and fraternal regard, which no other intereits will ever be able to inter rupt. This is the vote of the Nation al Affenibly, and you, Sir, are le quefted by tliem to communicate rliefe jentiments to the Humane Society of Mallachufetts. The Pes IDE nt of the National Aff'enibly. (Signed) GR.ENOT VAUBLANC. Published by order of the Humane Society, JOHN AVERY, jun. Rec. Sec'ry BALTIMORE, June iy. From a Correspondent " Eveiy man, who is able to tell that two'and' two make four, mull fee that Congress have given great encouragement to American fruit and •jrain spirits, by the excise-law. h'o reign grain spirits are to pay twenty, eight cents per gallon, and foreign spirits of all other kinds twenty-five cents per gallon, though spirits made of fruit and grain in the United States are to pay only seven cents. The lead difference is eighteen cents .—average duty of foreign spirits be fore the adoption of the federal con ltitution was not more than fix cents upon foreign, so that the least differ ence against foreign spirits is now twelve cents more than it used to be itn~ der the State Governments.—Congress have made a difference in favour of Spirits made of native materials, by laying three cents more on Moiafles- Spirics. No State ever gave this en couragement to Spirits made out of the produce of our farms, over Spirits made from foreign materials." NEW3ERN, (N.C.) June 9. The Circuit Court of the United States adjourned yellerday. In the course of the term, Edward Jones and Edward Graham, Efquircs, were admitted as Counsellors. On Thursday last, Nathan alias William Round, ftoocl his trial on an indictment for piracy, and was ac quitted. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. MR. TEN NO, HPHOSE who peruse your paper with impani- X alityobferve, that you never appear to be il liberal exc*pi when y° Ll inadvertently adopt fen tirnents, or make quotations from the National Gazette.— What you remarked the other day in refpe&to foreigners, was not ftri&ly proper or de cent ; but con(idering from whom the sentiment was borrowed, you had reason to suppose it would be agreeable. In this you were mifbken. A Bof tonian h-s no privilege to attack or even to retort upon others—he ought always (ilently to suss i abuse. The Gazette of June 25th, has justly re proached you for applying to your political oppo ncuts the precise terms which they constantly be stow upon the mod rcfpc&able chara&ers. In llead of following their example, it may be ufeful for you to consider, that a gentleman can have no fufl&cient apology for adopting scurrilous language on any occasion. Even a scurrilous reproof of lucli indiscretions will be read with pleasure, efpe cully if it be consentaneous with the character of its authot, and do not offend against those princi ples of unity, congruity and delign, which are ca pable of beiiowing a kind of beauty on objects which, feparatcly considered, arc hateful and de formed. A. B. Philadelphia, June 27. The Constitution of Kentucky was finally ra tiued by the Convention of Danville, on the 26th day of April last. The firit Legislature was to meet at Lexington, on the 4th instant. Isaac Shelby, j£fq. is ele&ed Governor. We learn iiom Windsor, (Vermont) that on 1 the evening of the 2oth ultimo, the Distillery , and Brewery in Middlebury, belonging to Mr. ' Rofar, was con fumed by fire, supposed ,to have been communicated from the chimney. A large quantity of Grain, Brandy, Gin, Porter, and other liquors, were likewise consumed. The building was 150 feet in length, and com pletely finifhed—squal in value and conveni- to any in America. Fortunately, the people who slept in the building escaped unhurt. T ne damage is estimated at three thousand pounds. Large funis of money have been sub scribed, to aflift in rebuilding the house. By late accounts from Hifnpaiola, it appears hat M. Blanc helande the French governor, entertained apprehenlions of hostile designs 011 the part of their neighbors, the EnglisH at Ja maica In consequence of an encreafe in the armaments at that place— Two regiments, in addition to the troops already there, being or dered irom Nova-Scotia— but it is molt proba ble the object of the Britilh is to preserve the p:aee of their own iltand. 1 he Alfem sly of Jamaica have reicinded the loan of r\-001. to the government of St. Do mingo, made ,ome time since—the said govern ment having declined the acceptance thereof. 0m r D CoUn r te , r of the funded, dwjt ot Pcnnfylvanla having been lately detest- 1 ed, the public have been cautioned by the Comp-' troller General to beware of such as may be of lered for falc. ili/f n lh ; '* lh of cont.in. the follow,ng The (fabferiber thUks it hi, duty thn.