•.rqmctrte, jcf.t fcti/'-ieiu are deftioedto
acnual f.aicci.y «nd a mutual goodunder
■flstfeig w JtTs than niir.e; and that to
wards the-jovcrmiTems, which we refpec
thrrfy *enre, wf ffiall be abie to manifeit a
fiarrrc zeal, without for a moment lofiny
figijt cfth no!t honorable candor.
I have the honor, Sir, to be
With great refp. si
Your most obedient Servant,
EDM: RANDOLPH.
Mr. Hammond, MhtijTer
Plrnip: tcrdiary of bis Britannic Majejiy.
Fw the Gmeitt of the United States.
Mr. Fen.no,
THBSIE sre "ertain Political writers,
who c<Mfl&n% to iubftitutc abtrfl
f* ai imii ;as if they imagined reifon
"vuas not proof againlt detraaioh. Your
C«rrripoiKitnt G.inlaft evenirtg's Gazette
Seems of this number He talks much of
a Rrotcao Dabbler, of gulping down ab
ferdriKS, of sporting on precipices; and
of demagogues keeping themselves on the
fnppofa! finrfjee df popular opinions—but
«* one word in all this in answer to the
argoaocniiis adduced, which were nodring
■we nor lei» than thele:—That Doctor
Franklin was too wife a man to have fanc
ttoiaed permanent fyfterns of debt on any
awioEH ; that Mr. Hume had absolutely ri
diculed thenthat the present derange
ijttsti of fbtaiiee absolutely prdved their
&«f«raad infufficifcncy to fuupdrt govern•
jsteats that therefore, it was the duty of
but! jpcEacratis here to make thj greatest
dfom to pay off t-lis debt, so as to get rid
oS afanaVable bane of contention ; and
that thi- fltwrfd be done by taxes equally
aJEflial <J3 ait property, as the molt- just
aad Erasable of taxation; and that
utmsorart* or any other Crats
Jioefc- 'ooEimes, were good friends to the
peas* iird order of th:ir country, aiding
saiW&fcraijait with the constitution of the
fSvitm, formed tc pay these d bts, not tb
ympmcsti- tf.em. I fay, to all these forci-
W<r- onHlts, not one vrord of refutation
firram yniur cofrefpondenf C. I therefore
Habr«cafi«sn to inform him, that I ffiall
fee always fifciit in future, to every per
fimaaasc of his or others, in answer to
ms&c, EBL-'C'lfind ali personalities as care
£jillyi®tM.!e<iiti replies, as they have been
always irtaiay fcuiures of your Correspon
dent: Hi
UNITED STATES.
FETTSBUkGH, July *6.
Exfeicl ai a letter from a Gentleman, in
Ciiiicfutrati, North western Territory,
to Ems friend in this town, dated Juue J
Z&, 1794. ;
" Great preparations are making in j
tfotctjavoitti to end the war with the In- j
drams this.year—Geti. Scot is in Kentuc- •
k< 7 ten piifc 2oco volunteers, General
Wsyrae with the regular forces is at
(JrctmEe, it is said they were to march j
hy-tlkr&at »f next Ktontn—--where fhey i
are then to go, or what to do, we know
»ot Reports differ about the vo
kratsers.fonnefay, they will turn out, o
tiieis fiiytlrat the appointment of officers '
disquiet and that they will not '
roroe; it' we get 800 or 1000 we (hall \
be -otel' off I think—General Wayne j
tciU probably be .able to take along 14, '
«r 1500're^ularsr—The Indian army we
ate told are on the Omee, confiding of!
zcoa red fwvageS and 1500 white ones, '
under cttL kS;mcoe— what may be the
erdittr leave, you to guess, but much
hfcodfiiod is pretty certain.
, PUBLIC NOTICE.'
