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.
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