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anyfteries, which feem to terminate, in fomr manner, the power of our thoughts, I reprefent them with emotion, as the only barrier which feparates us from the infinite Spirit, the fource of all knowledge.

[To be concluded.]

European Affairs.
France.
P A R I S, April 30.

Interfting Particulars of the Civil War now raging in the Comtat Venaiffin, and of the firflpitched Battle occafioned by the French Revolution.

THE combined Army of the Infurgents or of that party, in the Comtat, who oppofe its reunion with France, and whofe principal ftrength lies in Carpentras, poffeffed themfelves, in the beginning of April, or Sarrians, Mazan, Caromb, Barroux, and a number of other fmaller Municipalities. On the other hand, the Patriotick Party in Avignon and Vauclofe, raifed an Army confifting of near 10,000 men. The greateft part of thefe forces put themfelves in march, on the 18th of April, towards Sarrians, a town in the neighbourhood of Oranee, and one of thofe comprifed in the Federation of Sainte Cevile.--On the 19th, at eight o'clock in the morning, they halted in a plain in the vicinity of Sarrians, where the Army took their breakfaft.

From the peafants in the neighbourhood they learnt, that Sarrians was entirely deferted by the garrifon thrown into it, and that the town intended to furrender. On the faith of this report, they continued their march in fecure confidence; when all of a fudden, while their Main Body were paffing a defilre, they were attached from the heights on each fide, but a continued difcharge of mufquetry and cannon; and here was fought the firft pitched battle to which the Revolution in France have given occafion.

The Patriot Army difengaged themfelves as faft as poffible from the defile, and formed their ranks. The enemy if faid to have confifted of feven thousand men, formed into two bodies, and fupplied with feben cannon, had greatly the advantage of pofition; they were, however, obliged to give ground.

They then intrenched themfelves among fome country houfes; from whence being diflodged, they rallied a fecond time, and drew up in rank. Here commenced a regular combat, which ended in the total difperfion of the Rebel Army. That of the Patriots marched ftraight on to Sarrians, and planting their cannon againft its walls, the keys were delivered after the firft difcharge. The Lieutenantgeneral who commanded in the attack, entered with a moderate efcort, and proceeded to the Hotel de Ville, which was defered, and the doors and windows of the houfes were all fhut; while in the midft of this general filence, a difcharge of mefquetry was madef rom all the windows opening on the Grand Square. Here the Soldiers could no longer be reftrained; a general pillage took place, and fire was fet to the houfes from whence the mufkets were difcharged.

After this, the army withdrew from the town, encamped on fome heights which command it, and after refting there about two hours, marched on to Monteux, a town about two leagues diftant from Carpentras, where they are now encamped.

Already fifteen of the diffident communities have fent Deputies to the Army cantoned at Monteux, declaring that they had been induced by force only to enter into the league with Carpentras. It is this city only which holds out. There were faid to be 4000 men in garrifon in this city. But at the time the Courier was fetting off from Avignon, (viz. the 21 ft) with the letter from which this account is taken, a capitulation was propofed by the befieged.

England.
LONDON, May 14--16.

The Parliamentary altercation of Mr. Fox and Mr. Burke, has terminated as the world fuppofed. The Canada Bill has only funifhed a theatre for combatants about the French Revolution.

Mr. Burke, whofe infanity on that fubject feems daily to gain ftrength, was proviked by the ingenious bolnefs of Mr. Fox, to deliver a Philippick far more frantick than any he has hitherto bellowed forth againft France. Of that chimera too, which has long haunted his hurted and difturbed fancy, of a Domcratcik Plot in England, he has at length afferted the exiftence, and meanced the moft ample difclofure. In the delirium of his Toryifm, he has elevated the rights of conqueft on the ruin of thofe maxims of eternal juftice, which exprefs the natural Rights of Man. Mr. Fox laboured to foothe he afperity by generous fubmiffion. Mr. Pitt attempted to quiet his alarms by rational derifion. But his heart was too deeply corroded to be healed by the one, and his intellects too deplorably deranged to be remedied by the other. That the Minifter fat a filent and not ungratified fpectator of this fray among his moft formidable antagonifts, is furely no object of wonder or of blame.--Thofe who condemn his conduct, would imitate it if placed in his fituation.

