BENNINGTON,- January 3
Copy of a letter from Stephen Thor 1, Esq. to the
editor of the Vermont Gazette.
» London, Sept. 13th, x 79>—
" Dear Sir,
" I have fojourncd from Paris hence, where I
{hall tarry only a few days, and return to I*ranee
again. This country, as well as the reft of the co
alitioned ones, experience it conliderablc scourge
from the war-—1 believe they are heartily tiied of
it. The admiiUftration indicates a continuation,
though vigorous exertions arc always m;.de to pro
cure an honourable peace. ihe L.onvention in
France are aftumingthe tone of Robespierre, whom
history wi'l p."n as a warm republican, and the one
who made France a republic; without him (he
would never been deprived, of a king ; l.e,
by his abilities and uniform perfeverancr, laid the
foundation of the republic, and like most reformers,
has fell a ft'-rifiee to the ambition of a fe,w indivi
duals. I feel iiap"V to think that Bartere, Collot
d'Heibois, and Biilaud, have f.d'.cn for their per
fidy, and UJiien",- I thiuk, from many circumltan
ccs, i not of'onj* duration. They areperfecting
the pritfts ! They* in every country ought to be ;
they are the blood-fuckers of the people, and prey
011 them as an eagle upon a filh-haWiC. ine new
order of time, wnich is eltabliftied, I think is
much easier than the old calendar. They pay but
little attention to uwifs on the sabbath. The revo
lutio;i has made the people the moll-liberal of any
in the wsnld : and what is exiraoidinary, it has
not corrupted their morals : they'as usual are ge
nerous and humane, glowing with philanthropy—
I mean the gieat mais. -Their piinciples of equa
lity I like much : a poor peaiaot, if he is opprefied
by any officer of government, applies to the head
•f department, arrd finds himfelf immediately re
dressed : 'f he has bufmefs of ever so (mall confe.
quence, lie can call on the President of this surpriz
ing nation, w i.liout any monarchical and aiifto
cratic forms. Levees, &c. he has none : all time
is applied to his private and public bufrnefs : he is
not.gaudily taken up in receiving formal visits for
the fake of being seen, as is the cafe in some other
countries. The Dutch Republic are in a good way
to establish an excellent government, and you may
reft aflured that thsy.will never re-instate th» lladt
holder. Poor Poland, alas! is dismembered, and
no quarrel will take place at '-"efent which will
make a diversion in her favour : (hould the Tuiks
attack the Empress, Prufiia and Auflria wonld
tend her their interefl. I was in hopes, a few days
since that Prussia and RufTia would be at war—
this would be an excellent diversion—their dispute
is fettled, as we hear. Serious commotion prevails
in Ireland—They appear on the eve of a civil
war.
" This country is not altogether quiet. John
Bull Spain is not peaceable : lorr.e riif
turbances have appeared in that kingdom: a gene
ral hatred of prieils prevails: I hope it will conti
nue, and the French motto there be aJopted—
" iVar to the chateau and peace to the cottage." In
France they have converted the piincipal part of
the whole number of churches-through the repub
lic, into hospital, magazines of various lunJs, and
public ftorehotifes."
" Every American, nay, every patriot I have
seen, decry Mr. Jay and -his Treaty, he would,
was he here, not escape unhurt, so displeased are
the people with his perfidy : I think he has done
mure harm to the Americans than Benedict Ar
nold, and more to the French than Dumourier, he
ought to be proscribed, as they are ; though I
hear, as a reward for his labors, the aristocracy o:
New-York, I mean thafe in the interest and poli
tic? ef this country, in copjun&ion with the nabob
of the weft, have promoted him to the dignified
office of governor ; the court party in this
country are overjoyed at the appointment, and the
republicans here, as well as in France, much cha
grined."
