of Iklcour on the Philadelphia Stage a tecoile&ian of the upright ' his Father has for years sustained, enn jtive n double claim to success he may expe£t it :—we congratulate the pub lic on the interesting fpeftacle of a Father and Son meeting in two cha mbers fi> uppolite a* Belcour and S'ock'.vell. Dies.on Sunday the 36th of Of\- ober, Doctor John Carson, profefibr of CUemiftry in the university of Pennfyf vmia, a (kilfai phylician and surgeon and an honi-ll mm. In him his family h«s lolt an affectionate hutbaod and ten d>r parent, fooiety a ufeful member and his profeffion an ornament. I C> Tlk- drawing of the lattery ptib- Ffhed by the Directors of the " Society f)re(labli(h'"S ufcf'il Manufactures " — Is, pottponed to the fir It mondayin May ■ext. NATIONAL CONVENTION. A letter to the Committee of Pub lic Safety, from the Rcprefentatives of the People m the Army of the Ealtern Pyrenees, dated 15th Thermidor, (2d Augult) has this pafTage— it When you communicate to the Convention this new trait of atrocity unknown even to nations less civilized, tell them that the conquerors of the Eastern Pyrenees at their pott ; that the army wk> di&ated the terms of the capitulation of Collioure, are determi ned to avenge its infraction. The bar barians 1 ThfJ violate those engage ments the more sacred, because they retrained the French, who neyer ccafe to harraf* and overwhelm them in hu miliation. Tlie bayonets of the Re public (hall point the vray towards those miserable victims of the most infamous j evjurv. •« The (laves by heaps fliall expire un der our blows. A thousand of their vil lages (hall be a prey to the devouring flames, while we (hall go with fury in quift of our brothers. Thecommiftioners proceed to declare, that ifhey will fire at Spanish flags of truce, and convert the kingdom of Spain itfelf into an immense defart." Some'time ago, 7000 Spanish troops were taken prifoneis at Collioure. The? were permitted to go off on con dition that an equal number of French men should be exchanged for them. The kiftg of Spain disavowed the a greementj and this step has produced these menaces on tht pai t of the French. By this Day's Mail. WINCHESTER, O(Sober 2 'j. A gentleman immediately from Ken tucky t infot ms, that General Wayne hi 6 eietted a Fort a few paces from that occupied by the British at the Foot of the Rapids <jf the Miami of the Lakes. The account of General Scott having defeated the Indians, as mentioned in oui last, he faysj is unfounded. Further particulars of the burning of Nickajack and Running-Water, In dian towns. On the 7th of September a party of militia, confiding of five hundred and fifty men, commanded by Major Ore, marched from Nashville, by order of General Robertfon, and on the 13th destroyed Nickajack and Running-Wa ter, two of the moll hoftileof the Low er Cherokee towns, situate on the south branch of the TennefTee; killed forty 'five warriors, and took nine prisoners, fquuws and children. In the towns were fouud two frefli fcalpp, taken at Cumberland, and several that were dry hung up as tiophies of war. Many ar ticles of property, which were known by tome one or other of the militia to Ahave been taken when the proprietors were killed by Indians, in the course of (he last twelve months, amongst which a number of letters taken when jthe Kentucky mail was robbed and the rider killed. These two towns were 'principal eroding places for the. Creeks nver the TennefTee for war against Cum berland and Kentucky, in which they, *vith the warriors of Look-out Moun tain and Will's towns, have heartily co operated for years past, boasting in their perfect security, from their situation, surrounded with mountains on three "fiden, tlte TennefTee on the north, and their nuihber of warriors. The prisoners taken gave informati on, that "there were fi*ty warriors, Creeks and Cherokees, then out for war igainlt the United States, who pafled Ihro Nickajack nine days ago—that two lights before the deftru&ion of the Run ling Water, a scalp dance was held in i ; lit which were present the Bloody ?ellow, John VVatU, and the other