at this time doubtless rank in the firft class of ci ties in America. In the course of the present futnmer, we ihould fee the while length of Mar- Jcet-rtreet completely pared—with fide walks—a commodious market house—a spacious prison ; and if we are rightly informed, the docks raised, with a fair prot'pecft of the introduction of fo reign commerce. Private convenience begins to give way to public good, and a fpiric of im provement has taken root beyond all former ex amples. We presume we are principally indebt ed to the independent exertions of an enlighten ed corporation, as well as the decisive character of our present chief magistrate for these benefits. BENNINGTON, May 9. The number of the Indians on the continent, like the extensive circuit of a comet, leads the attentive mind to conceive almost an immeasur able scope of country poflefied by them. The belt informed persons suppose, that there are more than three aboriginals, in America, to one white man. This liypothefis has been disputed by some, who argue, that from the scattered Hate in wlii ch they live, the country could not contain them : but when we consider that it is but a few years lince the Spaniards firft invaded South-America, at which period, Montezuma was said to have 30 Kings at his beck, each of whom could turn out 100,000 fighting men—and take into view the trifling extent of their territory, compared ■with the alinoft unlimited western wilds, the mind is swallowed up in wonder, and loft in uncer tain coaje&ure No part of the world, it is said, has been dis covered to be fertile and advantageous for the residence of man, but man has been found to in habit it. If this be true, the idea, perhaps, will not be deemed altogether chimerical, that the more western parts of this continent, are at pre sent pofleiied by nations, Where other Montezuma's hold their reign, And peaceful millions till the fertile plain: Where arts, perhaps, to Europe's lons unknown, Present their charms—and wisdom, all their own, Guide them along, secure from foreign jars- Internal discord, or deftruftive wars. SALEM, May 10. Cape, Stone, on his pafl'age lately from Port au-Prince to Portland, fell in with a Spaniih fnovv, on board which was a Capt. Bofwell and his crew, who belonged to R. Island, and had been taken from a brig which had been wrecked in a severe gale of wind : She was on the point of linking, when the Spaniard came to their relief.—Capt. Bofwell and his men were received on board Capt. Stone's velfel, and brought to Portland. The Spaniih Captain, at parting, supplied them amply with provifionsand water —Generous man ! " Thou fhalt hear of this again, hereafter." WORCESTER, May 12 A return of the number of inhabitants within the diftritft of Connecticut, taken the firft Mon day of August, 1790, by the Marlhal. Free white males, sixteen years old and upwards, Free white males under sixteen years of age, Free white females, All other free perlbns, Slaves, HARTFORD, May 16. A Correspondent has sent us the following account of the pro ceedings at the late Ele&ion. On Wednesday in the afternoon, Major Caldwell's company of horse, well mounted and equipped, met his Excellency the Go vernor at Wethersfield, and escorted him to this town, preceeded bv the Sheriffs of the fcveral counties on horseback On Thursday, the day of the Election, the guards under the command of Capt. Hopkins, paraded at the usual hour, and con duced the Governor and Council to the State-House, from ■which the proceflion was to move. Here the Guards were }oined by the Horse. Jufl before n o'clock, the proceflion moved ftfom the State-House to the North-Church, headed by the Sheriffs, ■with their deputies and the constables of the town with their staves of office. Next followed the Governor, the Lieut. Go vernor and Council, the Reprefentativcs and Clergy. The pro ceflion was uncommonly large, which, with the order, discipline, and martial appearance of the guards added splendor to the ex hibition. Every part of divine service was performed to good accept ance, but the sermon delivered by the Rev. Dr. Dwight, of Greenfield, deserves particular commendation. Piety of thought, clothed with elegance of style, and expressed with energy and precision, compol'ed the foul of this discourse ; and the listening multitudes which crowded the church, which were called toge ther by the reputation of the preacher, declared their utmost ex pectations gratified. The service was closed with an anthem, set by the Do&oi hiinfelf to the g2d psalm. After service, the proceflion moved back to the State Houfc, at tended by a more numerous collection of people than has been seen on the like occasion for many years. The day was very pleasant, and the citizens of Hartford, throw ing open thedoors of hospitality, and spreading well drefied tables for the entertainment of their brethren, contributed to enliven the enjoyment of this anniversary. In the evening, a fplcndid ball was given ; attended by a nu merous collcttion of ladies and gentlemen, both strangers and ci-. tizens. In the afternoon, an Oration was delivered by Zephaniah Swift, Esq. before the Society instituted for the purpole of abo -1 idling slavery, and relieving luch Africans as may need protec tion and afliftance. On this occasion, a numerous concourf" o' people attended, who were agreeably entertained ar.d inftruficd by a difcriptive history of slavery, and the miseries it has entaiied upon a part of the human race from the ear licit ages to this time. 60,52 54,40? 