far from being proper as " n'er a one by which (tho I mean not to juftify it) the main pur pose of language is anGivered—but the faults of ■which the learned are guilty, marks not, and therefore cannot convey ideas to the majority of readers. Sometimes a few Latin or French "words are inserted in a sentence, and the connec tion isfuch that the generality of readers would be equally edified, if the space was filled with Egypt' 3" hieroglyphics. lam convinced there are many beautiful sentiments, and ufeful pre cepts in the ancient writers, and among 110- derns, not of our own language, that would be difficult to tranllate in futh manner as to equal the original in simplicity and precifiori ; I wo'uld however suggest the propriety of inserting the meaning in the body of the difcourfe—tho I Ihould have no objection to have the original given by way of notes, for the exquilite enter tainment of linguists. ARISTIDES. PARIS, June 10. THE King will visit Paris only on Sunday's the reft of the week he will sojourn at St. Cloud or hunt at Rambouillet. Our graver citizens do not approve of these movements. To reside ac St. Cloud was a step too far, in their opinions, but to haunt at Rain bouillet is terrifying. But do you not oßferve, the more temperate Patriots ask them, do you not obserVe with what warmth and zeal bis Majetty elpoufes the new conftitntion ? Yes, they reply ; and we also recoiled! the fa vourite maxim of Lewis XI Vth. he who knows not how to dilfemble is not fit to reign. A deputation of twenty four members waited on the King to thank him for his late proclama tion, and to " express" their " unutterable" joy, transports.and affetftion at his Majelty's goodness " in thus inviting" the French to liberty and happiness." LONDON, July i. Ext rati of a letter from Philadelphia, April 20, " Dr. Franklin lived and died an ornament to the Philosophic and literary world; the press has already produced l'ome anecdotes (hitherto unpublished) of this veteran and reverend sage ; it is said his ftoie of MS papers, memorandums, and correfpondatory letters will afford a valt scope for literary publication upon Philosophy, Mathematics, legiflativeand circuitous Politicks, prior to, and during the late war. His cprref jpoadence seems to have been with men of the firft rate abilities and genius, and not confined to any part of the globe. He found means to get communications ni the firit authority even fiibm Asia as well as Africa, and the principal places in Spaniih and Portuguese America. It is said his valuable collection is not a little added to by a series of letters written to hiin when at Paris, between the years 1775 and 1753, in a flrile fimi- Jar to that of the Jewilh Spy, by a Mr. D s, (who was employed in England during that time as agent for America, and is Ancegone to India) and are fraught with much political as well as commercial knowledge,defcribing in a particular manner the manufa&ures, and giving characters and anecdotes of the leading men of Grcat-Eri tain, &c." On .Saturday arrived here Mr. Hallett and Mr. Hayward, two of the officers of the Bounty arm ed (hip, under the command of Lieut. Bligh, who were put on board an open boat in th_* inidft of the Pacific ocean by a mutinous crew, and left "to the mercy of the seas. 7 hey relate that molt of the hands in the boat that survived to reach Batavia, were so exhausted that it was feared na ture would never be recruitedin them. Four of the unfortunate fufferers are dead, and all the relt left in a very languishing state, and unable to take their paflage to Europe, except two feainen who returned with the above gentlemen from Batavia, in a Dutch ship. Tliefe survivors men tion with astonishment their preservation after the ship quitted them ; left alone in themidft of a raging ocean, in a small open boat that was eve ry moment liable to be filled with water and go down under the.m. Their only chance (being then in a ftreng e«ftern trade wind) was to fleer W. N. W. directly before the sea and wind, as they would inltantly have foundered had they attempted any other course. Having consider ably upwards of 4000 miles before them till they could expetft to fall in with any known land in the Kaft Indies, despair (they fay) would have taken full pofleffion of their minds had it not been for the hope of falling in with some of the unknown islands of the Western ocean. They were not disappointed in this expectation, hav ing at different times discovered several small islands in that immeiife expanse of water, but all of them inaccessible, owing to the natural rocki riefs of the shores, and the prodigious furf that broke upon them in every direction ; so that this prospect only added to their misery, in present ing them with the fight of herbage and cocoa nnt trees in abundance, the fruit of which they could yiiot enjoy ; at a time too when they were almost penfhii>g for want of the least drop of inoilture, excepting tliat which the ocean, thetr own urine, or a transient lhower fapplied to thetn. Upon one ofthefe islands they