most inveterate enemies. His Britan
nic Majesty has employed his forces,
both by sea and laed, to deliver you
from a most odious and tyrannical yoke,
and we have been prodigal of our lives,
in order to break the sword that is raif
«d to spill your blood. Which is most
entitled to your regard and attachment
—the government! which has delivered
and protects you—or that which only
fecks to conquer, in order to ruin and
to facnfice you under the axe of the ex
ecutioner ? ,
We now declare to you our intenti
on —we promise to all the inhabitants,
who faithful to their oath, (hall unite
themfelvis to our army, that they (hall
enjoy all the fueeoiu and protection that
they have a tight to expedt from'a king,
who has ft retch\l out his beneficent arm
to iave them from oppression ; —We
declare to all thole whp have joined oUr
enemies, (and who cannot alledge' that
they have been Surprized, since expert
. ence ought to have convinced them how
deceitful are the promises of the con
vent/on) that they (hall fuffer with their
families and their property ail the ri
gours of war.
Lt-fliy, we announce to all the Chiefs
and Officers of the French army, that
they lhall be personally responsible for
their transactions, and every injury they
may do in the town of Point a Petre,
or to the veficls.
Given on board his majesty's ship
Bovne, the 13th June, 1794.
CHARLES GREY, General.
JOHN JERVIS, Vice Admiral. j
By their Excellency's command,
GERRIT FISHER, 1 „
GEORGE PURVIS, j i>ecrctaneß .
SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance J
entitled an ordinance for the appoint- I
merit of a High Corflable for the City
of Philadelphia, aud fur ascertaining j
his duty and pay.
WHEREAS an ordinance ent£
titled " an ordinance for the ;
appoiutmn-.t of a High Con liable for
the city of Philadelphia, and for afcer
frining his duty and pay," passed on
the fourteenth day of September, in
the year of our Lord one thousand fe
v:n hundred a id eighty nine, has been •
found not fully to anfiver the good pur
poses intended thereby, and it is of
much importance to the police And
gond government of. the city, that the
ordinances and regulations adopted to <
promote the welfare of the said city '
P' >uid be carried into elicit, and their '
due execution ftrietly enforced, Be it 1
ordained and enaCVrd in the Mayer, \
Aldermen, and citizens of Philadelphia ' t
in common council afTembled, and by |
the authority of the fame, that from j
and after the palling of this supplement, I
there (hall and may be appointed two ;
persons by the name of High Confta- 1
bles of the city of Philadelphia, each :
of whom (hall carry and bear in his ,
hand a short ftaff or mace, to be made c
at the expence of the city, to diftin- j i
guifli him in Hie execution of his of, > 1
sice, and lh\". hare and exercise all and 1
everv the powers and authorities en- 1
truited and given to the officer appoint- j f
ed by the ordinance to which this is a ! ,
fuppkment. And it is hereby enjoin- < c
ed as the duty of each of the said high '
eon'tahles, to comply with all and fin- <
gular the requisitions mentioned and
(' retted by the ordinance to which
this is a supplement.
And whereas the faithful discharge !
fir the neglr-t of the d ities of the said 1
high constables ought at all times to be
U'ider the immediate obCervance of the
Mayor of the city, to whom, as the
chief executive officer of the city, it
fpecinlly appertains to exadt a drift"
compliance with the fevera] orders and
regulations for preserving the police
and £ood order of the said city, and it
may he expedient, in c...eos the neg
lect or inattention of either of the said
high constables, immediately to remove
him from his office, and appoint ano
ther in his (lead.
Be it ordained and enacted by the
authority aforefaid, that from and after
the palling of this supplement, it (hall
and may be lawful for the mayor year
ly <»nd every year, between the tweuty
1' i'd day of June and the firft day of
Angufi, to appoint two discreet and
P'oper persons to p'erfcrm the office of
High Constables of the city of Phila- I
t'elphia, and if at any time the said
Mayor (hould fee good and rcalonablr
cnufe to remove either or both of the
said high con (tables, it (hall and may I
be lawful tor the £iid mayor to fufpenc ,
or remove cither or both of the said '
high constables, aud others to appoint 1
in their mom, as frequent and often as
occasion may require.