11 7,448 2,808 2,760 Total, 237,942 BOSTON, May 12. The Hon. Levi Lincoln and HarrisonGrav Otis, Efqrs. were y filter day admitted to be pra&ifing Attorhies in the Circuit Court of the United States for this Diftrift. The Hon Robert Morris,Efq. Col. Ogden. of Philadel phia, and Col. Wadsworth, of Hartford, arrived in this town on Tuesday last. The diftrift of Maine is found by the ccnfus just taken to con tain 96,500 inhabitants. FROM THE FEDERAL GAZETTE. To the Memory of FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Esq. S WEET Spring advance and deck with flow'rets gay, The tomb where Hopkinson's remains aic laid, Ye muses there your constant vigils pay, And guard from ills the confecmed shade. Ye city trees protett your patron's grave, He once from ruin fav'd your leafy charms, j? Then to his honor, bid your green tops wave, And fold his urn in your embracing arms. Around the sod may roses ever bloom, And lilies pour their aromatic tide, There oft the lyre th' elegiac task afTume, And notes like his be ofFer'd at his fide. Notes such as once he pour'd at Bremner's urn, Lays such as those he offer'd at his shrine, But ah, what muse can make a just return, For lays so mournful, or a note so fine! Loft to his country is that sprightly vein, That attic wit that grae'd his claflic pen, He now aflumes a more exalted strain, And quits for angels the pursuits of men. In those bright realms where patriot shades repofo, He joins his Franklin, gone not long before; There nature all her mystic wonders fliews, There opens all her variegated flore. From those high orbs he fees with rapture rife, The Roof he labor'd when on earth t' crett, And as its turrets reach their deftin'd flues, His guardian genius (hall the frame protest. Adieu, sweet bard, long may thy mem'ry live, Thy country, grateful, long thy rr.Orits own, This artless verse is all a friend can give, 'Tis for that country to ere&lhe (tone. [TO the above Poem it v may not be amifsto add, for the infor mation of those residing at a distance who may fee it, and be unac quainted with the fubje£l of it, the late ingenious ]udge Hopki n son, that at one time the many beautiful and verdant trees, orna menting Philadelphia, were threatened with deftruttion by a le« giflative ast, to prevent, as it was. (aid, danger from fire, and a ftag nationofair: It was then the vivacious Mr. Hopki n con gave new life to the trees, by exploding the ridiculous obje&ioas made 1 to them, in a speech of a Pillar in the House of Affembty to the Legislature of the State, which was so luecefsful as to pufl a total stop to a measure, that would have been deemed a profatation of the rights of many of the Sylvan Deities under the Heathen My thology, and which, had it succeeded, would have deprived Phi ladelphia of many an agreeable and (hady walk, and of much of its present ftatelinefs and beauty. Mr. Bremner a Musi cian of great eminence, and a gentleman of much social merit, for merly residing in Philadelphia, to whose memory Mr. Hdpkin son composed a very pathetic and foft Dirge, to the tune of %< The Lassos Peatie's Mill: Thishefet to music, and performed with admirable taftc and force of exprefiion on the Harpfichorcl: Mr. Hopki n son, now claims, alas \ but claims in vain v a tributfe from the Muses, of equal elegance : It is not often that a genius like Bremner's, finds an eulogist like Hopkinson ! The New Roof, hislaft celebrated performance, was in defence of our pte fent excellent frame of government, which he had vervjuftlv com pared to a great Cupola or Dome, supported by the Staies, as by so many Pillars, and yielding to all an equal and efficient protec tion. It is only necessary to add, that Mr. Hopki nson was the intimate friend, and one of the teflamentary executors of the Great Frank li n —with whom he had often indulged those phi iofophical researches and enquiries into the operations Of nature, which now, it is probable, in a Superior State, are fully gratified and elucidated, as a jufland proper retribution for their industry and zeal in the pursuit of ufeful discoveries, while bounds a by the veil of our present mortal infirmities and imperfections. 1 Philadelphia, May 21* A French ship of 74 guns, with 1500 men on board, it is said is arrived at Newport. His Excellcncy Samuel Huntington, and the Hon. Oliver Wol cot, are re-elettcd Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the State of Connecticut, for the ensuing year. Chailcs Jarvis, Samuel Breck, Jonathan Mason, Jonathan Ma son juri. William Euftis, John Coffin and William Tudot, Esquires, are chosen Representatives for the town of Eofton the ensuing year. Arthur Fenner, Esq. is eledled Governor of the State of Rhode Island, tor the ensuing year. Tnat state is found to contain, by the late centus, 68,451 inhabitants. The refpc£lful and affettionate attention to our beloved Chief Magistrate, exhibited by the citizens of thefouthern States,evinces how greatly gratified they are by tnevifit he has made them —and forcibly linprelTas the mind with a sense of their cordial attachment to the government over which he presides—and the polwy and ur banity of the arduous tour he has undertaken. —The animated and patriotic addrelTes, presented by the cities, towns and corpor ations, {hall appear in course in the Gazette of the United State*. A Constitution, framed by the People, is always ti - palladi um of their liberty, and if at any period it becomes useless, or worse than useless, or appears so to the People, the People, have a right to modify it—to annihilate it, if they plea • :—Why then talk of certain fixed principles in a Constitution —there is but one fixed principle. A Constitution (houJd always be the work of the People, and framed for the advantage of the go verned ; every other principle is subordinate and may be changed or modified when and as often as a majority of that People think fit. Gen. Advertrfer. The above gave rife to the following paragraphs from a correspondent :—The idea