pol-n t h e numb 24 .) wilmington gentinel and gw*n eral ad v e r t iser w e d n e sb at '' august 13 1788 foreign intelligence london may 20 revolution in the frencli government and rebellion in france the confe^uence of the king's orders of the 8th inftartf atthe^^o/^i held at verfailles is a rtm lien in lorae ol trie prt>vinces in former papers v have related ths itrong refolutions and prcteits of the parliament of thouloufe the conite de perigorct of one of the firft families in france and v o commanded ther has been expelled the city on endea vfcu;iuj to -: icrce the king's commands and the gates of the town were kept fhut againft lum two regiments quartered there under hi command ire iikewife withdrawn from thsgar iton as the cocnid^ndant did not ch«ofe to cxpofc them know ing that fo fmall a force would be totally infufficient he has written tc court dc firing a reinforcement of 10,000 men with out which ic was his opinion tha nothing could be effected in riuny a great part ot the province is in actual rcbelli on the commandant ut rennes had o:dered the regiment of sji:!-/.fe to march but they refufed and laid down their arms he has liktwifc difpat hed two couriers to verfailles fearing from the ftateof tli prcvince that one might mifcarry defiring ar mruediate fupply of troop on the iiih and i3*h iniunt a large body of troops both hone and toot with a prodigious number of general and other cflccrs were met marching in great hafte from paris towaids bordeaux j he road was covered with carriages of every def enpttoa anci appeared a fcene of much confui'jon i be king i orders ot tl^c sth were to be put in fcree the 15th ir.ftyu : and it is imagined they will be refuted in the fameman ioy~*'_f*yj '- oufe _, , ........ iriv-fis c pt-ople arc more quiet j but it is only hecaufe of die large body of troops in its vicinity they have been dif putecl with much circumfptftion in every quarter of the town for caret any tumult at verfailles where the king is the palace is furrounded by adoulile ttntry of guaidi and fome additional regiments are fuietd in the neighbourhood beiides the refoluiion of the parliament of paris not to ac cept ot any feat in ths dur p/ekiere the grande cbambre of par li-.isntand feveral pens have refufed giving their afliftance at it j and thej have declared turther that no power hall oblige theiu to it as the exittencc ot the court is a violation f their privileges tin iviajefty was to declare his fartherjatentions laft thurf ity 4h^k :.; the mills wl.ich arrived on m<j fc-ning we find that the auilri«ns liave received a cj 1 will mere than c i.:,terbalance ilicii fuccefj ac schaaj mp the turks hvc raifci the fiege c dubiza deicashpf^ops under the command of prir.ce charles of litchtenrein and deftroyed all his batteries the act jt laftea tor mere than three hours in ■ the pen rleld the turks cm th»s occafion difpiayed the mofl fe.octous va'.iur this adlion happened on the zcth ofe april the day after thabatz hj rendered u is a tin uiar fkcl that at tjiis moment every power in t'.rcpe has a fleet either at tea or preparing or ready to take to £» lpcn th iiorteit notice they writs from bourvcaux that when the meflenger arrived atthsf pi^ce with the edicl from the king of france an ncurcing his wilt refpefting the parliament the citizens who we ; apprifsdof his errand threw him over the walls of the tew , and in the vehemence of their patriotic rage were pro cwlingro ftonehim te death themilitaiy were ordered to uuerpofe but they remained quite neutral^and it was only th.cufli the influence of returning pity that the man was per mitied 0 efcape to receunt the unfavourable reception that at tv.ndco him i he parliament of paris is now no more thurfday laft was the day appointed for the king to hold his bed ofjuftice early in the morning every avenut to the houfe of parliament wa fun-i u ided by the miliury les cbambre ajj'emblees a captain w the king's guards entered and arrefted two of the members who had fpoker too freely on former occafions } anj his majef ty oi awid ti:e parliament to be coffee t or annihilate for ever and the doors of the nftife to be lhut * inftrufiions have been tranfmitted to the governors and inten nts ot the different provinces in france with authority to«bro ratc all the provincial parliaments military forces are already n-tioned in different diftrids to enforce obedience to the king's ttiu diouid reirudlorinefs appear the massachusetts cent1nel of july a f?j ship-news extra a rrived fafe in port the fliip federal constitwti ££ ov 1j er p't»*l union commander from elylmm in her wme paff«n|ers flourijbing commerce formerly a refident in thcfe aates meflrs par&rv faith ct^unte and jujtice—gem •-$&!&&* li io * ai b i &* lbeutter we are told is 1£?fv utmt t n d s «> lord dotcfcfter to deliver up to he united states the port on the fcrn frontiers with their temtory andm^afe of refufal hjgbled to take mea fure m w,ll be moft hkely to thwfurrender t>n the ar rival ofohefe illuftnous characters we felicitate our readers the nwe pattcularly as they intend rcfiding in our dearcoun try the cargo of this foip is a goodpne-it confifts principal - if of umon pnttrfierdfbifr mutaai cfrctjjiok fifbearance/^i rt z r f \ u j*lp4'wym*%h\nttn large packages one ' f thefeis wnfigncd tojmwae-liund and it is hoped will be cordially accepted ■ r jit ay i au tf c fn ° w w*c^iitaa f capt imhd/ity for the o/rf wtrli there were no papers on board js at i known to be a aad f u f peaed to be rott j£i 9 much jo that the owners could not procure infmance she had on board fund bales of engll/b colour worn ut by flying in our r w e in the bntifti ports-packages of paper money-pine barren ami tender afts-local prejudices jealoufics and feeds , ot otfecrd the loop anarchy , we are told u afhore on the jw v tf and cannot be g ot off the crew ha k perithed and the owners havej>roke r in congre8 s july ? , , 7 8 w'hereas application ha h n lately made to congrefs , l r the j e ?' flatur « of virginia and the diftn of jcc tucky for the admiffion of the faid t'iaricl into the federal uni on as a fcparate member thereof on the terms contained in the a^uofthef a dleg.nature and in he refolutiens of the faid d.ftnft relative to the premifes and whereas congrefs hav ins fully considered the fubjecl hid on the third day of tune laft rdblve that it is expedien fc fhe faid dirtricl be erected *!"