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fumption of the Sate Debts, was put
in the committee of the whole House
and in=the NEGATIVE—
AOBgLYB^s 29— Majority 2.
We are however, assured, that so
essentially connected are the various
parts of the tfpcretary's Report, that
if the Affatotion does not finally take
place, {t\^dmejlick d&bt will not be
funded.-
The Hr Rufus Putnam, late of
this ftatensfr pointed a Judge of the
Weftern Territory, vice the Hon. Sa
muel H. Parsons, deceased.
Capt. Faris, from Ireland/inform.
That the Emperour of Germany died,
about the ift of March.
The Ruffians it is (aid, will the en
suing summer, make Constantinople
their Head- Quarters.
FRANCE.
th the National Assembly of France,
tin the zoth'Feb. 1790, the Marqw
de la Fayette, observed, " That tne
Internal commotions bad been exag
gerated, and would soon die away of
themselves, when the Con ftitution of
the Kingdom was finally fettled.
<, The Marquis de Favres—*the No
bleman mentioned in the papers late
ly, as one of those who meditated the
bribery of the National Troops, and
the murder of the Marquis de la Fay
ette —has been publicity executedfat
Faris,
The misery and distress brought on
the city of Paris by the Revolution,
may be judged of from the following
Report of the Commissioners appoint
ed to deftribute money among the poor
of the capital.
The Commissioners found 120,000
poor persons, many of them in want
of bread ; and on a further enquiry
they find, that the population of Paris
is reduced to 606,600 perfons—anum
ber one fourth lets than it was estimat
ed at only on the commencement of
last year. The whole sum to be dis
tributed was only 65,000 livres ; those
poor objects have therefore only co re
cieve about 10 sous each.
ASSUMPTION of STATE DEBTS.
Mr. Lear, Secretary to THE PRE
SIDENT to the United States, who
arrived in town, on Thursday even,
ing from Newyork, informs. That on
Monday laft,the question, on the As-
Tranquility is now happily estab
lished in France ; and the wonderful
Constitution of that country is now
on the point of being fixed forever.
Posterity will learn with astonishment,
that an immence Empire has changed
totally in the space of a few months,
and almost without bloodshed, a syst
em of Tyranny that had lasted for up
wards of fourteen centuries.
Weeks ?" " Eire, replied the DoAor,
it is possible you may ; but such is
the nature of your complaint that I
fiould flatter you, or conceal the
truth from you, if I did not tell you,
that in a case like your's, the patient
is every minute in danger of being
carried off."
The Emperor, on hearing this,
was filen rfome moments; after which,
he thanked the Dodor for his frank
nefs ; and to convince him that he
felt really obliged to him for it, his
Majesty gave orders that he should
receive a prefenc of 10,000 florins.
He declared at the fame time that he
railed him to the dignity of a Baron,
and gave directions that a patent
Should be immediately made out.
This day his Majesty grew worse,
and at 8 in the morning, 'being con
sidered by his physicians to be in Ex
tremes, he received Extreme Undioq.
BOSTON, APRIL 17,
FEBRUARY 15.
OF FRANCE.
AMERICA.
MARCH 6.
Saturday night laft,about 12 o'clock,
a barn belonging to the Hon. S. M.
Mitchel, Esq. at Wethersfield, was
ftruck' by lightning, and in a Abort
time entirely consumed, together
bove Lime-Stone—that the Spanilh
governor had invited the Indian^s
remove to his territory ; —and
med them, that the American peo
ple were surveying their land, and
would take it from them, and kill
them, as they did their Moravian
brethren —that five runn&s from the
Wiandots, with their hacking, and
White-Eyes of the Delawares, arriv
ed at the Mufkingum, two days be
fore his departure, informing of the
Savages being near that place, with
design to attack it, as they were de
termined to leave their mark behind
them, before they went off."
LEYDEN, [United Provinces] FE8.16.
