Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1790-11-06 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, MARKET STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 55, of Vol. II.]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1790.
[Whole No. 159.]
Discourses on Davila.
No. XXIII.—CONTINUED.
Utrumque regem, sua multitudo contulaverat.
CATHARINE hoped, that by conducting with ability, the reins of the state would return to her hands. She first thought of making sure of the Princes of Lorraine. A negotiation so delicate and thorny, ought not to be confided to any but the ablest hands. The Queen, after having cast her eyes on several persons, fixed them at last on the Marshal de Saint Andre , as the man of the court the most proper to assure her success. She sent for him, and after several discourses, the result was, that it would be impossible to terminate the differences of the two parties, without tumult and war, but by relaxing somewhat of their pretensions, by ceding a part on both sides, and making the Queen the arbitratrix of their interest. That by this plan, the two parties, without yielding one to the other, would appear, from respect, and for the peace of the public, to give way to the mother of their King, who should hold the equilibrium between the Guises and the Bourbons .
The Queen was a politician refined enough to pretend that she was indebted for this council to the prudence of the Marshal, rather than that she had suggested it to him, which was the fact. The Marshal, judging without passion that this project would be very convenient to the slippery and perilous situation in which the Guises stood, undertook to negotiate with their party. Upon the proposition which he made of it to the Duke and Cardinal, and which they brought into deliberation in an assembly of their confidants; the opinion of these, and even of the two brothers, were divided. The Duke, who had more caution and moderation than his brother, yielded to the accommodation, which was to leave him in possession of the governments and riches which he held from the liberality of the late Kings. But the Cardinal more ambitious and more violent, rejected all compromises, and pretended that they would preserve their power in the same degree, as they had exercised it under Francis II. The sentiment of the Duke was approved by the Cardinal de Tournon , the Marshals Brissac and Saint Andre , and above all by Sepiere , the advice of all which personages had a weight, which accompanies an high reputation for prudence justly acquired. All judged it sufficient for the Guises to preserve their credit and honors, and preserve themselves for circumstances more favorable; and the result they communicated to the Queen by Saint Andre , and left to her the choice of means the most proper to treat with the King of Navarre.
There remained still a greater obstacle to overcome: to appease the faction of the discontented Princes: an enterprize which many thought impossible and chimerical: but the Queen, who perfectly knew the characters and dispositions of the persons with whom she had to treat, did not despair of obtaining her end. The King of Navarre had for his principal confidants, Descars Gascon , and Leoneourt , Bishop of Auxerre. Descars had a contracted genius and little experience; Leoneourt was a designing politician, but solely intent upon his own fortune. The Queen secretly gained both, by approaching each on his weak side. She dazzled Descars with presents and amused him with specious reasonings. And she excited in the Bishop of Auxerre, hopes of ecclesiastical benefices and dignities which he could not easily obtain by the sole credit of the King of Navarre. They both promised, under the pretext of giving faithful and sincere council to their master, to favor the negotiations which tended to bring the two parties together, and commit the regency to the Queen mother.
The Duchess of Montpensier , carried the first proposals of accommodation. Her candor and frankness, had gained the confidence of the Queen: and her taste for the new opinions, had attached her to the King and Queen of Navarre. In the progress of things, Carrouges and Lansac , Lords of consummate prudence, entered insensibly into this negotiation. By means of these persons the Queen proposed to the King of Navarre three conditions. 1. To set at liberty all who had been arrested for the conspiracy of Amboise, the Prince of Conde , Madam de Roye , and the Vidame de Chartres ; and to annul by the Parliament of Paris, the sentence against the Prince. 2. To create the King of Navarre, lieutenant-general of
the kingdom, on condition that the Queen had the title and authority of regent. 3. To obtain of the King of Spain the restitution of Navarre. The confidants of the King of Navarre, exaggerated to him these advantages; they represented to him that the name of regent, a title without reality, was but an empty and specious sound, for which he would be abundantly recompensed by the power and authority, which would be given him over the provinces; prerogatives in which consisted the effective government of the kingdom. That the glory of delivering the Prince of Conde , by the humiliation of his enemies, joined to the hope of re-establishing forever his house, in its original splendor, left him no room to hesitate. It is not a time, said they, to contest with rigor against enemies so powerful. You have to combat the prejudices, which your enterprizes against the state have excited. Why, upon the brink of a precipice, do you indulge chimerical hopes? The deputies of the states are almost all, devoted to the will of the Queen and the Guises , who have chosen them at their pleasure and gained them to their interests. If the affair is left to their decision, it is to be feared that their partiality, will incline them to exclude the Princes from the government, and commit it to the Guises , which would infallibly accomplish the final ruin of the house of Bourbon :
These reasons shook the resolution of the King of Navarre, and disposed him to follow these councils: but he was still restrained by the Prince of Conde , whose keen resentment and desire of vengeance, rather than solid reasons, excited to advise the contrary. The Duke de Montpensier and the Prince de la Roche-sur-yon , supported those who negotiated an accommodation. Both were of the house of Bourbon , but of a branch more distant from the royal stock, and had not meddled in these troubles. (To be continued.)
MR. LEDYARD.
[The following is extracted from different parts of the Journal of Mr. Ledyard, who was sent out from England by the Association, for promoting the discovery of the interior parts of Africa.]
A TRAVELLER, who should, by just comparisons between things here and in Europe, tell his tale; who, by a mind unbewitched by antecedent descriptions, too strong, too bold, too determined, too honest, to be capable of lying, should speak just as he thought, would, no doubt, be esteemed an arrant fool, and a stupid coxcomb. —Per example, an Englishman who had never seen Egypt, would ask me what sort of a woman an Egyptian was? If I meant to do the question as much justice by the answer, as I could in my way, I should ask him to take notice of the first company of gypsies he saw behind a hedge in Essex; and I suppose he would be fool enough to think me a fool.
August 14. I left Alexandria at midnight, with a pleasant breeze north; and was at sunrise next morning at the mouth of the Nile, which has a bar of sand across it, and soundings as irregular as the sea, which is raised upon it by the contending of currents and winds.
