FROM. Till COLUMBIAN CENTINEL,
PUBLIC HAPPINESS.
No. V. ..
NOTHING is more delightful.to a benevolent
inind than the fight of human iiappinefs,
and the traveller who beholds it in any country
will by the sympathy of nature /hare in the feli
city- Every traveller in this country will have
his feelings powerfully excited by feeing the
happielt people on ©arch,with profpecfts unbound
ed—Heaven, ever propitious to Amer'tca, is brown
ing the year with health and plenty, and we
every where behold the vivid countenance and
the smile of joy. The old query and complaint,
" Why were the former days better than these P is
not heard in the land. The people have tlie in
telligence to know the superiority of their blefl
ings, " out of the heart the mouth fpeaketh,"
and there is a voice of contentment and glow of
gratitude—there is a triumph of sentiment which
is American. Religion, which is the of
human exigence, now expands the virtuous mind
■with sentiments of felicity while recounting the
favors of Providence, and the wide prolpect of
future good to the world, from the events daily
unfolding here—Diilnterefted benevolence is
Heaven in miniature.
The United States have only to continue their
exertions and progression in the line they are in,
and they'will rife with the flow of time, until
their populations and improvements exceed all
the nations of the world. This appears to bean
irrefiftable conclusion, from the foundation laid
by nature, apd the present Itate of things—ln
truth there is nothing that can be opposed to this
happy conclusion, but a conjeAure that the peo
ple of America may be become ignorant, fools,
and madmen—But as such a conjecture is against
all reason, it vanishes from the mind, and leaves
the field of hope every where bloH'oming with
flowers, and the moral hemisphere brightening
into day.—From the beginning of time there
were nigver so many causes.in operation to dif
fufe universal science, and such powerful and
multiplied means to enlighten the whole people
as are now seen in this country. If the design
of Providence can be learnt from the long chain
of causes and events which have conspicuously
marked the history of this country, moral rea
soning will confirm the conclusion from nature
and present fadts. Every appearance in reason
and nature, the pad and the present, express in
capitals the glowing profpedls and pre eminence
of Columbia. Let the EDUCATION OF THE
CHILDIIEN forever be considered and pursued
as the firft concern—by legislators, judges, cler
gymen, and by ALL men. This, and this only,
will crown with perfecft and never fading glory,
the empire of freedom.
FROM THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL
Mr. Russell,
I SINCERELY congratulate the public on it*
late rich acquisition of historical knowledge
in the publication of Mr. Belknap's History of
New- Hamplhire.
If genius and merit are encouraged as they
ought to be, we may soon exped: to fee a com
plete history of each State ; and until this is done
we cannot expert an authentic and copious ge
neral hiltory of the United States.
South-Carolina and New-Hampshire are now
brought down to the present day, by native his
torians of our own foil, who do honor to their
parent Cotinubia, as they would to any other coun
try.
The history of Connecticut, we hear, is under
taken by the Rev. Benjamin Trumbull, of New-
Haven, and that of Georgia, by Edward Laug
•worthy, Esq.
Rh . le-Ifland, Delaware, Maryland and North-
Ca"ol; la, have not yet furniflied any regular
history, written by any of their foils—what little
they have, has been written by foreigners.
That of Mafl'achufetts, New-York, New-Jer
sey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, are very incom
plete, and foine of tliem more than 50 years be
hind.
If we are so happy as 10 have gentlemen in the
several Slates poileffing the fidelity, candor, li
berality and industry of Belknap and Ramsay,
with their elegant simplicity and smoothness of
Itvle, they will not fail of pleasing. No one
who feels the honed: pride of being an Ameri
can, will think his library complete until it is
graced with the Histories of Belknap and Ram
say, and we may add of Minot, the Boflon Sail,/]}.
PHILO HISTORIC US.
From PELOSI's MARINE LIST.
" thefollowing intelligence we had from Cabt. Rogers, of the brio- liar
— —:...j a i>,._ .. D?.; c.i* °
many, arrived at this port from Port-au-Pnncc, Srpt. 10
,284 l'lantations burnt; 94 ditto entirely deflroyed ; i6q ditto
of coffee burnt; 154 white men killed; 48 women ; ißchildren
murdered; 6 plantations, of the Gallitet family, destroyed;
36,000 Negroes revolted; 8,000 killed and oifperfed ; 4,000 re
turned back.
