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-i .. .-J..y..:i . v "3. " !' THE NORTH-GAROLINA:'MIISERVAi . r C; A N D it A L E LG H ID V E R T I S E R, RALE I G H PuBLlSHEDkVpR v TTTFSFlAY nv HOTIiTlF. ft ROYT. ATM Pdt Uttiih e Tn Till? stats '' j. , " - w - - v ' .- v " Jk, MliU IN. jr A W A LIU u ' 4 ' ,.; 1 . - ' . ' i .... ..... -.. Mioia"'"" Vol. V. . J UXE S D A Y, May7, i3oo. 2t5 ' . - - --. ... ZZX... MR.iLUiPER's LETTER. Philadelphia ;, April 7 , 1 866. As the rtioft interfiling intelligence at prefcnt,' is that which relates to'our com'miffioners lately fent to France iXthoughtJt beiLtopoitpor.e miting,-tiU4 tould tell you lomething on that iubjeft ; this was not - Ml. 1 . . . . in my power tijt three days ago, when the firlt intet Iigence wa.i received from them, and was biought by the frigate which car tied then out. ' From thefe ac counts it appears thaTThey fir It U uched at Lilbon, on .the 27th of November, lait, for thr purpofe or 'gaming iu piuvijjriy, jat tancc 1 ana mat arter Deing ue-, fai-rrtd for To'iiic time, at that port, on the 2 1 it day of L December On t heir . paGagtv they ' met yith head winds and rtorms, which at length obliged them to put tiivy a yott-iii op,am j-wnerc tney arrivea on tnc u tn faSy.otpxuiar yJaftA'- Immediatdy-'aftcr-tbefr- tending, r. they diipitciicd an ..exprefa to I'ari to give the F tench - ovettJTneTiean ccoint of their amVat, and toTfeipf A paflportsfor cuablinj them to tra.vcl. throughTrance. After refrcfhi;ij .themfejvei for force days, they pro ceeded on thtir journey tnyards Pria through Spain i JLa t;wa of wlvch fs called Bargois they met their pre fst with their p;:Tpott a n da Am er. From th e rrench government' in vtiy pohre terms, "informing fixed in the faddh. Then come the' whip and fpr. As Buonaparte's authority, however, is more likely to be ptrniyntt than th-at i;f his prcdecelTors, it is moie probable that he may find it in his power, and even in his inclination and intereft, to make peace. At pxtferrt-cvetyrihing TnuTopeafnirf appearance of coiiirnuea wsr to r Iirthrcmtrftf of the laft campaign, the Fxcuh were : .tally tVfeatcd in Italy bv the AuGrians and K'ulTuns, . .1 I . ' r ' . the two branches of i! legiUamre were adjourned to a diflant day ; many members were expelled ; and a fmall number was fe leaf ed fi 6m each council to. Form a new conltitution. It vas not difficult to fortfrr that the conttitution formed by them, wAuld be ot" a nature ta-leafe made-it8-ap'pearance-and -eonftit 'ited - hrm-chtrf-oful-of the French republic, yfor Jten years, with, a falary of one hundred thoufand dHars, the abfohite comrnand of all the fleetsid armies, the eritirc difpofal of the. public treafurv, the apuplntment and removal of all of- luonancc and trti:h though not in name, is chofen byj IanI, whsrethey were vuaoroujWlh' GfmaVy; they himfeSf ;which-4he people have! not, even-in name, a ttilfcoBtjij.oe u-niuc'cysfo2.-'i;Be ni'iiiva(i'u?ffiaire part Irt (uch laws as he may chpofe to offer to them, and nonfe Jfditoaf(feblV -v..v.0, "HnuuuMs powfrcvcii'or propoung an amenn KJMiucpurtt,' out intft.i' rencn atfer many fllarp aaiona . iugs i'u iiictiiiici uucn Oil, 1.0, caicii li.e anu GHven entirely out ot that country. .1 hev alfo fxpei ienced fccre defeats in Germany and itx .if ;:;jrr?TI;cariy JifiM Ah -carspaign, :buJ,tgwtt?