National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-04-13 00:00:00, page 4

LAST WILL and TESTAMENT*
of LOUIS the XVI. written by hiw
feff.
From a London paper.~\
JN the name of the holy trinity, the
father, the son, and the holy ghod.
this day the 21ft of December, 1792,1
Louis the XVI, of the name, king of
France, having been for more than four
months imprisoned with my family in the
tower of the temple at Paris, by those
who were my fubjefls, and deprived of all
communication whatloever, ever since the
I ith instant, with my own family; more
over, being implicated in a trial of which
it is impossible to forefee the ifTue, 011 ac
count of the paflions of men, and for
which no pretext or means can be found
in any txiding law ; having only God
for the witnefa of my thoughts, and to
whom J can address myfelf, I here declaie,
in his presence, my last will and senti
ments : •
" I leave my f6ul to God, my creator,
I pray him to receive it in mercy, and not
tojudge it according to its deserts, but
according to those of our Lord Jelus
Chriit, who offered himfelf a facrifice to
Cod his Father, for us men, however un
worthy, and for me the mod unworthy.
I die in the union of our mother the Ca
tholic, Apollolic, and Roman church,
who holds her powers by an uninterrupt
ed fucccffion from St. Peter, to whom Je
fu» Chrid entruded them I firmly be
lieve and acknowledge every thing con
tained in the commandments of God and
the church, the lacraments and myderies,
such as the church teaches, and hath al
ways taught them ; I have never preten
ded to make myfelf a judge of the differ
ent modes of explaining the dogmas which
divide the church of Jesus Chrid, but I
have conformed, and will always conform,
if God grants me life, to the decisions
which the highed Ecclesiastics of the
holy Catholic church give, and (hall give,
conformably to the discipline of the
church followed since Jesus Chrid. Ila
ment with my hear-, our brethren who
may be in error ; but I pretend not to
judge them, and I love them no less in Je
sus Chrid, according to what Christian
charity teac'ies US. I pray God to par
don all my fins ; I have endeavoured to
know them scrupulously, to deted them,
and to humble myfelf in his prcfe ce.—
Not being able to avail myfelf if the mi
nidry of a Catholic pried, I pray God to
receive the confeffton which I have-made,
and above all my profound repentance for
having put my name, (though it was a
gainll my will) to afls which may be
contrary to the dif ipline and belief of
the Catholic church, to which I have al
ways remained f.ncer.ly united in heart ;
I pray God to accpt of my firm refoluti
on, if he grant me life, to make use as
soon as I can of the minidrv of a Catho
lic plied, to confefs myfelf of all my fins,
and .0 receive the sacrament of repentance;
I request all th fe whom I have offended
thro' inadvertence, for I do not recollect
having knowingly offended any one, or
those to whom I may have given bad
example orfandal, to forgive me the evil
which they think I have done them.
" I intrrat all charitable persons to join
their prayers with mine, to obtain of God
the pardon of my fins.
" I forgive, wiih all my heart, those
who have tnade theinfelves my enemies
without my having given them any cause ;
and I pray God to forgive them, as well
as those who, through a falfe or mistaken
zeal, have done me much evil.
" 1 recommend to God, my wife, my
children, my fider, my aunts, my brothers,
and all those who are attached to me by
the ties of blood, or in any other manner
whatsoever. I pray God particularly to
look with the eyes 0/ mercy on my wife,
my children, and my filler, who have
long been the partners of my fufferings ;
to fudain them by his grace, if they (hould
lose me ; and as long as they remain in
this perilhable world. I recommend to
her, above all, to make them good cliridi
ans, and honed members of society ; to
mak them conlider the grandeurs of this
world, if they are condemned to prove
them, but, as things dangerous and pelifh
able, and to turn their views towards the
only and solid glory of eternity. I re
qiicd my lifter to continue her teSdernefs
to my children, and to be a mother to
* The 'Will ivas read before the Br'it'ifli House
of Commons on the ziji cf 'January, the day of
the execution of Lcuis the ibth.
tlicm, if they fl.onld have the misfortune
to lose their own.
" I entreat rny wife to forgive me all
the evils which (lie iuffers on my account,
and the untafinefs which I may have cau
sed her in the course of our union ; as (he
may be allured, that I remember nothing
againll her, if (he thinks Die lia's any thing
to reproach herfclf with.