Ia my house at Bower-Hill, on Gar
tixre's ereefe, which was attacked, plun
dered, and barut by the rioters on Thurf
da* evening last, were foui tl\>ufand
fx hundred and eleVen dollars and lixty !
cents,,Fanded debt of the United States,
m toy own name, in two certificates,
nr. No< 77j - f0r.3631 dol)ar» and 21
cents, t> percent*; and No. 603 for
580 dollars 4.3 cents,' 3' per cents. This
h so caution the public, least they may
be offered for sale with forged powers
or conveyance; interest is flopped at
the bank, and every legal mfcafure tak- ,
en to prevent impofiticm. If they are ,
fallen into the hands of an Roneft mail, ~
he can return them to Col. Prefley Ne- .
viß, hi Pittftjurgh. I also caution the ,
public not to receive alignments on any ,
bonds ur notes to me,- as they are in the ,
iaxe (ituatron. |
NEViLL. j
July zo, 1794, ;
— I
P'lltjburgb, July ZO, 1794. ,\
Finding the opposition to therrev- t
one law move violent than I expected, r
rcgrcttmg the mifchief that has been , c
done, ind may frortj the Continuation i ;
of meafurcs, feeing the opposition chan- ]
IPM from a difgtnfed rabble to a refpedt- |
iblr party, think it my duty and do re- a
Cgn •ny commiflion. l u
ROBET JOHNSON. t
Mr. Sod 11, |n
t I am under the neceflity of request- n
,n g yoo to put the following into your ti
next paper—lt was found palled oh a
tree near my distillery. e
JOHN REED. , «
J' J, T 2 3» 1794. jo
to ADVERTISEMENT.
;o IN taking a survey of the troops un
■c ier my direction in the late expedition
; a that insolent exciseman John
ag Ncvill, I ind there were a great many
Selinqnents; even among those who carry
in dillilling : it will therefore be ob
it, lcrve d that, 1 Tom the Tinker, will
not fuffer any certain clafa or set of men
to be excluded the service of this my
liftritEt, when notified to attend to any
expedition carried on in order to ob
'trtidt. the execution of the excise law,
and obtain a repeal thereof.
And I do declare on riiy folettin word;
re, f:iat Sfch delinquents do not come
rfe f or:h on the nex.f alarm, tvlth equip
jn Mients, and give their afliltance as Much
ur as in them 1!«, in opposing the execti
tion and obtaining a repeal of the excise
, ' iaw, he or they will be deemed ,as ene
7cj mies, and Hand opposed to viitiious
h e prie'iplts of republican and shall
ut receive punilhment accordi'jg to the na
he iurebf theoffence.
'g And whereas a certain John Reed,
or now resident in Wafliington, and being
c ~ it his place nt;ar Pitllburgh, called
Reedlburgh, and having a felt of stills
e employed at said enter
:ir ed on the excise docket, contrary to the
n- will and good pleasure of his fellow citi
of arid cartie not faith toaffift.iu the
■ fupprtilion of die cr.eeution of said law
by aiding and afliiting in the late expe
, dition, havrf by delinquency tilarlifefted
iiis appprobation to the execution of the
at nforefaid law, is hereby charged foith
i;j with to eaufe .the contents of this
paper, without adding or diminilh
'? it!g, to be published in the Pittsburgh
'J Gazette; the ensuing week, under the
no iefs penalty than the confumptibn of
in his diltillery.
re Given under my hand this 19th day
II of July; one thbufand ftven hun
r- died and riinety-four.
r i l om the Tinker.
' * P. S. To prevent a great dealoftrou-»
hie it will be necessary to repeal the ex
cise law and lay a diretft tax on all loca
ted and patented land in the United
States
WYTHE COURT-HOUSE,
n (Virginia,) July 4, 1794.
. The Democratic Society met acccording to
e j adjournment.
j! Citizen William Ncely, chosen Chair
-1 j man for the fitting.
- j Citizen John Montgomery} chosen
- Secretary.
1 On motion of citizen Alexander
t Smyth ;
i j Ordered, that a romimtteebe appomt
. Ed to prepare an address to the people
t of the United States. And a connnit
. tee was accordingly appointed of citi
- zens Alexander Smyth, Daniel Sheffy,
3 John Stephens, Jeffe Evans, Joseph
t ' Crockett, William Drover, and Willi
l 1 am Hay<
; j Citizen Alexander Smyth, frbm the
, committee, appointed, reported an ad
; chefs, which being read, is unanimously
f, agreed to.
i Ordered, That the said address be
signed by the Chairman, and published. '
1 (The Address follows.)
