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the emntivt court Ft, I fide the ajfi- Ext raff c( a h'ttes frm Gjhnd, davit upon which ijfued the. war. dated July 2 5. rant for apprehending the prifoner tc IVe have this moment received 4nd fcvcreil other perfons vsbofe an account from Bruges, that the names it would be improper at this lower elate of people had refe and time to divulge. In this affidavit it ffopt every perfon going in and eom was worn that Franklin and a thg out ot that town, enquiring tvbo number of the Luzerne Malcontents they were for and if they fairs they had affembled for the purpofe of op were fjr the Brabant Jlates they poftng tbe authority and laws of the gave tberi cockades to wear, but if Commonwealth and that a paper fer the Emperor they ufed them vs- fubjeribed with his name and in his ry ill.

Moll of the Flemifb people in hand writing was polled up in dif this town would be as riotous as the ferent places by which the people refl only there are rdlmoft as many were invited to throw off their alle Englifb and other nations as them-giance to the State of Pennfylvania fives, which keeps theta little in and to ereff tbemfelves inte an independent State. It appeared like-wife that the inf urgent had appointed a court confiding of three Judges, wbteh was veiled with jurtdiffion in all cafes criminal and civil whether capital or other wife. Theft faffs being red the Chief Judice observed that if proved they would clearly constitute the crime of high trealen but that the lenity of the State of jQeto-gorfc; NEW YORK, City, Octaoer 1 The following is extraffed from the Royal Gazette, printed at Jamaica. September 8. In the Eagle from Port Rofc-way, n.ooftaves.

In the brig Eliza, from Charlefton, 55. tierces and 6 halt was iot able to go on deck) to proersd for Charlefton, where were bound. We proceeded On our voyage, but on the third right were run down by a Urse fhp, and loft all our hands but the Captain, who lay very Tick in the cabbin, the mate, one man ravfelf. Next morning Captain Griffin died A little before he died he begged us to endeavour to get to our port, there pub-lifn the whole traniaCbon, and to inform Mr. Linches triends, at New-York or Long Iflmd of his death, as he owned part of the vefiel and cargo.

Same day we were boarded by a Soanifh vefisl they hove part of, their cargo overboard, aad took in what they could of ours. They fcuttled our veflel on both bows, but fhe did not fink while we were in fight. They carried us to Porto Rco, where we were confined in the fore-caftle nil they faded for the Spanifh Mam. A fhort time after wc were (operated from the mate, who defired me to inform the other owner (who lived in Norfolk, but whole name I have forgot of i hr tranlafl on. Jam Sir your bumbis fervant, JUriiN VlNTa american tierces rice, barrels peas, and 1 ey countenance bright Vc ytim the full glow of hope nd animating expeftotion of pubhc henor, pcare and lifting prefperity to our dear country.

WORCESTER, Oaober 12: Accounts from Old paid-via England, (ay, that advice has bean received of the of that American city Mexico, the prde. and glory, of the, new world, by an earthquakes which lafted near eight minutes. It is faid that but very (mall remains of it are left Benevolence as well as intereft, will excite us to hope this intelligence is not well founded, or wc cannot hue anticipate the day when there will be a friendly iniercourfe between the inhabitants of theSe States and Spanilh America. -vw 1 iFor the Vermont Gazette. Oh RS AT 10 OF all the amufementi and pleafurts of life, Lonverfa -tion is not only the moft rational; bur the moft agreeable method of unbending the mind.

It is an entertainment which fuits every age and condition 8c we (till recur to it with frefb de-j light, while wc tire witb the tre quent repetition of ftudied and artificial rcfrelhments, Cenvtrfation is the natural junk et of the mind, he who (ecludei himfelf fram it will as naturally impair the vigour of his under-ftanding, as he will dimigifn the ftrength of his body, by too abfte-mious a courfe of diet. There is a time for all thing.1 and converfation has its proper fealon, in the morning it diffipate the fpirits, unfetties the head for ferious application, iatoxicatc like wine. In the evening it fattens every preceding care, relieves every fatigue, and detcends like a refrefliing dew on the turfiparch-ed with bufmefs. Happy therefore is the man, who after a day (pent ir; laudable purfuits, hn a chofen number of iriends to converfe with in the evening. His deep is fwecc to him his labour is not irkfome.

On the oher hand condition is to be pitied, who is the perpetual (lave of buftnsfs or idlcnefs, either courfe of life is equally unnatural, and consequently incon-fiftent with human happinefs in a well conftituted mind. ttermont. BENNINGTON, 06. 29. We hear that His Excellency Thomas Chittenden, Efq; is a great majority of the freemen elected Governor of this ftate tot the year enfuing.

-A- Whereas the legiflatuf at the fcffioa at Ruthad, ia OeUbtr, difl gnat a tax of out pB7 po Ue aot a all the Uad ia Wilwingioa, coaatjr of Wiaohan aad ftatt of Vermont, pub.ic rights excepted, far the purpefe of making roedi and baildinj bridge! faid town Thtfa are thertforeto notify all propria-ton and land-holderi ia faid town of Wil- mingtoo, to pay faid feriber. by the 6ih day of Deeemher next or io much of their laud ai will pay faid tax with legal wi, ha fold at public leadee, at the febfariber'i dwelling-Homo iafaid Wiimiagtoa, at ten oclcu fere. 0 MATTHEW LONG, WilmiaS0 J1 ilt 1 17' government had prevailed upon them to inditute a profecution for 240000 fli-'n'' s. miipriffton of treafon only and the In thjrlg Lowther, from prifoner being accordingly afked if i 580 barrels of flour, he could affign any reafon why he 253 bulheis or corn, and 30000 fh uid nut be committed to take his Ihinglcs. trial for that offence be anfwered refpefffuih, that he was not guilty of the praffices with which be was charged, and referred bis defence to Mr.

