i'biladdpbia, -jtb Sept. 1799. MR. Fehwo, committee o< correfpondenee for Waffling ton' county, coyering a certificate from 1 number ot the most refptftable gfntlemc ROSS of Pittsburgh's atta-:hmtnt to tht Christian Religion, in contra idion to z industriously circulated, by the friends te Mr. M Kean's ele&ion, '« that Mr. Rofs is ail Atheiil, a Deifl," Ice. I have known Mr. Ro(« from his youth, ani his father and friends of York connty, where he was born, and a more religious and pirtoous fa wily is not io he praduc-d. in my long acquaintance with him, I have never h«ard an irreligious or indelicate expression frr m him, and believe him to be a moral, wife and virtuous citizen, a good Christian, and well qualified to fill the important office of Go vernor. LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH. 1 .-v- Washington, August 28, 1799. Si*, THE committee in this county for pro moting the election of Mr. Rcfs, have learnt ■where Mr. Rofs is less known than here, cur rency is given by the enemies to his eleftion, (the fame confaientious men who fupportea the eleftion of Mr. Jefferfon,). to a report, that Mr. Rofs is a Deist. '1 o prevent the e fit ft of this report, one of the committee in this town, where Mr. Rofs lived more thns ten years, and until •bout five year* ago, applied to such elders and- other persons, not«d for their piety and regard for religion, as hav? known Mr. Rofs during the whole ps this time, andas cafily eoufd be applied to, and they chearfully ngn cd the enclosed certificate. It regretted that the abfenct.* of the Rev. John M'Millau, (who is the miniOer rceareft to this place, is intimately and has been about twenty years •well acquainted with Mr. Rofs, and in zeal eus fftr his eleftion,) and of the other Pres byterian ministers in this neighbourhood, ■who are now fitting in Prrfoytery, more than Cxty miles from this town, prevented, the obtaining of their contradiftion to this falfe and malicious report. But it was not tho't prudent for the fake of this, to fuflfer tk; leport to gain force, by the delay of another week's port : especially as thrfe who have signed, are distinguished characters, for go-->d sense, honesty and piety, and refpe&abk for their stations in society. Mr. Allifon is judge of this county, Mr. Swearenger, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Ritchie are justices of the peace, and the last has been a member of as sembly. Mr. Cott n and Mr. Brice, are county commissi oners, and the last has been a member of assembly. Mr. Cunningham is a substantial merchant and Mr. Mercer a Fubftantial farmer. "lTufe gentlemefi being all in town at the time, -were readily applied to, and you may be aflured, that the certifi cate of any one of them, is fufficient to out- weigh t(ie report. Many more names coiild "have bem obtained, but to seek numbeis was thought to b« giving t&o much refpett to the {lander, and a fele&ion of a few unqueftjon able fharafters was thought best. Th<'prefepce of the Rev. John Smith, of Cannonlburgh, a learned and refpeftable Se ceder tninifter, who, about three years ago, removed to this country from OAorara, in f-ancafter county, enabled us to procure his certificate also, and upon this we are content to reft the charafter »t Mr. Rofs and of qur felvcr. We could with ss much ease have obtain ed as positive a denial of all the nthif vti |i cious reports lately propagated again ft Mr. Hofs, and we do pledge ourfclves that they are fhlfe. But we thought it not of confe quente to do so, as they ire, we trufl, ge nerally known to be falie; and as such re ports from unprincipled and defining nen are ufßally expefled on filch ocetrfiorvs. But there are so few nmns of afeertaining the credit due to a report of infidelity and a re fpe John Newbold J f /> Alexander Cunnii gham. AL?-IS-HOU3£, ' September l itb 5799. Gentlemen, YOU being returned to frrve as Guard ians of the poor, are required to attend it the City Court House in Cltefnut Street, on the 25th instant, a: ten o'ebek in the morning, or at such other pl.ice where the Mayor -may please appoint. IX THE HOOM OF Henry Molicrt J- . Jesse Williamson J William Clifton, David Evans - [ S,, fr Capt. jobn Carson C ~ William Bvrn-idc J - CHARLES SWIFT, Board of Manages. Ship Broker's Office, And CammiJJton Stare, No. U9, South front Strf»t, Next d«*r to the Cuftow House. THE Suhfcriber, encouraged oy the advice of his friends, offes his service to the public as a Ship *nd Insurance Broksr. He pro(T>f es to buy and fell veflels aad every thing relat ing thereto—iflift matters of veflets and oiht-rs in entering and clearlMj; at the