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A M.S T E R D A M, Dec. n.
Our fate is to be in a continued state of alarm.
The enemy, by their repeated attempts upon our
rivers fuller us to entertain no doubt of the object
of their designs against this country, and this pre
tended suspension of hostilities ill accords with the
daily attacks which the enemy made from Bergen
op-Zoom to Emmerick. The editors of the Dutch
papers use their utmost endeavours to conceal our
danger by asserting that the termination of the war
is at no great distance. One day we read of the
disposition of the German empire to peace—the
next day we are allured that a negociation is to be
immediately opened at Baden or Bafle*
From Fort Sr. Andre we are informed that the
enemy still keep up an incelfant fire upon the fort.
From the Rhine to the sea we are to
all the horrors of war; specie too begins to be scarce.
The provinces o 1 Holland and Zeland have agreed
to a large emiflion of paper money. The province
of Groeningen has followed their example, and
lias agreed to raise a loan, which is to bear five
per cent, interest for fix years, and afterwards
three and one-half.
P A R I S, November 16.
Notwithstanding the decree of the convention
by which the fittings of the Jacobins have been
provisionally suspended, several members of that
society, armed with cutlasses, pistols, and poig
.nards, aflembled in the club room the fame night,
when Carrier’s arrest had been decreed. A numer
ous mob, colletted at the Thuilleries, having been
informed of it, marched thither, furropnded the
room, and cried out:—Down with the Jacobins
down with the proteftors of Carrier, the
drowners, the poison-mongers, down with the
Knights of the guillotine!—Long live liberty and
justice ! long live the people, and their reprefenta
jtives !—The mob, however, refrained from afts
of violence; but the room was surrounded by a
detachment of horse and foot. At three in the
morning appeared some commiflaries, appointed
by the committees, who turned out the alfembled
Jacobins, put the seal on the papers of the society,
locked the doors, and carried the keys to the com
mittees. In the fitting of the 12th,'the conven
tion approved, by a solemn decree, of the conduct
of the committees, and ordered copies of the decree
to be sent to the popular societies, and departments.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5.
Tallien in the Convention of France, on the 14th
Nov. in a speech of considerable length, thus adds:
It is endeavoured to be insinuated that there is a
fattion which would purchase peace on diflionora
ble terms. Where is the national convention—
where the deputies who would so cowardly betray
tbecaufe of the French people. Do they mean to
allude to those energetic reprefentativtes who, after
having overthrown the tyrant, have annihilated
tyranny and confufion ? Yes! we wififor an honora
ble, a partial peace , in order that we may one
day dejtroy *** ** * and the **********
■Government which has waged fuchacruclwar againjl
it. (Loud and repeated plaudits.)
Extrail of a letter .from a gentleman in London, to
his friend in Philadelphia , dated Nov. 18, 1794.
« I am induced, Sir, by the diftinguilhed no
tice you were pleased to take of my last letter,
and by a hope that a summary of the events, pre
dicted in that letter, which have been verified in a
most extraordinary manner, mayamufeyou, again
to trespass on your leisure.
The fuccefsofthe French arms, during the pre
sent campaign, has been such, as will occasion the
relation of it, in a future age, to be regarded as a
fable.
Proceeding with mathematical calculation, they
have completely swept the left bank of the Rhine,
which is now the boundary, in that direction, of
their mighty empire—not a soldier of the allied
army remaining beyond it, excepting the garrisons
ofMentz and Luxembourg, the former of which
is inverted by an immense force, all its outworks
carried, and the place itfelf believed to be taken.
Maeftricht, thought to be impregnable, sur
rendered on the 4th inst. with a garrison of eleven
thousand men, as did Crevecceur, Bois le-Duc,
Cologne, Coblentz, Juliers, Aix-la-Chapelle, and
several other places some time before.
