Agricultural. FROM THE WILMINGTON MIRROR. Experiments in Agriculture. · IN they are the largest nation weftward of the United States, except the Sioux. fuch dances; much more indeed than in our fcraping and bowing aud flirting and On coming down the Milfouri to St. hopping and skipping to the orders of a Louis, the brother of the prefent king who fiddleflick. There is gravity and feriwas here, was furprifed by fome Indians oufnefs in their movements, as well as with whom they were at war, and himfelt || regularity; and tho' we are not pleafed with four others in the boat, fhot by the with their mufic, perhaps they are not Indians on fhore. His fon hid himfelt pleafed with ours; de guftibus non difpuunder fome hides at one end of the boat, tandum. and was not obferved; he floated down the river, and at Fort Louis joined his uncle's company to proceed here. They are fond of feathers and ribbands; fo are moft civilized ladies-they are extremely attached to card playing; in this, to be fure they are favages; we scarcely know the meaning of the word. They never gamble away their horfes however; (negroes and tobacco they have not, like our Virginians, to gamble away) trinkets are the extent of their bets. They are not favages, they never fight duels. They are not beafts; ftrong liquors are unknown to them-Previous to their com They fpent nearly a fortnight here; vilited Alexandria, the Navy Yard, the Cannon Foundery, &c. They were acknowledged here, by perfons who have feen and been converfant with many dif ferent tribes, to approximate far more N April 1786, fix acres of poor ifinglas foil fituated on Germantown-hill nearly than any other to civilization. The was fowed with oats, the ground not hav-king in particular was of as affable, graceful ing been manured for twenty years; it and manly deportment as almoft any white In gentleman or white king or Prefident; he produced a crop not paying expences. had not thofe fearful and quick twiftingsing here they knew not what were whif April 1787, one half of the field was covand catches of the eye, indicative of a key, fpirits, &c. and even when acquaint ered with Gypfum, fix bufbels to the acre, fear, that the looker on knows of what ftuff ed with thefe, teftimonies of civilization the latter end of the fame fummer, that the heart is made. they were temperate, part on which the Plaifter had been put, produced good pafture of blue grafs and white clover, whilft the remainder afforded little but a few fcattered weeds. In October the field was ploughed once and fowed with rye; at harveft the former produced ten bufhels to the acre, the latter not above five. Miscellany. FROM THE WASHINGTON FEDERALIST, OSAGE INDIANS. DURING the time when the Ofage Indians were in New-York, we observed in a paper of that city, a very incorrect account of them, and very unjuft obferva. tions on their manners and character. Their war dances were reprefented to be without regularity or meaning; their countenances were reprefented to be extremely ferocious; and they were declared to be as favage as the beafts they hunted. The character given of them by the writer above mentioned, feems to have been haftily drawn up, merely from a diflant view of them in their war diefs at their dance, when, to be fure, their appearance does not fo well accord with our ideas of gentleness and humanity. The principal fettlement of the Ofage nation is about 600 miles from the mouth of the Milfouri-in this town are about 1500 warriors; in other compact fettle. ments there are in fome 500, in others 200 and 300 warriors-the exact number un. der the command of the king is not known The writer in. the New-York paper but one who had even the appearance of war. Their almoft total nakednefs is alfo ridiculed by the New-York wri er. In their war dances they have only a covering a bout the middle, and mog gafuns on their feet. Among civilized perfons, (muci lefs among favages,) this is not fo great a breach of modefty as the drefs of many of our dancing actreffes on the ftage, where the neck and bofom are expofed, the ankle is fhown, and above, to within a mile of the knee; and where the drefs is fo thin that the fwelling of a vein may almoft be diftinguifhed in any part of the body. They wear trinkets pendant from the dancing becante they do not kick up fo They are not democrats-they live.un. der an elective monarchy, and live quiet. ly. We hear of no ten years revolution to put fome Napoleon on the throne. They enjoy liberty of fpeech, tho' fortunately they have no prefs, the liberty of which to abufe; hence they have no Callenders to be bribed with fayage furs, or chriftian gold, to turn out of office their good old king. We have heard of a traveller that after long wandering came in fight of a gallows, which rejoiced him because he was convinced that he was near a civilized country; but gallows, jail and gibbet, pillo ries are unknown among the Olage people. We advife Duane to go there, for furely this fellow hath no drowning maiks upon him." Yet they are not polished like us: they have not our gallantry: no, alas their countrymen and their women are not in large proportions, feducers, prostitutes, adulterers and cuckolds. They are favages, for they have no doctors to cure the difcafes of debauchery which civijized people enjoy.