fov difl'ection. The unfortunate Parius Quirn
by was callecl,to .the of a constable in
taking the said pursuance of a pre
cept from a joffice of' tliMnce ; and in attempt
ing to perform that duty, he received two wounds
froih the prisoner in the fide, whereof he
instantly died. 4k
The Chief Justice, with much solemn dignity,
in a lengthy and sympathetic speech which drew
tears from mod of the audience ; but the unhap
py culprit flood immoveable, and apparently un
affected. In touching upon the tender string of
his wife and child, the Judge bnrft flood
of tears, which a humane and fenlible hear
could not suppress. •
SPRINGFIELD, August to.
Died at New-Braintree, the ult. Master
3avirl Force, youngetl son of Mr. Jonathan
>f that town, aged five years, after a long and
edious illness, occasioned by a bean, which he
accidentally took into his wind pipe.onihe ioth
day of May last ; which immediately caused an
inflammation, and severe turns of coughing
Fe was opened, his heart found to be contracted ;
liis ligh s ramified and ulcerated ; the bean was
found in the pipe, found and clean, having been
in motion, no doubt, from the time he received
ed it, until he died.
PROVIDENCE. August 6.
On Friday morning the 29th ult. at four o'clock, departed
this life, at his house in this town, the Reverend JAMES MAN
NING, D D. President of Rhode-Island College, in the 54th
year of his age.
He was born in New-Jersey, and educated at Naflau Hall.
Soon alter he left College, he was called to the work of the mi
niftrv, by the Baptist Church at the Scots Plains, near Elizabeth
tow.n.
After maknig tours to each extreme of the United States (then
colonies) and preaching to different deft tute churches in sundry
places, he removed with his family to Warren in this S'ate,
preached to the church there, and opened a Latin School. In the
year 1765, he obtained a charter of incorpo»ation for Rhode-
Iflnnd College, of which he was chosen President. In the year
1770, the College was removed here, and became with it of
comfe, where he has since prelided, and till of late years preached
steadily to the Baptist Church in this town.
In his youth he was lemarkablefor his dexterity in athletic ex
ereifes. for the fymetiy of his body, and gracefulnefs of his pcr
fon. His countenance was ftatcly and majestic, full of dignity,
goodrn fs and gravity ; and the temper of his mind was a coun
terpart of it. He was formed for enterprise, his address was
pleating, his manners enchanting, his voice harmonious, and his
eloquence irre(iilablc.
Having deeply imbibed the spirit of truth himfelf, as a preacher
of trie ; >fpc\, he was faithful in declaring the whole counsel of
God. H' studied plainness of fp-ech, and to be ufeful more
th.m to he celebrated. The good order, learning and refpe&abi
liv, of the Baptist Churches in the eastern states, are much owing
to his afiiduous attention to their welfare. The credit of his
name, and his oerfonal influence among them, perhaps have ne
arer been exceeded by any other chara&er.
O: the College he mufl be considered as the founder. He pre"-
sided with the singular advantage of a superior personal appear
ance, added to all his shining talents for governing and inftrufting
youth. From the fiift beginning of his Latin school at Warren,
through many discouragements, he has by coriftanf care and labor
raised thisJeat of learning to notice, to credit, and to refpeftabi
lity in the United States- Perhaps the hi (lory of no other CbU
lege will disclose a more rapid or greater maturity in
the course ot about 25 years. +
Although he seemed to he consigned to a sedentary life, yet he
was capable of more a&ive scenes. He had paid much attention
to'the government of his country, and had been honoured by this
state with a feat in the old Congress. In (late affaii she discover
ed an uncommon degree of sagacity, and might have made a fi
gure as a politician.
