Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1795-1796, August 14, 1795, Image 3
Ed by fa&s than it t, it would not follow that the fngg Ition it true ,<* or the thing would depend not on the realfituation of that country, but on the o pinion entertained of it by iti own adminiftratio*, 00 the personal ehara&er of the prince and of hit Councilon the degree in which thty were influ enced !>v pride :int! paflion, or by reason. The hypothecs, that the dil portions of a government arc cdnformnhle with iu situation, is as fallacious a otic as can be entertained. It is to suppose, con trary r<> cvciy days experience, that cabinets are always wife. It is, on the part of thofc who draw the inferreiictr, to suppose, that a cabinet, the must vtolertt, ralh, and foolifh of Europe, is at the fame time moderate and prudent enough to act ac cording to the tp.ie situation of the count! y; Who rif'jut ejfiHjiliifts, realoiiing from his view of the a- Kafed CoiiiT.'ion ot Great Ilritaiu, has notlong since j suginrd that (he ought to be on her knee* to France fning for mercy and forgiveuefs ? Yet how different hitbeito is ilie fn.ct- It we carefully peruse the ipreches of the 1 ailing members of the Convention, we (hall oLfervc.the menaces against Britain frequent ly intei fperfed with invitations to peace. While the British Government maintains a proud and dif tanj refei ve, repels every idea of peace, and inflex ibly pursues tlie path of war. It the illusion of Ijiirope iij (iii&l of Great Britain in particu lar, as is pretended,, authorized us*o expect what ever wc chose, ho\v happens it, that France with* fell hefr viJtoriej has n*xi y&L been able 10 extort f. saee ? As to the true pofitiou ,of Frkncc, we are not left to mere inference. A.ll the reports, all the pnvate accounts from thence acknowl d-Je a state of extreme cmbarraflmcn: and diliref. ; an alai ming denngernent of the finances, and a faareity Bot diltant from famine, To this are to be added, » continuance of violent an 4 dteftruftive conflict of parties, and the unextingnifhed embers of iufurrec tio.i. This fail- comparifaa of the relative fmtatiqn of tue contending parties will, I know, be cd as bla/.omag the and ivfuurces of Great Britain, and depreciating-the advantages of Fiance. But the cant phrases of party cannot alter the na- ture of truth—nor will ih -y prevent the. people of , the United States trom liltcning impartially to it, or from ilifcerning that it is a mark of fidelity to their intercfts ,to counteract wifieprrfcniarion, by placing ta£ts fairly before them, and a dtltt which they owe to thenlVlves, and whi.-h they cannot o mit to pcrf.irr« ivithan't betraying their own inter cltl, to receive diem candidly, and wei' r h th'-m ira turelv The roich'rvn l'g, that all those highly ch.irgei! declamation! which dcfcribc Qrtu Britain to us at vanquished and humbled ; as ready to pala under the yoke a» command, and to submit to aay condi tions whiuh w« miv think fit to preforibe, are either the chimeras »f over-heated imaginations, or t.he fabrication of i.npofture*; and if listened to, ran bav« no other rffee* than to inspire a dclulire pre lyshption,' and '« dangerous temrrity. But to judjTe the better of the extravagance of thjfa declamations, it will be ufeful to go back to the periods when titc nejjticrarron and ended. O* envoy arrived in England and entered upon the butinefsof his mifltoa, at the moment when thcie was a general elation m account of the naval viito ry gaiuett by Lord Howe, and previous to those importantfiicce(Tc9, which have terminated in the cuiiqucll <f Holland ■, and the treaty was conclud ed by the Qth of November last, prior to the la/l mentionedtvent, sad to the defedtion of the king of Pruflia. The of thing's at the time it was in nejfctiaticih, and not at this time, is the standard bvMflu'ch to try its merits j and it may be observed, thit it is probable the negociation receiv ed it? iit ft inprefilon, and even its general outline the principal part of the disasters fuf taiacd by thec»>alefced paweis