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T-t.t.K . i r. r if change and hiWtflarr,' dief oldH 'ia ffaalMaii'ii' dull, - Tt VthecolweU. yJf. magiltrates being better acquainted with handftfrae,vbutthe interiQr isnotiuffer-J to clear t uer man language and the local law or. -imberial "'city 'anarirchbifhoprick bur It receive4 feveral wourid .in ih e! wars qf Iouis )X Jtv;The late ;war has. - nearly jmvervftiae ilrokc of extermina , aiQn,wTbeat4:hbinioii's palaecand L the; ( f grano cathedral church adjoining ire in agreatlilegree dernplilhed; There are beiides 19 other churches deftroyed,out j of ;2'fwhich': the "town 'contained, wit i: 1 5-mbnafteriest rwet nunneries, 'and ::aai VS." 1UUCCU tlt IMC ucil uuiiuiua ux 111c platatein a flatetjffui , fion wa fent her"e ' under th?rauthority , ofiltobfpp1rreia!ize,m ; ablei Jtohtjuned," and. to Superintend itetdejojiHbniikniongft. th6r things deftrQyas-5QOcf fbudres .of wine, (eacji Xoudrc eing a thoufand bottles) wweb wer6.in the archbifliops and- o- ther private cellars; f General- Guftine ' Ar(irkrr- nndffn rft in rfl--t Kilt t - wa afterwards taken 'and retaken f bur orfiVeim' What 'rem'aihV''Tof it is .miferablyMuUahd indigent v Fewlon journies arejundertkenl 1 1 beHevei-without. lorne'': unlocked or trouDje. ; rne imaji uiare inac we expe rienfeejc going . froin Jtni&tlie'-ntiherit to travel, the 6eft; rnodijs ti depofit a fiim of t mo n in'Ahahds pfa broKer in London, rnlfiiieri3Taw cdritinenii as ihe traveller's exigencies inaf flref;iVe"haJ drawnj a fufHci-' icyi3f'tbuis dWdt'Fhhkfort fo cari ry Tisitrcreacva. ; , 1 nere is a. w or ins Yr'tepiiDlifW fpetid intended lo.be exported out of t r)e Kepjc'fliajl bi reported atrthnext bureau, inJ paa droite of five fous for evrjf hundred livTes;C11iough we had . oftenjbeen, -in and out of the xepublic. we had never been iijueftioned by any. of the guard on this.TubjeQ: : and there for cohfidered t rriorcas a matter of forrii thStn-. dtherwife; We-were , apput leayins'Spirei' and feflecHrig that' we had to pafs'aJgUard about three miles above before we ebiild pafs the K hlhe, we co'h duaedjprdoentltogo.lo th. bureau and report the' money wq had' agreeably td la w. '( Te officer,' or the burea'u'was ritlf-tbcri' to4 be'.found' ' UnwiUing ,tp lofe time,w,e 'agreed to take .he chance, detennining to te candid as to the lu m we pofleffed. in tafe the centnel mould make the enquiry -Whence arrived at the guard tvo foldiers -carne forward the' place4: ', But then .thejy .do hot allow them, any difcrethnary .power They muft decide jQnly , conformibly to "the letter of the law. . and all their decifionsi re fubjei to,the controul of a fuperiorl pmcer9 who is generally a Jbrenenrnan.' This clofe limitation of powe"r to the old5 tnagiArates is intended to prevent a. par-1 tial adminiftration of the laws in favour j of their -own countrymen. Our- Cafe came on. uur- lawyer was a Jtrencn-; man; rand never did a lawyer aft with - more " zeal or hohefty Jot ; his 'chehts t but alas, jie was; utjluccelsful j ior after -a full hearing of the cafe, and a deliberate exarmnatiro of tlje taw of the Republic, the court pronounced judgment of cph mcauon. w eu r-nere we were, jioi oniy , with a; brdad profpeft of loofing our mtf- neyivput-auo or4navmg to go 70 mnes beiore we could procure a trelniuppiy ; .t this moment we reccTvecTa note from our Xawyeri advifing us to appeal to the edto Be Polluted wirhf a 'male foot", and 'the lattice windows are proof againft alli .fautiny of tfie eye. 0 ' ' - '" '3 French deDtatfes: fean Ide Brie. K pberjpt and Bonnier were aflalTuiated, I had a 1 Senre 10 cojiject on- me lpoc ari accural? atepient of the facls attending that ca-,. ."n ' ' t - ' 1 .1 r 1 . lauropne ; ana tne more io,u a aegrce oftnyftery was created by the 'publicati ons in Englad and America, whether the aflamnationtWas Jnitigated - by the Auftrians or Frenqheach rrty- haying 