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.
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