The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1795-03-06 00:00:00, page 1

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CONCORD, (NEWHAMPSI:IRF,) PRINI^P AND PUBLISHED BY ELIJ AII RUSSELL AND MOSESDAVIS. __
' [volume 111.
A partnership digbl^d.
THE partnership between Meffra.
'COOKING S^£TT, traders, in Gil
mzntown, is by mutual consent this day dis
solved—All persons having demand upon said
company, are desired to call upon Daniel
Goodin for payment —and those indebted,
are requeued to make payment to him— by
whom the business will in future be carried /
gn. DANIEL GOOKIN,
BENJAMIN SWgrr. *
Gilmantown, Feb. 2, 1795. 2
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MifeeHany.
FOR THE MIRROUR.
Os Forms of Prayer in public worship
Thefollo-wing are afro of the many advanta
ges resulting from the use of Forms of Prayer in
public worship :
ift. TT prevents absurd, extravagant or
<I impious addresses to God ; which,
in an order of men so numerous as thefacer
dotal; the following enthusiasm and ignor
ance of many must always be in danger of
producing, where the condud of the public
worship is entrusted, without restraint or af
'' fiftance, to the diferetion arid abilities ofthe
officiating minister.
2d. It prevents the confufan of extempora
ry prayer, in which the congregation being
ignorant of each petition before they hear it,
and having little or no tithe to join in it after
they have heard it, are confounded between
their attention to the minister and to their
devotion. The devotion of the hearer
is necessarily suspended, until a petition be
concluded ; and before he can assent to it, or
properly adopt it, that is, before he can ad
dress the fame request to God for himfelf, his
attention is called off to keep pace with what
focceeds. Add to this/hat the mind of the
hearer is heklin coriUnual expectation, sod;.
detained from its proper business, by the ve
ry novelty with which it is gratified. A con
gregation may be pleased and affeded with
the prayers and devotion of their minister,
without joining in them, in like manner as
an audience oftentimes are with the represen
tation of devotion on the stage, who; never
theless, come away without being confeious
of having exercised any a& ofdevotion them
rtfelves. Joint prayer, which amongst all de
' nominations ofChrifti^ns, is the declared de
sign of' coming together,' is prayerin which
alljin : And not that which one alone in the
congregation conceives and delivers, andof
which the rest are merely hearers. This ob
jedion seems fundamental, and holds even
when the minister's office is difeharged with
every possible advantage and accomplish merit
^belabouring recolledion, embarrassed or
Y tumultuous delivery, extravagant flights, &
fly farcaftical hints of many extempore speak
ers, form an additionalobje&ion to this mode
' of public worship : For there imperfedions
are very general, and give great pain to the
serious part of the congregation, as well as
afford a profane diversion to the levity of the
other part.
3 , The Lord's prayer is a precedent, ,
well as pattern for forms of prayer-—-Our
Lord appears, if not to have prescribed; at,
least to have authorifed, the use of fixed
forms, when he complied with the request of
the iifciple, who faitTunto him, " Lord,
teach us to pray, as John also taught his dif
tiples. >
Ainerican State Papins.
PUBLISHED /
BY JUTHORITrt
—;—l,■
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Trefiden^of the United /States of/'America,
To all <wlm@e Prefects ball corf: Greeting,
7;% X7HEREAS on th/ 26th/day of June
yViaft, certain aifeles with the Chero
-1 r Indians were ftip&ted/by Henry Knox,
^ere for the Department of War, being
o!y authorized thefeto^n behalf of the U
ded States ; which/ articles are in the words
fog made and concluded
'United utates of America
nation of Indians, has not
FRID A Y, March 6, 1795.'
been fully carried into execution, by reason
of some misunderstanding which has atifen.
