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<S of
as William B. Grove, E(q. during the late fefiion of
:h Congress, meets our warmest Kpprobaiion ; and
s, that a committee of five pcrfons be appointed to
d» draw up an address on the occasion, expressive of
the fentimcnts of the meeting." «
of The committee appointed pursuant to the above
resolution, repotted an address, which being tead,
3- was agreed to.
0 On motion, a committee was appointed to pre
h sent the fame to Mr. Grove.
r * Ordered, That these proceedings be requefled to
]- be published in the Nonh-Carolina Minerva
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Chairman.
Joshua Wixslow, Clerk.
Ie , 1
d THE ADDRESS. j
To William B. Grove, Esquire.
k Sir,
'' HAVING entru!led to you the guardisnftup of
1 our conlHmtioiial rights and political welfare, and
!' being fehfible that you poflefied superior epporty- "
IS nities of ii'fonnation. we forbore intruding opini
' or -S> 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 f<iMi- s [J, e ; r f
>on 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<m are in of cv-rv "
is said Gen. Buonaparte to the foMirry,
ith opened the Campaign in Italy. Force you, (
an, fageto Milai), and you will have any thing .
be and other representations encouraged the io'id' '
ure even to enthusiasm.
lat Citizen Murat, Aidde Camp to Gen. Bonn
lr- parte, was *ell received by the Piemontcfe, Gen
ipe Colli, and the Sardinian Minister of War.
led When he arrived at Turin, the people U nen„j.
re- »ocnlly exptrfied their admiration of the French'
and inclination for a speedy peace.
rrn. Madame de Soucy, who'attended the daimhter
of Louis, on IterM-av to Vienna, was murdered at
Vitiy, a lea,;u; from Paris, in the house which lately
was attacked by 32 robbers, who killed alboli eve
ly person in the house.
Irj The Comroiffaries in the different departments
tt- have been prohibited to use the title, " Cumnnfldry
General,' which some have aflumed'in- their funs
tions.
There arep |';.l 13 gun boats on the Loire a .
I bove Nuitzs, to fecuie the Navigation of that river
and to prevent the communication between the
armed R'jyalilis on both hdts jof the river. D'An.
<0 . tichamp, Kofuier, and the Brothers Debrtie, « ov „
2" are their principal leaders.
T> 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