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PUBLISHED BY BLF.ZEK ALl^T JENXS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR THE PIS) R1CT OF MAINE.
(Nr.™*.* 88} Monday, December 30, 1799. (vol.«h.]
Documents
Relative to the Mission to Francs.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Philadelphia, March 6, 17J9.
SIR,
I ENCLOSE a commiflion continuing yon,
in conjunction with the Chief Juftice Ellf
worth, and Patrick Henry, Efq. of Virginia,
Envoys Extraordinary and Miniflers Plenipo
tentiary to the French Republic. By the
Pidtdent’s diieilion, I enclofe for your inform
ation copies of his meffages to the Senate of
iSth and 25th #f March, by the latter of which
you will fee the motives inducing the nomination
of a commifli.n for the purpofe of negociating
with France, inftead of refting the bufinefs
wholly with you. This will doubtlefs be agree
able, by relieving you from the weight of a foie
relpoo. il.tr in an affair of fuel) magnitwde.
It lt> th- Piefident’s defire that you, by letter
to the Irench Minifttr of Foreign Relations,
inform him “ that Oliver Ellfworth, Chief
“Juftice of the United Stater, Patrick Henry,
“ fate Governor of V irginia,* and yourfelf, are
*• appointed Envoys Extraordinary and Minill
‘ ers Plenipotentiary of the United States to the
4 1‘rencli Repubh ith full powers to difeufs
“ and fettle, by a treaty, all controverfies be
“ tween the United States and France But,
“that the two former will not ernbuk for Eu
“rope yntil they fhall have receiver! from the
“ Executive Directory, direct and uneqnivoca!
“ afiurances, lignified by their Secretary of
44 Foreign Relations, that the Envoys fhall be
“ received in character to an audience of the
44 Directory, and that they (hall enjoy all the
“ prerogative* attached to that character by the
44 l iwot nations, and that a minifter or rainiiiers
“ of equal powers fhall be appointed and com
miflioned to treat with th?rn.”
me aitiwer you mail receive to your letter
you will be pleafed lo frail fruit to this office.
You will alio be pleafed to underftand it to be
the Frefident’s opinion, that no mnre indireftand
in fficial communications, written or verbal,
Ihouldbc held with any pcrfom whatever, agents
on behalf of France, on the lubjeft of differences
Detween the United States and the French Re
public. If the French government reahy delire
a fettlement of the exilting differences, it mill)
take the courfe above pointed out ; u ilcfs the
Executive Dueftory fliouU prefer lending a
Minifter Plenipotentiary tnjge United States.
I have the honour to be,
Very refpedfuliy, Sir,
Your obedient fervant,
TiMO l'HY PICKERING.
1/iHum Fant Murray, £/q, Minifter »f the
Vailed $t«L/, at the h >-'uc.
u
* Mr. Henry it Cace deceaiCi!, ami Governor Davie,
•f Nonhcarobua, appointed in bis place.
(COPY.)
The Hague, gih May, 1799.
Citizen Minifter,
IT i> with the grrateft pleafur; that I bafteu
to fulfil the inftruflions which I have juft had
the honor to receive from the government ot
the United States of Am.rica, by informing
you that the pielident ha> appointed Oliver
Elliworth, chief jultiec of the United Sta.es,
Patrick Henry, late governor of Virginia, and
William Vans Murray, miniilcr refident of the
United States at the Hague, to be Envoys Ex-,
traoidinary and Mmifters Plenipotentiary of the
United States to the French Republic, with full
powers 10 difcuf> and fettle by a treaty all con
irovtrlies between the United States Sc France ;
but that the two former (Mr. fclfworth and Mr.
Henry) will not embark for Europe until they
(halt have receiveJ ftom the Executive Direc
tory direft and unequivocal affuranccs, figndied
by their Mmifter of Foreign Relations, that the
Envoys (hall be received in character to an audi
ence of the Directory, and that they fha’l enjoy
all the prerogatives attached to that character
by the law ot nations, and that a minifter or
miniftetsof equal powers Hull be appointed and
cotnmiliioned to treat with them.
