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Mr. Madison laid a motion on the
table for appointing a committee to
bring in a bill for adding two commis
sioners to the present board, appointed
to fettle the accounts between the U
nited States and individual States.
Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4.
An engrossed bill declaring the as
sent of Congress to certain ads of the
States of Maryland, Georgia, Rhode-
Island and Providence-Plantations, for
raising a duty on the tonnage of ships
or vessels entering the ports of Petapfco,
Savannah and Providence, was read the
third time and passed.
Mr. Madison, Mr. Vining and
Mr. Wadsworth, were appointed a
committee to prepare and bring in a
bill to add two Commissioners to the
board already established for the settle
ment of the accounts between the U
nited States and individual States.
The House went into a committee
on a bill further to make provision for
the debt of the United States, so far
as refpeds the assumption of the debt
of the State of Georgia ; after some
time spent thereon, the committee rose
and reported certain amendments.
On the question to order th A bill en
grossed, it was negatived, andi /the bill
was rejected.
Mr. Madison from the committee
appointed, presented according to or
der, a bill to add two commissioners to
the board for fettling accounts. The
House went immediately into a com
mittee on the said bill—and after some
debate it was agreed to—Ayes 36,
Noes 19.
The committee then rose and the
bill was ordered to be engrossed.
Mr, Boudinot reported a bill to
fatisfy the claims of widow of the late
Major-General Lord Sterling. Ad
journed.
Mr Jackson (agreeable to notice
given,) moved that a committee be ap
pointed to bring in a bill making fur
ther provisions for the debts of the U
nited States, so far as refpeds the debts
of the State of Georgia ; this motion,
after some debate, was agreed to, and a
committee appointed.
Mr. Ames reported a bill declaring
the afl'ent of Congress to certain ads of
the States of Rhode-Kland, Maryland
and Georgia, for laying a duty on the
tonnage of ships or vessels, entering the
ports of Providence, Petapfco and Sa
vannah ; this bill after some amend
ments, and going through the custom
ary forms, was ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading.
Mr. Jackson of the committee ap
pointed for the purpose, reported a bill
making further provision for the debts
of the United States, so far as it refpeCts
the debts of the State of Georgia, which
was read the firft time.
bill consisting of Mr. Burke, Mr. Par
ker, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Steele and
Mr. Wadsworth.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 5 .
" Whatever real or supposed errors
(fays a correspondent) there may be in
the DoCtrine Universal Salvation, yet the
following article, from the declaration
of Faith lately published by the Univer
falifts, reflets on them the highest ho
nor, both as Men and Christians.
" Sed. 3—of holding SLAVES—We
believe it to be inconsistent with the
union of the human race in a common
Saviour, and the obligations to mutual
and universal love, which flow from that
union, to hold any part of our fellow
creatures in bondage. We therefore
recommend a total refraining from the
African trade, and the adoption of pru
dent measures for the gradual abolition
of the Slavery of the negroes in our
country, and for the inftruCtion and e
dacation of their children in English li
terature, and in the. principles of the
gospel."
On Sati day afternoon arrived in this
port, the Poop Favourite, Capt. Seth
Mead, from Tortola : on the 18th ult.
SHIP NEWS
in lat. 26, 45. long. 64, 40. saw a fail
which proved to be a Spanish (King's)
brig, of about 18 guns. The brig
gave chace and fired several times. At
noon the sloop hove too—the Captain
was immediately ordered on board the
brig, and there detained 26 hours, and
his sloop put in possession of the brig's
crew.
It is rumoured, that one of the ships
that were lately dispatched with sealed
inftrudions, is destined to New-York,
with an offer to the Americans of very
advantageous terms for an alliance of
fenfive and defenfive.
N E W-Y O R K, July 30.
Extrafl of a letter from Baltimore, July 22.
" A brig has arrived in 25 days from
Jamaica, the Captain of which fays,
that the day before he left it, a schoon
er had arrived in 35 days from Liver
pool, which brings an account that the<
court of Spain justified the conduCt of
the Spanish shipping in Nootka Sound,
and that she claimed the exclusive right
to those seas, that with refpeCt to resti
tution, it would be taken into further
consideration. In consequence where
of Admiral Howe, with 30 fail of the
line, was + ordered to cruize in the chan
nel ; Admiral Hood, with 12 fail, was
ordered to the Jamaica station, add a
fleet of transports, with 10,000 troops
on board, were ordered to some other
deftination,but where,it was not known.
A gentleman on board the Jamaica brig
fays, that the account was credited in
Jamaica, and that it caused great con
fufion and speculation there."