$ the cJofet;,6f"iiP,beVVeatVedihei 'rro'un'd trr'Switzef- eiVht yeara of the mofi cruel t xtenfive and hWlv wars. them that they hacj hxiiJteijUmpaitfcnrly ckprc'Ted ' fr.r, dvJ.jorLXo reigjv-a xuliu quewt 1 y -bths-we Mengt h-fte; a Jong time, and that the change-which had lately- a mditary ufnrper feated, With chains in one hand, the 3Fn ed" in Th.e FrcncK" 'T'lvernmcnt. won j occaiion no difficulty in .their reception or negociat'idns. From this towtMhtir letters "were dated. They were to leave it about the roth dy of February and will probably have reache l Paris uboat t!ie middle ot March. No thing further has bten heard from them fiace, riorro--bably will be for fomc time to come. ' ,4 , ernment is-difpofed to treat this emhafiy with more civility thai the for ner received at thtir hands ; but whether they:wi!l be bett.er Jifpol'ed iiov thju formerly to do juftice.to our demands, and make avfair rettlc mcnt ot the diflaficcs between us, reinaHj yet to be tried. I am inclined to think, that it will be the cafe ; though the point i? very douSuful (Joe thing, how ever, isv in my ftfitorri-TfiAvii:r' myZ.-.Kf - t.'wt th.-kTit.l1iM" manner's lias been produced, altogether, by our fi lud citbclutt, and mcafures of tUfcnce and refijance : and rh it to a continuation of that 'condatt, a ad thofe meafuve, we muft look for a change in tUir 'fyflcm. ' If w e pci feve-re in theiame iK-ps, ihe) 1 a 1. pe.i:n;'e.l, wil! d .1:3 juice, and ..rtifpecY o!irig:uR. If, onMihe cntraryi we. recede fall bgct, They prefs on again with- more vio lence than evei : for it is tnetuturc of bullies to im- nofe on trc i.iud and feeble, ndo "Forbear lr:kingfc thofe, who f,.ow a .aicrmiiiatio.; or an ability to !'riK.e a 3 in. . . . -. ' Having alUi'ied to the kte chaage'-in the gpvrrn- rr.erit of France, winch, is f a vtryiingular..nature, ! will give vpn fon:c fccmint : if. . . -- Generfd Duopapirtc, findif that there wa? nothing to be got i nTEgy p t, hi i nnrmips a n d g rid u a I dellruc tion, privately abandoned hir army, which he left to iTt for itfe.lf, and very uhexpecltdiy, by the French o overnmeiit, and nation-at kail, made his appearance in France. It is not imnr;bable. however, that -he eyes of the vuigar : and it i-bbviob's th?.t a defpotiftn mere complete never exiiled. ; " . ; 4 Such has been tc ie qfjthe famous French reyo-Juticn-t ' on the i uins -iff wliich, after more than ten years of agitatio'?, anarchy, profcriotioii. murder, pj'llage, atid ciiraealofLe very-kindaritUdegveeandJ-ijac Vith rtfptcl to our internal affairs, and lie ore tiil near the c?oe ot the fefiion. whr--.i P fhaH wrirg a. dagger tn the other, and a'f law and riohr hnpath hlc feet : iiivcfted with a po-ver mote aLfolute, in tffta, than any king of France ever erjoyed ; which he-iyill he compelled, by his filuau'on and tne ffate of things, to txercile, wVih iron handed rigour; arid which he railed army ; uhich I onpofeU, for realoas that are ex will retairt, as long as he can retain his life, his under- ) plained in the enclofed fpcech on that fubjed. The wam.u. dim in courage. i tnignt inuct'j lay ii3 '"ioh ws ;vj:'aeq ; on tne; ground that oxght pq. rft4n.rii!:' and fm for whi'e he retains- them, his life. - I believe, will be in very little dans; er, When they fail him, and they have lotretimcs fiicd people.w.ha were .fuddCKly,-Taifpd r-fo-great a..hcight, n.e will be pulhed from his feat by fome new ufurpcr, who will occupy in his Head. Th is government. is Hilt called the ffre-rdefeats,7V?re finally victoria icu and to do Thus iJand n'tatfeis r.hw.i; not fot another Campaign, hiijd tt tfake oiate. the oro- . babiltty of fuccefs, aijtajears to meiVgreay againlt jlib.ci.pj'i.ite'itid. .felf $P French'pVtfrne to Jo without moitftation. I U t- '; gam, andyvhen it will be m my poA'tr to give you a more complete v:v f thofe fubjects tJirt atprtfent. IwV!!, hovvverfntion jn the mean tirte, that a mo tion, was nindifomeiime.P-o. ro ilhand th nwtr ti dirmnnh our means "of defencl ins the mnnv -i.t t,f