«rly to mform his friend., that he de clmcsftand.ng, poll, , t the enfaing eitttio,,, for a member tt> Cotigrcfs, JAMES JACKSON. The State of Connecticut, according to some late resolutions of the legiflature,i; taking mea sures to carry the law of the United States fur regulatisg the militia, into execution. Sunday last was drowned in the Schuylkill, near this city, Mr. Johm Eeohn, a native of Ireland—educated in Francs—xhofe premature fate is greatly regretted by his acquaintance, and lamented by his friends. By late accounts from Ireland, it appears that a f'pirit of candor, urbanity and benevolent citizeulhip, pervades the various fefts and de nominationsof persons throughout the kingdom. This union and coalition is absolutely necefTary to precede those exertionsfor a redress of griev ances which have hitherto failed for want of harmony and a consolidation of interests. On Satnrday last arrived here in the Brig Little Sarah, 24 days from Kingston, (Jamaica) Mr. Bowen, Mrs. Bowen, aud Mr. M'Currach, of Jamaica, and Mr. Hugh Lenox of this city. On Monday the 18th inft. Captain Stakes' troop of light dragoons moved from Elizabeth- Town, (N. J.) on their route to the weftera country. Mr. Vinikg has informed the people of Dela ware that he declines being chosen member of Congref* for that itate at the next eieftion.— John Dickinson, Esq. has alio declined being elceted Governor of that itate. OnTuefdavthe 19th inft. arrived at Wil mington, (Delaware) the Ship Wilmington, Capt. Jeffries, in 37 days from Belfaft, with upwards of 5X> fouls. The paflcngers on board the fliip Wilming ton, from Belfaft to Wilmington, have publish ed a certificate purporting their grateful sense of the very humane and kind treatment of Capt. James Jeffries during a pailageoi'37 days. Humanity—delightful tale— More sweet than summer's faireft gale, That wafts us to our dclHn'd Ihore ; For thou exiits, when that is o'er. In the Montgomery, Bnnyan, arrived at New- York from London, came twenty-five paiTen gers. PAPERS received from Cape-Francois, to the la(t of May, give but an inlperfe& idea of the Colony. From a pcrufal of them we coll; 61 the following A committee of the Colonial Assembly, about the middle ot May, reported the plan ot a Con flitution lor the Colony. The papers leccivcd do not give a copy of it. The Assembly have begun to dtfcufs us merits; but their proceedings, owing to the relludtious laid on the pieU, do not appear. Some ilir has been made in the AfTcmbly, to render its operations independent ot the National Assembly, by reprefvnting that it has not the right to repeal the conUitutioual law of the 28i.fi of Sept. which rcfpe&s the Colonies ; and that, the Colonial Assembly, holding its powers as the National Assembly Goes from the Conflituting Assembly, will acknowledge no other law as then guide, in enathug thole concerning the internal government ot bairit-Domingo, than the coniti lutional law of the 28th of September. It is propoled to submit to the King, for hi& approbation, their ( laws, in the fame manner, as ihe National Allembly. '! And also, to draw up an account of tlie decrees propoled and cnailed by the ConiViiuting and Lcgiflative Affemblics, relative to the Colonies, with oblervations to prove, that the want of local knowledge in those bodies, has not a little con tributed 10 blow up the flame of discord, and is one of thefirll cauks of the calamities fuffered in Saint-Domingo ; that the National Assembly may clearly fee, the pioptiety of leaving to the Colo nies to ena£l the laws which are to govern them, without which powers the colonies cannot exilh Mr. Fave ranges, a Member of the Colonial Assembly, proposed to abolilh peifonal slavery, and to ticciee, as elf ntial to the existence of Su gar Colonics, a fpecics of slavery, binding the slave to the foil. He alio propoled regulations, foibid ing the use of slaves lor domcltic service*, and to fill their places by hired freemen. Ke repreferited, in support ot this plan, domestic slaves as the cause of the present diftui bances, from the oppor tunities they had of feeing, hearing, and learning. He also infilled on the advantages of encreafing the population of whites by this means, and there by opposing, with more torce, any attempts ol the negroes; and on the profpetl ot a more care ful culture, by rcltoiing to the sugar plantations, ico,ooo working negroes. These proportions of Mr. Faverances, who appears 10 be an eloquent and influential member, were ordered to lie on the table, to be taken up alter the completion of the Conllitution. The Assembly appears unanimously of opinion, that slavery, 111 some shape or other, is neceifary to the v ( ry existence of the sugar colonies. Martinico has framed its conilitution. A refpe£table number of the Members of the Colonial Assembly, appear to be warm fuppor teisof the rights ot the free people ot colour. Additional Particulars ot the Death of the King of Sweden 4< The night the King went to the Opera, he went hist to his own box, attended only by one Chamberlain ; and when they were seated, lie said, " Now is the time if they mean to murder me, for them to do it ; for you alone, cannot de fend me." Afterwards he laid, " Well, we will go down;" and the moment he went, he saw hi.v fate, for those who were in the plot crowded about him ; and lo clofc was the allafiin, that be felt the muzzle of the pistol before it went otF.— the number ol those that were taken up, was a Baron Home, who declared himfclf not on ly an accomplice, but the principal in the thi conspiracy. (London Paper.) ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. It is remarkable that all the recent com plaints refpe&ing the excise, originate at the feat of government; the complexion and fea tures of these complaints are so finiilar, that it is taking no great rifqne to pronounce them all the illegitimate offspring of one family, if not of one parent —but the public may reft affiired, that these paper puppets are not supported by 31 correfpmding production: from thole parts of the levtral slates which are principally interest-; ed in the business. Accounts from various j quarter, particularly from the southward, in-; dijjatefuch an acquiescence in the lav/, as mufti Compltatly dilappomt the hopes and wiihes of* those vho take so much pains to brew mifchief. A piragraph in the National Gazette of June i3ih, announced that " the canker worms" in Mal fachufrtu and Connecticut, had formed a " pow erful confederacy" against the " eajlern cxcij'e," and vere manifefting " their wrath and indigna tion" against the law, by " making dreadful ra vagesamong the apple trees" in that quarte. It s ftrangc, fays a corrcfpondent, that men who «n all occzfions boafl of their own extraordi nary jihilanthiopy, should behold their neighbor's crup? destroyed with malignant fatisfattion. The plea/Ure refilling from such fentimcnts,. and the hjonof of being airociated in politics with "canker worms" ate not envied by the people of New- England. As the ravages of these infe&s have in some measure ceased, it is recommended to those whole genius and education have rendered them wile and learned in the natural hiftorv of caterpillars, to consider, whether it is not advisable to concert some new measures for cementing and ha»moniz ing the views and interests of this " povvei ful con federacy.'* Nothing, fays a correspondent, can better fliew the spirit by which a certain faction is adluated, than the gross and barefaced expedients they prac tice to impose on the fuopofed ignorance and cre dulity of their fellow-citizens. Ot this a notable specimen is to be found in the animadversions on the late loan from the Bank of the United States to the government, contained in the National Gazette of the 21ft inft. Among other sophistical absur dities, it is a(Torted that " the loan will consist of paper, which cojls the bank nothing," and that it will be " repaid in gold and filverThis is a direst and palpable untruth. The loan in question, and every lo*n which is made by the bank, cither :o the public or individuals, is absolutely and une quivocally a loan in specie. The moment alter the lum lent is palled to the credit of the borrower, he or any person to whom he gives an order, for the vv'iole, or any part, of it, can go or ftnd to the bank and take out the amount \n guineas* dollars, or other gold ox Jilvcr. —And this, in ladt, is dons in every cafe in which gold and silver are more convenient to the party entitled to receive than bank notes. If he takes bank notes, it can only be bscaufe he prefers them. And what arc these notes? They ire payable to the bearer on demand, in gold or silver. Every holder of a note can go or lend to the bank any day in the week, except Sunday, and receive the amount of it in specie. These arc ta£ls known to every citizen of Philadelphia, to every well-informed man in the United States. When, therefore, the whole sum lent can, in the firfl injlance, be taken out of the bank iu gold or sil ver, or both, the mere pleafuie of the borrower — when, if he takes note*, it mult be ior no other reason than becaufc he prefers them-—and when, for ihe notes which he takes, he or any other per foil into whose hands they come, can at any time demand and receive at the bank their amount in *»old and silver—with what propiiety, with what plausibility, with what fcmblance of truth or mo de sty, can the people be told that the loan inquel tion consists of paper which cojls nothing to the bank ? But this is not all. It is endeavored by ambi guous and artful exprclfions, 10 induce a belirt that the government has wantonly, without conjidcra tion, and at the expence oj the people, granted Jour millions of dollais to the bank. This is the natu ral inference which uninformed readers would draw from what is said : and yet nothing is fur ther from the truth. The government has not granted a Jmgle farthing. It has only granted to a number of individuals a corporate capacity to en able them to aifociate and unite their own money and funds to carry on the bufincfs of banking. It is irue,thcy make a profit by that business; but they make i t only at the expence of those who voluntarily deal with them, not at the expence of the people, as :s lalfely and wickedly aliened. i hey make it at the expence of those who arc wilting to borrow their money; for the loan of which too iliey can take no more than fix per cent, per annum. The borrower also finds hhs compcnfation in the use of the money which is lent to him ; so that in ftriflntls the pro-: fits of the bank are at nobody's expence; lince every one who contributes to them gets a full equivalent for what he contributes. Nay, he commonly makes a profit to himfelf, over and above what he poys. Neither has this mere privilege, this capacity to associate and ast as a body, been granted without abundant confederation. Several important pub lic advantages .ifford of themfeives fufficient com penlation. The accommodations to trade by fa cilitating loans to those who carry it oil —and by eftablifiling, in the notes of the bank, a more con venient medium of lemittance from place to place. The promoting of the easy collection of the reve nue by means of those loans, and of an cncreafed circulation. The rendering it moie eafytothe government to obtain loans on moderate terms in cases of emergency ; as in the very instance which has called forth the malevolent ftri&ures under ex amination.