In the business of making pearl ashes
there will probably soon be a revolu
tion, if granting an exclusive right to
the improvement has not prevented—
It is now pretty well known to some of
our manufacturers, that fire will make
pearl ashes out of wood after without draw
ing and boiling the lye —This has long
been known in the north of Europe.
August 3.— A London paper of the
sth of June Rates—That a messenger
from Madrid had brought the follow
ing intelligence :—That the Spanish
Court heard with surprise of the exten
fiye armaments going on in the ports
of Great-Britain. That they did not dread
a war—but that they wi feed for the conti
nuance of peace ; that therefore they were
ready to enter into an explanation on
the points which had appeared to be
misunderstood between them."
Captain Seth Mead, while on board
the brig, understood that flie was
from New-York bound to the Havan
nah.
After repeated trials, which all prov
ed fruitlefs, to make the sloop fail in
company with the brig, the Spanish
commander put the Captain and his
hands on board their own vessel and
dismissed them, without offering any
reasons for his conduct.
The fame paper gives an account of
an attack on the port of Revel on the
nth of May, by a Swedish fleet—That
after an obstinate and brave defence by
the Ruffians, the Swedes proved fucceff
ful—That they had taken and burned
17 Blips, 6 of which were of the line,
and the remainder frigates and armed
vessels. And that in this fuccefsful at
tempt, they had loft two line of battle
ships, and had sustained great daughter,
Private accounts by the Packet state
—That the ships of Great-Britain now
equipped and ready for sea, amount to
sixty fail of the line—That twelve
flags are hoisted, and impreffments con
stantly taking place, and every exertion
making to commence the war with ad
vantage.
August 4. —On Monday last the Su
preme Court of the United States met
at the Exchange, in the city—Present
his honour Chief Justice Jay, associate
Judges, their honours James Wilson,
W.GuJhing fyohn Blair,and James Iredell,
Esquires ; Hon. E. Randolph, Esq. At
torney-general. Adjourned until yes
terday—when the Courr again met,
and adjourned until January next.
Extras of a letter from Philadelphia, dated
August 1, 1790.
" I have just received a letter from
Charleston, dated zzd July, mentioning
that there had arrived Capt. Shrowdy,
from Jamaica, who reported that before
his departure a fleet of British men of
war had arrived to aft against the Spa
niards ; that it was currently reported
inJamaica that Portorico was taken,&c.
Capt. Shrowdy was the greatest part
of his Voyage under convoy of a man
of war.'?
Accounts from every quarter of the
British and Spanish settlements, an
nounce the greatest preparations for
WAR. A letter from Jamaica, of a
late date, fays, '' it is the decided 0-
pinion of our Commander here, that a
War is inevitable." Notwithstanding
these preparations for war, negociations
were still going on between the two
Courts, and meflengers continually
paffihg and repaffing.—The result we
must leave to time to develope. In the
mean time, if we may hazard a conjec
ture, it is not at all probable, that the
Court of Spain will so readily accede to
the terms of peace, proposed by the
Court of Britain, as some accounts
would have us believe. And we are not
certain, but similar motives may induce
both Courts to let loose the dogs of war.
Better to fight with their enemies, than
turn their arms against " the powers
that be." Both Courts dread the in
fluence of Liberty—both dread its progref
—but both will,affuredly, feel its effects.
Like the Sun, its rays will dart through
the dark clouds of tyranny and super
stition. Slavery, in every shape, fliall
fly before it— inquiftions, tef aids, with
the etcetera of clerical opprefion, and
every thing which fetters the human
mind,jhall crumble to nothing before
it—and thus the glorious period be in
troduced, when the Messiah shall estab
lish his throne upon earth, and reign
King of Nations.'
HARTFORD, August 2.
Last Monday the only child of the
Rev. John Willard, of Meriden, in
Wallingford, nearly two years old, fell
into a kettle of hot water, and was
scalded to that degree that it died ear
ly on Wednesday morning.
PROVIDENC E, July 31.
In the storm of Sunday last, the house
of John I. Clark, Esq. was struck by
lightning, which firft touched or passed
very near the S. W. chimney, breaking
a few bricks; then passing a dormer
window, enteredahe roof by a rafter on
the south fide where it divided—one
stream going down the S. E. hip rafter
to a corner post, and then to the ground,
the other part following the rafter firft
stricken to a large post that went down
near the south door, which conducted
it to the ground —each stream tearing
the plaiftering, casing, &c, in its way.
