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7/ VI NOTCH, (K.) May *•
£sl: ail of a letter from a gentle man of
r*(pffi o'. ‘v, rJiJing al ot* i touts, tn
nf the Kentuciy Gazette da*
ud } ■. Louis, April 2?.
< Vt have had a corfulerJ.!e alarm
abom ‘m Sac Indians, onr of which r.a
----t !i, r l /e here in goal for murder.
one hundred of tins natron are
Fere row—The rumor of their coming
preceded them, and ma ‘e them five hun
dred. “VJ were in cci fidcrsble alarm,
and ti;e prnple were turntd out with
vri alacrity tha. does them credit How-
ever, *V T-dlann are arrived end feeni to
1 -ar~ ‘v< They said at council, that
Vary c—v to demand their prifolief ; but
>. 1 ]u„ 01. il.rir way that be dabbed the
corporal r*f the iruard, (which was the
c; fi ) tlwy fid they would leave it to
tr.e generosity of their fathers to give
Lit op • not. We lad a new alarm
yrlitr,lay : a report came from St. Charles
wi 1 h at fi ft leerned probable, that five
iiJi.iirtd were seen deft ending the Millif
f.pi i; but it was those very Indians who
are now here, that were seen ftveraldays
before.
“ There have been three murders
■ corrnived here within these three months,
and all by Americans. There arc two
of the murderers nos here in goal.
“ The boufe ol P'crre Choul-au, rfe.
fa?t been burned down to the giound .1:
less than two hours—lt happened u\
January. If was the Lift furnifhed
house on this fide of the Allegany moun
tains—His l<'fs mull amount to 30,000
dollars, for he loft every thing. It is
icrtaii !y a public calamity. The own
er is r. generous worthy mas.
We yePrrtlay received the news of
general Wilkinson being our governor.—
From his general character, I ihould fup*
pose him well calculated lor the talk, ami
by taking the proper dtps in the begin
ning, which I have no doubt he will do,
he will find the old inhabitants of this
country the moll honest, the molt docile
and easy governed people in the world,
provided only, he gains thei- confidence
in the begining. There ore a tew here,
audio fevcral parts of the dittrift, to me
late comers and others who lived here un
der the Spanilh government, which in faft
loaded them with kindnels—Tiiefc per*
lor.* have become clamorous—they would
he io if the Trench or if even the Turks
j|a 1 got polfeftion of the country. All
they want, is the locves and fifties
These perfoiio are hrld in horror and
tontempt by the old inhabitants. They
sire but vrry few ; and Ihould tee gover
nor on his arrival give them any footing
ur encouragement; he will injurr Itim
ftlf, and do the United Stales a differ,
vice.
“it was a weft fortumte circum
fiance tm the inhabitants of this count, y,
•..:d for the United Slates, that fuel/
men as captain Stoddert and gov. Har
jifon were at hand, to aft in this diftrift.
They have dcfuvedly gained the elteem
■at the inhabitants.
“ The following premiums arc given
by an obfeure individual, to the intabi
rants of a village, called Florifant. or St
Ferdinand, about fifteen miles finn.
St. Louis. The village'qonfifts of about
iixty vrry poor families—£ll French.—
It is the moll beautiful village I ever
five, as to (ituation, and extremely heal
thy. The people are very redolent; but
when you are told, that they give too
and sometimes three buiifli of wheat,
for a pound of coffee, which they all
drink as they do taffia, you will not be
furprizrd that they Ihould be poor.
PREMIUMS.
HIMP OR FLAX. Dolls
For the bell acre and half, 25
the next bell acre, 20
ihe bed three quarters of an acre, 14
Cotton.
For the heft and cleaned: parcel of .
aoolbs. 25
the feeond bell tyolbs. 20
the third bell toolbs. 15
Spinning ond weaving.
For the woman who spins and
weaves the heft piece of linen or
cotton cloth of 2 5 yds. 25
For the fecund bell pi<.ec of 20 yds.
the third do. do. of 15 yds. 15
Clout ting
For the heft dreded woman on thr
4th cf July all of her
own make, 2 5
For the leennd de do. 20
tne third do. do. 15
25 dollars for every family who ic
frainsfrom coffee and Utii.i for one year
from Matth lad.
