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sr fliort time since iu I.ancafler county, Penn
sylvania. It yields from 59 to 60 lead, and
12, 14, and 20 ounces of silver, per quintal.
The Hon. Jonathan H. Hazard and John
Gardner, Efqrs. are appointed Delegates to
Congxefs from the (late of P.hode-liland.
Philadelphia, aw. h.
Extract cf a it ter front Akxandi ta, hov. 13.
“ Last Monday night commenred one of
the fevered gales of wind ever remembered
here, which continued till Tuefday noon. The
damage done to theiliipptng in this port,ware
houfes, wharves, &c. is very gieat. The
tfiip Torbay, rapt. Boyd, at Mr. Watfbn’s
wharf, loaded for London, was funk near the
wharf, and her cargo damaged. A brig be
longing to Messrs. Jenkcs, Windsor, 2nd Co.
at Col. Ramsay’s wharf, was thrown on her
beam ends and drove on fliore. A Hoop be
longing to Mr. Caverly funk. Several small
craft (hared the fame fate. It is reported
that many veftcls in the bay and rivers have
1 foundered. ,,
We have had great pleasure in being in
formed, that three homes only in this city
have fold, during tbeprefeut year, fifty thou
sand yards of linen, made in New-Englaml,
all of which have been remitted for, (not by
a drain of coin, but) but by (hipments of
Hour, iron and fieel. How much muff have
been fold in dares that do not manufacture
theinfelves! The fanners, the owners of
coasting vefTels, and the American manufac
turer have been efientially feeved—A dome
flic trade and navigation, out of the reach of
foreign reftri&ion, has keen maintained, and
the nursery for our featnen ex ended. We
also learn, that two houses only, have had
one thousand pieces of white callkwes'print
ed, of the mofl faleable patterns in the city.
A scheme, which thus unites the interefl of
the landholder* the tenant, the merchant, the
manufacturer, and the mariner, mud tendto
. public good. Let us.therefore carefully exa
mine into every thing that relates to it, and
lay down one rule never to be deviated from,
that whenever we can potchafe a.hotne made
article, as low as it can be imported, we will
decidedly prefer it..
It is with lingular pleasure that we are able
♦o inform our readers of the further progress
of reason and religion among different feds of
chriftians. At the annual aflbeiation held by
the ministers and members of. the Baptist
church in this city, last week* they came to a
resolution to recommend to the congregations
under their care, the disuse of those enemies
of the fouls and bodies of men,-—fpirituous
liquors, From the late yearly meeting of.the
Friends in the city, a recommendation has
gone forth to the members of {their fbciety,
to refrain hereafter, not only from the gene
ral use, but from the importation and sale of
those liquors, which in their effe&s upon mo
rals have proved as injurious as war, and up
on human life, as definitive as the fwordv
RICHMOND, AW. 5.
Last Friday the Legifiature appointed the
following gemlemenNo represent this state in
Congrcfs for one year from the lft inst. viz.
Cyrus Griffin, John Brown, James Madison,
jun. John Dawson, and Mann Page, Efqrs.
12. On Saturday last tlx Legifiature of this
commonwealth appointed the Hon. Richard
Henry Lee and William Grayson, Efqrs. Re
presentatives in the Senate of the United
States. These gentlemen are eminent for their
virtue and abilities, and merit the highest
gratitude from their country, for their uni
formity and firmnefs in supporting the rights
and liberties, and promoting the happiness of
mankind. ' v
ALEXANDRIA, Nov, 6.
