Trenton, oaoher 22. A Correspondent remarks, that the mifrries and afflictions of our own fpe cirs, from whatever cause they may ori girij*.-, mull ever claim the public atten tion. He feels a peculiar fatisfa&ion in being able to fay, that all who can feel for the calamities of otheis, may, in a short time be gratified with a par ticular account of the fuScrings of that once numerous clufs of men the Clergy j tff France. Your correspondent ha 3 been informed, thai a work of considerable length, under the title of " The History of the Clergy during the French Revolution," is nowin the pref. of Mr. I\eaie, printer, of Bur lington. From -all the accounts we have h-id ol ihrCe unfortunate beings, whether couvcyeJ to us tiirtmgti the channel of Newipapecs, or jithcrwifr* their History cannot be other than a tale of woe. How ever ikferving of pyniihmcnt some may have been, yet a benevolent heart must revolt at the ideathw all whofufiered were guilty. PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER 34. A French corvette, belonging to the fquaaron which is crui\mgin our lead un der the command of rear admiral Ville manclrin, it arrived at New-York. The frigate la ScmiUante, of the fame squa dron, may be daily exprfled there. The l-afcafrs, one of the convoy that fell m with admiral Murray's divilien is fafely arrived in France,'with the Minis ter's difpatehes. The Legifliturcof the Hate of Hew terCry arc to aflerebkr at Trenton, on Tmwt next. Tlie Parliament of Great Britain was piorogued fr c.s\ the 19th of Au gull to the 2d of O&ober. Extract of a letter from Dr. Edtvard. to hit friend in this citv, dated 80/ inn, October 16. " I arrived here from Falmouth, in the Mary of Portland. Four days af ter we failed we fell in with a French squadron, who took out fourteen Eng. jjlith paflengers, and their goods. What they had not time to take with thein they threw overboard. " My family and lelf were protedh'd by our American pafiport—they fliew rd their orders, which were, to take or destroy all English (hips and property and to ttop neutral *e(Tcl3, iind make piifoners of all Englilhmen they found on board. " In futuie-therefore it--vrttt be-ne ceflary for every American, going to sea to furnifh himfelf with luch creden tials as prove his citizenship. Among the number taken from the Mary, was William Ruffel, Esq. of Birmingham, a gentleman of great refpeftability and cxteniive fortupe, who with his family were coming over to this country." CAMP, nctir Bedford, Sunday, 09. 19. " A gentleman is arrived from Fort Cumberland, 30 miles south of this, who inform that there are 6,800 troops there, ready for she expedition, and that they will soon march for the westward. Here are about 5,500, among them 900 horse, one half of which are Penn fylranians, and are well mounted and «quipt. " riiefe two bodies of men will form *n army, Inch as has, perhaps never taken the field. Men of principle, vo luntarily inlitted for the support of the law: among them men of the firft pro perty in the country, fubjetting them fi'lvei to all the, inconveniences of a lol dier's life. " The Piefident will be here this day, and it is (uppofed ,ve (hall march in a few days." October 18. We ft ill are uncertain as to what time we fliall tarry here. Parties of horfc are detached to scour the country Last night they brought in 10 of the •insurgents, and this day 2 or 3.—A *»ong these are several notorious rebels ; one being accused of forging letters, with the signature of the governor ex pressing a wish 'hat « the people fhoufcJ perfilt in their opposition, and they would be proteaed"—another is accus ed ofcuttmg, and a third of hewing toe pose vt up mi this place. Thev bave been examined, and committed to goal to ftarld trial at the Federal conrt to beheld here. The firft 10 were taken about t 2 Bitks-far or a disposi tion to crouch to the imperious pride of that haughty Mmijlry. The Simplicity and ex phe 'ttnefs also of bis address are veto difje rent from that evajive and circumlocutory flile of Lord GrenvillJs answer ' from toe tenor of which ofe—was removed— yet no signs of water—the digging again commenced, but not more than three or four strokes with the Ipade were given before the watet gushed thro' and in fueh quanti ties, that it was not without difficulty the workmen made their escape. The usual mode of drawing off the water, by buckets and windlass, was now at tempted, but proving inadequate, re courfc was had to a pump, and the well drained, and Honed. The water foou rose up to it» ino»» evp - £utce I to mc at Ca'rj'lf, and which were Very coijti. ucd to o»ct!!