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P"V te of France to»be N**®?* 1 AlTcm
fciy, praying tlut ilt tiademay
be earned on in its usual manner, w.»«ch in
other words, Uto fl* ice us be at home,
hot let us exercise every ipccies of cruelty,
m, predion anti tfr.rmv, -broad. This pxorres
that the rebellion in ‘•'ranee was not caused by
patriotic motives, and that it is the nature of
tl.ofe born u llavery, if they can accompl.fh
their «wu emancipation, to retaliate upon the
red of mankind, what they theifateivd buf
fered iu their days of bondage.
T# furh a pitch of civil cieiperation are the
Tai ifi.iua now at rived, according to the last
drfpatrhe« from Lord Robert Fitzgerald, our
Charge ties Affairs at the French capita!, that
his Lordthip doe* not think it either prudent
or . politic,td continue there any longer, and
therefore bar earneflly solicited hie letters of
idrail.
A correspondent chfei'ves, that, from ac
counts received front different parts of the
continent, there i* some reason to apprehend
the scarcity of flour in the fp'ring of the pre
sent year: The fixpeuuy loaf has already been
reduced in weight, and 4 ftbur has riftfi ih
price most cnoriuoally. It would be faiie
reasoning to fay that tfie merchant*, who have
exported largely,"are to be charged with the
coufequencc ; it is not their btlfinels to know'
bow much, or how little, of the ncceffaries
of life ihould be (hipped away or left behind
in a country, as gain is their only objeft.
But the fame reasons will not l'erve to excuse
our governments, for not examining, more
judiciously, into thebulinefs: Government
can prevent the diftreiVes of the people ; and
when they neglctt to ddit, there is no confl
deration ou eaYth which will exculpate them.
The cedari of Lebanon are overthrown.
In one night, one lingle night, the Whole
face of France was changed. An order of
things maintained by force, in fpiie of the
courage of generation?, ami tire ravage? of
time, was totally dcmoliihed !
In one night, the famous tree of feudal
fliip, whole brauchc6 reached to heaven, whose
roofs penetrated to the very bowels of the
earth, and which uvciTnadowedthe vast rc
giou of France, was overthrow nt
Iu one night the hufbarldmaii became'equal
to the man, who, by virtue of antique parch
ments, reaped the fruit of all his labburs,
and drank of the fwcat of his- indultry and
vigils. The nobleman rcfunied the station
marked out for him by uatuie and by reason.
fa one night, the4uug and unremitting en
tcrprifcs of Rome,' her abuses? her avidity,
found an infurmounraijl* boundary 'aud bar
rier immoveably fixed for eternity hbinan
wlfdoaiaud philofuphyV
In oue night the feudal, ariftdcraticail,' and
parliamentary powers, that thfee-h£aded moo
ller, was beaten down and deft toyed. The
coipotations, so celebrated furtheiv tyrannV
aud cruelty, prefeat at'this day a languid and
emaciated body, brought to the ground by a *
courageous arm, and expiring in vaiu drug
gies agaiult the artivc energy of patnotifm.
In oue night, France was saved, and lege
jicrated forever. Iu oi.c uight, a new people
seem to have fpiung up in that vail empire ;
aud ou the altars which their anceltois had
cretfcd to idols, they will place the image of
a just and bcmficent God ; such as he appear
ed to lavage-reason, andHuch as reason had
taught them so contemplate hifti in the depths
of the l’oreft/ That night was the ever me
morable bf ’Abguft : ; •
NEW -Y O ft. X* February a*.
The Coimnifliuners appointed in behalf of
this date have, within these few days past,
fcren in tieaty with the Cemmiilioners ap
pointed on the part of Vermont, iu refped to
the declaring of the independence of that part
of this date, but wc regret that they have ter
minated their bulinefs without effc&ing the
purpose for which they were appointed*
P Hit A DE I* P H IA; Feb, it.
