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the Union, and reap the benefit* of that go vfrhitteut, whenever it ftfill pltaft to adopt it> Jj O 8 *t O N, March »9- ■ Tit Excije Bill• . , On Widnefday the debate on this interning fubjeit ieemed to be carried oo with an un usual wann'h; but on Thursday the House got into a better humour, and very facetiou* remarks wer#’made worthy gentlemen, who adero the «*:p*ai*e courts in their several counties. At a late hour Mr. Gardnei pro ofed an adjournment till the aftr noon, as he supposed some gentlemen’s dinners were wait ing ; he, however, had two article# of ex te> which he wilhed to introduce into the bill, and which be doubted not would prove very prodiifttvei he would mention them, that gentlemen might turn them in their minds during the Dior* adjournment—they were no other than old bachelors and a/elejs dogs. This occalioned much laughter. * to anxious are even the countrymen for the afluraption of the* ftatc debts by Cougrefs, that ont having read in the papers its being effefted, cried out in great extafy, “ Joy to thee, my friend 1 with yon jojrj” «, of what i” asked the other—“ Why that Con gress has consumed the ftatc debts.’* ALBANY, March i%. On Monday morning the 15th inst. as Mr. Van Renflelaer, Ton of Gen. Henry K. Van Henflelacr, and his filler, were accompany ing their cousins, two of the daughters of Col. John Vitfchcr, of Gieen Bulb', to their father's, in a Heigh, the ice of the river broke in, within a few yards of the end of their journey, nearly oppofitethe house of Volkert f . Douw, Efq.’ Their cries were soon, p* o videntiallyi heard by Mr. Douw*6 family, and his negroes ran to give ailifiance. When they arrived at the place, the lieigh and the hair of Mr. Reullcllaer’s head were alone to be feet); a board, that cue of the negroes bad brought, was then put under Mr. Renf fellaer, and he was fil'd snatched from de ftruttion. Mil’s Renfiellaer immediately e merged, near her brother, and was glfo lav ed. The elded Mils Vifl'cher was next drawn upon the ire, but fiderly a/fetTon checked every riling fear for feflf preservation, and, as she was extending the hand of afliltance to her expiring sider, the ice again broke, and they were both indantly absorbed bv the eddy out of every reach. The elded Ml fa Vifl’cher was • 1 years of age, and was to have been mar ried in a few days; the younger was in her 16th year. Every exertion has been made to find the bodies, but that of the eldett only has been found. The horfei had fallen into the river with so great velocity, that they broke the traces, plunged under the ice, and were not to be seen as er the negroes arriv ed. This fatal spot has been open the whole winter, till within two days of the accident. The ice in it was only three inchea thick, but within a few feet round it was 18. Reader! pause a momeut, and lay to heart this melancholy example of the unceaauity of life. Be warned by-the fate of thele two amiable young ladies, that foch also may be yours. Life, at its longed extent, is ihort, Tew live to tht evening of the day of life. When haply one has leeo the fun fi.ik in the bOrrifon, if he refle&s, how many does he recolietT to have dropped down in every hour of the day ! Think on this, and, “ IVhiljt ihou h^tft, live well: •* blow Jh-jrt or Ung JuLmi* to Heaven.” NEW- YOR K, April 9. Btetrad oj a letter from L'lnthn, a and Dec. 19. “ From Tome late expei iments we may conclude the cause of the van*won of the magnetic needle t > be at length ascertained on Sure gtounds. From theie expriments it ap pears, that the action of the magnet on the needle is invariably dtminitheri by he ting, and increased by cooliug ; and this teems ful. ly fufficietu to accuuut for the geocral varia tion of the needle. According to innume rable obfervarions and daily experience, the body of the eat ill cuuuius aiiuntt every where ferruginous fubflauces in vanous Bates sud bulks. The needle mud be attracted, and its direction determined, by theie bodies from their common center of action, whether on the eeft or welt fide of the meridian, Alterations m ibeti po*er of eiu a Amu uuit * of neceflity take place by these vast ferrugi rfbus bodies being iiregularly heated and coo - ed