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ment to the Postoffice Bill. By which the Bill
is loft. ~ _
Mr. Bloodworth gave notice to the House that he
would to-morrow move for a suspension of part of
the bill refpefting the temporary residence of Con
gress. -
TUESDAY, JULY 2%.
Mr. Sedgwick moved for leave to bring in a Bill,
to continue in force the present Poft-Office law, and
some other A&s,
MONDAY, JULY 26.
FUNDING BILL.
THE amendments of the Senate to this Bill were
farther considered—and after being modified,
to agree with the principles on which the other part
of the debt of the U. States is to be funded ; the
amendment for the ASSUMPTION was adopted by
theHoufe : Ayes 34. —Noes 28.-
A message was received from the Senate inform
ing the House that they insist on their firft amend-
FOR THE NEWHAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
Mr. PRINTER; -', 1
AT our town-meeting, which our warrant fays
so to be on the left Monday of this month, 7 and all
my neighbours intend to vote for Judge WHITE,
Mr. JAMES SHEAFE, and Mr. WILLIAM
PLUMER, and we don't care who knows it.
A^^,i79 0e A Countryman
.MF. RANLBT,. '.
YOU are desired to publish the following lift of
Candidates for our Federal Representatives-———-
Hon; NICHOLAS GILMAN,
SIMEON OLCOTT, and
JAMES SHEAFE, Esquires b
"at
viz.
The bill for the relief of disabled soldiers and sea
men; the bill for the relief of Seth Harding ; ,the bill
for the relief of Thomas Barcia, ; and the bill so' pro
'longing the date of the bill for the regulation of the
Pof-Office until the next session of Congress.
The hill for regulating the Calleaion of the revenue
on impofs and tonnage, as amended by the Seriate, ^as
taken up, and the Senate's amendment agreed to,
The bill refpeding Thomas Barclay was taken
up in committee of the whole, and after considera
ble discussion, reported tb the House. The House
having agreed to the said report, the bill was or
dered to be engrossed for a third reading.
Mr. Tucker moved that some order be taken up
on the amendments to the present Con ftitution, as
proposed by the several States. Laid over^
Mr. Smith, (s.c.) moved to take up the* report
of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the disposal of
the lands in the Weftern Territory—twenty-three
members rose for, &twenty-three against this mo
tion, which was decided in the affirmative by the
Speaker's vote.
Mr. Bloodworth's motion, for repealing part of
the Residence Bill was further postponed.
A report of the Secretary at War, on the petiti
on of Sarah Sterling, widow of the late Maj. Gen.
Sterling was read.
The Committee On the memorial of Seth Har
ding, reported in favour of the memorialift, which
was to allow him three months pay,while serving on
board the Alliance, at the rate of 60 dollars per
month. 'This report was in part accepted—the other
part ordered to lie on the table. The fufferings &
ervices of this gentleman,were born testimony to by
everal of the Members. <
A bill for the relief of John Stuart and John
Davidson, of Annapolis, to exonerate them from
paying the duties on a quantity of salt, was read the
second time, and ordered to be engrossed.
The second report on the petition of Francis
Mentges, was taken into confederation—which was
that he be allowed his extra expenses, and that the
Auditor of the Treasury fettle his account accord
ingjy—this report was agreed* to.
The consideration of the newCoafting bill was re
ferred to the next session.
The report of the Committee to which was re
committed the report of the memorial of Thomas
Barclay, was taken up—agreed to, and a bill or
dered to be reported, ?
The bill for the relief of disabled soldiers & sea
men, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
WEDNESDAY, JULY ZB.
The following Bills were under confider ation,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MISCELLANY.
CONGRESS.
TH' unnumber'd spheres o'er boundless space
that roll;.
The busy tenants of each ball,
Myriads that walk, or fly, or swim, or crawl,
The compound of creation's ample whole,
Are few—contrasted—and confin'd,
When meafur'd by the Great Creator's mind.
