faAJLhiVi (Mass.) JuW 19. We hear from many placis of the gencrnus ex I ertions to relieve the city of Charlellon. We lean itom good authority, that the lodes do not exceed the films mentioned to the public, but that they ial! very heavy upon the middle class of citizens, a"?d f> are more prcper obje&s to an enlightened ' Ciin'y. The fraternity of Masons dispensed with their usual feaft« in the city, and gave a generous aiiillance to the fufferexs. The words for the mil fio of th« Prefbyteriao church in the city upon the Occasion of a charitable contribution were happily adapted. At a-time of public distress, every man is ready to propose something to prevent the like Calamities. It his propofrd to furnifh the ci ty with drains which may be filled and emptied at p'e?.fure. Weils also at the public expence in par ticular situations have been rr entioned. The po- of the city alio becomes a matter of ferioos cire, and fueh things are noticed as lead to ftich melancholy evils. The licences for public ho-ufes, and to retail -fpiriruout liquors are to be publilhed, wuh the names of the perforis who recommended fueh as hold the licences. The Vagrant Ad\ of that irate is also recommended to the public notice. It has been proposed to give frem the steeples no tice of the place of any fires which break out ;to form fire companies; to institute badges ot fueh ] companies; and to oblige fsmilies to provide water. Resolutions have already been taken about widen- | ing the flrects. Charitable conitibulions are fcri oufly demanded from the wealthy and the good,-of all our towns, remembering we are liable to the fcrae dethu&ioH. The reccmmer.dation.t to attend to health are in all thefonthern papers. Mitchel'j facts during the prevalent sickness of New-York allure us of the advantages of water. While it wts unhealthy near it was fafe at ancho £ rage at a little distance. No evaporation from ponds ( was attended with ill confequence6 till the mud was bare. Rain showers did always relieve, and wet c cloathfs in the wind. Fogs and damp weather were evll«. He recommends tc. attend to the qua t lities of water used for drinking, and to provide Cold fair water to walh cloaths, placing a due ft reft a upon walhing of the body, cleanlincfg and frelh „ cioathifg. Dr. Priestley having compared " the principles j a of the Heathen Phi!of»phy, with the principles of n CJjiifiianity, in bis late difcomfe observes, , " On the whole, we may finely fay tiat, had modern unbelievers found in the scriptures any of n the doctrines, which 1 have (hewn to have been pro- t feffed by .the pliilolop'hers of antiquity, had they t found there the dotlrin- of two co eternal princi ples, that of the emanation of all fouls from the ~ substance of the fupretne being ; the absorption of j; them into it again ; with their repeated emissions 0 aod reflations to all eternity; had they found v there the doftiina of the formation of all things Q by the fortuitous concontfe of atom?, that the air v , is filled w;th demons of diff-r nt characters, Sireft- j, ing the ass irs of the woild at their plaafure, and u giving intimations of future events by omens, and divination; had they founfl in the scripture the do&rinc of tbe pre-exiltence of all human fouls, their lapse into gross bodies, where tliey are con fined, nnd also contaminated by their connexion [, with so uebafing a companion, the purification of their embodied fouls by su'lerity and mortification, their transmigration through th« bodies of animals, by way of prepaiation for their ascent to the im- t( perial regions ; had they there fotisd the doflrine of one common principle of intelligence, or foul of the univeife, in all men and animals, without giv ing to each a permanent exillencr, had all or any of these dodlrines been found in ihe scriptures, would tliey net have exclaimed against fus.li crude notices and wild conceptions, and have rejedled the system without farther examination? It was, in fa£l, the finding no such opinions as these ifl the scriptures, that firft led Christian philosophers (after having adopted several of them from a hea y then fuurce, and having long endeavored to hold a ] them in conjunflion with their Christian principles) that led them to fufpeft their truth, and further j reflexions on the