Art. 17. The suppression of the duties of re moval paid by the parifli priests to' the bilhopsin certain provinces. Art. 18. The fuppreflion of corporations and wardenfliips. Art. 19. The fuppreflion of the plurality of livings. Art. 20. A medal to be struck to consecrate this memorable day, expreflive of the abolition of all privileges, and of the complete union of all the provinces and all the citizens. Art. 21. Te Deum to be sung in the King's Chapel, and throughout all France. Art. 22. Louis XVI proclaimed the Restorer of public liberty. These resolutions to be printed, and immedi ately circulated through the kingdom. There are several other articles; such as, the abolition of all Ullmerited pensions; all arti zans to be exempt from taxes, who employ no journeymen ; all suits for feignioral and royal rights now pending in the courts, to be fufpend fcd till the constitution is completed, &c. august 13. The preamble to the famous Resolution which followed the facrifices made in the National As sembly; on Tuesday night,the 4thinftant, isfhort and expreflive : The Assembly considering 1. That in a free State, property lliould be as free as the person. 2. That the ftrengtli of the empire can result only from the entire union of all the parts, and the perfed: equality of duties and charges. 3. That all the privileged members, and the representatives of provinces and cities, are chear fully disposed, even in emulation of each other, to make a solemn renunciation in the name of their constituents, to the nation at large of all their particular right and privileges— Have Resolved and Decreed, See. The facrifices of the 4th instant independent of the influence they will have on indultry and en terprize, will produce savings that will fructify the national revenue to an amazing degree. The savings in the pension lilt will be twenty millions of livrcs a year. The Viscount de Veneur has given a noble ex ample of generosity to his vallals. He has an eft:ue near Alencon—he allembled his vaflals, and in their presence burnt all the titles to his seigni orial rights. At St. Dcnys, the tumults of the populace have been attended with very alarming consequences ; the Chief Magistrate of the place was seized and led to execution : two other obnoxious persons were also butchered. During the uproar, the grand benedi<ftine abbey was attacked for the fake of its treasure ; but although the riches supposed tobe contained in the royal tombs operated very incentively 011 the people, in the end they forbore to commit this sacrilege. PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 6. Eniratt of a letter, dated Louisville, Aug. i, 1789. " This day week the inoft diabolical design that ever was formed, was difcovej-ed in Martini, co : It was an infurredtion of the negroes, who were that night to have set fire to the large and beautiful town of St. Pierre ; while the white people were all in confufion,and driving to escape the flames, they were to be butchered indiscrimi nately, man, woman and child. The combusti bles were laid in upwards of 100 houses, (consist ing of hemp dipt in turpentine.) The plot was not discovered till ; o'clock in the evening, when a negro belonging to an old lady, flung with re movi'e on thinking that he mull: murder the woman who had brought him up from a child, disclosed ittoher. The troops beingthereupon aflembled, 40 of the negroes were taken, armed with a han ger and long knife—the instruments which were inafew hours to have put a period to theexiftence ot upwards of jooo people. All the inhabitants have been under arms everfince, as they are afraid the negroes will attempt to refque the 40 who are in goal—but this week they will be all refcuedby the grim hand of death in the dreadful form of therack. As it is only fix hours paflage to Mar tinieo, I thai I go there to fee the execution, to be convinced if the rack is the terrible thing it isre prefented. Extract from huidfays Hotel Diary, Sept. 20. e have just received a particular account of the loss of the ship William and Thomas, Capt. lunter, ot Stockton, from Gibralterfor Patuxent. that on the 20th of August they supposed them elves nigh to the coast of America,but the weather proving hazy for five days they could get no ob eryation ; and the wind during that time blow ing from N. E. caused a heavy swell, which, with t ie current, set them much nigher the Carolina c °a t than they imagined : The wind increasing , le > "J'ove on shore in the night of the 24th of ugult, and stranded. We areforry to add, that 'oin the dslolate part of the coast on which they ve ieloft, the materials saved couldhave brought ma H price to the owners. M>. f oc ' at ' on a refpetftable part of the C 1 chants and Traders of this city, for the dif couragement of Smuggling, is now on the Coffee iioiife table, where ic will remain Four weeks, to be signet! by tliofe who chufe to support the measure : afterwliicli time it will be printed, with the names, in the different newlpapers of this city. NEW-YORK, OCTOBER 10. Justice and Mercy are the pillars that support the throne of the Deity : Human governments formed on these principles will stand, will flourifh so long as those principles shall operate : The experience