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The marquis de la Fayette appointed
Commander in chief of the Paris militia, is
the properest per fun that could have been
found for that femes;
He is the genetal Walliington of that
kingdom, and is as full of ideas of liberty,
as he is replete wrh courage. »- .
What a tlrange viciditude in the course of
'a. fliort period.. Itais not fix years since that
bis mod chriitian nujefly embraced the a
bove officer, aud exclaimed, “ Mj . cber Fa
yette vans a-ucz par r uotrt courage Jjf fervict'jelt
' r ve laGlairt demon Rayaumt.” We fee him
now equally magnanimous, but his fovei ei&n
will express hinifelf very differently upon the
occafiou.
Several letters have been found among the
archives of the Bartile from former Ministers,
nay, from forae yet alive, addrclTed to the
(Jbtfe’rnor iu these words ;. “ Receive thepri
foner, and detain him fafe for eight days. If
you do not hear from me iu the mean time,
give him a dole of the Others
lay briefly : “ Receive the know
the reft.’*
By the demolition of the Biftile a fubter
raueous pafiage has been discovered commu- '
nicating with another date prison, about four
miles from Paris, at Vinccuues, near theDulie
of Orleans’s chateau. , .’. . ,
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State prisoners were generally'put'into the
prison at Vincennes, and conveyed. under
ground to the Badile. Those who were fiflt
put into the Badile, were, conveyed .under
ground to Vincennes. By thefe'inejms all
idea of the fituatiou of the prisoners was com
pletely difeomfited.
According to a letter received on Monday
from the continent, the Courts of Madrid,
Turin, and Vienna, are negociating a plan to
relieve France from her present troubles ; and
and it is said further, they intend inviting
other Sovereigns oh the fame fubjert, and to
feme application has been made already.
LIVERPOOL,
Capt. Davifon, jod arrived, palled through
the Ruffian fleet off Gothland, confiding of
twenty-two fail of the line and eight frigates;
♦and on the 23d; failed by the Swsdifh fleet to
the cad of Bornholm, confiding also of 22
fail of the fine and. twelve forty gun frigates.
He adds, that the combined Danidi and Ruf
fian fleets lay at anchor off Ammacft iiland ;
and that ffom the disposition of,the two hodile
fleets, a desperate and bloody atliou, ere this,
mud have taken place.'
B O S T O bj, September 25.
We deem it ueceflady. to mention, that ths
intelligence Os the revolution in .France an
nounced in our lad, and received by Captain
Barnard, is seven days later than that receiv.
ed by the vessel arrived at Cape,Anh; that at the
lad date of the intelligence, (August 1,) every
thing was tranquil at Paris ; .that M. Neckir
had resumed his dation at the head of the
finances—-that an art of general amuedy aud
pardon had been publilhed—-that the fugitives
-v , ...IJ'tre tha' the States General
daily employed in forming a-new con
ftitutron for the monarchy of
kingdom of she patriotic Louis XVf."
*r >m a computation of the amount of im
pod for two or three years’lad pad, and from
the proceeds I'n fbme of the cuftbm-houfes,
it is edimated * that the impod will nett
2,500,006 dollars per annuirii The civil lift
expences, including the Executive, Legifla-'
live, and'judicial, is estimated at 350,000.
dollars per annum, ‘ In it is'
said, the tolleTrtibh has been in the firlt month
after the impod law took effert, 55,000 dol
lars. In New-York upwards of
Add the fccond month will be much greater,
V. NEW-YOR K, 0 Sober 5.
Extras of a letter front St.-John's, Newfound
land; dated July 22* '"
“ Lad week were landed on our coast 102 “
men, and to or 12 women,’convirts ; they
were diipped at Dublin for Botany Bay, and
ordered to join the convoy at Plymouth. Such
miserable, ill-looking wretches you never be
held ; some highwaymen, Home murderers,
Sic. They are goimr to be secured till oik
Governor arrives, who is expefted daily. It
16 supposed they have run away with the, ves
sel, or that the Captain landed them to get rid
of l'uch rubbilh, and is gone off.”
