The Louisville gazette. (Louisville, Ga.) 1799-1800, October 15, 1799, Image 2

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rnnHiiunon of the 3d year! j nothing but the conllitution.^' Wd 1 , I piolefl fo you that the diredory and the councils have the fame intentions. Let us zealonlly aid their efforts, and the crime which the pretended Ami des Loix imputes to you, wid Toon fall on his own guilty head/’ A member then afeended the rod rum, and railed the attention of the club to the necelfily of addreffmg the directory on the official ariflocracy which infeds all tne minillerial departments, but particularly thole of the war, the interior, foreign relations. It was time to give a movement to the revolution of the 30th Prairia), (|une 18 and toclcanfe the Augean liable. 1 his pro pofition was adopted. A member mentioned feveral fads in acxufation of Ramel, whom, with \ alleyrand, he denominated the moft deadly enemy of the republic. latrjl from E U R 0 P E, LONDON, AagvJl 3. This morning lieutenant Fruf cott, of the I ouifa, from Gibral tar, arrived at the admiralty with difpatches from general O’Hara and lord St. Vincent, No engagerm nt had taken place between the fleets. 1 he enemy was blocked up in Cadiz by lord Keith. (Star, Lieutenant Trufcott, of the Louifa gun-brig, has arrived at the admiralty this moinirg from Gibraltar, with difpatches fioin rail St. Vincen', announcing that the combined (Le r s had enteicd Cadiz, horn whence they had not failed on the 20th. On that day lord Keith was ex peded to pals the Gut, with thirty three fail ot the line, and would immediately pioceed to the blockade of Cadiz. Courier . The arrival of the combined fleet at ‘ adiz, and its having again failed from that port, are menioned as rumouis in the French papeis. I he accounts from Buona parte’s army are not fo recent as thofe received from fir oidney Smith • P ■ KIS, July 14. Ycflerday evening there was • much agitation in this city. Crowds were colleded at the manege, and in the neighbor hood of the Thuil' dies. Each party made the ufual exclama-1 tions but a (Long armed force polled in the garden intimidated them all, and pievented any dilorders Lorn taking place; betides it rained and as Pethonl once obfeived, there are never any dilhubances in Paris during bcid we .ther. Meanwhile fi es of young men, and other perfons, among whom werediflinguifhed anu’n b r o' tradelnmn, we e obferved pulhi.g through fume quarters ot 'the town. They feemed to ! feek for each other as if they ; had hoflile intentions, bur all remained cairn. We know not what confe qucnccs ihefe meetings m y have ; but prudence and duty require that the government fhould prevent wrong-headed perfons from promoting divi sions in Paris, which will but too foon find imitators in the other parts of the republic. July i 5. Talleyrand Pciigord s reply to his accufers was publifhed yefterday. He accompanied the copy which he fent to the diedory v/ith his refignaiion. We know not if it be accepted. Championet is gone to the army of the Alps, with the ne c< ffary funds for putting it in adivity. Reclamations are made in favour of Barreie who wasdii ven from the legiflative body in the sth year, as ineligible, be cau'e he was befoie condemned to tranfportation, by a decree of the national convention. The old diredory are reproached with having intended to impri fon him in the Ifle of Rhe, in order that he might be after waids tianfported to Guyaur It is reported, that a meeting of all the minifters of the belli gerent courts is to be held at Ratisbon or Rafladt, to draw up new propofitions to be made to P rance, or to adopt the decla ration which it is faid is to be made to the republic, before the allied armies enter the French territory. The anniverfary of the 14th of July was yefterday celebrated with great foleranity. The Hid magiflrates of the republic pro-j ceeded to the champ de mars, j accompanied by an immenfe: number of citizens. They all repeated with enthufiafm the oath to make the republic tri umph over all its enemies. July 17. Letters from Conftantinople, dated 15 Prairial, July 3, fays “ a report has been pievalcnt here that Buonaparte with a co umn of his armv had taken St, Jean d’Acre, and that ano ther column had penetrated to Damas, and occupied Mount Lebanon ; but this report is not founded in authentic infor mation, all that is known as cer tain is. that aboutthecommence mai t of April, Buonaparte had not raifed the liege of Acre. July 25— A telegiaphic line, to extend from the mouih of the Meule to the continent oppofite the lexel, is now tracing on! the coall of Holland. The widow of Robeijot has denied under her own fignature, in the Redafleur, that ever the laid Debry was privy to the ilhfTination at Ralladt; or that he Fiench government were parties to that atrocious a6l. She (peaks in terms of icfpedi and atfcdign.of Debry. • July 26 — The a£l of accufi-i tion preferred 3 gain ft Mcilin,! Kewbell, Reveilheic, andTreii- Jard, in the council of five hun dred, has been figned by K utelie, ancient diplomatic agent, and by Carlier and Trehan, citizens of Paiis. They aie arraigned of ircafon and conlpiracy againft the dome flic and foreign fafety of the republic. It has been reported for feve ral days paft, that Mantua has capitulated, and the city of Genoa is taken. 