of all past and present times confirms the truth of this observation : —Happy is that people who pofifcfs the magnanimity of spirit, firmly to resolve that all their public tranfa£lions shall, under allpojjible circumjlances, be fquurcd by these eternal rules of right. The important obje£t of making provision for the payment of public Creditors lay with great weight on the minds of Congress; but the variety of other bufmefs jhat claimed an immediate attention ; and the uncertainty that rested upon the operation of the Revenue System, as to its competency and produce, ren dered it highly ineligible to take up so complicate, and important a fubjeft, when matters were so situated, that no adequate plans could be adopted : However, to give the mod positive and une quivocal afTurances of their future determination, on the tenth of Sept. the House of Rcprefentatives pafTcd a Resolution to the fol lowing purport, viz. That it highly concerns the honor and inter efl of the United States to make some early and effectual provision in favor of the public Creditors of the Union—and that the House would early in the next feflion take this fubjeft into consideration —and the Secretary of the Treasury was directed to prepare and digest in the recess, the neceflary plans for this purpose, to be laid before the House at the feflion in January. There is no ast of the National I.egiflature that refle&s more distinguished honor on the illuftrfous chara£lers which compofcd it, than their determination to establish public credit. So grea< was their ardor to convince the community of their intention tu do justice to all descriptions of creditors, that they could not put off their declarations relative to this fubjeft,till funds were broughl into actual operation. We accordingly find among their acts thai they have honorably recognized the public debts, and given as- Turances that they have it in contemplation to make such provision for the purpose as the circumstances of the government will rendei practicable. This (hould ihfpire hope and confidence in the well, withers of order and justice ; and (hould finally extinguish the doubts that have been entertained refpefting the eventual paymeni of the public debts. It (hould likewise teach the enemies of our government that they have deceived themselves in expe&ing thai our affairs would continue to wear the fame difordcred afpefl which formerly charatterized themjg The confufion and discord that those restless men have wished and anticipated seem, like the contention which Solomon speaks of, to be left off before they are meddled with— For taking all things into consideration the Legi slature have made as great advances towards putting into effeflual motion the obje£ls of the Constitution as any reasonable man ever expected. We dill however muff bear the complaints of the envi ous and difappointcd. The oppofers of every government form no inconsiderable class of men. Innumerable are the causes which excite discontent and clamor; and no period of the world has ever been exempt from men, who take a delight in stirring up uneafi. ness amory; the people, and reproaching the conduct of all the measures of government. Let the good citizens of this distin guished nation learn to believe that their rulers have stronger mo. tives to do good than evil ; that it is less probable wife and well informed men will commit blunders than those whose situation precludes them from knowing, what are the bed methods to pro mote the public prosperity. There isan unconquerable propensity in human nature to change, —To this versatility may be ascribed a great proportion of the evils of life : It seems to be more owing to accident, than to the sagacity, patience, and perseverance of mankind in purfuitof pro per objefis, that they ever enjoy the benefits connected with the best devised plans—and if America (hould fail of realizing all that happiness which (he hath anticipated under the New Constitution it will be owing more to this cause than to anv imperfection of the system, or (probably) to any faults in the administration : This ficklencfs of the public mind has, more than all other causes, con tributed to keep the people in flavery—for the generous exertions of those who would become patiiotic leaders, have too often been repressed by the dread, that the " Hosannas" of To-Day would be succeeded by " crucify him" To-Morrow. The revolution in France is one of the most glorious objects that can arrest the attention of mankind : To fee a great people spring ing into light, freedom, and happiness at once, from the depres sions of Dcfpotifm and Bigotry, isfomething so novel, and so fur. prizing, that the philol'opher is astonished, and the whole world contemplates the scene with wonder, with rapture, and applause. Americans in a particular manner,' rejoice to fee among the most (hilling patriots of France, the most diftinguilhed names of those veterans who fought by her fide the battles of Freedom. Is there nothing to be done to meliorate the condition of the lower orders of people in England, Scotland, and lieland ? There is—They too, we trust, shall ere long be completely delivered from every vestige of feudal tyranny. ARRIVALS. NEW-YORK. WtD.