Nimeguen is evacuated, or rather taken by
storm with thirteen hundred Dutch troops; and that
part of the allied army, under the duke of York,
cut off from Clairfayt, who is forced across the
Rhine, greatly weakened by a fuccefiion ot defeats,
is driven back upon Arnheim, an inconsiderable
fortrefs between them and Amsterdam, which must 1
also fall, and with it, unless fortunate enougn to
cfcape into PruiTian Gueldres, or by the way of the
Zuyder-Zee, the duke of York’s army rnurt, 1
think, surrender prisoners of war—they cannot
exceed twenty thousand effective men, and are
pressed by the conjoined forces of Jourdan and
I’ichegru, the former of whom, having driven the ;
Austrians and Prussians over the Rhine, has exten
ded his left to the city of Cl-ves, wheie it reaches
the right of the army of the North, thereby bring
ing into complete co-operation upwards of one
hundred and fifty thousand of the moil formidable
troops, in valour, discipline, and equipment, that
ever took the field—elated by the victories of fix
pitched battles, innumerable (kirmifhes, the capture
of more than fifty towns and cities, among them
several of the strongest fortreffes in Europe, and
upwards of two thousand seven hundred pieces of
cannon!
Their arms have been equally fuccefsfnl in S; a:n
—accounts were received yesterday of the total
defeat of the Spanilh army near Pampeluna, the
capital of Navarre, which has surrendered—The
Spaniards have refufed to rife en mafle*-- and such is
their confieruation that measures are already taken
at Madrid to ensure the fafety of the royal family
—The duke d’Alcudia has resigned his office of
prime minister, which is regarded as a preliminary
measure to overtures of peace from Spain—The
terms of which, if granted, must, as they will
with almost every one of the allied powers, be
very humiliating— Perhaps Spain may even be com
pelled, as a condition of peace with France, to
take part in her quarrel againit the most obnoxious
of the allies—lt is already confidently said that a
cession of part of her marine will be infified on.
Holland must unqucftionably become an auxiliary
to France—lt does not appear within the possibi
lity of events to avert her fate, or even to defer it
beyond a month.—ller marine of course is annex
ed to that of France, whose naval power may soon
become as formidable as her land forces, whose
prowess isconfelfedly irresistible—Where the chain
of conquest will end it is impoflibie to forefee.— )
Peace, at all times the most desirable state of man,
was never more neceftary than in the present mo- /
ment. It is however very doubtful whether the
pride of this country will, at present, stoop to the
terms, which France, in the elation of viiftory,
would certainly seek to inipofe—and this I think
is the more to be regretted, as every day’s delay
must encreafe the final facrificc—G. Britain, alone
cannot, in the conclusion of common sense, be
expefted to atchieve that, which the united efforts
of Europe have failed to aceomplilh.
Having closed the war On the continent, her
formidable rival will be enabled to give that degree
of attention to her marine, which, in another cam
paign, may not only endanger the happiness, but
the fafety of England.—For, although feamcn are"
not qualified for distant voyages by a short appren
ticelhip, yet fifty, or even a hundred thousand of
the French troops, might, under the influence of
their prelent enthusiasm, be fitted for channel fet
vice within so Ihort a period, as the refle&ing in
habitants of this nation must lhudder to think of.
The opinions which Englilhmen are inclined to en
tertain of their superior feamanlhip, are certainly
laudable in a national point of view, and may
greatly contribute to that superiority—but it is
a dangerous sentiment, which Ihould carry them
to a contest, in which they would hazard their
independence, without the possibility of putting
their antagonist into equal danger.
It is however confidently said by some that the
government will try the event of another campaign,
of this I expected within a short time to have given
you decisive information* as the Parliament was to
have met on Tuefday next, and to this effeft the
lords had been summoned to hear the king’s
read on Monday next; but it would appear that
the late unfortunate news from Holland had chang*
ed the determination, as a prorogation until ihe
30th of Dec. has been announced this afternoon.
Mr. Jay’s negociation is said to be brought to
a fatisfa&ory dole—The particulars will, of course,
be secret until officially announced—l have some
reason, however, to believe that the rcfult will
juftify the prudent measures of our government.
I beg leave to refer you for general intelligence
to a packet of newspapers, by this conveyance,
and to request, when you have perused them they
may be sent to ”
AUGUSTA, March 7.
ESC A PE of LA FAYETTE.
TROPPEAU, in'Silcfia, Nov. u.
The Frenah general la Fayette, who was detain
ed as a prisoner of state in the Austrian fortrefs
Olmutz in Moravia, found means on the Sell of
this month to escape with one of the comp inions
of his misfortune. 1 lie perlon who aided him in
recovering his liberty is Bollman, a young dodtor
of physic, by birth an Hannoverian. The follow
ing is the account given of the circumstance.
