EXTRACTS,
SEPARATE wooden types were invented by
Laureutiui Cofltr, at Harleim, in 1430 : Cut me
tal types by Gei>ufleich y or rather by his brother
Gutenberg, afiifted by the liberality of 'John Fuji,
tjr taujliis, at Mentz, in 1444. With these types,
the earliest edition of the bible was printed in
1450. The art of calling types in matrices was
invented by Peter Schoeffer, the fon-inlaw ol
Fanflus, in 14*2. The fir ft edition of Tully's
Offices, printed by Fuji and Schnejfcr, is dated
1465. About that time printing began to spread
itfelf with great rapidity thro theprititjpal cities
KING JAMES the Ift. wrote a Treatise on
the heinous sin of using Tobacco, entitled—
" A counterblafle to Tobacco."—The royal pedant
represents tliofc, who use tobacco, as guilry of
" great vanitie and uncleannefle —of {infill and
(hameful lust and concludes his inventive in
these terms : " It is a custom loathsome to the
eye—hateful to the nofe—harmfull to the brain
—dangerous to the lungs—and in the black (link
ing fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible
stygian fmoake of the pit that is bottomlelle.
King James's Works, p. 222.
COMMON FAME
Amuses people with what does notconcejn them, and her re
ports are generally void of foundation ; she marries and bunts
numbers, without even their permiflion or knowledge ; raifcs
vast armies and equips mighty fleets without a Tingle iai thing o
expence to the potentate tor whose service they are intended ; hgnts
bloody battles, and leaves thousands slain on the field, who are
nevertheless i'n good health; takes and la} •: in athes, cities and pro
vinces that never existed : All these things, and many ot el's o a
like nature, ftxc is doing continnallv. "If you believe her lhe wi
persuade you that you are entirely ignorant of your own concerns ;
anayour neighbors are by her made acquainted thu y >u ao,and in
tend doing, wtiat you yourfelf never had either intention 01 pow
er to accornplilh this is common fame.
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Oft. J.
Thurfdaylaft, three female Eboe Slaves belong
ing to Fonchill estate in this parifli, threw them
selves into the sea, determined to put a period to
their existence ; and in afew hours afcer were
discovered floating on the ocean, by some of the
eftatfr's negroesthat had been fi(hing.
Saturday come on an atflion ot defamation,
wherein Mr.- Campbell was the complainant,
and Mr. Sandilande the defendant. It ap
peared the plaintiff was lervant upon the proper
ty, at the rate of 701. pr. ann. the defendant liav.
ing slain, or caused to be (lain,-a bead, the pro
perty of the plaintiff's employer—he was prosecu
ted, and damages awarded : Mr. Campbell being
the-nmttrW evidence.
This irritated the defendant—upon which he
made ufeofvery unwarrantable expressions, on
repeated occasions, and at long intervals of time.
The jury found a verdicfi for the plaintiff of
4001. as a caution to tliofe whose palfions carry
them beyond the bounds of reason—and to luch
of the rich, 3? conceive they can insult with im
punity the poor.
Same day came on a cause, Kingverfus Stupart,
for a default in not failing beforqthe double pre
mium tiJok place, from'which circumstance the
plaintiff could not recover his insurance, and the
veflel was 1011. Thejury ret*rned a verdid: for
- the plaintiff.
S A L E M, November 9.
A General Peace.
In the North of Europe has followed the trea
ty between the Kings of Prussia and Hungary as
■we are informed by Capt. Richard Derby,
■who arrived here on Saturday, in 60 days from
Gottenburg.—The terms of peace were not par
ticularly known at Gottenburg when he caine
away, but a meflage from his Swedifti MajelVy
purported that the) were honorable and fatisfac
tory to him, beyond his expeditions. The trea
ty was concluded in Finland. His Majesty arti
yed at Stockholm about the firft of September.
The troops at Gottenburg were dilbanded. The
merchants were fending off their veflels as usual
in time of peace.
