From the P'ltjburgh Gaze tie. June 23d, 1794, Mr. Scull, PERUSING this morning a bundle of newfpapets sent me by a friend, my attention was pi ihcipally attracted by the refolutioas of the different Demo* oratio Societies—having leisure On my hands, I entered into a Coniideration of their proceedings, and Is fefolves are po .v in fafhirrti, i fend you mine on that fubjeft, Hot doubting but the fenti- of ndnefty and candour from an individual wTll be as well received a's th'c inflammatory lophillry of those intrigu ing juntos. Refolded, the cdnftitution of the United States is a great and wife well calculated to eiifure equal liberty and political happiness; that it is the adrtfiration and envy of the most enlightened and civilised na- j t ions who are looking up arid flying to it as a refuge from tyranny atld opprcf iion. ■ Resolved, That tht* -government of the United States'has hitherto been in the hands of a virtuous and wife exe cutive (\Vhofe integrity hath been ren dsred only more visible by the attacks of party) under whofs diredtion and management we have grown into conse quence and dredit ; from anarchy and puveity into refpedtability and a situati on to be just. Rcfolved, That any attempt to ere; &te causeless jealouiy or mistrust, or to inflame the minds of the less informed in a government Under the above cir cumstances, is inimical to its true inter ests and real happiness, and that the pa triotism of fitch, although arrogating the titles of Democrats, Friends to Li lt &c. ought to be as much doubted, as the friendfhip of the savage, who at the time he salutes you brother, applies either the knife or hatchet. Rcfolved, That the members of those different societies, wherever they have appeared, have had in view their piivate interest and popularity and not the pub lic's welfare, that in times of real dan ger few of them were seen in the field ready to encounter it ) that they are na tional bullies breathing war and confufi -011, at the fame time th'ey have neither 1 bravery nor patience to support them feives under its trials and hardships. Resolved, That it is perfectly com patible with the dignity and wisdom of any government to do themselves jultice by spirited remonstrance, and that war should be the ultima ratio, and dernier resort. Resolved, That democracy which formerly meant that form of government 111 which the sovereign power is lodged with the body of the people, now means quite a different matter—>it now means fupinenefs, lethargy, and sometimes a lit tle toryism in the time of real and ne cefiary danger ; and violent threats, de fiances, meetings, mobs, tar and feathers in times of peace—it now rtieans abuse of the federal government formed by col lective wisdom, and found expedient on K lenthy trial ; it now means fcurn'lity against the President (that befl of men) and aecufatiens against the superior of ficers, without supporting a single charge See. in short it now means a thousand thing's ofwhich Johnfton nevertho't, nor did it fnter into the mind of Sheridan to conceive of. / UNITED STATES. RICHMOND, Virginia', July /7. A gentleman has favored the Editors with the following, publirfted in Lex ington, Kentucky, iif a hand-bill, on the lith of last month ; it was bro't by a gentleman who arrived in Chef terfield on Monday evening. Lexington, June l%th, i 79 4. j Examination of tnto Patowatortiies, cap ' tured by Captain Alexander Gibfon> on the North fide of the Miami of the Lake, on the fifth day of June 1794. Query I. How long have you been from your nation ? Anfu/er. Four days before our cap ture. 2. When did your nation receive the invitation from the British, to join them to go to war against the Ameri cans ? A. On the firft of last Moon, tl»e mefl'age was sent by three Chiefs ; a DeiaNvare, a Shawanoe, and a Miami. 4L 3* What was the mefTage brought by those Indian Chiefs, and what num ber of British troops were at Roche de Bout oil the firft of May 1 ? A. That the British sent them to invite the Potowatomies to go to war against the United States, that they (the Biitifh) were at Roche de Bout, on their way to war, against the Ame r rjcans; that the number ef British troops tWn there, was about feiif him- ■ died, with two piece* of artillery, ex cluiivt of the Detroit militia, and had . made a fortificatioA roond Col. M'Kee'i house and floret at that place, in which they Tiad deposited all their ftotes of amunition, aims, cloathing and provisi on, with witich they promised to sup ply all 'he 'hostile Indians, i'ii joundanet, provided they wotild juiir. and go with them to war. What tribes of Indians, and what were their numbers at Roche de Bout, on the firft day of May? A. Tile Chip-* Was, Wyandot s,Shaw anoes, Delaware's and Miami-, there were then colledled about one thousand warriors, and were daily com ing in and colle&ing from all t.-ofe na* Hons. 5. What number of war'tors dd you suppose' are actually collected at that place at this time, and what num ber of British troops and militia, have promised to join the Indians to light . this army ? A. From the latcft and fieft, infer* mation, and from our own knowledge of the number of warriors belonging to those nations, there Canfiot t)f less than twt) thousand warriors now assem bled } and were the Potowatomies to join agreeably to invitation, :h<- whole would amount to upwaids of three thousand hostile Indians ; but we do not think, this more than fifty of the Potowatomies HU go : to war. The Biiiifh troops and militia that will join the Indians to gd to war against the Americans will amount to fifteen hun dred, agreeably to the jjromife of Go- 1 vernor Simco«.