the Conlul or viee-Conlul, who may repair on board if he thinks
proper; but this notification lhall not in any cafe delay execution
of the order inqueftion. The persons arretted lhall not afterwards
befetat liberty until the Consul or vice-Conlul lhall have been no
tified thereof; and they (hall be delivered to him, if he requires it,
to be put again onboard ef the veflel on which they were arretted
or of others of their nation, and to be sent out of the country.
A*t. XII. All differences and suits between the fubjefts of the
M. G. K. in the U. S. or between the citizens of the United States
■within the the dominions of the M. C. K. and particularly all dis
putes relative to the wages and terms of engagement of the crews
of the refpe&ive vessels, and all differences of whatever nature
they be, which may arise between the privates of the said crews,
or between any of them and their captains, or between the capl
tains of different vessels of their nation, (hall be (determined by
the refpcftive Consuls and vice-Consuls, either by a reference to
arbitrators, or by a summary judgment and without costs. No
Officer of the country, civil or military, lhall interfere therein or
take any part whatever in the matter: and the appeals from the
said consular sentences lhall be carried before the tribunals of
France or of the U. S. to whom it may appertain to take cogni
zance thereof.
Art. XIII. The general utility of commerce having caused to
be eftablilhed within the dominions of the M. C. K. particular
tribunals and forms tor expediting the decision of commercial af
fairs, the merchants of the U. S. lhall enjoy the benefit of these
eftablilhments; and the Congress of the U. S. will provide in the
manner the mod conformable to its laws the eftabli(hment of equi
valent advantages in favour of the French merchants, for the
prompt dispatch and decision of affairs of the fame nature.
Art. XIV. The fubjefh of the M. C. K. and citizens of the
U. S. who lhall prove by legal evidence that they are of the said
nations refpeftively, (hall in confequenceenjoy an exemption from
all personal fervicc in the place of their settlement.
Ait. XV. If any other nation acquires by virtue of any con
vention whatever, a treatment more favourable with refpeil to
the consular pre-eminencies, powers, authority and privileges, the
Consuls and vice-Consuls of the M. C. K. or of the U. S. reci
procally (hall participate therein, agreeable to the terms stipulated
by the 2d. 3. and 4th. articles of the treaty of amity and commerce
concluded between the M. C. K. and the U. S.
Art. XVI. The present Convention shall be in full force dur
ing the term of twelve years to be countei from the day of the
exchange of ratifications, which shall be given in proper form
and exchanged on both fides within the ipace of one year, or
sooner if polfible. In faith whereof we Ministers Plenipotentiary
have signed the present Convention, and have thereto set the seal
of our arms.
Done at Versailles the 14th. of November one thousand fev«n
hundred and eighty eight.
Signed,
And whereas the said Convention has been duly
ratified and confirmed by me on the one part,
■with the advice and consent of the Senate, and
by his most Christian Majesty on the other, and
the said ratifications were duly exchanged at Paris
on the lft day of January in the present year :
Now therefore, to the end that the said conven
tion may be observed and performed with good
faith on the part ot the United States, I have or
dered the premises to be made public, and I do
hereby enjoin and require allperfons bearing of
fice, civil or military, within the United States,
and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof,
or being within the fame, faithfully to observe
and fulfil the said Convention and every clause
and article thereof.
In testimony whereof I havecaufed the Seal
of the United States to be affixed to these
presents, and signed the fame with my
hand. Given at the City of New-York,
the ninth day of April in the year of our
Lord i 790, and of the sovereignty and in
dependence of the United States the four
teenth.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
By the Prcpdcnt,
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
THE TABLET.
" It is an infallible confcquence of all industrious profeflions,to
beget frugality, and make ihe love ofgain prevail over the love of
plcafure."
ACTIVE property usually centers in those
pla es, which art rather than nature has
made rich. There is scarce any thing more ri
diculous than for an indolent man toboaft of na
tural advantages asafource of wealth. The most
fertile foil and mildest climate will never con
fer opulence on an indolent people ; nor can
any defeat of natural resources hold an industri
ous people in poverty. That superiority which
one nation maintains over another in point of
uleful wealth, and operative strength, is the re
sult of art and industry. Men will not fnbjetft
themselves, in the firft instance, to severe labor,
unlefe their situation renders it unvoidable.
