isy nm ; the armed combination tV.at marches with military parade, thro' the country ; the expwlGon of every avow ed friend to government; the seizure of the public mail; the insults offered to our Comnvfiioners; and the threats of cllabldhing an independent (late, or of returning to the allegiance to Great Britain < are ciicumftances calculated nofconly to rotife an honell indignation, but so awaken suspicion of a deep and latent treachery. f It is time, therefore, my fellow-citi ze.is, that the government, and every friend to Law and order,| (hould prepare to fuppref«, by the moli effec tual means, the tyranny that is at tempted to be (Aablifbed by a few over the many J by a pait of the communi ty over the whole. The citizens of our lifter (late* are already in arms.— Your brethren of the city and county of Philadelphia are already on their mareli% The quota of Chester, Dela ware, Montgomery and Bucks, are ea gerly preparing. Arms, ammunition, camp equipage and provision, are plep- j tifullv proved. The legiflatt re lis j paired a law to raise the pay, and tod- j low a bounty, to those who are defi- I ned for the present service; and of such critical importance is the objedtu niverfally deemed, that an affociatpn of patriotic persons has been Philadelphia, for the purpose of railing lubfcriptions to provide for the familes of the militia pt the city who (hall be employed in the expeditions But, indeed, there is scarce a princi ple that can aikuate a benevolent and patriotic wind, which does not cor.cir in recomnyndihg at this time the miA lirm and cacrgetii: nJea'lurei. To afll in fupprefling so violent a breach of tie Jjublic pea*, is only an aft of duty, h every goodcitizsn ; to (hew our detff niination to punish every obstinate d(- Ktiquent, may save our hnmanity tit pant o; doing it ; and if the militia i P< nnfyivaiiia (hall evince, not only ther difp >fition, but their power, to aid tk civil authority in executing the lawi, the man ofipeace, as well as the pativ ot, will be eheved from the apprehei 1 fions of anjneceflity, for the uitioduo 1 tion of a (Hiding army. i Let us loot back my fellow-citizens, bi • a few years scarcely more than the ten a!!oted for tj; life of an individual, an weihali be a»nce aflonifhed at the pro: perity of and ashamed at th ingratitude ofanv popular discontent. ] 13 but little lire than a century, since ou anctftors torikd the enterprize of fettlin ,n America ; nd iome liave but just quii ted this woriiy frene, who remembrc when our capfcl, was dilt.nguilhed onl by a few Indi» hufs, and our best eulti vated farms w»e a wildemrfs. Our fa thers were compelled to conilant labor and exposed totonftant danger. The hop 0 trani'mittinjaffluence and tranquilit' tcm*ir pofteriO was their greatest confo lation: and u. u whli what a quirk, witl how great a j, i s realized. Scarce an India Inhabits within our ter ntory ; the cotforts of life flow in abun dance through j thechannelstiiat induftn can invent; oulgriculture commerce ant mechanics, airily rival the ancient efta blilkments of irope ; our attainmenti m the arts an( sciences are cclcbratci throughout the ferld; in queflions of re ligion we have g|en the firft example ol M"' v T r fo-erat* : and as a governmenl the American Kkublic (lands unrivalled by any ancient, < nodern, political fabric, Is this a Ctuatioi) be made the sport of lawlefc fury . W can the moll vilionary character expert tj ga in by a chan K e »Is not every man trf is honefl, ftf e • j, not every man that is buftrious, comfortable? 1 hele quellions art he touchllone of fecial appinefs ; and n*io other country but th r Cn ' fellow-citizens, upon the awful cnfis wilUgret, but encounter it WKh fortitude, ps the various def ection, of the J opk that constitute h„t,H none have contri buted more , 0 its ho> r and opulence than the German, ; and one have a greater stake in preferv.ng ar government and ;;, from deftnia.a The mifchief has the fnm?