-They can not be called cred; they never have the gout. They must be untamed indeed, for they have learned (what civilization has never taught or never reduced to practice), that Man wens but litle here below, Nor wants that litde long. Their vishes are bounded: they figh not nor pine for fplendid carriages nor sky feeki dwellings: their equipage is a horfe and their palace a wigwam. But they cannot be barbarians for they fell nut one another as flaves; they exchange not the flue of their own loins for gold. They are pagans and go to war without caufe; they plunder horfes from their enemies, and confider it more honorable to get the horfe without killing the owner; but we go to war only for just causes, and fight and plunder like chriftians. But, to draw no further a parallel that ought to make civilized man 'blush and hang his head' when he boafts of his civilization; the Ofage Indians are not fo deftitute of curiofity as the New-York writer reprefents. Many proofs of this the writer of this article well remembers. When they first came to the City Tavern in this place, obferving over one of the doors the head of a laughing Democritus, they were very much diverted; but, obferving over another door the head, with the open jaws of a Lion, they immediately discovered their dislike of his appearance. The fight of a pair of dog andirons occafioned a hearty laugh. With a large map 1 one day pointed out to two of them their track from their home to the City of Washing ton; they seemed furprised: when after fome difficulty in making them diftinguish between land and water, the courfe of the Miffouri and the Miffiffippi was fhown them and the poffibility of going in a boat from their country round to the Chefapeake and up the Potomac, to where they then were, they expreffed their aftonishment and pleafure, by their looks, their eager converfation together; and by retracing the course themselves on the map. The Ofage Indians are well built, have open, interesting and pleafing countenances; and as to their being favages, "reformation like charity ought to begin at home: angels may, but we have no bufinefs to call them fo, Congress. BALANCE SUMMARY. [On those days, not mentioned in our summary, no business of public consequence was transacted.] IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 12, 1804. Dr. Mitchill prefented a petition from the Slate Companies of New-York and Dutchefs, counties, praying as an encouragement to their quarries that an additional duty may be laid upon that article when imported from Wales or other toreign parts. might be continued. He therefore moved the following refolution. veffels arming themfelves without author-ion to it, that the ufual courfe of trade ity, and attempting to force a commerce into certain ports and countries, in defiance of the laws of those countries, be referred to a select committee. 2. Refolved, That fo much, &c. as relates to an amelioration of the form of gov ernment of the territory of Louifiana, be referred to a fele&t committee. 3. Refolved, That fo much, &c. as re. commends an enlargement of the capital employed in commerce with the Indian tribes, be referred to a fele&t committee. 4. Refolved, That fo much, &c. as relates to the defence and fecurity of our ports and harbours, and fupporting within our waters the authority of the laws, ferred to a fele&t committee. be re 5 Refolved, That fo much, &c. as relates to the improvement of the military fyftem of the United States, be referred to a felect committe. be referred to a fele&t committee. Refolved, That the committee of commerce and manufactures be inftru&ted to enquire into the expediency of allowing, under proper regulations, a drawback of duties on goods, wares and merchandife, imported into the port of New-Orleans from any port of the United States, and from thence exported to any foreign part or place, and that the committee report by bill or otherwise. The refolution was carried nem. con. Nov. 13-No quorum formed. NOTE EXPLANATORY. We obferve by the National Intelligeucer that the house of reprefentatives of the United States were obliged to adjourn on Tuesday laft without doing any bufinefs, for want of a quorum. What was the reafon for non-attendance we are unable to fay we have heard of no horfe races which the members were compelled to attend for their fix dollars per day, as 6. Refolved, That fo much, &c. as relates to the inconvenience which arifes from the distance to which, urder exifting laws, prizes captured from the corfairs of Tripoli must be brought for adjudication,appened laft year. It will be recollected that congrefs convened a month earlier, this year, than the conflitutional time, he caufe of the important bufinefs which was expected to come before them, and because the feffion muft, of neceffity clofe on the third of March. Yet in the very fecond week of the feffion the house is compelled to adjourn without doing any business for want