»f that tribe, called Fi(h Carrier, and
rtTiding at Buffalce Creek, had sent a
speech to the Indians dill remaining; at
the old Cayuga settlement, inviting
them immediately to quit their native
country, and repair to the weltward, as
trouble would soon come upon ihem,
if they continued there any longer.
Two of their chiefs were prevailed up
on to take leave of their town : the re
maining chief utterly and absolutely re
fufed, and sent forward to us, the Onei
das, to acqimint us with his resolution :
and that he nad determined, in cafe of
any trouble,-to repair with his family
and fo-.Tie others, and share our fate,
who wore known to be Americans.
" Your friend and brother,
his
John XShenomdon.
mark.
" Two (I rings of Wampum.
"Hugh Yyhite, Esq.
" Oneida, 'July $th I 794."
The cpndtift of the British and the
governor of Upper Canada, has been
carried ot late to such a length, that
their intention towards this country can
no longer be concealej. We noticed in
a former paper, that they had decoyed
to their settlement a number of fami
lies who were under the moll drift obli
gation to Mr. Willamfon, who had
advanced them an enormous fum> We
•since undei (land that these fame people
were afforded every protection and af
fiflance, while carrying off the proper
ty of Mr. Williamfon, entrufled to
their carc.
The fame gentleman who a few weeks
ago begun"a lenleiitriii ar Great Sojdur
Bay, 011 Lake Ontario, received a few
days since, a mod insolent message from
Gov. Simccc, informing him that if he
tiid not take care he would fend a party
to dedroy his settlement.
It is laid the Governor of the date,
and the secretary at war, have been
informed of these tranfaftions, that !
they may take what lleps they fee fit,
to preserve this important place to the
United States. Mr. Williamfon fold
in this place in ten days, above 100
lots for building. The harbor is mod
excellent, and affords the only shelter
ioi vessels on the lake in northerly
gales. 1
By the fame channel we are well as
sured, that governor Siincoc has not a
bandoned the poll taken at the Miami
Rapids 1 but on the contrary, when
this intelligence came away, it was be
lieved thiat tliar poA-wvuld be reinforced
from Niagara.
'
Our informant farther fays —that j
those Indians proceeded on their jottr
ney the 27th, that they had an order
sent tfiem some time since, from Gov.
Simcce to the commandant of Ofwego
gavrifon, to furnifh those Indians with
veffds and provifiotis for their federal
destinations-—that this circumstance to
gether with the general removal of the }
Indians, their taking all their heavy j
kettles, moveable property, &c. which ]
,they never had been wont to do on mere }
journeys of a visit to their friends—the ;
great pains which they took to make j
the people believe they should return
again, ail serve as convincing proofs,
that they were drawn away under hollile
intentions.
PITTSBURGH, July 19.
Two men that were hunting on j
Cross creek, which empties into the
Ohio, opposite the mouth of Buffaloe,
■were killed by the Indians about ten
days ago.
At a dated meeting of the Democratic
Society of the county of Washing
ton, in Pennsylvania, held at the
town of Washington, on the 23d
day of June, in the year 1794,
and of American Independence the
eighteenth.
RESOLVED, That on reviewing
the condudl of the executive of the
United State?, we are under the pain
ful necessity of censuring it in sundry
particulars, viz.
ift. The language of the President's i
proclamation, in which, indead of ]
waking it known that certain powers
were at war, with whom we were at •
peace, and tbat it behoved individuals <
to take no part until the body politic <
authorised it, he Hides into the place
of the Congress, and undertakes to 1
fay what by the conditution they alone \ 1
have a right to determine, viz. that it j £
Was our intereji and duty, as a people, ' f
to remain neutral; \-'iich sentiment, j t
had it been conflitutionally ex- - a
"Preded, we disapprove, and believe ( c
it was neither the intered or duty ofp
America to remain neutral; for if no < 11
connection had ever fubfifled between jj a
the people of France and America—if j I
not been bound by every poffi- j 11
•<e tic of gratitude, the cause alone > a
d was fufflcient to have Jntereded us,
a and we believe it to have been both the
t duty and interejl of the American peo
r pie to liave fupportcd it at all i.
e And we are of opinion that on lffuing
s the proclamation as a temporary no
i, tice to the public, it became' the Pre
sident to have convoked the Congress,
i- to decide the otlrer point whether peace
or war was adv'tfable, the ciicumftance
of Britain taking a part againd France
i- being a judification of him in that mea
: fnre 5 nay, in making it his duty, as
it | an event in which the ho*or, and even
y ' the exiltence of this republic was con
corned.
