©t toodi, watts or merchandize, confining of such enumerated or other Articles of foreign growth or manufa&ure, or of both whole aggre gate value exceeds eight hundred dollars,and ar mingfrom a diftritt in one State, at a, diltritt in the fame or an adjoining State on the ea coaft, or on a navigable river, (hall, previous to the unlading of any part of the cargo of uch (hip or vessel, deliver to the collcOor, *f there be one, or if not, to the surveyor residing at the port of her arrival, or if there be no collector o< surveyor residing at such port, then to a collector or surveyor, if there be any such officer, residing within hve miles thereof, the manifeft of toe cargo, certified by the colle&or or surveyor ol j the diftritt from whence (he failed (if there bt such manifeft) otherwise the duplicate manifefts thereof, as is herein before diretted, 10 truth of whicli, before such officer, he shall swear or affirm. And if there have been taken on board luch (hip or vc(fel, any other Or more goods, than are contained in such manifeft or manifefts, since her departure from the port, from whence (he firft failed, or if any goods have been since landed, the laid matter or com mander (hall make known and particularize the fame to the said colle&or or surveyor, or if no such goods have been so taken on board or landed, he (hall so declare, to the truth of which he (hall swear or affirm : Whereupon the said eolle&or or surveyor (hall grant a permit for unlading a part, or the whole of such cargo, as the said matter or commander may request. And if there be no colle&or or surveyor, re siding at, or within five miles of the said port of her arrival, the matter or commander of such (hip or vessel may proceed to discharge the la ding from on board such (hip or vessel, but (hall deliver to colle&or or surveyor, resid ing at the firft port, where he may next after wards arrive, and within twenty-foui hours of his arrival, the manifeft or manifefts aforefaid. noting thereon the times when, and places where, the goods, therein mentioned, have been unladen, to the truth of which, before the (aid last mentioned colle&or ox furyeyor, h$ swear or affirm ; and if the master or command fer of any such {hip or vessel, being Ude<i as a forefaidi (hail neglect or refufe to deliver, the manifeft or manifefts, at the times, and in the manner herein c(i retted, he (hall pay one hun dred dollars. (To be concluded in our next.) Foreign Intelligence, Received by Ship Fanny, Capt.Tarbert, arrived at Norfolk, (rir.) in 46 days from Greenock. FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION Thursday, January 17 TH E Appeal Nominal on the question, -what pun'tjbment Jhall te infiidtd- an Louis Capet ? continu ed through the whole of jefterday and the preceding night,each mem ber assigning reasons for his opini on. The following are the most remarkable. Deftigoyte —" I will not enter in to any composition with tyrants. I vote'for death and speedy execu tion of the sentence." Garran de Conlon —" I am of opi nion we cannot exercise, at the fame time the funflions of Accufers,Judg es, and Jury- The people did not delegate to us the right of pro nouncing without their ratification. I consider that to be tyranny, when men place thetnfelves above that e ver fact ed law, the sovereignty of the people. I refpetf the opinions of those who entertain sentiments different from mine, but I cannot a- | dopt them.'' Chabot—" I vote for death,' be cause Louis has been a tyrant be cause he is still one, and because he may again become so." Roberfpierre—" Because you have eftabliftied yonrfelves the judg es of Louis, without the usual forms, are you less his judges ? You can not separate your quality of Judge from thatof Legislator. Thei'etwo qualities are indivisible. You have acknowledged the crimes of the ty rant. It is your duty so puuifli them. No confederation should make you hesitate refpetfting the puniftiment refeTved for the greatest criminal that ever existed. I vote for the punifhmem of death." Dannoti—" I am not one of those Jfotefmen who know not how to de termine but from political princi ples. lam a Republican, and do not hesitate refpetfting the choice of that punifliment reserved for Louis the last. You ought to strike terror into tyrants by an inflexibili ty of character. I vote for the pu nifliment of death " Robert —" I vote for death ; and if anv regret remains with me, it is, that iny competence does not extend to all tyrants. I would condenir them all to death." Barrere —" The tree of liberty does not flouiifli, unless moistened with the blood of Kings. I-vote for death." Egalite—" Those who have made, or may make attempts againtt the fovereigiity of the people de serve death—l vote for death." Condorcet —" 1 declare that no circumstance except the prefeut could indace me to pronounce sen tence ot death against any one. 1 re quell, that the severest punishment, next to death, may he inflitfed on Louis ; but in cafe death fliall be pronounced againrt him, I requett that the political confederation pre fented by Malche, viz. ' VVtihtfcflr the