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to this difcavery, waft given away by
lottery to the f irtonate drawers for r dollars
per hundred acres less than the office tees.
As focn as this popular, but unjaft, impro
vident and im inline law was pitted, the
idea of difchrirging 'he public debt by taxa
tion, vani(he.d like a in rning cloud, and
left n 0 trace behind. F:o athe year 1803
v*n il the prefect ti ne, no attempt td difeharge
the date debt by taxati in, was made, a gen
» ral ?.p :th" upon that fjHjcd pervaded, and
Util pervades our councils.
In June lad the General Affirnbly was ■
convened once m re to dipefe of a t*aft of
c: ittrv fippofed to ronton more than 3, ,
000, coo, of acres of land—the idea of paj
ing the date debt; by taxation, again recurred
tv>!it peculhrfbrce. The hnd <wat the peo
plf, it <ivnt their birth, right, they fought,
end bled for it { the legijlature had no right
to do any thing vbtth it, but to divide it out
timing the people, duiihout money, and mith.
out price. fhjs was the language of popular
demagogues upon that cccanon, and a con
ficlerablc m j >rity of both branches of the
General Aflkmbly concurred in a gratuitous
difpoiition of the whole territory, except the
fractional p’rts of the surveys. This was a
deliberate aft of legislation adopted after re.
celving ample information of the exigence,
and amount of the public debt—The Trea.
surer and Comptr dler-General by their effi.
cial report to rhs H >ufe of Rcprgftifttativea
efti mated the pubitc debt at 99(5. 909 dedis.
29 cen!s, and the (fate troopbouhty warrants ,
at 406,070 acres of land. The sum of
166,547 d 41s 94 Cts. is funded, ft bears an
annual mterett o; seven per cent per annum*
which at the time of the report amounted to
hi
Venue of th'“ ft ite is less than 50 000 d 41s.
therefore n double fax impoVl upon the citi
zens o! the Hate will not difth igelhis deb',
excluftvc of the ttaic troop bounty, in much
less ihan 30 vears, This is a plain, corrcft
and concise (Utemcnt of fifts, which can
be proven bv referir-gto ihr journals of the
general AlTembly and the ftatuic book of
the Hare.
"* producing an annual amount of 1658
ddla• 1 erntt.
[ IVe arts ‘rry that our other engagements
prevent ns from giving the m hole of this
s py- -the remainder Jball appear in our j
next) Wider the Jig nature of
SOLON.]
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Mary.
Mr, Arhudinot, the English ambaflador,
has had a frdh conference with the Reis Es
- * iuV<aU t |y declared
that if the Porte did not wjthm a few dar s,
enrre to a determination to renew its treaties
with England, an Engliffi squadron would
certainly make its appearance in ihe Levant,
at any further refufal must be coufidered as
a rupture between the two powers* To
this declaration n.o other -answer has been
given on the part of the Porte, than it
is resolved to maintain the neutrality which
it has hitherto observed,
s-.sxrs -=a
FRANCE.
<( Napoleon, Emperor oj the French, and
King of Italy.
“ Accounts having reached us, that in
several of the Northern Departments of our
Empire, certain Jew's, nor cxercifing any
other prtifeffion than that of ufurj, have, by
extorting an enormous interest, reduced a
number of fanners to a (fate of great Ah ft refs j
we Inve conceived it our duty to fuccour
such of our ,subj ;fts as have been reduced to
ih ofc forrowfol extremes by .n unjuifiSahle j
avarice. Theft circumstances have, at the
fame time, furniftied us with an opportunity
of knowing the urgent ncccfllty of re.ani
mating the fcntirtienrs of civil morality a.
