<t,a mortcirs down the hlil, and
So* tnade themfdves mailers of Pomt
aP Four'day S before the departure of the q
* „,-c 1 veflel arrived at Martinique
hundred wounded, W> the
, • ,h, hack Two rngates, which C;
« out of fort Royal, l 6 (
ci.ried almost as many to St. Pierre. the ;
' | whic
The following gentlemen have been ap- j Qua
pointed, under the war department,agents J s aw
V • uilding of the fix frigates. I j^j
nouth, New Hampimre, John » .
... p
Ph.i; v.phia, Gurnev* & Smith, J tern)
gni ore, Jeremiah Yeilott, j w |iii
«.i ik, William Pennocki N«r
' > r ft-/-'! C ' ,a '
. atl of an authentic letter from fittj- •
burgh, dated the 18th July injlant.
» Maior Lenox, the marlhal of the Kill,
federal court, in company with Gene- ridii
ral Neville, served f<>me procefles on he c
persons in this county, oil Tuesday ohti
lad : On the day following, at day- had
light, ioo men attacked General Ne- mui
ville's house, in which there was only .dale
the General and another man, with the sou
family. The General defended him- ara
Iclf for An hour and better against them ; the
he wounded one of the party mortally,
and three others badly. No person in i
the house received any damage. On s ub
his application to Major Butlet, he sent Q f .
out twenty of the fcdc'ial troops of this j et .
garrison to protedfc him. .3Q
other party of five hundred men from •
the upper part of this county, and
Wafhingtbn, colle&ed together, .and [ ui|l
about 6 o'clock tit tft-' afternoon
a second attack on General Neville s »
lu>ufs Luckily, the General made j fan
hi 3 efcnpe a few minutes befori they ; | R ,
surrounded the house.—-Previous to the j t
attack, tbey sent in a flag to inform j
Geneial Neville, that if he would re- ; so)
sign his eommiffion, and give up h : 3 irif
prtpers, they would not injure him. tgJ
Ma ; ol" Kirkpatric:k, who remained in co
the house with his (ilter-in-law Mrs. g C
Neville, informed them that the Gene- an
ral was npt in the house ; but this they th
would not believe, and alter permitting j de
Mrs. Neville and the females of the ' u ,
family to retire, they commenced an j re
attack on the house, which was re- • m
turned from the foldiera in the house,
when four of the rioters were killed, a j
and a number w'ouiiiled, and three of
the foldiersin the house wounded. The i j r
party in the house then gave up; and !tj
the rioters burned the d\frelling-hcUfe, p
barns, and all out-hdufes, and every jt;
thing in them. Among thqfe killed ; w
mi n &pw» J>»"w a
merlv an officer in the Pennsylvania p
line.' Time will not permit fne to give
you a more particular detail of this a
unhappy bulinefs. General Neville ha* i(
transmitted to the Executive of the c
United States a full account. I am a
furry to find this unhappy difpofinon T
prevail too generally in our country, e
and God only knows where it will end. r
«r This moment an express arrived t
here from 'he commanding officer at j
Fort Franklin, to Major Butler at this ,
place, incloling a copy of a fppecli from „
Corn planter to General Chapin, to be j
delivered by him to General Walhing- (
ton, the purport of which is, that, im
lefs the lands which they had formerly
pointed out on the map, were given
up, they would be obliged to take
them. The commanding officer, in
his letter, mentions, that the Corn
planter's nephew, who had brought the
speech, had convened the Indians at
' Fort Franklin, in an open field; that
they held a council, the purport of
which he could not learn. But he
thinks from the visible change in the
behaviour of the Indians, it was hos
tile, as they have all withdrawn. He
ex pedis every moment, when hostilities
will be commenced by them."
