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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.