The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-10-05 00:00:00, page 2

Below one of the faces of the altar,
and opposite the National Assembly,
was the Orchestra for the mntic. Upon
the four angles, were censers filled
with the mod odoriferous perfumes.
It was two o'clock when the head of
the procession entered the field, as has
been Rated. GrOupes of men and wo
men of every defcrip ion and age. arm
ed in the most promifeuous manner
with pikes and Raves, together with a
vaR number of their children, filed off,
having at their head a detachment of
50. readers of cavalry, and another of
National Guards. Women followed,
carrying branches of trees,and various
iymbolical devices-
These were followed in the field by
four legions of the Paris guards, with
their bands of music ; in the midß of
them the commissaries of the fedions,
of the police, judges of the peace,and
of the diftria, criminal, and cessation
tribunals. These again were inter
mingled with very strong detachments
of the 104th and 105th regiments,
commanded by M. M. Chercon and
Maupertuis. Messieurs Wittenkoff,&
Menou, General Officers. Command
ers of the interior division, were with
the Etat-Major in the middle of the
field, opposite the balcony of theßoyal
family, where were seated the King,
the Queen, the Prince Royal, the rest
of the family, and their jaite.
Immediately before the fifth legion
entered the field, the National Affem.
Fly, preceded by a piquet of cavalry,
he miners of the Garde Nationale,and
detachment of grenadier volunteers,
ficent Proceflion was from the Bouve
lard St. Antoine, across the Rue St.
Dennis, those ofFerrogerin,St.Honore,
Ros ale, the Pont Triumphal,the flreels
ol Bourgogne and Si. Dominique, and
the Esplanade of Invalids—and taking
with them the King at the Military
School,they entered the Camp deMars
by the. Rue Grenelle. It was then 2
o'clock.
The Camp de Mars.
Upon the banks of the river, 54
pieces of cannon were placed.
The Glacis adorned by S 3 tents,fur
rounded by the national colours.
In front of the altar, towards the
city, and upon the Glacis, 3 large and
very splendid tent was erefted for the
National Affembiy, the King, and the
tribunal of cessation.
On the opposite (ide, another of the
fame defcripnon, for the Notables,the
Prefidents,commiffaries of the fe&ions,
and adminiftrant bodies.
A plantation of 83 trees, marked
where,at a distance from the Glacie/,the
federants of the departments were re
fpedfully to place themselves. The
name of each department was designed
by a tree,ornamented with the Nation
al Colours and the cap of liberty.
The altar of the nation was formed
of a truncated column, decorated with
oaken garlands, In the circular plats
of earth,near and furrouhdirig the altar,
were basements for the ttatues,and the
fears for the judges of the tribunals.
Ono'ber parts of the fame plain cir
cles, were feats for the judges of the
peace and commissaries of the police,
Before them were placed, below the
feats the sword of justice.
In the other front, the -municipali
ties, and below them the groupe which
preceded them.
At a distance from the altar was plant
ed a large tree, on the fide ofthe wat
er—from the branches of which were
suspended, in form of garlands,the for
gotten helms and efcoccheons, together
with the falhes of the suppressed or
ders. interlaced by chains—and at the
foot of the tree, a funeral pile, upon
which were deposited crowns and cor
onets of every form, hats and doctoral
bonnets, titles of noblesse, and lacks
of procedures.
Upon the opposite fide,and at a sim
ilar distance from the altar, rose a py
ramid, surrounded with cypress and
with laurel. Upon one fide of it was
written, MTo the citizens who died
for their country on the Frontiers"—
and upon the other, “ Tremble Ty
rants, we rife to avenge them?'
escorted by other grenadiers,and those
of the Gendarmerie came into the field
and halted; upon which the King, at
tended by his ministers, descended from
the balcony; and his Majesty placing
himfelf at the left hand of the Pf^fi-1
dent, marched at the bead of the Af
fembiy. At the moment, the efeertof
the Sovereign, which had previously,
been drawn up in battalia, mingled”,
with the escort of the Assembly, aud
proceeded towards the altar.
A§ thele different movements of the :
great bodies,the ordnance fired the fa-'
lutes. By half pall three o'clock they ;
were mod of them upon the ground.
The order of this solemn affevera
tian was somewhat impeded by the
eagerntl's of the populace. A band
of citizens had got possession of the
altar, and deposited upon the plat
form a model of the Baftile in relief.
It was intended that the King, the
President, and the coinin andant of the
National Guards, alone should ascend
rhe altar as far as the book of the law,
and there take their oaths, and the
residue to follow in order ; but from
the amazing crowd, this could not be
done.
