When 1 consider tfhat noWe efforts hive b«ti u
jade in Britain on behalf of the poor negroes, tl
; t h refpeft to abolilhing the Slave Trade, I hope l '
o <>oe will blame these hasty efforts on behalf of c
Uofe, who are the countrymen of a
AN INDIVIDUAL. o
Note. I have just seen with pleasure, the rcfolu- l '
ion proposed by a Foreigner " that the commit
ee of commerce and manufa&ures, be inftrufted 1
0 enquire into the propriety of making effeftusl £
irovilion for preventing the kidnapping of negroes 1
nd mwlattocs, and of carrying them from their res- ®
(Utes, contrary to the lawt of the said
tates."—Such a proposal (in my opinion) does *
•■•edit to any man, and would have been honorable
•vea to a Pcnnfylvanian, if he \Vas ever so well ac
juaiated with the hiltory of his couhtry, and the
mmcrous pleasing accounts, which were given by
iur happy anceflors, of that reciprocal ftiendfhip
ivhich subsided (with such dignified energy).for
so long a time, between the native aborigines, and j,
the white inhabitants.
P. S. As there are several namej alluded to in
the course of these foregoing remarks, I dare be- j
lieve, that though I know not the perfotis of any
of ibofe gentlemen, they will not be offended if I {
refer them to a pretty story in this day's paper
(the 20th indant) concerning a free black man of
the name of Derry} whose generous benevolence
to his ancient Midrefs is, like a grand example, >
worthy of due attention.
* ■Mil 1
/OR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. '
Mr. Frnno, '
AT the synod of Florence, Gemifius Pletho 1
foretold to George of Crete, that mankind would '
unanimoitfly renounce the gospel and the Koran '
for a religion iimilar to that of the Pagan#. To '
this opinion he was led by feeing the number of 1
new and elegant Poems which nude their appear- 1
1 ance in Italy about tbi* time, in which the mytho- '
logy of the heathens was introduced as the machi.
nery of the poem. Had he lived in the present age
and beheld the inundation of navels, the avidity
with which they are read, and the ftuperftirious
notions of ghosts and vifiont with which they
abound, he would, in all probability, have prophe- '
cied the return of the darkness and fuperdition of I
the middle ages. But far be it from me to pre
dia the return of ignorance ! I have too g«cd an l
opinion of the enlightened sense of my fair country- I
women, to fuppole that the idle nonsense of a to- '
tnance can ever overset their firm and well establish- .
ed principles of Pbilofophy. But, as the continued
dropping of water may wear away the harded rock ;
they should be on their guard againd the unceaftng
• adults of prejudice, leait it wear away their ada- \
mantine philofxphy. j
The human mind may be compared to the Ca- i
meleon, which derives its hue from the colour of '
the fubllance on which it feeds. If the comparison 1
, is just; how careful ought we to be it» food 1
is of the purest kind ! The happiness of our life? de- \
pends upon the choice. If it is a bad one, what- j
ever may be our situation in life, misery will be our ;
conllant inmate, Hut, if ■ good one, it will fu »i -
in nt a shield to ward off
| " The stings and mwi »f outrageous fortune." '
If so impoitant then are the coufequencet 1
involved in the choice of those works from which '
wt derive our ideas ; let us attend* for a few mo
ments, to that fpeciw of books now under confi- ,
deration.
It is a well known fact that the huirsn wind it
prone to fuperflition. Every age, every nation, 1
confirms the truth of th(safTcition. In our eariieft 1
youth, when yet the mind is incapable of judging
for itfelf, the legendary tale of ghoftt and witches
is carefully inftillcd into it ; and it it not 'till rea- ,
lon has made great progress, if at all, that Wf are
enabled to,expell the poison thus fucked ill with
our infant breath. Every thing therefore, tlMt hat
to fader fuperflition it a real evil t*» lb- !
ciety. And what can mpre completely encourage
it than to introduce it into a high wrought tale
adorned with all the charmi of langaage. Such
are the books of which 1 am now (peaking ; which,
under the garb of entertainment, convey fuel to a
flame already containing every noble trait of reason.
There is another species of romance so nearly
allied to this, that I cannot help speaking of it here.
