Such are the ahufes which we have never ceaf ed to attack, and which we are daily engaged in destroying. Every day approaches us to the period, when freed from the fetters which have hitherto restrained our powers, we (hall at length take among nations, the station that was alligned ns. Then our liberty, our power, our fortune, will become the patrimony of all thofc who have shared our deftiwy ; then, our profperiry will extend to all those who lhall contrast with us. i he National Allembly is unacquainted with the language and the ihifts of political artifice ; it is ignorant of, and moreover despises the means, ol captivating the p»ople by any other ways than byjultice. Reciprocal attachment, mutual ad vantages and unalterable fidelity ; these, people of the colonies, thele are what it promises and what it demands from yon. The Krench nation experienced a long time (ince what it may expeT~A 17 R I D, April 26. A great change has been made in the admini stration of Spain—but the Prime Miuifter is yet iii power BERLIN, May 8. Since the arrival of a courier from Vienna, and tiie vific paid to the King at l'otfdam, by the Aultrian Ambaflhdor, in company with the Comte fie Finckenftein, Minister of State, the report of peace has circulated again. LONDON, May 31. By an express received yesterday at Carleton houie, we learn, and we announce the pleasing intelligence to the public with great fatisfacftion, that on Friday morning the Dntchefs of Devon ihire, was fafely delivered at Paris of a son and heir to that ill nftricus houle. The letters from Spain, though not of so war like a tendency as by the former mails, leave us no room to doubt of the intentions of the Court of Madri d. Taking every cirt nm Itance in to con sideration, there appears a deep laid fyftcm of offenfive operations between that Court and the aristocracy in France. The spirit of liberty has spread quite to the foot of Mount Etna, the peasants of Sicily seriously threaten the Barons to throw oft" their yoke, and the latter have offered the King a million to co»» ftrurft another ship in the room of thcßoger, which ■was burnt by all incendiary of 'he inob, in cale Jie will protedl thein agaiult the peasantry, and preserve their privileges. Wiien the last letters camc from Cadiz,the Spa jiiards had a fleet of 24 fail of the line, and gates, nearly ready to put to sea. They were arming with the utmost dispatch in every quarter. Letters received in town lalt night affirm, that Portugal is arming in all its ports with an unfual spirit of warlike preparations. A violent earthquake has again done confidera ble damage at Medina, and has also destroyed whole provinces adjacent, leaving a large volca no open Letters jufl received from Madrid advise, that . total change has taken place in the Spanilh Mi liftry, on tlie 25th of May last. By ageiuleman who came over from Diepp# to irighthelmllone on Saturday the Bth of May, we jnderftand that the pucketj was chafed for seve ral hours by aSpanifii frigate, nor was the pur suit given over till an English man,of war appear ed in fight, who having thus given protection, rewarded herfclf by (tripping her of all her hands : No answer has yet been received from the Co rr: of Spain. Wh£n our last accounts came from Vienna, the Ministers from Prussia and Poland were packing up, and paying their bills, being in daily expect ation of letters of recal. The ADDRESS of the Providence Associati on «/Mechanics and Manufacturers,^ the PRESIDENT of the United States of America. » SIR, THE tlappy period has at length arrived, when we can with propriety join our fellow-citizens oi the other ilates in con gratulating you, as chief Magistrate ot Un ted Arrcrica. Al though the progress ot this ftatt to our prelim situation has been flow and timid, it is some consolation, that our acccdion has com pleted the Federal Union. PJeafcd with the eilablifiiwient of a firm government, we are happy in thus having it iryojir power to cxprefs our sentiments of repaid and attachment to the President of the Union, de termination, as far as in us lies, to support the conllitution aqd laws of the United States. The Mechanics and Manufacturers of th?s town feel a confi dence in the wisdom and patriotism of the Legislature of the Un ited States, —that they will do all in their power to promote the manufa&ures, as well as the agriculture and commerce ot our country ; tnis confidence is greatly ftrcngthened by the considera tion that you, Sir, are at the head of it. In full txpe£lation that, under a mild and beneficcnt admini stration of the governmtnt, we shall be enabled to lead quiet and peaceablc lives, and cnipy the fruits of our honest ;nduftry ; with grateful hearts for pa'A, favours, we join the millions ot America, in fervent prayers tytlie difpoier of all events, for your health ana happiness ; and that your important lite may long be spared, to rule a free, virtuous and happy Nation. Providence, June 4, 179 