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P 711 LA DEL P£tZ A, J
8A T OW?AV vvgvivo, linrF-MIiER iS.
Gomw Tf6H£NOß's SPEECH „
To both Houfcs of the Lcgiflature of the |<
State of Vermont.
Ft loiv-Cititsrns of the Council,
, v.Y ABimhly, . ■ . V* 1
ACCUSTOMED tciKeganl the public
vi.icc -!il. ni iments of rcfpeCt, I now »p- •
pear fed'orc vou to rel'ign the office o» feiu- ,
tor of tht Unittd States, and accept the (
more arduous 3>ul difficult tafkalloted to the
chief magistrate of this state. While I ac
knowledge with gratitude, this token of
the public confidence, it is with diffidence
and anxiety that I contemplate the difficult ,
tits wlrich I lhall have to encounter in the
difchaige of-the duties attached to it; and
nothing but a firm reliance oil your candor,
friendship, and support, under the present
existing ttate of things, would have induced
me to hazard an acceptance of the impor
tant tiuft : but hpwevyr uncertain maybe ,
the frtccefs of no endea
vors (hall be wanting, on my part, to dif
chnrge my duty with tidelity to the public,
and with latisfaCtion to my own conference.
The general prosperity which atteßus the j
public affairs of 'his state, cannot but afford |
us much encouragement and fatisfadtion.
Freed from theembarraffmertts which attend
ed os in the infancy of our government, fa
voured with the blessings of an excellent |
conftitution —zealously attached to the in
terest, prosperity and glory of our country
free'from the alarm 3 and diftrtffes of war,
from foreign manners, influence r.nd connex
ions, depending on agriculture, the most
certain of all resources ; perhaps few states
in the union can be considered in a more fa
vorable situation, or have fairer prospeCts of .
deriving fubftpntial benefits from a judicious
regulation of their internal affairs.
It has become our duty to consult and
promote th« interest of our fellow-citizens,
by a faithful discharge of the different offi
ces and trusts which have been assigned to
us ; and in the performance of this duty, we
ought invariably to be governed by the con
stitution of this state, which, designating
our various powers, while we adhere to it,
in every legillative and executive aCt, we (hall
proceed on eftabliffied and just principles.
And in all our deliberations upon measures
calculated to promote the happiness and
prosperity of the state with which we are
more immediately eonneCtcd, we ought to
have a constant view to the great interest of
tjie nation, of which this state constitutes,
though not the greatest, yet a very respeCta
ble p»'.rt. All the burthen of national con
cerns is by the constitution of the United
States, delegated to the national govern
ment s to that government it belongs to re
gulate our in:erconrfc6 with foreign nations
to feciire their friendship by every mean
confident with our national dignity, our na
tional happiness and prosperity ; or in cases
of the last necefiity, with the combined pow
ers of these states, to repel all hostile inva
fionsofourrights. From this fame government
we derive an additional guarantee of our in
ternal tranquillity, and the freedom of our
laws and government. The wisdom with
which that government has been administer
ed in the times of the greatest difficulty and
danger—the success which has hitherto at
tended the national measures—the known
experience, firmnefs and integrity of those
who are placed at the head of its administra
tion, ought to inspire us with a proper de
gree of confidence in the future, and to ex
cite us to every patriotic exertion in sup
port of those measures which, under provi
dence, may feeure the national prosperity.
Happily the constitution of this state, and
that of the United States, though embra
cing different obje&s, are founded in the
fame republican principles, and conclude in
the fame important end, the security of the
rights and happiness of the people. Consti
tutions thus coincident and confirming each
other, leave no room for a difference in prin
ciple, but only for a diversity of sentiment
respeCting measures fceft suited to promote
the public interest. There cannot, there
fore, be any just occasion among us for the
spirit of party and faCtion, the greatest evil
to which republican governments are ftib
jeft ; it is only .injudjjiiijj. of thc_t£ndeiicy
and utility of the meafurei of government,
that there can be the prospeCt of a diversity
of sentiment ; while principles are the fame,
the freeft debates and the most critical ex
amination of every subjeCt that may come
before you will be of the greatest use : and
pn every subjeCt while the majority must, in
all cases decide, temperance and candor will
best eonduft the debate.
