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GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE: —I’ublilhed every Tuefday, by AMBROSE DAV, at 3 dollars pjt anti, piyaale li.lt yearly.
PHILADELPHIA, Jme 1.
Th e following authentic arti
-I,»M ,0 u. (on» ~«c
.U- prefcnt aulpicious
’"lheß of an edaireciflement
r[ P th French Republic, ber
3iS- *• - ;:
Uot. of Europe and the
general interefts of republican
governments, are fo intimately
dependant on her flrcngth and
faccefs. that we conceive this
authentic account, corroborated
b v many recent private com
munications from that countiy,
mud prove highly fatislaaoty
at this time.
Jo the Citizens of the United States.
f THEcorrefpondence between
Mr. Gerry and the minifter of
the French Republic* fupported
by the official communications
from Mr. Murray, at the Hague,
having removed every doubt on
the mind of the Prefident ref
pefting the fmcerity of toe go
vernmrnt of France to preftrve
a good undemanding with the
United States, he has appointed
a nev/ million, by which eve y
difficulty between the two re
publics may be amicably adjur
ed.
< France, from an abfolute mo
narchy, has become a free repre
fentative republic ; this event
alone, is a fufficient caufe, with
fome men, for reprefenting the
conduftof the Prefident, in the
late appointment, as highly im
proper ; the following obferva
tions on the moral and political
fituatioi of France, ought to
convince unprejudiced minds,
that this aft of the Prefident is
founded in wifdom and found
policy, as far as it contemplates
a friend'” intercourfe with a
people, from whom the United
States may derive greater com
mercial advantages than from
• 1 V other nation on earth.
, During the laft fu turner, I
travelled feven hundred miles
t T ough France ; the country,
every where, had the npearance j
cf increafmg profperity, In
manv peaces comfortable farm
ioufcs. were building ; and the
cottagers well clothed, exhibited
3 P appearance of happi
nels and content. This numer
°, JS ' and heretofore degraded
c * Cu men, have received im-
f s advantages from the re
-o‘Ulion, whilß; the nriviledged
1 * ers have been annihilated
)’ «s im P etu OUS dorms. The
r I 'j a f or tlL,e earth, emanci
tv. fr ,°™ feudal claims of
ft, 0u °, 1 “y—from the tnon
and f auT ’ ands °f ‘he clergy,
I' afted K n P cr f°nal labor, ex
bv u ft lavys> for r _
| f , ? ‘he roads, & c . at this time,
a re peelablc clafs of iode
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
T U E S D A V, I u 1. y o, 1799.
REASON AND TRUTH JMPARII.iL UUlDli THE i! r . r. —.
pendent citizens, in many in
dances living on their own fmall
farms.
The public roads are repairing
under a new lyflcm of national
turnpike, by the regulations of
which, no greater toll is collect
ed than is necellary to preferve
the highways in a flare of re
pair. I found travelling per
fectly fafe, and the ex pence
more rcalonable than in the
United States.
The municipal officers, eflab
li filed in every part of the re
public, and to preferve the pub
lic tranquility, are attentive to
their funClions; and the law s
arc fo highly refpefted, that al
though the fields in general arc
not encloled, yet the property
of the farmer is held facrcd;
even the extenfive gardens in the
neighborhood of Paris, abound
ing with the molt delicious fruits
and vegetables, are free from
plunder.
in Paris, the greatefl ovder
and regularity exifls. The (hops
ate open, and bufinefs conduCl
ing, as before the revolution :.
hordes in many parts of the city,
building or repairing. The
[Streets regularly lighted and
cleanfed, and not a beggar or
diflrelied objeft to be fecn.
Wi h refpeft to reiigious
eftdblifhrnents; the people of,
France, arc in opinion with the)
citizens of the United States :;
thev confider them as fore'gn to j
civil inftitutions. On this ac- 1
no provifion is made, by
law, for the fuppoi t of thecler-i
gy of anv denomination : nor
does the civil law interfere be
tween any man and his Creator:
every citizen is left at full liberty
to worfhip God, agreeably to the
diftates of his ow n confcience.
Whilfl in Paris, I vilited fe
veral of (he churches, on the
rhnflian fabbath, and was pre
fect at the cclebra ion of mafs;
the doors of the church being
open for the free admidion of
any perfon. The fame, places (j
worjhip arc, on the day of the
Decade, occupied by the Theo
philanthropiflL', a religious feCf,
iomething fimilar in their difei
pline and manner of worfhip,
to the Independents of Xew-
Zngland or the Baptifls; they
commence their worfhip by
prayer, invoking the Supreme
Being as the author and fountain
of a'l good ; they Ting hymns of
praife, and conclude their devo
tions by well connected fermons
on the genuine principles of
morality and virtue; when, at
the fame time they inculcate the
duties of every good citizen to
maintain the liberties, and to
pieferve inviolate the laws of his
country. In one jefpeCt, this
feft lefemblcs the Quakers ;
•v*
every gifted brother has the
liberty of preaching without any
formal oidinaticn. Fa Reveil
liere Lepeaux, ptefidcnr of the
executive diredory, is the nation
of this fed.
