BENNINGTON (Vermont) August 22. A writer in a Southern paper proposes, that the Federal City be called Columbus, another pro poses Wajhingtample,—The simplicity of repub licanism is thought by some to be its greatest or nament, why then (hould we disgrace our Fede ral City, with ufelels terminations to a name that cannot admit of additional honor from the inge nuity of man ALBA Agreeable to an act of the last Allembly, the surveyor general departed from hence last Friday t;> explore the communications between theHud fou lliver and Wood creek, falling into lake Champlain, for the purpose of ascertaining the mo ft eligible place to lay off the ground for the proposed canal, to open a water communication with Vermont, and thereby divert the produce from Canada to our navigable waters. We are further informed that Major Ilarden bergh is also comniiffioned to do the fame between the bead of Mohawk river and Wood creek, falling into the Oneida lake, b rom ihefe ap pearances, it is a chance if the long heads of Pennsylvania will not be a little fliortened in their projects. On Saturday last, a yoong man, foti of Captain Benjamin Townlend, of Renllelaerwyck, was killed by the accidental difc'iarge of a muiket, which he was taking out of a waggon, by the muzzle, not knowingit was loaded. Never take a gun by the muzzle ! SPRINGFIELD, Angnfl 24. HaM.y, Augufl ii, 1 791 On Friday evening lalt, as Mr. Ebenezer Bolt wood, Mr. Gideon Parsons, and Mr. Merril, were going from Hadley to Amherft, in a covered wag gon, they miffed their way, and instead of driv ing to Aniherft, they turned to the left hand at the North end of Hadley, at a place called High Banks, and drove direcftly down the bank : —It being measured the next morning, it appears the horses and waggon descended 40 feet before they {truck, and then threw the inen 8 or 10 feet fur ther before they landed, without material injury to men, horses or waggon. Something peculiar must attend old bachelors, or Mr. B. inuft have been killed. N E ff-LON DON, August 25 The National Bank serves to facilitate that moll delirable of political objects, the speedy re drift ion of the National Debt, by affording ihe means of accomplilhing it, in the purchase of the principal itfelf, from (he profits ai ifing from the operations of ihe Bank, to om e fifth whereof the government "ill be enti led, if they keep, as is proposed, that proportion of the ltock in circulation. Thus, by a double operation of the fame means, facilitating the commercial inter course, and binding and weaving together the va'-ious iniereits of the diltinift and remote parts of he L ion, at the fame time that it iinpercep tibi) lim in idles, with ihe consent of the propri etors, that bane of al! free communities, « bur thru/, Public Debt. Pi ielphia, September 5. T1 rf ly last a Committee was appointed by the House of Reprefentativeg, confuting of Mr. Clyster, Mr. Finley, and 'Mr. Gallatin, to bring is! L . bill yiiij> in behalf of this Common u• a]tli tlie fif-ft article of amendment, propot'ed by Cor.grels to the Constitution of the United S. ates Same clay an aiifwer to the Governor's speech was rn efented by a committee of the hbufe;—ln which they recognize the great attention paid by the firft niagiftrate to the public interest during the recess—and mod heartily concur with him, " in declaring that the prosperous iituation of this slate, connedted with the credit of.the Union, happily provides the means, and affords the, op portunity, not only for the improvement of Penn sylvania in her natural advantages, but in her arts, commerce and agriculture." The merchandize imported into Peterfburgli, RulTia, the last year, amounted to 22,964,619 rou bles—and the duties paid on merchandize im ported at Revel, amounted to 1,500,000 roubles ; in the year 1789, they only amounted to 200,000 roubles. Some late accounts in . the English papers re port, that insurrections have taken place among the people in several parts of Spain. The accounts from various places on the conti nent, where the refugees from France are fup pofcd to reside, contain no pofiiive relation of such movements among the anti-revolutionists at the time of the King's flight, which ftiould lead to a supposition, that any plan to invade the king dom was digested or ripe for execution.—The officers of several regiments, ic is said, have left the kingdom ; but it appears to have been in confeqiience of a belief that the King had ef fected his el'cape. Should the belligerent pow ers conclude a general peace, some of the neigh N Y, August 22 bonring states may possibly interfere in the af iVus of France—but, even in that cafe, their at tempts will depend on a concurrence of circum- Ihmces, of which present appearances do not war rant a:i expectation; among iliefc are, a certain ty of their own dominions being feeure from in fnrreclions, and thar fucli a p oportion of ihe ci tizens of France will unite with thein, as to ren der an iuvafi jn p atfticable, and in a high degree likely to lucceed.