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teen United States, and therein' to remain twelve months unmolefted, in their endeavours to obtain the reftitution of fuch of their eftates, rights, and properties as may have been confifcated; and that Congrefs fhall alfo earneftly recommend to the feveral States a re confideration and revifion of all acts or laws regarding the premifes, fo as to render the faid laws or aЯs perfectly confiftent not only with juftice and equity, but with that fpirit of conciliation which on the return of the bleffings of peace fhall univer fally prevail; and that Congress shall earnestly recommend to the feveral States, that the eftates, rights and properties of fuch laft mentioned perfons Thall be reftored to them, they refunding to any perfons who may be now in poffeffion the bona fide price (where any has been given) which fuch perfons may have paid on purchafing any of the faid lands, rights or properties fince the confifcation.

And it is agreed that all perfons who have any intereft in confifcated lands, either by debts, marriage fettlements, or otherwife, fhall meet with no lawful impediments in the profecution of their just rights.

VI. That there fhall be no future

confifcations made, nor any profecution commenced against any person or perfons for or by reafon of the part which he or they may have taken in the prefent war, and that no perfon fhall on that account fuffer any future lo's or damage, either in his perfon, liberty or property, and that thofe who may be in confinement on fuch charges at the time of the ratification of the Treaty in America, fhall be immediately fet at liberty, and the profecutions fo commenced be difcontinued.

VII. That there fhall be a firm and perpetual peace between his Britannic Majefty and the faid States, and be. tween the fubjects of the one, and the citizens of the other; wherefore all hoftilities both by fea and land fhall from henceforth ceafe; all prifoners on both sides fhall he fet at liberty, and his Britannic Majefty. fhall with all convenient fpeed, and without caufing any deftruation, or carrying

away any negroes, or other property of the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies, garrisons and feets from the faid United States, and from every poft, place and harbour within the fame; leaving in all fortifi cations the American Artillery that may be therein; and fall alfo order and caufe all Archives, Records, Deeds, and Papers, belonging to any of the faid States, or their citizens, which in the courfe of the war may have fallen into the hands of his officers, to be forthwith reftored and delivered to the proper States and perfons to whom they belong.

VIII. The navigation of the River Mafifippi, from its fource to the ocean, fhall forever remain free and open to the fubjects of Great Britain, and the citizens of the United States.

IX. In cafe it should fo happen, that any place or territory belonging to Great-Britain or to the United States thould have been conquered by the arms of either from the other, before the arrival of the faid Provisional Articles in America, it is agreed that the fame fhall be reftored without difficulty, and without requiring any compenfation.

X. The folemn ratifications of the

prefent Treaty, expedited in good and the contracting parties in the space of due form, fhall be exchanged between fix months, or fooner, if poffible, to be computed from the day of the fignature of the prefent Treaty. In witnefs whereof, we the under figned, their Minifters Plenipotentiary, have in their name, and in virtue of our full powers, figned with our hands the prefent Definitive Treaty, and cauled the feals of our arms to be affixed thereto.

Done at Paris, the third day of Sep tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eightythree.

(L. S.) JOHN ADAMS. (L. S.) B. FRANKLIN. (L.S.) JOHN JAY. (L. S) DAVID HARTLEY.

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Monthly Chronologer, for December, 1783.

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6. Rear Guard. After the troops had taken poffeffion of the city, the General and Gover nor made public entry in the following manner :

1. Their Excellencies the General and Governor, with their fuits, on horfeback.

2. The Lieutenant-Governor, and

temporary government of the southern diftrift, four abreaft

3 Major-General Knox, and the officers of the army, eight a breaft. 4. Citizens on horseback, eight abreaft

5. The fpeaker of the affembly, and citizens, on foot, eight a breaft.

Their Excellencies the Governor, and Commander in Chief, were efcorted by a body of Weft Chefter lighthorfe, under the command of Capt. Delavan.

Queen Street, and through the BroadThe proceffion proceeded down Way to Cape's Tavern.

ner at Frances's tavern; at which the The Governor gave a Public DinCommander in Chief, and other general officers were prefent. After din ner the following toafts were drank. 1. The United States of America. 2. His moft Chriftian Majefty. 3. The United Netherlands. 4. The King of Sweden. 5. The American army.