1 mean that in which a number of circureftancet
occur, which at fiift fight ate tfnyight fupcrnatural,
bur which at the close of the novel turn out to be
nothing more than natural. Asa fprcimen of this
kind ofcompofition I shall jive the following short
epitome of a late novel called the Abbey of Saint
Afoph.
" The author has thought it eom
pliapcr with the present rage for the terrible, to
conduit the reader into a horrid cavern, (where
the father of the I eroine has been (hut up for the
unmerciful term of nineteen years,) and there to
terrify him with a fiery fpeftre emitting from its
gaping jaws sulphureous flames and fending forth
horrid screams, and with a moving and shrieking
(keletojit—only that he may afterwards have the
pleasure of finding that he had no occaffton to be
frightened, the fpefkre being only a man, its infernal
flames being nothing more than a preparation of
phosphorus, and the inhabitant of the skeleton not
a ghjl but a Tat:" To attempt seriously to reason
on the ridiculousness of such absurd performances,
might with propriety excite the smile of contempt,
and 1 shall only remark, that the mind which is con
tinually occupied in perusing such writings, like the
stomach lorigufed to an improper diet, will at length
be unable to receive and digest its natural and
wholesome food.
THEOPHRASTUS.
LONDON, March 4.
In the neighbourhood of London it is only fr?m
a very late date, that the farmett have found out
the valtie of the sweepings of the streets, and coal
ashes fifted, as manures. The'print of Marybone
a few years ago, paid to the scavengers 5001. to re
move these—now the scavengers pay the parish
Joyol. per annum, for the liberty of carrying them
away.
A nobl:mati of Mgb rank, ordered his coach
ta nurrtoj!_■ a load of draw :
wlte:i It tit eatritd {tome, it was inwWwtyty p
threshed, and, to the fitprize of the Duke, and fe- I'
gentlemen who attended to oSferve the pro- ti
cefa, yielded a bushel and a half of cbrtt.- Such b
a fhameful wade of so necefTary an article of life, h
owing entirely to the neglect in the farm't*, cer- b
tainly calls for the interference of out rr
Two days hundreds of people in this me- n
tropolis. were eye-wkneffrt of thegreal plenty that S
prevails at prefeat. In Back llreet, : Portman rt
square, a quantity of straw was spread opposite to si
twohoufet, to prevent the noise of coaches from n
diflurbing some sick persons. Many pool people b
were employed far hours shaking off the grain that t!
had been left ip the ears, and carrying it away in e
hat fulls, n
■ 1 mi — n
PROVIDENCE, April 23. B
Yesterday afternoon, at a very numerous and t
refpeflable meeting of the Merchants. Traders, and n
other inhabitants this town, a memorial to the b
house of Representatives of the United States was b
unanimously agreed on, recommending that provi- c
fion be made for carrying the treaty with Great- f
Britain into immediate effect. A committee of 15
was appointed to ftgn the memorial, and transmit
the fame by this day's mail.
POSTSCRIPT.
By a gentleman lad evening from Newbury port,
we are informed, that
On Saturday lad, the inhabitants of Newbury
port assembled for the purpose of taking into consi
der at ion thefubjt-ft of the Treaty between Great
Britain and the United States, which they conceiv.
Ed to be of the greatest importance to the corumu*
nity at latge. After hiving chefen General TIT.-
COMB, as moderator, the question was putt,—
'• Will ydu petition Congrefsto make provision for
carrying the tieaty with Great Britain into execu
tion, atitis aowbecomethe fupteme lawof ihe land"
which pa (Ted unanimously, except one, and upward*
of 400 signed the petition tbat evening.
Pbilsdelpbia >
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1796. •
The Resolution for carrying into effedt the
Treaty witk Great-Britain, was passed this day in
the House of Representatives of the United States,
51 to 48 —without any qualification or modifica
tion—and a committee ordered tobiing in a bill
or bills accordingly.
