Gazette Of The United States

July 5.

Deputies sent from the city of Vernon, denounced the Administrators of the department of Eure, and exposed the wretched situation of Vernon, on account of the Counter Revolutionary Army, which was only two leagues from that city.

The following letter from Vernon to the Convention was then read:

… For three days the tocsin has sounded in the environs of this city; by mere force we have set on foot 20,000 men; but they have no cannon. Pacy, two leagues only from Paris, is taken, and Evreux marches 10,000 men.

A member observed, that he was surprised at the indifference of the Parisians at the bad news received from La Vendée. “Then (said he) the enemy were at 50 or 80 leagues from Paris; but at present, when they are at Vernon, 16 leagues only from Paris, I cannot conceive why they should be so tranquil. Will you wait, Citizens, to see the smoke of the enemy's camp upon the heights of Paris, before you arm and defend yourselves?”—It was determined, that the Members of the Council should repair to their Sections, to inform them of the details given by the Deputies of Vernon, and to invite the Citizens to take efficacious measures. When they were on the point of repairing to their Sections, they were prevented by the arrival of three Deputies of the Committee of Public Safety of the Convention, who came to confirm the disagreeable news from the Department of Eure; and to engage the Parisians to fly to the succour of their brethren. They have been led astray, said the Speaker, by the manoeuvres of Buzot and of Pethion. We must go to instruct them, and open their eyes. I will repair to Evreux with my colleagues—I am acquainted, and have there the esteem of the public; we will speak, and remove their errors.