in the course of the lift tampaigu. Il may not be improper to add, that if wc credit the reprefeatatioiu of our envoy, Great Biitain manifeftcd liirilar difoofitions with regard to the triaty at the commencement as at the close of the negotiation » whence it will follow, thr.t too much hi beew attributed in this country to the victories <f France. The fubjeiS of the frcond article will be refuffi cd and concluded in the next number. , Philadelphia, slugujl i_» A Citizen who attended the late Tow i-Meeting (altho he Was prevented fiora either fpeahing or vo agreeal>ic t<» hi*. judgment,) thinks tie bat a fiffhi to kn• 'A' the anfvkei which the Pr.-ficlent has given to those doings. He therefore picfeiita his ■amplimentttrtthe Chairnan Dr. Shippeii;:nd dtfii es to be liiformed why he fuppre.Tes that anfv.'er, which report .fay* was delivered 10 him fevcial wjys ajjo. Philadelphia, Augujl Iyh 1795. AT a meeting at Puterfbuigh, Virginia, Au/uft 1, the I'reaty was reprobated and condemned in a <erics of refutations, t.hich concludes with the following i Relolved, That the minority <«f the Senate, who oppnfed the'' itirication of the Treaty with Great Britain, are entitled to the thanks of their coun try ; and tint the Senators from this Hate havejuf niUJ tU. <t>*.fidcnce reposed in vhem by their con stituents. Refblved, That the patriotic boldnefi.a«d. mag nanimous independence of Sri?hens Thompson Mason, in having. caufjd the publication of the Treaty af®ici»id, dtfervli the molt grateful inccufe that can be offered to mine] the praijV «f Republieant. ' We 1. ear a veflel arrived at **c w York yefterdav ;n a (hurt pafli»jr«t frort^Eiigland. ■ The'eaSern mail did not arrive yefterdSy at Niw York.'. The floods have been great in the eastern States, which probidly occufioned the interruption of the poflfc xjefetiption of the Bank of the United Stst'es, now ■ ew&ing in third (licet, from a design by Mr. S. Blodget. [ 1 tie entrance to thij building ivill be by a Sight CAMILLUfi. •f ft«p» a Port two Supported by ' fijcCoJttmiis of the Corinthian Order, of 3 i- 2 feel diameter* to Aud in pairs at the corners, with an ii»terc >• lumaiation for the other Columns f,f two di ameters.; the Capital* will be th« decu r»ti«w are to be »» plain as the rules*/ elegaat order wilt admit* The priicipal elevation will (te ornamented by ten fMatteu, forming (even recefTes for the do ;r and n'indawi; orcv which will be placed as ornaments for the frieze, between ornamented trufles, or con f.Hs, tliir fafcei, or live rods bound by croft fillets, the ancient emblem of union and tttength, and in riireffc allusion to the tire Branches of the Bank, l'lie whole front will be of White Marble, but the jrincipal part of the Work being plain and square, nd theijfttcrinli colledted near at hand, it will way ie very expienfive. .xtrail of a letter from the ivcjlern fart tf Majfa i -r .. i , / j 1 r chufetts, dated 6. " What a ftocic of enlightened wtfdom and repui lican motleratim our brethren, in fame of the cilie andpnporh, have exhibited ou the fubje£t of th '1 reaty ! ! but have they not been rather over-reach ed, by fuffcring party rage and pafHun t» operat* so precipitately ? What honqft, candid man, bu| mull be convmsed that it was predetermined Wv th« without regard to it* merits or demerits T Their piorecdingf eviiicc this so clearly, that to attempt I further de.nonflratibn of th« fa& would ai fuperflu otis. Ju'.i;re Diwes, in the Boflon townrmtetingn I made an obftrvatron, that it might have been sup." l | posed Would have can led the <wiji mass to have hung ! declamatory leaders with the blulh of fhaine. The Judge observed that " he wanted time, and sup- Jiofcd that other people who had no better meant of infermaticn than Jtimftlf, wanted time also for eon lideration." No one, poiTefied of the leatt particle of consideration, can enteitain the idea that 14 out of the 15 hundied Senate cf 80/ ion, had better meant of information, or were more capable of judging of the merits of the Treaty, than Judge Dawe» j to fuppofc the