BY letters from New-York, of so
late a date as Sth Jan. last, we
are informed; that on that very day,
the Congress of the United States of
America met for the second time since
the adoption of the New Constitution
to which even N.Carolina had lately
acceded. On the folem occasion,
the illustrious Washington opened
the sessions by delivering a speech full
of congratulations and exhortations,
absolutely on the model of those de
livered in Parliament by the King
of England, with the following differ
ence only in the way of addressing.
ift.-=Co n citizens of the Senate, and
House of Representatives, &c.
2d.— Gentlemen of the House of Re
presentatives, &c.
3d- — Gentlemen of the Senate, and of
the House of Representatives.
"I have directed <he proper officers
to lay before you the papers and esti
mates," &c.
This we observe, to Chew not only
that very little is wanting to Mr,
Washington to be something like
a King; but that let the firft magif
trate of any country bear the title that
fancy may appropriate to him, the
time is at hand when all European
governments must be modelled upon
those of OLD and New England:
Mankind will hear no more of abso
lute Monarchy, The King of the
French has given up the offen five
motto, God and m, fivord; all the Po
tentates are aware of the nec^ffity of
following the wife example: They
are only anxious how to meet the
with of the people with something like
good grace.
^EEN OF FRANCE.
Early in the night of the 15th inst.
an assassin—as far as intention can go
to constitute guilt, was found conceal
ed beneath her Majesty's bed ! The
discovery was made by a female at
tendant, who had prudence enough
to conceal the firft emotions of furprize
and terror. The guards were called
in, and the criminal was instantly ie„
cured.
*" hit
ExtraEl ofia letter from HarriJburgh,
" Frfn, paffed^hrough here, oh
his way to Nevvyd&rfCapt. Atexan
der :Thompfon,° a TfflP Mufkingum,
who informs usMmat the Indians
have committed depredations on the
Ohio river—jhat they took several
b^ats going toWentucke, and killed
the people—-th^rthe Shawanefe andq/
Cherokees had be^tyarticularly mifi[
chievous at the Three Dolands, a'
BY YESTERDAY'S MAIL.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
HARTFORD, APRIL 12.
NEWYORK, APRIL 8,
with about twelve tons of hay,a num
ber of sheep, lambs and calves ; the
other stock confining of a large num
ber of neat cattle and horses, were
by the timely assistance of the neigh
bours Paved from the flames.—The
storm hung over this town for some
hours, and was uncommonly hard,
for this season of the year.
A gang of thieves, nearly thirty
in number, which has for a long
time infected Middlesex county, has
lately been broken up. Thirteen of
them, belonging to one family, were
tried last week at Concord, from
the Grandfather down to the grand
child.
Communicated by a Correspondent.
" We have had here, as in France,
an entire Revolution. It began in a
dispute between the King's officers,
and the citizens ; which ended in
disarming the soldiers; tearing the
uniforms of the officers ; and putting
several of the military on board ves
sels to be conduced some to France,
and others to the Fort. The citi
zens then armed themselves, and do
all military duties. But one man has
been killed—and he for not answer
ing when hailed by a sentry. The
Men of War have all departed.
" A Committee of the Mayor,
Council, &c. of St. Piere, was sent
to the American Captains, to know
what part they would a& in case
of a rupture —We met, and deputed
a Committee of three, to wait on the
Mayor, &c. and inform them, that
our wish was to a& in such a man
ner as to give them fatisfa&iori. —
This was highly acceptable to them
—and a Committee of refpe&able
citizens was chosen to wait on us—
and to thank us therefor—who ten
dered an offer of their services if we
Food in need thereof.
Congress met yefterdey—The aft
for promoting the progress of ufeful
,arts has received the President's sig
nature. The law for punching
crimes, &c. was passed yesterday.
The Hon. John Walker, Esq. is
appointed a Senator of the United
States, in the room of the Hon. Col.
William Grayson, deceased.
FROM MARTINIQUE, MARCH 19.
