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SPECIE PAYMENTS.

1t was announced some days since in
the Gazette, that committee from the
Convention of Bank Deputies assem-
Died in Philadelphia, had waited on the
Secretary of the Treasury, and commu.
nlcated to him their decision, that they
would recommend to the Banks to fix
on the first Monday in July next TO re.
sumo specie payments. II was nos
stated then, although we had heard it
mentioned, that Mr.. Dsllas did nor all.
fsroUc Of The decision. In fact he OBJ.
Jected, at First very strenuously, against
the postponement to so late day--but
the reasoning and observations of some
OF The committe induced him TO shew q
disposition to acquiesce in the arrange :,
ment adopted by the Banks.
Although the convention had fixed
IN the first NJ onday Of July as the earIi
est day on which the Banks ought to
give fOsiipe ffedSe of resuming the
payment OF their notes in specie, 1t is
understood that it was also recommend.
ed by the convention to commence tho
payment OF specie at an earlier day, if
the situation OF the banks and the state
ot exchange, shceld render il practices
bic TO make the commencement stimuli.
taneously in the three cities. This, no
doubt, is the foundation of the hope exc
pressed in the SecrLtary's letter which.
We publish to-day,
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sns IA that the ancient
q north could tell the stars

ENOuger hSCDam lntOrES JUS
- .0een Elizabeth could speak
Creek with any scholar in the realm |;
and what is more, she and the ladies Of
her court could sew and spin The
emperor Augustus used TO dress In
cloth manufactured by his vile and
daughters. If learning and industry
were the ornaments of kingly govern
ments, how much more do they become
plain, viriuous and republican peo-
pie
Fortunately is unstable to proverb.
OF those who are now rich in this city
what proportion were rich forty years
agof OF those who are now so weai-
thy as almost TO bid defiance to the
frowns OF the tickle goodness, how ma
ny may be poor in twenty pears? The
wise man will pr, pare for every event
The richest man ought to bring up his
daughters as though he expected them
never TO want, sud At the same time a.
IL he eXected they would one day be.
come poor That is. while he gave them
accomplishments that could adorn, he
should not .eglect the Instructions that
might be useful
Anna married gentleman Of fortune
In this city, and added to his estate a
handsom sum, which was her own. 1t
was remarked for many years That the
affairs ofthc house were conducted with
excellent order. The servants rarely
failed 10 perform their duties Her Ia
ole always seemed superior, rather
from the excellence of the cookery and
the neatness of the arrangement, than
from ITS profusion. Her preserves were
invariably the incest. a friend remark
ing the excellence and order OF every
thing around her, enquired the reason.
Simply, said sue, because when girl
my mother taught me how every thing
should DC done. II servant is igno-
rant OF any matter, can instruct her.
And as they know shall detect any
t-ing that is improper they are more
Careful 10 render it perfect. My care
In superintendent is not, imagine,
hall what it would be, if was ignorant
of their duties I used 10 think a. times
that was obliged 10 learn things which
were useless, but am so well satisfied
OF the Importance of possessing all the
KIN ow!edge Of good house. wife,
that was i worth million, my
daughters should be taught every sort
OF work requisite in family.
= Is there young lady in this city
OF nineteen, who is secretly signing for
sweetheart, who never made a loaf ui
bread in her life
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From the Salem Gazette.
A SPECIMEN OF AN APPENDIX
TO JoHNsoN's nIc.rIoNAnv

