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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*