The necessary business «F Fhe fefllon will
cbme before you from a variety of sources
From the sudden transition of an appoint
ment in the federal government to the of
fice and duty on which I now enter, it can
not be expeCted that I (liould be prepared to
detail to you the public business, which will
demand your consideration. Any commu
nications which may have been made to my
deceased predecessor, governor Chittendon,
{hall be laid before you : And while I men
tion hit name, permit me to pay a refpeCt
ful tribute to his memory. It must be a
pleasing reflection, not only to his particular
friends, but to our fellow-citizens at large,
fhat-Under his administration, this govern
ment has fiauiiffied and obtained a refpcCta
blc chara&er among her sister states. The
public good unquestionably was tW chief
objeft to which his political conduit was di
rected.
Gentlemen of the house of Reprefentntivet.
The state of the public expenses and .'«v«nue
is an objeft which most properly belongs to
your department, and cannot fail to engage
your careful attention- Tlte economy lhat will
prove eventually the most favorable to the peo
ple, is to guard against the introduiiioa of,a
public debt ; »othing of this nature ought to
txift in time of prosperity and peace ; and in
whatever form a public debt may exist, it can
aot fall lis iti op»rirf»>Vr» to prove unfavourable c
to the p 'ople. ' VVhiic the pwWic tspeo'es are d
managed with economy, the wrUft way to ft p- w
port them, gillie,to make the nnnual.prov:!:-
on, always adequite to the necclliry tr;pendi
turct.
Gentlemen if th~ Council antl AJjcnlly.
Jii any mealnres which may tfrtil to tl~-- pro
'mn 1 ion of education, and tlx- tHi>gref» of ufttJl tt
knowledge in this ftaie ; to the encotirajferoens c
of iadiiftry andvfn palify, so neren'-ry to t:>e j p
happiftefs and prosperity of a people *-' to enfirre j,
uniformity a■! It ibility. to,our co-le "of .law?,
without which jaftice camvittm mipir(:3 ! ly ad
tninillercd, and to give in extcli've and lading ®
'tjlfitieiife to the principles nf-virtue rrd reli/i- ''
on, I (hall he happy to co operate in yourci'un- g
cil and labours. ' v
<(U, by our constitution and lavvi, the powers, n
of the different branches of o jr g.-vernment, in
'ypointments in inany refprflf, are to he aswell
jo'w®r.,a* separately" exerci r ed. You will per
mit rr.e to observe, that it Hs from amonj; men F
of principle, virtue an J intcjjriiv, vou will find e
the b-fl public pJßeer) ; and it it is from fuchme.i c
that the wileft measures of government are a-jf
docted, and a fteidy conformity to the ennfti- j
tution and laws of our country is secured ; hy a
faithful discharge, therefore, of the duties, as
wet!jointly as separately, thus de*e'ga;ed you
will exhibit to the good people of this state, an {
example worthy eftheir confidence. i
>
Obfetwations of Poulain Granpre, in the Coun- l
cil of 500, madeJince the late Tornado. <
" I second the two motions of Villers," 1
| said Poulain " and in order to make you the 1
more sensible of the necefiity of the measure <
proposed, I (hall again recall to your re- 1
membranCe the perfidious petition of Dli- 1
ma 3 which was so readily seconded by Du- <
j molard, and the consequence of which would 1
have been the recall of Louis XVIII him- 1
felf. Its objeft was to get the name of <
Duportail struck off from the lift of emi- i
grants, under pretence that he was cast for 1
non-appdarance. But La Fayette also was 1
cast for tion-appearance ; the princes were !
equally so ; and for that very reason, no
doubt, Dumolard demanded that the com
mittee, appointed to report 011 that fubjeft
he charged to irtclude all those, that had
been cast for their nonappearance.
From the MASSACHUSETTS SPT.
THE NEIGHBOR.
