Summer, and i» not now contagious it
could not have been so then.
— P. S. Of 350 persons who have
died at the Point, there were but about
20 women, 5 black. The greatest
number strangers. Not more than 50
have died in Baltimore town. The
small pox hasalfo proved Angularly in
fectious at the Point, nutwithftanding
the prevalence of the Fever."
MARVELLOUS.
A few days ago, a Gentleman was
amusing himfelf in (hooting fquirreis,
about 5 miles from Salem, in Jersey
date—after having difcliarged his gun
at one of those animals, he was sud
denly attacked by a furious black bear,
which ruflied from a thicket about ten
yards from him, growling mod hide-
ouflv.
The Gentleman immediately fought
his fafety, by the nimblenefs of his heels,
having in his fright dropt his piece—
the bear followiog him in a kind of a
running dance, sometimes on his hind
feet. The sportsman almost petrified
with fear, his course being (topped by a
swamp, was obliged to retrogade—
which gave him an opportunity of ob
serving that the bear carried the gun he
had in the fii ft moment of fear left be
hind him—and, menacing him in an
attitude which created suspicion it re
called the remnant of his reasoning fa
culties, and seizing a huge branch of a
tree, he returned upon his antagonist.
At the firft blow he brought the mon
ster to the ground, which, after heaving
a heavy groan, fee mod to (truggle as in
the agonies of death.
Having soon after met with some
countrymen, and lelating the story they
returned to the spot. On examing him,
they found concealed in the mod artful
manner under a bruin's (kin, a Human
Being,' weltering in his blood from the
contulion he received on his head.—
They raised him up, dnd with the as
sistance of a cordial, they brought him
to hi.nfelf.
It appears he is an unhappy maniac,
who makes his periodical visits in this
City and neighborhood, and that 'his
was his firft exploit in his new charac
ter.
We vouch for the authenticity of
the above, £av» the writer, with that of
some other (lories, on the fame autho
rity, report. ;
See lie account of a great scaly rnott-
Jier in the back country, whose breath de-
Jlroys the human race—The bear that
tli nbed up a tree after a man and eat his
feet off- —Or, the wonderfulflory of a lad
<who was attacked by JSx barn owls 111
&c. &c. tic.
Ext raft of a letter from Shippeafburgh,
'dated OAobdr 14.
" We marched from Carlisle on Fri
day, and arrived here yesterday at noon.
We are in the advance, which consists of
the three Philadelphia troops, Macpher
fon's and Taylor's corp&, with two field
pieces, foliowed by about 600 Jersey
troops, aad Col. Gumry's battalion.—
We shall march immediately for Bedford,
and from tlience to Fort Pitt. Mr. Find
ley tame to Carlisle with the olive branch,
but the President told him that the army
would be marched to the Western Coun
try, to protect the innocent, and punish
the guilty—So we are informed.
Pafle.
rngers in the William Penn from
London. ;
Mr. Richards and family,
Mr. Palmer,
Mr. Rollings,
Mr. Birch and family,
Mr. Turn boll,
Mrs. Randall,
Mr. Denfly and family,
Mr. Loyal,
Mr. Hubbard,
Mr. Williams,
Mr. Fleming.
All in good health.
Passenger* in the Ship Caroline from
Mr. Rowley,
Mr. and Mrs. Lathy,
Mr. Nabon,
Mr. Kreuger,
Mr. Lee,
Mrs. Third,
Miss Third,
Miss Temple.
GENERAL ELECTION.
Statcnunt of the Return.
The counties of Chester and Delaware
elect a representative to Congress, the
following is the rcfult of the eleaion,
except the totes of those Citizens in
the army whose number cannot alter
the eleaion.
Rich. Thomas in Chester Co. 77 1
Delaware do. 451
1232
Thomas Rofs in ChefterCo. 445
Delaware do. 126
571
Majority 65 1
The counties of Chester, Montgomery
and Bucks compnfe a diftrift and
eltcft 4 State Senators, the following
is the return from Chifter county.
Dennis Whelen 119 1
Lindfay Coates 1114
David Moore (of Chester) 829
Thomas Jenks 785
Amos Gregg 294
Andrew Porter
Zebulon Pott* 242
and a number of scattering votes.
