Ed among the number of their virtues. I have received marks of it too affecting to be ever for gotten; the king would not bring forward the following, were it not to repiefent to his faith ful fubjecti the difpofilion of the factious. The people kept in psy for the triumph of M. Necker, affected not to pronounce the name of King; they, at this period, persecuted the Archbilhop of Paris ; a courier of the King was rtopped, searched, and the letters which he carried broke open ; at this time the Allembly feeined to insult the King; it was determined to carry to Paris the words of peace; during his journey, they Hopped, in order to fupprcO any cry of Vivt I: Rot. They even made a motion to carry him off, and to put the Queen in a convent ; this motion was applauded. On the nights of the 4th and sth, when it was proposed to the Afleinbly to go and hold their fitting in the prefelice of the King, the answer was, That it was not consistent with their dignity to go thither. From that moment the fcencs of horror were renewed. Upon the arrival of the King at Paris, an innocent person •was maflacred almult under his eyes, in the gar den of the Thuilleries ; while all who abused re ligion ami the throne received the honour of tri umph. At the Federation of the 14th July, the National Afienibly declared, that the King was the head ; but in order to (how that they could name another, his family was placed separately from him ; it was then, however, that he spent the mod agieeable moments of hisrefidence at Paris. " When, from religious motives, Mefdames wiltied to go to Rome, notwithftanditig the decla ration of rights, their departure was opposed ; they were carried to Bellevtie, and then to Ar ney-'e-Duc, to wait the orders of the Aflembly for their departure ; the authority of the King was disregarded. In the tumult which fat'lioufly disposed persons excited at Vincennes, thofewho aflembled around the King from regard to his fafety were maltreated ; so far was their inso lence carried, that their arms were broken in the presence of the King under whose protection they were. When, to get rid of an indjfpolition, he was preparing to go to Sr. Cloud ; in order to Hop him, they availed themselves of the refpec't which they knew he entertained for them, and the religion of his father ; the club of Cordeliers brought a charge agamft him as refractory to the law—in vain M. de la Fayette endeavoured to protect him: they violently seized the faith ful servants who surrounded him, and he again relumed his prison. In fine, he was obliged to oider the removal of his chapel, to approve the letter of the Minister to foreign powers, and to go to mass at the new curacy of Saint Germain I'Anxerrois. With such motives, and in the im possibility which the King feels to prevent evil, ir is natural that he should endeavor to ensure his fafety. " Frenchmen, and yeu who are called inhab itants of the good City of Paris, withdraw your confidence from the suggestions of the factious, return to your King, he will always be your friend ; when your holy religion (hall be ref pedted, when government shall be secured on a firm footing, and liberty eftablilhed upon an un ihaken basis. (Signed) " LOUIS." Paris, 20th "June, 1791. FRANCE. Proceedings of the National Assembly. At nine on Tuesday morning the National As sembly met, and the fittings were opened by a communication from the President, of the King's flight. A motion was made and carried unanimously to the following purport : " The National Aflembly, conflicting the re presentatives of the nation, decrees, r 11, That the decrees already pa (Ted or to be pafled, and which cannot be fancftioned by the royal prero gative on account of the King's absence, shall still preserve the name, and have the force of laws throughout the Kingdom, and the seals of office already approved of (hall be affixed to them." " 2dly, The Chief Minilter of Jultice (hall be authorised to affix the seals of state to all the adis of the legislative power, and to sign his name tothein." , " The National Aflembly orders that the min ister for the home department ihall initantly dis patch couriers to all the departments of the king dom, with an order to all the public officers, na tional guards, and the troops of the empire, to flop e»ery person who shall attempt to quit the kingdom ; as well as to prevent every species of goods, arms, stores. or money, horses orcarriages, from pafling : And thatfhould the couriers over take the king, or any individuals of the royal family, or tbofe who may have alfifted in their escape, the said public officers, national guards, and oihers, (hall be bound to take the neceff'ary meafuie3 to prevent it, to detain those persons who have attempted it, and to give immediate notice of it to the legislative body. '• The National Aflembly declares to all the citizens of Paris, and to all the inhabitants of the empire, that the fame