Whether this divifion may produce any fchifm in the part; whether any of that noble and oppulaten ariftocracy who compofe it, may participate the alarms and refentments of Mr. Burke, may be a matter of my fpeculation. If conjecture be admiffible, it feems more likely that the apoftle of defpotifm will be left alone. The rational friends of ariftocracy will regard him as too intemperate and indifcreet for a leader;--they will confider all fear of convulfions in England as the dread of events cetainly remote, and perhaps vifionary, and if they think the danger real. they muft fee the wretched policy of Mr. Burke, who accelerates its progrefs by conferring on its promoters premature importance. And above all, they will fee that their defertion of Mr. Fox will only be unfettering his mind, and transferring a leader from a faction to the people.

They dread thofe difcuffions which the indifcretion of Mr. Burker perpetually provokes. They are confcious of the feeblenefs to which the lofs of their leader would reduce them, and they muft tremble at the meafure to which Mr. Fox, unfhackled with party, might be impelled at fo critical a moment, by the entery of his own virtuous and enlightened mind.

Mr. Flint, the Meffenger, is arrived, who was entrufted with Difpatches to Berlin and Peterfburg from the British Cabinet, in confequence of the meafure at firft adoped refpecting the Ruffian War.---It is underftood that the has brough not favourable prefage of pacifick refolutions, but, on the contrary, that the Emprefs remains inexorable, and determined to abide by the ftipulations whihc she has already publickly announced to the Court of Denmark.--It alfo appears by the complexion of the prefent Difpatches, that the Britifh Court will not be permitted, as a mediator to dictate terms of peace betwen the Emprefs and the Porte; it therefore only remains for Greatbritain to recede totally from the language that has been held out to Foreign Courts, or to enforce her policy by the influence of Britifh arms.

PAIRSIAN INTELLIGENCE.

A great and important queftion was agitated in the morning meeting of Saturday. M. Taleyrand, the Exbifhop of Autun, in the name of the Conftitutional Committee, made a report on the proclamation, iffued the 18th of March laft by the Directory of Paris--he conceived that the Directory had judged foundy by making no diffinction between Clergyman who had, and thofe who had not taken the oath--"Let us fpeak no more of toleratin, faid he, the mere expreffion is an infult; thouh the nation pay for fpecies of worfhip it cannot profcrive others; even the King, if he obferves the laws of the Confitution, may change his relition; confequently, agreeably to the letter of the procoamation, ufelefs churches may be fold to the nonconformifts, who bid higheft for them--far be it from us to f falfely tolerant, as to fuffer a reliton and then prohibit the publick exercife of it." Able Sieyes was exactly of the fame opinion, and contended that no nation could be fad to be free, if, while the body enjoyed liberty, the better part was enflaved. Pofterity will lean with aftonifhment that the facred principles of univerfal toleration were forcibly infifted upon in the National Affembly of France by two Roman Catholick Priefts, "quantum mutati!" It is needlefs to remark that their philanthropick obfervations were aplau ded, and that the debrees they propofed paffed the houfe.

The French confider the approbation of Englifhmen, as a centuple compenfation for the infults offered to their new Conftitution by all foreigners on the furface of the globe. A letter addreffed to the friends of the new Conftitution at Aix, in Provence, by the Revolution club of London, gives the greateft pleafure to the Democratick party--it was read laft Saturday night at the Jacobines; we fend a fketch of it to complete our medley. After having expatiated widely and largely on the utility of patriotick focieties, deftined to run down vice by loading it with opprebrium, and to banifh defpotifm from the face of the earth; the ENglifh in their letter fay--"Be your liberty what it may, its voice is ftrong, its features noble, its ftature manly and robuft; the juft proportion and harmony of its members convince us that your Infant Hercules is, in his cradle, bleffed with a vigorous Conftitution, able to ftrangle the three headed monfter that rules over unhappy mortals, monarchial, ariftocratick and clerical tyranny. By obtaining that victory, you will humble, or rather you have already humbled the unbearable pride of Nobles and of Prifts, the fupporters and agents of Defpotifm, whofe effence they jointly conftitute; bu thus deftroying tyranny you have given legitimacy to monarchy, which, for the firft time, is beome a legal portion of the French Government." Then after taking a review of the ftrength of this country, capable of triumphing over all ufurpers from abroad, and thofe that exift at home, but have no fixed principles on which to found a formidable coalition, they go on--"Woe to the nations that would attempt to trouble the Conftitution you have eftablished! and fhame, threefold fhame to our country, if it conceived fuch a thought Englifhmen are not born to confpire againft liberty. It is not for Englifhmen to call to mind the follies of their former wars, caufed by the vain feudal claims of their Norman Kings, to plunge themfelves anew into all the horrors which would be drawn on, but claims founded on the fame fyftem; it is equally for our intereft and our honour to follow the example of our anceftors, who detefted the arrogance of Louis XIV, who in his zeal for James, wifhed to overturn our conftitution eftablifhed in 1688."

