pr.u?e snd li»ppi»ef& of our common
country- ,
It is neceflary, however, to apprile
V*i thus early, that at present, we do
nirt cordklcr onrfelves as authorised to
into any conferSnces on this fub
i -a after the firft of September ensuing.
We therefore hope the bufinels will be
£ (1 com !lifted that some definitive an
swer may may be given us before that
We cannot believe, that in so great a
critis a'<y attempts to temporije and
Brprrafti-Ate will be made by thole who
£.ic<rriy love their country and wiih to j
fccure as tranquility. . \
We alio declare to you, that no in
will be given to any future of
fciice agamft the United States, and
tfc.it they who fiiall hereafter directly or
iodfreiftty oppose the execution of the
hm uuilt abide the confluences ol
their conduct.
JAMES ROSS,
J. YEATES,
W. BRADFORD,
the Committee of Conference,
jLTerobkd at Plufburg'a.
Toe Mowing- is the answer of the Com-
mutee.
Pit/f&urgh, Aitgujl 22, 1794.
G^nticrrncm,
Ha vino - in our co-Terence, at eonfi
derable length itateilto you the grounds |
of that discontent which exiP.s in the j
minds of the people of this country, j
2nd which Lias lately fhevvn ltfelf in j
of opposition to the excite law, you will
contider us as waving any queltion with
regard to the nature of those a£ts, whe
ther, treasonable, or amounting only to
riot and breach of the peace ; of course
a-t waving the queltion of the conttitu
tEonal power of the President to call up
on the force of the Union to fupprefe
them. It is our object as it is youis to
compose the disturbance.
We are fatisfied that in fnbilanceyou
luwe gone as far as we could cxpeft the .
Executive to go. It only remains to ]
ascertain your propp lit ions more in de- j
tail, and to fay, what arrangements it
may be in your power tc* make with re
gard to convenience in colledting the
revenue under the excise laws ; how far
it may be confident with the public in
terefl: to prevent commencing prosecu
tions under those laws at a distance
from the places where the delinquents
relide; on what condition or cireum
itance prosecutions for t'ie late violation
of the laws lhall be fuipeuded ; that is
to fay whether ok the individual keeping
the peace, or on its being kept by the
country in general; and alio with re
gard to the general amnesty, whether
the claiming the benefit of it by an indi
vidual (hall depend on his own future
conduit, or that of the whole commu
nity.
We have already dated to you in con
ference that we are empowered to give
you ho definitive answer with regard to
the feufe of the people on the great
qu?(lion of acceding to the law ; but
that in our opinion, it is the interell ot
the country to accede; and that we
(hall make this report to the committee
to whom we are to report, and state to '
them the reasons of our opinion, that
so far as they may appenr to have weight
they may be regarded by them. It will
be our endeavor to conciliate, not only
them, but the public mind in general
to ou' - sense on this fubjeft. For this
jwrpofe we hope to be affilted by you
x in giving all that extent and preciiion,
clearness and certainty to your proposi
tions as may fatisfy the underftaudings
and engage the aequielccnce of the peo-
pie.
It is to be undetflpod that in acced
ing to the law, no inference is to be
drawn, or conftruttion made that we
will relinquiflia constitutional opposition,
but that we will invariably, undeviating
ly and constantly pursue every legal
means and measure of übtaiuing a repeal
of the law in question.
As we are dilpofed with you to have
the sense of the people taken on the
f .Ujeft of our conference as speedily as
may be, with that view we have resolv
ed to call the committee to whom our
report is to be made, at an earlier day
than had been appointed, to wit, to
meet on Thursday the 28th inft. but
have not thought ourfelvcs juftifiable in
changing the place, to wit, <)t Red
ftone Old Fort on the Monongahela.
By order «lf the Committee,
EDWARD COOK, Chairman.
To the Commissioners on the
part of the Union.
The Commissioners appointed by the
President of the United States to confer
with the citizens in the western parts of |
Pennsylvania, having been allured by the
Committee of Conference, of their de
! rrnination to approve the propofa!«
to recommend to the general Committee
appointed by the meeting at Parkinfon's
ferry a submission to the a<sis of Congress;
Jo now proceed to declare what aflurances
of ftibminMii will betleemed lull andfitis
facl'/rv, and to detail the engagements
which they .have power to make,
1. It is expected and required by the
said Commiflioners, that the citiiens com
posing the said general Committee, do on
or before the firlt day of September, expli
citly declare their determination to submit
to the laws of the .United States, and that
they will not direilly or indiredlly oppose
the execution of the adts for railing a re
venue on diftitled spirits and stills.
