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A 70lfrM AND COUNtar PAPER-, PKixTtnmy TC/SSOAT, ty ALEX VSDER MARTIN, po»,JQHM.SIBLEV. VOL. j.)—acti pate] fUESDAT, JUNE sj, i79l. ' fjySTiiiAM -sricv lAp VR. — (Lc, 4 6 ) t\sro9iSi6m iMPOltTATJT ANP INTERESTING European Jntcllig^72ce. ^ BVTIii: LATEST ARRIVALS AT NEW- YORK. r«ttM 7HE tUNDuM CAZjLTT]£-t AfKi*. j -the commiliioners immediately, Hiould [they not have airtvdy departed j you *1 wiii condufl them to Orchicu, whither I will fend youV->?tiers wkit is to bedone I Vvith them. Teli Duval aUb, that I I command him to take poifeihon of the jtre^fure ; to enjoin the CommilTaire* Ordannatcur MaIus to appoint iaitant- COBLENCE, April i. A DETACHMENT from the army ^ tf the French, of about! 000 men ] iy a paymafter, and to aiieft citizen has beendcfe.aTcd by Prince imuts ot ! Lemoanier, as Comptroller General of Prufli*, at a viilatre behind his iTaiiian the national treafury of the aimy.— Idajdly's head q * .icrs. I • this atii- Dearo Duval to fend Petit jean to .me, R-n above t,no men and 45 u:ii(;«rs (vf bicaiu'e 1 ifiicnd to naike a movement vhom JOUf weicn.-id ciheers) were ta- ! fo the army to mo-row : laforni him hen priioners ; ih live pieces of cannon U' sa ciOLcrjj wete r.iji-v v,, 4.1. he pruiUuiis alib fjok | that the army has decided upon prou.if Uioa and two pah ■ ol ihe wboD nation to. reUoic the pa: coloarJ 'i lie PrulEanshave reached ihebanks cf the Khlne near Oppenbtirn, and cut coiidltuLion, which wc have fworn i)i tybS, 90 ap.d 91, and which alone can free us iVonranarchy, aad.the iafdtp.ous pAai$, April 9. Prcciamaiioh. A ^ont to that made oa the preceediag day. ■■■.;. . - •» WiiLing,: however* after the rc- dhaiki wc had made, to rep dr to the jicad quarters at 6t. AmanU, we learn ed that the cozps ot artiiliry ioro'.ed CtKERALDUMuURlBit to the FRENCH NA iON. f T the time I publi/hed my firft } dclign cf conveying their great pnxUmaiion I had founded the ^ to Valenciennes ; and tnai the iennmenia ofali ‘he army under iny command, ahal ail of them ieemed penetrated with ihe^ mileries w hich an anarchial tyranny, exerctfel in the name of the National Oonventi- 00, h id entailed on Our country. All plot of tile ia^iion.b men who nuGuad them was, toTtize on 10 convey us thither* and. to n.ake a meiitol faciiri- oiiig us to the vengeance ot our tyrants. •We had then one.expeuTnent only left, that of repair ing to the imperial army^ -f ;an acknowledged unequivocally we ought to regard as our all/ that vve could not live without laws, alter the irank and noble proclamation and appeared.to-me to agree in opinion . ctn&t by whom it is that the re-eftabiilhment oftheconUitU'=* . chjtimjhidedv • i . ‘ tiou would retlore us to peace and | “ Seveiai corps of cavalry have al- jjj^. j ready joined us ; feveral band& or iaian- I try nave done the fame . and as fooi^ as expeft 1 the Imperi«li(h Ihall have entered the wavering } t«‘‘>tory ol Fiance, not as vanquilhers, led and I willing to didate lawa, but as whicli aito pafjicd unanimous ; and, in j! allies, who come to aid us ia deed,who could have conceived that j the: coBdiiution, iet’ .'een v. hieh, and the bead quar-iers, ri!..i’e tv/o midions accompliihed. you a lodj ot the aiiny is caoconed, \ "ili ‘/o wl:h your troops to Cambray, iu I1011C towards Mayence Tiic 1 which taE- the command err 1 lit pr ■’‘7dr7ci^upvDg chiedy 'the vlilar^es I fsa: ; and you will fkud Uirward ag^Jod 0 -wcci Oppeuheim at.-d Altzey, iioat- commander, wuh threeor tour hundrTi On their lighc L j nrcn,.?b ganilbn Peronne. log t- 'vva’ds I'r ihcc(-rp5 of tic x‘\u.hi ians, which Prince b:olu’;l-.l e has Icftunclerthe conuiiand Kfikrcuther. J'f: :^.:;ers at Guniujljittm'i ija the: ^.Oui vv*c look the gaxrilon ol Al/hJni jliLbr.ers, couhlliiig of a cap- la hiiy hofie, ot whom not one c-i- 'i he French garrifo.T of two battnti- I n' ('* Ii '.