PARIS, May 9- The relations of the unfortunate Dil lon have publiftied the following account of his death : Relation of the siffajfination of M. The obald Dillon, Marechal dc Lamp, at Lift, ths 2t)th of April, 1792. BY AN EYE WITNESS. I DINED at Gen. Theobald Dillon's the day of the expedition at 1 our iiiay. In the course of the conversa tion, he many times teftified his con fidence in the good dilpofition and courage of the ti oops he commanded. Although I had been for. thel'e fifteen years his intimate friend, it was not until after the orders had been given to the troops, that I knew he was to march the fame evening. He quitted me in the afternoon to go to Gen. Daumont ; at half palt 7 o'clock the troops were under arms ; they had the belt appearance pollible —a little before' nine o'clock he went out at the head of the army, by the gate of Kiffe. The next day [Stinday April 29 ] at 9 o'clock, I went to Gen. Daumont, to alk him if there was any impropriety iu my going to view»the army, and if it was not necefl'ary to have a paflport ? Ire replied in the negative. Madame Dillon tcflified great nn eafinefs for her brother, but he as sured me that it was without founda tion ; and from the orders army had received, an enji.iger.ient was not likely. I mounted on horftback, and de parted by the gate of Fiffe, in order to fee M. Diil'on. At a place near the town I met four dragoons, who \as soon as they saw me made Signs by their sabres for me to return ; crying that all was loft—That the army had been betrayed, and cut in pieces. I begged them not to fprcad the alarm in the town : but firft to acquaint Gen. Daumont, and the principal of ficers of it.—They soon lefc me be I returned into town with a man without an uniform, who relat ed that his comrade was killed by his fide : with him was an officer of the national guards, on a horse be- Jonging to one of the artillery carri ages, who also cried that all was 1011, betrayed, and cut to pieces, but he could not give any detail of particu lars. I took my domestic with me, and returned again on foot to the gate of Fiffe. The. street was full of fuldiers and national guards, who impeded the paflage of the cuirafliers,\vlio be fan to enter in crowds with great iforder. The Swiss of Dieiback,who guarded the gate, had ereiTted forne works and stationed patroles on the outside : in the mean time the caval ry- entered, raising the cry of trea son, aristocrat, and a la lantern The confulion now became gene ral ; many, without knowing who commanded, demanded the head of Kochambeau ; I then went to the fuburbi ; the infantry nowprefeuted themselves, but in small numbers ; the road was covered with cavaliers, •11 crying treason. Not one wnnnd ed, not even a horse ; I asked niaiiv officers and soldiers news of the Ge neral ; not one could give me any account of him ; an officer of cuiraf liers laid, that he was surprised to hear me ask news of a general who had led thein to butchery. The de puty marflial general (M. de V ) said that M. Dillon had given him orders to charge the cavalry. soon as he perceived the enemy, he found them retiring and in general confulion. Ihe soldiers informed me it would be imprudent to advance further ; that the Austrian Huflars piefled themclofely ; 1 Hopped some time, and advanced again. I had not yet heard the i eport of a fufce nor seen n hulTar, nor any perfontlm had seen one. The road was now crouded with carts of baog 3ge and peasantry, who fled with theirinove ed thc'c f r° Wn ' 1 a g ain r S tur D ea, the cnnfufion was now oreat • the cry ° f UHttrnt, of Rochambeau', ot traitor, of aristocrat, and noises from every fide ;„f, * •> • ■* ne inra:\iiy now began to enter, and brought in three or four Auftrians (one in a grey uni form, striped with green, and ihe o there in round frocks 1 A i, j «eps from the gate /hey h" saw more than twenty fhats through his body, and a horse grenadier, as 1 was told, gave him a cut on the head with his sabre, and firec{ a piliol at his brealt. Then thenatioiial guards and infantry took poflt'Hion ot hiui. ! saw one of the rtultiinn prisoners killed, and two or three who were dif'patcbed, trampled under feet, and their bodies run through. I heard the ridicule and the bar barous fliouts of the foldicrs, and law them amuie themselves in linking the dead bodies with their h<inds. They were crouded in a wheel-bar row, with tlte officer of engt'necrs. I Ihudder at the light. The munici pal officers arrived with a cart, in which they placed the dead bodies, and continued to abuse them. It is two o'clock, and I have not been able to hear the lead news of (he Genei al, or the aiftion. Not a wounded mart has yet appeared, and among ail the soldiers, not one C:fcivrs to have been in battle, except a foot ibldier, who had received ibine fliot through his hat. 1 remained in the street to observe the dispositions of the people About four o'clock 1 went towards Fiffe gate. In the entrance of the street the agitation' was great,and the howl ing terrible. At last 1 heard the cry of " He's coming, he's com ing, lo the lantern." I asked, with a trembling voice; who ? Di}lon,fhey nnfwertd, the traitor, the at iftofcrai. ( we are going to tear him to pfeces, be and all that belong to