— But should the French in the mean time complete the fabric of freedom and good government, they may defy the united powers of despotism in their attempts to effedt a counter-revolution. Arrived at Bermuda-Hundred, brig Petite, Na netre, Pittalugne, Havre-de-Grace, with Jl pas sengers, 4? of whom are bound to Rudell county, in Virginia, to make a fettlemeiit under the pa tronage of Monf. de Tubeuf, 011 lands purchased of a Mr. Smith, now in France. Barns, it has been observed, are more fre quently (truck with lightning than other build ings May it not be owing to the rat ified (late of the air within, occasioned by the heat generated by grain and hay put in and closely confined, be fore they are perfetfly dry. If this is the fad:, would it not be belt to keep the doors and win dows of barns constantly open till the above arti cles are entirely diverted of moisture, that the density of the circumambient air may not be greater than that within ?—And on the principle that r.irified air has a tendency to attraift the elec tric fluid j fliould not the doots and windows of houses be kept open in athutiderfhower, in order to keep up ail equilibrium of air in the house with the air without." A letter of a late date from England;,'fo a gentleman in this city contains the following observation " But it comforts me to con clude that the boftilities upon the eminent will giv# the French an opportunity of eftabliftiing their government, and of making their kingdom an afvlum sot those opprefled fubjetts, whose age or poverty will not admit of their fetking relief at three thousand miles distance." Arrived lately at Boston, the schooner Cohaffet, Plummer, from Oporto. During the homeward bound passage, one of the crew of the above schooner broke out with the small-pox, on which Captain Plummer instantly innoculated hiinfelf and the whole crew, ho all recovered. Governor Mifflin's speech recognizes two circumstances in the situation of our country, which will doubth fs inspire every good citizen with sentiments corresponding with those expressed by the patriotic firft magistrate of so refpe&able a member of the Union— allusions to the flmrifhing state of our country from so high an au thority, will have a proportional influence on the public mind ; they are of more weight than the anonymous effufions of piivate individuals however sincere and fervent ; and infinitely more than counterbalance the evanescent ebullitions of little sneering paitv minds—The Governor fays, " I am happy in addrefling you at this period, while the beneficial efFeßs ofthe eftablifliment of the public credit of the United States yield a conclusive evidence of our national prosperity — and leisure afforded from our private avocations, by an early and abundant HA RVEST, will enable you to renew vour public labors with the fame zeal and alacrity which distinguish the legis lative proceedings of yo ur l feflion." In times of anarchy and confufion, the bonds of focicty being either relaxed or broken, confidence in public and private jufticc is destroyed—the circulating property of men of business and wealth, gtadually recedes, and becomes dormant; the precious metals are transported into other countries, or retire to secret cof fers, and rust in their retreat—every enterprize is foreborne, and universal distress enfnes. In this situation of things the people are very apt to mistake the cause of their diftrefles, and in consequence have r<couifc to a variety of ill adapted expedients to retrieve their affairs. To rcftore mutual confidence, and give life and a£t vity to agri culture, arts and commerce, the only adequate means is good go vernment ; which being firmly eftabliftied, and just and compe tent laws ena6ted and executed, produce 1 renovation in the ass irs of every country. How forcibly is this sentiment imprefLd ou the mind by the experience ofthe United States—from a full con fidence ill the permanency of those fyftenis which the united wis dom of our country has adopted, the men of property arc now coming forward with their capitals to eflablifh manufactures on a broad and extensive scale—which for wait of union in our coun cils, and the incompetency of individnal means, have languiftied under every discouragement, or proved ruinous to every periou who has had temerity enough to engage in them. There is a great degree of perverfenefs in some dispositions ; to find fault appears their natural habit—and it is in vain to expe£t any thing like good nature, or a generous acknowledgment of merit from thi m. Men of property, who by a patriotic confi dence in the fuccefsof the American cause, have encreafed their foitunes, have been branded with the basest epithets—-and now that some are devising plans for the advantage of the countiy, in the establishment and extention of manufactures, they are charged with designs hostile to the real interell of the people—Such con duct need* no comment. Some opposition, it is said, appears againll the excise in the weftein country—but if this is fact, we doubt not on a little re flexion it will disappear—when it is confidired that the froniiers arc generally fettled by persons, who from previously living in the more populous parts of the country, fee and realize the impor tance of paying for the protection of government and the sup port of just la ws, we may expect the most cordial acquicfcence will soon take place; especially when they rcfltdt on the iinmcnfe expences actually incurred by the United States for their prt sent defen e, and the great sums in solid coin sent into the midftof them so pay the army march ng from 6 to 700 miles for their protection. Some persons are so illiberal as to fay that an exemp tion from all taxation is one great ohieft to perfnns who emigrate to the frontiers ; if this is the cafe, it is not this, that or the other tax that would suit—every public imposition to raise a revenue for any purpose whatever being equally odious. The PROMPTER, corrrftcd, and with additional Numbers, is shortly to be re-publifhcd in an O&avo Volume. Di ed] —At Allentown. New-Jersey, on the 93d ult. the truly amiable Miss Jan e Covenhoven, daughter of Mr. Peter Co venhoven, an opulent iarmer of that Stale.