nearly 12,600, of whom more than 8000 were of the people. The Swiss, it seems, weie nearly all drtink ; and one of their fii It inducements 10 fire was 1 tie difehajgc of tome mufquets from the windows of the Thuilleries, by pei sons in their uniforms, hut who weie not Swils. Believing their corps engaged, they then fired immediate ly, before i hey had hesitated. The allied armies have only to take Thionvil'ie, Sedan and Montinedi ; and then there will be no fortrefs on that fide to prelent an obltacle to their match into the heart of France. THION VILLE, Now inverted by the A oil tip lis and Frisian* 1 , is a very itrang town of" Kra,ice in Luxembuig and capita) of a bailiwick. It was ceded to France by the treaty of the Pyrenees, and is aJvantageoufly seated on the river Mofelie, over which there is a bridge, defended by liorn work, 14 miles north of Metz, and 19s mrrth-eaft of Pat is. Long. 6. 15. east ; —lnt. 49. 31. north. VERDUN, Which has recently futrundei'ed to I the Duke of Brunfwick, is an ancient, I strong, and considerable town of France, in Loiratn, and capital of the Verdnnois, with a bishop's fee, ihe title of principality, and a strong < citadel. It vas foiiiierly afi ce and fvial city, divided into the Upper ii- Lower towi.s, and is a place of : >rtauce for the defence of C ham ic ihe winds are 1 so strong here, rlit y durst not raise the cat lie i... to a proportionable height ; but it is remarkable for its length, its two choirs, and its four lleeples. There ai e Abbeys, collegiate wii b the p.u ifh churches ; and the molt curious ft ruptures besides, are the bi(hop\ palace, the town house, and the Je itift s college. The inhabitants a.e nafed for the fine fweet-metrs they make. It is feai ed on the river Mease,! which runs through the middle, 42 miles S. W. of Luxemburg, and 150 E. of Paris. L«ng 5. 23. £. Lar. 40. 32. North. It is divided into an npper and lower town, the firlt of which is a fortified place and the object of con —Within the rampaits of "Jjntif m iiiijiiix&fi t* r > only ten are exposed to the Jombs. Ihe walls may be round in about fix minutes J hey are protected by fifty pieces o( cannon : nd fix mortars, the latter of which are also secured from bombs. — The garrison consists exatftly of eighteen hundred men ; all useless persons are removed from it ; they have a well of joo feet deep: cis terns filled with rain-water, and pro vihons for thwe months. Jumping Joe, executed last Fri day at Kennington, was one of those fellows who are deemed geniuses in their way He was near sixty jears e, had been fifiy-fix times tried lonies, and had hanged forty •companions. He obtained the Ifcuf Jumping j oej i roi „ , which «a> so great that he d leap ,nto the hafket of a (la ee eoach, and out again, while the car nage was running at the r ate of eight m.les an hour. He was also ChTiTti as f° r h |£ Ving rpeiU flXtec " Chuttmafes successively i„ confine ">cnt, and probably no ; nnmerril, The war with Poland being finifli ed, and i he affairs of that kingdom on the p.,, lt of being regulatfd Z £jg. h i, .« r „,/ lh ?££ b Je Rnfl.a will reinforce the body of troops «hick are to march a.ainf witlT' VV ' ,h 25,0 °° n,e "' f ° "hat S e an aimy of jo,ooo ;o afljfl tie operations of rhe Allies. A vciy curious circumstance will happen in about eight years When Int^wT,fle adOP 'r dthe G,^>ri " ™ found nec'edary t<> of r c " ,eila nt'-y. The «i"*-* Virginian birt, c "; 2 f"»np, is s icyi vears since n' . n . rc alf ' fonie unce, in ti U j country. i Don Frederic de Cravina, \»lio is lariived in town fiotn Plymouth, tra j vels at the expense of the court of j Madrid, tor the purpose of viliting | the navies of foreign nations, thofcj jof England and Holland efpecialiy. j His visits, however, are made in the iinoftopen manner, and we may gei j more by the strength of sour navy, than by concealing any i preparations, which he can fee con cerning it. What a fpctfacle was Paris, and especially the place of