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IF W OK CE S T ER, b\l. 24.
learn from Berkshire, tl at the report con
ing thc mifcor.duft of Gen. Pstterfon is without
Many turbulent fomenters of the
;Biion, and thole who joired it in arms, are
mn>;>; all privates, and those who afied as non-
Kifiioued officers, who deliver up their arms,
ke and fubfcriLe the oath of allegiance, are
Others, who have been aggravatedly
Jr l spreading the sedition, and those who
HRcdas co;njuidioned officers, are committed
Hrial by fhc laws of their*country. Many
■incipal leaders and abetters have fled into
x-. Bes; but, from the aflurances Government
jHH from loch Hates as it had applied to, we
they will not have any protection grant
!> but. be delivered up to the authority of
'• Shays and some others, it is supposed,
king their way Canada ; his wife and
1 palled through Northampton last week, on
y to Bennington, escorted by a brother-in-
Shays. Provision is making for paying the
ho bave been in lei vice for a month past,
that now railing. The General Court has
he Difqualifying A ft, and the Governor,
ly thereto, has published a proclamation,
he time for all those who intend to benefit
I by the proffered mercy, conformable
come in and accept of it.
OS TO N, February 16.
from the Orders of the 22d instant.
“ Head-Quarters, Pittsfield,
this day the time expires for which the
' the field engaged to serve. That the
Is for which they embodied are so nearly
ed the General is perluaded must be
ling to all. He congratulates the troops
portant event : that it has so speedily
c may be justly aferibed, under the
ifpofer of all events, to the great exer**
military zeal exhibited on every occasion
cers and soldiers of the line, and by the
1 unremifted attention in the Staff-De
without which every operation must
delayed. In justice to the army, and as
ion of his own feelings, he will take the
portunity to lay before the Governor the
he entertains of their important fer
awing is a copy of an intercepted circu
r from Eli Parlous :
“ Betkfhire , iyh Feb. 1787.
is and fellow fujjertr:,
you now tamely fuffer your arms to be
you, your estates to be confifcated, and
r to fnpport a constitution and form of
it, and likewise a code of laws, which
enfe and your confcicnces declare to be
and cruel ? And can you bear to hear
manry of this commonwealth being
nd cut to pieces by the cruel and merci
of tyrannical power, and not resent it
relentlcfs bloodlhed ? Would to God I
gue of a ready writer, that I might im
>ur minds the idea of the obligation you,
of a republican government, are under
those rights and privileges that the God
had entitled you to. Let me now
wu, by all the sacred ties of friendlhip
ural affettion inspires the human heart
ediately to turn out and alfert your rights,
lep I would recommend is, to destroy
army, then to proceed to the county
re, as we are now cohering at New
in York*, state, and Pownal, in Vermont
ha determination to carry our point, if
1, and carnage, will effetfit : Therefore
it every friend will immediately proceed
nty of Bentfhire, and help us to Burgoyne
Lincoln and his army. I beg this may inynediate
ly circulate through your county. «
“ I am, gentlemen, in behalf of m/felf and other
officers, your humble servant, • t
ELI PARSONS.”
Feb. 15.'.
. It is aflerted by the ingenious author 06 the
** Latiu Eflay on the Commerce o£*the Human
Species,” which lately gained the prize in the uijj
verfity of Cambridge, that of the 100,000 Negroes,
who are annually exported, 20,000 are supposed
toperiih in the voyage, and one third of those im
ported to fall a facrifice in the seasoning, that is
about 27,000 more, so that in the Have-trade the .
Europeans murder annually near 47,000 people >
for, as they are the firft causes of this traffic, the
murder must stand charged to them ; and to this
account may be added the numbers that are de- ?
flroyed by the African Princes in collefring thdfe v
slaves. —When they are embarked on board the
Ihips, they are so confined as a pesti
lential air, which, co-operating with had provi
sions, occasions such a sickness as carries them off
faft, and it is not an unfrequent thing to throw
such as are sick overboard, in order to lave the
insurance ; if they die in the passage, the under
writers will not pay for them, but if thrown over
board, the loss falls upon the insurers !
It is acknowledged by persons of varacity from
Charleston, South-Carolina, that full 12,000 Negro
slaves have been imported from Africa into that
State and Georgia, within the last three years : so
superior is the power of avarice to every sense of
liberty, and every tender feeling of humanity—
but to the honour of molt of the lifter Hates it is
remarked, that, affe&ed with a sense of *the evil,
the legillatures have enafted laws for the suppres
sion of this impious traffic.
On the 22d Nov. died at Bordentown, in the state
of Ncw-Jerfey, in the 6 ift year of his age, Robert
Edward Fell , Esq. late of Britain, a descendant
of William Penn, firft proprietor of Pennsylvania,
and lieutenant-colonel in the Britilh service.
Ext raft of a letter from Piitfjurg, dated Jan. 20.