£ ? r y : i f a '"'^ c ' 1 e and lep.rate member of the federal union } and anointed a committee to report an aft accordingly which comm^ee en the fecond inftant was if charged it appearing that lunp dates had adopted the conftit of n th°e ted a st rv ateiy fubmittcd «• i^sss l p r . and . whcrcas j a new confederacy is formed among the ratifying ftates nnd there h rcafon to bc'ieve that theftate of virginia including the ftid diftrift did on the twenty-fifth of june laft become a nwmber of the faid conf deracy and whereas an aft of congrefs in the prcfent ftate of the gevernmentof the country fevering a part of the faid ftate from the other parts thereof and admiting it into the confede racy formed by the articles of confederation and purpetual uni on as an indcpendcnt|member thereof may beittended with ffi-r^t 1600 wh l i lci v a " h * vc i^to make the fa.d diftnaafeparate member of the federal union formed by the adoption of the faid conftitotion and therefore it muft be • mamfeftly improper for congrefs affemblcd under the faidart cles of confederation to adopt any other meafutrs relative to the premifes than thofe which exprefsthtirfenfe that the faid dif tnft ought to be an independent member of the union as foon as circumftances fhall permit proper meafures to be adopted for that pnrpofe r resolved that a copy of the proceedings of conerefs relative to the^ndependency of the diftria of kentucky he tranfmitted to the legiflature of virginia and alfo to samuel m'oowch fq late prelident ef the faid convention ; and that the fold legiflature and theinhabitamsot the diftfift afore faid be informed that as the cofvrtitution of the^tnited states is now ratified congrefs think it unadvifeame to adopt any further meafures for admitting the dirtrift of kentucky into the federal union as an independent member thereof under the articles of confederation and perpetual union ; but that con grefsthinkjng it expedient that the f.»id diftrift be made a fepa ftatt and member of the union as foon aft«r proceedings fliall etmmmence under the faid conftitution as circumftances fhall permit recommend it to the faid legiflature and the inhabitants of the did diftria to alter their afts and refolutions relative to the premifes as to render th«n conformable to the provision made in the faid cenftitutiony to the end that no impediment may be in the way ol the fpeedy accdmplimmcnt of this impor tant bufmefs ' > r ■ charles thompson secretary a copy ~ atteft samuil coliman a c c rich m om d virginia american jwj|nufacturel g o t t o n i^fotft afford the utmoft plcafure to every good citizen to be inform cd thatthe cofton manufaftory lately eftablidid in this city is in a very , hourifhing condition many of our patriotic citizens tire doathing them felves with the jeans made by it in the courfe of a ftw years the * different wares made from cotton may rfi^ply the life of woollens which from the infancy of our country and theprefent ftateof its cultivation can not be procured in a fufficient quanti ty t&clothc all our inhabitants cot ton enough may be raifed in the fcuthern ftates to clothe not only every citizen in america but half the inhabitants of europe it is much to be wiflied that machines for carding and fpinning cotton fimilar to thofe now at work in philadelphia were eftablifhed in all our country towns and villages germantovvn in par ticular fhould take the lead in this bufinefs that town has been famous for the manufacturing of addles lockings and carriages it will be her own fault if lie is not celebrated as much as formerly for her kill and fuccefs in the manufactory of jeans fuftians velvets velvercts corduroys and even muflins sun-flower oil * it appears from experiment made formerly m this late that a bufhel of fun-flower feeds yields a gallon of oil and that an acre of ground planted with the feed at three feet apart will yield between forty and fifty buihels of the feed this oil is as mild as fwcetoil and is equally agreeable with it in fallads ancj as a medicine it jnay moreover be ufed to advantage in paints varnifhes and ointments from its being manufattured in our country it may always be procured and ufed m-afrefli ftate.-the oil is prefled from the feed in the fame manner as cold drawn linfeed oil is obtained from flaxfeed and with as little trou ble—sweet olive oil fells for fix hil lings a quart should the oil of the fun-flower fell for only two thirds of that price the produft of an acre of ground fuppofing it to yield only forty buihels of the feed viill be 32 a fum far beyond the product of an acre of ground in any kind of grain the feed is raifed with little trouble and grows in lands of moderate ferti hty it may be gathered and fhelled fit for the extraftion of the oik by women and children