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A 70WN AND COUNTRY PrintTU^SDTl^ by ALE^iANDER MARTIN, for JOHN SIBLEY. \'()L. I.)—[non acti parts] TUESDAY. JULY 36, r/93. [jUSTiTIAM' SPECULAMO&.J—( No- 5I.) MISCELLANY. TOR THE tHUfETTE. GAZETTE^ ing off the cad of his pipe, he began, in i having been under the neeeiiicy of qviit- II E R M I T. No. V. ylnd cnjer ail fuprfniif 4t jH j^r t,.e arnmon 'weui. 1 hompson* /"ACCORDING to an old cuilom,! | nog ht hav: e 'np'.-ved a pap^r betor? I ^ i to ife I have an aniafiatcd tone ot voice—r*‘ Such re marks fhew plainly the iniercit and pre judices whence they i'piing : if the A* iriericans':,.,atc happy, they fhonld re niembeif t^fe to whom they are indebt ed for evei y thing they enjoy } and not idly balk in die fcnlhine af profpcn .y, while a generous ally is wafting her blood and trea* dcl'eace of the la- As to publtjjau* r.i i'd rights of xMan. I o ts, he was forry tiiat ing, he caught the goidcH, glorious op portunity afforded by the reign of anaicliy, of retiring to his native cottn* try, where he has been exalted to. the hom^rof being deputed a memoer of th s national convention. ;• \ M. D ANTON V -- ' • Was the fon of a batcher : he pro cured the protedlion of the late prin- cefs d>j Lanibelle, by marrying a relati on of the maid of her femme tie cham- bre By the intcreftof the princefs,he th's, in !,n appiauie 1 nave } , , , , i ’ , ^ ^ M ,1 inoaid be degenerate enough, rtce.^’sd, for tne dciiga ot mi work, i to en- ; a I wax CT pointed a farrior to the count d*- courage, by his wrij^i in viev/ to males the parity tf my feiitimeats, the ele- ganre of my ft ylc, and the happy choice cf xr.y materials. My mine, w.inncd with the zeal, and elevat'^d by the pride of an author, had > . r t- t , / ■ 1 Vint itrugglcs of the French, nrepined nieh to aGmit the highck . • , 1 * , . / ^ y r ^ r (coyitir.iied.) cornrricr.dations; and Uie uiuai exprei- I’oiis of I'arpriie and admiration, were a'rei !y tinkling in the ears of my fancy J pul my love of truth forces me to de clare, tliat, before lalt night, I had not heard A fyllable uttered, rcfpeAing my carers ; and iny furprife was great, when L difeovered, that even then, they T'crcnci praifed, and had drawn down j iiuG ; he' praftifed,'ahb, as a a crizrmial ; Dofror ; but wai fo unfuccefsful, that neutraliiy, at amoq;^|||||||^he prefent. ] the co-rt '.onftantly threatened any of In his opinion^ a cefnB^wper was de- : his fervanrs, who^difpleafed him, with figned for that purpofe, and had alone t pen them the united cenfure of a company of pnllLicians— t ney were feated at a table in the Coffee-Houfe, and appeared to be engaged in an ear- reft political converfation. Kavingbut little ikill in fuch fubjevffs, and feeling no defire to enter into an unpleafant difeniuonof them ; I attempted to pafs ca to a bos wLich was unoccupied, but an old ac; uaintance, who was of the rorrpan”, c.aught me by the fAve, and inhiled upon my joining tiiem. I feat- j ^tr . ^ ^.5 . .-.to I 1,..,* .j* 4. i. 4 rvw' - J y lit.'.* Av.a.*Cvl^T I'/rted my pipe, wlieii tile perfon who 1 id l;ecn fpeakiag refumed the aigu- —He was a thin m-in, apparently about five and forty, and, as I had af- ter-.vards learned, had come from a dif- tant part of the country ; that his cpi- n’ons, at tliis important crlfis might be generally-known.- ** So warm is h;s p.Uriotirm, (whifpered my friend) that h: h.is, for many years paft, negle^ed his private afFairi,, that he might under- ftand the interefts of the public, and be ufefal as far as the privacy of his ftation would permit him. He has indeed tri- c i to become a public marl, but the pec - pic, from gratitude to his zeal, or pity for his circumftances, have altvays been unwilling to impofe that burden upon Mm.’