What purport fsays The preface) by
this appendix, is to enlarge the terms
jemondIsg explanation, ant which, like
base metal among Legitimate coin, have
by usage, bec9me current in cur Ian
Suage, and without which the, com.
MERGE OF the world, or even the traffic
OF letters, can with difficulty be main
aimed, either with prof, or dedication
10 explain them may command some
glory; TO contribute TO their extirpstion
you'd give more substantial fame.
WIsby-washy, iiddle-faddle, slap.
lash, hum-drum, harum scarum, Iit-
pat, administration cbit.chat, prittle
prattie, hoity-toity, tip-top, hubble. bub
lie, humpcy- dumpey, hugger-muggel
lIccius- doccius, hurdy gurdy-all these
squire capitalization in etymologI
al work.
tits easy, from this slight specimen
suppose extension AMI ampIification.
'FIAtss authorities vii ba subioined, as
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for the existence Of every
word and term that shall be cited !; and
It's various signi6catins, where there
are more than one, specifically enune-
rated and corroborated by typographi-
Gael authorities.
He who writes dictionary of any
language may be considered as labour-
ing In coal riine-He who collects
the refuse of language claims unusual
commiseration, as sitting the cinders.
hggiedy .higStedy Conglomeration C
confusion.
Seyi56ie-scra66ie Pages of inanity. 4
See-sasu Alternate preponderation.
Dzum>ehance Mental torpidity.
Fee-fd;}um Gigantic information.
Ho66ie.dc-hoy The period between q.
dolesence 6 puberty
zitste-fatsie Futile conversation.
N'iiiy-nil!y An involuntary act.
Tie JoY-tat Adequate retaliation.
Dingie bangle Aerial suspension.
Hurry scRrry lnordinate precipitation
ShRiy shaAy CA corruption Of shall I!)
Hesitation & ire solution.
Hurley hurley Tumult and confusion.
Ioftay.furvy, arsy Uersy An inversion
CT capitals & Fundamentals
Riddle me rec An enigmatic exordium
.Ffnny hummer An asinine wretch.
Hoe"s hoc1s Pscudo-necromancy.
Dimg-dons Tintinabulary chimes, W.
sed metaphoricaily to ex.
press vehement dispatch
Rigmorois Incoherent s. rhapsodicsI,
Tag rag, Riff raft The swinish multi
tude.
zig-zog Transverse angles.
Heifer-skeifer Il motion of jocundity
and velocity.
Grin cum-crdncum Lines of irregulari.
ty and involntion.
HodSe-hodge A culinary mixture OF
heterogeneous ingredi.
eDts, applied metaphors
caliy all discordant CONF
binations.
RuIf: =
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Foreign Selections.
From Belts IYeekiy Messenger Of July
80. 1916.
Execution Of the rioters az En-.

l. NeNNtfoh " tNC FSOfCFS az Z[y.
| Accounts were received by govern
| ment yestei day, which stale that tho
rioters OF Ely, who had incurred the
sentence oil capital punishment, weut
through the mournfui ceremony OF exc.
cutIon with perfect submission OF
their fate. An immense crowd .a;-
| Sembied on the occasion, bet no dis
turhance took place, and, OH the con
Tary, the multitude altogether seemed
10 DC duiy impre ssed with sentiments
suitable TO The melancholy warning of
he aWfu! scene before them.
In all ordinary cases executions of
this kind, happening in the country are
more deeply aiAlcling than those which
almost weekly occur in the metropolis,
because they fall upon different kind
OF criminals; they fall upon those. who
sTe not educated and apprenticed as il
were, TO the gaol and gibbct. But if
We look into the detail of the trials at
Ely, 1t will be found that the rioters
were not waae has becn termed homes,
iaoorefs, or the sons of laborers, smart
Ing under heavy distress and priva,ions
and thereby drivc'i by despair into these
criminal exeesses' che truth appears
10 be, that with these criminals, at
least, the riot and public mischief and
destruction were but the means and
Inslrum snls of greater crimes. They
set hre to houses and barns that they
might PlUDdcr in the infusion. Tn
der the preteSt of procuring the rails
lnn nj fheu trfnnAaroI ~
ses OF their masters, and robbed them
on the highway. 1t is confusion of
ideas, therefore 10 pity these men as
merely mislcd peasants as honest labo-
rers, rushing from the cries of starving
Children To procure them bread at the
risk OF their lives. On the contrary,
they appear 10 have been men of bad
Characters, Of loose and idle habits,
and who, being very little in the habit
OF working, had very little or no interest
III the advance Of the wages.
But whilst every ono admits the ne.
csssity Of this public example, in order
20 arrest an evil Of the most u.enaciBc
appearances, let justice Likewise be
done TO the wisdom aud modcEalion OF |
which, having in the first |
place satisfied the public interests BY |
igor, has Interposed its mercy at the |
Just poInt ana having punished the
ieY has dismissed the many. Not
)my ~ this, but IN other similar ins;sn. |
Ics, We hove seen the govern
nens accused at the same time OF too |
much rigour ard TOO much fecbieness
Iut ;ous their clemency appears as
honorable to them as them as their vi
5orous application Of the laws and
; pleasing to Us TO see their reluctance
a the FIRST instance, to deal harsniy
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With ignorant and misguided men.-l-
Ministers have exhibited this feeling
more cases than the present. The riots
OF the seamcn in Shields, Newcastle.
& other ports OF the north, were proofs
of it. The commission at Ely is ano-
Their.
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BY AUTHORITY.l
AN ACT
AN ACT
Concerning the annual sum approprio
ated Tor aruing equip. ng e ,he rni-.