A TRAVELLER,
PARIS, August 4
IT is generally f*id, that the King is to be per
mitted ro retire to Fcnminbleau, there to de
liberate with his Council upon the revised con-
Itirution, which is speedily to be presented lo
him. Without doubt Ire will be puzzled whe
ther to accept or refufe it ; for it will either be
accepting or refilling the Crown. He will have
leave to go to Fontninb'feau, to prove that ac
ceptance's free. This is considered to be mere
ly a political farce, for ga vi here he will, he will
It ill be guarded—ilill will be considered as a na
tional prisoner.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
August 6
The proposed constitution being read, M. de
la Fayette rose. For a long while, gentlemen,
the people have been wishing for this constituti
onal aCt, which formed after mature deliberati
on, admits no longer of any ufeful delays ; but
which, on the contrary, every circamftance
prompts us finally to fix. It is at a time when a
combination of passions and interefls, is in moti
on around us, that it is proper to proclaim these
principles of liberty and equality—to support
which, every Frenchman has irrevocably devoted
his life and honor.
The Aflembly, no doubt, also, is of opinion,
that it is full time to give to all the powers efta
bliflied harmony of motion ; that the nation may
have at foreign courts ionftitutional organs ;
that the numerous explanations they owe us may
be obtained, that the sleep of royal functions be
at an elid ; and that mutual confidence may re-
vive
I shall make no mention of the arduous duties
which our '.•ountry has a r ipht to expeift from
me, (because every facrifice to it is due) but rnuft
impatiently wi!h to fee it in afituation no longer
to cail for their exercise.
I propose that the Committee of Constitution,
should draw tip the plan of a decree, to fix the
forms to be fallowed in presenting the constitu
tion, when it is finally agreed to, in the name of
the French Nation, to the King, for his mofl in
dependent examination and accepting.
Agreed.
LONDON, August 12
A fliip lately arrived in the river from Phila
delphia, has brought over fix fine plants of the
Maple Tree, which we understand are intended
as a present to her Majesty.
The King of Spain has caused the following
intimation, addrefled to the Supreme Council,
&c. to be published
" After a long negotiation with the Bey and
Regency of Tunis, since the truce of 1786, for
the purpose of laying the foundation of a treaty
of peace, friendship, and commerce, by a treaty
ufeful ar.d advantageous to my fubjeCls, I have
the fatisfacftion'of informing them that this trea
ty, which secures forever free navigation and
commerce on the coasts of Tunis, of which Spain
has been deprived for several ages, was signed
this day, with thanks to Almighty God, &c.
" Madrid, July 19//; I 791."
The Consols were clone yesterday at the very
high price of eighty-nine (with the dividend)
an initance that has not been known since the
year before the Ariierican war.
This day his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales will enter into the 30th year of his age.
The Church now building at Peterfljurcrh is
the lnrgeft in Europe. Two thousand men have
been working 011 it these twenty years, and are
not yet at the top of the walls. It is of poliflied
marble, both outside and in ; the pillars are of
one piece, fifty feet high ; the base and capitals
of solid silver ; but the greatest cnriofity of all
is the wooden box, which covers the whole from
the weather, conltrucfted in a particular manner.
All the Empress's buildings are on the fame im
mense scale. The Great Duke's dog-house has
1 ;oo windows ; gnd the Audience Chamber, in
whichthe Einprefs receives Foreign Ambafladors,
is lined with poliilied silver— Such is the magni
ficence of her Imperial Majesty.
TURKS and RUSSIANS,
We have already informed our readers of the
capture of Anapa, by the Ruffians. We are now
enabled to lay before them the account trans
mitted by Prince Repnin, the commander in
chief of the Ruffian army on the Danube, to the
Ruffian Ambafiador at Warsaw.
" I have this moment received information
that General Gugowitz took the fortrefs of Ana
pa by aflault, on the 3d of July, new style.
There were made prisoners, Multapha Pacha, of
Three Tails, (son to Battal Pacha, who com
manded lali year at Anapa, and was then made
prifener) together with the famous Scheich Man
four, and about 14,000 persons, including the
troops and inhabitants of both sexes.