2d. The interfering at the time the
Congress roll fed lo a sense of the nati
onal dignity and fafefy, were brought
at length, in spite of dockholders and
British influence, evident in the fpeec'nes
of forrte of the members, to deliberate
oil meafilros of eompulfion in obtaining
reparation for the fpoliatioris of our
commerce, the relinquifhment of the
pods within our territory, and a gene
e ral compliance with (tipulated treaties,
" and the known laws of nations. And
1 we not only censure this interference as
" improper, but we reprehend ihe nomi
™ nation of a special envoy, as unnecef
| farily expensive, the fniniuer already at
"(the Britiih court being to be supposed
" competent, if at ail qualified to be in.
that place, and ought either to have
e been recalled or continued with all
: \ trulls ; but we alio reprobate the vefl
" j ing Chief Jullice Jay with a diploma
" , tic 11 iffion, which, to fay the lead of
J j it, was a great indelicacy towards the 1
'.people of the United a# if there
8 i was such penury of virtue and talents,
r ! that an envoy could not he found equal
v ; to the trull, without accumulating "of
-1 j sices in the person of one. Is it the
" ' spark only that is already flruck out,
' i that can iuflaitie; 61 the wave only.that
iis already roused, that can impel ? Is
' there not fire llill remaining in the
' j rock, and billows in the ocean? A
u . mongft the great mas& of the people,
' . surely numbers may be found who oc
| ; cupy no office, and yet are capable of
dikharging any trust at home or a
' broad. The revolution of France has
; fufficiently proved that generals may be
taken from the ranks, and miniflers of
from the obfeurity of the mod re
mote village. Is our president, like
the grand sultan of Ganllantinople,
shut up in his apartment, and unac
quainted with ail talents or capacities
but thofc of the ferafkier or mufti that
just happ»iw to txe about him ?
But the nomination was equally ex
; ceptionable on the principle of being in
violation ot the constitution ; the con
■ founding the judiciary and diplomatic
functions, a principle which if counte
nanced and pursued would lead to an
aridoeratic engroffmcnt of all office and
po&er in a few individuals.
We are persuaded that no man but a
Washington, fenced round as he is with
) the unapprbachable splendor of popular
| favor, would have dared, in the very
1 prime and vigor of liberty to have in
! Ulited the majeily of the people by such
j a departure from any principle of repub
j lican equality, and regard for the great
j charter of the conllitutinn, by which
the boundaries of office art riiilingutfhed
and kept apart. c It is ilill more our
adonifhment and regret, that notwith
standing these sentiments have
brought forward and expressed, and
could not have e.caped the obfervatiou
of the Prelident, yet he has perfided in
the nomination of Mr. Monroe, a Se
natoi, as Miniderto France. It is true
the Senator has resigned, but that was
poltcrior to his appointment; and tho'
it might have been undefflood prior to
his nomination, that he was to resign,
yet we hold it degrading to the citizens,
that it should be thought that no man
can be capable-os office, but one that is
already thrown up, and is in some de
partment.
Attend to the nature of popular elee-.
tions, and it will be found that amongd
candidates, it is often a difficulty to de
termine the preference, and frequently
a matter of accident to whom the ma
jority of fuffrages are given. To sup
pose, therefore, that those whom the
people have already sent forward to the
Houfeof Repref ntativesorthe Senate,
aie the only persons equal to judiciary
or diplomatic trusts is a mistake, and
ought to be corrected.
