:
ir -Gotigrcfs there were fpeculators, and e-
- Veteran need not or m .y not J"""' ,
I. .'JJrefiient; J never bo-h nor fold, a note
to either "officer or private. f
Clark.: Ij never iaid yon did,, nor . know
whither voU did or not. .
Prcfidenr. If Congrefs is applied to, and
thcrtnV proper tocompenlatehe Ufe.ar.
my', whatever they do, I mould gladly aug
. .merit. w.st in mypowcr, rather than di
minim, i . , i -
Clark. .1 wimyqu hmj y r
""Congrefs, and perform your pVomifc.
T O H N 'CLARK,' 2 d
meffase from thePndcniof tlDpjtol tattf.
providing for th?relief of fuch mhatMtrrnts of St. O.i-V-
.j.M..M:iKin the United States, as are; in
want of fapport; had i eceived the, .PxefideftW appro
bation and iignatnrf . 1 .. i': J - -j
i The bill providing for the remiffion of the foreign
tonnage-duty 'ftn fundry French veflth, whicjook
Tpfu-ein theuorts .fthe United States, the JaftSum-
o
ruer, ws recommir.ed.
We hearv that aVefel .loaded by the
rcnch'-ovcrhivc:,tvith 3qojpipcs of bran-
c!y is arrived at r.ew iork. ; .
CaptrJdlnV Craridon, oftltcflnp Ed
xnrA. arrived her -V froin StV Pcterfbu'r'bii
' Ms "p?fTa'geV 'l-' S "fftbk'tf:Vfch6p:ier from
"St.' Thonias's cut r,t d s; nd commmd
?A "hv'trrfrirV Arrrian'drwYidVave'the follow-
hv'CnritV Arrrfand;vftd nave the
in. intel itrncc ; That a French privateer,
foncrly 'belonging ;tQ Baltimore, arid man
ned pirjlf-by Xciericansr hatl captured,
id cirne'il into St. Thomas's a Bntilli imp
an
Cft v w . -
A fA witli fuars ; ihat the Frenchfhad
captured 1 7 fail of theHavanaJeet,ih which
wire 28 million of dollaTS-rTMs he"ai
' fertcd to be a faa and thara 'Britilh fleet,
'confiding'' of Tail of the line, Avlth a'hrpe
of troops." were arrived' i tin: V eft-
body of troops,'
T . .
Yefterday morning anchored at Qloucef
"ter point feven fail pt ihwardlxiund veflels,
among whichafe two'fh1r)3.: .
The Gentleman that came in theEnilifh
packet, Yohtradicr.. the "account ' of ; Gen
: O'Hira's beiii rr taken prTToner at Toulon as
"meniioned in the F. G. Digubmlers let
ters lolhie Cffvention, "and fay-that he had
been only flightly. wounded in. the aclion
"before thitplaceV; . , , . . x
. Lord Mulgrave is atrived at London from
Toulon and fay that the .Girrifon of that
place amounted to iSiooo effective men.
. ItisVeported, thit the 'communications
; fro rh "our Minider at London ARE FAR
EROM!-BEARlNTG A PACIFIC AS-
peciv! i; . ; : "
A correfpon dent congratulates his fel
.lo v-ct:zens4upon the happy change in their
repreferiratioTi at the Republic of France, a
change'not6f Repieferitatrve, but in the
rReprefentafive tliere.v He iS iafiured from
'tinquedioriab'c authority, that G. "Morns
Is upon! Vety'good terms, with the prefent
adminidration in France, Vhich was not
the'e'afe1, it is well known, not" Ibnj fihee.'
On Saturday lad Citizen " Faiichet, " the
new mtnider from France vas introduced
'to' the Wefideht by the Secretary of Stare,
lext day the new minideKdelivered to Ci
tizen Genet thfc letter Tro'm the French mi
nider of foreign afFa'rs, liniTyin. that the
Executive has juilged proper 'id appoint Ci-
'Citizen LaTored has alfo becn ptefented
as Conful General, and Citizen Petrv haiT
the appointment of Conful for Pennfylva-
a. ( i , i . . - . , ... .
On Sunday l id, three waggons arrived in
town fjorri BaJtimorejtheV; are "jfiippofed
to contain money and the efTecls of the mi-
nider from the French Hepublic " They
"were guirdcd by a'party of the Baltimore"
Voluhfeer dragoons. . " ' f ; '
: , . jt;z:qcccaings 01 vopgreis.
HO US E of ; R P R E S EN T A -t I V.E &
i ;,-' ' OF THE,.';:' U ?
" U, N I T E D S T A T. E S.
? I ;!, WednelUtv. Ptbruiryjii. I
. The bill for the ltef of Thomas Jenkins, and foil
Was read tV ihlrd time and pafTed. The bill provides
fortKe rem'fiori of duties on goodt-luft ina veflsl .
bound up the North-River. 1 :
Mr. Giles of thfcomniittee on the petition of,
refpc&iilgaa extenfive plan ofirdnrance of property,
proughtin a teport ..Tho committer are of opinion
that the plan cannot be a Jopted by uongrel s it the
itefent Ume. A motion for printing it did not pre
vail. - ' 1,1 ''.; "" . . . i l
On motion of Mr.- Murray, ; the report on the pe
tition of S. Smith pf Maryland, was read a fecond
tine, and, after fome converfation, pbllponed, to give
time for further information. .
ri tt ' . .tr-lf inti a mmttee or
the whole Mri B. Bourne in the chairand toefc
into confideration the report on the Pott-Ofhce law.
