WINCHESTER, (V.) OA. i.
From a Correspondent
' The latter cud of Julylalt, the Cherokess kill
ed two men on the Tenefl'ee, who were going to
the Chickafaws.
It is reported that the three towns of Creek In
dians, that flood out and would not accede to
the New-York treaty, have, through the great
exertions of M'Gillivray, ratified the fame—and,
it is generally expected that they will remain at
peace, if the Cumberland people will overlook
the depredations committed oil that settlement
during the lart summer.
The proprietors of the Muscle Shoals, on the
Teneflee, are determined to effetft a settlement
there, at the risk of every thing, and are making
all the preparations in their power for a number
of emigrants to let out early in November next.
The Creeks and Cherokees are very much a
larmed at this, and are determined to facrifice
both nations, sooner than fnffer that country to
be fettled ; for, should it take place, the Chero
kees mult leave the Teneflee.
The southern Indians were never more inclin
ed for peace than they are at present.
WORC'EST E R, (Mober 6
On Friday last the dwelling house of' Mr. Hen
ry Reidel, of Douglas, and bis store of dry goods
adjoining, was consumed by fire, together with
the greatest part of his household furniture, and
a considerable quantity of grain, flax feed, &c.
This disastrous event was occasioned by a young
man's accidentally turning water into a kettle
of boiling oil, which taking fire, the house was
almost inltantly involved in flames.
MIDDLETOWN, October 8
On the 4th instant arrived in this town from
Springfield, a detachment of Federal Tl oops, un
der the command of Capt. T. Codling, who are
this day to embark for New-Brunfwick.
NEW-YORK, Oftobern.
Last evening arrived the ship America, in 7 weeks from Lon
don. The following ladies and gentlemen came passengers :
Mrs. De Peyfter and daughter, Mil's Walton, Mil's Collet, David
Ryden, Samuel Broome, Walker, C. G. Champlin, J. B.
Cutting, Joseph M. Quarenton, and F. C. Goodale, Esquires
THEATRICAL POSTS.
Major-General W-gn-ll has resigned his ftaff, which he
bore with futh honour for so many years, under the Gene
rals H-11-m and H-n-y. The caufc oF this reflation is vari
ously talked of: Some attribute it to the success he has had in a
ccrtain speculating medium ; others (who seem to speak with more
confidence] give out that he was disgusted at his not being admit
ted to some prerogatives that were exclusively invested in the Ge
nerals and others, that it is only a feint in expe&ation of promo
tion.
A certain Ladyof great tafticai abilities, who is well known
for herattachnicnt to the General —and Colonel M , hei cara
fpofa, complete the triumvirate'.
Philadelphia, October 15.
The present situation of affairs in the Eastern Hemisphere exhi
bits a very motly appearance.
The fame papers which inform us of peace between Russia and
the Turks, give the details of battles, vittory and carnage. There
are strong rumors of attempts to effett a counterrevolution in
France. °The Banks of Venice, Genoa, See. it is said, have made
loans to the male-contents and exiled princes—these on the other
hand are dependant on the Emperor's bounty for support—the
Prince of Conde has lately mortgaged his jewels. One account
fays the King of Sweden is inveterate against the National Aflem
bly; another fays he is very temperate and moderate in his refent
tnents; and even among the injured petty German Princes, there
appears to be a great fohifm in opinion. Some of the paragraphias
fay the frontiers of France are in a detencelefs state; but the re
ports made to the National Aflembly fay the fortifications are in
good repair. The English have made great preparations to com
pel the Empress of Rullia to make peace ; but Catharine, after re
peatedly beating the Turks, appears to have made a peace agreea
ble to herfelf. The National' Assembly have declared the person
of the King to be inviolable, but,ftill keep him in custody. The
King is however to have his liberty at Fontainbleau to accept of
the Constitution—but if he does not accept, he is to be no longer
King. There appears to be no doubt of his accepting it.
The English papers contain a letter from the King ot Sweden,
*0 hi& Ambassador at Paris—lll which he dirc&s that he (hould
keep from all intercourfc with the Revolutionists. Its authenti
city is donbted.
Infurre&ions have broke out in Switzerland —the motto on the
buttons of the people is, " Live free, or die."
