Portland gazette., 1805-04-22

The famous Thomas Paine he received G.-I
but cutting repremand Oiwald, iaid he,. VI
have lived 70 long without taiing fefb. ~
von have amofi rarAcious appetite for booS Il
In confsquence Of itrong and fuccelsful =,
ro6tion which had made againit fome pros6.
iaIs reTDeEfine Ireland that Ofwald had otferl
n the government, met him by his own "
po;rtneTt, in the garden of the PaIais RoyaL :
AS loon as he perceived me approaching N.
wards him, he darted forwari, and drawing fa
fgord, exclaimed, " You are unit TO live in
civilized fociety". Having uttered theie wcrSe
he returned his fWord into the icabbard, aSi
turnine from me, dilappeared in morrenr
We never iaw each other more. His rsF:
tnenl was ordered to la Vendee, wheT.
while bravely leading on his men at the bartE
of Point de C, he was killed by 4 cannon bah
and at the fame infant, q dilcharee of graz
iilot laid both his ions, who ferved as drum.
ners in the corps Of which he was colousa
breathielson their fathers corpie.
N, His wives for he had two) fill reGde in PA,
ris They were extremely handfyme, ard III
had brought his domettic economy to fuch
perfect fate of difciplinc, that they lived d.
aethcr in the greatef fricndhip & harmony. A
iiugular fact which has believe, 10 piarrrss
!el in the hifory Of the fir fex.
The hiHory Of one maniac brings to my Z.
collection curious rcnconue which had n
this place with auother character of the fam:
defcription; whcle. cocentricities Of opinio3
made him {or certain time, the afoniIhme1.
Of all Franct. / mean AnScb1,Es Ck5tz, vh3
called himfelf the O,5f9r Of tBs human ra.t
For fomc hours did his man compel Us 10 li.
ten to all his whimGes and political dreams.
In fix months the tri-Colortd flag was to wave
over the dome Of ST. Sophia, at Conttantinople5 q
month after it would be leen on mount Caucz.
fus, then on the walls Of Peteriburgh aud Pekih:
A grand mphyttrionic council, competed Of
deputies from all the Rates Of the World, and
excluding the deputie: from Botany Bay, Ota.
heite, the friendly hands, and the iayage .ribe.
of America, were then to be aaembled at Par:
is, which would be the capital of the world,
4 his once eItablilhed mankind would be COM
pofed of but one family, fpbordnate to one gov
ernment, only, and thatthe French language
would be the lole language Of the world Al
this was TO Be brought about in the thor1 fr2cc
Of three years. Within this Period, howeveI;
the faye Anachariis was led r the icafold, and
publicly executed together with number oi
fanatics and knave$. ! heard the man propofa,
in the club Of the jacotins, that iutead Of XIII
ling the Au1rian and PruiIian folders, tht
French army fhouId, the moment they came ii
fight Of them, throw down their mufkets and
advance towards them dancing, and with opUT
arms. Such 4 meafure, he was Certain, would
frikc the wretched victim of tyranny with
fentiment of affection, which they would
doubtleis, aniwer by a movement equally fym'
pat hetic, really, after iuch propoGtion, can
not avoid fulpe6ting, that Clootz meant TO rid
icule the French nation for he exhibited, u2o:
fomc fubie6ts, proofs Of very enlightene'
mind and from what | have fnce coIle6tet
re1pe6ting him, find the more fo5er people OF
Pans till think he was peniioner Of The kim
Of Pruiiia, t is true, that they regarded moi
Of thcls wno{e beads they cut Of as peniioner
Of the coalctced powers, bur whether they b
correct i'll this furmIze, am not competent I
decide. Unquehionably Clootz, by his fpeech
es and condu4, caR more ridicule upon til,
revolution than any other man MS abonma
bic deihcation and wnrihiP il 4he church Q
NOtre Dame Of profitute, whom he create
Godde1s Of reafon, and the nannuvres he en-
ployed to Periuade Cobel, Arcbbithop of Pari
TO renonucc his character and believe at the b9
Of the convention, are deciGYe proofs either Z
rnadnefs Or of con{piracy.