Extra ft of a Letter from Qapt. T.'xmas Tryx tun, to
bit friend in tbii city, fated Baltimore, yfpril iitii,
179 A.
" 1 got here on Saturday lift, when I found ray (hip
Friends Adventare nearly loaded arirl ready to fail, but
fe?l myfeif awkwardly situated, having applied far in
surance on this vessel against all rifts, and received an
answer that it had been determined for some days pall
to write the Sca-Kilk« only,.until the House of Repre
sentatives of the United States had decided on the reso
lution now before tbeni) refpeifling the BritiOi Treaty;
hejice it it, that I must either let a large and cxpenfive
lhip of the burthen of near 800 hogsheads of tobacco,
lay vith-a cargo on bard, or do an i<3 that prudence
and julhte to jpy family forbid, ( fend her to sea unco- i
■rere*-) Von wHTpttierefofe," l»e : pieaifd tu me
your opinion by return of pest, what ho;i« there is of
the House speedily coming to a favorable determina
tion on tbis great and momentous attrition ; and whe
ther there is any profpetfV.of my effecting an mfiirance
against riiks, in Phtladclph.a, on the above Oiip and
cargo. Every gen leman that I have conversed with
•n the fubjeA, whrther merchant or of any other oc
cupation, seems to wait, day after day, with anxious
hope of bearing the appropriation is voted, and ;ho'
there appears a difference of opinion as to the p "ty
of inftruAing a Representative, the unanimo>>< iv.lfe
of the community (as far as I can judge) is for ear*
rying the Britilh treaty into full . I com Wat effetfl;
and I am sure such a determination it. Cortgrefs would
caufea day jf general rejoicing in this fiourilhing town.
" Some of my acquaintance have feared that Gene
ral Smith would vote against the appropriation, but
frArt the various conversations I have had with that
gWtlemsn on the fubjelt, I have drawn my conclusion,
their fears were nt well sounded—ps course, I have
seen drooping fpirfts on that head revive."
[The folllowing should have preceded the letter
from Greene-County, pnblifhed vefterday.J '
ExtraS of a Letter from a Gentleman in Savannah,
( Georgia Jto bu friend in this city, dated %tb April,
1:96.
" The enclofcd i an extra<sl of a letter from the '
Weflern Country, t» which the faAs mentioned -ive 1
the highest degree of probability, and the reflexions I
are fe just, that I think they ought to be publilhed in 1
the papers, to shew the deep-laid deflgns of certain ,
persons to involve the country in wai. The parti
sans here hold the fame language are said |
to do in the Weflern country, and matters arc fad
drawing to conclusion. General Jackson mention- ,
ed a few days ago, to an officer of government ,
here, that if there was no treaty, the people of ,
Hancock county were ready and over the
: Oconee, and takeptjejfton of the conntry—and his j
aid-de-cemp told me yederday, that if the United
States attempted to rejlrain them by foree, it would
' requite three thousand men. The tnadnefs, the
' guilt, and the danger of this confpitacy is no argu
ment against its probability. Shays had less ambi
tion, left local influence, and much more moderation
: than Jackson. Such is the paflion of the latter for
. dijlmftion, that rather than not occupy a nich in
the Temple of Fame, he would be content to be
placed by the fide of Robefpicrre, Cataline, and a
1 Grecian incendiary, whose name I htve forgot, that
' burnt the Temple at Ephefus, that by the fingula
' rity of the crime he might immortalize bit name.
Hit hatred against the general government, and all
its officers, fuim the Prcfident down to poor Hill*,
| it such, that nothing can exceed it, but his morti
fication that he did not join in the sales of the Ya
zoo country, that hefflight have shared some of the
profits he fuppofet " the Lords Proprietor!," at
he callt the purchafert, have made.
" Theit judicial fydem bit been so ill contrived,
' and haflily put together, that the Superior Courtt
' have met, but could do no business; so that
' Harrifon's fair and speedy trial must remain twelve
: months longer."
* Deputy Marjhal.