of the attendance of the 7. Refolved, That fo much, &c. as relates to the lead mines of Louifiana, be referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures. Mr. J. Randolph informed the houfe that the committee of ways and means had received a communication from the Treaf ury department, ftating that the appropriation of 50,000 dollars for carrying into effect the 7th article of the British treaty had not been fufficient to difcharge the fe cond inftallment upon all the awards made in pursuance thereof, and fuggefting the propriety of making as early as poffible a further appropriation for that object. The fecretary of state eftimated the amount unpaid at 60,000 dollars, and that in order to prevent any disappointment it would be eligible to make the appropriation 70,000. Mr. R. hereupon moved that the committee of ways and means have leave to report a bill on the fubje&t. Leave being grant ed. Mr. R. reported a bill accordingly, which was read a firft and fecond time, and referred to a committee of the whole to-morrow. members. Now let it be known that the wages of the house of reprefentatives, fuppofing all the members to be at the feat of government, amounted for that day to more than eight hundred and forty dollars, which must be paid to them out of the pockets of the people, or, as Mr. Jefferfon would fay, out of " the mouth of labour;" and all for doing nothing at all; or perhaps for attending a horse race.But this we prefume, is of no confequence, because it was done by economifts. Since writing the above we have seen a letter from Washington, from which the following is an extract. "The races in the vicinity of this place. commenced yeflerday; of course it is not to be expected that much bufinefs will be done in congrefs this week." This accounts for it. [Gazette of the U. States. Nov. 14.-G. W. Campbell, moved to inftruct the committee arried on that part of the Prefident's Melage, which relates to an enlargement of the ca, caprai employed in commerce with the I diền tribes, to enquire into what at anac mendonts are necefl lating rade and in dian tribes, ad ontiers, with 1 Mr. Grifwold flated that fome incon. venience had been felt by fome of the merchants of the Atlantic ports in making thipments to New-Orleans, as they were not authorifed to obtain drawbacks on a reshipment from that port to a foreig country: heretofore New-Orleans ha! been a depot from which many foreign ar ticles were fhipped to the French, Span 1. Refolved, That fo much of the mef.ith, and even British colonies and islands, fage of the Prefident of the United States a commerce that had been very product ve as relates to the reftraining of our merchant He wifhed, if there were no folid objc&-order wile. 2.2 In committee of the whole, on the state of the union, Dawson in the chair, the following refolutions, fubmitted by John Randolph, were agreed to, and afterwards adopted by the houfe: J. Nov. 15.-J. Randolph moved the order of the day on the bill making further appropriation for carrying into execution the treaty between the United States and Great-Britain. J. C. Smith, in the chair. The blank was filled with 70,000 dollars, the committee then rofe and reported the bill. The houfe agreed to the fame as reported, and ordered it to be engrolled for a third reading to-morrow. Dr. Mitchell made a report from the committee of Commerce and Manufac tures on the petition of the Slate Compa General Theriot, the French Imperial Ambalador to America, landed at Annapolis laft Friday, where he met with a very flattering reception from Gov. Bowie, the Mayor, Members of the Legislature and the most refpe&table citizens of the place. The next day he proceeded on to the leat of government. INFORMATION. The lead mine difcovered on Perkiomen has lately been opened, and attended with Compa-creek, the property of Francis Dacofta, nies of New-York and Dutchess counties, has lately been opened, and attended with concluding that any additional duty on im- great fuccefs. The vein proves to be a ported flate at this time will be inexpedi- regular one, and of a long continuance. ent. The general principle upon which Its courfe is N. N. E. its direction nearly this report was bottomed, being of confid-perpendicular, and its thicknefs from one foot to fifteen inches. Two tons of that erable importance, and likely to excite dif cuffion, he moved to refer it to a commitbeautiful ore was raised in a few hours, and tee of the whole, and that it be made the one on more, at leaft, was left in the bottom of the pit, which is yet but order for Tuesday next: agreed, and in feet the mean time ordered to be printed. deep. From the fituation of this mine, its nearnefs to navigation and market, its very commanding height, its richnefs in metal, and the large fcale it forms on, it is thought by judges to be one of the first dif coveries yet made in the United States. From the analyfis made of 100 parts, it Be it our weekly task, To note the passing tidings of the times. Hudson, November 27. The trials of Richard Riker, Robert Swartwout, Nathaniel Pendleton, and W. P. Van Nefs, Efqrs. for Duelling, in