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port of their different fyflems of juriforudenre.
tilde and fupertuwon have been made lub
fe tv tent to ibis end with gieat efiert. N>t
have ibe urcs cf the republic of Ame
nta neglected to engage the passions on the
fide of the government of the United States
Tie principle of feat is, howeve'r, that which
they have renerally nia<'eule of. Indeed so
treat is the attention they have paid to it, and
their an*ie< J to court it, that it is the foun
dation done upon which many a very elabo
rate f( etch has been built. In the late debates
in the Houle of Reprsfentatives uoon the mo
tion lor examining 'he Secretar.eflof the War
and Treasury departments, fear was the Ica
dti «f an a«my o! arguments. One member
feared the influence which the bootable Secre
taries mitth' acquire over the Houle. An
othe. fea.ed, the precedent their examinati
on would eflablilh by which future legtfla
tu>es migh'encroach upon he adm niflration
of the execu ive. A third fea* el, that the
dignity ol the H *ufe w uld be lessened. A
fourth fea.ed, tha< it would transfer the talk
. 0 f lcgitlation to the Secretaries; and in short,
frar was so much employed, that the honora
ble members, it was iufmuated, began t> fear
their owt lhadows. In the Senate of the
U >i ed States fear Ins been as much ufei as
iu the House of Reprelentative*. The Sena
tor have feared the democratic influence too
predominant in America, and therefu.e wifc
edto give the Prefnient a title.
They feared our prefeut llluftrious chief
magiftraie would be forgotten, and therefore
wanted to place bis effigies upon the lederal
co ,n Bu» in no instance has their feat an fen
f<, high as upon the qtteftion for opening their
doors The reafous lor lhutung themselves
up have been, a. far as we can guess ill.
Thelear of long speeches. ad. The fear of
, mob. and third, The fear of appearing u
diculous In Ihort this paflion has been of
the gteateft lervice in furntilung the bouora
ble Cong refs wih reasons lor unteafonabiC
things, aud the members with long Ipeeches
when thev would otherw.le have had no.b.ug
to fay. Since then, this palfion is so ulctul
in our government, we would propnfe that
an academy be inft.tu ed under the immediate
patronage of .he majority of the Senate and
House of Reprefeotatives, for infli..mg iear
in a higher deg.ee into our youth; and we
have no doubt but it would contribute much to
m-king good citizens. It would also Uvt
many a valuable loldter m our Indiana wars,
f.,r if our military were more under the in
fluence of fear, they would not flay to be
fliot at like woodcocks, but run away, and
thus flop the further effufiou of human blood.
[Gen. Ad-}
The following are some of the oble.v.i
tim a ,:f Mr Sim.b (8. C. )in .he H..ui*
r» Hepiefrntatives, on Weduefday lati, re
lative to Warner Mifflin’* memorial teconi
• mending the abolition of Negto Slaveiy—He
admitted (be laid) in its lull extent the right
oi every citizen to petition for a redrela of
ciievauces, and the duty ofthe house to con
fer them, but the paper iu quefttou was not
c,f that description ; it was a meie rant and
rhaplody of a meddling fanatic, interlaced
with texts of fertptute, and concluded with no
Specific prayer. He observed that it was the
practiced legifla ive bodies in general to have
the contents of pet.lions read by the mem
ber in his place who presented them, in order
tojudpe whether they ought to be received ;
bt t the house had gone into a 100 ft praftice of
ft feeing rvety kind of application to be re
ceived and lead at the clerk’s table—the ctn
frqveccc was that the purport of them was
en ered on the journals; in this particular
instance the piastre was a-tended wi h real ;
danger; the ci'.zens of the foutbern Rates |
fi , mg rhat a paper of this nature had been i
rcetved by the house, and formally emet
ed on their journals, might jofll* be alarm
ed, and led to believe, bat riortrmes were |
, countenanced defttudiv* of their intetefts* (
Tie gentleman who prefeuted the paper,
ami who he obletved with pain had not on
this cccafion displayed his ulual regard for
tbc southern Rate*, had stated its contents
«,. rebate only to the Have-trade; had he
stated in bis place its real purport and ob
jtd, naroeiy, to create disunion among the
ftaies, aud to excite the mofl horrible infur
redious, the house would undoubtedly have
teti led its reception. After the proceedings
at Ncw-Yoik on this fuhjert, he laid his
routtitucu's had a right to expert that it would
a ,vci be tUrred again; for his part, headuc*
ed the house, that while he continued cn that
floor, he should upon every similar oceafioc,
pointedly express bis abhorrence of thefs ap
plications, which were productive of no kind
of good whatever, and had a most mifcbiev
ou3 tendency : They were not calculated to
meliorate the condition of the persons who
were the object of them, who are at present
happy and contented with their situation ;
but, on the contrary, had a tendency to a
licnate tbcir affection from their mailers
and by exciting a spirit of reftlefluiefs. to
render greater severity aecefTary on their
parr. He therefore earneflly called upon
the house to agree to the motion, and there
by convince this trnublefome entbufiaft, and
others who might be disposed to communicate
their ravings and wild effufions, that they
will meet chat t.eatmeut they juitly deserve;
as the prefc it application was dtfrefpectful to
the house, iafuliiog to the fou'hern members,
and a libel on their couflituents, it ought no
longer to remain on the table,but returned to
its author with maikcd disapprobation.