-iitry and tour cannon, unit* cd iheii i- rces v ifh a vieW' to occupy the Ch-air^eDadingto worms, . Vvolfl- . . ..h. Idi.r.cr3 H‘>'!cked tliAfiS. toosja, _ emotion at•-'i loznc priloners. , iht cue- rr.y ihen 1 Will inform my countrymen at Carr.bray f.t the plot whtcb has been termed againil their defender, and will add, that i have not cJnly ‘,.ken ni-rifures to avoid aiTulinatioi:, but for the re-ellablilhmcnt of order ajad ihc coniiitniior., which we 'fworc-to xnaintain in 1709, cc, and 91, ar.d which alone can preferve ns from anarchy. I embrace you, my dear Tvliazinski, and depend upon you and ycur troops for the we't.ii c of Fr -tuee. Signed,- ‘‘The Ge-V'r.ol in Chi-»f. “DuMOUlllLK..’* GENFR.AT-. DlTMOURlK't t •. run -tDMI- NISTRAr()R.S b? TUX DEPaR TM'^N . cr T H T NORTH, /» •>. ii ne CA[. iS. “ Tynnnv, alfaffinaiions and crimes are at ihtir height at Ihiris ; anarchy dreu ri..rc.ited bciiind the OidK-lime Tirar Eich ; tow.rrd cvciiingthcy lirew- ed tl'cnilelves towards Olianllee neat IviiM'e 1 hiircheirn. LienLCi'xini-C.cneiv ^ ^ a’ Fringe 'f Vr'erteiT-berg gut bdoie * under the faerrd ineio w ith Ins rcgimonr ot cavait y ; aou j j f have we fallen into the I'lincc iAJuis the King’s bon, ^chatgid [ flavery ; The greater the ’ danger, the more does the Nrrional Conveniidn commit ails oferuehy, ly- thc'n vnh three fcinadions ol dragoons v.itls Ci.ch '‘igor that. ;itlilwetl by the rid ing niiilleiy, under captain Meylor,^he forced ihern to lay down their arms. Tr.crewere three cannon taken, with ixZ colors, *.hc ni'litary chelt, and 120c piii’ouevs, among whom were ici ty oi* Towards iri^ht, tvhen were in quarters at Alsxhvim, the cn siy ap peared towards Mayciice . 1 ticy ihi garrifoi P o; Oppcnhelm and Nicr- f’ei'.i which had been cut olf. The liohenlohs went to meet them, wiih the hattaiion of Martini and his own re giment ; they Hood the fire cl their ay- tillerv, bat retreated wdiea they lound tht-mfdvc£ within niuiket liiot. On the 3111 the army united ; one part luting tcw’ards Vvhjiins, and the other tow’ Ms Mayeiite fide, and OHhofen on the Worms hde, 1 he en* etTiy has fet tire to.their magazines at Worms arid Neuiiauilcn. At BingeHt, ranny and bilndnefs. Thctrulhs-which I related ill my letter cf the I2'h of March, have excited the Marats and Robtrp pienes to demand my head, to ferve fur an immolation of their ven geance, It has fent four commiffion- er-s lo arrellme, or rather to have me made away with : The war minifter, Bournonville, who owes his military fortune to me,accompanied them. For feveral da) s pail, the army has firud- dered at all that was palTingagainit its general ; and had 1 not rellrained its indignation, they vvhuld all have fallen vidims to the inj allice of their conftitu- ents ; I have had them arrefted, and have fent them to a olace of fafety, in cafe tlie committal of rVefli crimes faould bepropored. I Ihall not delay march* iag to Paris, in order to put a ftpp to the bloody anarchy which prevails I have too well defended liberty the Generals ihendelvcs would, have foughi, through their ambiton, or by a rpiiit (if :nfai.uation, to alter the rtfolu i >;i of the army ? Dampieire Steten ho-lx, ]a Morliere, Rofiere, Chai cel, FeifLiid, have conipired ^ againit their - comply, againd a gnoJeauie, agaiull heir companions.in arms, and ag diH me, to whom they made repeated aifu tafleestha: ihey vnicriaiued the Came p'i cipals with ourfeKes. - I (hill not repioach wiih logratiLuae—--heir