6. The fleet and armies of France, which ferved in America.

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7. The memory of thofe heroes, who have fallen for our freedom.

8. May our country be grateful to our military children.

9. May juftice fupport what courage has gained.

10. The vindicators of the rights of mankind in every quarter of the globe.

11. May America be an asylum to the perfecuted on the earth.

12. May a clofe union of the flates guard the temple they have erected to liberty.

13. May the remembrance of this day be a leffon to princes. December 3.

Yefterday evening, the magnificent

the members of the Council, for the fire-works, in celebration of the De

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nitive Treaty of Peace, between Great Britain and the United States of North America, were exhibited at the Bowling-Green, in the BroadWay, which infinitely exceeded every former exhibition in the Unitodes: The prodigious concourfe of fpectators affembled on the occafion, expreffed their plaudits in loud and grateful clangors. The whole was conducted in a manner that reflects the highest honour upon the Engineer. The greatest order prevailed, and the whole was completed without any unfortunate events. It commenced at fix o'clock, and clofed at feven.

At Frances's tavern, laft Thursday at noon, their was a numerous meeting of the officers of the firft diftin&ion in the American army, to take leave of their great Commander Genesal WASHINGTON; who, on filling a glass of wine, addreffed his brave compatriots as follows:

"With an heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you: I moft devoutly with that your latter days may be as profperous and hap"py, as your former ones have been glorious and honourable."

To any Affociation of Phyficians in the different parts of the United States of America: Or, or any individual of the Medical Profeffion.

HAVE it in command from one of His Moft Chriftian Majefty's Minifters, to inform fuch focieties, that all the phyficians of that,kingdom are incorporated; and at the royal prefs, at Paris, there is monthly, published at the King's expence, a Book, entiled, JOURNAL DE MEDICINE, CHIRURGIE ET PHARMACIE, MILITAIRE. Containing a moft intereating collection of various matters, fuch as Topographic Medico Defcriptions of the different parts of the kingdom; caufes of epidemical difeafes; relations of the most extraordinary cafes, and their cures; me. dical waters, &c. &c.

This ufeful publication I am directed to offer to fuck Medical Societies or Affociations of Physicians, as well

as to fuch individuals of the Medical profeffion, as may wish to perufe it and to affure them, that if they will addrefs a few lines to me, figned with their names, I will immediately tranfmit the fame to the Minifter, who will forward, by the French Packets, lately established between port l'Orient and New-York, as many copies of thefe periodical publications as they may require, free of any expence. As an ancient inhabitant of this country, I feel a peculiar plea fure in communicating ths intelligence, fenfible it may be of univerfal utility.

ST. JOHN, Conful for the States of New York, New Jersey and Conne&icut. December 3, 1783.

BOSTON, December 1. Laft Saturday evening at eleven o'clock, a flight fhock of an earthquake was felt in this and the neighbouring towns.

On Friday, the laft of O&tober, the following remarkable and unfortunate accident took place at Wrentham: As three girls, the children of Mr. Jonathan Reed, and two the children of Mr. Noah Pratt, were getting fand in a pit, about fix feet deep, in the fide of a hill, the earth over their

heads, which was about three feet thick, caved in upon them, and buri

ed three of them entirely, the fourth as high as her arms, but the fifth esca

ped almoft unhurt. Two of the three

who were about five years of age, as they were filling a small basket, were buried two or three feet deep, and the third, about three years old, near eighteen inches.

A boy of Mr. Reed's, going to the pit juft as it fell in, returned to his father's hop, from which he was a bout twenty rods diftant, fo affected at the fhocking fituation of his unhappy fifters, that he could not fpeak. The anxious father could not difcover the caufe of his little fon's unutterable diftrefs, till by a violent shake he reftored to him the power of speech. Five men, who were fortunately in the fhop, few immediately to the relief of the poor fufferers, three of them directly to the pit, and two of them after hoes and hovels. Those who repaired to the pit foon relieved the one that was partly buried, and in two