" Yeflerday arrived four vessels,
with armed Volunteers from Guada
loupe, to aflift the patriots here :
And in the after noon, the General
arrived in a frigate : who, with the
Capt. of the frigate, immediately
landed, and declared themselves in
favour of the people. They were
received by the inhabitants under
arms, with similar marks of joy to
those shewn by the Bottonians to
their beloved President.
A LLperfons are cautioned
against purchasing two Notes
of Hand, against John Marstin,
of Gilmantown <—in favour of Levi
Hovey, of Weare—-the* one for 181.
and the other 121. in neat flock, as I
am determined not to pay the fame ;
for they are not lawfully due.
JOHN MARSTIN.
Gilmantoivn, April 14, 1790,
"The women, children, plate, &c.
have been moved out of town : But
as there is no danger, expect they
will soon return."
FROM NEWYORK APRIL It.
BOSTON, 'APRIL 21.
Extract of a Letter, 4aid Marietta
(Ohio-Rher) March 10, 1 ^O.
" The Indians have been very
peaceable in this quarter since Au.
guff last, no person has been mo
le fted within two hundred miles of
this since that time—About 5 hun
dred miles below, they are continu
ally doing mifehief, and in my opi
nion, nothing short of the fwotd
will ever flop the infernal barbarity
of the Shavvanefe &Wabalh tribes. —■
The winter has been very mild—Our
Surveyors have just returned from the
extreme parts of the purchase, their
accounts of the lands are very favour
able.—We have had very little snow,
not mure than three inches at any
one time.—Our settlement has now
become so strong that we are under
no apprehension of being disturbed
the eufuing season, by the Savages.—
We ate making very large improve
ments, arid expe& to raise plentiful
Supplies of Corn and other provisions
for the next year. —Settlers come on
full as faft as is for the interest of the
Company, and if more had come on
laid fall we should have met with dif
ficulty in procuring provisions for
them—So great has been the demand
for Corn, Wheat, Tobacco, Butter,
Pork, &c. to supply the Spaniards at
New Orleans, that the rich settle
ments in Wertmorland and Walh
ington counties are almost drained of
provisions —These articles have risen
60 per cent, since lad October—corn
is now 3s. 6d. and hour 30s. per brl.
" You ask me my opinion about
your moving here—l advise you to
do it most ferioully—-for with tlie
fame exertions that you make in
New-England you would raite pro
duce to double the amount you do
there, and have no taxes for several
years :—But let me advise you before
you move, to come on and lee for
yourfelf, for that which appears
to me a temperate and delightful
climate, may strike yoti very dif
ferently : and altho' I think it the
most healthy and agreeable part of
America, you may on feeing it be of
the contrary opinion—This you may
depend on, that almost every account
publilhed in New England (whether
in fovour or against the country) has
been highly exaggerated, and if you
wish to have a tolerable, jut idea,
you must take the middle line and
neither believe it to be a barren watte,
or a perfea paradife—lt has un
doubtedly its advantages and dilad
vantages —To balance our luxuriant
foil, we are far from Sea-Ports, and
'altho' our produce may be sent down
to New-Orleans for a trifling charge,
yet it is very expensive obtaining our
necessary supplies of foreign articles
—From Philadelphia or Baltimore
we pay 265. per. hundred for Trans
portation. —The produce of an acre
on an avirage is, of Corn 60 bush
els—Wheat 25 —Rye 30 —and Bar
ley 50. As to the marvelous ac
counts of the productions of this
country; such as the growth of Silk-
Gowns, &c. (you mention as pub
lished with you,) I shall only ob
serve, they appear the productions
of your Little Wits, and are be
neath the notice, of a man of com
mon sense."
{^Tbe patrons of the Ga
zetteer tui/l pleafr to notice —that in u^
lure it quill be published every FRIDAY
morning. —
g° Several European mat
ters prepared for this day's Paper, are
unavoidably emitted 'till next week.
Exeter, Saturday, April 24.