A ihort time before Capt. Derby failed, n Swed
ish jo gun ship, going from Marftrand to Gotten
burg, fprunga leak, and went down very sudden
ly, by which above 400 lives were loft—about 40
only were saved.
BOSTON, Nov. 9.
COW. BOWDOJN.
If native genius, embelliflied with all tke o
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naments of polite learning—if deep researches
into the nature and principles of philosophy, and
of the arts and sciences in general—it a profound
knowledge of government, and the politics of
his country—if the love and tfteem of his fellow
citizens, aud of the Literati of the world, from
an reputation—ilthe prayers of the poor
and needy, to whom he bellowed, with a silent,
but liberal hand—if the tears of his relation and
houftiold—if the ardent wiflies of his particular
friends, and of all who knew him—if in fine, an
unaffeited piety and religion, added to the most
exemplary morality, from earliest youth, could
have emancipated from the grave any character,
this truly dignified one would have never tailed
Death : But "it is appointed for all men once
to di?."
Philadelphia, Nov. 24.
The President of the United States v/as to
leave Mount Vernon, his feat in Virginia, on Mon
day lail, 011 his return to the feat of government.
On Friday last the Hon. John Langdon, Sen
ator of the United States from New Hampfliire,,
with his lady and daughter, arrived here from
Portsmouth.
011 Saturday arrived in town from Virginia,
The Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of
State; and the Hon. James Madison, one of the
Representatives in Congrefe from that State.
The Hon. Nicholas Gilman, member of the Houfeof Re
prelentatives of the United States, is alio arrived in town from
Ncw-Hamp(hire,via Newport, R. I {laud.
The life of John El wes is comprized in the following fen
teoce, an exemplification oj the power of avarice.
The ensuing feflion of Congress will be highly
interesting to the United States ; Ihe objedls
which will arrest the attention oi the august na
tional legillature, are of the greatest magnitude.
Altho much has been done—yet much remains to
be effe<fted ; but the general approbation with
which the proceedings of government have been
received—the harmony and good understanding
which pervade the States under its auspices—and
the encreafing advantages which the people re
alize from the laws of the Union, will animate
our civil fathers in the prosecution of their
duty—for the highest testimony of public merit,
is the fuecels of public mealures.
Among many other important fubje<fls of legi
slative deliberation and decision, which will pro-
bably come before Congress, are the eftablifliment
of a national mint, and a national bank
of weights and measures —the pofl-office, and pojl
roads—ways and means to pay the jntereft on that
part of the national debt which was,left unprovi
ded for the last fellion —the organization of the mi
litia—\vith a variety of incidental bufinels, inter
esting to particular states, corporations, and in
dividuals,to which the general government alone
can pay a competent attention.
The citizens of New-York are making themoft
spirited and meritorious exertions to eftablilh a
Public Dispensary in that city—and from all ap
pearances there is no doubt but their humane ef
forts will be crowned with deserved success.
Says a correfponden't, one would suppose, from
tlie accounts publiihed of the lands on the Mifli
fippi', and adjacent to the Natchez, that the veri
table spot where the garden as Eden was situated,
lias at length teen difeovereti : A plairt us Co
bacco when cured, raised in that country, will
" -weigh a pound"—and the produce of the land
is " from 100 to 135 buftiels of corn per acre"—
" battalions of cavalry, artillery and infantry"
are raised there, in a tuonth—merely as a dejen
five and protsftionary guard ; but for off en five ope
rations, the men are as the liars for multitude :
Five hundred families" is a mere handful among
the many millions of emigrants that are daily
, flocking to this land of promise I And as to any
dread of Indians, the thousands of fighting men,
which will be on the ground by Christmas, will
set the tawniesa scouting, from the St. Lawrance
to the Miffifippi—nor will a murdering dog of
them Hop, or look back, till they reach the Paci
fic Ocean ! But after all—a wilderness is a
wilderness—-and if in the cultivated parts of the
UnitedStates,it is the lot of the mass of the people
to get their bread by the sweat of their brow, it
will be found that the curse is not diminiflied,
by encountering nature in her mofl; rugged form
—surrounded by the terrors of the fcalping-knife.