Prompted by necessity, they become industrious;
and when they are accustomed to it, they will
choose to be so from habit. When industry cea
ses to be irksome, men begin to grow rich. As
foonas the lave ofgain obtains an ascendency o
ver the love of idlenels, men will acquire more
than they have occasion to consume. Property
colle<fted in this way will seldom be expended in
folly and extravagance ; becaule if a man had
been disposed to be foolifh and extravagant, he
would not probably have been industrious. While
any one is in the habit of industry he will of
course be frugal, and by this means frugality will
likewise become an habit. The Ikill and contri
vance that grow out of experience will render
labor more productive; but the increase of ad
vantage will not abate the ardor of exertion.
Weinuft therefore look to that part of a nation
where industry is moftprevalent, for aciive
wealth, and for the best accommodations of living.
L. C. De MONTMORIN. (L. S.)
THOMAS JEFFERSON. (L.S.)
No. CIV.
In those parts ot a country, to which nature lias
been liberal, people content themselves with few
improvements of art, because they have never been
compelled by necelfiry to rife above that indolence
of character which makes men naturally prefer
an easy life to a ufefulone.
NEWSPAPERS 'AN EXTRACT.
T WAS not a little pleased, the other day, upon
A paying a visit at the house of a person of dif
tincuon in the country, to find the family aflem
bled round a large table, covered with maps, and
globes, and books, at the upper end of which fat
a young lady, like a young profeflor, reading
from the chair. In her hand llie held a newspa
per. Ilei father told me he had long accustomed
her, while reading one of those vehicles of intelli
gence, to acquaint herfelf with thefeveral towns
and countries mentioned, by turning to the names
in Salmon's Gazetteer, and then finding them
out upon the globe, or a map ; in which Ihe was
become so great a proficient, as to be at that time
in truth giving a letfture in geography to her
younger brothers and filters. It was his farther
intention he said, that from Campbell's Present
State of Europe, Hie should acquirc a iufficient
knowledge of the history of the kingdoms around
us, as well as our own, to form an idea of their
importance and interests refpeiftively, and the
relation each bears to the reft. Verily, thought
I to myfelf, this is reading a newspaper to some
purpose.
Childnen, very early in life, are eager for the
fight of the newspaper. By being called upon
in a free and easy way, for some little account of
what is in it, they may gradually be brought to
read with attention, and to fix upon those articles
which are mod worthy of notice ; as alfe to re
member what they have read, from one day to
anot her, and put tilings together.
VV hile we are in the world we must converse
with the world ; and the conversation, in part,
will turn on the news of the day. It is the firll
fubjecfl we begin upon, as a general introduction
to every thing else. All mankind, indeed, are
our brethren, and we are intei efted, or ought to
be interested, in their pleasures and their pains,
their fufferings, or their deliverances, throughout
the world. Accounts of these (hould produce in
us suitable emotions which would tend to the ex
ercise of different virtues, and the improvement
of our tempers. We (hould accustom ourselves
hereby to rejoice with those who rejoice, and sym
pathize with those who mourn.
European Intelligence.
BRUSSELS, January 8.
AN adtion, a few days ago, was fought in the
Ardens, between the Patriotic and Imperial
troops, the former amounting to 16000 men, un
der the command of General Vander Merfch, the
latter to but 2000, commanded by either General
Dalton, or by General Bender. Yet, as another
proof, how inefficacious undisciplined valour is in
the present improved state of tadiics, General
Vander Merfch was routed, with the loss of 1 joo
men, and, as report fays, obliged to retire to
wards Nainur ; 5000 men were immediately sent
from hence to join him at Arlon, and as they
were all of them deserters from the Imperial ar
my, weil disciplined, and good soldiers, thegreat
efl: expectations are formed of their success.
LONDON, Feb. 6.
The Viceroy of Mexico has transmitted home
a packet to Spain, containing several letters, and
other papers, which had been taken out of some
English, Portuguese, and Ruffian veflels, to the
number of 36 fail, by a Spanish frigate, which
had met the said fleet in S. lat. 40 degrees, going
as is foppofed to found a colony. The Captain
of the Spanish frigate had also taken the Com
mander of the fleet.
Extratt of a letter from Ghent, of the $th January,
1790, to a gentleman in Liverpool.
"We are well advanced, and hope soon to ai
;ive at the liberty which you enjoy. Our mo
narch has done many thingslcoritrary to his oath to
the llates of the low Countries at his inauguration,
which has been proved in a proclamation made
yesterday, from a theatre ere<fted for the pur
pose in the great market place, where there met
about jo,ooo people, whose cries were all for the
states and liberty, so that we look on all to be con
cluded, and think that your court and that of
Berlin, with Holland, will interfereif neceflary."