——-—-— : —— At what time, and fiom what place do the English and Indians mean to advance againit the army ? A. About the last of this moon; or the beginning of next, they intend to attack the Legion at this place. Gov. Sifricoe, the great man who lives at or near Niagara, sent for the Potowato mies, and promised them arms, ammu nition, provihonj and clothing, and eve ry thing they Wanted, on condition they'■ would join htm* and go to war againit the Americans; and that he would command the whole} He sent us the fame mefTage last winter, end again in " the firlt of last Moon from Roche dc' Bout: He alio said he was much obli ged to us for our pad fef vice's, and that he would now help us to fight, and render us all the services in his power ""linft the Americans; All.the speeches that we received from him were as red as blood, all the wampum and feathers V/ere painted red ; the pipe and haichct were red, and even the tobacco was painted red. We received four different invitations from Governor Simcoe, inviting the Potowatomies to join in the war; the last was on the firii of the fait Moon, when he promised to join us with fif teen hundred of his bed warriors, as before mentioned. But we vvifh for peace j except a number of our young men. Examined and carefully reduced to writing, at Greenville, this * 7th of June, 1794. Canandarquay, April 29th, 1794. " Shi, "I had the honor of informing you in my last, that I had received a runner from Buffaloe Creek, reqttefting my at tendance at a council fummontd to meet there. The cnclofed.are the proceed-' ings of that Council* " I have every reason to suppose that the Six Nations had fully made up their minds previous to the meeting of the council, to hold a treaty agreeable to the wishes of the United States, in ot der to bring about a general peace. But the inflammatory speech of Lord Dor chester, which was interpreted to them by Col. Butler, together with the pre sents heaped upon them by theßiitifh on this occasion, induced tltem to give up that friendly intention. " Col. Butler and Capt. Bofnbary attended at the council Orf behalf of the British government; they took pains oil all occasion* to represent a war between our government and theirs as inevitable; and although in my presence they did not intimate that their assistance would be wanted by the King, yet I am per suaded that 011 other oecafiorfs every ef fort is made to secure it. " The presents that I brought from Philadelphia for, and delivered to the Indians, proved very fatisfactory to them—l am perftladed that at the pre sent time a continuation of the generosi ty of the United States will be highly serviceable. This part of the country being the frontier of the Hate of New- York, the' inhabitants feel very much alarmed at the present appearance of war. Deftituteof arms and ammunition, the scattered inhabitants of this remote wilderness, would fall an easy prey to their ravage neighbors, should they think proper to attack them. , "When I was at BufFalae creek, ; Gov. Simcoe had gone to Dejroit, he started from {hat place immediately af ter receiving Lord Dofchelter's speech to the Indians, " The exper.ces of the Indians in creaie very fall : Their demands in crease with the importance they suppose their Friemlfhip is to us. Hon ever Sir, you may reft affrtd that I endeavor to make use of all the epeonomy that 1 can. " I have the honor to be &c. (Signed) " ISRAEL CHAPIN. " P. S. My (foil vyiH inform yon ma ny particulars that I thought proper to I omit mentioning in this letter. PHILADELPHIA, JULY A Gentleman has favored the Editor with the following iritereiting account: Exlrad of a Letter froik PiltjbuYgl, dated July 18> a Mercantile House, in this City. " Two days llnce, seven miies from this town, the house of Gen. John Neville. Infprclor of the Revenue, was attacked by about eighty armed men, said to be oppos - ed to the Extfife law. After an engage- 1 men tof one half hour, the mob lift the house with seven of the party very badly' wounded,-two it is said, mot-tally* The house was defended by Gen. Neville and. wic ot ni?Terv£frty;—Jfcsrft au.;. tW i, . past five o'clock, they again attacked the house, said to be five hundred in niiniber. After a very brave defence by Major Kirk-, patrick and eleven soldiers, the Wufe was j taken, fiv& soldiers wounded. Averycon fiderable number of the mob killed and wounded, the house and all the adjacent" buildings were set on fire and consumed to arfies. " There were a number of gentlemen went from this place, some tp assist Gen. Neville, others to appease the minds of the factious—Col. Neville, Major Lenox, and I several others, were, on their way to Geiy | Neville's* made prisoners by the mob, a/, tcr differing some abuse, have made their escape into town—Gen. Neville has also made his escape, is yet unhurt. The com mander of the mob, Major James M'Var lalid, was shot dead on the spot.—All is confufion.—God only knows whaKwill be the ilfue. In haste I am, &c.. From a Correspondent. 