contrary of this, would latyrize decency 6nd common sense. It is some confutation to the friends of order, republicanism, a id good government, to know that the meeting in BolM.it (full as it was) did not include the majori ty of the inhabitants of the town : thirty-three hundred have heretofore aflcmbled together on some important occasions, where they could do it with propriety, and c»nliftent with their refpeft for that government which they had chosen for the protec tion cf their rights, and riot in contra difH.nftijn to thr power which they had veiled in their cHosen , rulers. ' '' j We have receive/} nu account of the Chr.rleftown, S.C. mn'tinw ; and while we lament that the in fluence us Boiloii fanaticilm has extended so far, all who have any knowledge of certain orators, an wik linjr to gi-e full credit to theirp.ttrioufm—even sup posing the " hen patriots" to be thousands in debt to Jlrili/l creditors | eren supposing this to be the f»a (I am lar from aflcrting it) why could tV.cy not as confciencioujly wi£h for a rejection of the trea ty, and a war with Britain, as any other per font ? Some harangue about their " refpeS and love for the Prefideut," wlu;, if they decorated, their caatt •wilt erupt on the event of his esit, it h shrewdly fufpedted they would wear the garb of hypoerify. In Charlelton, as in other places where precipi tate and tumultuous afiembliei have been held, it ferms that the majority or the mercantile intcicit were in favor of the treaty." For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES. MR. Fsnso, I PROMISED in my preceding publication, to fend you some obfrn'ations on the zd article of Mr. Jay's treaty By t'tis article, the settler* and tra ders within the or jurifdi&ion of the posts, now held by the British within the boundary line* of'the United States, may remove with all theif eflefts; they may feli their lands, houses or effe&s, or retain the property thereof, at theif discretion. Such of them as /hall continne to reside within those boundary lines, may remain Britilh fubje&s if they chocfe, or become citizens of the United States—in the latter cafe they are> bound to take the oath of allegiance. The enemies of the treaty have endeavored to excite an alarm, under the pretence, that as the limits of the precinfli or jmifdickion of those posts are not delined, the fame may reach to vast extents of country, throughout which are or may be plant ed, even colonics of people devated to the interest of Great-Britain. But nothing can be more un founded. The polls withheld contrary to the treatr of peare, are two on Lake Champlain, in the Sate of Vermont j one perhaps at Ofwegatchie ; and those of Ofwtgo, Niagara, Detroit, and Michrti- | tr.ackanac. All these pofls are military Jlationr, cither with out any British settler* about them, or with but a few families, except the poll of Detroit. DetroU was originally "fettled by the French. The atten tion of the inhabitants was devoted te the Indian trade ; and consequently they cultivated very little land. By the peace of 1763, Detioit, with all Canada, was ceded to Great-Britain. Since that time a few American, English, Scotch and 11 ifit settlers and traders, have joined the old French in habitants: but Detroit (till remains an inconsidera ble village. The settlers within its ]urifdi£Ho» are chiefly planted along the border of the river : but their fettleinents are of such frnail extent, and so little land has been cultivated, that tjriey have- not been able to ftirnifh a surplus of provisions fuffiri ent to feed its small garrison of two or three hun dred men. For the consumption of these few troops flour has bi>en Tent from the United States & Low er Canada, and pork from Ireland. What, then, can be the " jurifdiflion" of. this post ? Common sense would suppose it of \ety ftwall extent t that it was co extensive with the settlers ; anu in the utnjoll latitude,-comprehended no more of the land at and alxtut Detroit, than belonged to them at the Signature of th«- treatv. The reft of the country belongs to the