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LONDON, AUGUST B.i
National assembly ^France
• amnesty.
The National Assembly, after
having heard the report of the Depu.
ties of theßeprefentatives of the Com
mons of Paris, and those of the Dif
trift of the Blancs Mauceaux, declare
that they approve ofthe explanation
given by the Electors of Paris,of their
refutation of the 30th ult.—
" That if a generous and humane peo
ple Jhould at 4Utimes forbid prosecutions,
fill the Reprefentatsves of the Nation
are frial, obliged to fry and punijb tbofe
•who Jhall be accused and conviaed of
having attempted an, thing against the
welfare of liberty, and the peace of the
publick ; that confequentl, the National
Affembl, persist in their former resoluti
ons relative to the refponfibilit, of Mtn
if ers, and the agents of the executive
power—to the eftablifement of a tribu
- rial that Jhall denounce judgment, and of
Committees that jhall collet? and prepare
material's for their trials.
" The National Ajfmbl, declare,
besides, that the person ofthe Baron de
BezenvaL, if it is ,et detained, Jhould
he put in a place of fafety, and ueder a
fufycient guard, in the next cit, to which
he desires to be ; and that no one nvbatf
ever Jhall injure the person ofthe said
"Baron, who is under the protection of
the laws."
The appearance of M. Neckar
in the National Affirm bly, on \Ved
nefday was accompanied by the most
lively expreflions of enthufiafin and
joy. A profound silence, and the
molt anxious attention took place, M.
' Neckar was scarcely able to utter
his words. He spoke only of his ac
knowledgements for the high honour
done him by the National Assembly ;
—of the affirtance which he expected
from its patriotism and intelligence,
in his humble endeavours to reftbre
the state of things. After he had fo
rfhed, the Assembly turned with one
eye to the Due de Liancourt for
his answer, What adequate compli
ment was it in the power of words to
pay to such a man ? TheDuc dLian
court acquitted himfclf with his u
sual address. He concluded his fhert
. address with these emphatick words:
«' What a happy epoch ! To make a
Jawfor the refponfibilit, of Minifers,
you will have only to give an account of
four tallents and,our virtues."„
The plaudits of theNationalAffem
bly followed M. Neckaß to his coach
and on the return of the Members to
their feats, new plaudits were given
to the President, for having so truly
expressed all the Sentiments of the
nation in favour of the great man that
the King had restored.
Fundamental Principles oMbe
. Rrench Constitution.
The French Government is a Mo
narchical Government. The person
of the. King is inviolable and sacred.
The Crown is hereditary, from male
to male. The King is invested: with
the executive power. The agents of
authority are responsible. The Roy
al fan&ion is necessary to the promul
gation of law. The nation makes
tlte laws* with the Royal Sanction.
The national consent is necessary to a
FRANKFORT, JULY t,. 1
AMONG the magnificent prefente
which are defined to the Grand
oignior, that of the present Captain
Pacha is most distinguished. It con
fills of four horses brought from the
four quarters of the world, and each
laden with the production of the part
it comes from. They were led by
four young girts of Asia, Africa,
Europe and America, who were
not lets agreeable than the other parts.
Foreign Intelligence.
Germany.
England.
No tax can be granted but from one
meeting of theStatesGeneral to anoth
er, Property and perfcaal liberty
Iha# be sacred.
To the Marquis De la Fayette
may the present emancipation of the
citizens of the Commonwealth of France
be more justly attributed, than to any
other of their patriotick characters,
His long residence in England and
America gave him just ideas of govern
ment —and he has been taught the re,
lativ%Righ<s of the Ruler and the
Ruled, in the continual correspon
dence he has kept up with his adopted
father, General Washington— the
hero and state fman,
66 Who with th' enlighten'd Patriots
meet#
On Schuylkill's banks in close Di
van, -'
And wing'd that arrow sure as fate,
Which '' ascertain'd the sacred rights
of Man."
The brig Mentor had a passage of
28 days from the Bay of Honduras.
By her we are favoured with a letter
from that place, and the following is
extra&ed therefrom :
The jealous Spaniards have been
among us and laid watte most of out
plantations ; not a plantain tree, or
any thing else that was of service,
have they left standing as far as they
have gone ; so that nothing but ruin
awaits us. This behaviour of the Dons
has caused great confufion, and what
the event may be God knows!"
