Newspapers / The Wilmington Chronicle: North … / July 17, 1795, edition 1 / Page 4
Part of The Wilmington Chronicle: North Carolina Weekly Advertiser (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
' t- T.' , 'fl.. SeleSed poetry. (IN SKRTED BY! DESIRE) , JAN &LEGANT SONG, ; - SUNG AT LIVERP OO L, J FOURTEENTH OF JUI.V, I79I. v O'er the Tine-covcrM hills, and gay regent of See, the dayftar of Littriytitei-lFranctr ' thro' clouds of dctra&ion, unwearied, advance, "'" 7 '" And hold its pew courfe thro' the ikies. v- An tiTulgence fo mild, with a luftre fo bright, - ; All Europe with wonder furveys S 1 ; S 4- And from- dtkitiJii darknefs, and dungeons of V Contend for a (hare of the blaxe, XS Let &, like a 4a, from its Tplendour retire,- fXAJpSouO ftri?n2 for jii? eyes j : -Let ndantfjnifoti his'effufions admire, Enwra'd in Ws cob-web, like fUes t Shall phrenzy and fophiftry hope to prevail. V; Where reafon oppofes her weight ; ' 'fcale, . When' the welfare of millions. is hong in the And the balance vet trembles with fate ? Ah.Mrho'midft the horror of night would abide, That can taftc'the purcbrcrres of morn ; . drhotlut; hardrankbf the chry llailine . To the feculent flood would return ? (tide. When the hol'om of beauty the throbbing heart Ah ! , who can the tranfport decline meets, Or, who that hag tailed fair Uh:ttj fweets, The prize but with lac would refign ? .i-But 'tis over high heav'n the decifion .ap , Oppreffion has flruggled in vain : ; proves--. ! ' To the hit flic has form'd Siipcrflition removes And Tyranny bites his own chain. -'- : .. In records of time a new ra unfolds All nature exults in its birth " His creation, benign, the Cuator b holds, And gives a new charter to Earths- O rate h its high import, ye wind, as ye blow ! O bfar it, ye wavei, a ye roll ! " . Fiom regions thit feel. the ftfn's vertical glw, To the fart heft extremes of the pole. .' JE'yal'rigbti, iqual latv, to the nations around, - Ttiut and friendjhip its preempts impart,": Ad wherever the footfteps of man fliall be May he bind the decree on his heart, found, Translated from the dutch., Articles of agreement between the French and Batavian people, to ef tablifli an alliance between the. two . nations. . ' ' Art. I; The folemn acknowledgment 01 tne Daiavian repuDiic. ' II. An offenfive and defenfive alliance between the two republics. III. Neither of the two republics can conclude a peace the cme without the other. IV. The Batavian republic fliall for- v.ir nifh for the mutual defence, twelve fhips of the line and eighteen frigates, and the army will be augmented in cafe the I3rar is frmtinned. - V. During4 the war, the army and the navy are to be under the command , of r rench generals. VL. All conquered lands, (ituated paft "Tthe Waal and lthlnenre to be reftorcd.' VJI. The lands between the' Rhine and Waal, excepting tKofe excepted in the following article, are to remain in the. podcliion of the French until the peace. VIII. Maettricht, Venlo, Breda, Bcr cen -op Zoom, and the remaining ter - ritory from the lift named place, to the nurgraviatc of Antwerp, are excepted : .finally, the territory which forms the bonier 1 ot the Hond, to wit: to the right the ifhndi South Ueteland and Walchcren, and to theleft. State Vlam- . deren, ie to remain in the poflcffioti of the French, until the lot ot Brabant it decided. IX. The French republic flull ocrn- py until the peace, aTfuch places as me nail iicein necenary lor defence. X. The navigation on the Rhine. Mart,, Scheldt, and all ilie branches, fliall le free for loth natioiif. XL-The Batavian republic fliall my , to the French republic the expences of A I . ! ... 