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MUSES’ RETREAT.
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ODE TO PEACE.
lU-ftr .’ “ ‘ * ‘
Conic, peace of mind, delightful £ueft!
Return, and make thy downy nest
Once more in this fad heart :
Nor riches I, nor pow’r pursue,
Nor hold forbidden joys in view,
We therefore need not part.
Where wilt th n u dwell, if not with me,
From av’rice and ambition free,
And plcafure’s fatal wiles ;
For whom, alas! do ft thou prepare
The sweets that I was wont to fliare,
The banquet of thy fmilcs ?
The great, the gay, fliall they partake
The licav’n alone that thou canst make,
And wilt thou quit the ftieaiu
That murmurs through the dewy mead,
The grove and the fcquefter’d fired,
To be a giieft with them ?
For thee I panted, thee 1 priz’d,
For thee f gladly facrific’d
*Whate’er I lov’d before J
And fliall I fee thee flart away,
And helpless, hopclcfa, hear thee fay—
“ Farewel, we meet no more !”
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EPIGRAM.
You fay, you nothing owe; and so T fay;
lie* only owes, who fumething has to pay.
NATIONAL CONTENTION.
September io.
Duhem announced, that a column
of the republican army had penetrated
to \ pres : “ Behold, we are again in
the Belgic provinces,” he exclaimed,
“ but we have not yet eltablilhed our
selves in the poffeflion of them in such
a manner as to plant the tree of liberty.
1 —Our philanthropy lart year colt us
twelve thousand men. In future, the re
fore, instead of attaching any conquered,
provinces to Fiance, would it not be
r more prudent to make them furnifh us
with provifiotis and llotes, and conduit
[j feme of the Belgic faints to Paris ?”
“ Certainly,” re-echoed the assem
bly, with much applause.
The propofitiim was immediately
sent to the committee of public fafetv.
September 15.
Barrere afeended the tribune—“ It
was the project of your committee to
make a general report refpeiling the
a£lual flute of the armies of the repub
lic. Your eagerness erodes our inten
tions, and we can only furnifh you
with results.”.
[ Here Barrera read several drfpatches,
of which the following is the sub-
J. fiance :
The flrff dispatch, dated from the
; head-quarters at La Pape, September
! 10, conveyed the following infoima
; (ion on the part of the representatives
of the people With the army before
j Lyons—th t nothing of importance
| occtircd during the Bth, 9th,and loth ;
that in the evening of the loth, the
: lines of attack were drawn, when the
1: arrival of the mortars, bomb?, and
cannon destined to set lire to the centre
of Lyons, was expedit’d ; they date,
| that the precaution of the Lyonefe had
1 been such, that that city could not bo
j, set on fire, notwithstanding 500 bombs
and 100,000 red hot balls which had
been thrown into it.
“ We have caused fome comburti
l bles (added the representatives) to be
r got ready to blow up the bridge of
$ Moran.—But as hazard wotdd have
1 It, the Lyonefe found means to blow
,r up the combustibles, which’were ap
| proaching the bridge on a raft, by dif
| charging a lingle mufquet.
“ We expeit ammunition and men,
liftnd with a reinforcement of 60,000
■l “nen we fliall soon reduce that rebelli-
I ous and oblfinate city.” 1 hey termi-
Inate their letter by announcing the cap
* ure of St. Etienne and Mont Brilfon ;
rebels of this latter place have re-
to Lyons.
Letter from general LeClerc, to gene
ral Carrion.
Bergues, September ro, 1793
Every thing goes on well. Waggon
loads of ammunition and priToners are
constantly arriving. Ihe Fleflfans of
Languedoc and CaiTel are posted on
my right. The enemy’s cavalry are
thrown into perfect disorder.
We are informed, that the enemy at
the camp of Alfrcnous abandoned four
teen 24 pounders, and a quantity of
forage ; they know not where to fly ;
they are panic struck. Long live the
republic.
Good news, prisoners, and deserters
arrive every moment. We expeit
many more. A reinforcement of ten
lhoufand men is instantly expected.
We are preparing for the immediate
pnrfiiit of this band of cannibals. Every
body is in raptures of joy at the repulfc
of the enemy. Tranquility is restored.
LE C LERC.
Copy of a letter from the procurator
genera! of the department of the
Pyrennes East, to the committee of
public fafety, dated September the
Bth, 1793.