'' It is with great concern I com
municate to you the following truly
melancholy intelligence.—
" About three weeks ago, Mr.
Richard Chenoweth, had fix or eight
men allowed him by the officer of the
garrison at the falls to guard his expo
sed plantation, at Bear-Crab Settle
ment, below the Falls. In the even
ing of their arrival, before they had
taken their situation as a guard, a
number of Indians rushed into Mr.
Chenoweth's house, killed two of the
Soldiers and three of Mr. Cheno
weth's children and tomahawked and
Scalped his wife, leaving her on the
floor, for dead. Mr. Chenoweth(who
had his arm broken by the savages)
with the rest of the men made their
escape. There was one of Mr. Che
noweth's children lick in a chamber,
and it is reported she never heard any
thing of the dreadful massacre ; but
next morning, crawling down flairs,
(he was inexpressibly Shocked at the
fight of a beloved parent almost breath
less. Mr. Chenoweth returned the
next day to his house and carried his
A correspondent has furnished the
following extraordinary marriage,
which took place on Thursday fe'n
night. Edward Wade to Elizabeth
Thurmon, originally of Hanover
county, whose ages added together
would nearly extend to the Settlement
of this state. They recoiled when
Hanover was the frontier of Virginia,
and when the merchants at the falls
of James -River, glutted the market
by the importation of 15001. worth of
goods. These antic lovers began their
courtship about 50 or 60 years ago,
but were not joined together in the
holy state of matrimony till the 27th
alt.
Extraa of a letter from a gentleman at
Danville, ( Kentucke, ) to his friend
in this town, dated the gtb of lase
month.
American Occurrences.
BALTIMORE, SEPT. 11.
KINGSTON, JULY 2fr
RICHMOND, SEPT. 8.
Jamaica.
Maryland.
Virginia.
where, they are both likely to recover,
and what is remarkable she wants to
return to her own houfe.= ,
The savages have been very trou
%lefome in this* neighbourhood,—A
small company are gone to White river,
to extirpate 80 or 90 Indians, who,
as spies have informed, have upwards
of 300 horses, &c, at that place."
" A most fatal tragedy has just
been aded at this place, which has
filled every mind with sorrow. I have
just returned from" the funeral of Ja.
cob Brown, Esq. attorney at law, of
Winsborough (late of Massachusetts)
who" died between twelve and one
o'clock this morning. At fix the latt
evening I affilled in performing the
fame ftr/ice to the remains of Capt.
Thomas Baker of the fame place.
These two gentlemen had been a long
time at variance, and from a number
of concurring circumstances, their re
sentment had become implacable. A
about four weeks ago Mr. Brown sent
Capt. Baker a challenge to fight him
with pistols, which was refufed. They
did not however come to : an explana
tion, or any terms of peace, but every
day became more and more inveterate.
The 26th inst Caps. Baker sent a
challenge to Mr. Brown who accept'
The following Association, to pre
vent smuggling, is now universally
Signed by the merchants and traders of
this city.
Philadelphia ifh Sept. 1789.
WE the subscribers, Merchants and
Traders of the city of Philadelphia,
do hereby pledge ourselves to each o
ther, and co our fellow citizens at
large, that we will not be concerned
directly or indirectly in any trade con
trary to the revenue laws of the Uni
ted States ; but.will, by every effort
in our power, difeourage such illicit
practices, by not employing, or by
difmifling from our Service,any Mafler
or Mate of a veffei, or any pilot, who
dial! be engaged inacontrabind trad,
or in aiding or abeting others in luch
collusive employments.
Thursday last theßrig Rachal,Capt,
arrived at Newyork, from Lon
don, by which conveyance, we have
received the following account of
some disturbances in France —It is.
extracted from the London Gazetteer
of the Sth of July, and, it is said,
may be depended upon : ■ —
" Yesterday morning the Right
Hon. Lord Elgin, arrived in town
from Paris, which place he left on
Sunday last. —He travelled the jour
ney in less than fifty hours. He con
firms the account which we lightly
mentioned in yesterday's paper of
tumults in the provinces. At Metz,
the dearth of Hour was such that the
people, driven by hunger and despair,
collected in great bodies, and attack
ed the houses of several perlon:,
whom they fufpeded of hoarding
meal. The Governor drew out two
French regiments ; and having fur
nifhed them with ammunition, or
dered them to ad againil the mob.