discovered savages, who came down upon the rocks and seemed to coin miferate their condition as they pafled by ; but from the appearance of the- illand, which was very finail and rugged, and,'£s Far as they could fee, fuiVounded with broken reefs, these Indians had 110 kind of embarkation, and probably till that day had no idea that there were any hiAnan beings in the universe except themselves. July 17. I eace alone can secure and maintain to the trench nation that freedom of constitution they have so long and ardently fough't after ; war would divert the attention of the people, give a large system of patronage in the hands of the Kinrand his minifteis, and perhaps finally over turn that beautiful edifice of liberty which the Ailembly has alinolt completed. Hostilities would also bring about the evil which has been so long apprehended, nor could the entire pofleilion of the Church property prevent the much dreaded calamities. PORTSMOUTH 'England) July ir The exertions in the i<ock-yard are beyond all belief great, and never before equalled ; and it is a happy circumstance for this country, that our naval arsenals contain at this moment stores of every description in fufticient quantity tor se ven year's war ; without requiring theafliftance of a single rope yarn. Yeiterday no less than fifty fine feainen came in a body from London, at their own expence, to enter on board the (hips of war. The poor devils begin to think it as well to enter voluntarily aj not, it being next to im poflible for them to pursue their profeffion in merchantmen and avoid the press-gangs and armed tenders, who are continually in quest of them, and ready to snap them up the moment they come upon foundings." LITCHFIELD (Com fiicut) .Augiift 50. Last week, before the Superior Court, now fit ting in this town, Nathaniel Walker, Thomas Johnson and Eliphalet Worthington, were con victed of burglary in breaking the dwelling house of Obadiah Wheeler of Soutlibury, in the night season, with their faces blacked, abusing the laid Wheeler, by knocking him down with large clubs ; but no property was taken. Their sentence is, to be confined to Newgate for life, and there to be kept to hard labor. We are in formed that Newgate prifo.i will be speedily rea dy for their reception. NEW-LONDON 1 , September JO. We hear, that 011 Tuesday and Wednesday of last week there was a collection of fevera] hun dred people on Preston plain, when the noted hoi le Recovery, owned by Pool, ran against the finarteft horses that were brought on the ground and beat them with the greatcft ease, and with great odds in weight. Married at Plainfield, Mr. Hezeki ah Spal ding, a bachelor of a large fortune, aged 68, to the amiable Miss Mary Williams, aged 22. GEORGE-TOWN, September 11 Extract of a letter from a eentlsman at Na/hvtlle, to • - • ■ r.i- j . j n ,J_ _ ' -- -J ------ J the printers of this paper, dated July 27. "Major Doughty of the federal ariny, with 1 detachment of the troops commanded by Gene ral Harinar, is about erecting a fort at the moutl of the Tennaflee on the Ohio, and is aflifted by s number of Chickafaw warriors. This meafun will render the navigation of Cumberland livei much fafer ; and if another fort was eltablifhei on the Tennaflee, at the mouth of Duck-River, the diftaii.ee no: being over sixty miles from this place, it would be of great advantage to families moving to this country from the southern states, as they could go with their waggons to the mouth of French-broad, and from thence in flats to the mouth of Duck-River in four or five days." TOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. SHOE STRINGS. JN ancient times when firing, in {hoes were worn, Your beaux cfprits turn'd up their iiolif in (corn ; And wtsof Britain hui I'd the (hafuof satire, To ridicule the [}ioe-ftring legislator.— But vanquiffi'd by this brave, this ffioe-ftring foe— And all their tow'ring scheme, of pride laid low, Good humour'd grown, they take from us the fafliion, And fhoe-ilrings now adorn the Britilh nation. NEW-YORK, SEPTEMBER 22. On Tuesday, the 14th Augnft, there was a vio lent hurricane at the Island of Tobago, which did great damage ; among many other veflels cTrove onshore, are the brig Olive Branch, Capt. Brown of Portsmouth, and (loop Dispatch, Capt. Wyatt, of Bofton—lt is feared none of thevellels will ever be got off. As we can get nothing decisive refpe<fting peace >r war from Great Britain by accounts as late ai 26 July—and tbe intelligence from Spain, from various quarters wears a pacific afpecft—we may pretty fafely conclude that those two Nations will not cut each others throats at present, for a few 603 acres of moon/Uine at Nootjta Sound ; —this ide* is strengthened when we refle<ft that the feafoa is too far advanced for extenlive operations ei ther by sea or land. By accounts received by ihe L'velv* from Bnflol, we are in formed, thai the Grand Vecjt rative Meeting ot the Fiench nation, was held at Paris on the July, and paiTid off with gieat eclat. The Right Hon. Charfes Fox, accompanied