The young Phyllcian had long formed the pro
ject of liberating la Fayette, with this view he had
pitTei some time at Vkn a, whence he repaired to i
Olmu*z m a travelling‘carriage and two very fi > *
addle holies. By means of the r .aril.o s he
had formed at Vienna, he obtained permiiii ?n !•*
f t* M. dc la Fayrtic, whose health was impaired
by long imprifoinnenr. He declared 'hat air was
abfolutcly neceftary, and proposed that la Fa.et.e
Ihould be allowed to go in a carriage* accompanied
by his friend, la Tour Mabourgh, under the guard
of an officer. This was granted. At the hour ap
pointed, Bollman went on horse back *o the gate
of the castle; la Fayette and la Tour Muubourg,
with an officer of the guard, went with Bollmau
into a carriage, took an airing and returned : Boll
man mounted his horse at the gate of the callie,
and went away, Thcfe airings were several times
repeated, until the prisoners and Ihe Physician had
gained the entire confidence of the officer, who
consented, one fine afternoon, to their taking an
airing on foot. Bollman sent away the cairiagc,
and ordered his servant to follow him with two
saddle horses. Having got to a little distance, he
and his servant Teized and bound the officer. Li
Fayette and la Tour Maubourg mounted the two
horses, and received a purse of money, with which
Bollman was provided. He told them of a place
where they would find a post chaise. He and his
servant took another road where he had also a car
riage in waiting.
As soon as the escape was known, requifitorial
letters were dispatched to stop the fugitives. We
hear, however, ihat la Fayette and la Tour Mau
bourg, have got to a place of fafety ; but Dr. Boll
man was laken on the confines of Silesia, and con
ducted to one of the fortreffes there,
MARRIED] On Wednesday evening last Mr,
William Poe to Miss Fanny Winslow, both of this
place.
By yejlerday's Northern Mail.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. j 3.
On the Bth Dec. the committee of public fafety re
ported to the convention the victories of the army
of the Eastern and Weftern Pyrennes; that the
forts of St. Fernando, Vignieres and Lye were
taken, with a garrison of 9107 Spaniards as pri
soners of war, 171 pieces of cannon; 200,000 lbs.
powder; 10,000 quintals flour; 10,000 blankets;
20,000 suits of clothes; 25, 000 quintals of fire
wood, and 9,000 (beep. That the Spanilh general
count de l’Union, and three other officers were
killed—that a thousand Spaniards fell by the sword
in another combat. Decreed, that the army of
the Eastern and Weftern Pyrennes continue to de
serve well of their country.
On the 9th, the convention decreed, that
THOMAS PAINE is not included in the decree
which excludes foreigners from a feat in the con
vention.
DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esq. our minister
resident at Lilbon, arrived on Tuefday last in this
city.
The citizen Oudard, nominated minister pleni
potentiary to the United States, has given in his
resignation. He is replaced by citizen Adet,
formerly resident at Geneva.
G E~O~R GIA.I ffy William Baduly, Esq.
L. S. > Regifler of Probats for said.
Burke County, j county.
WHEREAS Martha Hudson, has this day
applied to me for letters difmijfory on ihe
eflate of William Hudson, late of this county, deceased .
THESE are therefore to cite and admonijh all and
singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased,
to be and appear at my office, on the 27 th day of
March next, to Jhcw caufc, if any they have , why
letters difmijfory should not be granted.
GIVEN under my hand and seal, at my office,
the 27th day of February, 1795 ; and in the
igth year of the Independence of the United
States of America.
GEORGIA .j By John Mead, Esq. Re
(L. S.) > gijler of Probats for said
Richmond county. } county.
WHEREAS William Allen, has applied to me
for letters of adminijlration on the ejlate and
effects of Elias Ward, late of this county, deceased.
THESE are therefore to cite and admonijh aU, and
singular the kindred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office, on or bfore the
6th day of April next, to Jhew cause, if any they
k‘iv>, way letters of adminijlration should not be
granted.
GIVEN under mv hand and seal, at my office,
the 6th day of March, 1795, and in the
10th year of the Independence of the United
States of A men: a.
{s* ALMANACS for the Year
1795, may be had at this Office——
Alio, WRITING-PAPER.