* His principles are hoftile ,to the French, and my friend aftured me, that a late flight fuccefs cf theirs, had given him moreunafinefs than healing iherufl had deftroyed hiswheat,and the worm his tobacco. The Orator faid, ** it was a I.araentable circunjlfancc, that n nation, fui rounded with fo ?.nany blef fugs as the Americans werc,;lhould be difeontented with their condition, and anxious to change the fweets, of peace, lor the horrors and Qefoiatic?i> of war, and all for what purpofj ? (ciemandccl he, with much emphaftis) “ to affift a people who have trampled under foot the moft facred obligations of juftice, and who, for the true p'rinciples of go vernment, have fubftituttd confuficn, rapiiie, clamor and licentioufnefs. “He was forry, (he faid) there were perfons amengfl; us who endeavored to Latter the feeds of {edition, under the Lniblance of virtue and moderation; out, thanks to'his vigilance, he knew the author of ibrne writings—he was a Lilicus man, and wlfhed to loufe the indignation fff the people againft the Liefident’s Troclaniation.” hiy friend Teemed to be uncafy, all tnc time the other was fpeaking ; but, V hen he mentioned the Proclamation, cut z volume cLimoak, and bli the attendance of Canton, ’i; He had before the king’s acceptance of the con- I ftitution, been de crete de prife dc corpf f I but efe tped in the general amnelty, he was one of the principal inftigators of the hot lid rnailacre committed on his f ormer benefa^irefs, and is now the mi ni fter of juftice. MARAT ’ - am cxrratted from a worlc Jat.’ly puolifhcd in ** gentleman whonow calls him'* Londcn.tntititd “ A Review ol ihe i'rocstd- I ft lf Irfarat, thought. Jiropcr to adopt that name, after having been engaged attd difeovered in forging the billers us indifTerciit to the i> tie, I iwiiiri'WliaiBHBWaMi^^toiWlr itototo i 1 i Cli.iRACrERS. The fc’lo'ving charaftets af certain leaHling Membars in the French National Canvcnti*n, ings iit Paris during tlie iaft fum.'nKr.” By Mr. Fennel. The critical Reviev^rrs of r! is work cann.-t help coinidcring it as a party . 1 1 f" • 1 • ficc’cli, ar.d conicqusntly g)c."stly overcharged. d cicnnipic, and taken refuge from his So.T.e of the fads, however, they heiicvc, not piirthci s in England, where be after- to be tjtdiiy derntuteof foundation. ward i flight the French language ,*— M. RE"'! 20Ny he ahb took advantage of the aboliiion “ Was criginally a petty fogging at- ofluw.: in France.to return to his own torney ; by the alii Ranee of the reviftu- tion, he contrived to get returned tor Chartres to the firft Natioriitl Aileiiibly, by the influence of the clergy, whom he has fince lb ungratefully perfecuted, and whom be then lb cffeffually de ceived by his hypocrify. He was after made Mayor of Paris, and fince, Prcli dent of the Convention. M. ROBERTSPIERE, country infifety, where he has however liiicc, been nine times de e'rete de 'prife de c'jrp";—-but his - efforts in the caufe of pat.iutifrn have af laft been reward ed by a feat in the national con vention. - U.CARRA.- ^ “Was, in !iifyouth, condemned to the gal.ows for breaking open a (hop, and ft .ling irom it money and goods .* his I'entcncc was afterwards exchanged t WuPiv po-)r orpU-ir.'al Arras , lie i Ht ytarcAmprifonnieni, afid a iub- W2S afterv/ard cleik lo an obfoure At- | ieqaent and perpetual banifnment: du- torney, when he was re.urncd aMember | ring his exile,lie flolea gold watch, and of the hrfI National Alfeiiibly ; he was being conviAed ofthe theft, he contriv- obliged to beg a ccaL tbr theoccafion but has now evci y appsaranceof a fplen- diJ foxt'dne. s M. BRlSSOr, " ' ** Waty a few years fince, well known to fome Poiice-Oificers of this country, as a pickpocket ; Lut, uponiheir endea voring to olivainaiTinreiatinaateacquain- t.ince with