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POLITICS.
The people of the Untied Stares of Amor
ica pjffefs (omc political blcfliugs peculiar to
themfelve*- Not to mention the llrufture
ec their government, which will be vnriouf.
I? oftiouted among p -liticai thconlls, and
which it would be an lea fin aide now ro dis
cuss, they confidef thetiifclves as Angularly
fortunate in their territorial ppfi imi, and in,
the 'id. n* hi if rat ion of their pubbe affhirs.
la addlcitir'm to the krihdaers of nature, in
fsvcrinv them by a wide ocean, from the
agitation and hoHiliries of the
c'/J continent, they 4nd themfclves Tea ted
in a t'.'l i \ which frjplies the n, directly or
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mdicealy, with aU the ncccuancsand which
pro rid 9 for the exteption and permanency
of fills happtnefs, by an abnoft indefinitein
creafe of nan! vers. They find thmfelves at
peace with all the world (except the feebjeft
and mod contemptible of the piratical Hates
of S.dmy) with the profpeff of its long
continuance. With the great powers- of
Europe, th a y Hand coryre&ed by relations
which are likely long to prefer ve the pre
lent date of amity and beneficial irtter
eoirfe. Nothing but necelfity will drive
the Unite 1 States into war ; and there is
goal ground to believe, that every enligh
tened muon with par.fe and weh»h the
points of variance before they provoke this
necelHty into aftibh. The acquisition of 1
Louisiana, confers the fovercignty of a vast
ly extended territory, and the cxclnfive
corn nerce of the greared : iverof North Arne,
rica. Spain has wifely withdrawn her oh
jeidiops to the edit rt of this country, and
his now only to adjijl quell ions concerning
limits, which the government of the United)
Srates wii! always be disposed todifeuflion on
liber d and amicable terms. The wifdomof
contract"tig for the purch'afc of this fmmcnfe
country, particularly when the previous ex
tent of the United States is confidcred, has
indeed been.denied by many jterfons whole
opinions are cniiiled to great refpoft. Bat
the evils to be apprehended from this mea
sure are didant, continent, and by judici
ous management, may probably he obviated
while thole which were tc [ ;e f<. arc d from
Louisiana remaining in the h. n ds of France,
or being wrested front her by Oanqueil, were
r.n nerons great, imminent and w Avoidable.
Belt .lea the cirormidances ofm.rioi. ; l pros
perity already mentioned, the UnitedVa tes
have done and arc now doing much tovvavV s
> conciliating and fccuring the friendlhip oS
tribes of Indians fettled and occupying ter- N
ritories of great extent within their jnrif
dtdlfla* By treatinL' these people with juH
lee and mi.dncfs, by rcfpc,'.h’ng the cultoms
sod prejudices, by accommodating their
wants add cfpecially by among
them the arts ot the civ iiifed life, ftoip natural
enemies they are converted into friends, and
am rapidly laying aside the ferodoufnefs be
longing to the favage,(late— This triumph
ot jndice and humanity, over violence and
fraud, is now become so conTpicuous, as to
acknowledged by every of ft rver of public
aitiirs. What was formerly too often ob
tained from the Indians by war, b’oodfhcJ,
and rapine, is now amicably yielded through
the medium of negotiation, and all parties
participate the bft flings of the improvement.
Tile opulence, power,’ and rdourccs, of
the people of die United States, Compara
tt’.idy omy a ftTvall portion oi their territory
is cleared of fhf fared trees ; the chief part
is ;HU retained for ihe enterprise and dili
gence of such as are inclined to improve
their circurntlances and form establishment's ’
tor their children. Haw long vytil the
term before this exteniive region\ceafes to
alford room for the i ts
inhabitants ? And how numerous and poV^ r .
ful will be the community (unless civil dhv
' cord Ihould rear its direful creilJ which isN
(lined to behold mis vail lurlace occupied
a ‘ X cultivated by all the arts and improve.
nienrs. 0 p a „ enlightened people.