punilhment ought to be accele rated or retarded ?' ought to be difcufled." Lananal—" A republican is anup of few words. The motives £>f my opinion are here. [Laying his hand on his heart]. I vote for death." Barbaroux —" I vote for the death of the tyrant. In a few moments 1 {hall vote for the expulsion of his family."' Villette *' I vote for the con finement of Louis as an hostage of peace. He is overturned aniidft the ruins of the throne, and will now close up every avenue of it.' Anarchariis Clooti—"ln the name of the Human Race, I vote for the death of Louis. Thomas Paine—" I vote for the provisional confinement of Louis, and for his expulsion after the war. Briftot—" I am of opinion 'that the only way of avoiding the dan gers which threaten us, is to pro nounce the punishment of death again (I Louis, and defer its execu tion to the moment when the people (hall have fandlioned the constitu tion which we shall present them. The l'refident announced that he was going to proclaim the result of the Appeal Nominal. . The most profound silence prevailed for seve ral minutes. He said— " The alTembly is composed of 74J members —one of these is dead, 6 indisposed, 2 absent without caufte, | and censured in the minutes confor mable to the decree—ll absent upon comniiffions, and 4 who do not vo(e, making in all 23 members who have given no opinion. The number .of votes is tkas—reduced to 72P-, order that there may be a majority, it is neceflary fiioul£ be an union of 361 fuffrages : 2i_ mem bers have voted for death, with the demand of a difcuflion on the pe riod of his execution ; one has voted for death, with the reserve of its commutation or delay ; two for death, not to be carried into execu tion till peace, unless in cafe of in vasion on the French territory, to be inflidted in 24 hours after the in vasion ; 2 for chains; 319 for im prisonment and banifliment —and [66 for death. The President then lowering the tone of his voice, amidst the mod awful silence, pronounced the sol- lowing fentencc : " I declare then, in the niitne ef the Convention, that the punifh nient which it prono«nc#« against LOUIS CAPET, is—DEATH." Saturday, January 19. At eleven o'clock the fitting had not opened, on account of the ab sence of the President and two Se cretaries. It was demanded that they should be cenfurad ; but the President Vergnieaux being indif posed, and the Secretaries giving fufficient excuse, the decree of cen sure was repealed. Several members spoke on the question of a respite. M.Buzot represented the personal dangers which threatened those who approved of a delay. • I con clude with giving as my opinion, that the execution of the fenrence of death be deferred till the expul sion of all the Bourbons. Thuriot—l d-envand that £«uis be executed within 34 hours, aftd" that the executive council be charged to take the measures neceff'ary to en sure the public fafety. Legendre—The hour of justice is now come the head of LouJs mull fall on the fcaffold. lam against all respite. After some debate, the question was determined (imply thus : Shall there, or (hall there nut beadelay ? 354 The nominal appeal commenced at eight o'clock, At midnight the Prendent announced—" That no delay could take place, there being a majority of 38 voices for the exe cution of the sentence at the expi ration of 24 hours." Monday, January 21. The fining commenced by read ing the following letter : " Representatives, « Benoit-Louis Leduc begs the National Contention will permit him to give to Louis Capet thole fnneral honors which the dignity of the National Convention ought to allow him. He requefls there fore that they will order the body of Louis Capet -to be delivered to him, that he may carry it to Setis, and deposit it near that of his fa-* ther." . After an observation made by Chabot, that Louis ought to be bu ried like other citizens in the usual burying place of the Sedtion in which he lived, the Convention pafled to the Order of the day. Mangeot being admitted to the bar, informed the Convention, that in the ci-devant Palaisßoyal,he had heard expressions in fa'vor of Louis, and among others, the following : " Louis, then, is condemned to death, but those who have condemn ed him, may perilh in their turn." Mangeot added, that the expressions he had heard seemed to agree with the all'affination which had been committed on the person of Pelle tier. Thuriot —" One of our colleagues, whose foul was always pure, has fallen by the hand of an aflaffin.— | It is of the utmost importance that the Convention (hould discover the plot of the conspiracy ; we fliall then fee from what quarter the blow has proceeded. It is ho lon ger time to diflemble. There ex ists a conspiracy against the purell patriots. All traitors and conspira tors mud be seized, put in chains, and be dragged to the fcaffold. I move that the Executive Council be ordered to give an account of the circumstances which J>rf" a - J > con.panied and followed the tranf a<f^ion —whether Pans, the assassin, formerly one of the body guards he arretted, and his papers fealea up." Maure —" A friend of relleiier gave the following account of his alTaffination. He wag dining yef day at the Garden de I'Egalite, in a Coffee-houfe kept by one Ferrier. Six persons came from an adjoining apartment, and one said, «• There is that scoundrel Pelletier Saint Fargeau.' 