fubjeiS led many to explode them altogether. Thus is the world indebted to Chri •flianity fqr the deletion of errors, which were the disgrace of hnman reason, though patronized by the ovott eminent phihifophers of the heathen world —yet modern though lying, with the | f reft of the world, undet so great obligations to Chiillianitv, are now busily affcirlting.it with every ' weapon of reason or ridicule. Its friends, howe- 'ver, are under no apprehensions about it. This very ftateof things was forefeen and foretold, by (t its founder. Revealed religion is so far from ftr ink ing from, that it invites, the llrittefl examination. Its friends being thofc of reason and truth) engage in its vindication only as flip ported by reason and ji truth, ar.d as favorable to the bell intercflj of man- , kind." _ ' Lall Monday week was the annualrifitation of ( | the schools in tfiis town. Within a few years, new febool hobfes have been erected, and new a;>ange mems have Ireen Made. The schools for young ' n girls have, been opened, and the schools for the boyg have been put under new regulations. At j the violation, the ftfhoolcommittee were accompa nied by the feleftmen, overseers and piincipal town- V officer j, with private gentlemen and the clergy. ' In the weft school under matter ker, pleating fpecimims of reading and writing were given. The — att of writing is here taught with great fueeefs. £ In the center writing school under Mr. Gray great improvements were visible, and among the youth was the fun of a free African, named Titus Caesar Atigullus, who dillingni/hed himfelf among the scholars. In tire eallern school undar maftcr Lang, ch the children were fuiall, in some degtee owing to ell the convenient private ichools -nesr tlie eommon, T at which tfre larger boys complete their school edit- an cati<>->, and ijy Englilh grammai, navigation, mi French, furvey.ng, drawing, &c. In the ed mar school under master Rogeis, we have some of be our mult promi!7ug youth, who rtudy the Ivarnetl pr languages, grammar, geography, mathe- of matics and penmanlb'p, from whom we havt« ihe J set grcattft expetiationi. By the continued care of art the committee, and the fidelity of the mailers, we j em f * etped to render our pu!;!i • fchp-.ls a diftwguiftsd honor to ,he town, and adequate t» the -liigheft ex purposes of their inflitution. riieir impoitante is in universally acknowledged, and we trtift that :hey :ed will have tbe patronage of all good citizetw. Tli ir icy present success is an agreeable ftibjeit of public ns, congratulation. .ed' ith * ■us FAYETIEVILLE (N. C.) July 16. , in At a numerous and rcfpedable meeting of tire , he inhabitants of the comity of Cumbciland and town ily of Fayetteville, at the court-house in Fayettevilltf, an on Wednesday, Joly 14, 1796, convened by pub ke Jic advertisement fur the putpufe of expieffing their -i opinion 011 the late measures of Congress. at George Elliott, Esq. was chosen chaii man, and ir- Joshua Winflow, Esq. clerk. O- " Refnlveil unanimously, That the condu ordiAating inftruiflions during the late im- J T portant discussions in the Houfeof Reprefentfliives ' of the United States. 1 ? Convinced of the integrity of your principles, and fatisfied that your judgment would alone be a giiided by what Ihould appear bed for the interest of our common country, we remained silent, though 2 'J. anxious refpefling the event—Happy i„ the enjoy- ' m "t of every political blefling a bountiful Provi- 1 dence can beKow, we were greatly alarmed, left c j in the eonflia of parties and warmth of paffians, measures might have been adopted, pregnant with [ - fatal confequentfs and with evils the mod .calami- ) r tous and distressing. a Although we regret the difference of opinion ? e which fubfifled between you and the other repre- F fentatives of this (late, on the important question ° 5 of making for the British treaty, I we are happy to afTure you, Sir, that your vote 8 on that occasion meets our fulled approbation, and r we believe that of your constituents generally. Jt f - is to us a frefh pro.f of that independent foil it and ? unbiassed judgment, which hath ever marked yoar J political condua, and (hould ever govern the re- F ; prefentative of a free people. a Endeared to us by this manly, firm and inde- ' pendent conduct, during the moll erifu tkat ' has been experienced since the adoption of the fe 1 deral Conftitntion, you may refl assured, not only ' ' of the continuance, but of the encreafe of oar F ' confidence and elleem ; a«d that we will endeavor V to make your iclidence among us, curing the re- 3 cess of Congress, as agreeable as poffiblc. 