Hi* Excellency William Patterson, Govern
or ot New |erfey, has iflued a proclamation,
by and with the advice and consent of the Pri
vy Council, giving notice, that Thursday next
is to b* obfervel as a Diy of Public Thaakf
givmg and Prayer, throughout that state.
The Electors of Maryland for a President
and Vice- President, have been unanimous in
the choice of his Excellency George Washing
ton, president, and the Hon. John Adams,
as Vice President of the United States.
The Legiilature of the date of Rhode-Ifland
have palled an aft allowing a bounty of lix
(hillings oa every bolt of top-fail and other
stouter d..ck, which may hereafter be manu
factured in that state.
The General AfTenbly of the state of Con
ncfticut, at their last session, patted an aCt for
supporting Miflionaries to preach the Golpcl
in the northern and weitern parts of the Uni
ted States.
CHARLESTON, December 18.
On the 14th iuftant the bill for suspending
the importation of Negroes from Africa for
two years, and from the Northern states for
ever, was debated in the Senate, and carried
in the affirmative Uy a majority of fix.
FRENCH COUNSUL’s ADVICE.
IT is impossible to have any doubt of the
rebellion againfl France in Martinique and
Guadaloupe islands ; the white flag of the
counter revolution has been raised upon the
forts, & c. This day the sloop Elizabeth, Capt.
Vefey, cleared out from Chariefton to Mar
tiuiq 1 !. Ido brotherly invite, in the sacred
name of Liberty, tns merchants and owners
of this harbor, aud of the other ports of South
Carolina, to remove from their speculations
the Maitiuique and Guadaloupe islands, until
they can be delivered from the yoke of their
opp'eflbrs.
The United States, and peculiarly South
Carolina, have plentifully supplied the St.
Domingo island. In prosecuting this general
purpose the citizens of Chariefton will not
carry any help or afliftancc to the rebels.
Cbarleftotty December 14, 179* 4 tb of
French Liberty \Ji of bq*aiity-
M. A. B. MANGOJRIT.
22. Yefterd3y arrived the ship Irish Vo
lunteer, Auderfon, from Larne, (Irelaod)with
43; passengers.
LETTER from Gen Duraourier to the French
Minifier at W ar.
Extracted from the London Packet of the
Bth of October.
Saint Manebould, 08 1.
At length my dear Servan, what 1 expefted
; and predated in my letters has taken place.