action, on the evening of the loth j of Auguit ! Labour and trade were interrupt ed, the wo'rklbop and the counter deferred — Amid apparent disorder, there was aftrong mix ture it' ifrmternity, - geaaoe, i.eneioijty, and barbarity ! Evtrv tircet in arms, yet no outrage committed in the {beet;. Bui 1 , aln ! the citi zen was grievouHy and too otteu afflicted at the fight of patriots d>ing or wounded, borne home by their comrades, and followed bv their weeping family. Every eye, every itep was directed to the palace which sent forth volumes of 'moke. TheCarouzel appear ed to be avail burning furnace. In order to enter the palace it was neceftary to cross two at its wings, which were reeking in their embers, and to trample either on burning beams, or o» bodies not yet cold. The court of the prince was but another afpeft of the lame picture ; it presented the ficadeof the palace battered fror top to bottom by the national cannon, some of which (fill eemcd to threaten the too long abode of Roval vice. Here too the dead lay ft re wed. But how describe the vestibule, the flaii-caf'e, the chapel, and the apartments ? It was ho: ror not to be exceeded. Yet even thi* io ror might be endured, by recollecting who had been their inhabitants. The walls and loors were stained with blood, covered with hioker weapons, and the limbs of nijpi, min-'e ■! with torn garments, royal rohes, velvets Work ed in gold with fleur-de-lis, furniture broken, 'nattered V3les, bottles diltributed to the met cenary executioners of the despot, and dead bo dies at every step ! J he palace gate leading to the terrace was ' °bftrufted by heap? of dead, almoil naked, and as if still biting the dust, tlieir hahds gra'ped in age to have fallen by the sword of the people. Every alley of that noble garden, the admira tion ol foreigners, and the pride of nature ard of art, presented nothing but more dead and more; some under the trees, feme extended] beneath the llatues, and others strewed over with graft and the flowers of the garden ; and to give the last touch to this fearful scene, the wooden barracks Of the Swift ail on fire, and tle flames lighting thole who were losdinr nu merous carriages brought to take away tbe dead from the Place de Louis XV. By the fide of this scene of horror fat Louis XVI.' the au thor of all these lamentable tragedies, at a we) replenished table, in the room of one of the committees of the National Affembl*. eating ' ru -l» m the mmmnv tS silent and enraged wife } (he biting her }ip, not having been better fecondcd in hateful crimes and deplorable guilt. No part of the pa i ace 0 f the Thuilleries is urt favewhe,. the cannon struck, and which can be repaired ; but the barracks which R,r ---[ nunded It, and which spoiled its appearance, thJn- ? ? ne< ! t0 flames > and are levelled with ground. It is most likely that it will be Bu",ef i n fU , tUre t0 * hHjl for ti,e aOembly. Bu.eaus for the national business, and apart-1 Re* theMinifterS and P '' sfide »< o^tlLj Domestic Articles. RICHMOND, October 27 On 1 hurfday rhe annua] ballot for nvenior of thi g commonwealth took (' n ' e hou Jf ° f delegates ; when his Excellency Heauy Lee, Esq. to fill ,hat imponant and dignified office for the enfuifig year comment,ng the fir It day 0 f Decern! ber next. ' WINCHESTER, (Vir.) OA 2o " authentic imo« m , tlon -/' a gentleman from Knoxville £:zvr th i f ihe ohio^Si tace he left on the i 2 ih infant we " faVored ""*> the follo'wimr ntei citing particulars : On the 7th of September Tnhn ■Vatis rendezvoused 500 Creeks and "h/n Y nd declar ed war again!! he tinted States. A part of ' h ■ e^fe to Th• toWns Ponded to be ad euers to G P '° Ceedi "g. ™d wrot , euers to Governor Blounrot Watts*. air . »rote a 1.,,. 