I requeft you, citizen minifter, to lay tills
fubjeft before your Government, anJ, as the
didance is fo great and the obftacles fonumer
ous in the Atlantic voyage, that you will favor
me, asfpceddy as poftible with the anl'wer'which
s to lead to fuch happy and important conic
quences.
Accept, citizen minifter, the aflarances of my
perfeft and high tflacra.
(Signed)
WM. VANS MURRAY.
'To the citizen Talleyrand, Minijhr
•J the Exterior Relation! of the
French Republic, life. life. Ram,
The IJajue, jib May, 1799.
Dux* Sir,
On the 4 ii iuftanf, late in the evening, 1 had
•he h noi to receivi youi No. 2s, containing
tile conimiiljon of envoys.
On the j')i l addrciled, pretife’y agreeably
0 Xuir inttruetious, as i conciiv J, the inejofid |
*-'er t» Mr, Talleyrand, the minuter of exte j
rior relations. You will perceive, Sir, that I
did not think myfelf at liberty to go, not only
not out of the commas but beyond them—In
one word alone I deviate,!, m the werd,
“ Minifter” inffead of “ Sec retary” of Foreign
Rela'ions.—No direct or iaJirclt and inofficial
communications written or verbal will beheld
by me with the French agents on American
affairs.
I accept the appointment which it has plcafed
the Prefident to clothe me with, under a grateful
fenfe of the high honor confc red upon me, fo
unexpectedly, by this mark of his confidence.—
I may be allowed to fay, that though I was
deeply feafibie of the honor conferred by th$
firft nomination, and lhall alw.ys I hope retain
a molt grateful recollettian of it; yet Sir, the
new inodifn ation of tint nomination gave me
great pleafurc : always conceiving, as 1 thought
1 did, (hat any negociation- with France would
be lull of anxieties and political peril* to the
envoys that Ihould be employed by our govern
ment, I had no wifhe? to be engaged in it, and
no expectation that I Ihould be. To have a
lhare in it was by me unfought. You will
excufethis declaration, becaulc I was inftrunien
tal in certain preliminary (teps relative to the
advances of France, which produced the bafis
•f the appointment.
I lend the original of the indofed to Mr.
Talleyrard by port, another copy to Major
Mounrflorence to be handed to him. a third to
a Mr. Griffith for Major Mount florence in cafe
the other failed, to be opened by Mr. Griffith,
if M<jor M. Ihould have been out of Paris,
and directed Mr. G. to follow the inrtruclions
which he would find in the letter to Major M.
which were to de iver the inclofedto Mr. Talley
rand, and to take his letter, in anfwcr for me,
to fend it to me.
As f on as 1 have the anfwcr of the Direc
tory, I fhall have the honor of tranfmittiog
copies to you, fir, by different ways.
I am, with tho greateii relpeCt
and fincere cueem,
Dear Sir, faithfully,
Your moll obed’t fervant,
WILLIAM V. MURRAY,
The Hon. Timothy Picleriny. Efq.
Seer tint- ' y*lt of the United
itatej,' JfYiea.
rarY^'NMay, 1799, ;t!» rear of the French^
'rt*rtwrpubtic, one and indivilible. j
The Minifler of Exterior Relations to Mr. IVUliam
Vans Murray, Minifler Ref dent of the United
States at the Hague.
I augur too well, Sir, fr om the eagernef.
you dilphty in fulfilling the in fir unions Jof your
government, not to ha lien to Hirfwer tire lerrer
1 received from ycu dated the ij’h of this
mon'h.
The Executive Directory, being informed of
the nomination of Mr. Uliver El-fworth, of
Mr Patrick Henry, and of y uirfelf, as Envoys
Extraordinary and Minifters Plenipotentiary of
the United States to the French Republic, to
diLnfs and termin ite all difference* which fub
(ill between the two countries, fees with plea
fure that it? perfeverar.ee in pftcific fentimenis
has kept open the way to an approaching re
conciliati n. It has a long time ago manifeltcd
its intentions with refpefl to this fubjetf. Be
pleaftd to tranfmil to your colleagus, Sc accept
yourfeif, the frank and exp'uit afturancc that
it will receive the Envoys of the United States
in the official charatfer with which theystre in
veiled ; that they lhall enjoy all the preroga
tives which are attached to it by the law of
nations, and that one or more mini Hers lhall be
duly authorized to treat with them.