AN Az
Concerning the annual sum appropriy
ated Tor arning equip. .:s u he mi.
li;ia.
De it enacted 6y TIE senate and Hou8e
Of REPRESENTATIVES Of The Unifsd States.
Of |dn7erica, in.congress ass, m6ied, Thar
the annual sum Of two hundred thou
sand dollars, as appropriated for tho
purpose OF providing arms and militia.
ry equipments for the militia, either by
purchase or manufacture, according to
the act OF the twenty third of April,
one thousand eight hundred and eight,
entitled San act making proision for
arming and equipping the whole body
OF tie militia of the United State 49,;
shall be paid for each year, respectivc
iy, OH OF any moneys in the treasure
not Otherwise appropriated.
Sec 2. ind be il further enae;edE
That The sam appropriated to be paid
as aforesaid, shall be applied for The
purpose, and according to the Intention
SPeSlhedI ~ said act, without being liza.
Die at any time to DE carried TO the ac-
count OF the surplus fund. And moth.
ing In The act Of the third Of March
one thousand eight hundred and
nine, entitled an act further I'd
amend the several acts for the esI
enlistment and regulation Of the
treasury, war and Bavy departments
shall be construed TO authorise the
transferring of the sum annually sppro.
prlsted as aforesaid, or any portion
'neTeotI TO any other branch Of cKuen-
diturG.
II. CLAY,
Sneaker Of me House Of Re/sresenyd-
EiUes.
JOHN GAILLhRD,
President Of The Senate FRO temhore.
March l9, 1916.
APPROVED,
JAMES MADISON.
Printing in alpits variety hand,
somely executed at this Office,
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From the baltimore Fede, al Gazette Of
August ~.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-24

revision ot the coinage, was taken into
consideration. 1t is proposed by govern
nent to make gold the standard value i'm
the kingdom and to prevent silver from
competing with it in the market, the value
OF the shifting will be reduced G per cent.
The pound troys OF silver, which used to
be divided into shillings, will, for the future,
be v'ded INTO 90, of which tour will be
reserved as seigniarage. The new cor
mage Will It IS thought, be ready in Z
months - supercede. by an almost instan-
taneous OPP ration, the present disgrace.
loii currency, winch is deprecated so per
cent.
The public papers, and our private let
ters, received yesterday, from those parts
OF the country which constitute the scene
OF the late riots, are satisfactory. A dis
position 10 riot, however, had manifested
.tseii among the pitmen on the Wear, and
apprehei!s'ons or disturbance were enter
t'i"ed at Wisoech out we rrioice to find
the provincial papers, which announce
eaose new cases, at the same time remove
al aaXiety for the result
he rioters having proceeded to ex-
tremes. the military have been forced TO
resort to arms, and two persons have been
| Killed. This happened OH Friday evening.
a. Littleport, near Ely, where the mob
hau assembled to destroy the farming u
tensl,s, machines, buildings &c. Tae Rev.
III. b. Dudley, the magistrate, put him.
self at the head of small body Of soldiers,
fiectuaiy addressed the mob, read the
riot act and his party being ass ilea with
great violence, the soldiers were ordered
to hre. Two men were killed and six
wounded. The rioters arc said 20 have
hau hre arms, to have returned the fire.
and to have wounded three soldiers. Some
OF the soldiers were severely hurt before
the order OF ire was given. The multi
tude then fed in al directions, but they
wre pursued, and 1O4 OF them were made
prisoners IN the course of that night and
me next morning The military force at
Ely was greatly increased in the course q
saturday and yesterday. Ia consequence
OF these proceedings, government issued
proclamation ON Saturday. and directed
the Lords !icutenants of the disturbed dis
trcts to repair to their posts.
By our private letters and journals FROM
Paris of the 9Th. this day, we find the
personages said to have been implicated
IN the late conspiracy, are Tal!eyrand
Mac innaid and Gouvion St Cvr, as friends
or the Duke of Orleana.-But the opinion
OF their criminaiity already loses ground.
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[PriOate Correshoadencc.1
PANS. Nav IS.

singular report circulates here rel
tive to the Dutchess de ST. Lieu. It is saiI
that the authors Of the late consDirarv bc
ing in want Of money 70 carry it into eigsct
applied to that lady for assistance. con6d''
ing to her their plans. which, Of conrse
he'd out 70 her and her family the MOE
brilliant prospects ; that the Duchess sf.
ter apparently entering into their vicve
TO become more thoroughly acquain,ej
wish them, wrote 20 W. de CAGES Vic w.
formerly attached to her person. viz
Queen Of do!iaSd, and over whom che -
known to have preserved much influence
TO inform hlm, that she had communicated
to make - ann q the higbsss moment to
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- NEw-YoRK. JCLY II.
LATE FROM ZIP ~TCE