7 also, in Council »■.Ugnrt Bl"3r™£ |>'en g„i,,g to Warj and defire j jJU S®SKigs ,h *y agreed ',1 1 me COU,,cil ">'l. uh. f, , the re,,d «*oo S on tb, making wai - , owed pnrpole o Creek nation Ar° " u ,ie,, g er to th, nat,on ; firing them to f ur 182 nifti alt the warriors tlury could spare —and dilpaiched a frciichniaw and a Halt bieed io leconnoitie Cumber land, who, on their reiui 11, were to ferv« as pilots, I heie intended spies, in Head of fulfilling the object of their mitfion, acquainted the people of Cumberland with the true Hate of affairs, and warned them to be upon ! ' heir guard, whereupon General Ro-j bertlbn ordered two-thirds of the mi- litia of that country into- actual fe vice. The Hanging Muw has inform ed Governor Blount ih:it, on the 19th of September, (the.day appointed, as mentioned above) about 1000 Creeks ai)d'ChejHjtef>es affemblfd at th<* Ruu-', on iwJ%bft.il lutely marched again ft ihi'fettlement of Cumberland. No information of rheir having made an attack on that place had been received at Kuoxvilk on the nt-h inllant. " Ihe Frenchman) and Half-Breed, above-mentioned, were lately em ployed by the Spanilh Governor, to carry letters to the Creeks, Chero kees, Chickafaus and Choc'taws, en couraging them to come to Peirlaco la for arms and ammunition, and in- Itigating them to make war with the United States. " About the latter end of July, a Treaty was held at New Oi le.tns, be tween the Spaniards and the Creeks, Cherokee's, Chickafaws and CJiotftavv s, at which the former offered them aims and ammunition, to go to war jgainft the; United States, and tojd them it would be for their interest so to do—they also made them lavge presents of goods. The Creeks, and Cherokees of the Lower Towns, re ceived their Talk. Certain intelligence had been received at Ktioxville, that a Spanish agent resided for Tome titweat M'Gil livray's house, who inveigled him, together with a number of other chiefs of the Creek nation, to attend a Treaty lately held at New-Orleans —and that they are now 011 their way home from that place. " Governor Blount has ordered [near one half of the Holltein and French Broad militia into actual fer »ice, under the command of Briga dier-General Sevier." j I roip this derail of appears, that the return of Watts, as menti oned in a former paper, was merely a finefle. r r ' About the 6ih instant, some Indi ans attacked a flation on Little River and killed three inen.—And, about the Bih or 9th, a paity of them fired on {ome persons coming from Ken tuck)', killed one and wounded ano- ther MUM THE FARMERS JOURNAL dvice to Farmer;, from re own eXf eruntt thisprrfent Fytat. IRS t, maki? your ground mellow and rich, .nd then plant your cum hut two feet apart each way, arid hul „„<■ k clnt ,j ln , hj j,. ttm „ t he way dvc (iII c t and hoed it without plowing ; and . When my corn was ripe, J mtafintd feyeral rods } . n t'»nd mejluied theicorn ejca& y, and had tnou i r n a bufht los cars 10 a tod ol ground,and it was rhil Ifyiildit. 18 nib its of (hcllcy Corn lo a hulhel of ears : And nnonthiH in paiticu |ar I cut up eleven fuckers when thoporn ; " let, and dm d them, and put their, in tire barn, and here were Icven then Iclt, and e..< h one had an ear o' corn and one had two cars which 1 : f'ght ears produced , 774 kernels and all from on. r| nt : And h»d a large load of ihe tops on about one hondnd rods ol ground. And I am of opinion, that the ground would Dear to have been planted only one loot apart, aud therefore might have yielded m .re than it did. EIIJAH HAWLtY Neaif eld, 09. 3, ,- Qa PHILADELPHIA, November 7. ' i COMMUNICATION. : I Perhaps the present is as intcrettirg a period ; as any that has or will occur in the hiftorv of ~ us country. It is a fart too notorious to be ■! at the moment when the people of j the United States were in so wretched a litua icrrrf > r I ° f ' :nion ' S° ver,, nient, and theV were a,moft 'endy to will, for tl* Gariix and Ocita," of .. M tv I -'On,; us was as llrenuous in oppofirion to the only means that appeared adequate to our lal vation, as ever the citizens of America were tbe mea,ure! ' ot their open enemies : This party wrote and did more (for the time) to pre vent the adoption of the new constitution, than tne patriots did to lave their country from fo .,e'g" ty, , ann '":~ l " going counter to'the advice and machinations ot this antifederal junto, the people laved themselves from a „ thAorrors „f di union anarchy and Havery-thev placed their dom"wfri s C°f P ror P er »tv, peace and free fteos • j ' a , VC L tont " lU£d to attend their Zl'T Wl * persevere in supporting dffl« ? W " Ch haVC Kt " f! e mL.s of v Vk B - t V e i cluud ' ; that relied on their prof tß'-'Mfi ili Wl " Cuntinuc ,0 fl'me « ilb -a.mj luitre, to tiie perfect day. CONGRESS.