And it is hereby further ordaincc 5
rnafted by the authority aforefaid, i
♦ hit 1 ach of the said high constables f
lhall be entitled to hare and receive the t
yearly film of two hundred dollars, to
be paid to them refpe&ively in quarter
ly payments, by orders drawn by the
mayor upon the treasurer of the cor
poration, which the treasurer is hereby
authorized to pay, and charge the fame
in his account.
And be it further enacted, that this
supplement (hall continue in force for
the term of two years from the time
of palling hereof, and no longer.
MATT. CLARKSON,
Mayor.
Enabled into an Ordinance, at Philadel
phia, this i-wcnty-Jirfl day of July
Anno Domini, 1794.
ROBERT HENRY DUNKIN,
Clerk to the Corporation.
EXTRACT.
The White-washing, or White pmntir.g
of HttuJ'es,
contributes as much to their coolness, as
a white hat contributes to the coolness
of a man's head* The roofs, as well as
the fides, fliould be painted or waflied
white, thought it would at firft appear
singular. Slate coloured roofs and red
roofs, being darkel- than white, abiorb
or take in more of the rays of the fun,
and of courie make the garrets and lofts
hotter. Tiiefe, once, heated, warm the
lower apartments, efpeeially at night,
when the doors and windows are shut.
If it be doubted whether black occaii
ons more heat under or within it, than
white, let twd pieces, of cloth, of the
lize of a dollar, one black and the other
white, belaid 011 the snow in a winter's
day, when there is a kind fun. The
black piece will fink itielr into a little
i bed, of its own size and fhnpfc, by the
} Force of the heat which it abfoibs, hut
| the white will scarce make an imprefii
i on on the snow.
| What then must be the quantity of
j heat which a black or dark In-own, or
! dark red roof must abfeorb from the
, long and warm sun-shine of an August
day, and how gieat a quantity of frc
kening and diltrefTing heat mult a w'uitc
painted or a white wadied house and
roof repel from its protected inhabit
ants ?
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, July SI.
We hear an express arrived here Jaft ev
ening from Halifax via Boftfm, to Sir John
Temple, Svith '.he particulars of die aftioiY
in the British channel, betjveen the Englilh ]
and French fleets ; which (late, that the j
lintrlifh were fail or" the line, thcF.ench
15 only; that 6 fail of the French were des
troyed, and 3 of the English ; and that
both fleets had returned to their reljjedtive
ports to refit.
AUGUSTA, June 19.
Beverly Allen, who made his escape
from the gaol in this town.', in February last
where he had been confined for the murder
of Major Robert Forlyth, was taken on
Sunday last at the house of his brother
William Allen, in Elbert county. A par
ty of thirty men headed by William Bar
nett, Esq. surrounded the house, and w ere
obliged to set fire to it befcre Allen would
surrender. ft is expedted this all.accom
piifhed villain will be brought here in the
courie of the week, when he wi 1 no doubt
receive that punifhmcnt due to his many
enormous crimes.
NEW-BEDFOKD, July 14.
Arrived at Nanjucket, ship Lydia,
Zenas Coffin, from Brazil—ship Can
ton, Jonathan Barney, from Brazil-
| 'at. 30, fp ike the Englifn frigate Scor
pion, capt. Wilton, who used him ve
ry politely.
Capt. Alpheus Coffin, arrived at
N mtucket. June Bth, in lat. 30. 5.
N- long. 66. W. spoke brig Industry,
of Salem, 1 1 days frofa Charleftoo,
hbenczer Slocum, malter, bound for
lobago.
bailed, (hip R.ebecca, capt. Gard
ner, on a Brazil whale voyage.
BOSTON, July 17.
