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‘FRiiNCi l SENATE.
Silting cf Monday, ijib December
3'3*
The I'iiuce Auh Chanccilor preGJing.
I u tlu- name us tl.tr special commilfion,nam
ed i„ tin- lilting oft f 22d of tins month,
the Senator Count de Fontaucs, one ot
its mtinbeia, addrtlTrd tl>c Alfi mbl),
and made ll.c following report:
.lionseigneur, Senators /—The find du
ty tiie Senate owes its loveteigu and the
jnojde, is truth. Ihe extraordinary litu
aiion ill wlneh the country is placed, re
quires this duty mote rigoroully.
‘flie Emperor invites himleit, all the
great bodies ot the lute to manitett tict y
tlnir opinion—an idea trulv royal, .c
lalutary developenient ot tliufe nionaichit.
inllitutions, in which power,conceuti.ticd
in the hands of one, is fortified with the
Confidence of all, and which gives to the
throne the guaiantte of the national opinion,
gives to the |eople in their turn, the feel
ing of their dignity, a too jult puce ot .nt .r
lacrilices.
Sncli magnanimous intentions ought not
tobedifoppouiud. Accordingly, the coin
million named in your fitting of the 2-<l
December, and ot which I have tie honor
ot being the oi gan, has examined mod at.c n
tivtly the official papers placid betoie u-,
by the orders of the Emperor, and com
piuniaated by the Duke ot Vicente.
Negociations for peace havingcomini ne
ed, you Ihould know their progitls. It is
i not necessary to prejudice your judgement.
A limple recital of facts, in enlightening
your opinion, ought to form that ot hr.ou e.
Wlirn the cabinet of Aultria cealed the
pirt of mediator; when every thing led to
suppose that the Congrcls of Prague was a
boiil b. mg broke up, the Emperor willitd
to make a hit ctfwrt for the pacification oi
the continent.
The Duke of BalTano wrote to the Pi nice ■
of Mctternich. He propoied to neutral
ize a point on the frontier, and to take
up there the negotiation ot Prague, even
during the continuance of hoitilitics. Un
happily these firft overtures have been
without ell’ CL The period of this pacific
and important demarche, was the tflili
August lull.—The remembrance of the
battles of Lutzen and Bautzen were recent..
This wilh to present the promulgation of
the war, was then, in a way exprelled at
tiic moment of two vidories.
The exertions ot the French cabinet
■were futile, peace was thrown farther off;
bolVilities re-commeuced, events took an
other alpeCd. The troops of the German
Vi meet’s, then our allies, (hewed mort tliau
once in fighting under colors a doubtful
fidelity; they cealed all at once to tcign,
and united thcmlclvcs to the enemy.
After that, the arrangements of a cam
paign opened so gloriously, could not have
the expected luccefs. The Emperor knew
it was time to order Ins Frenchmen to
evacuate Germany. He returned with
them fighting alinolt at every ltep, and up
on the narrow road where to many bare
faced defections and black treasons had
tliut in his march, and encumbered his
movements; trophies Dill have lignalize J
his return.
VVe followed him with anxiety in the
oiidlt of so many obllacles, over which on-
I\ he could have triumphed ; we have seen
him with joy, return to this frontier, not
with his accustomed luccefs, but not with
out hcroifui and glory.
Re-entered in his Capital, he has turn
ed liis eyes from thole fields of battle,
where tiie world has admired him tor fit,
teen years; he has even turned his ideas from
Ins great plans that lie had conceived.—
1 will make use of his own txprclfion; ‘die
directed Ins attention towards his people,
his heart is opened, and we have read there
his true feiuiinents.”
He defned peace as toon as a hope of
negotiation preiented itlelf; lie flattened
to avail himlelf of it.
Circuniltaiices connected with the war
carried Moils tiie Baron dc St. Aignau to
the head quartei. oftlie coalesced powers.
There lie law the Aultrian Minister, the
Prince of Metternich, and the Ruffian
Miniiler, the Count of NefiebroJe. They
placed be tore him, in the names of their
Court in a confidential convei fation, the
pit.it unary balls of a general pacification.
i i.e Engiifti Anbaffadov, Loul Abtuiten,
was proient at this conference—Senators l
oUcrve Well t.-.is All tact, it is important.