Each being be affign'd a deftin'd course,
Franklin to prop a finking state,
And now t'arreft impending fate,
And check the lightning's force.
Franklin in mercy to Columbia giv'n
To blast a tyrant's schemes, and ward the wrath of
Heav'n. 3.
What tho' retir'd from mortal ken.
Each slash from heav'n conviction gives,
That Franklin fill in eff-nce lives
to guide, and guard the sons of men.
Forever sacred be that precious earth,
Which gave to such a Genius birth.
He foar'd above all human bounds,
Yet when in this small sphere he walk'd hisrounds,
His vast capacious foul embrac'd all human kind.
His fame and blessings equally extend,
And the world hails him universal friend.
At length hi, swelling foul has burst the clod,
And mounting o'er th'empyreal height,
And urging on its rapid flight,
Now beams an emanation of the God.
Henceforth diftinguifh'd shall Columbia thine,
The parent of a Genius more than halfdivine.
Let black oblivion blot th'ungenerous page
Which giddy Raynal falfely Rain'd,
When he forgot the felf-taughc Sage,
And fair Columbia impiously profan'd.
Homer, the Critics fay, wou'd fometim^ nod,
So Raynal might forget the noblest vuorA of God.
4-
By space great Franklin ne'er could be con
fin'd,
WE are taught by certain sage philosophers of
the present day, that the foie principle by
which all mankind are influenced,& impelled to.ac
tion,isSelfi(hnefs. This sentiment (which is no hing
but a piece of the old Epicurean philosophy allied
up & seasoned in modern style) a good mind must,
even if it were true, dwell upon it with pain, and<
would scarcely with to realize. B"t if it has no
thing to recommend it but its harshness, if it is an
aspersion on the honour of human nature both ma
licious and falfe, let it be discarded with the ab
horrence it -deserves.,
In thefirft place every one fees that, if this idea
be admitted as truth, most of those adions which
mankind in all. ages have united to approve and
applaud, must be rejeded, not only as without me
rit, but as proceeding from a corrupt principle,
and therefore worthy of positive blame. It con
tradids the eftabliihed notions of all the world, and
reduces justice, honour, benevolence, and all the
fair train of virtues into mere unsubstantial phan
tams of the imagination.
The fubtilties of metaphysics, and the ingenious
evasions of sophistry are very improperly introdu
ced into, a question which may be determined by a
criterion mere certain than even reafth itfelf; I
mean common sense. All the argnine ts which the
advocates of this hypothesis have invrted for its
fopport, have never yet produced a tercus convic
tion in a single individual. Mank' d are ffill
prompted by a generous inftind to c >•tide in each
other ;to this confidence reason givs Its fandion,
and experience proclaims its good effeds.
lltI It is curious, however to observe what fingolar
1 evafions,re frequently used, to give This system a
Ifemblance of truth. If it is urged in opposition,that
there are certain-affedions in our nature, which
have ever been considered as terminating in objeds
entirely diftind from felf, and uncenneaed with it,
and which therefore cannot possibly her reduced to
a principle of felfifhneG, these philosophers have
Hill a set of fine spun arguments to prove,that even
such are no exceptions of their favourite dodirne.
"Thus," fav they, '' gratitude and veneration to
a deceased benefactor, though not prompted by an
expectation of future advantages, nevertheless re
sults from reflecting on the good he has done to our
selves, and-is therefore felfifh." Love of country,
even where it is so ardent as to induce the facrifice
On the late Doct. BE^J. FRANKLIN.
FOR THE NEWHAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
VINDICATION OF HUMAN NATURE.
Frem the Gazette ts the United State,
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
4's's <,<,ss§
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
The speculative politicians, who look to our
quondam possessions in America, for assistance at
the present crisis, will be deceived, if we are fa
trust to the best informed men from that country.'