1 1 11c war, wnun me wai obliged 10 carry on affait-ft the former.i the Dutch re public (ball be at liberty to redeem it, I'lwuutu viki Mil Kuitaoie ccjuiva J- lent vtfuch: s to be regulated. in an amicable manner between the two re. publics. : , . -' . '" .'' r''.: On' account, there h to be paid, without delay, not iefs than twenty millions of giiilders,rin:fpeeierojf inr goocf bills of exchange on France or neutral countries. ' ; ". ' (Stgr.tl) Merlin, Rewbel, Sieyes, M. : du Bois Crance, le comte du Runt, " :'' le.. Pone, Founcroy, Boifly, Duf- 77 fault. ; ' - ; 5 P. Copying theabove, the followr in g five articles are handed to me ; which (as it is faid) belong to the tVeaty of peace between the French republics and the cmgof Proflta:; , : ..' ' secret articles : " of the treaty qf peace between the ;. French republic and the kirig of rnfliav Art. I . Hano verandO fnaburg belong to Prufna.T" . : : ; I'""-"":""""'7"' H., Upper Silefia. is .guaranteed -by- France to Pruilia. IlIlIPruffiauarantees i ihe Kether lands to the; French republic. ; TV. Pruflia guarantees the republican form of cover nm'ent of the Severi U nited Provinces, without the ftadtholder, pj o 1 vttiea,iney pay an annuity 10 inc lau ftadholderof twenty6vethoufand guil ders. V. Pruflia is to quit the country at the left bank of the Rhine. LEYDEN, April 27. '"" According to letters fro pi Bru dels, of the 1 8th inffant, it appears that the 'annexation of Flanders to .France is decreed 1 'and that a proper time only is waited to make it public, which muft very loon take place. Orders it is laid have been received at Bruflels for di" a iding all Flanders into diftric'ts r ; and , to erect ccruijs. of criminal j nltice, im. -mediately after which the French cri minal rode will be put in bperation. A letter from a refpeftable gentle man in Amfterdam, may elucidate this. He fays, " The French have treated us like brothers, and their only object -in landing here was to fet us free from the tyranny of Orange and Pruliia. Very different has been their conduct in fome part of Flanders,-where heavy contributions have been exacted, in return tor the bale and inhuman treat went the French forces under Dumou. rier experienced, when they retired Letters from Antwerp, ot the 20th and 23d infant, advife of the arrival and landing at that citv, of larne quatir tities of cannon and ammunition from the United Provinces of Holland. Se veral pieces of light' artillery had been fhipped there, to be conveyed by water to the weilward or r landers. The guns of large caliber, for the flat bottomed boats, were to be taken from the caftle of Antwerp, and carried to Ruflcl and other arfenals of France. Among the brafs guns, mortars, caifibns, and other . military apparatus, acquired by the r rench from the polleilion of Holland, there arc. many call in the prince's f ouudery at the Hague, and which were committed to the Knglifh and Pruffians tor the defence of the piovmcei. , AMSTERDAM, April 12. The Jewifli comtany,- Felix Liber tate, in this city, hae requefled leave - . . . ... ... ... , - . . ... ... . - . ... lor inrermarnages between lews and Chnltians, and that all guilds may be abohihed . or, that Jews, as well as Chriflians, may be received into the faid guilds. ; HANOVER, April 15. The French have abandoned the pro vjnee of Groniiicen. The retrograde motion isafcribed by the French them icivcsto the eace concluded with PrnU fiat and to the withdrawing and em- barkation of the Englifli troops. r PARIS, April 8. The credit of our paper 1 daily im proving. A louis d'or, which on the .3,1 ft ult. coft 270 livrcs in aflignats, f ell thegdiiiftaut to 2001 and yellerday, wn I to day, the price was 160. This day 1 ;,occ,coo of aflignats were burnt, making the whole fum cancelled 2,032,0931,020. April 9. Eleven finamiets, among 'whom arc Lecmdteaux de Canulan, Dutvmt, de Nemoursrand Motmrimi. are daily employed on the means' of reducing the quantity of afliguais in circulation. The price of gold and filter continues- falling. The louis .d'or is now at iljBnt thejrice of provjlions continues ail aiver. .April 13. Boiirdon of Oife is pre paring, Jo fct out ohhjs million