COMMENCEMENT.
efterday, was celebrated the anni
verlary of Commencement at Cambridge
University, with the greatelt degree of
harmvny.o'and good order. His Excel
lency the Governor, his Honor the
Lieutenant-Governor, several members
r.f the Council, Senate, &c. and a num
ber of private gentlemen in carriages,
arrived about 9 o'clock at Harvard-Hall'
and weie received by the Fellows of the
Corporation, Profedors and Tutors,
and conducted to the Philosophy-Room]
v-here the Boatd of Overseers were con
vened, the necessary business, previous
o the solemnities of the day, being
ere transacted, at eleven o'clock they
i-ent in the usual procession to the Meet
ing-Honfe which was soon completely
filled by a numerous and brilliant afTem
blage of ladies and gentlemen from this 1
nnd the neighboring towns. The Rev. '
President inwoduciti iik- perform .aces r
by prayer. ]
! After tlieG; weie conclude ', tlie uiu- c
al Degrees we're conferred On a uamber i
of Candidates.
c
From the Indtpcndcrii Chronicle. c
ANECDOTE. 1
1 " A non-comroiffioned officer of a
British poll, in Vermont, lately desert- j
ed, with his guard—leaving on the door
of the stockade, the following liytice—. 1
" This house to let." £ cent'inei..] )
OBSERVATION. e
What country ever submitted to the '
establishment of a foreign post within 0
its territory, hefg th-' lightpf territo- r
ry was, beyond dispute, acknowledged T
by all parties? Unlets by mutual trea
ty of alliance, or by conqupft. lithe '
anecdote is true, as Americans we c
ought to bhifh to acknowledge it to
the world! The fame sensations are 2
excited, by the communication be- c
tween the Secretary of Stale, and the 1
British Miniltei, where Mr. Randolph r
expresses this idea, " any further ag- '
greffions in our territory is inadmiffi- 1
ble." '
The term further should have been
inadmi/fible.
From the Hudson Gazettefc. '
Mr. Stoddard, (
I picked up yeilerday in the flieet c
——a fragment of manuscript worn t
and foiled ; it appears to be part of a j
dialogue not altogether uninteresting,
1 have b?low tranferibed. the legible
part of it, and hope you'll give it a
place in the Hudson Gazette. 1
Addressed to Stockholders and Demo
crate.
TRUE, replied Mr. W«rd, I be"
lieve.it.a profitable inftitutioii, b;caufe
I begin to find it so, not becarufe [ fair
ly, understand your technical haran me in
favor of it, for tho' I have been a flock
holder this some time ! have but con
fufed ideas of some parts of this bank- 2
ing hufjuefs, and thii seems the cafe
with many of us, tho' the contrary be-
hoves us for our own fafety. Suppose
we fhoiild afl'ociate for information on *
this fohjedt, and thus spend one of
these long evenings in every week ; col-
h-ft the belt authors 011 banks, and ac- J
quire the necefTiry knowledge of our
own, and also invefligate the plans of '
other institutions of this kind, it will
tend to union and fociahility, as well as. *"
inftrudtion, while we make our free re-,
marks 011 their various excellencies and
imperfection*.
Beware of that ! tried Mr. Cbtlrt- '
ley, what would our worthy President,
Directory Cafkier and Clerks think of
this ? It i 6 their business to pry for us
into these matters, and what grounds
have we to fufpefct them ? or why will
men thro' mere jealousy soar beyond
their sphere ? have we not the right by
free fuffrage to eledt. bank officers fkil
ful and wife ? and is not their interest |
embarked with ours, their own benefit j
will therefore secure our advantage. I
Between you and me, lam mention- E
ed, at this days eledtion, as a candidate _
for our Presidency, and if it is the wish
of the stockholders I will not refufethe
arduous ta/k of serving them with fideli
ty, as 1 have long been versed in the bu
-finefs ; but, I alfure you, the study of
it is profound and intricate, and there- _
fore improper for the bulk of mankind.
Pray, Mr. Ward, have you not read rr
the many pieces lately published againlt 1
the Democratic Societies, I would beg .
your attention to them, whatever in
them is urged against associations for
political investigation may, by a parity
of reasoning, exactly apply to our pre
sent fubjeit.
True, again, replied Mr. Ward, the ti
limilitude is indeed very striking, free, ti
equal government, and all its blessings, 01
are the bank, every citizen is.a flock- j F
holder, Constitutions and laws, in the !of
one, affedt the holders exactly as in the | g
other. i fl ;
j oi
From the New-York Magazine for fune. ''''
J [n;
Letter from Mr. Klopjlock to the Natl- 1 j
onal Convention of France.
[From '* The hite Picture qf- Paris."]] if
i he National Afiembly of France hav- '
ing cohferred the title of French Ci- • [!.
tizen upon certain celebrated foreign- ( i,
ers, and among others upon Klop-
flock, the famous German bard, au- ...
thor of the Messiah, &c. the follow
ing letter was sent by him to the r .