Address of the Democratic Society in ,
Wythe County, Virginia, to the people
of the United States..
Fellow-Citizens,
It is a right of the people peaceably
' to aflemble and deliberate. It is a right
1 if the people to publish their fentimentsw
These lights we exercise, and elteem I
1 invaluable.
1 A war ragtpg in Europe ; a war 6f
tyrants againfl liberty, cdnnot be unfelt
by the people of the United States.— .
It has roused our feelings. We have '
rejo'ced wheri victory followed the
standard of liberty. When despots were '
fuccefiful, we have experienced the deep- 1
eft anxiety.-—We have lamented that v
our good wishes were' the only aid we '
■ could give the French.
Among the different powers combirr- v
ed agiinlt the Rights of Man, we have ?
marked the Britilh nation the champion I
of defpotifmi With indignation we a
have heard thefr insolent dictates to the c
' small neutral powers of Europe, to join 1
in the fubjygation of France, With c
sorrow we have seen every principle of P
-liberty, hitherto retained by the people J'
of Britain,' violated by its present cot
nipt government, and tlieir most virtu- r
• ous inhabiiants rranfported to foreign
lands, or going into voluntary exile : P
But we hope these things will ultinjate- ?
ly produce good, and that there is Ml 11
a latent spark, which by excessive fricti
on, wiH kindle a feme, and cc:ifanie
the rotten edifice of the Britiih govern
ment, on the ruins of which another
mayarife, the bails whereof shall be jus- F
tice, liberty, and equality. ti
While with anxiows expectation we lc
contemplate the affairs of Europe, it ir
would be criminal to forget our Owu ri
countr)'. A feflioa of Cc.ngre& having tl
jufl paiTed ; the firft in which the people
*«** equally reprefenced, it i« a tit tim ?
, n t0 t»ke a retrofpttUve view ofth: pro
ceedings of- Go. riiment. We ' have
watched each motion of thole ifvpower
but are sorry we cannot exclaim, " well
j. done thou good and faithful servant!"
U We have seen the nation infuhed, our
n rights violated, our commerce ruined ;
—and what has been the conduct of
Government ! Under the corrupt in
j Alienee of the paper system, it has uni
p "forinly crouched to Britain, while 011 the
COnttary our allies the French, to wliom
}■ we owe out political exigence, have bscti
|e tieated ujifriendiy 5 denifcd any aUvau-'
} tages frbrn their treaties with us ; their
(l Minister abused ; atld those individuals
among us, who deflred to aid their arms,
[ e profe'euted as traitors—Bluih Ameri
» cans for the conduct of your govern ■<
; s rhent! ! !
[j . Citizens,
Shall we Americans; whd have kin
dled the spark of liberty, stand aloof
j and fee it efttinguifhed, when burning a
' bright flame, in France, which hath
rj caught it from us ! Do you not set if
l 5 despots prevail, you must have a despot
r _ like the reft of the nations ? If all ty
i£ rants unite against free people, fliould
P ijt all free people unite against tyrants?
e ifes I Let us unite with France; and
y (land or fall together.
lament that a than who hath so
a ' c,l g peffeffed the public confidence, as
e the head of the Executive Department
hath pcfleflid it, fhoulcl put it to so fe
;s vere a trial as he hath by a late appoint
ment. The conttitution hath been
h trampled on, and yoilr rights have
e fecuritv. Citizens! What is despotism?