The Baron ue Saint Aignau, charged
to deliver to his Gouit ail tlat he heard,
has faithfully peiformed his duty.
Altiiougli Fiance had a right to expe&
more tavoiable terms, the Emperor lacri
fice'd cve*ry tiling, to a lmcerv define for
peace.
He caused the Duke of BalTano, to
write to tin. Prince Metternich, that he
recognized as the balls oftlie negociation,
tile general principles contained in the con
fidential report of Mons Saint Aignau.
Mons the Prince Metternich, in reply -
ing u> the Dukeofß.tr.no, appeared to
liiink that there was fonietliing vague in
the conltruction given by France—then to
remove every difficulty, the Duke of VU
cence, after having received his order.- from
lus Majeky, made known to the caouiti
of Aultria, that he would adhere to tiie
gemral and iuinnurv bafij, cumUiumeatcd
by Mons. hw. Aignau.
The letter of the Duke of Viccr.ce is of
the zd of Dec. It was received the 5 tin
Those dates mult be noted—you will toon
judge dial they art not without couie
cpieiice.
Jult hopes of peace n:ufl be had, in
reading the reply of the Prince of Metttr
nich to the dispatch of the Duke of Vl
- except at the dole ot his letter, he
announces the negociation, lie mult con
fer with the Allies. Those A!lies can on
ly he the English. Therefore, their Am
balTador alii!ted at the conference ot which
Mons St. Aignau hud been the witness.—
We wdltiiot to excite diftrnfl. We de
tail mtitly. We have marked with cate
the dates ot t!ie lalt Correspondence be
tween the French and Aultrian cabinets.
VVe have Bated that the letter of the
Duke ot \ ice nee was received on the 5 1 i 1
Dec. and uniy acknowledged the* 10th.—
111 this interval, a Gazette, iio.v under
ti.e influence of the coalesced pouters, has
puhlillied to all Europe, a declaration,
width they lav is invclttd with tlwir au
thor! v. We flioald h, lorry to believe
it. ! his declaration is of a character, un
u.mal in ti.e diplomacy of kings. It is
lint to kings tli.it tiiey dcvclope their com
plaints, and to whom they find their mani
iello—it i. to the people whom tiiey ad
dress jinl’elves. And why do they a
dopt their liew courle? It is to ftparate
the catiie of the people from that ot tiieir
Chici. although the mterelts oilbeiety have
ever coni.iund and them. a
.Mult not tins example have melancholy
effect., ? Mult it he given, at the mo
ment when the public niiiiti, agitated with
the malady of pride, has so much difficul
ty in bending under that authority, winch
protects them, by repicfi ming their as.
sump'ions. And agamit whom is tins di
rect attack aimed ? Agamit a great man,
who merited the gratitude of all kings ;
because, in re-eltabiilliiiig the Throne of
Trance, lie ha, closed the crater of that
Volcano, which menaced all.
We mult not disguise, that in fume re
fpeCts, that extraordinary uianififto is in a
moderate tone. That would prove that
coalitions, by experience, have become
more pci teCt. It is* not forgotten, perhaps
that the nianifelto of the Duke of Bruns
wick, 11 ritated the pride of a great people.
’1 hose, who, in cffotA, did not even parti
cipate in the prevailing opinion, .<t tins e
pocli ; in reading this injurious nianifelto
felt their national honor wounded. They
have therefore adopted another language.
Europe, fatigued, rather requires repose
than excitement. But it there be so much
moderation in the councils of the enemy,
why, while they are always talking of
peace, do they menace the frontiers, which
they promised to rilpeCt, when the Rhine
would be our barrier ? If our enemies
were so moderate, why have they viola
ted the capitulation of Dresden ? Why
have they not attendul to tiie noble re
monltraiices ot the General, who com
mandat that place ? If they are fi> mode
rate, why have they not tdabliilied a car
tel of exchange, contormaLily to the usa
ges <d war ; and lallly, it they are so mod
erate, those protectors of die rights of the
people, why have tiiey not respected those
of the Swiss Cantons? Why does this
wise and free government, which declared
itlelf neutral in the face ot Europe, fee,
in a moment, its peaceable vallies and
mountains ravaged by the horrors of war ?
