Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-09-30
Council of Elders.

July 26.-Cornet In the name OF the Com.
mittee of INFECTION, propofed that no political
fociety fhould fit within The external incloflrs Of
The Council.
Courtois complained of the Club ofthc Ma
nege. Robefpierre (faid he) and his fanguina-
~ agents are already Ring from their aihes.--
He proceeded, " 1t is now fully known thai
there exits Committee of Intrusion, compo-
fed of thirty rine brethren, CommAion of ele.
ven members chofen from the thirty-nine, and
a fecret Directory, whichis the repoftory ofthe
hopes of The Children of Ifrael. Ii Is only after
very particular interrogations that perfons are
admitted among the number of the ele6t. They
arc a1Sed, +" Have you been the friend of fueh
and fuch martyr of liberty %-The objctt of
this holy brotherhood the pretended government
which they arc defirous to eltablilh, is that Of
blood, of tears, and of feafFolds, which they
with to propagate. They talk of the confitu-
ton Of the sd year, but they 6ncercly deprecate
every kidd of Contribution. They cannot en-
dure fubmifiion to any government. openly
Fate, that the regenerated Directory is oaen6ve
to them, and thar fS.y have ALREADY devsie5 isDo Of
i1 ~.mbe,s to dsatb. With refpea to the other
three, they will be content with di(plaeing them.
They next intend to concentrate all power in
the Councils, with the ultimate view Of dfpoc
fefling them alto of it. Their party is already
formidable. They will fhorlly procure arms
and ammunition. and their lifts of profsrip,ion
are made out.-Do not then permit anoth,,
body of m:n to form gov.rnmen, within a
government, and let US unite into an impene
irable phalanx round the contribution of the
81 year."
Coursois' fpeech was ordered to be printed
DUPONT and Carat moved for a General
Committee, that Courtois might Rate he facts
on which he grounded his charges.
Norf.-hI eOg6dsutly Jaa.ed, tia, in tie Cen
er0f Committee great many members communicated
dysovoin Of tie bigbsR Importance. Cow,ois de.
mardea that The Dspnty quko bad afn.d on fbs z4ib
qpab lie cltre (dsi VogesJ might come tarovard
and evsryan remaining Eknf, be DECLARED that at
that dinner hbad been under e0sflsraian to sgsf
Gnate tquo memtys efibs Dbs9uy, repioe ibe Sye
TEN Of Terror, sea5Eb Convention and ajisysusrds
proclaim Royalty. The Council Of Elders charged
the LglDedors TO eols7 all tie faas and documents,
s0tieS proue The exjffare Of tie eoslarsey. and 70
MAKE their report evitb0m delay.
July zo. Many petitions for the punilhmen.
OF the Ex'Diredors were read The at of
accuiaiion was read again according to the
Contribution.
PARIS, JULY as.
Madame Roberjot denies that ever fhe char.
ged DERRY or the French government with the
murder of her huiband.
The Hall oc the Manege is fhut up. and the
entrance guarded. The Society has opened at
the Convent of the Jacobins.
1000 we'll equipped Chouans appeared a few
days ince in the envrons ofAillc, and remained
there two days.
Rheinhard, Mininer of the French Republic
to the Helveiic Republic, is appointed fucceaor
TO Talleyrand as Mniaer of Foreign Affairs.
The Directory have declared themlelves ia,isGed
with Talleyrand's conduit.
A paper ftates, that the King of pruilia, ie.
eretly figned his acceIon % the coalition on the
9th of March. The recent conduit of Frede-
rick, has certainly given mere fatisfaeton to the
Allies than his former meafures. He has fat
Tered Rnaian troops to PATS through his terrific.
~, defined TO eomb1t the French.
The FUNSTON of Macdonald and Moreau is
officially announced. Crhc two Generals then
are together but where are their armies y