Assembly for Chester couilty.
Thomas Bull 1191
Roger Kirk 1060
Joseph Pierce 822
Samuel Sharp 582
Nathaniel Grabb
John ftoCi
Robert Frazier
Chester county chooses five repiefen
tatives, two of the above five highest
may be altered by the election of the
citizens out in the militia who are about
400.
By this Day's Mail.
Tejlerday arrived here the Jhip Minerva,
Capt. Scott, in 42 days from London:
Papers to the tsd Augujl, are receiv-
cd by this arrival.
The following Extract of a letter from
Flushing, dated the 6lh instant, we
give oa the authority of a Morning
Papei :
" Particular infoimation is received
here, that the Emperor Is in treaty with
the French ; that he hat offered to re
sign his pretentions to the Austrian
Low Countries, and even to Luxem
bourg, on condition that the French
would afliit him to re-conquer Silesia;
that he will resign his pretensions to
Liege. The French are deiirous that
the city of Maeltricht should be com
prised in the country of Liege, and this
is the reason why Cobourg has taken up
bis position in that quarter.
"The French have taken Philippine,
and we eati fee from this the smoke as
cending from Sluys. The Deputies
from Arrrfterdam have declared in the
States of Holland, as they were no lon
ger in a state to defend ttiemfelves, that
it was time for the Stadtholder to> de
part, as the only means of laving H011a.,-.."
1a.,-.."
Dispatches from- tht HagiJc were re
ceived on Thursday night at the Dutch
Ambaflador's. These, it is said arc not
of the moil consoling nature. The
Dutch. seem panic-struck with the ap
proach of the French, that they are un
able to make atiy vigorous preparations
themielves. "They therefore talk of e
vacuatmg Breda and Macftricht, at be
ing untenable for a fufficient number of
trboos.
The Paris irewfoapers, including the
Moniteurs, up to the 10th inftsnt, have
the following particulars:
"An account of a brilliant vi&ory,
gained by the French army of the
Western Pyrenees.
" Flight of 15,000 Haves, before
6,000 Republicans, to whom they a
bandoned 2000 prisoners of war.
"Seizure of immcnfe magazines from
the-Spaniards, containing ii,ioomuf
quets, 200 pieces of ordnance, tents for
2500 men, &c.
" Particulars of the capture of the
important fortrefs of Fontarabia, with
50 cannon mounted.on the ramparts,
several magazines, 35 shallops. &c.
" New lift of prizes, four of which,
valued at from four to five millions, are
arrived at Brest," &c. &c.
' *
Santerre, who had been persecuted
by Robespierre, is now a constant at
tendant at the Jacobin Club.
M. Laharpe, a man of letter*, im
prisoned during the Di&atorfhip of Ro
befpierrc, was set at Kberty immediately
after his overthrow.
The Abbe Syeyes, although he doe*
not ostensibly come forward at this mo
merit in the Convention,-neverthelefs di
reds the proceedings of Tallien. From
the good sense and moderation of th:
Abbe much is expected.
Such of the Piedmontcfe as fall into
the hands of the Frcnch are exchanged
for (heep.
Since the fall of Robespierre, we
have no accounts of executions in Paris,
except those of'Membets of the Com
mune and Officers of Police, who abet
ted him in refilling the decree of Ac
cusation. The long lifts of convictions
by the Revolutionary Tribunal, that
have appeared in several papers, were
some days prior, to the execution of Ro
bespierre. The Committees of Public
aitd General Safety have new-modelled
that inhuman tribunal, on a plan that
BOSTON, Oft. 13.
LONDON, August 13.
bring* it much nearer to a regular
Court of Ju£Uce. The Convention
fee-ns anxious to ilop the viclent pio
cei dings in the fe»er;il Depart merits,
and to liberate all the p.ifouess, ugalntt
whom there are not such strong pre
emptions of criminality a$ to juftify
bringing them to trial. How long they
will persevere in this rational course,
we pretend not to fay.
Mr. Pitt, I ord Morningtoo, Mr.
Jenkinfon, &c. uted to fay, in the course
of lafl Seflions, that the Government of
Fiance, of which Robefpicrre was at
the head, was the molt fonguinary and
tyrannical that ever exiftecf, and that,
if it was overthrown, the people would
rife en majfe in favor of Royalty. That
government then is difi'olved—but have
the predictions of these great flatclinen
been fulfilled ?