The Duke of Orleans from England to Paris, and was received there with the higheffc marks of honor and refpc£fc. The fubjetft of elections now engages the at tention of the citizens of the United States in va rious parti of the union. In Pennsylvania their present Governor, Thomas MifHin, Ei'q ; and tho Governor of the western territory, Arthur Sr. Clair, Esq. are candidates fort lie fii fl office under their new conflitution :—Thefe gentlemen are openly, and fairly proposed to their countrymen, as persons duly qualified to discharge the duties of that high and important station ; —they both very justly rank high in the esteem of their fej. low citizens—having been distinguished patriots in " the times that tried mens fouls. Bribery and corruption are said to destroy the freedom of elections in Great Britain :—ln this country a party spirit has frequently the fame in. auspicious efFed:. Electors adopt particular po litical creeds—and make thetn the standard of me rit j—this is easily perceived by an artful candi date—and to be a democratic, a federalift, or a republican in appearance, is a fubflitute for eve ry other eilential requisite—and tliux|lionelt, con hftent, inflexible Patriots are often neglected— while those who poflefs the flimfy arts of accom modation, and " becomingall things to all men,'* can pretend to no fixed character, insinuate thein felves into the public favor.—lt may be fafely affirmed that the general interest never is pro moted by persons of this description—they con. ftaiitly disappoint our expectations, and are the cause of murmurings against the government. 44 The Man of pure and Ample heart Thro' life disdain* a double part; He n< ver needs the icreen of lies, His inward bofbm to di!*gu>fe ; Withoutcontroul hrdaies impart, The honest dilates of his hea; t; Nor party, nor its frowns he fears, But in his virtue perseveres ; •* Such men, when hcav'n would favr the ftite-* Ward off th' impending bolts of fate." There is no Freedom without civil government —In a ltateof nature, or which is nearly the lame thing, anarchy, power alone gives law • This pow er exists for a time in the hands of the majority when the minority is compleatly crulhed—the majority turns its power on each other, till the oppreHion becoming intolerable, the miferaWe people seek refuge in the arms of a single op prefl'or, always finding the tyranny of a multitude less tolerable than that of an individual. Civil government may be defined tbe art of con trouling and directing human passions every attempt to eradicate those paflions, is Utopian in the extreme, and involves an idea that the plan of creation is imperfe>st. At the anniversary Commencement of Dart mouth College on the 25th ult. the honorary Degree of Dotftor of Laws, was conferred on Alexander Hamilton, Esquire, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America. ARRIVALS SINCE OL'R LAST. NEW-YORK. Banyan, London, days Whitlock, Liverpool, do. Hayes, ditto, do. Service, Peterfburgh, 70 Huntfr, St.Andcro, 42 Lawrence, Hull, do. Clark, Bristol, Wilson, 6 Ship Montgomery, Union, William, Hope* George, Hull-Packet, Lively, Schooner, Catharine, Brig PRICE CURRENt'. PUBLIC SECURITIES, IINAI StTTUMIBTI I tfa a 1 s/6. Indents yfi, a 7/2. Stati Securities B\f. • , let >f rom T-fl November, THE HOUSB in which the Editor now Jives good situation for a Boarding-Houfe~—being formerly occupied in that I_. , , T*«a»ory Department, Sept. to, 1790. ,' s he " b y ™ de kno «". that the following arrangement** been adopted towards earning into eltecntion the Aa, mak. ing pi ovihon for the debt of the United States, vi* e Ce " ifi " ,es ' "dthofeifTued by theCommiffion ?J. , d]uft T Cn^. of » ceoun » "1 the several States, will be re ceivable only at the Treasury and by the tefpeaiveCommiffioner. ot Loans within the States in which they were rcfpefti»el v issued. The Cenificate, .ffijedl by the Register of the TreXry, by the Matter General and Comroiffioner of Army Accounts, by thiT' Comm.ffioners for the adiuftment of the Accounts of the Quarte# Matter's, Commissary's, Hospital, Cloathing, and Mari.e Deoar« partments Indents of Imereft, and Bills of Old Omission, will be receivable mdifcriminately at the Treasury and by the Com m.ffioners of all the States. The Gtuation of the Check, has dicul • ted this arrangement for the greater security of the public aearaft impositions by forged or counterfeit paper, and the details which u"r ? P / rom thef » me consideration for the execution ot the business are such, that it will giv* facility and difpwch, if application, from the Holder, of Certificate, ot the R«gift« rf the T re.fi.ry and of the Paym.fter General, and CommiHW V( Army Accounts, and of the CommiOioaer? of the five Deoaru mem, above mentioned, are made in the firll instance at the W fury , and if ap p l,canon, from the Holders or Loan Office Certi wVre°iffued Co,, T>alf f ne " ofL r 0 ' n ' theSutcs in whkhThey (pr The Printers ,n thefeveral State, are to infer! t/ii*
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