No. '2.
ars per annum.
F II I D A YJ U L -10, -1795,.
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OPEN XO AL L. PARTIES, BUT. IN FLU EN C E.D;BY HON E.
WILMINGTON : "PlilN
TO THE PUBLIC.
At.4h.iL.enUhW-ed period, whtti "die utility-
-cm-uiHimu ot ucwipapers arc generally ao
mitted, it wquld be a mere parade and waftc
t)f word, ferionfly.to attempt to prove what
no perfon is willing to deuy.' Admitting, then,'
. the advantages refulting frorii the difTemiaatipn
' of a well-regulated print (as well to the public
at large'as to individuals in particular Uk' only
jrcmams for the editor to rcqueft that. lihi-ral
. Jik-evcry-exertidn muft prove equally abortive
- and temporary: -The editor, on his part,
7 piedges himftlf tofpare neithercxpenceuor in--
ouitry to renaer the Wjlminqcon CHRONictel
;tvorthy of tharfupporT which" l s now folicited X
19 its uetiair. ,v ' V
that as his attempt at an elUblifliment hercs
more, owing to fortuitous circumftances taan-
. preconcerted defign, his correfpondtncesAoR
, i ins town have not yet come into full pp:r&-Xion.-
This will, he trufb, plead his exefife (if
uecelTary) for the want of freflier'atijfl more
varied intelligence r than he is this daWenabkd
to prt ftnt his readers.
- Subfcriptiorn (at three" dollars pr annum, '
to be paid half-yearly in advance)Are talcing '
in by the editor, and by feveral tfeutlemcn in
town and country, with whonlubfeription
- papers arc looged. ' , .. . , :
. j.. i i r -
AdxertHements,-jiot cxccedln? twenty lines,
are inferted for three-fourths ofT "dollar the
Crfl time and enc-third of dollar each con-
tmuauce.
Wlmng an,
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE enormities committed by the out-lying
Negroes, have induced the magiftratcs to
outlaw the following Negro men, viz. I
Matlnvi Baaluti Chtilmat, Will, Aifujfut,
and Robert ; (the two lal't-mentioncd Negroes
are faid to belong to William How.e efq. near
.Ncwberu.) .A Negro woman, named Hannah,
likewil'e the property of mr. Howe, js now in
gaol Hie was out with ti c. above runaways,
uu.l Avss brought in a few days ago. .
SIXTY, DOLLARS is ofF.rcd for each and
every head of the above Negroes who were
""concerned fif the murder of Jacob lwis -'i'hi
fum is raifed by fubfeription, and will be
p,id upon the production of the heads of any;
i the Ncgrot , concerned in the aforcfaiif
murder.' .
H. CAMPBELL, .
' WM.CUTLAR, j.Py
Wilmington, July .
TO BE SOLD,
Or rented fer ene or msre years,
THEhonfein Witmington c'allsd THE
LODOIi, with the lot adjoiiMnj. .The
terms will be made caly. IfVcmcJ, a rou'.i
titrable part of llie firft yct' rtci will be
taken in nefclTary repairs.
And, to be leafed for fit yean; 3000 acres
.. of land, lying on Shallot River.' It is a very
ngrceablc and plcafant fuuition well watered
nd wooded; an exceeding line, ran forttovk,
' nd 2am1 laud as any iu UrunfwKk County,
. A ft jor ftitet . .
That raluable plantition on Caulkin's Neck ,
formerly the projxity of F. Allllon, cuj. con
taintog 1.140 acres : job of which are the bed.
of iiid'g') taad too acres are under improve
mciit, and the remainder provifion and timber
land. There are two fcts of indigo vau, a
very corruniHlious dwctling-hriure, and out
Iioufcs of every kind, in complete repair on it.
Thii plantation is beautifully fituatcd on "
navigable river, which abounds with alt kinds
of filli known in this country has an exeellcnt
lanliug un the river, and is remarkably
Lcahhy. "4
For tertni apply Id the fut.fcrilxr, who is
empowered to fell or rent the a'mrf,
SAM. J. THURSTON.