0 ; THE ANSWER. c To George Elliott, Efqoire. 'j ; THROUGH you, Sir, I beg leave to offer my | grsteful acknowledgments to thofc of my confti ments who have thought proper to express their " - confidence in my integrity, and approbation of my * conduct 111 Congress, as contained in the address you have \ ecn so good as to present from them G ' I can fay with truth and honest pride, ihat on all occasions hnce I have had the honor of being a P [ reprefentatiye of the people, ray votes have bee.. dictated anddirtfted by a pure define to advance the uttered and hsppinefs of my countrymen, and to secure to them tfic blessings of peace and good !' government. ° n | Unanimity is certainly desirable , ,„d no man can tegret more than 1 do, the necessity which compiel- 7 , mc t ° difTcr.t from my colleagues ; bit, defira b,e as it is, it ought not to be obtained at the ex pence of facr.ficirig the judgment, to my coun. try and constituents 1 am alone lefponfible fur m y ; votes and public conduct, and therefore I could not ft ■ 1. k ado P tln g the opinions of others, however ! " reiyecrable, when they differed from what I con- ' 1,1 ; ceived to be my duty in giving my assent to the I 1 a PP ro P"a.t«o«B for carrying the treaty with Great- i'' bntain into effedl J it being a measure. whith I ! 8 had reason to think and hope, would ensure the ' tf harmony of out common country. j '< "1. h fent;men,s of r <-gard I return my warmed I thanks to my friends and fellow-citizens, for their j P 1 kmd assurances of esteem and encreafed confidence tc in me, and their obliging wilhes to add to my hap- r piHtls while I remain among them. Y { 1 / f y°"' Sir, and the gentlemen who are present, si I feel myfelf particularly indebted- for your polite ll am. friendly attentions, and sincerely offer you the K thanks of a grateful heart. bi WILLIAM B. GROVE. 10 oi Ex'raft frbra an Oration, delivered at Newport ** R Eliery'" 4°f ■ }Uly ' ' 796 ' Ai ' rilham "At the head of our government presides the fr chie., the state.man, whole name excites the warm-! th ell emotions of grat.tude, aff.dion an d veneration D | o the name of Washington—-a name so g.eaw I and had intended to annex my feeble e>co-' : mium ; »Lut the share he fills in my rn'md is lia'Jow dt ed- nor dare I even pra.fe him ; that he ever W be been eenfured, can be accounted for only lipon that h( principle, which bad, men, through the obliquity ot their undedlandtngs, the ing.atuude of their j feelings, and the perverfenefs of their hea.ts, to ha arraign even the wddom and good IK fe of Prcvid- n< cncc. ' 1 fiv * * , n I « :ed " sfa::ricar.t I when ». ci aTsiSer like this i» at eft ttrap'eH to be traduce/!, it is a diiecl attack upo • is all ; it is Wounding yirtne and paffwtifii), in tb i C y petl'on »f their m .ft uiiliiigmthed votary and illut ir trione fupportrr : When a character like this i lie fuffered 1o be reviled—is fuucrccl to be treated wit I wanton indignity*—where will you find ths man who has talents to exert, who has n character to b< injured, or feelings to be wounded, who will ventun to serve his country ! What integrity of life—wha tve exertion' of patriotism—what accumulation of fcr vn vices, will fheher tiim ? Who can expect to efeapi |(l obloquy, when thans of calumny have been aimec b. =it a bosom which nfever knew dilliunor, or felt re •jr proach V' foreign intelligence. ot PARIS. • id Letter from the Ov:?i nijJary of tbt Executive DireSory 0 near, the armies of Icalyand the Alps, to the Exe jf ctitive D'neHory. 