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V ] A, Jiffy Jj ,
This moment it is re parted j
ber«, that flip Englifb, in concert
with the Neapolitan infurgenfs,
havetaVen the city of Naples
after an obftinnte a£lion, in
which many republican patriots
loft their lives. In the Roman
territories there is r.lfo an infur
ie£lion againft the French. The
Fnglifti had eftefted a junftion
with the Neapolitan army under
cardinal RuflTo.
PAR IS May i
When the details of the af
faflmadon of our plenipotentia
lies are fully confidered, there
is no perh n who muft not be
convinced that it had been pre
concerted, and ordered by the
lioufe of Auftda. The crime
is. however, fo atrocious, and
violates rights of fo facrcd a
nature, rh if pcop T e are inclined
to ftmggle to the la ft moment
ag/finft the evidence,
Rut the difavowal made by
Auflria is a flronger accufation
againft it than the moft fo r mal
avowal The following letter
was written by Prince Charles,
lo gen. Maflcna, on the 2d ot
May, fnur days (übfequent to
the aftAflination, and three days
after the remonflnrire addrefted
by the rninifters of the different
powers who remained at Raftadt,
to prince Charles, whole head
quarters at Stockach were, how
ever, only 20 leagues ciiftant
fiom Raftadt.
" General,
14 The reports which reach
me this day, inform me of an
event which has happened in
the line of my advanced pofts.
The olhcer in command ac
quaints me, that the French
n.inifters, Bonnier and Roberjot
having crofted, during the night,
the chain of his pofts, were at
tacked by huffars, and unfortu
nately perilled. The circum
flances of this event arc Rill un
known to me. I have, in the
mean time, caufcd the comman
der of the advanced pofts to be
anellcd, and have alio appoint
ed a comm;(lron to make the
inofl exaft and rigorous enqui
ries relpefting the caufes of that
accident. I haften to allure
you, before hand, that, fhould
my advanced pofts be found in
ti flighted degree culpable in
that affair I fhall exa£l
iatisiaftion from them, as my
ordfis rcl dve to the personal
hfet ' of the French rninifters
were p;ec. V vicl reiterated. I
cannot u t. n:'v exprefs mv
regret tin.- > tier fhould
have happen 1 the line of
my advanced pofts. I re'erve
lor my (VIF,-general, the opportu
nity of communicating to you,
without dehy. the refult of the
• enquiries which I ordered to be
made the moment the intelli
gence reached me. Receive,
general, an aflurancc of my moll
chftinguifhcd confrderation.
'* Charles,
“ lied quarter!, Stockach, May 2."
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The proclamation of the d;- :
re&orv, relative to the aflaflina- j
tion of our plenipotentiaries,!
was yefterdny publifhed at Paris,
in a very folemn manner. r l he 1
municipal fcaifs and thole of the l
colors were covered with black
crape, and the officers wore
black crape on their arms. On
the night before, the funeral
pomp was celebrated in all the
decadary temples. Black colors
were fufpended at the porticoes,
folemn muftc was played, and
the read.ng of Jean Debry’s let
ter was frequently interrupted
by (bouts of imprecation and
vengeance.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY.
Proclamation of the Executive Di
rectory, on the affajfination of the
French plenipotentiaries at the .
Congre/s at Ra/ladt .
17 Floreal—May 6.
" Frenchmen!
M Your plenipotentiaries have
been maffacred in cold blood,
by the orders and fatellites of
Auftria; and thole illuftrious
victims, whole charafter was
•acred, have been facnficed only *
becaule they were the images of 1
the active representation of a
nation, which your ferocious
enemy would have been happy
to have butchered without a
fingle exception ; fimilar to that
o'her emperor, whoinhis brutal
ferocity wifhed the Roman peo
ple had but one head that he
might ftrike it off with a fingle
blow. You have read the hor-j
lible details of this
which was meditated in the
filence of the cabinet, precon
certed by treachery, and execu
ted in the sight of the members
of the congrefs, as if designed
to defy in their peifons all the
powers whole reprefentalives
they alio were, and to give the
dreadful signal of a war of ex
termination.
“ Frenchmen! you have on
the recital of fuch horrors, de
manded vengeance. Be allured
that it will prove terrible. It is
not the caufe of liberty alone
which wc muft defend but even
that of humanity ; and in this
ftruggle of civilization again ft
barbaiity, fhould the indignation
of Europe promife you to (rip
ply with auxiliaries, it will be
your duty to bold out the glo
.ious example that is calculated
to rally them in lupport of your
caufe. There has never yet
occurred any mftance in which
an outrage of the law of nations
has ftained your fuccefles or
accompanied your misfortunes.
