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PAR iS, OEhber ' * ACTS OF THE GOVERN™NT. St, C loud, September 3c. Buonaparr*;, full cunful pf the French republic, and president of ihe Italian re public, tb the eighteen cantons of the Helvetic. u Lihal'.tantt of Helvetia, ** You have presented for ihefe two years past an affliclirig fpcftaclc. Oppo site factions have facedfively fclzed on pjwcr; they have fignalizcd their fleeting utgns by a fyllcm of partiality, which ihewed their weeknefs and inability. —ln the courfc of the year 10, your go vernment ddired to have the few French troops in Helvetia withdrawn. The French government willingly seized this occafton to honor your independence ; but quickly afterwards your different parties re-commenced the troubles with new fu jy ; the blood of the Swiss was (bed by the hands of the Swiss. You have difputcd together throe years without underftaoding each other; you will goon killing one another three years longer, without coming to a better un dcrllanding. Bcfidcs your hillory proves that your interne wars could not be ter minated'wt thou t the elEcacious interven tion of France. It is true that I had endeavoured not to meddle with your affairs. 1 had con ftmtly seen your different governments requesting of me advice which they never followed, and sometimes abusing my name, according to their intcrcfts and piiffions. But f neither can or ought to remain insensible of the misery to which yon arc a prey. I revoke my resolve. 1 will be the mediator of your differences; hut my mediation (hall be efficacious, flach as becomes the great people in whose name I fpcak. Five days after the notification of the present proclamation the senate (hall meet at Berne. Every magistracy formed at Berne since the capitulation (hall be diffolvcd, and tease to meet or exercifc any authority. The prefefts (hall be at their polls. All authorities that have been formed (hall cease to meet. The coliefling of arms (hall ccafe. The 1(I and 2d Helvetic demi-brigades (hall form the garrison of Berne. The troops raifedfor above fix months pad (hall be the only troops remaining in corps. In fine, all the licenfcd individuals of the belligerent armies, and who are now armed* (hall deposit their arms at the mu nicipality of the commune of their birth. The senate (hall fend three deputies to Paris, each cun ton may fend an equal . number. All the citizens, who for these three years past have been landammans, sena tors, and have successively occupied places in the central authority, may repair to "Paris to make known the methods of re lloring union and tranquility, and of con ciliating all parties* On my part, I have a right to cxpefl that no city, commune or corps, will do any thing cont/ary to the difpofuions I have made known to you. Inhabitants of Helvetia! Awake to hope ! Your county Is on the border of a pre cipice, It (hall be immediately drawn from it; all men of property will second •this generous projcfl. But if, which I cannot think, there were among you a number of individuals who had too little virtue to facrifice their paflions and prejudices to the love of thtir country; people of Helvetia, you would be unworthy of your ancestors. There is no man in his senses who docs not fee that the mediation I take upon myfelf, is for Helvetia a blefling of that providence which, amid so many convul sions and (hocks, has always favored the exiftencc and independence of your nati on; and that this mediation is the only way which remains by which you can save the one or the other. For it is time, indeed, that youftiould think, that if the patriotism and union of your ancestors founded your republic, the evil spirit of your factions, fliould it continue, will infallibly destroy it ; and it will be painful to refleft, that at an e poch when many new republics are arising, fate has marked the end of one of the ntoft ancient. Bv the firft consul, Buonaparte. The fecrctaty of (late, Maret.” ‘ Lad Sunday theconfular family atten ded Divine Service at St, Cloud. In go ing to and coming from the chapel, they obterved the fame order of proceflion which the royal family were wont to use. BASLE, September 23. Oar political troubles have obliged a great many strangers.. of rank to leave us; among 'hefe is the princcfs of Dcf fen j fau, rfie poet Martlilfon, and Mr. King, the American envoy. More than fifty Englilhmen quitted Berne in one day. LONDON, Ofiobcr 7, Yeflcrday morning we received the Pa ris journals to the 3d in(l, The moll im portant part of their contents relates to the affairs of Switzerland. It is not with out regret we find that the hopes vve were led, a few days since, to entertain upon this fubjetl, are now completely at an end. Buonaparte, so far from adopting a generous and becoming line of conduct towards that unhappy country, or honest ly adhering to the resolution he had made, not to interpofc his authority in her in ternal concerns, has, under the Specious title of mediator, issued forth an imperi ous mandate to the unfortunate inhabi tants of Helvetia, in which, after falfely accusing thdnpf being the authors of their own misfortunes, he commands with more than Roman arrogance, the ahfolute fub mifiion of thfc cantons to his own will and uower. Openly declaring against the cause oflthofe whose vigour has lately been exerted to recover their ancient in dependencei he orders that all the late proceedings of the patriots (hall be annul led; that all the corps formed to reflore the old constitution shall be dilbanded ; that the Senate (haft immediately re-as semble at Berne ; that thegarrifon of that city (hull be formed of corps appointed by himftlf; and that the authorities of that ill-fated Republic shall repair to Paris, there to Seal the fubmiflion of their coun try, and probably, in imitation of the So lemn mockery at Lyons to o(Fcr the Sove reign authority of Helvetia to the Casfar of the Gauls. Such is the species of me diation which Buonupaite, in his good