Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1790-08-28 00:00:00

John Augustus 1790 [-573-] Gazette of the United States.
PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 41, BROAD-STREET, NEAR THE EXCHANGE, NEW-YORK.
[No. 40, of Vol. II.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST, 28, 1790.
[WHOLE No. 144.]
DISCOURSES ON DAVILA.
No. XVIII.—CONCLUDED.
L'un et l'autre parti cruel également, Ainsi que dans le crime, est dans l'aveuglement.
THIS discourse pronounced with a military tone, had already agitated minds before disposed to take arms, both from attachment to his house, and their private interests. But the Admiral, Coligni, who weighed more maturely all the consequences of such an enterprize, alone ventured to oppose the opinion of the Prince, by advising to employ in the execution of his design, a mean more proper to ensure the success of it. "It would be," said Coligni, "too desperate a resolution to expose so openly to the hazards of war, the fortunes of the house of Bourbon, and of so great a number of persons allied to their blood, or attached to their interests. We are not supported by any forces at home, or alliances abroad. We have no fortified places, and are without troops, and without money. In the impossibility to act with open force, let us substitute policy in the stead of force. Let us endeavor, without discovering ourselves, to employ other arms, to execute for us, what we are not in a condition to undertake for ourselves. The kingdom is filled with a multitude of people, who have embraced the doctrine lately introduced by Calvin. The severity of the researches made for them, and the rigour of their punishments, reduce them to despair, and to the desire as well as necessity of braving every danger to rescue themselves from a destiny so horrible. They all know, that the duke of Guise, and especially the Cardinal of Lorrain, are the principal authors of the persecution; that this last pursues ardently their destruction, in the Parliaments and in the King's councils, and never ceases to rail at their doctrines, in his public harangues and private conversations. If the discontents of this multitude have not blazed out, it has been merely for want of a leader capable of guiding it, and of animating it, by his example. If they should be stimulated ever so little, they will blindly confront the greatest dangers, in the hope of delivering themselves from the misfortunes which threaten them. Let us avail ourselves of this resource; let us encourage this multitude, already disposed to commotions; let us give a form to their designs; let us arm their hatred against the Guises; let us put them in a condition to attack these strangers, in good order and with advantage. Our designs, in this way, will execute themselves, without exposing or committing us, with our appearing to have any part in them. In augmenting our forces with all those of the Calvinists, we shall support ourselves by the protection of the Protestant Princes of Germany, and of Elizabeth Queen of England, who patronize openly the new religion. Our cause will become better and our pretext more plausible. We will reject upon the Protestants the boldness of their enterprize, and we shall convince the whole world, that it is neither interest nor ambition, but simply the difference in religion which has excited us to arms." It should be remembered here, that Davila was a Catholic, and Coligni a Protestant. The latter, one of the greatest, altho the most unfortunate men of his age, was as sincere in religion, as pure in morals, and as honourable in the whole conduct of his life, as any one of his contemporaries. That he was desirous of engaging the Bourbons and Montmorencies to favor the Calvinists and liberty of conscience, is probable: but he is represented by the best French Historians, as so much attached to the King, as to have been even suspected by his party. The harangue which Davila puts into his mouth, is too much like a mere politician, and too little like a philosopher or a christian, to be consistent with his character.
PAINTINGS.—AMERICAN GENIUS.
BROWN, the Duke of York's portrait painter, has exhibited several pictures in his usual stile of excellence. That of Glanville Sharpe , Esq. chairman of committee of slave trade, is undoubtedly his best performance.
Brown's whole length of the Earl of Strathmore is a spirited figure, and a true fac-simile of that gallant and elegant young officer.
Lord Loughborough's portrait, by Brown, is painted by order of lady Ersquine .
Mr. West has lately painted a fine Head of Dr. Price .
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. PUBLISHED
By Authority.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: AT THE SECOND SESSION.
Begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
An ACT making further Provision for the payment of the Debts of the United States.
WHEREAS, by an act, intitled, An act for laying a duty on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States," divers duties were laid on goods, wares and merchandise so imported, for the discharge of the debts of the United States and the encouragement and protection of manufactures: And whereas the support of government and the discharge of the said debts, render it necessary to encrease the said duties:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the last day of December next, the duties specified and laid in and by the act aforesaid, shall cease and determine, and that upon all goods, wares and merchandise (not herein particularly excepted) which after the said day shall be brought into the United States, from any foreign port or place, there shall be levied, collected and paid the several and respective duties following, that is to say: Madeira wine of the quality of London particular, per gallon, thirty-five cents; other Madeira wine, per gallon, thirty cents; Sherry wine per gallon, twenty-five cents; other wines, per gallon, twenty cents; distilled spirits, if more than ten per cent. below proof, according to Dycas's hydrometer, per gallon, twelve cents; if more than five, and not more than ten per cent. below proof, according to the same hydrometer, per gallon, twelve and an half cents; if of proof, and not more than five per cent. below proof, according to the same hydrometer, per gallon, thirteen cents; if above proof, but not exceeding twenty per cent. according to the same hydrometer, per gallon, fifteen cents; if of more than twenty, and not more than forty per cent. above proof, according to the same hydrometer, per gallon, twenty cents; if of more than forty per cent. above proof, according to the same hydrometer, per gallon, twenty-five cents; molasses, per gallon, three cents; beer, ale and porter in casks, per gallon, five cents; beer, ale and porter in bottles, per dozen, twenty cents. Teas from China and India, in ships or vessels of the United States, bohea, per pound, ten cents; souchong and other black teas, per pound, eighteen cents; hyson, per pound, thirty-two cents; other green teas, per pound, twenty cents: Teas from Europe, in ships or vessels of the United States; bohea, per pound, twelve cents; souchong and other black teas, per pound, twenty-one cents; hyson, per pound, forty cents; other green teas, per pound, twenty-four cents: Teas from any other place, or in any other ships or vessels, bohea per