firmnefs and energy which have enabled them to contend with so 138 manv (lifficultier, fliall be obfcrved in their de liberation on the present occalion of the escape of the King and royal family ; it recommends to i he citizens tlie neceffi y of prefcrving the in oft lVrict good order to preserve the public peace , that the National AlTemhty has taken the molt active measures to find out thole perlons who have rendered themlelves guilty, by allifting in the escape of the king, and that it will uninter ruptedly employ itfelt in providing such means that public affairs lhall not Puffer by the event ; that it is the duty of atl citizens to rejioPe their confide.ice in them, in whatever i egards the sal vation of the empire, and that whoever (hall ex cite disturbances, put citizens in fear ot their lives, or threaten their property, fliall be deem ed guilty : '■ Orders, That all citizens (hall hold rhein felves ready to acft for the preservation of pub lic tranquility and the defence ot their country : " Orders, 'That the adininift ration of every department, and the municipal officers of the ki.igdom, fliall promulgate the present decree, and watch over the public fecuritv. " The minister of war shall be directed todif patch M. de Rochambean immediately with the neceHary orders to put the frontiers of the king dom in a state of defence, and to arrest all those persons who shall be fufpe<fted of having altifted in retelling the king " 6th, the National Afiembly decrees, that all he seals of office, as well as others made use of £>y the different committees of the Na ional As fembly, (hall be got together and placed under the diretftion of four comniiflioners appointed bv the National Aflembly, of whom one always fliall be in attendance to expedite its decrees. That notice (hall be written without delay to all tilt directors of departments in the provinces charg ingthem to be extremely vigilant in not fuffet ing any fictitious decree to be spread through thi country. *' The National A(Temhly derrees, That the jublic ministers (hallretie to an adjoining; room, to give the necettary orders that the present de crees be put in execution. " Decrees, That the ministers shall be author ized to hold a communication, with the Aflem bly as often as they (hall judge necellary." ThurfJay Morring, J tin: 23. The Ptefident refnmed the chair, and the As fembly so med itfelfinto a deliberntive body. One of the secretaries read a letter, ftatinp. that three cil izens of Paris offered to the Aflem bly a voluntary contribution for the payment of the National Guards who (bould be employed in the defence of the frontiers. Monf. Mangin, the surgeon, who was the means of apprehending the Royal Family, was the per son dispatched to the National Aflembly, who were deliberating at the moment, when a con fufed cry was heard in the hall—" He is taken !" " he is taken !" A packet was delivered to the President, when the Secretary was ordered to read to the Allem bly, a letter from the officersof the Municipality of Varennes, dated the 21It of June. It was con ceived in these terms: To the President of the National Affemlly " Sir, " In the state of alarm which we are now in, when every moment is of consequence, weamho rife M. Mangin, Surgeon at Varennes, to wait upon yon instantly, to inform you, thai the King is now in our hands ! We beg of you to inform us what condudt we are to puifue." A letter was theti read from the officers of the Municipality of Saint Menehnud, which gave an account of various orders iliiied by M. iiouille, commander of the troops, to fend to him a num ber of troops of the line, as well in the Munici pality of Menehoud, as elsewhere. I he President announced that Mangin, from Varennes, desired to be admitted to give an ac count of the manner in which the Ki was Hop ped. He was admitted, and gave the following account: " Yelterday, June 22, about one in the morn ing, a carriage entered Varennes, which was not suspected to contain the King and the Royal Fa mily. It was efconed by a detachment of Lau zun's hollars, and attended by several per Tolls who acted as couriers. " The Poll-Mailer of St. Menehoud, who en tertained suspicions relpetfting the carriage, and had followed it from Clermont, where the cou riers declared that they were going to Verduu, perceived that it took the road 10 Varennes. He then got before it, and cried out ill the town to stop a carriage that was paflinor " Two young men, Paul le Blanc and Joseph Ponfin, Hopped the carriage. The polfillions whipped their horses, and the men threat ened to fire into ihe carriage if they attempted to proceed. The persons in the carriage order ed them to flop. In the mean time several other persons allembled, and gave the alarm. The tra vellers alighted wiihout refiilanct. The Na tional Guard fin-rounded the detachment of hus sars, who also fabmicted. The Attorney-Gene rnl of the community condn/ied