The view in sailing up the Nile is very confined, unless from the top of the mast, or some other eminence, and then it is an unbounded plain of excellent land, miserably cultivated, and yet interspersed with a great number of villages, both on its banks, and as far along the meadows, as one can see in any direction. The river is also filled with boats passing and re-passing; boats all of one kind, and navigated in one manner, nearly also of one size, the largest carrying ten or fifteen tons. On board of these boats are seen onions, water melons, dates, sometimes a horse, a camel (which lies down in the boat) and sheep, goats, dogs, men and women. Towards evening and morning they have music.
Whenever we stopped at a village, I used to walk into it with my conductor, who, being a Musselman, and a descendant from Mahommed, wore a green turban, and was therefore respected, and I was sure of safety: but in truth, dressed as I was, in a common Turkish habit, I should have walked as safely without him. I saw no propensity among the inhabitants to incivility. The villages are most miserable assemblages of poor little mud huts, stung very close together without any kind of order, full of dust, lice, fleas, bed bugs, flies, and all the curses of Moses: people poorly clad, the youth naked—in such respects
they rank infinitely below any savages I ever saw. "The common people wear nothing but a shirt and drawers, and they are always blue. Green is the royal or holy colour; none but the descendants of Mahommed, if I am rightly informed, being permitted to wear it."
PARIS, August 8.
THE mystery made yesterday in the National Assembly of the names of the two Members accused by the Chatelet, of having been concerned in the scenes of violence that passed at Versailles, the 5th and 6th of October, 1790, is sufficiently explained by the following report of that tribunal, published this day, viz.
CHATELET, August 5 and 6.
"The Chatelet of Paris has been sitting these two days past, to hear the report of the investigation of the affair of the 5th and 6th of October last.
"By judgment without appeal ( en dernier ressort ) it has been ordered, That information should continue to be taken, and that in the mean time, a person of the name of Nicholas, (known by the designation of the man with the long beard) Mademoiselle Teroine de Méricourt, a man of the name of Arnaud, a name of Louie Keine le Duc, and a man of the name of Blangey, should be apprehended.
"That certain persons unknown, (thirteen in number, several of whom were dressed in women's clothes, and whose description we think useless to give) be likewise apprehended.
"As also, that M. Louis Poil, Joseph d'Orleans, and Mirabeau the elder, deputies of the National Assembly, appearing to be liable to be apprehended, copies of the depositions shall be presented to the National Assembly, in conformity with the decrees of the 26th of June, sanctioned by the King, that the Assembly may take such steps as it may think proper."
THE mysterious packet was opened on Monday last, by the committee, when, the proofs appearing sufficiently strong, the two members accused, were immediately taken into custody.
"The young Mirabeau ( le Vicompte ) is supposed to have been a party, as, on their apprehension, he immediately disappeared. The object of this conspiracy, it is said at Paris, was to remove the King, and that on that occasion, he owed his life to accident.
"Opinions are however divided, and the Duke and M. Mirabeau are not without their supporters, who say that the whole is a plot of the Marquis de la Fayette!"
The Viscount Mirabeau is said to have absented himself, since Wednesday last, from Paris, and from his duties at the National Assembly, without any one's knowing what is become of him. It is suspected by some that he had favored M. Bonne Parvardin's escape from prison, and hearing of his being taken into custody, did not chuse to wait the event. The latter gentleman was expected to be brought a prisoner to Paris to night, and from his examination much insight is expected to be got in the supposed project of a counter-revolution. Some of the public pretend that this project is not yet given up, and that frequent councils are held at Aix-la-Chapelle, by M. de Broglie, and several refugee lieutenant generals. In the mean time the examination of d'Hosier and Petit Jean still continues, but no information can be obtained from them.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE.
JULY 26.
The patriotic contribution of MONSIEUR was this day announced to amount to 500,000 livres, the fourth of his annual income. The subscription of this prince rendered an early homage to the equalizing decree of the Assembly. It was simply LOUIS STANISLAUS XAVIER, DE FRANCE. No vestige of his distinction of Monsieur, or of his title of Comte de Provence, remained; and the subscription of the next brother to the King was not to be distinguished from that of the most obscure citizen. It was natural to expect so exemplary a tribute to the laws, from this respectable Prince, whose conduct through the whole progress of the revolution has been so unsuspicious and unoffending.
AUGUST 1.
M r . NECKAR's letter was read, in vindication of himself from the charges of M r . Camus, relative to the anticipations in favor of M r . le Comte d'Artois, and Madame de la Mark. He denied positively the substance of either accusation: what, however, he had done, was undoubtedly at the command of the sovereign. His epistle was conceived in terms of strong dissatisfaction and disgust. He complains of unjustifiable distrust towards a man, who had ever anxiously labored for the prosperity of the nation. In noticing the calumny cast upon him by an unknown person, relative to the concealment of 600 millions of the national treasure, he thus expresses himself:
"I earnestly request that the assembly will severely search into the particulars of that accusation, and by a speedy examination of my account deliver me from the aspersions of my enemies. I am the more anxious—I hope becomingly so—for such an audit, as it will be the herald of my approaching peace, in a retirement from the tempests of active life, and the constant torment of continual vigilance. Yes, gentlemen, I will then depart in the honest confidence of integrity and zeal. Certain that my duty has never been deviated from a moment, I shall, with alacrity, submit to whatever scrutiny the representatives of the nation may deem necessary in my particular to make; not dreading investigation, where disclosure will be surely honorable, as more clearly evincing to the world the purity of my purposes, and the difficulties of my office, and how hardly indeed I have laboured—to be rewarded at length with suspicion and clamor."
To so much firmness and free representation, from a great man, oppressed by affairs absolutely inextricable, the Assembly were by no means insensible. The deepest impression was made upon the minds of all present, assisted too by the indisposition of the sovereign.
LONDON, SEPTEMBER 2.