Beiides, a member of the House of
Representatives or Senate, having it in '
| his mind during his continuance in a le
gislative capacity, that he may be the
fubjedl of nomination and appointment
to offices in the power of the Prelfdent
and Senate, is nnder an undue bias to
court favor with individuals at the ex
pense of that felf-independence which is '
neceflary for the inttreff of the people,
and which had been expedled from him.
It is also putting the people to an un- ]
neceflary election of others, when such
a disorganization is brought about.
, 3d, The wrapping tip negotiations
1 ir) my! : ,erics of ftafe, in irritation of the
- cabinets of despots who Willi to conceal
. from the people What, they ate abtjyt,
r whe.eas in a republic, uuleis in time of
- war, and with the adtual adversary,
. there nee'd be 110 fecrat, candour, truth,
, force, and energy, being the characler
r iliics of this, government.
r Do we find myfleries in the Roman
■ Senate, or the Republic of Greece ?
. Theft were left to oracles and the mum
-1 mery of priests ; but unknown in th:"
1 clear, manly and dire£l expostulation of
■ Republican agents.
'J'his negociating in my(l cry is pecu
• liarly fefented by the people of the well
. ern country, particularly wtW regard to
the adjustment of our claim to the navi-
I gaiion of the miffilippi.
1 ; 4th. The late interference of the ex
• ecutive in the internal affairs of the go
vernment of Pennsylvania, by prohibit
■ ing the carrying into effe£l a law of the
■ (late for the laying out town, and
forming an establishment at Prefqu'itle.
, This interfeience was unconstitutional,
inasmuch as not within that clause of
; the 1 oth feiliou of the firft article, u hich
is the only one that could authorise it,
viz. No (late shall, without the consent
of the Congress, " keep troops in time
of peace for the trotips in the pay of
the (late, and militia called out, to ac
company the commiflioneis, I'irveyors
of land, or settlers in the neighborhood
of Prequ'ifle, were for the express pur
pose of defending against the lavages in
actual hostility against us ; the (late of
Peimfylvania, well knowing that ?.n ef
tablifament at this place, wi_l: conduce
more to defend the frontiers than any
measure that has been taken, and not
her frontiers only, but the whole wcll
ern country ; this having been original
ly the proper route for the war, which
had it been pursued the Six Nations
would have been kept in awe without
the force of a treaty, and the weliern
nations re)>re!Ted, by fhev.-i.'g ourfeives
between them and the British ; whereas
by pursuing a contrary direftian, and
which we attribute to the incapacity and
obstinacy of the war miiuftcr, the blood
and treasure of the country has been
wailed.
But as this is matter- of opinion, the
executive of the United (States may
assert the contrary, and be supported
by public lentiment) but ctrtainly can
not juflify to any intelligent and rt
flefting perfonj Ilye inhibition of the
movement of Ptnnfylvania towards this
obje£i, a proceeding in the general
government the more dangerous, as it
may form a precedent to fiipetfe'de the
execution of (late laws in general, and
produce that confululation which was
foretold and dreaded at the sera of
adopting the conllitution.
PROVIDENC& .
Tht following ODES, written by a young
Gentleman of this town, were perform
ed ou the Fourth of July, at the Baptifl
£
Meeting House, accompanied by inftru
lnental music.
COLUMBIA RELIEVED.
Tune—To.* death ef Gen. Wolfe.
TO a mouldering Cavern, the Mansion of
Woe,
Columbia (lid often repair ;
She tore the freUi Laurel that bloom'd on
her Brow,
And thrrw it aiiUe in defpalr.
She wept for the Fate of her Sous that
were slain
When the Flames of fierce battle were
spread,
When Discord and Carnage, relaxing the
Rein,
Rode smiling o'er Mountains of Dead.
11.
As thus the bright Goddess revoiv'd in
her Breast,
The Wrongs which her Country had
borne,
A Form more than human the Genius ad
drefs'd,
" Ah, cease, fair Columbia, to mourn,
Now lift up thine Eyes, and thy Records
behold,
Infcrib'd in the Archives of Fatrte,
The Fourth of July in rich Letters of
Gold,
Foretels the Renown of thy Name.
