From the WESTERN STAR. THE CORDwAINER —NO. I. STRANGE times rhefe, my dear read ers—What would have been laid in the reign of kin ? George, had a paltry Shoe makbr prcfumed to wi Ite in the News-pa pers ?— 4< \lercy on us! why the very frones 1 the street will begin to cry out next ! " —But. the world is getting ftrangt ly topfy-tufvy—"We poor vulgar trade fmcn and labourers, thanks to Mr. Paine, and Genera Washington ! begin to hold up tour heads, and look about us The great ftace of the world is at pre- j fenc crowded with aiftor::, and with buly ] and imporrantfrencs—cene- which in their j tendency and effeifts tome home to the bo- t foms of us all; and as fomekocly observe*, j "We are not (locks and (tones.l am no j leader or promoter of factions ; I stay in duftrioufly in my (hop, and d® not run a- i bout among my quiet neighbours, to let on | foot clubs and foeieties. But though 1 do not presume to dictate to Congress and P>e fident W ash ington through the channel oi a fodery, I have now and then a whim in mv mddle, artd cannot reft 'till it is out. 1 had always a huge liking to the quill, and an itching to appear in print, though I am a poor hu-nble mechanic. I hope it willnot be expe&ed that I am going to undertake to write an ©flay upon government, or toenlift in any party de pute about it ;—•!(> such thing. When a nation takes me in the head, my way (if * think it may be of any (ervice to mankind) to out with it, in my own fimpte way; and, fink or swim, leave it to bear its own weight, if it does the v*or!d any good, ye are welcome; if any body dil'putes me, and offers to enter the lifts with me—*»l thank you for nothing ; lam off—l have only told th? world wh at I thought, and you have a right to do the fame ; why should we quar- I pretend not to rank myfelf very high as a politician ; I profefc to be able to tell whether the government under which I live be a good or a bad one ; and to diftinguifti, in its variations, when it is good, and when bad. But this Ido by observing its effects, and not by fcrutiniaihg the ftrutture of the machine, and finding which wheel is too large, or too finally oi out of place. I look at. the degree at which the mercury stands on the scale of the political thermometer. They tell a great d al about "Ariftocra- j cy," and "Democracy." I fttall not ven ture into thefuhjedl of these ; all I know about them is what I have accidentally learned from News-papeis, and ,the con vei'fation of others, that an Aristocracy is an oppreflive, ard of coutle, a bad go vernment ; and a Democracy, a free and a good one ; and conlequently that an Arifto fcrat as tbey call him, is a bad man, and a Democrat a good man. I have formed foyne more particulrr notions of these character:*, and lhall hereafter take the liberry.of ftatirg them 1 beseech the gentle reader to afford me his candour. 1 did intend to have introdu ced myfelf to him a little more handsome* Iy, and to have made my entrance as an an thor with fometluggof aflourilh; but Ned Hipper dont undertland your congees and your compliments ; he mult r/?ly upon plain solid fentlment for luccefs. Front the Wejlern Star. TThe CORDWAINER.—No. 2. I am going to tell what my notions are about Aristocrats and Democrat#. People differ, I find, in their ideas, widely. I have heard many called by the firft name, who were not so, by amy means, in my view ; and others cail themselves by the second, whom I could not allow to be such. When I fee a man blustering and j fuming about the extravagance and mis- . manapment of bur Governors and Le gislators, and damning the inequalities which exifr in the State, the avarice of office, and the oppressions and fufferings of the people, 1 view this man at all points, to discover whether his actual conduct in life correfpondends with his pretentions; for on this I mod fely. 1 will initance one of my neighbors, un der the name of Maro, to Hlullrate this. Maro is a man of much property. He has within a few years purchased a farm not far from where I live. When he purchased, there were a number of small plantations adjoining it, owned by persons who were ju(t setting out in the world, and had very little pro perty, Maro had set up a (lore of goods in the neighbourhood, and gave large Credit. Nothing was more natural than for these people to be getting this, that &nd the other, at the (tore, and Maro was very patient about his pay. Maro in