" Render to all their dues . —Honor to whom '
honor,"
I invite the attention of the numerous pa
trons of this paper to a fubjeft, which they
willownis at least as interesting as innumer
able others, which they read in newspaper
essays, The Importance and Respectability
of the Clergy.—Should I suggest thoughts,
which some of my readers have met with on j
other occasions, or with which they are fa- ;
miliar, I hope for their candor, feeing oth
ers may not have had the fame advantage.
The Great Superintendant of the uni
verse is pleased to carry on his plans, and to
effctl hio purposes, by subordinate instru
ments and agents. As in the natural world
he could, if he thought best, and that with
infinite ease, have sustained all creatures,
and supplied food for all flcfil, by his own
immediate agency, without the conducivenefs
of kindly seasons, or any care and toil of
the hulbandman ; so, in the moral world,
he could, with equal ease, by his invisible but
powerful influences, effectually restrain from
fin, inspire with all necessary knowledge, and
compel to the performance of duty, and
the observance of order, without rhe power
of the magistrate, er the inftruftions of the
preacher. And it was not to save himfelf
trouble, nor to make the government of the
world, or the production of holiness and
happiness amoug men, the easier to himfelf,
that he appointed such a proportion of du
ty and service to his creatures, obliging them
in some inftanees, to be mutual checks, and
i'n innumerableothers, to be mutual assistants,
so each other. But, as the allwife and be
neficent Creator has endued every creature
with faculties suited to its own and its con
nefted state, afiigned him his proper station
and sphere, and united them all by certain
common bonds ; so, the execution of these
faculties, within those spheres, strengthens
and endears those ties, causes and inoreafes
happiness, to the honor of the Prime Agent.
It is surprising and delightful to observe,
what an extenlive concatenation of subordi
nate causes and agents runs through the
natural and moral world, every link con
necting with others, and necessary in its
place. According to this subordination,
and the plan which the Divine Contriver
has eflabliflied, day and night, summer and
winter, cold and heat, feed time and har
veft,rain and fun(hine, labor andcontrivance,'
are necessary in the natural world, for the
various produdtions of the earth, for the sup
port and convenience of the animal creation,
especially of man. According to the fame
1 wife plan, the wisdom of legislators, the
. power of magistrates, the coercion of laws,
the government of families, the education of
1 schools, the studies, prayers, and labors of
■ moral and religious teachers, reading the
scriptures, attendance on public worship and
divine ordinances, are necessary in the moral
- world, to prefervt) order, to prevent vice,
> to produce virtue and happiness, and to train
I up immortal beings for immortal bleffsdnefs.
- In effedting these important purposes, no
' instruments, it is presumed, have so great a
, hand, as those which are connected with
• religion. They who are put in trust with
- the gospel, are not only expeCted, but must
» be acknowledged, to be the most aCtive, and
r the most fuccefsful agents, in the hands of
, the Divine Spirit, in efftCtingthe virtue-and
- happiness of Iranian creatures. Every one
- who knows what religion is, even in theory,
; but especially in praCtice, knows, that it has
f the most friendly aspeCt on individuals, <md
communities ; that, so far as genuine re
ligion prevails in the heart, in life, and in
communities, so far evil is prevented, and
: happiness experienced. Religion not only
' cemprifes and enjoins ali these duties, which
J we owe to God, but those also, which we
owe to one another. And every one must
[ readily own, that if all these duties were
, praCtised, there would be universal order and
1 j tranquillity, universal love and beneficence,
■ j and therefore, universal happiness. What
ever conduces to the fuppmt of religion,con- In
d-uces to the well bring of mankind. And jfi
what can have a greater tendency to this, ti
than the institution of the gofpcl miniftrjr, I
carried into operation and effect ? What c
can tend mors to tht implantation andgrowth : o
of religion in the minds and mann«rs of a
