fOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. SONNET.—TO ANNA. WHEN' fporiive Spring renews his chearlul reign. And spreads bis vtrdant robe o'er field and grove ; The winged warblers chauni their heavenly strain, And breathe away theii fouls in blifsful love. The lovely rose, the queen of Flora's vale. Improves her transient reign in beauty's clisrms, And calls vnung Zephyr from the ambrosial gale, To ptefs her ioftly in his downy arms. Then come, my Anna, in thy spring of love. While i" thy cheek the rnl'e's beauty-glow?. Oh! now ihy youth, thy melting chaims improve, And bid mc lol'e in rapture all my woes. Fnr age fonn o'er thy head will spread his snows, And a»e no ioys of love, no rapture knows. C H A M O N T. EXTRACT RELIGION is the onlv foundation ot morality—as the latter derives all its force and eflicacy from the former. If the rules of morality are to be held binding on mankind, they must, like the Jaws ot human judicatories, infer, it not rewards for compliance with them, certain punishments for the ditobedience of them. How are theft; punishments difcoverablc, and by whom infli&ed, it we are not to take into the account religious principles, which, whether denved from natural or revealed religion, inftruft us that •we are accountable to a Supreme Being, who will certainly vindi cate laws, which, if they have any foundation in truth, must be de rived from him ?—Disjoining religion from morality, has given rife to many falfe systems, which, by being fucceflively shewn to be erroneous, has had a tendency to inspire Icepticifm in refpeft to there being any solid hafis for morality. Paley's fyflem of ethics, by making religion the foundation" of morality, avoids this great stumbling block, which is a ltrong recommendation ot that woik to the public. PITTSBURGH, September 24 Lieut. Jeffers, from Fort Franklin, has related to us the following, in order to Ihew the disin terested attachment of Cornplanter tothe United States. A propofa] having been made to Tome of the •warriors of the Six Nations to join the hostile Indians, in order to prevent our army from pe netrating into their country, and several had ac tually accepted the proposal, and were endea voring to pei fuade others to join them. As soon as the Cornplanter heard of this, he immediate ly fetit a runner, with a speech, which he order ed to be spoke three times to them ; the purport of which was, that if they were determined for war, to go off immediately, and never return, for should he, or any of his warriors ever fee them, they would put them to death. This had the desired effect—the Indians immediately dis banded, and thus the affair subsided. Capt Buell, of the 2d United States regiment, arrived here on Saturday lalt with a fine com pany of men, enlisted for three years. B A I. T I i»i O R K, October 4 Extract of a letter from a ? Officer in General But ler's Army, on the IVtJicrn Expedition,dated Camp, Fort Wapjington, Head-Quarters, Aug. t, I 79 1. " We arrived here the 2Stli of lait month, af ter a trouble ferine passage of I 7 days, front Fort- Pitt : Though the Indians were along lide of us all the way, they never gave us afire.—Our fleet consisted of 27 fail of large Boats, 40 by ij feet, manned with about 500 men." Extratf oj another letter from the fa?ne Officer, dated (at the fame place) Aug. 6. 1791 . It is uncertain when we (hall leave this place; the auival of the other part of the army determines our departure : I have learned where we are for : We (hall strike up the country a lorig the Great-Miami, acroPs the Mad River, to Pawixtwi ; from Tawixtwi to Miami, or Maame Fort ; we shall then leave the .Miami-Village, and go down the Miami-River (that empties it fe'f into Lake Erie) a lino ft to the mouth, where we (hall build a Fort : About 3001- 40 miles from Detroit, a Fort will likewiPe be built, or reinforc ed, on the Sandufky Lake—We shall travel this country without any baggage or tents." NEW-BRUNSWICK, Oct. 4. Last Tnefday was held, theannu.il Commence ment of Queen's College, in this city, where the Rev. Dr. Linn prefixed. The exei cifes of the day were introduced by a prayer from the Presi dent—aster which the following gentlemen spoke orations. Mr. Staars Van Deurfen, a Latin Sa lutatory ; Me firs. Elijah Rofegrant, Luke Eger ton, Henry Traphagen, Eflays ; Mr. William Dunham the Valedictory.— \he Degree of Ba chelor of Arts wns conferred on the foregoing gentlemen. The Degree of Doiftor of Laws on the Hon. Robert Mort is, Diftritft Judge for New- Jersey. The Degree of Mailer of Arts, on Meflrs. Walter K.Cole, Jacob R. Hardctibergh, Alpheus Freeman and John Jackson ; Mr. Robert H. Chapman, A. B. of Pi inceton, was admitted ad tun dor., as also Mr. Charles Smith, A. M. Lalt Friday, was finiftied, the d awing of die Second Class of the Newark Bridge Lottery. NEW-YORK, October 5 The brigade of the city and county of New- York, together with Col. Bamnan's regiment of artillery, the whole commanded by Lieut. Col. Commandant Alner, were reviewed on the ufital ground last Monday, when they, particularly the uniformed companies, made a soldierly appear ance, and pei formed the duties of the annual re ■view in a manner highly honorary to ihenifelves and officers. Philadelphia, October 8. By the Englifti Packet, arrived at New-York, accounts are re ceived from Europe to the 12th August. The English papers contain numerous reports relative to a Counter Revolution in France, among others, that the Swiss Cantons have complained to the