It was certainly unnecellary to fufler fo many
months to elajfe for the mere coofh tuition of
what I had already declared to M Gerry, and
which, after his dep itrure, I caufed to he de
clared to you at the Hague. I fiucerely regret
that your two colleagues await this anfwer at
fucli a great diftancc. As to you, fir, whom it
will reach days, and who underftand
fo well the value of time when tke reftoration
of harmony between two republics, which every
thing invites to fricndflfp is a queflion, be af
fured, that as foon as you can take in
hand the obje,ft of your nvftion, 1 Avail have
the h''Uor immediately to fend you pa/Tports.
Accept, fir, the aiTuranees of n;y veiy linccre
conlldcration. (Signed)
OH. MAU. TALLEYRAND.
gggfggyaj ----—:-—■ ..
Late Foreign News.
Received at New-yerk. fretn St. Sebafllans,in Spain.
Fjiu Juki le Ofldir tCli.
Buonaparte returned to France.
COUNCir. OF FIVE HU.VPKEn—Oct. 14.
A MESSAGE was teceiveJ firm the Exe
cutive Dire<ftoi y, as follows ; (
‘ • ('ttiatnr R prsf..ilativti,
“THE directory announce to you, wftli plea
lure, ih it they h.tve received news from the
nmy of Egypt. The commander in cm ef,
Buonnp irte. the G nerals Urnhicr, Lafiie,
Marmout, Murat, and Andreffoy, with citizen*
—"TTTWT—T—IIT1 Wl111■ 1 — l —
Monge and Baythelot, landed the 9th in ft. at
Frejus, [a lowu in the fouth of France, not fai
from Toulon.} They inf im, that1hey le/t ihc
French army in the moft favorable lituation.”
“ Eire la Republic," echoed through the hall
on reading thii mtfTage—Caret pronounced an
eulogium on the viiftories of Buonaparte, Maf
fena and Brune ; and concluded by moving,
that the French army in Batavia had not ceafed
to deferve well of its country.
oct. 16. liuonaparK is expelled to-morrnwr
at the Directory. He (lopped at Corfica on his
voyage—which he made in a frigate, elcorted
by three others. His health is fomewhat im
paired ; and he wiil reft a day nr two at Frcjns.
His brothers, Lucien and Jofe; h, have fat out
to mefct him.
Of the hoftile Armies.
ARMY OP THP. EAST. .vf
H utnaparte, General in Chief, te the Executive Di
rettery.
Head-Quarter* it Alexandria, 17th Therm-dor.
Citizen/ Direihrt,
A he dth 1 hermidor, I caufed the Calt'e of
Ah^ukir to lie fummoned. The fen of the
l'acha, his Kiaya. and all the officers, were de
limits to capitulate, but the foldiers refuted.
The g*]i the bombardment was continued—
On the i®th many batteries were eftablifhed on
the right and left of the Jfthmus, many gun
boats were luck, a frigate was dil'malted and
fent to iea—On the i ith the enemy began to
want provifions. and fallied out into fomehosfes
of thevil age adjoining the fort. Gen. Lanncs
haftened to the place, and was wounded in the
leg. Gen. Menou bo°k liis place in the com
mand oi the fiege—On the i2’h Gen. Davonit
feized many of thehoufes where she enemy had
made a lodgment, aiui call himfelf into the fort
where numbers of the tnenay weie killed—The
2ld battalion of light infantry, and the chief of
brigade, Monge, behaved with great ipirit.— ]
The 15th, our batterie, were upm the counter I
fearpe, cur mortars kept up a very ad* ive lire, j
and the Caftle was a heap of ruins:—The ene- J
my had no communication with the fqu idroti— J
they died of tl.irft and hunger, and took the
part, not of capitulating, which they do not un
derltand, but of throwing away their arms, and
coming to embrace the knees ol the conqueror.