°" e robab 'y. '» check f-" °t r»r-*f*om the diflraaed E " r °P C ' t "«'' hitherto tenspt- Of property, and, in flu Q { ev j . and privilege, that is d«- ■ 1- r. para.eorfnhlsfocial ' to the conduct of the 1= vania, the Pref,dent's a^ lon the " pon of all the /he Un nn" u anxiously IK , j j ' felf, that they will no« P td£ed my " former oecaf.on, manifeft e^ P °" rpirit, m the cause of their un T rv w h a! fay you for yourselves ? W,„_ K, -■onftitution? Will you defect 5 ? Ur Will you alCft to ffrZlT ? ~ ndeixndence 'an" :itizenha s anfwercd: you v ' he other couUes, that you lu. cheerfully • ; lied with :iieui in protecting our govern ed from violence, and our militia from •oach. this, then, your resolution ? If it ** j it I tefjech you declare it: fix the da) when your quota will be ready to muller and march to the place of rendezvous on the succeeding day. HILADELPHIA, OCTOBER x. Extract of a letter, dated Port Je Paix 9th Thermidor, 2d year of the Freneh republic from Stephen L»avt?aux, go nor general for the time being to the French con ful at Charleston S. C. " Let me inform youthat every thing which ha* been sent us in • consequence i of the miflion for that purpose has fafe- I 1)' arrived in port. The hrlt person w!.o j appeared on our coall was captain Her | vieux. I cannot exprefa to you the j joy with which that worthy republican was received among us. Carvin and the others arrived a few dnysafter. The manner in which Carvin delivered us the patriotic gifts sent by our brethren at Charleston cxcited feelings which none but the Sar.s Culottes know how to estimate, and to compile our good for tune 1600 barrels of flour which had been sent us by the minister Fauchet alio arrivedjull at the fametime. Judge what is the fatisfa&ion the joy which I now pervades the gafrifon, i„ addition [ to that ardor which you know is the pre- I sage of those victories which we promiic ; you. Yes, my brave Sans Culottes,by the time you arrive we shall have de stroyed a great number of the (laves of tyranny. 1 feel that upon the certainty of this how impatient you are to be among us ; know that you are alio wish ed for by ui. Inform?.!! the good Frenchmen, who are at Charletton, that we will en tirely drive from this part of the world, those cowaids who in the month as Ja nuary last, offered 113 gold in the expec tation that by these means they miVht not have to fight with us—they (hall retreat before us, he a (Hired of it, in the fame manner as they have always done ever since we have been fortunate enough to meet with them. Adieu ! We impatiently expect you to join in giving them the final overthrow. Give our most sincere thanks to all t i ht Sai,s Culottes at Charleston—tell them that in nfiifling us they serve the French republic," Utterfroman officer in Gen , Wayne's army Camp, JunHidn of the Maumee and Auglaize, 31ft Aug. 1764. " So far our operations have succeeded yorid our expectations. The troops, o„ he 20th in/behaved remarkably well, he enemy did not stand one moment before u.I suppose there were about 1000 [gamft us, and no more. We hair not °en or heard any thing of them J,lce. These eople appear to live in the great eft plenty ; be Daft quantity of corn and vegetables ou can form no idea of; but I think they lufl be greatly diflreffed the enfu'mg ivinter, s <we are burning and destroying every hug before uj. You will have the par culars in the General's letters. Our fu tre operations I can give no account of." THE BYSTANDER. Is ot ON Friday evening the old Am« e? iican Company gave a treat tha [loved very gratifying to a numerou r I ad refpeftable assemblage, by th, tfprefentation of that much admirei , n Comedy, Tie Tiung Quaker, the pro -r ,; - lon of the pen of that celebratei i- aothor O'lveefß of eccentric memory siI hC Wnter W ° tiid re P rove h 'S owr n IU gS COuld he D %S aad) y deny to the , r refpecti'velv, his unlimitec d a Pi*oval—Every chuader seemed fc is ",^ ral to the genius of each, individu k al1 !. as if the auther had had rhem d ">*\/ed in his * eye : Without any in ■" indifciimination of any, it'may » be jlftly applied, they all performed f un <*eptionably. But let not the Thea y f ric corps presume that the Bystander t '"''.is awarding his tribute ofpraife, r "dilutes his judgment, in giving it t a "'«Mie reminds them of the Poet s it is sometimes like, ; " flattery, "We praise defames—as if a fool u /hould mean, " B ! spitting on my face to make it ting on my face to make k -an " u e . t Hour was certainly Performed than at the former re f'fi n!" lOn ' l>Ut ,I '' more point, is jnf. o ' f in the disposition PI u Tar ' ed fituat 'on« to render the 0 intricate to the au- * 'tic ... . ** 'Will knoum that o*KetJc was ,n f u"l ' V)as Milton, yet iJia, dience The Performers themselves know well the intention of an auLiw but if not justly developed, it wi'lfrem to the company that embarralnv.