It may eafily be proved, that the present Affembly, and the municipality, had not the power to ftop, or to punish them for endeavouring to repair to a place of fecurity, where the Monarch might form deliberations with the true and lawful reprefentatives of the nation acting in full freedom, Of this privilege it is too evident that his Majefty has hitherto been deprived. On these accounts his most Catholick Majefty, as the firm ally of France, as a near relative and friend of his Chriftian Majefty, and as poffeffing a kingdom contiguous to his dominions, takes the deepest intereft in the happinets and tranquillity of the French nation. He is fo far from withing to difturb them, that he conjures and exhorts the French to reflect on the infults which their Sovereign has experienced, and which were the caufes of the steps which he found himfelf obliged to take. He warns them to refpect the dignity of his facred perfon, and to maintain and defend the prerogatives of their Sovereign, and the immunities of the Royal family. The King has been graciously pleafed to add, that whilft the French nation behave in the manner above directed, that he will remain their very good friend. FRANCE. The club of Cordeliers requested, by a petition figned with 30,000 names, that the National Affembly would not decide on the queftion refpecting the King, without the concurrence of the 83 departments. The population of Paris is ftated as follows for the year 1790. Christenings 20,005. Deaths 19,445. Marriages 5,866. Foundlings 5,842. Which is 123 foundlings, 622 chriftenings, and 1085 marriages more, and 944 deaths lefs, than in 1789. A very remarkable proceffion took place at Bourdeaux. More than 4000 citizens' wives affembled in the Champ de Mars, with the national cockade on their breasts. After having fworn in prefence of the adminiftrative bodies, to bring up their children in the principles of the new Conftitution, they prefented a bouquet to the conftitutional Bishop. The divifions of the national guards were drawn up in form of a battalion, and the ladies in the center. The Marquis de Bouille has not been apprehended, as was reported. Monfieur the Brother of Louis of France, Jofes 2 millions of livres, annually, by his abdication of the kingdom. The plan of the King is announced to have been as follows. He was to go to Montmedi; if the garrifon of Metz would receive him, he was to fhut himself up in that town, if not to país on to Luxembourg, At all events, he was to affemble the refugee members of the former Parliaments, to hold a bed of juftice, and to propofe the articles of the Royal fitting of the 23d June 1789, with fome additions. He was then to enjoin the Minifters to receive no orders but from him, and the people to pay no taxes but to him. A general amnesty was then to be offered, from which fixty four perfons were to be excepted, who were to be delivered to him. Lastly, he was to invite all those who continue attached to him, to join him, and then march towards Paris. The remains of Voltaire have been conducted to Paris with amazing pomp; and interred in the national Maufoleum for great men. The Duke de Choifeul, Count Damas, and Col. Frofen, are arrested for facilitating the flight of the King, and in prifon at Verdun. The national guard of Varennes, have refufed the money voted to them for arrefting Louis XVI, and conducting him to Paris. They unanimously agreed not to accept any compenfation whatever," it was our duty, faid they, and intereft fhall never difhonour our patriotifm." An Ecclefiaftick has been ftopped with a large quantity of money, defigned to facilitate à counter revolution. On the memorable 14th of July, the feven united Committees delivered in their report concerning the manner in which the Affembly ought to conduct themfelves towards the King. After a variety of reasons therefor, they declare, "that it appears that there is no crime committed against the Conftitution by the King: And if there was, ftill the King's inviolability would not permit him to be tried." This report was fanctioned by the Affembly. The Avignon army ftill continue to commit great devaftations in the country; they have destroyed the mill at Carpentras, burnt down fome farins, and carried away a quantity of provifions. A fmart fhock of an earthquake has been felt at Rochelle and the environs. The following are the principal Articles of the French penal Code. 1. The punishment of death shall continue to be inflicted on the perpetrators of certain crimes. 