men, than, the religiou3*inftrnflion, the wife t
counsels, the pious examples, and the fervent r
prayer;., of faithful minders ? MSy it not t
be fairly concluded, that the world is prin- c
cipallyindcbtedtothisorder of men, who, by 1
education'and paafeflion, are the public in- a
ilrudtors of mankind in the things of reli- 1
gion, that this heavenly villtant is still so i
welcome a gueit ? The discharge of the i
miniderial office keeps up public worship, <
and the fan&ifying inditutiqns of chriltiani- s
ty ; exemplifies and promotes the duty of
prayer, of confeffiou and thaukfgiviag ; and
evinte3 the necessity of holding an inter
course with the God of heaven, whose blef
l sing is absolutely neccfiary to render men
profperaos and happy. Cffnfeque'ntly, that
degree of religious ( decorum and order, of
veneration for tjhe Supreme Jseing, and re
gard for the Sabbath, of tenderness of con
fciflnce, and reftr'aint from vvickednefs,
wh|ch yet remains, is chiefly to be aftribed,
under God, to the fame cause. Does not
experience and observation confirm
marks ? Do not social virtue, and true re
ligion, and consequently, peace and good
order flourifh mod in those countriei, dates,
towns and families, where a regular clergy
is mod edeemed, bed supported and attend
ed to ? On the other hand, is there not
much less morality as as piety ; much
lefsregularity and tranquillity, in those hoilf
es, parifhts and dates, where chridian in
ditutions, public worship, and the miniders
of the gospel are undervalued and neglect
ed ? It is pretty generally and readily ac
knowledged, even by those who'fet little or
nothing by religion for its own fake, that
the clergy are a ufeful set of men, cortfidered
in a view ; and on this account they
are willing tie pay them a greater degree of
refpedt and a&tttrtion than they
would. fs true, that mo
ral and relfefij.HS mftrudtions, admonitions
and reproofs, impressed from time to time
on the minds of all ages and characters,
prepares and disposes both rulers and peo
ple, for the ready and faithful discharge of
their refpe£tive duties ; checks and prevents
many vices, which would otherwise prevail
to the great detriment of society ; and en
courages and facilitates the growth of those
virtues, by which individuals and the pub
lic arc made honorably and happy. But as
mankind have connexion with another world
as well as with the present, so the «iiniders
of religion are principally concerned with
the spiritual affairs of men relative to that
other world ; to cure them of their vicious
propenfitics and habits ; to encourage and
aflid them to live as the sons of God, with
out rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and
perverfc nation ; and to build, them up in
holiness and comfort through faith unto
salvation. So that the minidm of relig on,.
bv affiding men to become denizens of the
" Jerufalcm that is above," aflid them equal
ly in beiug uCcful and peaceable citizens of
civil communities below.
The American clergy, particularly of
New-England, have, with very few excep
tions, deferred and maintained the charac
ters of ItarncH,pious and patriotic. They
have, in general, by their good discourses
and exemplary lives, been greatly ufeful to
men with regard both to their secular and
eternal intereds. They have been honored
as instruments ofpreferving peace and good
order in societies. Their importance has
been mod sensibly felt by their country in
several critical periods, particularly in the
J American revolution, at the adoption of the
date and federal conditutions, and at a late
alarming trifis. They are friends to equal
liberty with necessary Subordination. And
I believe it may be said, without flattery to
them, or disparagement to others, that nei
ther the bodies nor the fouls of men, neither
their country nor mankind in general,
have better friends, or greater benefadtors,
than the clergy prove themfelvs to be. v
If any should think that an apology is
neceflary for writing so freely in favor of
the clergy, who are well able to defend them
i selves, I will answer in the words of a cele
, brated writer-} " I have the rather under
- taken this bufiiiefs, from a convidtion, that
I when the clergy are despised, they will de
. generate ; and that with them will decline
the morals, the learning, the religion, and
r the importance of my country."
, From the Farmer's Weekly Museum,
shoes.