Chiefs of .the Lower Towns; at which « l they had determined to continue on the war in conjunction with the Creeks with more activity than heretofore a gainst the frontiers. In Nickajack was found a quantity of powder and lead, just received from the Spanish govern ment and a commifiion to Breath, the chief of that town, who was killed. The militia had three men wounded. Major Ore appears to have conduced this enterprise with great address, bra very and humanity. The Hanging Maw, upon hearing the above account, at Tcllico Block house, observed, " He hoped the Low er Towns would now open their ears and listen to the Peace Talks of the United States," ALEXANDRIA, Oft. 2; (A Gentleman immediately from Ken tucky, communicated the following.) " Mr. Printer On the ift Sept. one Whitely, with 250 "volunteers from Kentucky, marched agaioft the south ern Indians living 011 the Tennefee river, after being joined by a party from Cum berland and Clinch, amounting to 230, and attacked one of the Cherokee and Chicamaw te\vns, killed 54, and took 23 pnfaners—on the part of the whites 9 wounded, 3 supposed mortal. This may be relied on, as I Viad it frorri Col. Whitely himfelf, and law the priforiers he had taken." * NEW-YORK, Oa. 30. Revolution in France. There was one effedt which flowed from the decree rendering the Mem bers of the Constituent AfTembly ineli gible to a feat in the oe?t AfTembly— which, probably was not forefeen, but which will render it difficult hereafter to keep the French people in due sub ordination to law. This was the dis credit thrown upon Jtge and Talents, by suddenly exalting a set of Young Men into the feats of legislation. The Constituent Assembly contain ed many men whose judgments were 'matured by experience and age; and who had not totally reje&ed the wisdom of other nation? and former times. Some characters of this description were found in the fucceding AfTemblies; but in the latter, a .great proportion of the real talents were rather brilliant, than solid ; rather the result of meta physical fy Items that captivated the im agination, than of fubttantial know ledge, acquired in the world and by actual experiment. To thia description of vain specula tors in theory, France mutt ascribe ma ny hasty measures which a (hort expe rience taught these fanciful legislators ; to rescind ; and these idle attempts to change the habits and opinions of a na tion in a mor «it, by a legislative dccree, have exposed the lalt Con vention to the sneers of their enemies. Thils when Diimourier was carrying his victories thro the Netherlands, the National Aflembly, elated with joy, suddenly embraced the rcfolution, of giving liberty to the surrounding na tions. In the fervor of their zeal, and doubt - less with pure motives, as they tlioaght, they instantly palled the decree of Nov. 19, f792< for ffaternizing the Belgi ans. A little reflection taught them, what they might have easily knoyvn at firft, that they should have firft learned whether the Belgians wished to be fra ternized, and that it lYiight be difficult to convert men into allies and republicans, by a decree on paper. They found also that this ra(h refolutidn alarmed all the surrounding nations, and would bring them into trouble ; as it adtually did j they therefore repealed it. Just so Danton and Hebert, inflated with modern philosophy, which rejefls an intelligent Ood from its creed, thought it would be a mighty great im provement, and a glorious thing, in these legenerating times, to extirpate, not only the Christian Religion, but thei£m also, they therefore attempted to banish God from Frenchmen's belief, as the creature of fanaticifm, and esta blish atheism by law. The beardless philosophers in that nation ought to have been ashamed, to undertake the talk of eradicating the prejudices and opinions of a nation by law or force. French liberty and inexperience alone were capable of such folly ; but the at tempt was made, and soon proved the weakness of its authors. Robespierre was the firft to discover the impossibility of such a thing, and wishing to get rid of Hebert