«',v, M'v''httiinr'. .15 ' ;ui.?ntablr ; the htitrjr of oui march 11 -- present unci •ninon |i -gu;. The j li.'Oe, and the duties uf-the carip, have wrc.l M f:tusted o> pretty:,gh grrvmd. I pr'_'v*,ltfd an e*rli jjc- ' pieces, moved from Carlisle the lOtl*- inft. as the van of a cohimn com pofcd ps Col. Gurney's Philadelphia regiment, and another of Jerky troops under Col. Forman, with the park of Artillery, the whole about 2000 men, and commanded by Governor Howell, who art ived here yesterday ; and to day three brigades, of .Infantry have come in, (including Cowperthwait's Regi ment ) and 800 Cavalryi forming the bed column of troops I have e»er seen, the light companies attached Co these brigades being ill healthy, itout ytmng fellows, and remarkably well equipped. With this detachment arrived Govcrnoi PITT" 3 **" LivJ.ll, igi. i«al »i(. -T aiigti and Allegheny. Albert Gallatin, State Senators foe the Thomas Stokdy. A'.falom Baird, For the County (if Allegheny. AiTcmbly. Prefley Nevill Dunning M'Nair. Commiflioncrs. , Robert- Drotherton, Joseph Scott. i'l.r C -V Coroner. John Johnfton. Washington Countv. A (iemblv. Craig Ritchie, Benjamin White, James Briee, William Waltaee. The commissioners appointed bv the Parkiufiin Ferry to wyit on President of the UViitM'StfttCT vernor of Peniifylvariia, on the affai;s of the wefternrountics of Penlifylvjinia, having performed that duty, requells, 3 meeting' of fiid ccmmitte on Friday the 24th inft, at their usual place of meet ing (Parkinfons Ferry) in order to re ceive the Commissioners report. The Commissioners do request (hat a full meeting may be had, not only of the members of the committee but that as many discreet citizens as can any way find it convenient, Would likevrife give their attendance, as matters of the great ell Concern to the fafety, happineis and prolperity of the Country may be, then discussed. N. E. A very powerful anny ap proaching our country it is hoped will make this bufiriefs too furious to. be trif led with- He are informed by tU pofirider that he p'tjfed the Jersey end Pennjylvunia troop* between Car/ijb and Bedford, and that they K'-J -re to be joined by the Maryland and f irginia troops at Bedford, rjehen thy will march for tins country. The number exceeds the requisition demanded by the Preftdeut of the Uui.ed States. PHILADELPHIA, 03. 24. The ship Glasgow has brought Dublin papers to the fifth September, and London to the firft—but they contain nothing highly interelling —consequently do not confirm the reports which have been in circulation refpe&ing the capture of Sluyit, Breda, V*alencieunes or Conde. AJhort abjlraa of the mojl material ar ticles as follow Aug. 29 —Fifteen fail of Indiamen paflcd by Dover for tLe Downs from Ireland—The Gairifon of Calvi were found dreadfully reduced by an epidemi cal difcrder—vclfels were providing to fend the captuted troops to France— The Paris accounts are to the <3 Aug. the various committees were not then organized. The debates in the Convention had a flurried a moderate and candid appear ance—soo persons had been releafcd from prison, and arreflj had diminished. The buiinefs of the Bn'iifh Eitvoys sent to Vienna is said to be bro't to a fatis fa&ory iflue—The command of the army is to be taken from Saxe Cobourg, who it seems did not agree with the Duke of York. Clairfait and Beaulieu are to have he command in the'new operations. . The Poles contwuca fui< pji t of the French republic"-—The Butt fleet ac cording to the AdtniraJty,jic?puntg con lilt of 22 fail of the line—other accounts lay they amount to 42. ExtraS of a letter to the Editor. Camp near Bedford, October 18, 1794. Sir, " I thank roil for the newspapers which you were kind enough to forward angtoj Mifflin. " We had scarcely pitched our tents* before 0111- squadron were put on duty ; three parties bring fenr out '-ft night to leizc on twelve of whom were brought in early this morning; and another rtrong detachrfient havejufl martind (p o'clock, P. M.) on j fimi !i)r expedition.—The army now afTem blcd here* consists of between 5 and 6000 met:, all in high health and fpi -1 its, and anxious for active duty. Our young men of the Legion, though ac euflomrd to the indigencies of an opu lent Capital, bear the fatigues of the march and the hard fare of the camp with great fortitude, and submit to the reilraiiit* of difcipliue with equal cheer fulnefs—The road from Strafburg, a bout 50 miles, j* through the mi.lt mountainous, and perhaps the roughelt country in America, and the toil of the march therefore txceflive. "The President is now, it is faiu, with Gerw Morgan's army at Fort Cumber land tvith 5000 men,::bOut mi'esfrom this place, and is soon expected to join us. What the plan of operation is, noric of us can tell—but a llroitg belief is entertained that we go on piuf burgh and Wafhiugton,- The army well underlland the nature of the cause they are engaged in, and are only anxi ous for an opportunity of cliaftifif.g the ingrates who have dared to rife in a wicked opposition to a government so freely constituted and so mildly admi nistered a 6 is ours. T\vo brigades are expe&ed to arrive to-morrow, and we have accounts of the ma cli of different bodies of troops in every direction,— " The public spirit of the country, has confounded these oppofers of the laws, who have made a falfe estimate of the virtue and republican principles of the general community, and believed their own virulent clamours to be the voice of the people. "± S«t " O&obcr ig. The detachment have not yet returned—so that I caw give yon 110 news of ihc rcfulr. The <; left ion went oh well in camp, the federal tick et being supported by a great majority, and Cowperthwait generally run for Sheriff. " I have just been told that the Pre iideiit will be here to day, as he was to > leave Fort Cumberland this morning.— His prtfence will inf:>iie new spirits in the army, who are moll affectionately attached to him." BsJfsrd, Qanber 20, i 794. Dear Sir, Our army at this place amounts to upwards of 6000 men, amongst whom ate 11' or 12 hundred horse, generally are, and have been very orderly, heal thy, and in good spirits. The Presi dent ailived yeftetday from Fort Cum berland, from whence, the Maryland and Virginia troops match this day for Fayette, we follow probably in 2 or 3 days: The two about equal in number, and at preltnl about equal-_ J'y iJiftnnt tlx. feat of lafurrciStioH- The WhHkey Boys are mod seriously alarmed at our approach, and are ready to tender any kind of submission if we will but return, this however they cannot be indulged in: We ihall march i"to the coun try, and their leaders and principals mnfl fuffer or abandon their homr % -Our horse have already taken ij of the invete [ rate iu this county, forne they have bro't | from the other fide of the mountain, 45 miles off", amongst whom areTilfln, \Vin cancn, Lucas aud Huibanjis,'in those ex peditions of the horse into the moil sediti ous parrs of the country, no onpoiition has been offered, nor docs it appear at present that any is meditated, that is at least til we fetire. General Lee, the Commander, came with the President. ••1- ' . • We are informed that the President o the United-States intends to be present at the opening of the present feflion of Con. grefs. N O T I C E. ALL Persons wt/hing to fend let ter* to Camp may, until fiirthfr notice, hav« them conveyed by Express every other day, Sunday excepted, by having them left *t tin* Office of the Secretary of State fiir the United States, precifcly at tline o 'Clock in the moroinjr of the day of starting. As this arrangement wist cori'ifcrdue to-morrow, and as one of its objects is the accommodation of those winy have connexions and friends in tlie Army, pun&iiality, its to the time of lodging the letters is expected, otheiwife they will be neeeflarily delay ed to the next succeeding Express. O&ober 24. FOR SALE, 7he Jtri tig wll built Defiance, Bui tlien iibout two hundred and fifty Isartcls, how lying near Mai ket itfeet. For teilßi, a pply c» the Maftir on boafd. Now Landing from on board J,aid Hoop A QUrtNJ iiY <)t Lh s Office, orf rhuritkty tfa. 13 h day of A T ovenii er enl'u nifc, when Two 1)1 rector 5 -are to be chosen for the einainder o} the pre lent year, to ihppfy the places of* two Gmt e men who have been ele&ed Dtu&ois of a nother iniurance Company. The Votes may l>e given by the Stock holders either in person or by pioxy, hut nrtr.e may vote 44 unless (he Aock flia'l have flood in their names at f* >si three months preceding the time us EVtftfci;." Bv or«ter of (lie Prffidei.t arulEi fttors*' £bene)zer Sec ty. Oft- *4 fuSritijN. Ephraim Clark, Clock and Watch Maker, hifadefybla Ha* received by the Wflliam-P'j n and George liaiclav frtun London, ami Penn- fyivanip /r.uui Liverpool, Warranted Watches, silver, &c. And an extensive fnpply of all forts of toots, Material-, 'confiding of Clock Faccs and Movements, Cast Biafs & Sell', large and (mull Vicr«, Watch Glass and Spiings, Chains, Srals, and Keys, &i. Src All of witch are felling at the ufnal mo derate Terms, Whokfalt and Retail. Oft. J4 * 4 teod 01 d American Company. THEATRE—CEDAR. STREET. THIS EVENING, October 24. Will be Presented, A TRAGEDY, never a&ed here, called BARBAROSSA, Tyrant of Algiers. Between the Play and the Farce, a Bal let DANCE, called the Two Philoso phers or the Merry Girl. To which will he added, The last time this season, the Comic Ope p'ra of NO SONG NO SUPPER. The Public are refpe&fully informed, that On Saturday Evening, Will be preferred, the celebrated COMEDY of WILD OATS; Or, the Strolling Gentlemen- BOX, one Dollar—PlTT, three quar ers—-GATXERY, half a dollar. The doors will be opened a: half after five, and the curtain drawn up precisely at half after fix o'clock. PoJi-OJpce, Philadelphia, Sept. 21, 1794* The mail for Lancafl-er, York town, Carliflr, Shippenfburg, Chambcrfburg, Bedford, Greeiiftnirg and Pittfburg, olores every Saturday precisely at half patt 11 in the morning. The Mail for Rending, Lebanon Harrifburg and Crfrlifie, closes every Tuesday at 3 o'clock in the atterngon.