National AfTembly of their troops being paid in af&gnats, in stead of cash, as was formerly the cafe—The Diet of the Cantons havealfo forbid their troops to take the new oath decreed by the National AfTembly—That the refugees are leaving Brulfels daily ; and that ammunition and warlike stores arc continually transport ing to Mons, Luxembourg and Tournay. The marriage of the Duke of York with the Princess of Pruflia, is to be celebrated in Q6lober. Every appearance on the continent of Europe indicates peace— His Holinefsthe Pope has congratulated the King and Republic of Poland'on their New Constitution. The code of laws framed under this Constitution, is to be called :hecodeof Sianiflaus—they went into operation the sth July. In the Betsey, from Cape-Ftancois, came passengers, Monf. Go bert and family. Shi. gentleman has had his plantations, houses and cattle all destroyed, to the value of 20,0001. sterling. His ve nerable age was not any prote&ion againtt the depredations of the outrageous slaves. Neither age nor lex are considered by a brutal flocK ; other wife it might have been hoped that this veteran would have escaped their fury: he fought in Thurot's squadron at Car rickfergus, in the war of 1759 and 1760. What will be the lfTueof these dreadtul disturbances, God only knows. The general conje&ure is, that the negroes mull very soon disperse for want of provisions, as they are almost starving, whilst the people in the towns have great abundance, and seemed to be in good spirits on the 14th September. Thursday arrived in this city, the Earl of Wycombe, a Mem ber of the Britilh Senate. It is said in a Richmond paper, that Mr. Ro bert Carter, of Nominy, Virginia, has emanci pated 442 Haves—This, if true, is a facrifice on the Altar of Humanity of perhaps an Hundred Thousand Dollars—and is the more extraordina ry and praiseworthy in an age vvheri Mammon is the god that commands the molt extenlive con gregation of worihippers. Among a variety of accounts from Cape Fran cois, the following has been related :—A widow, who owned a plantation on which there were a - bout 500 negroes, having always treated them with humanity and kindness, on-the alarm from the insurgents, these flslves applied to their own er for arms to defend her property —and when the'plantation was attacked, they repelled and beat off the adailants, by which means the estate was preserved from deftru&ion.—Humanity as well as honpity will be found to be the belt policy. ce Nothing creates more discontent among tlie people than the secrecy which rulers are apt to affeift. The difaffed:ion arising from this, is as (ure as from mal-adminiftration. It is hard to re train people to order very long, without making them lee their interest in it. From this observa tion we will not except the fubjeds of the molt despotic monarchies : for not even the iron rod of (lavery can always reduce to tame fubmilfion, people who can fee no advantage accruing from allegiance. But in free States, there can be no authority maintained, without making the sys tem of policy apparently conducive to the gene ral good. The people of the American States, have long lain under a general odium for want of patriotism ; which has arisen from their re peated opposition to government, —and their backwardness jto comply with the demands of the public upon their property. The late peace able and patriotic condu<ffc under the operation of the new government, will, we hope, retrieve them from this reproach, and serve to discover the cause from whence their former arose. " The qnietnefs of our land under the equal ad ministration of this government —leaves us well allured that the former ditturbances, arose from a defective system of policy.—One of the moil observable defecfis, was that intricacy with which our revenue fyjlems were clogged. The people were utterly unable to comprehend the compli cated measures which were adopted in raising supplies ; and from thence derived the idea,that all their monies were anticipated, before they came to the public treasury. And nothing could awaken the spirit of resentment more than to have theirproperty wafted in supporting the idle ness, and making the fortunes of their insolent colletflors. In the apprehension of all, the least attention from government, would have removed this evil. But when they saw the mystery (till kept up, against the general wish, and the sys tems of revenue covered in abstrusity, they were provoked with an honed indignation against the measures of their rulers. For a season they laid a fide their industry and patriotism, which they were convinced, could no longer be viitues. "By the operation of the federal government, this evil is removed ; and the spirit of industry and patriotism has returned. This evinces both the perspicuity of the present system of admnuf trarion, and the riling glory of our country. And fliould our rulers continue to discard all mviteries in politics, and condu(ft their national bu'finefs in a plain, easy, and intelligible man ner, we have every rea(on to expecft that the\ ! will feenre the public confidence, and find an ea j 1 y access to the property oi the citizens. 187 The Prize of s,OOO dol/art in the New-Haven Wharf Lottery, was drawn by Mr. Benedi<st French, of Roxbury parish, in Connecticut.