to St. Domingo-. He has made choice of general Dumuy to accompai BERMUDA, June 6. , Monday arrived here the (loop Non pareil, Rankin, from the Well Indies;. rbe' accounts fhe brings are melancholy beyond expreflion. JVlartial law js in force in every lUand except Barbadpes and St. Kitts, where they are in pertect tjuietners. The accounts, particularly iron, tjrenaaa,- are very umi eiiing ; almbd all the crops, hou(es,-works, &c. are deltroyed all bufinels is at a itand, and everj Avhite man on duty,althongh they have received a reinforcement of troops. ln1StrVTncents they ate Ijuf little better all the cropsbetn entirely deftroyed, with the works, houfes, &c. but; the Cliaribs,. French, and rebellious negroes are confined )owchif fly to the mouiitaiiis j f yet it is theN opinion' of many, that thofe two iflands mult be evacuated, without they have a ftroiig reinforcement loon. BOSTON, June 17. Arrived here in the hip Mary, Joa- quim Joe de Barros, efq. viceconful of the United States at the Cape de Verd Iflands. ... . . . We learn, by an arrival from Qua d al onpe, that V ictor I lugues", the com miffioner to t lie Wind w ard Iflands, had been recalled. 7' , : " ' NEW YORK June 19. : :; "Yefterday. arrived iri thisrbrt, the French privateer fchooner Le Vei'genr, with ber prize, the fhip Sn. Jcfef Prin zes da Allurias, mounting 12 carriage runs, ana having on board 27 men; ftic is laden witU wine, brandy, dry. J noods, &c. laid to be worth 200.CCO I ollars. , -1 The privateer mounted only 6 gun, I and had 55 men oh" Jboard ; the fliip j ft ruck without firing a gun. 1. I June 2 2. i he lnip Minerva, trown infhield. is burnt in the Thames, with a cargo on board, bound to the Ealt- Indies, worth SOjOOOl. iteiiing. Saturday arrived the brie Enterprize, captain Fitzpatrick, in 47 days from Brelt. , Captain Fitzpatrick informs us, that 15 fail-of the line, and a number of frigates, were lying in the harbour of Brett that 4 lhips ot the line were on the ltocki, one of wbv h is the larpcft ever built, pierced for io guns. Proviiions were falling daily, t lour about 16 dollars,, and beef about 17 dollars per barrel. , Captain fitzpatrick fell in with 13 Britifh (hips of war, cruizing off U flbanr. J ' ' ' lunt iX. By the fchooner Lucinda. captain Uliflens, arrived ycfterday from Britannia, now lying at anchor off the -St. Auguftine, we learn that the priva- bar, we are informed, that that fliip, ' teer fchooner Ca Ira, captain llarvier, burthen 540 ions and upwards, diaw-' was caltaway in a levere g31e of w ind, on thecoall of Florida, about 4pnile rfronr-Augultinerall tle-eople faved, the vefTel totally lolt ; the captain ami part ot the crew were confined in the callle, and the fick lent lo the hofphal. PHlLADELrillA, June i'o. Yefterday arrived the (hip Three Bfot titers, captain Biown, in 4 months and 1 5 days horn Bengal. Cuptain Brown informs, that he pur info ihe Cape of Go64Hope, where he lay 1 4 l:s, and failed from thente 60 dnv aro. The I place remained in 'pofli fli.m of the I Dutch who were tot informed of the change of .tfUirstii Holland, tourierii Dutch fliips, from Indi.t and China, whirh remaiucd'a't the Cape, rxpctel to fail for r.urope 111 a lew dny after the Three Brothers,-convoyed by a 20 M 1 t . . ' ' gin mip ana two origs. PITTSBURG, June 13. On ihe -A StilLmr. ihe tnduns killed James Finlay and Barnabas M'Cormick,, on the (arm of John Holing, eight mues irom vuuewari, imi r icncucrcr they were (calpvd and loirahawkcd . in amoft flunking manurr. And on the 5th, they killed James Thompfon (one rf the petfons emplovptl by captain j Powers, now furveviug in thai country) I fliot his hurlct and plundcied the camp. BALTIMORE, June 17.. , ": . Yefterday, arrived the (hio Sidnev, eapt3in Porter. The Sidney failed from Dunkirk the 2Jth of April. , a A gentleman who came in the above veflel informs, thit the commiffioners, , had arrived at Paris for