Yesterday being the birth-day of hi* Et
cellcncy the Tfeffi'cnt of the United States,
Capt. John Connelly, officer of the day, with
his Ompany of Artillery, composed of the
proved patriots of* 1776, did, under the di
jeHion of his Excellency the Piefident and the
Supreme Executive Council of Penofylvauia,
at 12 o'clock, on High-ltreer, fire (he federal
falutrin honor of me day that gave birth to
our ihuflrious Chief, The wunhici eud hi-
rbea of ancient and modern time*, have been
' juftlr celeb rat ed*for fomc eminent Virtues and
lingular talents; but Provideuce in his wif
dum has been pleased tofulfcr tome blemift.es
in their fpirtt and coudud that we might pro
. fit thereby. , ,
Ami mar that Being, who preCdta over
worlds and empires, preserve onblemithed,
ihofe virtues which Bill Ihioe, w«th mtd.mi
nirhed lufire, io the person of the hero whom
we efleem as the father of our country, the
guardian* oFo.tr rights, and our fnend attd
brother, inTrn.pa.hr and affecltotr, that he
mar be continued a long, and lattiug blessing
to this new wot Id, m full exerctfe of <hofe
line talents so liberilly bellowea, and final r
receive thi reward of virtue m a ten-fold
, ptopnrtiuu in tbe new Jerutalem above.
CH A R L &ST O N,' Fed.
St etc of
prejentativts, "January 19, >79°;
RtfolveJ , That the relegates of this state
be, 1 ami they are hereby iultruded, to apply
to Cong refs to aifumc the public debt of tins
state, and nuke provision for the payment
of the fame, as part ofthe debt of the Union,
it having been incurred in confeque'uce of the
war between the'United States-and the king
dom of Greats Britain.
Rejoined, That his Excellency the Gover
nor 'be-’requefled to obtain from the Tieafury
a Hate of the said debt, and traufmit the fame, -
together with a copy of this refolutibn, to
the Delegates.
Rejoined. , That thj Delegates be authorifed
■ to relinquifti the pecuniary claims of this fta-.e
onCongrefs, upon their aflutning and provid
ing for the payment of the public debt of
this state.
Ordered, That the refoJutions befeut to the
Senate for their concurrence.
By Oder of the House,
JOHN SANDFORD DART, C. H. R.
In the Senate, January 20, 1790.
Re/olned , That this Houle do concur with
the House of Reprcfentattves in the fortgoing
resolutions.
Ordered , That the resolution be fenr to the
House cf'Repicfentatives.
By "Order of the Senate,
FELIX WARLEY, C. S. *
' March 2. As Captain Milligan was Whin
ing up Meeting-street, on Wednelday evening
’’ last, he difcoVcred fonw* ftravings on fire in
the cellar of an unfiniftied house belonging to
; Mr. Alexander, which had beeu thrown in
by a negro boy. He instantly burst open the
door, and cxtingufft.ed the fire, thereby pre
venting a con’ftagrttion, which, from the si
tuation of ‘the’adjacent buildings, rauft have
proved dangerous and alarming to the inha»-
birants of ihit neighbourhood.
On Saturday the boy was tried, found guil
ty, -and Tent diced to receive 30 tallies at three
different placed and to be banished from tine :
United States.*
During his trial, he donfeffecl that hd was
set on to do 1 -the abdve mentioned ad by three
white men whom he did not know, but pro
mrfed him something when he had fintihed it.
6. New-Market Race} -—-The firft heat,
the following liorfes started s—Colonel Wash
ington’s Rofctta, Captain"’Allfton’s Bctfey
Baker, Mr. Fcnwlckd’s Cincinnatus, and Mr.
Scott’s Independence J after which Betsey
Baker was withdrawn. First and second
heats were takcu by Coi. Waftiington’s Ro
setta,
Wedntfday , Match 3.
Col. Hampton’s Great Mogul, Col. Wafli*
ington’s Flora, Mr. Fenwicke’s Dungannon.
Grea’t Mogul wou the' firft and second heats,
Dungannon having flown the course the se
cond heat.
• Tbur /'day, March 4.
Col. M‘Pherf»n*B colt Wanton, Captain
Hughs’s colt Cepbahls, Mr. Davis’s Pleuipo,
Mr. Harlefton’s Corn Planter, Mr.-Qua ill’s
mare Diana, Mr. Moultrie's mare Diana, and
Colonel Wafhingtou’s mare. Ccphalus took
the firft heat, and Wanton second and third.
Friday , March 5.
Capt. Allfton’s Betsey Baker, Col. Thomp
son’s Slouch. Betsey Baker won the fit ft and
fecund heats.
The ftiip Republican, I layers, from Bie
men, and brig Cleo, Cole, Lorn Marfcilles,
,«r« ariivcd hut,
AUGUSTS, April i. '
STATE- HOUbl?, Augufla\ March 1, 179®.