this was accounted a nice man. It had gone on so for fevefal years—when a sudden exigency made it neeeflary for Maro to realize immediately all his outstanding debts. This, to be sure, ■was putting his customers to their trumps, who had thought but very lit tle how or when they were going to pay, and whose accounts proved to be (no impeachment to Maro's ho'nefty) much larger than they expe&ed. In short, theif farms- were given up into the hands of Maro—'and where used to {land their flank- cottages and log huts, their little,- clean door yards and gardens, the passenger novv fees the full barracks and the inclofures of cattle, belonging to the unfeeling Maro. Now this man may fay what he pleases, and be a member of all the Democratical ( Societies in the union, I {hall always call him an Aristocrat. It is otherwise .with Mentor, ano ther of my neighbors. Mkntor is called the Aristocrat by many, because he disapproves of Dempcratic Societies, speaks difrefpe&fully of Genet", and his followers, and is warm in the praises of Prelldent Washington, Secretary Ha milton, and federal measures. He is never heard to vent any complaints a gainll the administration, or to intimi ate that there is corruption at helm. Mentor, in his private life, is the very reverse of Ma.r.o. How often have I known him to exert himfelf, even to the material injury of his own interest, to aflift and relieve a poor man in some exigence, in which he was in danger of being ruined ! He too has a neighbour hood of people ; but infteadof entrap ping their property, and contriving | rtieans to root them out, much of his j time and his income is employed to re i lieve their neccfQties, to aid them in the improvement of their foiall farms, and to enlighten their minds on iubjc&s Tinted to their capacities. He is a fa ther to them, and they love and refpeft liim like children. They may fay what they will, this is the man that I call a Democrat. I have met both one and the other, now and then, of an evening, at the Inn; Maro ciirfes Mentor, for an irifernal A-iflocrat ; Mentor thinks Maro'i' darling focietiet, and his violent politics, will do his country no benefit; and forbears to add anymore. PARIS. MADAME Elizabeth, the ill-fated fitter of Louis XVI, fell a vi&im to the sanguinary system of republicanism on the iothof May. She was followed to the fcaffold by twenty-five perfoHs, con demned at the fame time, but was not fuffared to fall under the wedge of the fatal axe till the heads of all her fellow fufferers had been struck off; and (he died indeed the last of all. That ami able and moll virtuous Princess did not fuffer for any crimes of her own, but for the offence of others, which were falfely imputed to her. The revolution ary tribunal itfelf considered her death, j as a political neceflity. r ■ '/ ' . I Having ascended the fcaffold, (he im. ] mediately cast up her eyes to Heaven, j and prostrate on her knees, wringing her,; hands., demanded of the King of Kings j that fortitude which the horrors of her situation had rendered so neeeflary. I Having continued in prayer till the mo- ! ment when (he was to submit her head to the enfangnined instrument, (he ad vanced with perfect resignation, with a kind of heroism inspired by religion, and perfectly leiigned to the deciee of Providence. Though (he bled the last among her 25 fellow fufferers, (he displayed a courage, a fortitude, superior to them all. In her prayer, (he refemblcd the ce lebrated Magdalen of Le Brun, which used formerly 19 be an object of admi ration to the curious in the church of the Carmelites at Paris. When (lie was palling in the cart thro' Rue St. Hotiore, several attentive spectators could difcerneven in the eyes of her executioner an expreflion of pity which in similar cafei riles often superior to constraint. The people accustomed to such fpeft acles, saw this scene of honor with great tranquility and at the conclusion fliouted, long live the republic 1 Thus died the virtuous Elizabeth Phi lipina Maria of France after having lived with amoft spotless reputation, 50 years and seven days. Legislature of Pennsylvania. House of Representatives, September 10. A bill was reported to suppress the infurreftion in the western counties. Ordered for a second reading to mor row. A member had leave to read in his place a bill to enable a number of free men of the firft election diltii& of Northumberland county to hold the election in the town of Sunbury, the court being to be held there at the time of election.