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AUGUSTA, 'June 12.
By Tefierday's Northern Mai!.
Latcft Foreign Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, May 29.
Tharfday arrived (hip Maria, captain
tfctvel, 35 days from Nantz—No pa
ters. By bis vedel we learn, that a I
•opc’s Bull, eftablilhing the Roman Ca
holic religion in France, the appoint
nent of BUhops, Archbidiops, &c. with
ilaries, at the national exper.ee, and
he title of citizen Bilhops, &c. much
ngrofled the attention ol the people of
hat country —That in conformity to the
hove the Consuls on Easter Sunday, at
ended Divine Service, under a discharge
if 60 pieces of cannon, efcortcd by a
arge body of the military and other pa
ades. That the Old Calendar was by
did, to take place, that the Decades,
/entofes, &c. were banilbed, and the
th day once more revered as heretofore.
We are further informed that the Dcfi
iitive Treaty was ratified, confirmed,
xchanged and publKhed at France, pre
ious to the failing of the Maria.
In the Maria came passengers, Lequi
lio Kirblay, appointed Consul by the
f'rcnch Republic to the State of Rhodc
fland ; M. M. Satin, Consul for Geor
gia; M. Sagon, and Mr. John Wilcox,
>f this city.
A gentleman, now at Cape Francois,
tas obligingly forwarded the following to
he Editor of the Mirror, which he has loft
jo time in tranllating arid laying before
ils readers.
n the name of the French government,
The General in Chief to General Touf
faint.
It is with pleasure, Citizen General,
(cc the part you have taken in fubmit
ing to the arms of the Republic. Those
vho have endeavoured to deceive you
vith refpeft to the real intentions bf the
'tench government, are extremely cul
able. It is not, however, our bufmefs,
t present, to seek for the authors of past
vils; but to endeavour to restore the co
)oy, as speedily as poilible, to it’s
brmer prosperity.
You, General, and the troops under
our command, as well as the inhabitants
f the colony who are with you, need be
nder no apprehension for any part tranf
ftions. I will draw a veil of oblivion
ver all that has happened before my ar
ival at St. Domingo. In this I imitate
le example which the First Consul gave
b France, after 18 Brumaire.
,A new order of things has taken place :
lereafrer we (hall know of no diftinClion
raong the citizens, but those of the good
nd the bad.
Your generals and your troops (hall be
mployed and treated like the rest of my
rtny. As for you, you desire repose ; re
»fe is due to you ; he who has supported
he burthen ol the government of St. Do
ningo for several years, 1 know must have
iced of it. 1 leave you perfectly free to re
ire to any one of your dwellings which you
my think moftexpedient: 1 have such con
idence in your attachment to the colony
St. Domingo, as to expeCt that fotne
ts the leisure hours you will enjoy during
our retreat, will be employed in commu
licating tome your views and fciuiments
cfpeding the measures most proper to be
lurfueh, to renovate the agriculture and
•mmerceof this country.
So soon as I learn the (late and situation
fi j troops under the orders of Gcn.’Def
;Unr * will make known to you my
Wtentio .s, refpeding the position they
tuft occupy.
Attheei .lof this letter is an arrette,
tdiich abrogates that of the 28th Pluvoife,
*hich related pcrfonally to you.*
Head-Quarters at the Cape, 13FI0-
rial, 10th year of the French Re
public. ( I salute
v OTCLERC,
Gttural in Chief,
* The arrette here alluded to, is a re
peal of that which out-lawed the black
general.
Wilmington, Mirror Office, May 2J,
May 31.
Paris papers to the l\th April, re.&
temed by the Sophia, capt. Hand,
from Havre.de-Grace, arrived at
Nevt-Tork,
PARIS, April 18.
Yffterday the firft consul ratified the
efinittve treaty of peace between the Re
ublic and his Britannic Majesty. The
efpeftive ratifications were exchanged
bis day (Sunday) at 9 o'clock in the
Homing,
A Senatus-Cbnfulte has been iflued in
Dnfcquence of a message from government,
J the Conservatory Senate, which pro-
an Amnesty to the greatest part
u
of the emigrants. It is added that the
number of those remaining on the lift is
only from one thousand to twelve hundred.