The following vigours Refolve, pofted up in the City of paris, againft M. de la Fayette, and the Mayor of paris, cannot fail to have fome ferious confequences:

THE Section of the Theatre Francais, having taken the depofition of M. Danton, "That the Sieur la Fayette, and the Mayor of Paris, ufed their utmoft efforts to incite the Department of Paris to give their orders to fire on the people who oppofed the departure of the King;" and confidering that M. de la Fayette's refignation was fairly given in by himfelf; that the common Hall was the place in which he ought ot have laid it down; that the Municipality ought to have referred this refignation to the 48 fections; that the Municipality has not the right either of creating military corps and officers, nor of breaking them, nor of pronouncing upon the difmission of the Chiefs named by the Commons at large; that the Municipality has ftill lefs power of confirming upon the Affembly of Battalions this creative power, which itfelf does not poffefs.

Refolve, the Sieur la Fayette is not, and cannot be acknowledged as the Commandant of the National Guard of Paris, at leaft until he has been legally elected by the 48 fections.

They accufe the Municipality of prevarication, and a violation of the law, which forbids citizens, affembled in arms, to deliberate in any cafe, and a violation of the regulation which referves to the whole community the nomination of the place of Commander in Chief.

The Sieur la Fayette fhall confequently be denounced as a violator of the law, in difbanding a Company; and ftill more, for having, contrary to all law, and by an arbitrary act, tranfgreffed the order of difbanding, as given by the Municipality had forbid.

The arms fhall therefore be returned to the Company thus difarmed, who fhall continue their fervice, until, but a legal power, it fhall be differently ordered.

In a particular manner, they object to the unlimited oath taken by the National Guard, to be faithful to all orders, of whatever kind, given by the Sieur la Fayette, as fingularly unconstitutional and contrary to the true principles of liberty.

They refolve, that the forty eight fections fhall be convoked, to advife of the means of remedying acts and princoples fo vicious.

The prefent refolves fhsll be printed, pofted up, and fect to the other forty feven fections.

United Columbia.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, July 14.
Extract of a letter from Trenton, July 9.

"THIS day marched from thsi place, for the Weftern Country, Capt. Pheton, of the 2d United Stated Regiment, with one hundred and feventy fine fellows, and a number of recruits for the Artillery.--Alfo a few fix month's men."

Extract of a letter from Newtown, on the Tioga, dated June 27th.

"My laft letter, dated the 23d, was written under the expectation of delivering the next intelligence of our journey by word of mouth: But the Indians are fo very flow in their motions, that we are likely to be detained here much longer than will be agreeable to ourfelves. No more than 150 of them have yet arrived, and the main body, faid to confift of 790, are not expected before the 29th. A party of the Oneidas arrived three or four days ago. After waiting a day or two for an invitation from Col. Pickering, they went down to him in a body, and by their Chief, called Good Peter, defired to know from his own mouth the bufinefs about which they were fummoned to the council fire. "On receiving your meffage," faid he, "we prepared ourfelves to attend you, Brother, and expected to have found you waiting to refrfh us, when we came in, fatigued with our journey. You fhould have had the pot boiling ready to entertain us. You ought ot have brought us water to wafh the duft from our faces, and the dirt off our feet, and a little whifkey to moiften our throats," &c.--The Colonel excufed himfelf as being unacquanted with the cuftoms of the Indians on thefe occafions, and informed them in general terms of the defign of the treaty, with which they appeared well fatisfied.

Samuel Ofgood, Efq; has refigned the office of Poftmaftergeneral of the United States. It is fuppofed he goes into the National Bank. 

Extract of a letter from Pittfburgh, July 7, 1791.

"This moment we have a well authenticated account, of General Scott, with his party, having completely furprifed the Wabafh Towns.--He has brought in thirty Indian men's fcalps, fifty prifoners, and two hundred horfes, loaded with peltry, and other articles taken from the towns, and he has effected all this with a very inconfiderable lofs either of men or property. The above is confirmed, with the particulars, that General Scott is flightly wounded in the thigh, and that three only of our men are killed. The General has fent back ten of the oldeft men amongft his prifoners with a meffage to the Indians, that if they do not immediately fend in every one of our prifoners among them, he will put the other 40 prifoners to death with the moft excruciating tortures."

