THE
NORTH
CAROLINA
MINERVA
A N t
F 4TQETTR V1J. T ? "-P u b i is h e b e ver y SAXXJ P T) A Y b y HOD GE and BOYLAN.
Vol. II.
SATURDA Y, November 18, 1797.
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FAYfe
"fey jhe.ftip Maria, Capt. Fofter arrived at
Charlefton, in 40 days from Liverpool.
y k T IMPORTANT!
'P A R I S, September 16.
All tin- tjU'maiiis afit -tttl ly t!e law t the 5th of
September, Jet off in fhh from Pans ; afynolt all of
tin .n .take the.L51.1d to 3 : fie, and the miniver of po
ller has authorUed "the co'miiiiffary of the dire&oty
fit the depa tnentw to put the diligence of '.iafle m
req.ilfirlon,' for the c mvenience of the emigrants o
fo-.ah Krfuiie othei, eni.-rant- travel p ll. '. ..; .
Extrati of''-aTeiltTfromJJlirtsny.. ' September 12
.,. The traiifpntd deputies aruvt-d here rit eUvch
.in tie morning. The carMgtt in which tKy travel,
fi;e ;g;hened .with iton- gratings, are enurelv . cloL'd
wiill boards p'a-i ied 'td. 13 tv light does npec
his wife'a brains but, and'kllled himfelf,: after having
left a note in the hands of hu. fcrvant, ,jointin'g out
iLe author," and the cnufts of what was going on. .
; September z I . In con,rtcaence of the appearance of
the Prince of Conde upon1 the toad to Lyons, the Di-
cdory has iff icd 11 idt orders to the commanders in
I cannot conclude this fketch, without admutn '
the conftancy and bravery of the generous dclemli r
of their country deprived of every thing by the ef
fect of circuniftarices, and the evil difpnfit ion of t.iiiir
chit fs ; not mak'ng the movement of wlvth the, eiutf
my vaj -not r tirfor red 5 betrayedTby their. General ;
he DeuartmDt of the Rhine to takt-the riectffary their conraee aird their 7eal lvdve1urniiurTtd every
I ps 111 order to endeavour to apprehend him. ,. j thing, atvl the combined effoiU of the E .iperor, of
What we hdve announced rclative'to ih appoint- i horn's XV 11 1.- and of P.chtgru, has 11. t fucctcdul td
ient of General Hoche to the bo I i f Genera liffi no i detach them for To much as one .motm n; from vijftory.
of the i wo mjfjlre Jlimf
" t;";fi'tbe in, uolc's by ITHTe's f t catk-end, fo htg . that
the.-dep itief , when fe u e l, caiui'it i;V feu Tuedow
is JccVrelby luck and T.obs. .
' Mjcne cVm j
jpofed '.of 1 ' li .'.Tirn, prraiittui tlvelii hoc. 'to.' t!i.- ';
fi-fi June, t dine out of their carriages. tdt -cattied
if wm .t be.. allotted! to thejm, . forbiddu! je- any .er
(i)iiV'Vt the fame time, to cfter them t!yr thing with
cut. his penniflijH, or to communicate with thsii. An
adjutant-general, named Haufchereau, had laid. that
they, would go that niifhr. to Orleans : 'tl eeneritl had
fcim itfr to Ge canducled imme?
di itcly to f-ris. . ' ,
The prifom re, all of them, complnin ovr the in
Cohve ince of .the carriages. Three of them,- and
particularly Baithelemy are ill : his coun pyv ce
ihews tlie nlterat'on or nts neaicn : ne is xnci aicnoiy
"dcr-to this effect has been iflued from the war den. it- ' p'tCts vl.ieh prove ti' dnc idtutit n ti t intemi. u Sc
ment. . . 1 . . the plan of t V co.ufpirari.r.V 'e -think U our duty to
Tl;us'var is to be retir wed- on cvtry fide but u akc knoam. the foH"wing lettti :
rhofe who aie M ac4u unted with the dwirader of . f lv Louis to Ma jha! Count
coucM:ie.fr.ira all thisth ir, Pc.ice is neir?; thai: ever". ..