" The navigation of the ancient Romans was
chiefly confined to the Mediterranean.' What
an idea does this convey of thedifFerence between
those conquerors of the world, and the infant em
pire ot these riling States. Our navigators have
long been familiar with the polar* regions of the
South, where they have plowed the ocean in search
of the monftersof the deep—and lately they have
thrown a girdle round the globe in exploring the
extremities of the North. Since the peace, our
cvck-boats, compared to. the fliipt of Britain, have
traversed the southern and ealtern feis, and re
turned iu fafety with the rich produtfts of Alia—
so that a voyage to China is now a more common
enterprize, than one to Great-Britain was, forty
years ago.
" There is no real use in riches, except in
the distribution." Many persons poflefs very
large sums in solid coin, which has not been in
circulation for many years : Such gold may as
well be in the bottom of the sea ; it cannot be
called a misfortune therefore, when the prodigal
heirs ofmifers enter on the enjoyment of their
wealth—for this only distributes that, which was
before a cruel monopoly of the bleflings of pro;
vidence.
LATEST ARRIVALS AT THIS PORT.
Brig Nttu-Succefs, Throckmorton, London and Grenada, 13 wteks.
Sloop Harriot, Kir by, Wilmington, (N. C.J 13 days.
luduftry, Sweting. St. Martins, 21.
Schooner Dart, Jirice, Jamaica, 37.
Sally % How!and, Bedford, 12.
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Postscript.
BY THE MAIL ARRIVED LAST EVENING
ABSTRACT of foreign intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, A'w. 24.
THE prcCs torfeaincri continues in moll of the British ports;
and uncertainty rests on the -events of Peace or War with
Spain. Accounts from Gibraltar mention fomc recent encroach
ments upon the neutral ground before that fortrefs.
The Duke of Cumberland, brother to the King of England,d ied
the 18th Sept. after a long illness ; he-was in his 47th year; aod
has left no ifiue.
The eilimate of the loss by the late fire at Madrid, is reported
:o be Five Millions Sterling.
The grand fleet under Lord Howe arrived atSpithcad the 14th
September.
The Emperor of Morocco has declared war againfl Spain.
Another meflengerwas hourly expected from Spain ; matters not
being yet fettled.
The number of killed and wounded on both fides in the late
mutiny in France, is stated to he upwards of 1600.
The Empress of Ruflia, exasperated againftthe Englilh, hat con
cluded a hasty alliance with Sweden, in order, it is said, to hurt
the former, by aiding the Spaniards.
A new league is said to be on the tapis between Rufiit, Spain
and France—as a counterbalance to thcalliancc between England,
Pruflia and Holland.
The Austrian army was on its march to Brabant.
The National Guards of France, alarmed by the inflammatory
publicationt which abound in that country, were on their march
to the frontiers of the kingdom, to prevent any inroads of the Aus
trian*; tho it does not appear that Leopold has any design of
interfering in the affairs of France.
The Austrian army, destined to the low countries, amounted to
49.417 men.
Recent accounts from Germany mud afford some very lntereli
ing particulars refpe&ing the coronation and inauguration of the
Emperor ; the state of affairs in the low countries ; the progress
of liberty in Hungary, and in the heart ot the Empire: for the
last accounts from Vienua state that great unealinefs prevailed in
that city on account of the peace made by the King of Prufiia, be
tween Austria and the Turks ; the people appeared hostile to any
coercive measures being adopted against the Brabanters.
Great Britain has guaranteed the duties of the found, to Den
mark : These duties amount to 200,000!. a year.
The affairs of Hungary are in a eritical filiation, and seriously
menace the tranquility of Europe.
The Englifti papers inform of further naval armaments : A larg;e
fleet is ordtrer 1 to be got ready immediately: Its destination is
conjectured to be the Weft-Indies.
Accounts from Martinico in,form, thrt every thing is in confu-
ClOll at that island : Every vessel which arrives from the States
have guards put on board. Guadaloupe is altaoft deserted ; the
men being gone as volunteers to Martinique.