1 cnargea- tne-icrime on tneomer. a re ceived f roni7art ; intelligehtgeritlertiang who was an inhabitant of the tdwn'af the ti mea circumft aritjal detail of the af- f airil fhalf ihdijavpr ; to narrate irj at the fariie, rime divpfUng of thole inci dents which are , alreaay. generally known.;,: ; . . r 1 . :i Uliedepntteifrrim mi. Aullrianfoench. OJ and..'thenrirdateUlhei:-ctftum(ianceiof "our applicatiorfat the bureau, and hot being-able 'to ,findhe officer. - KfJ hey faid it wis'confrary tclaw and , would 'not admit us to pate.; . Jnt fhort they;rook , ppffefliori of our moneys and ordered us to ferur wh them to SpireSo mijch for hbnefty; Had we defcended t6 telf them ah untru th,vwe might have' pafled without inteirnption ' When we reached Spire, the officer r ortnettreauold us, nothing" could bd done in th'e.bufinefs bntil the next' day',' ; wheh the civil' tribunal "would meet and trythe caTe iVJh the', mcari time the mo neymuft remain jh" hiscuflb,dy,l he, law Qf the .Republic . giyes one naif to 4 tnote.- wno-make . thejeizuie,, and .we y . iaw an cyidehv . ta-turn tnepuhnels as-mucolagainlt us f w poflible. - We were adyifed to era ploy. ?-a4;awyer, -and -d rdffcraccof dihgly? The i riextday, the tribunal rrietc ' If con- fifled of three magift rates; who liad been "i, in office while Sire' was annexed to the ' ; Get mM; Bnpire.1 -In -alt conquere)d cPujWrielmavFrcnch goyericirent, per j miti;the,fbrmer toagl(tratein:.the?fttl prcfeieofficesrto reniamVt6 adminifteX : - the. ancient laVi as wqjl ,as .thofe , of the! republic, f Ttti : is in pari eor ;plicyi ; ui ofde j to 'econdlci th rcqJe to(ihc Birector General of the Cuftoms at' Wentz; . - We accordingly proceeded to Mentz. with the . McemtytddcaihenisV : were received politely by the?Direclor General; " who requefted us tq call next morning for an anlwer ? Wc-waited on him at the appointed time, and ialtantly received 'ari order to the receiver xf the bureau at Spire, to . reftpre jour money to us, without delay br dedudionand to charge'the expences of.ihe trial to the trealury of the Republic1 In terirhiriutes afterur return to Spire;' we; had the . mdrtey refunded if and ter adelay xf four xiaysTToccaCorifed by. thiiuEtowarti occurrence, We left the town 'on Our way to'CailiruV But it otighr not tdjbe fcrgptteri, that the; aippeal toIentiZf'gaVe us an oppor tunky of feeing Oppenheim arid Worms," fwhich-we -fhQul(irnchavedxmebuiibr the acadent.- Pppehheim ii iituated on the Mi bfia lieep4all pnMthe left; or-the ,R hiflei aiild muft have heen a very H rong placed rIh'e town: itfclf furnifiies but -a' few: objels of admiraribrw but the, rich" vale adjoining it, and the Rhine, hich perled with fmall iflands, forms a very grand landlcape. Worms is a large neat' town- 1 ; perceived no other injury 'it had Juftained than the deflrudion of the Ifclhops ch&teavt, and fome partial dam-, age to the great church. Tf his place was ceded to the French by. the treaty of Campo Formic, ; . y. v. : ; ' - Carlfruh is the, place of refidcnce 6 theprhtce margf'ave of Bade. ' It is a handfom'e well byi It town. On enter ing theown we were required to give' in:ouf names, -quality and- buwiels., Thif is cuttomary in-ali the electorate nwnc nnf fn ?n thi inmrial. Thfi 'townris'pleaiantiyfituiited on a plain, a bout three miles from the K time, with a chain of lofty hills flretching round it in the form of an amphitheatre. - The flreets wete "wide 'ahd'laidolHrriht angles; .