'My name is Pelletier,' replied the Deputy, ' but I am not a scoundrel.' ' Did you rot vote for the death of the King ?' 'Yes I did, but that was a duty imposed on ine by my conscience.' Scarcely had he pronounced the words when Paris thrust his sabre into the lower part of his belly, which occasioned a large and deep wound. Saint Fargeau requested that no hurt might be done to the ailaffin. He was carried to his father's house, and expired this morning, wilhing that his death might be ufeful to the Republic." Many members complained of having received letters threatening their lives. The Conveution palled a decree to attend his funeral. The Convention then recurring to the various propofitinns which had been made, decreed as follows. I. An address to the French peo ple refpedling the present circum stances (hall be drawn up. 11. Every citizen (hall, in the course of 24 hours, declare, under the penalty of a fine of Whether he has any Emigrants as lodgers. 111. The Committee of the pub lic fafety, (hall be renewed, and (hall coufift of twelve members, cho sen by open vote. IV. The plan of the new consti tution (hall be presented in the course of a fortnight. PARIS, Jan. 2t. On Friday morning the Dauphin stole down ft airs—the feniry at the dobr aiked him where he was go i"g—" into the street, replied the infant Prince, thrnoghout all tV, to beg of the people not 10 kill m ' v dear Papa." One of the gu.rd, carried him to the King ; when he heard what the child had said he burst into tears, and prelTed him to his bosom. The King took leave ofthe Queen and his infant Son and at five .'clock y eiterday afternoon' The Queen was in a raving deliri um. Defeze, the King's Counffl. i, dying with a broken heart. M. Malefherbes is the man who announced the Kinghis faieinthefe words 'My Prince I know yon are courageous, but I cannot forbear telling you, sentence has been naff, ed." * " Well then (said the devoted King) so much the better, my rtfqi lution is already formed, I behold without terror, my last hour aj* proaching; and I ftiall lay my head on the block without any uneasiness; what will perhaps furpiifeyou mire, is, that my Wife and Sifter tfclnk on this fubjetft exadtly as I do." Maleflierbes fell at his feet and said ; " 1 will never leave you, my good Prince I would die "for you." —He was torn from the Royal vic tim by a Municipal Satellite, who told him, he had orcjeis from the Council that he (hould quit the Tem ple. Malefherhe* departed, and fainted before the door. He was carried home, and is much indif- posed. His Majesty had embraced liiir, taking a ling off his finger and giv ing it tohim,faying "Remevtbtrm January 22. THE EXECUTION. Conformably to the arrangement made by the executive council, Louis was yesterday put to death at the Place de la Revolution, heretofore Place de Louis XV. Twenty-five citizens of known principles, well arrarrl. —j— with the manual exercise, and liav. jng each 16 rounds of (hot, were cho fen from relf,ion 10 fo,m a guarn of 1200 men, who accompa nied the unfortunale monarch 10 the place of execution. Strong detachments from ilie dif ferent legions were polled in tht (treets through which the royal pri soner was to pass, and also in all the avenues leading to the place de la Revolution, to prevent any confu* fion, and each fedlion had a body in reserve, ready to move at a moment's warning, to maintain public order, ftiould any attempts have been made to disturb it. Cannon were also distributed in every quarter, whereic was thought they could be any way serviceable, had events made it neceflary to have employed them ; for even to the last moment the sanguinary facftion, I who pronounced the death of the I unfortunate monarch, manifefted I symptoms of fear that some attempt I might be made to rescue liim.^ Between eight and nine I in the morning, Louis proceeded from his apartments iii the Temple, and got into the Mayor's ca " ia^' I w h« accompanied him, as did alio M. Edgworth, or de Fermori, an Irish priest, whom he requeued I might attend him. Louis was are ■ fed in a brown great coat, white waistcoat, black breeches and ItocH- I i„gs—his hair was drefled. The proceflion, commanded > I Marefchal Santerre,proceeded alorg I the Boulevards, to the place ae a I Revolution. One hundred Oe darmes on horseback formed an a I vanced guard to the precefiion. 1 rear guard was composed of iop n I tional guards from the rnilita J school. Various reserves of cava I lined the procession, and pat' 9 the out-lkirtsof the city. . , The unfortunate monarch arn I at the foot of the fcaffold at tw minutes pad ten. He moMiK d tW fcaffold with firmnefs andd'gnir,. . I appeared deftrous to addre , people, but even this was den.ea him. Drums and trumpets g the signal, and at twenty-tw® I nutes past ten his head wa 1
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