56 3
537
400
A gentleman who has made a very
accurate calculation of'the number of
Frenchmen killed by the Treasury prints
since the opening of the campaign of
1792, finds that it amounts exactly to
4,776,000 men, exclusive of the odd
hundreds of which the above papers
have always difdaincd to take any ac
count. This gives us a very pleasing
profpeft df peace, »t the helium ad in
ternecionem, must cotifequently be draw
ing towards a conclusion.
On the lßth Thermidor, (Aug. Jth)
20 waggons, filled with the treasure of
Belgium, arrived at Paris.
VERBAL ACCOUNT.
By a paflenger in the Minerva, we
learn, that the armies of our Friends
and Allies in France, were extending
their conquests in every quarter .of the
German and Spanish dominions—that
Bilboa was in their potteffion—That
the merchants in London poffefflng pro
perty iii Amsterdam, could not get it
insured for 12 p'.T cent.—Premiums of
15 guineas and a silver watch were of
fered to such as would enlist andfi};bt to
protect the heads of European Kings—
That there were continual mobs, wtit>
had destroyed 30 houfea where they
had kidnapped men for the army—
That tin: French had behaved very ho
norably to the Captains, of the Ameri
can veflels, and had paid there fully for
freight and demurrage of their (hips; a
polite example worthy the imitation of
the " amicably disposed Mmiftry of
Britain," who make ample and ftnr
promises to the American Erebaflador,
to award those claims which are reiifoiia
ble. If they have their reason, Ameri
cans may thei) expedt to have- jutiice
done them.
The Prince of Hefle Phillipiihal has
written to his father from Lisle, that
he has fallen into the hands of the ene
my, in the engagement of the 6th ult.
but that lie had received no wound.
He had the misfortune to be sur
rounded by the enemy, in the moment
his horse {tumbled under him ; but that
he had no reason to complain of the
treatment he receives. Ind. Chron.
COWES, Aug. 17.
A large American (hip camc in here
and anchored yesterday morning: (he
failed from Bred on Tuesday last.—
The news of Robefpierrei execution was
received at Brcft with great joy : but
the desire of having the Republic elta
bliftied on a firm basis is universal. They
would make peace with the English
people, they fay, but never with Pitt.
They have 25 fail of men of war riding
in the outer harbor of Brest 5 they are
ready for sea but badly manned, nor do
they intend to ri(k another general sea
fight: they thot' the last a very rash bu
siness. They are fully acquainted with
their loss and talk of it every where.
THE POLES.
We understand by Capt. Parsons, from
Peterftmrgh, have defeated the Ruffian
gun-boats, in the Vistula.
From Guadaloupe,
We have various accounts —some men
tion the arrival of a Britijh reinforcement
there, and that Point Petre had surrendered
tb them—Others that Grand Terre was
in quiet pofleffion of the French, twenty
five days since.
\IEGAL ADJUDICATIONS.
Letters from London, as late as the 4th
August, affirm, that the Courts of Admi
ralty in Great Britain have adjudged on
several American veffela carried in there,
ordered them to be restored, and giving
them freight, demurrage and ejtpences.
This has been doni to American veflels
bound to France. Contrail this eondufl
with the mean artifices and avarice of the
courts of Kw-Admiralty at Halifax, where
cargoes have been condemned without any
allowance of freight or other compensation
—and fee the difference !
The schooner Success, lately captur
ed by a boat of the Concorde's, has been
decreed by Judge Lowell, to have been
unlawfully captured and restitution or
dered, An appeal from the judgment
hag bean made to the Circuit Court,
ivhich is Ihortly to meet in this town.
Town Meeting.
At a town meeting held ycder lay,»t
was voted to grant to the town's quo
ta of the requisition of 80,000 minute
men, a gratuity of five dollars, and if
called into adtual service to make the
wages ten dollars per month.
Psflengers in Capt. Scott, Mr. Na
than Frazier, Mr. Martin Bicker and.
Lady. Mr. John Culhing, and :o or 12
other Gentlemen, Ladies and Children.