In clailical learning he was fully competent to the business of
teaching, although he devoted less time than some others in his
station to the study of the more abstruse sciences : in short, na
ture seemed to have furniftied him so completely, that little re
mained for art to ac,complifh. The resources of his genius were
great. In conversation he was at all times pleasant and entertain
ing. He had as many friends as acquaintance, and took no less
pains to serve his friends than acquire them.
death is a loss not to the College or Church only, but to the
world. He is lamented by the youth under his care, by the
Churches, by his fellow citizens, and, wherever his name has been
heard, in wharever quarter of the civil zed earth, the friends oT
fcieuce, of virtue and humanity, will drop a tender tear on the
news of his death.
His amiable lady, the wife of his youth, and the boast of her
sex, with all her fortitude of mind, which is great, must have funk
under the diftrefling loss, were she not sustained by Divine Grace.
May Heaven continue to support her, for earth must have loft its
•harms. Few persons ever enjoyed a more excellent constituti
on, or better health Increasing corpulence, occasioned chic fly
by his confinement to the labors of his station (for he was tempe
rate in his diet) gave him some complaints of ill health, of late
■years ; but what in particular fumifhed him with a singular pre
sentiment of his mortality is unknown*. He was seized with a
fit of the apoplexy, in which he remained mostly insensible for
about five days before his death.
On Saturday last his remains were carried into the College Hall,
where his funeral was attended, and.a prayer by the Rev. D«.
Hitchcock, and afterwards deposited in the north burial place in
this town.
Order of the PrcccJJion,
Students.
Steward.
Graduates, or Sons of the College.
Profeflors Forbes and Weft.
THE CORPSE
Mourners ;n a coach.
Chancellor of thr College.
Members of the Corporation,
Clergy.
Physicians.
Members ot.ihc Baptist Church.
Citizens in general.
This fanrral is thought to have been the moll numerous and re
fpettzble ever attended in this town.
* At the lajl annudl mertin* of the Corporation of the College, he
gave notice to them to lock out for a fuccejfor in his place. On the lajl
Sabbath of April, he preached his farewell sermon to the Baptifl ( hutch
iti PrOridettre : and within a jew weeks requejlcd in wiiting a meeting
oj the BaptijlSociety, for fivjhing the n; ting-house and (ot> and in
that requejtnenUoned thai it would probibly be his lujl.
Tu'ors,
Philadelphia, August 20.
POLITIC 4L SKETCH.
[concluded.]
THE State of Delaware, though final!, is not
an unimportant branch of the geueal Concede
racy of the United Stares. She diltinguilhed
herfelf by an early adoption of the new conlti
tutiou, tliat equalizing fy Item, which in one great
and eflential point, effected at once for every
part of the Union, what the fovereisnty of none
of the particular States could do for itfelf—and
that was, to refcire the fmftll governments from
the impositions of the large.—This community
of fieemen has it in contemplation to revile and
amend its conit irtltion of government ; may its
decifijus be founded on wilclom, and. their ef
fects more than realize its most sanguine expec
tations. Delaware partook largely in the de
valtations of the late war, and enjoys her pro
portion in the honors of a spirited refiliance to
tyranny —Time lias fir. Iwthed the furrows occa
(toned by its devaluation's, and more than restor
ed her agriculture to its former state of relpecta
bility.—Her population is encreafed, and the
additions conltantly making by emigrations,mult
add to her wealth and individual importance in
the Union.
The Commonwealth of Mnffachufetts has pas
sed ihro fnch an important change since th£con
ftitution of the United Stares went into opera
tion, as amounts alinoft, in fafhionable phrale, to
a political regeneration : Previous to that event,
her immense debt, induced such severe taxation,
as enervated the hand of induflry, discouraged
commercial enterprizes, and diffufed a universal
gloom over the face of society. The measures
adopted by the general government have had a
moll: salutary influence 011 the affairs of ourconn
try at large ; but their visible effects have been
strikingly conspicuous in Maflachufetrs. That
just and equal provision of the funding fyltem,
by which the United States aflumed payment of
the State debts, was at once wife and popular ;
it relieved that State from a burden which an
honorable enthufiafin in the best of causes had
brought upon her, and at the fame time juftified
the expectations which her citizens had always
repnfed in the faith and honor of the union.—
In consequence of this, Maflachufetts has relin
quilhed the excise, and in other refpecls con
formed her legislative a<fis to the laws of the Uni
ted States in such manner as to give the happiest
facility to their operation.—Murmurs and dis
contents are no more—and under a wife, firm
and steady administration, (lie is making rapid
progress in diminilhing her debts, encreafing
her resources, and promoting the general hap
piness of her citizens.