This morning, at 6 o’clock, conform
ably to public notice, a difeharge of sixty
guns, announced the promulgation of the
Law on Worship—Aster the distribution
ot colours, by the firft confal, to feverai
battalions, the procession began to move
from the palace of the Thuilleries. It was
aimoft noon before the carriage of the
firft consul, in which were two othercon
fnls, could get out of the palace yard.
Every whore on his passage the firft con
sul received the congratulations of an im
mense croud of people in all directions.
On his return from Notre Dame, the
fame teftimor.les of public acknowledge
ment accompanied him to the palace of
the Thuilleries, It is a great length of
time since Paris oftfered a fpeftacle altoge
ther foimpofingand majestic as that which
its inhabitants have this day witnessed,
PROCLAMATION.
The Consuls of the Republic to the French,
Frenchmen,
From the bofomof a revolution, infpir.
ed by a love of the country, religious dis
sensions sprung up amongst you, which
became the scourge of your families, the
fuel of factions, and the hope of your e
nemies.
An inconsiderate policy attempted to
smother them under the ruins ot religion
itfelf. At its voice ceased the pious lb
lemnities where citizens afed to call each
other by the tender name of brother, and
acknowledged themselves all equals under
the hand ot the God that made them; the
dying, abandoned to his fufferings, heard
no more that confiding voice which calls
chriftians to a better life ; and Goo him
fclf Teemed exiled from nature.
But the public conscience and the sen
timent of the independence of opinions,
rose up in arms, and encouraged by our
exterior enemies, their explosion soon
spread devastation in our departments,
some Frenchmen forgot they were French
men, and became the instruments of a fo
reign hatred.
On the other hand, paflion let loose, un
protected moials, unhappiness without a
hope in Hie future, all combined to throw
fociety into disorder.
To stop that disorder it became neces
sary again to set religion on its basis; and
this could not be accompliflied otherwise
than by measures avowed by religion it
felf.
Reason, and the example of past ages
recommended having recourse to the lb
vereign pontiff, in order to unite hearts,
and reconcile opinions.
The head of the Church has weighed
in his wildom, and for the intcreft of the
Church, the propositions which the inie
reft of the State had didated. His voice
has been heard by the ministers of religi
on : What he approves of the government
agrees toil: and the Legiflaturehave made
it a law of the republic.
In this manner every element of dis
cord disappears; and all scruples which
can alarm the conscience, and ail the ob
stacles which malevolence could oppose
to the return of internal peace, have va
mihed.
Ministers of a religious peace, let the
molt profound oblivion cover your diffen
tions, your misfortunes and your faults!
Let that religion which unites you, at
tach you all by the fame ties, by indisso
luble ties, to the interests of the country !
Display for her all the strength and
influence your ministry give you over the
mind ; let your lessons and examples in
culcate in our young citizens the love of
our inftttutions, refpedl and attachment
for the tutelary authorities which have
been created to protect them. Let them
learn from you that the God of peace is
also the God of the armies, and that He
fights for those who defend the indepen.
dence and the liberty of France.
Citizens who profefs the proreftant re
ligion, the law has equally extended to
you its solicitude. Let that morality
which is common to all chriflians, that
holy, pure and fraternal morality, unite
all in the fame love for the country,
in the fame refpeft for its laws, in the
fame affection for all the members of the
Great Family.
Let no ftrugglcs of independence ever
alter those sentiments which religion in
spires and commands.
Frenchmen ! Let us all be united for
the happiness of the country and of hu
manity. Let this religion which has ci
vilized Europe, become again the bond of
union to draw cloler the affeftion of its
inhabitants, and let the virtues it requires
be always aflbeiated with the knowledge
with which it enlightens us.