violation of the laws of this ftate, will, we understand, come on at the prefent feffion of the fupreme court now fitting in this city. [N. York Mer. Adv.] The drawing of the Lottery, No. 3, for the promotion of Literature, is poftponed until the second Monday in April next. We learn from the Philadelphia paper's of Saturday, which were received at this office yesterday by private conveyance, that on Monday the Legiflature of Delaware appointed Maxwell Bines, of Newcaftle, George Kennard, of Kent, and Thomas Fisher, of Suffex county, to be Electors of Prefident and Vice-Prefident; and that on the following day James A. Bayard, Efq. was elected a Senator of the United States from the ftate of Delaware, to ferve until the 4th of March next, in the room of Mr. Wells, refigned. [Mer. Adv.] John Hoge, Efq. a decided federalift is elected Member of Congrefs from Wafhngton county, Pennsylvania. contains 9 -100 The lead being coupelled, has proved Captain Church, of the fchooner Polly, [N. York Evening Poft.] From the Log Book of the Ship Pilgrim, Capt. Gibfon, from Cape Francois. Oct. 21ft, the Pilgrim got under way and came too off Picolit. 22d orders came on to take the ship into port again, where the commandant came on board and discover ing we had paffengers, ordered the capt. afhore. At 12, took the paffengers and chief mate, Robert Tate out of the ship, and hung Mr. Tate, with two of the pafsengers as soon as they landed, by orders of Gen. Chriftophe, who would not grant Mr. Tate a heating, infifting he was a Frenchman. The people were also taken out and put in prifon. A ftrong guard was kept on board the fhip until the 24th, when we were fuffered to get under way, after having been pillaged of fundry articles during this detention, the captain was kept under a ftrong guard until the ship left the port, and by almost a miracle efcaped being shot. A gentleman of refpectability, (fays the Philadelphia Journal) informs us, that he has just received advices from Point-Petre, (Guadaloupe) through a confidential friend, flating, that a privateer, called the Grandville, mounting 28 guns and 2 thirty-fix pounders, with a compliment of 280 men, befides feamen and marines, each armed with a mufket, had arrived there with or ders to take all American veffels bound to Hifpaniola, and bang the crews as pirates. The Grandville was one of a fleet of well armed fhips, daily expected at Point-Petre for the purpose of cruizing for Americans bound to Hifpaniola. [Evening Poft.] man, eminent for his ufeful labors, in the It is with deep regret that we announce the death of the Hon. MAJOR GENERAL Done at our Imperial Palace, at PHILIP SCHUYLER, on Sunday evethe Cape, the 15th October, ft 1804. first year of our Indering laft, in the 71st year of his age.-A pendence, and of our Reign the First. (Signed) JACQUES, the Firft. By the Emperor, DIAGOUT, General of Horfe. LIBERTY OR DEATH. DECRE E. Jacques the First, Emperor of Hayti. Taking into view, the Protection, and Good Will, that we how to Foreigners, who tranfact commercial concerns with us; and who, inftead of occupying themfelves with their commerce, and refpect ing the laws of the country with which they deal, are purfuing the moft extraordinary conduct, in facilitating the efcape of men and women of colour, natives of the country. We therefore, ordain and decree the following, to be executed to the utmost of its rigor : Article ft. Every captain of a foreign yeffel, armed or not, on board of whom, one or more perlons, natives, fhall be found to be carried to a foreign country; fuch captain fhall be arrested and thrown into prifon, there to lay ten months, and after that time to be fent to his own coun. try, with exprefs orders not to return to the Empire of Hayti, at his peril. The veel and cargo fhall be confifcated for the benefit of the Empire. Article 2d. Every native taken on board fuch a foreign veffel, fhall immediately be fhet in the Public Square. The Generals of Divifions and Brig military, and civil affairs of our country. Diftinguished by ftrength of intellect, extenfive knowledge, foundness and purity of moral and political principles-He was a practical, not a theoretical statefman; an active, not a vifionary patriot. He was wife in devifing, enterprizing and perfevering in the execution of plans of great and public utility.-Too intelligent, to found his notions of political or civil gov. ernment, upon the perfectability of man or upon any other views of the human character, than thofe derived from the experience of ages: And too honeft to tell the people that their liberties could be preferved in any other way, than by the whole fome reftraints of a conftitution and laws, energetic, yet free. ton-freet, in front of the Brewery, under the command of Major S. Lanfing. G. W. V. SCHAICK, Lt. Col. Com. By order of the Lt. Col. SEBASTIAN VISSCHER, Adj. The military, under command of Major Lanfing, were drawn up in Washingtonstreet; and on the appearance of the corple it was received by the line with prefented arms, faluted by the officers, and by the ftandard, which was enshrouded with crape, and