—Ordered for a second read ing on Saturday. The petition of Oliver Evans was called up and referred to Messrs. J. Shoe maker, Rofi and Lower. A member read in his place a bill to raise by lottery the sum of 7500 dollars for the purpose of erdfting a college house for the use of Dickinfon college. Upon a motion to make it the order of the day for an early day, Mr. M'Lene observed, that the bill read was before the htmfe at the last feflion, and had now been taken from the files ; and (hat as the house had already teiblved not to take up the old business, he con ceived'the motion improper. Mr. Evans conceived the resolution alluded to could not bear the confti u6ti on which the member would put on it. The question agitated in the house was, whether a committee should be appoint ed to bring forward the. unfiniflicd bufi iiefs. This the house judged would be premature as the Gov. had not then communicated to the house the buiinels for wbich the legiflaturt were convened; but it was not intended by the vote giv en on that quest on to preclnde a mem ber from bringing forward, according to the rules of the house, bufinefi which he thought worthy their attention. Mr. M'Lene added some words in reply. _ Mr. Swan wick conceived th -it while the special bufmeis of the feflion was in progress it was the duty of the legiila • ure to improve every interva of lei ftire ; and certainly no subject could have a stronger claim to the attention of the house than that of education. Proba bly the want of knowledge and inform ation in the mass of inhabitants in the western counties may be justly regarded as a principal cause of the present un warrantable proceedings in that quarter. To this fubjedt, he Ihould, most proba bly, before the close of the feflion, himfelf call the attention of the legifla tutv and solicit their aid in behalf of the academy of Philadelphia. The bill was finally ordered for a se cond reading on Friday next. The anfwerto the governor's address, as reported by the committee was agreed to. The report of the .committee on the land office was called up, amended, agreed to and'a committee appointed to bring in a bill. From the Eagle. THE RURAL BEAUTY, A vii,UCE ODE. LIFT the window, lift it high— Who is (be that's tripping by ?— It is ray little sprightly Sue, With .pouting lip and eye so blue, Dimpled cheek and cloven chin, Taper arms, and waist so thin, O'er her neck her tiefles ftrown, Curl'd by nature's hand alone. It is my lovely Jhepheruefs, I know her by her fitnple dress, Her raven ikirt and faih of blue, Her ftocfcmgs white, and coal black (hoe, Her milk white gown, all pin'd so fall, ltfeemi to love the waist it clrtfpj. Yes—'tis (he—l know her by Her jaunty beaver, o'er her eye, While the nodding plume above Seems to beck me on to love ; Yet, I come, my tempting Sue, Sec flie smiles to meet me too. Now my arms her waist entwine ; Now her hand is lock'd in mine ; K)W we to the meadows stray : Plod, dull care, thy own highway ! Now, eve's ftilfnefs soothes the ear, See, the half-orb'd moon appear; Now it mounts with majesty, Skirts' with light the fleecy Iky. Checquering all the sylvan scene i In the rivulet breaks it's beam. 15y the mantling pool we rove ; Hear the cooing 6 of the Dove ; Hear, intrane'd upon the plain, The sameness of the Nighthaivk'j Jlratn. Now we scent the fragrant thyme, Sweet fern and the eglantine. , Theni I vow, Her breath excels, All the fragrance, that flie smells. Then, I point to Sue afar, Planet red—and twinkling star. Then we view the gernmy crowds, Now gleam—now Ipft in flitting clouds. Vow my Sufatfa eyes more bright, Than yon faireft flar of night ; Vow, that all their ihining host Fail to count the joys I boast ; Then, between each chaften'd kiss, Tejl the tale of future bliss. When my Sue (hall be my bride, Aud grace my cottage fire fide. Then I whisper wedlock's joys ; Future group of girls and boys,— Girls and boys as fair, as Sue, Honest as their father too; — Now I feel her pulses beat — She burns me with her Mushing cheek. S. UNITED STATES. LANSING BURGH, Sept. a, A gentTcman recently from Canada, in forms that the uneafineis there Hill prevails; he further adds, that the inhabitants are almofl all armed, and their arms secreted. The fame gentleman, after he arrived at Plattfburgh, which wai about n days since, had the following very melancholy story related to him, by the firft character of that place.