the palace. While the gueils were at table, the officer who far at the head of it, informed the company that his Majesty hearing that his guards were to hive the honor of entertainingtlie officers of the different military corps at Versailles, had hunted the day before, and ordered that as much of the game that had been killed, as might be thought Sufficient, fhonld be sent in his name to his guards, to enable them the better to entertain their guests. That part therefore of the enter tainment he said they owed to his Majesty's boun ty. This was conlidered by the whole company as a mark of amiable condescension in bis Majesty, for which they expretfed their grateful acknow ledgments. Several loyal and patriotic toalls ■were given, and at the head of them, the King— the Queen —the Dauphin—the Nation. " Many jovial songs were sung, and the com pany were juli on the point of breaking up in good humor, extremely Satisfied with their entertain ment, and without faying a word about politics, or. public n(Fairs, when the King, the Queen, and the Dauphin, made their appearance in the am phitheatre, in one of the boxes, with a view to enjoy the novel fight of a repas mi/itaire. " Asi'oonasthe company perceived the Royal Visitors, who had thus honored them with their presence. Count d'Eftaing, the Marquis deLufig nan, and Count de Montmorency, advanced all three to the front of the Itage, each with abump er in h's hand, and bowing most refpecftfully to their Majesties and the Dauphin, drank off their glafles, without faying any thing, and leaving it to theirMajefties toguefs from thecircutnftances, that those three noblemen had done thetnfelves the honor of drinking their Majesties health,and that of the Heir Apparent. " The other guests, however, were not silent they Ihouted applaule, and made the theatre ring with repeated cries of Vive le Roi—Vive la Reine Vive !c Dauphin. " Upon t his, foine of the young officers taking a bottle of wine and a glass, leaped over the 01" cheftra, climbed tip into the boxes, and approach ing the King, humbly entreated his Majesty to do them the honor of taking a glass of wine. The King took the glass with great complacency, and bowed graciously to the company, drank to the health of all present. The lhouts of Vive le Roi were then renewed—and thpn it was the mulic Struck up, Oli " ifhari!—Oli mnn Roi !" " The Queen's sensibility was affected by all these circnmftances,and fheburft into tears. Upon this his Majesty taking her with one hand, and his son with the other, immediately withdrew—a crowd of officers got round him, and attended him to the door of the royal apartment. " It was after that, the officers pulled the Na tional cockades from their hats—but so little was this preconcerted or forefeen, that very few of them could at that time procure black cockades to replace them." On Monday His Excellency the French Ambas sador received an express from Paris, to acquaint him that the reports of Several Noblemen havinr been killed, were wholly untrue. It likewise makes mention, that the city of Paris was tolera bly qnie. all Thursday, ow'ing partly to a consi derable arrival of corn in the morning, which had given the people great Every neceflary precaution is likewise taken to prevent an infurrecftion, by a double guard being placed all over the city. The Servants of Paris have resolved to raise for the public use, the Sum of one million of livres or about forty thousand guineas. Letters from Paris, received on Thursday, state that Count d'Eftaing and the Duke of Brifack have been arrested. F.xtrafl of a letter Jrotn Vienna, August i 9. " Letters from Conftantinopleofthe Btli of Tulv mention the efcapeof a Chevalier Lombard, who was taken by the Turks in the beginning of the war, and the Potte being informed of the value set on his abilities by Ruflia, have conftantlv re fll fed every offer of ransom made by the court of Peterfburgh for that officer. His escape has so irri tated the Porte, that they have banished the Ter zana-Emifti, who is accused of negligence, and have replaced him by a very a<ftive°aiul rigorous fuccefTor, who Ims begun-by doubling the chains of all the Ruffian and Austrian prisoners. It is even said, that in coiifequence of this event the Ruffian A mbalfadors, confined in the Seven Tow ers, has heen shut up closer than before ; but this report wants confirmation, as other letters from that place make no mention of that circumstance. OF SILAS DEAN. The situation of Silas Dean, at Brtifiels, dur ing the latter end of the American war, was lit tle better than starving; for he durst not go to France, America, nor England, and he declared that Congress were in his debt sixteen thousand pounds. His situation in England has been since worse than in Bruflels, for here he literally ftarv. Ed, and