The rafters and posts were much shiv
ered, and parts of them, with boards,
Singles, clapboards, &c. thrown to a
considerable distance, leaving the S. E.
corner of the house open. The win
dows of the garret, and some in other
parts of the house, were broken, and
the building otherwise much damaged.
A young woman, who was in a cham
ber of the third story, Standing near a
window, between the two posts which
conducted the lightning, had a bed
thrown against her, the bedstead being
partly overfet ; a large table was forced
from a closet in the fame room, and
broken ; in a lower chamber, a large
pier glass was melted and some China
broken. A negro man standing near
one of the garret windows was struck
down, but not much injured, though
his hearing is not yet perfectly restored,
A clock which flood in the lower entry
was flopped by the shock, and a strong
smell of fulphur remained for a consid
erable time. The lightning also fat
fire to the house, which was immediate
ly difeovered, and the flame extinguish
ed. Mrs. Clark and three others ofthe
family were at home, but providential
ly no lives were loft.
During the ftorm,a considerable quan
tity of hail fell of an uncommon size ;
some of the pieces were picked up in
the streets, which measured 3^ inches
round —and the rain fell in torrents.
BOSTON, August 14.
OF THE SPANISH WAR.
A FRIEND to humanity, begs to
A inform the public, that in the
dangerous case of pins Swallowed by
accident, Swallowing one egg, undress
ed, and in the course of an hour after,
another, is an infallible cure for carry
ing off the pins, if done immediately
after they have been swallowed, before
the pins have worked themselves into
the coats of the stomach.
[Philadelphia Paper]
The dissolution ofthe British Parlia
ment on the nth of June, and the call
of a new one, immediately, is a war
like feature.
If a General War should take place,
in Europe, a more magnificent, or
rather, if we Suffer ourselves to # refleCt on
the miseries of war, a more awful spec
tacle will be displayed than was ever
exhibited to the world. The Scene of
adieu will be more enlarged, the par
ties contending more numerous, and
the stratagems and machinations of war
more various and effective. Three
quarters of the globe, and almost every
kingdom in Europe will be engaged in
the wide conflid. On one fide, we
may arrange Tippoo Sultan, who has
already commenced war on the ally of
the English the King of Travancore,
the French, the Spaniards, the Italians,
the A uftrians, with their German allies,
and the Ruffians ;—on the other, Tur
key, Sweden, Holland, Poland, the
Prussians, with their'German allies, and.
Great-Britain. Happily situated out
of the vortex of this scene " of pell-mell
havock and confufion," every principle of
interest must induce the United States
to observe a ftrid neutrality—and by
cultivating the earth and the arts of
peace, become a granary to Supply the
wants of the elder world, and an asylum
to its unhappy citizens.
The Spaniards claim the Territory on
the North weft coast of America, in con
sequence of a Bull of the Pope—but the
infallibility of this gentleman's bulls is
very much doubted of late.
The Spanish Commodore, Don Mar
tinet, who captured the English. veilels
at Nootka Sound, tGpk poßefiion of the
coast in 1774 —some time before Cap
tain Cook arrived there —and the silver
spoons mentioned by the latter to have
been seen there, were pilfered .from.
Don. Martinez by the natives.
Last Friday, the lightning struck a
(hop in the eastern part of this town, and
set fire to a boat which was in it, which
was soon extinguished.
Letters from London state, that infor
mation had just been received these, of
a naval engagement between the fleets
of the above powers — and that much
bravery was exhibited on both sides ;
but that the Sweedes were said to come
off victorious.
The following ludicrous and whimficalfarce
was aided at Sunderland Pier, London,
a Jhort time since.
TWO stone-cutters having quarrel
led, a challenge was the conse
quence. The gentlemen's leconds,
wished to avoid the spilling of human
blood, loaded their pistols with powder
only ; and one of the by-standers was
prepared with a bafon of Sheep's blood.
The combatants, after going through
the neceflary etiquette, preparatory to
the fatal encounter, were at last desired
to fire. The person who received the
affront, requeued his antagonist to fire
firft, which was immediately complied
with, and the by-stander (an old veteran
in the service of his country) at the
fame instant threw a bafon of blood in
his face which so unmanned the poor
mason, that his piltol dropped from his
hand, and he cried out in a most la
mentable manner, that ,he was Shot
dead, and it was with infinite difficulty
that the seconds and Spectators were
able to convince him to the contrary.
RUSSIANS and SWEEDES.
SALE M, Adguft 10.
SWALLOWING PINS.
The DUE L.