" efiifmber 22. CitiZ' n Leiourm u' Comnffdrv of
the D .ci'.tory in tlieadnnuiilraiion it thejJepci tment
of vde urf,"ha)i accepted the. cfli - of Mimilei of
ihc i'ittij.ir Tht Mwi.'tr ot Juilicc is 110. yet ap-
tVurmJtr.,
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Yru havt.iinr.rtfcd gt'neril Baptirtf witb yoo'rcon
fi lenct ind t!leen he OSew niinfc-lf woi thy'uf the
honour by f 11 am ni yoiit fi : ft' ps ; he conduits hun-
' ' ft If in a manner th t Vrrimei a ricat hti), and fa' hi
I i. ...:n ,v... ; k.. , iirin pi. (Km iKi it vnii
Stftcmlrr ZX. Thefetttorto the mteuor from the ; h -!1!frH of ..,, t,)e r.iityof y ur neait ;
, .ik very conniieraWi as he 'hf,rveMbe judiied M
rmy ,.f the Noith .is ' .v .;,, u... ;i.;A l .; n;.ri,f
ke.dttwcH.us me.duu8 to a mo tJcxtwUp-udeuce reuhtes
1A- a " V " th' con.bt'Y of iJapM'te,. Ineveithebfs rntwat y'ott"
nr tiv rhr f ,.mv c wleule.-it. very connstcraM
i lie 1 1,.1'vt r Gciifiai U:
co i e fro n H 'll.md; to 1
tloo thi- t ..out ai-n ...''.... .
A courier jit ivi 1 at ' D? red or) .JiQugs- .wij
gence of an i..fiiritciti' n at Genoa. The Nohics, Jt
the head i f a U-iiy of lix thotif nd .ru n, pt ff. fled
thiinafclvcs of an- impoitaut p'jil after a vigoious at
tack. ' " ; . .
The prqvifory g rvc, nibiriil .hawiqjj airtmbk'J the
and fad. - Pichegrue, with a fttene coi.nfe.iHe and.; l,u 'P l-nc iu., mc iur.
a proud" behaviour, prefe.ves his; n.ilittiyXangJ.,o.id. g4ft8 1 , ,e hiv;-n b'hepo- wLica diey occupdj
ffcr dinner they all fet-for 0kansrwhc
puiunrr. t v- rurr inri, ; u.i j ukcii iijoc, ana 1111
military;, e"x--c ;it i"ti was gr A tijong if "t!,f prijon
-rs whe ii.'i! iiiff. ( ()-". h, Ve;e. feveral diitmgutfllftl.
p if .in.i i7Tr The fiimly -of Duraizo...-' ...
Die 1 iui c mo'i.tio.i !i:j.v. hrokt n out at Matfeil-ii s
and ninnfeu.-h 'vc !feu a.. ? r d. ,
A letter fto.n Oianc. of. the ll.'l. Fiuctidof, av.
rroucea an approa hirig t ivil war. . . .
.;We have tlrong rea-'on' t- Ulicfj.ib!.t...ihe.'.qbur.i;.v
difpcb?d; 'ty:;'the" '"IiTi3t :hr : VCc'tr cd y-.
Buyi'iupJiHc orders to s t c 0 1 ft t uc e" hi.il il'ucv .ag.;t:r
th;rE rrfpefoTOndth''' S l 0 if at tde 1'jhk inll ni
that this cpur'Cr fct QtT.thrte urivi d one froiy; i ifle
with intelligence that JJVVri! M J efoury r,ad ''lu t ud
that citVj and had returned tc Lorici") .
, On the I.Qth difpatclies ai'iv-d fmm the ai.n y of
Italv i i!'.d oii tbe follow n-g-day the l)'niMj dif
panHed aii.extiaordinaiy coin er to the army. : .'