111.
From the Caverns of darkness thy Day-
Spring shall dawn,
Ye Kings and ye Tyrants, beware ;
Your names shall decay like the Vapours
of Morn,
Or vanish in Phantoms of A ir.
Thy Temple, O Freedom, With gran
deur shall rife,
Unlhakcn by Tyranny's Blast ;
its basis the Earth, and its Summit the
Skies,
And firm as Creation shall last."
CHORUS.
Then rouse, fair Culumbia, to Glory
aspire ;
All Nature with Transport shall gaze t
E'en now the dark Shadows of Discord <
retire, ,
And Europe is loft in thy Blaze. j t
s GOD five great WASHINGTON.
1 To Heaven's empyreal Height
, D;d Miniltem of Light
F 'i'ueir feats afceud :
, A glorious order {hone
, Around th' Almighty's Throne,
- Who this His will made known ;
Angels attend !
' Ir '
? Mankind on Earth below
S.iall more enlighten'd grow ;
T- this our Ore :
The world (hall now be free,
Columbia full to thee
We give the sacred Tree ;
FrelervC it fair.
111.
He ceaCd, and {hook the Sphere*;
With loud applauding Cheers
All Nature rU'ng: ,
Seraphs the Concert join'd,
And Heaven and Earth combin'd,
And with enraptur'd mind
Hi# praises fling.
IV.
To guide us throuh the War,
Virginia's blazing Star
Beam'd bright its Rays:
Tyrants beheld the light,
And flmink with wild affright,
Like the pale Bird of Night,
In Morning's Blaze.
V.
Discord abounds no more*
Nor laves our fields in Gore :
She drops her Chains:
The gentle Voice of Peace
B-ds all commotions cease,
And Picny's rich increase
Adorn our Plains.
IV.
0 ! ifiay this Fabric (land,
And May its name expand
Til! Nature dies !
When Earth's majestic Frame
Shall fink abforb'd in Flame,
And Washington's bright Fam«
To Heav'n [hall life.
Boston, June 19.
OF PAINE's CREED, &C*
A correspondent Who saW in the last
Centinel what Mr. Paine denominates
his creed, and who has since i-ead his
work called the «' Age of Reason,"
cannot with-hold his disapprobation of
the tenets so dttlruilive of that beautiful
system revealed to us itl the gospel of
Jesus. It was not thus, that this cele
brated penman wrote during the Ameri
can war} when hefo frequently recalled
to us the remembrance of the command
of hi» then Etknowledgecl savior, to
" fight the good light"—Xt is lamenta
ble thai he should have prollituted his
talents in a cause, which must produce
"triifery to mankind : and were he here,
1 (hottld join in giving him these few
words of homespun advice : if he ean
not form a theological creed of better ma
terials, to ciufine himfclf, solely, to
the limits which at present seem to be
his peculiat province ; " for, although
his mind may Aot be impaired, or em
barraflVd by the event 3 paijiiig round
him, or hy whjft he himfclf may have
fuffercd," it is vfcry evident tha», until he
has learnt that important lesson taught
by a Heathen Philosopher, and is the
very firtt principle of the Chrifian system
know thjfc'f, that he will always remain
a much better poiivvian than divine ;
and were 1 to express my wishes for his
welfare and success, and tliofe gentlemen
who are so desirous that hi i cried should
make its appearance in the world, and
in all probability adopt it as their own :
1 could not do it better, than by adopt
ing the language of that tt uly great and
good man Dr. Yonng, who was not
ashamed to own, and, in the moll ex
alted strains, to advocate the sacred
truths of the gospel, and the pute and
undefiled religion of the bible, as wrote
in the molt indelible characters in his
own bread.
Man of the World! for such wculd'ft
thou be call'd,
And art thou proud of that inglorious
stile ?
Proud of reproach ? for a reproach it
was
In ancient days; and Chriflian —in an.
ag*>
When men tvere men, and not afham'd
of heav'n,
Fir'd their ambition, asitcrown'd their
joy.
