Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-09-16

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HAD Quarter, Of tie Etat R1s;oy.
Cs,atat. Ap,l so 1899.
7 AM TO detail to your Royal Hghcfs, the part;cn-
lars of csant, unexamped perhaps in the hitory
ct human drpravty, and which viii tai more aitoni,h
ehae who beRknow the attroc,ous Actions VI which
sueny h~eapAble.
The three French pleniposentivies the congrefso
Raadt, having received f. m then government poitise
orders not ia have tl the Ian extremity, determined
~ all haxnds To- psolong their Ray in iptc of the
peaed inltAncss made them quit place where their
preface obviou1y uelels aud whe their perfona
tsiety might be endangered by the movement OF the
arm.es--and particularly account OF the hatred
nsitsd AgAnlt them by the country people. Nothing
eoud overcome their oo0naey and they continued to
sae Us by nsss and prot. ts ful Of niolence and
1nmay aga.nii hi, mAiety the Emperor and ing Until
the asth Ut The preisnt mon h. when cauled 10 be
senihcd 10 them asreeAbly TO orders ON your Roya
Aghnef that they sve tie territory Of toe army
NJ LPas fzusa.y fur beu,s My letter was feat them a,
7ocock 10 the evcnins-thev were ready, and withed
togo ~ 9 Tic gales OF the town were already 0,at
TLsy were begged to Gay I'll the morning and it
vi. sepscientcd to them, that uld be dangerous
navel ~ mlduieht road covered with armed pea
sasss. and Ia couotry where the cruetes committed
BY The French were dill recent to be forgotten
1hey pei hited theE offered an ,feort Two OF them
RoberlSs and BONNER thot it ben accept The offcl
but the third, Jean DERRY. ,fpssda Violently lie pre-
sended they would fnow the yreateA eowardise in
sei cling iueh oeer: He even puhed his nloIenes
70 Ear FAY. in his ropahlca isrgon thar the am
badadors OF Liberty we're not m de be protected b,
the folders OF defpotifm and he ended 3y declAr ng
sf Ays,ias ys,f qveUis hin vsst greater FEAR ,ssa
coas4p4sc -suppor,ed by the secretary of,he French
legation Roienaei who appeared find him per-
ltty lcau Debry finally decided his colleague 10 con-
semn advice. 10 neglect every precAu,,on, and de
Pars immes'Asty. Yielding to ,Aei, impotence. me
yates were opened about &c O'Clock at nj ht. They
fct with their fecsetssics their ives. aud conld-
erablc number Of donelcs. the whole filing five car
sia9es and shs lighted hy everai Ramteaux
carried BY lher people a. i they lied that every
body ibouId be aPpt'swd Of their dcpar ure Ahou
hall afer, deaenmcnt oil my huifars 1A.ioped
INC town, heard the mot ianen able cs which
1eened 10 come from he bank, If the Murg at quar-
Ter Of league d'itsnce They rep,ired the place,
and fonud shc i've carriages top I'd about so yards
from The canal and he bodies Of the French min
iae, Robert ana Eosnies Aretched the highway
and horribly mutiiated one his fcuil quite truck
o6-shc othcs his body opened. The omen and do.
uiefcs we're in the mon fhecking cornernation--The
shrd n,user and The Seere,a OF the legation had diff
appeared. The AGalins had aed. The carriages and
peTlons with them, taken back to Nafladt and
every aiAnee siven thefe unfortunases thar the
livrl,ea eompaifion could infpre. None OF them were
wounded, bH' thtir terror and grief were exceflve
About mi6ngh the feeretary OF the legation Rolenie
ct whom one bad received intelligence and who was
shot ctad, returned TO town foot. He hal ss 1sa
srossis ind smsdsr,y Tranquil He was in,errosated
His aniwers were vague and cmbarracd. He declared
Be could not underland conce We how he came to
eicspe the afains and did net know, what was become
Of the minfer Jean DERRY who had NOT yet uade his
appearance The iervants Of Roberjoi and BONNER
we're alto que ttoned--a that could be learned from
them was that approaching he Mure they fudden-
" law 80 we'll armed brigands Cart from ambufh who
levriine their pieces at the poflons freed them to
him. 4s..<l L.. L.. nh
nrt carrage GOT out of it, with the mon perfeA com
polure. and went forward towards them. crying am
'6' Dsbry Pisnpaeriary Of The Freaab Rpusie which he
repeated ieverA imes and particular his name lean
Dsbry, with great emphals--that the brieand then
seized him and pretended TO give him few blows, after
which Dy gbf Of bin in the lark that his fccrstary
Berlin Alio feized bur not hurt in the lea(t-ha,
shefe mtn Fyasb, a.ked Roicnneil Calling him
Dynamo tor the papers of the legation which he
ed to them and that he ai,erw ads pacd through hem
without the leaf appearance of with on Their part to
fop him iba, Af'cs throwing shee papers into the
'aarg' the villains went up to tie ages in which
were the two o plenipo,ent'Arss, whom they afed
10 loud voice, and IN Freneh-one ii he was Bonner
the o'her. 1t he Roberjo,; and tia On their an
. . IN The afr'r ative they hewe them down WI h
ana Old not leave them I'LL they were we'll aiur-
co 'ney ores,hed more--,hat final " the monlters
e Jus aHapptared when my huaars came up. This
"' ''e s'y~" tyainay Of ,bofe psopIe.-Ail Raaadt
80 -r'oA there was one that did not fhuddtr
VIZ. "e.'ys' ana all lott hemeIves in cenjeetures on
''nS mar DAD nor appear efs pcabe than ira
s,.a.I.t gay 'he a9th at o'cock in the morning,
&C rArnea that Jean DERRY was returned An ,mmenir
nameer oipeope wen, to meet him. both from motive,
., hs'o"n''y ana Inc eurofy natural to the multitude
WIN fatigue having ilrayed about ali
S,gh'--n,' laee ard hands were covered with blood
anss 0e mes, were al" bloody and rag, He
wonn1s and wanted to ren. The s,oun, ,s -.
h,% 20 h' houis ard sailed hi urreop to rake
Vt him Jean Debry made objections 70 hr;ns
l,s ".~SN IF tbs seAy and resaed aeon6ae,she ,;ms
.edsns that he food N need only of nsep, and would
aa'e h'' "0u"a' dreasd at s'saburs Bot. a, the pre