1 Extract of a letter from Bojlon, /tpril Iy.
I mod cordially congratulate you on the decision
■ of this day. You will fee by the papers, that the
: merchants, traders and mechanics, alarmed at the
ptvfent'poflun; bf political nfTaifs t hafre United i'n'a'x
petition to the House, to,let no partial considers- b
. !ions govern them in dieiV decifiiti on th* treaty, w
i but that rrt<*afure9 be .taken to put it into fait and v.
honourable efFefW This memotial his been fl if tied ft
by I Joo citizens—not one mark, -j». While this
memorial was signing, " tertain frr/ons," to the f
number of about Jo, presented a petition to the ti
t Seleilmen, (not, by thebye, until afteran inflam- j t
i matory hand-bill, which I enclose yoti, hal issued j I
> from the Chronicle press) praying to call's'town- j J
i meeting, to meet this day } where they expected, j
: by the of Di. Jarvis, to defeat tl
t the object asd jrttcnt of that memorial. The ligrt- J S
i er*-readily acquiesced in the measure | and this a
morning, prcoifely at Io o'clock, afTemhled at Fa- f
ntruil-Hall. 'Fhe Hon. Col. Dawes was ehofctl i C
Moderator} and the Hall being too fraall ro hold j
i the large bbdy.of citizerts who afletfibled, they im-
I mediately adjotirned to that large and capacious !
r building the Old South Meeting-Houfe. A Item-'t
s bled here, the Dr. opened the debate in a flaw of a
• eloquence 1 , but which AVas mote addrefled to the t
- paflions than to the reafotl of tlie citizens— He c
; was followed by Auflin ; but he was not' imitated X
t in any thing but fopliiltry. To the Doctor, Mr. t
Otis replied in one of the molt masterly harangues v
ever uttered. Bnrfts of applause were involuntarily j 1
extorted by the fptendid display. He soared ttith ; i
» his fiibjed, and eyed the solar rays of truth, rea- ;ii
fun, and found policy. He spoke twite. Dr. j j
Warren also supported the memorial in a very j
handsome speech. The Hon. Mr. Jones defended I
II the promoters of tl.c memorial in an eloquent, a- ! £
ble and animated rtianner—and some personal allu- J
I" fton being made by the Town-Clerk to the Mode-1
"" rator, he requelled the leave of the town,"and de- {
fended his aonduQ, ai a signer of the memorial, ' j
ir .with great ability and effe#. The mo# argumen
tative speaker agaiuft the memorial was Mr/ Mor
ton—He analized the coultitution, and proposed,
as a substitute to the memorial, a petition to the
P/cfident ti/ give up the paper*. He was replied .
' to by Mr. Otis witb effeti, and I think with con- )
viftion. - Never, perhaps, were there greater exer- 1
tions of oratory firce men was endued with the ]
- powers of fpeecb—Fiafh succeeded slash, in conti- 1
e nued co Mis. it ions. The Dodtor was by far the
n j most powerful; and had he advocated the inherent
<, right of the citizen to petition the legiflatar, he
i- mud have been irtVinci'.le. He, however, moved
11 that the queflion ftjould be taken at 4 o'clock :—
not thinking it nefrflary to cottfume another half J
day, his motion v**3 negatived. He then moved
'0 that Mr.'Mat-lay's million in Congress should be 1
>, read, and Mr. Otis moved, as an amendment, that
in additioir eo that, the Prefident'* meflage on the
'' treaty papers should also be read. Both motions
j were, after debate, withdrawn. Th* motion foi
n taking the qfiiellio . by yeas and nays at 4 o'clock,
ft made by th* Dotlor, then renewed, and again
negatived bv a great majority. The quedioii was
y then taken, " whether the memorial contains the
• fenfeof the town"—and here description would fail
e .to paint forefl of hands, which rose in fa*roui
of it— of the bed informed of their party
coufefs there were ten to ore in favor of the memo
,e rial—l retogfoMTy better-- more—There could not
>f be less than 1300 hundred voters on the occasion :
1- and lam cniifident there were not one hundred and
and fifty hands held up in opposition.— I was in
® the gallery, and had a vety fair opportunity of fee
'h ing all the tianfa&inii* The Tote was so accord
ar.t to the feeling* of the citizen*, that notwith
u Handing the sense of gravity which tbe place in
>' spired, there were no lef* than nine cheer* given
v so loud and unanimous as to be heard, lam truly
lf told, in several of the ft reels a confidrrable way
r * from the Houfc- I enrlofe you a Centinel extra,
j and a handbill—lk addition to the intelligence
, contained therein, we ha<e heard that Portland ha*
adopted fimiiar measure*.
it —
'« BEWARE! BEWARE!
' e ' OF BRITISH INFLUENCE !