NEW-YORK, October 16.
Admiral Murray, who left this city
in the Cleopatra frigate on Monday,
failed yellerday vith his squadron from
Sandy-Hook.
Ycfterday morning Mr. Hammond,
and suite, left this city for Philadelphia.
It is reported with confidence, that
in consequence of the Statu quo agree
ment between Mr. Jay and the British
miniltry, Maj. Campbell has evacuated
the Fort at the rapid! of the Miami.
Extract of a letter from a refpeSablt mer
chant at Amjlerdam, dated the 7th
Auguji, per the Jhip Adriana, Capt.
Fitzpatriei, arri-ued at Philadelphia,
to hit frlnd at New-Tori.
" People in general seem to be very
composed not with (landing the French
are approaching daily, and no one ap
pears inclined to take flight from this
spot. It is as if we were sure that the
enemy (whom we sincerely wifti at a
distance) cannot, or (hall nor overtake,
or come to us."
Daniel H. Braine, mattery and Perry E.
Noel, James Young, and Daniel
Conrad, cabin paflengeri of the (hip
Fannys being duly sworn, respec
tively make oath and {ay—that,
The (hip Fanny, Captain Braine,
bound from Greenock to this port, be
ing on the morning qf the I2ih inlt.
about seven miles off Sandy Hook ) —
the Africa man of war who was then
crui/.ing in compauy with the Resolu
tion and another Biitifh (hip, fired a
gun, which the Pilot, who was then on
board, taking for a iignal to the Fan
ny, thought it fufficient to hoitt Ame
rican colours, as he was unwilling to
lose the tide. This, however, not fatis
fying the Africa, she again fji?d, upon
which the Fanny brought to, but op
report of another gun, the ihot of
which struck the water, at no great
diftane'e, she wore to meet the Africa;
a boats crew from which, with an offi
cer, came on board the Fanny, who af
ter examining the ships papers & crewj
again returned to the Africa. The
fame boat however soon returned with !
two officers, who took* about fduiteen
of the pafTengers into the boat
under pretence of being examined by
the Captain, persuading them, that if
they were lawfully permitted to emi
grate they would immediately be fct at
liberty : bpt to their Utter afloniftiment
7 of them were retained togethef with
the second mate.
The Captain was also ordered on 1
board the Britilh (hip, but as they af
figncd no reafoiT why he should do so,
he lefuied ; upon which the boat with
what passengers (he had repaired to the
Africa. In a (hort time tiie boat re
turned once more to demand the (hip's
papers, although as we have mention
ed, they had been already examined.—
Captain Btaine thinking it proper to be
the bearer of his own papers, went on
board hitnfelf, where he met with the
most gross treatment, merely fur an
swering to the different questions put
to him by Captain Hnme.
He fatisfied the Captain of the Bri
tish (hip, that every passenger he had on
board, was regularly examined on oath,
passed the custom-house at Greenock, &
again from the Polly, tender, in her pas
sage down the Clyde. He likewise as
fured him that his second mate, whom
he had taken, had lived in America
many years, and acknowledged to be a
naturalized American, even by the law
of Great Britain.
Notwithstanding all this Captain
Hume; declared, that he found it ab
solutely neceflary to ad in a more de
termined manner, and that, although
these men were permitted to emigrate,
by the laws of their own country, he
conceived emigration to be so ruinous to
Britain, that he would make laws him
felf. That henceforward he would ftoj
every veffeithat had paflengerj onboard,
and take out all British fubjefts except
merchants carrying out goods. Ht
further declared, that he believed al
the American captains were in fke ha
bit of paying a certain sum to every in
dividual that would emigrate to Ame
rica ; and even more than inlinuated
that they were kidnappeis. Hslookec
upon the Amei icans he said to be great
er enemies to Britain, than the Fi er.cl
themielves—ln short all his actions anc
conversation discovered a fpiilt pecu
liarly malicious towards America.
D'.mel H. Braine,
Perry E. Noel,
James Young,
Daniel ConraJ.
Sworn to this fifteenth day
of October 1794 —before
Richard Varick, Mayor.
It i* a fact, that on the 26th of De
cember lad, Robespierre was accused of
the crime of Moderation and was obliged
co exculpate himfelf before the Jacobin
Club.