2. That they do explicitly recommend
a perfect and entire acquiefccnce under the
execution of the said a<5H.
3. That they do in like manner recom
mend that no violence* injuries or threats,
be offered to the perion or againit the pro
perty* of any officer of the United States,
or ciu'/ens complying with the laws, and
do declare their determination to support
(as far as laws require) the civil authority
in affording the protection due to all ofii
cers citizcns,
4.. That m. aiuresbe trJlv-.n to afcertah)
bv meetings in election 01* other
wise, the determination oi the citizens in
tUefourthfurvey of Pennsylvania, to iubmit
to the laid iav. r s, and that tatisFadtory affur*
ances be given to the 4aid Comniiflioners
that the people have so dctenninea to sub
mit 011 or before the 14th of September
next.
The saM CommTflioners, if a full and
perfedjt compliance with the above requi
sitions JUail take place have power to pro
mise and engage in manner following) to
wit.
I. No prof»cution for any treason or
other indiiUble off.n.e agairilt the United
States committed in the fourth lurvey of
Pennfylvama before this day, iiiall be com -
menced or proceeded on until the tenth of
Juiy hei£t.
2' If there fiiall be a general and fni
i cere acquiefcencein tlie execution of the
! fatdlaws, until thefaid te.ith day ol" July
\ next a general pardon and oblivion ot all
such olFenccs (hall be granted : excepting
therefrom, iievertlifclels, every perfor.
who (hall in the mean time wilfully ob
ftiuft or attempt toobftruft the execu
tion of any oi the laws ot the United
States or be in any wife siding or abit
ting lhcr;:n;
3. Congteh having by nn a& p.nfca
on the fifth day of J.i >•; In ft, authorized !
the Hate courts to take cogni/a.tce of
oiTenccs ajjajiilt « '.it laid «6U tor vailing
h rtfvruue upon diililled Ipirits r.nd ftiiis,
j thePreliilent has determined that he
i will direa fujts agatn't fech delinquents
to be prosecuted therein ; if upon expe
riment it be found tiiat local prejudices
or other caufci do not obftcutt the faith
ful administration of jtiftice : But it rs
to be imderftood, that of this he mult
he the jitdge, and l hat he does not mean
by this detrrminr.tion to impair any
poitfer veiled 111 the executive of the ;
Unit< d States.
4. Certain benelkial arrangements
for adjuftiiig delinquencies and prof'cu- .
tions for penalties now depending (hall :
be made and communicated by the ■
officers appointed to carry the said a£ts
into execution. j
Given under r>»rhnr.<ls at Pitlfaurgh,
this 22clday of Aiuuilh 1764.
JAM ES ROSS,
J. Y-BATES*
Wm. BRADFORD.
Pittjburgb, ylugujl 23, 1794.
Ge'»tlemen,
We presume it has been understood
bv vou that the conference on our part !
conlifls of members not only from
the counties ol Peunfvlvania, weft of
the Allegheny mountains, but also from
Ohio county, in Virginia, and your
proportions made in general by your
firft letter being addrcfied to this confe
rence, the Ohio county was considered
as included, yet in your propositions
made in detail by your last, you confine
them tothefurvey within Pennsylvania.
We would requelt an explanation on
this particular.
Wehave only farther to fay we (hall
make a faithful report of your propo
sitions, which we approve ot and will
recommend to the people, and however
they may be received we are purfuaded
nothing more could have been done by
you or us to bring thia'bttfmefs to an ac
i commodation.
Signed by order of the Committee.
EDWARD COOK, Chairman.
The Commissioners on")
the part of union. §
In confeqence of the above A a Con
ference took place with the gentlemen
from Ohio, and some arrangements were
made accordingly.
(To be Continued.J
PHILADELPHIA,
SEPTEMBER 5.