The national expenditure oNbcU. States,
* r0;!1 t'ncreafiag at Hep of their
prosperity, is cith- 4 Hationary, or in a
coiirie of dim<V'tion. The great mass of
public p-irh, infltMi of being lavifted in
tiie projection of inceffcnt wars, such as
vex ana exhamt molt other nayons, is here
converted into the means of advancing the
improvement and habpinefs of the comtnu.
V>* Ih e eye of philanthropy mull dwell
with rapture on the yrofpea of . country
vnofc energy is rteadil, and faithfully de.
vejoted to the acceleration of irs progress in
‘ u ! coar . ,e which leads to the highest € 'e ;
vatton of public felicity. 6 '
, _ No new burthens are laid on the people
in this favored country. Inftcad of tertur.
tng invention t© devise plans of revenue
a*J exaauftmg all the sources of taxation*
tue government has relinquifhod many du
M« -vh.ch hri b«„ f„.md inconvenient and
unpopular, rad Hill lied., , !w Mtu „, inco ™
adequate to the exjK-nditurcs. The debt
of tje nation i, undergoing extingnift *
Z*:C?2 unprecedented
1i f »• Snci ln the Present course
'v ul toon be entirely redeemed.- Mxv nit
the whole wnrld be challenged ro point om
n na'iun ryilcrc tin public rf.,ir, f^
’yto'r » a train ? And np-ht™
° S >«#* dt»«ort y to* return
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March u« (umbm.)
> /■*>•* - m* m/f
thanki to heaven that there is at least one
spot on the globe where man is true to him
fclf, and where he fucccfsFully vindicates his
right?, his dignity,- and his high destina
tion ?
PARIS, March 27.
Frcjos, the place where the Emperor
landed on his return from Egypt, to be
transformed into a handsome port.
/ March 29.
The Ruffians continue r«* fend troops to
Corfu, and the adjacent islands.
The ata.ifement of ball bating, has been
abolifliad in Spain.
KIMGStoN, April 6. ' 1
Mr. Bo woo! n, our new minister to
Spain, failed from Boston the 10th May, :
in fhfi (h;p Baltic, captain Blunt.
L and on papers announce the death of lord 1
George Lennox, and the appointment
of the Karl of Chath am to fucceei him as
govenor of Plymouth.
On the 25th March, the Br’uilh house
of commons went into a committee on the
commercial treaty with America and agreed
to a resolution to permit America to trade
with that country in neutral bottoms under
certain reftritffions. The house being re
sumed the report was received and a bill
ordered. ’ .
NEW. YORK, May 14.
A gentleman who arrived in town on Sun.
day from Calcutta has favoured ns with
the perusal of a file of Calcutta papers to the
end of November. These papers are exclu
ftvely occupied with the details of battles,
and the awful conference of wide wafting
war. On the 13 of November a tremen
dous engagement took place at D;eg be
tween the Britidi army under t!;e command
of Major-general Fraferi'and the forces of
, Halicar, m which the latter were defeated ’
with the loss of 2000 men killed and woun
dcd. Near 400 Briiilh troops fell on the
occasion.
It is dreadful to tlitnld at what exoenfe
of human beings England is profccufing her
ambitious and aggrandi'fing views. Thou
lands of lives, and millions of money are
squandered, apparently without remorse or
reflection, in acquiring and enlarging a ter
ritory to which fire cannot even pretend a
right, save the right of conqueft/--
Ydterday the frigate John Adams, capt,
Shaw, and Oun-boats No 3,6, & 7 failed
for the Mediterranean. We wifti them a
fafe and fuccefsful voyage.
BALTIMORE, May 16.
Capt. Appleby of Providesce, who had
been perionally ill treated by a Britifli effi.
ccr of his majesty ’s ship Carvsfort, and 2
hands prelied, when carried into port,
dejaanded fatisfaftion of Paid officer and fhoc
bim dud.
rhc daughter of Lord Petere> of Essex e
loped on T lefdiy morning with her brother’s
♦utor, with-vhom fire is probably by this
time joined in the hands of holy' matrimo
ny. The young lady tho’ a catholic, did
not With to keep Lett/,
PHILADELPHIA, May i 3.
