. Address to the country people of La Vendée.
Vile imposters, infamous intriguers, men perverse and ambitious who ground their enjoyment and happiness on the wrecks of public fortune, who are ready to sacrifice without the least remorse the life and property of their fellow citizens; if they can but execute their criminal designs, these individuals are endeavouring to mislead you. They spread impudently reports calculated to sow in all hearts distrust, terror and divisions.
To consider your interest, forget our own, effect your happiness without listening to any personal considerations; this is the glorious task we charged ourselves with; we believe we have terminated that honorable career.
Since at this moment the disaffected dare to raise doubts and injurious suspicions with respect to our conduct it is our duty to dissipate them, to undeceive and instruct you. We are ready to do it.
Brave inhabitants.
We know the impetuous reasons that provoked you to insurrection and put the sword in your hands. The most terrible blows were directed against the liberty of opinion in religious matters; new Pontiffs, a new kind of worship had been raised on the ruins of your own: intolerance looked every where for criminals and rejoiced to find victims. The haughty despotism of magistrates established to protect you, bind-days and vexations of all sorts were added to render the affliction scene still more horrible.
When the principle of a dangerous evil is entirely destroyed, the sad consequences that originated from that fact cause ought no longer to subsist. The necessity of making an end to this terrible war is grounded on your own wants the most pressing and upon the most sacred duty of men.
The peaceable exercise of your religion is granted to you: you may now make use of that inexpressible right, which could not be wrested from your hands without encroaching on your privileges as freemen. You are now authorized to offer to the Supreme Being, your homage and gratitude according to your ancient customs.
Your unhappy country has been devastated. The flames consumed your habitations; unruly troops committed the most horrible robberies on your persons and property. Well!—the convention has just now contracted the engagement, to indemnify you for your losses and to repair if possible all the evils caused by the reign of proscription and injustice.
Succours are allowed to build again your cottages; cattle will be restored to you, in order to revive agriculture and procure the blessings of life to you; you shall not long regret the want of rural instruments; you shall not hear of taxes until that moment when a more prosperous situation of your affairs will enable you to contribute to the exigencies of the state.
The widow bathed in tears and the father bent under the infirmities of age ought not to tremble for the fate of their children whom the laws might call to the assistance of the republic. What! could the resolve to deprive the distressed of his supporter, the respectable age of its protector? No! the nation exempts you from going to protect the frontiers; she charges you only with the easy task of cultivating your lands, in order to assist her in nourishing the defenders of the country.
You have offered the fruits of your sweat and economy for the subsistence of the armies. We have given you recognizances for the quantity furnished. The National Convention pays you the full amount thereof.
What do you want more? what uneasiness can still agitate those hearts, so long it is true, exasperated by resentment and disasters? Should you fear to be anew oppressed by magistrates unworthy of your confidence?
Brave Inhabitants, Remove your fears; let confidence return to your souls; let her banish for ever hideous despair. Those men whose odious yoke you dread with so much reason;—
those men, who were as great enemies of their country as of yourselves, shall no more be the depositaries of powers they so cruelly abused.
The representatives of the people intend to consult us in the choice of those who are to replace the former magistrates. We shall point out to them men, whom you know; men, who have gained your esteem and ours; in short, men who, in order to alleviate your sufferings, are ready to sacrifice their own pleasures, happiness and fortune.
Brave Inhabitants, Could you have thought us capable of betraying cowardly your interests? After having supported them with so much ardour, ought you to believe a single moment, that we were susceptible of betraying the conduct which we never ceased to observe?
Ah! if those injurious sentiments did take root in your hearts; if we could impune them to jealousy and ill will, how cruelly would it rend our souls; how could we support the terrible idea, convincing us that by endeavouring to make you happy, we rendered you ungrateful.
But how! are not your interests ours? our friends, our wives, our children, are not they among you? do not our possessions lie in the vicinity of your fields? Yes, beyond all doubt! And however precious these considerations may be, do not believe that these are the motives that determined us. We thought of nothing but you; we sacrificed every thing for your happiness, and by grounding it upon a solid and durable basis, we have stipulated nothing for ourselves but the invaluable advantage of being witnesses to your prosperity.