50 dollars for every decent young man
c ho marries an orphan girl, and fettles in
the village.
Also to, 8 and 6 dollars, for the fceft
dyed felts of clothes.
“ This individual has furnilhed them
h. which they u.e about (owing.
H<* will furnilh them a weaver at liis own
expence. He advances them loomr,
(pinning wheels, cards, heckles, See. and
takes the hoe article* in payment for
the utenlils.
” There people di*cc about fix
months in the year, aud all they can get
is fpeut in that way. This person has
rtede a calculation, and fliews that every
i. mull loose in the couri'e of 30
years, 4OCO dollars, allowing only 12
balls in the year ; and that the cxpenccs
to each family would be only two dollars
to each ball -that with the intercll, and
a day lott preparing lor, and a day 101 l
ileeping after the hall; allowing the la
fcjrof each family to be tw o dollar* per
d-y, which he lay* will roake in ail foui
thnnfrnd dollars. He off.rs them a house
is ill the f&g* for fix bal’j to the;
year, provided they will r’*r oe no wov - ‘
rxcept oti a maynage, or tc; fourth ol
July. • * •
“ He also advife* them never to have
a suit at law ; fcpcaufe, he fays, if a man
ever gains his suit, he wilt lose tonne mo
n?y—be will lose hie'time! and the good
will of the neighbours. He tells them
to abitrate every difpute—‘‘For, (fays
hr.) two or three honest neighbours will
do you as muchjuflice in Florisant, as
twelve jurymen will it St. Louis.
“ The people of this country, I mean
the old inhabitants, are extremely honest,
and civil, and kind, but very ignorant ;
and their confidence in each other is such,
that the greater part of the property in
rhis count!y ha* been palled from hand
to hand, without even the (crape of a
pen. Since I have been here, I have net
fern a fugle quarrel, or serious dispute
among the French.
“ fly,re —Should the United Slateß
adopt lome plan of the kind above, for
the encouragement of industry and manu
failures would not the fam* so laid cut,
return ini# its coffers, and produce cent,
per cent, in a short time ?”
From thi Usn ed States Gazettl
LITERARY SELECTIONS.
l ie fr lowing curicur account of o preten
d:d Dauphin of France, is extrafted
from the Edinburgh Review if Kotze
bue’s Travels to Paris.
Marie Hervagault, ia the son of j
a taylor at St. Loo, of a prepofftlfing
figure, and very like Louis XVI. in the
Matures of his fare, iie has no educa
tion, but great addref.i. He isfuppofed
to he a natural (on of the Duke de Ya
lentonois. In September be left
his father’s house, wandered about the
country as a prrfon o: family reduced
by ihe rtviffutior,, and produced every
where a favourable reception. Ke then
went to Cheibourg, where he was taken
up a, a vagrant, and visited in jail, and
extricated by hin lather, who found him
possessed of money and jewels, to a con
siderable amount. He once more elo
ped, and ltiolled about fometirnes as a
ion of the Prince of Monaco, fometirnes
as heir of the Dhc d’Urfel. At last he
passed for a relation of Louis XVI. and
the Emperor Jofcpb, assumed woman’s
clothes, and fan! he had been ovsi to
aflilt l,is emigrant parents in England.
He gained universal credit with pertons
of diftinftion ; but was again imprifem
ed at Bayeux. His father once more re
lieved him, and he a third lime broke
loose. He now obtained moaey from
different persons of rank, as a rich but
unfortunate branch of the Montmoreucy
famil{ and carried on his impaftures at
Meaux, only eight leagues from Paris.
