domestic articles. Savanna, May 28. a «r<i letur from Col. Maxwell to Lieut. Col. Fijhhl'r", 'dated Mtdway ( Liberty-County) May J < 4 Last Tuesday there was a train of Indians Sr"for embodying the militia, »mithree small nrties were collected on the frontiers that night, n'n Wednesday morning, as foonas Dr. Le Conte s neeroes turned out of the fort the Indians at tempted to seize on them. Six fellows went out »;th mins 5 as soon as the negroes discovered the Indians they made back for the tort, and the Indians'purfued them ; there were iome negroes in the fort with arms, who, with the Doctor, si .on t hem, whilst those who went out armed --tacked them in the rear, which soon made them retreat, with some loss, to a fence, where thev kept up a heavy fire at the fort, for some time without efFedt. They carried off three ne oe's, Several parties of men soon got to the Bhce but puifued without waiting to colled: a force' fufficient to attack them. Capt. Frafer, with a small party, came up with them on the fide of a fwanip,which they immediately ran into, and prevented his charging them. It appears from the belt accounts, that there are atleait fifty in that party. The next morning they killed a man at a plantation of Capt. Sander's, just be low the one which he now plants ; and on Friday night they attacked a small guard within a mile and a half of me, the guard beat them ofF wi th the loss of one man killed. They carried off a ne°ro wench and a child a small distance from the place, stabbed the wench in several places with a knife, scalped her, and killed the child ; the wench has come in, but is not expected to live. Yesterday evening, at Mr. Stephen Baker's, three of his negroes went over the fence, who were fi red on, and a wench killed and scalped. An attempt to plunder was likewise made at Mr. James Wood's on Friday, but the negroes disco vered the lavages at a distance, and made their cfcape. They seem to have separated into small parties, and to be all round us. A party is to go out to morrow morning. It is thought, by the ditferent trails that have been difcovercd since, that there are other parties come into the settle ments besides that which attacked Le Conte ; it so, there is no telling what their numbers are." The two men killed by the Indians in Liberty comity were, Mr. Grimes and Mr. James Cole. Winchester, June 3. _ [From a Correspondent.'] " A great majority of theHoufe of Representatives in Congress, appear to be a band of patriots : It may be observed ih the Debates, however, that some gentlemen who pass for men of sens e, are against adifcrimination ontonnage. This is a matter of aftonifhinent to aperfon who fees that the sale of American oil and rice in France, is superior to all advantages in commerce that Britain .:an give the United States. Britain aifplays fucli rapacity for felf-in terelt and monopoly, that no American of liberal sentiments can hesitate to make a difcriniination between her and France. They who do, appear to be ignorant oftheinterefts of the United States, or fail to pursue it. " Do these gentlemen intend that we shall be aspaffive in our traffic with Europe as the Turks are ? The Dutch, English, and French, carry their commodities, an 4 fell them in the Turkish do minions, and bringback the commodities of Tur key in the fame bottom: Hence arises the great difficulty which the Porte labours under to man and maintain anavy, notwithftandingthe absolute power of this Court. * Such men discover a timid diffidence which borders on meanefs—they are afraid to do what is absolutely neceflary, to eftab lilh a revenue, and consequently, the credit of their country,leaft the Britilh should do something to counteract it: Such pufilanimous conduct will never command respeCt in commerce or in war. " It is observed by some gentlemen, that Bri tain takes our flax feed—lt is not to oblige us ; itisbecaufc it answerS far better, and with more certainty ofa cropthan feed from Holland, or any part of the European continent—that they take ourpotaih and naval stores. If the bad bloocl which originated in the armed neutrality, should get a little more inflamed, Britain would be obliged to depend on us in a great measure for pitch, tar, turpentine, and other naval stores. Russia and Denmark will not supply her, and so many of the Swedes will be employed in arms, that they can notfurniih her with a fufficient quantity. 111 this Situation, I would use the Biitons with civility, andeftablifh more of a reciprocity in trade, than their short lighted policy, and interested felfilh views would permit them to grant to America. " Besides the other great obligations which the , 'ted States lie under to France, we owe them a rj r»e (um of money ; and not with (landing the Unfortunate situation of tlieir own finances, they war to press us: Our ingratitude to France would be next to our ingratitude to Heaven : She was an inltrument in the hand of Providence, to nn gvis to what we are. " A great deal has been said on thefcarcity of flapping to carry the bulky commodities of Ame rica to market. It is generally allowed, that the States to the eastward have more lhipping than is neceflary for their own