Extract of a letter fro v a rcfpecftable house
in Cadiz, to a merchant in this city, da
ted nth July, 1794-
■< Our crop of wheat has been gather
ed in, and has proved very abundant,
which las canfed a considerable decline of
wheat and flour from your Continent, a
cargo of the former from Virginia, has
been fold at rs. vn- 31 per faneg, its quali
ty wis not pi the S ood f ? u r nd S ram
would fet:h fonie pirc-Is c.t floui h. ve
been fold it 10 per bar", which price may be
quoted as the prefcut standard."
Legislature of Pennsylvania.
House of Re?resentativ«3,
Srptrttber 4.
Mr. Swanwick of the committee on
the part of the House, appointed to
take into confutation the Governor's
addrefs—brotight in a report which
comprises the following objetls—Viz.
lit. A revision of the militia law—2d.
The Prefqe'lfle bufiwfs—l3d. The
defence of the frontiers—4th. The
Health-Office'—sth. The fortifications
j on State Ifland—6th. The Land-Of
fice—7th. The Finances. Social com
mittees were appointed on the fix last.
On the ill. Mcflrs. Kammerer, For
est, Jacob Morgan, Brittin, Torrence,
Cannon and Neville.
2d. Messrs. M'GofEi, John Shoe
maker, Carpenter, Lilly, M'Lean.
3d. Messrs. Irwine, Rofs, Hays,
Hendricks, and Cable.
4th. Messrs. Swanwick, Hiltzheim
er, Brittin, Paul, and Pierce.
sth. Messrs. Hiltzheimer, Jacob
Morgan, Chapman, Bell, Morrifon,
Haft7.el, and Stokely.
6th. Messrs. Ritchie, M'Lay, Ty
fon, Lodge, and Lutz.
A petition from sundry workmen
who had been employed on the build
ing of the hteufe intended for the Resi
dence of the Prelident of the United
States, was prfcfented) read and com
mitted.
September J.
The House of Representatives ad
journed at an early houjr this day, to
afford time to the numerous committees
to form and bring in their reports.
By this Day's Mail;
NEWBUKYPORT, Aiig. 3d.
On WcdntJAay Ictjl arri'vcd'ik tbis p6rl
in 48 days Jrom HoUcdam, Jbip Mary,
Edmund fVingate, Majier, by <wbicb <i'je
ore enabled in prejent our patrons with
the fotloivine:
GLORIOUS NEWS!
On the 19th June the town of Ypres |
surrendered to the French. The garrison
surrendered prisoners of war, all private
property, was lacred. The night preced
ing the surrender of the. :*l)ove place, the
garrison offered to capitulate on condition
that the French would ail W them to fend
out 1 waggons unfearched, and liberty for
the emigrant* to march out umolefted,
which the Freti h t-efufed, and on fur.en
derofthe garrii~onsoo emigrants fell vic
tims to Republican rage.
June 26th. ') his day, ffeport fays, that
j the French have taken Ghent, and the
people at Oftend were preparing .0 ' leave
the place, and that all r lenders were in
danger.
June 19. This day we hear thkt Oftend
is taken by the French, and b rnt. Aj
t number of people landed l.eie ii is day!
| from Antwerp, and other place! that were
I not in poffeflion ol the French.
j July 1. This day 3or 400 emigrant*
■ arrived here from Flanders, who icemed
| to be in a fad state, without much b. g 0
I which lhews then flight vvas precipitate,
j and some ol them laid that it was impolti
-1 ble for the combined armies to race the
! Frcnch.
July 4th. This day are received
that the French have taken Wons, rnd that
the combined armies had evacuated Valen
ciennes.
July sth. The French have taken Brus
sels, and were befiegihg Sluys. Some
pieces of Shells which the French hove in
to Sluys were brought here. An Emi
grant from Bruflels told here, that it would
be impolfible for al! the Combined Powers
to face the French, for by their requisition
they brought into the field 240,000 men.
July 7th. Accounts are received, That
the F.mp ror of Germany was on the point
of entering into a treaty with the French,
and that the French had taken Sluys.
The English lay, that the King of Prus
sia has used them very ill, after paying
60 tons of silver for troopj, he did not fend
them, but kept them to guard his own ter
ritories. The affairs between Pruflia and
Poland, the accounts of Which are various
—report fays, that the Poles had loft a
battle.
July.Bth. This evening report fays,
that there had been a hard battle near
Bruflels, between the armies, the French
were victorious, 40,000 men lay dead on
the field.