July 1,1795.
ma Mil it ti riiKKi,
. - SFJMEN'S ARTICLES;
WITH TIIS ACf Of COKGAKU aNSIXEO.
n lank s.r4
,f.7 ALL Kl SDH OF PRtXTtSCU'CRK
, fctAtir, cuitrcrLT, and ttriott iovlt
limited, by James Carey, Wilmiaton.
tF.D BY JAMES C42?2 AT Ifl PRIN
NATIOISTAL CONVENTION.
Jf '' ' - ' ' v
I.
-Rewbel
tcettdrf the tribune4ntlje
tianie of if e cbmrnitteef public, fafetyi
Your cothmittee, lays he, has followed'
your iutention, refperfling a partial
pcacey-t hey pre fent for your rajifica
ton,'the treaty concluded Nvjth tlvj
kmot iTullia. we nye not an in
ltarn forffotten. that if the wiflies of the
rWnchpeoplecefevoT
p?e " could only be tor fuch a peace
35 Vk'fta gldr'lOUS 10 UlClll, ..and which
.jcould not iniureVthe interefts of the re-
nnhlrr, -Yo'fl will ludpey-pprulmg-
the articles fubmitted to ybu. liow far
iney ootam tneie oujecib. , .
: Rewbel then read the treaty, the
tprincipal articles of which follow :
Ii There fliall be peace,' tVieiKHliip,
and good nnderltan'ding between l'ruf
ila and the French republic.
II.Tnconfequence, all hoftllhies fiiall
ceafe between the fwo,'poveis7 from
the -ratification of the pre Tent treaty.
and neitherof tliem (hall furnifli atainll
the other; any iuccouf $ in men, hoi les,
money, contingent xr waniuc ttores.
111 Neither of t(Te two powers fli ill
iciiil a laiiagv vti . hi, ltllliuiii 1.
the enemies of the other.
TV. The republican troop3 (hall eva
cuate, within fifteen days, that part ot
tlfe Prullian lommlons which they'oc
cupv on thetifrht bank of the Rhine.
y. The republican troons '(hill con-
unue 10 occupy inat pare or tue oonvi
nions of the king of Pruflia fituated on
the left bank ot the Rhine.
VI. Till a treaty of commerce fliall
be eftdblifhed between the two powers,
all commercial relations fliall be re-
eUabliflicd upon
the fame footins: as
betore the war.
Done at Hafle, March 21, between
the minillers plenipatentiary of
the French republic and the king
ot I'ruiua..
Tins treaty was received with the
moll lively applaufes.7
April 19.
Roverc fpoke in the name of the
committee of general fafety :
' Citizens! the committee of general
fifcty bad given orders to fcize the
principal confpirators, denounced la.l
night in the tribune of the convention.
Laraler, a fteve merchant in Hretanue-
llreef, was the leader who appointed
the place where the confpuaton were
during the war, fhall be rcltmed to 10 ,e 2" ot WcrtA .
iheir country, in two mouths after the r Mf " 1'ln, :!,tlm,!lf ar
Ratification of this treaty. erlc.l lh:,t RoJ
to aJlcmbltmr eight-o clock yell erd.iy foreign' exteriorirrchtias, : atut maTij
cvenitiff, the 29th Germinal fume of- of his own attendant, lie fat down
them, more eager to pillage and fpread
dejlrudion, met at the houle of Lagre
ler, at the very time when tljeoflicen
of the police were fcarching after La-
grclcr. About fourteen of them were
taken tin, fume of them had firelocks,
others fabres, pillols, and cartiiJges j
feveral arms and much ammunition was
found at the houfe of the chief of the
confpiratofit he had been tipon guard,
aswellas'thecjiurter.mallerof thegens
darms, defcribed lall night. In this
manner they "were pollcflcd of a watch
word, and wereable to execute their
eoMiiterrreoluiioii in the tameof the
l iw. Your committee is employed in
mm'uimg the arretted perfous. Verbal
proceeding and dentincUtioni are in
dUpenfnlly nece(Tiry, in order to tear
triitlt from the moutlt of thofe ruflians.