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or three minutes dug out, with their hands, the youngest of the remaining three, who foon recovered. Altho every exertion was made that affection or humanity could dictate, one of those who were buried the deepest, remained under ground feven, the other nine minutes. Thefe two were taken out for dead. The first, how ever, by blowing in her mouth feveral times, foon catched her breath, and in two or three minutes could breath calmly, and in fifteen was able to fpeak. The other by her livid afpect, and her continuing breathlefs appeared to all the fpeftators irrecoverable: But notwithstanding, her fond mother, Mrs. Pratt, contitinued blowing in her mouth with fmall intermiflions, watching for the return of breath. After three or four minutes, the mother's anxiety was relieved. The child catched her breath; but no motion could be perceived in her for the space of an hour, except that of refpiration, which was hort, weak and irregular. At length a general fpafm came on, which continued about three hours with fome fmall interm.ffions. The fkin fill appeared livid, the eyes fixed, and the extremities cold.. A vein was opened in each arm, but did not bleed freely. Volatiles were applied, and the patient being kept in a fupine posture, and the windows open, the fpafms grew fhorter ; in about twelve bours the was able to fpeak by intervals, and in a few days the perfectly recovered.

Dec. 15.Friday left, arrived at Nantaket-road, the thip Emprefs of Ruffia, in 90 days from Peterburg. In her came paffenger, the hon. FRANCIS DANA, Efq; Minifter from thefe United States to that court.

30 At the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Maffachusetts, on Tuesday the 23d day of December infant, at Bofton, came on the trial of Caffamo Garcelli, an Italian, who was indicted for the crime of murder,committed by him on the body of John Johnson, a native of Ireland, on the evening of the 6th of November laft. The trial continued until late in the evening of Wednesday, when the caufe was committed to the jury, who returned in about two hours, and

declared the prifoner GUILTY. O Saturday following, after a folemu addrefs to the prifoner on the malignity of his crime, the neceffity of his being fuddenly taken out of life, and the infinite importance of a speedy preparation for another world, the chief justice pronounced fentence of death upon him. He was then remanded to his prifon, where, in irons, he now waits the execution of his folemn fentence.

The facts charged againft the prifoner were fo compleatly proved, and attended with fuch ftrong marks of deep, in veterate raalice, that the jury foon agreed on their verdict.

On the evening of the 6th of November. at about eight o'clock, while fome young perfons were dancing at the houfe of Mr. Vofe, in Royal Exchange Lane, Bofton, Garcelli, and two others, with clubs in their hands, burft into the room, and treated the young perfons prefent with great infolence. They however, foon found it convenient to retire. Immediately on their leaving Mr. Vofe's door, they difcovered a young woman ftanding alone on the oppofite fide of the lane. Enraged at their difappointment, and the fate their rudeness had occafioned, this unprotected female at once became the object of their brutality. On her fhrieking murder, two young men at the head of the lane, were alarmed, and inftantly ran to her affiftance. Upon a difcovery of thefe men, they immediately left the woman, and with their clubs furiously attacked one of them, who happened to be armed with a cane. The other, who had nothing in his hands, dare'not come to the affiftance of his companion. The cries of the woman and the man they were thus abufing, induced Johnfon, who was in the next houfe, to run to his affiftance. As foon as they faw Johnfon, they turned their whole fury upon him, inftantly knocked him down, and as he tumbled on his face,they pursued him to the ground with their knives, and ftabbed him three times in his back, and once in his fide. On this they immediately fled; two made their efcape, though inftantly purfued--but Garcelli, who was never out of the view of one who pursued him, was

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foon caught with the bloody knife in his hand. Johnfon, in about thirty fix hours, died of the wounds he at this time received from these cruel

men.

On Monday laft, at noon, died, the Rev. Dr. SAMUEL COOPER, paftor of the church in Brattle Street, in the 59th year of his age He had been confined to his chamber with a diforder of the lethargic kind for upwards of fix weeks, and in the course of his illness the anxieties of his church and the public, were, at times, relieved with profpects of a recovery. Heaven

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has feen fit to determine otherwise,and to close the fcene of a most active, amiable and useful life.

At a late meeting of the CENSORS of the MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY, the following Gentlemen Candidates for the practice of Phyfick and Surgery, were examined, and approved, viz. NATHANIEL PARKER, A. B. of Reading, PHILIP DRAPER, A. B. of Dedham, in this Commonwealth, and NATHANIEL APPLETON, HAVEN A. M. of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire.

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