—The drccafe of this young lady is sincerely regretted by a numerous ar>d refpcftable circle of friends—as, to the bcautici of external form, were added thr ftiperior attractions of a virtuous and excellent difpofuton, anci a fine underftandin*. In this city, on Thursday last, suddenly, Mrs. Jane Hum phreys, wife of Mr. Daniel Humphreys, Pi inter. 147 '1 iIL r lURE <), Lib '-i. i i HER Zone unbound, her trclfcs unrohfin'd, Spoke unci (i ;nt»g n; n • ol huk., True H.apru re's ncgligeu e; as 11 !hc ~am , IL rch 'k, was ;l >t v, I»ci h 1 eye vv.s flame : Her floaiing robe* iigii ain'iou> -m'i s rece v<*, Her mode It hrealt icii thousand vmrues heave : Shield, had (he none, but Ho no,. i;, at 1 Ik Svo d Was I ruth —and Angels, as Hie fmii'd, >doi'd. From PELOSi's MARINE LIST. ARRIVALS at the PORI of PHILADKLPH■' i. Brig Havdiiriaii, Suter N't wry Lord Hawkcfbury, Newbold,' Ttuk's-Ifl -d Active, M'Kecvr.i, Cap -F; s Sloop Polly, Smith, Au.<-C s Polly, PRICE CURRENT PUBLIC SECURII IKS FUNDED DEli'l 6 pr. Cents 21f 21/3 pr. £ . 3 pr. C< nt s 12/4 12/5 Defered 6 pr. Cents ir/8 1 "Jg unfunded'dert. Final Setll. and other Certificates zcj6 Indents 1?/6 N. and S. Carolina debts, 1 4J6. Bank Subfc iptions, 17,5 180 Dollars, The Volunteer Company of Artillery is defued to meet at the State-House, on Monday nex:, the sth inftam, at two o'clock in the afternoon. Sept. 3, 179! A PERIODICAL PUBLICATION, TO BE ENTITLED, The Annual Register, POLITICAL REPOSITORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Will fpcedily be commenced by the Subscriber, in the city of PHI LADELFHIA. This work will contain a hiftorv of the PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of CONGRESS, from the beginning of the (eflion which will commence in Octobcr Secondly—ST ATE PAPERS. Under this head, wili becomprifed the Reports and Statements of the executive officers of government, includitig tljofe wht • » have already been made, official correfpon lence with foreign powers, See. Thirdly—THE STATE OF THE UNION, This important article will (how ourfnuation wi'th regard to foreign naiions, by adverting to treaties, whether concluded or pending, hofti I»ties, and commeicial intercourse. 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Each volume of the Annual Register, and Political Ripos 1 tor y of the United States of America, will con tain at lead 500 pages, ottavo, and be printed on good paper, with 3 handsome type, equal to that with which the Editor's edition < f the Laws of the United States is printed. The price to fubferibers will be one dollar and a half. The plan of this work has been submitted to the confederation of Come of the firft characters in America, whose sentiments have determined the Editor with reg?rd to the undertaking. The full volume will be published in the spring of the yeai 179?. In order to render thi»Kvork as perfe£t as poflible, and truly ho norable to the United States, communications, coinciding with the plan, as above given, and either handed to the Editor or transmit ted to him by post, will be gratefully received. He with confi dence expc&s this aflilUnce from Artists, Men of Learning, Phi lofoph rs, and Statesmen, as they must be impresT d wi»h ade quate ide-'s of the extreme utility of this arduous undertaking. Gen'lemon who may incline to patronize this publication, are requested to forward their names to M ft s. Thomas & Andr. ws, Bo [ton ; John Carter, Esq. P< ovidence; Hud Ton & Good win, Hartford; Mr. Thomas v'Jreenleaf, New-York; Goddard Sc Angell, B I 1 more ; Augustine Divis, Rich mond ; Mr. P. Young, Chatlcfton ; or 10 ANDREW BROWN, Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 1791. in the ciiyof Philad< Iphia. %* Subfcribcn' names shall he picfi*,-d 10 the wo k. BY ORDER OF THE MANAGERS. The MANAGERS of the New-Haven Wharf Lottery, HAVING fold what Tickets remained on hand, pledge them" fclva 10 the public, that the D wing f»id Lottery w ill com mcricc, in the Representatives' Chitnber, in the State Houfc in New-Haven, on Monday the i2'.h of September next, at ten o'clork, A. M. New- Haven, dugvjl 16, 1791 53* A few Tickcts 111 the above Littery (and the only one» now unfold) mjy be had of thcSubfcrioers, if toon applied foi. STEPHEN AUSTIN & Co. Corner of Front and Piuc-flreets, Philadelphia, August 27, 1791. Bunker, ic6jpr. ccnt. 62 do. fcaJ do. 102J do, 62 i do, JEREMIAH FISHER, Capt. AND D
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