the pui pole of4ecbgigpTifbntfHbot-aiii thought that .they, had orders to treat " for peace, a? oneolTthe Greiivillct was " qt the head of them. - 1. - vBy the Sidney, we learn, that captain -. Birneysis appointed third in command, in the fleetfittins out in Holland - Adinhal Vaiiftable is appointed chief in command. : CHARLESTON, June 29. J Captain Coggefhall, on hisxpa(Iage: from (jonaives .10 this port, wasNc9r tared by a BermudiHir privateer called the Enterprize, commanded by one Frith, and carried jnto Bermuda 1 a icr detaining him federal days, the ownei- . vefTel on his payinfj-the expences in curred in port, and figning an inftru meht1 obligating him felf not to pro fe- r cute them hereafter for -any daoiages JiisjefleL hallfuere pofleffion ; captain Coggefhall, know-. .itlg the -characters he had to deal with, thought it advifcable tofaccept the offer. ';i;'c-y . rr'":- :7k ' The evening before captain Cogge-, , fhall left Bermuda, an American fliip belonging to Boftoni was brought intoj the harbour of St. George's ; captain . CogpeflialL was informed that fhe was from France : as he failed "early5 next ' morning he did not leai u her name nor ' ' dell ination. : f . By the brig Mehitabel and Mary, which arri ved here on Friday laft from Havre-de-Grace, we learn, that Bar rcie, CoHot d'Herbois arid Biilaud Va!'-' renne., who . were.entenccd on the f 5' i of April to he baniflied to the ifland -ot'.Cayenne, were waiting at the.ifle of Olerpn lor a pallage. Vadier, incluaed in the.'acciifatioh of thefe. three, had efcaped. to Switzerland. Fifteen other repreienratives, who had heen the ad-, rocaies of thebardflied deputies," and charged with a new confpiracy, were nnprifoned ni the callie ot Ham. - lulv 2. A French privateer- bri- fuppofed to be the IntrepiUc of 16 gun, and that has now been upwards or four months out, has taken 18 prizes, 16 , of which fhe had burnt, and ordered the other two for Savannah, one of which, a brig, had arrived, We are informed, that a captain Antoiue, of a French privateer in Sa vannah, has had the mads of his tfill cut away by the citizens, in ronlcqucnce of his improper treatment of Anieiuau veflcls. By captain Cameron we are informed, that about-the 15th ult. twelve fail, conveyed by a frigate and a llhooiter, left the llavannah with 350 troops for New Orleans. ' By the . pilot, who . In ought up laft evening the prize matter ot the lhn "g 19 ,eci w'cr " navuig a cargo n hri of 5IJ hogflicads cf fugar, 1 60 puncheons ofriuii,. pimcuio-aiul- other Weft India produce, is a prize to nhc brig Vcngeur, rapiain Cat v ine. That the brig, now at anciior ofl'the fortji. Liverpool veflel, vt.h irgllcn, loaded with corlcr,rottrn," fugar; and v rum,' is likew ile a pi ize 10 captain Car vine. , The brig is cajlcd the Patowmae, and failed from Old Haibour, Jamaica. I ler cargo con fill s of, 295 hhds. ard 50 tierces of fugar, 49 pumlicor.v tt rum, 82 bales of lotton, logwood, 4c. By a geiiilcman, who arrived laft evening lioni Savannah, we learn that another prize fhip of captain Carvine'i had arrived at Savannah, which he hod frcn, her burden equally prcar, md . her cargo valuable with the Briiannia. ...Thcfe three prizes w ere taken front among the Jamaica fleet rf 150 fail, feen in the early part of laft momh by captain Lincoln of the I tig Indt.flry, and by captain Vitfcarv of the fhip 1 1 sal, on the 26th ultimo. 1 hey wete taken in the day in fight of a (ligate, I one of the convoy, wbith fliewed im" k 1 im.miiii iu nuuc uicm. p The three prizes are computed to be worth trx,ccoI. . TheLlTi'aiihiahisfigunsaiMl :oti en. The prize-malic r csme up (or light. rrs to l!hten the itiip, and enable l.cr to co'nc over the Uir. . f J - 1 - 1 !
The Wilmington Chronicle: North Carolina Weekly Advertiser (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 17, 1795, edition 1
4
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75