(Signed) BUONAPARTE,
The First Consul,
A gentleman who came paflenget in the
(hip Sophia from Havre, informs, that the
Chief Consul had added 10,000 men to
his body-guard, and that he had solemn
ly restored the ancient ecdcfiaftical re
gime j that the French decade had been
aboliihed, and the observation of the Sab.
bath rc-eftablifhed ; that the Chief Con
sul, on the 25th ult. received the Sacra,
ment in the church of Notre Dame, in
the presence of all the constituted autho
rities, and a most brilliant croud of fpcc
tators.
Extrafts have lately been given in the
papers, from Gobbet’s project of a French
expedition to Canada byway of New-
Orleans. The principal features of this
projeft are, that Buonaparte is fraterniz
ing with some Illinois Indian chiefs at
Paris, who are to give every assistance to
a French force to be landed at New-Or
leans, in penetrating through the coun
try to Detroit, where they are to esta
blish themfelvcs, and, in defiance of all
oppofttion, seize on the fur trade, and
command the Weftern waters. At firft
view, every reflecting man must be (truck
with the absurdity of this project: for it
menaces immediate hostility against the
United States, under such circumflances
as to league them in common defence with
England. But on taking up the fubjeft
in connection with Gobbet’s hostility to
the American government, it appears
only an attempt to imp refs on the minds
of the English people a belief that the
French will meet no opposition from this
country in approaching the firitifh fettlc
ments in Upper Canada, and to fallen
his friends on this fide of the water in
the opinion that the present administrati
on would be disposed to palliate any in
vasions of our territory by the French.
We confider the whole as resting on the
veracity of Gobbet, and unsupported by
any other documents than those rumours
which have for a long time.circulated of
a French settlement in Louisiana, the ac
curacy of which time alone can deter
mine. [iV. C. Paper ,
Extrafi from a Liverpool Price Current,
March 30.
Cotton, ft. Georgia Sea-Island, 2/2 to
279. Upland, i/z\ to 1/37. Prices giv
ing way; markets in general heavy j
Sea-Illand, Georgia, of prime quality,
meets with a ready sale.
Tobacco, ft. Georgia, 2$ to 4d. Ca
rolina, i\ to 3|d. Stemmed, 3J to sd.
Indigo, ft., Carolina, 2/6 to 5/6 in
great demand.
Deer Skins, ft. 1/, to 1/6 dull sale.
Rice, cwr. 39 to 42/. in great demand.
Flour, bbl. Fine 43/. Superfine, 44 to
45/. rather dull.
Wheat, 70 ft. 9/6 to 11/6 very dull.
Extract from a London Price Currenty
April 9,
Cotton, Georgia, Sea-lfland, 2 to 2/8
—Ditto, bow’d, ifi to if I—New-Orleans,1 —New-Or-
leans, 1/4 to 1/6.
Rice, Carolina, new, cwt, il, 19 to
*l. 17/6; inferior, il. 18 to rl. 19/.
Tobacco, Georgia, 3d. to 47 —Caro-
lina, || to 4s.
THE Republican Ci-«
tizens yvho wifti to celebrate the Indepen
dence ofAmerlca, are refpedtfully inform- -
ed, thanSublcnption now open,
at Mrr"Carrie’s who wish “
to fubfcrUje^^
MARRIED, on Sunday evening last,
by the Rev. Mr. Hull, Mr. Oliver
Sturges, Merchant, to Mils Eliza
Neil, both of this city.
On the fame evening, Mr. James
Redding, to Miss Polly Powers.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
24.1 b May, 1802.
NOTICE IS HEREBTGIVEN,
THAT separate proposals will be re
ceived at the office of the Secretary
for the Department of war until the ex
piration of the 31st day of July next en
suing, for the supply of all rations, which
may be required for the use of the United
States, from the Ift day of October, 1802,
until the 30th day of September, 1803,
both days inclusive, at the following
places, viz.
First. At Niagara, at Detroit, at
Michilimacinac, and at Fort Wayne.
Second. At Cincinnati and St. Vin
cenncs.
Third. At Fort Maflac, near the
mouth of the Ohio, and Kafkafkias.
