Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-11-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

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..nx.b,;. Cinin.-ir the last number
- nh American assi Y IN i1e article
h.,d.J D.. Diplnnalie Correspondence VI lac
n v.l,tiou. !. given tar 1iifih Of '""s e"'"'
. ma,,sr. say. tue "ui,r' MI WI 'h'"e'!
- 1t mystery ~ ifs e,u6drTassa'.u'
and .gaici wa, fr q i9"S UNA p''h''hrh'
,.,,, ia the eaasid .r.i,on % tue foreign feia-
t,ans Of the Uait.d S,slss. lie H'''ofJ % Tue
ia, ..,ounis shortly to ihis.
The French CONF, pre,snlei ut tia, time Ivy
,,n.id.,ataoo. oC poiicy froG, opru!y siHng
ID ., tbe Late British COLONIES against the 'ao-
J ,h.r c,nnty. yss oot un~llling. nevertheless.
} =. aT,,l il cpypTtly. An answer something
: tn that ee-cf Wa obscursly gwen 10 Hu "IplI-
! ,aIton OF ". Dumas, on brhtii ~ ire 1h''rd
S,,te. Ia tt,- Frruca ambsssad"r al the
tI.yus. Sisrdy after. hothos Lee WAS waited
on IN London by Cafun de heanmarchais, ihen
! known oui az u wi, and the author .! tie
:" Marriage de Figars,' ~ho told aif. Lee That
h. came as an 40 enl oil the French Court. with
the wish OF making an important cpmnninica'
ron to Congress that the CoUr, OF rance
Wished 10 send sa ad to America OF itgO ham
dryd Thousand pounds. ~ spec,s. arms aud am-
mtn,,,oo. aud all they wanted was. 10 know
,,,onun what Island u make tls Remittance.
n. ,ou,sst.d inst, to glye the malt r ibe air vi
, mercantile fransaCtIon, II small quantity OF,
tobacco or some other produce should be sent
,o Cape FrancoI.. ihe place agreed on. ihis'
he repeated over and over, was Tor cover only,
MOI for payuneui, as The re.nniance ~d1 eraiu'
,ious.
This was in April mr. My, l776, and in
August o. thai year BeanmaTchais wrote blin-
self a litter to the COMMITTEE OF Score, OR
Repentance OF Congress, Jolily wordsd, and
-l H. - - T..
them, by establishing an extensive commercial
house solely for the purpose OF supply 'ng them
with necessarirs OF every sort. The litter was
signed by he fictitious name of Hortsi-z & Co.
"udsr which tue busnes of the COMMITTEE with
Beanmarchais was transacted. II was al Ii Il
generally believed thai these supplies were fur
nisl.d as u subsidy by the King Vt France,
without the attention Of demanding pay mgnr.
Eight Cargoes were slapped IN the course VI
I776 a0d III, aud Tue returns made OF iohaG-
CO, accordingly bore bat asnail proportion
10 the at icles scot to America. Beaumdrchii,,
however, beginning TO press tor larger remit
anres, Df. Franklin aud Mr.. LIE were directed
10 seek categorical ~ Information On III. subject.
ana IN y wrfe informed by ths French miui,~
ter That no ,ari vi The supplies had beeo given
Up the king, BrduinhrChhts having Oaly Ueen
perni,ed,o take tle,n from the afsenaIs. 10 be
replaced or pad for. Ga this ln;otm alton Con-
gress admitted Beaumarchais' claim. TO the a.
mount of three and d hall millions vi ivres.
Di,icuIti-s. no yeVcr. p,ryrni al a final settles
nenl II acoounls I'll 1870. when there wa adj
mitted To be due Il the estate OF Is aImhrchats
The sum of two million saven hundred thous md
Isres, there beng deducted the Sum oil Que
million iivres, with interest irota the ION OF
Jane, i77o. The bllance remaining after this
deduction vas paid 10 the heirs OF B-auma,-
ciInls, who nave however continued I'LL this
'ims 10 demand the Repayment Of the deducted
uilllion, nh interest from the date jIst men
TONED.
lie drd seton IN question was made by lbe
United States, because IL was alleged that on
the lo'h OF June, l776. II. amoun, vas paid to
beaumarcha,s by order OF Louis XVI. Tor the
service OF the United States. Ga The other hand,
tae french Government has ut varlous tunes
ploIe, ed that thi' sum wa applied Tor a secret
~p'lhical service, un sccOunt of the UnItsd
oiaie,, And moi In the purchase Of any part OF
thu supplies and also, that Beaumarcliais bad
accounted Tor it to The king TO ~hOm alone be
Vas accoanlahl-. WHIT luis secret service
wa, rs y I'll a ny stef,. Macy Intelligent prr-
sohs briiese thai, NOW tastaniing til disclaimer
NJ the French g,~vrTdlhrnt. the ,n,iiIuu was az
tna!lv hppll 10 the plrcha 40 OF supp re-. ms,
however, as the reviewer remarks, was a yerv
nng,aciOus ground for Congress to take"
/ 'anee he'ns entitled 10 say what she meant to
give, and " nat sue did not.
Gu Traders kno" 'h't by the Convention
Lately concluded Win France. provision Ia mad
fnr pdy ms the BeaupIafcnais Clam. The r.
We've observes that he Should De SORRY 10 ssr
tue ciaim reduced from lie anatat, W,,h intr,-
est, OF i've mill,on livres, e. one and &. hall, tue
sam itpuried Il be adjusted by the Conve"tiI,.
ihe Whole q am Is justly due, as has,nA been
,nJns,ly "Itileid i,on Beau march lis est tie ia
lsoo. (BIt american.