To the Independent Merchants, Mechanics, and
. T Tradesmen of Boston. I
Fritnds and Fellow-Citizens,
'» THE fame men who condemned your town
' meeting lad Stimmct againd the British Treaty, a*
t an improper influence on the " Citiftitultd /iutho- 1
■ r riliej" of our country, are attempting to take you 1
11 by surprize, by an irifidious fubfeription—They dare
n not meet their fellow-citizens face to face in open
P day light—they collet in the dark, and iflue their
Mandates, as if they were mallei*, and you their
servant*. • |
Rouse then, Citizens [<-r-and once more in Town
'• or Body Mteting support the Reprcfcntatives of :
" the People Be not deceived I You will be told the '
mournful mirn-out ditty i»f Peace oa Wa» ! —
[ e Believe them not. The question is—Will y>u a-
IS gain be conneded <witb your greatejl enemy—or will
d you remain a f ret und independent 1
d PEOPLE.
Ie
1 - The petition from the citizen* of Frederick and
'• Berkeley counties, Virginia, which wa* signed by' >
,n upwards of 40© peifons, expressly Hates, that they ■
>r are not recept convert* to an apptobation of the
in British treaty, but that they have always been
>e friendly to it. t
8 "If 1 adbre any thing (said a member of Con
gref*) it is tbe voice of the people."—What i*
now that vplt<; ?
'Error reirafirci, or
The Richmond Detree aguinjl the Treaty reversed.
' Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Rich
mond (Virginia) of April 25.
<1 It was thought inexpedient 10 take m-afures
toafcertain an expreflion of the public mind uuder
the violent prejudice* with which it had been im-
Ij prefTed, so long as a hope remained, that the House
s ' of Representative*, might ultimately consult the
intereH and honor of the nation ; but now when
" all hope of thi* has vanilhed, it wa* deemed advise
able to ask the opinion of the inhabitants of this I
city and it* vicinity ; accordingly a m<
thi* day held, which wan rnpre numerous than I
>n have ever seen at this place, and alur a very aulent,
ie and jealous discussion, which confuned the day, a
ie dccided majority declared in favor of tht inckf.d
' rrfolutron ; the refutation with a petition drawn
by an original opponent of the Treaty, will be for
warded by the next pod to Gongrtfs f the fubjeft
wilt probably be taken up in evcty County in the
(late, or at any rate,in yety many of them."
At a meeting of the inhabitant* of the ci*y ps
Richmond.and its vicinity, at the capitol, purftiant
to notice o'i Monday the twenty fifih day of April
1796, the following refolulion wai agreed to ; The
Hon. James Wood being appointed Chairman, and
John Stewart Secretary to the meeting.
Refolvedy as the opinion ps this meeting, that
' the peace, happiness and welfare of thefc I nited
I States, not lets than their national honor d.ep', d, in
a very great decree on their giving with good faith
Rill" effcA to the Tieaty lately negotiated with
! Great Brt till.
Attift ' JOHN Secretary.
14 ' ■
I Died, in Cumberland county, (Si J.} on Sa»
' turday the 16tii in(l. and in the 76th yeat< of h-ia
asre, MASKEXt. EWIN'G, Esq. Hewaajuf*
tice oftbe Peace and Judge of the Pleas in that
county for many years, both before and fmce the
revolution ; was a Deacon and Elder in the Pre
terian Church of Greenwich, about 45 years ; li
ved in die married (late with his only wife (whom
| he has left a widow) 53 years; was the father of
; 10 children, all married and fettled long beforehis
' death 1 and what is remarkable, himfelf was the firft
I person that died in Ills family.
! ■-——
COMMON ICATtOK.
J It w!t9 said by one of the anti-federal member#
I of' a certain corps the last fefiion of Congress, that
I he l 4 (»ped the British never would make compenfi
tiontoour merchant! for the spoliations oa Otir
trade—being aflted hii reason—he replied, becauf«
1 in that cafe, the whole mercantile iiitereft will join
our party, and we will the'n contrive " ways, and
meant" to make Up their lodes.
•Mk fjgt
kls be remarked, that if the. machinations of the
avowed enemies of the Constitution of the U S. <0 not
succeed, not one of the numerous evils which they
have b«en predicting for seven year's past will ever be
realized to juftify vjieir anticipations. It is mortifying,
in the extreme to be always in the wrong.