National Convention.
• f ORS of the French em d«
pire . 1 fend you back with horror 1:
tho.e tit.es of which I was so proud, c
while it was possible for me to suppose th
t.iat they united me to a focicty of Bro- m
tners, and of the frier,ds of human kind. T
The illusion, alas! is too quickly va
niflied ; and the most a Sifting reality
lirfs come to put an end to a deceitful
dreffm. How flattering to my tondelt
hopes was the fancied caw a of liberty,
which 1 thought I saw rising from the
distant banks of the Seine, and thence
diffufing that benignant light which was
to illuminate all Europe !
Whv have you deceived me-? Were
your rights of man then only a snare to
catch vour own countrymen, that you
might more effectually aflhfiinate them ?
Know that the excefles of your barba
rity and of your crimes have placcd an
eternal barrier between .you and the
bards of happy Germany. The tragic
adventures that (lain your bloody annals
are related to the,m, arid they (hrink
<vith tenor from the frightful narrative.
Th re is nothing now in common be-i
tween you and us; you have rent afun
der forever the lait bonds that united us.
I pity tltofe who call themselves citi
zens, and who (hed torrents of the blood
of citizens. O ! enormity of guilt !
When they have spilt blood, they dance
round their victim : they view his ago- |
nies with a dry and unconcerned eye :
they bring their ear closer to him to
catch with rapture his last groan!
Frenchmen ! 1 turn away with af
fright from that impious troop who are
themselves guilty of aflaffination, when
they quietly fuffer so many murders to
be committed before their faces ! 1 fly
with screams of terror from that exe
c-able tribunal, which not only aims a
dfath-blow at the vidtim, but at the
people's right to reprieve and topaidon !
ADDRESS
Fof the benefit intended in aid to the
establishment of a fund for the sup
port of those wffom age or infirmi
ties may oblige to retire from the
stage—written by Mr, Harwood.
WHEN peace rcvifited this happy
shore,
And war's loud clarion rent the air no
more,
When plenty from her cornucopia
pour'd
Her golden produce on the feftive
board,
Science reviv'd, and in her polilh'd train,
Ihe muses of the drama held their
reign—
Shelter'd by you, who ceaseless seek to
give,
Content, theii happy, grateful votaries
live.
This night a solemn care employs
our ait,
To shelter age, to blunt misfortune's
dart,
When feebly creeps the current thro'
the vein,
And the flow, tott'ring step proclaims
life's wane,
To cheer as yet me little while he stays,
And gild the vet'ran's few remaining
drys,
Ere yet the fires of genius faintly sneak,
Or the quick hectic spreads the fur
row'd cheek,
Ere yet the beaming eye is languid
grown,
Or dimm'd with tears for furrows all
its own—'
This done, the cheering finile of for
mer days,
The loud, relounding (>eal of joyous
praise,
By Fancy's magic rife again to view,
The faded senses all their bliss rene*v,
The cordial thought is round his heart
entwin'd,
And his last breath in grateful pray'r
reftgn'd.
STOCKBRIDGE, July 15.
With pleasure we notice the publica
tions in late papers, relpefting the sen
timents of the great body of the people,
on the measures adopted by the
Federal Representatives of the freemen
of America, in the last session of Con
gress. The moment of insult to our
flag, and depredations on the commerce
of the United States, by British marau
ders, was eagerly occupied by mad a
narchists, to excite coniplaint against
the General Government, and abuse of
'the men who were ltriving to procure
us an honorable redress of injuries, and
if possible at the fame time preserve to
this country the inestimable blessings of
public peace and tranquility. In some
inftancestbe views of those who have en
deavored to delude, villify and misrepre
sent, have been crowned with a momen
tary success.