The manufactures of this State have b?en pro
digiously extended since the peace—and her ar
ticles of export have greatly increased—The ci
tizens have enlarged and improved their plans
of public education, and to their infinite honor
have opened the doors of learning to the female
mind, upon terms of jutlice and equality. The
laws of the United States have in no instance ex
cited cabals, remonstrances, or resolutions.
The fecnrities of the United States are greatly
difFufed among the citizens of Maflachul'etts.—
The fubfcripiions to the funding system have
been general and amount to a very large num
ber of individuals*; the new revenue law, or ex
cise is carried into prompt execution—for in this
State,as well asin all the others, the most refpetfl
able characters ate appointed, and have almost
universally accepted as fuperv! « >rs andinfpe«fiors.
The population of this State, notwithstanding
the migrations have been very great, amounts
to almost half a million," and all free—in the
census lately taken by'the niarflial of the di(lri<ft
—againll the word Jlaves it is written, none.
New-Hampshire is nearly arrived to the im
portant period when her constitution is to be re
vised—and from the happy experience the States
have acquired in tranfac'ting business in public
allemblies, the happiest presages may be enter
tained of a favorable illue to the deliberations of
their convention. The citizens of this State, in
their habits, manners and fenriments refeinble
their neighbors of Mafiachufetts, but living in a
lef's compact situation, their intercourse with
each other is not so rapid, and intimate, and
their info rmation in the interior parts of the go
vernment is consequently more imperfert.—The
Mate has recently taken measures to facilitate a
more general circulation of intelligence by es
tablishing po(h—the feflions of their Legislature
have latterly been held in an inland town—in
which a public paper is eftablilhed, and which
is supported with spirit and genius.—These cir
cumltances combined, will conduce to dillemi
nating full information among the people. One
article in the funding fyitem appears to have ex
cited some disapprobation on the part of New-
* The last of March, the fubfcnptions in this State amounted to
3'£34>73 ( 6-too Dollars.
131
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G.
2*
Hampfltire—the afTumption ; but to '.his {he will \
be reconciled on general principles, especially V
when it is cortiidered tiiat a final liquidation,
mult do jultice to al! parts of the union. This
Staie diltinguilhed itfelf greatly during the war,
her yeomanry are among the hardieit sons of
Columbia—the furiiilned her proportion for the
cabinet and field of able statesmen and legislators, V
and intrepid and diltinguilhed officers. At the j
moment of the reunion of the Sta-.es, amot g her
citizens s\ere found the molt decided friends to
freedom and government, thro whole exerti ms VJ
the ratification of the conllitution was effected— t\
This State in common with her.neighbors is pro- pS>
grefling in population agriculture and commerce. }
N
dicTtment Hated that the prisoner had robbed i V,
on the high seas, Henry Williams, master of the > \
Hoop Men imack, of eleven Doubloons, of the j
value of 165 Mexican Dollars. It appeared i.n K
evidence that this woman had taken her pafli.ge J
011 board the shove sloop at Salem ( MalTachnfetts) J
for this ciry—and alter the \ellel came to her
moorings in the river, the money on searching \ "
was found in the shoes and Itockings of the f.tia
Eleanor. '1 he Jury having been out some tiiite, ,
returned with the verdidt—That the prisoner is not ' '
guilty in manner and form as she Jlands indifit .. v '\ k l[% s
Sunday, Angult 7, Capt. Phelon, v itli a detac\i- Nj
ment of 200 Continental Troops and Levies, ar
rived at Pitifburgh ; also a detachn.ent of poo Le
vies, under the command of Major Clark.
