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Wo miles from Coventry. I rode up to him, and
inquired if he was Ifraid of highwaymen. He re
plied, " Ko, I have no property of value about
me." I then told him I was a man of the profef
^on, and that he must deliver or abide the coafe
^quences. Upon this he gave me his gold watch:
1 infixed on his money, and cocked my pistol,
threatening him with instant death. He perceived
that resistance and persuasion were equally una
vailable, and threw me his purse containing 13
half guineas and some pocket pieces. The gold
watch was valued at 40 guineas. I then ordered
him back down the lane, accompanied him thither,
and fled with the greater haite into an adjacent
wood: Here I Ihifted my o@ and hotfe's dress,
leaving them in a bye place, and rode diredly to
a neighbouring town, and there put up for the
night. Thence I took my course for Newcastle in
Devonshire, about 270 miles north of London, and
thence to Warrington Lancafterfhire. Here about
7 o'clock in the evening I met with a gentleman
who appeared an object of plunder. I asked him
the time of night ; he drew his watch, and told
me the hour. I observed, '' You have a very fine
watch." He answered " Fine enough." " Sir,
'tis too fine for you —you know my profeffion—
deliver." He drew back ; 1 caught his bridle
with one hand, prefent^ a pistol with the other,
and said, " Deliver, or Til cool your P° r ,dge:
He handed me a purse of 8 guineas, and a
watch valued at 30L sterling. To complete the
iniquity, and exhibit the extent of my villany, I
then took a prayer-book from my pocket, and
ordered him to fware upon the solemnity of God s
word, that he would make no discovery in twelve
hours He took the oath: I quitted him, and
heard nothing of the matter until the next morn
ing about loo'clock, when I saw a particular detail
of the tranfa&ion in the newspapers.
Liverpool was my next stage. Here I tarried 2
days making observations for evening adventures.
On the night of the 2d day I robbed Thomas Reevs
of 6 guineas, and a gold watch worth 301. To in
iult him in his distress, after committing the fatt,
I pulled off my hat, made a low bow, wilhed him
good night, and fat out for Lancafler in company
with the stage. It occurred to me, that riding as
a guard to the stage would secure me against fufpt
cion. Accordingly, I accompanied it to Lancaster,
and there put up at the " swan &<wo necks. Here
I continued 3 days, waiting a favorable opportuni
ty to exercise my profeffiofr. On the third even
ing at 8 o'clock, I flopped a Col. Prichard, took
from him a gold watch valued at 44 guineas, a
purse of 30 guineas, 3 gold rings, and a pair of
kneebuckles worth 61. The kneebuckles appeared
so tempting, I told Prichard, I could not avoid
taking them. At 11 o'clock I left Lancaster, and
having rode about one mile from town, I, flopped,
pulled off my hat, and bid them "g°° d , e }
' My course was now for Manchester, where I put
up for about 24 hours at the “ bull s head. The
evening following, about 11 miles from MancheA
ter,l “ touced" a Quaker. It was nearly 9 0 clock
when I met him. I inquired if he was not afraid
to ride alone. He answered. No. I afced him his
religion ;he replied, "lam a Friend, I ob
served, " You are the very man I was looking for
you must deliver your money." He seemed very
unwilling, and said, " Thou art very hard with
me." I replied, " You must not thou me. "He
then gave me his plain gold watch, 6 guineas, and
four bank notes of 201. each. I then presented a
prayer book, and demanded an oath that he would
make no discovery in 8 hour^. He refufed an oath,
alledging that it was contrary to his religion, but
gave his word that my request Should be complied
with. I then dismissed him, returning the bank
notes, and took a circuitous rout for London. The
guineas which I had obtained in this jaunt, I con
cealed and carried in the soles of my boots, which
were calculated for that purpose, and effeaually
answered it. The mare which I rode was trained
for the business-— She would put her head in at a
coach window with the utmost ease, and stand like
a stock against any thing. She would travel also
with furprizing speed. Upon my arrival at Harri
son's, (having been gone eleven days)! gave a faith
ful narrative of my tranfa&ions, and produced the
plunder as undeniable proof. I never shall forget
with what joy I was received. The house rang
with the praises of Mountain. An elegant supper
was provided, and he placed at the head of the ta
ble Notwithstanding the darkness of his complex
fa he X complimented as the firft of his pro
feffion, and qualified for the mod daring enter
prizes. [fy be continued.]