; If common sense were to commence noisy \
, patriot, and preach tyranny in this country, j
f I believe it would begin with the tyranny
f of falhion, or what word-coiners might call
e tonocracy. Thanks to the spirit ef liberty,
3 we have gained the redress of many grievan
,l ces. Our mothers and elder fiders can re
, member when they were clasped round the
n waist, and almost reduced to the size of an
i. infedt by this capricious tyrannefo. This
o age ef reason can boad of some improve
a ments. Whale-bone days, the badile of
li ease and elegance, are demolished ; female
h charms are liberated, and may take an air*
ft ing on a fuuimer's day.—l would query
d with the faculty ; (hall we not hear of sew
s er consumptions ?
d Therearc other grievances to be redrefled;
e my toes are this minute complaining of the
■, oppreflion of tonocracy. Nature was pleased
s to give me a pair of feet, the very contrad
d of a Chinese lady's ; falhion and the shoe
makers, fay I mud wear i pair of (harp
n toed /hoes ; they are the ton.—Tonocracy
d is the mod arbitrary and whimsical of all
y " ocracies and falhion and nature are al
h ways quarrelling. My toes are crammed
e together in close prison—they mud be libe
!t fated, or I fliall be obliged to find other,
e than my uftial means of conveyance: tam
d ! not.the only fufferer. Now phyfieians tell
•, ; us, a-free circulation of the blood is necefr
i- j fary for our health and that it should never
be confined in the limbs. Tight shoes, be- c
fides causing corns, arid chafed heels and 1
toes prevent this free circulation. Again, ''
I would query with the faculty ; is hot the v
close confinement of those faithful servants, g
our feet, sometimes the cause of the cramp j
and gout ? If so, let them have ftiore liber- v
ty. Let reformation begin at home. Say '
no more about aridocracy and kingoeracy, 1
the other fide of the Atlantic, till we have
corredted the abuses of tonocracy at home.
Ease and economy in di t-fs, are the fame to
an individual, that frugality and a free con
ditutiou are to a nation ; and I believe there
is not a dwarf or giant of a politician among
us, who will not allow, that we are fleeced
and galled as much by fafl»ion, in one year,
as we are by adminidration in ten.
From the Sporting Magazine.
Philosophical History of the Can is E ]
Genus. :
The late proceedings in the British sen
ate, refpedting a tax on dogs, have set many
persons on an enquiry into the nature, and
the different fpccies of the canine. *elros.
A learned gentleman, who is a firm believ
er in the transmigration of fouls, and who
has acquired the dnpendous art of didin
guifhing, at the fight of any animal, from
what cliffs of mankind his foul is derived, has
favoured us with the following intelligence:
The fouls of deceased bailiffs and common
condables, are in the bodies of setting dogs
and pointers.
The terriers are inhabited by trading jus
tices.
The blood hounds were formerly a let of
informers, thief takers, and falfe evidences.
The spaniels were heretofore courtiers,
hangers on of adminidration, and hack jour
nal writers—all of whom preserve their pri
mitive qualities of fawning on their feeders,
licking their hands and their spittle, and
snarling and faapping at all who offer to of
fend their master.
A former train of gamblers and blacklegs,
are now embodied in that specieS of dogs,
ttiled lurchers.
Bull dogs and tnaflifls were once butch
ers and drovers.
Greyhounds and beagles owe their ani
mation to country 'squires and fox hunters.
Little, whiffling, nftlefs lap dogs draw
their existence from the quondam beau, im
caronies, and gentlemen of the tippy ; dill
being the play things of ladies, and used
for their diversion.
There is also a set of fad dogs derived
from attornies—and puppies, who Were in
pad time attornies clerks, shop men to retail
haberdalhers, men milliners, &c. &c.
Tunifpits are animated by old aldermen,
who dill enjoy the smell of the road pieat.
That droning, snarling species, diled
Dutch pugs, have been fellows of colleges.
And that faithful, ufeful tribe of shep
herd's dogs, were in days of yore members
of parliament—who guarded the flock, and
protedted the sheep from wolves and thieves ;
though indeed of late some have turned
sheep biters, and worried those they ought
to have defended.
An honed Hiberian, member of the le
gislature of New-Hampshire, introduced his
fpeeeh to the house thus : " About two
thousand years ago, if my memory serves
me."
(Ver.) Nov. 6.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.
Concord, ( Ver.) 03. 9.
