IV. That they require and-de mand that the aucient conßitotioH, and the ancient laws and usages be executed and followed and that they ftiall serve as the only balls both for the civil, religious, and diplomatic administrations, as well as for all others. V. That the* following persons be chosen to exercise in the interim the authority or power exercised by the Duke as far a3 concerns the ci : tf att/l bailljwiclc of the city of Brufc fels. [Here follow the names,] form or the oath. 1 " We swear to be faithful to the free and favereign people of Bra bant to maintain the catholic, apos tolic and Roniilh religion, the con stitution of the country of Brabant, and to do every thing chat is pre scribed, or that ought to be execu ted for their happiness, and what iw may be afterwards ordained by the. sovereign will of the people. . " So help me God and all the Saints." COPENHAGEN, Jan. it. Out- cpurt, in answer te the note folic by the Emperor, reqnefUng us to farnilh forthwith the iriplelttiH cary contingency for the duchy of Holftein, have declared rhey will furnifh tfoi* contingency as fooh as poiiible, but in specie, instead of troops. Domestic Articles. BOSTON, March i j On Tuesday last an atlion of. trefpafsfor atlanlc and battery, brought by Benjamin Austin, jun.' Esq. againll Captain Benjamin Rus sell, Editor of the Centinel, came on before the Supreme judicial Court. The counf'el for the De fendant were Mefl'rs. Otis and Mor ton, who managed the cause in an elegant and mallei ly manner. The corn.(el for the plaintiff 1 did not ap pear so Dexterous, in this plea, as we have known him on some other occasions, being several times called to o.rder, by Judge Dana, for devi ating from the evidence : He sup posed that Mr. Austin ought to re cover extraordinary damages be cause he was a Senator of the Com nionwealrh, and said that his ho nor would be valued in exact pro portion wich the damages he reco vered j if this is really the cafe, we are sorry the gentleman's honor, which by hioifelf was valued at a ihiufnnd fovndi, should be so flight ed, by the Jury, who.dedu<ftfcd there froiy nine hundred and ninety-nine fonadi. 1 . ' STAUNTON, Feb. 21. We hear, from Lewifburgh,Green briar county, that a company of Light Dragoons, quartered there, are to march on the eighth March For the Great Kanauway —-at which place they will embark for Ken* rucky We are informed by a gentleman just arrived from the Sale Works in Kentucky, that 011 the T7(hof Ja nuary last, the Indians killed three men at the Bear WaJlow, on the road from that state to the sett fo ments of Cumberland. We also hear, that a treaty is to be held in the spring, with the hof tife tribes of Irdians—and that an Indian flag arrived at P'ort JefFerfon the ioth of January last. Extratt of a letter jrom a gentleman at Fart IVajbiugton, to a gentleman in this town, dated Jan. 14. " I have nothing material to in form you «efpe<fting our (ituation at. prpfent—but am very sorry that the fatall portion of news which I have gathered is v-ery bad>—three men were recently hung at Fort Hamil ton for desertion, and seven more have been tried, but their sentence 1* not palled. Among the latter are two belonging to Captain Alexander Gibfon's company, whom it is ex pected will.certainly be executed — as one of them deferied at the Warm Springs, f«r which he was puniftied — and one of our officer*, in order to save..the Indians the trouble, has put an end 10 his own existence, by cuttutg his throat." Philadelphia, March 2 f- The CJiarlejloii Citi Gazette, of March 15, contains the following important irrtellf ience, rlctfvtdf>y an ar rival at that fvrt, frrrm Hrylo/. FRANCE. • NATIONAL convention. January 20. The minister of justice informed the conven tion that <he executive council had been'fu'm mo/rc<V »'id allVtnbled eaily this tttoimug, for the execution of the decrce relative to l.ouis G*pft, »-dc<rree 6t which two copies.had ,bceu transmitted to the hotel of the miniit- r at jut tice. The council had called to its afliftlhee the' department, the mayor,' the commandant gene ral, and'public accuser of the public-tribunal. Afrdr having concerted alotrg with these-, the meafurei-of execution, the minister of justice, president of the executive council, a tpembersof council, the lecretary, and two members of the , department, went together to the temple. At two o'clock, they were brought to Lotiis, to whom the minister of justice, pfefident, of the executive council said, " Louis, the executive has been charged to notify !o you the extrati of the minutes of the national cenvention, dated the 15th, 17th and 191 hot this month, which the secretary will now read to you."