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Execution of MAD AME ELIZ AB ET H.
PARIS, SEPT. 179 f.
MADAME Elizabeth, the ill fated-
Cftcrof Lours XVI. fell a vidim to the
fangain ary system of rcpublicanifm on the,
is?h of May. -She was followed to the
fcaffold by 25 pesfens, condemned at the
Gme time,;tut was not (offered to fall un
der the weight of the fatal axe until the
heads of all her fellow (offerers had been
Bruck off; and (he died indeed the lift of
all. That amiable and most virtuous Prin^
cefs did not fuffer for any crimes of her •
own, but for the.pffence of others, .which
Were falfely imputed to her. The Revp
latibnary Tribunal itfelf conffdered her
death, as a polidcabneceffitv. * <
Having afeended the (caffbld, (be imme
diately caff up her eyes to Heaven, and
prostrate on her knees, wringing her hands,
begged of the King of Kings' that forti- *
tuda which the horrors of her Gtdation had
rendered (o neceflary. Having continued ’
in prayer until the moment when (he was
to lubmit her head to the enfang-uined in
ftrWeht, lb e advanced with perfeft,rt fig
nafioo, wish a kind of herotfm inspired by"
rpHgion, and ptrfe&ly resigned to' the de-’
creed Providence. \ '
Though (he bled the luff among her 2^
fellow (ufferers, the displayed a courage,T
fortitude. Superior to ahem all; • o
In her prayer^&e resembled the eele*.
brfed Magdalen of Le Brun, which ukd
fStiS^ to be air^rx «dmir M ion io"
the curious in the qhurtfh of the Carmelites
at Paris. . ..J ■. . • .
Wheiphg was paffjng in the cart through
Rue St. Honore, fevetal attentive: (pe^a
tdrs could difebrn even In the eyes at h^
& pity which m
fßttar cfcfesrifcrufteW^ caK?
which, the mob gave the alarm in the coun
try adjacent, and were joined by a number
of the country people, who a flirted in put
ting upra-fecond pole,and swore they would
kill any person that would attempt to take
it down ; they also formed in ranks to the
amount of 3 or 400, beat-fame who refuted
to join them, and threatened to march to
Middletown and Fonk’s- town, and put up
Liberty poles at thole places. It may-be
added, much to the credit of the merchants
in Hagars -town, that they refuled to tell
cither ;powder^>r flints to the mob, who
ieemed badly furnished with thote articles.
• II I ■■ .111 I IU >■—
LYNCHBURG, Aug,^6,
Extras of a letter to a gentleman in this
town, dated Aug. 13, 1794.
- On the 13th inst. Lieut. M’Clelhnd de.
tat bed from Cape. Even’s company, with
37 men, were stacked on the Cumberland
pah near Crab Orchard, 18 miles from
south-west point, by a party of Creeks
oonfifting of upwards of too Warriors.-—
Lieut. M’C eHand made a brave and sol
diery defence, twice repuifing the Creeks,
but were compelled to retreat with the lass
of 4 men killed 1 wounded, and milling,
31 hortes, 38 fad dies and bridles, blankets,
great coats, and provifioyjs, &c.
On the lide of the Creeks the loss is not
yet afeertaiped ; but from the obstinacy and
bravery ot the defence, and report of Lieut.
.M'Ctefland, (ever cool and composed in.
the mid# of danger) and others, there is
great realon to hope it. was from 12 to 16.
' The Creek commander was conspicuous
ly bold, and is numbered amongst the Hain
19 a certainty. .
• Yeftcrday arrived here the Brig Minerva,
Caor. s , hom Bourdeaux, which he left
about the Ift Augujl. By this arrival, we
have received Paris 44 National Gazettex”
to the 25 h july. They contain the offi
cial particulars of the’capture of the for
trefler and to*ns in the Netherlands. In
the National Convention, Ift The; mid or,
(July 19) Baur&Re informed, that at
Landrecics, they , had. taken. 91 cannon,
which was 26'more than it contained when
taken by the combined forces, The high
est spirit of animation appears to pervade
every part of the French Republic.—Eve
jy day the Convention were informed of
the most heroic idiohr, civic Artifices, and
traits of magnanimity.
From verbal accounts, we colled, tbit
the French were victorious in almqft every
quarter. That no great progress had been
made in Spain, but that many Spanish pr*^
(oners were taken ; and (hat the facrifices
at the guillotine were as numerous as e
ver- ,
The harvest in France it was expeded
wou’d be abundant, though at the time
Capt.-^— failed, proriftons weie karce.at
Bourdeaux. t
op, what they called, a Liberty pole,which
was cut down next morning by the mar
giftrates and fame of the better difpoled
part of the inhabitants. Exasperated at
KROM BOURDEAU ^-direct.
mrs.