pound, fifteen cents; souchong and other black teas per pound, twenty-seven cents; hyson per pound, fifty cents; other green teas per pound, thirty cents; coffee per pound, four cents; cocoa per pound one cent; loaf sugar per pound, five cents; brown sugar per pound, one and an half cent; other sugar per pound, two and an half cents; candles of tallow per pound, two cents; candles of wax or spermaceti per pound, six cents; cheese per pound four cents; soap per pound, two cents; pepper per pound, six cents; pimento per pound, four cents; manufactured tobacco per pound, six cents; snuff per pound, ten cents; indigo per pound twenty-five cents; cotton per pound, three cents; nails and spikes per pound, one cent; bar and other lead per pound, one cent; steel unwrought per one hundred and twelve pounds, seventy-five cents; hemp per one hundred and twelve pounds, fifty-four cents; cables per one hundred and twelve pounds, one hundred cents; tarred cordage per one hundred and twelve pounds, one hundred cents; untarred cordage and yarn per one hundred and twelve pounds, one hundred and fifty cents; twine and pack thread per one hundred and twelve pounds, three hundred cents; salt per bushel, twelve cents; malt per bushel, ten cents; coal per bushel, three cents; boots per pair, fifty cents; shoes, slippers, and goloshes, made of leather, per pair, seven cents; shoes and slippers made of silk or stuff, per pair, ten cents; wool and cotton cards, per dozen, fifty cents; playing cards per pack, ten cents; all china ware, looking glasses, window and other glass, and all manufactures of glass, (black quart bottles excepted) twelve and an half per centum ad valorem; marble, flat, and other stones, bricks, tiles, tables, mortars, and other utensils of marble or slate, and generally all stone and earthen ware, blank books, writing paper, and wrapping paper, paper hangings, paste boards, parchment and vellum; pictures and prints, painters colors including lamp black, except those commonly used in dying, gold, silver and plated ware, gold and silver lace, jewellery and paste work, clocks and watches, shoe and knee buckles, grocery, (except the articles before enumerated) namely, cinnamon, cloves, mace, nutmegs, ginger, anniseed, currants, dates, figs, plums, prunes, raisins, sugar-candy, oranges, lemons, limes, and generally, all fruits and comfits, olives, capers and pickles of every sort, oil, gun-powder, mustard in flour, ten per centum ad valorem; cabinet-ware, buttons, laddles, gloves of leather, hats of beaver, felt, wool, or a mixture of any of them, millinery ready made, callings of iron, and flat and rolled iron, leather tanned or tawed, and all manufactures of which leather is the article of chief value, except such as are herein otherwise rated, canes, walking-sticks and whips, cloathing ready made, brushes, anchors, all wares of tin, pewter, or copper, all or any of them, medicinal drugs, except those commonly used in dying, carpets and carpeting, all velvets, velveteens, fatins and other wrought silks, cambrics, mullins, muslinets, lawns, laces, gauzes, chintzes, and colored calicoes, and nankeens, seven and an half per centum ad valorem. All goods, wares and merchandise imported directly from China or India in ships or vessels not of the United States, teas excepted, twelve and an half per centum ad valorem. All coaches, chariots, phaetons, chaises,
chairs, sofas or other carriages, or parts of carriages, fifteen and an half per centum ad valorem; and five per centum ad valorem upon all other goods, wares and merchandise, except bullion, tin in pigs, tin plates, old pewter, brass, cutlery, iron and brass wire, copper in plates, salt petre, plaster of Paris, wool, dying woods, and dying drugs, raw hides and skin, undressed furs of every kind, the sea-turtles of ships or vessels, the cloaths, books, household furniture, and the tools or implements of the trade or profession of persons who come to reside in the United States, philosophical apparatus specially imported for any seminary of learning, all goods intended to be re-exported to a foreign port or place, in the same ship or vessel in which they shall be imported, and generally, all articles of the growth, product or manufactures of the United States.
And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the several rates of duties above specified and imposed, in respect to all goods, wares and merchandise, which, after the said last day of December next, shall be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States, except in the cases in which an additional duty is herein before specially laid on any goods, wares, or merchandizes, which shall be imported in such ships or vessels.
And be it further enacted, That all duties, which shall be paid or secured to be paid by virtue of this act, shall be returned or discharged in respect to all such goods, wares or merchandise, whereupon they shall have been so paid, or secured to be paid, as, within twelve calendar months after payment made or security given, shall be exported to any foreign port or place, except one per centum on the amount of the said duties, which shall be retained as an indemnification for whatever expense may have accrued concerning the same.
And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed and paid on dried and pickled fish, of the fisheries of the United States, and on other provisions salted within the said States, which after the said last day of December next, shall be exported therefrom to any foreign port or place, in lieu of a drawback of the duty on the salt which shall have been expended thereupon, according to the following rates, namely, dried fish per quintal, ten cents, pickled fish and other salted provisions, per barrel, ten cents.
And be it further enacted, That where duties by this act are imposed, or drawbacks allowed on any specific quantity of goods, wares and merchandise, the same shall be deemed to apply in proportion to any quantity, more or less, than such specific quantity.
And be it further enacted, That all the duties which by virtue of the act intitled, "An act for laying a duty on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States," accrued between the time specified in the said act for the commencement of the said duties, and the respective times when the collectors entered upon the duties of their respective offices in the several districts, be, and they are hereby remitted and discharged, and that in any case in which they may have been paid to the United States, restitution thereof shall be made.
And be it further enacted, That the several duties imposed by this act shall continue to be collected and paid, until the debts and purposes, for which they are pledged and appropriated, shall be fully discharged. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the legislature of the United States from substituting other duties or taxes of equal value to any or all of the said duties and imposts.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED, AUGUST THE TENTH, 1790. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. (TRUE COPY.)
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE LATE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, &c. CONTINUATION.
THE National Assembly, possessed by the same mischievous demon of democracy, have actually proceeded to abolish titles and reduce pensions.