by the adioo of volcanoes, by earthquakes, and by tne Aurora Borealis.” Ext, ad of a letter jrm CbarUjlon, dated Fe bruary 14. *' Amongst other effects dfcpeded to pro ceed from our late instituted medical iociety, not the least will be, its in fomc measure till couraging those hosts of young pradmoneri, fam the northward, who are conunua’O emigrating hither with a view to mike then iortuues. As they generally come out raw and unexperienced, their skill m ilt of couic quence be' acquired at the expence of out * health and conttitutions, ifnotouf lives ;‘ano what is moil vexarious, if an houeft citizen is killed by cue of these pietende'rs, no legal proceis can be instituted agaiutt him* It is true, when the.fe children of Efculapjiis firh ’ come out, they do not inftaritlyfix themlclVts in the capital, but in some diltant yrliagCj from' whence they make their gradual ap proaches towards us.—ln my opinion, the northern graduates in physic ought in juflice to gain some experience a: home, at the of tfieir own lettow-citizens, before the, come hither to praftile upon us.” At St. Domingo, the capital town of Spa nifli Hilpaniola, is flill feCn the trails of the house that Columbus cteded there in 1493, which he fortified' and left to the care of a small garrifori'juft before his second return to Old Spain. It is a large building exadly fqtiate, the walls twenty feet high, and near five feet thick; and is at present the recep tacle of filth, and furretinded with weeds aud bullies. The leflettiVe traveller naturally be holds this pile With veneration,'as the fir ft building ereded in the weftern world by Eu ropean hands, and under the ditedion of a man whole services and icnown entitle it,to be conlidered as a remarkable monument of cunofity aud American antiquity. .A vejjel hat a, rived at bieujbury-p»rt from brume, by *wbteb the following intelligence is tome to liana, “The King of France has made his escape from Paris, aud, it is said, with a view to join the army on the frontiers. You may cafily imagiue What will be the effe&s of such a hep—no doubt civil war, famine, and all then tiiielul concommittants. Had we noth ing to eppoie but the army, we might soon brng these abjeft mercenaries into noii-ex iitence; but the difdainful high clergy, and the enraged anftocracy, afe cotflpofed of so many dangeioiis men, that by their duplicity and machinations, it isporiiblc they may turn the scale in favor of the former government; besides, we are surrounded with powerful Piimes, who, we cannot exped, will long continue idle lpedators. The Fiench Waih ingtou, the young hero who fought several battles in the course of yuur glorious revolu tion, his been chosen Generaliffuno of all the militia of the kiugdora, ‘by the universal voied of the militia' at large. Each province ftrovc winch lho.dd be foremoft in confidiug its ii berVies in the hands of the truly noble and il luflnous the Marquis de la Fayette* How so tuuate wefe you to have the federal go vernment eltablilhcd without the loss of a tingle man ; this iliews the eharaderiftic wii dom of those enlightened men who were the , promoters of that hoppy event. Since the Eugufti language and American liberty are come' in iaihion, the libraries of our literati are crowned with books on politics, consti tutions, Si c. But 1 mull fincereiy confefs that one of your home productions seems to have the picference, from the petfpicuity of the ideas and the force of the ftyle* Publius has gained a deserved appiaufe, and is ranked among thole whole works will reach puftni ty. Many of the heft families within my teach kre preparing to crol’s the Atlantic the next fpnug; and Ihould the troubles conti nue much longer, the emigrations must become of couiequenee to your riling empire.’* On katutday last failed from Bolton, for Canton, itt China, (he lhtp Mallachufetts, Job Priuce, Esq. Commander. This veriel was built in Gcimaiitowu, about 12 miles from this town, by the Him. Samuel Shaw, Esq. Conlul of the Uuited States iu C hina, is about boa tuna burthen, aud cftccmed as fine a (hip ol her dimciifious as cvet went to lea. On pairing the I’aitle flie faluttd the flag of the United vines with 15 guns, which was im* mediately returned irom the Cattle. 