\tso AY, Sloop Sally, Gorham, Alexandria, 8 days. Friday, Ship Hannah, Moore, Barbadoes, 27days. Brig Minerva, Smith, Cape de Verds. Schooner Polly, Locey, Shelburne, i2days. Endeavor, Cunningham, Richmond. ( NEV.'-YCUIK, Octobei io, 178 a. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Sett. 19, 1 789. The SECRETARY of the TREASURY, In obedience to the Order of the House of Re presentatives, of the 17th inft . RESPECTFULLY REPORTS, THAT the schedule No. r contains an esti mate of the total expenditure of the Civil Lift, for the present year, amounting to two hundred and forty three thousand three hundred and thir ty three dollars, and seventy eight cents. That the fcedule No. 2 contains an eltimate of the total expenditure for the Department of H'ar, for tlie prefentycar, amounting to one hundred, (ixty three thousand and seventy eight dollars, and fixtylix cents. That the schedule No. 5 contains a statement of the amount of Warrants illued by the late Board of Treasury, which remain uufatisfied, being 189, 906 dollars, and 38 cents, which amount, as ap pears by the fame schedule, comprises the sum of 34,657 dollars, and 67 cents, included mate for the civil lift, and the sum of 25, 575 dol lars, 34 cents, included inthe eftimateforrhe De partment of War, leaving a ballance of two hun dred and eight thou land fix hundred and seventy fix dollars, and eleven cents, on the civil lift, and of one hundred thirty seven thousand five hun dred and three dollars, and 32 cents, on the De partment of War : for which appropriations are requisite, besides the amount of the warrants. The Secretary begs leave to remark, that he has inserted, in the eltimate for the civil lift, the compensations allowed by the late government to the Paymaster General and Commiflioner of Army Accounts, and his Clerks, for the entire year, oil the following grounds—The duty aflign ed to the Commiflioner of Army Accounts, by an ordinance of Congress of the 7th of May i 787, is to receive from the Diltrid: Commiflioners, con stituted thereby, the accounts and vouchers of the several States, for certain payments and advances on account of the Army and Militia, in the ser vice of the United States, during the late war ; and to examine those accounts ; palling fueh as are atithorifed by the resolutions of Congress, and stating to the General Board of Commiflion ers such as do not fall under that description, with remarks tending to elucidate the nature of the claims they exhibit, to be decided by that board on ; equitable principles. Hence the Office of Commiflioner of Army Ac counts forms a part of the system of that ordinance which appears to have been recognized as con tinuing in force by the aifl for fettling the accounts between the United States and the Individual States. The Commiflioner in question reports, that the accounts of New-Ham pfhire, Connecticut, and New-York, have been examined, stated, and are ready for the General Board ; that those of Maflachufetts and Rhode-Island will probably be finifhed in thecourfe of a month ; and that those of New-Jersey are now also under examination. The Secretary begs leave further to remark, that the annual amount of Pensions to Invalids which has been usually comprehended in the Ci vil Lift, is eftiinated at ninety fix thousand and Seventeen dollars, and eleven cents, as pr. sche dule No. 4, but it isunderftood, that a considera ble part of these pensions, for the present year, has been paid by the refpetftive States—though ic is not knowij to what extent. That there still remain unfatisfied warrants, which were ifliied by the late Superintendant of Finance, to the amount of ninety three thousand four hundred and sixty three dollars, and 26 cents, the chief part of which were granted for Supplies furnifhed to the American Prisoners dur ing the war. All which is humbly submitted. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Secretary of the Treasury. ESTIMATE of the EXPENDITURE for the CIVIL LIST of the United States, for the Year 1 789. First.—ln relation to the late Government. For CONGRESS. Dol. goths. Dol. qcths. The annual allowance made by the United States, in Congress afTembled, the 23d Aug. 1787, including the salaries of the private Se cretary and Steward, house rent, and expen ses of the houfhold. is thereby fixed at 8,000 dollars pr. ann. which being estimated to the 3d of March, the time fixed for proceedings to commence under the NcwConftitution, is, 1,358 81 The salaries to the following officers are computed from ill of January, to thetimes to which the late Board of Treasury have iffucd ' their warrant for payment, under a preemp tion, that they were entitled to salary until the delivery of the books, papers, and records of the late Secretary's Oifice of Congress, to the Secretary of State:—The Secretary of Con greis, from ill January to the 30th of June, at the rate of 2,600 dollars pr. ann. 1,300 Deputy Secretary, fame time, at 800, 400 One Clerk to do. do. 430, 225 One Clerk to the 7th of May, at 450] 158 10 Door-keeper to the 31ft March,at4oo, 100 Do. for taking care of Office, for nine months last pad, 40 Carried forward, ~'*~ 3 '° g , (To be continued.)
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