Huntingdon, July 5» 1 794*
SIR,
I HAVE the pleasure of inform
ing you, that by the assistance of a
few men, whom 1 employed as spies
to range beyond the frontier of this
county, I have discovered, that the re
ports which occasioned the unealinefs,
stated in my letter of 23d ult. were
entirely unfounded ; and there is great
reason to believe, that some bad men
spread the alarm for their own amuse
ment.
The spies could not discover any
trails of Indians, or any places of en
campment, as was reported to be seen,
other than the eneampments of survey
ors and hucksters.
I have just returned from the fettle
mer.ts which were deserted by the in
habitants during the alarm, and with
great fatisfaflion I have to inform your
Excellency, tjiat the inhabitants are re
turning to their feveial places of abode
with the great eft quietude.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your Excellency's
Most obedient fc-v?nt, 'fht
John* CAV/AL'• A^sß.
His Excellency Thomas MiiUm.
Governor of Pennsylvania
Capt. Mease of the Br ' W; V
16 days from Martmioo, i.'ti' this-,
the attempts of the Engiilli on t! ■ » ■'- '<>' '•
which protects the town oi Point
Guadeloupe, have been fruit less ; h; «
saw Ijo wounded landed trom trie K-p c " "
buck at Martinique from an expedition
against that Fort, that the killed wer..'
numerous, and finally that the Britil.. An
land .forces were now too weak to a,-
j tempt the retakng of Guadalotipe, _
! wln\'h frefh troops wou'd be necefiary.
! Numbers of the {peculators who pur He
1 ehafed i property at the Britith lales h<ui
joined the British forces to protc tor re- j A -t
take it, and many of theft had alto been fmol
killed or wounded. Admiral jervfs was n
riding at anchor off the port, which tie
he cannot enter unf.l land forces firil
obtain pofTeffiou of the Fort. Arnold tfetc
had, as we on a former occasion com
municated, been made prisoner at Gua- May
.daloupe and was ailually confined, but
found means to escape, and by means ot ns
a raft, made of a few boards drifted to
the fleet. Gen Adv. Wh
Lik
We in our lad communicated the
sub II a nee of the disagreeable intelligence
of a riot neai Pittsburgh. 1 he extracts ol
letters contain all the authentic particu
lars we have been able to c< Ue£t.
i This intelligence is of the mod dii-
I aoreeable nature, as the disturbance on
( uinates in an oppoiition, apparently de-
-'rcrmincd, to the execution of a law
'i which has received every coiiftitutional
' ; fandlion, than which no excess is more
' I hostile to liberty and good government, j
: It is to be lamented that freemen should j
1 {so far -loft, fight of their duty, as by iTh
" (force of arms thus to infringe on the
i rights of their fellow-citizens, by conn-
' teradling the will of a majority ; such I
1 conduct leads to the difiolution of all
• government. If a laiv is obnoxious to J
" an y p ar t of the country, let the cjtizens j '
there petition lor its repeal, expose its j
i j defedls, ot injultice, through the mcdi
e uin of the prels ; let them change their
" j representation, put into their legillature
" i men whom they know will be adtive to j
. procure its repeal. If this is incifeftu- I
al, thev Ihould reft latisiieJ, that Citlier I
)i: : parts of the nation do not view the la w J
e | in the fame light, that a majority <tf
d ' their fellow-citizens conceive it neceffa- j
: ry or proper, and it du- | p
} r :ty to bear its bin dens, not however j
■d | w ;tlii)ut_sontluuiug their remonstrances j
!" and K-gal ettdeavour9 i,n J
ia ed. They have another remedy : If J
[ e they conceive the conllitution so framed |
' s a3 to prevent their sentiments from be- 1
ing fairly represented in the public j
1e councils let them endeavour to have it I
m amended. But if every portion of the j<,
,n republic rises in arms to prevent tne ex- j „
y ' edition of laws obnoxious to them we j
revert to a state of anarchy and barba- j
ed rifm, forfeit every advantage of organ- J .