The intelligence which I announced
in mv letter of the 3 1 ft of Angnft, is
true. The brave republican army,
commanded by citizen Dagobert, has
driven the Spaniards from Cerdagne
The tree of liberty has beer, planted
with foktrinity in the capital of Pieu
Cerda. The municipalities are re
eftablifhcd, and Caffanyes, the national
reprefentativc, who participated in ail
the dangers of the campa : gn, has driven
the eledlric fiiock of freedom to every
department: he has obliged them to
acknowledge the bleflings of liberty
and equality. This is the eternal balls
of our holy constitution : personal free
dom. The security of property lias
been refpe&ed in every instance by our
victorious army : and whilrtthe Spanilh
robbers have marked their path by fire
and sword, we have paid minute atten
tion to preserve the intcrcils of the con
quered. This country alone is able
to iurnHh 4.0,000 bushels of grain.
We (hall pay them in affignats. It
will serve a double purpose. The in
habitants will be accuftumed to the
money of the republic, and we Hr all
eflablifh excellent magazines for the
winter fubfifience of the army.
Perpignan is not inverted. The
enemy have their patiolcs within a
league of the place, but they have not
taken any fixed position. Sh uid they
attempt to cut oft our communications,
we are determined .to push bayonets
with them. The soldier and the citizen
cannothefuate which to prefer, whether
death or slavery. But weougfit not to
omit that Spain has 20,cc0 troops,
which are ready for different services ;
(fome fay 40 000) and we have fufficiert
to garrison the citadel, and defend the
city, in case that Perpignan should be
belieged.
LUCIA.
September 16.
The adminiflrators of the depart
ment of La Manche informed the con
vention, that the department contained
several strong cartles belonging to aris
tocrats. In one of them were difeo
vered ileep caves, where several fiif
pedted persons were found.—lt was
decreed, that the committee of public
fafety should adopt proper measures on
tire fubje<*L
September 25.
A letter was read from the commis
sioner Dalbert, w ith the army of the
Alps, Rating, that the Piedmontefe
army made a general movement on the
7th, to attack the French at Santofca ;
and on the 9th, the Sardinian king
went to Saergioj to harangue his troops
—he displayed his eloquence in a pom
pous dilcourie ; the fubjecl was the
miracle of the SemfiiJJtmaMddona (Vir
gin Mary), who on the Bth of Septem
ber, 1707, saved Turin from the at
tack ot the French ; he did not forget
to. bring, with him the relicks of the
bones ot all the faints who protedl his
kingdom ; especially the fliirt of St.
Segond, which has priferved its white
ness, unsullied, for so many centuries
—the holy cloth of St. Suare, which
was sent to him from heaven, through
the milky way. In fine, the deluded
Piedmontefe, who had, perhaps, fome
mifereants among them, thinking to
run to certain victory, met the French
bayonets, which proved to them, that
the Madina, tired of supporting the
cause of tyrants, had taken the part of
the republicans. They left 1200 dead
and wounded on the spot, and as many
were taken prisoners, who heartily
cursed the author of so unfortunate a
delusion.
Merlin read the following letters
from the head quarters at Mortagne,
dated September 11 :
“ Hitherto we have experienced a .
rapid fucceflion of vidories ; but the
advanced guard of the army at Mentz
has received a check. Hie enemy
have made an attack between ClilTon
and Mortagne ; our advanced troops
were lurrounded by a number infinitely
superior ; they were obliged to retreat
with the loss of their cannon. The
general has been beat at Clinon ; the
troops immediately marched, and de
feated the enemy, but were not able to
regain their cannon.”
Another letter from general Kleber,
of the fame elate, confirms this unfor
tunate intelligence : it announces that
the flying artillery of the advanced
guard of Mayence has been totally de
feated. 1
Roflignol refilled to concur in the
plan of operation, and to order his
army to march. The troops, after
having gained seven leagues of ground,
were forced to retreat by order of Rof
fjgool.
The mod violent indignation was
exprelled at the relation ol this intelli
gence.
September 26.
St. Andre, in the name cf the com
mittee of public welfare, addrefled the
convention :
“ Ci izens, you have been indignant
at hearing of the horrible treason of the
Toulonele; you will net be less so
when you hear how theEr.g’ilh concluflt
themfeTVcs in that city. The news
which the committee has just received,
will make known to you the real cha
racter of the Englilh, who dare to as
sume the title of philosophers.
What follows is written from Mar
fcilles, by an agent of the committee of
public welfare, dated September 18 :
“ The Englilh and the Spaniards, to
the number of 5000, occupy the forts
and the advanced ports ; the interior
guard of the city is confined to the in
habitants. There is in the city a mi
litary tribunal, compdfed of English
and Spaniards. This tribunal plunges
the patriots into dungeons, and after
wards embarks them, we know not for
what deflination. We reckon the
number of these vi&ims at 800.—
Pierre Bailey, reprefentativc of the peo
ple, has been found strangled in his
prison ; we know not whether he bps
killed Jhimfelf, or has been facrificedby
the monsters who confined him. Flis
colleague, Beauvais, lives in the midlt
ot alarms; he is every inrtant threat
ened with death.