A Georgia correfpondent obferves, that a tratife on the cultivation of the vine, and the procefs of making wines, would be a very ufeful addition to our agricultural ftock of information: The vine is a native of our foil, and from the nature of the climate, and the goodnefs of the wild grape, he doubts not that wine of a good quality may be made in various parts of the United States, particularly Georgia.

July 20.--Accroding to a fchedule taken under the direction of the marfhal of the difstrict of Newyork, that State contains three hundred and fixty five thoufand three hundred and twent feven inhabitants.

Extract of a letter from London, May 5.

"Yefterday morning Pedeftrian Stuart fet off for Falmouth on his intended journey, to explore the interior parts of America. He intends going on board the Newyork packet."

Newyork.
A L B A N Y, July 14.

We can affure the publick with much fatisfaction, that Judge Cooper, has collected this feafon about 70,000lbs of maple fugar, which is brought to market in boxes after the Spanifh manner, containing 300lbs. each--about 15,000lbs. is in cakes, the remainder is all grained and equal to Mufcovado. The laft year, the quantity this publick fprited gentlman collected was only 20,000lbs.

Connecticut.
D A N B U R Y, July 18.

For feveral days paft there has been very fevere thunder and lightning in this and the neighbouring towns, which has done fome damage to buildings, timber, &c.

We have heard of but one perfon being killed, viz. a Mrs. Emmons of Litchfield--but numbers have been feverely fhocked and hurt.

A barn at Ridgfield filled with hay and grain was confumed.--Another at Newfairfield was fet on fire; but by the timely exertions of the neighbours the flames were extinguifhed.

Rhodeifland.
P R O V I D E N C E, July 16.

On Thursday afternoon we had a refrefhing rain, attended by fharp lightning. At SMithfield, the houfe of Mr. Jeremiah Harris was ftruck, and much damaged; a young man, his fin, was ftruck down, and badly burnt from his breaft to his toes; his recovery faid to be doubtful.

On Tuefday, at Wrentham, the lightning ftruck a barn belonging to Mr. John Needham, which was confumed, together with 15 or 20 tons of hay, and a cart.--A barn was alfo burnt at Walpole, and another at Sharon.--In Attleborough the wind blew heavy, and was attended with hail uncommonly large. The houfe of Mrs. Cutting was unroofed, and a number of large trees were blown down; the corn alfo was greatly injured.

Newhampshire.
P O R T S M O U T H, July 21.

We hear, that laft week a barn at Deerfield, was ftruck by lightning and was immediately burnt to the ground, with about two or three tons of hay, &c. At Epping a number of fheep were killed by lightning.

Vermont.
B E N N I N G T O N, July 4.

Thurfday evening laft the Hon. Mr. Jay, chief juftice of the Supreme Court of the United States, arrived in this town from Rhodeifland, in order to hold the Circuit Court of the United States in this District. The expectation of the judge was, that the court would have been opened here on the 17th of June, the day appointed by law, and adjourned from day to day by the Marfhal of the Diftrict, until the arrival of the Judges; but the peculiar circumftances of the offiers of the union in this Diftrict, rendered the matter impracticable: The diftrict judge not having received his commiffion, could not take bonds from the Marfhal, and or courfe the Marfhal could not be qualified to act.

Maffachufetts.
B O S T O N, July 27.
COMMENCEMENT

Yefterday, being the anniverfary of Commencement at the Univerfity in Cambridge, about ten o'clock, A. M. His Excellency the Governour and fuite, His Honour the Lieutenantgovernour, feveral members of the Honourable Council and Senate, and a number of other gentlemen of diftinction, arrived at Harvard hall, having been accompanied on their tour from this town, by the High Sheriff of Suffold county, and the Middlefex Company of Horfe, commanded by Col. Fuller. They were received by the Fellows of the Corporation, Profeffors and Tutors, and conducted to the Philofophy Room, where the Board of Overfeers met. The bufinefs neceffary to be done previous to the folemnities of the day, was here tranfacted; and about 11 o'clock, they went in the ufual proceffion, to the Meetinghoufe.

Exercifes of the Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Bachelor of Arts.

1. A falutatory Oration in Latin.--By Mofes Porter Phelps.

2. A forenfick Difputation upon this queftion, "Whether the criminality of actions be increafed by habit?"--By John Harris and Peter Whitney.

3. A fyilogiftick Difputation upon this Thefis--"Particulæ corporum in contactu mutuo non funt."--Zabdiel Boylfton Adams, Refpondent.--Daniel Wheaton, Benjamin Turner, John Morfe, Nathaniel Cabot Lee, Afa King, William Hodge, Opponents.