—That a few nights previous to the relation, a party who appeared to be Indians, attacked the hotife of Captain Nathaniel Mallory, distant about i; miles from Plattfburgh, and very remote from settlements, while a part of the family, Mrs. M. and two workmen were up, and at supper. The men hearing an uncom mon rullling about the houle were much alarmed, and flew to secure the door, and Mrs. M. to a cellar hole under die floor ; another workman who had gone to bedalfo hearing the toil'e, and fufpe&ing the cause resolved on leaping from the chamber win dow ; but soon reco'llefled that his fafety lay in remaining still in his position until the house fliould hav ■ been set on fire, or they attempt to search the upper room ; this he could timely discover, as the cracks in the floor favored him with a fight of all that pafled in the room below, and the loofnefisof the flairs would give notice of their approach towards him. The refifl ance ot the men was but short j the enemy entered and immediately put an end to thfir existence; they then feaiched the lower rooms and found the children in bed whom they also killed ; the Is ft was an infant in the cradle whom they began to torture, probably, expeAing thereby to raise the mother bv its screams. Mrs. M. however, Was enabled to refill maternal emotions that would expose her also to their barba rity ; they meeting with no success in that refpedt quite killed the child, blew out the candle, left the house and shut the door. Mrs. M. flill remained in her retreat; the man in the chamber thinking they might pofiibly'lurk round about, determined to remain there in secret until the morning, if poilihle. 11l some time after all was quiet, Capt. M. himfelf came home, who it seems had been belated ; he opened the door, fpoka and none anfw*red ; he took the candle which he lighted, and on which Mrs.M. left her hiding place, and on beginning to relate what had pasTed, a volley was dis charged through the window which drop ped the Captain, and they entered and i'oon put an end to, as they supposed, the last of the family, and again retired. The man in the chamber continued dure until as late in the morning, as he supposed they would flay for fear of difebvery, and then made the'befl of his way for the settle ments, when he fafely arrived and related as above. A party followed, but .being unable to keep the track returned without discovery of any thing.—Th;* intelligence being received through so refpcAable chan nel we are induced to give it full credence. * # * This Indian story appears to be made out of a late Irish ftorv—only they have put the woman into a hole in the cel lar, -whereas the Iriih account placed her in the chimnty. Adjourned. PHILADELPHIA, Teflerday the Hovfr of Rcprefentativet of the Jlate of Pennsylvania, agreed upon the following unfiver to the Governor: To THOMAS MIFFLIN, Govern or of the Commonwealth of Pennfyl vama. The occalion which has called forth the exercise of your constitutional au thority, and induced you at this time to convene the General AfTembly i» at once fcrious and extraordinary. A violent and unwarrantable opposi tion to the laws of the United State 9 in some of the wcllern counties of Pcnn fylvanin, has long been a fubjedt of an xiety and apprehension, but until the present moment that anxiety has been alleviated, and tliat apprthenfion dimi nished by a flattering and delusive hope, that a returning sense of duty would banish from among our fcllow-citizens all opposition to the measures of a go vernment founded neither on a fortuitous succession of uncoil netted events, nor originating from the impure or oppres sive fountains of fraud or violence, but resulting from the deliberate and free determination of a numerous and en lightened people, and to the operation of laws imposed neither by the immedi ate will of despotism, nor obtained by the corrupt influence of power, but flowing from the voice ef an equal, utiiverfal and unbiafTcd representation. It mi\lt be a cause of the deepell re gret to the advocates of freedom and representative government, that those in the full' enjoyment of such inestimable bleflings, (hould, alike legardlefs of their happiness and their duty infringe on the rights of their fcllow-citizens, and by violently counteracting the will