Your enemy on the contrary,
, has only attempted to repair his
‘defeats by treachery, -and has
cclebiated an ephemeral fuccefs
only by affjflinations • a p?rle
verance in your generous con
du<ft will render the contrail
more difhonorable to him. if
die battalions of Auftiia have
not fhared in its crime, they will
lelufe to alfociate themfelves
with aflaflins, and break their
arms, If they continue lo fight
* • .;••••
againfl us, they mull be corffi
dered as accomplices in the guilt* \
A memorable punifhment is ne-|
; ccffary to prefeive the world
I from the new outrages and
I crimes which are referred for it
by the impious league of the
monarchs of Ruflia and Auftria.
formed by ambition, cemented
Iby crimes, and which, in the
rnadnefs of their projedls* threat
ens the deltruftion of Europe.
“ The executive directory
decrees, that the preceding pro
clamation (hall be inferted in the
bulletin of the laws, and that it
be reprinted and affixed in all
the communes of the republic
in the ufaal places.
“ The miniltcr of juflice is
! charged with the execution of
| the prefent decree.
4 ‘ P. Barr as, prefid' nt.
“ .Legarde, fee, gen,**
PHILADELPHIA* Jfulv 19.
The following is from a phy
fician of the firll eminence :
“ It is agreed bv mofi of the
phyficians of Philadelphia, that
there have been a few c«<fcs of
yellow fever in our city; but
that the di'eafe has happily dif
appeared without being commu
nicated in a finglc inftance.”
July 22.
The Emperor of Raffia, it is
faid, h asaccepted a fum of money
from the Hamburghers, and li-
I berated their veffels.
[ From the Cojfe.e-lhufe Books.
j A letter received this from
Bourdcax, dated 24 b May, re
ceived via Marblehead, Bates,
that in consequence of the late
appointment of envoys to treat
with the French Republic, it was
| generally fuppofed that the ne
jgociation would foon be opened
at the Hague.
CHARLESTON. Augufl i.
On Thurfday laft was argued
before ludge Bee, the federal
difhid judge, for the dilhi&of
| South-Caroiina, a motion* made
by Mr. Ward, on a habeas corpus, I
to bring up the body of Nathan
Robins, in order that he might
be delivered up to the Britifli
.conful, by virtue of a requifi-
I tion made under the 27th article
| of the treaty of amity and com
merce with Great-Bdtain.
Mr. Moultiie and Mr, Ker
oppofed the moion, on fevcral
giounds, but particulaily on that
of the prifoncr being an Ame
rican citizen, and therefore en
titled by the conllitution of the
United States, to a trial by a
jury of his peers; and alfo that
, the crime with which he was
charged, (that of being concern
ed in the mutiny on board the
Hermione Biitiffi frigate) was
■ committed on the high Teas,
within the iurifditlion and cos
• d # O
nizanceof the United States.
On Friday his honor the judge
• pronounced his decree, for de
livering up the prifoner to the
Britilh conful, in the courfe of
which he obferved, that it was
: immaterial, whether the pcifoa
♦ • •
was an American riiizer, 0
not; he was equally within the
| purview of the treaty, and there. ,
fore the court was bound to d?,
liver him up. the treaty bein'
the law of the land, °
GEORGETOWN. Avpfi*
A letter to a gentleman in this
place, from his correfpondent in
Columbia, mentions, that Mr.
Hampton, of Columbia, it is
cxpe&ed will make iS.oool.
flerling by his this year’s crop
of cotton.
COLUMBIA, (s. c.) July ig,
Capt. Harris's troop of horfe.
capt, Johnfon's company of ar
tillery, and a number of ref.
pe&able citizens, met in the
town of Winnfborough, on tbs
4th inflant, to celebrate the day ;
about 3 o’clock the company fee
down to an elegant dinner, pro
vided for that purpofe, at the
houfe of Capt. Buchanan ; after
dinner the lollowing toads weie
drank—
1. The people, the fovere’gn
of the United States—may they
’.ever furrender what they fought
ro fe€ure ; let it be handed down
from generation to generation,
until the lall age lhall be no
more.
2. The confutation —may it
be explained as it is, and not to
anfwcr men.
3. The alien and feditioa
laws—may the next Congicfs
bury them in oblivion.
4. The day that gave birth to
the Independence of the United
States—let it never be forgotten.
5 The memory of thole who
fell and bled in defence of the
Rights of Man.
6. The militia of the United
States—no ftanding army in
. time of peace.
j 7. A fpeedy reconciliation of
the differences between the Uni
ted States of America and the
French republic,
j 8. Thomas JefFcrfon —the
I friend of the people, the next
1 prefident.
9. The univerfe one great re
public—the name of tyrants
erafed.
10. The agricultural intered,
and a free trade to all the world
—no treaties to hamper the hard
earnings of the people.
11. Wildom, jultice, and in
tegrity, in all our public coun
cils,
12. The republican party ifl
Congrefs.
13. Dr. Franklin—let his me
mory be ever held dear by
Americans.
14. Tne liberty of the p re ‘*
and freedom of Ipecch —let them
never be abridged.
15. Ireland—may fhc never
, know diflrefs,
16. The governor and ft ate
of South-Carolina.—3 cheers.
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