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V .... r ;rt)LLMUTzr -ri 796 -tt titter from an 4u$ri'di "ffficir. llWtrwomr. : T. Am at lad relieved, my dear brother, from lthe painful duties impoftd uponnvej the du. :ties oraliaT?Witrt'e comforhiabfeta the feelings of my heart, and to tin noble calling of my pro- feffion. from the lUtioa of a lubaUern, jailor, I m Q9W .called to jhe fivid of battle againUthe in- Vaderrof' mreoiintryT: Would rooTt'TTat TmajT flied the lad drop of my blood in fighting with my f fellew4&!dier refuming the ignominious funaions I have lo long and 1q reluftantly difcharged at Ollmutz. " When I was fir(l appointed to the guard of the dungeon where General La Fayette, La four Maur bourg, and tiureau Pufy, are conjined at Ollmutz r 1"g'y5tioo of rheirpriionrtheir fuf- rfoni. Imutt retrace here-a- - ,t twt" 1 expofefl W3un"lhfelTt&cilliX'1gfod'"-P'' tides for .whatever put -polMlhey cbooie. Having beendript before of their watches, ra zors, plate, and every little article of convenience or cleanlinels; they were dill deprived of pen, ink, evefTOt'tbe letters tronr their tr lends and fa of that. lamentable picture, and fupply paper, fnilics and it was fignijied t o niem that theyfwefe' fequeftrated from the whole world ; that they woufd not hear any more of each other; that they were to forget "even their own names; ro remember onlyj tne particular numpers or inetr ceus. . f he mod Itrift. examination was made of their J).QoJi84 and.every ..thing PuMfhjefince I 289, witli out exception, prolcribed. Among books ot an an- or date, the commandant haviri lsjanefTe that tip man can prevent, upon ISOnSSI and Oh'iefannpleSinglo" the Irench, it is in aronfiderable degree the fruit ot their own planting. It is not the lelV bitter to their tafte on that account. -v -But tne injuries we -are daily fuffering on the feas, are of a nature and to an amount to quench the popular paiTion for the French.. They lent lis fix millions, and he;alreadsr:sf defpoiledus often roillionsof dollars. Such wrongs, in breach .'of their treaty cancel' ' l-theirciaim -of gratitudej -fbr-having-origi nally acreed to that treaty, ror it the debt " lftM Jn.w i 1 m rtrttm. nAa tit- liguinn ialr II 1 c 1 m c on thcffird Datre ofan hiftory of Greece, and findW CanilOt De paid. It may De canceliea-OpOU- nam a part .wlvtr I have omitted. " The date prilbu of Ollmutz was formerly ah aictent convent be oiiging to the Jefuits, now con- verted into 'i-nte:i'e btrracks. The afpeft of the d-irrgeo'K vital ced above and below, is towards the (outiij in front, is "a ver) high" terrace or rampart. -Thtry are on a le v-eV-w it h a corridor, which itfclf ia l.?vci v"uh a grear Iqtjare court, furronnded by very higli bail(fitigs, from -whch there is no other ifliie, except throu'glJ a great arch way, the door of which is (hut, after beating the retreat and under which there is,- day and night, a guard of thirty men, whole cUtet employment is to prevent any one paf iiiig or rep ifling, without makingliim undergo the inoTtfevere examination. There are alfo two other cor-de' guard, within view of-the dangeons,which iup'ply centinels ordered to watch, not only over the priloners, but alio over-the two centinels on the terrac-v Thefe two lad centinels are to lend an at- ' tentive ear to, and give immediate notice of all that pades, and not to anfwer any cjuedion. One of the prifouer's Tervants, having attemp'teld' td'Tpe"aTnf 6m his window to a fellow lurferer, wa confined three months with his window linn, upon bread and Wa ter. There are beiides three other centinels in the cnrrinnri I nimm4 i nn mv rnnnrru vir.f mv tnirer.iAn " . - . IlllllhlUaill VII UIT vuuil f livi mi IWTVIVl li . . 11 . 1 1 . . ' r ' ue mud- in tne words he add relied to Madame . Ueiides other in conveniences, tt tnW tion of the dungeon is rendered more unwholelome by the vicinity of barracks onne (id, and the com hioti necelfary houfes on the other, the damp of which i? lb great as to caufe the walls'of the cells, where the prifoners arfr-onrinedTto be covered tv fait petre. The dagnated waters of the Morawa, dole to them, hot only breed innumerable f warms of uifects, and thick vapours j butthat branch which pafles along the walls, under their windows, being hv its depth favourable to carrying off thcfilth, &c. ut lie vity, lias"bceome its common fewer ; to which cir;um(tancc is attributed the repeated infalubrity of " t!l town. Add to this, that the neared buildings :ne, on one Jide, the military ; on the other, the city ... ll'Jlpifal. ' ' "Tiie outward walla are fix feet thick ; the par fition? between each cell, foHr, M. and Madame La Fayette, are cpniined tn two of "them ; their two tl.i.ighters art; - not allowed to fpend vtort than ux or Teveu hours a Jay jvith their parents ) occupy a narrow (lip feparted from theirs, which contains . only a m cra'jle mattrafg. La Tour Maffhourg, & dungeons. They reeeive the air by an opening four icei Iqoare, which dill is obdrucled by double iron birs, placed crofs-ways, at fome didance from each priloners from the outfide The doors are-double, bsth lacked ;the4tarUen f?0 " bat torn , befules the lock, by twbenormooirpa dlockl. .The-" chief command of the dungeons" belong tothe major of the place, under whom is a lieute- rant of .the 'garrifon, who. when oitcc in this office, cannot be changed, but in cafe of ficknefs, or to join t i! .i..r. 1 ar my iiniiicuiBici.yTJiiuw. 