ness, has determined to employ in the af fairs of the Swiss; and in aid of his dis interested proceedings, he has recourse to his accustomed fyilem of religious cant; indecently, if not blafphemouily, attri bating this (hameful interference of France to the kind protecting interposition of Heaven ! To give eclat to these unwar rantable proceedings, an army of 12000 Frenchmen is already in motion, and it remains to be seen, whether any refin ance will be attempted by the Swiss pa triots to the imperious mandate of the French consul. The insurgent force, we find, encreafes daily ; their difciplinc is of the mod excellent defeription; and they occupy at present the moll important polls, Uppofed, however, to the nume rous legions of France, any druggie they may be induced to make, cannot be ex pected to prove effectual; the combat would be too unequal on their part to af ford the (lighted hope of ultimate success; and therefore may the fate of the unhappy Helvetians be now considered as complete ly decided. Usurpation once more tri uinphs ; and in vain have the people ex erted their courage to rdlore that inde pendence (ealed with the blood of their ancdlors, and under the genial influence of which they have so long been prospe rous, virtuous, and happy. The qudlion of the indemnities in Ger many has not yet been brought to a final decilion. The Imperial Mimder at Ra ti (bon has renewed his refufal to ratify the ConcluJ'um ; and Aullria, so far from ma nifclting any disposition to evacuate Paf fau, is taking the neccflary measures to enable her (o retain poffdlionof that place. A ilrong Corps of Observation has also affetnhlcd at Fiddkirk, and several more Audrian Battalions have received orders to march to the Tyrol. The present (late of incertitude cannot, however, be of much longer duration, Buonaparte, ac cording to our private information, hav ing actually lent off his ultimatum to the court of Vienna-—The French funds are at 33 fr. 20 c, October 9. No advices from the continent reached town yesterday, but Something impor- \ tant, as well from Switzerland as from Germany, may now daily be expecled. The brave Helvetians, animated with a becoming spirit of independence, are not expeded to yield with ymenefs their long established rights, or to endure with patience the degrading yoke of Gallic domination. Would there were a rea sonable profped of their exertions being crowned with the success they deserve; but this unhappily is not the case. Their force, it is true, continues to receive al moll daily additions to its strength, and it is even said, that it amounts already to little (hort of 20,000 men. These, in heriting the patriotic virtue* of their forefathers, may ior a while, perhaps, be able to refill the encroachments so c;n elly threatened by France; but opposed by the overwhelming legions of that pow er, thejr gallant efforts cannot be expell ed to prove of ultimate avail. One hope only remains in our mini, The indig- 9 ration excited against ihe fnd couiu} on the occasion, is as general as ir is just ; in his own capital even, the utmost dif approbatitn of his conduct is laid to be exprelfed; and feeing all this, a sense of policy, if nor justice, may induce him to forego his tyrannical intentions. Accounts fro.n Leghorn, by the la ft Dutch mail, mention that three large corsairs had been dellroyed by fume Dutch (hips of war, after a long engagement, in which the greatest part of the Moors were killed and wounded. NEW-YORK, Nov, 27. The Kingston Daily Aclverttfer ot the iff inst. contains an extract from the Bar badoes Mercury of the 19th Odober, relative to Martinique; which Hates, that late accounts from Martinique, re presents the French as adopting the most (hocking a£b of revenge against the free coloured people there, many of whom have been wantonly murdered, and their bodies found in the streets in the morning. They feern also still to feel some resent ment against the British, all of whom remaining there are compelled to take oaths of allegiance to the republic, or quit the country within fix weeks; and no English veflel is allowed to lay off the harbour longer than fix hours. We have seen letters from Port Repub- Hcan dated ift November, received via Philadelphia, They uniformly represent the situation of St. Domingo to be a ftene of ahnoft unexampled conlufion and hor ror, from the want of neceflary reinforce ments, and from the success of the insur gents. The white inhabitants, who for fame time past had retired for fafety with in the towns and ports on the sea-shore, are now obliged to feck refuge in the strong fortified places, abandoning those they leave wholly to the military. A barge, on its paflage from St, Marc’s to Port Republican, loaded with women and children, was met by a party of 1 8 negroes, who took poffeflion of her, and maflacrcd every person on board. The fame boat was (hortly afterwards captured by a French frigate on a cruifc. Sixteen of the negroes were killed, and the re maining two, being brought to Port Re publican, were torn in pieces by the in inflated populace. Deffalines and Chriftpphe have deferr ed from the French army, and joined the insurgents, November 26. Ycfterday was the nineteenth anniver sary of the evacation of this city by the Bntilh, and the event was celebrated in the customary military stile by the Re publican Greens under captain Gaston, the artillery under major Curtenius, eight companies of the 6th regiment under Ma. jor Montagnle, several volunteer compa nies, the Walhington and two other troops ot horse, all fuhjeft to the orders of Colonel Steddiford. They were re viewed by General Stevens, Brigadier General Boyd, General Smith, Brigade- Major Eacker, affiltant Brigade Major Paulding, Judge Radcliffe, his honor the Mayor, the Recorder, Sheriff*, and seve ral members of the corporation. The pro cession marched up Broadway, through Beckman street, to Pearl street, froia thence up Wall street, to Broad street, and thro’ Beaver street to