II n - a -
10y the last sailing brig Aid, which arri-
VEG az 'his port yesterday, in 80 days from
bordeauX, the Editors of the Mercantile
Advertiser, have received from their cor
respondent, file of French papers 10 the
ON OF June, which do not, however. fur
nish any news of moment.
p-, :, PARIS, May 81.
Prince Talleyrand returned to PARIS on
the 3Oth OF May.
Price of Stocks, AAav soth.
rive per cents, SO francs Is confines
BANK OF France, 1857 fraacs--Treasury
Notes, a SIS discount.
JHne The Mareschal- du- CHAMP.
GruyeF, has been Condemned to death at
otratsburg, for having joined the Usarper
at the period OF his landing m France.
Letters from Cronstads OF the 4th ult.
say, that on account of the ice no nerchapt
Vessels s,st nso yet entered that port.
Inc Court Of Russia has gone into
mourning for two months, on account Of the
death OF the Empress Of Austria.
Inc report Of Lord Whitmouth having
Oeen appointed ambassador to this court IS
wholly destitute Of foundation.
we hear from Rome, that the murderer
OF Cardinal Doris's Chaplain has been
found and executed. His death was shock
ing' nc was beaten dead with Clubs. and
afterwards quartered.
ne Duke Ferdinand, brother TO the
h'ns OF Wirtemberg, has been appointed
by the Emperor Of Austria, Governor Of
VIENNA aud OF Upper and Lower Aastris
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SECOND EDITION.
Saturday night 10 o'c,orl

%
FURTHER FROM ENGLAND
Since our first edition Mr.. TopGff. of
Merchants Hall, has fsvoured us with
London papers of the goth and 3Oth Nav.
he intermediate dates from Goth are
not received. They furnish few additi
onal items.
FROM the EUenms Star, and Ifoyniug
T'eyuld.
"a Paris (newspaper) article, d ltcd Gath
May. says" During the short duration
Oh the mad rebellion at Grenobie. Didier.
(who inst'ssted the rebellion at Grenoble.
and was taken upon the Piedmontese ter
riSory) had assumed the title of intendant
general OF the army of independence a
man named Couchon, called himself mar
snail Grouchy and schoolmas,er Of La
Mure called himself Count Bertrand. These
wretches had also clothed a peasant in a
dress covered with gold and decorations,
ana they always appeared before him with
their bats off,
a private letter from Paris 22d Nav.
after announcing the arrest Of Caulincourt
SBonaparte's duke of Vicenza) says, M.
Manuel so distinguished for his patriotism
and eloquence in the House of Represen-
tAt'ves. has been also arrested, together
with 81 persons of less note.-WhiIe. with
Kept IN this state of perturbation, the reli.-
g'ons and political fanatcism of the south
has broken out with increased fury.
we learn from good authority, that
III the course of last week a general RISING.
took place at Nismes, which terminated in
the massacre of great number of the
protestants, and in the destruction OF their
dwellings,. 1t is confidently stated. that at
least one half of the city has fallen prev
to the flames
Government had received notice. it
appears. OF Vandamme's being in the vi
cinity OF Paris. Searches were in conse-
quence made IN every quarter, and in one
instance detachment of gen. d'armes
was ordered 70 surround an inn at Yer
sailies, where he was supposed to be Sc
GREETED. These men closely examined g.
very person fouAd in the house. aud being
disappointed in their principal object,
they, toJustlty the inquisitorial proceeding,
carried OIL as suspicious characters, three
individuals who happened to be unprovided
with passports.
Private letters from Lyons describe
the pretended enthusiasm for ROYALTY in
very different terms from statements which
nave lately appeared in the papers.
The national guard, instead of spon-
e'''~O"''y VhSEihB 10 marCh against their
ieiiow citizens at Greno5le, were compel
led, by the menacing Interference of the
Gendarmeric & Royal Guard, to proceed
in separate detachmcnts upon the road 10
that city. But no sooner did NIGHT come
on. than escaping from the Genaarmr.
VINO conducted or rather escorted them
they disbaoded and returned to their homes
from which it has been found mpossi5le
to tear them a second time. The strata-
gem employed to dccoy them from The
town. was that Of collecting them in small
parties IN ITS neghbourhood, upon the pre-
tence OF exercising and reviewing them.
When thus once collected they were mar
ched some by force and others by pessua-
sion, towards their destination"
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heocostle-uhoa-Tyne, May %.