After s o'clock, the ctnnraitteerolel.and, retried
tprogrtl, and the Houfe adjourned. 1 ; t i
Friday, February ' . ,
' -A'rnefTpge frdmthe Senate, by Mr. Cm, their
fccieiary, informed the Houfe that the .Senate have pal
lid the bill for the; relief of Thomas Jeokms. and ion.
The Houfe then" pio'ceeckd lii ihe conUderation j ot
he report on the Delaware eleaictn,
. t TrtfqaelHon for agreeing to the tflaufe with-ftates
' that John Patton is not truly eleQed to'rerve as a me m
, "Dcr, being put, 'was Cjtmed'in the aSinnauve, neat-,
ly unaniivoofly; ' V'.'h -i' l.' V' 1
The cJaafe f the reporf which ftates, that Hemy
Larimer rs Mulv feieftedj-betngput, a jlebate-enfued
,. Tbe 'quelion was at length determined, byyeas and
ftfays 57 in favonr of agreeing to ihe claufe ind jji.
agiinli it Mr, Latimer was i accoidjngly qaalified,
and took his ieat in the Houfe. ,"'. ' I
. Frcm Paris papers the,. 4th, q$th,
iv , ' ' aridJzSth'of fyvemb'fri 1 1 .
I . 6nhe.rfth of Novembefthe I gold and
fiiver,cblleaed from various partsj of the
rerublic, in Paris, amounted to po lfefshan
41 million iter'ing. - V' ' I i . J " . ,
On the 73th, Arnar,1 In iame of
S the committee of g -Wral;fafety, ' announced
, a plot formed by ' ittaiid the : cpalefded.
Kings, to corrupt the leading tepreiWa
tives of the peo'pie. Bazire and Chabot had
"leceive'd, and brbughtf to' the committee,
100,000 Jivrcs, tOV put themieiyes at tne
head of a confmracv to dmolve theXonven-
tion J hele have denotlnCecl juirerr ana
Launay who accepted the. offers of the coa-
JltlOll. ., ,, ;... ; v. . . I .1.: ";'
They were: all four directed
4 .
to be airsrd-
ed.
I In this fitting, a' letter was received from
the ci-devaht Buchefs of Orfean, . odering
her fortune,: iry millions, to the repub
lic ;'.'".'.'- ': ' ''.-.'-'tS-'
I The committee of lafety :madea report
on the means of giving government nece Ta
'ryenefgy. 1 J, . r" . W-L ' I
i he JLhichefs of ,Lrriean3 amven at rans,
': v - f t . , ! ' 1 f 'LI -lit.'
was com nui-
who fighed
to
t
bri the 21 d of November, and
ted to the Luxembo'utg- ;
A irreat number of tJerTons
"the" famous bttitioh of the ? 8000 atid : the
2p,ooo, have beentak en up. I
! lhe feclion of Quinge-Vingt hasTetUed
ed, ihatran altar flioiild , be j erected, jon
which a perpetual fire jihould be kept; by
young virgins." Their requed however ' has
not been complied, with. j ' ' , f
In each feclion a column is to be opened,
Oil which me luiiuwmg iiiitiipuuji ia w,uy
placed ': The good raan never dies :-He
Ifves for ever in the recolledion ofhls fel-
low-citizens." ; - , t - .
1 DantoW whofc influencei appeared
ye wavering during die' continuance of his
illnefs, was recedwith"themod unboiin.
ded applaufe,when he7 made J his . fird ap
pearancjs in the Convention,' on the 23d of
"November.", : ..'; "' -;t ;p;;
In the fittinerof the Tacobiris, 6n the 22d.
a letter was communicated, in which a plot
was developed, that had been formed ! to
furrender the port of Havre to . the "En-
1 homas Paine, of whofe departure for
America the mod abfurd reportf have been
circulated, is ftilljat Paris -VV hen Dantbn '
made his fird appearance on the 22d of
November, he was accompanied by Thomas
Pained -v ' ' f - , ' . ' . . ' :,K ; U ;
i v The reaionVthat the latter member of the .
Cohvs -tidnrias Iti ever 'moleded "in cohf'e-
quence 6f his attachment to BrifTotirie par
ty, -are, his fuppofed popular ty in" Ameri
ca, his work 'on the rights o"mahi andjhis v
entire ignorance of .the French la iguage, ;
WHICH WUU1U iUlUtl II lillUUIUUlC iui mui iu
carry on any intrigues injuriods to the
iy aim iHuiviiioiiiiy 01 iirc repuojic-r 7 p
Extratf of a letter from anjffictrin the royal
army; to an Enugranfin Jerfey, dated
, : front 'jfiratijiw(rujmiberji&': l
l ""- .Wehave left - in; ah open part of i La
Yendee, a body of 1 6,coo men, ' podedi in
fuch a manner as to give uneafiaefs I to the
patriots 5 at the fame time there is no caufe
of apprehenfion frpm apy efforts which they
may attempt. Another xorps of 25000
rhen, under the command of M. Charette,1
- has taken pbffeflionof the iflahd of Noir.
