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it*turning that was in my power to command, I wrote ro Mr. | Jesi'cri'on, that is the sate os the dedion should pur him in the chair os the presidency, and he should have, occasion to send a srigate to France, he would give me rlie opportunity os returning bv it, which he did. But 1 de clined coming in the Maryland, the vcsill that was ossered me, and waited sor the srigate that was to bring the new minider, Mr. Livingston, to France ; but the srigate was ordered round to the Mediterranean ; and as, at that time, the war was over, and the British crui sers called in, I could come any way. I then agreed to come with commodore Barney in a vc Be Ihe had engaged. It was aga-n sortunate 1 did not, sor the vessel sunk atsea, and the peo ple were preserved in the boat. Had hals the number os e vils besallen me, that the number os dangers amount to, through which I have been preserved, there are thosewhowouldascribe it to the wrath os Heaven * why then do they not aseribe my preservation to the protecting savour os Heaven. Even in my worldly concerns I have been blesled. '1 he little pro perty I lest in America, and which I cared nothing about, not even to receive the rent os it, has been encreasmg in the value os its capital more than eight hundred dollars every year sor the sourteen years and more that I have been ablcnt srom it, lam now, in my cir cumslanccs, independent, and my economy makes me rich. As to my health it is persectly good, and I leave the world to judge os the statureos my mind. I am, in every indance, a living contradiction to the mortisied sedcralids. In my publications I sollow the rule I began with in Com mon Sensie , that is to consult with nobody, nor let any body see what I write ’till it appears publicly. Were Ito do other wile, the case would be, that between the timidity os some, who are so asraid os doing wrong, they never do right, the puny judgment os others, and despi cable crast os preserring expedient to right , as is the world was a world os babies in leading sirings, I should get sorward with nothing. My path is a right line as draight and clear to me as a ray os light. The boldness (is they will have it to be so) with which I speak on any subjeCt is a compliment to the judgment os the reader. It is like laying to him, I treat you as a man and not as a child. — With respeCl to any worldly objcCl, as it is impossible to diseover any in me, theresore what I do, and my manner os doing it, ought to be aseribed to a good motive. In a great assair, where the Jiappiness os man is at slake, I Jove.to work sor nothing; and so sully am I under the insluence os this principle that I should Jose the spirir, the pleasure, and the pride os it, were I conscious that I looked sor reward ; and with this declaration I take my leave sor the present. THOMAS PAINE. LOUISVILLE, IVEDNESDJT, December 19, 180*. scj* THOSE in arrears sor Printing dene at this Ossice, are requested to diseharge the same immediately. Agreeably to notisication, on Friday, the 24th inslant, the Jesserson Troop os Light Horse asscmbled at the place os inter ment os Major Patrick Carr— when Lieutenant Robinson os the Troop, addressed his Com pany and a very respeClable asscmblage os citizens, who had convened upon the occasion, in the sollowing manner : Fellow Citizens , Soldiers! WE have this day asiemblcd to pay a gratesul tribute os res peCl to the memory os a depart ed brother—to celebrate the suneral os Major Patrick Carr— as a soldier and an ossicer he richly merited it—many os you who were better acquainted with him than mysels can no doubt bear honorable testimony os his bravery—to command my es tcem it is sussicient to know that he was a sirm sriend to cihr countryI—that 1 —that he was a bold and succcsssul advocate in the sield during the revolutionary contesl sor the blessing os sree dom which we now enjoy. Is he had some srailties, so have we—then in common charity let the remembrance os them be consigned to the silent grave where his body reds. But not so his heroic virtues, let each os us with an emulous and laud able zeal, cherish and culdvate the recollection os them in our breads, until we become inspired by the example with the same degree os valour—then shall we be soldiers indeed—then shall we be worthy os the rights os sreemen, being capable as citi zen soldiers, to desend those sacred rights, independent os the aid os hireling mercenaries too osten the pasiive tools os knaves and despots. The Troop then displayed a variety os equestrian evolutions appropriate to the- occasion, and ended the martial ceremony with a regular diseharge by platoons. COTTON-GINS. Accounts srom Columbia (late, that the legislature have not only san&ioned the comp troller, in withholding srom Messrs. Miller and Whitney the second warrant drawn in their savor, but have also directed him to commence a suit against them sor the recovery os the 20,000 dollars already paid sor the patent os their Saw-Gin. Charleston paper. Governor St. Clair presented a long and very violent address to the convention os the new Bate os Ohio, advising them to disregard the law os Congress, pointing out the mode os their