(Signed) Charette, Fleuriot, Sparreau, Cusutus, Debrune
VIENNA, March 1. The violent disputes which took place at the diet of Hungary, and were occasioned by the insupportable pride of the nobility, put a stop to the Hungarian nobles destined to reinforce the armies on the Rhine. This portion of the privileged caste is now to remain in the country in order to maintain the authority of the nobles against the malcontents.
The true design of this measure is disguised under the pretext to watch the motions of the Ottoman Porte.
LIPSTADT, March 5. The Prussian troops are hastening to wards Westphalia. They march in two columns.
The first is to march from the Rheimgau to Han. It is composed of 13 battalions of infantry, three companies of riflemen, twenty squadrons of hussars, one squadron of dragoons and six batteries of flying artillery.
The second marching from Frankfort to Lippstadt is composed of 32 battalions of infantry, ten squadrons of dragoons, twenty squadrons cuirassiers, ten do. of hussars, five companies of riflemen and six batteries of flying artillery.
The corps of the Prussian General Hohenlohe remains on the upper Rhine as a contingent of the army of the empire.—This corps is composed of eight regiments of infantry, two regiments of dragoons, one of hussars, and six battalions of flying artillery. [The above is a statement of all the Prussian troops employed against France; if all the battalions and squadrons were complete, as never can be expected after one of the most bloody campaigns recorded in history, they would not amount to more than 70,000 men.]
GENOA, Feb. 19. Thurreau representative of the French people arrived in the city and ordered, with consent of the senate, a proclamation to be published which explains the sense of the decree relative to French tradesmen whom terror had forced to emigrate.
Art. I. All the citizens, workmen, and sailors [not noble or ex-priests] as well as their children and who live from the labour of their hands in dockyards, work shops, or manufacturers are not considered as emigrants.
II. They may return to the conquered provinces if they prove by the testimony of two inhabitants of their residence what has been the trade they followed before their emigration.
III. Those who re-entered the territory of the Republic by false declarations, and are not expressly included in the dispositions of the present decree shall be immediately transferred into the prison of Nizza, and judged by a military commission agreeable to the laws relative to emigrants re-entering France.
IV. Those who shall have been convicted of having attested false facts will be condemned to perpetual banishment and their property confiscated. All those who present themselves to return to the Republic, shall be obliged at the advanced posts to deliver up their arms for which they shall receive a recognizance.
AMSTERDAM, March 4. The city of Amsterdam celebrated the festival of the Batavian revolution. However the Stadholderian party raises still its head and sends sometimes forth the seditious cry: Orange boven (Orange above) which caused so much blood to be spilt in 1787.
The provisional representatives of the Batavian people concerted with the French generals the measures of police, which have been taken on that head.
The Orangists had eagerly spread false alarms of a scarcity of provisions, but the municipality hastened to dissipate the fears of the people by a proclamation announcing a wise method of distributing the necessaries of life.
The foregoing articles are from the Aurora
By this Day's Mail.
By the IRIS , from NANTZ . Translated for the Diary .
It is believed, from the immense preparations of the Austrians, that they will soon cross the Rhine to Luxembourg. They have on the mouth of Lahn, a number of boats of every size, and have formed a boat-bridge from the right bank of the Rhine, to an island lying in the middle of that river. So it is probable the inhabitants of the unfortunate countries will witness most dreadful and important events.
PARIS, March 24. We learn from Madrid, that the Spanish Court has requested the French government to send thither a negotiator in order to settle a final and lasting peace; and, it is asserted here, that an envoy set out a fortnight ago.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
March 19.
The Committee of twenty-one was appointed to make a report on Barrere, Billaud Varennes, Vadier and Collot D'Herbois.
From 8 o'clock in the morning the tribunes were filled with men, and no women were suffered to enter, (we suppose the reason of it is, that the women had been the principal instigators of the preceding riots) and when several attempted to get in, loud shrieks, and the cries of "down with the women," compelled them to withdraw.
In the beginning of the sitting, many sections applied to the Convention, and petitioned that the Constitution of 1793 should be put into execution—many others complained of the scarcity of provisions; a certain indication of future disturbances.