The King could advance no further
than the firtt platform, in the midst of
the Afltembly, excelhvely incommoded
by the prefure of the assistants at the
ceremonial. In this filiation, there
fore, was the oath taken by the King of
the French, unable to approach the
volume ofthe Conttituyon. This cir
cumitance was announced by a general
difeharge of artillery, and fucceedid
by the mingled Iho^ts of 300.000 men.
The King upon this occasion discov
ered a foul in the highest degree firm
and princely ; he betrayed nothing like
personal alarm. As, in coafeqnence
of his express desire; no acclamations
were uttered of Five hßai,the people
thus mute, lignified their attachment
in the field by clapping their hands
when he appeared.
The Queen,dreffed with infiniteele
gance, wearing ribbands and other or
naments of the National colours, de
ported herfelf with that sweet Majp.fi,
for which she in happier times would
be adored, and difolayed " a mind not
to be changed by place or time."
The Prince Royal wore the uniform
of the Garde Nationaie,and was received
with the smile of nearly general fond
nefs.~
Theoath being taken was announced
by a flame upon the altar, which farc
ed up immediately,of the National co
lours, and which served as a signal for
the firing of the cannon without.
The King as stated above, was much
incommoded upon the platform before
the altar ; and the place was so throng
ed, that it was impossible tpgefeend on
the other fide to that on which he went
up, and in coorfe he returned the way
he came. The ceremony then took
By this time the two lad legions were
entered with the department, and the
municipality, having at its head the
Mayor restored to office. Immediately
a vociferation of Vive Petion was heard
from sundry pariizans mingled in the
general mass ; and inflammatory lan
guage even at the very altar of the
country, was heard from men without
coats, having their arms and necks
bare, and others clothed in the old re
gimentals o' the Guards Francoifes.
Some engineers were noticed,particu
larly,under the balcony of his Majesty,
and of whom one, by crying Vive I'e
tion, seemed to give the signal to the
puffing battalions. But all did not
anfver to the call ; and the legiments
of the line, after the air Caira, played
that of '•' Ou peat on etre mieux, '' and
resounded the exclamationsFroe la Na
tion, Five Ze /to,which were reiterated
by the multitude. The voices ct the
malcontents were obferyed to be al
ways the fame, placed out of the ranks, ,
who thus gave the signal of a shout in
favor of the Afefc@rL They had also;
written his name with chalk upon their
hats.
The Constitutional Oath.
then, mixed with the acclamations of
Pelion, were heard some revilings of an
illiterate herd, against the constituted
powers of the fttate, and the authority
with which they were invested by the
laws ; and particular execrations was
vociferated from innumerable mouths,
upon the head of La Fayette.
I On the King's return to the Palace,
;the crowds that surrounded his carriage
iwere very numerous ; the windows
were filled with fpetlators,and through
the whole way the cry of Five la Nation
was coupled with that of Five le Re*.—
The federates from the departments
joined in these acclamations, and fome
rimes cried out,Down with the faPPous,
thus (hewing that they were not tainted
with the strong spirit of political fanat
icism which infers the suburbs ofParis.
place,of firing the symbols of perishing
nobility, and the ciy of Five Petion re
commenced.
The deputies then escorted the Royel
Family to the Mllita,, School, where,
getting into their carriages, they pro
ceeded slowly towards the Thuilleries^y
the fame route they had arrived. The
people,who filed off before the coach of
the Sovereign, behaved in that variable
way which all multitudes do; the cries
cf Vine la Nation,and Five le Roi,how
ever, were heard often from the win
dows ; and it mull be observed, that in
the streets every occurrence were the
afpe& of chance, and nothing seemed
to be the affe& of design. Now and
The Great Dauphin, as he was cal
led; Louis the Fourteenth's only son,
was ill of an intermitting fever,which
the French Physicians could niake no
thing of. Mr. Taber an Apotheca
ry's apprentice at Cambridge, went
over to Paris with the secret of the
Bark, and was sent for by Louis to
administer it to his son. The French
Physicians did not chufe that he ffioald
prescribe, till by the definition of the
disease that he mould give, he should
be found capable of having the honor.
Pray, Sir, said they to him, what is
an intermitting fever ? An intermit
ting fever gentlemen, replied he, is a
disease which-! can cure, and which
you cannot. He administered the
Barkg the Dauphin was cured, Louis
gave him two thousand guineas, and
Charles the Second knighed him.