T R O Y,' January 12
How plea Ting mult it be to the scholar, the pa
triot, and the philanthropic, to fie learning life
with our tiling republic Ito fee-the wealth extract
ed from the earth, by the toils of the husbandman,
and collected from every quarter of the globe, by
the enterprize of the merchant; not fqaandered
in injurious luxury and idle fhevv, to preserve the
sons of America in inglorious eale ; but much of
it is devoted to the edu ationof our youth. While
we are enabled to contemplate our country, b il
liantly illuminated by the lays of science, We fliould
not pafe unnoticed the riling village of Troy.—
iAbout seven years ago its fcite was covered with
flocks and herds, and the very spot en which a
Tchool is now ellablilhed, was then possibly occupied
as a fheep-fo!d. The school consists of upwards of
t 60 scholars, by three uiafters, that do ho
nour to their pro fe Hi on. Here is feeu the child of
poverty as well as those on whom fortune has shed
her kinder influence. The man that has no chil
dren of his own to educate, adopts those of indi
gent neighbours. The bachelor devotes a small
part of his fo-1 une to the refining of society, which
otherwise Hifghi be spent in corrupting it : He is
here feeij in his proper eharafler, " Thi protestor
of the daughters of America."
Money thus tifed is like the water taken from the
ca'araiiJ, and taught to wander thro' the verdant
field, its banks covered with flowers to decorate
the Us, and iis glebe with gtafs to gladden the
heart of the swain.
ALBANY, Jan. n
Official letlera have been riceivfd, by the PreS
den?, that the British m.iniltry have {riven orders to
Xord Dorchetler, t« furrendtr the We(lern P;»(lg,
to the American government, agreeably to, and at
the time llipulated by the treaty.
It is worthy of .ematk, that on the evening of
the Bth-of Jan. the river Hudson was entirely free
front ice.
A petition is handing about in this city, addreiT
ed to the Legiflatnre, and praying them to ere& in
this city', a house of eorrefiion, on the plan of that
eltablifhed at Philadelphia, where criminals may be
confined ; and praying that confinement at hard
tibor, &c. may be fubflituted inftcad of capital
pnnifhinjnr, in certain cases.
NEW-VORK, J aimaiy 19.
'Married] by the Rev. Mr. MllldolLit*, Ml,
Abraham, dk S.'jrr, to Mijt Magdalen Eagles.
Capt. Rpflctcr, of'the brig Mary Ann, in 65
days from Malaga, who touched at Gibraltar, in
forms, that 6 (hips of the line and three frigates
were fitting out there, 011 purpose to fight a pitch
ed battle, with an equal number of French (hips
fitting out in Cadiz Bay.
The Ship Apollo, Capt. Foster. from Ham
burgh, to New York, is call away, about 45 miles
south of Sandy Hook, the (hip loft, part of her
cargo is expetled to be saved.
The Ship Catherine, Starbuck, Alhermarle and
May Flower, arrived fafe at Hamburgh, 21 ft of
October.
Arrived at if/is Par!.
days.
Ship Henry, Chantlcy, Middletown 4
Barque Leonora, Robinson, / Liverpool 63
Brig Metomkii", Thompson, Richmond 19
Jemima and Fanny, Conklin, N. Orleans 2
Mary Ann, Rofetter, Malaga 6
William, Shedden,
Schr. Two Brothers, Clay,
Sloop Geoege, Chafe,
Riling Sun, Watson,
Minerva, —,
CHARLESTON, January 1.
PORT OF CHARLESTON.
ARRIVED,
Brig Union, Grant Marblehead 14 days
Schr. Betfev,M'llhenny,Wilmington,N.C. 4
Maiv-.-inthouy, Wade do - 4
Hannah, Hammond Rhode-Island, 12
Ship Druid, Gardner, Bermuda, 16
Ophir, Stevens, Bolton, 16
Harmony, White, Havere-de Grace, 1 10
in distress, found to Bolton
After having met with 14 fucceflive heavy gales
of wind, which compelled Captain White to heave
the (hip to as many times ; from the violence bf
the weather, the (hip was f.i ftra'ned and weakened
as to oblige Capt. White, for the preservation of
the lives of bis paffengeis, crew and (hip, in lat.
43, long. 61, to alter her couMe and steer her fouth
wardiy, after having been , Strongly urged thereto,by
all perfo.'.s on board.
Falling in with the Trades afterwards, and theet
ing with more favorable weather,Capt. White tho't
it more advifeab'e to (leer foi this port for repair,
in preference to the Well Indies, his firft inten
tion.