rre-goctatioi?, wh.'U- it was yet uncertarrtto what attacks we might be tJfpoftd. as,it is,aeiy defirab'e ob- . polhb.e, .conulVeotly with a due.'fard to the uub die fafcty' r:d iusexclt, -an ?cl wii aifttrwerds palTsd fo kfpendiot; all further eo'iJtmcnts for llxaJU-fl-fIYTrff1' r "of tins vear. 1 been. fccre'rlyVinvite 1 -by 'Ve iodividual, with a ifome of the .greatefl adm hoffevsr, quality, and (till talks as craveW as Robefpierrc him- telf, about the " fovereigntv of Ihe pcopK." He is thiis far in the right ; that Fr.mce is'as much a repub lic now as ever it was; for there never exilic d in it any thing republican but the name, and .that tti!'. l:!:.. rFhere is al(o as much " Liberty ard Eqi'..I;t a there had ever been, and probably much iv.''ie'.; it r the people, indead of being fivhjeft to the 'jw'efa sn'd capricious defpotifm of a multitude of perlons, avj-'h majority of" whom, including the molt energetic, ac tive and - i'lfluential,. havcgcBerally been madmen or i tot.iity "Cu.ib!eJ..".md wouJJ have takci-, bad net hu knaves, are now fubjeft to the 'dcfpritifin ot rne "man 1 own matt gune verbo;od, fo as to pieventd.im trout o: fenfe, uhauiay hnd itjjis inttrclt to govern -well, ' "pui firing ' his ntomlt, at the very mf.-rr,.en:t w'iil arjd in hk Puer to gpygrjl with jleadinels.,'- Aa.tQ.th.e .1 the iattti; ctdfel lua. fite, ., i-iuritookhiiilJU: fifglit '"foTewgnty of t4ic people," they have at tea It as I There were ' fouj ttcn 'rrni - killed, and tvv'tr.ty.iive "rrVuchof it aThlrctoforc; for it .U notorious tli.it tlie' j 'tin('tcl, on bornl the 'ConUtllation ; and one hun govefnnVit called at various timcaQhe " RepnbHcj detnd fifty or ixtykii:ed and wounded, on" board the r i col a it. an. . - " : To u'.' ard this very gr.llnnt and well conduced ac tion, ai d to e n en 1 1 i.t. g e a fimilar fplrit in the navy ge- Fiefident to pre- , :rrib!e-rnatical of It the. rreg oiatioM fhott'd fucceed, tire v.holearmy vyi't- be (ifbiiided of c ur-fc ; ji.pd.it it fliould fail,' Congtefs will be iy-l in 'Vffior, ti;re' enough to order the re tiewatbf thtf.eviiiiluH'uts. . 1. in n!t a:.o mention that ou" sllart'.navol commander Vruxitin, li..; :i ; ;ied .'.noi.licT very btilliant achitve iVH.nt, in 'he V' til l'i?. With the Conilcilatian fn gate, which criicsbiit 36 'guns, and three htindrtd and -1 city men, he .engaged nte. ume-ag'o, a Fitoch Ihip of w ar of e.i g-.ms, and fi v c hiindred men, which he riew to the ot jcs wjijch tie a ftei Raids' ' ?ccorrij4ilhcjd.' praifca 'and.cb'iigratulat ionsW the French, government, vhich moil proV-bly felt inuchv better diipoTed .to pii niih him, if it h id beeifb-e to ,clo Jo ; he pioceeded to form a pirty cf'fome tn. mbers of therDirtCtory and the two .councils and ta-ttain over a number ol offt- ha9 been a feriesof forcible or frnudiilejit ufn'r pations, in the chaice ' of, which t!i2 people has never .had a real efTe-flive voice, and very feldom even an apparent one. We koow indeed, tnat it has been acknowledged by j verally, Congrtfs have rftjuificd trie Fiefid iVers -of the French revolution,- i Feut Tuiyton wi:h a Goiden Medal embl and, by one in particular; who rcfided for fome years j jntfinrir-tfam-thgd in oiili 'f'aiia. andreveivetl the ..tn .France, and proved himfglf a, faithful; fevan't of the KeptibM'c, " that the. government in that cotr-otryi ""was "every thing,-'and the" people nothing.",. For my , own part, I conft fs myfelf to be of opinion, that ge neral' Buonaparte's government is far the bell for FraTice, tb?t has c'xitted wiihiri'the lift ten years, and ccrs and troop who were in and about risr'ls. 15 y the' tnat he deiwrves the. thanlU ot Ins own conn try, and help of thefe attociates, h ' o n e m or n ? n g" f ei zed, nn .l im- l of the world fqr its eftaoTlflime.nt : -for':l hold it to be Trfont'dlhe rembers"" whoever by any'neans in the fectet, and compelled .them to: refign. . The ftipprefTt 3 an anarchical democrat ical defpotifm, which i";tc'rs did ft of their own accoid. lle jhen went to is the only di fcriptioa- thit I can. give of ths ljte the Council of Ancient rfrom as abetj.e- the T. : ROBERT 'G. HARPER. 