A foundation of general and
univerfa! inflruClion in the fei
ences is laid in Paris, which
will render that city the fr (I
fchool in Eu:ope for inforrna
tion. The means of knowledge
are in fuch profufion, (hat it is
difficult for a fludent to make
his c.hoice amidll the variety.
Public libraries are found in
different quarters of the city;
the national library, one of the
rnofl extenfive and bcfl collec
tion of books in the Wor'd, is
open at all limes for the ufe of
(he public ; tables, paper, ink,
&c. aie firmfhed to any perfon
dcfirous of making extrafts from
any of the books, which are
handed to him by the libiaiian,
attending for that purpofe.
1 he nation d garden of plant
is preferved in complete order,
as is alfo the fupeih cabinet of
n dural hiflory ; this is the rcfoil
of the fludent, to hear ledurcs
on botany, chemiflry. and na
tural hiflory. 'Fhe lover of the
fine arts will vifit, with entliu
fiahn, the ancient pilace of the
Louvre, in which is preferved
the moll exqn fie fpccimens of
painting and feirpture fiom the
ancient and mo i rn fchools.
1 lie national infthutc enjoys
the highefl celebrity : its mem
bers are divided into dalles in
luch a manner as to p;o u:e (he
greatefl quantity of ufcful infor
mation.
I vifited (he affimbly of five
hundred, and alio that of the
ancients : the greslefl order and
regulaiity were prcfeived in all
their deliberations.
The executive direftory has
the confidence of the people.
M crliti, lepeaux and Trcilharc), |
are men of abilities, and atten
tive to the arduous duties of
their office : in priv. te life they
arc amiable and exemplary citi
zens. Neufchatcau. theminif-,
ter of the interior, is urremit-.
tirg’y engaged in piomoting the
internal profoerity of the coun
tiy, by encouraging agr.cu ‘mre;
and manufaftures. 1 he foil,!
climate, and local (filiation of,
9
France, will admit the I e feveral.
branches of national wealth to;
be brought to a degree of
O O u
perfection.
The popularion of France is
eflimated at thirty five millions;
her citizens, renovated by the
fpirit of liberty', and in pollcflion
of the heretofore inaclive pio-
p*ify of the crown rind clcrgv 9
,wi l render her, in point of li.
n *nre, the mod powerful nation
in Europe. Her military tftab
lifinnent, fupportfd by the mi
litia I) Hem, in which every citi
zen is con fide red as a foldicr
•'rnd without d fiirftion, isob'i
ged to perform h s four of duty $
will preferve t.he liberties of that
country, and, at all times, ren
der her fo rmdable.
During an awful moment of
revolu Jonaiy f!C>'zy f crimes
were commit ed, i n violation of
me (acted principles of juflicc
and humanity ; but thele crimes
of rlie revolution have been
condemned and punifhcJ by
tne nation. At pielenf, no go
vernment in Europe is more
firmly clfaMdbed, rrore ab y
admmdlercd, or better cdcula
ted to promo:e the genera h *p
pinehs of its citizens, than that
of Era n c.
GEORGE LOGAM.
April 16.
The SUBSCRIBER
v* fo in run hit F i-. .!. an.l the
P n iir, tint he hit ' <*Trm.*n' ed the
Ccmmiffion and Fadorage
BUSIN E S S,
On Tr I au\ Wlt trf, win ic he H-m fnt»-
1 If St ;rt for h* reception of G’odt,
vk! Prcdnee ; t <1 r oi'y len.ieihu
I’-rv.ecs ioh» F icn » ir. h.u line.
Samuel Hammond,
fm.e 6, 171,9.
A New Grocery Store,
JOS r o nird 1-y the S' b r criber, in f he
h nlf I nnrriy occupied by Melirs.
LHf.cr &■’ ftene Hr.
//' hen a!fo
A final I j:ji 1 hinrT/tm-
Aflortmcnt of Dry Goods,
Win'll v.i 1 1 be fo donv c. y lew J ennr,
for Ca/h or frodu.c inlv.
David 7 homas .
Lou fv illc, June 25, 171,9
N 0 T I
PUGSLEY& DEVEAUX
I form thei» F- errand the Public, tint
ihe > have r f<fi cd by the v*a> if Au
puflrt, a FRESH
Aflbrtment of MEDI CI \E,
Si it.iii'c t the Pratfiie; and (]' r c
ihr n, 1 bar • lic ft ride i aticau a wili b«
piid ir all Orders,
A ri’ !3.
JV A IV T E D t
A few lb 1. of
H OGS 15 RIST I, E
For uhick a generous price will
he £ yen , by
Andrew Burns.
June 11 .
FO R S A L E,
A HOUSE and LOT, with a STORE
r\ a<jni'trg, rear Ihe Market, wrh a
kitchen, Stable, end an excellent we.l of
water. It has five fi.r places, an.! it f rty
two by twenty feet, wi li a SHhD twelve
iccl wide.
ALSO,
A rwo Pnry HUU.H and LOT, with f»
Kitchen, Suib.'*, Garden, and .1 gaud fpr.rg
near the Hon f t.
Condi non, one half rnfb ; theremaindef
on a credit of li*m nTs.
Jofcph Chairs,
February 19.
[Mo. 25.