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THE INDEPENDENT PETERSBURG II, Jan. 21. We are informed that in confluence of an I in the taw for the appointment of Electors, with rcfpecl to thetinu th Sherilfs were to meet to compare their refpective polls the (heriit's of the diftrict of Suflex, Ifle of Wight, Snjrry, Prince George, Dinwiddie, and Southampton, can mkc no return of an Elector for thnt diflrirt. Thiscir cumftance arofe from die fheriffs of fome counties keeping the poll open longer than in others, and the law requiring that they Ihoukl meet and compare the polls within feven days after their refpective polls wereclofed. Some of tlie counties kept the poll open two or three days, others not more than which prevented all the meriiFi meeting together at the fame time, at the place appointed by law, and which, in confeq'jence, will prevent any return being made of an elector for that diftricV We are informed that the Rev.

Anthony Walke, is returned an Elector, for the didricl of Norfolk, Nanfemond, Accomack, Northampton, Princefs Anne: And we alfo learn, that John Pride, E(q. is returned an Eleclor for the diftrict of Amelia, Powhatan, Chefterfield, Cumberland. Brunfwickfc Greenefville, Lunenburg, and Mjcklenburg. As the focond of February next is the day appointed by law for choofmg members to rcprefent, this Hate in the Houfe of Reprefentativcs of the nitcd States, it is hoped thecitizens will piy greater attention on that day, than they have done in the appointing of Electors, In many counties, wears told, not more than one half, and in fome, not one fifth of the people, attended to vote on that important occafion. When we confider that there are but few men qualified to difchargc the important truft of reprefentation, and on whofe abilities and inte or'rv.

our future haDDinefs or mifery will depend, we certainly cannot but rejoice in the opportunity rt (rratifvinir ourfelves in votine for thofe we con ceive belt calculated for the bed purpofe and it ought to be beneath the character ot trceroento. peg kit fo gloriou privilege. I CHESTE January a. On Wednefday lad arrived in this town, Thomas Bfyant Alhby, who reports, that he, in companr with five other men, viz. John Hind3, John Chap rrmn, John Williams, William Williams, and Samuel Elfmore, being on their way from Kentucky, in the month of April lad, were attacked, in ToweU's Valley, by a party of Cherokee Indians, who took fome tlm prifoners that the two Williams's eft aped that Chapman and Hinds, two of the unfortunate captives, were tied to a tree and burnt by the that Elfmore and himfelf were fold by them to the Creeks, with whom he continii rd till very lately, when he providentially made his cfcape That he knows not what became of Elfmore, having never feen hiinfince tlvey were at the Chicksmawgo towns, Philadelphia, February 10.

Extract oft letter from New Yorkt dated ad inft, You complain much in Pennfylvania of the virulent party fpirit that prevails among you 1 but never have the effects of party contefts bee fo dif in that ftate as in this. For with you who lave a fingle Irgiflative body, a majority rules; but with us one branch of the legiflature counteracts the proceedings of the oilier, and the utmoft diffentioni rave for fome time pall fubfifted between the two houfet. In confequeme of this, New York will have no vote in the choice of a PreCdent and Vice rrcfuWnt of the United States; fo' skat Governor Clinton hat no chance of being chofert. And what it dill worfe, it is to be feared that this (late will have no fenatora in Congrefs at their fir ft meeting, when the iircat quellion Where (hall Congrefs rellucf will ne warmiy itKiiaicu 10 mai is gr 11 1 11 tierally apprehended, that after all our expence in preparing for their reception, wc mult inevitably GAZETTEER, hfe iwt company, as the foathem (rates fecm, very cla norous for their removal a mre central fitua tion. Such, my friends, are the deplorable effects to be dreaded trom dillentions among ourlelves On FiiJay laft a Petition from upwards of two tjioafajid refprctable citizens of Philadelphia, wai preferred to thcGeneraVAIYembly, praying repeal of any law, or part of a law, which prohibits the exhibition of Dramatic Entertainments.

The prestation of this petition wai attended by a commit tee of citizens, conMing of General Stewart, Dr. Bafs, Dr. Redman, Major Moore, John Barclay, William Temple Franklin, Jacob Barge, and John Weft. We 4 forry to add, that a Petition, rcfpeclful in its terms, aud fupported by fo numerous a lift of citizens, ftwuld be Hopped in its rrogrefs to a committee by a majority of two men liers particularly as the oppofition ta this meafure ia the houfe arifes entirely from perfonstoo remote to be affected by its adoption. It mud, indeed, be painful to every well wifher of this country, to ob ferve a difpofition in one part of the community, fo oppofite to the wifhes of another a difpofition which is equally inexcusable whether it proceeds from caprice, or party.

Inscription on the tomb flone of Lord Cathcart, who died at Anger Point, in the iflandof on his paflage from England to Canton. Sacred to the memory of the Honorable CHARLES CATHCART, by birth an Englifhman, of noble family, dlftinguilbed no lefs for ardent, and undaunted courage, than for eloquence in the fenate: Benevolent, polite, adorned with every virtue, that gives luftre to the character of the man and the citizen. Prcfcting the intercfts of hit county to his own cafe, with a conftitution broken by progreffive fatigues, lie undertook a iong and hazardous voyage, inherfervice; but unfortunately expired near this fpot, J.midft the lighs and tears of his countrymen, on the tenth day of June, 1788, and ia the twenty ninth year of his age. Mi. OSWALD, IN your paper of Monday laft, I dated a few facts, relative to nnunvjft and illegal proceeding which took place during the late court.