Indiuns ; who, tho' hitherto under the injlurnt <•, can in no sense Ic said Su t« within the juKifdiaieh of Be ■ troit. I * tuft idea of the pofEfjlc exteqt of the I land«u pr iperty of these people, it will be neeefTi i iy lo ircar to the treaty of peace between u* and IG: rat- B, .turn. By that treaty, Detroit becrtnu a | P*'l. l^e United Sta. e» ; and had wt then gained pouenjon of it, it« Inhabitant! would doubtless have" been confidercd as citizens. Or if any preferred,! remaining British fubje&t, they mull have been, debarred all ike privilege* of citizenlfcip. But wlie- ] thcrcttizcntor British fubje&s, the treaty of peace fecared to them all their landed and other property : and .Mr. Jay's treaty doc* no mui*. Will it be laid that since the treaty of peaee they may have purchased immense traces of land of the Indians, that these also will be held under Mr. Jay's 1 he idea it perfectly groundless. firfl article ®f the treaty of peace, Oreflt- Britain cedes and relinquishes totlie United States, " all claim to the government proprietary and ter ritorial rights or the fame, and-every part" thereof; confcquemly, the land* of the British fubjecls with in the precirnfis or jurifdiflion of Detroit, and auv other British pests within the territory of the Unit ed States, can l>* of no greater extent noi», than they were at the treaty of peace. If the king of Great Britain, or any of hi* porcrnors or offircrs, have lincc, made grants of lands within the boun daries of the United Statet, (a thing not proba ble) Inch grants are mere nullities. The land* fe attempted to be granted, being by that treaty the aSfohite property of the United States, the Bruiih fubje&s could not afterwards acquire any property in them ; and consequently they cainiul hu'.u tlum by Mr. Jay's treaty. One word concerning the inhabitants of Detroit. 1 hejr are .chiefly br nch, with whom it in to be prtlutned we fliall fi;,d no difficulty in fraternizing ; and of the others, whether o.iginally Americans or English, Scotch or Iri'h, many, and probably the majority, arc already well disposed towards the United States, and eager to enjoy all the advar tages of our free government and citizenfliip. The relidne can be hut a iiniii remnant : forne of them tr.ay ptrhaps cross over to the Britirti fide of the line ; and others remain for the pnrpofes of trade at Detroit. These cannot poffihlv excite uneaii ness, any more than the Bn'iifti fji.jech, whom, tor t.ie like purpofc, we freely admit into all our j seaports. I A FREEHOLDER, P!iih«k'phia, Anfrtift 1797. Si* jwr - - Three per - ■ Deferred Sii per Cent, &ANS United States, » - * — North - - . — Pc»nfylvaniu, - - i Inibraßce CoKTAjtv North America, 30 -Pcimfylvmia.flßt. off] 6 NEWARK, August I2r I The late irefhet has been ttuparaleled within the memory of the oldest man living in these pan* <»f the ftatt. So greet a fall of rain within so rtiort a space of time at happened on Monday the 3d iutt. hai periapt fcldo.n been known at any feafou of the year, but never been 1 ecollei&ed at the prcfent;— T he rife of the river P&Haick was fodder, owing no doubt to the bursting of the dami of tbe large mill pondt in Morrit county. At Patterfoa the overflowing of the river below the fa!l» was not as progressive as in former frefhett, but almost inllantaneout—the greatest height of the river hat exceeded any former frefliett witliia the memory of the oldest iultabitant by feveii inches.— The rapidity of the cuirent preveated the flood from making at the mouth of the river for fix day«, and the navigatien wag for fomc time impeded. It it impoflible to ascertain or estimate the damage that list been sustained. Some thousand tons of hay have been either totally swept away by the current 01 des troyed by the mud deposited in the meadow grounds. Timber and (laves, and fencing duff along the mar gin of thf PafTaick, have been floated off in immense quantities. Many Farmert along the low landt, j.ave not only loft all their hav, but likewise their wheat, rye and oatt, "and buckwheat in the field. •What