would have died for want, had notaoen tieman of fafhion been an eye witness, that he not only wanted food, but a bed to lie upon. A eolledtion of about 70 pounds, was then made for him, and with that supply lie got on ship board, with an intention to return to America as his der nier resource. On board this veflel he died. EXEMPLARY PATRIOTISM. The pecuniary presents lately made to tlie French National Assembly have been great,and are increafingdaily. The Duke of Orleans has given 2,soo,ooolivres; M.Neckar 100,000 livres ; l'Abbe de S. Non, 4000 livres, one moiety of his abbey ; M. Nicola,Prefident of the Cliambredes Comptes, resigned a pension of 10,000 livres, and gave 25,000; M. d? Atigre, a refugee, in England, 100,000 crowns. jhe Invalid guards though poor, presented 300 livres ; the Canons of St. Gen vive sent to the mint a silver chandelier, thefin neft, perhaps, in France, its weight 248 marks, of 8 ounces each. The Company of Booksellers gave 20,000 livres ; the Patriotic Society of Ver sailles gave 88,000 livres ; A private soldier of the Paris militia 318; M. Tvigaud, 1000 ; the pu pils of an Accadeiny, 1400. &c. A lady of easy virtue, sent i2,ooolivres, with tliefollowing note, " Gentlemen, 1 have a heart formed for love. J have realized the inclosed by my amours, and I remit it to you as an offering to my country. May my example be followed bv my companions of a l l chifles. At Havre, the citizens have presented all their silver buckles, &c. the Governor his plate: M. Rial, plate to the amount of 1 j,OOO livres, also a remittance of 10,000 livres. These facrifices with what will follow, mull soon make the trea sury of France refpeiftable. What would the imperious "tyrant Louis XIV. fay, could he review, and behold his proud palace of Versailles guaided byfimple citizens in pluin coats ? Such is the present state of the fucceilor of this immortal man. Among the humbugs of the day, is that of a man refidingln a well known public square, pretend ing to poflefs an art, unconnected with animal magnetism, electricity, or any other science yet made public, but an art which he will not name, and to teach which he notwithstanding has the modesty to demand 110 less a sum than anhundred guineas. Yet, strange to tell, among his pupils are the dutchefs of Uevonfhire, countess of Har rington, Lord Rivers, and many of the members of both houses of parliament ! STOCK HOL M, Sept. 15. Accounts were received here this morning, that the King of Sweden had quitted the neighborhood of Hogfors, and fallen back tothe frontiers of his own dominions. The Ruffians attempted to cut off the Swedilh garrison in their retreat; in which they would probably have succeeded, had it not been for the spirited efforts of a battalion of the Weft Gotha-Dal Regiment, who prevented the landing of the enemy's troops that had been em barked in thirteen gallies with a view to make a descent at foine distance from that fortrefs. PARIS, October 6. Est ran of a letter from Havre de Grace 0(1. 14. " Among other means of throwing silver into the hands of Government, we are called upon by the city ntagillrates to offer our silver buckles ; crouds are from morning to night at the town house, making a patriotick exchange of silver buckles for lhings or metal buckles. The Go vernor has sent to Paris his plate. Mr. Rial of the house of Guerard Rial and Co. has done the fame to the amount of 1 y.oool, accompanied by re mittances of io,oocl. as a free gift. Le Corps des Negoiants in Havre have come to a resolution of immediately paying the 25 percent, of their in come taxed by the Assembly, instead of waiting the eighteen months allowed. UNITED STATES. AUGUSTA, Octoser 17. Colonel Irwin, of Washington county, has in formed government, that Mr. Jaffoldhad remov ed from his place near Longßuffon the 30th ult. when it was found that the treaty had failed. That the Indians had returned, and crofled over on this fide the Oconee, and on the jth instant burnt his house, and carried off fonie corn. The people at Capt. Kemp's fort being alarmed at this ami there appearing muck lign in the neighbor! hood, they evacuated it on the 9th, and the Indi ansburnt it on the 10th. The Colonel further represents that the people are much in perplexity between the danger to which their families are exposed, and the importance of favinjr their lit tle crops, what Iteps to take. Oct. 24. The weather has been moll uncom monly levere for the season for some days past- On Thursday and Friday mornings, it had froze to that degree, that the ice was about the thickness ot a dollar. Nov. 14. On Monday lad the Senate proceed wnr'l r'ir 1 "' 1 rr° Vnle SOr a Governor , "'hen Ed ward TeHair, Esq. was uuanimoufly chosen to that important ofhee. c H A II L E S T O N, Nov 2 9 Thursday lalt was observed in this city as a day of pubnc thanksgiving, agreeably to the Procla- mation of the PrefiJent of the United Stat There was every where a total suspension o ft 7 ness, and a general resort ofthe jnlwK- l " the different churches, where divine (eSc"' 8 ' a performedni the forenoon, and the feve',!' 