1. And whereas the undersigned Henry
Knox, Secretary for the Department of War,
being authorized thereto by the President of
the United States, in behalf of the said Unit
ed States, and the undersigned Chiefs ^nd
Warriors in their own names, and in behalf
of the whole Cherokee nation, are desirous
of re cflablifhing peace and friendfhip be
tween the said parties in a permanent man
ner, do hereby declare thatthe said treaty
or Hoifton, is to all intents and purposes in
full force, and binding upon the said parties
as well in refpeft to the boundaries thereon
mentioned as in all other refpe&s whatever.
2. It is hereby stipulated that the bounda
ries mentioned ip the fourth article of the
said treaty, /hall be actually afeertained and
, marked in the manner prescribed by the said
article, whenever the Cherokee nation Ihall
have ninety days notice of the time and place
at which the commissioners of the United
States intend to commence their operation.
3. The United States to evince their justice
by amply compensating the said Cherokee
nation of Indians for all relinquishments of
land, aide either by the treaty of Hopewell,
upon the Keowee^ river, concluded on the
zßth of November, 1785, or the aforefaid
treaty made upon Holfton river, on the 2d of
July, 1791, do hereby stipulate in lieu of all
former films, to be paid annually, to furnifh
the Cherokee Indians with goods faitable for
their use, to the amount of 500 Q dollars
yearly. f
4. And the said Cherokee nation, in order
to evince the sincerity of their intentions in
future to prevent the practice of stealing
horses, attended with the most pernicious
consequences to the lives and peace of both
parties, do hereby agree, that for every horse
which shall be stolen from the white inhabit
ants by any Cherokee Indians, and not re
turned within three months, that the sum of
fifty dollars shall be deduced from the said
annuity of 5000 dollars.
5. The articles now stipulated will be con
sidered as permanent additions to the,treaty
of Holfton, as soon as they shall have been
ratified by the President of the United States
and the Senate of the United States.
In witness of all and every thing herein de
termined between the United States of A
merica and the whole Cherokee nation,
the parties have hereunto set their hands
and seals, in the city of Philadelphia, with
in the United States, this 26th! day of June,
in the year of our Lord one thoufind sev
en hundred and ninety four.
H. KNOX, Secretary of War. (l. s.)
TEKAKISSKEE, %or Taken out (t. s.)
of the Water. (l. s.)
NONTUAKA, + or the Northward, (l. s.)
CINASAW, L or the Cabbin. (l. s.).
SKYUKL J (L. S.)
CHUQUILATAGUE d h or (t. s.^
Double Head. g (l. s.)
JOHN M'CLEEMORR+ . (^ s.)
WALALUE,/or the Humming Bird,). s.)
CHULEOWEE, a I (t. s.)
USTANAQUA,+ fr ( L . s.)
KULLUSATH^E. X K s.)
SITEAHA.X (l. s.)
KEENAGU„A, +or the Lying (l. s.)
Fawn. / (l. s.)
CHATApIELEASA, Cor the (l. s)
Fowl Carrier. L{l. s.)
DONE IN THE PRESENCE OF
Arthur Coodey, J r
Cantwell Jones, of Delaware.
William Wofford, of the state of Georgia.
W. M'Caleb, of Southcarolin^
Samuel Lewis, of Philadelphia.
^ Now Know Ye, That I having considered
the said articles, do by and with the advice
and copfent of the Senate of the United
States, accept, ratify, and confirm the fame,
and every article ana clause thereof ; Intes
timony whereof, I have caused the seal
•oftheUnited States to be hereunto affixed,
and signed the fame with my hand.
Given in the city of Philadelphia, the twenty
sirs day of January, in the year of our Lord
one tbtyand fven hundred arid ninety five,
and in the nineteenth year of the (overeignt,
and independence of the United States.
GEO. WASHINGTON.
Bythe President, Edm, Randolph.
? georgeTwashington,
Prefiderit cf the United States of America.
7 o all to whom thrffyfats fall to, greeting:
WHEREASa treaty of peace and friendfhip
between the United States of America and
the tribes of Indians called the Six Nations,j
was made and concluded on the eleventh day
oF November last, by Timothy Pickering,
the agent of the United States, forjhat pur
pdfe appointed, on the one part, and the
Chiefs end Warriors of the Six Nations on
the fiber part—which treaty is in the form>
add fords following: 1
" A^ REATY between the United States of;
America, and the Tribes of Indians called the !