,f Is it no: a union of exeyutive, legisla
tive, and judicial authorities in the fame
f hands ? This union then has been ef
. fefted. Your chief Justice has been ap
pointed to an executive office, by the
head of that branch of Government:
_ ..II; that capacity he is to make treaties :
I Those treaties are your fuprtme law ;—
and of this J'upremt law he is Jitprcme
j j u ''s e ■ • What ha 9 beeomc of yotli
cofiftitution afrd liberties :
Fellow Citizens, 1
We hope the mifcortdudt of the Ex
ecutive may have proceeded from bad
advice ; but we can only look to the
t immediate cause of the mifchief. To
us, it feetns a radical chang# of measures
is neeeflary. How (hail tliis be effected ?
Citizens ! it is to be effected by a change
of men. Deny the continuance of you#
confidence to such members of the Le
gislative body as have an imerelt diftinft
from that of the people. To trull ycalr
feivejj to .'took holders, what is- irj but
like the Romans, to deliver the poor
debtor to his creditor, as his abfolirte
property. To trull yourselves to spe
culators, what is it, but to commit the
lamb to the wolf to be devoured.
It was recommended by the conven
tions of some of the States so to amend
the cohftitution, as to incapacitate any
man to serve as Preiident more than
eight years fucceflively. Consider well
this experiment. 'Tis probably the most
certain way to purge the different de- :
partments, and produce a new state of ,
things.
Believe us fellow citizens, the public ,
welfare is our only motive. ,
WILLIAM NEELY, Chairman ,
Attest, 4 .
John Montgomery, Sec'ry. ,
PHILADELPHIA/ |
AUGUST I.
The General Ad-oertifer of this morn
ing informs, that the Post-Rider to and
from Pittsburgh;- has been Hopped by j
the rioters at the westward, and letters «
taken from the mail, in order to difeovet c
who are friends and enemies to the ex'- \
cife law—any remittances {hat might be 1
found in them, the Advertiser fays, -j
would be fafely returned The fame f
paper then adds— j
Not a whisper is heard the country t
around against the oppofersof the ex- b
effe and it is even said, that many of
the influential then are open in their de
claration in favor or the unwarrantable c
measure pursued.by those people. Ma
jor Lenox and General Nevill had left t
Pittsburgh, and proceed down the
river. tl
The mail which kft went from this f
place will probably be ft opt and search- ~
ed for the government's orders, ifftied 1
in conference of the firft intelligence
of the riots. . ..
e:
From a C<imfpot dent,
■ A little pamphlet has been printed in c
Philadelphia, containing a violent at
tack upon the character of Dr. Priest
, ley. The extteme inhumanity of abuf- p
ing this refpe&ablc stranger on his ar- T
rival in America, the compliments to c;
the British conftitntion, the approbati- h
le on ®f the eflablifilmed hierarchy of
'? i South Britain, the difrefpcft for the
3-! differ,ters (or the religious societies a
■e j ther than the church of England) and
■ r | the bitter inveft-ves Sgainft the Frcnch
U revolution ami the French nation, ren
der this publication utteVly unfit for the
ir meridian of the United States. 1 It
; ought to be hoped, however, by Dr.
'* Priestley, by his friends in America and
1- in Europe, and by those who regard
1- the prosperity and the forms of govern
e ment of the United States, that this
a publication Will be univerially read. It
11 manifeflly flows from fpufces, which
- render it scarcely prudent in the free
i' men of America to pals it by, without
attentive peruial by a considerable num
. ber of them. Ph. Gaz.
By this Day's Mail.
—i
NEW-YORIC, July 31.
i Oil examining thfe current report of
1 this day, that an infurfection, or fome
-1 thing like it has appeared in Canada,
t we find it comes from a Very popular
t source. The late proclamation of the
Governor suppressing seditious publica
! tions, and the affociatiou for the support
? of goveinment; -recently ptfblifhed, are
I evidences that such an erent is appre
hended. -
> A vefTel ii arrived in 14 days frbin
i St. Thomas's; but ,she brings no ma
terial news, except that the English had
sustained some loss at Guadaloitpe on
• the 4th July.
Extraß of a Ict/er frorh Mali/ax, dated
» _ June 27.
" This trionving returned frorri a
cruize the Hussar and Blan«he frigates,
brinfjing with tliefh the American In
dia (hip Pigou, bound from the lfle of
France to Philadelphia.