At Chalons he was once more imprisoned;
and here he assumed an air of grandeur
and mystery, gave fignificant hints, and
fbon it wts whu’pered about that he was
the Dauphin, Iba cf Lewis XVI. who
had not died at the time supposed. The
jailor was the ftrft dupe, and gave him
money. The whole inhabitants of any
rat kor conference at Ch?lons were de
ttived, became confidants of the secret,
end advanced large sums of money. He
kept a sumptuous table in priion, and
was allowed to fee all comptny. The
police examined him rigidly ; when he
declared himfelt the son of a taylor at
Loo, as it to deceive them, and was let
out after a lulling confinement. He
was again imprisoned for two years at
Vire ; but fpler.di Jly supported by his
adherents at Chalons ; aud, on his libe
ration, received by them in triumph,
had public entertainments ia honor of
his retuin, and walked into the town
over flowers llrewed at his feet. He
then was difmiffi.'d from the town by
the police ; but wherever he went, he
found friends and adherents among the
higher orders, ready to faerifice their
whole fortunes in his eaufe, and to fol
low him as his l'ervauts about the coun
try. In this way he went from one
chstrau to another ; and at ail was re
ceived with the highell pomp and vene
ration.
• He was once at RUcims. (fays cur
author) twice at Vitry le Fraucais, and
often at different country leats, where
balls, concerts, and fcaft* of every kind
were giver in honor of turn. At Vitry
hr was splendidly and conveniently lodg.
cd at th. house of Madame de Rarnbc
cour, whose liuf'ind clolely followed all
his footfteps, watted upon him with the
molt attentive zeal, and served him like
.1 valet.—On St. Louis’s day, a fupei b
fete was prepared for him, it being the
feall of the faint whole name he bore.
The ladies sung songs corrpofed in honor
of him. In the confidential circles which
he frequented, they alweya called him
Mon. Prince ! Idis portrait wa< handed
about as that of the Dauphin ; and it
was reported, that the Pope i.imfrif had
imprinted a raaik on b:s leg to know
him again by. Finally, a letter was
handed about from a hijlop, in which
this deluded prelate writes in exprclUo.is
of the protoundell rcfptft for this young
vagabond, and, by his example, convinced
many who were ft ill wavering in tweir be
lief. Already was a court formed round
Louis XVII he had immediately his fa
vcm ues, and was going to nominate
thole who were to cold the great offices
ot bis lioulhold. Many Litmes cf con
feqnence were to be found among them,
i'ney all glowed with -eathufuTm, sr.d
prepared to make the great tft facnficc-.
Men ol birth and ru. & deemed them
lelves iortu ate m being able to perform
the lucaneff drngcry cf menial service
for him. Misers touted fpendthrifts,
* t r.ey rr .gHf hdvc
i tsining hi*. It “.is jiy
lurh proe. ef'ng* (ho nil not the!
ye of a vigilant polce. Fo™che was
informed at Paris of ii that was going
on at Vttry ; and a wtrrant put an end
to the farce/
• But even when tiring into custody,
Hervagault conducled himfelf with a
loftinefs and dignity that ftruft all pre
sent with a kind of dabious awe. His
mod downcast confidaitsfurrounded him
with the mod heartfdt reverence. One
of them, highly moved, begged leave to
embrace him ; and the taylor’s son
negligently tendered his hand to kifu.
The very full night sf his incarceration,
a moft fhjendid feall was given ai the
prifen, and he was moll fumptuoully
served at all times. The notary called
him in prison Moofsneur, and was moft
gracicufly rewxrderi with the appellation
of Man petit petit valet de
charr.br ed’ Atntfte. Thus he afted his
part difpaliionately, and with an air of
the utraoil irrportaute 1— going tomafs,
a fe-vant carried his prayer book and
cufnion. He appointed a secretary, and
made him sign in his, name that of f.nu
is Charles. At la ft fee mayor was for
ced to debar the multitude from acctfo,
and to intercept the enormous supplies
of wine and good cheer feat for his use/
Vol. 111. p. 50.
At last his offence was tried, and he
was sentenced, in 1802 to be imprisoned
four years at Offend. He appealed to
the court at Rheitis ; and, before the
eaufe could be judged, anew aftor ap
peared on the ttage. The aged Bilhop
G s a man unusually venerated
for his integrity, leirning, and austerity
of life, declared himfelf convinced that
Hervagault was the real Dauphin; said
he had found on examining the surgeons
who diffefted the pretended Dauphin in
the temple, that, in faft, it was a fup
pufitious corpse ; came to Rheims, and
by many interviews with him, was quite
confirmed 1 lent large sums for his service;
and gave up every puifuit, even his ho
ly fanftions, for his fake. He used all
his interest at Paris to obtain a mitiga
tion of the sentence—corresponded in
cyphers with the leading men, to whom
he meant to entrust the secret—and a
plan was forme! to marry Heivagault to
a rkftaGt rclatios of the Royal Family,
and to make levies of men fer his service.