with melancholy mufic by the band. ment. The Military then preceded the bier in open column and inverted order, with arms reverfed, the band playing a dead march. At half paft three o'clock the proceffion moved in the following order, thro' Washington, Pearl, Columbia, Market and Watervliet ftreets, to the place of interThe Military. THE CORPSE, With Pall Bearers. The General's Horfe. His Children, Brother, and Relatives. Reverend Clergy, and Phyficians, in white fcarves. Military Affociation in uniform. Officers of Government. Citizens on foot, The freets were lined with people, doors and windows were filled, and even the house tops were not without spectators, to behold the melancholy proceffion, and In private life, he was dignified, but to pay their laft offices of refpcct to the courteous in his manners hofpitable; a deceafed. pleafing and inftructive companion; ardent and fincere in his friendship; affect. ionate in his domeftic relations, and juf in his dealings. The death of fuch a man is truly a fub. ject of private and of public forrow. On Wednesday his remains were interred, with military honors, in the family vault of the Honorable ABRAHAM TEN BROECK. ALBANY, 20th Nov. 1804. REGIMENTAL ORDERS. IN order to pay the laft tribute of military refpeft to Major General PHILIP SCHUYLER cafed, the Uniform Com-1 panies of the Regiment will parade tomorrow, at one o'cock, P. M with three rounds of blank cartridges, in Washing When the advanced platoon of the military reached the place of interment, the column wheeled back by fcttions from the flanks of platoons, forming a lane by a double line, bringing their muskets to a reverfed order, and refting the cheek on the but of the piece in the cuflomary attitude of grie!. Through the avenue thus formed, the corpfe advanced to the vault, the order of proceffion continuing the fame, except the military. The body being depofited, the folemnities were terminated by the troops firing three vollies over the grave. During the proceffion there was a regu lar difcharge of minute guns from "Profpe&t Hill," by a detachment of the artil lery. [Albany Gaz.] Diversity. FROM THE PUBLIC LEDGER. THE ignorance of the Americans upon common topicks, forms an inexhauftable theme with the literati of London. We might, were we fo inclined, take the fame criterion, newspapers, and fully retaliate. Scarcely one of them reaches us in which there is not fome grofs error-There are few publishers of papers in the United States who would not be ashamed to be ignorant of who is Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland-the commander-in-chief of Scotland -the prime minifter of England, or who is or is not a fon of George III. &c. A late critique on Mr. Marthall's work calls Bushrod Washington, Efq. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, the fon of the late Prefident Washington-the title page calls him the relative. Copying into the London Sun of the 20th Aug. the funeral oration of General Hamilton, Mr. Morris is called "Governour of the fate of New-York."-This miftake arofe from his name, Gouverneur Morris. Say's Weekly Journal, mentioning the duel which terminated the life of the unfortunate and illufirious Hamilton, is wonderfully wife in accounting for it-But we need not be furprised at that in a TERMS OF THE BALANCE, Weekly Journal."-He folves all To those who receive them by mail, Two Dolars, payable in advance. To those who take their papers at the office, in bundles, or otherwise, a deduction from the city price will be made. A LAWYER, upon the laft circuit in Ireland, who was pleading the caufe of an infant plaintiff, took the child up in his arms, and prefented it to the jury fuffufed with tears. This had a great effect, until the oppofite lawyer afked what made him cry?" He pinch'd me," anfwered the little innocent. The whole court was convulfed with laughter. COMPLETELY to eradicate this diforder, I will not pofitively fay the follow. ing remedy is capable of doing; but I will venture to affirm, that a temperate mode of living (avoiding Spirituous liquors wholly;) wearing flannel next the fkin; and taking every morning, half a pint of NEW MILK mixed with a wine glass full of the expreffed juice of GREEN HOARIOUND, the complaint will not only be relieved, but the individual hall procure to himfelt a length of days beyond what its mildeft form could give room to hope for. I am my. felf, Sir, a living witnefs to the benefi cial effects of this agrecable and though in. nocent, yet powerful application. Four ⚫ weeks ufe of the hoarhound and milk relieved the pains of my brefl: gave the tofaid he to his friend, the next day on his breathe deep, long and free; ftrengthened and harmonized my voice; and restored me to a ftate of better health than I had en joyed for many years. [Gaz. U. S.] A late alderman of Dublin, a thoroughbred Cockney, having occafion to ride feveral miles out of town-"How is this?" return)" all the mile-flones were yefter- [London Paper.] A handsome Title Page and Table of Contents will accompany the last number of the volume. Advertisements inserted in a handsome and con |