Two Alger'me galtlemen came piffen
gers in the Mary : As various reports are
in circulation refpe&ing .their visiting this
country, for the fatisfaflion of our readers,
we have obtained the following account
from a gantleman who has coirverfed with
(hem. Eight years since one of them com
manded a frigate in the service of the
Dey, and being taken by three Neapolitan
frigates, it was dangerous for them to re
turn to Algiers : they have since been tra
velling hi different parts Of Europe, aftrt
have recommendations from some very res
peftable characters there. They will in a
few days proceed to Philadelphia.
On Thursday last arrived herfe the
schooner Sally, Capt. B.;kcr, in 13 days
frcm Gaudalcupe. ' Capt. Baker on liis
paifag w..s b^ought 16 by an Englilh
lloop of war, 14 days from New York,
who after examining his papers, &c. faf
fcred Kim to proc.-td.
Yefterda\r arrived in this port, schooner
Nymph, Captain Titcomb, in i.-j days
from St. Anns. Capt. T. _ informs that
the Frcnch are in hijh fp ; rits at Ganda
loupe, and plenty of' every thing to make
the Engiiih dance to the tune of Carmag
nole.
PROVIDENCE, (R, I.) Aug. 23.
The Ship Hope, Capt. Low, of
this port, is arrilfd at the Falkland
Isles, and was to fail from thence trie
I 2th of April'aft. ' Capt. Low writes,
that in lat. 47 S. he ftii in with a'.moft
innumerable islands of ice, many of
which measured by his Quadrant 200
feet above water. Their forms wert
various; some in the ihape of fugar
loaves, others like towers, others jetting
like rocks, their tops appearing level,
and covering at leall 3 acres in extent.
They weie ilifcovered at ten in the
morning, appearirg from the malt head
J IIIJIJJ ua wu.»
n each fide" as far as the eye, could The gujjjj MAN.
reach. The (kip, running 6 knots an A Foment.
nour, entered among them, anil at times .
was obliged to steer so near as to he fro Sec hobbling on with fearful, cautiou
quently becalmed. In this dangerous ftpp
iitimtion fne continued to run at the The man of fight bereft—no gladfomi
rate of j or 6 knots until 7 at night* ray
when (he happily cleared them. Pierces his darken'd foul—no tinge ol
On Wedtiefday arrived the Ship en- j colours
terprize. Capt. Samuel Packard, hum > Various, that cherifti and refine th«
Barbadoes.—The Barbadoes Mercury) j mind
of July 26, received by Capt. Packard, ! Performing evolutions beautiful
contains a lift of the Biitilh killed and j Through heaven's high vault, on cacti
wounded at Guadaloupe, fiivce the de- ! bright day—
. feent made at Point-ii-Pctrc by the .N„ fight of human face} well call'd
French, as folloiVs : j " divine"
Soldiets and Sailor* killed s No not of Parents dear, if he's a Son
and wounded, 6&0 I That he may view engraven eta thet
Officers Ditto, 3 2 s brow
11 '■ ■■■ - The Soul of goodness} that doth blest
71 2 I him.
Died.] On Sunday last, after a te- O tnuch loft fatisfaftion ! were it net
dious indifpOhtion, Miss Sally Femte y For Parent aid and their sweet mufifr>
the amiable and only Daughter of his i
Excellency the Governor, aged 16 years.
" That Life is long, which anfzver
Life's great F.rul."
imrrompt u.
At the Bu ■ial of the amiable Miss Sally
Ftnn?r.
Of innocence, of truth the child,
Ot fnaniiers modest—temper mild ;
When palling where thy a(hes deep,
Whose heart lo hard that will nut weep ?
Tho' codfcious that the dread behest
But cail'd thee to eteriial rett,
Who did riot wi(h the pow'f to fare
Thy youth anil beauty from the grave ?
Peace to thy dust ; dear friend, farewell!
Till founds for me the village bell ;
Oft is I tiead this hallow'd ground,
My tears (hall on thy grave be found.
NEW-HAVEN, Sept. 3.
The Committee to make weekly re
ports of the deaths and Hate of licknef*
in this city, Certify, That the following
deaths have taken place since the date
of their last publication, viz. '
A daughter of Mr. Lent Hotchkifs,
JE,t. 3, Scarlet Fever.