-m succeeds embarrassment. On Monday evening was represented thr Tragedy of the Fair Penitent s and as usual when Mrs. Melmoth has the leading character the houfr was filled at an early hour—The Byfonder forbears difcanting on any particular passage wherein (he most excelled, not coming Within thy limits of a newfpaprr; and he is persuaded from what he saw, that the atttnders of the Theatre are eapable of feeling and judging of her excellen- Cl ' e3 —Mrs. Marriot is the mod elegant figure that the Theatre h*s produced within his memory—her plantive and soothing voice was charmingly adapted to the chara&er of Laviuia,—and Ho ratio, by Mr. Hodgkinfon, was, if possible, an improvement on the virtu ous tjoratio—Praife is equality due to, Me(frs. Marriot, Hallam, King, & Ci The Comic Opera of No Song no Supper succeeded, and the public have to congratulate themselves that a more delicious aft«i-piece was never fcen, or perhaps equally well performed in this city. Mr. Prigfijore looked divertingly ridiculous in Crop, particularly in the feene when he is unfacked. It is to be oe wished such characters were alwrys fotreated »n leal life. The By (lander particularly notices the rifibillty of the audience at the ring ing of the bell previous to drawing up curtain—He mull overcome his modeify when he puts the managers m mind that it refemhk-s rmlehthe found of a 'Jrrfey Cow bell! The BYSTANDER. By this Day's Mail. EJSTON, Sept. 43. I'rom Correspondents. The public will not mi/la'ee the foleinn point in tgUe between government and the tnfurgents. It is not whether the Excise law ij a gcoA one—lt will freemen sup port their laws, and the theory of their own government.—By that Theory* the govern ment can alter or repeal any bad law—but arms and force cannot —even if vicarious — these might and would destroy both the law and the government—but never could repeal or alter letter of any law. If force of arms can repeal law, it can con vert a free reprefer.tative government into " P ■ Keafon formed, and mull fuppnrt the Jirfl. If the excije is a bad tax—it is badbe irtJ'c " otfuit aH "* **** °f tl * I United States or a ftiaiority of them, there is a clear way open by which the knowledge' of the mterejls of the majority can be ob tained. Longrefs are not in love wth the excise, and will repeal it if the majority call Jor its repeal. There is a way of al tering a houje without pulling its founda tion away. Cannon if Co. fay they willufe all their endeavours legally to ohftrnA the Excise taw—a hat a pity it is that when this glorious country affords an afyhim for all forts of outlandijh foreigners they Jhoidd not underjland something of its government and municipal regulations before they at- Tl Pl *° £<"■>» "t 'raft they ought . t , he .' a "gu*ge of the country before they make it the miserable mangled vehicle of fed,t,on and treason—Legally to obftruft a law ts a solecism beneath the capacity of Uws£ y ~ much more ° f the lo^n di/y.' C n"T' m J ' eems at ,en 3'b to have Jl'- gutfhed very jnflly betiiieen the Co7l/li tutionalright of petitioning, and the un constitutional violence of jedition—Kow <ajily will any right either of a political a civil nature degenerate into its abuse and into a wrong, if mtemperately or vi aoufty exemfed. The conduct of this gen- Ij'lT/r J U .t° thou S h eloquently, ft ji'ii r ™ h ° fe com " utt ee-man he ! 1 j '' i ' * n > recommending peace j and order g nd w /a I„ / m s n c °f/ e "f ■» 'bis country ought LdT a 7 ° f Re V s -«**t to be flow nd temperate in the examination of political winl'r Z cautious in deli y ng his opinions among tbofe whom Pro tet"" V ha ™ h W ™" b <*" tensive knowledges. Republics have been Tf" com P are d to the ocean, grand and fubhme, but fubjeH to florms—and the s tZ er T ent 1° " & : ~ lf tb & CMh ° rai f< Mu mrd a p L ™ ere gifted cw " b the JT ,fdam \ a, ' bat Power is who rules Ihn , nature > «* might not raire!"/} to f'.