— It has been said that the original purchaser of the ticket which drew the above prize, fold it at a discount, and took goods in payment. A gentleman arrived at Boflon from England, informs that a peace had a&ually taken place between the Emprefsof Russia and the Porte; and that, in consequence, the British fleet had been put out of commiflion, and the seamen paid off and discharged. Dr. Franklin's Life is advertised in the London papers as being in the press, and shortly to be published. An event much desired. 50,000!. of American Final Settlements were fold in London, a few weeks since, at 14/. The Quebec of the 22d August, contains a protrft of a number of the Merchants against the address prefenied to Lord Dorchester, published in our last. On Tuefdav last the Pkifodelphian Raptijl AJJ'ociation convened in this city—the business of their churches was introduced with an excellent sermon, by the Rev. Mr. Oliver Ha rt, of Hopewell, New-Jersey—aster which the Rev. Dofior Samu e l Jones was chosen Moderator—Their session closed on Thursday. Representation constitutes the essence of Republicanism—and the rights of ele&ion are the highcft, moll sacred and impor tant that freemen can poflibly exercise. At the return of those periods, therefore, when they are called npon by the Constitution to give their fuffrages for those whom they chu'e should be their political fathers, the majesty of the people appears iu its full dig nity—if then, as has been laid, every freeman pofleffes in his pro per person a portion of this majesty, no confederations can absolve him from Che obligations he is under to attend his duty as an elec tor. —So long as eleltions are tree, and made by a full vote of an enlightened community, so long will their liberties, conjlitution and laws* which are all inseparably conne&ed, be fate; —but if the people are falfe to themselves, and leave their elections to be made by a small number, who may happen to have no other business to attend to at the moment, they (port with their dearest privileges ; and it depends on a mere contingency whether the conduit of their affairs is committed to the able friends, or the fpecipus, tho un principled, enemies of their country. " A good man will certainly be happy, either in this life, or the next." The inequalities therefore which appear in the dispensations of Providence, Ihould lead to no conclufioris unfavorable to the cause of virtue; for what are the momentary fufferings of this point of existence contrasted with an eternal.display of the jtiftice and good ness of the Deity. " The generality of men make themselves miserable by desir ing what is fuperfluous"—the real wants of nature lie within a very nrrrow fancy, and the refinements of fo cietv, extend the limits of hnman desires in such manner, that imaginary evils vartly exceed the catalogue of those brought upon us by real misfortunes. -THE grcatefl part of the works which the public eftcem at pre sent, have only arrived by degrees at that appro!>ation, (e. ft. Shakefpear). A success too brilliant at the firft, affords but a bad augur for its continuance, and only proves the mediocrity of the work. Beauties which are within the reach of ail the world, immediately make their impreflion; great beauties are often less flriking, and it is rare that a work ot the firlt merit, obtains, at the beginning, the fuffrage of a great number. It is only a few who are able at: ofprr" n rTf*pH/»r»f;p j_ bat. by degrees the falfe glare which dazzled at the firft, begins to wear off, and men gradually discover beauties that at firft escaped their notice. This„rlifcovery occasions an agreeable surprise. They return to the fubjeft, and discover flill more ; so that their admira tion continues to augment from day to day. MR. FENNO, Having seen an advertisement, signed D.J —, ported up at Bristol, by a Candidate to represent this State in Congress, in which- he fays that, if the people will chufe him, he will relinquish to the use of his constituents two dollars per day out of the fix to which he will be entitled—the following Impromptu was occa sioned by the circumstance :— FOUR dollars for abilities like thine ! Genius and jreedom at the thought repine For change the dollars to a fngle groat, Thy services mould be mofl dearly bought. As an encouragement to the pra&ice of those virtues which constitute the excellency of a Legislator for this great Republic diligence, confiflency, integrity and independence—there is every rea son to suppose that FrederickAucustus Muhlenberg will be ele£ted to serve in the next Congress, by a laige and rcfpedlable majority of the votes of his fellow citizens. Married, on ThurTday evening last, Mr. David Price, of this city, to the amiable Miss Polly Dally, late of New-Yoik. Died in New-York,after a long and oainful illness, Mrs. Har per, late of the American Company of Comedians. From PELOSI's MARINE LIST. ARRIVALS *t the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Ship Henrietta, Brig Ruby, Betfev, Schooner Bet fey. PRICE CURRENT. —PUBLIC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. CentJ 20/6 pr. £ . 3 pr. CcntJ 11/3 Defered 6 pr. CenM 12/2 12/3 UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Scttl. and other Certificate! >6/8 i-J 85 do. Indents i°/6 5 2 & d°. Bank. Sublcnptions, 130 132 Dollar«. University or Pinnivlvamia, O&obcr 7,1791. The MEDIC AL LECTURES will begin on the firfl Monday in November next. Wanted, a good COOK, To whom (jrnieel wages will be allowrr]. Noneneed apply wb* cannot be well recommended. EoquircoX the Printer. EXTRACT. Weeks, Peeples, Watson. Halifax Cape-Francois Rhode-lfland Bratton, lOtJpr. cent. do. 61 5 do. Lisbon
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