Great efforts are to be made, soon after the meeting of the next parliament, to have the trade to Hudson's Bay thrown open indiscriminately to all the subjects of Great-Britain. It is thought the Hudson's Bay company, at present consisting of only nine or ten persons, will be the less anxious to have their exclusive privilege continued, as they do not now find their trade with the countries about that bay, so advantageous as before we get possession of Canada. The company's charter was granted to them in the year 1670 for an exclusive trade to those parts, and ever since they have kept up a constant annual intercourse, with four large ships navigated by 130 seamen. Their several Forts are now garrisoned by about 190 or 200 men. They export commodities to the value of 15,000l. and bring home returns to the value of 29,000l. which yield to the public revenue 3734l.—This commerce, small

as it is, has afforded immense profits to the company, and even some advantages to Great-Britain in general; since the commodities we exchange with the Indians are all manufactured in Great-Britain, and being the very refuse of the manufactures, would find no other purchasers but the savage nations. On the other hand, the skins and furs imported from Hudson's Bay are the best America produces, enter largely into our manufactures, and afford us materials for trading with many nations of Europe to great advantage.
Mr. Mears, and his associates, during his continuance on the northwestern coasts of America, made such observations as inclined them to believe that notwithstanding the opinions of so many navigators to the contrary, a northwest passage through the Continent of America does actually exist. Some publications from these gentlemen on the subject are expected to appear in a short time. With all due deference, however, to Mr. Mears, &c. it is a fact well ascertained, that no such passage exists to the southward of the latitude of the 56th degree. If, in reality, it exists anywhere, it must be either through Baffin's Bay, or by the north of Greenland, in the Western Hemisphere. As to any passage beyond the 56th degree to the northward, it must be necessarily so incommoded with ice nearly the whole year round, as to wholly unfit for the purposes of navigation and commerce.
Count Woronzow, the Russian Minister at this court, is among the most enlightened characters his country has ever produced. He lives much retired at his Richmond Villa, and employs his leisure hours in the education of his children, and it is the general opinion of all who know him, that they could not find a better preceptor.
A person of observation who has lately returned to this country from his travels through the dominions of the Eastern Turks, relates that the contents of the Ottoman Library, kept in the Seraglio, are at length brought to light by the treachery of one of the pages of the Seraglio, who was prevailed upon to translate clandestinely every day, a few lines of the large catalogue, till the whole was completed; and thus we have in possession at last, what the Turkish jealousy has so long kept from the world. The merits and value of this library, however, it appears, have been greatly over-rated. Commentaries, explanations, &c. on the Alcoran, occupy the largest portion. There are also some treatises on jurisprudence, with commentaries and marginal notes. The histories are not numerous, and chiefly confined to the Ottoman Empire. Under the head philosophy, are, the mysteries of nature, the truths of Plato, of Pliny, and Aristotle's logic. The learned have long imagined that the lost Decads of Livy, the whole works of Tacitus, and the poems of Homer were deposited in this library—but all these hopes are dissipated, as none of these works are to be found in the catalogue. Printing is now carried on to great perfection in Constantinople, and this alone will probably in a course of years, by diffusing knowledge, lead to a total revolution in the sentiments and manners of the Turks. The greater number of their publications consists of the history and annals of their empire, and their wars with other nations, digested in a regular series—which will doubtless furnish ample materials for a more authentic history of the Eastern nations, than any that has yet been communicated to the public.
There are a number of people who have some how got it in their heads, that one object of our preparations, and consequently not the least, is the restoration of the Gallic Monarch . Reports of this kind are hardly worth a serious refutation. A perfect neutrality with regard to France, is the avowed system of the present administration.
The gentleman who offered the waterman two-pence for preserving his wife from a watery grave, has certainly been amply vindicated by the declaration that the lady was his wife.—We cannot but think the waterman a fool for expecting more in such a case.
In former times, hunting was the only business of a gentleman. The practice of blood made him rough and hard-hearted: he led the life of a dog, or of a savage; violently active in the field, supinely indolent at home. His train of ideas was confined to dogs, horses, hares, foxes: not a rational idea entered the brain, not a spark of patriotism, nothing done for the public, his dependents enslaved and not fed, no husbandry, no embellishment, loathsome weeds round his dwelling, disorder and dirt within. Consider the present mode of living. How delightful the change, from the hunter to the farmer, from the destroyer of animals to the feeder of men.
From the different voyages made to the South Seas, and other parts, in consequence of the encouragement given by his Majesty, no less than twelve hundred new species of plants have been added to those formerly known; and every other department of natural history has received large additions.
After all that has been said in favor of Lord Dundonald's coal-tar, the demand thereof in the navy does not answer expectation. In the seaman's phrase, it is too lean a coat to be of much service; and experience has shown, that, altho laid on in the best manner, the bottom planks of a ship become entirely bare, even in so moderate a run as from the English channel to Barbadoes. The tar of Carolina is infinitely preferred in the Irish ports; and in this island also, we of late give it a preference, for its stoutness and durability. The importations of this article from Norway are daily on the decline; and it now comes higher than the American tar.
PARIS, AUGUST 18. CLUB DES JACOBINS.
A FEW hours after the meeting, which took place on the 13th inst between M. CAZALES and M. BARNAVE, this last gentleman presented himself to the Club of the Jacobins, of which he was President at that time, and gave an account of his duel with that modesty which so well suits talents, victory, and high-spirited youth. He discovered the fatal error he had been brought into, and the false point of honor which had engaged him to commit an action contrary to every principle of morality and of law: He announced to the members of the club, that he was determined to acknowledge his error before the National Assembly, and to solicit a decree to proscribe duelling hereafter.
Mr. ROBERTSPIERRE, another member of the club, and of the National Assembly, celebrated for his genius and eloquence, spoke on the same subject in the following terms:
"GENTLEMEN, "I CANNOT refuse to the generosity of mind, and strength of reasoning of the hon. gentleman, who has just spoke on a subject so interesting to society, the eulogium he deserves. Undoubtedly the National Assembly ought, and will pass a decree against duelling: It is a barbarous relic of that chivalry which, in other respects, we have so nobly abolished. Be not deceived gentlemen, you have in this case a very old prejudice to subdue: it will not be abolished by a simple decree of the National Assembly, and nothing can so effectually destroy it as a great example.