A curious m in NatunJ Hrftory has
been observed by Dr. Gabriel Anfehni,
PrcfefT rof Ana tom yat To rin. A Snake
called in Italy Serpe Ncra, the Coluber Na!
trix of Linnasur, is said to be extremely
fond of milk ; and the Country people even
pretend that it makes its way into the dai
ries to gratify its inclination, They cv ?n \
affi-rt, that it is sometimes found entwined \
round the legs of cows, fucking their feats \
with such avidity as to draw blood when
their iTu.k is exhausted. OF this Gift, which
oy many had been considered as a popular
(ale, the Doctor had himftdfan opportunity
of being an eye witness. (t Walking, accor
ding to cuilom (fays he} one morning, on
the road caded the Park, bordeied by paf
v lures, containing a great number of (heep
\nd horned cattle, I observed an old, but
Vi cow, separate from the others, and
with her head raised in the air, her
ears and (baking her tail. Sarprifed
at tke noiie ihc made, 1 seated myfelfon the
banks 0. a stream, and followed her where
cver (he went with my eyes. After runnier
for feme minutes, Ihe fuddcr.ly ft o ped in a
sequestered spot and began to ruminate,
inqumtive to discover the cause I went to
the place. After going into a pond to
drink (he came our, and waited on the brink
tor a black Snake, which crept from amontj ’
the bakes, and approving ber, entwined ■
mm felt round her legs, and began to fuck
t.r nrulk. I observed this phenomenon two
fucccfuve days, without informing the herdf
m,u*. The I| thircl diy I acquainted hfm
Vs U> , an ' J he toM rae that for Lome time
toe.cow kicked at the approach of her calf,
and) taat the could not, without difficulty,
be Compelled to fuffer it to fuck. We took
aw,iv the Snake, which we killed. On th
fucikeuing day the Ccvv, after in vain
walking tor her fuckiing. ran about the mea-
Wc! n faC i a . man , ner that ths fierdfman
wasl obliged to tout her up.” Dr. Anfelmi
has difeovered that if the teats of the cows
be walked with a decoftion of tobacco, the
rav ages of ihds extraordinary depredators
ma f be effctluaily prevented.
.By a gentleman, paiTenger in the brig
Lovely Lass, from Nantz, wears inform?
cii 01 an act ol the French government which
Till* V/Uivvl,
m
renders this account by no rsrsrs improba
ble. Bonaparte, it appeals, in the midst of
his higher concerns, has rot been unmindful of
the unfortunrte exiles from St. Domingo.
A decree has been issued by him, declaring
the very fubjeft, formerly refilling in that
who may have been exiled from his
home and property by the brigands, (hall be
allowed from the national treafiiry 300 li
vres per year, every married man 500, and
for each child 100. That this provificn
(hocld have been made without an eje to the
ultimate recovery of the property facrificcd
by the Brigands is incredible; and surely
Bonaparte will not apply for remuneration
to the .blacks.
CHARLESTON, May 25.
; • Died, on the 2 £th of February, the Dow
age r. Queen of Prussia, in the year
1 ot her age.'
Died of a few days illness, at Antrim
Cattle, (Ireland) the Right Hon. Cloth
worthy, Earl of Maffereene aged 6z — a
nobleman polftfTed of many great and good
qulfties.
The late Earl of Maflereene was liberated
from the prison of the Grand Chard et at Pa
ris, by the Revolution, in the month of
June, 1789, after being confined upwards of
eighteen years. During this time he had
laid a plan for his efcapc, hut was . detected
as he w-as entering his carriage, and sent in
to one of the ueepett dungeons of the Chare
. let, where he remained without light
without bed, and was fed only on bread and
water.
May 29.
Lad night we were favored by captain
Carman and his passengers with Philadelphia
, papers of the xrlt instant. An arrival at
Button firings London accounts to the qrh
of April, they flare that the B.c-ft fleet of
twenty one fail of the line, after being out
one day had returned to port; that a very
considerable alteration had taken place in
the sentiments of the Emperor of Rgffia re
typing France, who it is now aliened de
clines all decisive or aftive interference in the
war, and contents himfelfwiih offering his
affirtance for effecting the restoration of gen,
cral tranquility—a depression which .60k
piacc in the English funds was attributed to
this caafe.