4. An Englifh Oration--"Upon the great advantage and pleafure which men enjoy who improve their minds by literature and fcience."--By Abraham Redwood Ellery.

*5. A fyllogiftick Difputation upon this Thefis--"Nulla partium materiæ difpofitio cogi ationem efficere poteft."--Danial Stone, Refpondent.--Noah Fearing, Ezekiel Herfey Derby, Ephraim Briggs, Amos Bancroft, Thomas Auftin, Opponents.

6. An Englifh Conference--"Upon the comparative advantages of Geography, Natural Hiftory and Aftronomy."--By Samuel Bayley, John Walton and Calvin Whiting.

7. A Latin Dialogue--"Upon the comparative excellencies of Virgil and Horace."--By Thomas Pickman and Thomas Rice.

8. A forenfick Difputation upon this queftion--"Whether Monarchy be as conducive to general knowledge as Democracy?"--By Jofeph Bixby and Ichabod Tucker.

9. A Greek Dialogue--"Upon the utility of the ftudy of the learned languaged."--By Samuel Benjamin Morfe and Luther Stearns.

*This was omitted, Respondent being abfent by reafon of indifpofition.

10. An Englifh Oration--"Upon the diffufion of knowledge among us, and the prefent happy profpect of our national affairs."--By Henry Dana Ward.

After a very large and refpectable affembly of gentlemen had been highly gratified by the fine fentiments and graceful elocution of the young gentlemen, their attention was very agreeably arrefted by his Excellency the Governour, who was pleafed in a manner the fpoke his affection for Alma mater, and his benevolence to her Sons, to deliver the following

ADDRESS:--

MR. PRESIDENT,

THE Univerfity in which you prefide ftands among the higeft marks of the wifdom and patiotifm of our anceftors:--The men who fled to the wildernefs rather than to partake of carelefs eafe and fplendid pleafures in the ftate of flavery, gave birth to this inftitution. 

While this Anniverfary ferves as a memorial of their extraordinary virtues, it embellifhes the path of fcience, cherifhes literature, and promotes the intereft of our republick.

The exhibitions of this day evince to use the greater abilities you poffefs, Sir, and the careful attention you pay to the duties of your important ftation; and they alfo reflect much honour upon all the immediate Governours of the univerfity.

The young gentlemen who have on this occafion given fuch ample proof of their genius and application, have raifed us to great expectation of their future ufefulnefs: Our beft wifhes accompany them into the world, and our ardent prayer is, that they may ferve and honour their counry.

When we recollect the wifhes of the venerable founders of this Seminary, we feel the moft intrefting hopes that there will forever proceed from this place, men, whofe virtues, wifdom and learning will lead our enlightened and grateful people in the ways of religion and patriotifm.

It is with you, young gentlemen, who now have your refidence within Harvard's Walls, to add luftre to the brightnefs of your country, or to check her progrefs in glory with an interval of darknefs. We wifh to infpire your ambition with this idea, and to excite you by a fenfe of your importance in the community, to an exalted mode of conduct.--Suffer us to this and we fhall rejoice in the honourable prefages of your future greatnefs.

While this Unifersity, refpectable Sir, continues to fupport fuch a reputation as it has always enjoyed, and as the exhibitions of this day have proved to be juft, it will merit and recieve the phatronage and fupport of every many who loves his country, and is concerned for its interefts. The gentlmen concerned in its inftruction, render a moft important fervice to the community; they from the minds and manners of its future members, and give a complexion to thofe who are here after to govern it. From the publick then, from the civil fathers of their country, from the patriots, the legiflators of Maffachufetts, Harvard College muft receive countenance, encouragement and affiftance.--While the blood of their venerable anceftors warms their veins, while the independence, the freedom and happinefs of America are dear to her Sons, this Unierfity cannot be deferted, nor its faithful fervants left without a fupport.

To the protection and favour of the God of the fpirits of all flefh, the God of our fathers, to the patronage and affiftance of all thofe who value the happinefs of pofterity, and with their Freedom, we commend this venerable Seat of Science--May it flourifh and increafe, may it blefs America and the World fo long as the Sun and Mood fhall endure.

Exercifes of Candidates for the Degree of Mafter of Arts.