Your commhtee, as'yet, can only give
you a fjiort detail of itl operation!.
1 muft obfervc to you, that the pri-
fonen ol the houfe of arrcit, and that
of the'prilbu of "flice, were privy to'
the confpiracy. The judges of the re-
volutionary ttibunal, and the citixni,
riNG:0?FICE,7 CORNER OF .M ARiC fil AND
yrwltqjyeyfeteday to-.
hean5Tnamfes, yvett-iur prized and
flicitkeil rhen thev went home, at the
f oiKjuiepAl mvilie and. ot his i.ellow
prlfoncrs. The energy of thecpnven
t'ibn.will'foon annihilate the power of
.all the enemies of.oider and property.'
The convention decreed this report
to be inferted in the bulletin. , . ; "
Cambaceres . in t he name of the com -
mittee of levenr reported.the pt ogre
made by the commit tee, in the laws
neceliary to reorgani7e the contt it u t i o n
of i jo-ii . Tills conliitution is to be
modified ; iir was ' framed dnfihctT'ie
, f v ltem"ii f tei ror, : and it and s jn uc h in
i . - . - . - .
' ueed of amendment m the diitnbution
of its powers. .'
April ijir '
JPoukierrcprefejitative of the people
with the army in Italy, wrote thus,.
The arrell or Cambon has- advanced
the credit of afiiaiiats in the exterior.
The Varmy applaudsyour energy and
invincible firmnefs ; the French fohljcrs
are r.pproaching the end of their toils.
1 June feen," Trbhmhc public papersT
that GJ"ave ! bpinR.inltnj.
import at
ipianthyof p,rain at Mai feilles fthe facT:
is not ti ne ; To far fiom havin jr fupplie.l
the louthei 11 dcpail incuts, he is the
marr, rAvho, by-.his c"Uioii&r7oiiliciI'a7
determined .-Mainct to diag to the
icanoia a numncr oi uu-rcuanis, wnoie
com.Teice fujiported' plenty.
1 am in want of five hundred thou-
fand livres to import! onf 'from Italy.
A company of merchants have fponta
neonflrofrereil me this .fum.---Let the
government make haile to reimburlc
it.' '
" His letter v?.s received' with
ef.
preferved by letipi tual tonfideraiicns,
as there was a material ilifiVi ence be
tween the ambaliaders and the pleni
potentiary miuiliersor the envoss, pro
pofedj and the convent bm decreed, that
ineaini.ut mors, wnen nicy moum cc.mc
to fieak to j'tc convention ihonld have
. I ft- t .1 rt . . .
a cnatroppnfite to tnat of the prcfident,
and inouid lit while ipeakiiiK.
The prth'hnt announced, that the
ambaHador of Sweden uiflied to be in'
trod need.
The baron de Srael then entered the
hall, nrectiied bv t!e iMnnbcrsof the
committee of public welfare, and ac
comp.inied by the roi'imitliry of the
facing the president, and jnor.ounccd
the following fjneth : . '
" Citicm, irprefrniatives of the
French people, the alli.inef the kings
oYSvicd it with Frame, cohfcciateil for
aluuafcrics of years in tlu treaties
'.and by the annals of .h'.llory, And Hill
mure by a temaikaUc analogy of cha-
racier Wiwent both nations, hrs.itrt
liilfered bv the, pulific.il flmck wl.ith
ha convuffed all Kurope.
The fyiUm purfucd by thcSwcdifh
government, the treaty of an armed
neutrality, concluded between the king
ofSwedcn and that of Denmark, tne
for tbe.Frcnch republic a proof of the
fentiments which his imijclly cxprcfTcs
to day by my organ. I tome, in his
name, into the bofom of the natioi.al
reprefentatioti rf Fiance, to render t
fignal hnm ige to the natural and im-
prcfcriptible rights of nations.