mong those persons who profefs the Jew’iffi
religion, in the countries under our jurisdic
tion ; sentiments which unhappily have been
extinguiflied among a great unmber of them
in confcqi’ence of the date of debasement
under which they have long hngoilhed;
which it has never entered into my views,
either to maintain or to renew/ For the
accompllftiment of this design, we have re
folvrd to colleft the principal persons among
the Jews, in an alFembly ; and then, through
the means of enmmiffioners, whom we (hall
nominate for the purpose to communicate
ortr intentions; and who will at the fame
time, learn their wiffies in refpeft to such
mrans as they may deem most expedient to
awaken among their brethren the exercise
cf the arts and ufefu! profeffions of life, in
order that an honest industry may take the
place of those fcandalnus resources, to which
fn many porfuns among the jews have given
therofeives up, from the father to the son
for several ages past. To this end, and
upon the report of onr Grand Judge, Mini
fterofjufticc, onr Minidi rof the Interior,
onr Council of State, &c. we decree as 1
fellows ;
“On the 15th o( July next, an aflembly (
of the individuals profeffing the Jewilh re-
Itgion, (hall be held in our got>d city of
Paris, This affrmbly is only to be formed
of those Jews who inhabit the French terri
tory.
“ Our roinifter of the interior is charged
with the execution of the present decree.
(Signed) “NAPOLEON/*
j Talace of St. Chad, May 3®.
[ Here follows a lift of the number of the
deputies required from each «f the depart
aacnts, making in the whole 74 perfons.]
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PRIVCSSS OF WAIFS.
,
LONDON, June *5.
Reports of the grcateft delicacy and Irtipor- !
tanccrefpefting thtsillulirions perfonageliave
been in circulation fomediys. Her fiiftlity
to her hufbmd has been the subject of gene
ral cortvcrfation, This is (aid to have ori
gin a ted in information given by lady Doug
las in fofolemn and cirrcurttiiantiala manner,
as to render it incumbent on the prince of
Wales to consult counsel on 'he fubjeft. He
accordingly communicated the information to
lord Thurlow ; at the fame time obfervihg,
that he had disdained paying the Icaft atten
tion to the report until it had been urged
upon him, in the molt forcible manner. His
lordship advised the prince to lay the sever
al allegations before his majesty j which was
done without comment, or obfervatbn on
his part. His majesty immediately appoin
ted a feleft committee of his privy council
to proceed to an inveftigatioh of the charge
without delay.—The committee is compo
sed of the lord Chancellor, lord Spenctf,
lord EUcnborough and lord Grenville. La
dy Douglas has been examined before the
committee on 01th. The duke of Kent went
fpccially to inform the accufcd of the nature
and extent of the charge, and to notify that 1
fix of her dome (lies were required to appear j
before the. coiirni tree. This immediately j
took > place, and ■ hey were examined on oath. |
The iltuftrldus lade on this occasion, obser
ved, “ I jhnll tnfifi on an iH'heJi'tgaUon ;
and , led it Jhiuld be imagined I might tam
per with my fer vault , 1 <w:lldfcharge them
all immediately
Throughout the whole business, we are
n-are, rnatihe prince has
behaved with the ftritieft decorum, and with
an anxiety, that every poflible means may
he taken to affsrt the innocence and vindi
cate the ebarader of the exalted personage.
fi'S royal hlghnefa, lokfjf from h.ing
prosecutor or accufor, has not even - been a
complainant in the caitfe.
Her royal highness yeftsrday paid Mr.
Windham (fecrctary of war) a visit, which
also has also excited attention. It is a proof
that not the flighted distrust of Ihe cabinet
is entertained upon the case, and that her
royal highness is confident of having done
nothing that can possibly call for any pro.
creding on the part of government, further
than the present fuleran enquiry which was
highly defi able, and as highly desired by
her, for the purp ;fe of (hewing the total
falfehood of the calumny, and thnfe fubfe.
qu.nt proceedings for the punishment of the
calmmiiatou, which will become an indiu
pcnflbic duty upon the acquittal.
June 30. ]
More honors arc in the contemplation of
Napoleon for his relatives. His mother, it
is now ftid is to be appointed queen of Rome,
an! her f >n, L'icien Bonaparte, to be
nominated her fucceflbr.
Ex trail of a private letter from Hamburgh,
dated sane 20.