1. An Eglifh Oration of the French Revolution.--By Mr. John PHillips.

2. A valedictory Oration in Latin.--By Mr. Oliver Barron.

The degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on the following young gentlemen:
Zabdiel B. Adams
Thomas Auftin,
Amos Bancroft,
Samuel Bayley,
Jofeph Bixby,
Ephraim Briggs,
Ezekiel Herfey Derby,
Abraham R. Ellery,
Noah Fearing,
John Harris,
William Hodge,
Afa King,
Nathaniel Cabot Lee,
John Morge,
Samuel Benj. Morfe,
Mofes Porter Phelps,
Thomas Pickman,
Thomas Rice,
Luther Stearns,
Daniel Stone,
Ichabod Tucker,
Benjamin Turner,
John Walton,
Henry Dana Ward,
Daniel Wheaton,
Calvin Whiting,
Peter Whitney.

The degree of Mafter of Arts was conferred on the following gentlemen:
Jofhua Cufhman, A. B.
Thomas Auftin Coffin, A. B. in 1772.
Alpheus Moore, A. B. in 1783.
Solomon Vofe, A. B. in 1787.
Benjamin Abbot,
Solomon Adams,
Thomas Adams,
Thomas Bancroft,
Oliver Barron,
Stephen Baxter,
Jofeph Brigham,
Jofeph Cabot,
James Gardner,
Adam Gordon,
Jacob Kimbal,
Abner Lincoln,
John Phillips,
James Prefcott,
Daniel Clark Sanders,
William Sawyer,
John D. Treadwell,
Nathan Underwood,
Samuel Weft,
Robert Wier.

Afa Spaulding, A. M. of Yale College, was admitted ad euendem.
John Gardiner, Efq; A. M. of Glafgow, admitted ad euendem.
The degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred on the Hon. Oliver Prefcott, Efq.
The degree of Bachelor of Phyfick was conferred on Dr. Jofiah Bartlett, and Dr. James Otis Prentifs,

An offering of thankfgiving being made by the Prefident, the Corporation, &c. returned to the College, and thus ended the bufinefs of the day.

NEWS from the OHIO COUNTRY.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Newtown, 20 miles above Tioga Point, dated June 22.

"On the ninth day we reached Newtown, where the Indian treaty is to be held, becaufe the waters are too low to permit the boats with prefents and provifions to go up to the Painted Poft. We alighted at Col. Pickering's lodgings, and found him conferring with fome Oneida and other Eaftern Indians, who have come down with a view to mediate a peace. Their Chief, Hendrick Aupaumut, the fame from whom I received a letter fometime fince, was fpeaking when we entered: "The little Tomahawk the Indians fight with," faid he, "cofts them very little. They can kill game with it, and fupport themfelves; but the Great Hatchet that the United States ufe in war cofts a great deal; and thofe who carry it into our country muft be provided for at a great expenfe. I know it is faid, the United States are fo powerful that they coulf rife and deftroy all the Indianc at once.--It is true, they are too powerful for the Indians; but remember, though you may kill fome wolves, and frighten the reft away, you cannot deftroy them all. They will return an infeft you.--It were therefore much better for the United States to live in peace with the Indians. A great while ago. ourfelves and the Shawner were one people; but the Great Spirit caufed a famine, and we feparated to feek for food. We ftill fpeak the fame language. I am willing to go to them and perfuade them to peace. All other Indians know that we have always been friends to the Englifh. They all acknowledge we know more about the white people than they do. If I go, I know it will be at the rifque of my life. Perhaps your warriors will arrive at the fame time, and then nothing cna be done. I therefore want to fee fome of your Great Men. If they will keep your young men at home, I will go. Perhaps I may be able to induce their Chiefs to come down and treat with your Great Men about a lafting peace." This offer is now under consideration. We hear that about 800 of the Six Nation Indians will be at the Painted Poft today. They are expected here by the end of the week; but it is not likely that the treaty will be held before the 27th or 30th of the month. After which, we hope a week or ten days will reftore us to our friends and the comforts of civilized life."

The fhower on the 12th inftant, was extremely heavy in Bridgewater, and feveral of the adjacent towns.--A long and fevere dearth having preceded it, the air was highly charged with the electrick fluid:--The could began to gather, a little after one in the afternoon, attended with thunder and lightning as ufual, until about three o'clock when the rain poured down in torrents.--From experiment it appears, that (efpecially in the North Parifh,) the rain fell at leaft ten inches deep on a level.--From three until half paft fix, there was one inceffant roar of thunder, with fharp and terrible lightning:--The winds were blowing ftrong in various directions at the fame time; fo that the clouds and elements feemed in perfect diftraction.--In Pembroke, a barn filled with hay, was ftruck and confumed.--In Stoughton, one pair of oxen, and to horfes were killed.