Cuflom-Houfe, procViing and Slipping freight, fettling lui'ur ance and all othex mercantile\ accounts, and have on hand the Blanks and Stamps. Papers in foreign I angMOges translated, ami in formation given in general mercantile n>atters. —From a knowledge pained by long experience of every branch of bulinels he hopes to be ufe f'ul to thole who please to fivor him with their commands. SAMUEL EMERY. wovemVer i« WHEREAS, VM attachment was lately iflued out of the in- PR- fenor coart of common pleas of the c«unty if EiTex, in the (late of New Jersey. dire&cd to the (heriff of the said couney, againfl the rights, credits, monies and cffeils, goodi and chattels, lands ind tenements of Jtb* Glrvct Sympiet at the fait of William Wells, in a plea of trespass on the his damage three thousand dollars;— And "whereat, the said (herifF did, at the term of June last pal), return to the laid court that he had attached the defendant by a certain bond given by Matthias Denm'aa and Samuel Meeker to the said defendant, to the amount of near two thousand dsllars, and also by sixty land warrants ; N»v> iktreforc, xnlefs rise said John Cleves Symmes (hall appear,give special bail, and receive a declaration at the foit of the plaintiff, judgment will be entered againll him, and his property herein attached, will be fold agreeably to the (lutute in such cafe made and prov : dcd. Aaron Ogden, Clerky&c* ifor dsn FRANCE. .1-.,' COUNCIL 01 Hmtm r r\ • • * ; h . *\ 'y r i ' I-. . „ . > - i" ,-r The rtikuflion refpe&ing tbe Forced Loan was resumed. Poulain Gratidpre stated that the princi ple of the law imposing this Loan was, that it (hould be levied upon tbofe iu eafv circum ftanees—that it (liquid be progrcfljve and fnbjeft to repayment. The Committee, thus circumferibed in its limits, had examined the fubjefl. A Loan like that o/ the year 4 would give lofc to the molt odious discretion in the al lotment of the quantum, and it was neces sary therefore to thipk of some other mode. The committee was qf opinion that the bases of the fourth existing contribu'ions {hould be adopted—on the Landed, the Moveable, tbe Sumptuary, and the Per sonal. Doche Del'fleoppofed these bases. He tho't it would be better to afiume other ba ses i. Population ;2. The numW of contributors to the land tax who have above 1500 1 vres' a vear; 3. The number of contributors to that on Moveables who'pay than 20 livres: 4. The contri' utors to the Sumptuary tax ; 5. The contractors ; 6. Thole who have licences of ike highest rank for carrying tm business. Genifiieux thought the tax (hould fall only on the JO.OOO richeti citizens, to be divided into fix clalTes. The 'firft to pay front five to fix hundred livres progrtffivtly. The hig ell class not t<> exceed 10,600 li vre». The relations of Emigrant* in every cafe 19 pay d juble. Poulain Grandpre eompained that Gen iffieux, though a member of the Committee on the Bill had cot mentioned this plan. Pie contcn Jed that this plan Would fall more severely on the poor than that of the Com mittee. Geniffieux's plan was refnred to the Committee. The DireQorv sent a mefftge with the aafwer of Lagarde, to the charges again ft him in the meflage of the Council* ef the 9th. 3 - • T 15. Tbr council formed itfelf into a general committee, after which the fitting was made public. Tie reporter from the coirmittee read a d.n.mciation against the Ex Dire&ors Merlin, Treilhard, Revrbell, and Revelliere. They are accutal of having violated the so vereignty of the people, of having endeavored to overthrow the republic, and of having connived at peculation. The council sus tained the denunciation, and agreeable to the m and following articles of the cocftitu,- tion, read the bill a brft t'uiic. Poulain Grsndpre, iu .tlje name ef the couiniittq-e of/iiwnce, stated, that the com mittee,, after hearing and difcufiing a Bum- Ivr of plans, h»d adhered to their own with alterations.'' ' lit. The la?id and moveable taxes are to be ta,ken togethefj in apportioning the lhare of the individual who pays tbefe taxes.' 2. Persons with a for (uric notoribufly otit proportion tc' theif contributions to be rated by a jury of nfrie 'members himed by the cen tral sduiiniftratioH. 