On Sunday, the 27th Sept. spoke the ship Mer
cury of Boftorij and bound there, 18 days from
London, all ;ve!l.
2yth Sept. {hip Fricndfliip of Biiflol, bound
theie 35 dnys from Jamaica.
©cli jci. Ship Elizabeth, Conk, 30 (Hays, from
this part, in lat. 43, 53. long. 23, 30. W,
Elizabeth was in a very dangerous and diftrefiing
situation, being vci.y leaky, keeping both pumus
coullaqtly going, 50 drakes an hour ar.d inorcr.f
ing ; the pumps choake , frum iirpro
per iiotage of the corn round the'pumps, and i»c
was iearlui of being obliged to throw it overboard.
Oft. 5. A brig from Liverpool, 13 days out,
bound to Portfmeuth, N. H. in lai. 44. Kmc; 30
Odh 8. Brig Catharine of New York, fcoiui
there, , in lat. 44,
Oct. 31. Ship Margaret, Harrington, in bit.
43. long, 36, I 8 days from New-Yolk, bound to
Europe, who informed that on the 29th he {hip
ped a sea, vvh ch carried away his,head, fpiuig hi?
cut water, and (battered his Hero, which made her
leak so much, that he with difficulty kept men to
the pump, and despaired making land.
Dec. 9. In !at. 26 35, Ion;;. 55, brig Polly,
Capt. White, from Neiv-Yoik, out 13 days bound
to Dcmreara.
Dec. 12. In Ist 27. long. 56. brig Ly<lia,Capt.
Shillehy, from Salem, 15 day* out, bound to the
We(l-Indie», leaking extremely.
Dec. 16. In-lat 27. long. 63. brig Minerva,
Capt. Philip M'lutofli, of Boftufi, from Lisbon to
Philadelphia, 41 days out.
Nov. 24. In lac. 42, long. 8, Richmond, of
Richmond, from Bristol to Philadelphia, five days
out.
Philadelphia,
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1796.
Owing to the indisposition of the Speaker, the
House of Repreferitaiives of the United States ad
journed this day, 'till to morrow.
The Eailern Mail arrived this day at a late hour,
but brought nothing new.
On Monday last arrived in town, Major Lewis,
Aid-du-Camp to Major-General Wayne, and Capt.
Britts, from the Legion us the United States.—
The Major left head-quarters 'he til of December,
came by the way of the Ohio — informs, that the
troops were remarkably heallhy, aiid that a con
(lant intercourse is kept up with the Indians, »vho
condu£l tliemfelves in a peaceable and friendly
manner. One of them accompanied Major Lewis
to the city, for the purpose of feeing his father,
the President of the United States.
Captain Taylor, of the Diagwons, and several"
Other officers, are alio'ir. town, and we learn that
the Commander-in-chief himfelf is daily expefled,
having left t!ie army about the loth u!t. The, gen
tlemen of the three Philadelphia troops of iiorfe
will hold themselves in readineii to meet the Gene
ral a few miles from hence, to pay their refpefts to
him, and to escort him to town.
Extract of a 'letter from James Srmpfon, Cpnful
of the United States at Gibraltar, dated at that
place, Nov. 14, 1795, and received ]Sy a veflel
lately arrived at New-York, to the. Secretary of
State. , ■ ~
" If this vcflel has a fpecdy pafiage to New.
York, (he may carry the firft news ,»f the tieaty
between the United States and Spain being signed,
which took place at Madrid 27th cf lift month ;
and the 3d inft. Mr. Pinckney &nd Mr. Short, 1
undcrllaiiti, set out for Fi'ancf'."
To Mr. Jo.':n hnno, tb/ Giwl.'t of the
. V.i'UtJ S'.hthy Iwflut/etpfjiii.
Understanding from my frier,il Captain B—> — of
Bolton, that your piper is deservedly la-Id in the ilrlt.
tflimation, I am amtitiaus of obtaining the honour of
your correfpondence'.