The Britilh Government has received favorable accounts from
India. Lord Cornwallis was before Bangalore with an army of
#5,000 men; and General Abercrombic within 40 miles of Se
ringapatam, with a large force. Tippoo has been uniformly
beaten, and the British armies were in high spirits.
Extra ft of a Utter from Bojlon.
ct Our harbour is now full ot Ihipping ; among which is a large
lumber of Englifti veflels—thcfc are loading with lumber; this
article is high and scarce ; wood is now \6f. and riling; butter B£d
sugars very dear; flour 33 f. fine. Several veflels are fitting out
for the N. W. coaft —Magee is going for four years; he has as
Rood a fiiip of 160 tons as can be built, and well fitted for the bu
siness.
u Mr. , who lately arrived from France, informed me that
the impositions on our oil, See. in that kingdom, are occalioned
merely on account of there being no d'.fcrimination made between
our allies, and those not in alliance with us. 1 hey fay—Why
foould we admit your commodities free of duty, when you make
us pay the fame as the English do ?
" II Congress was to put 10 per cent, on all foreigners not in
alliance, and appropriate the proceeds of such a duty as a bounty
for the encouragement of the whale fifhery, it might prevent our
best whalers going to France and England, to carry on and learn
them the buhnefs. Uolefs the general government some
thing to encourage the business, you may depend that this great
article of commerce will in a few years be loft to the United States.
14 Mr. Jefferfon's report will, I hope, operate to produce fomc
tlrng that may anfwerto counteract France and England, so far
their duties embarrass the tiflieries."
Capt. Miller, of the brig Minerva, on .his paffaee from Tamaica
to this port, on the t 2 th alt. spoke two Bricifh frigates, an-1 three
Sloops of war, sent bv the Governor of Jamaica to theafliflanceof
the A (Terribly of Hifpamola. There were on board this f.nall
ilcct, jO,OOO stand of arms, &c.
Members of Congress in Town.
tnators. Hon. R. Izard and P. But ler, of South-Carolina.
R.Morris, Penrifvlvania.
Rcprcfcntativcs.—Hon. D. Huger, W. Smith andT. T.Tucker,
of South-Carolina.
John Brown, Virginia.
T. Fitzsimons, and
F. A. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania.
A mod extraordinary account is given in a letter from Bour
deaux, dated 2qth July lalt, of the conduct of Mr. Fenwick, the
American Consul at that place.
An American veflel. with 2?.q hhds. of tobacco, from Virginia,
was officially informed against by the Consul as not coming dire£l
from America. It seems (he had touched at an outport for orders.
He thought her cargo fhou!d not therefore be admitted to enter
for home ronfnmption—in consequence the dire&or of the custom
house rcfufed to accept the inward duties theteon, and the con
signees entered the cargo for exportation. The queflion is, whe
ther a vessel from the United States, that touches at an out-port
tor advice or orders, without breaking bulk, is to be considered
as coming dirett from America ? The new French law faying that
" American tobacco can only be imported in French or American
bottoms coming dircft from America The consignees, Mcffrs.
M'Carthv and Brothers, fay that veffcls in the above predicament
are doubtless within the pale of the law—the American Consul
differs from them, and favs he acts by orders from Mr jpfferfon.
There are other vessels similarly situated. Time will elucidate
this business.
The late accounts from Bilboa, of an intended iun&ion between
Spam and England to artnck France, according to thr last accounts
mud be entirelv void of foundation. The Englifli fleet is disarm
ed and paid off.
Three per Cents and Deferred Stork, in the funds of the United
States, the property of this State,are advertised for sale. Proposals
received by the State Comptroller and Regffterto the 20th inft.
Extrafl of a I iter to a refbeflatie honfe in this city,received by the Grange
j.a.J i: L.-I A..„
dated Liverpool, Aug. 29.
" Information is this dav received, that s>n order of the King,
in Council is iflued, by which our ports wjll be fHat against wheat
and flour, the 2d of next month."
Tuesday the central Election was held throughout this
Commonwealth, when (he following gentlemen were chofcn Re
prefentativefs for the city of Philadelphia—
William Rinoham,
Richard Wells,
Myers Fiflier,
For Philadelphia County.