The trial was then concluded, by con
firming the origual sentence in spite of
the violent and unanimous outcries of the
populace. In prison he was again treat
ed as before. No one deserted him.
The Bilhop, in particular, formed a p'an
for his ref cue on th? road to Soiffbns,
and being difeovered, was aneited, but
pardoned. He immediately, however,
formed a cewjunto ofpartifans, and the
government wer* obliged to fend him off.
* In order (add* M. Kotzbue, p. 57.)
to render it conceivable how so many
persons of rank and knowledge should
have fuffered themfelvt* to be made the
dupes of this raw youngster, people
ought themselves to l*ve heard him tell
his story. With great emotion, he would
remember how Louis XVI. his father
used to give him lefibns in history and
geography in the teqple. In the tone
of the moll ingenious simplicity, he
would talk of a little fitch called Fidele,
of which Marie Antdnette his mother
was very fond. Themoft minute details
he deferiferd with infantile vivacity ; nor
did he forget that Sion his goaler used
to wake him in the dead el the night, to
convince him that he sad not been car
ried off.’
Our author next lids his account of
his adventures, whfh cannot fail to
llrike every one with idmiration of this
Angular young man’igeniui for the fi
ner species of impefttf t. It is too long
forinfertion ; but tie purpose of our
abftraft is anfi.vered, if we have Ihown
the extent to winch the heft educated
persons iu France, not immediately con
nefted with either the new or the old
court, were worked upon ; they contin
ue ftili to believe in his being the real
Dauphin.
His native,” they fay, “ hears the
damp of truth ; ar.d if the Dauphin
has not been entirely sent out of the
world, he will feme time or other ap
pear again, bring back the.golden times
into our fields, and promote to high ho
nors hi* faithful adherents.” p. 74.
From the Paris Memoir t f /•r.iulturt.
M. de Those, having found that the
oil ol tin pentine, when applied to animals
which were covered with vermin, destroy
ed those vermin without hurting the ani
mal, the authority of this memoir tried
it on ieverai kind* of tree lice and other
infects ; all of which it killed without 1
hurting the trees. He then mixed feme I
cf the oil of turpentine with fine earth, !
to as to make :t iccoiporate well, aud
added water, Itirrfog it carefully, tiil the
whole was brought to a conlidtrable
degree of fluidity. Ia this mixture he dip
ped branches ol fruit trees, covered with
lefects, whicii were entirely deftroytd by
it, tg fc s ar.d all, without hurting the
fruit, branches or leaves. The compo
lY.'.on may be got off by artificial water
ing, or left to be walked away by the
fi.ftfhoWtr. From these experiment*, he
thinks that oil of turpentine may be a*
well employed for killing various kinds
of uce that uifeft douretfic anno-1., and
1.-inctime* produce disease on fruit trees.
Experiments \v>U ascertain how/ar the
remedy it will prove efficacious dirfeieiit
calc*.
House ox Reprefentali r e,
November 20.
, Continued.
Mr. Kail,
I wilh the gentleman would confect
to withdraw his motion for postpone
ment.
Mr. Speers accordingly withdrew his
motion.
A motion tvas then made to strike out
the Sr ft section.
Mr. Franklin,
The provifior.s of this bill appear to
me unconstitutional in their present lhape;.
butthty might, 1 think, be amended bj
throwirg the Iwrden of proof on the pro
secutor. . 1
Mr. Simms read that pait of the con
stitution which prohibits the importation
of negroes, and remarked,
In enaftingalaw to carry into effiftthis
clause, whatever penalty we fix, whether
little or much, will have a tendency to
legalize the trade. Whenever the impor
ter hs complied with our terms we can
demand no more, and by that compliance
the tiadc becomes legalized ator.ee. I
am opposed to importation from princi
ple, it ia altogether wrong—-nor is it
right to do any thing which will operate
a lanftion to the -rale i:i any lhape-
Mr. Cafftls.