On the 20th day of May, in the year
• f 1794, Sabr;; Woodberry, aged three
1 years and a half, daughter to lieut. Joseph
Woodberry, in Concord, Vermont, got a
button into her throat, of the size of a cop
per, which remained there until o&oWr,the
6th inft. when she discharged it by vomit
[ ing. The button was wore thin in one
I place. The whole time that it was in her
> throat, is three years, four months and fix
. teen days—The abov»- is a matter of fact.
NORTHAMPTON. November 8.
, A daughter of Mr. Dearing [one6 of
Chcderfield, was a few days since, accident
s ly killled by the difchargeof a musket which
f her brother had previously loaded for hunt
- ing, she was about 29 years of age.
On Wednesday of last week, the only
. son of Mr. Joseph of Chcderfield,
t about 7 years old, had his hand chopped
. off at the wrid with an ax, by a son ofMr.
; John Stone, who wa3 at play- with him.
I -
NEW-LONDON, Nov. 8.
Mr. Avery Tinker, of this town, who
. was prefs'd from on board the ship Hope,
made his escape on board a vcfTel bound to
y New-York, and on his return home was
, knocked overboard and drowned,
y The" ship Sally, capt. Bufwell, belonging
[1 to Norwich, was taken 22 days after leav
, ing this port, about 50 leagues to wind
- ward of Turk's island, by a French priva
!- teer brig of 12 guns, and sent to Hifpani
e ola. She came under the Sally's quarter
n and fired a broadside into her before hail
is ing. Capt. Bufwell though armed with t>
;- carriage gijns, tho't prudent to submit to
if such superior force, without resistance.
le He was bound to Jeremie, and had nearly
•- 90 head of dock on board.—The captain,
y two mates and boatswain were kept in the
r. ship ; and the men 12 days after being ta
ken, were put on board the fchr. Byron,
1; capt. Webb, of New-York, where they ar
ie rived fafely, and have now ret!>rned to this
d place.
ft LEXINGTON, (Ke.. ) Odober 7.
-• ExtraS of a letter from a gentleman at Natch-
P ez to his correspondent in this Jlate, dated
y y ugujl 26, 1797.
II «Our news here is, we have had an infur
-- reiSion—we fortfccl the Governor arid all tht
d Spaniards, ten or fifteen day?,, during whicii
.. time they fuffefed no little. We elitained out
terms, and are now in a Hate of neutrality. We
' have our own committee to arrange and deter
mine the affairs appertaining to the inhabitants
" And on the id of next month we eleff a man to
fr lay our grievances before ( Cor\grcf«, praying
rr /or fucc-ur and protection ; as also to have a
constitution formed for us, forri.wl.at fiiuifei xi
some of the southern ltates, which \vill bar ixioit
f*.ittble to us in this quarter. The Spaniards
will not as yet, give up the country ; therefore
ue have (rone as far, f® as not to offend Con
gress. Nothing but the fear of offending Con
grefn fayed the Spaniard* in this quarter, other
wise tl.cy would all have been drove from thii.
Capt. Onion is. not yet arrived, lie is at the
Chickafaw Bluffs."
WASHINGTON, (Ken.) Oa. »i.
We are happy to oVferve the good effedl aris
ing from the eftablrfnment of Zane's Road,
North-VVeft of ihe Ohio By means of it the
communication between this State and the old
settlements is greatly facilitated and improved.
Persons almost daily pass through this Town on
their road to or from Wheeling ; and we even
flatter ourselves that the period is not very dis
tant, when waggons may by this route trans
port some part of the various prcdudls of tbia
luxuriant f oil to our Fellow-Citizens of the Up
per Settlements, in exchange for such of theirs
as may suit our demands. —Loaded Carriages
have a ready passed from Limestone to Chileco
tha, and we are assured by experienced travel
lers, that the remainder of the road is capable
of bjine much (hortened.
The fwito ving account of thediftances of par
ticular places on this road, may be ferviceabje to
those who travel it :
From Aberdeen (oppofitc Miles.