'voti;- Hiyfting hirn with th- whole military "conmlnd in t'.aiis aiitl the": r.eighbout hood and adjourning the- tvpo JJotinciIs to a place lome miles trom tne city factor" to mankind. The lovers of true repubi'canifm ought particularly, to tejoice"-?in this event ; for fuch was the d.ifprscc The object of this was, to put the. Council of Five J brought upon that kind of government, by thofe-who Hundred, of wl.ich he was afraid, more completely ufurpe'd the rfa'-ne and form of it inT France, that there ' iii'hii power, by 'removing t.hemjrom Paris, the po pulace of which might have fupported them. Ac corjihgly he attended, with a. military guard, at the -J firltr meetin?; of that Couhcih" anJ -sffer making a fpeech to them, the amount of which was, that they v re' aspackbf fools and fcpstridrels, he fve thr word,; ' charge," to his gisnadiers, and drove out at the point of the bayonet, all thefe who were riot of his 'party. The 're'.t .foon rea.Tmbled under hisjarders, aiM pafTed decree? :-w hen-fey he and a fewtof -his af-' fociates were .invtedP mT with abfplute power y was a great danger of a lading and univerfal difgud being created ?gain!t if, amonglt the rational and vir- tuo'.M part of mankind.' '' , ' Whether genenl Buonaparte will purfue the'policyof his: predecefTorS towards foreign nations, or adopt a j 11 fjk ajid pacific fyftem, remains yet to be teen.. He has talked -much of peace ; as each of them alfo did at the commencement of their careers ; for the pur pofe cf railing the hope, and fecuring the, good. wifyes of the nation. : Jhft as a." man pal the neck, of .his horfcj-tillhe can get fa.ft hold of the reins, and well Lift of ACTS paired during the firft feffion of the Sixth Congrtfs of the United Slates. rn act tor reviving an I coutinuirig fuitsand pro ceedings in ibe circuit court for the diftrict of Pctin i'ylvania. An act extending the privilege of franking to -Wiiliaai.- HtiTiy Hani ion,' the delegate ' from the . territoiv of the United States n6rth-weft of the Ohio ; and mT prwTfi fupp'ementarv to' the act," intituled, " An act to pro- vide tor the valuation of lands and dwelling houfes, and 1 the.enumerat!o"nK)f flaveR within the United States." 'An act tor the relief of perfons imprifoned for debt. An for the prelervation of peace with . the Tndfari tribe'-.. An "act to repeal part of an act, intivuled, " An. act to prov ide-lorL niitigatng":or' remitting the Tofreitures, penalties and difabilities, accruing iu crr tain cafes therein mentioned, and to continue in forcie the refidue of the fame. An act for the relief of Johrt Vaughan. An aft giving further time to the holders of military warrants, to regi iter and1 locate the fame. An act to fufpend in part, an act, intituled," An aft to augment: the army of the United States ; and -for -other., p u r p 0 fe s. ' A q a ft f u h er t p: f u fptnd I the ! , commercial intercourfe between the United States and Francer'and the dclSendencTes thereof. An "aft". for t he relief ot James Yard. An act providing for the fecond cenfus or xnumctiilon cf the' inhabitants of thc' . 1 , ' "--I .';r.-:;::;; 1 r,i......., ... . ;. . -; ?;. . 2 O"-' " "si - 1
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