" The rurks defended themfelvesobflinately,
and many of them were killed.—l am vet unac
quainted with the extent of their loft, "and 1 do
not yet know ours, which, however, the courier
afl'ures me is but trifling "
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198
Ifabell Stewart, who was on Wednesday hft
executed for stealing in a honfe" where foe was
servant, differed materially frriin thfe' generality
of women who bring themselves into that fi;ua
on.—Her hulbancl being a Tailor, engaged as a
foremaft-rtian in a vcflel bound ro Botany Bay
and /lie did all in her power to accompany him
there, but finding she could not accomplifli her
p>int, ftie deterniined by /haling to be sent after
him, at the expence of government, the how
ever overfliot the mark, by committing a : capital
offence.
Mr. Hammond, the new Consul General to the
United States of America, arid late Secretary to
the Embafiy at Madrid, will let o(Fina few dnvs
for Philadelphia. His appointment is of the
highest importance to this country, as he has it
in conuniflion to conclude a treaty of Ofrenfive
and Defenfive Alliance between England and
America. The outlines of this treaty have been
already difcufl'ed, and we learn that some very
considerable commercial advantages are held out
to America as the basis of it, which will in time
supplant the greater part of the trade of Ruflia
with this country.
Permanent (tock was never known so higli ;
at the fame time, that which is considered not so
permanent, is alarmingly to the holders, upon
the decline. Whether a simple stagnation for a
day gave rife to the report that the Minister has
it in agitation to pay off the four per cents, or
whether such a report was thecaufe of their fur
ther declension, a short time perhaps may deter
mine. That such an event is at all likely to take
place, is a brilliant circumllance in favor of w he
finances of c;his country, and of those who hold
reins of government.
From the Eaft-lndies, the accounts brought by
the Aberpavenny, are favorable ; but not so ex
travagantly flattering as we may have been taught
to expect within tliefe few weeks by other ac
counts. When the dispatches left India Lord
Cornwallis was hastening to attack Tippoo's
grand army, and appearances promise every
thing.
At home, from every quarter of the kingdom,
the state of autumnal produce is most luxuriously
reported.
The clubs of Paris seem again to be restored ;
but they have not the influence with the Aflem
bly which they had.
The maddefl. feat of milled patriotism that ever
any unhappy country experienced, is at this
time exercising in Spain. The Church, no doubt,
has the sole conduifi of the present persecution
of strangers, which has taken place in every pro
vince throughout the kingdom ; and let us hope
it may prove what it feerns strongly fympromatic
of, the last convulsive struggle of fuperfticion.
Extrau from a private letter from the Eafi-lndies,
dated March 5
" I now write you from the top of the Ghauts,
within jo miles of Seringapatam, the capital of
Tippoo Sultan, and nearer by the fame distance
than ever English troops were before. The de- 1
tachment I am now with consists of a brigade 6f
light field pieces, which ascended the Ghauts
without opposition, the day before yesterday.
Our force, under Col. K artley,confifts of the 75th
regiment, the grenadiers, and the 7th battalion
of Bombay native Infantry (the troops the Col.
had with him at the glorious action at Trevan
ganny) to which were added a detachment of
the 73d reg. and a corps of Grenadiers, consist
ing of fonr European and five Native companies.
" Our situation in the Ghauts is such, as to
bid defiance to the Sultan's ntmolt power and
force. The remainder of the army, commanded
by Gen. Abercrombie, are in the vicinity of the
Pass, and our principal employ for some time
will be bringing up provisions, stores, and heavy
cannon.
" The whole army under General Abercrom
bie now coufifts of near 9000 fighting men, in
cluding the Travancore troops, strong ill artille
ry under Major Jones."
BURLINGTON, Oct. n.
Burlington County Society for the Promotion of Agri-
culture and Domestic Manufactures,
It appearing to this Society that the attention
paid by them to the means of improving the qua
lity of the CHEESE made in this county, ha'
been produdtice of beneficial effects ; and the
Society being desirous, further to promote a ma
nufacture of the greatell importance to the.agri
cultural interest of the (late—Refolvcd, That for
the greatest quantity of the bed flavoured, mild
est, and richelt Cheese, (not less than wr.)
which shall be made the ensuing season on any
one farm in this county, and produced in goo-1
order to this Society, on the firft Saturday in No
vember next, between the hours of ten and twelve
o'clock in the forenoon, accompanied by a cer
tificate from at least two reputable freeholders,
mentioning the place at which the fait' Cheele
was made ; a premium of Thirty fihsr Doll<' rs
(liall be paid; together with the market price foi
joolbs. weight of the fame cheese.
MAY 7, 1791