°r" but >»an> weak man, CHARLESTON, Sept. tg. ExtraS from the bg bool of the fnoiv Copt. John A. Clark, from t i nna now tlx road. July 26 We spoke the Guillotine privateer, Capt. Pruime, who took our men and kept us in great clirtrefs for 1 r hours, unftowed our l.ofd, ftUed our water, and used us in a molt piratical I manner. On the 2?t h they ,00k ,he Nancy of p rov^ el)ce .on , he 2gth they took the fh.p Sandown, Capt. Apley, bound to London, richly load- K" "ft ® P r °diice, from Kiagfton. The officer* and crew of both vrflVls, with fix Spaniards, they on board of us to carry to the Ha v-ui. t, where we Strisedllie *<! of An P. ' <w» :Vp;.,icl iter irizc fi»l' **'•"< brought in by ilic fluijp tit of war, the icorpion, Capt. Thomas Western. Three Americans, amm« tltem wa= Capt. Eat!, second Captain oT the Guillotine, were sent to Engiand-j in the Alligator frigate- Augu!t 28. On the afternoon of Monday we had a dreadful hurricane, which continued with strong gales and heavy rain until Thursday night, the conferences of which were dreadful; upwards of 64 fail were all ashore, moll <?f which /ell vidti'ms to the wind and sea. The Alfred, of BiilioJ, of 16 guns, Capt. Scott, witli 330 hogsheads of rnalafTes, bonnd for Chailefton, was totally l 0 (l j the Sukcy, of Philadel phia, and a /loop of Charledon, were %g*h aft)ore, but gat off with little da ■K; tl'e vefiels that fuffered molt " erc Spamfh ; two king's vffiels were on shore, the San Petre 74, and the San Gabriel, of 100 guns, besides ?. number of armed (loops and brigs ; in the city its efFeAs were equally fdt, up. wards of 30 houses being levelled with the ground. In the lat. 31. 12. 10 8 fathoms wa ter, we ware brought to and boarded bythejoirjou privateer, Capt. Brown, who after searching (is fovnd 12,000 dollars, whieh they took on suspicion ot being Spani/h property. NEW-YORK, Sept. 29. We have melancholy accounts ofthe sickness and mortality in fume parts of Duchess and other counties in this ilate. Surrounded thus with contagious difcafesjt behoves the Magiftrstcy and citizens of to take every pre caution for clean ling the city, and guar ding it from infettion. We are happy to find, the city continues moll remark ably healthy. In New-Haven we are fori y to hear, he disease isfpreading. The folio-wing Paragraphs art t.-iien from the Bojlsn Independent Chronicle. Mr. JAY's MISSION. A letter from a Merchant of the fir ft relpedlablity in London, iavs, " that Mr. Jay, .will have a knotty affair in the iettiement of American claims; antl nbfeivrs further, that an advertifemcnt appeared in the English papers request ing the London Merchants to make out an account of their lofts, .-.gainlt the Americans, sustained .in the late war with that country." Another lettef mentions that we are ! indebted to thefuccefles of the French, I ftould any indemnification be made to the Americans, and that but for the rapid success of the Fiench, Mr. Jay would never have been permitted to ne gociate. That the Merchants of Eng land were cooly received by the Minis try, on their application for indemnifi cation, but that the fuccelTes of France had given a more favorable turn to A mcrican affairs. We are sorry to inform the public, that 60 fail of American vessels, and 150 fail of Danes and Swedes, have been captured by the Biitifli and carried into Guernfev, where they remained at the date of the lait London accounts. 1 iit ihip Barclay, Capt. Swain, arriv ed at iioiton, on the 2{th uit. in 58 days from London. ' OH American Company. • the atre—cedar street,. THIS EVENING, Oftobcr I. Will be presented, For the lajl time this season, The Comedy of the Young Quaker. After whieh thevßand will play the Federal Overture. To |which will be added the celebrated Musical Entertainment of the PADLOCK. The cloors will be opened at half after five, and the curtain drawn up preciftly at half after fix o'clock. MeflH. HALLAM & HODGKINSON refpeetfully acquaint the Citizens in gene ral, that every expend }, as been c J) ear f u] _ , lne^- t ' lat ni.jfht tend to make the Old American Company, worthy a share of their patronage, during the short stay the nature of their engagements will permit them to make here. Places in the Boxes may be had at the Box Office, from ten to one every day (Sundays excepted) and on davs of per tormai.cc from three to five 1\ M. where alio tickets may be bad, and at Mr. Brad fords book-store, No. 8, south Front street, and at Mr. Carr's mufic-ftorc. BOX, one Dollar—PlTT, three quar ers—GALLERY, half a dollar. PHILADELPHIA, Ocvr. I The exprcfs from Gen. Wavne nrri ved yeflerday after 2 o'clock' P.M The dispatches received by him were forwarded to the Prefideqt—Letters received this day inform that tlie P-.eii dent and hie suite vveje thismornine 25 miles fiora the City— * Tht at the War OfHcc were not T season, to give the offi c'al the late battle in this day s Oa2ettc—they ft all nppcar to mojTovv, On a Master Carpen er, written by h-j Companion. Fell d by deaths surer Hatchet, here lies STRONG, VPH rrany afturdy oak has laic' ;,lcr.