2. The punishment of death fhall confift in the fimple privation of life, without mutilation or torture, in any cafe whatever. 3. Every one condemned to death, shall be beheaded. 4. Certain crimes fhall be punished by hard labour. The Gazette. The people at Montmedy, whither the King intended to escape, had been employed for fome time in baking bread. A num ber of tents had been conveyed into the town; a large quantity of oxen were bought up, and in short, ammunition, military ftores and provifions were plenty. Montmedy is fituated on a mountain, which commands the roads that lead to Metz, to Stenay and to Sedan, and exceedingly ftrong both by nature and art. In the reign of Louis 14th, it sustained a vigorous fiege during 40 days, at which the king affifted in perfon. The garrifon of defence only confitted of 300 men. The town is bounded on the North by the Meadows, through which glides the river Chier. These meadows are of great extent, and are furrounded with hills which reach the Auftrian territories at about two miles diftance. It would have been a charming fituation for M. Bouille's Camp. Here he would have intrenched himself under the artillery of the fortrefs, while he could have eafily maintained a correfpondence with the Auftrians. The national guards have had fome difficulty to master the mob, who decreed the pofitive abdication of the King. Some lives have been loft. Two hundred and ninety deputies of the French National Affembly, have published a protest against thofe proceedings which infringe the rights of Royalty. The National Affembly have decreed that the new Legislature fhall meet on the 15th of October next; that the constitution entire fhall be prefented for the King's acceptance; which if he should approbate, all hopes of a counter revolution will end. The annual payment of 130,000 livres to the Pope, is stopped. The officers of twenty regiments, under command of the Marquis de Bouille, have published a very fpirited addrefs to their The mob at Birmingham affembled to the amount of several thousands, whilst the patriots were commemorating the anniverfary of the French Revolution, upon the 14th of July; and in confequence of an inflammatory hand bill, proceeded to acts of the greatest violence. Dr. Priestley's houfe, library, and apparatus fell victims to their fury, and a great number of other elegant feats were burnt, together with the diffenting meeting houfs for many miles round. The damages amount to upwards of £100,000. At no time fince the difcovery of America, has a trade of equal extent been carried on between this country and the continent as at this moment. The orders for woolen 589 goods in the neighbourhood of Leeds amount to £600,000. The African abolition fociety, are about to form a fettlement of native negroes,on the coaft, who are to be inftructed in morality, handicrafts and religion, in order to givilize their countrymen. The ladies of Scotland have arrived to fuch perfection in the art of fpinning wool, that feveral complete veft pieces, have been received from Edinburg, the thread of which was fo fine, as to admit conveyance in a common frank. A clergyman in the diocefe of Chester, not yet 30 years of age, has married 780 couple, baptized 3750 children, buried 2850 dead, read the church fervice 6750 times, and preached 2000 fermons, to which he adds the registering the whole, the vifiting 6000 fick, and the adminiftering 6oco private facraments. Upwards of 45 and an half millions of gold and filver have been coined in Greatbritain, in the course of 30 years. The Society of Arts, &c. have given a reward of twenty guineas, to