1.11 at -r-Tmd-a-ioldierrw hole- or i uci pal., euj plo.ymtniLjaLl.CL the words Liberty and Republic, immediately con demned it. The Imperial Minmer went dill far- ther he ordered the novel of the Liaifons Dangc. reufes, and the observations oh the hidory of France by Mablyi" to be taken from them. ' "The three prifoners are d relied in rags, like beggars, their clothing Jiot. having been. j-eplaced during more than tour years in which they have been confined in thefe dungeons.. When Madame La Fayette and her daughters arrived, is was necef. fary, for the fake of decency, that La Fayette fhot Id have fame clothing; a waidcoat and pantaloon of caarfe ierge were therefore granted ; cloth (he was ioformed) was too cod y for him. Being unprovid ed with fhoes,one-of his daughters contrived to make him a; pair pf the cloth of an old coat. La Tour Maubourg" i drdFed in a waidcoat and panta loon of nankeen wlikh are quite in tatters, having laded him the wholetime of his confinement. " Such haVete'ehmy dar brother, for upwards of tour yearipaft: hfci'utFerings of thefe utifortu nate men. I Arid U, the horrors of fuch a. captivity have not beeft able to deter three heroic females hardly el'caped out xf the dungeons of Robefpierre from plunging again in the more frightful dungeons of Ollmutzto alleviate the mlfertes of a fatherind a hufband ! In obferving the calm fortitude of the three prifoners, it is impoffible not to. conclude them Inn-qcentijBrereJt- otherwife, what crimexan be adequate to fuch punilhmeht'? Much as thefe lanieht able fcenes have didrefled tne, my dear bTother, I dill feel fome comfort in the refledtion that the dif honour of this unparalleled per fecu tion neither falls who a me La Fayette, that the liberation of her hufband. did not depend on himfelP alone, and thatihis hands were bound, confirms what J heard many times from the prifon ers, that their mod implacable enemies were to be found in the Britifh cabinet." . " alion 16 defeau ance. Thus it appears that good men may be ri4 of their qualms in refpeel: to France. What ever maybe their opinion of the value and nature of the French all ft ance, they will perceive that France herfelf, arid, not Ame- ricaynas wipea on witmne privateering fpunge, part, or the whole of the account Violent party-men will not much regard thefe obfervations. Calm and reflecting per fons, it is hoped, will give, them their due ,, ... ft. ' T-rvri ri-t ttxtt ttti weignt. - iJNLJJU'JLJNAJiiirsuiLji From the New-York Minerva: ; Th,e fubjeel: of national gratitude, after; being diftorted and exaggerated like every other bufinefs of party, will be placed after fome'time at reft with the public, and on its right footing. Truth, we hope, will prove ftrongef at laft than all the power of artifice and faction. '":'" v"" . France certainly, rendered us very feafona ble and effential fer vices, which it became us to acknowledge with Warmth, and to return with fnendfhip and fincerity.-Candid party men '(if fuch beings are not imaginary) will own that we . felt as a nation the wariueft wimesoreJisppmef French j and that our government has taken fome very decided fteps in favour of the re public, fuch French debt rafter than it fcecanie due---which fias prov- 1 f - .... t...i.. 7 TPATRlOTICrBARBERr r AXondon Barber refigned his bufinefs when the hair powder tax fird made its appearance. He amined his books, and formed an edimate of the la bours of his life. The following is his calculation t "t. I have tttaved In thirty years about iocb a cres of chin. " 2, I hare covered the naked craniums of 6ood people. " "3. I have, like a Samfonian hero, flainmy ten of thoufands, with my comb, my nails, and precipi- tate :- ' ' ---""- . , " That block, which ftands on yon neglecled corner, I venerate and adore, becaufe of the'inteU leduaJMjntude it bears to fome ofmy intelligent cudomers. ft is my hottfehold godLVke : tlic gilI- ed mace in the Houle of Lords, my bufinefs was a a Hand in its abfericir'AVTien 1 die it belongs to Part lia'nent : ft is a legacy to them in my will. Tb mace is nearly worn -out : This, 1 am pei fuaded, it anexcelltnt lHbititute. - " My razors 1 leave to William Pitt", to cut tb throats of Frenchmen. . lie knows their w or tbt- ten have tliev moved over the niinider's chin." Burke aye Edmund Burke and .the conMerapy of rxterminatarsj may