They look on European differences with too much
fangfroid. They have a debt only of fifteen millions
which as they quaintly fay, they can difeharge
while they sleep, and that therefore their best vic
tory is to be found in neutrality!
Dunkirk Bafon, which will hold teri men of war,
is finished -; the harbour is in great forwardnefs,
as the soldiers wgrk night and day, and are allowed
twelve sous extraordinary per diem.
Very alarming accounts have been received of
the disposition for tumult among the lower orders
of the people of Ireland. The business of the tythes
seems to be the most obnoxious.
LONDON, JUNE 3.'
THE SPANISH NATION,
THOUGH renowned for high honour and
romantick gallantry, are neither so criminal
nor so ill-informed as to imagine that it is within
the compass of their utmost efforts long to sustain a
contest with England, if they are not seconded and
supported by powerful Allies. It is the expected
co-operation of Allies, therefore, that encourages
them to raise their tone to its present pitch of ele
vation, and to carry on their warlike preparations
without interruption. The Allies on whom the
Spaniards are supposed to depend, are, the Ruffant
and Aufr-ans, the Kings of Sardinia and Naples;
and as some think, the French and Venetians, The
spring or firft mover of this mighty confederacy, it
is supposed, is the policy of the more enlightened
and refined adherers to the fallen arid falling for
tunes of the House of Bourbon. By exciting or re
viving in the French Nation an animosity against
their old enemies the English, by roofing the ho
nour of Spain, proud of extending dominion, it il/
supposed thaj/he spirit and genius of both France
and Spain may be diverted from political innova
tion to the maintenance of national honour.
of life, is felfiffi, finee our own private advantage
is connected with that of our country. That pity
which prompts to the relief of an object in distress,
is mere felfilhnefs, since the person who dispenses
the favour enjoys as much happiness, perhaps more,
than he who receives it. The reverence and gra
titude inspired by the account whicfr hiftory give#
us of men who were eminently just, honest, gene
rous, brave, compassionate, are mere felfifh affec
tions; as they arise from the reflection that all these
qualities tend to our own perbnal emoluments ;and
that, had we lived in the time of those worthies,
fye mould probably have received great advantages
from them. The ill-nature of such reasoning as
this must certainly excite our contempt, had not its
weakness a still stronger claim oil our pity.
It must be a malignant kind of pleasure which those
enjoy, who delight in thus blackening the charac
ter of human nature: The opinion now urged a
gainst, if it terminated in mere (peculation, might
very properly have been left unmolested to take its
rate among the baseless dreams of sophistry: but as
it has so baleful an influence on the happiness of
mankind, as a belief in it tends dire&ly to under
mine all social happiness, and to unite those bands
which conned individuals together, it is the duty
of every one who believes it falfe, to bear testimo
ny against it. That we fee human nature in a state
of degradation, is indeed a melancholy and humili<
ating truth- But yet if it retain any traces of its
great Creator, let us, instead of denying their exis
tence, give diligence to cultivate and cherish them;
and let us with reverence and veneration behold
a ftru&ure which even in its ruins, exhibits, such
traits of beauty and magnificence.'
The resolution of the National Assembly of
France to prepare an armament, at the present
juncture, defeats all the hopes of a pacification;
which their late condud, in taking to themselves
the right of making war, had suggested. If the
court of.Spain, therefore, should be induced by
thii conduct alone to promise the concessions re
quired from them, there is reason to believe the
promise will be retraced as soon as the news of
the French armament has reached them.
The Spaniards have at preTent in the ports of
Cadiz, Ferrol, and Carthagena, 71 fail of the line,
and 48 frigates—The formidable naval preparati
ons of Spain, abundantly demonstrate that hes
jed is not frivolous, nor her enmity contemptible.
At the sale of a gentleman's effe&s lately in Ja.
maica, a Negro blacksmith was fold for 260 L th,
highest price ever known to have been given,
By Yesterday's Mail.'
A. Z.