—Nor arc these the only considerations of the grant—A special and direst equivalent has been secured by the government, in the very terms of it, worth at this moment 1,200,000 dollars. This results from the light reserved to the go vernment to ftjbfcribe 2,000,000 of dollars to the stock of the bank ; borrowing back with one hand what is fubferihed with the oiher,& without an im mediate advance of a single (hilling. By this ope ration, at the present price of bank stock, the go vernment has made a clear nett profit ot the furr. above mentioned, namely, I,2oo,ooodollars, since it can dispose of its (hare of that stock at an ad vance of fixt) per cent. The government then has in fatt secured to it ! felf one fifth of all the profits which the bank has made, or (hall hereafter make. It has secured to itfelf what is now equal to a clear gain of 1,200,000 dollars.—Are 1,200,000 dollars no consideration ? Let the condutt of the national government be I compared with that of the states, which have made fimilnr grants. Pennsylvania, Maflachufetts, New- York, Maryland. Which ol these Hates has made so advantageous a bargain for itfelf as Congress have done for the Union ?—Neither of them.— Then where is the ground to fay that, in making ihe grant, Congrcfs acted zcanton/v and without consideration ? Pcace, Brawlers 1 Peace ' The Editor has received fever a I letters of ths following L L- Richmond, June 13th, 1792. SIR, YOU will please to discontinue my paper af ter the receipt of* this. I alfure you'/t is with regret, that I give up the United States Ga zette ; but I think the tax so unjull and arbi trary, that I am determined never to contri bute any thing to encourage it. lam, Sir, your most obedient. Under the former Poll-Office Law, the ex change of newspapers between printers was a matter of courtcfy and indulgence ; and lb uncer tain was the communication which arose from this indulgence, that those exchange papers were intercepted and prevented from reaching their destination more than half the time—Witii refpeft to papers for subscribers, the business was still more precarious—During three years experience, a series of facts have occured, so adverse to a distant circulation of a newspaper, that the Editor of this Gazetta is fully convinc ed that the bufmefs wt «-'d very soon have en tirely ceased, had not government interposed.— For eighteen months preceding the tirfc ofjune, not more than two thirds of the numbers of the Gazette were received by distant subscribers, through the medium of the poft-office—The consequence was, that a very considerable pro portion of them were discouraged from conti nuing their subscriptions—and in a very lhort time, the idea of taking papers printed at the feat of government, would have been very ge nerally abandoned—Complaints became univer fai; to remedy which, the new law was palled— an expence was inevitable—the firft enquiry was, whether this expence fhouldbe thrown up on the community at large, or whether it ihould be borne by those immediately benefited —for the income from the poft-ortice was not calculated to be more than fufficient for the support of the department—lt being determin ed that it would be unjust to impose the burthen on the whole communiny—the next enquiry was how the buftnefs should be equalized ? It is known that the printing business is carried on in tie northern states at a much cheaper rate than in the fouthern.—Hadprovifion been made to transmit papers by the mail free of expence, it is evident that the southern printers would have been placed in a very disadvantageous li tuation—for the northern printers would have poured their publications into the southern states, at a price greatly below what the fame work can poflibly be executed there. Another confidsration was—the state of the buiinefs as it refpedted a great number of pri vate news-carriers, who traverse various parts of the United States out of the post-roads— some reference to the rates paid by those who employed these riders, was neceflary—on the plan of having the expence general, these would have been fubje&ed to a double iinpofition, merely on account of not living on the polt road. Great pains was taken to ascertain the low est rate of postage, which would be competent to defraying the expence—and it may be rea sonably expected, that if on experiment thepre fent rates are more than fufficient toenfure the obje«st, a punctual tranfmilfion of the papers, that they will be reduced—no idea of a revenue from newfpapsrs being contemplated. The rates at present are not more than one quarter of the sum paid to many private polls— Should the law conduce to punctuality, of which there can be no doubt, the papers will be dou bly valuable, and from present appearances, the circulation of newspapers will very soon he greatly increafed—this 9 whatever may be sug gested to the contrary, was the design of Con gress in pafling the law—For as ignorance is the support of Tyranny, so misrepresentation and fallhood are the bane ofLiberty and good go- I vernment, the effe&s of which can only be coun j tcra&ed by enabling the people to fee and judge for themselves. SHIP NEWS. 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