They refafed. The Governor or
dered them back to their quarters,
,but without taking from them the
ammunition. Two German regiments
were then brought out which roused
the indignation of the national trucks
who burst from their quarters and
joined the mob, A dreadful havo, k
was the consequence. Upwards of a
thousand men on each fide were killed,
and at length the German regiments
were overpowered. The Governor
escaped in time from the fury of the
populace. Such was the'account of
the affray in Paris when Lord F/gin
left it ; but no regular ilatement of
it had come before the public.",
Extraa of a letter from Camden, (&. C.)
FHILADELPHA, SEPT. 18.
HARTFORD, SEPT. 14.
Pennfyvania.
Connecticut^
dated May 29.
edit, and appointed the morning of
the 28th,at this place, to make a final
decision—a fata! decision it was. They
met on the race ground adjoining the
town before fun rife, with Seconds and
piltols, and fired nearly at the fame,
time, at the distance of ten yards, and
both fell. Capt. Baker was (hot thro'
the centre of his body; and expired ocl
the field in about twelve minutes,
while Mr.. Brown was weltering in
his blood by his fide; he was (hot inr
the lower part of his'belly, and the
ball cut out of his left fide by a sur
geon who attended. Sensible of their
Speedy dissolutions, they conversed
calmly together after they fell, and
mutually forgave all that had parted.
Happy would it .have been had this
fotyvenefs taken place sooner ! Mr.
Br>wn lived about twenty hours.
They both appeared to be perfectly
cool and determined which occafioa
ed such execution. It is the firtt in
dance 1 ever knew of each party be
ing killed the firft shot. Thus fell
these two men in the prime of life !
Capt, Baker was a widower, and has
left two children* to bemaon his un
timely loss."
Z^tf/Xccounts from Europa
RESTORATION of TRANQUIL.
ITY in FRANCE.
&A RI S, A^2.
Trre&tates-General are busily en«
gaged in arranging the Conflitution
—providing for the exigencies of the
state —and eftab'Uhimg the credit of
the nation—Glorious talks !
The day before M.NECKAR's ara
rival,M. Montmorrin received the
following letter from him to the States
General.
-"gentlemen,
" Sen fibly attested by long applies
tion, and considering that it is almost
rime for me to think of retiring front
the world and from business, I had
refolded to cherish only my ardent
wishes for the fate of France, and the
happiness of a nation to which I am
attached by so mahy ties, when I re
ceived the letter with which you hon
ored me. It is totally out of my
power, it is infinitely above my fee
ble talents,to reply in becoming terms
• to this mark of your esteem and affec.
tion, so truly honorable. But I ought
at ieafr, Gentlemen, to come in per
son and offer the tribute of tefpeaful
acknowledgement, fro devote my
felf is not necessary to you ; but it is
essential, to my happiness to prove to
the King, and to the French nation,
that nothing Ihall relax the zeal which,
has been for so long a time the inter
est of my life, l am, with refpe&
Gentlemen, yours, &c. ,<
NECKAR.'I
The people know how to reward
merit.—M. NECKAR arrived here
on Wednesday, and on Thurlday.be
made his official appearance in the
National Assembly. Words cannot
do justice to the general emotion.A
fentimentof rapture paffeffed the whole
Assembly, and he alone was unable to
give utterance to the passion by which
he was agitated. At length, however
he addressed himfelf fto the thee O
rders, and in a speech of great fervour,
devoted himfelf to their grand and
sublime views ; bore testimony to
the re&itude and propriety of theirs
condud; avowed his determination^
to participate in their labours—and Q
to assist in accomplilhing the GLO
RIOUS END. He spoke with com-,
passion of the facrifices that had been
made, but lamented that the mis
conduct of individuals h^d tended,
so greatly to exasperate high minded
people. Thia speech was received
with loud and reiterated acclamations,
1 Mi NECTAR went to the Hotel de
Received ,ef day, b, Cap?. Butler,
who arrived here in 42 days from
Liverpool.
BOSTON, SEPT. 26.
Mafachufetts.