4 Lody, 25 Floreal, 4t!iyear. re " Citizens, j " The enemy being connquered at Lody, as 1 ' hare informed you, had filed towards Mantua, by the toad of Pizzighitonc ; they were pursued on the 23d, and finding it more pr-udent to fly than to wait lor us, they precipitated their retreat. Piz zighitone being however, ocftipkd by the enemy, General Buonaparte firft caufcd it to be furroimded —then attacked—and this place was soon taken ; the garrifwri,confining of about 1.00 men were made priforiet'S j 'we have also taken 4 pieces of cannon a' ' n howiflH :>na, is this moment occupied troops j. other tide aur ran guard muit be in Milan, wiir hjad quarters will lie eltafelifhed there to-mor row ; we there expect to rrfre.li ourselves a few diiys not so much on our own account, as on that of our troops, whom it can be eafi'y fnppofed, aremuch fatigued by a month's continual marching andiight- i g ' * From the I'Eclair May 29. Tbf reports of the day, give us the hope of an approaching pcace betweenthe French Republic and 1 Austria, and confequeatly with all the continental powers. ' A letter from Mayenre of the 12th May, in forms us that the truce 011 the Rhine, is prolonged ' two months, and that the Arch-Duke Charles has 1 been ordered to Vienna, on the other fide we are aflttrtd at Paris, that the citizen "Defcorches, late Miniiler of the republii at Conllantinople is em -1 powered to negociate wiih the Emperor. One of our moll elleemed papers even goes so far as to fay, (hat he has departed to Vienna fer that purpose. | This departure ilots not appear to us to be very j liksly. It is not in our prcftnt fituatiou to be, Fup pofed, that the Directory would choose the capital I of our principal enemy, for rhe feat of negociatiop ; brcaufc it would appear by this as if we sued for peace. We may then helieve that negociations are about to be recommenced, but irot at Vienna, ana that this place is not the destination of Defaorcbes. Lebois, the Editor of the pretended Friend »f the people [L'aroi du Pruple] a paper printed in the Spirit of Marat's, is arretted. Seals! hare been put on the press of the Journal des Hommes Libre* which daily defended the cause of Babceuf, Drouet and others. We mnft however believe that this aft of rigor has not been oxeu-ifed against them on ac count of their opinions, but as the ao-tflTaiies of the co'nfpiratori. Wis it not so, it would be an attack on the liberty of the press, »hi«h we would be far from approving In the ijgfit of the 2d of this month, some move ments were perceived in the Fauxbouig Saint Mer cean, but a patrol of cavalry soon dispersed the fe diti«.tis. In gen<»l, the police of the night is well conducted, since Cochon is .miniQcr. The confpirstor. of Pa. is had prepared, in com pany with molt of the adminiftr»rions not elsfted by the people, several .of the commandant?, mem bet sot Ibe popular societies, and revolutionary com mittees,, the meafuresby which the horrjW. scenes they intended f«r the capital were to be repeated in ttie departments. Tranjl.it. u for the Gaxette of the United Steles, from late European Papers. 1' AR I April 22. j On the 29 th instant, the fealt of the married per sons w>lf b«celebrated. For that purpose the Di leftory has liTutd a particular direction to the Mu nicipalities—purporting that 1 £ ac j! A M«" !e >»h'ty frail endeavour to find in their diftuft fuel, mariied peifons as have diftin guifted themfelve, by an bono.able action, «r who, tho incumbered by a family of their own, have retcivcd one or more orphans into the fame. Then , the Municipality shall write the t.smcs of such cou | pies on a roll, and publish them on the d«y apooin ted for the feaft, and in the name of th/iun ry, prelcnt thtfe p-rfons witli civi« crowns. The young couples married one month ago, or fincethe tl ort- ffi ti niiJl bC ,0 —1 he proccflion. Ihe women to appear in whita Lt" tH' I TTh' h B e "T' S a " d rib • Jn the altar of the country, a speech fui -ah c to the ofcafion fltal, be dclivL'ed, JnTpuU pied bv ' " g " P la «s of honor to be occu thetlcV i" f>ar ?" ° f b " h f -«' Surrounded by f 1 * n" U g,an(i children. He vvhoZ \ m * the civic ,! ] n-i, dbe chatgtd to dirtribute tTownß. i lip rYf(*tititi » I" rt pie ceiemony, v,uh all the touching cha.ms of so i . iemnity Hue to the frme. "t.msotJo- elterday the beginning wms made of .t, cempt:oh of the im It rr ot ,be re " ! helow, f„rcoppered so) '' and ; houte of Communes. b "" s d^".th e , .p. ... May 8. ' Ihe viftortts obtained by our tro-vn* ! n I, 1 ' helve bll P J i.3!t, - 1 al- Intlead of stockings, the fon with old linnen and (hi-'.