con- cicnces will one day punifh them fuffi- oier.tlv, but Ihall ccnhr.e myfelf to this obiei va ion, that nertherof themelie^ms (he n^fereants whom they now ferve— i’hc J icb jins will, in their blind fury, ex^rcife vengeance ('p them—for feveral of the number arc cf he perfecuted feA and chc an.ar:l i.ts will impute to them I .ht i i/altcrs that cannot fail to accom' p»ny ihe lAfa and fangu‘ti(»ry plans vdiitli that afemblage of faflions cri minals will oppofe to the ri^gular plans of attack of the combined Powers “ T’he revolt arranged by ihcfe trai tors has for a moment changed the lace of afiahs ; whilll the commiflion CCS of the Convention, aflemhled at Va-^ ienciences and Lifle, .have employed meafiires w orthy of rhemfelves- to.mif- lead the,army, and ftifle the pretended confpiracy which we all regarded as a neceflary of virtue, fince it is the only means of faving Fiance. They have.employed the amis of rnffcreanis api cowards. ' ' “ On the 31 of this mon»h, fix fana tical volunteers, came to St. Amand to poignard me,[ proieded- them bom the fury of the foldiers, and fent tliem to keep corrpany with trur coin- miifiontrs they will auginent ihe num oer of the hjiiages. . ■ ■ “ On the 4 h three battalions of, na tional Volunteers deferred the camp^ wi hout ordeVp andthrew fhemfelves in to Valenciennevi I met them on the Uoad between St.^ Amand and Conde, at th(S;di(lance of abont half a league from t!helatterplacer.:it I was then with out escort, as a father in the mi d it of his children, ( for fuch waV the tender , - - 1. • , Kfcu .vnach, Alzey and Nitifitm, ^e j prefent morcent, to have it the whole army had beftowjed on have t-aken four magazines. In tbs i 5rnagined that my opinion is changed. I me.) I had, atthe'>moft, fifteen or ^ We fworc to maintain in 1789,- 90 and i Q'f a conftituiion which fubjedted us tO; laws, and gave ns a flable government ! it is only Fnce opr rejeiflion of that coa- ftitmion, that oat crimes and misfor tunes have commenced. , In renewing ii I am certain of putting ari end both : to the 'domeftic and foreign war, and of reftoring to France the repofe, peace and happinefs,which fhe has lo(l by mil*- taken licentioufnefs, and the infradion of the laiws.of liberty. . “ I know the wifdom of the depart ment in which I was born ; I have once 1 - J . —IV ri»»hpr already bccn its deliYci.ei I hopc-vct/ 1 etem or er o ar I , fiiortly to be that alfb of France, W f )r the purpef^or having myfcA and thing thar|i moftfacred as a virtuous manjwho lpve! glory, that, {o far from afpiring t diftatorfhip, I engage lo quit ever, f ^'^and ‘find G««ari)av.irio ?"*>«= ft’''®'"’'' « « I 'liall »>»*• ^ faved my country. (Signed) The^Gcner^in Chiefof the amiy of th North. dUmouriek.'^ expedition, we have taken near 2000 priioiiers. We have loll likidiy roo Isiilctl and wcunded. LONDON, April i'6. ERENCH AFFAIRS, iBENER.AL DUMOURIER TO GENERAL Ml/.ZJNSIyl. i* .Uatbs cjSt, Amende A^ril i, •« I have juft caufed to be at relied, toy dear Mlazins^ki, the MiniHer of war ^ournonviiie, and the four cornmilfion. t Ts ot the Na.-ional Convention, lent ere in order to nrrelt me, or rainer )r the purpefe of having myfelf and iQc Generals alfafilaated, as well as the yitat Major of the army. Take field >0 moi rowat cay break—march again H Mflc—enter it with a part of your troops go and find General Duval, to I- bem -you will fhew this letter, and in* ' hlsilhat. ic U neccHkry to arrelt eighteen perfoQs with me- onhorleback, when the bk tali ns were li daitaidly as to afsail me with a difeha/ge ofmui q ictry. They killed' fevef^ of ray mi eas well as Kveial horie'>.' • “ They cut o£r the road to the calhp to which'I wifhed to retui^Vand 1 w as [forced to fave myfelf,.