At the same time it was told in the suburbs, that the petitioners had been ill received by the Convention. In consequence of which, 3 or 4000 men crowded to the Thuilleries and in the Gardens of Egalite, near the Hall of the Convention.
The Committee of General Safety made known, that the riot increased in the Gardens of the Thuilleries, and that many people had been thrown into the water for having opposed their riotous proceedings.
The President invited them to return home and deny the assertions which had been made, of the petitioners having been ill received by the Convention.
Sieyes—in the name of the Committee of Government, read a report on the means of sheltering the national representation from the attacks of the enemies of liberty, and proposed a decree, the substance of which is as follows:
Every proposition to royalty, every revolt against the national representation, all seditious writings, any attempt to release the prisoners confined in the temple, or any correspondence with them—shall be deemed a crime.
Every person convicted of the crimes above mentioned—shall be transported.
Every attempt against a representative of the people, while in the execution of the duties of his office, shall be punished in the manner aforesaid; and if any violence shall be committed against the national representation, the aggressors shall be outlawed.
If in the city of Paris, the National representation should be violated, and the Convention dissolved, the members thereof shall adjourn to meet again at Chalons sur Marne (a town in Champagne) and at that place the representatives of the different departments shall assemble.
The decree is adopted. Barrere and his associates are brought into the hall. Saladin read his report, [the abstract of which we shall lay before our readers.]
Robert Lindet delivers a very long speech, as an apology for his accused colleagues—he is frequently interrupted—he speaks from 11 in the morning, until 5 in the evening—being tired with so long a delivery, a Secretary goes on with the reading, and at 7 it is not finished; when the reading is finished the accused will be heard.
This sitting was very tumultuous, and during the whole time strong armed patrols guarded the Hall of the Convention and the Thuilleries—many men were put under arrest.
At the conclusion of the sitting, the Military Committee and that of General Safety, were called upon business of the greatest importance.
ALL those who are indebted to the late House of Andrew Clow & Co. and particularly such of them as reside at a distance, but happen to be here, are desired to call and make payment at No. 20 South Front Street, before they shall leave the City, otherwise they will certainly be sued at law.
WM. CRAMOND, JOHN LEAMY, HUGH HOLMES, } Executers. Philadelphia, May 23. d
Newcastle Pier Lottery.
The forty first and forty second day's drawing are arrived at the Office No. 149, Chestnut-Street, between Fourth and Fifth-Streets.—One Prize of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, and one of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS drawn.
At the above Office, Tickets in the CANAL LOTTERY of this State, are ready for Sale.
May 22.
The GAZETTE.
PHILADELPHIA, May 23.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Lisbon, dated 3d April, 1795.
"Yesterday Mr. Church received an express from Cadiz, informing him of the Dey of Algiers having declared war against Spain; also of an action taking place in the Mediterranean, between the French and English, in which the former lost two ships of the line, although the day before they had taken one from the English. The fleets consisted of 14 sail of the line each."
"The Portuguese have ordered all their ships, except one ship of the line, two frigates, and two brigs, to be paid off and hauled up—This is supposed to be owing to the death of the minister of marine, which happened about ten days since, and by which the English have lost almost the only friend they had in this kingdom."
Married on Thursday evening last, at Chester, George Stacey, Esq. of New-York, to Mrs. Tacy Beaven , Daughter to Davis Beaven Esq.
Don Joseph de Viar has been appointed by his Catholic Majesty, Consul General for the United States of America, and acknowledged as such by the PRESIDENT.
* * * St. Paul's Church, the repairing of which began this week, cannot conveniently be used to-morrow; nor for a few Sundays following.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
SHIP NEWS.
By an arrival from Norfolk, information is received that the French ships which escaped in the late engagement off the Capes, arrived in Hampton Road; that they are armed more ships from Guadalupe the largest is the Normande of 18 guns the other two of 16 and 14—the Normande was much shattered and the commander killed.
The Charming Sally Capt. Hodgdon , is arrived at the Port in 19 days from Guadalupe.
Arrived at New-York.
Ship Merchant , Webb, Bristol Brig James , Morris, St. Croix Schooner Betty , Mariet, Newbern
Two Brothers, Silcock, Tortola
The sloop Polly , Black, after having been out upwards of 70 days, and suffering great distress, has arrived at Trinidad.