Mr. Mingay, in the course 6f his
pleading in a cause between two phy
sicians, who had quarrelled about their
patient, said, that it put him in mind
of a story of two Clergymen, who dis
puted which of them mould bury a
corpse ;—the one began, "I am the
rejurreaion and the life" —the other
Clergyman immediately exciaimed—
" r,/—/ rascal, ,e are not ! "
JULY 26.
Several private letters from India
confirm what has already been assert
ed, refpeding the hloodffied in the en
gagement of Lord Cornwallis and
Tippdo on the 6th of February, and
they positively affirm,that in 5 hours
9000 of bur troops, natives and Eu
[Captain Hooker,of the brig
Nancy, arrived at Boston
ift inst. in 42 days from
Plymouth (England) by
whom we 'have received
London papers, up to the
15th August, from which
we have /elected the fol
lowing late European In-.
. telligence.]
A letter from the Hague, dated tie
7'h inst, fays, " M. Short, who has
been Secretary and Charge-dcs-Af
faires for North-America, at Paris, for
some time, is arrived here, and has
been received in quality of Minister
Plenipotentiary from the fame repub
lic to the dates general, to whom he
has delivered his credentials."
LONDON, July 19.
The King cf the French is De
throned ! The French by (heir o*o
madness and folly have plunged them
selves, into ruin and deßru&ioc—
which the combined power of all the
despots in the universe could not other
wise have effected.
ropeans, fell in the field ; in less than
half Cf an hour about gco men were
killed within a few yards of Lord
Cornwallis/ this was at the time his
Lotdihip was wounded in the band.
The victory obtained over the Ruf
fian forces, is exhiliating to the frierds
of liberty. If any proof need be giv
en, that the love of freedom is natural
to man, take the following:—-Boco
Radians have been facrificea in the
conflict, and the regret of cne Bi : ;oo
has no; been expre fled at the tidings.-
If the less bad changed sides, *e
should have in every countenance diG
cerned affii&ion, and in many, tetra.
A Fienchmaqhas, been feired at
Frankton, felfeaed of an intention to
assassinate the Empercr.—-—fie had
ilepped into the Monarch's anti cham
ber some papers were found con
cealed in his wig and he had two
pistols about him, loaded with a brace
cf balls.
ALthe latter place they proceeded
to the most daring outrages, calling
OU I — he is a traitor and does every thing
in his ,ciuer to betray the interefs ofthe
nation. From unbridled vociferation
they proceeded to alls of violence,
and attacked the Swiss Guards with a
view to enter the palace for the avow
ed purpose of exterminating the Royal
Family. The King apprised of his
danger; contrived to make his escape
from the Palace, accompanied by the
Queen and the Dauphin, and fairly
entered the Assembly, as a fanduary,
before it was known which way he
had gone.
The populace enraged at the refin
ance of the Guards, proceeded to ex
ercise upon such of them as fell into
their hands the utmeft alls of cruelty,
hanging feme, and cutting others in
pieces.
lo the Assembly, all was confufion
in the extreme; the people in the gal
leries and round the doers took upon
them to exercise the functions of legis
lators, and loudly commanded the As
sembly to decree the dethronement of
the King without further delay,or they
would avenge themselves, by putting
every one to death, as accomplices ia
the crimes which they imputed to
Louis XVL
The Assembly, weak and timid,
were obliged to comply with the mad
mandates of the people, and at ten
o'clock at night decreed the dethrone
ment the King fitting at the fame
time among them ! -
Three members who had the bold
ness and horiefty to defend the King,
and insist upon the injuQice of foch
summary proceedings, were beheaded
by the mob — — that when the express
came away, cannon were flill heard
fixing at the Palace, & that the {laugh
ter continued between the Hoofhold
Guards and the popohce=-that nume
rous heads, flock on poles, Wert carry
ing about the Greets,and that the gates
were ordered to be shut, and the roads
blockaded. -
It was rumoured in the city oh
Wednesday, tha( the Emperor had ,0-
fitively demanded that his iUtftrious
relation the Queen of the French
should be permitted to pass the fron
tiers and have fafe escort.
On Thursday bight the Assembly
proceeded to debate the question con
cerning the dethroning of the King.
The populace, in the mean time ftired
up by the Jacobins, who had been de
feated in the question concerning the
accusation again# M. la Fayette,
had /ffembled in immense numbers,
not only in the galleries, but round
the hall, and at the Thuiileries.
A gentleman arrived in town this
August 8.
August 14.