ifed society or kindle a civil war. In j
118 this country we have fortunately no j
)h ? yoke to (hake off; we have neither a .
be king's power to fear, nor the oppression
of an hereditary ariflocracy ; we have a |
Hl " government of out own choice, as per- |
rl y feft as it could be framed at the time j r
' ell of its formation, as it was to be suited j
'^ e toa variety of local interests ; the de- 1
' n fefis in that government we have a con- J ,
rn " ftitutional mode of reforming; If we (
'^ ie have abuses in our admtniftration, those j
at abuses can be removed, for the people I ,
have all power in their hands ; but this I
is not the power of the bayonet or of j ,
he the iword (this ought to be reserved
the for external foes ;) it is the right of re- J
I °'" gulating their internal concerns by the j
. c voice of a majority, this it the llandard j
ties which in republican governments we
must abide by. Some blame, however,
may with justice be laid to the charge
of government in this business. An
excise was odious in many parts of the
rm " Union, and the executive Ihould have j
?. a endeavoured to have conciliated the ,
P'™ minds of the people to its execution,
and pot attempted to enforce it by n-.
' r f e ' gorous means ;we hope, this plan will
8 ' in future be pursued, as severe measures
vere can but irritate. We fear that the fuf
rcat pension of the Prefqu'ifle eftabliffi.nent
m^ n may also have been a means of alienat
,u ing the minds of our weitcrn brethren
from the general government, as in that
an y instance, with good intentions, however,
. en * no doubt, a favourite means of protec
een ' tion for the frontier of this state, has
™y- been suspended in its execution. (
Gen. Adv.
ttle- C following concludes the Refoives cf
'■ j"" the Democratic Society of the County
with o j WajUngtcn, publijbed yejlerday.
e°re- Resolved, That the above be pub
bode lifhed in the Pittsburgh Gazette.
By order of the society,
JAMES MARSHEL, Prsfident.
Wm. M'Cluney, Secr'y.
I"he COMFORTS of MARRI-1 What
While
Tii.
THE.
Tiiat
W-'TEN Cirrrj Sfi™ but twenty _
t 1 hat
P'jttnd
No ; i;i'-• 1• T uaiieini-.r Gityiia had to .
ieari I
<Jek to nobody, his he.'rt was gay, raan !
He iook'd ftp farther than the current
day; By
His mcom ' iuP" showed a decont coat, _
A.i alehouse ramble Ci)htm but a
ro-.it.'
From him no barber had long bills to A
seek, _ 53
He char'd with every claimant once tlie 1
a-week. ihips 1
At ni;ht he drank small beer, and from
1 ; fmokvi or read, Irene
; And flips as foberas a nun to bed. thouf
I He fhunn'd the lex. His fortieth year night
began, , 'hat t
1 Before he dar'd to feel the pleasures of ledge
a man. Chei<
Nay, when December chill'd the world barre
t withfroft, with
f That month, when monks and maidens ed an
3 murmur molt, intor
When the cold (lieets were freezing to Algi
his flcin, Burn
Like Ruth, no laundrels at his heels the r
C crept in: Dut<
r His blabbing tongue no pious aunt diatii
could fear, been
' On him np bawd bellowed her wanton I
r leer.
At him, no cuckold bent the budding
horn, Ship
.Wenching, in every shape, he held in Brig
"j scorn. Sloo
1 Surprising fad! in such a rampant age,
C So pure a faint deserves a brighter page.