" I earnedly recommend to my chil
dren, next to their duty to God, which
thev ought to prefer to every tiling, to
maintain mutual union, fubmifiion and
obedience to their mother, and gratitude
for all the cares which file incurs for them,
and in memory of me.
" I entreat them to conCder my filler
as a second mother. I recommend to my
son, if he fhonld have the misfortune to
become king, to tliink that he owes him
felf entirely to the good of his fellow-citi
zens ; that he ought to forget all hatred
and all resentment, and especially whatever
relates to the misfortun s and uneafincfs
which I experience; that he cannot pro
mote the good of the public but by reign
ing according to the laws; but, at the
fame time, that a king cannot make the
laws rf fpefted, and do the good he wishes,
but in proportion as he has the necessary
authority ; and that, without this, being
fettered 111 his operations, and ir.lpiring 110
refpett, lie is more injurious than ufeful.
I recommend to my son to take care of all
the perf-ns who were attached to me, as
far as his circumdances (hall give him the
means ; to th ink that this is a sacred debt
which I have contra&ed to the children or
relations of those who have died for me,
and next, to those who arc unfortunate 011
my account. 1 know that there are many
persons of those who were attached to me,
who have not conduced thtmfelves to
wards me as they ought, and who have
even shewn me ingratitude ; but I forgive
them (often, in the moments of trouble
and effervefcence, a man is not master of
himfelf;) and I entreat my son, ifhe thould
have the opportunity, to remember only
their misfortunes. I could wish to be able
to tedify my gratitude to those who have
dilplayed a true and diflnterefted attach
meiit to me. On the one hand, if I was
fcnfibly ast eft ed by the ingratitude and dis
loyal y of persons to whom I had never
(hewn any thing but favour to them, their
relations, or friends ; on the other, I have
had the consolation of feeing the volun
tary attachment and interest which many
persons have shewn to me. I entreat
them to accept of my thanks ; in the sitU
ation in which things still are, I (hould be
afraid of bringing them into danger, if ]
were to speak more explicitly ; but 1 re
commend particularly to my son to seek
all occasions of discovering them.
" I should nevertheless, think that I
calumniated the sentiments of the nation
did I not openly recommend to my son
M V. de Chamilly and Hu, whose true
attachment to me induced them to (hut
themselves up with me in thu mournful
residence, and who were near being the
unhappy vi&ims of what they did. I alio
recommend to him Cleri, with whose at
tention I have had every reason to be fatis
lied since he has been with me. As it is
he who has remained with me to the lad,
I requell M. M. of the Commune, to de
liver to him my clothes, my books, my
watch, my purse, and the other little ef
fects which have been deposited at the
Council of the Commons.
" I also mod willingly forgive those who
guarded me, the ill treatment and severity
which they thought it their duty to make
me fuffer. I have found some feeling and t
companionate fouls ; may they enjoy the
tranquility of heart, which ought to spring
from their manner of thinking.
" I entreat M M. de Malelherbes,
Tronchet, and Defeze, to receive here my
thanks, and the expression of my sensibili
ty, for all the care and all the pain which
they took for me.
" I conclude by declaring, before God,
and as I am ready to appear before him,
that I reproach myfelf with none of the
crimes which are alledged to me,
" Done, in duplicate, at the Tower of
the Temple, December 25, 1^92.
(Signed)' « LOUIS."
( \ True Copy)
BAUDRAIS, Municipal Officer.
AFRICAN CHURCH.
On Tuesday the ?d indant, the Cor
ner Stone of the AFRICAN CHURCH
was laid in Fifth Stieet, between Walnut
and i>piuce Streets, by four of the mem
bers of the church.— One of them after
wards kneeled down upon the stone and
prayed in a fervent manner for the success
and ufefulnefs of the undertaking.
This church will be forty-fix feet in
front, and sixty in depth. It has been be
gun by private subscriptions from a num
ber, and by a loan from one of the citi
zens of Philadelphia.
Should these resources prove infafficient
to complete the building, it is to be hoped,
further contributions will not be withheld
by a people who have been celebrated in
dillant countries.for originating plans, not
only for emancipating, but for improving
the condition of the opprcfled bhcks.