The gentleman muff know that marry
laws have been passed or this fubjeft
wffbout effect. I know of no made
which will be fufficient but that of ren
dering the purchaser liable.
Mr. Welfcher.
The gentleman from Liberty defends
the bill only c n the grounds of the expe
diency. If we pass it into a law we muff
do a grand wrong to prevent a little evil.
If the boufe pafslhisbilb they will facn
fice every valuable right they pcffefs ca
earth.
[Mr. Welfcherwa*about to read the
particular clauses of the bill to which he
particularly objected, but was prevented
by a motion for the committee to rife ]
and recommend the reference of the
bill to a fekft committee ; which being
carried ;
The fpeaker {refumed the chair and
a ftleft committee was appointed.
The house then relolved itfeif into a
esmmittee of the whole, Mr. Flournoy
in the chair, on the bill to emend an aft
for the incorporatin of the town of St.
Mary’s
[The council to conilft of 7 members
one of which to be chofcn intendant. j
Mr. Welfcher enquired what number
cf the council would form a court.
Mr. Mabury replied the whole.
Mr. Welfcher,
The gentlemen from Camden will find
thi* provision will fubjeft them to many
inconveniecnces. The number i*unnecetF*-
rily large. I would move so to amend the
hill that the intendant and any two of
the council, or in hi* atfence any three
of the council fliall be fufficient. The
fame provilien exists in the charter of Sa
vannah ; in that city while 7 aldermen
are required t# form a quorum in coun
cil 3 are competent to form a court. —
Asa court of record they arc a di ft rift
body from council.
The motion of Mr. Welfcher being
put to vote was carried.
[The bill provided that appeals should
be made from the decision of the court
to a jury of 7 meo- J
Mr. Welfcher, moved to strike out 7
and insert 12.
Mr. Mabuiy, I have no objeftion to
the gentleman’* motion, but that 1 think
the number too great for the prjfect po
pulation of the town.
Mr. Welfcher,
If there is likely to be so great dif
ficulty in finding 12 men a* jurors, I
cannot fee the exiftecce cf any neerffity
fer a court of this nature. There are
already as many courts in the county as
in others, and I should fuppefe for fe
imall a population, those were fufficient.
The law knows of no jury of lets than
£2 men, nor have we a right 10 confine
the trial fcv a jury to a less number
in any Cum fever die jurifdiftion
of the justices court. Ir 12 jurors can
. no. be found, it will hardly be worth
while to eftablilh a minor court. 3 move
to strike out the proviioc,
Mr. Mabury,
I have miiiaken the gentleman's re*
marks* which I understand as applying
to the number of the conned; 1 did not
mean to fay that 12 would be too great
a number for the jury,
Mr. Welfcher,
I have not changed iny opinion, not
withstanding the gent!..nan’s explanaii- j
on.,
Mr. Crawford,
1 beluve thr gentlemen hac mifhkea 1
j each other. The number of the j-j-y j
1 has nothing to do with the council ; 1
when afting as a court, ri.e council it-j
felf takes another character aid capaci-1
ty. The motion before the commit-,
tee is t infect 12 as the number of ju.
rors.
Mr. Welfcher,
There is no mistake 011 my part.
The question £2 instead
of 7, put ami ca. :l.
[one clause of the u.l veiled in the
town of St. Marc’s the pr .petty ad use
of the court house atidj.ill rrrftci io the
limits of the town by rue county of Cam
den j
Mr. Welfcher,
1 am ar a Ic-ls for the -fr-anfog of this
use or the jatl court house a* veiled
ia the council. The acw .-1 men, ihdee’d
~ skivY' ’ • -
t j
.peace, >.► ennufirct with law and con -.-.0-i
•frnfe. but in their corporate capacity
:hey hav* only thr rh;ht of fining for p 1
ty offences,(uchai brcEking'fnme trivaloi
dinar.ee. This never was considered, and
never ought to b p , lufficwnt to effect the
personal liberty of the individual,l anvn -
cidedly oppof.-d to giving indefinite pow
erofeemmitmert for violating a law which
perhaps may xeUxe to a goat or a pig.