A gentleman in Richmond has favoured us
with the following Resolves of the Afl'embly
sow fitting at that place:
WHEREAS the Convention of the Dele
gates of this commonwealth in June last did
ratify a constitution or form of government
for the United States, referred to them for
their consideration, and did also declare that
sundry amendments to exceptionable part 6 of
the fame ought to be adopted : And whereas
the (übjeft matter of the amendments agreed
to by the (aid Convention involves all the
great, etlential, and unalterable tights, liber
ties, and privileges of freemen, many of
which, Jt nut camelled, ate rendered insecure
\ under the said Conflitution until the fame (hall
be altered and amended : Theretore,
Refolvcd, That it is the opinion of this Com
mittee, that, for quieting the minds of the
good citizens of this commonwealth, and ie
ciiriog their deceit rights und liberties, and
preventing those difonlers wh ; ch mud arise
under a government not founded in the confi
dence of .he people, application he made to
the Comjrefs of the United States, as soon as
they (hall a.Tcmble under the said Conftitutiou,
to call a Convention for proposing amend
ment* to the fame according- to the mode
therein directed.
Rejolved, That it is the opinion of this
Committee, that a Committee be appointed to
draw i.p and report to this House a proper in
strument of writing, expressing the sense of the
General Alfembly, and pointing out the rea
sons which induce them to urge their appli
cation thus early for calling a Convention of
, the States.
Re/olvid, That said Committee be dire&ed
, to prepare the draught of a letter in answer to
one received from his Excellency George Clin
ton, Efq.Prefident of the Convention of New-
York, and a circular letter on the aforefaid
fubjeft to the other (fates in the Union, ex
preihve of the vyiih of the General Atfembly
of this commonwealth, that they may join in
an application to the new Congress to appoint
a Convention of the States as loon as the Can
greis lhall be aii'embled under the new confli
tution.
WILMINGTON, (N. C.) Nov. $.
The Honorable the Legillature of this (fare
met at Fayetville on Monday last. It is said
that the propriety of calling a new Conven
tion will he among their earliett deliberations.
Accounts fiom the wefiern counties in this
(fate* mention the people being very diflatis
fied with the doings of the convention, that
they generally have chosen federalifts to re
present them in the next Adembly. In the
county of Rowan, Generals Rutherford and
Lock aie left out, in conlequenceof theirvot
ing against the conflitution in the convention;
Mcffrs. Caldwell and Cator are chosen in
their room, and Mr. Steel for Salisbury. In
the county of Lincoln, there were federal and
anti-federal candidates : the ant;-federals had
not a Tingle vote ; Col. Dickson, Dr. M i Lanc,
and Mr. Perkins wore chosen. Mecklenburgh
have-cholen Major Grimes, Caleb Phifer, and
-• p- IDouglafs, Efqrs. The county of Surry
have elected federaliils alio ; have not heard
the gentlemens 1 names who-are chofen*.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 2-4.
On Tuefday evening the brig Snratte, Capt.
Charles Budelmau, from Bremen, conligned
to Mr. Gabel, for this port, was call away
upon the breakers, owing to mismanagement,
and is entirely loss.
The General Court aflembled at Boflon on
the 29 th of Oftober ; several petitions were
presented, one from Josiah Barton, (fating,
that his wife had joined herfelf to a religious
feft called Shakers, and become confident iouf
ly opposed to a married (late, and had left his
bed and board, and therefore praying that he
might be divorced*
i —•
AVGUST A, Bee. 20.
At a Quarterly Comiwttnteation of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia, held in Savannah the 6:h
instant, present the Representatives of Solo
mon’s No. 1, Hiram’s No 2, Columbia No.
3-, Wartiingt-on-No. 5, and St. John’s No. 6,
the following Grand Officers were eleftedfor
the ensuing year:
Right Worrtiipful Gem James Jackson, Grand
Matter.
R. W. Sir Gem Houttoun, Deputy Grand
Matter.
WorlhipfulThs. Else, Senior Grand Warden.
Sam. Stii k, Junior Grand Warden.
Leonard Cecil, Grand Treafuier.
Ulric Tolder, Grand Secretary.
John Meals, Afliftant Grand Trea
surer.
Benjamin Lloyd, Affiflant Grand
Secietary.
Balthafar Shatter, Senior Grand
Deacon.
Frederick fchick, Junior Grand
Deacon.