I hope a few impartial reflections on this very interesting point, may in some measure obviate the pernicious tendency of such levelling republican notions.—As the French noblesse always sacrificed to the graces, they derived their captivating politeness, and inimitable address, from the assiduity of this pleasing devotion. They gave a decided ton to society in exact proportion to the distinctions of rank and birth. A simple monsieur edged in, as he could, through the half opened door of a lady's assembly-room; but whenever an archbishop, a prince of the blood, or an ambassador, was announced, "ouvrez les deux battants pour monseignr. l'archeveque," was the fashionable language. A nice and fastidious observer, who had been used to good company, could instantly discover duc et pair , a simple duke, a marquis, a viscount, or count by the condescending hauteur, the dignified familiarity, or graceful negligence of returning a bow, or presenting a snuff-box to an inferior, with as much precision as if he had examined their respective patents.
But all these enchanting accomplishments will be soon neglected. The eye of taste will speedily lose this exquisite discrimination, which was never before attained in ancient or modern times. L'amour, la chasse, le service, l'agrément de la société, les mots heureux, les petits soins, will give place to the triste of party; and the ennui of politics, to the tumults of faction, and the conflicts of ambition. The gay and seducing attendance of the toilet will be deserted for the senate; and a tedious debate on the constitution will arrest the attention more than a new dance at the ope-

ra, or a ballet at Versailles. A poetical aristocrat who feels for the decadence of his country, laments this fatal change of manners in the following pathetic and affecting lines:
“Autrefois, dans la France, La présence d'un duc faisoit taire un marquis; Devant l'homme à la cour admis Un gentilhomme de province N'auroit osé rester assis. Un bourgeois respectoit le noble le plus mince; Les plus grands imposoient toujours aux plus petits; Et c'étoit un ordre admirable: Mais l'aujourd'hui dans ce Paris C'est un despotisme effroyable; Tout le monde y dit son avis.”
How different is our situation at this moment! How triumphant the contrast! By the auspicious exercise of the prerogative, the British and Irish peerage have been liberally increased during the present reign.—As birth, fortune, and desert are not fastidiously deemed indispensable qualifications, the gratitude of the new peer to the crown is insured, as he can only ascribe his promotion to the gracious favor of his sovereign, and the benign influence of the minister. Thus the pride and arrogance of assuming merit are effectually checked; and a courtly complaisant race of nobles gradually formed; all actuated by the true spirit of aristocracy, and implicitly devoted to the crown; always ready to support its prerogatives, and maintain the splendid privileges of their own order, against vulgar prejudice, and popular encroachments.
For though the lords derive their honor from the crown, the fountain of all honor; still as they are only trustees, they should be ever ready to resign it with alacrity on any great political crisis. By a spirited exertion, founded on this generous sentiment, a few noble peers, [if report is to be credited] gallantly despising reproach and obloquy, and disdaining to be bound by too rigid and scrupulous an adherence to their word, saved the king, the church, and the nation, by voting against the East India bill in 1783.
On the same maxim, a desertion of friends, party, and principle, may sometimes be considered as a political test, and as a just, fair, and constitutional claim to a pension and peerage; being a sort of feudal homage, and the most unequivocal proof of profound duty, loyalty, and attachment. Surely even the malignity of faction must admit, that the elevation of soul which indignant virtue inspires, could alone induce any person to act what is commonly, but very erroneously, deemed a dishonorable part in politics.—Would the most unprincipled administration abandon such an intrepid convert, to be vilified, traduced, and exposed to the bitter taunts, and contemptuous sneers of a calumniating opposition? No: let a man of such heroic merit never be consigned to disgrace; let him be ennobled by a title, and enriched by a pension, in order to excite a generous emulation in others, and as the only adequate reward and consolation he himself can relish.
I have also, Sir, often reflected with singular satisfaction on the pleasing mode in which civil suits were carried on in France; where even the decisions of justice were biased by the gentle influence of manners and customs, & blended with their social system of policy. The President was usually solicited in person, by his noble or fair clients, and their state of the case was listened too with the most polite respect and attention. As gallantry and law were happily united, ladies with great condescension visited the judge at his own chamber.—When beauty pleaded her cause irresistibly in private, what a faint impression could even the eloquence of an Erskine make in open court! Sometimes an amorous proposition, expressed with the utmost delicacy, drop'd from the judge, and if favorably received, le proces etoit gagné . A French critic has produced a specimen of elegant wit, addressed by a judicial magistrate to a charming suitor, on this nice point, equally honorable to himself and the jurisprudence of his country: The equivoque of a legal term is happily preserved; for as the author was a lawyer, he remembered the profession in his poetical rapture, and rested his claim to reciprocity on a double entendre :
“Vous avez chez moi libre accès, J'en demande chez vous un autre. Si je ne gagne mon proces, Vous ne gagnerez pas le votre:” &c.
But the barbarous spirit of democracy has interrupted this tender intercourse! This sentimental mode of conducting law-suits! Judicial magistrates will no longer be permitted to purchase offices. A previous study and long practice in the courts will be esteemed indispensable qualifications for the bench; and consequently young men will be excluded, on whose generous feelings the tears and solicitations of the fair never fail in exciting the warmest emotions.—Inexorable bourgeois juries will be established, who may presume to judge both of the law and fact; no deference will be paid to birth, rank, or riches; and an accomplished courtier, perhaps a favorite of his sovereign, will be treated like one of the canaille .