carriage : Let them by all means have the preference—What they get is all in the family. They are an lnduitrious enter prising people—and knowing their interest, and being attached to it, will prevent their being ex orbitant in their demands for freight, as it would operate against them, and induce every state to provide themselves in fliipping as fact as polfible, to serve their own purpot'es. " Let a person of judgment, acquainted with lhipping and materials for building, consider the immenl'e quantities of live oak and cedar in the Southern States ; and pines so lofty, that it tires the eye to look at the top ; many of them four feet diameter—and he will fee, that an adtive enter prising people will, in a Ihort time, not only sup ply the United States with /hipping fulKcient for their own carriage, but will carry on a profitable commerce by building, freighting, and felling the Ihips in Europe. " It is disagreeable to observe some men infill on lowering the impost, before they know the amount of it, or are informed of the fuins of money neceflary for the fupportofgovernment, the pay ment of the interest of our debts, and for eftab lilhing a finking fund to pay off the principal debts by installments : The fpeeclies of such per sons serve only to expose then! to ridicule, and prove how incompetent they are to eftablilh a re venue, and make laws for a great and riling em pire. '' America has great reason to thank Providence that a large majority of the House ot Reprelen tatives discover greater abilities and more know ledge of the Times. Boston, June 13. Yesterday the joint committee of the legisla ture reported to the Hon. Senate, the address to THE PRESIDENT of the United States. That firm reliance on Heaven—that spirit of piety, and moderation—which breathes in every line which has come from THE PRESIDENT, will remain a record to posterity, as honorable as his brilliant atchievements both in the field and the cabinet—and will perpetuate his fame more than the fongof the poet —the page of the hiltorian—the marble monument, or studied in scription. NEW-YORK, JUNE 20, 1789. A FEDERAL SONG. for the Anniversary of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. To the tunc of u Rule Britannia. I. YE friends to this auspicious day! Come join the fed'ral, teftive band, And all Columbia—homage pay To him who freed thy happy land. , Hail Columbia! Columbia's Genius, hail. Freedom ever Jha 11 prevail. 11. Brave, jufl, artji generous, wife, sincere. Thy virtues cheer each drooping Son ; And thy proud Rivals —haH revere Columbia's Genius, WASHINGTON. Hail Columbia! &c. 111. No more (Kail Envy blast our fame, Or Jealousy our hearts divide, The BAND OF BROTHERS—now proclaim The knot indiirolubly tv'd. Half Columbia! &c. IV. No more {hall Difcor.d cloud the day That gave to INDEPENDENCE birth. Henceforth we'll fpurnthe —Fiend away, And drown our fears in wine and mirth. /Jail Columbia! &c. V. Now LIBERTY, by HEAV'N's command, Returns to bless Columbia's shore ; Well pleas'd, [he views the—happy land, And cries, I'll wander now no more. Hail Columbia! &c. VI. In this my last asylum blest, Columbia ftiall my Empire own, And HE who won me—stand confeft The faithful guaidian of my throne. Hail Columbia! &c. VII COMMERCE shall rear her drooping head, And open all her copious {lores, Her {hips their lofty—pinions Ipread, To wait them to remoieit (horcs. Hail Columbia! VIII- Ye FAIR who grace Columbia's plains ! To you my Sons shall homage pay, And though they scorn a—tyrant's chains, Shall bow to Beauty's fov'reign iway. Ilail Columbia ! £?c. IX. On this bright dawn of HALCYON days, Let fed'ral triends in concert join To pour, while they the —flafk can raise Libations to the God of Wine. Hail Columbia! Columbia's Genius t nail - Freedom everJhall prevail. E. C. The important decision on the motion, for (hiking Out a clause in the hill which hadbeenfor several days before the committee ,f the HOufc of Reptefentatives of the United States has quieted he fears ot many friends to the Union, who had been uneasy, left the blending of the LcgifUtive and Executive Powers of Go vernment, should at some future period have produced diflenti ons, corruption and debility, in the Legislature of the United M His Most Christian Majesty's Packet Lt Telenaque, L'Hotbi itß commander, wil! fail for Bourdeaux the fuft of July next. The President has been indisposed with a fligfitfevex, for ?. few days pall; but the public anxiety may be abated, by the ajjurance (.hat he is now much better. We are'informed, that His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the Court of trance, has requeiled leave to visit America : and that The Pre sident has granted him permiflion accordingly. We further learn, that this event was nii.de known to the Senat4 >n Wednesday last by a m flage from The President, who at the fame time was pleased to nominate William Short, Elq. Charge des Affaires for the United States, at that Court, during the abfenee of Mr. Jefferson. The nomination, we hear, is confirmed by the Senate. Every friend to the happiness and freedom of America* con templates with pieafure, the increase and diffufion of learning in these rising States.