SPELLING-BOOKS, PRIMERS,
and WRITING-PAPER, exchan
ged for clean Linen and Cotton Rags
at Ranlet's Office, Exeter.
The philosophers of Europe have long been in
the habit of considering the Americans an inferior
order of beings. Even the philosophical Raynal
PHILADELPHIA, NOV. g.
AGRICULTURE and Manufadures appear to
be rising in the estimation of the people of
the United States, and with great reaion—they
form the surest basis of independence, and eventu
ally prove the source of the greatest profit : Conr
merce is little better than mere {peculation— and
very seldom realizes to the adventurer his high
railed expectations. It has lately been asserted in
the newspapers of the United States, that one Far
mer in Maryland fold of his last crop twelve Thou
sand bushels of Wheat: What commercial specula
tion, on a capital equal to the whole probable cost
of this Wheat, would be equally produdive on the
most favourable calculation. And with refped to
Manufactures, there can be but. little doubt that a
large capital can be employed in several species of
the coafer kind, to much greater advantage than
in almod any mercantile emerprife. Duck of
ail kinds is now manufactured in the United States
— and it has been said that coarse Woolens can be
made and fold at a lower rate than they can be
imported.„
The* security of pi;,erty is one principal object
of government ; Contrast the present fituation^ of
the United States, in this particular with that im
mediately preceding the adoption of the new
Constitution, and how striking the difference ! This
Conscious security which is induced upon every
citizen through the influence of the government,
has diffufed a new face over our affairs and has
called into operation the dormant funds of indi
viduals, in such manner as to produce an influx of
business in every branch ; that has been productive
of more solid profit' to the Union at large, than
perhaps ten times the amount of the expenses of
the general government..
nov. 16. Yesterday, the Hon. Henry Knox,
Efq.fecretary at war, and his Lady,arrived in town
from New-York.
NEW MANUFACTURE^
How convenient an age do we live in ! —What
will posterity think of us, When told, that, among
other singularities of the present day, a modest
gentleman is now advertising, in a London paper,
to " write sermons for the clergy, either in town
or country, on any text they may chufe! And
altho' he has a considerable number of orthodox
discourses by him, yet Arminians, Arians, Socini
ans, and every species of fedarifts, may be supplied
on the shortest notice." —We cannot help describ
ing his—N. B. Letters (post paid) from the coun
try clergy, will be duly attended to, and every
delicacy observed. r >
Last week twenty-eight Frenchmen, part of those
who arrived some time ago in the (hip Ciloynes de
Paris, left this place for Scioto. Some of them
we hear intend" (pending the winter at Pittsburg,
and waiting for the spring to join the colony. A
considerable number of Frenchmen, who landed at
Alexandria, are already fixed in that settlement,
and many more are yet expected. Some men of
fortune, & once of confluence in their own coun
try, will be at the head of the establishment. 1 hey
are provided with aver, considerable library,even
a philosophical apparatus, and intend to procure an
orrery. Nothing less than such a revolution as has
taken place in France could have produced so sud
den and 'aftonifhing a change, could have trans
planted front the middle of civilized Europe, into
the centre of the Ohio woods, a colony of reading
men and philofephers. It is to be hoped, that the
inevitable obftruaions they must meet with in the
infancy of the colony, v.ill not tend to difeourage
them from a proje& which is likely to have so be
neficial a tendency in peopling and cultivating the
delightful country bordering on tne Ohio. The
world of science may also expert some advantages
from their labours. Enlightened men have never
before had such opportunities of viewing nature in
so rude and uncultivated a state ; and philosophers
could never find out a retreat more distant from the
bustle of the busy world. . n
Last Wednesday fe'nnight, Mr. Hers
durmill, between Germantown and the halls oft
Schuylkill, was blown up—but the cause of the
misfortune cannot be afeertained. —One man and
a boy, it is said, were much hurt, and their lives
despaired of. _ - •„, ,
The following RESOLUTION has passed the
Houje of Reprefentati^es of, the State of Virginia, no<w
in session. RESOLVED, That so much of the
a&, entitled an ad, making provision for the debt
of the United States, as limits the right of the U.
States in their redemption of the public debt, is
dangerous to the rights, and subversive of the in
terest of the people, and demands the marked dis
approbation of the General Assembly.