" It << generally supposed here," that
she will be Condemned as her having
Fre'ricli pl opei ty on board ; for previous
so the Huffar'si coming up with her, the
Capt. was observed to throw his papers
overboard; some of which immediately
funk, and others were saved. They were
also observed to throw a French Nation
al flag,overboard.
" She is a very valuable ship, and is
fold to have 40 toii-of Indigo on board,
befn'es a gi."at quantity of cash."
From a Halifax paper of June 21.
The predicament in which the Ame
ricans stand at present is extremely cri
tical—their flag insulted and their com
merce annoyed by almost all the naval
p6weis of F.u rope—their frontier Set
tlements ravaged and desolated by the
lavages—and their Country torn and '
divided by a raging internal faction, |
which appears daily toincreafe iff ftren'gt h !
—and from its present' complexion ;
threatens a total overthrow to the re
cently established Government.—Such I
is the situation of America f and, while
the cool, cofifiderate, and more respec
table class of citizens strive to preserve \
their country from the horrors of a fo
leign war, and the more deflruftive ef
feits of dorncflic violence—the inferior j
dnd most numerous orders of society
are clamorous for measures of a differ- j
ent tendency—and rail with the utmost
malignity against the P.efidenl. the Se- |
nate, the majority of the Lower House {
and, in short, all who oppose their opi
nions, whom they endeavor to degrade (
with the name of Aristocrats:
[Wha't a (caudal to our country that J
its bitter entmiei ha*p the least ground ,
for such repr'efentations !J
BOSTON, July 26.,
COMMUNICATION.
•Roberfpierre, the present " orgzri of the e
French Republic/' has in the most point- '
ed manner, denounced his predecellor and V
con'emporary-organj, as " advocates of S
atheilm"—as profeflors of " annihilation P
in death j" and of having ridiculed and ;I
abolHhed ad manner of worshiping the
Deity. The most invpterite " Britiih "
fiCtion" his not charged the Ruling e
Powers of France with half so much ; and
the American public hiTe been taught to
believe tha: the whole was a calumny. £
Roberfpierre is honored with the epithet t
of " Jacoliin' I—£)anton1 —£)anton too haH the hon-
Or—yet the former has declared the latter, c
to be." the most abandoned enemy of his
country." Did his conduit entitle him to
the honor?; J
The now common exprefiion of" biting
the dust" i» not new.—-Addifon makes his
Fortius fay,—" I saw tbt hoary traitor f'
—'' Grininthepangsdfdeath," and"bite 2
the gfotind." f«
■ Wjcdnefday next is afligned fov the "
execution of the fenterice of death on !
the pirates now confined in the goal irt j-j
fhi» town. Thiy will be hung on the tr
in she usual manner.
—s P
Capt. BARNEY, who was ap- k
pointed to the command of one of the
Frigates, ordered to be built, has de
clined.'.accepting the commiflion ; and t )
has failed, for France, with flreng re- :
if commendations from the President
le of the United States and the French
Mmilter, to a command 111 the Navy of
d that Republic.
Companies for the defenfe of the fe»
fcoaft are forming in England* one third
e to be aimed with mufquets, the pther
1 with pikes, eight feet lung, ala Fr-an
i '"'J"''
i < Tfus States "quota" of the 8o,«oo
. miiuitc men, are in general drafted.
t PTTHA GORAS and the CO UN
> TRY MAX.
t A Fabie. ' • '
- PYTHAG'RAS rose at earl/ davyn,
By soaring meditation drawn, .
To breath the cf the day.
Through flow'ry fields he took his
In muling contemplation Warm,
His iteps milled him to a Farm ; c
Where on a ladder's tbpmalt round
A peafart Hood : The hammer's found
f Shook t: e weak barn, " fay, friend, what
care
Calls for thy honest labor thfre ?
The clown, with surly vdicc replies,
> " jujlice aloud for vengeance cries.