The foil of the Paclm, his kaya, and 2000 men
were made prifoner* : there were found in the
cailie, .3000 wounded and 1S00 carcaics. Some
•f ®»r balls killed as many as fir men. In the
firft 2+ hours after the Turkiih garrifon march
ed ®ut mere than 4100 prifoners died in confe
quenceof eating and drinking with tao much
avidity. Thus the affair of Aboukir cofts the
Poite 18,000 men, and a great number of can
non.
During the fifteen days that this expedi
tion lulled, I was higla y fitufied with the
fpirit of the inhabitants of Egypt : No
movements appeared, and every body lived as
ufual.
The officers of the engineers, Bertrand and
Liedot, and the commander of the artillery,
Faullrier behaved with the greateft diftinAion.
Health and RelpeA.
(SiSnui) BUONAPARTE.
ARMY OF THE DANUBE.
MaJJlna, General in Chief te the Executive Di
,['&'» y
Hcad-Qu»rtfi»,(at Zurich, 9th Oil. ^99.
Citizens Dire dors,
Obliged to be pt'efont fucceffively at diferent
points of :he line where I was called by the
urgency and importance of the military opera
tions which took place without interruption, 1
have not hitherto been able to inform you oth- j
ci ways than by telegraphic difpatches, of the
movements of the army from the zjthofSept
to the 8th inftant, but 1 am about to fupply the
deficiency by a (ketch of thefc movements,
waiting till I (hall be able to give a more
detailed account in a report to be fent with the
colours taken from the enemy.
Before me was the Rudian army of Korfakoff
—it occupied the line of Zurich at the conflu
ence of the Aar Si the Rhine. The Aullrian
army commanded by Hotze, who occupied the
right bank of the Lint, and whole line extended
from the Limath to the upper lake of Zurich,
defended by a flotilla, and finally, the corps of
the Auftiian General Jellachich, who occupied
the paflages ofthe Grifon country.
By means of a fall'e attack upon Bruck, by
Gen. Menard, in order to draw thither a part
of the enemy’* forces, I pafied the L!math in
force, at Dietikon and the Lint, between the
lake* of Zurich and WallcnfttaU. At the pal'
fage of Dietikon, the bfttteaux were launched
into the water in the face of the enemy's tire,
and under the protection of our artillery, and,
in lefs than two hours (thanks to the fk'ii of our
Pontonnicr*) directed by the chief of brigade
DeJon, we had a budge acrof* the Lint, and
80*0 men upon the oppofite bank. General
Ca/an commanded the advanced guard, under
the ordei* of Gen. Lorre, who commanded
the div.fion,'
At the paffiige of the Lint, 2>’o fwimmers,
with their fibres in their teeth, and their pikes
in their hands, formed the advanced guard—
I put the enemy's polls to the (word—and thu*
prepared the fuccefs of the dav. Hen. Saule
commanded this operation : The refuit of this
battle, fought after thefc two pjffrges, was,
that we occupied the wellern part of Zurieh
berg, and eftablifficd ourfelve* upon the right
hank of the Li*vat. Zurich, fuumioaed to liir
render, had offered conditions, a part of which
might have been accepted, hut with an unheard
ot ferocity, the Ruffian advanced pofts having
fired upon our flag of truce, and wounded two E
trumpeters, i gave the enemy battle on the I
26th Sept, at the end of which, Zurich was I
taken tword in hand. The Generals Mortier i
and Kleine, cnmmanded.tbe attack 'f Zurich |
on the left, and l.orge upon the tight hank.— J»
At the fame time, Suwarrow, whole march had P
been combined whir the intended attack by the ft
armies ot Hofze and Kortakoff, forced the §1
paffage ot GotharJ, and marched eii mefte a- I
gainll the Little Cantons (Uri, Scliwytz, Zug, j
and Claris) in order, fiom thence to qaite the j
two armies, to take the command of them, and 1
conquer the french territory. jf
Korfakoff, being beaten, and Hotze killed, 1
Suwarrow could hardly expedt to conquer. 1 I
efiredted again',! Schwitz, the divilionof Mor- B
tier ; and againft VVefen, the oivition of Sault— H