AMERICAN ADVICES.
has expressed such an idea. The numerous im
provements in mechanicks, agriculture, philosophy
and politicks which have been made by Ame
ricans, are Efficient io refute this proportion. Ev
ery day produces some improvements in agricul
ture and the ufeful arts. Let it be remembered,
that the great promoter of electrical knowledge,
was an American. America has fhtwn the world
the firft instance of a perfect governirent, in which
perfect liberty and energy are combined. Even in
the fine arts flfe has proved the talents of her font.
Some of the firft painters in Europe are rases of
this land. Trumbull has brought the genius of
painting info his own country. Barlow and Dwight
have shewn that we are capable of aspiring to ex
cellence in the higher poetry, whilst the author of
M'Fingal boldly rivals even the immortal Butler
in the comick ttyfe. These are mentioned only as
examples. Many others have thewn great abilities.
But their merits arc well known, not only to their
countrymen, but also foreigners.
NEWYORK, NOVEMBER Ig.
By the brig Carolina, Capt. Mead, who arrived
here on Wednesday laft' in 40 days from the Ide of *
Rhea, we left sh« on the 21st of September the
Britifti fleet under Lord Howe, were dill cruising
at sea, and not returned to the English Channel a#
stated in some other accounts.
From October 1786, to October 1790, have been
exported from the different ware-houses in Virgi
nia two hr^dred atfd thifty-feven thousand two
hundred and fifty-eight hogsheads of tobacco.
Nov, I)—^mLie^r %/^er, the great traveller,
and whole vc,^^tyo)^^^oly Land and other parts
of Asia, has given^l.^h|^^ moch pleasure in its
perusal, is now a meM|^^^lhbe French National
Assembly. RemarkaiMqil^ ment, when
in giving his opinion onraq^^lhguelli 011 °'
granting a crmpldte liberty to tn^^^^^^^rance,
under their renovated government,|ty^^=£d as
follows :—“ As in ships (said he) ii^iaraq^p a
great number of people where there is a connant
and fatal tendency to putrefariion, it becomes ab
solutely necessary (in order to prefervte heal h) to
fumigate, scrape, sprinkle with vinegar, and con
vey a constant fopply of frefh r r by every means
possible into the inieriour parts between and below
the decks ; *in like manner in every government,
even the most free, there is a similar strong ten
dency of those in office towards despotism and ty
ranny. The iiberty of the press, is in this case
the great ventilator, the salutary vinegar, the bus,
scraping iron, and the searching fumigation—it ii
this that will in future preserve dur political health
in particular ; and I will be bold to fay, that ill
any kingdom, even the most extensive, where the
people can read and write, & there is a press abfo-
Mutely and sacredly free—there the moffer of tyran
ny cannot enter— tbe porfonous serpent will not be
able to breathe—the must either sicken and die, or
depart into those realms and egions whose atmos
phere is more congenial to her own nature."
DANBURY, NOVEMBER 0.
A few days ago, a son of Mr. William Dobbs,
of this town, about 6 years old, in attempting to
cut a piece of leather with a shoe knife, acciden
tally thrust the knife into his belly, by which means
a large quantity of his caul came out. It was two
hours before a surgeon could be obtained, who im
mediately replaced the part that was alive, taking
away a piece about two inches and an half fquarei
The wound was then carefully dressed, and we have
the pleasure to add, that the lad is in a fairway
of recovery.
This unfortunate accident it is hoped will ferye
as a warning to parents against permitting their
children to amuse themselves with edge tools, at
an indulgence is often 'attended with fatal confer
quences. •
NEWLONDON, [CONN.] NOV. %
Southampton, (Longifland) Oaober 24.
" On Wednesday la^the following melancholy
accident happened in this town— A young man of
a worthy chara&er, named Ezekiel Hallfej, jumped
from aload of hay with a pitch fork in his hand the
tines of which were up, and his hand in the crutch
of the fork—when his feet ftrock the ground, one
of the tines entered his body between the lower
and second rib—he had only time to fay, " I have
killed myfelf," and instantly expired. " Mari
knoweth not his time."
BOSTON, NOqfl&R 10.
The Sandwich Packet, cHßarris, is arrived
at Halifax, from England. iUhbrought by her
are as late as October 5. Thu^^bnerally, state
That active preparations for W.,ere still mak
ing throughout Great-Britain, and Ireland: That
the offer of several Scotch Noblemen to raise a r,
giment, each had been accepted: Th<t all the