the travel;..,, his house, where they alked for vefrethmrnr ° " Their quality was (hil unknown, when I en. tered and recognized the King, the Qiieen t |,J Dauphin, Madame Royale, and Madame Kliza heth. I went out, and gave notice to my fV'.i.m" citizens, that it was the King ami Royal' Kam! v " They profeffed the greatest zeal to oppose their departure, and drove away foine officers of h-if. fars and dragoons, who attempted to favor it __ The good countenance of the National Guards and the firninefs of the Municipal Officers re „! dered all tlieir attempts fruitlels. " 1 iuftantly mounted a horse, ss did twelve' of my fellow citizens. We rode from vjli:i<re to village for alfil'ance, and in less than an hour We collected above four thousand National Guard, besides the hollars and dragoons, who joined u<* and condu< r ted thetnfehes like good patriots. ' " When 1 saw that we could nnfwer for the detention of the King and the Royal Family, { hastened to the capital, to quiet the ininds of all good citizens, and especially the reprefentativrs of the nation. I set out at four in the morning, and reached the barriers of Paris at seven in the evening. The people of the capital, whom I in formed as I palfed , prevented ine from appearing sooner before this august Aflembly, by their ea ger: efa to be afl'ured of the farts, which 1 have now communicated." The account was received with loud applause and ordered to be printed. The Aflembly having heard the different dis patches, immediately ilfued orders— rff. That Ihe most inviolable regard iliould be paid to the fafety of the King's person, in con ducting him to the capita'. 2d. That information should immediately be conveyed to the whole kingdom, that the King was taken. 3d. That M. Ronille fhonld be deprived of all command, and immediately arretted. Thrnf.iay Afternoon, The President read the following letter from the three couiniiflionei s to meet the King: "La Fertefous Tottare —A'ire o'clock in the v/ornin^. " The King left Chatons Jaft night, efcortea by sin army of national guards, assembled from ;he neighbouring departments, as soon as the news of his being (topped was made known. We have given orders every where for the fateiyand tranquility of the return of the King. We have been effectually seconded by the dispositions of :he citizens. The fentimenrs of the people are every where the fame as at Paris; their deport, ment is magnanimous, vet tranquil. We have every where experienced teltimonies of refpetfi and confidence in the National Afleinbly." Letters from different departments were then read, nil breathing an entire devotion to the de crees of the National Aflembly. A numerous deputation of t lie National Guard was admitted, when M. la Fayette, the speaker of the deputation, addrefled the President in the following tpeech : " Von fee before yon citizen?, who have never measured theii zeal but by the exigencies ot their country. They ask for the permillion of swear ing, in your presence, that they will noc employ those arms which they took up in the canl'e ot li berty, except in the defence of the conllitution and of freedom. The late occurrences, as far as they have affeiled the people of the capital, have been what all movements and procedures fliould be which do not attack the rights of ci tizens. If ic he true that the bold and impre!- five serenity of which they have displayed so at ferting an example, augments the fury ot our e nemies, haflen to inform us of those places in which thev can be discovered ; and may the Silt soldiers who armed themselves in the defence of liberty, become, likewise, the firft soldiers who marched forwards to give battle to the champions of despotism !" The President made the following reply : " From you it was narural to expert \he moffc intrepid and virtuous efforts fur the prefervatioii of rhe public freedom. All France is too sensi ble of the obligations which you have alreai'y bellowed, nor to suppose it certain, that, in die sequel, yon will confer more. It is with jov, it is with confidence, that the reprefeiiratives ot the nation receive your oa hs. should our ene mies forget that the people of France are f>e<% thev will be taught by vou that the power of freemen is as inexhaustible as their valour. The Parilian National Guard, to which wfr . united the Swiss Guards, and a great numbei o citizens, armed and unarmed, entered with op' lifted hands. They inarched across the ha , and llepping before the Prelident, unaniiio"'■ exclaimed—" We swear, we will livefreeoroie These having retired, were succeeded by a |( jj rher patriotic phalanx, which also made the reloimd wirh their oaths and acclamations mixed with the found of military inftruine |,s ' Two hours and a half were confumecl 11 ia ', ing the oaths by similar bodies, that foi° weu these with the fame acclamations. (Tu lie ctntinusi.)
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers