1
support in their intended mo
tlon ®r a STANDING ARMY—
•file iuntry has already felt the lifts 0/
i-eremries, and will now only ex!(I un
:SarTpE SMILES CfF FREEMEN.
PITTSBURGH, oaober 25.
/V t a meeting of the inhabitants of
the Town of Greenfbiirgh and Town
ft'ip of Hempfield, in the County of
Weft -ioreland, on Wednesday the 22d
Jay October, 1794, convened for
the purpose of giving to the deputies
tto meet at Parkinfon's Ferry
4th instant, such unequivocal
■s of their disposition for fub
to the laws, as would enable
propose and adopt such mea
fiires on their behalf as would be decisive
• r-iMrffefttiig'tKeir.fiwoere regret for,'
aiid i'lhorrence of the late violent mea
furfs; and of their firm determination
to fiippprt and yield obedience to the
i-onftitiiional laws of their countiy—
'i a ilowing resolutions were propo
se j . id adopted.
ill Resolved, as the sense of this
n -etiiig, That it is the duty of every
go-jd citizen to yield obedience to the
cxifting laws of this country.
Id Resolved, That we difcounte
na:.ct 1 illegal a£ts of violence from
,rhii " motive—and that for redress
of / !'• ances the privilege and right of
tli cu ens is to petition, and remon
itf necessary.
3d. Resolved, That we will support
the civil authority and all officers in the
lawful exercise of their lefpeftive du
t;-i; ai; J aflill in fecuriiig for legal trial
311 t.ien ers against the laws when cal
led upon.
+ th Resolved, That the citizens of
tV: to >•
pofitio 1 to the opening an office of In
ipedior. therein, should the fame be
ontemplated by the government, and
tin. v t will use our endeavors to re
•iove Improper prejudices, and recom
ui i ; a peaceable and general fubmif
iion.
sth. Resolved, That a copy of the
preceding resolutions be given to one or
of the deputies for the town or
u vn/hip who are to meet at Pa. kin
: .n's ier 011 Friday the 24th instant,
t- aether with a copy of the assurance *
p, ;r ligned by the citizens of this 1
;r, ig, in order that the fame maybe '
• h. befr e the members of the said 5
■:o m'tti —and that another copy be
<1 1 for publication in the Pittf
hm Gv/.ette, and that the fame be
atteiieil f the chairman and clerk of
:hl.< " Ig. i
\ true copy. C
t>AVJT> MAJiPHAwn rv.,;........ i
f At|p, r
>mas Hamilton, Clerk. 1
'v — a
WE, ie undernamed citizens of the
t >*rn v ireenftjurgh and tovvrifhip of
in the county of Weftmore-
iid, b' 3 desirous of living i n peace,
•iJ of ;• Jopting such measures as ap
;• r to r> most likely to ensure the
4 fame in jure, as well as to promote
the nal nt'. rests of the country, do fe
derally p- wnife, engage and certify, that
' *'' 'Pport tvhen legally called up
-o [, th." c /il authority, and all officers
iti Ihe 'Jr.c execution of their refpe&ive
powers jnderthelaws of the land, & give
our .'hrtarce in bringing to legal trial
v rlie ; against the laws; and for
.l that if an office of infpeflion for
■Ue entt : ,ig of ft ills, & c . is opened in
the foid town or townftiip, or in any
• ot i, ! . er r 'of the feme county, that we.
t Mli gi.. „!, neccffsfy~fupp<5rt in prqP
tcctiug h. fame against violence; and
such ot us as are distillers and design
conth' ;ng in the fame employment,
ps ir. ii to enter the fame when such
ufliee (ha], opened ; and that we will
life o-.ir ci icavors to defeat all combina
tion; ha.' for objedl the disturbance
of i| e ii ii c peace and opposition to
''awe iiforefaid. In witness whereof
we !ia e hereunto set our hands this
twnttTecond day of Odober in the
y u 11 ' 1 Lord one thousand feveu
hundred a,ul ninety-four.
A ' roe copy.
]' i" ARCHA ND, Chairman.
| Attflft.
as Hamilton, Clerk.
L ' e assurance or certi
•as in the course of the
42 ° and it is ex
; ™>°* something similar,
, ,ei )'«o and fubferibed in
v. i J'rf ""
iirae aii '' V W P arts ° f the
1 » bwn given '
,im m P edufely a . COn,pllanCe ]
oa z,
C*u, z"" P oll ft * this county
. yif CONGRESS.
/' " - ben
46l
ZQ6
SENATOR.
1 Th"mas Jo'infton 6iy
Abraham Smith . 543
ASSEMBLY.
Wiliiam Henderfon 68,?
James Pope , $85
Daniel Royer 545
John Rea - 492
Charles Leipei" >' 421
Devault KefTer 330
John M'Clay * 215
COMMISSIONER.
Henry Work
James M'Lenahan
SAGG-H ARBOR, (Long-IHand)
It with pltafure we mention the men
as minute-men, gre raised in the regi
ment commanded by Col. Benjamin
Huntington. In particular that Capt.
Abraham Gardiner's company turned
out double their proportion volunteers,
and all offered themselves if necessary,
and a number of other companies turn
ed out a part of their quota. The
whole was conduced with peace and
harmony, all seemed determined to sup
port the laws of their country.
WHITESTOWN, 0&. 22.
A gentleman of veracity from the
westward informs, that Brandt, the
celebrated Indian Chief and warri
or, has declared himfelf an enemy to
the United States, and lias actually put
himfelf at the head of 200 chosen war
riors of the Six Nations, and marched
to join the combined Indians opposed to
the Federal army under General Wayne.
When fettiog out, Brandt is said to
have declared, that success had ever at
tended his enterprises, and that the mo
ment he could give a general defeat to
Gen- Wayne's army, he would be rea
dy and willing to die.
Gen. Wayne's /ucceffes have gained
him the ill will of all Upper Canada, as
it renders the Indians more exorbitant
in their demands for supplies, &c. to
be furnilhed from the Biitilli (totes.
Governor Simcoc is known to curic his
good luck (as he terms it.)
REDEMPTION
AMERICAN CAPTIVES
To the People of the United States of
America.
My dear Fellow-Citizens,
iof THE Plague, that terrible scourge
from Heaven, now rages in Algiers.
Our fellow-citizens at work with crowds
—ri , Ly ,1., .mi tuumnij »m
prison at night, are milch more exposed
than persons who are at large, to fall
among ft its firft victims. Already their
the number is diminished to one hundied
jof and fix. On the 13th of June, Capt.
are- M'Shane was (truck with its fatal fymp
jce, toms, on the 16th he expired. Every
ap. letter will probably bring information of
the the death of one or another of the cap
,ote lives who was well known to many, p*.
f e . culiarly dear to some of you. If fuf
hat fered to be thus daily thinned in num
up- bet, death may at last be deemed less
:ers dreadful by the miserable remnant of
live survivors, than dereliflion and despair.
rive After a few annual visitations of that
rial malady, perhaps few will be left for you
"ur- to redeem.
for Upon a representation made to me
lin by all the American matters in captivi
iny ty at Algiers, of the progress which the
we. plague was making-towards that city
,ro- of human misery; in the month of
ind Januaiy last, 1 authorised Mr. Mont
ign gomery, consul of the United States at
nt, Alicant, (in cafe that dreadful disorder
ich should find its way among them,) to
vill advance from the money of the United
na- States in his hands, a fufficient sum for
lce hiring a country house in the vicinity
to of the city of Algiers, in order to en
eof deavor to separate from those infe&ed
his with the plague and to keep out of
he danger the Americans in generator if
ea that indulgence could not be obtained
for all, the matters and mates in parti
cular. And it was hoped that a sense
in. of interest might operate with the feel
ings of humanity in the conceflion of
this favor.
ti- In the mean time, I had more than
he on ce written in earned terms to the
x- Swedish consul, soliciting his kind pro
ir, tediion and good offices for the friend
in less Americans in captivity at Algiers. 1
of The Swedish consul has made repeat- 1
le ed applications to the l)cy, that per- 1
t, million might be granted for the Ame- 1
:e ""'can matters, mates, &c. to be with- y
drawn from the marine (under his res- 1
ponlibility) and removed to a place of t
less danger during the continuance of t
' e the plague. The Dey at firft refufed r
y to acknowledge that the plagr.e was at t
Algiers, he next declared that the fer- 1
vices of the slaves were indifpenfifcly c
neceflary at the public works, that 1
j the Americans had been but a very lit- r
4kt I
*9*'
Oftobcr Z3.
O F
AT ALGIERS.
ADDRESS,
tie time iti slavery, and finally that he
would not permit th.-m under a.iy pre
text whatever to be taken from t!i-Jr
taflcs and separated from the relt of the
Haves.
619
J4J
Thus our brave fellow citizens (some
of whom fought the battles which e(ta
blifhed our Independence) are literally
iu chains. During the day time, they
are driven by cruel stripes to perform
(with little or no intermifiion) the fe
vered kinds of labor, and not unfre
quently compelled to carry heavy bur
dens beyond their ftrcngth. At night,
when their drudgery is done, they, to
gether with the (laves of different nati
ons, are crowded promiscuously into
close prisons; which, from the confin
ed (late of the air, are but too well cal
cufeted to propagate the contagion
Imagination can place before the mental
eye the horror of such a situation, bet
ter than description.
286
267
However wife or proper the policy
m?ght foimcrly have been to decline ran
soming our citizens from (lavery at Al
giers, until a peace could be negociated
with that Regency ; at present it ap
pears to me, the principal political rea
sons on which that policy was founded
have ceased to exist. In future, we must
either be at peace with that Regency or
keep up a naval force adequate to the pro
tection of our commerce against their
depredations. In either cafc, the fpe
cific sum which may be given for the
ranfomof our citizens cannot be of that
perniciotiS consequence which was ap
prehended by being drawn into prece
dent hereafter, or enctea(ing the captilre
of our vessels by exciting the cupidity
of thofe-Rovers to go especially in quell
of them. Other nations (some in
making peace, others in continuing war)
have set the example by paying the funis
demanded for the release of their fub
jedts or citizens from captivity. Nor
do I know of any impediment to pre
vent the redemption of our citizens (al
though a peace (hould not be obtained)
if fufficient money (hall be raised for the
purpose : Probably the sum necessary
will amount to between two and three
hundred thousand dollars, perhaps in
cluding duties and charges neared to the
latter. Knowledge of the circumstan
ces and address in the application would
however be highly requiiite in the ma
nagement of this thorny business.
To raise the necessary sum of money
a state lottery has been proposed or
if there (hould be any infuperableobje£t
i ions to that measure—it is to be hoped
[ that the individual dates will grant par
ticular lotteries for the purpose. Let
thia-w-any more feafablfi, i>Lm~bc adop
ted ; and Ta(l< within /he li
mits of the United States an individual
who wiil not cheerfully contribute, in
in proportion to his means, to carry it
into effe£t,
Citizens of the United States of
America ! You have it in your power to
rescue yourforlorn fellow-citizens from
a premature death, which witfxjut your
intervention in their favour, seems ine
vitable. It is time to make effcdtua
exertions. In the name of every thing
that is dear and sacred, fufFer me to
urge that you will exert yourselves on
this aflfe&ing occasion,'' in the fame
manner which you would wish others
to do for you if you were plunged from
your present pinnacle of piofperity ;into
iuch a gulph of despair. By the pe
culiar blessings of freedom which you
enjoy by the disinterested facrifices you
made for its attainment, by the patri
otic, blood of those martyrs of liberty
who died to secure your independence
and by all the tender ties of nature let
me conjure you once more, to snatch
your unfortunate countrymen ftom fet
ters, dungeons and death.