Nations."
President of the United Stetesbavmg §
determined to hold a conference with the Six;
Nation, ot Indians, for the purpose of remo
ving fromtheir minds all causes of complaint,
'andeftabfilhing a firm and permanent friend
ihip with them ; and Timothy Pickering be
ing appointed foie agent for that purpose ;
and the agent having met and conferred with
the Sachem!, Chiefs and Warriors of the Six
Nations, in a general council : Now, in or
der to accomplish the good design of this
conference, the parties have agreed on the
following articles,;which when ratified by
the President, with the advice and consent ot|
the Senate ofthe United States, shall be bind
ing on them and the Six Nations.
Article I. Peace and Friendship are hereby
firmly established, and shall be perpetual, be
tween the United States and the Six Nations,
Art. 11. The United States acknowledge
the khds reserved to the Oneida, Onondaga,
and Cayuga nations, in their refpeaive trea
ties w|th the state of Newyork,.and called -
their reservations, to be their property ; and
the United States will never claim the fame,
nor disturb them or either of the Six Nations A
nor their Indian friends residing thereon and
united with them, in the free use and enjoy
ment thereof: but the said reservations shall;
remain theirs, until they choose to fell the
fame to the people of the United States who
have a right topurchafe. N
Art. 111. The land of the Seneka nation
is bounded as follows. Beginning on Lake
Ontario, at the north weft corner of the land
they fold to Oliver Phelps, the line runs
wefteri, ak>ng the lake, as far aa O-yong
wongyeh Creek, at Johnson's Landingplace,
about four miles eastward from the fort of
Niagara ; then southerly up that creek to its
main fork, then straight to the main fork of
Stedman's creek, which empties into the ri
ver Niagara, above fort Schloffer, and then
onward, from that fork, continuing the fame
straight course, to the river ; (this line .f,n
the mouth of O-yong-wong/d creek, tofthe
river Niagara, above fort Schloffer , being
the eastern boundary of a strip offrand, ex
tending from the fame line to Niagara river,
which the Seneca Nation ceded to the King
of Greatbritain, at a treaty held about thirty
years ago, with Sir William Johnson;) then
the line runs along the river Niagara to lake
Erie ; then along lake Erie, to the northeast
corner of a triangular piece of land which the
United States conveyed to the state of Penn
sylvania, asby the President's patent, dated
the third day of Match 1792 ; then due fouth
to the northern boundary of that state ; then
due east to the fouth weft corner of the land
fold by the Seneca nation to Oliver Phelps;
and ;hen north and northerly along Phelp's
line, to the place of beginning on lake Onta
rio. Now the,United States acknowledge
all the land within the aforefaid boundaries
to be the property ofthe Seneca nation ; and
the United States will never claim the fame
nor disturb the Seneca nation, nor any of the
Six Nations, or of their Indian friends read
ing thereon and united with them, id the
free use and enjoyment thereof— -but it shall
remain theirs until they choose to fell the
fame to the people of the United States, who
have the right to purchase.
Art. IV. The United States having thus
described and acknowledged what land be
longs to the Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas,
Senecas, and engaged never to claim the
fame, her to disturb them, or any of the Six
Nations, or their Indian friends refidihg
thereon and united with them, in the free
use and enjoyment thereof: Now the Six Na
tions and each of them hereby engage that
they will never claim any other lands within
the boundaries of the United States; nor ev
er disturb the people cf the United States in
the free use and enjoyment thereof,
Art. V. The Seneca nation, all others of
the Six Nations concurring, cede tothe y%
nited States the right of making a waggon
road from Fort Schloffer to Lake Erie, as far
fouth as Buffaloe creek ; and the people of
the United States shall have "the free and u,-
diftorbed use cf this road for the purpofes,bf
travelling and tranfporlatibn. And the six
TOtiofe%&^ oftto will forever till^w
<to the people of the United States a tree,a>
fige through fhei r lands, and the iree use of
the harbours and rivers adjoining, ayd with
in their refpe£live tracts ot land, tor the pall
ing and securing of vessels and boats, and
liberty to land theircargoes where neceflary
for their fafety.