“ Fhe Engliflt are flill masters of
Toulon, but the people shew ligns of
difeontent; the corps of teamen have
formed themselves into a battalion, and
are ready to fall upon the English.
Trogolf and Ruiffaht are {fill at the
head of the feCfions. One of the mo
tives which contributed to the delivery
of the port of I ouion to the enemy,
was*the preference the workmen gave
to money over aflignats.”
The fame citizen writes on.the 19th,
•“ The fame intereffed motive may
restore Toulon tethe republic, for the
workmen begin to ask, Who will pay
us at the end of the month ? We have
been allured that all the trade of Toulon
has been disembarked, and that they
disarmed the Juno fr gate, in order to
augment the artillery.
Delaunay. “ I demand that ihe
committee of public welfare do make
a report concerning the war in La
Vendee. If they Jo not speak out, we
will do it,and fay, that the two columns
commanded by Roflignol, have been
wafled ; one on the 171 b, theotherthe
19th.” Ordered, “ that before the
end of the fitting the above committee
should give in thedefired report.”
September 27.
A secretary read the following letter
from the representatives of the people
with the army of the north, dated Lille,
September 26, 1793 :
“ Citizen colleagues, one of the ad
vanced ports of the enemy was this
morning carried by our troops. They
took 55 prisoners, of whom two were
dliceis.
“ The commirtioners, in a second
’otter, add, (hat a confpiracv, which
was set on foot to deliver up the town
and port of Argcntierres, wasdifeovered
Oy a note found upon an officer, in one
of the late affairs. The criminals
were arrested, and twelve of them de
livered upto the revolutionary tribunal;
the others, less culpable, were detained
till further orders.
Signed Le Gassmur,
Bentabole.”
Barrere read the dispatches received
by the committee of public welfare.
The fir ft confuted of a letter from
Marseilles, dated September 18. It
announced, that the neighbouring de
partments rife in amass ; that the sup
plies of provision for Marseilles were
iirnilhcd according to the requisitions;
rnd two members of the central com
mittee of that place had been guillotin
ed ; that suspicious persons were ar
retted every where ; that 30SO Mar
feillois, and fome companies of can
noneers, had joined the army of Car
teaux ; and that Olioulles, whose
inhabitants had fired upon the patriotic
army, had been pillaged.
A letter informed, that the republi
cans of the environs of Perpignan, had
marched, to the number of 60,000
men agairift the Spanilh Haves.
Caifeny, representative of the people
with the army of Perpignan, gave 2
farther detail of the vidtory gained over
he Spaniards on the 17th of September.
A deputation Irom Bourdeaux came
to announce, to th: convenf?— -u .—jl
inhabitants of that city had risen, and
the republicans were every where tri
umphant. They also Hated, that all
the conspirators had been put under
arrert.
Another letter announced that, on
the 19th, the attack upon Toulon had
commenced. “ The English,” laid
Barrere, “ are not in force at Toulon ;
the majority of the inhabitants are dis
contented ; and the English themselves
treat them with the mod sovereign
contempt, as the vile inrtrumebts of
treason, by which Toulon lias been
delivered into their hands.
“ They have made a sortie, which
has proved very unlucky to them : they
will not so soon attempt to return to
‘he charge. ihe national guards of
i ouion have received the reward due
to traitors. Our batteries have funk a
Genoefe veflel, and an Engliflt frigate:
their baking houfc has been set on fire ;
and a tartane has just been flopped at
Marseilles, crammed with counter
revolutionirts.”
Gambon—“ I have excellent news
to bring you. I think it proper to ac
quaint you with the refuit of a decree
which you iflued three days ago. You
ordained the deposits of money left in
the different offices of consignment,
to he poured into the national coffer
with three keys. Yerterday an im
mense crowd came to the national trea
sury. ihe receiver of conlignments
brought 12,000,000 which were in his
chert. A notary brought a payment in
part of 200,000 livres. Paris alone will
furnifh upwards of 120.000,000, which
will soon circulate in the national
coffer.”
Briffot was again denounced by those
colonists who have taken refuge in
Fiance. He and his adherents, fay
they, have reduced St. Domingo to its
present deplorable filuation. He by his
falfe philosophy induced the blacks to
revolt ; he provoked the plots and
manoeuvres of the royaliffs ; and, by
his eulogiums on Blanchard, fereeneti
the crimes of that confpiralor.