him, he * itbdrewto France, where his talents have been much more favorably, though, perhaps, not fojuft- ly rewarded as they would have been, had he remained much lontjer in Eag- land. - M. MERLIN, ' ' “ Was an under ufherto afehool: he was on the point of being married ; but having received the lady’s fortune the day before that app.ointed for the wed ding, he contented himfelf with the mo ney, and ran avray. But - being after ward reduced, be broke open a lady’s bereau and Hole the pecuniary contents ; he then returned to France,and became a Member of thc^National AfTembly. : ' ■;!/. CHABOT, . b - ' •; “ Was the ion of a baker : he ran a- w'ay w'irh his uncle’s wife, which occa- fiored tiie deaih cf his uncM and bene- faAor.—Keafterwards debauched her daughter; butagain ciunging his mind, he perfuaded a third lady to 'rob; her hui'band, and .run off with ' him : for, which, he wai fome time in prifon ; but, having procured his reieafe,''he was re turned a Member of the National Lcgif- lative Affembly.y n .. . M. CONDOR CRT. ■ > - - • “ Having beenfufpeffed cfariftocracy, and, confequcntly, for a dong time re- fufed admittance to the Jacobin fociety, to remove all the fufpicions of the lead-, ing Members, and procure their favor, lie performed a work of fupererpgation,. withrefpeff to the equality of rights, and extendedit even toa partition of the privileges cf a hufband ; by w »ch means he fucccfsfully qualified hi;! feU for a Jacobin, and procured fufficient intereft to be afterward elected a Mem ber of the Convention. M. ROUELLIR ed to make afudden ch^gc in his re- fidence. On his return to paris, after the revolution, hii -talents were fuflici- entiy acknowledged to fecure him a feat in ihr Jacobin club, from which, he has fince been advanced^to a more confpicaous poft in the national conven tion. M. GORSAS ' " ’ ' ’ ^ ** Formerly kept a little day-fcbool j but having murdered his father,be was condemned to expire on the wheel : this fentence was, however, afterward micigated, and he wus fent to the gallies for life. Hc coatrived a few years a« go, to get free, and return to Paris ; he was tirft -admitted to the Jacobins; and, feeondly, was made a member of t>ie convention,” ' " * Domeliic Articles, PENNSYLVANIA. ■ - . PHILADELPHIA, JULY to. Bxtra& of a letter from Puris, dated A* pnl ^, ^ • “ You will judge, my dear friend, to what height public fpirit has rifenin this eiiy, • About 2000 yo-ang people of or 15 vears ofage hut who. have not completed their i6'lh year, and therefore not Hableto cnterintotheBationai guard came out of what is called the battalion of childrsu, and have been at the nation - al convention to prefent on their knees a petition to go to the frontiers at ;the expence of their’ familleF, fwearing at the fame tiire they would not rife uatll theylhoHld dojullicrto their demand. iThe members of the eoRvention - coald. not refrain fiorr. tears, at the inierefting fight of youth fo courageoufiy offering iTelf. - They ru lb ed forward toembrace thefc generous children, who, without changing attitude, futrcated the Icgilia- tureimmediately to pr nounce their cou- curence, but feeing the afferably unde termined, the leader and orator of this affeaing deputation, turning hirafeif towards his brethren, addreffed them in the w'ords following, wliich were fre* .. e 1 r . "I’iently interrupted ?iy his tears. ‘ yome years .go k.pt ifea'l eati.:,^ '* «y compaDion. let ur go, and re ..01I.C in tns vicinity ot Loudon, liliica j turn di.'icinorcd to out families, for the fathers of our country judge us incapa* ble of dying for the rcpubiic.” A jeftic calm iucceeded ail at once tolhi* public feene, and the con veniion afte*^ a ihortidebare, decreed in the greateft filenc^ that the legion, called the chil dren of the