—The se cretary of the executive council proceeded to read these three extracts. Louis anfwcred by reading • written ptfper, signed with hi» own hand. After havinghcard this paper, I anfwcred, continued the minister of justice, that we,fhould deliberate on the ob ject of his demands. We retired, and as we were of opinion, that we could not decide alone on the conduct proper to be adopted, we return ed to ihe council, which decreed, that we (bould submit to you ihe writing delivered by.l/Ouisto the deputation, of which I (hall now ffcad you a ropy. "" ' The laji rtqutfls of Louis ! ' M I demand a delay of three daYs„ ,jn Qr4pf , to make The necessary preparations t,o the presence of God !—-I demand for that pur-" pose to fend for and fee freely the person horri I (ball name— the person whom I deritand is* M. Efcheauvaux de lodgolstf JSofc' 483* Rue de Bacq. " I demand that his person be secured from aU disturbance, from all apprehension on ac count of the last offices of charity which he ftiall render me. . . • .. • , " I demand to. be freed from ihit perpetual infpc6tion, which the council general has esta blished over mc for some months. " I demand in'tbis interval, to'be able to fee my faintly as often as I (hall rcqucft, and without witness. " I would request, that the national con vention would immediately proceed to dejibe lateonthe fate of my family, and pet Wit tbem to retire freely, wherever they think proj>er. ■ ■ " I recommend to the nation, all the per sons who were attached to me. There are many of t[ien) who have expended all their fortunes to purchase places under the new go vernment, and who, lif»ving*now lyft their sole depeudance, mult be in circumflances of want; Ainong my penftoners, were many ag ed and indigent persons, who had no other means of support except the penfi on which I gave them. (Signed) LOUIS.'.' . Done at the Templi, January 20th, 1793. Cambaceres—" Louis Capet has only made these demands which you have now heard, to the deputies of the executive council,becaufe they did not inform him of the decree parted yesterday on my proportion, in which the greater part of his requests are anticipated. I demand oti that ground, that we (hall pass to the order of the day. The aflembly palled to the order of the day. Execution of Louis 16. Paris, January 22. Louis was Beheaded yesterday at i-he Place de Louis XV. at a quarter past ten o'clock in the morning. He was conduced thither in the mayor*! carriage, accompanied by his confeflpr and two gendarmes. Great ftlence was pjrferv-' ed during the proceflion. but wberi'he resolved *< the fatal spot, the noise of drums and trumpets was great. He ascended. the fcaffold vuh firm* ness, made a sign he had something to fay : lit tle, however, was heard,on account of the noise, except, 41 2 die innocent ! I forgive you all!" The fcntence was inftantiy executed, and Vivt U Nation refouridcd on all fides. The whole place, and the avenues, weie filled with troops of the litie. A member of the convention, who voted fe»r his death, was attacked a coffee house and killed. This, it is feared, is but the beginning of a fceneof bloodshed, which will not soon be terminated. * Extract from the Gazette or Lk MoNiTtuß UNIVERSE!., a paper published at Paris, dated Sunday the 23d of'Dfecem v ber, 1794. Sitting oj the National Convention, December 11ijl. A letter from the Minister of Foreign Af fairs, was read by a Secretary, in the follow ing term;: " Citizen President—The evidence of ta lencs and civifm given by Citizen Geneft ie the different millions with which he ha.s.been char -ed, has isd the executive Council td de termine to reward Ms aeal by nominating him Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America. His endeavors will be to ftreu£then the bands of anion of the two na tions ; an ohjeft which has been so much neg lected by the former government. " From the inftru&ions that were giren by the former Miuiftry to the Agents in that country, which the executive Council caused to be laid before them, they have I'een with in dignation, that, at the very time when the good people of America expreSed to u? their t'riezdfliip and "gratitude in the most atfec tioaata manner, Vergenne* and Mon on {win 343 * tlnttiglifr ? 4 that it .\v*s not* ful table -to Franc* ' tp gpyft America a-11 the couiiilence of which it was susceptible, becnulb-it would acquire a ft r<? 3 jti> ] whi c!i it might probably be temptfw to They therefore enjoined on their agents a paifive conduit in regard to tJiat na tion ; and to speak of nothing but tlie per* fojial views the King for its profpevity.-— The operations ol' war were directed by the fame Machiavelian maxims. The fame du pileity was employed in the negoclations of peace; in which, when signed, the people for \yhom we tad taken up arms altogether neglected. * l The National Convention will follow another course. 