he completed merchantmen ever built in Ame '• a She has undergone an entire refit since W arrival here in diSrefs 011 the Bth ulc. and such alterations made in rhe itowage of her car ao (which is chiefly iron) as, it is expected, will prevent a similar casualty in the future couri'e of her voyage. BALTIMORE, May 3. „ eaTHS Mr. David Sterett, of this town, Merchant— Vireima, the Hon. Benjamin Harrison, Esq. formerly a rr r-ffl.hte Delegate toCongrefa from, and Co i-mor of, thai Stale st Richmond, in the laine State, John Dixon, Esq. State Printer. Cs , fiZSS ntsrv-,w»a -.rf*k.-J >r V Philadelphia, May 7 It has been said th . (Yip; e-iie independent pow er in the hands of either the cm, the few, or the many, has in all ages and countries degenerated into tvranny—This observation is founded on universal experience : i l;e revolntionifts in the time of Charles Ift. annihilated the House of Peers and the Hierarchy—but did tlvev eltablilh a free government ? They did not : Mr. Paine applauds the National Ailembly of France—they have not yet gone so far as Cromwell and his party did*—perhaps they never may—as the French nation have a predilection for Kings, at prefent —Should the time however arrive when they are fully enlightened—they will then, to use a borrowed phrase, fee the nonsense of " this, that and to'ther, and Kings will be thought as lit tle of by the French nation, as they are by Mr. Paine till then the French Revolution, accord ing to him, is essentially defective : Ac this time however the approbation of the King to the nieafures of the National Aflembly is mentioned by the friends to the Revolution as a molt impor tant circumltance in its favor. A correfpondenr observes that there are some persons in the world of so peculiar acaftof mind that nothing meets with their approbation which has not received their particular fiat as an es sential requisite to its exiltence. The system of the bank of the United States is however almost an exception to the above observation ; natives and foreigners have awarded it their approbation—the former on account of its im mediate and obvious advantage*, and for the wisdom andforefiglu discovered in its organiza tion— wifely confideriiig that Should a foreign direction obtain, and acquire a preponerating influence, the time may arrive, when the def trudtionof the bank of this country, and a total derangement of its finances might be compcnfa ted by the douceurs of a foreign power. Fo reigners among other reasons, because it reserves to the citizens of this government the exclusive direction ; for while the capital is tinder the con troulof persons the molt fully competent to judge of characters, they maybe more fully allured that nothing will be done to counteract the general interest of the concerned. The Bank of the United States mayjuflly be considered as a propofuion made to the mo nied interest, foreign and domeltic and in faift, appears to both in a very favourable point of light—the latrer, from every informa tion, are making great pi eparations to fubferibe, and the terms are so advantageous»that no equal object of Speculation is perhaps presented in any quarter of the globe to the former. A late writer fays, that the only folk! founda tion for Liberty, is Virtue: When virtue is gone, liberty loon follows ; but this mult refer to pub lic virtue, for it is notorious, that some of the molt renow ned modern champions of liberty, are ilrangers to personal virtue—ls thefentiment then without foundation ? I trow not—for tho no de pendence can be rationally placed on the patri otic profeffions of a vicious character, yet their being obliged to aflame thefeinblanceof honesty to carry their points, is an indirect confirmation of the principle. " The foundation of all social virtue is a belief of the exigence and government ot a Deity—a regard to the Deity cannot be maintained with out foine public exercises of religion.—Social worship is thereforeneceflary to thehappinefs of society, and to the easy adminiltration of govern ment—and in this view worthy the attention of every legislature, while in a higher view it de serves the regard of every individual." Patriotil'm, like Pieligion, often enjoins duties which are paramount to every other considera tion— and tho the felfifh part of mankind dero gate from the merit of every action performed by their contemporaries, by imputiug tlie mo tives to inferior confederations—yet a confcions J iteirriry will furnilh a reward for every public fpiiited exertion, of which envy and cetiftire cannot deprive the votaries of virtue and bene volence. e learn that upwards of one hundred troops w hicli have been raised in New-Jersey lor the service of the frontiers, will march from 1 rtiuon 't Fort-Pitt this day, under the comu'.i.nd ot (-apt. Zebulon Pike. Ridicule titles, honors and diftiudtions among mankind, and you will always be in the majority. Embrace the firft favorable opportunity to tra duce the government under whicliyoulive—the more free it is, the more you may abuse it with impunity and success. Always reserve your opinion till you know which is the strongest fide. By observing tlie foregoing, some have ac quired popularity, honors and riches, without potfeHing any principles of morality or honelty. Extrall of a litter from Baftsw, April 16. Several arrivals from England, bring us the ttateof politics and war in Europe, by which it appears they continue to act over and over the fame mad scenes which for many ages have dis graced human nature ; When we refletft how in competent they are