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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. Writing Paper For Bale at the friming-Otticr.