11 has already manifefted the d<?f:r£ of contracting a foHd alliance witb the . ► ArhqHcaJiS, which indutes jn? to. call tffthe aUewtiep of the Convention then-engagement to, by a letter which the President has b«pn charged Jo write, their sensibility of the getiprous succour which the United State?, : and-in particular the state of Pennsylvania", , have given to the Colonies. If Citizen Geneft ! wfcre tks bearer of this letter, I am of opinion ' thais it.might have: a very good effect, and facilitate hisnegociations." t Ttis fvas a mi/lake, tic whole succour having J been frotn, the United £tatet r . , Jj I Tfce letter alluded to in tfoe foregoing, is as follows 5 OFFICIAL LETTER, ' ' 7V hf delivered, on the part of the frtnth RejwHic, "i ' (q the United States of America. " President of the United States of Nortli • America, " Amidst the ftnrmswhich buffet onr infant liberty, ft is a comfort to the French Ilepub lic,to'have communication with other Repub lics founded on the fame principles as her own. Our brothers of the United States, no doubt, have heard, with gladness, the new re volution, -which overthrew tie la!l obstacle to ouMlibertyj; shit .revolution was necef fatff- 'RbyaW 'wSVftHFesliflirljf, and irr every cbriftitution where it exists, there is no true liberty. Kih'gs and equality are incompati ble witß each other; it is their business to conspire against it&the sovereignty of nations. " The United States of America will fiard { the fiipport which the ancient French Court had afforded them to recover theif independejice, was only the fruit of base fpecnlation ; their glory offended its ambiti ous views, ajid t he.ambafladors bore the cri. orders of flopping the career of their J* Niy, it is only between free nations that fincetetund frate nal treaties fan be formed. Thg liberty which Jthe French Republic wilhes to restore to the nation; that Shall call for ber afliftanee, will not' be polluted with similar {tains: It (hall be pure like itlelf. •<lk e imriirnfc diflance Which parts us, prevents your taking, in this gloripus rege neration of Europe, that concern which your principles and past combats reserved to you- Single and alone against the coalitionof Kings, wprtSy : of beint called your brothers; and the ignominious rttreat pt their combined armies,Gemmappe, Spite', Savoy, Flanders—all thefc fuccelles o«|ht'to call to yonr remembrance Saratoga, Trenton, and York Town. " \Phen will the final term of our ftrugg'es come if We do not yet know ; but, free Ame- ric»n|„rely on our courage and perieverqnce ; ntffa Frenchman fttalfremain, or they (hall alf"be!frep. Liberty fliall become extinct in Ettbptf,-ol- ourprinciple? (hall triumph every where over the league of despots. They have raited ftonns against us even iii our own he mifpbere ; they have excited pur islands to rebellion, but our principle? and our arms will finally give them again calm profperiiy. The United States have contributed towards it, by the ample relief they have afforded for our colonies, at a moment wlien France was too remote to give them support. Thanks to you, generous Americans, it-is the debt which the gratitude of the French Republic dis charges with hqartfelt fatisfa&ion. " The time isdoubtlefs not far difbnt when ihfaf from being a fuhjt'ft of eternal ; rivsllkip «nd war, w i" Olily be » further tic »- "nicng. nations. Thp time is not fai distant wben found policy {hall >lay down the bafit of Cairtnierce, not on exclulive interests, but on the ; Conjoint interests of >11, and on the nature of thiiigf. It depends on the courage of the Uni ted States to accelerate that happy moment, and the French republic will eagerly her con currence tn all the efforts ther fhajl make for meting the ■politic*) and commercial tie« of two n»tioi», wh» can no longer have but one common fculiment, since their principles and interests are common." ■i I < • Accounts from Martinque fay—Tranqui lity is now perfip&ly re-eftabliflied in that iflarrtf. The national tri-colourert flag was hrnfted there on the 4th of January, immedi at-efyafter the departure of the fk'et of roy alittr., who havebeen the cause of much dip | tirbw ce t ' >c colony. They consist of the • thip La ITerme, the-frigate La Calypso, the • corvette La Marefchal de Castries, a trtinf port, and *fm all veflel. They have taken refuse in'the Spanish I flam! of Trinadad, the ■ G«v»nnor of which finding hitu&lf much in ictwnmoded by their visit, h*3 written home ,to Madrid to know what steps are to be ta- Iken. The patriotic frigate La Felicite, 'Captain M. La Crofle, who was obliged to fly to St. Lucia dnring the infurreftion, ar rived'at St. Pierre the gd of February, and ?has brought M. Rochambeau, jun. son of bain who Went to Cape-Fraocois, to succeed M. Behajne, the ci-devant Governor. A small veflil arrived at St. from France »n the 7tli of February, after a pafiage of 22 jdav»^brings word that a lmall'fqnadron, na dir the command of Capt. Duval, dcftiiicd to restore order and tranquility to our iilandi, was to fail ou tin 24th of January. 