But the evil will not stop here: not only the soft intercourse which has been just described, will no longer be tolerated, but all the delicacies of politesse will be abolished, and ancient ruffianry revived. “The ideas which the Greeks formed of politeness, must have been very different from our's,” says Mr. Hume, in quoting this passage from Menander: “It is not in the power of the Gods to make a polite soldier.” The reason is obvious.—The turbulent spirit of licentious equality diffused among the Grecian republics, inspired a contempt for those finer social arts, the original invention of which even Mr. Dutens admits to be modern. They disdained to acquire that respectful address, that delicate adulation, and honourable subserviency to the pleasure and inclination of others, in which the very essence of true politeness consists. Such a sensitive plant shrinks from the rude hand of democracy, and can be only cultivated to its utmost perfection under the genial influence and cheering beams of court sunshine. The author of Esprit des Loix , who saw this finely exemplified in his own country, remarks, with patriotic exultation, “that politeness and arbitrary power made an equal progress among the Romans.” The converse of this proposition is likewise true. The French will soon lose that boasted superiority which has so long excited the envy and emulation of Europe. Even the Dutch, under the protection and auspices of the Prussian monarch, will speedily be drilled into more refinement, and excel them in every graceful and elegant accomplishment. As amiableness of character is attained by the agreeable art of concealing the boisterous sallies of passion, and restraining the disgusting bluntness of sincerity, politeness and dissimulation are indissolubly connected, and always flourish under the protection of royalty. This exterior varnish pleases the eye, though it disguises the heart;—as painting glass, beautifies it, but renders it less transparent.
(To be continued.)
MADRID, May 25.
COUNCILS have been held here of late, occasioned by the numerous couriers from London, Lisbon, and Paris; but there is not the smallest appearance of any intention in our Court to give up its claims to the exclusive navigation of the Southern Ocean.—Portugal, in consequence of the family marriage which took place lately, abandons Great-Britain to join our cause.—The preparations for war go on with more vigour than ever.
LONDON, JUNE 11.
The French patriots are greatly elated with a recent victory over the aristocrats, in the French Netherlands—the regiments of Vintimille and all the regulars in the garrison of the place, have entered into a voluntary union and confederacy with the national troops at Douay. And thus the hopes of the royal party are diminishing in every quarter!
The best opinion amongst the principal merchants concerned in the Spanish trade here is, that if we demand of the court of Spain a restitution of our shipping and a partial trade to the south west coast, both will be granted; but if we demand an exclusive general trade, it would be in fact giving up the keys of Mexico and Peru, and for the preservation of those places they will risque every thing.
The speculative politicians, who look to our quondam possessions in America, for assistance at the present crisis, will be deceived, if we are to trust to the best informed men from that country. They look on European differences with too much sang froid . They have a debt only of fifteen millions, which as they quaintly say, they can discharge while they sleep, and that therefore their best victory is to be found in neutrality.
JUNE 19.
The bodies and skeletons found in the dungeons of the Bastile, were deposited on the 1st inst. in St. Paul's church-yard. The funeral ceremony was accompanied with solemn pomp—The bier was borne by twelve of the workmen employed in the demolition of that fortress, and the pall supported by those who had disinterred the corpses: they had their tools conspicuous with a label containing these words—“Tremble, ye enemies of public good!” On the coffin were placed a chain and bullet, found very near one of the victims. The battalion, and almost all the citizens of the De la Culture , attended this funeral.
JUNE 22.
The expenditure of the British armaments mounted, on Friday last, to one million one hundred and forty-eight thousand pounds sterling.
SWEDES AND RUSSIANS.
Further particulars of the taking Revel by the Swedes.
“The Duke of Sudermania, immediately upon the failure of his first attempt on the Russian fleet, lying in the harbor of Revel at anchor, in which he lost two ships of the line, retired about ten leagues from the harbor to repair the damage
his fleet had sustained, and to prepare for a second attack before any relief could be afforded to the Russian fleet. As soon as he had refitted, he sailed for the harbor, at a league distant from which the Russian fleet was discovered ready to dispute with the Swedes the entrance. Upon a Council being held by the Duke, it was resolved to attack the Russians, and the signals being given the fleet bore down for the attack, which was maintained for near six hours with the utmost fury; at length the Swedes broke the Russian line, which threw them into much confusion; then the Swedes, taking the advantage of the general confusion into which the Russians were thrown, followed them with their whole force into the harbor, where, after a short but dreadful conflict and carnage, the Russian ships which remained afloat struck, and the castle and town surrendered.”
CHARLESTON (S. C.) July 12.
The increase of population in this State has surpassed the most sanguine expectation. A gentleman who went from this in the year 1785, to settle in the country was the tenth person who inhabited Pendleton county; but according to the returns made in conformity to the act for procuring a census of the people of this State, and which was exhibited to the late convention, it appears, that the number of fighting men in that county exceeds seven thousand.
AUGUST 14.
Last evening arrived the brig Washington , Roustan in 13 days, and Schooner Faithful , Aaron, Young, in 17 days from Aux-Cayes.
Previous to the departure of the brig Washington , from Aux-Cayes, a French packet had arrived there from France, with dispatches for the commandants of Aux-Cayes, Port-au-Prince, &c. which had excited much anxious curiosity among the patriots, from their import not being communicated to the public. On an express having been forwarded to the general at Port-au-Prince, the popular impatience arose to such an unbounded height, that they seized on the express, brought him back, and opened the dispatches in public, which, on being read, produced the utmost satisfaction; containing instructions to the administration to acquiesce in the proceedings of the patriots, and to suffer them quietly to proceed in the formation and establishment of their municipal governments. The dispatches also contained orders to put the island in the best state of defence.
PHILADELPHIA, August 24.
The crops of wheat and rye in every part of Pennsylvania, have greatly exceeded the expectations of the farmer. While those grains had an unpromising appearance last spring, a quadruple quantity of Indian corn, oats and potatoes, were put in the ground, all of which promise an immense increase, so that the profits of agriculture to the State of Pennsylvania, it is computed, this fall and next spring, will be equal, if not superior to what they have been during the last.
The Princes of antiquity, and particularly the Roman Emperors, had recourse to the expedient of deification , in order to inspire into the minds of the people reverence for their persons, and absolute submission to their extravagancies.—The jus divinum and sanctity of character, which some of our modern monarchs have assumed, are copies of this original absurdity, and calculated on similar principles of policy, to enslave the mind, and divest human nature of those rights and privileges communicated, by supreme power, to elevate the lot of man above the rest of the creation; but the people have detected the imposture, and regained that rational station in society, which their fathers had impotently resigned to the iniquity and caprice of monarchs for several thousand years.