But it is afTcrted, that in many pla
ces where ferment has been excited, the
citizens, havia.g leifuie ta reflect, have
decidedly declared their approbation of
he system adopted by our rulers, and
cqw'efce, cheeifui'y, in the hope that
the Jionour, dignity and peace of A
merica, will yet go hand in hand
This, while, it mull encourage the real
friends of thecoontry invariably to pur
fuea line of conduct: maiked with wif
dcm, prudence and energy, will plant
j daggers in the hearts of apostate states
men, who are seeking to prelerve among
the people an appearance of patriotism,
while the real principles of it (which
they do not poficfs) confound their
plans, & render abortive th-ir intrigues
May the good sense of Ameri
cans triumph over dehifion—may they
never judge till cool deliberation has had
its full force—the result will assuredly
be a neglett of the bad, and a venerati
on for the good.—" Error is momenta
ry— truth eternal."
PHILADELPHIA.
Mr. Fen no,
I am dire&ed to contradifi the pur
port of a paragraph under the Rich
mond head of the loth instant, holding
up the idea that the Chickafaws are un
friendly to the United States. Nothing
can be more contrary to the real state of
the cafe. The letters of Governor
Blount to the Secretary of WaT, allud
ed to in the Richmond paragraph give
no such information.*
A party of the Chickafavvs, and
another of the Choftaws are 'now ac
ting with the army of Majoi General
Wayne. The strong friendship of Pia
mingo, & the Chiefs who are at present
in this city on a visit to the President
of the United States, has been evinced
by an invariable course of attachment.
Since the late war, no Chickafaw ever
killed a citizeri of the United States.
The paragraph would seem to have
been calculated to cause sortie imprudent
people to insult or injure the Chicka
faws on their return—such a circum
stance Would disgrace the perpetrators,
befidea rendering them liable to the
penalties of the laws, as the Chicka
faws are under the fafe guard and pro
tection of the United States.
JOHN STAGG, jun.
Chief Clerk.
War Department, July 23d. 1794.
* Since tht late no Ghickafaws
ever killed a citizen of the United. States.
A correspondent who was present last e-
Vening at M<*|[Vs. Varinot, & Co's Exhibi
tion of Fire works afliires the public, that
it exceeded the mnft fanciful idea that
could be formed of it. The artists not on
ly performed every thing'promifed, but in
a stile that no writ' en description can dp
jufticc. to & those who ir)?y have it in con
templation to visit thi.* Amphitheatre on a
ny future efceafion, may be aflfured that
they will not be disappointed.
From tht Mommy (,hraa<'' 1 - if —
April 26.
A new proof that inftirre&ions do
not always begin with the illiterate and
swinish multitude is, that the students
at Cracow were the very firit to join
the Polish chief Kofciufko, and ex
change the pen for the sword.
The Swedish arid Danish courts, pro
voked by the conduct of our ministers,
who have seized near 350 {hips of the
two nations, under pretence of pr«
venting supplies ftom being carried to
France, have at last fignified their de
termination to make reprisals, unless
we do them speedy juflice. As consi
derations of equity make so little im
prefiion upon us, they have resolved
jointly to fit out a fleet of sixteen ships
of the line and ten frigates.
The last accounts also from America
are of the molt angry nature, no less
than two or three hundred American
vedels have been seized by our cruixcrs
and privateers among the Windward
and Leeward Llands, independent of
those carried into Jamaica and the Ba
hama 1 (lands, upon principles noiu aban
doned by our miniflers, and independent
of those brought into our ports in Eu
■ rope. A thousandth part of the inju
ry done to these powers would have
been deemed fufficient to stimulate
Great Britain to declare war against the
aggressors ; but it seems that we ex
pect to insult every neutral power with
impunity. According to Admiral Sir
C. Saunders, it is the privilege of the
English to de no right and take ho wrong.
I OUT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED,
Crpt. Peedy of the Sh'p Betsey, in
48 days fom Bourdeaux, in lat. 40'17
'17 ' on £- 42 30 spoke the Ship John
from Philadelphia to Amlterdam out 19
days ;.ll well. He further adds, that
he was boarded off Barncgat by a boat
belonging to Admiral Murray'! fhip,the
Resolution of 74 guns, the Lieut, of
which informed C. R. that they tiad
taken about 22 or 26 (hips belonging
to the convoy.
vv as left on the i oth
July, along fide of the sloop Sally, one
barrel cf Linseed OIL, containing 27 gal
' jus ; no marks. The owner may have
it again by applying to Wiiiiam Paul. No.
north Front ftrest, paying charge
for the fame.
July Jl "at