'AH tk; inrliafctitaljts wrlio laij iterated (i»v# Wurnei! the nation*! flag iias tieer'hoiit ecf, and tilings Iwgiu to wftr a piciiliiij; as pert," • ' - r - The Ililoxville Gazette fays—'>Uy 8 man \vhd arrived in town lull -week from Me.oDlftrift, Ave are informed, that abor.t: the middle of January fcren or eight Indian*; crofted Cumberlandilivei to the north tide, near the mouth of White's Creek (leven miles from Nashville) and thare fell iu Wit«- Gowcr, whom they ftred on and 1 nor tally wounded ; he noiwjthftanding made J)h ef tape to Hickman's flation, hi in a few days. The fame day a. man was wounded on the south fide, near the fame place. A writer iti the Virginia Chronicle speak ing of French a&iirs, fays—thufe who have traced the steps which have led to this revo lution, will perceive, that all their futferings, .and all thej.convullions n<nv agitating the kingdom, haste proceeded, from the Qoeen'* patronage of the American eaufe; and had that sprung from her ?eaT for its freedom, it would have been laudable ; bit on the con trary, it arose from her-avowed enmity to .the Englilh nation.—The King who Mr. Burke extols .as amongst the heft of Monarchy and aspofTeffing the of hearts, has him . felf most cfientially conduced to destroy the peace of his kingdom, and to endanger the lives and royal profpe^ts-of his own immedi ate family, by fantfioning the Hnion of the Clergy, Nobles and Commons, intooue House: his fatal connivance at this Ast, which de stroyed degree, and consequently the vene ration due bpth to, the propriety of rank, and to which property is entitled—at the fame moment unlinked atf order and subordination. —The motives for the Queen's conduct were fatally viadi&ive ; to the policy of LoyU wretchedly temporising in that fit ft deltruc tjye step, his prefept lamentable situation is afcribable alone. We learn that Briffbt dc V/arville voted in the National Convention in favor of referring the final sentence on the Kii>g to the primary assemblies. Gen. Ait. Houdon, the famous French sculptor, wfro paid a visit to this cotfntfy a'fi-w years ago ta procure alikenefs of the President, and who was employed bv the state of Virginia, to ex ecute a marble ilatue of that American hero and Catefrfian, had completed the fame by the end of November laffi. it may, therefore, soon be expected. Gen. Adv. Extrafl of a kttnfrom KingJon, / Jam.) d.ited Feb. 16, rccivcd fa the big Ann, Cdpt. C Qrgt. " Captain Villiam Bligh arrived here the 6th of February, in the fh'p Providence, ftom Otaheite, with 347 plants of the bread fin it tree, 332 of which have been left in thij. jf. land, the remainder, I underfta»d, are in* tended for the King's gardens at Kew. " Belides the pllpts anoveuientionsd, Cap tain Bligh has brought 248 plants of different kinds; among which aie the Otaheite apple, (one of the moll delicious and high-flavactd fruits in the world) the mjngo, China lemon, almond, *nd two nutmegs, which have beep planted, #nd it iiexpected \ViH grow. He has also brought two natives with him; one of them came with an intention ofgoing to En gland, the other frays here to assist in the cul tivation ef the plants." COMMUNi€AT!ON. Continual dropping wears away (loner The unceafmg cry of mifconduft and corrup tion in our government, cannot fail to en. flame the minds of jnany .citizens. It would be curious as well as ufeful to throw into a catalogue—it would be a very long one the barefaced falflioods which have been printed in this city, and re-printed in almost every part of the United States, agavnft the govern ment, within two years palt. There hfcarce ly a (ingle great measure of Congress which has not had a host of lies going before it, like an advanced guard, to make the people fnf peft and abhor the legislature of the union. Still the good sense of the people overpower? this host, and the laws of the union are fat witted to. The more the government degraded in fume diftrirfts by calumny and fallhood, the mors is it»to the honor of Ame rica that the laws are ftiN held in refpetitiy. the people at large- Married at Columbia, Wc stern Territory, by the Rev. John Smith, Captain John AtJtiiSrong, of the firft. United Stales' 'regiment, to Mil's T. G"forth, daughter 6t William Goforth,Efq. one of thr judges of tWcommop p!ea» for the coiirw ty ol Hamilton—A young |?.dy of excellent edu cation, and poflefling every mental acconjpli la ment requisite to infuie happinels in the mauird Hate. Next Saturday's Cazetle u ill contain an inter til ing and particular account of tie fate of Col. Hardin, Major Trueman. and the other pitrjtm who u ere murdered by the Indians, tubt/e acting under the/ini tio* of Flags oj truce. > SHIP NEWS. ARRIVEDuf the PORT ijj PHILADELPHIA. Btig Ann, George, Jamaica Dispatch, Sheriff, St. Vincent* Sch'r Franklin, Hifp*n!oia tank-, J-nrs Charirfton i__i — J Hvcior, Cad en head, - SloOp Brilliant. Ruflcll, Patrick Hcury, Skinntr, FRICE OF STOCKS. 6 per Cents, iB/jj g prr Cents, ir t J s - Deferred, 11^5 Full /bares Bank H. S, 16 per cnit. prem $3"* Wart ei (0 compUai files 0/ fhij G+sxUf mrw" ber\ jg aTrd 80-s'« pence each uiU +4 by tkt Editor j«r a few qf tkoje numbers. Cdrolioa Triniaad Vn 6 iuii
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