D. HUMPHREYS.
Late Comnnflioner Plenipotentiary
from the United States of Ameri
ca to the Dey and Regency of
Algiers.
Lisbon, July 11, 1794.
From the Minerva.
To THOMAS GREENLEAFand
JOHN FELLOWS, Jun.
In atifwer to your remarks in the Miner-
va of Saturday.
It is very immateiial whether you e
! ver read th- Annual Register or not—
or whether you took your second vo
lume of history from that work in the
firlt instance, or at feeond, third or
fourth hand. It is fiifficient that that
fart of youi history which I Scrutinized
wa3 All taken from the Annual Regis
ter—that the history is fnutilated, ard
that you have had a (hare in the busi
ness of curtailing and oftiitting. Whe
ther you have done the whole, or one
half, or a fourth; or whether other
compilers have done a part to your
hands, lam not to enquire. The busi
ness is done, and you have acknowledg-
Ed youifiltfs guilty of Aime part of it.
Tndeeei the re-pub!lc:it:on of fiir-S a mi
ft-rablc performance, renders yen accef
f.iry to the whole mifciiief. It is not
illiberal refieftions alone that aie omit-
ted as you infimiate ; the mofl material
faSs, in many places, are omitted, and
uniformly those fa&s which diftlonor the
Jacobins. No man who trusts for in
formation to your hiltory alone, will
know the truth, as far as it may be
known—Many public, acknowledged
and important facta cannot there lie
found.
But the following declaration of your
>wn, will he the bcft impeachment of your
•onduft and will Fully supersede Snv fur
her remarks. You fay " This history
hen which came tq us in a dress, calcula
te! to gratify the rancor of the enemies of
rberty, and to disgust the great body of
he Amer:can people, who are friends to
he trench Revolution, <wehave endeavor
ed to fut it, in expression, to the me rid an
\f the free country in which we fttblifh it."
Tins, my fellow-citizeni, is all I laid to
rour charge. The history came to you,
is a htftory us faa s —the horrid deeds of
he Jacobins are there related—these a<-e
:aleukted to gratify the enemies of the
[acobins indeed, and to disgust the 4me
lcan people and fill them with an abhor
rence of Jacobin Clubs—Therefore the
" atrocious t>i their horrid deeds arc
jmitted and by this otniffion vo'u have
uited the work to artfwer the purposes of
party.
This is the amount of your own Con
eflion. Was guilt ever more completely
jetrayed by folly ? J s hiltory then,
*hiel. ought to be as impartial and as
■"'J rm thro the world as truth l'tfelf •
s Jnftory to be failed to the meridian
where it is published ? I 9 hiltory like a
man's dress, to he suited to climate? Is
?very compiler at liberty to feleit vbat
le thinki will please and reject what he
thinks will difgujl his readers? Is this
four principle ? Is I his your conduct ?
Is tins your cnrfcfjmn ? Isfuph your
iogy for impofiiig on the public ? Re
with what emotions of indignation
.he American People will receive this
acknowledgment of yours ? f. repeat this
attonifliing sentiment ; is history to be
Tutted tci the meridian df every country j
I" histor y to be degraded from the throne
of truth, where she iits above the pas.
fions and prejudices of men, to be em
ployed, like puppets and merry An
drews, for the amusement of the com
pany, and a catch penny for the Mas
ter-Juggler ? No comments are neceffa
ry here—the public will pronounce ;
just feiiience on your own conffcffion.