There are at present, nearly 5000 Af
ricans and descendants of Africans in this
city.—From the natural attraction which
persons related to each other by sameness
of color, country, and above all, misfor
tune, have for each other, there can be no
doubt but these people will be belter ta
ken care of in religious inttitutiotss, con
ducted by themselves, than by persons
who are not related to them by the fame
peculiar and forcible obligations.
GUILLO 11NE.
The following is a difcription of the
fatal machine by which the late king of
t ranee suss, red, and which takes its name
from that of the person who brought it
into nfe, (Guillotine.)
It i» in form of a painter's E fel, j- and
about ten feet high ; at four feet from
the bottom is a cross bar, oil which the
fulfcrer lays his head, which is kept down
by another bar placed above. In the in
ner edges of the frame are grooves, in
which is placed a Iharp axe, with a vast
weight of lead, fupporud at the fuminit
by a peg, to which is fattened a cord,
which the executioner cutting, the aie
falls, and beheads the -prisoner. The fuf
ferer is lirlt tied to a plank, of about 18
inches broad and an inch thick, Handing
upright, fattened with cords about the.
arms, belly and legs , this plank is about
four feet long, and comes almolt up to
the chin ; the executioner then lays him
on his belly on the bench, lifts up the up
per part of the board, which receives hit
netk, adjulls his head, then (huts the
board, and pulls the firing fattened to the
peg, at the top of the machine, which
lifts up a catch. The axe falls' down, and
the head, which is off in a moment, is re
ceived in a ba(ket ready for the purpose,
as is the body in another basket.
f A wooden frtme, on which they nail can
vas, &c. that ii to be painted,
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION*.
April '793-
D. a Bar. The,. Pr.nl. [Weather.
Tuesday, 2. 6 30. 25 47 S. W. lair.
3 30. n 71 Hi. do
IVednejday, 3. . 30 1 56 ta ,n, 1 u , r .
30. tt, 7S E. j do.
Thurjday, 4. t 30. 2 51 .t. CUiudy.
% M 7 2 K. Fair.
Friday, 5 . 6 3c. 5 53 S. E. 'Cloudy,
3 3 C - c 61 dr>. \P.ain.
Saturday, 6. 1 29. gl bo :.,lm.
1, 76 W. \fair
Sunday, 7. c 29. 9 51 V. W. If air
3 '5 W. ( do.
Monday, '8. ( 30. 1; 46 IN. w j Fair,
3) 30. 1 74 ,S. W. I d>.
Harrijburgh Mail Stage.
START!? every Wednesday fmm Mr. Henry
Epply's in race flrret, between third and
fuurth ftrerts, and arrives at Harrifburgh on the
Saturday morning following—Starts Itom Mr.
Crabb's, innkeeper, Hairilburgh, on Monday
and arrives on Wednesday at Philadelphia.—
N. B. The Reading (Vage starts from Reading,
at John Witman's, innkeeper, on Monday, and
arrives at Philadelphia on Tuesday morning—
I hen starts from Philadelphia on Friday morn
ing at 4 o'clock, and arrives at Reading on Sa
turday morning. The greatest caYe and attenti
on /hall be paid by the publics' humble servant.
WILLIAM COLEMAN.
N. B. A light stage upon springs, wiih two
horses, or without horfea, with complete geers,
may be had at any moments* warning, for the
accommodation of ladies and genvlcmen, by ap j
plying to the above named Wm. Coleman, livin. !
in the borough of Reading.
WAS LOS T,
YESTERDAY on the York rnad, betwijit
Philadelphia and the Crooked-Billet, >
BUND, from Haac Lewis, to the fobferiber, si t
the sum of two hundred pounds, payable the fird
of Apiil 1793. —Any person finding the fame,
snd delivering it to John Moore, El"<j. Jenkin
rrwn, William M'Callj, Abingdon, Thomas
Hiugh, at the Croekrd-Billet, or to the fubfcri
ber, (hall ba liindfjmely rewarded.
JOSEPH HART.
Apnl », 1793. 3 t, av ,
To those Concerned in MILLS in lie
United States.
