a town and countrt pjper pa in tidwr tusso.n y alexander martin for john sibley tuesday july 36 1793 vol i — on acti parte fathers of our country judge us incapa ble of dying for the republic a ma jeftic calm iucceeded ail at once to thi public fcene and the con vention afte r a ihort decreed in the greateft filenc that the legion called the chil dren of the republic fhould hold itftlf ia readinefs to depart in 8 days for the frontiers ' infiantly fhouts of long live the republic were heard from erery cwa er of the hall and more than 20,000 voices replied from without i was there my dear friend and i cannot re call the ravuliing fight without heading tears of joy v the mothers of thefe in conceiveable children attended then at the pafiage and weeping congratula ted them on having deferved the cc>-fi dence of the republic the execuuve i council hath given orders that this legfc ( on be condacled by ihort marches to he ! frontiers and that in two moiithi o re lieve from their po its theie young pu pils of the country little accuftomed to the fatigue a a camp ■ what an exam ; pie tor every town through which the i will pafs and what emhufiafm they i muftfpread on ! heir return •■ \ i tht merchants of the city of pnila [ delphia aitembled on monday lad in 1 confequence of the departure of tri i french brig littile democrat late the ; little sarah armed and fuppoied to l>e bound on a crun.e i they j appointej a committee to inform the governor that at leaft one of the hands if not more on board faid brig is a ekizen of the u nited states ' this committee vrasraifo direcled 10 mxke further enquiries rela tive to the equipment of the brig in this particular they were to report in ihe evening ' ~ ' *«• on the 2u inft a veilel arrived at bofton in 15 days from oftend which place flie left rhe 15th of may ; the french were then rn high ipirits did determined to i'.ui-6 hsir coiii^rv o the la it eltieuquy • every nee fiv v of provifior.s c were ia plcnt , and no appearance ' : of want throughout inc re public accounts were current in ol tend of an engagement berween one o the french arniies and the britifh and auftri-ins combined in waich i^e lat ter were defeated with th lofs of twelve hundred men 1 a body cf 1000 biit iiliforces>match?d,fromo{tenc oh ihe 1 iotl may to jj^#tne combined armies ; others had arrived and more were er ing off the end of his pipe he began in an animated tone oi voice r such re marks fhew plainly the interelt and pre judices whence theyfpring : ir the a merican^prc happy they fhould re member thpfe to whom they are indebt ed for every thing they enjoy j and not idly ba(k in jie i'enihinc s*t profperi-.y-j while a generous ally is wafting licr blood and trci^n^ki defence of the ia cred rights of man as to publijjaii qi\s 3 be was ibrry that aft american fhould be degenerate enough to en courage by bis wn^nxifcj criminal neutrality at 2morr*ta^bn:he prelent lnhis opinion a cerflb^paper was cic figned for that purpofe anal had alone in view to make us indifferent to the itrugglcs cf the french to he cev.tir.iisd ) ciiaracr£fls the fc!!o*ving charaft'ris of certain leading members in the french national canvcnti*n are extracted fsoni a work lately puolifhcd in london tntititd •• a review oi the i*ioc«<.c ing ix paris du'ring the taft fummcr by mr fennel the crilical revicwrrs vf rlis work cannot hjlp con^dering it as * party qcelcb,and conicquently overehargftd tij.ti ot tht fac>s however th^y helicvc not tg be cjtiiiy de.'iituieof focnd^iion m.pe7j0n f ** was crigiiially a p^-tty fowgin at torney ; by the atlitiaace of the revolu tion he contrived to get returned tor chartres to the fir si national ailembly by the influence of the clergy whom he has tince io ungratetuli perfecuted and whom be then i'o cffcritually de ceived by hisfeypocrify he was after made mayor or paris ani knee prcfi dentofths convention having been under the necefiity of quit ing he caught the golden glorious op portunity afforded by the reign ot anarchy of retiring to his native coun try where he has been exalted to the honor •■>{ being deputed a meinoer of ths lajonal convention \ \ i m d anton ■ <« v/as the fon of a butcher : he pro cured the protection of the late prin ceis d lanri belle by marrying a relati on of he maid of her ferninc de eham brc by the intcreftof the princefs,he wai appointed a farrior to the count d artoii ftuc : he alio as a doaor ; but wai fo unfuccefsful that tine c vn onftantly threatened any of his fcrvams who difpleafed him with the attendance o danton *\ he had before rhe king's acceptance of the con ftituti(jn been de crete de prife dc corpr but efc ped in the general amnelty he was one of the principal inftigators ot the honid nuilacre committed on his former benefaclrci's and is now the mi niccer o/juitice marat 61 the gentleman who now calls him ftlf fv?:irat thought proper to adopt that 1 iiras after hiving been en^agad attd difcovered in forging the billets d'efcompic and taken refuge from his purftiersin england where he after ward t aught the french language ; — heatib took advantage of the abahuon oflaws in france to return to his own country in|kfe.ty where he bas however i liiue lsen nine times eft crete de prife de corp ; — but his efforts in the caufe ! nfpat.r/tifra have at laft been reward ! ed by k&at in the national convention - m.carra * ;• ! •• was r fiis you r.h condemned to the galows for breaking open a hop ; and ftiairog irom it money and goods .