-T he houfes are regularly built. fgenefttIy'troy4oj:ieS'.high,VcblourM hite;!;The;fmairi wid?about a mite in length, andter rainates.at each end with iron palifadoes k and gates; : and an avenue of poplars. which gives it an extremely - handlome appearance,' "Indeed the whole -town ha$ the face of heatnefs, animation" and coAafortlt plainly evidences the adva4 tages 'ot the peace - which "this prince rnad wfth thft French earl v in the w'ar." ;, Whether he committed a breach olgdod rairn as a parr to tne merman ieagei fo dointr. I will not nretend lo.fayi but '.the ref ult of the war hai demonttrated ,;"' h . :3t "4 V and.fevefM;ythlrp6Wers for treatinebn a general peace, met at Raftadr, m 1798 months,wher.t bro ken bf the; Irnpetial Yguhifter, in April 1790. - ;;On'rjdf'e:'i'ullrian deputies," (LehrbaehJ f Kw violent quarrel with Bonflier and two of hi colleagues, dur ing the.co'hftrericej and abruptly left R ailadt. Jn a fhart time he was appoint ed to fuperintend. theoperations of the" Auftrian army near Switzerland. On Sunday, : 25th April, 1 799, a verbal or der was given to the French deputies,1 by an A uftrian captain of-HufTarf, wnoie; regiment namea tne oecKier.re Ktrnenr) lav within three leagues of the' town, to leave Raftadt in 24 hours The oeputies naving iioming 10 uciaia1 incm, determined to comply with the, order immediately; They., required; from "the eaptain 3 psSlpotiin or elcort to fjafs the Rkine--aboUWaeaRue The captain Irifof mid them it was unnecet with ho obftruclion. About an hour before tdark, they ' left the tovynV c De Brie an4 Robeljot had their wives with p them -Arrived at the gate which open- 1 ed to the Khme road, the ccnnnel refuf ed to let tnem pats. , 1 ney toia ninrwnp they were ; but thr -foldier replied that he had' peremptory orders to let no one proceed without a paflport.- 1 his diffik cUltr detained them,untilv dark.when .an order was fent to the centinel, by the captain who jiad given them orders to departj 'to let the carriages pa&A The road to the K hine has a rivulet clofeto its left margin, and on the right fide a 1 - t. 1 a . . . .. 1. . . . .. . aeep qitcn. jx row. or pop jars rs plant ed on each fide Jean De' Brie, ' his wife, and two children were imthe firft carriage ; Bonnier in the fecond, and ! Rnberjnt and hrs ,wjf c in the third. They had not proceeded more thati 300 yards, when they were ftoRped.by.feVe ral diimounted hurlars, v?jio alked who they vwere ?Thcy aniweredthat -1 hey were the' French minifters, and epeated their names. Jean De Brie; fufpecling. ho(lileintentions, jumped out on Ihe oppoftte fide of his carriage, when tvfo flrokes were" made at ; hi ni with, labres? one of .which wounded him.lacifofs the' arm, the! other "on the neckV Notlth fta'ndirjj; which, he made his efcape into anadjoming wood. Bonnier wasdrag cedout ot nis carYiage; and cut down hv fahrR .clofe -to his carriatre door. - j-Roberjot;had got.out of hisj , carriage. DUfcwas -inuaniiy cut uown , iiiicir wivetk childi en; anddomefb'cs'were un- miured. De Brie wandered Vthro; the arid.M'fiibie'aff ha veMd iibiJtt danf caufe to thank him for h. In cbn- qtfenCe of his thiis early bcoming f riemli ly tothe French: tepubli,'Re Jias hd CQnfiderabledjraritagesfecu hvthe arfftncement:of indemnities, --'&. rfrDtaCarlfrBlc Raftadt. It planted all thewaywjtn poplars on each fide. 1 Raftadt' is built ortf the fide of a hilt," wich a fnwtt'rjvarru'tt-.. ning 'along the fide ojf the tbwn yThc principal buildrirgg :are a very fine chuf teai belegg;tQtheprihc6D very haridfQKie chhfii. flf ' nffit riorhf snorliff 'ntirf rh houU mntiratiort. but -la ltroneiv inomea 10 rlxiton the Auftrian 4eputy r who fe Ceded from the cohtexence mconfe' ' quence of his- quarreU'yitn-fi?nnier? whom he ' collared inlupaflicii : and efpecially-,as this deputy,- betofeHhe! congreu,DroKe up, wi iu uiix-.ciws? "of reat autboritvwith the Autmac ar .nty near. Switzerland.- vThc colonel -of i- I ' V the regiment fe"is to be exonerated ' V A Uic-imperial vernmenr. -oruerea y.4 cpurt 6f inquiry, aHd nominated a gene-j . , -rairtd nrefiden butbefore'ltheUrutinyt J came on,- this fame general waf engaged v -"kan action with'the Jfreicch and.takejav prifoner. : A.this; particular j-incluTe alfbthc FrerichsverRmentundei a change, three ot: the five directors abi s r dicating their feats : and prefendy afteri, the eavernment fell under .the manage- .; ment of Bonaparte: ! In this rapid changed . of ' men in the'governmtot prance,8 and'th bufy ftenrftwaVra the circumftance was lojft ; fight tol vff -z both Parties, ,andhat never firicpeettl: rJylyed. 