(moutier. They have fince thought proper
, to quit that ifland, land join the former" bo-
-dy, which they effected in a. mailerly man.
ner ; fo that we now have in thofe 1 towns
an army of 4X,o6oirneri, on fo rrefpeclable
a footing as to remove all caufe of uneafi
, riefs wi th regard to, us. - :
f it was -after very nature deliberation,
that M. de Boncharnp thought proper to a
bahdon Mortagne, Ghplet,- and ivtl er pods,
of which the recriciiiers took p'ofleirion, and,
where they found nothing but what ; we ;
chofe tajca-ve' them. Tne object of. tKe
council of warrwrj eh refolVed on this plain
wasto putjn motion the coalition ..of L
Roverie, in Britann.y ; to procure provifi-
ons, and 'ammunition ; VO. appfQaCh thef.
m.ri:jme coad"of NoTmany and Britanny,
and be thus" enabled to open a diredt inter-.
courfe with England, and !to receive; fuc
cburs from thence : - r :
: 'C)urarmy ' amounted to 45,000 men
when we paffed the Loire; ijOur vidories l
ar 'Laval and Fourgeres increafed it to
o.o'ob." We" formed two columns ; one
Jook;A;vrauchS, withbut:'firing a. (hot i and
.proceeded to' Granville", which was like- '
vife taken. But theTnomeht we were drawn
up in the grand place of that town, the re-
I; gicides, who hid fljehifelves in the hcufes,
tiered in every direction upon : us, Which o- r
billed Us jn our ovn defence to retaliate .
atiS burner fat leald-the-greateri part) to v
- aftes;-" . - . ;.''-
;The fetond column: marched to Doh
hhd tobk: poffeflion' of lt.: -The republicans
returned mi rorce ro ciuuugc us, j n'v.
Svasbbftinate and bloody; ' 1'he lols of the
regicides "Was yeryjconfiderabje ; but : their
numbers,) and the difhx'ulry of keeping an f
open tbwn obliged tis'to abandon it. ' We1
"retreated in great order. Soine ftragglers,..
. paf ticularly omen ; and children, fell the v
' unhappy vi'clims to jour hVvage enemies. -
'.- Our commanders, held conferences in "
theiriviroris "with liie ;ragenW,of the allied ;
W.wPt1e5 fi-?T wa flieri cknbwleciircd - that
s wi 'ftnrf'-trtiiieedwa town for the
nroteaion of old age, our! wives and chjl
dren, and for giving due .attention toour
wounded'coriipamdhs. ' Befides ourtroops;
although: invincible inbattie array, wanted
many things to carry on a regular fiege,
and, for the defence of towns, to neither
of whiclithey hay beii accudomed not
having any cannoiV above itwelve-pounders.
In conenoT which ; ve have afked ,v
for a body of , regulars, of 40,000 me n,
WrnTfrnn's' arid 'ammunition.' ' ?
Aftpr ferrlinir thefe matters, it was judged
necehry to chahgelouX'rpfmer plan of o
peratioVis. We (hall return ; towards Dol',
frorn thence the army will Operate again in
two columns, one of which wijl go to Sr.
Cas, and the other f to Cancalei St. Malo
is fituated' between thefe two points.
When we have received the promif ed fuc
roiirQ: xve ftiall liefietre it and it is probable
that it cannot makdany griatirefifiancbe-
cauie the republicans have vwicnaraw uic
there and carried
it to Uennes, wheYe they have an arrhy o
45,000 men. The garrifbh oftais
inconfiderable. ' '- l- - - J' t
If the promifed fuccoers foon; arrive, I
can aflure you, aft&the well fcnown dat
of the public mind, that within one month
there will be aT gerieTalti" ioirinthe
two great provinces of .Britanny and Ior
m o Hn ... . . s ii j . '
a r T?:v.itrr ffittea tnc iwm
SX lCilCi.XlUHI i UUUUi(,
Novemberi fays; There is at prefent a
military confeription in this; country which
will furriifh 28,000 men forhe campaign.;
The Couh&V of rladeriiaTiHies 6000 men.
Fuftembcrirhvy; arid theBlack Forett ,
1 6.ooo; I1ip tnwn nf FriboUTs: alone will
equip 522, among wnom arc iuu
mviA 4.u.,ho.o - i"Moft of them, el-
peciallythofeof the Black Fored, are armed
with'an-arubbufe, dowf .
a mari at 500 br 'dbo pacestdidance. ,
' :l A correfpohden t lbferve tht the; ap
proaching independence of 1 Corfjca, fitua
ted in the Mediterranean," naturally; brings
forward . an inqnirv concerning the fate or