5 nifters, with pious energy, endeavored to m L'f the minds ot t heir audience with devour 1 . to the almighty ruler of nations, for munificence conferred on the peopl- of Al " ,e in trinmphantly bringing then?, and unequalled contelt, to victory and peace pern,itt.ng then, peaceably to adopt a Confth,? tion of government, calculated to feeurer'"l and religious freedom-and exhorted them'T «ue obedience to our excellent laws, and to tV' precepts o chnftiamty, asthe proper foundat „n of national prosperity and individual happing ' WILMINGTON, (Delaware) Nov. 27. Yesterday the 26th inft. bein<r the div ed by thePrefident (and great bene,aaorfof'the United States, by his Proclamation, and alfoan proved and recommended by the President of t his State as a day of thanksgiving to our Supreme Cre ator,for the many peculiar aclsof divine grace in favorr of this country, not only in struggle for our freedom, bu: in his happyi„ te ference iu procuring usaConftitutionoflawsand government that we may live happy under and future generations will boast of—l am hnppv m fay that the inhabitants of this borough may be truly termed federaltfts, from their ftrift auen tion to the fir It requcft of the Supreme Executive of the United States, by (hutting up their houses and retiring from all kind of worldly pursuits' and attending divine fei vice and thanksgiving' The day being very wet and bad, those whocould not attend public worship held it in their cham bers, with every becoming reverence for so <neat and important a day. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Ext raft of a letterfrom a gentleman in New-Jerfcj, vjho t)as lately returned from an excurfieri to the We fern Country, to his friend in this city, datti November 10 th. " Th e design of this letter is to give a short account of the riling of the waters in Lake Ontario, which, from their continual advances, have alarmed the inhabitants around its borders to a great degree, Several buildings which stood at a convenient distance from its ancient bounda ries, now Hand seven feet in the water. All the low meadows made round about it, are now part of the lake, and roads where cattle, horses and men travelled 18 months ago, are now only pal fable tor boats. The last information I had, was from a man of integrity, who receives letters from his son at Niagara upon this fubjeit. In his last letter he informed him, that a brew lioufe which stood on the bank ot the Lake is now render ed useless, from its second story being under water. ''I have supposed that the waters of Lake Erie, (which lie near three hundred feet above those ot Ontario) have founded a pafTage among the rocks under ground to the Lake of Ontario. If this should be the cafe, the waters of Ontario will rife to a level with those of Lake Erie." DECEMBER 8. The Convention for altering and amending the Conftituiion of this State, now fitting in this city, in a committee of the whole house on Fri day last, came to a resolution to this erteift—■ " That the Executive Department, intheConfti :ution of this State, requires alteration, so that the executive power should be vested in one per- I'on, fubjetftto proper exceptions." Extrafl of a letter from Norfolk, November 2;, " This day arrived from London, at Lindfay's Hotel, Thomas Jeffsrson, Lfq; our late Am baflador at theCourtof Versailles, and now Se ctary of State,to the United States of America." PROVIDENCE, November 28. Thursday last was observed as a day of folenm thanksgiving and prayer throughout this State. AMERICAN MANUFACTURES. Wednesday last, being the anniversary of St. Catherine, patroness of rope-makers, this tu tular Saint was duly honored by her industrious votaries—ln the morning was completed, at MeflVs. Jones' rope-walk,"in this town, and de livered in the afternoon, a 14 inch Cable for the Ship Washington, bound for India, being the largest she carries. The fabric is excellent, and equal to any manufactured in Europe. It measures 120 fathoms, and weighed 49 Cwt. FROM A CORRESPONDENT. A circumstance that evinces the popularity of the abolition of the Slave-Trade in England —Watch-Seals are made there with the following device : An African in the posture of kneeling, and in Chains, encircled with this Motto, d»i not a Man and a Brother ? BOSTON, December 2.' Yesterday, the firft Federal Court of setts tliftricft, was by law opened in this town be fore the Hon. Judge Lowell. After the nece>- iary oaths were administered to the Attorney
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