• his lenience was afterwards exchanged fbi lu yc,itc,impi"ifor>nient tfi a iub ! fequeht and perpetual banifnment : du ring his exilfc,he flolea gold watch and being cqnrifled of the theft he contriv ed to ji.ake afudden ch^ige in his re adence on his retwrn to paris after the revelation hi • talents were fuf.ici entiy acknowledged to fecure him a feat in the jacobin club from which i he ha fince been advanced*to a more confpicuous poft in the national conven tion m gorsas ' " " formerly kept a little day-fchool j ! but having murdered his father he was condemned to rxpire on the wheel : this fentence was however afterward mitigated and he v?ts fent to the gahies for life :' he contrived a few years a go to get free and return to paris ; he was firft admitted to the jacobins a nd feeondly ; was made a member of the convention ; ' • dome/lie articles ■ pennsylvania . - phila»elphra july io extrar of a letter from parir dated a miscellany for the fjtjette gazette her m i t no v " and crvtr all fuprcmt " j p't^i far tit cemmon weul y thompson a . xccording to an o!dcu(lom,i i might have employed a paper beto . this in dcfcnbing s.h applaufe i have j received for the defign of my work ! the purity cf my fentiments the ele gance of nj ftyle and the happy choice of my materials my mine 1 , warmed with th zeal and elevated by the pride of an author had ; prepared itfelf to admit the higheft commendations ; and the ufual exprei fions of furprife and admiration were a-rea ly tinkling in the ears of my fancy : put rry love of truth forces me to de clare that before us night i had not heard a fyllable uttered reipedting my tsrer ; and my furprifs was great then i difcovered that even then they terenot praife^l aad had drawn down r.pon them the united cenfure of j a company of politicians — they were j fcated zi a table in the coffee houfe and appeared to be engaged in an ear refr politico corivcrfation hsvingbut little fkill in fuch fubje&s and feeling no deiire to enter into an unpleafant d'fcnfilonof them ; i attempted to pafs ca to a box which was unoccupied but an old act uaintance who was of the company caught me by the cive a^.d infilled upon my joining them ifeac ei snjicifkczoiidxi'it^jf «:«-! h:-'l lzu.:~czv liynted my pipe when the perfon who a been fpeakiqg refumed the aigu inent — kc was a thin m-in apparently about five and forty and as i had af itr-f-xras learned had come from a dif tant part of the country ; that his opi nions at tin's important crifia might be gnerally known " so warm is h:s patriotilm whifpered my friend that hi has for many years pift neglected his private affairs that he might under bnd the mtereih of the public and lie ufeful as faras the privacy of his flation would permit him he has indeed tri erl to become a public maa but the pec - p'e from gratitude to his zeal or pity for his circumftances have always been unwilling co impofe that burden upon mm his principles ars hoftile to the french and rny friend affured me that a late flight fuccefs cf theirs had fiven kivn more unafinefs than healing lhen:fl had deftroyed htswheat,and the worm his tobacco the orator faid " it was a lamentable circuruf tancc that n nation furrounded with fo nany blef frags as the americans were fhould be difcontented with their condition and anxious to change the fweets of peace ior the horrors and defoiatioa of war and all for what purpofa ? demanded he with much cmphafiis to affift a people vhohave trampled under foot the ifioft facrcd obligations of juftice and who for the true principles of go vernment have fubftituttd confuficn rapiiie clamor and licentioufnefs hewaspjrry hefaid ther were peeled gen cuftine at the head of 20,000 men was ready to attack the e lecloratc of treves and his advanced pofts were atfually on the electoral tioa tiers ' ; ' y «*'.'