A London Paper, of the 7th of June, mentions,
that " the Empress of Russia hail repeated her
Allbrances to the British Fats ory, thai in cafe of
a War, their property should JTot." l>e liiolelted,..
and that the British Ships, tratfiHg'to her
should be luffered to pass and* f-epafs as ufuali"' .
As an encouragement to entering into the mar
riage state, the public are frequently entenain-t,',
ed in the newspapers with acccounts of divorces,"
family quarrels, elopements, &c. 011 all these
occasions the woman is be the blameable
party —but among all the various modes adupceA
in our country to promote the honorable cost- .
neftion of marriage there is none more
than those cunning, sprightly witticifuis at the
expence of the ladie9, which run Through \
many of our public Gazettes. One would b&
led to suppose that printers of newfpapeis are -
mod unhappily connected themselves, oihc wife ;
they would not gratify a vicious and depraved*
taste by republifliing and giving currency to 1 hose
pitiful efFufions, which exhibit: the vvorlt fide of
human nature.
Census of the State of Virginia, as taken by the Mar-
Jhal of that Dijlrift, pursuant to taw,
Free white Males of 16 years
and upwards,
Ditto under 16,
Ditto Females,
All other free persons,
Slaves,
According to the census just taken, the State of
New-Hampshire contains one hundred forty-two
thousand and eighteen pet sons.
Since our lafl arrived in town from South-Carolina, the Hon.
Pierce Butler, Senator of the United States.
Died, on Wednesday la ft, Mr. James F. Sebor,a refpe£}a!le
citizen of New-York.—On Thursday his funeral was attended,
from Mr. Thompson's, in Fourth-street, bv a great number of the
inhabitants of this city, to the burying ground iu Chuft Churchr
yard—where hisrema ; n< were interred.
From PELOSI's MARINE LIST.
ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA,
Ship Dtfpatch, Cunningham, Tenrriffe.
Brig Charleston, German, Charh fton.
Ann, Qlover m Oporto.
Columbia, Oswald, Gibraltar.
Barque I'hilad. & Amsterdam Packet, Rice, Amdeidam.
Schooner Dolphin, Bailey, New-York.
PRICE CURRENT.— PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FUNDED DEBT.
6 pr. Cents 20/6 pr. £.
3 pr. Crnts 12/3 i 2 yg
Defeied 6 pr. Centi 12/6
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Final Settl. and other Certificates ?.cf par.
Indents 12 f3 12 f6
N. and S. Carolina debts, l sj^>
Bank Suhfcriptions, 160 to 165 Dollars,
New-Haven Wharf Lottery.
(BY ORDER OF THE MANATERS.)
Nr.n-Haver, July 20, 1791.
THE Public are informed, thatth Tickets 111 tnt New-haven
IVharJ Lottery have met with a rapid Sale;—mott than two.
thirds arc already difpoftd of. The DRAWING wll positively
commence on the 13 h September next. Thofc Ferfons who have
received Tickets to fell, arc reqtn ftcd, without Jail. t<» return to ihe
Managers what shall remain unfold on ihe toih September. Thofc
who intend to become Adventurer.< in this Lottery. will do well to
secure TICKETS immediately, left, by delav, they loose the
( HANL Eof m king their FORTUNES ;as tin Managers have no
doubt the Tickets will all be SOLD before the 10 h September.
A few of the above TICKETS may be had (J applied Jor
foori) of Messrs. STEPHEN AUSTIN & Co. corner of Pine and
Front-street*—who are author?fed to pay the PRIZES,
Philadelphia, August 13, 1791.
1
I 16,1 3 J
21 5,046
12 P6B
292 627
747, 6 '2
io*?£ pr. cent.
do.
65 do.
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