Letters received at Hamburgh from Pe
terfbargh assert, that Mr. Novofilzow is
tobefenta minister to Pans. is
said to be very aftively employed in adjutt.
ing the differences between Ruflia and France.
The French troops lately dttiwn from the
sea coast have received orders to repair
to uieir former ttati«ns, and every officer
absent is ordered to his poll. Maffcna is
to have the command ofihe army of Eng
land, Angereau of Ireland, and Marmcnt
that of Scotland.
Three per cent. Confols, on the 6ih of
April, 57.
The Philadelphia editor fays, that ad
mitting the accounts from Peterfburgh to be
true, he would not be surprised if the pre
fer Trimmer (hould produce an universal
peace, and that he is (Lengthened in this o
pinion by the sentiments of his correfpon.
dent in London, who in his recent letters
urges the probability of a speedy general
peace with considerable force.
ivl. Jerome Bonaparte and lady have ar
rived at Li Toon from Baltimore.
An artificial camphor has been recently
made by common oil of turpentine abforblng
muriatic gas. and a half ounces of
camphor have been obtained from one pound
.yofoil of turpentine. Theadion of this pro
\ on the animal economy is (imilar to that
exrrafled from cbampholaurel; it is less bit-
l Qr * and of a less penetrating odour, and
difTrs in its aftion with the nitre and ace
tic a ext Si.
1 . D T J ' cd ’ ot * the 21 1} day of March latt, at
tc L nilted Sufcs’ garnfon, near Vincennes
.P 1, L o* N Et.tvs Lyman, of the firft re
gent of. infcntjy. He had no previous
sickness ; but was dead in his bed byV
his wife, about n in the morn in*.
I. \ O
‘ AR riFICIAL MAHOGANY.
The following Is a process for rendear
any species of wood, of a close grain ft> near*
ly to rcfcmble mahogany in the textu»«
. * a °d polifli, that the mod accurate
judges are incapable of diftinguiffiing be
tween this happy imitation, and the native
prouuce• (
. ** operation, as now praftiftd—
m France, is to plane the fu dace, lb as to
render it pcrfcftly smooth, ihewoodis then
to he rubbed with afolution of nitrous acid,
which prepares it for the materials, fubfe
q er.;]y to lie applied. Afterwards one
ounce and a half of dragon's blood diflblved
jna pint ot spirits of wine, and one third
“ ***« quantity of carbonate of soda, are
to be mixed together,-and filtered, and
t e I;quid in this thin (late is to be rubbed,
mther laid upon the wood, with a fofr
ruin. T his proceft is repeated with very
V t e and in a short interval,
afterwards, the wood pofTcfTes the external
appearance we have ddcribed.—When this
application has been properly made, the
uriave will referable an artificial mirror,
but if the polifli become less brilliant, by
thede of a little drawn linked oil, the
U i! * bc reftortd to its former brillian
cy-
AUGUSTA, fT |
University of Georgia, SS J I
Franklin College , Athens. J m
June, i, I
On Tuefclay last the Board of Trult w I
convened in the College, and at 11 o’clock I
a. m. a Scrman aodreifed particularly to
candidates for degrees, was delivered bi|
the Rev. Abraham 'larjhall. I
In the afternoon the Board attended rh«l
public speaking for premiums, which h:dl
been proppfed by the Frefidcnc and the au„l
thority of the College to the three low-ftl
daffies and the Grammar School: the hon ■
Peter Early and John Forty th, Efqrs. £:1 ■
ting as judges. i
On the morning of Wedncfday, the day I
of the commencement, the Board oi Truf, ■
tees, the Executive officers of the College I
and a -g mber of gentlemen convened at the I
Presidents house j from whence a procdiLn I
was formed of the fehoiars of the Grammar E
School, the Junior, Sophomore and Prefix.- fl
man daffies, the Board of Trustees, Sec, I
A stage under an arbour, was placed in |
front of the College, and the exercises ofVxe I
day were, (que/ 1
x. Sacred Mnfic. " I
2. Prayer by the Rev: Abraham'Mar. I
SHALL.