- hovsfOF representatives Monday, n„v. S) ~9 2 T®' Ht.u'e aflernblcd purfuanr »« •• 'enr ; rie,!t ~ t ' le t'-i-uwing inttiibeii belng""^ •ttMStE** l *~ J * Gc-rrv, Mr."Bourne l»- W,, Yn/' Lc "" ard ' Mr - 'i'totcherl- £" ward, and Mr. Ainss. ' ' RheJt l/l rd—Mr. Bourn. It;r n oni~ vi;-. Nile? ami Mr. Smith »£!z£: h £2*> «r. Mr A D.mon'~ Mr ' B ° Udinot ' Mr * Clwk . 1 ""'f.lv.wu—Mr. Muhlenberg, and Mr. Fit,. Ifimoo*. Key, »„<J Mr. Morr,,. White ' Ml "Madison, Mr. V«. nable Mr. Parker, Mr. Gile<, anrfMr. C and Mr. f Mtr Mr - JSfctSr* T, " k "' **-•** Gtorg't,p—Mr. Baldwin, and.Jfr. WlUit , A quorum being p,*^ ed to bufiiief* \ t Mr.Leonard, * new member from Maifachufetts, appeared, productd bii credentials, was qualified, ind took lis feat. A mefTage was sent to the Senate, by the clerk of the House, to inform them thru a quorum of tlie House were afTem bled, and ready to proceed to bulinefs. On motion of Mr. Boudinot, it was relolved, that a committee be appointed, to join with such committee as may be appointed by the Senate, to wait on the I i efident of the United States, to notify him, that a quorum of both houses are ailembled, and are ready to receive fiore him any communications he may be ple;>f ed to make. Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Key, and Mr.. Moore, were appointed the committee. A meiTage from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their secretary, informed the house, that a quorum of the fenatt beinfj afiem bled, in the abfeuce of the Vice President of the United States, they had proceeded to the choice of a Prelident of the Senate pro tempore, and that Mr. Lanjjdon was eledlcd. Oil motion of Mr. Boudlnot, it ws» resolved, that the House proceed to a joint ballot, for two chaplains of difFc.cnt denominations, to officiate, interchangea bly weekly, during the feflion. This rciolution was sent to the Scnati, Mr. Smith (S. C.) presented a petition from ftindry citizens, merchant* of South Carolina, complaining of the exorbitant fees exadled in the admiralty court of that state, &c.— Read, and referred t» M'. ) Mr. ani Mi. White. A communication was read from the Govei nor of Georgia, enclosing the pro ceedings of the lsgiflature of that state re lative to filling the vacancy in the Repre* fentation of that state, in Congrefe; ty which it appeared, that John Mifledgc, Esq. was elected. A message from the Senate, by Mr, Otis, informed the House, that the Senate have concurred in the resolution, for a joint committee to wait on the President «f the United States, and have appointed Mr. lsard and Mr. Strong—also, that they have concurred in the refolutiou of the House for the choice of chaplains, and have ele&ed the Right Reverend BiiWp White. The House proceeded to eled a chap l.Wn on.then part j the batinu Stctig ledled, it appeared, that the Reverend Do&or Green was chofcn. Mr. Boudinot, of the committee ap> pointed to wait on the President of ll,e United States, reported to the House, that the joint committee of both houses had waited on the Piefident, ivho inform ed them, that he would meet the two hou fef> to-morrow, in the Senate chamber. On motion, it was resolved, that th. Clerk cause the members to be furiJilhe with thiee newspapers, such as the) (■><" chuft, to be delivered at their refpectue lodgings during the session. Adjoined till to-morrow, " o'clock
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