Mr. John Locket, of Dennington, for making 25 yards of cloth from hop italks. The Rev. Dr. Coke, the fucceffor of the Rev. John Wesley, has arrived from America, and entered on his functions. Auguft 5- -The affurances given the publick for fome time paft, that a general peace was on the point of being concluded, is at length confirmed from unqueftionable authority. The Empress of Ruffia has concluded the negociations that were fet on foot by the allied powers with fuccefs. Her imperial Majefty is to retain Oczakow, and the districts around it as far as the Neifter; and the Emperour is to have all the districts on this fide the river Unna, which is to ferve as a boundary between him and the Turks. FRENCH WEST INDIES. Cape Francois, Auguft 23.-This day the negroes have fet up the ftandard of revolt, and nearly 70,coo are in motion. They have burnt every plantation within 60 miles of the capital, and laid waste almost to the town. An indifcriminate maffacre has taken place amongst the men, women and children, who could not escape their fury. An embargo is laid upon all veffels; the failors are drafted on fhore to do military duty; and the town is put into the best poiture of defence imaginable. M. de Blanchelande, commander at the Cape, marched out of town about the ift of September, with a determination to rout the negroes, who had increased their forces nearly to 200,000; his troops fired three times, but without any effect. Each negro had provided himself with a light matrals ftuffed with cotton, through which the balls could not penetrate, and thus ftood the fire without fhewing any kind of fear. They had no fire arms, but were well provided with daggers, knives, &c. DOMESTICK DOMESTICK CHRONICLE. GEORGIA. election of General Wayne. He has pupЛhed a number of affidavits to fhew That bribery and falfe returns were among the expedients made ufe of against him. In the prefentment of the grand jury of Chatham, this election forms the inoft confpicuous article in the lift of grievances. NORTH CAROLINA. Col. George Mitchell, of Onflow county, is no more. This gentleman and Ruberc W. Snead were competitors for the honour of reprefenting the county in Senate. The exertions of the candidates and their friends had been productive of much ill will and animofity, before the close of the Poll, when Mr. Snead was declared duly elected. After the election was clofed Mr. Snead was obferved to call Col. Mitchell from anongst the people affembled at the Court houfe, and to go with him into a thicket just by. Shortly after, the report of a piftol reaching the ears of thofe who were at the Court houfe, attracted them to the foot from whence it iffued; where, in the preence of Col, Snead only, lay Col. Mitchell, a corpfe. Two freth wounds were discovered on him; one from a pistol shot, paffing through from his shoulders out below his rios; the other on his fkull, apparently from a heavy blow with the butt of a piftol. Mr. Snead was thereupon apprehended, but has since been admitted to bail. Mitchell bore an unblemished character, and has left a widow and eight children. VIRGINIA. Col. Fredericksburg, Sept. 11.-This day the Right Rev. Bishop Madilon, who has been for fome time paft, vititing several parishes in this ftate, held a confirmation in this town, when great numbers of old and young people of both fexes, many of whom were very refpectable, took that opportunity of making a publick acknowledgment of their baptifmal covenant. At the fame time the Bishop conferred holy orders on M. Owen Fitzgeral M'Grath, graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. KENTUCKE and WESTERN TERRI. Accounts from Fort Franklin, on French Creek, mention, that old Mr. Mead, is found dead with old Bull, the warrior who murdered Cutwright's family. They had their knives in each others beily. General Wilkinson has completed the object of his expedition: Having destroyed a large Indian town fituated on the Wabath; alfo a Keckapoo town containing about 30 houfes; 42 of the enemy are killed or taken. Col. B. Harrifon, who marched