In answer to your remaik> in th<
Minerva of Monday, I have only to ad<
that your ibr the kw. <*
millions Ipecified amounts to this—thai
you do nut believe or do not Rke, thi
fa&s related in the original. And il
it remarkable, that the facts omitted
and which have nor been bj
Jon or me in this rnni l*Mjiid al
011 ontjidt. Thty all tend ttrcdlv 01
indirectly to {how the world, that mof
of the calamities of France ought to b.
afcrtbed to the Jatt>b% Clubs, certaii
aristocratic .juntos, jyho armed a mob it
Paris to commit the murders of Augufl
toth, and September jd and 3d, anc
Who have rfcled France fdr two yean
*mh a rod of iron. Thefc fcrociou!
#en you caH patriot,. Thanks' be t<
Kind Hf3?cn,. mpit. of t hem have fuf
fered for their crimes an a fcaffold. Vol
-may catt-thetn patriots, if you please
bitt they have periled as traitors an<
tyrants, she crimes of these clubs ari
aumberlefs ; ;th«y ought not to be con
cwled fpm the American public ,
I am noe an Abetter of Monarchy—
I wiJ Rfpubiicati, an American wh<
faredimrCountryas a Soldier; am
who am determined whil< f cau speak
or maintain the Governmen'
df the United States against Monarehi
fccret Afiftocratic innijrue
ift
ar gus.
Note. Well, your history is suited
to the meridian of your country, is it ?
NEW BEDFORD. OSober, 7 .
n i" n l >Sh l"P'■ P. Fi/h, from
De/ago Bay- 550 Ibis, /perm. and 500 whale oil.
Sloop lndujhy, W. Tabei.Jrom an unJucaK
r!; voyage Spoke, in Lat. 4 0, Lone. , ,
P"P D'fpatch, Caleb Hathaway Ma jit r, from Ma.
deira, bound to Philadelphia.
BOSTON, Qtlobcr 2c.
Arrived, Georgia Packet, Robert Fat ley Mas.
ter, in 49 daysjrom Oporto : (apt. F. failed in
company with the Hull Packet, capt. KeiU] New
l°\ k - s"vt 2 ' 3°"j Lo 'S- 43- 3i", Jpoke
Ihp Fortitude, lkoate,Jron Liverpool, bound to
Bojlon ; Toio c n the 22} September, met with a
very heavy gale of wind, tariiei away her mizen
majl, and received other damage ; but was soon
tepairldfo as to proceed on hii t eyegc.
NEW YORK, Oilober go.
Arrivtd.
Packet 4n c lofie, pr, ze t0 the Semillant.
Br,, SMy, Smith, Kingfl,,.
Tuesday evening capt. EH in {aw a [hip or brb
onfnoreat Barnegat, and man', pnjcns embloyed
0 nfhort, hauling H p bales and cafis.
French jhips Jcntout to dc/iroy tht trade *J New-
Jound/and. iy \Jft
Flibujlicr, 50 guns. Commodore VtUemandrin
Chevron, 40 do. ? Returned to
Papillon, a 8 do. 5 France.
SemiHanfe, 40 do. C. Bertrand Arrived
Jean Mart, 20 do. > in this
Ranger, 16 do. ) Port.
MARINE REGISTER.
THIRD YEAR OF THE FRENCH
REPUBLIC.
LIST of English and Dutch Prisoners of War %
pojfed on board the Semillante, under the com
mand of citizen Bertrand, Lieutenant oj the
Navy, from different vejfels* captured by the
dmifion under the command of citizen Vi/Uman
drin, commander of Le Plibujlier.
Taken 9 Ffuftidor, 2d year, John Bennet cap
tain, Robt. Doby cabin boy, oj the Lo\dlSoul.
Taken andpajfed tm board, the 3d Complement
taire, id year, John Hodgfon Major, John
Horndon, captain, Surfti. Deal, En fig n, three
officer j of the army, p.iffengers in[the Antelope
Packet ; Jos, Burger, cabin boy.
Taken the 4ih (omplem. Joseph Hill, captain,
oj the Pleasant hill.
Taken on bomd the SemiUante, the yth Vender
I ma \ 7 *' 3d ) ca r, Samuel Nccoman, Maftkr, Benj.
*MitchiU, mate, from the Antelope Packet.