For the information of the public, a correspondent has favored us with an account of the cause of the disturbances in Hispaniola, which he collected from his letters, and intelligence received of persons from that island:
Sometime ago, the citizens of the island assembled, and chose delegates from each district, to meet at St. Mark's in assembly, with authority to make laws for the government of the island. They met, and made a number of laws—these laws were approved of by the inhabitants of the north, and disapproved of by the south side of the island; but the Assembly attempted to enforce them, and enlisted all the King's troops, at eight dollars per month, and a bit a day wages: Seized upon a French 74 gun-ship, and a frigate which lay in the harbour, and manned them:—they also enrolled all the inhabitants of the north, and draft them by terms. Any person who is drafted, and does not turn out to enforce the Assembly's laws, is put into confinement. Any person drafted is free from arrest for debt while in service, or in going to or coming from headquarters, or for fifteen days after their return. In consequence of this law, a number of people have purchased goods from merchants and masters of vessels, and taken protection by joining the troops.

The inhabitants of the south armed and assembled themselves in great bodies, and were preparing to attack St. Mark's; they had got a frigate and some other vessels of force with troops on board, which failed on the 3d inst. for St. Mark's, to endeavour to disperse the Assembly and troops.
Extract of a letter from Cape-Francois, August 6.
"We have now a civil war throughout this island: citizens are fighting against citizens, and trade is entirely at a stand, and unsafe: it is a very critical time, and very dangerous to have debts out. Produce has got exceeding high and scarce; a great part of the people's time is taken up with the present disturbances, so that they cannot attend to the plantations. Molasses is not got at any price."
BOSTON, August 23.
His excellency the Governor has issued a Proclamation for calling the General Assembly of this Commonwealth to meet on the 15th of September next, at the State-House in this Town, on business of importance.
PHILADELPHIA, August 25.
By the Ceres from Liverpool arrived at this port, European accounts are received to the 4th July - at which time no accommodation had taken place - and the Spanish and English fleets were at sea.
FROM THE POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL.
THE second session of Congress is now closed, and when we consider the subjects which have been under discussion and the decisions which have been made upon them, I consider it as concluding under circumstances not inauspicious to the interest and honor of the United States. The question of the removal, introduced as it was, in the midst of the most important business, appeared to be below the dignity of the government. It has however terminated all further uneasiness on the subject, and if an immediate removal has too much the air of levity and local politics, yet a more central situation for the permanent residence was undoubtedly a just proposition. Complaints have frequently been made at the length and slowness of the proceedings of Congress; but the persons who make them, have not properly reflected on the difficulty and importance of the business they have had before them. Questions arising on public revenues and credit are the most intricate in the science of legislation, and they were peculiarly difficult with us from the long unsettled condition of our public funds, and the various claims and various opinions that have been founded upon them. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury first brought up to view solid principles in the settlement of the public credit, and is no doubt the ablest production that has ever been produced in this country on the subject of Finance. This report has been discussed, and its principles investigated for several months - the anxiety of the public has been great - its expectations have been raised and repeatedly disappointed, till at length the business has terminated, if not entirely to every one's wishes, yet in a manner very satisfactory to the community and honorable to the government. The national debt is funded - a considerable portion of the state debts assumed and funded also, and provision made by law not only for redeeming and sinking the public debt, but for a final settlement of accounts between the individual states and the union. This business alone so immensely important to the interest and welfare of our country, is in my judgment cheaply accomplished by six months of debate and deliberation. I could have wished the public circumstances had admitted some things to have been more fully done, which are now limited by the probable necessities of the union. A more strict adherence to principles would have required the whole of the state debts to be assumed and not a part only - the interest of the national debt to have been funded on like terms with the principal, and not at three per cent; and the whole debt to have been immediately funded at an interest of six per cent, and not a third part postponed for ten years. However when I reflect on the vast difficulties and opposition that Congress had to contend with, and the various jealousies and prejudices which have started up, I cheerfully acquiesce, and with sensations of pride and gratitude in the measures which have been adopted. I consider them as measures of great and wise and necessary national policy, and which will contribute, almost as much as the late revolution in the government, to consolidate our union, and replace our public character, on the permanent foundations of interest and justice.
The great objects which were necessary to make us a free and respectable nation seem now to be nearly attained. Next to a well armed and well balanced government for the United States, was the funding and gradual reduction of the public debt, and the settlement of the claims of the several states. One of the last acts of Congress was to provide means for the final adjustment of the accounts between the individual states and the union. The present generation have done in a few years the work of a century. We have accomplished our freedom, our reputation, our union. No people have more deeply studied and more happily seized the true principles of government. No people can frame or reform their constitutions as successive experience may dictate; or restore and fix their public credit, as the national exigencies may require, with more coolness, harmony and dispatch. Personal, political and religious freedom, seem to have attained their last stage of perfection and security in America. The spirit of freedom has indeed existed in all ages; it has often shown out with a brilliant lustre - but its splendor and happy effects, have been but momentary, and have perished under forms of government illly constituted, and subject to perpetual vibration. It is impossible to say how far improvements may still be made in the great science of rendering politics subservient to the happiness of mankind. It has been referred to the people of this country to present the best image which has hitherto appeared in civil history of a wisely and strongly balanced republican government; or a government which will ensure the most equal and beneficent administration. Our progress in political knowledge appears the more striking when we observe the conduct of the French nation, a nation celebrated for quickness of conception. They seem to be inattentive to the ripe fruits of experience which they might gather from the history of all nations, and which have been so deeply and elaborately displayed by Doctor Adams in his defence of the American Constitutions, and to be running with intemperate ardor after democracy. It is impossible to tell what will be the result of their revolution. I will however venture to assert that there is more sound sense and found knowledge of government displayed by an anonymous writer in the Gazette of the United States in his "Discourses on Davila," than in all the deliberations of the French National Assembly. I may be thought too warm in my reflections on the genius and felicity of America. It suits some tempers to be constantly viewing and exaggerating the dark side of public and private life. I confess I find more consolation and pleasure in the opposite picture, and in viewing what is honorable and advantageous to my country. It at least serves to render us more cheerful and contented in our own private walks - it gives us as patriots a certain pride and elevation of sentiment, and as men of serious and devout affections, it serves to fill our minds with gratitude and love, and from the view of private and political blessings, to raise our thoughts to that being who is the great Author of those blessings and Father of mercies.