Mr. M bury,
It cannot Le meant that imprifonnßent
ftiould be a p?rt of any p uni foment
inflifted by the corporation. It is
only that the eflendcr nay be eorntniitei
for trial-
Mr. Welfcher,
For that very reason I move to strike
out the lection. The power of com
mittnent was never given to a corpora
tion 8c never ought to be. Whenever p-f
----fitff-d by a petty magistrate, it is djmgc
r?i toperfo ial liberty and nc*
1 rer be extended.
Mr. Clarke,
I cannot perceive the dangers of U.tt
provifien which the gentleman from Chat
ham appears to apprehend. I conceive
the clause is intended to veil the govern
ment of the court house and tail as com
pletely ia the corcoratipn, as it had been
ia the countv. There is another court
house and jail in the county, asd this bc“
comes useless thereby, there can be no
impropriety in the requeit. The autho
rity the gentleman fears is not contained
in the bill. 1 hope the feftion will
stand.
Mr. Welfcher;
Leaving out the danger of capricious
commitment for petty offences ; what
right has this Irouie to take away the
property of Camden county and give it
to St. Mary’s ? Surely no right exift6.
Tt would be an outrageous violation of
the fanftity of property. There is no
neeeffity for it even if we had the pow
er. No offence can be committed a
gaintl the corporation of a magnitude
meriting confinement.
Mr. Clarke,
ft will Le recalleftei that the county
of Camden is known to this house only
by its reprefestative. Ido contend that
the legislature have a right to difpole of
the counry property with the consent of
the representative, whose will is to be ta
ken as the will of the county. The
bui’dings in question have long been neg
lefted, and are likely to be snore so if
this difpolrtion doe* not take place.—™
When the representative of Camden coun
ty is for giving them to the town of St-
Mary’s, it is improper for the representa
tive of any other county to objeft to it.
Is there not a bill before us foe autho
rising a tax on M’lntolb county, to be
laid by themselves and left in t.heir own
hands f I have as good a rigat as a
memucr from Lincoln to interfere in thit
case, and fay that the tax fhail be paid
into the public treasury, a* to interfere
*n the destination of the buildings. I fee
ao impropriety in giviugthefeftion effeft.
Mr. Mabury,
The buildings are erefted on town lots
and as they have not been kept ia re
pair and the courts have been removed
to another place, I confider them as ha
ving reverted to the town.
Mr. Welfcher,
I hsve been re proved a* intermedlstig
in the affair* of another county ! T t.t talb
my eocduft hat not deferred it, 1 feel
conscious of having afted with a view
to the whole date. I can never con-
Cent to grant any corporation illegal pew
era, and fuo.h I confider those contained
in this bill. ■ When I found the gentle
man would not attend to ray arguments
on this head I thought it neceflary to
touch on the right of property, and lee
whether we were not invading that of
Camden county. The gentleman from
Lincoln is certainly mistaken in his very
lingular opinion that the reprefeotitive
has arght to d*pofe of the property
of his county. He certainly cannot pol
fefs any better r ght to do this than
todifpofeof the property of individuals.
Mr. Mabury,
The hoales in this instance are de->
fignated sod I hive already dated that I
confider them as town property.
Mr. Clark, explained. He did not
impute to the gentleman from Chatham
any improper motives or conduit ,* but
he had iuppoied the representative
was likely to know the will of h.a teuii’
ty.
The quellion on flriking out was then
taken and loft.
The committee having gone through
j the bill, foie and imported the bpe—
I The houie agreed to tfie report, knd or-
I dered that it be eugrofTcd for a third
j reading.
The houfetook up the 111! from Sen
• ate, for the pardon of Chattcn Doggett
j 3croggcn, which was read the Arlt tune,
j Mr. Jack prtfentei the. petition of
I E. Athol, which was read and refered to
line committee on petitions.
The houie took up the message from
Senatuu Acadeniicus, which was yclter
unv preieuted by their {ecrctary, Mr.
■ HarnrailL The lame being read was re
jferred to a feiedt committee.
j Mr. dtrone called up a refolutioa s.p
■ pointing * jultice of the Inferior court
(for Waihiugiot county, wrack wai
agreed to.
J Mr. F’cu-noy reported a bill for alter
{lag tut l met of holding the Superior
jd InLrioi courts, nt'kicfi was rbe
J h it time.
Adjourned.