Pajfrd on board the yth Vendem. Joseph Drew
captain, John Hutchins, Mate, of the Henry and
Charles. Robert Wilson, capt. of the Three Sif
ter}. > Wm. Hurjl, captain, Sam. Blackbrompaf
fenger, of the Mary Fordi Angus Marten, cap
tain, .Charles Cameron, Male, of the Jenny. J.
Bodey, captain of the Lovell. Henry We\ y cap
tain of the Brothers. James Dill, cafjt.' of the
Ann and Eliza. Robert ford, captain oj Ann.
Matthew Brunork, captain of the Unity. Edw-
Cooper, captain of the William & Agnus. Mich.
Milevard, captain of the Noddy. Jno. Black
mote, captain, Pai. Douffy, Mate, of the Pa
trick. Cornelius Williams. 9 captain, John John
dtofs, Mate of the Holtandair.
Taken Bth Wm..Hole, David Connars 9
Rich. Donney, Wvi. Doufl, Robt, < ortuis, Jos y
Hacokius, seamen oj the Sally.
7 otal. ,cj.ptoin%, 16, inaflers, 1, mates, 6.
officers, (tandarrny) 3, passengers, 1, feamen t 6 t
cabin ooys, 2—men.
* Died on board, \fi Brumaire, $dyear.
He learn the names of the following vejfels
since captured, viz,
.7 ane * Chance, Hopt y Crecn
ock ; Ma r s, London ; Friends, Dartmouth.
There are feme others unknown-*-the zvhole
number oj prizes taken by the above fquadrona
mount to 37~~"35 °J which have b :en dcjlroycd.
AG- OElober 23.
utl Thurfiay arrived here from the coal of
Africa, the Brig Lucy, Obadiak Rogers, Majer,
with 7oG barrets uhale „7, 100 fbermaieti, and
0,000 lb of bone,
PHILADELPHIA, 03. 31,
The Ministry of Great Britain, and
the people who have armed and taken
measures to guard against the proceed
ings of the revolutionary paity in that
country, have been conftaritly sneered
! at f° r their apprehensions, and by way
j of contempt have been called Alarmtft,.
It appears however by a publication in
the Philadelphia Gazette, of one, who
" had the belt opportunities to be in
formed of the views and motives of the
party" cpncerned, that " more was
meant than met the ear"—that " a con
spiracy was adually formed [in Edin
burgh] to seize upon the City Guard
House, and at the fame time parties
were to be detached to arrest in their
beds, the obnoxious characters, such as
the Judges, the Lord Advocate, and
some others.
" There i's not the lead doubt that
these f>erfonS would have been massa
cred by what is called, in that country.
Jedburgh JuJlice."
If the foregoing Is a statement of
tatts, the measures adopted by the
Alarmists have probably served to pre
vent a «Septemberizing" 0 f many
thoulaads of the people of Great Bti
tain.
POPTOF PHILADELPHIA.
Arm ved .
Brig Mar), Fowiu, Si. PtlerlbuVfh , 0e
J™"***"' Hamburg,S 63
Schooner Nancy, White, ■ LunLck 6
Sloop D,am, Laphum, fa, Bedford n
Cleared
Ship St. Marcus, He,fall,
For Dublin,
' 111
ro fail Oil toe JJ Ii November: has
good accommodations f or pafferc r hav
ing been hiuJt iqt the Pute,, tra( , e ' yo ~
boaid at Cuth.
bertswliari, to Capi. Gcddes, or to
IJOLMES and HAINEY,
WILLIAM SMITH, juii,
Slid Co. Or
George Latimer.
OA - i' L d
CLARET,
A N D
White Wine,
Of a very Superior Quality,
J & S 7 ARRIVED,
In Hoglheads aud Boxes, and for l„ie at*
veiy roalonable Rate by
David & Gurclon Mumford
Or NEW YORK.
Any on'e s sent them, will be duly at
tended 10.
New-York, OA.
diot