—A laudabl spirit pepades the various socie ties and associations of citizens, to extend the means of know ledge and information. Schools and other seminaries of learning, are continually encreafing—the inhabitants of this city d.Lover a laudabl® ambition on this account —and the public papers are daily announcing the literary improvements, and exhibitions oi the youth, taught atthe several academies. The exhibition of the pupils of Mr. Hardie, atthe city-ta vern, bn Wednesday evening, was attended by a very large and refpe&able company. The performances of the several parts af fined to the young gentlemen, gave great pieafure to the fpe&a tors. The grace, the animation and propriety, of the a&ion and pronunciation of the several scholars, were honorary te> them lelves, and reflected great credit upon their preceptor. The nthinft. being the day for the general aflembly of the State of Rhode lfland, agreeable to a resolve pafled at their late felfion, to take in to consideration a motion made for calling a con vention, to adopt the new conftitution —the fame was accordingly taken up, and after the matter was difcufled, the vote was taken, and there was a majority of eleven against calling aconvention. The motion made for repealing the tender law was also taken into consideration, and it also pafled in the negative, by a majority ot [even. The diminution of the majority against the Federal Conftitlilion in theStateof Rhode-Island, is indicative ofthe complete triumph of reason and common sense over (he power of anarchy, felfilHneis and party views : Rhode-Island and North-Carolina' will undoubt edly soon be restored to the Union, when there will be more joy over two returning wanderers, than over eleven dutiful sons, whi> have never strayed from the Temple of Union, The friends to the constitution of the United States, may re joice in every circumstance that has attended its progress, from the beginntng : The opposition to it, called forth in its defence and support the noblest faculties of the human mind- The lull, free and unbounded difcuflion of its merits and defects, has ser ved to emblazon its preponderating excellencies in such manner, that its foundation is extended, and made more firm and durable, than its mofl sanguine friends could have anticipated. In proportion as knowledge diffufes itfelf, li berty spreads its genial rays. The French now make themselves happy in the idea of a free press : Those generous spirits who are burning with the flame of liberty,a. e now engaged in so: m - ing a fchenie for the more equal representation of the people in the Etats Generaux; which they justly consider as the firft gleam of liberty. An enlightened people colleifted into an aflembly by equal representation, will soon acquire through their means every right that belongs naturally to man. OUR COUNTRY. WHAT an happy afyluin does America prefenc to the wretched inhabitants of the old world! Here—where vafl: tratfts of country boalt a foil and climate equal to the inoft fertile kingdoms of Europe! Here—where no lordly despot ulurps the land to difpoflefs the swain—where laws, and equal liberty are the lot of all—Her# are they in vited ! Industry ! especially in the United States,' calls for an acceflion of artists; and agriculture alone is capable of maintaining those thousands and tens of thousands, who perilh in supporting the falfe claims of Princes. The men, who mult lose their lives in a single battle, accompanied with some of those damfels,who facrifice their days in convents to family pride under the malic of devotion, Would easily find that provision in any of our States, whether new or old, which would induce them to exchange a life of rapine or of celibacy, for the comforts of domestic life. Pro fligacy, which ranges at large in courts, camps, cities, and villages, would here be rendered ufe ful to society. Religion, instead of being confi ned to a convent, like a candle under a bufliel, might illuminate regions as yet in Pagan dark nels ; large diftricfts where the foot of man has scarcely trod, might be turned into Edens ; and the golden age, which never existed but in the brains of enthusiasts, might in some degree be realized in the American republics. Of STYLES and TITLES. HOW is it, if titles are not consistent with the genius of the people of America, as is aflerted by foine—that in almoftall the Constitutions of the several States, there are express provisions made, for titles of diftincftion for the Supreme and other magistrates ? And how is it, that common fon fent in every State, so readily agrees to the llyle of Honorable being given to various officers—fuch as Counsellors, Judges of various tribunals, Pre lidents of political bodies, Generals, &c. if they are really repugnant to the feelings and wijhes of the people ? Majf. Centinel. ARRIVALS. NEW-YORK. Wednesday, Packet Telemaque, L'Hotelier, Bourdeaux. Thursday, Ship Flora, Sinnolt, Newry, 36 days. Schooner Rebecca, Gale, Nova-Scotia, 24 days. Friday, Schooner Dove, Riggs, Baltimore, 15 days. — Sydney, Todd, do. 11 days, Sloop Polly, Sowers, Ptuadelphii, 3 days.
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