"While M. Barnave displays his talents and excels his eloquence to extirpate for ever the savage and horrid custom of duelling, I propose to decree, that a
civic crown shall be presented to that great prince, to that Christian hero and worthy legislator, who has endured with a courage and magnanimity beyond example, and almost above belief, the redoubled insults which those who are envious of his glory, and his unparalleled virtues, have offered him. This greatness of soul, foreign to the principles and conception of the generality of men, merits greater encomiums from an assembly of philosophers and legislators, than that ferocious disposition sung into heroism by our bards. That great man has done more for his reputation by the mildness of his temper, than all his forefathers by their achievements. What, indeed, can be greater in human nature, than to see a man rendering himself superior to insult?"
The eloquence of M. Robertspierre inflaming the hearts of all the Jacobins, it was echoed unanimously from every part of the room, "Long life to M. d'Orleans, who first among the Bourbon race has trod on the Gothic prejudices of chivalry."
To the Editor of the ENGLISH MAGAZINE. SIR,
A CUSTOM, which has long prevailed, and seems daily to become more general, has hitherto been thought too trifling to claim the lash of satire; but, as it has frequently roused my indignation and resentment, I shall freely give you my real sentiments upon it.
The practice which thus deservedly calls forth my censure, is that of standing before the fire, with the hinder flaps of the coat indelicately extended by the hands, that the posteriors may enjoy the whole warmth of the fire. To such an excess is this fashion arrived, that I have frequently seen a powdered beau unblushingly stand for half an hour together, in that indecent position, at a time when several ladies have been seated round the fire place, receiving no advantage from the benign contents of the grate, and having nothing more than a peep at them between the legs of the strutting hero.
To convince you, Sir, that this habit is acquired from fashion or example, I shall only observe, that in the height of summer, when the heat is almost insupportable, if any of these rump characters should happen to be in a room where there is only a fire place, up go the flaps of the coat in an instant, and the hero enjoys the extatic ideal warmth of a grate unillumined. 'Till I had seen several instances of this kind, I never declared myself an inveterate enemy to these hipmon-gers; supposing them prompted to such a practice by a natural frigidity of constitution; but, being now convinced that it is considered only as a fashionable amusement, instead of a means of acquiring warmth necessary for the exercise of the animal functions, I shall equally hold the practice and the practisers in derision.
THE ADDRESS
Of the COMMON COUNCIL of the city of NEW BRUNSWICK.
To his Excellency Governor PATERSON, SIR,
WE, the President, Register, Directors and assistants of the city of New-Brunswick, in common council convened, beg leave to present you our sincere and most respectful congratulations on your appointment to the government of New-Jersey. Your early and firm attachment to the cause of liberty, and your integrity, wisdom and ability in the several public characters which you have sustained, added to your well known liberality of sentiment, and your benevolence in the walks of private life, early drew upon you the eyes of all as the successor of our late, worthy and much respected GOVERNOR. The unanimous suffrages of the people, have now placed you in his seat; and we hope you will believe we speak the language of our hearts, and of the citizens of New-Brunswick, when we assure you, we feel the most cordial satisfaction in this choice, and hail you welcome to that important station. The unanimity which has distinguished itself in your election affords to you the happiest presage of the support of your fellow citizens in the execution of your office, and to us, the most flattering prospect of all that happiness which is to be derived from a free republican government, under a wise and virtuous administration. That you may long continue, in domestic felicity, to enjoy the confidence of your country, and that your services may be rewarded by their warmest gratitude and esteem, is our sincere wish.
Signed by order of the Common Council.
JOHN NEILSON, Register. New-Brunswick, Nov. 1. 1790.
To which the GOVERNOR made the following Answer.
GENTLEMEN, I RETURN you my most grateful acknowledgements, for your polite and affectionate address. The esteem of the wise and virtuous is at all times pleasing, and in the administration of government essentially necessary. Elevated by the unanimous suffrages of a free people, to the station so ably filled by our late worthy, and much respected Governor, I count it one of the happiest circumstances of my life, that my conduct in
the different departments, which I have occupied, has met with the approbation of my fellow-citizens at large, and in particular, of the common Council of New-Brunswick. This favorable opinion I shall constantly endeavour to preserve. It will aid and animate me in the execution of the important trust committed to my charge, and affords the happiest presage of support, from the good people of this state.
I wish you, Gentlemen, all happiness, both of a public and private nature, and especially, that you may long enjoy the blessings of a free government, and transmit the same inviolate, to your posterity. W. PATERSON.
PITTSBURGH, October 23.
We learn, that two young Germans of the names of Jacob Laurie and Peter Miller, both of good character and respectable connections, were involved in a scuffle on the evening of the general election, at Greenburgh, and after a hard fought battle, which lasted about half an hour, the latter of them was unfortunately killed. They were relations, although strangers to each other, and it appears that the combat was fair, and without any degree of personal malice in either. The father and family of the deceased are so entirely convinced of the innocent intentions of Mr. Laurie, who is now in confinement, that they are perfectly reconciled to him, which is a circumstance that does them great credit. We heartily sympathise with them in their affliction, and hope that the citizens would be careful to avoid those quarrels, which have been too common at public meetings, and frequently occasion distress to individuals, and throw a disrepute upon the community at large.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 20.
Giving rum and wine at funerals has been so much discountenanced, that there is no such thing seen now at a funeral in the southern States. In conducting ourselves thus, we certainly shall act agreeable to the spirit of christianity, although we tacitly disavow the doctrine of the heathen philosopher, who taught,
That when first an infant breathes the vital air; Officious friends should welcome him to care; But you should life's concluding scene attend, And wine be drank, to toast a parted friend.
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On MONDAY the first inst. was published, By CAREY, STEWART, and Co.
The American Museum,
For OCTOBER, 1790.
CONTENTS.
ORIGINAL ARTICLES.—PROSE. METEOROLOGICAL observations made in Philadelphia, August 1790. Do. made in Philadelphia, Sept. 1790. Observations on the weather in August 1790. Do. on weather in Sept. 1790. A character. A letter from Monimia to her friend. Exports from Philadelphia to foreign ports in 1769. Exports from do. to do. in 1773. Imports into Philadelphia from foreign ports in 1773. Remarks on capital punishments. Warner Mifflin's address to Congress. Sketch of the nature and causes of diseases.
POETRY.
Address to the Deity.
SELECTED ARTICLES.—PROSE.
