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Thus ended this conference, and the 
Indians returned in the same order as 
they came; no messenger arrived the 
next day, and Mr. Jouett set out for Miami 
Bay oa the 7th of June. [ shall just ob- 
serve in this place, that the Seneccas have 
no word in their language by which 
they can express the monosyllable yes. 
On the 8th the second messenger 
returned; he informed us that the 
Indians were all at the Bay, but gave no 
indications of coming to Cleveland. Ona 
the 11th Mr. Jouett informed our party, 
that the only means to effect. their 
object would be to go to the Indians, and 
not wait longer for them. Accordingly 
all the party, whites and reds, sailed in 
Mr. Phelps’s vessel on the 12th, except 
myself and friend. That gentleman 
having important national business, which 
demanded his attention on the 5th of 
July, we started homewards the next 
day. ° 
Ishall now briefly state the result of the 
negociition, and hasten to conclude a 
Tour, many of your readers may already 
think much too long. Besides the rea- 
sonsI have mentioned, which led to this 
treaty, it must’ be understood that the 
Indians are every day more and more 
appreciating their lands, and advancing 
their demands, for crossing ferries within 
their possessions. At many places they 
will compel a white man to pay a dollar 
. for crossing, Although the treaty held at 
Miami Bay was not guite so favourable 
as had been expected, the whole tract 
between the Cayahoga and the Miami of 
the Lakes being desired (and probably 
will soon be acquired), it proved tolerably 
beneficial. By it was ceded to the United 
States all the country from the mouth of 
the Cayahoga until you yet westward 
120 miles from the western line of Penn- 
sylvania; and from the cession granted 
to the United States in 1794 by the In- 
dians, north of 42 degrees 2 min, includ- 
ing the Bay of Sanduski, and most of the 
islands in Lake Erie, the cession in fa- 
vour of the United States is about 
1,200,000 acres, for which they agreed to 
ay to the different tribes to whom it 
faldiieed, according to their respective 
rights, the sum of 825 dollars per an- 
The cession to the pro- 
prietors of the Connecticut grants is from 
tg 1,500,000 acres, for 
which they gave 4,000 in cash, deposited 
with the president of the United States 
_ “for the use of the Indians, 2,91835%, and 
‘i 1808.) Proposed Regulations for extinguishing Fires. $27 
agreed annually to pay them, for six suc- 
ceeding years, 2,000 dollars per annum, 
Thus, Sir,-has this treaty been concluded, 
by which the Canadian smuggiing is re- 
strained to the Indian territory west of. 
the .Cayahoga; the old suffering pa- 
triot enabled to possess and improve his 
property ; a wealthy company set free. 
from restraints that incapacitated them 
from improving their purchase; anda 
rich country opened to population ; the 
Indian tribes nearly removed from the 
Lake shore, and the population, peace, 
and welfare, of the State of Ohio secured, 
at least in the northern and western parts, 
beyond the probability of interruption. 
That the peace, welfare, and happiness, , 
of the United States may also remain 
long, very long uninterrupted, must be 
the prayer of every man who knows the 
value of good government, who is sensible 
of the benefits he receives from that of 
this country, and of no man more than of, 
Sir, your obedient servant, 
R. Diyxmorz, 
—_T Te 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 
SIR, 
CorresponnEent at Cork hay- 
ing expressed, in your last Num- 
ber, a desive to. see a translation of 
some of the Tragedies either ‘of Alfieri, 
or Monti, I beg leave to inform him, ° 
through the medium of your most ex- 
cellent miscellany, that some time in No- 
vember next I shall publish a transla. 
tion of the Filippo of Alfieri. Your's, &c. 
Lionex T, Berner. 
Westimoreland-place, Baih, 
Sept. 25, 1808. 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, ; 
TIE very dreadful Fire this morning 
that has consumed the whole of the - 
Theatre Royal Covent Garden, and some 
of the houses adjoining, is another proof 
(ifanother were now wanting) of the great 
inefficacy of the regulations for the ge- 
neral conduct to be observed on such 
occasions. In addition to the 84th 
clause in the 14 Geo. IIT. cap. 78, (com- 
monly knownas the Building Act) and 
which runs thus, “ that upon the first 
breaking out of any fire or fires, all con- 
stables and beadles, upon notice theredf 
shall, with their staves, &c. immediately 
repair to the place, and be aiding and 
assisting in extinguishing such fires, and 
shall cause people to work at the engines, 
and prevent the goods being stolen, and 
shall 