. ; ' CCNSPIKACY OF PICHPGRU: .
jCorrrfptnitittce relative 'to- tht sr'ifn cf fiiclkgru -infer
crpiea oy utr.-rai iiioiri u.
are t a rr i ve i 0 the even inff-
September 17. It is reported that barthclerny, ''uei
t'Hivtril'iar in rcat tranquility with one of hishtfl
..fritndvop0" the evening of tlie" 3d "itiflatit, walking
Jn the Couit of the Lnx mbourg, met Carnot, vho
'.fce.ved him fome piei'ts of cannon and fcveial cotnpa
fciesof grenadiers tnder arms, remarking at the famc
4ime You fee thefe preparations ; "all this con
cerns you aid me : I a.n going, will you follow tae'i"
jjarthel -rififcd a&iring hiu that he tboiTght klm
fe f in iio 'antrer. . . ...,. . ...:t c ,
I3?i'ib J) J Jbecn faid refpek lag Camrit -.Spffi c la ft
that he has been affaffmated in the Directory whil de
frn M!i.hnfelf agaihll thofe who fought to arrcft him ;
o' Haccounts ilate, that he fouglu in the courit a
T chair,, into which h-s threw himfclf, and wac conveed
t a fhort dillcince from lai ls, when he got out ; o
tliers ag iin, ' hat he took to flight, and got into a
place of fafcty, 'AH 'thefe reports ferve: to amnf the
.J.:.irrf Jtlift and the, indolent. The tiuth is, that we
feno v nothing pofitively with refpeift to' him. But
. the mod abfurd of all the ft.p?rtSj iff that vhicb flatfS
llim to have befn affaffinated by the Directory.. - In
extraordinary events, extraordinary refuUs arc always
necelfary for fome people. (Le SurveiHant )
September 1Q. A violent mpftfre-hUs (aken place be
tween General Hoche and the min fler of war, as will
appear1-frouiihe-f'-lwfTTtcr. : ": I.'-, ,
: ' , . -r--u- VVetzCXEr, 8ept f j eth year.
J " Were I not com-meed th.vt the Dirtcl6ryvill ve:
rv.fpeedily do. lutticV to. your perfidy, t.nibulcfonfy
take the trouble to inform ypnlihat I will no longer,.
cFfTf fpo'fffwfliHi. rcit-yoiif-buftnefs to publinr
an adurefs to the armies you, .. the . ft iend -ayd
tn nermfr me to fubmit to-A-mir enlic-' tencd j jdm ntf
and'to your unrivalled loyalty.Xthc following rcflec
Whatever the rjublic journals may fay re,fi)ecV
thf charaf,'r of Baptifte, your exccl:eiicv will tioiht
!efs have entertained this dilemma vyith egaH to
him ; u Either Baptifte is a man of hojout, .r. hr is a
fcnutTdrcrrelihe'rrBaptifte is a man formed to c nlf ;Ve
srid to KfCiite-thc-moft hold Tind neb'enterpz-, of--
!e is V-n in :k-?ate 1 trf jnorny and wickednefs ......
In 1 he fir ra(V. Paptille would not have writ en
; lhf-r : rtre;vd fmi of -money, e riplovd. conli.ieu--i'd
i)e'fofi). foPo ted up for luq'it months together a
-r.- ) to vvblci. To" -miny. prrfp-'is ( vhen one only
.vr,uH It -.ve ',-en f ifficinit for hi inin; 'ithout t'iC
' n(Tib:l'fv 1 caittntr it ), t- vfncl, f.y,.fo mauf
-c foes vfr'ei-j.jy Vi- nit bent "
cid reffiivWI- Viti t"t.e f.xeih'ion'of it.; l i the fet-md -,.-.-.r
n."..M - 'x-Y'' "
wT'btv'ulutionai y p w-r during the lite emc: at-
er thr death bf - RobefpIerre. vvonld h .ve wall c I m
werdth and in blood, and would at dealt have co n.rdtied
fcune, of thofe bafe aaion f6r which. alUbt, French ;
generals have t WufkV and which the liberty J- the
prefe, at pre'fent fii unfettered, would mofl undoubtcd
ly bave approached hini with. , . . .
