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
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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.