1 DETACHED OBSERVATIONS. The overthrow of the forms of reli gion, is generally preceded by a derelic tion of its principles altogether. Those who object to any public ac- | kn'owledgement of the existence of a Superintending Providence, it may be fairly presumed, have no faith in that exiftance* To propose the abolition of the pub lic worship of the Deity, is to propose abfokltion for e'vVry species of crimes— those therefore who advocate the inuti- j lity of fae'red ihfflCutions may justly be fufpedted of the mo ft nefarious deligns j against the peace and happiness of So ciety. It appears to be nedeflafy to eradicate the moral sense in order to a perpetrati on of the crimes which difgraee the an nals of mankind in various periods. Who are the People of a country ? The owners and poffefTorg of the fame— .surely not those who are Dot, and never will be, by labor or any honest vocation owners of the foil, or of any other visi ble property—and yet it is a modern do£trine, that persons of this descripti on should rfot only chafe our law-mak ers, but also make the laws, for the law-makers ; so that the Representa tives should be merely the organ to pro mulgate the laws—laws to regulate their property, made by those who have none. The poll arrived yesterday afternoon from Pittlburgh, brings' the dil'agreea ble news of some riotous proceedings in that quarter. The opposition to the exeife law, which appeared to have fubftded,. has, it seems, from what rea son we have not been able to learn broke out a frefh and some unwarrantable vio lences have been committed. General Nevil, an infpe£tor of the excise in that quarter, had his hotlfe and (tables, at about 6 miles from PittJburgh, set fife to, and burned down ; some lives were loft in an attempt to quell the riot, 011 which fide we did not hear ; but, final ly fuificient military force was procured to restore order. Gen. Adv. The last vessel arrived here which spoke the Chefapeak convoy on the 23d of May, brought information, that they were then iteering for the fomb ports of France. This information is confirmed to us fiorri Brest whence or ders were sent them to steer that course, so that they no doubt Lave avoided the remains of the British forces. The Brest fleet, in Brest harbor', bti the 14th of May lad, cdnfifted of. 34 fail of the line, A\hich together with 6 in Concalle bay, made a total of 40 liips of the line, qf which 6 or 7 were three deckers. Soma time in May,. 7 veflels of the line, went out to meet the Chefapeak convoy, and on the 15th 25 fail left Brest waters, leaving- 2 behind, of which one three decker Le Peuple. On or about the 301)1 Mar; the 6 fail in Concalle bay arrived a; Brest. Sup pofmg, therefore, the iiTue of the na val combat on the 30th May, and 3d June, such as is presented the French mtift be complete rflaltefs of the chan nel,' having at lea, of ready for sea, 8 ftyps of the line in Brest harbor, and 7 with the Chefapeak convoy, independ ent of the forces in that convoy, in all 15 or 16 fail of the line, to which the English cannot oppose immediately a fuificient force* The Reprefentcftive of the pedple, Jean-Bon-de St. Andre failed on board the Brest fleet in their la ft expedition.— The Prejieafe frigate", the fame that lay in our river, "was the •vcifel Captain Green spoke j the Captain requested hjm to come 011 board, chiefly to e«- quite whether he had met the Chesffa peak fleet, and clifiniffed him very speedi ly informing hiiti that there were three English frigates not far off, out of wh'ofe reach he mult haiterr; this haste ac counts for the imperfedtnefs of the in telligence brought by Capt. Green Irfßl T>€tn , ecrrtti-xrwiain ly at lead have brought ns the particu lars of the combat on the 30th May.— The Captain of the Pre'cieufej said in general terms that both a&ions were obftinatcly maintained on both fides, and asked whether Capt. Green, as he ! came out of Brest harbour did not meet a three decked going in dismasted.— Ctfpt. Villegris who commanded the Precieufe here is promoted to the com t mand of the Achille of 74. An express arrived from Fort Frank lin at Pittfbirrgh informs us, that the fix llatiimg had determined, on hostili ties : that a runner had come in there, and ordered the Indians to leave it immediately. By this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, July 24, Yesterday arrived in town, His Ex cellency George Hammond, the British Amhaffador—and the Hon. F. P. Van Berkcl, the Dutch Rcfident, and his Lady, from Philadelphia. HALIFAX, July 3. Extract of a letter from the Bay\ of Chaleur. " The Peggy, capt. Reed, has ar rived here from Dartmouth, but last from Newfoundland. Capt. Reed fail ed in company with the Jersey fleet, undar convoy of his majesty's ship Cas tor, and informs that irt lat, 15, they fell in with fix frigates, which he saw captnre the Major Pierfon, Fiott, St. Peter, Neptune, Pafhbiac, Dumarres, and Three Sifters, with another ship, whose name he does not recollect. Capt. Reed was ordered to fend his boats on board one of the French fri gates, .which ! I <v (In! with twenty men ; but night soon after coming on, he took advantage of it, and made his escape with the remainder of the crew. As non£ of the other veflels have arriv ed, we are afraid they have fhaied the fame fate." v WHITESTOWN, July 9. The following important communi cations were