I now take the liberty of fending you a set of the
Afiatio Mirrcr for the last twelvi months, and (hall
.continue to transmit, by eve>y opportunity, the fubfe
querit numbers of that paper, as they are publilhed. In
retun>, I request the favour of yau to fend me by eve
ry Ship from Philadelphia bound to Beagal, the latelt
numbers of the Gazette of the United St'ates. Any
private intelligence, 01 new publications, that you can
occasionally favor me with, will be molt acceptable :
and it wilt give me much plfafure to receive and exe
cute your commands here. It cannot be expelled that
the quicquidl agunt homines of India are of so much
general, importance as the tranfadtions of a great and
free nation like yoarV But still thev mutt excite the
ouriofity, altho' in a fmallcr degree, of, the Citizens of
America ; who, risen superior to loeai prejudices, feel
an interelt'in the affairs of mankind a. large.
In the persuasion that, from an interchange of cor
respondence, we (hall dcri»e a mutual benefit and
fatUfadlion,
Jamaica 3
Leogaae 50
Calcutta, 24th April, .1795
Martinico 27
Mr. Dund.as, in the English House of Commons,
On the 4th of November last, brought up copies of
the Treaty of Defenfive Alliance between Great-
Britain and tl.e Empress of Russia ; of theTieaty
of Defenfive Alliance between Great-Britain and
Austria ; and of the Treaty of Amity and Conv
merce between Great Britain and the United States
of America, signed in Noveqibev, 1794. They
were oidered to lie @n the table.
St. Thomas's 16
Turk's Island 11
At a dated meeting of the American Philoso
phical society held on the I It inft. tor the purpose of
electing officers for the ensuing year, the following
gentlemen were duly chosen, viz.
David Kittenhoufe, L 'L. D. Prefidcnt.
Rev. Dr. Nicholas Coilih,")
Kev. Dr. William Smith, > Vice-Prefidents.
Dr» Catper Wiftar, J
Mr. Chartei W. Peale, "1
Dr. Be:;j. Smith, Barton, > Curators.
Dr. Thomas Parke, J
Rev. Dr. Robert B!ackwell,~l
Thomas M'Kean, L. L. D. ( Councilors for
Mr Jumes Davidfon, f 3 Years.
Dr. Adam Kiihn, _)
Rev. Dr. Samuel iviagaw, T ,
William Batton, Esq. ( c ,
John Bleakley, Esq. >oeciys.
Mr. Robert Patterfon, J
Mr. John Vaujhan, 'i'reafurer.
At a dated meeting of the feciety, held on Fri
day tIK 15th inft. the following gentlemen were
duly eleiuj. members of the society, viz.
La Rochct\»Ucault Liancuur of the Society of
Agiicuhui* in Paris, now of Philadelphia.
The
Dortor G.r.flel, Site of Bum-.ltaux, now of Phi
ladclphia,
Doctor Jean Deveze, phyllc wn of die late hot
pital Bufh'Hill,
Doctor Bedford of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Isaac Briggs of Montgomery county Ma
rylaud.
Mr Jacques Marie le Fjflier de Grandpre.
'1 eiich Co.\e, Elq, of Poiiadelphia.
Mr. Richard P. Smith, of Philadelphia.
M. F. H. Le Comte of I^ns.
James Edward Smiih M. D. F. R. S. and
Prelidwit of tlie Lint.m Society.
Citizen \det, Nfiiiifter Plenipotentiary from the
French Republic, to the United States.
William DandriJge Peck, Esq. of Kittery in
Nevvhamplhire.
John F. Mifflin, Esq. of Philadelphia.
James Woodlieufe, M. D. profeflbr of chemidry
in the university of Pennsylvania.
Doctor Hugh Hodge, of Philadelphia.