and Danton, he, with mas terly address, changed his efforts ; and falling in with opinions which he could not extirpate, charged Hebert and Dan ton with the blasphemy of attempting to rejedi a God from the national belief. The artifice succeeded \ his rivals fell j and then, in a fit of patriotic de votion, Robespierre brings forward his decree for eftabli(hin£ the belief of the one Supreme and the Virtues. This pro ject was admirable. Robespierre was as much of an Atheist as He ,ert ; but lie found his system would not go down with the multitude ;he then tacked about and formed a scheme to eftablilh Atheifmjunder the name of One Supreme or Eternal. With this fort of God and a dozen inferior deities, and each a fcf tival annually, a kind of pompous frolic; the stratagem succeeded, and all Paris sings the praises of this unknown Some thing. These are only samples of the weak the rash, and the absurd meafu.'es, which have marked every ftepof theproceedings of the two last Afiefnblies, measures that never could have been pafled by an Aflembly of old experienced States men. BALTIMORE, Oft, 30. Extract of a letter from St. Euftatius dated Otlober io, received by the brig Dolphin, Captain Fisher, arri ved yeilerday, in 21 days from Toba- go, and 14 from St. Euftatius. " A. vefiel from Guadaloupe, this day brings an account, that the English at Petit Bourg have surrendered, and the whole island of Guadaloupe is, mod pro bably, in pofleflion of the French at this inortient." HARRISBURGH, October 27. On Sunday fe'ennight arrived in this town; the last draft of militia, from the state of Nevy-Jerfey, under the command of Col. Crane, confiding of 300 foot and cavalry,' One day last week a ifian by the name of James Harvey, in a fit of intoxicati on and madness put an end to his life, by firft cutting his throat, (which pro ving not efFectual to his abominable de fign)and afterwardsdafhed out hisbrains again ft a wall- Do&or Andrew Forreft, of this town, is Appointed Register of Wills and Recorder ot Deeds, for this county in place of Joseph Montgomery, Esq. di-ceafed. Died—in this town on Sunday, 19th inft. after a short illness, Mr». Maiy Graydon, the amiable consort of Alex ander Graydon esq. A lady greatly beloved for her many virtues, and whose loss is sincerely lamented by all, who had the hdnor of her acquaintance. Situation of the Armies of the Republic the 9th Augiiji. The army of the North occupied all Belgia, and had driven their enemies beyond L'Efcaut. Valenciennes, Conde, and Quefnoy, were not yet in the power of the Republic, but they could not avoid bearing the yoke inceflantly, since the ar my was 30 leagues beyond. Since the ter rible decree of death for the Fnglifh and Hanoverians, the generals of this army complained of the difficulty of joining them, flying immediately at the approach of the Republicans. The army of the Sambre and the Meufe had beat &pursued Cobourg as far as Mae ltricht. The army of the Rhine had attacked under all points the Pruflians. Every where the Republicans notwithftandinj a strong refinance had the advantage. The effect of it was the invasion of the Pala tinate at the the time they were gathering their crop. The Atmy .ftf the Alps always tained the advantage, in a very difficdt country, and where the obstacles of na ture are aliiioft insurmountable. The Army of the Eastern Pyrennees advanced into Catalonia, and had left behind it Bellegarde well blocked up, which they intended to retake without doing damage to the place or fortifica tions by a too hsfty attack. The Army of the Western Pyrennees had taken pofleffion of the Valley of Baftar, containing 16 Milages.