received by the Editor from gentlemen of the rti'ft refpe£tabi hty : their authenticity we think may be relied on. , We learn a gentleman immedi ately from the county of Onondaga, that the greatest part of the Onondaga tribe of Indians, who have heretofore resided in that part of the country, and annually received an annuity of 500 dollars from the state, have removed in to the British territory of the Province of Upper Canada. That ou the 2 sth ult. those Indians who were on their way, and had colleited at the Onondia ga Salt Sptings, to take leave of the few who remained behind, and could not be prevailed on (notwithstanding the molt intitidating and indefatigable exertion* of the British lions of the north) to quit their country ; the In dians were collected in council, and the inhabitants, alarmed, at the movement of those tawny sons of Cruelty, we're al io collected, when Major De Witt, by request of the inhabitant*, delivered the following TALK Brothers, I am glad to fee your feces ; my heart, on this occasion, beats high for joy, and rises with grateful thanks to the Good Spirit above who has brought ill together here to day in peace. Brothers, » I am a young man, not much used to speaking in public ; but the love I bear to your nation, and anxious desire that I have for your peacc and welfoie makes me bold, and moves my tongue to fpeak^ Brothers, 1 have but a few words to fay to you ; they don't come from the' lip» alone, but are the sentiment of my heart' they are words intended to give you peace of mind* and to ensure you of our fn'endfhip. Open, then, your ears, and attend to what I have to lay. , Brothers, I this day heard that a number of youf nation was about to leave us, and going on the other fide of the great lakes : this I am sorry to hear, as I paefunie there must be some unhappy cause for it. You are mislead, and are about to destroy yotir nation. 1 ven ture to fay, that youf present determi nation, upon proper enquiry, will ap pear so, and therefore ought to be o therwise. Speak,' brothers, what is it that draw 9 you from your peaceful val ley—that induces yon to leave your un equalled hunting ground—woods he fparkled with deer; and rivers filled with fifh i Brotherst -1 presume some birds of falfe report nruir-Ra'vp pcUfei through and disturbed your minds. You mull not lifter* to the stories of the little birds—Speak, brothers ; I have alwavs been, and still am, your sincere friend: give me an opportunity of contradid ing any falfe and designing stories you may have heard. lam anxious to set you right—to convince you that you are mislead—that those who advise you to your present removal are not you'r friends. If the pretext is any grievance* that you iabor under, speak, and they shaH be red re f Fed. If you have been wronged, again speak, and your cause shall be vindicated. If it is the want of any provisions or other neceflarics of life, a»d which you may be told will be given you at the place you are going to, I fay, otrce more, speak, and your every want shall be supplied by your real friends, not by those who ad thro' defigh, in order to anfiver some private purposes of their own, but from pure motives of friendfhip to you. In this I speak the sentiments and shew you the difpolition of the United States and of the state of New-York in particular. Have you ever requested any thing of the. Hate and had it not immediately granted ? Have you ever made known any of your grievances to our father the and others appointed by oar great council to do business with you, and had thera not red re (Ted ? Sure ly then you cannot now have any rea forf to diftrtm the fame friendfhip—No, nothing to lead yon to diftraft the fa therly carc of pur government over you. What then is it that you exped to re. ceive in the place you are going to ? I want your answers to all these things- Speak quick, brothers; lam anxious to hear you open wide your fm'nds j keep nothing back ; my ears are unco vered ; not a whisper shall interrupt your voice. _ , Ryacfotagh, the firft chief in the na tion, then rose arid ohfervecf, that i» was with heart-felt fatisfadion that he met his friend (Major Dc Witt) and the reft of the white people at this time, to explain to them the cause of their present journey—He was glau to fee they had taken the trouble to meet them, and give them an opportunity to remove any improper impressions or sug gestions which might otherwiie have been made and remained on the minds of his brothers in this part of the coun try—He proceeded in tine moll ener getic language, to answer every point that had been tonched on and railed by Mr. De Witt, and took unwearied pain* to endeavor to shew and convince, that they did not go in confeqtience of any of the stories of the little birds, or from any diTfhtisfaetion which they had a gaiiift the (late, but merely to fee .force of their relations at Swagoughchee and Buffaloe Creek ; and that all was going to return again in the course of a month or fix weeks. Several of the other chiefs ■ spoke in thcii* turns and favored the fame ideas. " From Shenondon, an Oneida Chief, I» Hugh White, EJq. " Brother, " This is to acquaint you, that we yesterday received a message in our vil lage, from Cayuga, to the following i import, viz. That the noted Sachea
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