3. Latin Salutary Oration, by Wilh K
Bird.
4. A Humorous Dialogue, by Wilson
Bird, Stephen W. Harris, Gabriel lathis,
and Roland Shur.ytond.
A Forensic Difpntation, ’on this que
stion, viz: Have moral causes greater in
fluence than physical in the formation of Na
tional character ?
6. An Eoglifil Oration, by Gabriel Ma
this.
7. A Dialogue, by TV. Bird, S.
Harris, G, Mathis, Sc Roland Sburmaxd.
8. An Engliffi Oration, by li. Shurmoud,
9. Valedictory Oration, by S. IV.Harris
The Prcfidenc then, with the content of
the Board of Trustees, conferred the degree
of Bachelor of Arts cm
Wilfoa Bird, of Warren county,
Stephen \f. Harris, of Greene,
Gabriel Mathis, of Hancock, and
Roland Shurmond, of Jackson,
The Prcfident then declared the decision
of the Judges of merit in speaking, who
had been appointed on the day before,
which was; That of the Junior class, the
premium was due to Reuben Hill, of Clarke
county : that of the Sophomore class, John
Douglas , of Burke, and Samuel W. Meigs,
of Clarke county, were equal in merit :
that Chat let Da vis, of Burke, of the. Erc'Jp
man class, end William Mitchell, of S,
vannah, of the Grammar School, were en
titled to premiums.
The exercises were doled with prayer,
by the Rev, Abraham Marshall. .
M.,Pctit, of Savannah, formerly an officer
in the Squadron, commanded by Admiral
Sufifrein, i;in the East-Indies, during the
American War, is deded Profeffor ot Lan
guages, in the University.
A very numerous and genteel cbmprry
attended the exercises, and expreffsd their
approbation of the performances.
The Prcfident was. defied Profellor of
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and
was dirctfled to read a public coune of lec
tures, at finch time as he fln’l judge proper,
after the arrival of the remainder of the Ap
paratus, which is now daily expeded.
The name, Franklin College , was given
to the Collegiate building in this place,
which Will be completely finished in the
courfs of the present dimmer.
To the gentlemen, ccmpojlng the City Council
of Augufla.
This probably, will be the last time I
(hall deem it necessary to approach your
honors in a News-paper, refpeftiog your
qualifications and conftituuonal elegibiiity.
I have already put you and the citizens at
largt, in poflfeflion of some fads, and I ex
pect, ufeful information, which may prove
advantageous and salutary hereafter, though
many of your honorable body, I am led to
believe, receive it, v at present, as a bitter
and nauseous pill.
' You are now convinced, gentlemen, that
John Willfon and Johnny Moore were not
qualified to reprefeat the citizens of Augufia,
in a corporate capacity—the re-eleflion ofc
the former, on thurfday last, and the elec
tion of smother—Mr. Wigfall * I under.
stand, in room of that honest msn, Jr.bnv.ij
Moore, proves to a demonftratiotj? fcsrq
your Bellow. Citizen was legally and "ishi
ftifutionally correct; and tliat when he
took up his pen, he did not proceed rafidy,
nidi cloudy, feditioudy* or hastily... Me ad
vocated the rights of the American Citizen,
and ftiewed you that the constitution is not
to be insulted or trampled on, by any Alien
or Native, whom the Laws do not admit
or recognize as qualified or eligible to office.
Would to god that others of your honora
blebody were equally wCliaffeffcd towards the
Mr. Wigfa'l, J hear has declined tie
honor. Fran Mr. .let*fall’s unfor-m con
duct, fihee he hat been in Georgia, I Jbould
ex pc Si that he would be one of the ltd to
fan A ton e led ions . or proceeding 1, vehiev he
may have reason to believe, were illegal
and nnccvjlituticnal.