-p fkini; iufVad of breat." >1 the soldiers for fotne time only rt. ei-r 1 ,7 tlry Cli T of- nuts, partly, rotten. V At I) I, the Chotians loft in a bloody engage. ment, their chief Lavieux Vi'de. The fokiierj ; fciitd 500 louis, and j number of Entrlifh Bant !e Ncyjrs upon him. -—• n Gen. Foltboiinc, has been rmifcJ'ered near Mar seilles. » >s Count Carletti was favdqred by the Arcbduke t. of Tufenny on his return with a and a r considerable oft ate, a circumstance on which our •s papers make different observations. r Rewbell.and Lijjßeveillere Lepaux, are h the members of the dtre&ory, the mult opposed t* to the Urrorifts. , The coat and waistcoat, of Charette, were fold at Rouen, for 26 louis d'ors. , n London, Ma}' 10. d Off Cherbourg, our vefiels captured the priva -1 teer Pichegru of 12 gunvand 41 men. Arrived at Sheernefs, frum the North seas, the - Dutch Cutter De Vltfgheir, of 12 guns, Captain J Van Efch, and the French Cutter Lc Petit Diable, s of 10 guns, Capt. Reynier, taken with f.>me of e their priies by the Kite, armed veflel off Chrillian e sand. • / Appreher.fions are entertained, left out home s ward bound Ealt-India fleet, way £.11 in with the , Dutch fleet, that failed for the Cape of Good - Hope. f Capt. Sidney Smith, has informed one of his re - lationsat he is decently treated at Paris. I Ihe army of Great-Britain at piefent, conftftg ; of 154 regiments, amongst them are 45 regiments . r of Cavalry of 16,500t8en ; the infantry amounts e to 88, coo, so that the whole regular Britifli army, i excepting the militia, mid volunteers, consuls of 104,500 men ; besides we have foreign subsidiary f troops to the number of 17,000, to wit j 12,030 t> Hanoverians and 5,000 Helfian*. The whole i number of officers in tbe army is 1628, including 3 s field Marfhalls, 31 Generals, 55 lieut. Generals, t 151 Majors General, 122 Colonels, 565 lieutenant I Colonels, and 701 Majors, This elat, by an ap proaching promotion will be augrrjeuted with 316 • officers. r TRICINT, in Tyrolia, Mav 3. A number of troops dailv defile by forced narch - ca for Italy. At Infpruck, 3 companies of Tyro • lian Riflemen are railing. 1 BOSTON, July 22. • COMMENCEMENT. The annual commeucertieut, at Harvard Univer f:ty, was observed on Wednesday lail, with that brilliant dilplay of erudition and genius which has ' generally diftinguiflied the occa/ion. The number ' of the young gentlemen who commenced Undents at the Univeifity, was conliderablc j and the Gra duates numerous. ! t he Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Member* of the Council, Senate, and a large number of pri vate gentlemen, forming a lengthy cavalcade, pro ceeded from ;hi< town to Cambridge, to be present at the gratifying exhibition of the talems of their country. The accuflomed formalities preceded the exereife* of the day, which terminated in the forenoon.— 1 he Orations, Dialogues, &c. were on the follcw ing fubjecls—which palled the ordeal of an en lightened and difccrning audience, with great ap probation. BY THE BACHELORS. 1. A salutatory oration in Latin,by Francis Da na. 2. A For«iilsc disputation upon this question —"Whether the ele£lric fluid be the cause of the Aurora Borcalis ? By Thomas Mafou and Nathan 1 ilton. 3. "Time," an Englilh Poem, by Charles Pinckney Sumner. 4. A Greek Dialogue upon " The learning of ancient Greece," by Leo nard Morse and Benjamin Rice. 5. An Enghfh conference upon " The comparative advantage' of agriculture, manufactures and commerce to the U nited Stales," by Charles Cabot, Samuel Welles, and Luther Wright. An Englilh oration upon " The .Triumph of Philofaphy," by James Ken dall. 7. A foienlic disputation upon this question " Whether Re3fon,unaGilleJ by Revelation,would have led mankind to jaft • notions, even of the (irft principles of natural Religion, by Samuel Dana and Peter Thatcher. 8. A Latin dialogue neon " The advantages of a public education," by Wendell Davia ami William Tudor. 9. An En glish coufe\ence upon " 'i'hecomparative influence ot a principle of curiolity, a propenlity to units tion, and a difpolition to form habits, in determin ing the human chara&er," by James Jackson, Ed mund Toppan, and George Wingat#. 10- An English dialogue upon " The par.er of falhion, by Charles"Davts and JtHin Leighton 'i'uttle. ll« A forenfic difputalion upon this queilion, " Whe ther ccmttuaity of goods tends as much to