the Battery, where they went through the usual evolutions, fired a feu-de-joie, and dispersed. The troops had a very handsome appearance, PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25. Extraft of a letter from a honfe in New- Orleans , to a gentleman in this city, dated Oslo her 19. “ We have just procured, and now en close you a copy of the proclamation of the intendant, (hutting this port against foreigners, and placing its commerce on It he looting it was before the war. In regard to the measure of depriving the Americans of the right of deposit for the prefent, as regards the town of New- Orleans, because the time limited is ex pired, is equally unauthorifed and ridi- ■ cuiuus, and as such, is firmly opposed by the governor, and certainly can never be carried intoeffeft. The most violent ha tred and animosity subsists between the governor and intendant, who are jealous of each others power. The treaty is clear and explicit, that some convenient spot must be afiigned to the Americans for a deposit; and it is out of the power ot the Intendant, and all his proclamations, to prevent it. Such a measure would be an acf of hostility for which he would be certainly punilhed and fufpenied. " The effeft of this event has been to raise the value of the goods on hand, of which the supplies of the proper kind arc limited, and confined to a tew hands.” . Another letter fays : October 17. <f Yesterday afternoon peace was pro claimed, and we aie informed that the . \ j intrant; Lot declared the fort i Americans as a place of depofu. I treaf y havin S ori! y specified this, l uch tor three years, which are expired j it is ibur till the king's pleasure is known* j This it is fmd will be polled in handbill I to-day ; but it is impoflible to fay j, 0 ' w far the measure will extend, and \ f ew , days mud elapse before the real Hate of things is.know n. The governor CMofc, the measure entirely. 18th —It Teems impoflible to come at the truth of this bufmefs. Yesterday i t was said that the port was not only (hut but that, contrary to the treaty, the in! tendant had resolved to withhold, an< j indeed had adually denied the priviledee of depofu ro the Americans. This lad measure, it is said, even by men in office will be opposed by the armed force of th! governor, who deems it equivalent t 0 a declaration of war againll the United States. Thus you will perceive, that our men in authority are at open variance and as I learn to day, it is even now un! certain whether the port will be confider! ed as (hut for fonie time to come. Some Americans propose this day to- clear our for exportation, Spanilh produce in A, meri.can bottoms.” December i, The following article has reached us Ve. ry opportunely—-it is ex traded from the Pittfield Sun, As we have been obliged to notice by name fcvcral of those who hold offices under the present adminiftra tiun, and yet countenance by their fupporr, prints which arc not only constantly calum niating those who compose it, but which afperfe even the revolution, we call on them to read the following, and act as they think their duty as good citizens demands, “ When judge Washington was lately in Connedicur, he observed in a circle of gentlemen, of both political parties, that the oppofttion papers contained such abuse of administration as ought not to pals without punilhment; that although he was himfelf opposed to president ]cf ferfon in politics, he thought it infuifer able, that a man of such exemplary mo. rals , and such purity of private charader, especially when veiled with the chief ma giltracy of the nation, (liould be treated with so much personal insult and abuse-; and that it ought to he the fubjed of le gal animadverlion. The post-master ge neral, who was one of the company, said he could point out a more effedual me thod of remedying the evil ; and being a(kcd what it was, replied, do you, fir, aid judge Law, who was also present, fit down and write to the editors ot such a buftve papers, to difeontinue fending them to you, lb long as they continue to in fultand abuse the president. That would produce a greater and better effed than any judicial corredion which your honors can inflid, and at the fame time not en danger an infringement ot the freedom of the press. [Aurora, WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 6. We underhand that there is good reason to conlider the late meafurcs of the Inlen d.mt at New-Oileans as having originated entirely with himfelf, and as being, of confequcncc, unauthorifed by the Spanilh government. Among many circumstances indicative of this, are the decided oppofttion of the Governor to the measures of the linen dant, and the determination of the com mercial tribunal not to carry his decree into effed. From the Heps, no doubt taken by our government, a rational expedarion mat* be entertained that the decree will be re voked before it can have operated exten lively to (he injury of our trade on the Mississippi, as of the valt amount of pro duce flouted down that river, no article of considerable value, beftdes cotton, is deposited at Ncw-Orleans, till February ; and as that article not being parifhable, will experience but small injury from a temporary detention at the Natchez, RALEIGH, December 6. On Thursday last, our General Aflem blv proceeded to ballot for a Governor for the ensuing year, in the place of Colonel Afhe (whole death was mentioned in our last.) Several names being in nomination, as will appear from the Minutes of the proceedings of the Alfembly,) four bal lots were had, before any gentleman had a majority of votes. On the last ballot, James Turner, Esq. the Senator from Warren county, w'as declared duly eleded. In this eledion, there was no contest oil principle, since all the gentlemen in no mination were Republicans ; the difficul ty of making a choice arofc from there being fcveral candidates. Governor Turner, this morning, met the two Houses in the Common’s Hall, ! and took the ulual oaths of office, •