Brig Boston , Webb, from this port, is arrived at Bristol, in 33 days.
NEW THEATRE.
Mr. MARSHALL'S Night.
On MONDAY EVENING, 25th May, Will be presented a celebrated Comedy, never performed here, called
The Conscious Lovers.
Written by Sir RICHARD STEELE, Author of the Tatler , Guardian , &c. &c.
Young Bevil, Mr. Chalmers. Myrtle, Mr. Cleveland. Cimberton, Mr. Bates. Sealand, Mr. Whitlock. Sir John Bevil, Mr. Gren. Humphrey, Mr. Warrell. Daniel, Mr. Blisset. Tom, Mr. Marshall. Indiana, Mrs. Marshall. Mrs. Sealand, Mrs. Shaw. Isabella, Mrs. Reves. Lucinda, Mrs. Cleveland. Phyllis, Mrs. Hervey, from the Haymarket Theatre, London, being her second Appearance in America.
A Song incidental to the Piece, by Miss Broadhurst.
End of Act 4, a Concerto on the Violin, by Monsr. Boullay, in which he will introduce the Marfellois Hymn , with variations. End of the Play, a new comic, Pantomimic Dance, composed by Mr. Francis, called,
HARLEQUIN HURRY SKURRY;
Or, The RURAL RUMPUS.
Harlequin, Mr. Francis. Farmer, Mr. Roujon. Cobler, Mr. Darley, jun. Clown, Mr. Blisset. Barber, Master F. Warrell. Tailor, Mr. J. Warrell. Sawyers, Messrs. Price & Mitchell. Columbine, Mrs. De Marque. Villagers, { Miss Milbourne, Miss Oldfield, Miss Roujon, Mrs. Bates, &c.
To conclude with the Grand Garland Dance, Preceding the Farce, a celebrated Song of Dibdin's , called the WAGONER , by Mr. BATES.
To which will be added, a Comic Burletta, never performed here, called
MIDAS.
DEITIES.
Jupiter, Mr. Warrell. Apollo, Mr. Marshall. Momus, Mr. Solomon. Mercury, Mr. F. Darley. Pan, Mr. Francis. Juno, Miss Williams.
MORTALS.
Midas, Mr. Bates. Damætas, Mr. Blisset. Sileno, Mr. Darley. Myfis, Mrs. Shaw. Daphne, Mr. Oldmixon. Nylæ, Mrs. Marshall.
Tickets to be had of Mr. Marshall, No. 95 South Eighth Street, and at the usual places.
On Wednesday, a Comic Opera, called THE DUELLA —to which will be added a Musical Farce, never performed, called THE LITTLE YANKEE SAILOR —For the benefit of Mrs. WARRELL.
Mr. Morris's Night will be on Friday.

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PROPOSALS
Will be received at the Office of the Commissioner of the Revenue, For Building a LIGHT HOUSE,
On Seguin Island, near the mouth of Kenne- beck river, on the coast of the District of Maine; of the following Materials, Di- mensions and Description.
THE form is to be an Octagon. The foun- dation is to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the bottom of the water, to be of stone, to be sunk, if prac- ticable, thirteen feet below the foundation shall only be carried six inches higher than the crown level of the knoll or rock on which the Light-house is to be erected, and it may be found impossible, on account of the rock, to sink the fame to the depth of twelve feet and one half below the earth, or thirteen feet below the wooden work, it is necessary that the propositions for the said stone foundation be made by the perch to include all costs, charges and expenses of materials, workmanship and labor.
As it is intended that the above described stone foundation shall only be carried six inches higher than the crown level of the knoll or rock on which the Light-house is to be erected, and it may be found impossible, on account of the rock, to sink the fame to the depth of twelve feet and one half below the earth, or thirteen feet below the wooden work, it is necessary that the propositions for the said stone foundation be made by the perch to include all costs, charges and expenses of materials, workmanship and labor.