& pare of the olfi iCers who accompanied me, by .Crofirng the Sheldt in a' boat to. repair to the fird Imperial'pod.' As it was notour indention to emigr^e,and as we were* afTured that the army expreC-ed a llrong in-ijnation agan^ iheD afTadin.t^, a^ well as an attachment ro re eKabiilh- naent of .peace and good order, we le- paired at day break to the camp, theie, IiowcvcF'amidft reiterated protellations ol at' achmenc to the pi iricipals^ that de termined us, vre remarked a mute and ful'en agiiation, which made us judge 11 at ilran^e d lll'eni ions cf ^opi ion p^e -r vailed.. 1 addicfsed ^ch corps, and* 'from each corps received a reply la&ta* wiiich can alone flay the prngrefs of i he crimes and calamities that menace I'Vance, many other corps w'ill repair to unite themfeives to their broihci& ia aims, . I knftw the difpofuion of the army and more erpedally iha-...cf:he troops of the line,. -Their prideiptl^ are, at the bottom, pure. They may for a mo ment allow themfeives to be buried a- way by the exaggerated opinions incul cated to them ; but as the invinfible courage they have difplayed during the prcf:m wai::..mttllneccfiaiily be accom panied by the defire i f polfefling the laws they cannot find, unlefs in the con- liitution which ,y ill dellroy the odious tyranny of anarcltiils, they will be. jea lous o!^ the public clleem. They will at having, even for a roam ant been ca pable of annexing their, colours toibofe of-e. irninal licemionfnefs. Thej v ill rally befula the bears troops wlw have only accompanied me in my tuoruenta- ry renear to re enter France within t« o‘ days at far theft, and to., put an end to the vile diforders which cov-^r all France w iih mourning and terror. “ I fvt'e.ir, in the name of my com. paniens, ihat we will not lay dow'n onr arms nndl we ihall have fucccedeJ ia our enterprize 1 and oUf foie delign is, to re- eftabliih the conftituiion and con- ftitutional royalry-.iThai no lefeiummc ho third; after Vei geance, no aoiOiMous motive, fw ays our purpofes ; ihat no foreign Ihall inftuence our opinion ; t'^ac wherever anavchy fhall ceafe at the so- pearance of ourarms, ar d iholc i f the combined armies, we will con in t our- felves as friends and brothers ; iTat wherever we ftiall meet with refilD.r.ce we (hall know how to felecl the cuipa- ble, aud fjjare the peaceible inhabiranrs, the vTi^imsof the infamous wiles ot the Jacobins of Paris, from , whom ha^e a- .ifen the horrofs and calamities of the t war ! that we fhall in no way dread the poignafds of Maratiand ihe Jacobins; that will .deftFoy-j the manufiilure of rhefe poignarrfsi as well as ih^t of the ' (cahdrUous writings by whicji an atempt- is made to prevert the no’ le and gene-^; r«us ^'arailer of the French nation 5 and, finally, in.ihe name of my compa nions in arms, I repeat the oath, that we live'and die free* V The General in chief of the French .r’ ny. ’ . ’ ^ A" “ DUMOURIER,” AKm - NOTICE. F he fubferiber hereby informs all thole indebted to Aulay Mac- t -naugh TON and Co. that he will be un der the difagreable neceffity of com mencing fuiesagainft them, wiihf'ut dif-i timftion, unlefs they make payments*-, or come forward andejofe their accounts by fpecialities. He forw^arnsall thofe . indebted ito faid Cpmoany, by bond^ note, or bpea.accbaht,froin-paving the-, fame, iinleft tt? Mr. JO.HN .W^lLt/i*.. AM&Q>I hi: Mr. JOHN ^ATSON* iA Fayfttniiley, or,tq Mr. .JOSEPH MILNE, of IVilmih^ion^ whom he bias impoweredi fcverally, to tranfaift'tlfie^-' (iiif r%.pij{ald concern', inhisabfeDn frotsk either place. JAMES lUTCHlE*
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