3efidW,fpir . Francebad : charged 4l:ctime;;mt:-i ' depofed direaojyj ; and ihc rXupppfmor , was very-current irif?eveiy, part; pf EvC:n , irope as well as in Amwca TheerW man government iinding this' the cajfa? . vetywifely.availed tkemfeWes f- thst : ;circumltance, and never puthed an en 5 eveni to lookat'flegTavesiri the ;cImrclrat ,Railadt,and then Walked to; -the feene of th$ murder; The tree on ;the fide tit the rPadire " marked on tRe l . bark With 'the initials of each one where j r he fell; It wUlbe recolleaedthatthI$ ; . Jean de Brie was the man" who prbpofejfr; ' to the Natiorial Afiembly oS Frante a l: projeel for Uhe aflaSinadori oijall thfe sf- f pref et of Belancpn, and, faiclto fc cjuitej; an aitered,inodeiaie..niai.i..;waq-; f -KM tude to the old (hoe-maker of Raftad r ;s : j does credit to his fpiincip jes ; Tie ai ''tV.TJI' relieved him occafionally ever fince4 & I within..the lift few weeks eritfor hini f ; y-th M to live under iuroteclioittat;Befahc r ; On leaving Raftadt we' went to BffiojsV j , heirn. The day after weZarrlvjeoV beihg; J:' Sundar; we liaa ah opportunity orTee; " , irig' the villagerirriiheir , .b?(t dre1iesv J going to chwch.'AUlheoung.wdtn ' are remarKaoiy tan ana uoui; ne flair, .: of which the women of this country have, k-i i Uiplayingj-nangsaowrt tne oacK mtnree Utong tiivrfions.1 eacri bfein plated and SC reaching below5tftefmall:of thfe-back.-' ! "From the extremer Sd oTeacft ditifiba., or tne parr, -a oiacK hupqu najigspa wu ; , as lo w as the heelpf ;th;flioe.xzUithn tops of their headi heylwear a mall ' J black filk cap ojieayvUfbroe of thmem' M brdered'witfr gold thre. Their itecirinks arered with wnite.rockma their dqtRes wrnvery fMrMh00 -Soon - after leaving i5ilhoplneitn," yt(- , vl had the Ipire of Strafburg -iiewvpav' ''. (j arrivingar Kehl we found an entire new f ' ? vi I tage, confiftihg fof yetjf riea't atidjiolttv TCeh whs Iff r ftandineone iibon another: sirs rums are lying ijccry iircwuyuiw. ; , on add vindultry- that ha oeen ufed io' ', Woods "all night,3 and after dayrlight was unwilling to ihow himfelt, thinking. the th wildom of his PPlicv in making the tauaffins were in feirch . of: him. ;At ICUilI iinic-iiioivv. , palling the fpbV met with tha mangled Ie Brie, who begged!: hisafliftance.:SlThegoi ilioe-maker.' aDbrehcridinpr that de Brie iM.I4p'iJanlgeir: if iknowiir baJ the onecaution to so. lllto town; out t tqdirJiel'saffi brought him int6 town under their pro tefti''iTheomeni' childrenand domefticswete sent4 acroft the Rhine iindfcbr eraraiunati64 it: it cifrtain was per- ,: v.. ;f:;i eiratca oy apout aonuiirs wi.iijcsa.e.. er reRiraent, ,wfioietelYMthr;ord(iH 1 frnm' the.armvis mentioned caotain't and f bemt? a thi$;Captaia. Teeiye''r&ts I is,fituit Sv; - V---;-V:f ? ; ..gC-?- vr-S"M?rii; v'ixv". ; taife the hew town infq fliori. timer more fo ta Veflec that the inhabkit ants mAnld,ffef-wMVthey;haTeex;v . rienced," thinkoff ettlink do wh again irlf; .10 expoiea aJituanon in caie pi anomcr,':.-.;:v;j war between the Empire4 and FrsmteV;- h. An i 11 v w full lTn iiip ritniTiunK iirinpr .- ; Rhine. Jhe fkejetonof the terniarMt bridge which was built 04 piles tui re mains: In this part bf the Rhine theei w, is a confiderableifland,: here i lipvs a. oontoon bridge acrofsj conftetting the S iflandwith each bank p the fiver, iHeresi j) ;it was that-General Moreaii paffcdwitli n! one oiviuoji oi nis army wucu 11c mvacw . - ed jermany- sftrrer pauing"jner!Pge Tf iVabout rw'O" miles to Strafburg IiX . gyards deiriahdiri! ; ouribauaM - queftiomngias"' M mer ; Ll I ill C I. JIUllLC Ui lllO a 1 I.11U1. 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