Art.,Vl. In corifidera ion ofthe peace and
Ifriendfllip hereby eftablifhed,and of the en
i gagements entered into by the Six Nations ;
I and because the United States desire, with '
Ihumanity and kindness, to contribute to
Itb^r comfortable fopport; 2nd to render
, the peace and friendfhip hereby efiabhihed,
strong and perpetual ; the United States now
deliver to the SipeNations and the Indian? of
the other nations reading among and united
with them, a quantity ot goods of the value
cf ten thousand dollars. And for the fame
considerations, and with a view to promote
the future welfare of the Six Nations and of
their Indian friends aforefaid, the United
States will add the sum of three thoofind
dollars to the one thousand five hundred dol
lars heretofore allowed them by an article ra
j tified by the President on the 23d day of
April, 1792; making in the whole, four
thousand five hundred dollars ; which shall
be expended yearly forever, in purcbafing
cloathing, domestic animals, implements of
husbandry and other utensils suited to their
circumstances, and in compensating ufefal'
artificers who shall reticle with or near them'
and be employed for their benefit. The im
mediate application of the whole annual al^
lowance now stipulated, to be made by ^h^
fuperintendant appointed by the President
for the affairs of the Six Nations and their
Indian friends aforefaid../
Art. VII. Left the firm peace and friend
fhip now established should be interrupt by
the mifeondua of individuals, the Ur.rfed
' States and Six Nations agree, that ftf ^[ju
ries done by individuals, on either fide, no
private revenge or retaliation shall tafeplace:
but instead thereof, complaint fhal^ be made
by the party injured to the other : /oy the Six
Nations or any of them, to the President of
the United States, puhe Superiniendant. by
him appointed: and by the Sufferintendant,
or other perfoß appointed by shef he President,
to the principal chiefs of the ^ix Nations, or
of the nation to which the offender belongs :
and such prudent meafares mall then be pur-•
sued as shall be nefeffarv to preserve our
peace and friendfhip unbroken ; until the
legislature (or greot council) of the United
States shall make othe/ equitable provifen
for the purpose./
Note. It is clearly understood by the
parties to this treaty, that the annuity stipu
lated in the filth article is to be applied to the
benefit of such of the Six Nations and of their
Indian friends united with them as aforefaid,
as do or shall refidd within the boundaries of,
the United States : For the United States do
not interfere with nations, tribes or families
of Indians elsewhere rtfident.
In Witness whereof the said Timothy Pick
ering and the Sachems and War-chiefs of
the said Six Nations, have hereto set their
hands and seals. Doneat Kon on-daigua,
in the State of Newyork, the eleventh day
of November; in the year one thousand
seven hundred and ninety four.
TIMOTHY PICKERING. (l. s.)
O-no-ye-ah-nee,x L. S.
Koune-at-or-lee-ooh, x or
H^ndfeme lake, L. S.
To-keoh-you-haw, x aliai Capt.
Key. L. S.
O-nes-hau-ee, x £ L. S.
Hendrick Aupaumtn, L. S.
David Neefoonbuk, x L.S..
Konatfoyh, alias Nicholas Kufik. L. S.
Soh-hon-te-o-quent,x L. S.
00-duht-fa-it, < L. S.
Ko-noohqung, x : , „L. S.
Tof-long-gaudo-lus, .!>•S:
John Sken-en-do-a, x, L. S.
Qaeior-lee-ooh, x {^L. S.
Kuf-fau-wa-tau,x L:S.'
E-yoo-ra-yooiao-ookx L
kobn-ye-au-gong, aliaa Jake
Stroud.^^
Sha-gurefa,± L. &
TfowfaGt &
Soofrha-00-wau, x Q
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