PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATVRDAYS BY JOHN FEN NO, No. 41, BROAD-STREET, NEAR THE EXCHANGE, NEW-YOKX [No. 42, cf Vol. ll,] FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. DISCOURSES ON DAVILA. No. XIX. CONTINUED Mais i'u.i et l'autrc Guise oik eu moins de furnpulc, Ce* chci's ambitlru* d'uii pcuplc trop crcdux, Cowvnnt !curs inic<4is de l'luie.ei de* cicuv Ont conduit Am- U p:e,;« an pcuptc fui huk. '"l nr> fii ft meal 11 re advised by Dantlelot an< t' ,e Villain® dc Charires, was tliat a lare,. number of those who profefled the Pron.ftant le 'igion, Ihould aftemhJe and present themfelve: without arms at court, to petition the King foi ■liberty oi confcience,the publicexercife ofiheii icligipn, and periniliioli to have temples for that jnnpu.e. l)avila 7 the Catholic and Italian, has recoided in this place, all the party exagrerati on of hie mistress and the Guises. He fays, thai it the petition of the Protestants was severely and naughtily rejeifted, as it indubitably would be, they were to march immediately troops alien)- bled secretly from all the Provinces ; that these should suddenly appear under different leaders who should be appointed for them, that finding the King unguarded and the court without de fence, they were to 111 aUlicre the duke of Guise ana the Cardinal ot Lorrain, with all their crea tui es ; and oblige the King to declare, regent and lieutenant-general of the kingdom/ the Prince of Conde, who (hould grant them a cefla tion of puriifhment and libcity of conscience. It was believed at the time and publifhcd, thai the chiefs of the coiifpiracy, had g;iven secret or ders, it every thing fuccedcd to their v.ilhes, to put toihe (word the Queen-mother, th& himfelf, and his brothers, that the croyvn in this way might descend to the Princes of Bourbon. LutDayila himfelf acquitsthem of this attrocions accusation, by adding, that none of the accom plices having avowed this horrible deflgn, nei ther when 011 the rack, not of their<own accord, but all on the contrary having formally denied it, 1 cannot relate it as a fart. W'e know very weil that fame, aided bv the vain terrors of the people, and the malignity of the great, takes a pleaiurein magnifying objects to infinity. 1 he plan beino; thus concerted among the con fpiiators, they uivided the provinces and em ployments, among the principal Culvinifts, that the execution might be atiended with ns much or der and secrecy as poflible. Barri, fie la Renau die aflumed the principal part, and put himfelf attue head of th« euterprize. This was a person celebrated tor his travels and adventures. His wit and courage had acquired him credit among the Huguenots. He wanted neither fpiric to un dertake nor vivacity to execute. The disarrange ment of his fortune had reduced him to the al ternative of procuring himfelf a better condition by some daring attempt, or of terminating his misfortunes by a sudden death. Although ift'ued from the firft nobility of Perigord, lie had wan dered long in different countries, and had at length taken refuge in Geneva, where by his lubulty he had acquired some consideration. Such was the birth and character of the principal leader of the conspiracy, who was soon followed by a great number of aflociates, some excited by a zeal for religion, others by the attractions of novelty, and others limply by that natural inqui etude, which never permits the French to lan gaifh in idleness. La Renaudie confided to the chiefs among them, the care ot afleuibling their partizans and con duffing then) to the rendezvous. The intelli gence with which he diltributed provinces, intro duced tt kind of order into this confufion. Caf lelneau had the departinent ofGafcony, Mazers iliat. pf Bearp, Duniefnil that of Limofin, Mira ueau that of Saintonge, Coueville, Picardy ; Mourans, Provence ; Maligni, Chainpaine ; Saint-Marie, Normandy ; and Montejean, Brit tany : all famous lor courage, diffinguifhed bv their Uobilitv, and considered in their cities and cantoiH, as iii-ads of the party. These fat-liona i ics, after having aiienibled at Nantes, a city of Brittany, fotne under the pretext of a lawsuit, and others under that of a marriage, repaired with grejt diligence to the polls which were af iigned them. In a few days, and with admirable iecrecy, thev there gained an infinite number of perfon3 of all conditions, ready to facrifice their lives for an enterprise, which their preachers af lured them tended to the advantage and tran quility of the Hate. (To fc (untir.iitd.) