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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