Wit and Beauty: An allegory. Essay on contentment in prosperity. Reflections of a rake. The folly of affectation. Two extraordinary characters. A maxim. New and curious observations in natural history. Number of sea vessels in the port of Philadelphia, October 18, 1790. Articles recommended to farmers. On social virtues. The whistle: a true story: by Dr. Franklin. Advice on the choice of a husband. On matrimonial quarrels. Short account of Mr. M'Gillivray. General view of the English revenue since the conquest. Method of preserving the fine flavour of butter. On the transitoriness of life—and on mortality. Observations on the architecture of America. Remarks on party divisions: by the late Gov. Livingston. Sketch of the philosophy of housekeeping. Description of the floating gardens of Mexico. Thoughts on wit and good humour. Letter from Dr. Franklin to a lady in France. Law case: Ayers versus Wilkes. Mode of salting beef. Amount of duties and tonnage in Philadelphia. Comparative view of the principal exports from Philadelphia and Baltimore. Instance of the torture in Scotland. Account of sea vessels belonging to Baltimore. Letter respecting the manufacture of wine in America. Geographical description of Bachelor's Island. Julia—or the penitent daughter. Law case—Joseph Sawyer versus Abraham Saunders. Account of the merchant. A maxim. Address of the house of representatives of the United States to the president. Creek treaty. Cherokee treaty. Choctaw treaty. Charge of chief justice Jay to the juries on the eastern circuit.
POETRY.
Impromptu on hearing of the death of Gov. Livingston. Job, chapter XXXIX. On good humour. Ode to the memory of Dr. Joseph Warren. Absurdity of wishing. The pious sailor. To a young lady on her birth day. Friendship. Extempore verses, on seeing a boy amusing himself with blowing a soap bubble with a pipe. Home. The lily of the vale. Elegiac ode on the death of Dr. Franklin. Psalm XXIX paraphrased. Ode to piety, in the person of a young clergyman. Music—an ode. The complaint.

Philadelphia, Nov. 6.
OF FRANCE.
THE collection of duties and taxes in France, which continues upon the old establishment of despotism, becomes difficult and precarious: The people complain of the anniversary festivals, and refined philosophic declamations, while they feel not the benefits expected from their emancipation: In many places the arm of the collectors has been strengthened by the assistance of the military.
The relief anticipated from the property of the clergy is found inadequate to the public exigencies, it was supposed that property would counterbalance—as the assignats , or notes funded on it, have already depreciated 6 or 7 per cent.
On the 28th August, M. de Gouy, after a speech of two hours, came forward with a proposal to pay off in one day, a debt of 100,000,000 sterling—the creditors to be paid in assignats —the whole kingdom to be mortgaged for the security; this proposal met with some opposition, it was thought that such an enormous sum of paper money would be extremely subject to depreciation; the assembly resolved however to resume the discussion that day fortnight.
Some paragraphists say that the National Assembly begin to discover that it is dangerous to pull down an old house without being provided with materials to erect a new one; we rather think that any existing difficulties in the way of the French revolution do not arise from the want of materials; as every civilized community furnishes those necessary to constitute a good constitution; the proper arrangement is the grand desideratum; till this is made on the strict principles of justice, or a sacred regard to the equal rights of all—a permanent settlement of a constitution is a vain expectation.
Whether the absorption of all the powers of government in one unwieldy assembly, uncontrolled, and without responsibility, who govern by temporary resolves, and deal out a constitution by peace-meal, does not naturally generate insurmountable obstacles to the completion of the revolution of France, time will discover.
There was a time when the clergy and nobility of France appeared to be zealous in the cause of the revolution—fearful jealousies are entertained respecting them at present; that policy which would have conciliated their attachment to the cause of freedom was certainly the most eligible—whether this consisted in stripping them of their revenues, and levelling their honours with the dust, must be left to the test of experience.
The revolution of France is without comparison the greatest event in the annals of time; the extraordinary steps which have been taken by the national assembly are said to be sanctioned by the peculiar circumstances in which the kingdom was placed; deep-rooted prejudices were to be eradicated—the throne of despotism was to be undermined and its very foundations destroyed; and before the people could be brought to realize their emancipation—the veil of tyranny must be “rent from the top to the bottom”—in doing this, though the rights of property may for a time be violated, yet an equal constitution will bring order out of this necessary confusion, and eventually secure under the auspices of liberty the happiness of the people; this at least appears to be the sentiment of the national assembly in their address to the people of France.
OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Great Britain has put herself to an enormous expence in equipping a formidable fleet—and for what?—This is an enquiry not easily answered. Can the fullest acknowledgment on the part of Spain of an equal right to trade with the natives of Nootka Sound, and a restitution of two merchant ships compensate for these expenditures? Surely no. The debt of Great Britain was thought to be sufficiently great: Mr. Pitt has always appeared solicitous for its reduction; his popularity is said to be suspended on this favorite point; but war always adds to the debt and taxes of a country; in short, the recent conduct of the British minister is truly enigmatical, and cannot at present be solved by any other supposition than this, that the world has been deceived in respect to the embarrassments of that country—and that they have such a surplusage of wealth, that sporting with a few millions will not be felt by the people.
From the length of time consumed in equipping the British navy—and the extreme difficulty found in manning it—the difference between her situation when severed from America, and what it formerly was when united to her, is most strikingly apparent. Should this circumstance abate the British spirit of conquest and domination, it may conduce much to the tranquility of the human race—one, among many thousands of the blessings derived to mankind from the American revolution.
“It is singular indeed, that England, high as it is in cultivation, and which in former times used to produce more corn than was necessary for
the home consumption, should have been of late years under the necessity of depending on the produce of foreign countries for a part of its supply.”
The elder MIRABEAU, speaking of the American Congress, says “I cannot but admire, that those whom we once esteemed a rude and barbarous people have already set an example to the old world in the intricate science of government. I may safely pronounce the representatives in the American legislature to be the first body of philosophers who have ever had it in their power to assemble peaceably together in a legislative capacity, and deliberate upon the rights of nations and of men. The world indeed, has been long enough under the controul of bullies and ruffians, it is time that men of sentiment, learning and benevolence began to have the sway; these are the lights that must guide our species to that true dignity, which their station in the chain of created intelligence demands.”