j But love of change ftifl haunts the j um |
human bread, , (
- Y Thus Indolence- itfelf grows tir'd of V Jtl
1- re(t- r , c b ° ll
, The sot has now and then a sober fit, j ac j,
~ Misers, by turns, extravagance admit. Q f
' The veteran may (hake with childifli fear,
And surgeons have been seen to (hed a
ts tear : _ and
Bv turns the fooliilr follow wisdom's the
rules, tim
'; r By turns, the wife behave themselves ,
like fools. vv jf
t0 Tho' fortune rulhes in her richetl tide, an£ ,
" We Ogh for some enjoyment yet uutVi'd; anf
Cr In feaich of novelty our fancies tire,
'j- Gaze at the moon, and tumble in the
r, mire. wil
And thus the hero of the prelent song,
Having so long gone right, at last went kn
wrong. fhc
CCS His..wa£ES-trebling'»
, That precious balsam for the wounds of ,
!no
But care was quickly painted on his f
.. brow, J m;
'' C He found himfelf in debt he knew not at
how i ] ur
e Such heavy, daily, damnable demands,
CX " A guinea never halted in his hands.
t^ c His falatj was raif'd to twelve score h;
pounds, : to
:a T n " And this, you fay, magnificently founds; b(
And swear the man mult very soon be ,
no • ,
rich j
i T a Unless his spouse feels the true fpend
r,on thrift itch.
3 With nine pert puppies yelping r.t his
P er " tail,
, tm< ; To talk of saving makes his patience fail.
Maids, midwives, milleners, and heav'n
e " knows what,
con Cinna bearer than a tar s old hat.
, T On parish rates, tithes, laces, lodging- c
ho [ e rent, *'
°P le Tea, china, claret, half his funds are o
th,S f spent; . b
1 °, Thrice nine-and-thirty cousins have im
r;ed plor'd h
,tr L e ' That help, his purse, they cry'd can f
' , .well afford. f
His precious rib has ventur'd to declare, ]
" e « vulgar 011 one's legs to take the 1
air." . , '
,ar g e j n vain poor Cinna vows himfelf be- t
. hind, 1
, Plays, balls, and fiddlers fill my Lady's (
I"' ' m ' nd 5 n r '
And, as no man of sense e*pefts to fee j j
tion, Two f ema l e#> two whole hours at once
7 r u' agree,
' r W Ten times a-day his spouse and servants
<T brawl ' ' r a
5 1Ul " His dear descendants every second
;' nent squall? . ;
ie , nat " His bed, his shirt, they deep in mid- ;
u 6 " night deams,
1 that Small-pox and meazles, haunt hismourn
■eve,"« dreams.
rotec- commences with a cloud of
' has bills,
, 1 For taylors, nurses, spelling-books, and
iv - , pills;
ICS cj To-night more cradles myft be bo't or
- aunty borrow,
a y- And a twelfth sexton's fee pay down
pub- to-morrow. >
And tho', ye rakes, may think he {hou'd
, rejoice,
dent. When rid of so much trouble, cod, and
noise i
What agonies cormilfe a father's bread, Then
While innocence is writhing into left ? the It
Thus, to his fatal cost, hath Cinna ed he
found','
Tiiat Wedlock's holy joys are just a
, found ? ' Tl
That peace will end, where happiness fuanc
begins, met a
And wives are the grand scourge of hu- j,
mail fins. the i
111 i — ncf;.
By this Day's Mail.
to th
NEW-YORK, July 25. militi
A paifenger in the ihip Columbns, itate
53 days from Cadiz, infuims, that on vidiii
the 14th May, a Spanish fleet of 13 J of g
ihips of the line and 6 frigates, failed pleti<
from Cadiz, supposed to intercept the 1 land
French convoy irom the Cheiapeak ; a I to tl
thonfand men were imprefied in one I vacai
night to mail this fleet. He informs alio I Coui
that the Spaniards have a perfedt know-1 T
ledge of the Ihipments on board of the I ted,
Cheiapeak fleet, even to the number of J mine
barrels of flour. He saw and conversed I paflc
with Capt. Burnham, who was redeem- I 1 hu
ed and lately released from Algiers, who I the
informs that our prisoners are treated at I T
Algiers with . great cruelty. Captain! beer
Burnham was indebted for his releal'e to I Brit
i the rittkliation of the Commander of a I Edc
Dutch man of .war ; without whose me- I Gri
diation 4000 dollars would not have I dilti
been accepted for his vedemption.