The octagonal pyramid is to be well fram- ed, and of stout heart fine timber. It is to be twenty six feet in diameter at the base, there- of where it will rest on the top of the stone foundation, to which it is to be well secured by sixteen stout iron straps built therein and otherwise. The height of the wooden build- ing from the bottom of the water table and from the surface of the earth, to be to forty feet to the top of the wooden work, under the floor of the lantern; where the diameter is to be fifteen feet. The foundation is to be capped with sawed stone at least eight inches wide, and sloped to turn off the water.
The frame of the pyramid is to be covered with boards of one inch and one half in thickness, over which is to be laid a good & complete covering of shingles, and well paint- ed with three coats. The light house is to have two windows in the East, and two win- dows in the West. The sashes are to be hung with hinges, and each sash is to have eight panes of glass, eight by ten inches.
On the top of the wooden work of the pyramid is to be a strong framed tier of joists, beded therein, plank over with oak plank extending one foot beyond the sides of the pyramid, thereby forming an eave, which is to be finished by a cornice, the whole hav- ing a descent from the center, sufficient to throw off the water, and to be covered with copper.
A complete and sufficient iron lantern in the octagonal form is to rest thereon; the eight corner pieces or stanchions of which are to be well secured to the upright timbers of the pyramid, or to the tier of joists, or both. These stanchions are to be very strong and floor in the lower tier, and three and one-half inches by two and one-half inches above.
The lantern is to be ten feet high, from the floor to the bottom of the dome or roof, and to have a dome or roof of five feet in height. The whole space between the poles to be occupied by the sashes, which are to be moulded on the inside and struck fold. Each sash is to have twenty-eight large panes of glass; a part of the sash on the south-west side is to be hung with hinges for a door to go out on the platform. The iron rafters of the lantern are to be framed into an iron hoop, over which is to be a copper funnel, thro' which the smoke may pass into a large copper ventilator in the form of a man's head; cap- able of containing one hundred gallons.
This head is to be turned by a large yoke, so that the hole for venting the smoke may be always to leeward. Eight dormant ventilators are to be fixed in the roof, a large curved air pipe is to be passed thro' the floor and a close stove is to be provided and fixed in the lantern. There are to be a pair of stairs ascend- to the lantern, the entrance to which is to be by a trap door covered with copper. The building is to be furnished with two complete electrical conductors or rods with points. The floors are to be laid with plank. The entrance into the light house is to be well se- cured by a strong door hung upon hinges with a strong lock and latch complete.
Also a frame Dwelling House of one story and the roof, to be twenty six feet or there- about in front, and twenty five feet deep, with a cellar, under it, if it shall be found practi- cable to dig it. The cellar walls to be eight- een inches thick, and seven feet high. The story of the House to be seven feet and one half in clear. The roof to have a rectangular pitch. The floors to be laid in whole lengths nailed through. The House is to contain a Kitchen of thirteen by sixteen feet, a sitting room adjoining lengthwise of twelve by sixteen feet, two small chambers of eight by nine feet join to the ends of the Kitchen and sitting room, with a passage to those two rooms between the bed rooms. The stack of chimneys is to be between the Kitchen and sit- ting room and is to have two plain fireplaces, one of them large for a kitchen; to which is to be joined an Oven. There is to be an out- er door to the passage and an outer door also to the Kitchen. There are to be two win- dows in each of the large rooms, and one in each bed room.
Each sash is to have twelve panes of glass eight by ten inches. Each window is to have a strong plain shutter, with fastenings and hinges. The doors are to be hung and furnish- ed completely. The ceiling and inner sides of the House are to be plastered with two coats. All the wood work inside and out is to be well painted, and the whole is to be fi- nished in a plain and decent manner.
An oil vault is to be built twenty by twelve feet in the clear, arched over, and covered with earth or sand, over which a shed is to be built. It is to be furnished with nine strong cedar Cisterns with covers, each capable of contain- ing two hundred Gallons. The entrance to the vault is to be secured by a strong door. A well is to be sunk at a convenient distance, and furnished with a curb, bucket and rope completely. The builder is to procure and
pay, for all materials, labor, workmanship, provisions and other objects of cost charge or expense for a sum to be proposed and agreed upon, and to execute the before described work, and every part thereof in a good and workman like manner.
Convenient payments or advances, on secu- rity, will be made. April 17. t&tf.
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