with the loss of the farmert and injury done to mill seat f, forges, &c. the total damage in these partt may not be computed at left than One Hundred \ Thtufand Pounds. During thisbreaking up of the foMntains of heaven the falls at Paterfon prefentcd an objedl truly grand and teriific—l lie column of water above the 'falls rose at lead twelve feet perpendicular higher than the common level of the Hver—the prcflure of this raft body to find vent, afforded to the fpe&ator a picture of the force and power of water not often presented—the river not only overflowed its usual boundaries, but at this place"overshot a large pro portion of the raft chasm between the ilupendous walls os-rock, which form the Falls, and the waters returning on the opposite fide, united again midway i» one vast cataract of boiling foam. The descent of the river was so much fafter than the probability of finding a »eiu, that the b;tfon at the foot of the falls was raised at lead 15 or 20 feet above the common level, and the water in the chasm perhaps 10 or 15 feet abovethe bason, so that at the juncture the height of the fall did not -appear above 15 feet. Whereas in common times it exceeds 50. The sheet of water was alio very much enlarg ed, ex'eriding to the e:iftward, and pouring over the perpendicular wall in that part, at lealt 100 feet wider than usual. The river abovethe falls also presented a very unuiual fighi, appearing, a. it were pent up aboul jo yards front the chasm and fwcl ling above that part of the water about io feet, from whence it began to defccnd in one immense body, rolling with redoubled impettioufity to the brink of the precipice, where, concentering all its ' r precipitated itfelfinto the abyss beneath in oi. t aitouifliing whirlpool of foam, cairying along with it wh»>e trees, timber, and the ravages of tiic long c«arle of the waters fr«m above. The spray occasioned by the falls precipitated in a tonent of rain, and the beautiful phenomenon of the rainbow, was to be fcen in its fuileft splendor. Below the bsfon of the falls the river tumbled for ward ov*r the b<;d of rocks in an extenlive sheet of water and foam, burying in its progrcft the iftand above tbe h),Jgc-r-tt nearly overflowed the latter, wM-ch i».;aifc<latlealt 14 ieet above the bed ofihe •rirwv' The low lands on each fide of the Pf.flki-k, J from its fouree to in mouth were overflowed in fuck manner aa .rendered all travelling klong the post wad from this t»wn imprafti.-Hbl,; f or f„„ iC |vs> The water began to rife with the greatest forte on luefday, and were xearly. liatiouary all Wedr.efdar on Thurfcliy they began ty abate and fell a!>out 011 Friday more cotiiidernbly, hilt the rivcrdid not return to its usual coiifures until Mohi d»y Sail. w , , Amiftft a!] the diftreffe? orcrTiiine ! hy the wcare hap;, y talearr- that the works- of the wa'ntt factunng focietv at Paterfon have futfaiiird ljtr! e 0 f no damage, exceptthe printing n iil m,Una's, winch have hern !. , As the wj. lm have fi.i>Med, _\ve have great - ca f an j 0 f<l)|r * vciy lick'y aii!f!wit in e.;nfcqnrm,e <>f tfs r txim'ai on anfing- from the putrefactive dt-jjoJit, w f the fre». cl « I'-vcry timely precsutiori vUtflit-I<> i* e-xrrted to drain off, where {joflibk, tiny iiajjoant na-Vrs and remove dead careafcsof aahn-tls ai,d I, fa or other putieft'cfit mat ten • . . Calvary. ; ■ Or, Th DEATH if C'tßi-T.; A IV'I'M ) tf- F»1 NT' [ r,(i KO. fiy RICH A I'D CUMBERLAND Soch (icrfons S k .arc4i!il m po;Vr«i,n of S„b;c, Papers for t>; c»V ork,.aVc-, t ipr/Un-iy r.-iw.'lul £ ° ' Vrt " tUd iunr. No. , 4 North , . . " Livf OH hard, A.Co»e«inu of vahiah!? flock, of :*,s t . an.-" h"1 K Jitiom ; aifo,. a'variftv of. B l*-V*i«Vr«" *«"• by the Groii, IW., or Single. "' ' Auyoii ii. *" 5 Certificates of the FlMetl T).c>i; of A -the United stvr:, LTued som th Office of the Regilter of the TVeafrtqy of tli- &ld United States, mthe name of Patrick Hi »tfy of Wit. • ko, 8819, 8S;o, J—J 8811, dated 7 th Ji.lv, r 794, •or Four J ftpuiand t>oliars«ach, of the Fumi*d three per Cent. Debt, have been loit at Sea, and a-iplkarioil " '"tfnded to he made for the Renewal of the laid■ Certificates at the Office of the Treasury of the fail. I 'mted States, of which all pcrfons concerned art; dc fired to takenntir^. K a. By T. STEPHEN S, Ne. 60 South Second Jlreety The Curious Prophecies of jRIC HA R D BROTHERS. CON TAINIXG grcit and remirkiUe Uunn/not reYcal e.