“ YMcrchy evening it was reported here,
thu thefa’eoFG rmany wasdecided. There
is m longer an Emperor of Germany, hut
instead, th ee great powers, Auftrla, Pruf.
fia, an ! Bavaria The remainder of Genua
ny, Saxony, Hefle, the Hanfeatic. towns,
6t,c. will form a c anfederate fhte under the
protection of the Emperor of the Romans,
which ti le Bonaparte will aflame. He will
be reprefemed in Germany by the Atch-
Cardinal Fcfch. I cannot youch abfolutc
certainty to the truth of the arrangement,
th tgb I believe it cannot be doubted that it
will take place/'
JtttY X. 1
L was yeflerday fiid in this city, that
general Mir mda had drawn bills to aeon,
fid Ti de amount on the treasury, which
had Seen presented for acceptance.
Mr. F -x had a good night on Sunday,
and was yefierday much better.
Lord Yarmouth, as we before dated, ar
rived in Paris on the iSth inllant, and re.
paired im mediately with his difpaches to the
office of the minister of foreign affairs. The
te.W of thofs difpatchcs was as little known
to the French capital as it is here, yet,
such were the pacific hopes entertained in
con/equence of this arrival, that the French
funds rose one per cent,
July 2.
The following Circular Letter has been
sent by the French Minister ot Marine to
the Commanders at the different French
ports :
“ Sir—l acquaint vou that, according
toa D-cree ofhts M qefty, of this date, the
embargo is taken off all Ruffian veflHs de.
tained in confiquence of the hnftijiti- s be
tween the two countries, and that it is his
Majefty’« pleasure that all such veflels be at
liberty to depart,
* ** DECRES/'
This rnuft he considered as indicative ofa
speedy adjuflmerit of the differences between
the two countries.
July 3.
It is confidently reported this morning,
that Lord Holland sets off far Paris n»xt
Monday
„ HLRoval Highness the Duke cf Sufltx,
and (bite, will emba le for bis government
in a frig tie, end of
the present month.
July 5.
The salary of the office to which Mr. Cur.
ran has been just appointed, is, w© under
stand, a year; and that of the deputy
keeper of the Roils, to which Mr. Curran
has appointed his eldest Con, is above £ 1 000
a year, *
NEW,YORK, August 2t.
William Sampson, Esq. lately from
Ireland, has been admitted to practice as a
Councilor in the Supreme Court of Judica
ture of this State.
v PETERSBURG, August zt.
We have received the fourth number of •
the Weftcrn World, in which the develope
ment of the Spabith Association is progress.
ingi The'■ haraiders already ihplicated as
concerned in this traitorous attempt against
a p»'t of the Union, maintain an exalted
(landing in foclctj-. Others arc how promt,
fed, of equal importance in society, as will
appear by the following paragraph.— Re.
publican,
“ The name of Jonathan Dayton will
make a confoicuous figure towards the clofc
ol.our inveftigaribn, when the secrets of Aa
ron Burr, Edward Livingston, the chief juf.
tree Prevail of Louisiana, general Smith of
Baltimore, col. Smith of New-York See,
will be unfolded. At present it is only ne
cessary toobferve, that Dayton and Wilk
inson havt been in conftam habits cfcorref.
pondmee since the fir It dawn of the Spanish
aflociation in Kentucky. That Diy ton and
John Brown, although they oppoftd each o
ther in congress, were infeocrable friends in
private.—That the Rev- John Mason, the
brother-in-law of John Brown, and author
of a fcurnlous psmphkt, entitled ** The
voice of warning," againd Mr. JcfTcrfnn,
is the warm political fiend and ccnllant aI.
fociale of Jonathan Dayton."
-WILMINGTON, (N. C.)' August 2(5.
We have witneflrd-the most vioirnt'and
deltruifHvc fiormot wiud & rain ever heiore
known On Thurfdiv evening last,
the gale commencen ax k. o. and ihcreuled
by decrees until Friday, about ten o’clock
A. M. it then became a hmricanc, and bitW
with the utmost violence.
The tide rose to a height heretofore oft.
known : the wharves are milchd.ifmged j (he
loss in dry goods, fait, sugar, rice, lumber.
Sec. is beyond conception, and cannot be
ascertained. When the wind (histed to S.
W, it seemed to threaten universal cieftme
tion.
Mr. Isaac Baldwin was killed by the fil
ling of an old burnt wall, and we hear that
several negroes have been killed, and one
drowned, on plantations in our vicinity.