Extratl from the minutes,
R. PATTERSON, Sec'rv.
What can he the rcafnn that Congress have never
conlidered the Poll Roads of their Country, but
Hill leave them to the management of the State
govainhaeots ? This circumflance has been and will
he the eaufe of much confuiion. To the general
Government belongs the Pott-Office, and of course
the Poll ltoads upon which the M.-il is to be car
ried, or there refiilts the greatell ahfurdity in that
clause of the Conil-itution whi h veils in the general
Government the right of eftabliflimgf Port Offices
and Poll Roads. The State of Jcrfey so patriotic
upon other occasions, lays a tax upon all public
carriages passing" through the' great public Roads,
which the then owners of carriages acquiesced in,
or perhaps solicited, because they thought it would
secure them an exclnfive privilege ; thus the Le
gislature and these owners colifpiicd againlt the
general interest of the citizens. >
The Legiflatiire of Maryland some few years
ago, inveded one of tlirir own citizens witli the
exclusive privilege of running public carriages thro'
their S::itc; and such may be the cafe yet, for
ought 1 know to the contrary. —Thus two State«
have given each a proof of the violation of the
ConHitutioii, and cf equal liberty arid national so
vereignty. Would a qiicftion of that fort (land
the test of examination before the Federal Court ?
When one Printer adopts the falfehood and ve
nom of another, does he not make t!i.- falfehood and
venom hio own ? Bilt h'-w reprehensible is ttie
conduct of the Editor of a ctriain' rancorous daily
paper,""Who, convinced that lVhat he a
falfe'and infamous calumny, dares mallei; .1y ;o
ascribe to, a gentleman ofhigh rank and irrq.-roach
able chara&er a publication which the ptinter well
knows flowed from another pen.
It is no secret who Peter Paragraph is-—the au
thor of all the wit;y and iriterefting publications
beginning with the O'bfervations on the Emigrati
on of Do&or PrielUy and endirig with the N«w
Years Gift to the Democrats. He is a great friend
of the Members of the Democratic Club, and they
I his vavmelt panegyriits and difinteretted patrons.
S I R,
I remain, Sir,
your molt obedt, Servr.
Says a Cot r.-fbonJent,
From a Corrifpondent,
An old l-i'.v writer, dcfcribing-the rigkte of the
people of England, fays, the king, lords, and
caramons, hr.ve titrte leparati voices, the coifftiion*
being disposed to speak the sense of the people out
of doors j tint if once the peop] e conceive '.' it
thole who. ounht to guard their privileges
them, they claim the liijht of b fourth voice, \;hitii
is sometimes so loud as to drown errry thing thqt
is or can he said by the other three eflates.
Ricketis New Amphitheatre,
CHESNCr- STREET.
THIS PRESENT EVENING, January gi,
Will be exhibited,
Surprising Feats of Hotfcmanjh>p,
On one, two, and three HorG.-s,
By Mr, RicxEfts and Compakt.
MR. RICKETTS
will, this evening, ride two Horses, in full speed, and
Dart ihrough a Blazing Sun,
a Feat never j.triormed here.
Mr. Ricketts will alio perform the
Manual Exerrife in the dlefs of a Roman JVarfiur.
Mr. Langley w it!,,fot thefecond time, exhibit the
SLACK ROPS
Mrs. Spinacuta will perform her pleafmg Feats
ON HOKStBACK. "
Mr. Ricketts will, for the firft time, ride a Gngls
Horse in full fpetd, ,
Iflta iILATM jjtTEitJiß to HIS FKKt.
Mn Sully will go thro' his Comic Feats on Foot and
i liorfemanihip.
Mr. F. Ricketts will ri.ie on one and two Horses,
,in. full speed, and take ftvrral aftonithine Leaps over a
FIVE BAR GATE,
' in the charadler of a Sportsman.
A Leap from two ITorfes, ten feet high, through a
BLAZING SUN—by Mr. Ricketts.
' \*\ The Doors in future tc be opei:ed at FIVE
and the Entertainmeat to begin at SIX o'clock.
There are a- number of Stoves placed in the Amphi
theatre which render it pi;rfeillv comfortable.
%* Boxes, ene dollar—Pit, half a dollar.
Thai- Gentlemen who intend to take places for ths
Boxes, are desired' to fend in time. \
NEW THEATRE.
On FRIDAY EVENING, January 23,
Will be prefciited,
A'TRAGEDY, called,
ROMEO and JULIET.