Daniel Clymer. and Mr. James Biddle, his council. Mr. Clymer then moved that the fum (bould be ipeeified in which the prifoner (bould give bail but the Chief Jufiict observed, that however inclined ho might have been, to confider that fub jeff yeflerday the information which had been ftnee received fromLuzerne was a bar to the application for it appeared that the iu-furgents, of whom Franklin was the leader lead procee -d tc a Sis of open rebellion, in ecnfequenc 0 of bis im -prifonment.

that they had furround-ed the beufe of Col Pickering and feined his family as bolt ages, and that Mr. Montgomery one of the commiffoners, bad eicaped with difficulty after fuffering the greeted perjonal violence Upon this the at torney General Hated that as the circumdancos were now effentislly altered it became bit duty to pray upon the part of the commonwealth In the brig Sally from Wilmington, feet boards and fcantling. and 155 000 (hingles. In the bng Wilhelmina, from Bofton, $0,600 feet ot boards, 57030 fhingies, and 100 barrels and 54 halt barrels of flour. in the brig Eliza, from Baltimore, 327 barrets and 20 half barrels ot flour, 93 barrels of bread, 95 barrels ot Indian Meal, 5 hogiheads of corn, and ico egs ot buit, The contraft affords us a convincing proof, what rapid advances his Bntanic Ma eftys frozen dominions are making towards the (apply of his Welt India ifl.

ands. tc is however, a lamentable consideration that the above are all foreign bottoms, carrying the produce ot the United States to market, while their own (hipping roting in the harbours, and fcamen ftarving (or want of pioyment. OnFriday laft congrefs appointed his Excellency Arthur St, Cfair, Efq; now prefident of Con-that the prifoner might be committed grefs, to be governor of tfie or tbs crime of high treafon which ern territory of the United States, HScnRfgltiania. PHILADELPHIA, Oft. 3.

In confequence cf the arrival of the unanimous relolution of Con-greis, and the adoption of it by our afiembly, the bells of Chrift-Church rang during the greateft part of Saturday. Many hundred citizens cf the frft character attended the lobby and at the door of the State Houfe, during' tht deliberations of the houfc, on the calling of a convention, and teltifc ej their joy upon the refolve being paff-d tor that purpofe, by three heart felt cheers. In (hurt, lanufual joy appeared in every countenance (three or tour effi ccrs cf government excepted and the day exhibited every where the moft agreeable marks ot the lpecdy relurredtion ot the prolpe nty and happmels ot Pennlylva-Bia. Hxtraff of a letter frm Augufla, Georgia, dated Augud 27. From good authority, 1 have the ftrongeft hopes that an Indian war may yet be avoided.

The fpiritcd reply of the executive to the at ngs talk, will, it is generally thought, have fome cf tect but there is a pi iv arc negotiation going on with MGilvry, vihich I hope will prove more effectual. Should neither aniwer the purpofe. General Clark, with 1200 men can be in motion at 12 hours warning, and the militia in this and all the lower eounties are drafted, and the drafts ordered to be in readmeia at a minutes warning, Should there be a war I am afraid it will be a bloody one. October 13. Saturday laffjobn Franklin, the Wyoming Shays) was bre't beferg tb (Superior Court to (hew aaufe why hi (bould ntt be committed upon a charge of high treajen.

The Chief Justice fiated that many de-pofitiem and proofs cf bis treafona to practices were in poffeffm cf with a (alary of one thouiand dollars per annum, and to exercife the office of Superintcodanc of indian affairs, and receive the pay and emolument of the fame, a-mounting to about eight hundred dollars per annum. They have alfo appointed Win throp Sergeant, Efq, to be lecre was incontrovertibly charged in the depofition tbit had julf been read. The judges nnanimoufly agreed to make out the warrant accordingly, and as the commitment is by the whole court, a fiugle judge will not, of courfe, admit the pi iloner to bail, during the vacation. In confequence of the miraculous prejervatien of the life of George 1 tary to the Governor, with a fal-fVafbtngtcn, Efquire, in General ary of (even hundred and fifty dollars per annum. From the time the refolution of Congrefs was paffed, till its a-doption by the State of Pennfyl-vania, only twenty hours intervened, Such is the seal of Pcnn-fylvania to (how her attachment to a vigorous, free, and wife frame of national government.

agmiTacfiufetts BOSTON, October S. In anticipating the acceptance of che American ConfticuMn v- Braddock's defeat, a differting clergyman in Virginia predicted, that God had preerved bis life 'to be an eminent huffing to bis country 7 bis prophecy has been litterally fulfilled May not the providential preferva-tion of the valuable life of this great nan, on his way home from the convention be for the great and impert -ant purpofe of tflablifhing, by bis name and future influence, a government that will render fafe and permanent the liberties of America, which ke kdi acquired by hjs jvtord..