A refutation has not been offered, and we may naturally infer from this confideration, that they are too well grounded, gciuirman is urougni; oerojc tne "wniet luage, oa a fuppofition of railing a diftuibancc during the fitting of the court he attempts to fpeak in, hit own defence, and prove his innocence wlien, inftead of a hearing rinftead of juftice being done, he is interrupted, ftopt in the moll unbecoming manner, and commanded by the Judge, placed for the very purpofe' of doing juftice, to be lilentand withdraw on pain of commitment. This is the behaviour of the Chief fudge of Pennfylvania! This it ju II ice 1 As we nave purchafed liberty at a dear rate, it ought to be held by every American as one of his moll facred rights It was meant, and ought to anfwer a good purpofe. When we are thus retrained by men in office, it is certainly an infringement of the mod alarming nature. Are we then free Precedents are too often followed by the mod dcftruclive confequences. If the Chief Judge means to turn the office of juftice into that of oppreffion, better he had remain ed in the hnmble capacity of a Schxl Majttr: in that fituation he might have acted with the fame ty.

ratinical authoritv; though in a different fphere he might have civen the reins to his domeneering fpirii over a few lchool boys as he now does over a body of people. We take it for grantd tiat the office of a Ju jg is to di jultice to all parties without diftinftion and1 without partiality When jaftice ceafes thus to by done The labourer is nu longer worthy of hit hire," and is more deferving a cord of hemp, thin, a feat on a bench, which, in fact, by that fittings i proftiwu to the vilift, purpofcs. MARC Saturday, 7th February, 1788, From the Pittsburgh Gazetti, DESCRIPTION of thb NEW I 01 AT HEN S. THIS city is intended to be laid out at the confluence of thofe two majeftic rivers the MiiTi. flippi and Mtfouri, between the 38th and 39th degrees of north latitude, on perhaps the molt dcfira.

ole fpot in the known world. Scarce any place, indeed, can boall fuch numerous favors conferred on it by the liberal hand of nature a climate equal to that of Montpelier itlelf A foil where al.noft every thing grow fpontaneous, and in its fe.tility the curfe influed on A'am, Thou fhalt cat tny brcaJ with the fweat of thy brow," is al.noft for gotten. On the one hand comes down with fwelling pride thechrvftal current of fjie Miifiifi.ipi, Iva.lng in its bounteous bvfom an infinite variety of the finny rice in thegreateft abundance, to pleafe the panp cred palate of the epicure, or fupply th; frugal table, of the indufirious cttizen. On the oilier, th rapid torrent if the Mif'ouri rolls along with cou fo impe tious, la'hing its flowery margiii wiih its furge, and bearing on its foaming furfacc valt quantities of (lie mod excellent peltry, furrs of allkinds, fupcriorto. any that Rufliaever furnilbed, which wi oncday! Dring more wealth into tne cotters ot the merchant, than the mines of Peru or Mexico to the Spa.iifV monarch, The face of the country is covered witlj, the moil ufeful kinds of trees, (hrubs, plants and vegetables; corn, wine and oil ate on its hills, and milk and honey in its valleys.

On a rifing ground about a mile to the north well of the city, out of the' middle of a beautiful grovg, of Cyprus, iffues a fpring whofe water prxwocev hen evaporated, an immenfity of fait, equal ia quality, to any ever made, Frelh water 10 abund ance from an adjoining eminence can be conveyed into the city ftone coal and other fuel is equally at attainable; minea of lead, iron and copper, and' quarries of excellent free ftone and marble are to be met in the courfe of ten miles on the weftero bank of the and can be conveyed In one hour to the heart of the city, The point of land jtcndHnj beyond the reguW plan of the toft'tf towards the river is fuperlatively' lieautiful; courts the filtering hand of improvement, and promifes to excel in elegance and tajk the beaded gardens of the great Scmiramis. At the very point will be erected a building denominated Fort Solon, After the great Athenian lawgiver not for the defence of Athens (its rivers, ana the harmony fulfilling between his Mod Catholic Majrfly and the fiirrqunding tribes of friendly Indians being a fuffi cient bulwark) but for the retirement of the governor from the bufy fcenes of public employment. The rapidity of the Mifouri appears at the junction" at the point off Fort Solon, to fpurn at the gentle current of its filler river anJ force it to the oppofite bank, the water of the Mifliilippi is rendered apparently ftagnant for a confiderablc distance above the town, by which means trading boats of all dimen fions can lie along the wharf without any danger (torii the to be loaded with the varied produce of the wedern world, ready to be wafted thro' the free tide of Mifliflippi's ftream to the moft dif taut portt. The luxury of both the Indictall that. Europ, or any other quarter of the globe afford that is deferable, will, through this channel, find their way to Athens.

Through the benificent dif podtion of the Sp.inilh racaarch every religioui fA.