make confiderable head -way, gai'nd tlic long bearded army ot France, with thefe favourite tools. My God 1 what a troop of caval ry t -How formidable I How irfefidablet Bratu difhing coo chofeii razors, and mas ing on, conquer" ing, and to conquer. - ."'y conibs my fine teeth ca'bs, I bequeath tp the people of England In poverty, and in rags, Hard driven nation ! wretched people ! ule what 4 give j ou, left you be devoured alive." WILMINGTON, March 12. On Wecnelday lad an ivtd here, zo days from St. -Bartholomews, brig Sally, capt. Adams. The day before the Sally left the illand, (15th Feb c) the fhip Hope of Philadelphia, arrived from Bnirrdeauxr-which place file left the 7th of Tnnaa- - ) ry lad ; the madcr informed, that the French t)i- fj-ftofy Would no longer lideii to Lord Ma1iiicfliufy9 unequivocal miffion, and that he had - taken his de parture without effecling a Tingle point in the ner. ociation. The American ambalTador, Gen. Pirrck- " neyVJiad arrived ; he was--not.-p!cctfTdWiBtfSfter " ot the United Mates: and alter he had nrelenled brine: the prifoners their food. fbe cells of the dungeons are never opened but one at a time, in the prefence of an officer.whUe tin guard is under anns,an battle array, within the C orridor, the door of which is flmt a .'cerftinel places his firelock crofs, the opening of the door, while another, his'drawn fabre in his right hand, 'hold's the door with his i lefu The door ifEttr Wis manner opened four:tmea a day , the pi iftiner takes his repad in prefence of the officer and the provod, who never forget to examine if the double bars bf the window, the door, and every thing is fa fe. After .l.bc lad meals of' the prifoners, at nine o?clock, t!ie lamps are extinguifhed, and they bavelbeerrdepriv. td oijiie UnderblixeS, allowed them at t1rp1faT rival, in cafe of fudden ficRnefi, Their food tsren dered difguding, by iJie'dirty manner in which it is prepared by the common . cook of the barracks : forks, not being per rrU tied. . At firdtheir drink was brought to them In, bottles, and they drank oat of a latsT-.bot atTprefent,, by a refineroentf-preca o tioHj they a re. only alldwed wooden or earthern vel--fcls to drink ittiqt of ; whigh afterwards are placed- - 1 ms creuen ua is ro tut uu tvt m y Thar ha could not immediately be accepted, but that he might remain in 'Paris by fubjeifing himfelf t the fame regulations that other foreigners were un der. The general did not think the dignityor the" honour of the United. States in the lead compli ed indeed ah unfortunate rneafure,as we have ho hope oanoh-kt. for the piracies of their armed j,TefTels;;i,'KAgain, our government was the firft.in the World to acknowledge the re- pubHc ; and hi was done with a better grace and in better iealon, than the French ac knowledged" ouf independence. it. "kriCFvvn iatfthatiror to great lengths, even to. ianaticiim. We have feen their cockade worn by popular leaders, their flag di fplaycd .it " election s , &c. and their Republic toafted in preference to our own. Thefe are (rains uppn the charac ter, as profefling and proclaiming a fair neu trality. There was even fomething coward ly And mean to offer infults, while we chefe to keep out of the way of' blows. It is true, all thefe warm feelings have greatly. cooled, and the national ientiment towards France is changed and changing. - Yet it will be al lowed, -the French minifters, and air armed bod v;and whether. he contuited hisnrwn or not, he thought ft prudent to; take his departure in company with Lord Mahnefbury. - CHAR LEST ON, March 8. Letters were "received bj- jederday's poll from Gen. Plnckney, dated at Boi'irdeanx-, on the 251I1 of No.vemberlad, which came by-the brig Snlannah Capt. FitZpatrick, arrived at .Philadelpliia. . The general meniVoi.s lliat he had ex--criei(f.ed a ,ery; d i d i 1 ee ab.1 e n ifla ej r e pe t eX ga 1 es of wind r e n f tiered their fitoation at leveral times very dano;e- rous, 'He landed on the t jth. Ve fppaks in the ception he met with from the citizens of Bourdeaux Ull IJI Vf M W ' U tneir em- ployers too-have been fomewhat-indelicatei-- in tneir mceuanr, ana lometimes grois claims llPOfl jour gratitude, r avours are wone.tnan . .... . i.lHH.v ,. .muiu injuries wncn tr a.. ij-.i. . xt . i hi f one sieein. : ioi ouiy vcnei s aim h"n flufrn warns f a. Vear the owner is re- n . . : ' . . -f 1 lj :r'; - COMMITTED to the jail of this tdwn a few weeks aco. a nec.ro man bv the haine bf G't-. ey are W .South-Carolin,, and liu 0rd0rrwhefeheythrfp Adet gjbuttnereyaihng-lenerH quefted t0 appiy to the iai ior,-aTtd b?- proving Iiia - beenmdlfcreet and uncenerOUS, ReDroaches iVrotierW. and tiavinpr the neceffarv expencr -he ana lmuits. or tnis orr. never ran ro aDauei jnav take mm awav. , tssuiii-, - ianor. r j -i : - - a ... ' tf .... ay-Ue-vUt, Man: 2. , ..fl. 4 I i A 1
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