of a ma jority, afford examples, fatal to the or der and happiness of society ; to all the citizens of the Union a more jufl. and peaceable mode of obtaining every ne ceflary alteration has been wifely se cured. If our constitution (liould prove either deficient or opprelTive, it contains with in itfelf the feeds of its own reforma tion, if laws are either impolitic or un just, a complaint of our grievances or change of our representation, open the path to every desirable amendment. In countries where the intercft and authori ty of government are diitinft from, and independent of the interests and will of the people, infurre&ions may liave been ranked among the most sacred of duties; in ours, who can hesitate to regard it as the most pernicious of crimes ? When however from thfc misappre hension or depravity of any part of a community, tumult and violence have taken place, it becomes a matter of de licacy and importance, to ascertain how far the restoration of order is to be at tempted by means of the civil authority SEPTEMBER ii. S I R., of the whole,' and how soon Its should be called to aid its political strength ; this is a fubjedt you have par ticularly recommended t« our deliberati ons, and although the manifeft distinc tion between open, acknowledged and continued violence, and an opposition, casual, momentary and difavowedj may in some degree point cut the general outlines of legiflativc discrimination, vet from the impossibility of and describing future contingencies, muc(i room mull be left for the exereife of Ex ecutive discretion ; you may, however, jest, and our fincereft confidence in the just and hrm exercise of the authority with which you must ncccflfarily be en trusted. Whatever may have been the public opinion of the competency of tho judicial authority of the Hate at any palt time, its incapacity to protett its own peaceable citizens, or to support the of ficers of the Federal -Government, in the execution of their duties, can now no longer be doubted j and should the conciliatory efforts making, under the auspices and by the direction of the President of the United States and the Executive of Pennfylvatiia, prove inef fectual to restore peace and harmony, w« have no reason to doubt that the wife measures adopted by the Prefideitt, aid ed by your endeavors to enforce a due obedience to the laws and to repress a narchy and violence, will receive every support that the military strength of this ilate can afford, but as fume amend ments in the existing laws regulating the militia appear elfentirfily necefiaty :o give due energy to its exertions, we (hall also take this intereftingfiibje£t in •.o our serious consideration, and from a. knowledge of the general character of jut* constituents we cannot, on this qc :afion, omit exptefling our iirmelt con ldence, that whatever may be their in dividual sentiments, they will always ul :imate!y submit to, and cheerfully fup sort every existing law. Having never contemplated the in :ended settlement and poit at Prefqu fle as a probable source of embarrafiment a the general government, or a foun dation for Indian hoftiiity ; but having egarded it as the bafisof future improve nent, and a point of ufeful defence to >ur. frontier inhabitauts, we looked for ward to its progress with pleasing anti :ipation ; but influenced by the fame lifpofition you express to promote the nterefts >f the Union and cultivate the neans of peace we trust that on this our meaiurcs will evince a :andid conlidenition of the fatts and notives which have influenced your offi cial eonducf- A cars of the public health and a du« regard to the chara&er of the state ren der a completion of our i'yftem for pre venting the introduction of ptfftilential diseases & an alteiation in the procee dings of our Land Office, highly im portant ; as it is only by a judicious ar rangement of these we can expe&aeonti. nuance of health or an exemption from the just cenfuies of fu«h as may be incautiously deluded by imaginary put chafes of land. , The flourifhing situation of our finances affords a fnbjeft of congratulati on,as it must facilitate the operations of government, & preclude the necessity of recurring to the ordinaty means of supporting the public treasury ; to ren der this advantage permanent to our constituents by a proper application of the existing . surplus, as it deserves, lo shall it receive among the other objc