to govern themselves, how fliould our hearts expand with gratitude to hea ven for feperating us from them. Some citizens of the United States when con- templating the errors or supposed mifcitings of our o"wn government are apt to depreciate its value ; let such persons turn their thoughts now and then to Britain, and other nations of Europe, and observe the fliocking facrifices of blood and treasure and faith and honor and religion, and every thing that is. called good—and they will prize independence. Mr. G , who came home in the last ship that arrived—informs me, that the British and other nations appear now to be fully sensible of the growing greatness of the United States : I trust they will have cause to rife in their ideas of us. The tour of the Prefidentof the United States to the southward at this time is a good plan.— We have heard frequently of unealinefs and op. positions in respect to some of the revenue laws, if any thing of the kind really exists among our fonthern brethren, feeing him in their country will have a very conciliating effedt, and do more athoufand arguments from even an Ames or a Gerry. Extract of a fetter from a gentleman in London, t .... » . . i • . / . t • A his friend in this litj, by the Pigou " I rejoice to fee by the papers, that the Uni ted States of America are in such a flourifhing condition, and that trade, commerce, husban dry, arts, Sciences, manufactures, &c. begin to prosper on your fide of the Atlantic. May the blessing of GOD continue to fend peace, unity and prosperity to your vast weltern empire. In London you have rtiany hearty friends, and from the best information, throughout all England. There isgrear joy among the friends of America here, when things go well in your land, and I can assure you, from personal observation, that your friends daily increase, and that the credit of the American States is perpetually rising, all owing to your well-established and efficient go vernment. May heaven long preserve your well beloved George, and continue him to be the friend, the supporter and guardian of your dear native country !—America wasthefirft who ftept forth to light up the expiring lamp of freedom in the world, France has followed her example, and I trust that in time, the whole globe will be illuminated with the fame pure flame. I fend you with this " a true and genuine ac-> count of animal eleiSricity and magnetifm,#" which has been publi/hed here to put an end to the pra<stice of teaching it for money : as vast sums have been given for the knowlege ot it in England, and perhaps the fame may be the cafe in America. Though I am well persuaded, from some acquaintance with both the countries, that the common people in America have much more general and ufeful knowlege, than they have in any part of Great-Britain, and consequently are not so violently led away and inflamed with no velty and curiolity. You can hardly have an idea, what crouds will colled: together in Lon don, to behold the most trifling as well as com mon incident. Their curiosity is alive to every novelty, and hence many hundreds of people in this city have given, aftonilhing to tell, fioml 5 to more than 100 guineas, to acqure the inforJ mation communicated in that little pamphlet ! I * See page l, of this day's paper. On Friday morning the 29th ult. the (hip Termagant, belonging to the house of Messrs Claggett, lying in the stream oppo.itc Georgetown, Patowmac, was discovered on fire, which soon com municated itfclf to the powder on boa.d ; the explofum was so fevcre as to shake most of the houses in the town. Thelofs, occasioned by this alarming event, must be great, as the (hip was large and nearly new ; besides, there were goods to a considerable amount, and a large sum of money on board—all which (except part of the money, which has finte been found) was deflroyed. Wc are informect that this accident proceeded from the (lewar'd's falling to fle< p and leaving a candle burning in the cabin, which, by some means or other, set fire to the fails that w ere flowed there. No lives .loft. The people are the only legitimate foiirceof power ; power de rived from' the people is coniVquently legitimate : From whence have defpotifrr.s original ed ? lu idolatry ; Who arc the idolators ? Thofc who set up and worship an idol : Are there any idol? now inthewoild? Let experience answer. If there are idols, there must of neceffitybe worshippers ; but can any man point out the country in which they arc to be found ? Arc there any in Ame rica, in France, in England ?—What fays rhepoet, Xatjrc hath left the tinflure in our blood, All men would be tyrants if they cpu'd. and as ail men iron Id be tyrants, it follows that the univcrfal ohje. . it to acquire the pofli'blc lharc of influence ; and he that 11 obtains the highest round in the ladder approaches nearest to that point from which all despotisms have commenced their career; for the man whose opiuio.u is paramount to law and the constitu tion in the mind of tliq people, is luperior to both. The meeting of the Delegates from the State Societies of the Cinci nn ati, adjourned on die, The next uien niel meeting will he in May, *793- Extrath fiom the utifwer to Mr. Bu rke, by Mr. Paine. " Government, fays Mr. Burke, is a contrivance of human wisdom Admitting that, government is a contrivance of human wijlom, it must.necessarily follow, that hereditary fucceflion, ;iixl hereditary rights (as they are called) can make no part of it, because it is im poflible to make wisdom hereditary; and on the other hand, that cannot be a wife contrivance, which in itsdperation may commit the government of a nation to the wisdom of an idi t. The ground which Mr. Burke now takes'is lata! to every part of his cause. The argument changes from hered-itary rights to heredi tary wisdom , and the question is, Who is the wisest man? He must now (hew that every one in the line of hereditary fucceflion was a Solomon, or his title is not good to be a king.