In 'he warmth of debate one day, in the
Motional Ancmbly, lays an Eugliili paper, the
. Roy*l authority, asi exercised hitherto, was
treated wuh very i ttlc ceremony. His
-Majesty (laid oue < 1 the ihembers) talks to
bs of his iuiended lountics to the .nation, as
if the rights of nisi were but the bounties of
fovereigus-”
P HIL ABErp Hl A, it.
Extra# ts a httfr/Ln a gen: It than of vera
city in Madeira, lt> bis correspondent in Boj
ton, dated July iff ]
" The following 16 a qbpy or extrad taken
from an original letter received here a few
days ago, whtcb.n&y.probably fdrve for your
government* and couyejFhiterertiugintel')j
genceto-my fellow-citizens at Boflon, if made
pUbllC. ->rw ‘,v . -i•>.<
“ The Algerines have recehtly^cdmmitted
hostilities agamff the Trench fligj—The Ihip
Bieufaifant, Capt. Mgfumes, fiom CapeVran
cois, has been conducted to Algiers, under
pretext of the pafa not being exad, and the
cargo declared a giud’prize, iud told. -
“ The llnp Le DeJiie, from Cape franco!®,
has also been taken, hut hapjf ly me Portu
guese squadron retook her froii the Algerines,
under Turkilh colours ; his fate is not known
here.
“ A Tartaree, laden With timber, for fhiji'
building, for the Kin;'of France’s arfendl at
Toulon, failed from Naplci uuder French
colours, and has aifo beeiatajteu and convcy
,ed to Algiers. -•* /■ \
\ “It is not yet known what measures our
-government will tske to flop these hostilities.
“ Qur under writers are all alarmed—they
io per cent, for iDfurance to Madeira and
back agaifr* for wtyt they would have done
before at x a d'3 pq cent ” M
] The following alHciation, to prevent frirug
gling, js nw uuiveifalty iigued by the mer
chants and “traders qf this city.
Philadelphia, September 13, 1789.
We the lubfcnbcis, merchants and traders
Os the dity of Philaietphia, do hereby pledge
ourfejves' to each? ether, and to, our fellow
citizens at large, mat we will not be concern
ed directly .or itidjreftly in any trade contrary
to the revenue tyvs of the United States ;
but will, by ever? effort in pur power, dis
courage such illicjc prad.ces,? by not employ
ing, or by difnifliug from our service, any
matter or mate.yf a vcifel, or any pilot, who
lhall be engaged in a contraband.trade, or in
aiding or abetting others in fucli collulive em
ploy meats.
AUGUSTA , November 14.
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On Monday last the Senate proceeded a
third lime, to vote, fipr a>Governor, when ED
WARD TELFAIR, Esq. was unanimously
chosen to. that important ofice ; and received
the following communication thereof, from
that Body s ;
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s I .
. I have the honif so inform you, that, aftef
mature deliberation, the Senate have this day
unauimoufly made choice of you, as Gover
nor of the State of Georgia.
I flatter myfelf, that this nrarkof confidence
will meet your approbation.
I have the honor'to be, Sir,
With ftfped; ,- t .
Your very humble Servant,
N. BROWNSON, Speakir .
Edward Telfair, Esq.
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To which the Governor was pleased to
make the following Reply :
SIR, : ‘V. v, ....
I HAVE been honored with a communi-,
cation of yefterday.from the Honorable the
Senate, announcing their unanimous choice of
me as Governor of the;State of Georgia.
This fpeciaf mark of confidence of my
country, calls for every ientiment of grati
tude) and> at .i time: when 1 tbus accept the
office, Tt Will be with diffidence I lhall enter
on the execution of ;.
Permit rae, Sto retoni'mywarmeft ac
knowledgments for the polite manner in
which my appointment was notified, by a
joint committee of %6th branches of the Le
gillature. --• f-
I have The honor 1 to be, Sir,
■r Your moll obedient Servant,
E. TELFAIR.
The Hon, N, Brownfn,
Prcfideut of the Seuate.