1 he report is without any foundation. Ju'y 28—It is reported, that Niou, commiflary at London for the exchange of prisoners, enraged at the abufive language ufed by Pitt againft; the French nation the 12th July,challenged him, and propofed a meeting in 1 St. James's park. We are par- ! ticularly acquainted wfih Niou. He is as gallant a man as he is a good patriot, but we cannot believe that he could read fuch abufive language with any other leeiing than of profound con tempt. La Clef du Cabinet. '] he Pope has been removed fiom Valence to Dijon. I Letters from Cadiz ftate, that j on the 21 ft of Meftidor (July 9) ■ the combined fquadrons, con tilling of 42 (hips of the line, 10 frigates, and 6 fmaller veflfels of war. were Teen fleering tow o ards the atlantic ocean EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. Decree oj the 20 ih July. The executive direflory have decreed, that citizen Rheinard, mmifter plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Helve tic republic, (hall be appointed ■minifter for foreign affairs, in ! the place of citizen Talleyrand, jrefigned j The Executive Directory, to citizen Talleyrand , minijler jor joreign relations. " The executive directory, citizen minifter, have received your refrgnation, communicated to them the 13'. h July. Incom pliance with the frelh entreaties you have made, they have ac cepted it, and appointed in your ftead citizen Rhenaird, minifter plenipotentiary to the Helvetic republic. The executive direc tory confider it an aft of juftice, to teftify in your favor on this occafion, that they have been perfcQly latisficd with the unre mitting zeal, civifrn, and infor mation w T hich you have di(play ed, as well as in the functions of your minifuy, as in thofe of the marine, for a time confided to you. I he executive direc ; toiy invite you, nevcrthelefs, to | continue to diicharge the office of loreign affairs, until the arri val of )Our luccellor. They have not the lead doubt but that your zeal in it will remain undi minifhed.” MADRID, July 4. Since the news of the depar ture of the combined fleets Lorn | Carthagcna, wc have hca I( j n 0 thing of their further proofs* It appears however, certain that 1 they have patted the Streighf* and itisexpefted, that in a day they wi 1 enter Cadiz, where according foal] appearance tbev will flop a little before ccntiru ing their route. The (hip Ceil! feur, which was left in this port is now by the care of our marine’ completely repaired, and is i n ‘ condition to put to fea with the reft of the fleet, BALTIMORE, Septemhr iq. Yeftcrday arrived the fchoo. rer Caroline, capt. Webb, 3. days from Jamaica: failed and kept company with the ftip Smallwood, Johnfon, bound to Baltimore, and fchooner Colum bia, Butcher, of and bound to Georgetown, Potomrc—on the 22d Auguft, oft the Ifland of Pines, fchooner upfet in a fad den fquall, and inftantly went down with every foul on board; and although in company with nine or ten veffels, it was im poffible to fave a Tingle perfon, the being to windward of them I all. j Cn the i6ih inftanr, off Cape Hatteras. capt. Webb fpoke a fchooner from Surrinam bound to Baltimore, (probably the fame the pilot fpoke) out 19 days- The captain of the fchooner in formed capt. W. that Surrinam had lurrendered to the Britifh without any reCflance; and that a French 20 gun fhip Surrinam river had capitulated to the United States (hip Poilf moutb, capt. M'Neil, but the Biiiifti commanding officer de tained the prize and paid capt. M‘Neil a fum of money in lieu of her! LOUISVILLE, TUESDAY , OFloher 15, 1799* Our papers are daily filled I with accounts of the Britifh de predations upon the American commerce. Our captains have been flogged, our Tailors prcflecl, and even our naval veffels have been infulted by thofe naval defpots. Does (uch behaviour imply that the Britifh govern ment confiders us an independ ent nation ? No. For whatever we may declare ourfelves to be, it is evident tha f (he is fhll de termined to fubjeft; us again to her yoke ; and that fhe waits a fit oppoi tunity to accom pliih her puipofe. From the paragraphs in e Parifian papers, wc find, l* u ° n ' aparte carded St. John d Ac fC by ftratagem. When we r° co ' left the great genius of this hcr°i and the aftonifhing talents exhibited during the diff cicn | campaigns in Italy, we canna (uppofethat he could be chef a by a trifling repuTe from f° r 1 nuing hiscaieer. The cf h:s great mind, are air I