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u \j a I U X* ’Marco 26.
We are tbM that orders have been iff ed
' j,y his Exceiiency our worthy Governor to
Col Tyler, commandant of the firft troop of
hoffe, in Suffolk divif.en, to hold his rroop
in readiness to escort his Excellency the Vice-
Prtffident of the United States, when he lhall
set out for the feat of the federal govern
ment.
Ext raft of a Utter from a gentleman in Brain
tree, dated March 24.
«« It may not, perhaps, be unworthy a pa
ragraph in yonr paper, that his Excellency
Jcfhn Adams,' (the glory of our town, and I
believe I may add, one of the ornaments of
the age) has lately received an elegant suit
of American broad cloth , manufactured at
Hartford, in which he will make his appear
ance as Vice-Prefidcnt of the United States.”
ALBANY, March 13.
The Governor and Council of the date of
Vermont have, by an ordinance of the 7th
inrt. laid an embargo on wheat, rye, Indian
corn, and barley, and the meal or flour there
of, fiom the 20th instant to the 18th day of
April*
N E W - Y O R K, March 7.
On Tuefrlay evening, as the fun was setting
the guns of the battery were fired to bid fare
well to the old Confederation ; yertenlay, at
break of day, at 12 o’clock, and at fix in
the evening, the guns of the battery were
again fired, and the several bells of the city
weie rang to uihcr in the new sera, viz. the
fourth of March, 1789, on which the ope
rations of the new general government were
to commence.
Extra ft of a letter from Cadiz , dated Dec. 31.
“ The Portuguese fleet stationed at Gibral
tar- to protect their trade, having returned
to Lilbon the beginning of this month to re
fit, gave an opportunity to the Algerine cor
sairs to come ont of the Streights, which the
Portuguese received immediate notice of, so
that in the course of eight days they sent out
a freih fleet, wh ; ch so clofeiy pursued the pi
rates as to force one of them on fliore on Cape
de Gate, where the was entirely loft , the
other put into Gibraltar, where die is blocked
up. VVc cannot find that in the courfc of the
few days they cruized off St. Mary’s, that
they took any American veflels, nor do we
think there is any thing to be dreaded from
them hereafter, as the Portuguese squadron
arc not to quit this station this winter.”
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.
Extra ft of a letter from New-Yorky April 2
“ Secretary Thomson is to go for General
Washington ; you may expect to fee or hear
from him next week.”
April 3. This day the Hon Richard Hen
ry Lee, Eftj. set out for New-York. The
arrival of that gentleman, who is one of the
federal lenators of the commonwealth of
Virginia, will enable Congress to organize,
3nd to declare the President and Vice-Preli
dent.
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Brief Account of Gen. JVajhln^ton.
This illustrious commander was born in
Weftmorelatid county, in Virginia, on the
banks of the river on the nth
day of February, 1732. Me is of Englitli
extratfton, and defeended front one of the
moll opulent families that ever came from
tint country to Virginia He was natural
ly inclined and early in life applied himfelf
to the military profeftion ; and his gallant
eondutd in the weftern country, as command
er of a body of Virginians, in the war be
tween France and England, brought hint in
to honourable notice, add placed his charac
ter high in military fame. After the conclti
fion of the French war in 176 •>, he devoted
himfelf entirely to a private and philolophic
life, of which he was paluonately fond, and
in which he certainly would have remained,
had not the revolution brought him once more
upon the stage of hie. Some other page
must enlarge upon his illustrious achieve
ments as head of the American armv; he
has ihewn forth the political faviour of his
country, and the admiration of mankind.—
His jerfon exhibits every thing great and no
ble—he is upward* of fix feet high, and ex
‘cedingly well proportioned ; he has a ma«
jeirfc carriage, terene countenance) ana tJarx
coloured hair, but
Now pacing time begins to died,
His liiver blossoms o’er his head.
CHARLESTON, April 23.
Yeflerday morning, between the hours of
three and four o’clock, a fire broke out in an
office belonging to the house of Mrs. Gra
ham, in Broad-street, which entirely con
sumed the whole tenement, also the houfcs of
Mrs. Horry, W. Middleton, Esq. and two
other ienemcntsadjacen?. The flames raging
to a furious height, and that part of the street
being rather narrow, flakes of fire were
thrown by the wind upon two houses belong
ing to John Bvale and John Wragg, Efqrs.
both of which were reduced to iulu3. The
house of Chancellor Rutledge narrowly efcsp
ed deftruttion, the flic having burnt •» part of
several window frames The manner in
which this misfortune originated is not cer
tainly known.
25. On Thursday this city was in immi
nent danger from the conduct of an inf a tie
woman lately arrived, who k lulled a fire in
the middle of her room, which was happily
oblerved and extinguithed before it spread.
The unhappy pet son is taken proper care of.
By the fail accounts from Kentucke, Doc
tor John C'tnnoliy, from Detroit, was going
about among the people, ifnving to alienate
their affections from the United States, and
advifmg thetn to join either the 3/itiih or
Spanilh. The fame perlon informs- that Go
vernor St. (la r had fein orders to have him
taken up ; but that he could not tell how that
would turn out, as the people there liked to
heat him, and escorted him from that place
with a small guard.
By the last accounts from Morgan Town,
a number of Indians weie on the r way to
Congress, to receive pay for the lands purchas
ed of them at the bit treaty
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Late accounts from Fiance advise, that a
boun:y of 15 sols per quintal is granted on
the importation of wheat in that kingdom,
between the 15th of February and the 15th
of June.