. This Kite by daily rapine fed
. My hens annoy, my turkie's dread
. At letigth his forfeit life hath paid,'
. See dn the wall his wings difplay'd,
Here hung'a terror to his kind,
[ My fowls fiiall fdtiirc fafety find:
My yard (he thriving poultry feed,
And my barn's refufe fat the breed.'*
Friend," laid the sage "the dotprn
is wife,
' or jP'itlic good the murd'rer dies j
But if theft tyranistft the air,
Demand a fentenee so fevers,
Think how the glutton, man, devours,
What bloody feafts regale his hours,
When thou, perhaps, carnivorous sinner,
Had pullets yeftciday for dinner."
" Hold" fafd the clowii with pafiioa
heated,
'' Shall men and birds alike be
When heav'ri the earth with creatures
"ftor'd,
Man was ordained their fov'reign lord."
" Thus tyrants boast," the sage re
ply'd-
" Whose murders firing from power and -
pride."
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA,
ARRIVED,
Briy John, Hicks, N. Orleans
Schr. Tartar, Hamill, St. Marks
Sloop Antonia, Morrell, St. Thomas
Capt. Hamill in ;22 diys from St. Marks'
iiftorms, that on the I4th iaflant in lat.»4
was boarded by , a French privateer,
Capt. Harvey from Charleston, who had
captured a few days before, an
i'.Uoone- belonging to New Providence ;
Capt. Hamilt left at St. Marks, the follow
ing veflals, y\i:
Ship Swi'awick, Eagleftin, . Philadelphia
. Hibernia, Irwin, Do.
Snow Commerce, Shirtliff, Do.
Brig Brandywlne Miller, Curwin, Do.
~, Betsey, Roberts, , Do.
Schr. F.ggar, Do,
Sloop JefferlSi, Stewart, Do.
Baltimore, July 26.
Yesterday arrived in this port, the
schooner May-Flower, Robert Caulfield,
master, from Poit-au-Pnnce,'which place
(he left the 4th inft. with 19 paffengcrs,
chiefly maflcr3 of French vessels taken
by th; British at Port-au-Prince. When
tHe May-Flower left there, all per fens
were prohibited felling any produce of
the ifiand until after the sale of the pro
perty feizetf by the firitifh, whjcli was
fixed for the 25th inft., ' The British
troops at Port-ail-Pri'nre are very ficklr,
great numbers dying daily.
8 Dollars de Recompense.
UN Negre nonimt AD O N I.S, S'eft
echape d« Wilmington, Etat de Delaware
le 22 Juillet, Le dit negrt a 5 piedj 7
pouces,environ mefuve Anglaife,nationCon
goy parlant tires mal le Francais, et encore
plus mal L'Anglais, age d'environ 28 a 30
ans, Gros et Gras, la figure plalne et L-jiile
e nez gros et ecrafif, les genoux endedan*
il poVte afTes habltuelcraent un gilct d'une
etofe verte.
On fupofe le dit Negre a Pt>iladetpl-,i, let
perfonnes qui en auront connoMTance font
priies de le faire arretter, et I'Eny yer a
foil maitre Raymond Bedourer a Willi i -g
ion, ou ala geole de New Castle, en 1 d«
reliant a ,"ce dernier Lieu au_Sr. Hokm
charge de la ditte geole.
Eight.dollars reward.
A Negro, named ADONIS, ran awiy
from Wilmington, fiate <if Delaware, the
22d.July. The said is about five
fe« 1 inthes high, Eftglifo ipeafure, Con-,
go nation; fotaks v*r? bad Englifc, awd
worst Frenah,'Sba»it »8 or 50 yc<;rs old,
big and' fat, his face Urge and rvgiy, hi*
n'ofe very large and flat, kjiock'-kneed.—
He drelics foinetimes in a green jacket and
trowfers.
Jt is supposed the fairi Nugrq Is now ;n
Philadelphia ; the perlon or perforin wh c
know where he is, are desired to arrefl him
siid fend him to his mailer, M. P.ayjnond
P.edoifret, at Wilmington, or to New-
Castle, to Mr. Hokin, jail keeper,
the above reward will be paid.
' Aug. 1 jt