we are concerned to state, that serious
disturbances have broken out amongst the
Pitmen and other workmen connected with
the coIIeries upon the Wear. Several hun
dreds OF them are OF work, upon the os-
tenslble ground of the present wages beine.
inadequate to their support. while the price
OF hread corn continues SO very much high
rr than 1t has been. We can readily be-
Ii We that the distress amongst them IS We
ry great; but that stress appears 20 us
to arse more from want or timinutioo
OF employment. than from the present wa
ges OF labour. as compared with the sdvan-
ced price of corn
Here follow some observations uDon ;he
Corn Bill, in which that measure IS repre-
sented as impoliti~ and detrimental to the
commerce of the Tyne and NVear.1
lhe article concludes thus in con-
Guiding this article we are hapov tn have
1t IN our power TO state, that the nitmen <
otaer misguided workmsn upon the Wear.
have, through the prompt and vigorous ex
eruons OF the magistrates, aided bv two
troops OF cavalry from Newcastle. been in
duced TO return to their work. We IN
derstand eight Of the ringleaders were IA.
Ken into custody on Saturday, and commit.
tea to Durham gaoI. No disposition OF
JOINING them was at any time eyinced by
the p'men upon the Tyne"
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From the Boston EUeuing Gazette,
./uty 10.

LII tSAO 4 nv .sl iLNtJlJ AN Js
BY the Brutus, arrived TN S morning
from London, papers of that city to the
3lst of May inclusive are received. We
have had the loan OF two of the 2Sth and
two OF the 3ist. Extracts follow -
Frcm the Times II May %.
The French papers mention some par
tlculars of Gen. Cnartrand, who was shot
i'll consequence of the sentence of a court
martial, at Lille, on the 22d inst for the
part be took in the rebellion of March 1915.
1t appears that this person had been made
prisoner of war ia 1878 i; and was not
only restored to his country by the first re.
storation Of Louis XVIII. to the throne, but
honored by him with the cross of St. Louis
lie showed mis- gratitude, by accepting a
mission from Bonoparte to collect troops
in the south, and cut off the retreat of the
duke of Angouleme. The death of such
a criminal can be regretted by nobody,
Probably, had few such executions token
place earlier, the late instruction at Gre
noble would never have taken place.
Letters from Holland attribute that under
taking TO the rich traitors who found "A re-
fuge in Brussels. where they were several
times visited by Didicr, who received from
them considerable suns to corrupt and arm
tie peasartry about Grenobe. This in
formation dos not at ali surprise us; our
readers Will remember how often we have
pointed cut the folly of giving aSylums to
such men as Cambaceres and Excelmans
at Brussels, or Sebastian and Fiahault in
England. 1t may be said, that they were
under powerful patronage but patrons
50 blind to their country's interest. and
their own, ought not to be listened to.
The letters from Fra e, mention that
Caulincourt was arrested near Paris and
conveyed to the prison of the Aboaye
he, therefore, it is probabl-, was concern
ed in promoting the plots either of Didier,
or of BabufT, or Of the soi-disant patriots of
1916. Caulincourt had amassed immense
wealth by his crimes, and this is the man
ner in which he might naturally have been
expected to dispose OF it, 1t is said that
there was plot for Selling the castle of
Nincenues, which Contains a large depot
OF arms; captain of Engineers who was
to have directed IL, was arrested, and his
papers were found to DC of Importance.
The arrest OF Didicr was owing to the
care Of TWO of his accompiices, who hoped
to OBJ ain their pardon at this price.
from tie Morning Past Of 1Hgy %.
he chancellor OF the exchequer brought
forward last night the budget of the wear.
The supplies OF the year 1916 amount 10
25,l4O,l66L Iae ways and means esti-
mated at II sos, 271L The soap reguiati-
ons are expected to produce 100000 the
taxes already laid on butter and cheese
100000. On the first year Of the peace
a year always signalizcd by heavy loan,
he announced that there would be a reduc-
lion TO the amount of nearly 600, OOOk
from Me British Press Of 1lay 81.
Yesterday, in both houses OF parliament
he prince regents msssage relative 70 the
Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-07-18
Land for Sale.

ygTHE subscriber wishes to sell tract
4 of Land in Fairfax county. con,
tanning $50 acres. From actual expert
merits, it is found TO be we'll adapted to
clover and plaster. a ersaincons.dera-
BILE quantity of Which vii make it sure.
rior Land as at present the greater part
is reaIlyfsrtile. The situation of the
property is desirable, being about one
quarter of mile from the stage road
leading from Alexandra to Occoquan.
and not farther from Mr, Janney's mill.
and Accetinck creek, through which
channel the purchaser NAV convey his
produce to any market lying upon the
Persons anxious to purchase
may be shewn the land by Mr., keash.
living on the premises.
John W. .N'Carts.
March IL tt