NEW-YORK, AUGUST 28.
THE Gazettes of the several States of the month of June last, informed the public, that a man, who called himself ARCHIBALD ROSS, and passed through Petersburg, in Virginia, gave out that about five years ago, being on board a ship, called the Julius Cæsar, commanded by Capt. SQUIRES, belonging to Philadelphia, and on her way from Charleston to Cadiz, the said ship was taken off the Western Islands by two Algerine vessels, and carried to Algiers; that himself and twenty-one others, his companions, whose names he pretends to recite, were condemned to slavery, of whom himself and six others, at length escaped to Gibraltar; that from some Port of Spain he the said Archibald Ross, and an Archibald Deacon, got a passage to Boston, where he left the said Deacon, and was proceeding through Peterburg to Charleston, where he said his friends resided. He pretended also to have seen a Mr. Henry Whiting in slavery among the Algerines. - Government being in possession of evidence that there are no other American captives in the Barbary States but fifteen, who are of those taken in the year 1785, in the ship Dauphin, Obrian, and Schooner Maria, Stephens, immediately took measures for enquiring into such of the facts stated by Archibald Ross, as were within their reach. They are informed from Philadelphia, with an official examination of the entries for six years back, that no such ship as the Julius Cæsar, commanded by Captain Squires, has belonged to that port within that period; from Charleston on an examination of eight years, that no such ship has cleared out there within that period, and from Boston, that but one vessel has arrived there which had failed from any port of Spain within the period of the pretended escape of Ross, the master of which, on examination, declared that while in Spain he heard nothing of this matter, and that no such passenger as Archibald Deacon came with him. The information from Charleston is further, that the pretended Archibald Ross has not made his appearance there.
Attention was paid to this imposter, because he furnished matter for his own detection; and because repeated instances give reason to apprehend that it is becoming habitual with vagrant adventurers to subsist themselves on good and unguarded citizens, by persuading them that their brothers, children, or husbands, long since lost at sea, are now living in Algiers, where they pretend to have seen them in captivity, thus nourishing their own profligacy in the sluices of distress, which they cruelly re-open in breaches where time had closed them. A humane people will certainly discourage this flagitious abuse of their best passions, by treating as swindlers and divalgers of false news, those who shall be found dealing out tales as improbable as they are cruel. The Printers of the several Gazettes in different parts of the United States are desired to insert the above.
TOUR TO RHODE-ISLAND.
The late excursion of THE PRESIDENT of the United States to the State of Rhode-Island, is one of those events which makes the deepest and most pleasing impressions on the public mind: The people of that State had long wished for an opportunity to express their feelings, personally, to "THE MAN who unites all hearts."
RECEPTION AT NEWPORT.
The President arrived at Newport on Tuesday 17th inst. where he was received with the highest demonstrations of joy: An elegant entertainment was provided in the Representatives' chamber - which was emblematically decorated on the occasion: Addresses were presented from the Rev. Clergy, and the Society of Free Masons. After viewing the town, on Wednesday he was escorted by a large and respectable committee, attended by a procession of the citizens to the Packet, and embarked for
PROVIDENCE.
At which place he arrived the same day at 4 o'clock, P. M. - A procession was formed agreeable to a previous arrangement, which escorted him to his lodgings at Mr. Dagget's tavern.
The attendance of almost every inhabitant, both of Newport and Providence in the processions, together with a brilliant appearance of ladies at the windows and doors of the houses, evinced, in the most sensible manner, their pleasure on this happy occasion.
In the evening the College Edifice was splendidly illuminated. Federal Salutes were fired at Newport, and at Providence, on the President's landing and embarking - and the bells rang a joyful peal: Addresses were presented by the town of Providence, the Corporation of the College, and the Society of the Cincinnati. After partaking of an entertainment at the Court House in Providence, where the federal circle of patriotic toasts were drank, accompanied by discharges from the artillery, The President, his Suite and the Gentlemen who accompanied him from this city, embarked on their return.
FURTHER EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
Accounts from Brussels inform, that the people of Brabant flock in great numbers to that city - 10,000 entered in one morning, to pay their homage to the new government; but great alarms and confusion still prevail in that city. In consequence of the present critical situation of Affairs, the Hague Gazette has been suspended for six weeks.
Alarming accounts are received at Paris daily of the disorders which prevail in the army, most of the regiments being no longer under subjection, they revolt, disband, and are in such a state of insurrection, as renders it impossible to calculate the result; in consequence of this the King has proposed uniting the national troops with the regulars; this proposition was joyfully received by the National Assembly. The King and all the Royal Family are at St. Cloud to pass the summer. His removal from Paris caused some uneasiness, and an inflammatory pamphlet was wrote on the occasion, in which it was said there was a conspiracy on foot, and that the king was to be carried off; this excited a great fermentation, but it did not prevent the King from going the next day.
The King of Sweden has pardoned the officers, whose sanguinary sentences are mentioned in this Gazette, No. 35. The prince of Nassau, commanding a fleet in the Russian service, has been defeated by the King of Sweden in person.
PRICE CURRENT - PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FINAL SETTLEMENTS 12 3/4 to 12 5/8. INDENTS 7 1/2. STATE SECURITIES 8 3/4.
ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST - NEW-YORK.
Ship North-Carolina, Haydock, Vigo, 53 days. Brig Minerva, Sanworth, Newfoundland 25. Patty, Mallaby, St. Thomas's 18. Rebecca, Codwif, Cadiz, 44. Sloop Patty, Gale, Domingo, 18. John Smith, St. St. Martins, 18.
PRIZES
IN THE NEW-YORK CITY LOTTERY.