Limestone) to Brufh-Creck, 33 33
—Faint-Creek, - - - 30 03
—rhilecoiha Town, - - 18 81
—Kinnakanick, ... 8 S>9
—llockhockitig, - - - 30 119
—Mulkingum, - - 4c 159
Wills's-Cteek, - - 30 189
—Wheeling, - . jj i 4 t
The above is considered a high ral -illation —
The diftasce from Limestone to Wheeling by
this route, is by some supposed to be much less.
"foreign intelligence.
PARIS, September 18.
In the National Council of France in
the! Church of Netre Dame on the 22d
Frufitidor (Sept. 8) the following were the
proceedings.
The Brefident addrefiing himfelf to the
Fathers of the Council allied their consent
in the following words :
" Mod; Reverent! Bilhops and Venerable
Brothers. Does it please you to proclaim
the Catholic dogma refpraing the obedi
ence due to the constituted authorities."
The Fathers rose and answered unani
mously " It is ourpleafure."
Then the President pronounced the de
cree, prefacing it with some remarks foun
ded on scripture.
" The Council considering &:c. decrees:
Art. I. Every French Catholie owes to
the laws of the Republic a iincere and trtje
fubmiflion. *
IT. The Gallican Church admits in the
number of its Pastors, but those who (hall
have manifefted their fidelity to the Repnb
lic, and who (hall have given the guarantees
prescribed by the laws.
111. The present decree shall be read and
publiftied at all parochial raafies in all the
churches of France."
At the going out of the Vespers on the
fame day a letter from the Council to the
pastors and faithful of France was read, in
which are found the fame evangelical prin
ciples, accompanied with prcfiGng exhorta
tions to charity, and to the praflice of aH
the moral and christian virtues. *
This letter and the decree of the morn
ing were received by the very numerous at
tendants'vvith that interest, which religious
meditation, silence and attention so well.e
vincc.
Brion and Limodin administrators of the
central office of the canton of Paris yester
day iflued a proclamation inviting all virtu
ous citizens to affiit them in reprtflbig im
morality, which has risen to a fhaineful
height. Tliey notice particularly the infa
mous pra&ice of the loose women of attend
. ing public places dressed in men's clothes,
. which practice they declare themselves de
termined to suppress.
September 10.
The anniversary of the Republic will be
celebrated the ift Vendemiart. Numerous
: peals from the artillery will be heard the
whole morning. At twelve the D'ireftory
| will go firft to the Invalid Hotel ; thence
to the Chainp de Mars, pafling through the
street Vauginjrd and the Boulevard. Three
invalids chosen by their comrndes, will be
crowned before the ci-devant chapel of their
hotel. They shall afterwards be condnfted
in a carriage to the Champ de Mars. There
the games will begin. They fliall (hall be
compefed of military exereifes and evolu
tions, consisting of foot-races, horse races
( Aid chariot races. The vidlors will receive
the premiums at the military school, whith
) er they fliall be condu&ed with pomp,
j It is said, that the position of the ci-de
vant Bretagne is extremely alarming. Crime
r will soon afftime there a public chara&er, if
1 the consequences of the events of the 18th
_ Fru&idor do not destroy there the effe£t»
. of the great conspiracy.' These are the
. principal features of the a/Hiding pifture of
r "that country. Landings continue on the
. coasts ; great numbers of Emigrants have
> landed near Erqui, arms and ammunition
3 are also landed, and collections are making
. in the country, as far as poffihle of those
■ articles. The Chouan Generals are all at
their pods ; the famous Richard commands
on tne coast and diredfs every movement.
The country is terrified by the priests
and the ci-devants ; alrnoft every where tht
tythe is catifed to be paid, ■,the Emigrants
s struck out of the lift by Cochon, or sent
back by- England overflow the country ;
they take only the precaution not to re
main in the cities they formerly inhabited :
j they exchange relidences with eadh other.
Wheat continues to rife with an extraordi
nary rapidity ; and it 13 the servants 01 a
t pents of these nobles who buy publicly, ex
(, clufively and at any price.
COUNCIL OF ELDERS.
, September 17.
0 Guinaut in the name of a committee pi
poses the pafling of the resolution of the
a 29th Fruftidor (Sept. 15) which an mis the