The prodigious demand for American produce the last year has been productive of the greatest agricultural exertions the past season:—and our labors have been crowned with abundant success. The consequence has been a reduction in the prices—but not so great we trust as to operate unfavorably: It would be a great misfortune indeed, should this circumstance slacken our industry, or discourage our enterprize.—It is doubtless the policy of the United States not only to make our stores so abundant as out of the excess to be able to supply the whole world beside; but also if possible to make it for the interest of all other nations to trade with us, by affording absolutely the cheapest market.
How various are the sentiments of mankind upon the same subject! While some have supposed that the United States might derive a revenue by a tax on emigration to this country—others propose that a bounty should be paid on the importation of foreign artisans. Whatever may be the result of such a proposition, certain it is, that no country ever afforded such inducements to emigrants, for it may be pretty safely asserted, that every industrious sober mechanic or husbandman, who once fixed his foot on these hospitable shores, never had cause to regret the change of hemispheres.
While the United States more than realize the anticipations of the friends to the present constitution—not one of the numerous forebodings of its enemies, has ever come to pass; these things ought to be had in remembrance, for the comparisons are odious, they sometimes answer very valuable purposes.
The present is undoubtedly one of the most interesting periods in the history of man: The world is in labor—and liberty we trust will ere long open its eyes on every nation under heaven.—The human mind, as if inspired with new faculties, now penetrates through the thick veil of error and prejudice, and dares to think for itself. The rights of our species are justly appreciated, and properly asserted: Opinions derive no longer a sanctity, from the rust of age, and the cobwebs of antiquity: America set the glorious example—and the flame has spread from nation to nation, till the most degraded people now declare they will be free.
The abuse of TERMS is an evil that has produced much mischief among mankind:— Murder , by being called war , is advocated by many who would revolt from doing a personal injury— Intrigue and finesse in politics are denominated address — Overreaching in trade is the art of making a bar-gain — Flattery is but complaisance —and universal deception , is a complete knowledge of the world.
A correspondent observes, that as there are no land-jobbers in the United States, it is somewhat surprising that the treaty with the Creek nation should have been so indecently attacked, as it appears to have been in some of the late papers:—Had the case been otherwise—and individuals or companies conceived themselves injured by the treaty's contravening their right to millions of acres fairly purchased , and solemnly ceded by the whole Creek nation, we might have expected to hear that The President and Senate of the United States, with all the executive officers of government were jammed into the Commissioner's closet to fabricate this odious treaty; but, as before observed, no land-jobbers existing in the United States, the outrageous insult on government is truly unaccountable.
Another correspondent observes, that on a supposition that a deep scheme of land-jobbing has for a long time existed—that in the moment of inebriation some of the Creek nation have been induced to put their mark to acts of cession, which when in possession of their reason they have declared to be null and void, inasmuch as they had no authority for what they did, their nation not being privy, or consenting to such deed of cession—in such case, to form a treaty that shall put it out of the power of the land-jobbers to carry fire and sword into such territory so ceded, is a most abominable, high-hand infringement of personal right, and a violation of the Constitution—it is an ex post facto law—in short, it is “a Knoxonian plan”—smuggled into “the Commissioner's closet”—smuggled into the Senate of
the United States—smuggled under the signature of The President—and smuggled into the approbation of the people of the United States!!!
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman at Alexandria, to his friend at Baltimore, dated the 29th ult.
“Just in the moment of closing this letter, I have been informed, by a gentleman from the Southward, that, yesterday, Capt. Mowbray, in a vessel from England, arrived at Port Royal, Rappahannock river, after a very short passage, (report says, 22 days) by which vessel there are the most authenticated accounts of a WAR having absolutely taken place between England and Spain, and that the Captain had actually read the declaration of war previous to his leaving England.—How far this may be true, I cannot say; but, from several circumstances, I am apt to give credit to it.”
Extract of a letter from Virginia, Oct. 17, to the Editor.
“Crops of tobacco and wheat, as well as corn, are very abundant; all of which are incomparably low to what they were last year: Tobacco, best James-River, may be had for 17s. and 18s.—wheat pr. bushel, weighing 60 wt. at 4/6. and 5/.—and all other commodities low in proportion.”
It has been said that the methodist church in the United States consists of 57621 persons; a correspondent who remembers the times of Mr. WHITFIELD, says, that a much larger church could have been collected forty years ago, from the followers of that celebrated itinerant who was the father of the methodists.
On the 25th of October last, Mr. William M c Cloud, snuff manufacturer and miller of Mr. Isaac Jones's snuff-mill, on Brandywine-Creek, going up the race bank unfortunately fell into the Creek and was drowned. He had not been missing above 20 minutes before he was found, and every means which medical skill could devise, used for his recovery, but without success. He has left a wife and child to bewail his loss.
The LAW LECTURE will commence in this city about the 15th Dec.—[The design of the plan is to furnish a rational and useful entertainment to gentlemen of all professions—and in particular to assist in forming the legislator, the magistrate, and the lawyer. At the close of the whole course, some lectures and exercises in rhetoric and composition are to be given by Dr. Smith.]
A specimen of American ingenuity, worthy the attention of the curious, is to be seen at Mr. R. Leslie's, in Market-street. It is a model of a flour mill, upon a new construction, contrived by Mr. Oliver Evans, of Delaware state. This machine, without the assistance of manual labour, first conveys the grain despatched to be ground, to the upper floor, where it is cleaned; thence it descends to the hopper, and after being ground in the usual way, the flour is conveyed to the upper floor, where by a simple and ingenious contrivance, it is spread, cooled, and gradually made to pass to the bolting hopper. The whole contrivance does the greatest honor to the inventor, and is likely to be of some pecuniary advantage to him, as he has obtained from Congress an exclusive right to the profits of the invention for 14 years. A number of mills have already been constructed on this plan, which are found to answer perfectly in practice. To make inanimate nature thus yield to the powers of man's inventive faculties, and produce what manual labour would otherwise be obliged to effect, must be of the greatest advantage to a young country where hands are wanted. Numbers of those formerly employed in manufacturing flour, will now guide the plough, cultivate our vacant lands, and labour to encrease the real wealth of the country. (Gen. Adv.)