Fourth. At South Weft Point, Telli
co, Knoxville, and on the road from
Nashville to the line between the Chicka
saws and Choftaws, and any place or
places where troops are or may be station
ed, marched or recruited within the State
of Tenncffce, {
I"
Fifth. At the Chickasaw bluff, Natch*
ez. Fort Adams, Mobile, and on the
road from Natchez to the boundary lifV
between the ChoCtaws and Chickasaws,
and at any place in the Chickasaw ot
ChoCtaw country, between Bear Creek
and Natchez.
SEPERATEpropofols willalfo he receiv
ed as aforefaid, for the supply of ail
rations which may be required for the
use of the United States, from the ijl
day of January 1803, until the s\Jl
day of December , m the fame year ,
both days tnclufive , within the fever at
fates herein after-mentioned , VIZ*
Sixth. At Fort Wilkinson, at Code
fpur illand, and at any place or places
where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited, within the State of
Georgia.
Seventh. At Charleston, at Rocky*
Mountain, on the head waters ojt the
Santee, and at any place or places Where
troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the states of South and
North. Carolina.
Eighth. At Norfolk, and at any place
or places where troops are or may be sta
tioned, marched or recruited within the
state of Virginia.
Ninth. At Fort Me Henry and at any
place or places where troops are or may
be stationed, marched or recruited with
in the state of Maryland.
Tenth. At Fort Mifttin, and at any
place or places where troops are or may
be stationed, marched or recruited within
the States of Pennfy Ivama, New.|erfey
and Delaware.
Eleventh. At Fort Jay, at Weft-Poinf,
and at any place or places where troops
are or may be stationed, marched or re
cruited within the* state ol New-York,
excepting Niagara.
Twelfth. At hurt Trumbull, at Fort
Wolcot, and at arty place or places where
troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the states of Connec
ticut, Rhode-liland and Vermont.
Thirteenth. At Fort independence,
(Boston harbour) and at any place or pla.
ces where troops *-e or may be Rationed,
marched or recruited within the state of
Mallachufettes, the diltriCt oi Maine ex
cepted.
Fourteenth. At Portsmouth, at Port
land, and at any place or places ffc
troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the State of New-
Hampthire, and diltriCt of Maine.
A ration to consist of eighteen ounces
of bread or flour, or when neither can be
c brzined, of one quart of rice, or one
and an half pound of lifted or bolten In
dian meal, one pound and a quarter of
beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork,
one gill ot rum, whiflcey or brandy, and
at the rate of two quarts of fait, four
quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap,
and one pound and an half of candles to
every hundred rations. The price ofIEKS
several component parts of the ration, aa
well as fubftxtutes and alternatives, must
be fpecified.
The rations are to be furnilhed in such
quantities, as that there (hall at all times,
during the terra of the proposed contracts,
_ _ lig futtkipnf for the consumption of the
troops at Michilitnacinac, Detroit and
„-- Niagara for fix months in advance; and
at each of the other posts on the weftern
- --waters, for at least three months in ad
vance, of good and wholesome provilions,
if the fame (hall be required. It is alfa
to be permitted to all and every of the
commandants of fortified places, or posts,
to call for at seasons when the fame "cUT
be transported, or at any time in the case
of urgency, such lupplics of like provisi
ons in advance as in the diferetion of the
commandant lhall be deemed proper. It
is to be understood that the contractor is
to be at the expence and rifle of issuing
the supplies to the Troops and that ail
losses lultained by the depredations of an
enemy, or by the means of the troops of
the United States, lhall be paid for by
the United States, at the price of the ar
ticle captured or destroyed, on the depo
sitions of two or more creditable charac
ters, and the certificate of a commiifioned
officer, afeertaining the circumltances of
the lols, and the amount of the articles
for which compenfarion (halt be claimed.
The privilege is to be understood to be
reserved to the United States ot requiring
that none of the supplies which may be
furnilhed under any of the proposed con
tracts, (hall be issued until the supplies
which have been or may be furnilhed un
der contracts now in force, have been
confumcd, and that a supply in advance
may be always required at any of the fix
ed posts on the seaboard or Indian Fron
tiers, not exceeding three months.
HENRY DEARBORN,
Secretary of War.