.»» : >■■ ■ ' ; - ■'" '- on monday morning laft died mrv benjamin towns many years a p^in ter in this city v his remains were in terred yefterday evening atfehrf«fj bv a refpectabl numbers of cirtzc s -, and moft of the typographical proieiftan iq philadelphia . , n carolina ■ '• halifax july i 7 ' at the federal diitrift cout which was held at wilmington on the ift inft a libel was exhibited in behalf of the owners of a-britifb veflel t/hich had 1 been taki-n by a privateer fenmrnanded by acapraim herviea a french citi . zen ad c^vvle into that port die li beliants in their litel faggefted that the privateer was heretofore an american m robertsplere • : i wyc poor afcphaatai arras , he , was aftcmard cleik loan obicure at i torney when he was reiurnec amember ; of the fir ft national aflembly ; he was i obliged to beg a coat f^r shecccaiion j but has now every appear anceof afplen did fortune <., /*£ brissqt "' ' *< wacya few years fince well known to fome p-'iice-oifieers of this country as a pickpocket ; lut upomheir endea voring to oinainamoreintiraateacquain tance with him he * i:hdrewto france where his talents have beentruch more favorably though perhaps not ibjufl ly rewarded as they would have beta had he remained much longer in e»2 ! land m merlin ' ; v t --■ " was an under uflierto a/chool : he was on the point of bein married ; but having received the lady's fortune the day before that appointed for the wed ding he concebted him felf with the mo ney and ran a*ray but being after ward reduced be broke open a lady's bereau and hole the pecuniary contents : he then returned to france and becazne a member of the-narional affeccbly • • '^/. chabot : b rjj «' was the ion of i baker ; he ran a way wirh his uncle's wife which occa iloned the de:iih of his uncl and bene fadror — he afterwards debauched her daughter butagain changing his mind | he perfuaded a third lady to rob i her hui'band and ran off v^i:h him : for which he waj feme time in prifon ; but having procured his releafe^he was re turned a member of the national l«gif lative aifenibly.i •->.•• : . - • m ccndorcet ■ *' plavingbeenfuipecle < fari(?ocra.cy i and confequently for a long tiirie re fufed admittance to the jacobin fociety to remove s!l the fufpicions of the lead • log members and procure their favor j he performed a work of fupererogation . with rsipeft to the equality of rights and extended.it even toa partition of the privileges of a hui'band ; by w ch mean he fnccefsfully qualified hi ielf i for a jacobin and procured fiiffieient ! intereit to be afterward elected a mem ! ber of the convention i ** you will judge my dear friend to what height public fpiriihas rifenin this oily - about 2000 young people of 14 or 15 vears of age hut who have not completed their 1 6th year and therefore nor liable to emerintothebational guild came out of what is called the battalion of childr and hare beer at the nation al convention to prefent on their knees a petition to go to the frontiers at the expence of their families fwearing 2x the fame tirre they would not rife uatil theyjhohld dbjullice to tiieir demand the members of the convention coald not refrain from tears at the intereftiog fight of youth fo courageoufly offering i'felf they rulhed forward toeir^brace rhefe generous children who without changing attitude witreated the legiha ture immediately to pfnonnce their coa curence but feeing the afternbly unde termmedj the leader and orator of this affe&mg deputation turning hirafeii towards his brethren addrtfted them in the words following which weie fre quently interrupted 6y his tears fmy co/npadiobs let us go nd re turn diftonored to our families for ths bottom and had beenfraudulently trans --■ ferred-^that he had cleared out at i cfe&rkfton as an amerisan vefiel on a trading voyage and had afterwards put * into georgetown and provided herfelf with arms having on board in quality of mate a certain gideon glmftead an american ci5.i2.en who was adhve in capturing the prize : confequently that fhe was illegally taken and no/pnz a rule was granted chat the r«fpoh dents faould fhew caiife why the jim fhould not be admitted and procefsifiue againft the prize gn the next dij gapt hervieus appeared and pleaded to the jurifdi&ion nf the court hating that the ration of which he wa achtzen was at open war with great-britain from whofc fubjefts the prize was taken on the high fos and that no court of adrnirahty of a neutral nation could i °* gnt take cognizance of qneftions,o pruc or ao prise between the beiligcren perfcns amcngft us who endeavored to fcatter the fceds oi edition under the fernblance of vrrtue and moderation wit thanks to his vigilance he knew ti.e author of ibrne writings he was a faaicus man and lifted to ioufe the i"digriation f the people againft the ptefident's t proc!aniation my friend feemed to be uneafy all the time the other was fpeaktng ; but when he mentioned the proclamation puffing cut a volume effiaoafc and bii m rouelle " some years ago kept a fmali eating houfe in the vicinity oi london which fayetteville gazette justitiam speculamo&.j ( no 51 )