Moderation is fouietimes but a diplo
matic trick. If we willietl to employ the
same artifice, in prole fling also jultice and
goon faith, how easy would it be to con
found our accusers with their own arms ?
I hat wiio escaped from Sicily ;
who iias cat ried her unfortunate self among
the Ottomans, from exile to exile ; Uois
Ihe prove to the world, that our enemies
have so much resped for Royal Majesty ?
The Sovereign of Saxony has placed
himself in the power of the coalesced pow
ers. He lus found their actions to accord
with their profeliions !—Black rumors are
spread in Europe—would that they were
not realized. Do they wish to punifli the
faith of oaths, upon that forehead, whiten
ed with age and griet, or crowned with so
many virtues ?
It is not from the height of this tribunal
that governments are 10 be outraged, not
even those that permit themselves m out
rage us ; but it is allowed to appieciate’
jultly those reproaches so ancient and well
known, ihowered so abundantly on all
those powers which have taken a great part
tince the time of Charles the SUI to Louis
tiie fourteenth, and lince that of Louis the
fourteenth to the present; that fyflem of
prcfonderence of universal monarchy
was always a rallying erv for all coali
tions; and from tiie ttntre even oftiiuse
coalitions aflonishcd with their imprudence,
have often arose a power more ambitious
tliau those whose ambition have been de
nounced. Iho abide of power has been
marked in characters of blood throughout
all the pages of history. Ail nations have
been misled—ail governments h ive com
mitted excefles. Each ought to forgive the
oiiicr. If, as we dtlire to believe, the
coalesced powers from iincere whiles tor
peace, nothing oppoles its eltiblilhmtnt.
VVe have lliown, by the displaying of offi
cial pajicrs, that the Emperor withes for
peace, and will purchase it even by sacri
fices, in which Ins great soul seems to tor
gel his personal glory, that U u.y sus-
Ijr liiVi O 4
Wht.i we cast cur eyes oh that con
vention, formed of jairing elements;
whtn we see that ttrange and fortuitous
mixture of many people whom nature has
ma le rivals ; when we reflect that many
by thoughtless alliances expose tlieinfihcs
to dangers, which arc not chimerical ; we
cannot think that l’ucii an ufieinjlage us
oppoling interilts ihoui.t have long dura
tion. Do we not perceive in the centre
of tht enemies ranks, that Prince, bora
with all lus French feelings, in that coun
try where those feelings have the active in
fluence. That warrior, who so long de
fended France, cannot long remain armed
againfl her. VVe cannot yet forget that a
111011 a1 ch of the north, and the molt power
ful of all, formerly placed in tiie numbers
of Ins glorious titles, is enjoying the friend-
Ihipofthe great nlan againfl whom he now
fights ? VVe turn our regard wall confi
dence, 011 that Emperor, who i. as joined .-o
many ties to ours'; who gave us the mod
precious gilt, from a beloved l’overeign, te
he who sees in his grandson, the heir of the
French Empire?
With so many motives, for mutual uu
derltanding and re-union, can peace be
difficult? Let them fix a place of confer
ence—.it the Plenipotentiaries advance
from one pail, and the other, with that
noble dilpolition to give peace to the world
—let moderation he 111 their councils as
will is 111 their language. They have
tiitinfelves laid in that Declaration, which
is attributed to them, A great nation
lliouid not be partitioned, becauie it has
experienced in its turn, reveries, in that
paintui and bloody conflict, 111 which Ihe
lias ibugut witti ner accmioincd brave ry.”
Senators, we ihould not have fulfilled
the diitie-s winch we expected from our
com million, if in lliewiug, with Inch toil
conviction, tile pacific intentions ot the
Emperor, our lait words did not remind
the people, what they owe to themfidves,
and what they owe to tiieir monarch.
1 he moment ia dtcilice, the foreigners
hold a pacific language; butfome ot our
frontiers are invaded, and war is at our
doois. i mrty-lix millions of men cinnot
betray tiieir glory and their dcituiy. li
lulirious nations, m this great eontelt, have
experit need numerous revel tea—noie than
once, leeti themf Ives placed hors acco.a
bat. i heir wounds ttiil bleed. France
alio has received tome injuries, but ihe is
tar B om being humbled, ihe can be as proud
ot her wounds, as oi her palt triumphs.