—lt had taken Fontarabia, where they found 208 pieces of cailnon, and made 2000 prisoners. This army in advancing af tei'wards had taken the Paflage, an ad vantageous position near the sea, and Si. Sebastian. The Naval Army had gone into ' Bred and ready to fail. Many divisions of Frigates and Corvettes were cruizing and made many prizes. The ships des tined for transporting' the troops to ! England were gone from Bourdeaux to Bieft, the place of rendezvous. These (hips are only to the number of 90 or 100. The brigands of La Vendee were totally destroyed, except a band of them, called Chat-huants, becaufethey went out only in the night—it tvas more difficult to meet them than to fight and destroy them. Nor. Pap. POPT OF PHILADELPHIA. AR R IVED. Skip Catherine, M'Collm, Madeira 38 Euphrates, Clark, Baltimore 8 Barque Prudence, Miller AmJlerdam 77 Snow Cleopatra, EUuridge, Plymouth (Eng.) Rrig Poll\\ Smith. Schooner R*mbicr i Wi!kini l Saffx, Boim, LiJion y Dntrnrrondf Prggv. His, Sloop Pajey, Simkins, Diana t Pierfon, Hunter, Williams, /frrw of Schooner Neptune irjormt, M* brig Enferprizcy Sattajieid, failed from Charlejlon Jor Philadelphia, the 15th i»ft<tnt. Spoke the/hip Citoyen dc Mar failles below Bom bay-Hook. In th* Neptune from Charleflon, came a few French pajfengerj. Cleared. Brig Hope, Wallace, Neutrality, Thomson, jdnn, Foster Mary Ann, Kirkpatrick % Schooner Phaebe, She,*:(l t Phoenix, Wcekt. Franklin, £effey> Floyd, Ditto, Monmouth) Ranger, During Sloop btlfy, 7or /^) Lin J fiy> Lilly, Nigl Cap;. FozvUr of the Brig Mars, was boarded on the 13th Augtifi y by the Brilliant man of war, capt. Smith, with three others, on a cr v \fe. 20 fh, in Lat. 45. go", J poke the (hip Indus try, Oran, oj avd from New York, bound to France, out 46 day/. 13th, in Lat. 42. 53", /poke the Barque Prudence, capt. Miller, Jrorn fair Island, out 2 5 daxs. The Brig Polly, Wick ham. said to be from Hamburgh, was spoke a few daysfincc on the coaji. Two Ships, andJ'evera I other veffcls are arriv ed at tbe Fort. , The Sloop Stlly, Hammond, Jrom W)Jhington t A', C. and a schooner whiih J i/ed a Jew days ago, are onfkore at Prime Hook, it miles within the Light House. NORFOLK, Oft. 24. Yesterday arrived in Hampton Road, the (hip John Bulkeley, Jefle Hollis, Master, in 50 days from Corunna. Oft. 4, in lat. 42, long. 53, spoke the brig Jane, Cowel, 10 days from Boston, bound to Cadiz. Oft. 14, in Ist. 36, long. 64, spoke the ship Fair Virginian, Stedfaft, & days from Whitehaven, bound to Alex andria. October 25. On Wednesday arrived in Hampton Roads, the ship Sally, Captain Clark, from Bremen, which place he left the ill September. Captaiji Clark informs, that the Pruflians have actually with drawn their forces, as well as the Auftri ans—that the only troops now left to cope with the French, were the Engl/li and Dutch—that the whole force of the British amounted to 16,000 men, and the Dutch had very few troops —that Lord Howe failed on the loth Septem ber with his grand fleet for the Bay of Bifcay—Capt. Clark was spoke by one ot a squadron of French frigates (ten in number) off the mouth of the Chan nel. Extra ft of a letter from the Captain of an American Vejfel, iu Brejl, to his friend in tbis Town, dated Aug. 15. " This day we have received accounts of the capture of all the homeward bound Weft Indiamen, together with the men of war that were to convoy them. There are about 30 French frigates cruizing between Ufhant and Scilly. The French deceive the Eng lish in the Channel with their (hips, ha ving a number of 74's cut down that fight 50 thirty-two pounders on one deck, the fined (hips 1 ever saw." On Monday last arrived in Hampton Roads, the following ships of war: Resolution, 74 guns, Admiral Mur ray. Argonaunt, 64 do. CSpt. Ball. Africa, 64 do. Capt. •— ARRIVED. Seh'r. Favorite, Poftlethwaite, St. Kitts. Polly and Sally, Carr, St. Bar tholomews. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1. The article refpe&ing Mr. Smith's eleAion can have reference only to the Ci' ty of Cfurlefton, in which we hear that Gentleman had a majority'of eighty votes. The r'efuTt of the ele&ion throughout the diftr!