yearly allowances for the bcrefit* of their
trade, Mr. Smally does not presume to fay.
Mr. Smally was not brought before me by
virtue ol' any legal authority ; but hearing®!"
his return, and understanding by his neigh
bors that he was a sober man, on who r e rela
tion confidence might be placed, I wished to
have that relation from himfetf, ajid accord
ingly aiked a ceitain Hal!, of the militia, one
of his neighbors, to deiire him to tome down,
which he accordingly did, when I took down
the account in writing, as he related :i—and
I believe you may rely upon the truth of the
fa&s, so far as his memory could I'erve.
f underltand Congress have in a public man
mer condoled with and provided for those fa
milies who have been bereaved by the lite
unfortunate einbaflies j such conduct, in my
opinion, does honor and-gives dignity to go
vernment; and I flatter myfelf that govern
ment will take meaftjres that this poor man,
Mr. Smally, lhall bejuftlypaid, agreeable to
his agreement made with Major Trueman,
who is now dead, and unable to perform it
himfelf. Thejufticeof government cannot
be doubted—neither would I throw out the
molt distant hint or ihfmuation that any of
the public officers wou'd be guilty of the least
degree of chicanery, by withholding the mo
ney from whom it is due, in order to force
them to take orders and goods from any tra
der, at the advance of an hundred or hundred
and fifty per cent, or higher, from any mo
tives whatever. But thefaftis, that it often
happens that the treops of militia, when tlieir
money is earned, are, for want of the pay
mafter's'being in calh, obliged to take a due
hill on government, which is finally paid with
the greatest justice; but the poor men cannot
think ol going to Philadelphia for it ; and as
they are in want, they part with their due
bills to tbe traders at almost any rate, rather
than run the rifle of losing the paper, and get
ting nothing. These things greatly (reduces
the idea of the pay of government; and on
thele accounts.you may rely upon it our
country bleeds, andjnakes it more difficult to
or raises the price of volunteers on all
occasions Farewell.
Foreign Affairs.
FRANCE.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Sunday, January 13.
KERSAINT, after sundry prefa
tory remarks, reported in the
committee of defence as follows :
rft. The minister of the marine
shall issue orders to all the ports, to
arm 3© fail of the line and 20 fri
gates, exclusive of 21 (hips of the line
and 33 frigates already in cosnmif
fion, which will increase the naval
force of the republic to 52 fail of
the line and 52 frigates, which'fhall
be also victualled.
2. Twenty-five {hips of the line,
j of roo, 6 of 80, 14 of 74 guns, 29
frigates, 9 of which (hall mount 40
24 pounders, and i2of 36, 18 pound
ers ; 20 cutters and 6 bomb veflels,
(hall be put upon the {locks ; and
all neceflary repairs {hall be made
to put all the {hips of the republic
in a state to keep the sea.
3. The executive council {hall
take the most expeditious measures
to secure the armaments of the coasts,
and put them in a {late of being
employed in the ensuing spring;
100 battalions in the maritime de
partments, or those whiph are con
tiguous to them, {hall be appointed
to them for their defence.
4. Registers {hall be. opened in
the municipalities, to inscribe the
names of young persons from 16 to
31, who shall be free from all in
firmities, to serve the republic by
sea, n
j. The committee of marine shall
prefentthe plan of a decree for the
number of volunteers who may pre
feni themselves for the sea service,
an 4 to regulate the quota of the 84
departments in proportion to iheir
population, observing that this levy
ftiall not exceed 200 men for the in
terior departments.
6. The committee of var ill all
present immediately its opinion on
the- means least burthenfome, of
preparing the armament of i®o bat
talions, for the defence of the coatts.
7. To allure the execution of these
measures of general defence, the
the national treasury (hall furnifli
the sum of 30 millions as an extra
ordinary fund, to fuptyort the war,
and which shall be at the disposition
of the mißifter of the marine.
The convention moreover char
ges its committee to present, with
out del*y, the state of the expences
necelTary for the extraordinaries of
the marine, in cafe of war, in older
to m&ke provifion3 accordingly.
8. Orders fliall be issued to the
national founderies to cast 600 iron
36 pounders, 800 24 pounders, 600
t8— 400 T2—and 300 8 ponn'ders,
proper for the ft rvice of the sea
and the coasts, and 400 caronades
of 36 pounds.
9. 1 he diplomatic committee shall
make a report upon the situation of
the different agents of the republic
abroad, it being inconsistent with
the dignity ps the republic that
many ol t hem fhuuld remain in their
present situation.
10. The executive council shall
prefeni to the convention a memo
rial upon the refpe<fti've interells of
the French and English nations,
and the defence of their liberty ;
and this memorial approved by the.
convention, and sealed the seal
of the republic, shall be addrefled
to the Englilh nation and govern-
ment
All these articles were decreed,
excepting the 9th and ,toth, which
were adjourned to the 16th, to be
difcufled at the fame time with the
Plan of the decree presented by
Brjfl'ot in the name of the committee
of general defence.