him. Rocbambeau mult alio perifti, and all ihe nobility in the army. Dillon is coming in a cabriole ; his thigh is alreaily broken, lei's go and finiCi him. The cabriole soon appeared ; the General was in it, without a with a calm and firm look ; he was cfcorted by four horse guards ; he had hardly pafled through the gate, when more than an hundred bayon ets were ihroft in the cabriole amidst the mo!t horrible shouts ! The horse guards made use of their sabres, it is true, but 1 don't know whether it was to defend theinfelves or to pro te»ii the General. The man who drove the cabriole disappeared, the horse plunged, and no bayonets had yet been fatal, when a shot was fired into the carriage, and I think this killed M. Dillon, for I never saw him move afterwards : he was taken from the carriage and thrown into the street, when they trampled upon his body, and run a thousand bayonets! through it. I neither heard from him complaints or groans, Between fever, and eight o'clock I went to the marker-place, where a great fire was lighted, in which his body was thrown. French soldiers danced round the burning body of their General ; this barbarous (cene was intermixed with the 1110 ft savage howlings. Parties of Swiss were pall ing and repaliing in good order dur ing this atrocious scene, with the greatelt indignation painted in their countenances. The filter of the Ge neral was also threatened ; (he chang ed , her abode four times, being warn ed of her danger; nobody dared to shelter her in their hotifes ; however the night was palled in tranquility. ' , 1 have been lucky enough to save her from these canibals, and the next day she set off for Paris. This is what I have Teen, and what I am ready loatteit before any tribu nal. N. B. The original ofthis has been dep inted at a Notary's, and a fakh tui copy delivered to the National nflembly, signed by the author. If anv peilon Ihould doubt the authen ticity o! the above, they may address then,felves to James Migneret, Jacob- Pans , or to the family of M o"' who el 'gage to answer them. L O N D O N, May 23 STATE OF SWEDEN, As J<l forth in « litter Jrom Stockholm, of April 24. THE cranfadions at the diet of Gefle having been grossly inifrepre the h," Wm Le Wdl u "deceive L a !C bJlc ,n th °fc particulars, h h« been ltared that the faction in the order ot Noi/effi, which has for "l, a v ny -y e r rs < j ppofed the r °y ai autii " fluenr, r e,K ' qavo, ed to "tend its in J.uence to the other orders of the < ate, fucceededMn bringing over to us party the deputies of the tlergr 54 citizlehs, ancl the whole order of pea ;f;'.nis ; which is.untrue, asthofe three orders remained constantly attached !:o the late king, and at the diet of iGcfie gave him the greatert proofs of [their love for hfm, and unlimited 'confidence in his wfiidont. What wa« advanced respecting the propositions of ihe late king, touching an annual jlupply of 1,100,000 ounces of silver, the payment of his private debts,and the opening of a loan for ten milli- Jons, is equally falfe. The firft pro Ipofition was never made by the king, j hut was an arrangement proposed by the lecret committee itfelf, aiifl. was approved ofby the rtates. With re gard to the fecoiid, i'uch an one could never have been made, as the king had no private debt ; and as to the third, lb far from defiling the open itig of a new loan for ten millions, his inajefty had the latisfaJtion of re nutting to thefecret corrnnitteea letter ot credit for that fom, which the coi;;- mitttee had left at his disposal lad year,but which he had not made ufeof. The equestrian order,in communicat ing to the public the protocal of its de liberations, only ditLwhat was cufloni ary ; 110 rigorous measures were tak en to interrupt the publication of the deliberations of the orders of the peasants, or to hinder the publication of the (tate of the finances ; and the restraint laid on the press was only confined to the printing of certain pamphlets, calculated to iniflesd the public. Many public prints also con tained an account of some pretended representations, couched in very strong terms, which the states of Swe den madeto the king at the late diet, refpe<fting his participation in the affairs of France.— All these reports are absolutely (aj,fe, as duiinir the whole time ofthe alTetnhiy, there was no mention made of France, further than the paflage in the speech of his Majesty at the opening of the diet. SAVANNAH, May gr. We hear a new edition is preparing for the Press of Mr. Church's elegant characterirtical Poem, with notes, critical and explanatory—of which due notice will be given. NORFOLK, (Virginia) July 7. We are informed by Captain Cock ran from Madeira, that the ship Illuf. n ious President, of Richmond, Den nis Butler commander, bound 011 a voyage to India was at that Island; and that in consequence of some of the sailors belongi 11 g to the lll(jltrious President applying to the Captain of the Britiih frigate for pr->tedtioii, al ledging they were Englilhmen, the Briton had the audacity to board the Illustrious President and take out two sailors with their cheltsand bedding, (one of them a Swede, by birth) ; that our Consul there, John Marfden Pintard, Esq. by hisfpirited exertions on the occasion, fucceerled in obtain ing the two sailors, who were de manded by him of his Excellency the Governor of that Island, and given up to Mr. Pintard ; but Captain Hat good either by uiiilake or on purpose,' ihosght proper to take his departure! from Madeira, before Mr. Pintard could have time to demand the cheits and bedding of the poor sailors— Captain Cockran has favored us with a copy of a letter written to Mr. Pin taid, by Captain Butler 011 this occa sion : " Madeira 14th May, 1792 " John M. Pintard, Esq. "Sir, 1 RELIE\ ED ar length from the diruculties so unjuilifiabfy thrown in my way by Captain Hargood, com mander of his Britannic Majefty'sfhip of War, Hyena, I this day propole (ailing from Madeira. 