As far as we have been able to obtain infor
mation, the crops o* corn, peas, rice. Sic .
arealmollentirely destroyed, Thefallingof
trees, and breaking up of bridges, having
fiifpended the communication between the
town and country, and the stage not having
arrived) we are unable to give an account
of the extenfiveand distressing inevita,
Ide throughout the district, and, we fear,
the whole state.
THE GALE.
GEORGETOWN, S. C. August 30.
On Thurfdav, Friday, and Satu day lad,
we were vili td by one of (he mod (evere tor
nadoes; within he recnllrfllon of he oldest
inhabitant. For viohner and duration it
surpass-d the September storm of j 80For
tunately tor thole residing on me ill :ods and
in this town, the wind w. g in opp sfition to
the waves, and prevented the rising of the
tide to so deftrudivc a height as we have ex
pcrienced.
HouCcf, (hipping, trees, fences, gard ns,
and we are forty to fav, lives were loft-~ e ,
very thing that was exposed to its fury, fnf.
sered greatly. We have not yet been able
to obtain a full account of the deftruflion
occasioned by it, hut f ar every day will fur
ni(h some melancholy intelligence of its del
vacating progress. The following particu
lars are all we have collected at present.
The Light House on N -rth lfl (t ,d over
s-t irom its foundation, Rnddeiirijyfd^
Two wenches belonging to Mr. Caffel*,
killed, and some wounded by thefallingof
a house.
CHARLESTON, Sept2mber r.
On the 24th olt. in las 32. 31. long.
7<5. tz. capr, Hafwcll fell in with the
Patriot, French 74, one of Jerome B mapar
te’s Squadron ; (lie was in a very . diftrefled
fttuation, haviug been separated from the
fleet a tew days before, in a violent gale of
wind, in which (he bad carried away her
mizen-tnaft and fore and main t»p mads.
Capt. H. went on board ; they were very
anxious to obtain 3 pilot acquainted with
toe coast, and were endeavoring to get into
Norfolk, or the fi (I friendly port,
September 2.
front the Coupee- House Books of las e^venitcg,
The schooner Pocotaligo Packet, capt-
Stites, anchored off the fort this evening,
in fix days from Long Island. Captain
Stitcs has brought in with him two seamen,
belonging to a Britifti (hip, one of the lad
homeward bound fleet of Jamaica merchant
men ; who inform, that almost the whole
fleet, confiding of one hundred and fifty
fail, have been dispersed and loft in the late
gale. Several of the (hips were to foun.
dcr with the whole of their crews. One of
the (hips was towed two days by cant.
Stitcs; when they fell in with # Britilh
(loop of war, who impressed all the Engli/h
sailors, and burnt the (hip. Two days
capt .S, fell in with the brig Ann,
captain Corry, from this port, for Havanas,
totally difmafted.
CoJ. Aaron Burr, late Vice-Prcfident of
the United States, passed through Chatti
er ° n the 1 ith ind. on hivway to the \
Waft ward.
extracts.
From the Albany Gentinel, a federal
paper,
(( On Fridav the 4th Julv, was rebars,
ted in this ci*y he Anniversary of A
meric an Independence. The apahy
which was apparent in every countenance,
the (maUnefs of (hr proceflion, the mbfenie
of all enthusiasm, alternation, indicated a
Consciousness of cur national degradatif r,
and that in the cpinion .of Ihofe \vh,.le
weight and refp«fl*bility enable them \
lead the public mind, tiiereis now little
OCCASION FOR PUBLIC CLASNESS, lor
hurfts <>f national joy. We are lorry to f<e
the Wicked Practice of readjkc Tr.- e
Declaration of Independence con
tinued.
(( With refpeft to the oration, it furnifhed
an irresistible proof that the celebration
of this jubilee might well be omit
ted. The orator’s talents are indisputable.
The richness and- brilliancy of his farev,
the propriety of his elocution, are known
and admired. Yet it was not in his pow,
er to animate himfelf, or to excite the
glow of enthusiasm in his auditors. 1 his
was not the fault ofthe speaker, but of hit
subject. He could nor relilh it himfei',
nor create a zest for it in his audience.