Immortal ReprefentaiiveSy You
have given, by your decree, to the
army and to the republican guards
.of the communes of Maubeuge,
Avefnes, and Reunion fur-Oife,
the figoa! for victory, as well as
that of terror co the fatelites of
I tyrants. These cowards gain mo
mentary fuccefles by perfidy ;but
they owe their defeat and their
! death to j ustice, truth and cour
age, which you have made the
order of the day throughout the ,
i Republic and the armies.' “ -
' . Th' PreJident y in reply, faid^J
1 Thaf it was by explqiii # -re*^
i publicans that vi&wy
for the success (he sometimes gave
. to the arms of tyrants. ' Each da^
I fays he, is buy the forerunner of a ‘
1 battle. Each day ^t the eyejof
| a new yi^y..
t Barrere, in s the panie of the
| Committee of public Safery.^*
| Another for Austria
c city and castle of Nam^ w in the
power of the ilepui^trft fftvely
applaufes.'] officer is at,
. the bar with the
liftrt taimen at L*n4recies,
is .ip: the tribune; with the fily^r
Keys which Tfie peoj^e of fsJaffibf
pi^ht jo cW >pperor pi
NATION ALCONVEN r ION* JULY sl.
Collet D’Herbojs, Prcfident.
rpHE Commute of Public
I Safety, appeared in the Hall,
with the colours captured from
the enemy. They were received
withapplaufe.
An officer appeared at the bar
and said—
Citizen Reprefentat iwSy You fee
floating the vile fl’andards which
have for a long time di (graced the
walls of Landrecies, which treac|i
< cry gave co our perfidious ene-
fidence ! I fay these circum fiances greatly
duninilh my faith) and do not appear to ne
to be properly difcoqnteoanced by yoir
Execu.ive : If not reprefled in their fi ft
symptom?) they may in the v prefect per
' turbcd4late of-humaa affairs, letcLto anar
chy end confufion.
1- The people accuflomed to such Ipc&a
des, tew thia feene of horror with great
tranquility and at the conduflon ihoured
long live the Republic I * .|.
Thus died tfie virtuous EliXabbtH
Philipina Mari a of France after hav.
ing lived with a moll spotless reputation,
30 years and feveh daya?
Democratic Societies, that an influence was
prevailing in opposition to your governing
powers, which may endanger the fecurhy
of all private property, which, combined
with (ome refolotions relative to the fe
queflration of Britilh effedb, which are m
insult to common honor and honesty, and
to your perfect concent. Under theleim
preHions, I Ikoald tee] myteif incUbed
rather to inereafe, than diminilh my prop
erty in your funds, had I not entertained
some suspicions -from the resolves of your
strike at the root of all commercial con-
N EW-YORiC, Sept. 22.
ExtraS of a letter from a gentleman as Lon
don. to bis friend in this city, dated July.
8,1794.
“ Your Plenipotentiary, Mr. Jay. did
m * the favor to dine with me yesterday. I
have the pleasure to fay that be is. in good
health ; and from the high opinion lep
tertain of his abilities and integrity, I am
perluaded he meets with a flattering recep
tion in this country. Indeed it appears to
me so much the iorereft of our government
united with the mod popular opinion*;
here, not only to grant fatisfaflory, but the
moll liberal terms to your country, that I
am convinced every thing will be adjusted
** I think that yotfr conflitu^ion posses
ses as much genuine liberty as is compati
ble with facial order; and my willies, far
the general happjnefs of mankind, would
make me extremely regret that any princi
ples of theoretic perfection Ihouid endan
ger its continuance.’*
FRANCE.'
that a number of Indians?would
‘ come to town the next day, from
^the North fide, of the Lakesi itob
guard them and 10 rake care ofi
j their women and children,* while
| the chiefs were attending a» the
treaty, ^Accordingly on the day;
* following, -! 9 Indians aryved,
headed by one Du Qoanie, a half*
j bloody lent. by Captain Brandr.
? They brought word th at the trea«
ty would not be held till the 12th
of this month.
u In all the conyerfatipns I had r
jrWMhlpdiaps they seemed de-/
the other fide of the lake, arrived
at Cornplamer’s whilif I was there,
, to be a guard to their frontier, as
They informed me; and to make a
stroke; I suppose, if their demands >
। are not complied with.
. ExtraEi of .another kt t er, from the
■ 'fame t to general IVilkinSy. Anted
j tSeph . • •';
j ; *.^4 have just returned a feeond
| time from Cornphn.ter’s town. On
* my arrival there he informed me
DUMFRIES, SEPT. 11.
many. The enemy ftri^ly adhere
to the plan of-flight. [_Applaufe.\
The terror which the herds of
cannibals threatened to bring into
France, has recoiled on themfekes.
..They fly at the very name of re-
publicans. [ZWw applaufesf
The combined (lives are in
full flight. Englilh, Dutch, Hefli
ans, and Aultrians, have all learn
ed their tadics from rhe z fame
principle it is for London, the
proud mistress of the fugitive co
alition, to have the honor of re
cording this portion of m kiern
biitory.
■R - — —' 1 nrmi -Ilir I I . ih.ii.i l.i in.
loon hive co be run away from.
There were twenty Indians from
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 22.
ExtraEi of a letter from Mr. Adlum,
at Fort Frankliny dated Aug. 3 1.