. " Do not doult but live Swedes, who
have often beencalled the French of
the North, continue to form a people
of brothers with the French cf the
South. It h agreeable to me,' citUcns
np-'
L'l'l'cd
1 lorcmu rociuiMtiiis uitru uc r-tu
"SECOND STREETS
repfefentatives, to have to maintain.
aTftTlTrTigthen that-tinjob'by .the caret,
dour and loyal tyof which we will re-
f qprocal ty feive campl e-
Mayleace, the iburce of the trwe "
' prorperity of empires, foon crowrthe r.
glorious fuccefles of France. . May- all
; the governments, wliatever they may
be, i have ja mutual re Tpecl one for the .
other, and ceafe to be rivals, except in
jiuiite,. wmium,( hjiu gencromy : r. t.
trepid-peoN
pie, nowabove the paflions reprobated
by morality, philoTophy, and politics.
offer to mankind the new fpecftacle rit
power re-united to virtue." (Loud .
applaulM; )- . .. -
. iiUJlljr. u kinglets, llic II1CI1 pi cuueiit,
after a very a?iimated-anfwer to the -ambafKnlor,
gave him the fraternal
embrace, amid the general acclania-, : .
On the motion of Merlin, the con-."
vemioH decreed, that it acknowledged
the baron de Stael Holitein, extraordi-
nary nunnter irom tne king or Sweden
to the French republic. ,
... April 27.;
. Grogoire pronounced a . very long,,
fpecch on t he rights of nations, and on
the peace nd fraternity which he
thought 'pollible to introduce amonr all
people,, IIh fpeecli 'was a repetition
ot tne project ot a perpetual peace by -the
abbe de St. Pierre, and of the prin-
ciplcs contained in the works ofDur-
lemaqui-and Vatel. The imprelfion ,
was decreed. . . -
Gregoire infiftedthat theconvention
ought to make a public declaration of
the rights of nations.
- Merlin faid that fuch a propofal
fhould be referred to the general con
grefs of the po w crs of Eri'rope.
Le Sage, of Enre and Loire, " The
war of the Chouans is at an end.
(f oud applaufes.) The committee of
p'lLlic welfare has received the ad of
fubmifiion to the republic, of the chiefs
of the council of the Chouans. They'
w ill immediately bring 5 on a report on
the Rate of the infurgcnt departments.
teveral commiliioneisare now atNantz.
in order to receive the fubmiiiicn of
StocRet.' (Applaufe.)
The reporter then read the dec!ara:
ttou made by the council of the Chou.
ans ' It is in fnMlar.ee as fallows 1
" We havtaken up arms in order
to avoid the 'tlli uflion with which we
were tbicatcned, from the violence
cficred to our confidence', and the lici
Toui tyranny by which we vcie cp.
prilled... ,
Now that the convention is free,
jnftice is enthroned. We bfearhe the -
molt ardent wiflies for the profperity e.f
France j for the fafety and happincf .
of the French people. We invite all
thofe who love honour and probity, to
fmget what is pall. We.deda.rq our
fatnnifTioTtncr-therTrws i.f-ihe French "
republic, one nnd indiifdde,' and wc
fwcr.r never to bear airs aaliiR it,"
ThecLicfs of the Chouans then in.
vlted lhe iepjc fciuative of the people,
C.llet, 10 p.Vutt out a rerdczvor.i to
Stocflct, in oiderjo retcive his fubrriif
fion. ' ,
" The knowledge that wc .h?tttf
his fentiments (faid they) permits in n
not to Vubt that he will v illingly cm-'
htacc nil the means in his power to
reflorc tranquility and peace to the in
habitants of the ton 11 try vbo have
honoured him with their confidence."
TJiis declaration, dated the full Flo
real, is figred by Carmatin, Hois 1 lardy,
Ltfebuie, Lamleit, Choutreau, L'cll'c
vtie, Jarry, Anler, Dtifour,and a great
many other chiefs of the Choaam.
Approved of the condud of the rc.
pr efentatives of the people, commilTiou.
cd Jbr the pacifuation tf the Chwuam.
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