A child of Mr. Hezekiah Bradleyv
1 2 months, Choler,
Mrs. Tamer Clarritlge, 56, Putrid
Fever. ,
A son of Mr. Emmonds, I, of a lin
gering illness.
A daughter of Mr. Newman Trow
bridge, 8, Worms.
As the Committee consider their ho
nor concerned in the faithftilnefsof their j
reports, they have frit a degree of m:>r- j
tification to hear that the truth of their j
certificates, have, in some instances, been
scrupled ; and as they are convinced
that a uniform relation of the firrrple
truth, is the heft mode of corredting
the errors of vagiie and unguarded ru
mours, they have only to allure the pub
lic, That in preparing their reports of
deaths, their own recollection has always
been corrected by the books of the
Sexton ; and they are confident that
not a fmgle death in the city has efcap
-1 ed their notice.
They are happy further to certify,
that the Scarlet Fever, which was the
prevailing epidemic at the time they
began their reports, is now, they hope,
nearly extiniS ; they do not know of
a single patient sick of that d;feale it*
the city.
They furthir certify, that they haife
flattering profpefts of a speedy termina
tion of- the Putrid Fever ; several who
were f:ck of it at the date of their last
publication, have since recovered ; and
only one hau died j we know of but
three persons who are hard sick at this
time* and four eonvalefcents, fbme of
whom have had the disease very fererely.
Th'ey also certify, That no person is
now f.ck of that disease in any part of
the city weft of the Creek, dividing the
old from the new Town/hip, nor on Ihe
wharf or its vicinity, where the dffeaCf
began. And that the utmost care has
been used for several dayspaft, thorough
ly to cleanse the wharf and building#
adjoining, ofevery is thought
to aid the proerels of the contagion.
ENEAS MUNSON,
SIMEON, BALDWIN,
DYER.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 4.
A Corrcfpondent thinks it oeceflaiy
for our citizens to keep a (harp look,
out to prevent the intTodu&ion of in-
ill this city. Theie
i-s a (hip lying at Beetle's wharf, lately
arrived from Antigusi, two men from
tin board of which wvrc 611 Sunday,
ferlt to the hospital, being sick; on
Tuesday one died on board, and was bu
ried, and yeftcrday another peffon died
011 board the fame vrfleh A B.
ARRIVED
Ship Connecticut, Little, Bourdeaux
Sloop Sally, Riley, Hifpariiola
For the Gazette of the United States.
v °»« »
To him they might as well be dead.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Arriixi
Sloop Martha, M'Williams, Frdericks
bur£
Cleared.
6tig Charlotte, Walfh, Porto RicO
Maria, Little* Boston
Schooner Washington Roberts, Pafquo
tank
Sloop Abigail, Blurtfj Portsmouth
Polly, Midget, Ederitori
Arrived at the Fort:
Sloop Sally, , St. Martins
Brilliant, Gardner, G. N. Mole
Bonnetta, , Ha?atwah
*+ * In the piece " from the Albany
Register" in yeft«rday's paper, in line I i
for catifes, read " curies. '
The ship Columbia, Captain Maley,
is arrived at the Fort in 57 days from
Amiterdam, with tto pafiengers—l9
fail of velTelj arrived at the Fort.
THE SHIP AMERICAN,
jjer&r EDWARD Ric£,
Is to fail sos
London, on the 15th
IfifUnt, if no offer is made to Charter hef
for any other Port.
LOUIS OSMONT.
djt.
Sept-i, 1784.
134 Hogsheads prime
ao ditto Triage
3 ditto Superfine •COF F3 E'
21 tierce 9 prime
119 bags doi
Say aio.ooo lbs. French wt.
A L S O,
Some Cotton,
And Six
Hhds. Jamaica Rum,
Of a particular O ood quality, for Sale out
of the Ship American.
LOUIS OSMONT,
No. ii?, North id Blreet.
/ at*
Sept. 5.
' HEMP.
<5 Tonsfirji Quality
Peterfburgh Clean Hemp,
Just laiided, will be Told by Public auction
In Lots of s ton9each,
On Monday Morning,
nerf, at 11 o'clock,
On Walnut Jireet Wharf,
For approved note! at 3 and 4 montM.
Footman & Co.
Anttianeerii
B«pt. s
The Medical ledlures
In the University of Pennsylvania, will
commence the firft M uid y in Nor«a>brr
ne*».
Sept i
I