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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.”