Difcourageinent under misfortune, would
be more inexculable, than exaltation at
lucceis.— I bus, then, invoking peace, let
the military preparations be every where
accelerated, and liiltam the negotiations
tor peace. Let qs ra.ly round that dia
dem, where the fpiendor of 50 victories
breaks through a palling cloud. Fortune
will not long forget a nation, which does
not forget herieif. Tins appeal to the
national honor is dictated by the love of
peace, that peace which is not to be ob
tained ov weakness, butbyfirmnels; of that
peace, which the Emperor bv anew to ties
of coin age, promises to grant as the reward
of so many lacrtftces. We h ive ti.e fwtet
confidence that his willies and ours wiii be
realized ; and this brave nation after
fiich long toils and so great ettufion of
blood, will find repofi* under the lliade ota
throne, which had a fufficiency of giory ;
and which only wiflied to be unrounded
by emblems of public felicitv.
TBANSLATtD FOR THX CITY GAZETTE.
Extra& f from the Moniteur cf Tuesday,
December id, 1 b 13.
IMPERIAL DECREE.
Palace of tbeTbuillcries , Dec. 26,1813.
Napoleon, Emperor of tl* French,
King ot Italy, &c. VVeiiave uecreeJ and
decree as follows :
1 st. There lhall be Senators or Conn
cellors of States tent into the miliurv
divilions, as our Comimflaries extraordi
nary. They fliall be accompanied by
solicitors or auditors.
2d. Our CommifTaries extraordinary are
enjoined to accelerate, lit, the levies of
the coulcription ; zd, the clothing equip
ping and armingof the troop;, ; 3d, the com
pleting of provilions for the places ; 4.th,
the collection ot iiorfcs required for the
tcrvice of the army Jjth, the levies and
organization ot the national guards, con
ioniiiiuly to ,iur decrees. Our laid Com.
miftaries extraordinan lhall have power to
extend the difpoiitions of tiie laid decrees
to the cities and places not therein men.
tinned.
3d. 1 hose of our Paid Commiflaries ex
traordinary who Ihould be lent into toe
countries that ihould be menaced by the
enemy, lhall order levies en mafle, and ail
otner meaiures wiiatever, neceiLry for the
defence ot thole territories, being in duty
bound to oppoie the progreis ot the enemy.
1 hey lhall, however, receive l’peciai inltruc
tions, according to the particular iitua
uons of the departments of their million.
4th. Our Commiifioners extraordinary
aje authorized to onier all measures ot
police, which circumltances and the pre
lci vation ot public order may require.
5 th. i hey are equally authorized to form
military commiflions, and to bring before
them on the special courts ail perlons
known to favor uic cnoui^, or having in*
tercourfe with him, or attempting at tiie
public quiet.
6th. They fliall have power to ilTue
proclamations and make decrees, which de
crees lhall be binding on every citizen.
The Judiciary, civil and military au
thorities lhall bound to conform to them
and have them executed.
7th. Uur Commiflaries extraordinary
lhall correipond with our MiniUtrs, refpccl
ing theobjeds relatingtoeach department.
Btli. Tiiey !ha!l enjoy in tiieir re fpedive
flatioiii the honors which me due them ac
cording to our regulations.
9th. Our Minilters are enjoined to have
the present decree executed, winch lhall
be inflated in the bulletin of the laws.
(Signed) NATO LEON.
By the Emperor.
The Mini Iter Secretary ofState.
(Signed) The DUKE OF BASSANO.
From uic N wauiypoii Herald.
Parents, brothers, Jtjlers, look on this
Savage Outrage, and bleying ts ice
It'nr.
A fliort time lined a lad. not thirteen
years ot agi, without cue consent or know
ledge of ins parrots, emitted into the horie
artillery, recruiting in tins town, having
been entered by a quondom companion,
wno w.is also a minor, and had also tnlifi
ed againlt the express prohibition of his
Mailer, made known to the recruiting offi
cer. 1 iie poor boy was immediately dis
robed of ins peal’ant's habiliments, and in
dress mihtasre and a i'word as long u3
himleit, lie was at once mounted and met
amorpiioled into a valiant artilleryman.