Flias Bov.«, ]ohn Lardner,
Blair M'Clenachan, Thomas Britton.
Robert Hare,
Sheriff.
William Will.
Representatives in Congress, so far as the votes have been count
ed, viz.—
For the City of Philadelphia.
Thomas Fitzfimonc.
For the Counties of Philadelphia and Bucks.
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg.
Representative in Congress for the diftrift composed of Chester
and Montgomery Counties.
Ifrae! Jacobs.
Assembly
Richard • Samuel Evans*
Caleb Tam*es, % James Boyd.
"* —■
Montgomery.
Cadwallader Evans, James Vaux,
Joseph Tyfon, '' 'lfaiah Davis.
Return from Nfwlown, Bucks County.
Congrtfs.
F. A. Muhlenberg, 707
Dr. Gregg, 825
Ajjembb
Mr. Bryan,
Dr. Chapman,
11. Siover,
Sheriff.
Chapman, 931
County Commijionir.
Joftiua Vanfaut.
Extrafls of a letter, dated Wajhington, in Kentucky,
Sept ember 3, 1791.
" Onfe of the Indian captives lately died- at
this place—his Excellency Governor St. Clair gave
liberty to the reft to bury the corpse according to
the custom of their nation : the mode is, that the
body be wrapped in a shroud, over which they
put a blanket, a pair of moggafins 011 th<; feet,
and seven day's rations by the fide of the head,
with other necefl'aries. The march from Fort-
Washington was very folenm ; on their arrival at
the grave, the corpse was let down, and the rela
tives immediately retired—an aged matron then
descended into the grave, and placed the blanket
according to rule, and fixed the pro*ifion in l'uch
manner as fhethought wouid be mod handy and
convenient to her departed friend—calling her
eyes about to fee if all was right, Hie found the
deceased was barefoot, and enquired why they
had omitted the moggafins ? The white person
who superintended the whole business, informed
her that there were 110 good moggafins in the
(lore, but that by way of amends they had put
a liifficiency of leather in the knapsack to make
two pair at the fame time shewing her the lea
ther. With this Ihe appeared fatisfied, faying
that her friend was well acquainted with making
them
" Since I liave been here, I have been inform
ed that the Indians have fenc in a piifoner to
Dunlap's Station, with a letter, importing that
they wilh to come in, and treat of peace. In
consequence of which 1 have been told that Gov.
St. Clair has iflued a proclamation, forbidding
any of the citizens killing or annoying thein, i;
they approach with a flag—but what nation it is
that offers to treat, I have not heard. Altho* 1
do not third for the blood of these poor unculti
vated beings, I am of opinion it would be bad po
licy to make apeace befare the arms of the Union
195
Tacob Hiltzheimer,
B. R. Morgan.
Chejler County.
Dr. Jones. 210
G. Wynkoop,
W. Rodman.
have made a proper impression on the minds of
the Indian Nations in general, agreeable to the
trite observation—a thing well done, is twice done.
If a peace is patched up now, government will
soon have to begin the business dc novo; or the
poor Icattered citizens in these parts will once
more have to wade through a sea of blood.
" A few particulars refpeifting this country
may not be uninteresting loyou :
" Washington is thecounry town for iliecoun
ty of Mason, and is the second in point of popu
lation in Kentucky.
" The county of Hamilton lies between the
two Miami Rivers. J nit below the mouth of the
Little Miami is a garrison called Fort Miami—
Ac a small diflauce below this garrison is the town
ot Columbia—About lix miles from Columbia, is
the town of Cincinnati, which is the county town
of the county of Hamilton—and here is erected
Fort-Wajhington, the Head Quarters of the Fede
ral Army. This fort is plealantly fltuated on the
banks of the Ohio, oppoiite the mouth of Lick
ing River. Seven miles below this is a fettle
mem of 18 or 20 families, called South Bend—
about seven miles from this, also on the Ohio, is
the city of Miami, founded by the Hon. John.