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1790 LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES' PUBLISHED A CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES ; AT THE SECOND SESSION. rtegun and held at the City of New-Yo, k, on Monday the foutt of | nnary, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. in AC T lor the relief of the persons therein mentioned or described. T) £ rftnaßtdbythe Senate and Ikaf, <sf Rej,r : fentatives of the United r I"J America in Congreji ajjenblti, That the register of the treasury (hall, and 1* hereby required to grant unto Sarah, the widow oi the late inaioi-general E-rl of Stirling, who died in the ervice of the United States, a certificate to entitle her to a sum tqual to an annuity for seven years half pay of a major-general, to .ommenca as from the fourteenth day of January, one thousand 'even hundred and eighty-three, in conformity to the ast of the late CongreU, patted on the twenty-fourth day of August, one noufand leven hundred and eighty ; tile amount for which the aid certificate is to be granted, to be afr.ertained by the secretary ol the treasury, and on similar principles as other debts of the United States are liquidated and certified. And be it further cnaSed, That the said register shall grant unto Frances Eleanor Laurens, the orphan daughter of the late lieute nant colonel John Laurens, who was killed whilit in the service of the United States, a certificate to entitle her to a sum -jqual so an annuity for seven years half pay of a licuteiiant-colonel, to commence as from the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, according co the ast of the late Congrefc of the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty ; the amount tor which the said certificate is o be granted, to be«afccrtaincd by thcfecrctary of ihc trcalury in manner aiorefaid. And whereas no ptovifion hath heretofore been made for dif <"haigir.g ihe rreats of pcnfions due to officers, nnn-commiffinued officers, and soldiers, who were wffumlrd and aifabled whilfl in the t'rviceof the Uo-ted States : Therefore, ' Be jtfurther etirftd, That each of the officers, non-commiflion ed officers and foidicrs, who were so wounded and d'fabled, and who aie now placed on the books in the office of the secretary tor the department of war, ax a pcniioner, or to be so placed in con formity to any law of thi# Congress, (hall receive from the register of thetreafury, who is hereby required to ({rant the fame, a certi ficate, to be liquidated and fettled in such manner as the secretary of the treasury /hall direct, for a sum equal to the penfton annually due to him, to commence from the time he became entitled there to, or f:om the timeto which the fame had been paid, as the cast may be, which shall be afcrrtamed and certified by the said secre tary for the department of war, and which annuity shall be li quidated to the fourth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, from which day the United States have assumed the payment of the prnfions certified by the several ftatea. And 111 cafe of the death of any person so entitled, the certificate shall pass to his heirs or legal representative or reprefeyitatives. And be it further ena&ed, That the widow or orphan of each of ficer, non-commiflioned officer or soldier who was killed or died whilst in the service of the United States, and who is now placed on the books in the office of the said secretary, as entitled to a prnfion, by virtue of any ast of the said late Congress, or any law of this Congress, and for whom provision has not been made by any state, and to whom any arrears of such pension are due, and which have arisen prior to the said fourth day of March, one thou sand seven hundred and eighty-nine, (hall receive a certificate therefor in like manner, and on the fame principles, as certificates are by this ast direfied to be given to officers, non-commiflioned officers and soldier*, who were wounded or disabled as aforefaid. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker ofthe House of Representatives. JOHIf ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and Prejident of the Senate. Approved, Aubust ths iieventh, 1700. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefdent of the United States. (True Copy) THOMAS JEFFERSON. Secret* RESOI.VKD Av the Senate and HouJ'e of Representatives ofthe (/• nited States of America inCongreJs ajjembled, That all surveys of lands in the Western Territory made under the direflion of the late geographer, Thomas Hutchins, agreeable to contracts for part of the said lands, made with the late Board of Treasury, be returned to, and perfe&ed by the Secretary of the Treasury, so as to compleat the laid contraQs : And that the said Secretary be, and is hereby authorised to dire& the making and compleating any other surveys that remain to be made, so as to comply on the part of the United Sta.tes with the several contracts Sforefaid, in conformity to the terms thereof. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the Rouse oj Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Viu-Prtjiicnt ofthe United States, and President of the Senate. Apr roved, August the twelfth, 1790. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Pujdtnt of the United States. (TKIM COfV.J THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretin' of State. ORIGIN Oh' CARDH CARDS were invented in the reign of Charles VI. king of France, to amufehim during the in tervals of that disorder which conducted him to the grave. The world would have fuffered ho loss, had his niajelty been fuffered to die in peace without this invention. 581 'l/iorit?, PARI S. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE. A Deputation was received from the conquerors of the hail lie : The aflembly decreed, "iliac each conqueror of the BaltilefhoulJ, in the name of the Aiiembly, receive a suit of cloat lis and arms complete, with his name inferibed pu the sabre, and a mark of diltindtion puton the coat." M. Alexanderde Laineth informed the Aflem bly, that a deputation was coming to Paris from French Comte and Alsace, which countries were reprelented by slaves chained round the pedellalj of statues. lie then moved, that all fuch'fym bols of servitude fliould be removed. This motion was seconded with a further de mand, that,-as a consequence of the declared Rights ot Man—the titles of Duke, Marquis, C ount, &c. be fupprefled. M. de Koucaulc enquired liow the Aifeinbi j would recompense the ioldiers of the Bands of Pi edmont,to whom Henry If. gave letters of Nubili ty in these words—" 1 make you noble, and count, for having f&ved the Hate." The Marquis de la Fayette replied, "We would put down that Jolin or Thomas had saved the Itaie." M. Alex, de Lainetli observed that Duke, Count and Marquis, did not found better than Charles Fox, George Washington, or"Benjamin franklin. Alter a violent debate, and much opposition, the Allenihly at last palled tw« decrecs, which were in fubltance— " The National Afl'embly, at the approach of the great day oft lie General Confederation,wi/b ---ing to let all the French the example of fraterni ty, decrees, That thefymbols of servitude at the foot of" the statues of the Kings in the capital, ihall be immediately deltroyed. " Ihe National Aliembly, considering that hereditary Nobility cannot lubfiit in a free liate, enadts in consequence, that the titles of Duke, Count, Marquis, Barwn, Ex«llcncy, Greatnef*, Abbe, and the like, /hall be abolilhed. and that all the citizens Ihall take, in future, their family and patronymick names ; that no one Ihall in future cause liveries to be worn, or take a coat of arms; that incense ihall no longer be bufrit ia the temples, unless in honor of the Divinity ; that the title of Monfeigneur (hall not > be given to any individual or body ; but at the fame time, no injury Ihall be offered, under pretence of ex ecuting the present decree, to property, or to public or private monuments, nor ihall any one be forced to lay aside his liveries in Paris till the 14th of July, and in the Provinces till the expira tion of tiiree months." June aj. A deputation was introduced of 863 conque rors of the Baftile, with Mr. Bailly at their head. These brave fellows, finding that the honorable decree pafled in their favor by the Affcmbly had excited the envy of their fellow citizens, and the snemies ofthe commonweal were making use of his opportunity to disturb the public peace, ge leroufly declined the advantages to'wliich they vere entitled, rather than occasion any disturb- ance The meeting was terminated by a decree ex prelled in theie ttrros : ' The National Membly, affetfted with the no ble patriotism ot the brave citizens who conquer- Baftilc, accejxs the renunciation of the ailhiictions which had been granted them by the decree of the i 9 th init. The National Aflembly faither decrees, that there fliall be made in the verbal process the moil honourable memivn of their generous facrifice. State. LONDON, June 50. Mr. Major, one of the King's meflbngers, ar rived Lift mght at the Secretary of State's Of fice, with dispatches from Mr. Fitzherbert at Madrid. A Council was immediately l.tld ; and if any thing can be inferred from the proceeding 0 f the night, and the present lituation of affairs, the hopes of peace i'eem farther removed than ever. * s. 1-d a k s " o accon ; pan y' n g mefTenger to the Sparn/hAmbaflador ; but agreeable ,« the conr tefy of the tunes, Mr. Major was er.trufted with dispatches for his Excellency the Marquis ciel Campo also ; and, from every circumstance that has fincetranfpired,the rupture that was before 011 y dreaded j longer problematic;^ [Whole NO. 452.] June 19
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