then commanded by General Gazan—and I 1
marched rmfelf againft Altorf, a Canton of £
Uri, but Suwarrow had paffeJ from Scb tchcn- ^
thal, into the Mutter.thal, and he w s n ffirce $
m the environs of Muiten, a id had dirt&ed a 8
| corps against the valley ot Glarus. Lhe im ft
poflibility ofafting to advantage, in fuch rar- §
j row vallies, had determined me to leive So ,
warrow the liber y of entering into Swif;— 1 I
hoped, that, prefled by the battles which l had 0
louuht with him in the valley of Mutten, and |'
fatigued with a rcfiflance, which I oppofed to G
him, he would come out of h's hiding place at 3
the point of Enfilden, where I had r.o .more 8
than a Tingle battalion of obfervati >n, and that 1
1 could fight him at my leifurc, in the open f
field ; but being delir-us of avoiding a geneial g
jand decifiv# engagement; he threw hinofelf into I
I the Giilnas, by the valley of Fletris; continual-1
ly prefled up"n the flank, and in the rear by 8
the corps i!e lined to attack him if he had r<- I
mained, he withdrew himfedf by frightful roads, I
and with defpair in his heart, leaving in our B
power 2,oo* wounded, part of his artillery,
and almofl all his baggage. [GafcouaJe /]
Kori ikolf, informed of the danger of flu
warrow, had haflily githered a corps, compofed
ot ihe f lettered remains of his army and that
of Hotze, the Bavaria* contingent, the corps of
Conde and all the Auftrian corps, which de
fended the valley ol the Gtifons 5 he wllhed to
ma.ch towards the Thur, and from thence a
gainlt Zurich, but I had marched againft him, fi
with the divifions of Menard, Lange and Ga- ■
zan, at the lame time that Gen. Saolt marched I
againll Remeck; I found him between the I
1 liur and the Rhine — I beat him and forced E
him beyond this river, compelling him at the fj
lame time, to take up the bridges of Confl.ince jgj
and Dellenhofen, which I ft,zed.
Altho I propofed not to enter here into any
any details, I cannot avo*d t'pe iking of the ua
lhakcn firainefi, of our artillery, and the incon
ceivable zeal of the light artillery againlt one
of the molt vigorous chaig-s ot artillery evif
executed ; both having immortalized themfelves
this day.
i lie light artillery, charged and ubred in 1
the middle of the affray, did not ceafe to ma I
nocuvre and fire grape fhot; a p »rt of our in- I
fantry, after having met the enemy’s cavalry I
with the muff lively, continual, and Ready tire, I
received them at the point* of their bayonets, |
without moving a line, while other parts of this
infantry charged them with molt unexampled
boldneR.
The refult of thefc different battles, is about
13,ooo prifoners, of which 8,o^o are wounded,
and could not be carried away by the enemy—
more than ioo pieces of cannon, 13 Rands of
colours, 4 Generals taken prif >nefs, r Generals
killed (among whom was Gen. HotceJ—the
retaking of Gothard—of Glarus. and o! all the
valhes that entet into it. finally, the total lofs
of the’enemy in ihe£b different affairs, is more
than 30,000 men. Health and RefpeA,
(Signed) MASSENA.
General Majf.ua—to the Directory.
Iiy Telegraph—Ottuber ii.
“ I have completely beaten the enemy, and
driven them beyond the Rhine—2men have
been killed and wounded, and 100. made pti
foners—hx Hands of colours have been takm,—
among the killed was found a General of the
corps of Condif.
FRENCH ARMY OF ITAI.V.
HARIS, OCT. 6.
Champicnet’s liR difpatchcs are dated tire E
2 2d ult.— He was tlren collecting the army of jj
| Italy, in the vicinity ot Novi, preparatory to an !
[attack on the Aulitiun army.
The Archduke Jof »h commands ti e Auhi- (i
[an army ot Italy, ha'mg Gca. K ay, for his *
inliruAor and guide.
[ c> The laR intelligenre from Franc’,ptov-tY jj
- ither the forgery of the letter pob ithed in ti e £
1 paper* from An ’foerg, or the i m: na.sce or t .e >
writer. We lulpuft ice former, it i Jai.d, j
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