<r, Polls o<t lie made, yet ne'er a could And !iv rilling tho' he had nr v't. , OW lSfcijSe had, altho'no amiqiMria-', And btiles cof-redied, yet was no Gram- marian. Long liv'd he Oakham's premier Archi te'<Sj And tailing as his Fame a toms) t*el-etf, In vain we seek an artifl such as he, VY hofc Poles and Gates were for eternity So here he reils from all lire's toils aui V. lies, Oh ! spare kind heaven his fellow-lab'rer HOLLISj Public Notice is hereby given, To the Freemen nf tie City and Count J J n J Phlluhiphidy THAT a GENERAL EXACTION i to In; l.clc f,„- t l, c C|(} . a , l( j coul>t^ onTuetiiay the i4tiiday ol Oftol e. ncxr at iheStau Houfc i« ti.c cityi© Philad«|. phia, where the freemen of thr eiillrifioi southwark, and of the tbwnfh ns <(" ih e Northern Ljbeniev, Mov*n.e,.f ~<% r-i.f yunk. BkHey, and Kin raffing, a re aMo lo hold their eleftiont. Thr liivmri r ,j the .townfliips of German town, Rcxbo rough, and Briftoi', are to hold their elec tions al the I)man Schooj-hn„<> in Gc r montow,, » And the Freemen »f the other town .nrv in the fairl connr ate to hold their elections at the nou/e now or late of John Barnft-y, in Bnftletown, in „ townfcipoj Lower Dublin. Tie Judges lit..c<fto.-s, ft c . for the prelect) ear", t o be tholen according to the direction of thr late act to regulate the General Election; ; .nd the returns to be mada as m'ual. The e lettion to lie opened between the hours of ten in the morning and one in the after. . noon ; at which places the Electors of the city and cptmty aie to clioofe, In Congress. One Reprelentative for the Chy rijfc hiladflphia, and One Kepielent-jtive for the County <f Philadelphia; For .he city ol Philttdelphi , lor th e cr n*- ty "* Do. and tor V. a county oi Di ware, '' F"»r pcrfons for Reprefcntjuives of tlie Sen a to. In General SlJJembly. Six person» ibs Kepreleutatives fjr tie City. Six perfor.j for Repre leufatijres for tha County. T»o prrlb.,3 for Sheriffs for the Cty and Com ty One Moulin fortheGity and Co'on- And the Canftabtei of 'the Citv and County are required to hold the ir ele'tfio s in I hen rer>eetive Wards and Towrftrp, on Saturday tl.c nth dajfoi Octob r next to cleft Township and Wa'd A £ dors and Inlpcctors, to attrnd attlie fa id Gerte.al Eletl.on at the State Hottfe a r o. el'nid. William Will, Sheriff. '' Oft. t Dancing School. M'DOUGALL prefentshis torn, phmcnts to the Publie—Thanks them frr the great encouragement he has experi enced thc-fe twenty odd years. He v. jM Open hi j»8chool for this Season on Mcrdav the I.3th October, at 10 o'clock in the morning-, in that large and elegant Saloon in Harmony street, leading from Third to roijrth street, turning the corner of No. 70, South Third street. His Employers may be aflared, the ftri<sV order and decorum that has always betu observed in his School, fo*ll fliH be pr illed—and that their children will hela'ugjjC in raoft approved and modern flile. Note—An Evening School for Vcurc Gentlemen. Pail. Sept. 30. STOLEN, From the PaCwe of the SuWcribcr, the evening oi the 301.11 ult. A Brown Horse, ABOI r 14 1 2 hands hlgfc, trots nim ble and aftjve. uioey.ars orlj ha' a p • aifedby a collar f.nKaeb rtiouWer; >h r hoof nt his oli ku<dfßyi split up to the I- ,■ —Twenty d<oar» will hegi, en f r the horfc and nrrprthenditijr tlx thk*f,or »• ! dollars for either, aodl rtaforrable cliartt i u'i!l be pa:d. A mail ot ftort ftatur. an.) light color- 't loat'", wiv, laid .V was f, on. Wefun. ■ !a..d m i'enniylvania, and called birnf T Thomas Moore, left tliis city on Sufi. ■! cvfnir;:, and was seen carrying a fad p and bridle on his back when he ]<Jl> it. James |Scbureman. N. BrOfAvitk, Sept. 3 •trs<f «orf?E '
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