Contrary to that idea, which gives consequence
to inoft European States, the Americans pique
themselves upon having no (landing army or hea
vy navy. They rely on their own internal
llrength for protection in cafe of war, and are,
in the mean time freed from the burthens of
permanent taxes.
They are at present employed in a great nati
onal undertaking, that of cutting through an ex
tent of 40 or 50 miles across the country, to one
of their great lakes, which will unite several
large rivers, and communicate with the Ohio, a
circumstance that will be highly favourable to
navigation and commerce.
415
NEW-YORK, APRIL 10.
A correspondent observes that as revenue is not
a fubjecft of Rhetoric—but of Arithmetic he lias
been puzzled at the long declamations' which
have been made on the bulinels in acertain house
The principles laid down by the Secretary of
the Treasury in the introductory part of his re
port, being admitted, as they have been ahn«ft
universally—the business of finance rcfolves it.
lelfinto calculation-, this being the cafe, it is
hardly possible that any eflential errors Ihould be
committed ; if any Ihould take place they mult be
voluntary.
The government of the United States being
now organized—the several executive depart
ments tilled, the influence of the laws, bein<r
felt—and their salutary effects generally real
ized, universal content pervades the union and
the profpecfi is, that our country will enjoy a
long continuance of peace.—lf the public tran
quility is secured, it is hardly pofhble to conceive
how rapidly our resources will encreafe, and
with what facility our debts will be discharged
when they lhallonce be funded ; from that 'mo
ment, the real weight of the burden will begin
to diminifti ; and there can be no doubt on the
mind of any unprejudiced person, that tho a pub
lic debt, is in itfelf, not eligible, yet in the pre
sent circumstances of our country, a circulation
of property will be the consequence of funding
that will give a universal spring to industry ; & a
circulation that would not be induced from a'nv
other cause whatever ; a circulation, which will
facilitate every mechanical, agricultural and
commercial operation ; a circulation, the want
of which, is the source of every embarraffinenc
under which the above important interests at pre
sent labor.
A correspondent observes that the most stri
king diflinttion without a difference, is that made
between the Continental and State Debts.
The Hon. John Wauir. Esq. is appointed a Senator of
the United States, in the toon* of the Hon. Col. William Gray Ton
deceased. 7
Married, on Sunday* the 28th ult. Mr. Robert Cornell,
late of Flushing, to the amiable and accomplished Miss Ann
Lyons, daughter of the Reverend Mr. James Lyons, of Brook
haven, Suffolk County ; a young lady of fortune, and poffefle dos
every qualification necessary to render the marriage union happy*
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ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST. NEW YORK.
Brig, Novel, Noble, London, 46 days.
Schooner, New-York, Packet, Barnard, Boston, 10 days
James F. Sebor, and Co.
Have removed from No. 59, to No. 187, Water-Street, near the
Fly-Market,
WHERE they negociate all kinds ofPUBLICK
SECURITIES—BILLS OF EXCHANGE. &c. as usual.
April 8, 1790. t. f.
To be SOLD,
For CERTIFICATES, Or txekangid for LAND,
TWENTY-Two acres of ground in the Cily of New-York #
fronting Great George-Street, Bowry-Lane, and Greenwich-
Lane. On the premises is a brick dwelling house containing ten
rooms; a smaller brick house with four rooms; a house with a
brick front with two rooms : In each house is a Kitchen, and un
der the whole four cellars; a never failing spring is near one of
the kitchens; a frame stable and a coach-house with (tables.
From the dwelling house both the North and the East rivers are
plain to the view. Additional improvements have been made
this Spring, the ground has been laid out for pleasure as well as
for utility ; it is provided with variety of orchard and other fruit;
part of the land has also been sown with timothy and clover.
To be fold for certificates of the national debt, which will be re
ceived at the nominal value, Dollar! at Bs. Or for good upland,
even it covered with wood, provided it is situated on the follow
ing rivers,or on crecks as far as navigable,communicating with the
fame, vi?. At the Potowmac above Alexandria,at James River a
bove Richmond, in South-Carolina, about one hundred miles from
the sea fliore, on Santec Edifto or Ponpon river, or on Savannah
river. If not fold at piivate sale before the 15th of May, it will
then on the above terms be disposed of by Public Vendue at the
merchants Coffee-Houfe.—For further particulars enquire of Mr.
Post LNiTt an the premises. A T <wYirk April 10, 179©.