; The Prufiiaus are in full retreat. The brave
Beu r nonviile, who has keen styled 'The Fr.nch
sijuxy' has taken from them during the two
lati day* more than four hundred men, fifty voag
gonty and above tvuo hundred horses. Ail the
prisoners and deserters agree that this army is
, exhaufled by famine, fatigue, and the bloody
flux. The enemy decamp every night, and
march only two leagues in 24 hours to cover
their paggage and havy artillery. I have sent
a reinforcement to Beurnonville, who hat more
than 20 000 men, and vobo nvill never quit
them till he has exterminated them• To give the
finjki g blovj to this business 1 shall join him
in perjon. I have feut you some copies of my
negotiation, which I have caused to be printed,
because the Commander of an array of free
men ought to fuffer no suspicious to exist
refpefting his conduct with the enemy, I think
that the present circumstances will deliver us
from the feoerge of war, and as I told you
before, if I remember right I hope, provided
you have confidence in me, to eftablifl) my
winter quarters at Brufieli. You may there
fore allure the august Aflembly of the sove
reign people that I shall never seek for repose
until it shall be put out of the power of ty
rants to do us any hurt.—l embrace you.
(Signed) DUMOURIER.
The fame paper contains the following
further intelligence : That the camp which
the Prufliana at firft evacuated appeared more
like avast charnel house than any thing else,
and 400 dead horses had been found there
half devoured, 5000 of their sick were at
Verdun, and 8000 more at Grandpre ; besides
these the common roads were covered with
dead bodies, which the (laves every where
leave behind them : That the siege of Thion
ville was raised : That Gen.Cufiiues was gone
to attack the Elector of Treves : That Geo.
Moatefquiou had been ordered to attack Ge
neva, and dislodge 1600 Swiss which the citi
zms had called in to their afliftancc : That
the Duke of Saxe Tefchen had ordered redhot
balls to be fired into Lisle, and one of the
fine® streets was nearly reduced to afties s
That the Grand Council of Venice have deter
mined upon a perfect neutrality with refpeft
to France : That when Gea. La Fayette was
brough t»Wefela Frenchman among the mob
attsmpted to kill him, who was committed to
prison : That Mr. des Cerches was no longer
acknowledged a> Wirfew as French Minifier s
That an inlurrertion had happened at Berlin :
That the King and Qoeen of France were now
lodged in separate apartments : That Gen.
Biron, with 18,000 men under his command,
it was reported, bad taken pofleifton of spiers
and Worms : And that the Cantons of Berne,
Soleure, and Lucerne, were decidedly for a
war with France; thife of Zurich, Bade,
Fribourg, and Schaff houfen, were for neu
trality ; accordingly the canton of Berne have
expelled the French from their territory.
The Seine lay a fortnight in the Downs after
she left London, and failed about the 20th of
Ortober. During that time accounts daily ar
rived from France that the French army had
gained a signal virtury over that of the Duke of
Brunfwic, which was totally routed. Similar
accounts we underftaud are received at Char*
leiton from New-York and Philadelphia.
The following is an Extrart of a letter front
Norfolk in Virgina to a gentleman in Peters
burg, dated the 16th u!t. The Patuxent
Planter left London the x Bth of Ortober. I
have seen a pa (Tenge r that came in her, who
fays that the Duke of Brunfwic was retreating
precipitately, closely pursued by Dumoutier,
&c.”
The people of Martinique and Guadaloupe
have threatened those ofSt. Lucia that unlefe
they (trike the National colours, and hoist the
white flag, they will go over and put them aU
to death.
£ •
AUGUSTd, Jan. 12.
It has been observed by the eider settlers in
this state, that the climate has grown con
siderably colder than it was formerly. It ap
peared, for instance, in the winter of 1780,
that the wind blowing uniformly for several
weeks from the north weft, the cold was as
regular and severe as that which is usual at
that season in the more northern latitudes;
and Savannah river above the falls was fully
(heeted with ice of fuflicient confidence to
sustain a man : But this was then imputed to
the dirertion and continuance of the wind*
In the winter before the present, without any
such particular dirertion and uniformity of
the wind, the weather was fevercly cold, and
for a conftderable time. The last fall, and
forraer part of the present winter, were mild
and pleasant in a gfea* degree. The firft part
of the week succeeding Christmas was cold
and rainy ; and about bed time in the even
ing of Thursday it fleeted: But the next
morning exhibited a snow equal to those seen
in the latitude of forty, or upwards; and
which remained upon the ground for several
days.—A collertion of the reafonmgs upon the
change of climate upon opening a new country,
would no doubt be agreeable to our readers,
and for which we will be obliged to any of
our correspondents.
DIED.] On Monday last, Capt. Robert
Dixon, of this place.