A London paper fays, The Court of Lis
bon have at length concluded their long de
pending treaty of commerce with the Ame
rican dates, by virtue of which the Portu
guel’e are to take corn, &c. from the Ame
ricans, who are to receive the produce of Por
tugal in exchange; the Portugufee having
reftritjed by a particular article of the trea
ty, American veflels from carrring any of
the gold or silver current coin of the king
dom of Portugal, as gold and silver in bars,
or in any other ihape than that of plate in
fei Vices, utenlils, wearables, and jewellery,
&c- upon pain of conhfcation of the ships,
cargo, &c. wheie fiich gold or silver may be
tlifeovered ; as also the matter and o i cers
of the lhips to be imprisoned, to answer in
such cases before a tribuna at Liibon or
Oporto, the charges of any such breach of
the t:eaty. Thus A flerica is placed under
greater reftriftions than any other nation. A
plain proof of the Portuguese jealouiy.
A New-York paper of the 2d. inst. fays,
u Yellerday the Honorable House of Repre
sentatives of the United States made a quo
rum, when the Hon. Frederic Auguitus Muh
lenberg, Esq. of Pencfy lvatua. was chosen
Speaker, and John Beckley, Esq. of Virgi
nia, bee re.ary.
The Honorable Henry Hamilton, Esquire,
Governor of the Bermuda illands, pubiiihed
a Proclamation on the 27th day of March,
stating, “ that the inhabitants of these idands
are now in a state versing upon famine, for
want of almost every species of provisions, I
do therefore, by and with the advice and con
sent of his Majesty’s council, iifue this my
Proclamation, hereby permitting any foreign
veflels whatever, that may be passing by these
illands, within four weeks, (to be computed
from Monday the 30th of March- mftant)
and laden with bread, corn, or flour, to come
into port, and dispose ot the fame, under the
infpeftion of an officer of the cufloms, for
the reiief of the inhabitants ; and I do here
by futher permit, by and w: h the advice
and eonfent of his Majesty’s Privy Council as
afore fa id, he introduttion of salted provi
sions from any foreign port whatever, in vef
fcls belonging to these illands only, for and
during the space of three months, (to be
computed also from Monday the 30th day of
March mftant)/
A Tetter from Wmchefter, dated March
IS, fav«* fevera! gCut’emen have arrived in
this town from Kentncke, whom informa
tion is received, that a general and uninter
rupted trade has taken place between the in
habitants of that country and those of the
Spanish settlements at New Orleans ; fevera!
boats loaded with goods to a very confiderabie
amount, having arrived before our informants
came away ; that in return they took large
quantities of tobacco, beef, corn, &c. and
that, from every appearance," this traffic was
likely to continue, and be carried on with the
greatest alacrity, which cannot fail proving
of the moil infinite advantage. Most of the
settlements in. the quarter of Kentucke are
now undisturbed by the savages, no hoftilitiea
having been for some time committed by
them, except at the little Miami, where,
about five weeks fiuce, a Shawnefe'chief, cal
led Slack Fiffi; and one of the *vVandot chiefs,
with a number of warriors, took three white
people who were out surveying, and brought
them in under guard, to the garrison Ration
ed at the mouth of the Little Miami. Their -
pretensions were to fettle a treaty with the
garrison, which our informants fay was com-'
plcted upon good terms by Capt. M'Gnth
and others.—The Shawnefe chief was so fond
ot Capt. M-Grath, that he offered to tike
h : m through the Indian country. These chiefs
ami warriors afterwards bad it in their power
ro deftrey three crews and their effetts, but
they proved friendly, furniffied them with
prov.fions. and treated them kindly.
The Shawnefe and Watidots had fevera!
times before taken prisoners, and brought
them into the garrison, with profeffions of
friendship ; but it was mtich fufpefted their
only intentions were to make their observa
tions, and get Jiqtiors. From the above pa
cific conduft, the white inhabitants begin to
put some confidence in them, and please them
selves with the hopes of enjoying a peaceable
summer.
SAVANNAH, April 3d.
Simeon Dillingham, Thomas Norris, and
the Hon. Thomas Gibbons, Esq. -are elected
to represent the county of Camden in the Con*
venfion to be held at Augnfta next Monday,
We have it from good authority that last
week some houses were burnt, and an old
Negro wench killed, at Brunswick. in Glynn
county, it’s ftippofed by Indians; the traft*
of a number of horses were perceived in and
near the place.
DIED.] On Sunday night last, Mrs. Sa*
rah Smith. On Monday night, Mr. James
Taylor. And yesterday afternoon, Captain
Job Pray.
The Catharine, Murray, from South-Ca*.
rolina, is arrived at Bristol ; and the Man
chefier, M‘Dowall, at Liverpool.
The fliip Douglas, Bean, and brig Ardean,
Wilton, ftom London ; ffiip Polly, Lenox,
and brig Endeavour, Guilin, from Liverpool,
are arrived at Chat lefton.
fA VG U S T A, May 9.
iOn Monday lass the third Convention met
fn the Town Hall, to confider of the altera
tions propefed by the Convention of January
/last, to be the Constitution formed by the
/Convention of 1788; and on Wednesday
I they finally adopted and ratified the new form
I of government, to commence in Ottober
! next.
A correspondent ha 9 favored us with the
following communications between the Con
vention and Executive.
In Convention., Wednesday, May 6, 1780.
On motion,
Revived, That the President, at the head
of the Convention, watt on his Honor the
Governor; deliver him the Constitution by
us adopted, with a request that he will be
pleased to depofite the original in the archives
of our state, and cause it to be promulgated
to our constituents, in such manner as he may
think belt.
£.r trail from tbs Minutes,
D. LONGSTREET, Sec'ry.
The President and the other Members hav*
ing attended at the Council Chamber, deli
vered the Constitution into the hands of the
Governor, in Council, with the foregoing
resolve, when hia Honor was pleased to ;nafc«
the following reply s