The celebrated Mi. Bruce, whofetravels into Abyflinla have
lately been published, gives an account ot the sources of the Nile,
which never had been before traced by any traveller, nor was the
world in poflcflion of any fatisfa&ory account of its origin. It
may however be observed, that his diicovcries confirm the conjec
tures of some former travellers, who had supposed that the head of
that famous river, like that of most others, terminated in inconsi
derable springs and rivulets.
DOMESTIC ARTICL ES.
RICHMOND, (Virg.) November 17.
ExtraEl from the Journal of the House of Delegates.
Resolved, That it is the opinion ot this committee, 1 hat an act
of the United States, intitled, " An ad making provfion for the
« debt of the United Statesfo far as the fame pledges the taith of
the United States, and appropriates funds for the payment of cer
tain debts $ue by the several states in the union, will in its opera
tion be highly injurious to those states, which have by persevering
and ftrenuousexertions,redeemed a considerable proportion of the
debt incurred by them* dur.ng the late war, and will particulaily
produce great injury to this state ; because a large portion of the
debt then contra&ed by this Commonwealth, having been alieady.
redeemed by the colle&ion of heavy taxes levied on its citizens,and
measures having been taken for the gradual payment of the balance,
so as to afford the most certain profpe&of extinguiftung the whole
at a period notary distant : the Commonwealth will, by the o
peration of the aforefaid ast, be involved for the payment of debit
contrasted by other states, which either have not paid any part
thereof themselves, or have reduced them but in a small proportion
compared with the payments made by this ftate,by means where
of a heavy debt will be intailed on this state, which never can be
extinguiftied by all its efforts, whilst any part ot the debts con.
traded by any state in the American union, and so aliumed lhali
remain unpaid.
N E W-Y OR K, November 20.
Extra!! of a litter from St. Helena (via London) June 24-
" An American Whaler from the South Seas, bound to Phila
delphia, put in here in diftrefson the/jift inft. having met with a
severe gale in tat. 3«- 6. S. Long. S ° . 7 . E. She has been very
fuccefslul, having igo tons of spermaceti oil. On her pailage lhe
fell in with a velfel tromßotany-Bay bound to London,which was
in diftrcfs for want of provisions. The American would have re
lievcd her wants, but found it impoflible, from the extreme bad
ness of the weather, which prevented the poflibility of a boat be
ing hoisted out ; and they soon after parted with her in a violent
gale. They previously learnt, however, that at the time of her
leaving it the settlement at Botany-Bay was almoftin the last stage
of human distress ; that the officers andfoldiers would not do any
kind of duty, their times being out; that the government intend
ed to embark for England the firft opportnnity, and leave the
convifls to their fate, mod of whom (that had been transported
for life) had petitioned to be sent home and hanged, by the iirit
opporiunity, rather than remain in that wretched country, w er
with their utmost endeavors, they had only yet been able to ra fc
2 o acres of wheat, which had been their whole dependence for
some time past, and a fewfith, but not a luffic.ency for every body.
The felons whose times had expired, were very mutinous for go
ing home, and every body was tick of the expedition.
ANNAPOLIS, November 18.
" Died, in this city, early in the morning of the 16th inft. in
the 67th year of hij age, the honorable Daniel of St. Thoma
Teniver, Esquire, a man so well known and distinguished by
his country, that an culogium on kn cliarafter it altogether unne
ceflary.
WILMINGTON, Nov. 20.
The Hon. John Vi ni no is re-elected a member of the Houfc
of Representatives of the United States, for this State.
PRICE CURRINC. —.-PUBLIC SECURITIES.
6 pr. Cents 14/ P r -£- or
3 pr. Cents 7/3 7/4- or 3<S| j°-
Defered 6 pr. Cents 6/3. 33 1
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Final Settl. and othei Certificates ja/6—12/8. 63} do.
Indent, 7/3 7/4- 3<>t j°-
Stale debts 8/2. 8/3. 4»i d «-
FUNDED DEBT