1 ms, lor a tew days, was all mighty pret
ty with the lad; but when lie wiilied to
go home and lee ins parents, and brothers,
and inters, and was refused ; his prettv re
gimentals had no charm to ease his ach
ing he ait. Neither could these trappings,
console the aching hearts of his parents
when they found him thus encumbered,
and made demand of his release, and wtre
refused. Again, and again, did me fa
ther. and mother, and filter, a-ply to the
recruiting officer, Lieutenant Flight, for
the liOvr.uiun of tiiis boy, but all in vain ;
1101 couin .hey obtain permilfiou for him to
go home 10 \ilit Ins brothers and filters.
Neither could they obtain the few
clothes in wliich he left them. On the
night of the 26th February, the boy, hav
ing taken the fame liberty oftlie Lieut, togo
home, that he had taken ot his parents to
leave them, a number ot his brave compan
ions in arms were difpatdied to feck and
bring him back, “dcak or alive,’’ as they
laid their orders were. Not being readily
admitted by the father, with violence tiiey
built the outer doors about 2 o’clock in the
morning, and with oaths and menact-s, and
drawn i'words, fleveral of them entered the
houle, and, 111 the molt savage and barba
ous manner, thrult their flwords into the
beds and drove the terrified and diltrcffing
family from them, threatening, in the molt
boiurous manner and With many oaths,
the utinoft violence and even death, to all
who lliouid oppoie their flearch for the boy,
and that they would demoluh the houie but
they would have him; and if they could
not efA'Ct it without, tiiey would bring
down the cannon and blow it to atoms;
and if lie was not found, the father iliould
go and anfvver for him to the Lieut.
At length the trembling victim was
found, and they exprelled their lavage fat
isfaction in the anticipation of feeing him
punillied for his filial a tie Ct ion, on his re
turn to their commander.
But lo intoxicated and furious had they
become in this outrageous exercile of Ja wlei’s
power, that they could not content tiiem
teives with one victim, but feiztd the dii
coufolate father and a lympatbiiing brother
in-law, and attempted to bind or iliadde
them, and actually compelled them, sur
rounded with their i words, and a man at
each arm, to accompany them to tiie Lieut.
They evui attempted to compel the db
traded mother, with her infant at her
bread to accompany them in this horrid
tyrannical captivity, to their military
tribunal 1 and to iriaiiv blows and wounds
with tiieir swords inflicted on others of the
family, one ot them actually Itruck the
infant in its mother’s arms, on its head
with his sword—But hold my pen, and my
heart—let us quit this iecne ot terror and
diffraction 6c accompany the three victims,
father, son and flon-in-law to tiieir laivlefs
trial—Being arraigned under a Itrong
of t words, be tore Lieut. Hight, he
ordered the boy to be ftripjied and receive
twenty flripes with a cow-lkin, and be im
prisoned in a dungeon, as the wages of his
filial affections, and after reprimanding the
father and son-in-law, fie graciously dia
unfTcd them.
AUCTION.
ON MONDAY, 28th inftnnr.
W’ lit ae sold at toe cabinet
on the Pay, between Drayton and
Pull /ireels,
A quantity of new and handlonie MA
HOGANY FURNITURE.
Mahogany Boards and Planks, &c.
A LS>o*
A good HORSE, CHAIR & HAR
NESS.
Sale to commence at 11 o’clock.
D. WILLIFORD, usuci'r.
March 24 6
MILLEDGE VILLE, March it.
jry 3 Our Indian affifirs have recently
undo gone no material change. Oflln
ii\i operations, which are at present sus
pended. will be renewed we imagine ou
tiie arrival oftlie troops from North-Car
oima, who have at length marched and
may be looked tor in the course of a
week. By the lait accounts from Gene
ral Jackson he was at Fort Strother with
five tiiouland militia and a Regiment of
regulars, and expected to descend the Coosa
river to its junction with the Tallapoosa
about this time. A iimultaneous move
ment was to have been made by Colonel
RulTcll to the head of the Alabama.