Romeo,
Efcalus,
Paris,
Mouvague,
Capulet,
j v iei cUtio,
Bcnvolicf,
Tibalt,
Friar X;ai|rance,
Balthj zar,
Apothecary,
Peter,
Pjge,
Jiriief,
La-iy CapUlet,
Mr'> XoloMcn,
?. T rs.
In A& I. A MASQUKRA !,£,
In wl.kh will be iruroctucLc!,
JS'url'e,
A Mrnv<■ t and Gavqr,
By Mr. Francis & Iv" 1 is Gitajpi-, (Pupil :o Mr. Francis)
IN ACT V
The f vnerai Pr;.c?Pian, and Sohmn Dirge.
The-vocal parts by M'efirs* Mar Sail, Darky, War fell*
Rowfon, 1- • icis. Rohbjns, ]. Waire 11, T. Warrell,
Mitcheiij and Solomon.
Mrs OldirJ von, Mrs* Worrell, Mrs Bates, fylrs. Harvey,*-
rs. Gi iingham, Mrs. i)e Marque, Mils W"il-
Icms, and'Miis Milboume.
c') which will be added,
A Ct)jM£DY> >i three A.<fts, called, The
Mid-night Hour. -
from the French of Ru/e toutre Rufc.~]
Mr. Marjhalt,
Mr. Harwoad,
Mr. Francis,
Mr. Bates,
Mr B rjjfat,
Mr. Worrell,
Tf\e Macquis,
'J he General,
Sfbaftian,
Nicuolas,
Ma'.hias,
Ambrose,
Ma,
Cicely,
Flora,
BOX. One Dollar— PIT, l hirc-Fourths of a Da] I ,it—-
and GALLERY, Halt"a Dollar.
I'be Public are relpect.uily informed, that ihe DoorJ
ot ihe Theatre *ill be open atfiVf, and ihe Curtain life
precisely at. SIX o'clock.
Plates for the Bo*cs to be taken of Mr. Wells, at the
Front of the Theatre.
j f ICKJETS to be had at H. and P RICE's Kook-Srore.
j No. 50, Market-Street; and at the Olfee adjoin in j; the fhc*
j a'r&. »
Ladies and .Gentlemen are requeued to feed their servants
to keep places a quarter before five o'clock, and ojder iheift
afc loon us the company is seated, to vyi ldfaw; as they can
not on any account, be permitted to remain. '
No money or tickets to Dc returned ; nor an" person, oil
arty aceount whatsOever, admitted bcn>od thj; freties.
Goo.! Hay, for Sale,
Enquire at No. 71, R.aci;-llreet. -
janfcary 151
Fifty, Dollars Reward.
B&OKE Ge.ll, is the city of Albany, on TtiU'fd7y
evening last, two pnfaners, who call thcmfelvcJ
M-ittie,™ Maintain, and Janes Eli/an, Plaintain is a
native oi Frjnep, and (peaks broken EnglifVj ia shout
$ feet C :if. ties h.gh, ltour huilt, dark complexion,
black iiair and marked with th,fm?.ll-pox»
liadoa a blue lurtuit coat and boots. James Kllifon ia
abnut 5 feet S inches high, light coinpiexionjioiig sandy
hair, and it a native of Simtbury, in Coniiefiautt.-l
The .iboye re»ard will be jSaid to any pc-foB, or per
fohn who ihall fecufe the fa id prifo'ners in any g;>al m the
■ United States, or 30 dollars for Plaintain, amiio dol
lars for KlHi'on, and reaforwblc cXpdneea,by
WILLIAM GILLILAND, fterrf
of Reniielaer county^
Troy, nth December, 1595.
L jir.t. D. Adv.~\
Mr. Morctan,
Mr. Beete,
Mr. Darky, jns
Mr. Tamil,
Mr,' Morri s,
Mr. tV"gaell,
Mr. Green,
-V r. Hai !jocd t
Mr. fin
Mi. Wbitlcck,
Mr. H'arr-tU, juii,
Mr. Fan-is,
Mr, Biijptt.
Mrs. Mir/hatl,
Mrs. Francis.
Mrs. Bates,
Mrs. Whitlock*
\
VIVAT RES PUB IJCA:
2 aw.