Cleves Synimes—l2 miles up the Great Miami is
the settlement called Dunlap's Station—and 12
miles up the Little Miami is a settlement called
Cavault's Station. The numbers of militia in
these places, according to the best accounts I have
received, are, at Columbia, 200 —Cincinnati, I JO
—South Bend, 20 —city of Miami, 80—Dunlap's,
15 —and at Cavault's, 20-
"We have now had three expeditions from
Cenrucky against the Indians— the firft and latt
ippear to have been happily executed on every
account—and notwithitanding the men were all
mounted, they did not fuflain any loss of confe
quencc, even in horses. The Generals in both
these expeditions appear to have been much
pleased with their men, and the men with their
commanders. The second expedition turned out
entirely unproductive, it was against a town,
which had been abandoned many months before
the arrival of the troops —and not being strong
enough to pufli forward to St. Duflcy; they re
turned."
DIED—At Haverhill, (Massachusetts) the Hon. Nathaniel
Pease ly Sergeant, lifq. Chief-luitice of the Supreme Judi
cial Court of that State.
At Newark, the 7th inft. Dr. William Burnet, late
firft Judge ot the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of J£f
fex, in the 61ft year h\s a<je.
ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
Ship Pigou, Loxley, London,
Grange, Manlovc, Liverpool,
Brig Harmony, Rogers, l'ort-au-Prince,
—-— Pere dc Famille, Lambert, Marfeillcs,
Mary, Cor win, Oporto,
Minerva, Morgan, Jamaica,
—— George, Hubble, Bilboa,
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FUNDED DEBT..
6 pr. Cents 20[6 20/8 pr. /
3 pr. Cents 11/3 n/4
Dcfered 6 pr. Cents 12J6
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Final Settl. and other Certificates 16/8 ryj 85 do.
Indents do.
Bank Subscriptions, 140 Dollars.
Average price of Scrips in New-York this week, from 140 to 144
dollars, cafk —Six per Cents, 20/10—-Three per Cents, 11J10 —De-
ferreds, 12/io.
*** A continuation of the French Conflitution in our next.
Er rat u m—For Surgeon-General ojthe State »f New-York, in the
firjl column of our lajl, read " Surveyor-General."
TO BE SOLD,
And pofleflion given immediately,
That pleasantly situated Farm
Whereon the fubfctiber now lives.
IT lies on the road from Princeton to Brunfwick, about a mile
and a half from the former. It contains 213 acres, whereof
47 are woodland, upwards of 30 meadow, and 20 more maybe
made. Also a young orchard of 200 apple trees, besides a variety
of peach and cherry trees, and a large garden ; the whole under
good fence. There are on the premises a twoftory stone house
and kitchen, with an elegant piazza, the whole pair.ted and
finifhed. Also, a smoke-house, work-shop, granary, waggou
houfe; barrack cow-houses, two (lories high and 90 feet long, and
a good barn, with stabling. From the buildings there are charm
ing views of Princeton, the neighbouring farms, and Monmouth
hills. Any person inclining to purchase, may know the terms by
applying to the fubferiber on the premises, or to Isaac Sno wd en,
No. 141, South Second-fttcet, Philadelphia.
Princeton, October 10, 1791
Holy Bible.—Royal Quarto.
MR. THOMAS, of Worcester, Massachusetts, mod refpeft
fully informs the public, that he has this day completed the
Old and New Testaments of his Royal Quarco Eduion of the
HOLY BIBLE. The Apocrypha and Index, &c. will be finifh
ed with all the dispatch the nature of the work will admit.
Such Gentlemen as hold Subscription Paters, he begs will
return them to him at Worcejlcr % or to him and Company at Bojlon,
by the la A day of November next, and as much sooner as they con
veniently can.
He is happy to inform the public, that the work has been exa
mined by many gentlemen, clergymen and others, and has" met
with their highest approbation; both os to the execution of the
printing, its corre&nefs, and its cheapnets compared with English
copies of the fame size and quality.
As this very laborious and exceedingly expensive undertaking,
is carricd on solely at his own cost, he it led to hope that all those
who wifn to poflefs a large Family Bible, will so far encourage this
laudable undertaking of their countryman, as to add their names
to the fubfeription.
V. r crceJler,Scpt. 29, 1791
ceat.
57 d °-
62J do.
ISAAC SNOWDEN, Junior.
[ep2tnj
ISAIAH THOMAS.