—What a stroke has Mr. Burke now made ! To use a sailor's phrase, he has swabbed the deck, and scarcely left a name legible in the lift of kiti^s; and he has mowed down and thinned the HouGe of Peers, with a scythe as formidable as Death and Time. \_Alas y the poor house of Peers /] " The opinions of men with respect to government, are chang ing fact: in all countries. Tiierevolutions of America and France have thrown a beam of light over the world, which reaches into man. The enormous expences of governments, have provoked, people to think, by making them feel : and when once the veil begins to rend, it admits not of repair. Ignorance of a peculiar nature, once dispelled, and it is impoflible to re-establish it. It is not originally a thing of itfelf, but is only the absence of know ledge ; and tho man may be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ig. norant. The mind, in discovering truth, a&s in the fame man ner as it a6U through the eye in discovering obje&s ; when once any object has been seen, it is impoflible to put the mind back to the fame condition it was in before it saw it. Those who talk'of a counter revolution in France, (hew how little thev understand of man. There does not cxift in the compass of language, an arrangement of words to express so much as the means of affedf inga counter revolution. The means must be an obliteration of knowledge ; and it has never ye» been discovered how to make man utiknow his knowledge, or unthink his thoughts. The following paragraph more than hints that Mr. Burke is pensioned. Mr. Burke is laboring in vain to Hop the progress ot know ledge ; and if comes with the worfr grace from him, as there is a certain tranfaftion known in the city, which him fuf pe&ed of being a pensioner in a fictitious name. This may ac count for some ft range doftiines he has advanced in his book, which, tho he points it at the Revolution Society, is elTcttually dirc£led againil the whole nat:on. (£f" A lift of the Prizes in the MalTachufctts Semi-annual Lot tery, publilhed by the Managers, may be tceo at the house ot the Editor. prin confequenceof the recent difficulties and reappointments attending the conveyance of the Gazette of the United States, se veral of the fubferibers have declined taking it any lon/, r : The Editor requests that the letters which convey him this information may be sent free of charge : He has paid a considerable lum lor poftago within a few days, on letters ihat contained only the above intelli; [ence. From PKLOSI's MARINE LIST Arrivals jime OU4 fajh SIooj: Charlotte, Camming, S<. Kuftatia. Polly, Midget, North-Carolina. Hazard, Folgier, Do. Rainbow. Portland and Falmouth Hope, Bentley, Chailefton. Schooner Polly, Mann, North-Carolina. IfabeHa, Henderfon, St. Eultatia. Bonefine, Rosa, Oporta. PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES FUNDED DEBT. 17/1. 17/2 pr. £ 6 pr. Cents 3 pr. Cci.ts 9/1 9/2. Defered 6 pr. Cents o/i. UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Scttl.and other Certificates 16 Indents 9 fx. N. and S. Carolina debts, *2/4 15/. A CARD. Joseph Wheaton his compliments to his old Military Friends, th< L Gentlemen of the Civil Lift, and the Public—wifUcs they may >e informed that he has received a very handsome Assortment >f the best chosen SPRING GOODS, 'fey the Pi cou, and other late arrivals, which are now opening r! his KNOWN CHEAP STORE. No. 38, Third-Street, North, and which he is determined to dispose of (at wholesale or irtai! on so low terms as mull make it an objed to cujlomets. Orders from his friends will be attended to with pun&uality and dilpatch. and the time of pa) ment made convenient. Philad. May 2, 1791 Philadelphia, May 3. WE, the Commiflionc-s, appointed to receive fubfenptioni to the Bank ot the United States, do hereby give public notice,that the Books will be opened by us for that purpote a the Bank of North-America, on Monday the 4th day of June next THOMAS Willing, Be a i e Bord l e y, David Rittenhouse, Ml the Printers in the United States ate requejled to publifli the above. To be difpoftd of, BY P R I V'A T F. SALE, A COLLECTION OF and Valuable Scarce 800 In various Lancuages—being part of a private Library; Among which are the following FOI.IO. Euripides, Homer, Demofthcnes, X-n-phon, Plate Lucian, Plutarch, Paufanias, Procopius, Eufebius, ? epho rus, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Tacitus Seneca, Pliny, ic'.e Quarto. Pndar, Aristotle, Terence, Ovid, C*far, Suctoniu. Juvenal, Manilius, Otfavo & infra. Scptuagint, Ariftopbanes, Longinu?, Ther phraftus, Epifletus, Hefiod, Orpheus, M. Antoninus, Phalari liberates, Polyanus,. Lucretiun, Catullus, Tibullus, Propettiu P.iterculus, Florus, Lucan, Statius, Gelltus. Aufonius, Vida, Bi chanan, Boethius, Poeue m:nore» Latini, Callipjedia, Stiada, I Valb, &e. (53" Catilo-'ues may be had, and farther particulars learned, at t) fuck-Store of Messrs. Rice and Co. Market-Street. Catulofues a as flitched up : the AMERICAS' MUSEUM, for April. . 86 pr, cent, 46 ao. 45 d °- 80 45 tlo - Samuel How el l, Lambert Cadwaladir K S,
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