1 he (pirited exertions you have made to support the honor and inde pendence of the American Haw upon this occasion, calls not only for my warmelt acknowledgments as far as 1 ain individually concerned, but have a claim on the thanks of the whole commonwealth of America, When the matter is viewed as a public raufe. I regret not the delay and ex penfe to which 1 have been put on this occasion, when 1 confiiler the nianifeft advantage of having fixed (I hope) a firm precedent, for the inviolability of the American flag in this port. '' Permit tit e further, v Sir, before I take leave of you, to thank you for the invariable politeneis and hofpi- tahty, which we have experience! trom you "nee our arrival in Madej^ uk to allure you 1 lhall ever retain a molt grateful sense of them. " '1 remain, clear Sir, " Your obedient, humble Servant (Signed) " DENNIS BUTLER." B OS T O N, July 7. Aflafljn-.irions have not ltopped in Sweden an Englifo paper of May ~ announces 1 iie confirmation qftlie re port of the allaliination of the Duke iie Slider, nania— Regent of Sweden. 1 eli ei'day the felecimen and fciiool committee, attended by a large num. I>er of the clergy and p: incin-l zens.vifited the several public fchoois in this town, and were greatly pleal'- e<l with the proficiency of the scho lars. After which the whole partook at a fuiiiptuous entertainment, pi e . pared at Fauueil Hall. HARTFORD, July 9. THE deftruiftion of Apples, by the canker-worm in various pans of the country is a serious and alarming ca lainity ; and it is the duty of every man to contribute his mite towardj retraining and avoiding the evil. About a year agoa iel'pectablcgeit. tleman who is more than eigbtyyeaia of age, remarked to me, " that tbii species of worrm never touch apnle trees which stand 011 clay." I cast my eyes over the orchards in this tow", and found the by fait*. In the center of the town, where the foil is moiliy a pure ftiff clay, not a tree was affected by thi» devouring animal, and this gentle, man informed me, the fad had been the fame ever since his remembrance. I have lately made a journey 10 the and am, by particular ob servations, convinced of the truth of the fa<ft. 1 find Wherever orchards it and on clay, or a cold moid springy Toil, tJie trees remain untouched. A gravelly foil is riot friendly to these worms ; but if the gravel is mixed with a fofc light earth, the trees (here on are conliderably injured. On the 01 her hand,'gravel mixed with a hard' clayey earth never admits the worm. In snort, the lighter the earth where the trees stand, the earlier the worms appear and the more complete ihei'r ravages. , These fadls suggest to farmers the propriety of chooling such spots on their farms for their orchards, as do not admit the worm ; for hard clay and cold moid earth do not futnilh this animal with agreeable lodgings. | 1 would further jnlt hint to far mers who have not a choice of foils I for orchards, the possibility that by plowing or digging up the earth un der the trees, just before winter, and exposing the worm to the action of rain and froft, they may perhaps de ft roy them or so leflen the number,as to save the fruit of the succeeding year. ALBANY, July 9. Capr. Guion oft he 3d Ull i ted States regiment, failed for New Brunfwick on Thnrfday lalt, on his way to the western country, with 3 compm.y cori: fitting of about 60 young likely re cruits enlisted in this city. Capt. Piogers' company of horle failed .from this city yelterday for New Brunfwick 011 their way to the western country. INFORMATION For several months palt, a port ha' regularly rode from this city to Whiteftown, in Herkemer county, once a fortnight ; ii now gives us great pleasure to add, that several patriotic gentlemen on the Genefee country, have established a polt from Whites town —who there meets the one from this city ; and in his circuit, ( w ' ] ' c is aifo once a fortnight) he P a e ' through Geneva, Canand3qua, C3" a wargus and Williaiiifbwgo on tie Genefee-river, By this eftabli(h' lienr i a fafe and direct conveyance is open ed between the most interior pan of the United States to the welt, an the several states in the union : 6 printers of the Albany Gazette, te ciliiate thecommunication thusopsi ed, will receive and take chatg®> <j all letters and packages, sent to t 1 care (post paid) either for or the Genefee country or thecoun y Herkemer,ifnd attend particu'sfy their being fafely deliveict oi warded, free of- any thaige o pence for their trouble.
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