of fixed prin ciples in morals is almost obfolerein the opinion, and agreeable to the practice of many moderns ; but this only indicates the low ebb of virtue—the tide will rife again—for truth, which forms the basis of morals, is immutable. Man has certain unalienable rights—fay tliefe depend on the opinion of the majority, and you arm despotism with the moll deflrudtive powers— lor it has never yet been determined with uiiiver fal, or even£v>/t;r<7/confent, what are prescriptive, or imprefcriptive rights : The fccurity of the li berties of tliefe States depends on a sacred regard to that Constitution which defines their rights : 27 The eligibility of our situation arises from this idea alone, that the people have agreed on certain fixed principles \n government—but, if there are no fixed principles, and we mud be perpetually afloat, this world may do for those that love to filh in troubled waters —but as to peace or permanen cy in existence, or government—or security to freedom, person or property, they are all entire ly out of the question. It would be ufefulto determine, with fomede gree of precision, what is meant by the majority's having a right to modify, or annihilate their con stitution, whenever they think fit: Itfeemsto convey this idea, That one million and one citi zens, fhallpoflefs the power whenever they think fit to exercise it, to annihilate the rights of oa« million fellow-citizens. America foughtfor herprefentgloriousConfti tution—and those who conducted her Councils andherarms, inthedaysofdoubtful expectation are among the warmett friends to this Constitu tion—" The die long spun doubtful," whether anarchy and disgrace; or government and honor were to crown our labors : Having secured the latter, the idea, that we have agreed on no fixed principles, must make us pause in anguiflj. Extrafl of a letter from Boflon, May 10. Capt. Davis, from London to Boston, with a cargo of £.1 y,OOO sterling, is loft ; Capt. Scott is "miffing, and the ship Mercury is totally loft. Accounts from Pittsburgh to ift inft. inform' of some recent depredations of the Indians ; the guard at the block house at Yellow Creek was attacked and two men killed—at the fame time a guard of fix men on Crooked Creek was at tacked and one man killed—These Indians appear to be ranging parties, having no objed* but rob bery and murder; they are few in number—and although several scouts were sent out, they were not fortunate enough to come up with any ofj them. Advices by the Roebuck Capt. Bliss, in 40 days' from Bristol inform— That great discontents and riots prevail in Con stantinople, which are encreafedby the measures taken to prevent them. Monf. tie Broglio on the 2d March informed the National Ailembly that from accounts of what ispaffing on the Frontiers of Alsace it ap pears that a serious counte- revolution is con templated ; great preparations were in conse quence ordered and made to counteract it. The antient State prison of Vincennes being ordered to be repaired, a great mob arose and began to demolish the fame—the military were .called up on and sixty-sour persons taken into cuftofty ; disorders in the tinea" time of ?. '.rsrc a!sr:..l;.g nature took place at the Thuilleries, which me naced the life of the King—in consequence all the gates of the Thuilleries are now shut and no llranger on any account is fuffered to enter—all was peace and tranquility again. In a violent storm on the 31 ft Dec. a number/ of French and Spanish veflels were wrecked onft the breakers of Tunis and 1250 African paffeni gers, who were on tlieir return frrm a pilgrimJi age to Mecca, with almost all the crews perithj' ed. The Ruffians have passed tjie Danube m the neighborhood of Brailow^—and defeated the Turkish detachments, in every rencounter. Peace between Ruflia and the Porte is talked of ; ilie Empress cannot etfedt a loan which she expected to negociate in Ainlterdam, Hamburgh and other places. Afymptoiri of peace between Russia and Great-Britain is that the merchants trading to Pererfburgh have received orders to forward tlieir veflels as usual. A bilj i» brought forward ■ in Parliament to appropriate 500,000!. of the un clarmed dividends in the bank to the use of go vernment. A great r^P c happened in Dublin on the firft of March—the police attended at the an nual masquerade in the new rooms in Rutland* square—armed with fire arms as usual, to keeps the peace—a dispute arising between them and( the populace which assembled to gratify their curioiity, a battle ensued which lasted five hours and terminated in a vLftory on the part of th« populace, numbers of the guard being killed, r TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE investigation of Truth, independent of names, party, or prejudice, fliould be the gre t objefl of every Editor of a periodical publication ; On this principle, the Editor of the Gazette of tho United States, has never refufed to insert any animadversions or observations on the sentiments conveyed through this medium to the public, which have been offered. Speculations, pertinent and decent, {ball always meet a ready infertiop ; but personalities, cither refpefling himfelf, or others, he means caiefully to avoid— the friendly wishes therefore of a correspondent, cannot be com plied with, as his remarks would be conllrued into cgotifm. ■ When Truth'i bright beamsJhallclear the visual ray, And fools and knaves in their ownJhapes dijplay, The bubble built on deep deceit ana lies, Shrinks Jrom the light, and like a vapor dies. Ode to Henry. Elegy. Sonnet on RefleAion ; and other ta» vors neceflarily postponed. PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES. 6 pr. Cents 3 pr. Cents Dcfered 6 pr. 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