The Jacobin Club!, alas! Troja
fuit--Troitj fuerunt! Sic transit Gloria
Mundi!
IVith •whom can we treat ? is the cry
of the Ministry in England and their
devoted adherents. In leturn may the
French alk, With whom can <u/e treats
Tbe combined power# have almost all
fmgly or colle&ively, violated more
than one treaty, since they have enga
ged in their foolilh crusade. The King
of Prufiia makes and breaks half a do
zen treaties in a year.
Died on Monday the 13th October
inft. Isaac Roosevelt late of this City,
Merchant, aged 68 years.
PHILADELPHIA OR. 17.
By an arrival here from Martinique,
accounts are received, that the whole
Ifiand of Guadaloupe it in pofleflion of
the French : The British having been
beat off with great (laughter, and loss
of Korea.
Three frigates (with French nation,
al colours) were ieen cruizing in the
Bay yesterday. Twelve fail of veflcls
were in the river, inward bound.
Pojl-OJfice, Philadelphia, Sept. 22, 1794.
I The mail for Lancaftcr, Yorktown,
] Carlisle, Shippenfburg, Cliambcrfburg,
| Bedford, Greenflmrg and Pittfbnrg,
j closes every Saturday prccifely at half
J past 11 in the morning.
| The Mail for Reading, Lebanon
Harrilburg and Carlisle, closes eve™
1 "IWday at 3 o'clock in the afternoo^
It is requested
that all persons in this City interested in
captures made of property by the Bri
tilh Ciuifers, lyill be fogood a* to "meet
at the Office of the .Department of
Stat*,to morrow morning at 11 »'«lock,
in order to confer with the Secretary of
State on the appointment of an Ajrent,
foi* the management of their bulinefa
under the late otder of His Britannic
Majesty in Council refpe&ing appeals
and claims.
After this meeting a proper notifica
tion will be addrefled to those who refidc
at a distance.
October 17.
Advertisement.
AT a Meeting of the Stockholder* of
tfe SOCIETY for ESTABLISHING USE
FUI. MANUFACTURES, ho.den at Fa
te rlon October 6, 1794, agreeable to aft
of inOorperation ; —On motion, llefolvcd.
That this Meeting be adjourned to Wed- .
nefday the twenty-fecon'd instant, then to
meet at Newark, at the House of A:ch-
ibald Giffbrd, by ten of the cfock in the
forenoon, whcte the personal atterdance
of every Stockholder is particularly re
queued, as verv interesting hufinefs of the
Society will thru be brought forward.
AfTEST,
P. COLT, Stc'rj.
Paterfon, 7th Oft. O 17 d4t
C W. PEALE.
EVER foliettouj to rerder hisMUSEI'M
dill mure and more an ohjeft of rational
entertan ment, and fabfervent to the In
tel efts of ufefui fci'Oce, hat on the fu gel',
tion and with the advice of a number of
his friends, provided * Book, which will
be always open for the inf'prftion of those
who visit his Museum, in which book it is
pfopofed to insert all such discoveries, in
ventions, itnpi oveinents, fchcme>, obfer.
vations, expeiiments, projects, bints or
queries rrlatinß to the arts or sciences, ai
any of his visiters, or correfpondenti.niay
from time totime communicate.
Such as tnay chtjfe t<> conceal their names
tnay either fend their communications ano
nymous, jv- at their deftre, C- W. Peale
will ioferitheir names, with th* numbet or
•ignature of ther refpe&ive commumta
ous in a private book which he (hillkeep
for that puipofe.
The advantages of lucha public regifier
are obvious. Itwillrefcue from oblivion
manynlefitl hints, which might "therwife
have died with their authors. It may le»
cure to in ventors thci' ji*ftclaims, andp e.
vent others from taking the honor or profit
if a discovery to whiih they are not er
itled, and as the Mu'lum /w>w vifrted
Hyperions from almuft patts of the
world, fuce a,i rgifter, ijUrfpret timer!, will
'non contain and b» the means of difTem -
luting a vast iwnri of ttleful knowledge, and
iromoie that f'pirit of enquiry and iuven
ion, for which the of the United
tares ar» already fojuftlydillinguifbcd.
Aug. 22