against the Indians on the Scioto, has returned. The Indians abandoned their towns before he reached them. Only one Indian was discovered on the march, and he was killed. To preferve Vegetables from injury by Froft. Before the fun rifes, in fpring or lumber, wash off all the white froft from the plants with a watering pot of common pond or fpring water; the above has been tried this feafon, and had the defired effect. MARYLAND. The number of strangers at Bath fprings, this feafon, amounted to 604; the waters have proved remarkably efficacious. A few days ago arrived in Frederick town, from Indian captivity, a Mr. Reister of Albany. He relates that about 12 years fince he was taken prifoner by a party of Indians, and conducted to the Mohawk towns. That finding all poffibility of an escap impracticable, he affumed their manners, habits, &c. and at length engaged in matrimony with one of their fquaws; that about the beginning of July laft, being out a hunting, in company with his father in law only, a difpute arofe between them, and the old man threatened to shoot him; whereupon, for his own fafety, he judged it expedient to put a period to his tawny relation's existence, which he did, and effected his escape. PENNSYLVANIA. Since the first of January laft, 4,488 barrels of gun powder, the manufacture of America, have been lodged in the Philadetphia Magazine. An Italian artift lately arrived in Philadelphia, has it in contemplation to erect 2 monument defigned to perpetuate the memory of American Independence. The Africans and defcendents of Africans, in Philadelphia, have it in mind to build a houfe of worship; to effect which they have jointly addrefled the friends of freedom and religion in that city, fetting forth their intentions, and afking charitable donations from the well difpofed. RHODE ISLAND. The anniversary commencement of Rhodeifland college, was celebrated at the late Rev. Prefident Manning's meeting hufe, in Providence. After the elegant and fcieritifick exhibitions of the day were concluded, the degree of Bachelor in arts was cooferred on 16 young gentlemen, and the degree of Matter of arts on 16. The corporation of Rhodeifland college, have clected Mr. Nicholas Brown a trustee, vice Nicholas Brown, Efq. deceafed Mr. John Frances, ditto, vice John Jenckes, Efq. deceafed: And Mr. John Malon, vice Col. Sylvetter Child, refigned. NEW YORK. The gentleman who purchased of the State, upwards of 4 millions of acres, has refufed 50,000 for his bargain; eftimating the neat profits at £250,000. He is to pay for the whole purchate £137,cco in 6 years. The furveyor general has fet out to explore the communications between the Hud Год The Gazette. fon River and Wood Creek, falling into Lake Champlain, for the purpofe of afcertaining the most eligible place for the pro-, pofed canal, which is to open a water conveyance with Vermont. Intelligence from Maderia, The anniverary of our political birth day was celebrated here at the houte of the American Conful, J. M. Pintard, Efq, with due refect. At fun rife an elegant filk flag of the United States was difp! iyed in front of the house; at three o'clock the masters of all the American veffels in port, nine in number, partook of an entertainment provided by the conful; fifteen fentimental toalts were drank, attended by the discharge of cannon, and the colours were ftruck under a difcharge of the fame at funft. NEWHAMSHIRE. The convention of this State, which met for the revifion of the conftitution, have propofed a variety of excellent alterations, and adjourned to the 2d Wednesday of February next. The anniverfary commencement of degrees at the college Hanover, was celebrated on the 24:halt. After the literary exercifes of the Y, fplendid in a high degree, 49 gentlemen were admitted Bachelurs of arts. A lad abo 15 years of age, lately died a mon extordinary death. His diforter was an apices, which originated at the hip joint; it afterwards tied in the groin and made its way up under the edge hone, and downwards as far as the knee, where it broke out. Some time before his death innumerable cancer worms broke out, and were felt by the patient continually gnawing his bowels till he died. MASSACHUSETTS. Mr. Ebenezer Gyles of Marblehead, lately fell in with a large fhell fish of the multivalvia kind, which weighed 712 pounds. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences have lately received fome very val. uable donations, among which are the li brary of the late prefident Bowdoin, confifting of 1200 volumes; Dr. Franklin's donation of Les Arts et Metiers, 32 vols. folio ; the Byzantine Hiftory, and Muraton's Collection, 57 vols. the gift of Prefident / dams; and many other ingenious treatifes, from various gentlemen. The Maffachusetts Charitable Society, have elected Hon. Thomas Dawes, fen. Efq. Prefident; John Lowell, Vice Prefident; and Nathaniel Noyes, Secretary. John F. Williams, Efq. commander of the Revenue Cutter, has fent in a Novafcotia fchooner, loaded with grindstones. The Bristol Medical Affociation, have chofen Hon. William Baylies, Prefident; Dr. Samuel Perry, Vice Prefident, and Dr. Folter Swift, Secretary. Mr. Benjamin Greene, is appointed Treasurer of the Bofton Tontine Affocia jon. 591 CONNECTICUT.Hartford, A powder mill caught fire, 3 men killed by the explosion. A barn burnt doron. NEWYORK-In the city, 23 boufes, barns and ftables. Damage £40,000. MASSACHUSETTS.- Wrentham, A black fmith's fhop. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. MASSACHUSETTS.-Bofton, Mr. Patrick Chriftopher, by the fall of a beam. CONNECTICUT.-Middleton, Mr. Daniel Putnam's child, by the preffure of a cart wheel. MARYLAND.-Annapolis, James Smith, killed in a boxing match. NEWHAMPSHIRE.-Bradford, Mr. Wil liam Kimball. RHODE ISLAND.-Providence, Rev. Jonathan Maxccy. MARRIAGES. MASSACHUSETTS.-Bofton, Dr. Na At the laft Seffion of the Supreme Judi- thaniel Noyes, to Mifs Rebecca Hunt; Mr. A Jofeph Hartwell, to Mifs Efther M'Clarey; PENNSYLVANIA.--Philadelphia, Mr. NEW JERSEY.--/ RHODE ISLAND.--Providence, Mr. Jo. DEATHS. MASSACHUSETTS.--Bolton, Mr. Zeph aiab Hart, 67; Mr. Henry Smith, 16; Mr. Stephen Harris, 63; Mrs. Catherine Abman, 35; Mr. Thomas Crane, 55; Mrs. Joyce Williams, 34; Mr. John Lucas Coo!idge, 19; Mafter Samuel Greenough, 8 Mrs. Joanna Stanton, 55; Mrs. Abigail May, 26; Mr. John Ofborne, 51; Mrs. Mary Colter; Mrs. Hannab Homans, 47; Mifs Elizabeth Farnham, 20; Mifs Pr Sweetfer, 10; Mrs. Elizabeth Craige; J in M'Carthy, Efq.--Attleborough, A Ann Nemel, 73.--Beverly, Mrs. Anna Bars fea, Mr. John Slade, 52.--Chelter, Dr. J. let.Cambridge, Mr. John Burke.-- Che Carry!--Dudley, Mifs Chamberlain.--Har wick, Col. Timothy Page, 64.--Holde Brooks, 38.--Newburyport, Mrs. Thom Mr. Ifrael Davis, 74.--Medford, Mrs Luc -Petersham, Mrs. Mary Stevens, 34.Portland, Mr. Samuel D. Deering, 22; D. vid Strout, Efq.--Roxbury, Mafter Ja Greaton, 8.-Salem, Mrs. Hannah Verty, 27; Mifs Jane Appleton, 21.--Southbrimfield, Mrs. Mary Needham, 89.--Springfield, William White; O. Bufh; Mr. Aaro Parfons, 54.--Stockbridge, Mr. Ebenez Whitton.-Worcester, Mrs. AnnaC.Walker, NEWERSEY.--Mifs Jane Covenboven. phries; Mr. James F. Sebor; Mr. Henry PENNSYLVANIA.-Mrs. Jane HumTaylor. NEWYORK.Mr. John Anthory, 56; Mrs. Verplank, 79; Daniel le Roy, 304 Brigadier General Malco; Mafter Marcu bridge; Mils Ann M.; Mr. Henry Furius Camillus Knox; pt. John TrowKif; Mifs Fanny Tiffany. CONNECTICUT.-Mrs. Bethiab Glea Jon, 75 NEWHAMPSHIRE...Mrs. Banch lard, 77; Mrs. Abigail Re David Place 15. Mr. RHODESLAND.--Mifs Judith Smith; Rev. A Hunt. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, for SEPTEMBER, 1791. Thermometer. A.M. Barometer. D. 7 A.M. 1P.M.9.P.M. IP.M. 9 P.M. * 29 75 75 30 01 B|29 29 77 29 77 59 565 5 59 72 62 61 63 58 "NE. N. NE. Rain. 562 NE. Cloudy. NE. Cloudy. 29 87 561 5 NE. Cloudy. NE. Cloudy. N. SW. SE. Foggy, Clou. Rain, 57 51 78 18 962 S. SW. W. Rain, Fair. SW. Fair. W. Fair. 555 W. Fair. Fair. Fair. 64 Fair, Cloudy. 96 30 00 30 09 Fair. 30 21 21 66 69 5.5 24 29 82 76 26 29 99 84 82 30 01 29 66 SW. N. NE. N. E. 68 69 79 69 58 SW. E. SW. W. W. NW. s.sw. |