“ We are happy to have an opportunity of con
gratulating our fellow citizens on the arrival in
this town of the great, the mighty, and the war
like GIOSOTO the firft King of the Seneca Na
tion,—Defender of Hannah’s-town—Proteflor of
the Widow and Orphans, &c. &c.
“ There was an legant entertainment (confining
of three gallons of whillcey and twenty pounds of
flour) prepared for his Majesty and retinue, which
they enjoyed with an uncommon relifli, as these
articles have become exceedingly scarce within his
Majefiy Giofoto’s dominions.
“ His Majefly amuies himfelf, whilst he remains
here, in walking about to view the curiofuies of
this place ; in quaffing good whilkey; and fmoaking
tobacco and the bark of willow trees through his
curious ornamented wooden pipe. As anecdotes
01 great men can never fail to be inteiefting to the
public, we Iball not negled to add, that his Ma
jesty was observed to be particularly fond of
viewing the game of billiards ; some biographers
pretend to aflert that his Majesty has been a great
gamfter in his time, but whether billiards or foot
balls was his favourite game, we cannot pretend
to aftert.”
PETERSBUR G H, (Virginia) Feb. 15.
On Saturday last a numerous and refpeftable
company assembled at Mr. Robert Armiftead’s, to
celebrate the Birth of the illustrious George Wafti
ington, Esq. After dinner a song, composed by a
citizen of Peterfburgh on the occasion, was lung,
and the following toads were drank, attended with
adifeharge of cannon, and a balloon was railed by
a gentleman, which.equally excited curiosity and
applause.
His Excellency George Wafaington, Esq. M
his difinterefled patriotism be handed down to th c
latest pcfterity as a lasting monument of his me
morable atchievements.
The United States of America. May they b
#happy in peace as they have proved glorious
war.
His Aloft Christian Majesty and the Queen of
France. May despotism be taught a ufefull e iro n
from their benevolent interposition to support the
rights of mankind.
The Marquis de la Fayette, whose illustrious
exertions can only be exceeded by the goodness of
his heart.
His Excellency Benjamin Frankiin, Esq. jvj ay
his researches in philosophy prove a benefit to
mankind.
Foreigrf Ambafladors at the Congressional Court
American Ambafladors. May the garland of
freedom eyer adorn the brow of virtuous merit.
Count Rocbambeau. May his military merit
at the fliield of Liberty be imitated by the sons of
freedom.
Baron Steuben. May his military discipline
prove an honour to the profeflion of a soldier.
Gen. Knox and the late American Army.
To the memory of thc heroes who have fallen in
the cause of freedom.
His Excellency John Hancock, Esq.
and State of Virginia. May the
bleflings of peace give happiness to the world.
Sunday being the birthday of that venerable
Champion of Patnotifm, 13 cannon were fired,
and the evening was closed with brilliant illumina’
tions, fee. f
And on Monday evening an elegant ball was ’
provided at the Mason’s Hall, where a splendid,
company of ladies and gentlemen aflembled, which
gave an additional luftre to the joyous feftival.
Every heart breathed a desire to express their ap
probation, and gave teftiraonies of applause for a
character which the world will ever admire.
AUGUSTA, April 14.
The following Gentlemen are appointed to meet in
Convention, at Philadelphia, in May next, for
the purpose of revising the Federal Conflitution:
For A ew-HampJbire ; Mr. Langdon, Mr. Long,
Mr. Gilmarr.
For Mojfachufetts: Mr. Dana, Mr. Gerry, Mr.
Strong, Mr. Gorham, Mr. King.
For New-Fork j Air. Hamilton, Mr. Yates, I
Air. Lansing.
For New-Jersey : Mr. Patterson, Mr. Brayley, I
Air. Houflon, Air* Nelson.
For Nortb-Carolina : Governor Cafwell, Mr. I
Martin, Mr. Spate, Mr. Wily Jones, Mr. Davy. I
For; South* Carolina: General Aloultrie, Gene* I
ral Pinckney, John Rutledge and Charles Pinckney, 1
Efqrs. Major Butler.
We hear that the mfurrertion in Maflachufetts I
is in a great measure extinguiflied, and that that I
flat* has pafled a disqualifying art, which dis« I
franchifes, for a limited time, all those persons I
concerned in the opposition to government.
IN CONGRESS, April 15, 17J4J
“ Congress resumed the consideration of the H
report on the letter of 24th of March, from niajocl
general baron Steuben, and thereupon
4< Refolded , That, the resignation of baron I
Steuben, late infpertor general, and major generaljH
be accepted.
** That the thanks of the United States in
affembLd , be givefr to baron Steuben, for the greatß
zeal and abilities he has discovered in the difchargsH
of the several duties of his office ; that a G(iiß
Hiked Sword be presented to him, as a markoiß
the high sense Congress entertain of his
and fervkes.”