3. Persons accused of emigration, persons of provifionaHyerAfi'd from'the lift* the defen dants and the relations lr. the r-fcending scale of emigrants-, ire* "to be rated tripk tiiafe of the tahie ' 4- The Ex v < ;.u!c» fuhjcct to, .hi laws of ift-'. n'.aire, ■— jo Fruft'4° r « Jttr J rit.ili prcc campaigns* 1 he council p.iflWd to the order of the day. Ihe council adopted all the articles up to the progressive rites. The farther consideration was adjourned. Francois de N.intes llatcd that there could be no doubt that treachery was at the bottom of the furrcnder of the fortrefles in Piedmont; the garnfon of Turin, ryturnrd on parole to the department «■! l'ltere, had furniflied proofs of the faft. A battallion had depot* d before the municipality ot Bour goin that they had been supplied with balls, some of which were not of the calibre' others were of wood covered with a piece ot tin. The bottom of the cartridge was filled wi tii sand. Francois ftiewed the council one o! the balls which had been lent him by the municipality of Bourgoin. Referred to the Direftory and the committee of five. Eft. July 17. Duheim pr»pofed th.it as the deputies had given up part of their salary, the committee to whom the fuhjeft had been referred were of opinion that other funftionaries Ihouldbe liable to similar dedu£lious with t£ie excep tion of such Cilaries as. were very small. A report to this.efTe£t was made by Lacrer. The ceuncil, after a report on a message of the Diredory, gave a new credit to the' Minister at war and of the marine, of 20 millions on the'l 25 millions of national ef fetts fubmittrd to sale by the law of 26 Ven demaire. The difcaffiori of the forced loan was re lumed and the firll article adopted yesterday. with refpeft to combining the landed and movca&le contributions. on fixing the rate, was 'repealed. Several amendments were made. July 18. The diffcuflion of the forced loan was re sumed, and a number of amendments were adopted in the rate of contribution for sump tuary articles. Instead of (en tim.-s the amount of the tax for a man fervaut, it was fixed at five iivres, and so it proportion for carriages. • July 19. Talot, on a motion of order—When I communicated to yO>j my; fears refpe&ing the reports wer; in circulation, of the intended cftal lifhtnent of a convention, i little thought that Rftyal'.fim, ?ver on tl e watch, Would make a katxilr of my fpecch to promote rraiftion. Venal Journals have loaded me with praises, which I difdaiin, wliile they overwhelmed with caiyin;;ies rrja «y of my colleagues, as well as a patriotic society in the Thuilleries. These.vile tools would prevent the assembling of the pittiots because they dread their vigilance. Repub licans, let us be more than ever united—let us extinguish all private animosities—let us form an impenetrable barrier round the con- Oitutioß of the yrar 3 ; and the great desti nies of the Republic will be completed in the happinefsof the proule. us cull to mind the rcadtion which followed the 9th Ther midore, (Jnlv 2;), and tremble at that which now cxifts in the departniegts of the Weft and South.—He concluded with mov ing, that a committee of 5 five members (hould be appointed to prelent or organise liws refpefting political meetings.—Agreed to. ■..Bertrmd of Calvados, on * moti«n of or der—Royalifra, laid he, endeavours to ?vai)itfelf of the Lfl proceedings, by ipread ing in the department! runjrlirs of the remo vi) of the reign of terror, and that the 10th Thermidoris not to-be celebrated. When the most auCurd tyranny weighed down France—when the republicans were iinpri foned ; when the armies were left destitute of every thing-; when the dilapidates de voured th« fubrtance of the people, the alifts never talked of the fydem of terror. He propoled, that a?r -jable to the law of i Brumaire-the -loth of x fieririidor (faft of Ro berfpiere) fliould be celebrated in the usual place of Uttin"'. Agreed to. The forced loan wis again taken into consideration ; Several provisions were adapt ed for rendering effl-ftual tlte colledlion of the loan.—Adjourned tin difcufiion. Qinrot waschofen Prrfjdent, LONDON, Jvur 4. ASSASINATION AT 3ENVRES. We now lay before our rea'ers a detailed tccount of this horrid tranfaflion, which was (hortly noticed in the Times of Tues day. Revenge for being forced to regfia the Mofnud appears to have prompted Vi zier Ally to this sanguinary massacre. Vwier Ally had refidtd at Benares from the time he was compelled, in coufequence «f the impropriety of his conduit, to re sign the Mufrud in favour of Sadut Ally, the present Nabob Vizier of Onde. It was lately deemed expedient to change the place of this H ghnefs's residence (rum Benar-s to Calcutta , a measure he ftron «'y deprecated, and eameftly endeavored to prevent, The orders to government were transmitted through Mr. Cherry, and the time had nearly approached for his removal. On the morning of the 14th of Jauuary Vixitr Ally w.