Ordered , That the names of the several per
sons appointed Collectors and Rcceiveis <4
Taxes for the refpeCtive counties within the
state, for the curreut year, bepubiilhed in the
State Gazette.
For the county of Camden: Henry Wright,
Esq. Tax Collector, William Ready, Esq.
Receiver of Tax Returns.
For the county of Glynn : Thomas Clubb,
Esq. Tax Collector, Martiu Palmer, Esq.
Receiver of Tax Returns.
For the county of Libetty: James Gignil
liat, Esq. Tax Collector, Roberts,
Esq. Receiver of Tax Returns.
For the counry of'Chatham*: FrancisCour
voifie, Esq. Tax Collector, James White, Esq.
Receiver of Tax Returns.
For the County of Effuifcham : John McCall,
Esq. Tax Collector, Clemeut Lanier, E.q.
Receiver of Tax Returns*
F6r the county of Burke: Thomas jones,
Esq. Tax Collector, David Emanuel, Esq.
Receiver of Tax Returns*
For the county of Rhhmondi Joel Barnett,
Esq. Tax Collector, James Hamilton, Esq.
Receiver of Tax Returns.
Fir the county of Wilkes : 'B. Smith, Ef<|.
Tax Collector, johtrLindiay> ESq; Receiver
of Tax Returns.*'
For the county 7 of Waftiiiigton: Daniel ,
Burnett, Esq. Tax Collector; jdhn Watts,
Esq. Receiver of Tax’Return!.
For the county eff Greene: Oliver Porter,
Esq. Tax Collector', Brice Gdithe'f, Esq. Re
ceiver of Tax Returns."
F'or the county of Ffauldm: Jeremiah
Cleveland, Esq. Tax CoHedor, John Millibs,
Esq. Receiver of Tii Returns.
Ext rail from the Journal of the
Executive Department ,
AttelC W. URQUHART, S. E; D.
It is with firicere regret we inform ouc
readers,* that, on Monday evening latt, as
Major Douglas and Captain Watkins, With
another man and boy, were eroding in a canoe
through a swamp on the Georgia fide of Sa
vannah fiver, rear the Three Runs, the force
of the* current drovfc them against flog, by
Which the caiioi overfet, and the fdrmer un
fit tunately loft his life. ' The others saved
themselves by gfafpiug at fonfe treCs which
flood in the way ; and re’malned in that fitu
ationYol the fpacc of'three hours, when aflat
was sent to their relief from the opposite fide.'
We have had for some days part, the great
’ est fall of ram here that has been known for
a number'"of year! back i The creeks and
roads were impaliabledor three or four days i
and the river Savannah had fvueiled to that
degree on Monday laftj as to’ be almost even
with its banks, which are "upwards of thirty
feet above its Common level. At Call’s Warc
houfe, the water penetrated so far as to reach
the’lower tiers; it «a* however prevented'
from getting'tti any greaVdirtauce, by the ac
tivity of a number of hinds who were em
ployed iir casting up a baUk around it; by this
-timely caution, no damage was sustained..
We are told thdt Use lower settlements, bots*
dering close upon the river, have fuffered in»-
• rnenfc lolTts in Corn, horses, cattle* and hogs.
t # f The’funeralfermon which was to have
been preachdd on Sunday last, was unavoid
ably poflpoued by the badnefsof the weather,
but will be preached to-morrow forenoon, by
the Rev.’ Mr. Palmer.
Mr Smith ,
I DESIRE, through the channel of your
paper, to lay before the public, the plam
ftatc of a matter ’’which has given me great
uneafinefs.^l was summoned to attend at
Richmond Court, holden in June 1789, in a
fpecialaflibn, Hugh Rogers vs. jelTe Sanders,
for Slander, when unfortunately a variety of
opinions prevailing amongst the jurors,-rer
fpe&ing the damages to be awarded, and no
probability appearing of otherwise coming to
an agreement, it was proposed that the ag
gregate of what each Juror ftiould give in ,to
the Foreman, should be divided by la, which
rates ftiould be the verdict. I have since beeu
decoyed by Colouel Sanders, to make oath to
the private fuin I then gave in. To remove
my scruples, (fur he well knows I was reluc
tant) he produced a paper, laid to be au at
filavit of Mr. Benjamiu Grubbs, another of
the jurors 011 the fame occafiou, but which I
•have lines found Mr. G;ubb» uem wasfwoft*