Prizes of 500l. 14032 16,260 Prize of 200l. 14984 Prizes of 100l. 4158 16,111 17,161 8066 8239 Prizes of 50l. 3732 4910 15,858 24,541 2255 15,494 2858 3969 24,946 Prizes of 20l. 2069 3373 7540 22,176 1465 7579 15,779 19,729 21,195 3068 5141 8656 8672 13,204 15,100 15,842 18,915 23,647 Prizes of 10l. 5054 6,99 9496 12,348 14,648 18,777 19,277 21,129 24,524 1941 21,513 3990 5221 5692 9112 11,982 17,390 24,838
Prizes of 1l. drawn on Saturday the 21st. inst.
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Monday.
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Tuesday.
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CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SATURDAY, July 24.
Debate on the amendment of the Senate to the Funding Bill, to assume a part of the State Debts.
MR. GERRY.
(Continued.)
THE gentleman has told us of the exertions of Georgia, that by the assumption injustice will be done to her, and that her's, in particular will be a hard case. I have no doubt the citizens of that State, according to their abilities, made great exertions; they behaved with valor, and have suffered much in the common cause; and if there are any circumstances which will subject her to an injury by the operation of any acts of Congress, let her state them, and she will undoubtedly obtain redress, I think I can be responsible for Massachusetts, that her members will do every thing that is consistent with justice, and even with generosity for Georgia. But the gentleman should consider, that Georgia is but an infant State, that by her utmost exertions she could not contribute in any great degree to accomplish this revolution, and she cannot expect that the measures of this extensive republic will be entirely accommodated to her situation.
The gentleman tells us, that whilst Boston was in possession of the enemy, Massachusetts made great exertions and suffered much, but not afterwards, for her ports being opened and commerce flourishing, she was enriched by the war. [Here Mr. Jackson explained himself, and did not deny that Massachusetts continued her exertions, but supposed, nevertheless, she was enriched by the war.] Mr. Gerry admitted the explanation, and requested him to give any information he pleased respecting his arguments, as it was intended to consider them candidly.—He then proceeded: I conceive, sir, the gentleman is very little acquainted with the history of Massachusetts, as it relates to this subject, for so far was the State from being benefited, that it suffered exceedingly by the war. To judge of this matter, let us further examine the reports which were formerly called for to ascertain the contributions of the States, and see whether they will justify the supposition that the State was benefited by the war.
If we refer to the report of the Secretary at War to ascertain the number of men furnished by the several States, we shall find that some troops were enlisted for the war, some for three years, some for two, and others for one, and the militia for less periods. In order, then, to form a just idea of the comparative exertions of the States in this respect, it is necessary to reduce the number of men to one period of enlistment, whether enlisted for a longer or shorter time. For instance, to consider six soldiers, who were enlisted for two months as being equal to one enlisted for a year; or, if they were enlisted for three years, consider one as equal to three for one year.
By the Secretary's report, it will thus appear, that the whole number of men employed during the war, reduced to one year's term of service, was 311,719. Of this number, Massachusetts, by the average of the requisitions on her, was required to furnish the enormous proportion of 93,508 being 57,066 men, which is between a fifth and sixth of the whole number employed during the war, altho' her proportion was not more than a seventh. What was her conduct on this occasion? Did she fail to furnish the number required? No, sir, she raised the whole, and what is still more extraordinary, she supplied above the requisitions 17,140 men; if to this number we add 12,535 men which she supplied agreeably to the requisitions, and which exceeded her just proportion of one seventh, it appears that she furnished 29,675 men (for the term of one year's service) above her proportion.
Had the State in lieu of 74,206 men which she thus supplied, raised only her due proportion, which was 44,531, the probability is, she would have obtained these for half of the average bounty which she paid for them, and have saved at least 1,005,128 dollars.
Let us now consider the effect of this measure, and judge of the benefits resulting to the State by the war. The amount of the specific claims of the State for pay, depreciation of pay, bounties, and clothing for all the troops which Massachusetts furnished is 8,006,553 dollars and this averaged on 74,206 men, will for 29,575 men be about, Dollars 3,201,824
Nine years interest due on this sum, is about 1,728,984 The increased bounties on her proportion from the causes mentioned 1,005,128 And if to these expenses be added the loss of the State by the absence of 29,675 men the supplies given to them from time to time, the losses sustained by the death of perhaps a quarter part of them the support of the widows, and fatherless children, the amount, at the moderate rate of 100 dollars for each soldier, will be 2,967,500 Making 8,922,436 which that State has taxed herself to furnish for other States their deficiencies of troops, and the last sum mentioned 2,967,500 dollars will be wholly lost to the State, in addition to this, several regiments were recruited in the State, not contained in the preceding estimate—Much has been said of the extravagant bounties, given by Massachusetts, the cause of which is explained, and notwithstanding the extraordinary requisitions on her for men, the average bounty paid by her, during the war for the term of a year's service, has not exceeded 47-2 dollars for each soldier.
Let us now turn our attention for a moment to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury which contains an account of the receipts and payments of the several States, in specie and indents, and in paper money reduced to specie. It is readily admitted, that the paper money in some instances is extended at a rate of depreciation, less than that which will be finally adopted, but by recurring to the report, I think it will be evident that the comparative view of this matter in its present form, is less favorable to Massachusetts, than it will be when the depreciation is further extended—as the accounts now present themselves, the amount of the sums received into the treasury from the several States is 14,200,777 dollars, reduced to specie value; the sum paid from the treasury, to the several States, amounts to 15,672,770 dollars, so that the balance of receipts, at the Treasury is, 3,528,003 dollars; of this sum Massachusetts furnished, exclusive of what she received from the Treasury, 1,921,283 dollars, which is nearly 4-7 of the balance of all the receipts at the Treasury, from the States, to this day. Her proportion of the balance mentioned of 3,528,003 dollars, being one seventh, is 504,000; so that she has supplied in this instance, 1,417,283 dollars, reduced to specie, above her proportion. By the above statements made from authentic documents on the files of the House, it is evident that Massachusetts has advanced for other States, Dollars.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Dollars. Rows: By troops (3,201,824), Interest thereon, 9 years (1,728,984), By supplies to the Treasury (1,417,283), Interest thereon 9 years (766,333), Making in the whole (7,113,244).
And from hence we may form some judgment of the benefits she has received from the war, which has almost impoverished and ruined her.
If we advert to the proposition of the Senate, for assuming the State debts, we shall find the whole sum to be assumed is 21,500,000 dollars, and that Massachusetts, if she had not advanced more than other States on an average, would be entitled to 3,071,428 dollars, being a seventh of the sum to be assumed. She is to receive thereof four millions dollars, so that for all her advances, she will be reimbursed by the assumption only, 928,572 dollars and yet this paltry sum compared with her demands is grudged by States, for whom, she has made such large advances.
(To be continued.)
LONDON, June 7.
Extract of a letter from Naples, April 22.
ON the 4th inst. early in the morning, a fire broke out in the Ruggiero, a 74 gun ship belonging to the royal navy, in the port of Castellamare; as soon as the fire was discovered at Naples, all the workmen at the arsenal, without having received any orders, went on horseback and in carriages to contribute their assistance. It is remarkable to their honor, that this was Easter time, when the workmen generally choose to spend their time with their wives and families. The fire, in spite of every resistance, almost consumed the above ship to the water's edge, and had communicated to another vessel laden with corn, and from that to another of the King's ships of 75 guns. In the midst of this consternation, and when the whole dock yard was in danger, a young workman of the arsenal of Castellamare, observed that sufficient assistance was not given to the second vessel on fire; with amazing courage and spirit he threw himself into the sea, and swam to the ship, stript himself in the midst of the flames, and tried to extinguish them. His example inspired his companions with courage, and by their spirited efforts, all the ships in the harbor, except the Ruggiero and the corn vessel, were saved. The king, when informed of the zeal and bravery of those men, ordered that all those who had come at their own expence to Castellamare, should be recompensed, especially the young man who had so bravely hazarded his life; but not one man would accept of the recompense; refusing it in the handsomest terms.
The Neapolitans have voted a gratuity to the king of 2,250,000, and the Sicilians 900,000 livres tournois, to make up the loss the marine has suffered by the destruction of the Ruggiero. The king has ordered General d'Action to express his satisfaction with this mark of their loyalty and affection."
BRABANT AND FLANDERS.
It is very difficult to procure any authentic intelligence of the affairs of Brabant at present. No person there dare write with any freedom, for fear of their letters falling into the hands of those who watch to detect spies, and who are ready to construe every kind of intelligence, as given from some improper motive.
A plan was lately concerted at Courtray, and that neighbourhood, supposed to have been planned under Austrian influence, the purpose of which was, with a force of 15,000 men, to release General Vandermerch from the Citadel of Antwerp, and to conduct him to Flanders, to be tried by the provincial council.
The attempt, however, failed, owing, as it is believed, to some of the chief people concerned, having at the time they pretended to join in this plot, been absolutely in the pay of the Patriots.
The states of Brabant, in the mean time, have removed M. Vandermerch, from the Citadel of Antwerp to a convent in Louvain, where they think he will be more out of the reach of those who wish to rescue him.
The discovery of this plot occasioned suspicion to fall on many people at Brussels; a general search therefore, took place, when in different houses they discovered deposits of arms and ammunition, for the use of the force intended for the rescue of Vandermerch.
In consequence of this, about 150 people have been seized and thrown into prison—and it is even asserted that two or three of them were hanged up by the mob.
PARIS, June 7.
On Thursday last [Corpus Christi Day] his majesty, accompanied by the queen and the rest of the royal family, walked in procession to St. Germain l'Auxerrois, his parish, from the Thuilleries, through the Rue St. Honore, to the Louvre, and thence returned, by a different route, to the palace. On his right was the president of the national assembly (M. Treilhard) and on his left the great almoner of France, cardinal de Laval Montmorency. This ceremony had not its accustomed brilliancy, from the absence of so many of the princes of the blood, and the total abolition of all distinction of orders. The queen was dressed with an elegant simplicity that by no means obscured, if it did not heighten, her natural charms, which, even her enemies allow, are of the first class; and she was received by an incredible number of people with every possible mark of attachment and respect.
Dr. Price's Revolution Sermon may be had of the Editor. Price 15/.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Price. Includes various goods like Jamaica Spirits, Antigua Rum, St. Croix, Country, Molasses, Brandy, Geneva, Do. in cases, Mulcovado Sugar, Loaf, Lump, Pepper, Pimento, Coffee, Indigo, Do. French, Rice, Superfine Flour, Common do., Rye do., Indian Meal, Rye, Wheat, Corn, Do. (Northern), Beef, Pork, Oats, Flax-seed, Ship bread per cwt., Country refined, bar-iron, Do. bloomery, Swedes do., Russia do., Pig-iron, German steel, Nails American, Do. do. do., Do. do. do., Do. do. do., Do. do. do., Do. do. do., Pot ash, Pearl ash, Bees-wax per lb., Mackerel per barr., Herrings, Mahogany, Jamaica, per foot, Dominico, do., Honduras, do., Logwood unchipped, Do. chipped, 2 inch white oak plank, 1 inch white oak plank, 1 1/2 inch do., 2 inch pitch pine do., Do. 22 inch do., Cedar 2 inch do., 1 1/2 inch do., 1 inch do., Pitch pine scantling, Cyprus 2 feet shingles.
ADVERTISEMENT.
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 3 columns: No., Date, Name. Rows: 1778, March 13, 1636, Samuel Cooke, jun., New-York; 1673, ditto.
In testimony whereof I have signed the present for publication. New-York, July 26th, 1790. HOLKER.
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CONTAINING, among many other interesting articles, several Letters from WARNER MISFELIN, on the Quaker's petition to Congress, for the abolition of the Slave Trade. August 21, 1790.
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