THIS DAY
  There will be an ECLIPSE of the SUN—visible. H. M.   Beginning, at — — — 0 16   Greatest obscuration — — — 1 19 P. M.   Ecliptic conjunction — — — 1 20 1/2   End — — — — — 2 22   Duration — — — — — 2 6 
Digits eclipsed, about 4 1/2 on the Sun's northern limb. At places northward from Philadelphia this Eclipse will be larger; and to those southward, smaller; but will not be central to any part of the Earth.
THE UNITED STATES.
WHILE Discord rends the eastern hemisphere, Peace, with her train of virtues triumphs here; Beneath her smiles fair science rears her head, And all the arts their various treasures spread; The skies benignant shed their genial pow'r, And plenty, in a rich profusion, show'r; Our commerce catches every wind that blows: To earth's remotest shores our produce goes: Our sacred laws, freedom and justice frame, And rival nations celebrate our fame! Hail happy States! may fate propitious give, That long thy sons in harmony may live: On UNION built, till time dissolve the sphere Thou free, and great, and glorious shalt appear!
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THE POWER OF INNOCENCE.
A TRUE STORY.
WHEN first the nuptial state we prove, We live the happy life of love: But when familiar charms no more, Inspire the bliss they gave before; Each less delighting, less is loved, First this, then that, is disapproved; Complacence flies, neglect succeeds; Neglect, disdain and hatred breeds.
REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
IT is a point of considerable importance in learning a language, to obtain a clear knowledge of the minute distinctions in the signification of words. There is a difference in the meaning of truth and veracity which is often overlooked; for we often hear it said that a man is a man of truth and veracity. If these words mean the same thing, they need not be used at the same time. The fact is, truth is of Saxon origin, and comprehends the sense of both the Roman derivatives veritas and veracitas. Veritas is a declaration agreeable to fact; veracity is the disposition of a person to speak agreeable to fact. The Romans had two words to express the two ideas; the Saxons had one word only for both, viz. truth. When therefore I say, a man is a man of truth, I say all that is comprehended in saying, he is a man of truth and veracity; for in Saxon, a man of truth, is in Latin derivatives, a man of veritas and veracity.
The distinction between observe and remark is nearly lost in common practice. Observe is to see, and remark, to relate something seen. Yet these two words are confounded, for it is often said, and the practice is so general as to render it good English, that I observed to him instead of I remarked to him. I make this remark to show how natural we lose primitive distinctions which were really useful.
Improvements and Additions to Mr. BOWEN'S Exhibition of Wax-Work, Viz.
HIS Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esq.—A Philadelphia Beauty.—Peace, (an elegant figure) with her Olive Branch. Plenty, with wreaths of Flowers, basket of Fruit, &c. TICKETS, at one quarter dollar, may be had at Mr. JAMES BAYSON'S, No. 4, Third, below Market Street; where the exhibition is open from 10 o'clock in the Morning, until 9 every Evening. N. B. MINIATURE and PORTRAIT PAINTING done at the same place, on reasonable terms. Philadelphia, Oct. 30, 1790.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, October 14, 1790.
NOTICE is hereby given, That Proposals will be received at the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the 30th day of November next, inclusive, for the supply of all Rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December 1791, both days inclusive, at Springfield, in the State of Massachusetts, and the Post of West-Point, in the State of New-York. The Rations to be supplied, are to consist of the following Articles, viz. One pound of Bread or Flour, One pound of Beef, or 3/4 of a pound of Pork, Half a gill of Rum, Brandy, or Whiskey, One quart of Salt, Two quarts of Vinegar, Two pounds of Soap, One pound of Candles, } pr. 100 rations. Separate Proposals may be made for each place, specifying the lowest price pr. ration.—No credit is required.
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AMERICA, from this period begins her national existence—"THE WORLD IS ALL BEFORE HER"—the wisdom and folly—the misery and prosperity of the empires, states, and kingdoms, which have had their day upon the great theatre of time, and are now no more, suggest the most important mementos—these, with the rapid series of events, in which our country has been involved, have taught the enlightened citizens of the United States, that freedom and government—liberty and laws, are inseparable.
This conviction led to the adoption of the new constitution; for however various the sentiments, respecting the merits of this system, all good men are agreed in the necessity of an efficient federal government.
A paper, therefore, established upon national, independent, and impartial principles—which shall take up the premised articles, upon a competent plan, it is presumed, will be highly interesting, and meet with public approbation and patronage.
The Editor of this publication is determined to leave no avenue of information unexplored:—He solicits the assistance of persons of leisure and abilities—which, united with his own assiduity, he flatters himself will render the Gazette of the United States not unworthy general encouragement—and is, with due respect, the public's humble servant, THE EDITOR. April 15, 1790.
THIS publication commenced with the present government of the United States:—Its principal objects are comprised in the above plan; they have been thus far attended to, according to the best abilities of the Editor—and that they are deemed interesting, has been evinced by the general approbation which the paper has received, and the extensive circulation it has obtained: It shall be the aim of the Editor to keep up the spirit of his plan—every communication conducive to that point, will be gratefully received.—Freedom, Government, Union and Peace constitute the happiness of every country—the United States in a particular manner, have all their present enjoyments, and future hopes, suspended on the preservation of these essential pillars of human felicity: In an ardent wish to promote these great objects, the "Gazette of the United States" originated—to these it has been—and shall be sedulously devoted; and while it continues an impartial vehicle to the public of governmental transactions, and interesting information on the most important subjects of life, the Editor cannot fail of public encouragement.
Agreeable to the original design, the publication is now commenced in Philadelphia, the seat of government for the United States.—The patronage of the citizens of this metropolis is hereby solicited:—Those who may wish to form a judgment of the work, are respectfully informed that the first volume (from April 1789, to April 1790) may be inspected at the house of the Editor, No. 69, Market-Street.
The second volume commenced in April last: The Editor can supply the numbers complete from that period—which contain the laws of the second session of Congress—and the debates and proceedings of the house of Representatives, during four months of the session.