“ It is vert questionable wheth
er THE CELEBRATION, OF THIS AN
NIVRSARY ANSWERS ANY OTHER PIT {POSE
THAN TO- ENABLE PEOPLE TO BE IDLE
AND DRUNK.”
Th° <hi 0 Bn fey, in 45 Jays from Li verpe >1
arrived - elle'dry at th s port —(he brings pa
pers to the Jtyrh of jiine, N
Mr. PUukney arrived at Liverpool on th e '
>nd immediately proceeded to Londoi?.
Thehmnb'g, that peace was ah>mr
take place, was {fill kept up, to amuse Jcha
Bull, and prepare him for new tax?|-
Britain talked of refuting the Prujtan
■*iirj/'tlt,
The negotiation between Pruflia and Swe
den was going on ; but every report tended
to (hew that Bonparte was fuccceding in all
his plans.
Nj circumtfancc can better explain the
desperate condition of England than the idea
of making peace—France will not fail t»
take advantage of it. jurors,
Extras of a tetter from captain Safer of the
brig Endymion, arrived at the Lazaret,»,
from Laguira, dated Aagufi 22, ig c 6.
“ Eight days before the Endymion f deef,
16 of the officers of Miranda’s sch -one s
captured, were hung ay 48 put into ilavuy
ten years ; those who w? rc hung h. d the r
heads cut off and hung U[\i n iron cages 0*
the different roads throug\ t h c country.
Four boys remain in the Gaftl*.
Tfie Duke Os Bedford, fincc Kj s arrival m
trclßnd, has dirmilTed Majors Si\-, Svva.n*
and Snndee from\he official IttuatW ~ {
at the Gallic Sc "s public Magiftndes a t i'e
bead of the Police in Leland. 1 his charge
in the Bailee is one of the greatest ftcys %
create popularity- in I elard that ccuM he
taken. He has also ordered the falarjts
that they received from the ievenue to he
given as an augmentation of {alary to tha
officer and fbMiers amending the City‘of
Dublin. His Grace was aifo pleaVl to con-
Iffs that he felt his person and famvy mcrc
Lfe in the absence of the fa id Migiftruces
than with them.—
Londotifiaper,
I
Capt. Merchant; -arrived J as
from St. Thomas, failed from 'tritlclad oa
the 7th init. A few days beforehe
island, general Miranda,failed, but hts^T ac «
of dellinatton was unknwn. He had \itsj
him one frigate, two Hoops of war, anch vo
brigs (Englilh)—-the Leandcr, and two'u.
lot boats fehooners (American.) The fqaa\
ron was said to have 3000 men on boa A
The evening after they hsd failed, a boatV
from the frigate came into (he harbor and \
prcfTcd one man out of each American veffd \
in thfe port, except the Fr nklin. Jad be- \
fore Miranda failed, one ol his spies return
ed from the M tin, when it was reported,
that 'he accounts he brought were unfavor
able to the expedition. The fate of the A
merican captives ar P,.rto Gavello. was un
known in Trinidad, when capt. M. failed.
Courier.
From Hr. Dwight's, Political LeSures to
his Pupils.
In the existing situation of the United
States, every reason has c.eaftd which for
merly fuggelled the propriety of the celebra
tiort of the fourth of July.
f{ It is a very unfortunate ciecumflav.ct
that the United States ever separated from
Great-Britain ; for the feparatipn will be the
ruin of both countries; / thought so when
the Declaration of Independence was an
nounced, and I THINK SO StILL
NEUTRAL COMMERCE -
The United Sts tes Gazerte cfAucull u< r
■ if We nnderlland that by fame recent
decilions at Halifax, it appears that the B:i
-tifh admiralty courts have adopted a r.ew
principle fiill more hostile to Neutral Com
merce, namely, that the produce of the ene
my’s colonies going to the mother country
(hall be taken and confiscated without en
quiring whether it be property of enemies V
or friends. Such is the fcbftancc of the in
telligence which we have received front *
foarcc which may be relied on.—The yor
ticularyarc promTcd us to-iaox;ow.