QLIVER EVANS, late of the slate of
Delau arc, informs the public, that he
has removed to Philadelphia, No. 437,
North Second-ttreet, where he will thank
fully receive any applications for the ufeof
his Patent Improvements on Mills, and the
art of manufacturing flour. He will fur
nifh those who are not fufficiently acquain
ted with the principles of his improve
ments, with drawings and descriptions,
that will enablj them to erett all the
different machines necessary to perform the
operations of cleaning, grinding, boulting
auil of boulting over the middlings or coarse
meal, and grinding it over with the grain,
(o as to liniih all together, thereby making
the greateii quantity of fuperfine flour that
the gram will produce atone operation.—
u ec,) l t expense in collecting,
the different and inoft approved conitruc
tions of mills and plans for boulting, and
tile quality, lize, & manner of dreiling the
mulitoncs, suitable to the power of the
mill and quality of the grain : & will afixft„
in planning mills from the foundation,and
make dro w ings thereof, if required. He
has for sale, boulting cloths and mill-stones
ol the firft quality, at the lowelt prices,
w inch he w ill w arrant. If the Aones prove
iioi good, they will be received again and
the coil ol carnage paid Those who ap
ply lor either ft one* or cloths, will please
to mention the power of the mill, size of
the boulting els, quality of the grain,
and oil what buiinefs it is to run. Orders
by post, or other wife, will be as punctually
attended to as if the parties were present.
•Apiil 10. iaw
1 hiladelph la, January 12, 17QZ.
M ATHEW CAREY
Refpectfully inlorms tbe Citizens of the
United States, that the Maps for his
intended edition of
Guthrie's Geography
improved,
Arc now engraving—and as soon as a fufficient
number 0/ them are finished, to secure a regular
supply during tlie publication,which will proba
bly be early next Spring, the woik will be put
to press.
He returns his acknowledgments to the very
refpeflable number of fubfci ibers, who have come
forward thus earl.v to patronize this arduous un
dertaking. He allures them and the public in
general, that no pain? or expence fliall be spared in
the execution of the woik.
Terms of tbe Work :
I. I T /hall be published in 48 weekly num
bers, each containing three flitets, or twenty.four
pages, ot letter prcls, in quarto, printed with new
types on fine paper.
11. In the course of the work will be delivered
about thirty large maps, of the fame size as those
in the European editions, viz. 010 ft of them /heec
maps on oft p?per.
fcj" K'fAri ,tr n,p, in the Briti/h Edition,
ibis work w: I contain r.ir.t or ten Stmc.icar. Statu
Maps.
IJI. The price of tach Dumber will De a quan
cer dollar, to be paid on delivery.
CCi 1 "' Ac advance required.
IV. Subscriber# who disapprove of th>- work
on the publication.of the three firft numh.rs, ~'c
t> be a: liberty to return them, and (hall li a » e
their money re t - a:J.
V. The fubfcriW names/Hall be prefixed as
patrons of ihe undertaking.
%* Subscriptions received in Philadelphia by
the intended publifber j in New-York, by all the
bookfellersj in New-Have*, by M . Beers: in
HaitfoiJ, by M,. Patten ; in fcoitoif, by Mefc
Ibomasand Andrews, and b\ Mr. Weft - ir
Baltimore, by Mr. Rice } in Richmond, by'fj.r.
]. Carey ; in Charleston, b> Mr, W. P. Youi.g,
and b> sundry other persons throughout the Uj»i-
States. t.f.ja.w.
I Have claims to about two hundred und
fifty thou (and acres of LAND in the ftateof
Kenfuckey, in different parts of that country,
foir.eof which 1 know to be equal to any ; all
of which J am inclined to dispose of, either by
entire sale, or by admitting one, or two partners,
to whom the agency on the whole wili be cr-xn
mitted.
One fourth of the contrast will be required ia
h?nd, either in cash, merchandise, or such affect
as may be converted to aftire use, the residue
may be apportioned in convenient inftalmcnts.
The pure hate is to give security, on the land,
or otherways,as suits them.
Knowing that there is a prejudice againfl the
eitles of land in that state, which is more general
than just, Jam willing to stipulate in the con
trad}, that a discount, cr mall be
made, where any land may be loft, by reason of a,
defective title.
Any person inclining to such a purchase, is re
queued to write to me by post, in answer t*
whom, more particular information will he given.
HENRY BANKS.
Richmond March 20, 1793* 2a w tf.
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