Among the innumerable blessings derived to the people of the United States from the present general government, there is none productive of happier effects than that spirit of UNIVERSAL CITIZENSHIP which has in a great measure eradicated party and local distinctions, and now forms a great national feature in the American character.—The Editor, therefore, with confidence, takes his station in the capital of the United States, being fully persuaded, that in proportion to his merits, he will receive the patronage of the public. JOHN FENNO. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3, 1790.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Sept. 28, 1790.
NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the 31st day of December next inclusive, for the building of a LIGHT HOUSE, nearly of the dimensions proposed by the late Commissioners of Virginia and Maryland, upon the lot of land on Cape Henry, in the County of Princess Ann, and State of Virginia, lately ceded for that purpose to the United States. It is desired, that the proposals may leave the election, whether the building above the foundation shall be of brick or stone, and as the cost and charges of those materials vary, it is expected, that a corresponding difference will be made in the terms offered.
The foundation of the Light-House is to be of stone, and sunk to the depth of thirteen feet below the water table, over the top of which the pavement is to be laid. The diameter thereof is to be twenty seven feet six inches, with a vacancy of about nine feet in the centre.
The diameter of the base is to be twenty six feet, at which place the thickness of the walls is to be six feet. The height from the bottom of the water table to the top of the stone work is to be seventy two feet, where the diameter is to be sixteen feet six inches, and the thickness of the walls three feet. The form is to be an octagon, having three windows in the east, and four in the west. If it be built of brick, it is to be faced with the glassy kind, if of stone, it is to be faced with hewn or hammer-dressed stone.
On the top of the stone work is to be a floor of joists, bedded therein, planked over and covered with copper, extending about two feet eight inches beyond the wall, thereby forming an eve, which is to be finished with a cornice, the whole having a descent from the centre sufficient to throw off the water.
The lantern is to be supported by eight posts of wrought Iron of three inches square and twenty feet in length, ten feet of which are to be wrought into the stone wall on the inner part at each corner. The diameter of it is to be ten feet, leaving a platform on the outside thereof of about six feet in width. All the work above this is to be of iron and copper. The lantern is to be ten feet high, having a semicircular roof of five feet more, with iron rafters covered with copper. The whole space between the posts supporting the lantern, is to be occupied by the sashes, which are to be made of iron, each sash is to have twenty-eight panes of glass, twelve by fourteen inches. One of the sashes on the south west side is to be hung with hinges for a door to go out upon the platform, from the outer part of which to the roof of the lantern is to be a frame of iron covered with a net work of strong brass wire, to preserve the glass from injuries by hail and flights of birds in the night.
The rafters of the lantern are to be well fastened to an iron hoop, over which is a copper funnel, through which the smoke may pass into a large copper ventilator in the form of a man's head, capable of containing one hundred gallons. This head is to be so placed as to be turned by a large vane on the spire above it, that the hole for venting the smoke may always be to the leeward. Eight dormant ventilators of six inches diameter are to be fixed in the roof of the lantern.
A close stove is to be provided and fixed in the lantern, which is to be furnished with eight lamps, each capable of containing six quarts, hung in two tiers over each other transversely. There are to be six flights of stairs to ascend to the lantern, the entrance to which is to be by a door covered with copper. The building is to be furnished with two conductors, to secure it from the effects of lightning.
A frame house is to be built for the keeper, twenty feet square, two stories high, with a frame kitchen; the whole to be finished with lath and plaster.
A vault for the storage and safe keeping of the oil is to be built of stone at a convenient distance, twelve feet wide, and twenty in length. It is to be arched, and covered with earth or sand, over which a shed is to be built, and it is to be furnished with eight strong cedar cisterns with covers, each capable of containing two hundred gallons of oil. The entrance is to be secured by a strong door.
Good security for the faithful performance of the contract will be expected. Payments on account will be made at proper stages of the work, and the balance will be paid on its completion: or, if a suitable difference should be made in the terms, cash will be advanced for the purchase of materials and provisions.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Sept. 20, 1790.
IT is hereby made known, that the following arrangement has been adopted towards carrying into execution the Act, making provision for the debt of the United States, viz.
Loan-Office Certificates, and those issued by the Commissioners for the adjustment of accounts in the several States, will be receivable only at the Treasury and by the respective Commissioners of Loans within the States in which they were respectively issued. The Certificates issued by the Register of the Treasury, by the Pay Master General and Commissioner of Army Accounts, by the Commissioners for the adjustment of the Accounts of the Quarter Master's, Commissary's, Hospital, Clothing, and Marine Departments, Indents of Interest, and Bills of Old Emmission, will be receivable indiscriminately at the Treasury and by the Commissioners of all the States. The situation of the Checks has dictated this arrangement for the greater security of the public against impositions by forged or counterfeit paper, and which the said Checks have been adopted from the same consideration for the execution of the business are such, that it will give facility and dispatch, if applications from the Holders of Certificates of the Register of the Treasury and of the Paymaster General, and Commissioner of Army Accounts, and of the Commissioners of the five Departments above mentioned, are made in the first instance at the Treasury; and if applications from the Holders of Loan Office Certificates, and Certificates issued by the Commissioners for the adjustment of Accounts in the respective States, are made in like manner to the Commissioners of Loans within the States in which they were issued. Transfers can afterwards be made to any Office that the Proprietors of these Certificates may desire.
PURSUANT to a Resolve or act of Congress of the 10th day of May, 1780, relative to the destruction of Loan-Office Certificates by accident; notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, that on the 2d day of January 1780, the house occupied by the subscriber in Market-Street, Philadelphia, took fire and was consumed, in which was lodged a number of Loan-Office certificates as pr. list below, all which were destroyed by the said fire: Therefore if any person, hath any objection why the said Certificates should not be renewed, agreeable to the resolves of Congress, they must make them before the expiration of three months, from the date hereof.
Invoice of Loan-Office Certificates destroyed in the house of John Holker on the 2d day of January 1780.
Table with 4 columns: No., Date, Name, Dols. Row 1: 1778, March 13, 1636, Samuel Cooke, jun. New-York, 600. Row 2: 1673, 1, ditto, do. 600. Total: Dollars, 1200.
In testimony whereof I have signed the present for publication. New-York, July 26th, 1790. HOLKER.
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