“ I returned yesterday from the
Cornplamer’s town, he having sent
me co attend a treaty at BpfFalne
creek, but as the treaty does not
corrie on so soon as we expected,
1 come to this,place for a few days.
1 had a good deal of converfarion
with Cornplamer, from which,and
every other circumstance, war ap
pears to me to be inevitable. “Give,
us what we ask for, or abide, the*
confequences/’.is the language of
the Indians, -He desired me co
requeit the commanding officers
of rhe posts, not tp carry much
provisions to Le Boeuf, as it would
E*trail of a letter from Admiral
Vanltable, to his correspondent
in Norfolk Borough, dated Bre/i
June 24, 1794-
“T HHVE chepleafure to inform
1 you of my fafe arrival ar Brcft,
without loosing one veflel from
the fleet under our convoy. On
our paflage we captured and
brought* fafe into B'reft harbour,
fifteen prizes, worth at the lowest
computation four millions. There
are at prelenc, 590 prizes in this,
port—‘a Dutch fleet of 30 laif un<-
der convoy of an Englilh and
Dutch frigate, were all captured
and brought in here.
u The armies of the Republic
are every where victorious, and
are at prefeoc about to besiege Bar
ceiona—jnd to crown all, there is
the greatest abundance of prbvi
fions.”
V I RG 1 N 1 A.
Monday the 2 2d September, be
ing the firft day of the jd year of
the French Republic, the faffiexas
celebrated 'in this city with unusu
al eclat. The flag of tfie Whited
States was hoisted at Governor’s,
I Hand, at the Battery, and on the
Tontine and old Coffee Houses.
’ Last Sundajr evening an ; excel
lent Sermon ; was preached' by .!he
Rev. Mr. Pilmore, and a coffee
tion-of 100 dollars made 10 en
courage the^teaching of the gbf
pel on the frontiers of the United
States. '
Extrail of a letter from a gtntlemidl iii Liti:^
rick (Ireland ) to Ate frtendxin ibis city t
dated July 15, 1794. </ .
“It is now pretty gmer«H,y ^believed
that we (h«H have a peace with .f rance ;
our ffeeti have proved vidorious, at the
fame time that our armies have been dread
fully beaten by these brave Reprtiblicana'
, wherever met with. Tney have driven ua
from our territories, and have putfyeo their
victories by Teising on Flanders and',Bra
' bant, Glterit, Bruges, NieuporG Oftend 4 &^.
are now in their poffcffion, and we (rarfvht
Duke of Xork f4 apd his army<aie in a Bur
goyning condition, (uiider the rose) j think
it would be M" happy circumstance, as we
. /hould be’BHven to peace indeed?'Tumuha
in Spain are arrived to a great height, end
' we rejoic€. at the idea of a^ißeyolatiooary
Tribunal appearing in Madrid (hortly. I
, think the. Frehch Conimittee of Public
Safety !«*a‘grand body, their Views’extend
i to the Revolution of the world ; kihgdornj.
Bates,or empires are small theatre* of
to these magnanimous heroes aaddibeiajots
of mankind : And may (hey |>T un until
tyranny and iißr|satioa, monarchy*- and
•riffocracy, are afike blended and melted
down in the xrucible of Liberty aa^ De
mocracy, I can assure you the. leaven vs .
Liberty and Equality is by degfel/about
to leaven the U hole world. Ged h tn
umphßntfygoipg'focw'ard in the chariot of;
i : p°lp^ l^dksjof the pew
man ; ^our, ideas are enlarged, and we now
taik'of Rations and aneVv .wouldhetemy
friend is a kale of I^loo to oar lditfs, Which
burlb funfe with xtfpkndent gjwy. T&S;
again.”
termined to attack us immediate
ly, if the President of the United
States did sot grant their request.
They told me that all they want
ed co know from the Commifijon
ers, was, whether Gem Washing
ton would grant their request or
not —if he would noc, times would
be troublesome very soon. The
Cornplanter laid, that before thev
attack us ihey would give us no
tice to clear the frontiers —That the
Indians did not intend ro make
war upon women and childien,but
againlb men, and at the lame time
desired me to give notice that it
was not worth while to carry anv
more provi lions ro Le Bceuf, as
the garrison would soon have to
leave it. From every thing it ap
pears to me that they mean to ka.ro
their words, that is, 44 give us the
land we ask for, or abide by the
conseq uences,” and if there is not
a great alteration in their dilpofi
cion very soon it is my opinion that
we may ex ped them on oUr fron*
tiers by the 25th of this month.
The Cornplantcr laughs at the idea
of lupplying the garrisons with
provisions, should there be a war,
as the roads and rivers will be con
ftandy way laid —There is a con
flderable number of warriors at
the towns,and rhofe from the north
fide of the Lakes are at present
hunting between Hickory- Town
and O)Ie-Creek, and have been
very inlolent to some of my met,
and took a rifle from one of them,
leaving a very ordinary one in the
place of it, observing that they
kalped many white people last wa ;>
and expedted soon to do, the. fame
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 2.4.