Ir. Conuniflioners from the ton
vention shall be sent to all the ports
and arsenals of the republic, and
to the maritime departments, to ac
quaint the French marines with tlie
cause and objedi of the war with
which France is threatened, ai»d
fhal.l take a lift of the number of
such men as are capable of serving
their country in the.naval depart
ment. They lhall receive the vo
lunteers who fhali firft offer; they
lhall assure the inhabitants of the
coasts, and the mariners, that the
republic will take care, during their
absence, of their wives and children;
their pay shall be augmented, and
a considerable share of the prizes
shall devolve upon them.
In fine, they shall take every mea
sure which they may judge neces
sary, both in the ports and on the
coasts to insure the success of the
war, and put the maritime frqiyiers
of the republic in a refpediable (late
of defence. They shall correspond
on this fubjetfl with the committee
of general defence, fliall give
an account of their proceedings to
the convention, which they fliall
arrange with the agents of the ex
ecutive power and the miniftcrs as
illty shall judgt mft
neceflary power (hall be vested in
them for this purpose.
12. The marine committee shall
instantly deliver in their report up
on the letters of marque, and the
regulations which (hall be followed
by those who (hall fit out privateers
in cafe of a war with England.
Wsdnksday, Jan. 16.
The present state of Paris Was
demanded Decreed.
Legeridre observed, that the ter
rors with which the convention was
inspired, were so many fineil'es to
retard the sentence of Louis.
Marat conjured the convention
not to be the dupes of a farce whi^h
bad been a<3ed for three hours
Those who afFeifled to be terrified
to-day, are those who boaftedafew
days ago that they would csyry
their own measures into efFeis.—
Their despair arifesfroth thiscaufe,
that the brave men (the federates)
who now guard this city, will re
ject the criminal principles they
would suggest to them.
Huguet. A new malfecre is on
foot. All those who have leaned to
the fide of humanity and justice, are
threatened with deftru&ion.
Leharde. I have no doubt of the
business of the federates here—pro
scriptions are openly handed about,
and all those who have voted for
an appeal to the people are to be
poignarded.
It was decreed unanimously, that
the fate of Louis should be instant
ly decided on.
Thibaut, bishop of CantaJ. YfiV
terday I seized on a man who swore
I was a royalist, and he would sft
aflinate me. Of what nation "are
you ? said I—l am, he replied, a
Spaniard by birth, and am come, in
the name of my nation, to demand
the head of Louis the sixteenth to
the end that a folenin alliance may
be formed with your republic. (A
violent agitation in the aflembly.)
I wilh by this, continued Tliibaur,
to prove that the agitators are not
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the P.nlfians, who have coiiftantly
refpedted thedelegaterl autherities
No they are men purposely
brought hiiher
Mitrat (poke of his parriotifm,
ind braved those who now dreaded
jrofcriptions and murder, and who
■vere so bold a few days ago. The
patriotic members, cried be, are
riotafiaid of the menaces of the
ioyalilts. It has been (aid that cer
tain of my colleagues, friends to
CApet, are terrified at the idea of
(hutting the barriers, because it
a" to their flight:
I demand that every member who
(hall quit Paris fliall.be declared in
famous, and that beyond the bar
riers any one may put him to death.
Saturday, Jan. 19 —at night.
Immediately 011 the negative of
the question for delaying the exe
cution of the sentence pronounced
upon Louis being proclaimed.
Cambaceres said—" Citizens, by
.pronouncing sentence of death a
gainst the lad king of the French,
you have done an atft the remem
brance of which will not pass away,
and which will be recorded by the
graver of immortality in the annals
ofhiftory. Public fafery could a -
lone prescribe to you that awful
decree. Since it is pafled, I Hand
up in the name of humanity, to call
your attention to the person who is
the obje<ft of it. Let us allow him
every poilible consolation, and let
us take proper measures to prevent
the execution of the national will
from being sullied with any (lain—
I move, therefore, the following
proportions :
I. The executive council /hall be
immediately summoned, and a copy
of the decree which pronounces
sentence of death against Louis shall
be delivered theim.
2. The executive council ihall be
charged to notify this decree to
Louis in the course of the day ; to
cause ic to be executed within twen
ty-four hours after it has been no
tified to him ; to take every mea
sure of fafety and police tfhich to
them (hall appear neceflary during
the execution ; to be careful that
no insult be offered to the remains
of Louis, and to give an account of
their diligence to the Rational con
verirTTJir.
3. The mayor and municipal of
ficers of Paris (hall be enjoined to
fuffer Louis ttf communicate freely
with his family, and to have with
him such priests as he may desire in
his last moments.