1 The crops in Spain are abundant.
r Cleared,
Ship Abigail, Wood, Hamburgh 1 r
I Brig Fanny, Stanwood, St. I homas s I our
Sloop Francis, Ormlby, Antigua Ia tl
, Victory, Conklin, Hartford j firil
• ""Arrived the 22d inltant, the ihip Co- I an<;
e lumbus, Capt. Towers, from Cadiz, in IP«
53 days pat,age. I'aftcngers on board, I the
Amos Oakman and Nathanial Jones, | jr j
both mafteis of vefTels belonging to Mas- I
fachuletts, and lately bound to the lfland j g r <
of St. Thomas's, were taken by the
r ' Spanish frigate the Santa Catalina, and «*><
a sent into Cadiz, where the said mailers
and crews were detained prisoners for "
' s the (pace of 7 weeks, duting which cla
time they were most cruelly treated, ] -
es plundered of their property, and other- ™
wife inhumanly abused by the officers ,«i
e * and seamen ; brought to the gang way,
and themselves on a flioit allowance of
nnwholefome provisions, deprived of Wl
their ftaU-rooms and cabins, as like- a
wife the use of pen, ink, and paper, so ®
that it was out of their power to make
nt known their fitnation to their ft iends on
shore. After having obtained their It- m
M wrtv, they applied to the Captain Ge
-0 1 heraV<3f-tl»e marine department, but to - u .
. ■ no purpose ; in cotifequcnce of which n
II sj. they were *0 go to Madrid, and there 1'
j make known the ill treatment received 11
>ot at the hands of the captors, their lofles,
! imprisonment, and long detei r :on, &c. f;
' but the only answer they could obtain 0
from the court of Madrid was, that all 11
ore his Catholic Majesty's (hips had orders t
to bring into port all American veflels, c
'' s ' bound to or from trance, and were \
ljt looked on as lawful prizes. a
(Signed) t
AMOS OAKMAN, r
h ; 5 NATHANIEL JONES. <
- (COPY) '
'*!" Gib.aitar, May 22, 1794- '
Dear. Sir,
rat. Your much elteemed favor of the I oth
;ng- current, I duly received, and am sorry
to learn that you intend going passenger
are on board the American ihip Columbus,
bound to New-York.
im- We have just received intelligence
here from Algiers, that their cruizers
can failed the firlt of April, confiding of
seven veflels, one (hip of 44 guns, three
lare, Xebecks of 32, two of 28 guns, one
the brig of 16, and a Polacre mounting the
fame ; we are in hopes they will not at
bc- tempt togxtout of the Streights, but God
only knows, as their force somewhat ex
dy's cetdsthatof the Portuguese. I remain,
in wishing you a happy and agreeable
o fee ! pafTage, dear Sir,
once Your most humble servant,
• (Signed)
vants JAMIR TOL.EDANO.
Arrived in Cadiz tl\e 24th May from
C Algiers, Capt. Burnham, late of New
-1 York, having obtained his ransom for
ml °" i t hc sum of 4000 Spanish milled dolk.rs;
I said gentleman confirming the contents
oUr "' iof the within letter, that the Algerine
, r fleet absolutely 'failed the firft of April
"d ot
: on a cruize.
'' and MARTINSBURGH July 21.
,'t or By a traveller wf.o patted through this
town on Saturday morning, and who
down left the Crab-Orchard the ift inft we
were informed, that Gen. Scott bad
hou'd compleated his body of 2000 volunteer
horfenien in Kentucky, before he left
1, and it, and that they were to fct out on the
10th to join Gen. Wayne at GweovrW.
Ther: had been no reccnt action wt-tV
the Indians as has been currently repot t
ed here for fume days past.
NEWBERN, July 12.