£t could not have been known on the I,sth Oft. as the diftrift is extensive and the election was held Oh the 14th. ■ By the Cleopatra, from Plymouth, (Eng.) which place (he left the 4th Sept. it is said accounts are received of the capture of Sluys by the French— and that the Duke and Dutchefs of .Cumberland had also fallen into their hands. a few Sales of Brown Russia sheeting I.nportrd in the William Penn, from I-ondop, FOR HALE Br Curtis Clay« No. J7, KiCH Street* Account of places situated in the pre/ent Jtrimit 23 Virginia 3 N jlk Co r "/'na 4 Namur—Capital of the Province so called, situated in a valley at the conflu ence of the Meufe and Sambre ; it was taken by King William in 1692, after a memorable siege ; again by the French in 1746, after having been reduced to a heap of ruins. Since the Peace of Ai-x la ChapeUt, the fortifications have been demolished, except the Citadel, which was taken by Gen. Valence in December 1792 —24 leagues E, from Valenciennes—3o S. S. W. from Zenlo —and 74 north from Paris. \vf/o 4 .4 Virginia i 4 Ctdrlc/loi 9 Ditto 14 New London 9 Cape Nit ho fa Mole St. Simons Georgia New York Cape Nichsla Mole Boflon Folly Landing Cherry Stone Ditto New York Virginia Ditto Liege —Capital of the Bifhoprick of that name, is a large populous and rich City, situated on the Meufe. It vvas taken by the Duke of Marlborough in 1702 —ithas 16 gates and 17.bridg es—Dumouricr.made himfelf master of Liege the 2zd November, 1772, but in March following the. French were com pelled to retire, and , were driven out of Liege and Brabant— 47 -leagues East from Bruges— S. from Maeftricht— 13 E, N. E. from Namur, 37 S. from j Zutphen, and 88 N. N. E, From Paris. New York Bergen oti Zoom—A maritime town of Dutch Brabant oil the ri er Z r\, and at its union with the Scheldt. J» ne .-t the flrongeft places cb,' haying been regularly fort; ' r and deemed nearly inrpreg - . it v. 4 however taken by storm l.i r'7</; rn the famous count, Lowendahl —25 leases S. from Amsterdam, 6. S. from Wiiliam ftadt and 87 N. from Paris. •written in Winter, by Mrs. Marriott. The howling nortl wind o'er the moun tain flies, And fleecy snow, enrobes th leafelefs grove; No more mild Zephyr to 'the rose-bud % ,IS >, . Sweet birds have ceased their tuneful hymns of love. The ivy twining round yon moss grown cell* It's lonely green, how solitary gay, Where the melodious red-breast loves to dwell, And give the lurid storm it's pensive lay! Come sweet contentment with thy smile serene Point out 'lie beauties of the froft fring ed grove Dispel each swelling tear each woe ter- And harmonize my-foul to joy and Jove. Angelic nymph who on thy azure wing Celestial peace of mitid doit ever bring! Madeira Wine. A few pipes of very Extraordinary good Quality London Particular Bill Wine, Will be landed on Monday next, from On board the Ship Catharine, at Meflrs. Sim»'s wharf, and John Craig, Who has aljo for < Sale, Sugar and Coffee, In Barrels, COTTO 1 in bales, Hvfon and Souchong TEAS WINDOW GLASS of diflerrnf fizei. Nov. i d Mr. Ricketts presents his moll rcfpe&ful compliments to the citi zens of Philadelphia, and all the patron# of the Circus, and begs leave to inform them, that as his engagements at New- York, will require his attendance there the second week in November, he there fore wilhes to embrace the present favour able opportunity to those who may be de sirous of feeing the performances,by exhi biting Every Afternoon, (Sunday excepted) until Wednesday next on which day by particnlar riefire, he in tends. Having a public performance at i» o'clock, as will be exprefibd in the adver tisements of the day. The entertainments will be varied every exhibition, and a great variety «£Equef trian Exercises, and other performances introduced, that have never been exhibited, and many of which have never been attempted by any other person either in Europe or America. Days of performance are therefore now fixed for This Day, Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuefd'ay Afternoons, and for Wednesday next at 12 o'clock, which hour, if it ftiould then appear to be agree able to the public, will be made the time of performing for the remaining three" days of next week, and the last for the present ftafon. d The Medical le&ures In the University of Pennsylvania, will commence the firft Maori y in Noveml»er Sept 5 w&stf feat of <wQr in Europe. SONNET, rene TO BE SOLD Br CIRCUS. eodfg
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