c. Signed by Ofdc t and in behalf of the AlTociation, CHARLTJS KEENE, President, Attcft, Bennet Wheeler, Sec'ry. THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER. To the Jtjfociation of Mechanics and Manufac turers of Providence. Gentlemen, THE acceflio a of the State of Rh»de-I(land to the General Government, which has again completed our Union, if, indeed, an even; that aflfordsme lingular fatitlaftion. For yourfavouiable fentimrnts refpeftin 0 > myfelf, as well as for your determination to fuppurt the cooftitutioa and laws of the United States,! return you mv thanks. In lull expectation that your confidence in the wisdom and pa triotism of the national Legiflaluie will not be difappe intcd ; and that they will do all in their power to promote the Mauuta&urcs, Agriculture and Commerce of tin Countty ; 1 aiTute you, gen tlemen, I fha!l always heartily coiuur in all furh judicious mea furcs as may leem calculated to enable the good people of United Amerita to lead quiet and peaceable lives, m the enjoyment of the fruits of their honett induilry. GEORGE WASHINGTON. THE TABLET. No. CXXXV. " Knowledge is valuable in proportion as it affords light in managing our pfaClical duties or employ ments." IT is to be regreted that men of ingenuity do not turn more of" their attention to works of utility. Many »f the performances that are of fered to public view, thougli they may discover some traces of genius in the writer, yield little or no advantage to the reader. Subje«fis may either be too abftrart to be underltood, or they may be too uninterelting to be regarded. To render a publication ufeful to any large number of people, it fliould have a reference to points which are to be carried into practice. It is of vast importance that men should hnve a just way of thinking relative to every objetfi, that in any degree influences their conduct. I have made tliefe o"bfervations merely to introduce a letter, I am favored with, from a friend at Boston.—»• My correspondent is one of those persons who is liberal in encouraging all attempts to promote literature ; and it is his greatcll wish to recom mend such performances as are calculated to make men better and happier, and to remove popular errors or prejudices, which owe their ex igence, more to the inattention than to the inca pacity of mankind. His remarks on a late pub lication areas follows. " I have read with great pleasure and atten tion, a volume of eflays lately offered to the public by our mutual friend Mr. SV. IVebfter. Though I have not leisure to enter into a re view of that work, I am too much pleased with the performance, to pass it over without a tew comments. Mr. IVebJler has felefted such fubjetfts for ciifculfion, as are not only capable of being made obvious intelligible ; but such as are important enough to deserve attention, and may afford ufeful hints and to every class of readers. I admire his remarks upon practical politics : They areoften new, andfeldom failof bei.Bg pertinent. He frequently ilhiftrates his fuSjeifl by a judicious application of facts ; and more generally deduces his principles by way of inference, than sets out with a favorite system, that requires a departure from reason and com mon sense to support. In short he {eems more solicitous to investigate truth, than to establish specious hypotheses. There is a force and sim plicity in his stile, that renders it peculiarly a dapted to political difcufiion. Though he always thinks boldly, and speaks freely, his observations are never 1 >ofe and unconnected, and his lan guage is remarkably chaste, expreflive and unas «ec(ed. His composition in point of vijror and classical propiiety cannot well be exceeded." Thus my correfpondfent ipeaksof Mr. Wdfler'% publication. Icould wifli some person would fur nifh a complete review of the work, as I am per suaded it will be approved in proportion as it is brought to the test of criticism. 538 Charleston, July 3. THE following is a copy of a letter from His Excellency the Governor of the State of Georgia, to Alexander M'Giliivray, Esq. chief of the Creek Nation, with Mr. M'Giliivray's answer thereto. State- Hoafe, AttgujL., Jan, 8, 179'.. SIR, THE favorable reprefeutations I liave had of your disposition to fupprei's violence and restore peace and confidence between the people ofGeorgia, and the Creek Indians, have induced me to open a correspondence with you, not with a deiign to enter into the merit or demerit of pad tranfatftionsi farther than the restoration of property belonging to the people of this State— something of this nature I trull will be agreed to, and complied with, as far as the nature of the cafe will by any means admit—and also that every . lpecies of future depredation be withheld. If a condutffc of this nature, and more particularly a ftritft observance of peace and good order in fu ture, be fully ratified and duly observed, it will give the government of this State an operation to put in pra