Abrshamjarkfon,) Grind Stcw
—— —— J aids.
• Reverend Brother Benjamin Lindsay, Grand
Chaplain.
Brother John Hamilton, Grand Purfuivant.
George Richardson, Grand Tyler.
Further Retains of the Election held oaTuef*
day the ad inst. .
Liberty County.
For the Convention : Ferdinand O’Niel,
James Maxwell, John Macqueen, Efqrs.
For the djftmbiy: Thomas Graves, Ferdi
nand O’Niel, John Hardy, John M*lntofh,
fen. James Powel, FrancisCoddiugton, Wil
liam MTotolh, jun. Josiah Ofgoed, John Mac
queen, Peter Winn, Elihu Lyman, Job Pray,
David Rees, James fen. Henry
Putnam, Gideon Dowse, Efqrs.
Sheriff, John Dollar. Clerk, John Graves.
Coronet , John Lawson, fen.
If’ajhington County. %
For the Convention: Reuben Wilkinson,
....... Evans, jottiua Williams, Efqrs.
For the JJJtmbly: John Watts, -—Evans,
Jottiua Williams, Elittia Williams, Daniel
Bankfton, ----- Reynolds, Wood,
Tate, Rutherford, Jared Irwin, Efqrs.
Thomas Gibbons, Esq. is chosen a mem
ber of the General- Assembly for Chatham
county.
His Excellency William Livingtton, Esq.
is re-elefted Governor of the date of New
Jersey.
, The Honorable Thomas Mifflin, Esq. is
chosen President to the (late of Pennsylvania,
and the Hon. George Ross, of Lancafler coun
ty, Vice President. •
His Excellency Thomas Johnson, Esq. is
elected Governor of the (late of Maryland.
The lhip Sally; Crightou, and* ftiip Augino
rio, from London ; (hip Hopewell, William
son, from Greenock; brig Trending, Auken,
from St. Übts ; and brig Anna, Gerchec,
from Bremen, are arrived at Charleston.
The (late of Vermout, by the latett accounts
was in a very flourilhing (late. The number
of its inhabitants already amounts to go,ooo
fouls.
Ext raft 0/ a letter from a gentleman at Mariet -*
ta , on the Mu/lingum , dated Sept • 8*
“ An accurate survey of the ancient ruins
within the limits of our city has been made,
in presence of the Governor, Judges, Directors
of the company, and a number of other gen
tlemen, that we may be able to afeertain all
the fofis rcfpeftiug them ; in the caurfe of
this survey, we had feveral'of the large trees
on the parapet of those works cut down, and
have examined their ages by the rings or
grains from the heart to the furface, comput
„ ing each grain to be one year’s growth : we
found one tree to have ttood 443 years, an
other 289, .situated so as to leave no room to
doubt of their having began to grow fine©
those works were abandoned. We find the
perpendicular'height of the walls of this co
vert to be at this time 20 feet, and the bate
39, the width 12 rods.”
A letter from Edinburgh fays,—The em
barralTments and misery of rhe United States,
are here a veryjpopular topic, and are repre
sented throughout Great-Britain in the bighefl:
colours. Every thing is exaggerated, and
every pain taken to make you appear con
temptible. lam well informed that Mr. Do
naldson, Printer of the Edinburgh Adver
tiser, has a pension of 3001. from govern
ment for these purposes.
The design is to prevent manufa&urcrs,.
and other ufeiul people from emigrating.
His paper has an extensive ciiculation, and is
perpetually filled with falfe accounts the most
unfavourable to your charader, commerce,
politics, and the ffate of your country.
WHEREAS my wife Elisabeth
Boyd has eloped from my
bed and board without having given
her the least occaiion for so doing,
1 do therefore forwaro all persons
from harbouring or concealing her,
or truftirg her on my account, as 1
will pay no debts of her contradf ing*
JOHN BOYD.
Richmond, Nov . Y 4, 1788.
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