republic, fhould hold itfdf in readinefs to, depart in 8 days for the frontiers. ' In hand v fhouts of Ions, live the were heardffom every coin er of the hall, and more than 20,000 voices replied from without. I was there, my dear friend, and I cannot re call the ravsihing fighl, withoutfhedding tears of joy. v The.mothers of thefe in- conceiveabL children attended then- at the paffage, and, weeping, congratula ted them on having deferred the corfi- dence of the republic, The exccuiive council hath given orders that this legi on be condsdVed by Ihortmarches to die frontjers, and that in two months 1.0 re lieve from,their polls thele young pu pils of the country, little accuftomed to the fatigue of a camp. " What an exam ple for every tovpn through which they will pafs, and what enthufiafm they muft fpfead on ‘heir return>” ‘ ■ ! . The merchants of the city of Phila delphia affembled on Monday lall in confeqiience ‘of 'the-departure of ths French brig Littile Democrat (late the Little Sarah) armed and fuppoled to be bound on a cruN.e. ‘‘ They^appointed a committee to inform the governor, that at ieaft one of the hands, if not more, on board faid brig is a eitizen of the U- nited States. ‘ This committee was aifo direded to make further enquiries rela tive to the equipment of- the brig in tins particulai.^ They were to report in iheevening. ’ * ^ c ' On the 2d inft. a veffel arrived at Bofton in 15 clays from Oftend, which place (he left the 15th of May. • The French were then m high fpirits aud delermir'eci to d-iend ‘heir co’in'ty 'O the lall extremity.' * Every nec. (Ta--!. of provifions, &c. were ia plcni), and no appearance of w.«n ihroughout Oie re- public, ' Accounts-were current in Of tend of an engagement between one of the French'arriiies and the Britifh and Auftrians combined, in w^’ ich i^e - lat ter were defeated wiih th' lofs of weive hundred men.'hA body'cf 1000 Brit- ifh forces march^dJromO(tend na iho lOtli' May toji^lf^lie combined armies ; others had arrived, and more were et-', pe^ed. i Gen. Cuftine, at the head of 20,000 men wias ready to attack tlie e- ledloratc of Treves, and his advanced' pofts w'cre affually on the electoral hon- liers.’ ; ' *■ On Monday morning laft died, Mr. Benjamin Towne, many years a prin ter in this city. V His remains were in terred yefterday evening attended by refpCiSable numbers of citize's; and moft of the typographical proicilioa iQ Pbiladdphia. ^ . N. CAROLINA. ••• Vi’ • HALIFAX,JULY I7, ' At the Federal Diltrrdl Ccut which^ was held at Wilmington, bn the ift. inll. a libel was exhibited in behalf of the owners of a Britifh veffel v/hich had*^ been taken by a privateer, fenmmanded by a Captain Hervieuv, a French citi zen, ad caiiied imo' that port—die li-' belknts, in their libel fuggefted that the privateer was heretofore an American bottom, and had beenfraudulentiy trans-'- ferred-i-Xhat (he hadcleared' out at' Ckarlefton as an Amerisan veffel on a trading voyage, and had afterwards put into Georgetown, and provided herfclf' with arms, having on board, in quality of mate, a certain Gideon OI in (lead, an American citizen, -who’was aflive' in capturing the pnze : Confequently that (he was illegally taken and no -pnie. A rule was granted, that the refpohto dents faould fhevv caule why the libel fhoald not be admitted and procefsift'ue againft the prize. On the next day Gapt. Hervieux appeared and pleaded to the jurifdi2ion of tlie Court, flating, that ttie riationofwhicli he was acitizenj was at open war with Great-Britain, from whofe fubjedls the prize was taken on the high (eas, and that no Court of Aamirality of a neutral nation, could Of right, take cognizance of queftions,of prize or ao prise between the belligcren;
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