The legislature of this state, in pur
suance of tne Governor's proclamation,
met at the palace iri this town on Mon
day last. Both houses werg. formed in
the morning, and proceeded to busi
ness. The speech of the Governor
was read on Tuesday. >Hls Excellency
cails the attention of the Legislature
to the aft of Congi-efs refpe&ing the
militia-—to the necessity of putting the
state in' a posture of defence, by pio
vidiiig arsenals; &c. —to the propriety
of granting money towards the com
pletion of the batteries of I'facon Is
land and Fort Jolnifton —and finally
to the expediency of filling up the feat
vacated on the Bench of the Superior
Court, by Judge Spcncer's death.
These several matters were commit
ted, and nothing is as yet finally deter
mined.—A resolve to ballot for a judge
pasTed the House of Commons* on
Thursday last, but was negatived in
the Senate.
The honorable Peter Dauge has
been ele£led by the General Afiembly,
Brigadier-General of the didritt of
Edenton; and the honorable Hardy
Griffin, Brigadier-General of Halifax
diftridi.
ON SALARIES..
AN EXTRACT.
I That the salaries of the officers of
> our government are too high, has been
i a theme of perpetual cenfiire, from the
1 fit-ft establishment of the constitution ;
and yet Congress have been obliged te
:l peatedly to make additions to many of
them, to prevent the resignations of
' some of their best officers.
The proper rule to be observed in
granting salaries, seems to be this—
e " the salaries should be so high as to
d command the services of those citizens
- s who are best qualified to fill the offices."
)r It is certain, nbtwithttanding all the
clamor about the wages of Congress,
j that many gentlemen whpm the people
I have ele&ed as their best men have de
rs clined taking their feats, because they
, could make more money at home in pri
0f vate business. They do not deem the
of wa geS of a member of Congress during
t ._ a few months session, an equivalent for
f~ the loss of business to be incurred by ab
sence.
an It is a fact equally well known, that
I{_ many of the firft officers of ourgovetn
ment can barely maintain their families
to u P on their salary, even with rigid eco
nomy. 1 throw out of question, ali
„ re profufion in expenses, which govcrn
re(j ment should never countenance.
es, The truth seems te be, that public
ic. salaries should equal the private income
ain of men of the fame private merit and
all Handing in life. To place them below
era the ordinary income of refpeftable mer--
els, chants, lawyers and farmers, among
ere whom the officers of government have
aflociated in private life, woujd render
the offices contemptible—rcfpe&able
men could not be found to fill them—
and the public would lose by such falfe
economy. Now it is well known that*
in all the large to.wns in America, men
of the fame walks in life, as the mem
bers of Congress, and the higher officers
of government mufti with ordinary
1 economy, expend a sum of money,
Jrl >' equal to the salaries annexed to mod of
I S el the important offices of our national go
us ' vernment.
:nce ' ~
PHILADELPHIA.
5 o{
rC< " A prand feftival to the Supreme Be ng
one fa ,
the was celebrated at Paris on the 20th
t at- Prarial—proie&ed by David, and de
p , l
creed bv the National Convention,
t ex- 1 ,
lain,
:abie j u st Publifned,
Avd to le fold by
THOMAS DOBSON,
3. At the Stone House No. 41, south Second
street, price i -Bth of a dollar,
Slew- An Impartial Review
it for Of that part of Dr. RUSH'S Late
Ik.rs; PUBLICATION
eriii 0n the yellow fever,
April Which treats of its origin.
In which hi* opinion is (hewn 'o be erro
neous—the Introduction of the diftafe by
J nuiortation proved.'and the who'efoniciieis
i f the city vmdicatrd.
h who William Curric,
11. we Fellow of the College of Phyficiane, &■*'
t bad t'-,e Tame place may be h?d Dr. Curr e
mteer Treat if e on the 2 clloiv Fever,
e ' c!t And his account of the Climatcj and Di(-
in the eaf'ts of Anier'ea
July 26