THEATRE.
The new Comedy of the Deftrted Daughter was
I wcill received by a refpe&ablt company.
After the play Mr. Wigncll made a handsome
p address to the audience, intimating his intention of
I leaving this country, in order to recruit his Tkea*
trical Corps.—His address in our not.
Mr. Benefit.
' On Monday, evening the friends of the Drama,
and Dramatic excellence, will hare an oppoittinity
' of gratifying their tafle, and tcftifying their dispo
sition to encourage merit.- The entertainments si r
the evening are felefted with judgment, tljcy ir.«
elude sentiment, fancy and humor— 1 he exertion*
to please will be commensurate, particularly on fit
part of the candidate, whole undeviating eaertions
hroug! out the fe-tfou —whose rapid irtrpiovemenU,
. and unr»v«l!pd attainments, ate atwafiives to the
('illingutfliing patronage of the citizens of Phila«
delpbia, which will not, cannot, be refilled.
fORT OF PMLAIHLLVhIA.
1
ARVrza. VATS*
Schr. Polly, Wad'i - Jamaica 54
Sloop Jefferfon, Cooke, Jeremie 22 ■
Scl:r. Sea-flower, Robinson, Martha Brae 3 1
Betsey, PetKJule-nn, - - — -Nr-Carolina 9
CLtUSSD.
Ship Thomas, Holland, Cotk
' Brig Planter, Hawkins, St. Croix
A british 64 gun (ht'p and a frigate w»re feert
1 cruizing between the Capes of Delaware and Vir»
ginia, a few days ago.
Capt. Kirkpatrick of the Snow Bofloo, ssd«y»
from Liverpool, in iat. 39, long. 45 was board
ed by a French frigate, 14 months from L'Orient,
I the capt. of the frigate informed him that he had
taken 7 ptizes; he detained capt. K. about 3 bouts
in order to communicate feme dispatches to the
French minister.
1 The Ship Alexander of this po't, from Demata
. ra, bound home, was taken by the British, and sent
1 into Grenada, whete her cargo was libelled.
For SALE, or CHARTER, -•
" »ico barrels^ —a {hunch good vessel, about Ave years,
old —ready to receive a cargo. Apply to
Peter Blight.
April 30. eodaw.s
'■ Notice is hereby Given,
THAT in pursuance of ati ad cf the General Assem
bly of Pennsylvania, entitled " an Aft to enable tho
" Governor of this Common wealth, to incorporate a Com
" pany for making an artificial Road from an iiuerfe&ion
" of tho Philadelphia and Lancaftcr Turnpike road near'
" the Gap/I'avern, m iAßcafter county, to Newport and
" Wilmington inthe State of Delawarethe tonunif
fionere in said a& appointed will procure fire book? land
j attend at the refpe&ive places direSledjtherein to receive
fuMcrptions for Stock in the company, viz.. One book
will be opened in the city Philadelphia." One la the
' Bornugh of Ltncafter, one at} Striffbi.rgh in theouunty
» of Lan |jtT, one in the Borough of tV and
one at thehoujeof Samuel Cochran in the county us.Ches
ter on Wedfcelday he ift day of Julie next, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon and said 1 ooks will be kept oper. at least
6 hours in every day, for ttr.-e days if three frays shall be
• neceflaryand ;on the £f ft <rf the said days,' any person of
. the age.of a 1 years (ball be at liberty to fublcribe in ha
own or any other name or names by whom he shall be au
thorised for oneJiare,aa the second day tor one »r iiuoJbmret,
s and on the third tr three Jiaret, and in any
r fucceding day whilst the said books mall remain open
- for any number «f (hares in the said Stock.
. Every person previously to fubferibing in said boolw
. must pay to the attending eommiffioners twenty fife dol
lars for every share to be fubferibed. The fubfrrjbers »-
1 grecably to their appointment in, and by the said a& will
attend at the city tavern in Philadelphia on the said firft
i second and third days of June, with one of the said books
„ i'or the purpol'e atorefaid.
1 GF.C.XGE LATIMER,
SOBf.RT H'ALA
> NAtHL. LEI'HS,
ASIJAH DA IVES.
3 Philadelphia, April 30. lawtjttn.