At Wrentham, two barns were burned.--In Eafton, a pair of oxen and two horfes killed. In Duxbury, two women were ftruck, one of whom, it is faid, if fince dead.--In Abington, a cow was killed, and a watch, whcih a man had hung on a tree while at work, was fhattered to pieces, and thrown in every direction. In Bridgewater, one horfe and a hog were killed; a houfe and cornhoufe ftruck; a bovel get of fire; a tree was torn to pieces, and large rails of timber thrown to the diftance of 25 rods, and three men, who were ftanding by, were knocked down and ftunned.--The circumftance of a rock deferves particular notice; it lay partly covered in a corn field; the lightning took it to the diftance of five rods, 2nd there left it upfide down; the ftone weighted 500 wt. The clouds, on account of the changes in the wind, hung the whole afternoon over Bridgewater and Abington: And in Bridgewater, it has undoubtedly, befides thofe mentioned, ftruck in more than fifty other places.

July 23.--Thurfday arrived in town from Newbunfwick, the Rev. Charles William Milton, one of the Miffionaries who were fent out by the Countefs Dowager of Huntingdon, to Newbrunfwick, in the year 1788. Upwards of three thoufand Bibles, and other books, have been diftributed among the poor, through the bounty of her ladyfhip.

P O R T L A N D, July 18.

I paffing a very high bridge within this diftrict the last week, one of the Hon. Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court was in the utmoft danger of lofing his life--his horfe ftarting a little, and there being no kind of railing or guard on the fides of the bridge, the wheels of his carriage were carried over, and nothing but a very fudden exertion faved him from abfolute deftruction.

TRIAL of the YOUNG FRENCHMAN, at Pownalborough.

"On Thurfday the 14th inftant, at Pownalborough, came on the trial of Louis Paronneau, a young Frenchman, who was indicted for the murder of his uncle, a Mr. Jofeph Junin.

"The Attorneygeneral, with great candour of fairnefs, opened the caufe to the Jury, and ftated the evidence, which he faid was not pofitive, but depended upon a combination of circumftances attending the fact. The amount of the evidence was, that the night preceding the difcovery of the murder, the prifoner lodged at the houfe of a Mr. Dennet, having previously paffed the evening there--that about 12 o'clock he went out of the houfe, faying that he was going to the ftore to bed--that he returned in eight or 10 minutes, appearing terrified and agitated; and faid he faw two Indians ftanding at the ftore door with guns or fticks--cried out feveral times in the night that faw Indians going to fhoot him. In the morning he went down to the ftore with two young men of the ho ufe to deliver them run--appeared as ufual and told them to awake his uncle, which they refufed. He then went into the bed room to awake him--reached towards the bed, and cried out that his Uncle was murdered. A gun was difcovered in the ftore room, appearing to have been newly difcharged; but was in a difordered ftate, there being no flint, &c. The rod of the gun was found in the kitchen; and the balls which had been paffed through the head of the deceafed were of the fame weight with others found in the ftore. Two mufquafs fkins were found near the ftore; and there was evidence that there was a fettlement of Indians, at about 10 miles diftance from the ftore; one of whom had, in August laft, threatened to murder Mr. Junin, whenever he fhould get an opportunity.

"Meffrs Gardiner and Lithgow were of council for the prifoner. Mr. Lithgow opened the defence, and with ingenuity and ability examined the evidence, ftated the principles of law which were to guide the Jury in the determination, and fhowed that a much ftronger degree of prefumption than the prefent cafe afforded was required to convict perfons charged with capital offences. Mr. Gardiner fupported General Lithgow. He was followed by the Attorneygeneral, who recapitualted the evidence and with an impartiality which did him honour, made fuch obfervations as the cafe would naturally fuggeft. The Court gave a folemn, fenfible and candid charge to the Jury--who then retired; and after a few minutes brought in their verdict that the prifoner was NOT GUILTY."

NEWBURYPORT, July 20.

A correfpondent in Amefbury has been fo obliging as to furnifh the following naccount of the Shower which happened there laft Thurfday.