10. The H>n. John Walker, Efc. is ap. pointed a Senator of the United States, in the •eora of the Hon. Col. William Grayson, de ceased. Extraß of a letter from Augufa, ( Georgia) Feb. 16. « The whole world seems to be running pttent made. At the extremity of the Unit jcl States, we have aifo our fleam-engine and perpetual motion-men. We have in partis ular a northern man that has beet, fettled here fevetai year's,' and was thought to be in i good way o» hpliaefs. The idea, however, ot setting on fcot a navigation up this river, by means of fleam boats, has fairly turned . his brain. He has now fpeqt three years up, on this project, and although encountering re " seated dilappointments, flili pe fifls in fettiug his fat e agaiult the current* The misfortune is, that all this time his other affairs are go ing rapidly doytn the ftrekm, into'the Fatal gulph. of iafolveucy.” 14. Veflerday was married by the Rev. Mr. Burke, Officiating Reftor of the parifti ; \>f St. Peter, in this city, the Hon. Lewis William Otto, Charge des Affaires of his Moll Cbriftian Majesty, *b Mils Fanny De Crevecceur, daughter 4 of his Most Christian Majesty’s Consul for the flakes of Conne&icut, New-York aud New-Jersey, „.4• /. * ■ • On the lath of February, .at seven o’clock in the evening, a tremendous fire broke out at Point Petre, in Guadalu-pe, and . was not extinguished till midpight. There were 2$ capital buildings consumed, bfcfides a.number of smaller ones; the whole loss is estimated at fix nuliioas of iivres. We are happy ta» add, that a number of vessels belonging to' the United States were lying in the harhSur,, the mailers and crews of which exerted them selves in the moll signal manner on this di vi ftret'iing occasion, and the affiltance they lent was etteemed so important as to entitle them. 10 receive the thanks of the public, by a com* mittee from the citizens of. the towu. PHILADELPHIA, As itch i<j. * Notwithflauding the expectations of thi' great Neckar, that flour would be delivered in Frauce at 30s. per barrel, the univelfcf troubles of Furope promtfe a better .market than totylliion for OU.r produce. It is hoped, , therefore, that no mfafurea, nor pains, will be omitted that can increase the supply or food for man t w heat, ,rye, barley) oats, fpclt« ? potatoes, beaut, &c. April 7. A gentleman from the banks of the weft fork of Delaware, in the state of New-York, informs us, that great attention has been paid to maple sugar making by the new settlers in Montgomery comity, and that they are likely to fedd upwards of 100 calks' of it this summer to the Philadelphia market. We hear that Major General du Portail is expected fro.m France with a body of French settlers. This gentleman served with repu tation in the late war, and is a man of verjV eftimably private character. A correspondent has lately perused the pub lication of a letter ? giving a curious account of the riling of the waters of Lake which, from their continual advances, havtf alarmed the inhabitants around its borders to a great degree, as several buildings which flood ac a convenient diflance from its ancient boundaries now stand feveu feet nnder water. He takes this opportunity to remark, that the tide waters in general on the eastern coast of North America, feein at prelent to be gra dually gaining on the land, whr:h is most per ceivable in high northern latitudes. With a view to afceitain this matter, he has collect ed a gieat number of concurring among which is a certificate, dated May 19, 1788, from a certain Joieph Rice, an Intel-* ligent man, who was q'ueflioued on this ac count, the fame who brought through thefo rtate- a Moose Deer winch he caught at the notth ward, who offered in the presence of fc verai credible witneiles to swear to the truth of his afleitions, which ate as follow : That hi the said joieph Rice, when at home, retides on the banks of Annapolis river, in Nova bcotia, about 35 miles from the mouth thc»«- of; that along this river ate Urge bodies of ground, which (hew the slumps and rooti of trees an iucicdibie (pace below the coramoA high water mark; that the waters continue t* rife higher every year; that he had often heard an elderly perron declare, that they bad trim (o much tune that the tides Mtfhd*