Sprinkled with dews from the Ceftalian
fount,
Fain would I rebnptmt thee, and confer
A purer fpirii and a nobler names
PHILADELPHIA.
Extract of another litter from Pitt (burgh,
" 1 need not be particular in relating
to you (as you will hear by port) every
circumttan.ce of a l'erious piece of bnfi
nefs, which,took place a few miles from
this. Two cvwiings finee, Major Le
. nox in company with General Neville,
was fired upon by a party of about thir
ty men, who are opposed to the excise
law—but no damage was done.
The morning following about day
light, General Neville was attacked in
his house by about one hundred men—-
The old man with one of his negroea
fired upon them, till they retired with
seven wounded, foine mortally.
" Yesterday about one thousand
rose in arms, made a fccond atltack—
A few persons had gone from this
with iix or seven foldiet a—A smart fir
ing was kept up from hoth fides for a
confide!able time, but previous to this,
Gen. Neville with his family left the
house—Several, out of doots Were kil
led and wounded—apiong the ki!led\vas
their commander, who led his men in
a very intrepid manner towards the
door, but was soon popped over. One
was killed and forae wounded in the
house. At length finding that the house
was in flames, those within were obliged
to give up. Every thing about the plan
tation was dtftroyed. Where those af
fitfiins will stop, tis hard to tell, but.
they threaten hard. An express just
arrived from Fort Franklin, brings bad
accounts."
* - ■ . | ■ T ,
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
CLEARED.
Ship Wilson, Harry, Jamaica
Brig Nancy, Irwin, Barbadoes
Sch'r Polly, Severman, Edentoa
Sloop Anna, Hammond, New-Bedford
Brothers, Ward ware], Richmond
Capt. Maefe of the brig Betsey, in
16 days from Martinique, in lat. 35 1.
long. 69 17. spoke the fliip Liberty of
Bolton, from London, bound to Nor
folk Virginia, all well.
A report is circulated, as brought
by the above vgfTel, that the whole il
land of Guadeloupe is in poiTcffioa o£
the French.
Charter,
SEA NT MP H,
John Paden, Mailer.
Jw\ILS tail, and will be ready to take in
a ca<-go in a few days.
For terms apply to
"Joseph Sims,
WHO HAS NOR SALE,
Madeira and Sherry WINE.
Fit for immediate use,
BRANDY,
Red and Pale Jesuits BARK,
White LEAD ground in oil.
BRIMSTONE, &c
Ju'y d
For Sale or Charter,
G e N . WASHINGTON
lf aat Sylnejler, majter.
NOW iyii'g at Say'j wharf,the 3.1 above
Market ft ect, burthen aboot 2JOO bar
rels, is a good strong veflel, and will be rea
dy ro receive a cargo in a lew days.
£ or terms apply to the Captain on boatd
or
Rt'MFORD 9e ABIJAH DAWES,
Witter Jirect, No. 7, south.
1110 -5 d
This Day is publijhed>
AND SOLD By
THOMAS BRADFORD,
Printer and Bookseller,
No. t, south Front (beet, Price one fifth
of a Dollar,
OBSERVATIONS
ON THE
emigration
O F
Dr. Joseph. PrieftJy,
And on the f;n e ral ADDRESSES
to hiin on his arrival at New fofk
July a S ' 3V
To be Let,
And poflefiibn given immediately,
Two or three Chambers,
And a Garret, with the use of the Cellar.
Kttijhen, Yard, and Garden.
Enquire at No. 156, north Fifth street.
J"'y *S d
LOST, '
A Letter of Credit,
On Charles Palefke Esq. of Philadelphia,
from the House of Me firs. Georg- and
William, Solt.ius Widow and Co. of
London. Whoever has it are desired to
leave it with the Editor, and they shall
eeirc a generous reward for their trouble.
July« 2t
140 BARRELS
Best Boston BEEP,
iS HOGSHEADS
New-Efcgland Rum,
Received by the fehooner Belinda, frortl
Bolton, and for fcle by
Nalbro' & John Frazier.
Nc. Si, Walnut jJrrrt,
June ;• ■a'witsjw