"After the cloud made its firft appearance, at about two o'clock, it arofe and moved on, with unufual quicknefs, from the weftward. As it approached, it was remarkably black and angry. I about half an hour after its firft appearance, it poured forth its contents in a tremendous manner. The moft violent gales of wind came firft, which, on account of the drynefs of the ground, carried along dirt and gravel ftones, which made a perfect tempeft of wind and fand. This was foon followed with rain which ferved to lay the dufty fhower. The raging of the wind ftill continued; and the water poured from the clouds, to appearance, more like a flood than a fhower. In a few minutes, the rain was mixed with hail of an unufual fize. The violence of the wind, water and hail, thus united; or at leaft of the wind and hail, was attended with injurious confequences. The wind took off part of the roofs from feveral dwelling houfes; and leveled fome other buildings with the ground.--The appletrees, which in this place have flattered the farmers with hopes of more cyder than for many years paft, were very much fhaken of their apples; fome were torn up by the roots; others rend and fplit to pieces.--And even many fturdy oaks were overturned or broken and fhattered to peices. Board fences in fome places are carried off to a diftance: And ftone wall, for feveral rods together, was blown almoft down to the ground. And fences in general were mor eout of repai, than they ufually are in the fpring of the year. The enormous fize and injurious effects of the hail added to the horror of the fcene. Some of it was found at the bignefs of an ounce ball: Others were of a flat cragged form. Some perfons of yeracity have afferted, that, an hour after the fhower was over, when their bulk muft be much leffened, they meafured fome pieces of ice that came down, and found them to be three inches in circumference, each. And the effects of the hail give credit to what they fay. The impreffions made on the fides of buildings and fences may be feen feveral rods off. In fome houfes, moft of the glafs in the windows in broken, and fcarcely any houfes efcaped having fome of the glafs cracked. Grain that was not reaped was much fhattered out or beaten into the ground. Fields of corn were greatly ftripped of its leaves and broken down, fo that, it is feared, the crops will be much injured.

"The rain, thought it came with fo much violence, was very grateful; as the earth was exceedingly parched with drought.--The injury done by the wind and hail was not very extenfive. It reached about two miles wide; and about three or four miles long. The middle of it, was near the line that divides the two parifhes."

SPRINGFIELD, July 20.
LIGHTNING.

During the fevere thunder ftorm, on Wenefday laft, the lightning ftruck in the yard of Capt. John Bryant, of this town, and took a direction to his cellar window, which it entered, and lighting on a cafk of rum, forced out one of the heads, and fet the rum on fire, which raged in fuch a manner as to fire every thing of a combuftible nature, almoft in an inftant: But by the feafonable exertions of the family, and others who went to their affiftance, the fire was happily extinguifhed.

The fame day the lightning killed a valuable cow, the propery of Mr. Thomas Bates, of this place.

A mare was killed in Weftfpringfield, the property of Mr. David Cooley.

On Thurfday, the lightning ftruck a large elm tree in this town, and left its marks upon it from the top to the bottom, fetting the tree on fire.

The corn and Englifh grain fuffered confiderably from the wind and hail; a number of barns were unroofed, and many trees, of different kinds, blown down.

Mr. David Leonard, of Weftfpringfield, paffling the river alone in his boat, was ftruck down by the lightning; but happily fo foon recovered, that he was able to bring his boat to fhore., The ftroke was followed with a numbnefs on one fide, and a deafnefs in one ear, which continued for feveral hours.

From a Correfpondent.

On Tuefday evening of the 12th inftant, the houfe of Col. John Blifs, of Wilbraham, was ftruck with lightning. It feems tha tpart of the electrick fluid went down the infide of the chimney, and part the outfide; that on the infide went down to a cupboard in the front room, as appears from its there fhivering a board;--at that inftant, Mrs. Morris, one of the family, coming out of the kitchen, nigh to the cupboard, was ftruck down: The lightning, it is fuppofed, firft ftruck her on the back fide of her head, and run down to her foot, leaving a ftreak upon her flefh about as large as a knitting needle; fome of the family immediately coming to her, took her up, and ufing means, fhe foon came to her fenfes, and, through exercifed with pain in her leg and foot, it is to be hoped fhe is in a likely way to recover. The reft of the family, though greatly furprifed, were unhurt.

Other damage was done by the lightning in various places, the particulars of which have not come to hand.

NORTHAMPTON, July 20.

On Tuefday of laft week, a barn belonging to Caop. Conkey, or Pelham, containing a quantity of hay, we confumed by lightning; and on Thurfday following two barns, one 50, the other 55 feet, containing 25 tons of hay, together with a large cowhoufe, belonging to Mr. Charles Kidd, of Chefterfield, was alfo confumed by lightning.

WORCESTER, July 28.

We hear from Royalfton, that on Tuefday evening the 12th inftant, a barn belonging to Mr. Benjamin May, of that town, was fet on fire by lightning and entirely confumed, together with about feven tons of hay, and a quantity of flax. But the extraordinary exertions of the inhabitants, the frame of another barn, 36 feet by 30, was erected on the fame fpot by funfet the next day.

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