Baptifte,- who had mllliona at his .difpofal at the -
i - . . . . r . n..j I 1
Hague,, and he left it poor aoa reiptcica, vouw not u
prefent fecrct a few rotilonsof LoiisdrSvwliich wou'd
i .d 1 1 i b ' y a ad et 11 y- II ig w a t i ft h i n . '-We re it p
offi.
Tht- Correfj i.ndente uiec ispo.. Kiinglin, contains ble to degrade him fo far as to fuppole him capable ot
upon o-oinc to. Sweden, it were not .'.enouga to ueeai mm a
molt c!ei
publico government, aita-ine eitaDi.ina;tiu 01 perate ot ma "mm-; wi-cte-.a nc c.u w. .
Rox aby. : WMr f -: . r, " , ., f; j 'j lea.that nft, r having fptrd.w thejvwa 00 'ne
'" lichegrn'-'f1i-n hrr' in thr ftrafU- orMTtTnpce de. Conic, -)f ;
Is o' hi' imDerial inaieU
III V HUHl IVI 3 llil ' I. R' III-' v.. v I.' J V- UUI I.M.LIII.III.TI l' . . ' " 1 .
inconlellihle moots of a v,ff coulr 11: cv. founded Upon o-ointr
the ;di fci gttni?: . 1 ion. f the am 'is, the annlhilatiun if j fcoundtfl, w(nld alfo have pafTed foi the
the Kepuhlicrfo .government, and'-ihe eflabl'flia;crit of nerate of ma-'mrn-; vcie '3 be could not 1
up -ki the. firlMiiial ; . to ri pLi e, vhe-K i.puhlican c ffi - ty and bf the, fririfh Cabinet ; .'ai.diyeftmnalr
ccrs with ptlier ot a-C'ikje'-t celt nption to nv.Ke i fides proofs anfi coniiueraon
eveiy thing a? digu(linr! j-.-nc rcpBi-loitid le lor hisj ag',.in(bthed.ircftory, to gtt
the rigent of tlie moft active of. thec6nfpirntqrsj foti
vho he perfc.cuted.the friends of giMrnnu nLi. fta
. flea then, and witbdiaw .into obfeurity ; let yout
same even be forgotten by 4h'e Repiblicins whom
you have betrayed, and by whom yo;i are detected ;
: - (Signed)., L. HQCfilvf
-r-- Letters-from -Kruffrlfin
" ' and two otheis had p-fTed through' Anvtr.It was
ifcovered too late. who they wVTt and that they in
teuded.to quit the. tenitory pf the Fiench Republic."
I he banifbtd deputies ileptat 'iloison the 13th irtlr"
fides proofs ana coQliderabie traces of his mar ceiivre
a;ff-.inft:the-direftorv, to get him aVxeiicd' f-efirr hi.'ar . :
aaniyjU-pcdliLleiul torfeit his hed,
Teaorvlto orooajirat alifi-ntohlici.n wittins tc five 1 tine word would have fuffocaied from ever- one ot the
4-flwriey:-t6 mcr--diii
at tn
ing the foidiers in r-tff,' to din .ii d ihc am'-y, t r to
make it goovtf to tne nen.y, and to j'lt cla m royal .
ty ..bA" planting the white -tardaid., . . '
Pichegrii, afv ayfi ;;f aul of 0 ran -ittir.g birrftif, His
vvrjttcn a little, but hii- frnveif.itiotis with C iiirr.,
who t:ck the r',aire t f-Furi.L:At C-c ntaitutt jr; f wr d
fe'.ters pf tin e two atnts. V c have ft u .f'iclugru
btfrayiitg hid countjy' i"n hopes of; tioting at-tht coiut
of Louis XVI 11 facrificing tile lives if tht dcfcr.dcts
ol thi's cpuntry, of" thofe to whtm he dived . thutgioiy
whirh lu: ha6 tatniiritd foi a little money, and the" ho
We read in the Chief de Cabinet, that royalty is icpoiir of appioaching hii- Kingr.