These proportions were unani
mously adopted, with an amend
ment by Briflbt, that the executive
council should not be called till 11
o'clock in the morning.
[The proceedings of Jan, 20, were
published in our last. 3
LONDON, January ia.
The squadron under the com
mand of Admiral fir Richard King,
now in the Scheldt, whence they
failed from the Downs some days
since, confifls of the Afliftance of
5* guns, two frigates, a sloop, and
two cutters. These command that
mouth of the river, between the
Hies of Zealand and Zoarfe.
Government are making the molt
rapid preparations for war in every
department.
The quantity of ordnance (tores
preparing is immense, both for
land and sea service ; and a large
body of cavalry-artillery are short
ly to be raised, the more effectually
to protedl the coalls against any at
tempts of an enemy.
War appears inevitable, and the
nation seems only waiting till they
are fufficiently prepared to strike a
blow of consequence.
January 17.
The official accounts from Hol
land state that the admiralty of Am
(teidam have ordered the immedi
ate equipment, of some ftiips of
war, and have opened the usual cor
respondencies with the other four
admiralties, on the fubjedt of their
usual quotas of Ihips and men.
Lord George Gordon has found
sureties for good behavior for four
teen years, required by sentence of
the court of king's bench, and will
be at large in the course of the pre
sent week. The sureties, we un
derstand, are two Jews of consider
able property f„ (t » e Thr
ble P- ifoner, we fee, g,j n , ,
thing by bis electron itit*
ber oF the chosen, a„d *„rf 4 Vi«.
abandoned by the *bot e
_ January 24.
Fhe French executive council
have given directions all the of
hcers commanding by s ea or ) a „j
in the service of the republic, to be
careful not to be the firlt to eon,,
nut an a<sl of hoftilhy against ,hi,
country, unless it ft, o „\d hereafter
appear the decided intention of th«
British cabinet to declare war a
gainst France.
On Saturday advices were re
ceived of the arrival of the Affill
ance man of war and the Iphigmia
frigate, in the Downs, from Klufo.
ing ; commodore Murray did not
return in his (hip, having been fenc
by our government to the Kin» „f
Fritflia, at Frankfort, with Lord
GrenviUe's answer to M. deChauve
lin.
There is no profpe<s whatever of
a conciliation, and an immediate
Declaration of WAR feetns more
certain than ever, for we can speak
from the firft authority, that our
court is resolved not to acknow.
ledge or receive M. Chauvelin, or
any other person, as the accredited
minifler of the republic of France,
the government of which, accord
ing to its own appellation, is mere
ly provisional.
Domestic Articles.
BOSTON, March 10.
FROM PHILADELPHIA — MARCH 6.
" Congress is now adjourned, and
the Members scattered—but very
few of them remaining here The
Seflion concluded favorably—there
fult of the investigation into the
official conduct of the Secretary if
■the Triafury; was highly to his ho
nor : Many of his letters to foreign
agents, and to our ministers in Eu
were read, in the course of the
dtfcuHn*.., discovered the
great and enlighteina
and Financier ; and strongly lm
preffed this idea on the mind, that 1 ,
the interest and honor of the Untied
State/ ore thefupreme objecXs ofhls
ambition and pursuit."
Dr. Jarvis, Messrs. Kingfley, Sew
all, Gardiner & Jones, of thistdwny
are appointed a committee to consi
der and report to the Legislature,
the present session, how far this
commonwealth is, either directly or .
indiredlly, afFe&ed by a late de
cision of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the Unitee States, said to
have been made by four of the
J udges of the fame, against the state
of Georgia ; or how far any ftateis
conftjtutionally responsible on an
atftion of debt, instituted by any in
dividual of any other state : And
also to procure and submit to tho
Legislature an authenticated copy
of the cafe referred to, and the judg
ment thereupon—of the opinion*
and declarations of the Judges—
and of all other circomftance* re
fpctfling the fame ; in order that
our true situation may be known
and understood, and such measures
adopted on this occasion, by this
commonwealth, as its honor and in
terest may demand, and the peace
and fafety of the Union requires.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The MaiTachufetts Society for
promoting Agriculture, to engage
attention to the culture and pre
fer vat ion of Fruit Trees, offer a pre
mium to the person who (hall on or
before the firft clay of July 179^'
give a fatisfartorynatural history of
the Canker Worm, of Fifty Dollars,
or a piece of Plate, or a Gold Me
dal, of that value, at the option of
the author. The history of this
infe<fl will be expe&ed through all
its transformations ; at what depth
in the ground, and at what <hf
tance from the tree, as well as the
time when they cover themselves ;
at what season they rife from the
ground, in the form of a winged in
feJt and grub ; on what part of the
tree they usually deposit their egg'»
as well as at what time their eggs
become worms. If more than on®
fatisfatflory history of the worm
(hall be given before July 179 j, tb3!