ad million into the union, and recommending them to adhere to the territorial limits marked out by a sormer law. The con sequence was another <c St. Clair’s Deseat.” CONGEE S 5 Os the UNITED STATES.' House os Representatives. Monday , December 6. This being the conslitutional day os meeting sisty-three mem bers appeared, who not sorming a quorum, an adjournment took place till to-morrow at 11 a. m. Tuesiday , December 7. A quorum os members ap peared. The sollowing new members appeared and took their seats : Samuel Hunt, srom New- I lampshire, in the room os Jo seph Pierce, resigned ; Samuel Thatcher, srom Massachusetts; David Meriwether, srom Geor gia, in the room os Mr. Tali aserro, resigned; Thomas Winn, os North-Carolina, in the room os Charles Johnson, deceased ; and Thomas M. Greene, a de legate srom the Misiislippi Ter ritory, m the room os N. Hun ter, deceased. Ordered , That the clerk in sorm the Senate that this House has sormed a quorum, arid is ready to proceed to business. Ordered , That the clerk sur nish each member with three newspapers at his lodgings. Adjourned. Wednesiday , December 8. Mr. Nicholson presented a petition srom Richard W r ilson, imprisbneci mWashington coun ty, praying sor liberation. Re serred to a committee oi seven. Mr. N. presented a similar pe tition srom Nathaniel Segul.— Reserred to same committee. On motion os Gen. S. Smith, the sollowing (landing commit tees were appointed. A committee os Elections os seven members. A committee os Revisal and Unsinilhed Business os three members. A committee os Claims os seven members. A committee os Commerce and Manusactures os seven mem bers. Gen. S. Smith surther moved that a committee os Ways and Means, considing os nine mem bers, should be appointed. As the number os nine members involved a departure srom a rule consining that committee to seven, the motion was or dered to remain sor considera tion until to-morrow. On motion os Mr. Nicholson, resolved that the committee to whom were reserred the petitions os Richard Wilson, and Natha niel Segul, be indruClcd to en quire into the expediency os making a general provision sor the relies os insolvent debtors within the sstriCl os Columbia, to report by bill or otherwise. Insormation having been re ceived that the Senate had not made a quorum, the House ad journed. Thursday , December 9. Mr. Gregg moved a resolu tion sor the appointment os two chaplains os disserent denomi nations, one sor each house, to interchange weekly. Consideration podponed till Monday next. There being no quorum in the Senate, adjourned till to morrow* Shsi A T K C F T l E U. I] ]' ATE 5 . Mcnday, December 6. But eight members attended, who not sorming a quorum, an adjournment took place till to morrow at 11 o’clock. Tuesiday , December 7. No quorum—Twelve mem bers present. Wednesiday , December 8. Twelve members attended—* No quorum. Thursiday, December 9. Only twelve members pre ser—Not a quorum. The Legislature os New-sier siey has rilen sine die , without having made a choice os any other ossicers besides those al ready published. The SWISS CHIEF. AS the assairs os the Swiss Cantons are becoming every day more serious, it wi J not be imintereding to the public to be better acquainted with the cha racter os the person who is the leader os those brave men, who are now endeavoring to recover their liberties, and to sree Swit zerland srom abjeCl dependence on a soreign power. Aloys Reding, the valient Chies os the Independent Can tons, studied the art os war in the service os Spain, in which he attained the rank os Colonel, A short time previous to the revolution, he hud retired into the sulitary vallies os his native country, and devoted his leisurc j * to sriendship, to the Mules, and to the cultivation os his lands. He had long wished sor an ame lioration os the sederal system, and that his country should en joy uscsul and true liberty > but his heart revolted at the idea os a revolution essected by a soreign power, and at the dill more abhorrent idea os seeing his country sall under the domi nion os France. Such arc the motives which induced him to resume the sword, and to show himsels worthy os the Helvetian name* and os his brave ancedors. The loss os a young wise, whom he tenderly loved, had lest a pro sound melancholy on his mind* which made him perhaps more eager to seek the perils os battle. Wary, loyal, brave, attached to his country, and posTessing great coolness in prosperity, as well as in adverilty, he became, in a short rime, the savourite and the hope os the people. From the bravery and skill with which Aloys Reding de sended his country, when the French sird invaded Switzer land, v/e may judge what he is now capable os persorming should they return. With a sew hundred men he repeatedly routed a whole army; and was at lad obliged to yield to terms only by the treachery os prieds, and a conllant diminution os his numbers. Like Leonidas os old, waiting a certain and glo rious end at the pass os Ther mopylae; such was Reding as the head os his troops, on the samous heights os Morgarten. Upon this occasion he made the sollowing remarkable spccch to his soldiers, os which the au thenticity is considered unqu cionsble