' iftiH triumphant at Auttin The papers, fent ihtl
- by govefnmenTvTre Scarcely placarded'- before' they . fiis expr ffiun ) fome members. of the, Dir. clorv.
r ijv)ere torn ft'nrA the walls. . --yC.-iC-.' .-Ju-Vrj . 1. 1 . 'iMxori.' piracy - was' on- the.- poiH -f- b'ekitp
The-rmiiiiIVr of', war, Scherer, has' aufered jGeii . Ldifpofn ioniR- hfd been made - brthe 'P' incc of C
" Hoche? letter in a verr Trolmitlxd-itRanpe 1
e tr. sea?.! tie.
The w holt-1 1 nor r f Bapt id e's tor.ouft Up to the p-"e
fent hont has provtd him to bt a trn T b"nouT, and
"of i,xr tab tits y V ut even fuppofbig bin. tt) bt the re-'
vdrt of wl at l;r- isj he h ip fo powerful att inttrtlf ift.
brb p a rrait rf hoiHiiir, that it is impoffiWc hi fliould
a-cTt - thet wi'i-. th.iji rtf. fnch. .' ...,: ' ' " ;
. He b.is tiqu (ltd and obtained avm'onth's d.elat to
fettle bif aff.ii'f-; and his arrivnl-ni3v.be looked foy cvc
"rv km(n t lit .--Yotir .Kx'celh nc will,' thei t tore pt
('eive, in this 'coti'du, tTu behaviour of apiudnt and
dext (:." pitli; ician. and oja PX'illiJ.tilllS-JvnRr?t'eUrrrr-iU)
alofiTfhmert,T afrd who,
thanks, Sir., to onr lnagiianimity, ant! .to tnc pe-
rectory are acquainted with this extraordinary corref : this intrjg'ue. iiplayj-
ponaence. we ao not itn.ow uow tms win i-ena, nut.:, to irate ruuwineo ,
every thing induces -rtxs to believe' that 4ic&eicr will te-, had cyth; iccVivtd
Tliis Cmi'nirarv was on the ooit of htehkiivp out. inrniis ofTeiv ioii m'de to hi . Serene nicbriels the
' n tl e P n ce f -LLujfdcw t-C-o -Hfrttp- or-1 nc:.
in. Ml mifktikJUt b.
B ,vi n tu the. tm i 1' x y
September zo (Jne of thflie events which make na-
A .'citizen, : tn ..diiuair'bf'havih? loll bv bdnkriiptcy,
tle f n 01 of ,j -ziSubociJi v-rr jffle
"which hi had4bld, jpoifoagd his tw i-hikiiriY bJtw
ayVd jh(i i(jftKii . -. Ye . Mormciir, Ma,fli;d Baptift'-'W.1l. do wh:.tjie.
all the nc'celTlty hinds P-clieg. Us pprr
I ''vale r fit thsj-ot ",mimey",Ti'om""'th'e: faerWabiiv' 'to ; tK' -'.;d:fi es o M01 firurdic Piinte of
enertW wlicri be was - committed by .he nii i c'ioTv ; ; Conde. and of your- 'Kxce'llt.ncy,-.l c gagc honour
this iirws difcon'certrd the confoirators at firll. but. i to 1-11r ExreUenryLhfit 1 hr n oment-m-ca-aMind-
. 1 ... , - ,. 4 nj rr ?
tojre feodd'err: faappfed'at Vf '''invftUt-wdW-1 Tic1teiU'hea''.tene4..thcna';1Y aiiuung them ; . that'- in ;l ubefi .'the iiatr.e of your, h xctllcncV, To dear to fjlo'ry,
cafe even' of liiJ?nf nM. he ftotlllot4le-f-flvr birmftomd . onlyHl-tih 'jatiindX'and -.ftcg ioa,
IcTrveln'thTcjiilie" of Louis XVlil. and' tbe Prince
-Geride
tv- tK' F'eiKhatirn. ho. will tcaciLjxuJiuii
proDouficS it with' fifyetL "
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