-. to »ny other person on eirth. ° Thii work i? interring to ercrj oEj Aupji 14 - - W - - 11y .?.? pr. Csiii 50 - 3° .. _ t . y*ft PuMifiu, By At. Cjrev, No. 11 y Market urest r,lr'. 4,8, The T R E A T Y, AORKED upon by Mr. Jay ana Lord Crciiv'lle 1 tt whlco naddeX, a copious appfii<ji«, containing, 1. Loiter from Mr. Je.lsrf«,u to Mr. Hammond. ■» 2. Motion of J/r. J!ur r . 3. Motion ut Mr. Tazewell. 4. I i«aty of Amity and Commerce between France and t.i« United .Statei. 5. liraty of Alliance boeween dj 6 Infinitive Treaty between Great Br.!.•.;« arid tin Uni ted State«. 7. Ctnftitution of the United States 8. Kiplmution of ths fitiaium of Mr. Jav'„ traci* , 9. "Features of Mr. Jay'. Treat*. 10 View ot the commerce of tlit United State*, as i' f;and».it present, and ai it u filed by Mr. Jay'.tr. u:». 11. Refnlutiont of :li£ citizens of Br,Son. 12, Addreli of tiie citiaeni ot I'ortfinoßth, l.\. Rcfolutient of the citi*en»of New ¥(>;k. 14. Memorial of the citizens of Philadelphia. 15* Report of the Charleston comrcittce. 16. Refoluti«n> «f the Juitices of Norfolk.. 17. Refutations of the citiaeM of Balti-nore 18. New Jtrl'ey petition. iB. Hcfohuiofis us t£e citizens of Tren^oK. 20, Resolutions of the citizens of .Fkmmgtofe 21. Address of the merchants of New York. 23. Resolutions of the New York ehamher of 23. Ohforvaiiuns oa the eatent of the Pielidiut's power with to tteatics. '• 44. Curtius » TinJicaiioh of Mr. Jay's treaty, it fwslire numbers. - IS' Britiih proclanaafion, Novefnbcr 6th 1793. 26. Ditto . ditto JanuarY *79-J* 27. L«rdDorchetler's reply to the Indian*. rul refolutiom moved for by Mr. Madison 28. Mr. Dayton'srefolu ion for the fequdlrition of £n tifh property, 3° RtfolutioHs moved for by Mr. GUrke, f»i with Britain ' Auguft_i 4 yusf 'published, By FX A CIS & ROBERT BAII.FX, v.-f to he f>W fc their Boekftore, No. ii6Higa fireet, in a by the -r<n cipil Primcra and Booki'ellcr. throsighout ti.t uinut States, A Revealed Knowledge of the Prophed»- and Times, I Particularly of the prefcnt time, the prefer.t war, aai* ' the prophecy now fulfilling. Contain;;:-, xtitn othcr'erstt and remarkable things Oot revealed to any otlu perfou Earth, thefudden andperpetual kaii, of tlicTvuKis* r.r.t- MA.f aud RUSSIAN cmpiio, Wrote under the of the Lord God, and paolifced by his I'acred command • it being a l'ccood figu at Warning f«r tiu benefit of *11 ua tioru ; by the mail that will be reeled t» tl« Hebrews is tUil- Prince arid Ptoph«. The year of the World ;g; Bj RICHARD JiKOTHIiHS. I FRQSi the JoHmtnjt E rtmfli the SMc aili ic entliej to f[, rvt t judgment of thii weik. " A man that hut b«<.-n an officer in the Nivy, wh< fe iow. mediate ameftors have been Jeparat, d from the Jcw.» for such a sacGderable Ungth ef time ui te m«.Vc thru turgn they ever belonged to the nv.mr, si ch a man lieclaringhim. felf openly t<( the world a prophet of God, the princs allotted to order the sudden return as the Hebrew* from all nations and govern th'.-jn ift the had of-f fo<;l, will ■with some reason I allow, excitc both. ailor.ifhniciit aif doubt; but from the multiplimj receded t?';t::noni-3j produce, wj.i ;h no othi-f »n earth can, it ought rot to an., vail with any perforin a just objeitiM agaiu 11 iieliuvJua what I write " " The prophet Dane', chapter 8, ' *erftit Arid fear , gr -at beast» «*me up from the fen, d&ereat frera out ther. 4. The vriti like p Lias, and- it E*»le'« winjjc f beheld"tiUth? wings w-ere plucked, t<rhiaj it was, lifted up «n the Earth, and made to liaftd un die feet a» a,»iajo: atii » he«t w«» jjivfta to it. ) Is tuzu in ihe Pref;.:, And will lefM'M with nitp, t % ROBERT GILMOR, of A "?" n M $6v> AW PUBLISHJE h3^fb r f:t »