Could the troops on this fide have also ad
vanced, tiie Indians vvuuid have been
completely hemmed in, and perhaps
end put to the war. It is .not uniikeyf
that the march of Col. Railed may have
been protraded by a late incident. Bo
ffig ‘ building boats at the Ala
bama Heights to transport ins provisions,
and Having a number of nieu who weic
uueii'.pio)ed, fie determined to make an
in upturn mto the enemy’s country and de
limy a town which lie unneritood was not
tar distant. But it teems his guides de
ceived him, and alter traveling the wil
ueruess ten days, during all which time
1.0 iign of an Indian was discovered,
his flock of provisions tailed. Having
taken the precaution to forward a luppiy
up the river, a lmall party htaued by
Litut. Wilcox of the United Staies armytjl
was dispatched in search of the boat anJ
tiieir comrades, of whose safety they bad
become appre ben five. ‘I hey had pro
ceeded but a fliort distance down a iniail
rivulet, when they suddenly came on a
large body ot Indians, who purflued them
in canoes. Finding they would be over
taken, the party made for tiie ftiore—tiie
enemy approached and the conflict com
mented— •* long time in even l'caies the
bnule hung’’—out the lavages, though file
times their number, were at length repuls
ed, and our advtnturous countrymen pio
cet-Ucd on. Being again purflued, tntir ca
noe unfortunately upset in a second at
tempt to laud, by which nearly ail their
ammunition was 1011. Ihe little that re
mained having been expended, the Indi
ans, alter a bloody eontelt, overcame toeij
—-but one nun Heaping to tell the mourn
tul fate ot the refl. It , s f tU J that Lieut.
ivdcQx, though wounded in many places,
liruggied to the lait, and had flcarctiy Li
lya wuen the detachment which lie was ia
itaren of came in view. The Indians im
mediately tied, leaving the fealus they had
taken. J
From the belt information we can ob
tain, me effective strength of the Indians
who arc hoffile does not , xceed two too* -
sand. Agamit ibis force we have, at pre
icut not lets than eight tlioufand men em
ployed. It able to elude our arms, they
mud ’ere long be conquered by famine, be
ing already reduced to great poverty and
wretched n eis, and having no means of pro
curing fubliltence. In any event, govern,
meat will no doubt confiscate at lealt
enough ot their lands to defray the expen,
ces ot the war; and it is quitepoffibie that
part ot the nation which lus remained
friendly will be reltridled in tiieir territo
ry and made to conform to regulations
that will enlnre their fidelity in future,
bncli ot them, however, as have rendered
us important aid, and none will deny but
Barney Riley is of that number, ought not
to be forgotten. The tiniture of the Ikin
liiould not detract from valorous deeds;
and we cannot but indulge the hope, that
tms brave man will be noticed and duly
icwarned by the proper authority.
AUCTION.
TO-MORROW 2 5 rh irsr.
Wiii be sold at No. ? Conux ’rce Row.
Groceries Sc Dry Goods.
ASO,
5 hhds. MolafTes
l o bags prime Coffee
3 lihfls. and 5 bols. Rum N
4 calks Whiskey
12 bills. Sugar
10 calks Cheese
10 boxes Soap
80 reams wrapping Pape/
18 do writing do.
10 dozen Frying-Pans
4b do Plough Lines, &c. &c.
terms Cask.
Sale to commence at r r o’clock.
P. WH fffFORD Aufrr.
Notice.
The Commiflioners of Skidaway Road
will meet on THURSDAY, the 31st
infl. at the Gmrt House, m Savannah, at
10 o’clock, to fine defaulters, to wit.
Robert S, Gibson, David Taylor, jim.
Nathaniel Adams, tfiate J. Stutz, &un J
son Neyle. r
By order of W. Stephens, John L. Fra
ser, David E- Adams.
_. . J° B T ‘ BOLLES, Clerk,
March 24— 3 t —6
Just Received,
AND FOR SAX,K,
45 boxes brown Sugar
40 bairels Muscovado do.
2 hogsheads ditto
12 bbls. W-fl. India Rum, bv
PROCUi\£UR * & GAUDIi i*.
M *IXO 24 m