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On Thursday following the House of Repre
fematives traufmitted the following Address
to the Governor eltft:
SIR,
THE House of Representatives congratulate
your Excellency ou jour appointment to tie
important dation to which you have
* led by the unanimous voice of the Sefl3te :
They flatter themselves that the New Condi
tution has wifely veiled the Executive Depart
ment with the ueceflary power to reilore ener
gy to Government; and have the fulled con
fidente* that, tinder your ariminidratiou, tpe
laws jvill be jajthfujly executed.—They rest
allured that you will promote all such mea
sures as have for their objeft the prosperity of
the date, as the happiness of its citizens mil
be so immediately intereded. They have
only to allure yotir Excellency, tha't, in all
their deliberations, they will Readily endea
vour to keep in view the .public. good.
S. JOtfES, SfeaiefS
To his Excellency Edward ’Telfair ,,
Governor and Commander in
Chief of the State.
, * His Excellency's REP LY:
.SIR, . .
THE congratulatory Address of the House
of Representatives, I have been honored with
by a cojuinuttee of that Body.
Upon this occasion be allured, Sir, that it
affords me a lingular pleasure to be notified
of.the warm approbation they have beett
pleased to c\prefs of the unanimous choice of
rate, by the Senate,, to shat,important dation
which I have the honor to fill:—A delire t©
ad worthy of the high trull reposed in the,
diall be ths Spring of mf’y aftions; and by
them I diall endeavour tp evince niy grati
tude for, this didinguilhed mark of the con
fidence of my country.
The -New £onditiition, when additional
laws are eiiafted to carry the fame into full
effeft, will doubtless give energy to Govern
ment : And it is pica ling tefleftton to me,
that the laws under that salutary code are to
be adminiflered as well in,mercy as injustice.
You may confide ii) this, that all such mea
sures as have for their ,objeft the profpeiitjr
of the date, and the happiness of. its citizens,
diall be the great outlines of ,my public care*
Anticipating a mutual acijuieicenf e, in, and
' hearty concurrence to every meafurc which
has the public good in view, among all the
powers of my diffidence is
feme what difpeiled, and my auxiety begins
to abate, thus enteriug on the arduous exe
cution of the duties of my office.
1 have the honor to fubferibe myfelf,
Sir,
1 Your mod obedient
Humble servant,
,<• .y • .E. TELFAIR.- .
The Hon. Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
On Wednesday his Excellency .was sworn
in as Governor and Commgnder in Chief of
this State, under the New Conditution.
The following,is the ceremonial, which had, .
been previoully fettled by a joint committee
of both branches of the Legiilature. At ja
o’clock a committee of the Senate conduced
the Governor cleft to, the Senate Chamber,
where he was placed on'the left of the Preli
dent; and a compiitiee of the Reprefepta
tives attended the Governor in office, the Ex
ecutive Council, and Secretary,of the State,
carrying the Great Seal, jo the fame place,
where the-Govemor took his feat on the right.
The Representatives house being larger than,
the Senate chamber, a mefiage was sent in
forming that it Would be agreeable to the Se
nate that the qualification Ihould take place
there, which was aufwejed as acceptable.
. The two houses, being at some didance, they
moved from the Senate Chamber, in the State
House, in the following order: The Se
cretary of the State’, earning the. Great Seal,
the Secretary of the Senate and the Secretary' 1
of the Executive in front'. r .The President o|'
the Senate, the Goyornpr nj office on the right,
and the ,Governor- *elcft on .the left. Com
mittee ot the Senate, and Magidrate, com
mittee of the House of Representatives, Mem
bers of the Executive Council, Treasurer and
Surveyor-Ge'nefaliTvieciWs of the Senate,
Grangers. <% . •
Being arrived at the itcprefentatives house, -V
where proper feats were provided, they were'
‘ inttodtreed by ‘to