-nt with a larger train of at tendants than usual, all armtd. Two of Mr. Cherry's Hi carraht gave him notice of tb 19, and fi.nified their lufpcious of hit hostile dtfigm. Asfoonasthcy were fea red, Vizier Ally Iked Mr Cherry, whe ther it was his determination to ferd him to Calcutta? To which the latter replied, that it was noa&ofhis; that if he had any objec tions he would write to the Governor, and ne might remain ti I the answer arrived. Hethen begvi to complain of all the inju ries he and his father had received, and to "Ufult him by laying hold of his coat; on 1 which Mr. Cherry puftied him off with hi« arm, when he immediately made' a cut at him with his fabrc, but not wounding him mueh, Mr. Cherry ran out into his garden. Some borfroien pursuing him, he then made towards the door, when Walas Ali, Trut Ali, and others, came up, and cut him down, and biui in a (hocking maoaer. Mr. Evans ran out, but wai pursued, ftet tiftf, and afterwards cut with their fabrei most inhumanly ; it is remarkable, that al tho the ruffians Mr. Cherry'g house of many valuable «?ffe6ts, the things immediately about his person remained un touched ; the diamond ring on his finder, and the watch in his pocket, were found and feeured by his fei vant, after the retreat of the aflaflias. Captain Conway was not in the house when the scene of bleod commenced; he was approaching on horfebaik, when hi* horse was (hot, and off course fell an easy prey. The bodien if all three were mifera. blv mangled ; one of poor Cherry's hands were entirely cut off. _ Mr. and Mrs. Davis had rode out on an elepha t in the morning, and on their re. turn p ■ ifrd unmoleftcd thro, a nu r eroas train of armed men belonging to Vizier Ally ; but on their arrival at home, the Cu'wal come to Mr. Davis, and communu ca ted his apprehensions. From Mr. Cherry's house the murderers proceeded to Mr Davis's and me ting Mr. Robert Graham. Killed him. Mr. Davis, had but just time to get Mrs. Davis, the children and servant*, on the top 0 f the house, when the ffaflius approached. Mr. Dayis, fortunately had a long Ipear with him, which he defended the pafTage to the top of the house for nearly an hour and a half. Thus baffled, they plundered the honfe of every valuable, plate, lintn, witches, arm , &c. destroying all the glaffcs and wall {hades, the blanches of whiqh they pulled do»n, fupp 'iini; them to be silver ; they killed ; tid wounded many of the sepoys and servants, and taking away the ele phants, horses and rattle, retired, as it woold appear, to colleft a greater force ; but be tore they reiurned, the cavalry from camp arrived, which kept them at bay till the troopPjf the line, with four guns, difpetfed [ them, but not till fevcral Ihov had" bfeu fired from the fix pouiidris they however w.>un> ded many of the troaps before they got to M-idadolT.'s gard.n, from wher.ee a fairt Jiririg of matchlocks was kept up, as well as from foil e small guns. w\i h they had thatmorning plundered Mr.Darell's bbat of. O * the firlt alarm, mofl ot the gentlemen mounted their horses and rode to the camp. One of Mrs. Davis's women was (hot thro the arm on the top of the ho'uie. An Euro pean, named Hill, was terribly wounded though ft.II alive. Mr. M'Donald, the pi. per, lr.ade his escape, Pachaufe Moocbin'j Bunufalow, and all the bu ldings were com pletely burnt and destroyed. An attar k was made on the T tea fury, and an elephant of Shololl Dobeh's, with 13 or zo,ooo rupees, was taken at the bridge, as they were going to Mr. Cherry's. lo the attack of our cavalry, Lieutenant Brown, of the 2d battalion, 4th regiment, was slightly wounded ; 3 artillery invalids t feTertfly wounded ; t'Seapoy killed, and vj or 18 wounded', fame since dead. Vizier Ally was seen on the road to Aziuigurfc. Twenty of His elephants were lieaed, and brought into Benares. His wife and jo women were found in the house. Some ac counts fay he was going to the ReM Joger nath Ting, who for two or three years has kept the i'lftiifls in'that neighborhood under alarm by liis predatory exc*rfiqns. Others think he was going to the Rajah of Butrpul. All Europeans were colle&ed at Mr. Da vK's lioufe, and 30 troops encamped close t» the flop. The news of this tranfa&ion reached Luck' now on the 17th January, when his high ness the Nawab, ordered the troops atCawn pore, tomarch to Lucknow. Hishighnefsalfo cfTer-d a rewafd of 50,00# rupres for the ap« prehension of the Vizier Ally. This wtij be a considerable temptation poor Ra jahs in the hills, or to some of the needy train of adventures who have accompanied the aQjifnn in his flight. — © . • . - Advices of the 4th of February (bj#e, that the lute accounts of the aOaffin AHf left him profccuting iiis journey, w iupijll. Letters from Benares, of recent date, ,