PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENXO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA
[No. 72, of Vol. ll.] Wednesday, January 5, 1791
V I E N N A, Oct. 2.
WE learn from Wallachia, that the truce ra
tified by the Porte was publicly announced
in the army at Bucliareft on the 16th of Septem
ber. Prince Potenikin is laid to be expected in
this city soon.
On the 19th of la(l month, the truce between
the Prince ofSaxe Cobourg and the Grand Vizier,
•wasfo far concluded, that both parties ceased all
hostilities ; but each keeps the territory and
towns they are in poiFelfion of, till the figningof
the definitive rreaty of peace. The place is not
yet fixed for the holding of the Congress.
BERLIN, Oct. 9
A courier is jaft arrived from Count Lufi with
the news of a convention of Armistice having
been ligned, on the 19th ultimo, by the Prince of
Cobourg and the Grand Vizir, under his medita
tion and guarantee, as Prulfian Plenipotentiary.
Last night died, after a lingering illness, his
Highness Henry, eldest son of Prince Ferdinand
of Prulfia.
The day before yesterday, a courier arrived
herefrom general MollendorfFfrom Weft Prtifiia.
Since which we are informed that he has placed
ten regiments in the suburbs of Laiigfuhr, near
Dantzic, and that five other regiments have re
ceived orders to take their pofleffions in the
other suburbs, viz. Scotland, Stohzenberg, and
Oliva
Yesterday the people employed to take care of
the liorfes and waggons of the third army, who
were already discharged, received orders to
come back.
D A N T Z I C, Sept. 23
Our deputies are arrived at Wariaw ; and we
learn from thence, that there are hopes of the
treaty of commerce with Prullia being fettlc-J.fas
that the trade of Dantzic will not materially
fufFer by it. The three estates aflembled on the
ißch, at the council chamber, to debate 011 the
present lituation of affairs, when they resolved
to wait the answer of the King of Poland to the
requeftof the citizens, before any thing further
is proceeded upon.
HAGUE, Oct. is
Themarriage ofthe princess Frederique Louise
Guillelmine d'Orange, and the Hereditary Prince
of Brunfwick, took place yesterday with much
ceremony and magnificence.
The Comtc de Mercy Argenteau, his Apolto
]ic Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of France,
arrived here yesterday, for the purpose of at
tending the Congress aUembled at this place, on
thefubjed: of theAuftrian Netherlands.
PARIS, October 17,
, They write from Lille, an account, that M.
Quincy, who fonie time past blew up the pea
sants with gunpowder in Franche Ci»mte, was
ltopped and iniprifoned.
The King's letters patent, on the decree for
the fuppreliion of the Parliament, was presented
the day before yesterday, to the Chamber of va
cations, and inrolledin the regilfer of the Court,
bearing this ordinary clause—The a<t of inre
giftering will be repeated at the eltabliftiment of
the Court. This clause 011 which they would at
tach ideas of protestation and custom, the Cham
ber of Vacations could not dispense with.
The Parliament have consented to write to the
King to teltify their fubiniffion to his orders.
This letter is not yet published.
LONDON, Oct. 20,
Untler the expreflion, " for the dispatch of di
ners weighty and important affairs," in the pro
clamation for the meeting of Parliament, much
may be fpeculatecl, but more may be affirmed ;
the state of foreign negociation is become too fe
riaus for the Cabinet Council (consistent with
that liberal coincidence offentiment and concur
rence which should ever fublili between the le
gislative and executive branches of a good govern
ment) to continue the progrei's of difctiflion to
the extremity, without the open a;id approving
resolutions of the nation.
Monf. Calonne set o(Fon Saturday on his tour
to foreign parts. He goes fir 11 to Italy.
" M de Mirabeau's fpeecli, relative to the fa
mily compact, is to be translated into Spanish.
" M.de Cabarrus's imprisonment proves fatal
in its effedts to his relations and friends daily.
On the night of the nth inft. the Countess de
Galvez, Dowager of the Viceroy of Mexico, was
fcnt to Valladolid. M. Bathedas has been con
fined in the prison of Madrid. Two French fer
vanis belonging to M. Cabarrus, and two be
longing to Madame de Galvez,have been conduct
ed to tlie frontiers, and several others of M. Ca
barrus's friends, have been removed to different
places."
It is certainly the cordial wifli of Great Britain
to avoid war ; but the weight flie bears in the
f.ale of nations, and her honor, more than all the
relt of her importance,commands her not to bear
with impunity the insults or the attacks of any
power on earth. Those, therefore, who have
routed her spirit, in this point, may expect her
vengeance, or fubjetft tliemfelves to her power
and arms, or to their own mean and abjrit fub
millions and comprom'ifes.
A truce of fix months is said to have taken
place between the Emperor and his Belgic sub
jects.
The patriotic army at Namur is in great want
of horses : the officers are unable to procure
them to carry either themSelves or baggage; and
the artillery, &c. cannot be moveci from place
to place, as Jieir exigencies requite, for want
of them.
The Belgium forces are to be immediately aug
mented to jo,ooo men, and the Sovereign Con
gress has exprefled its clefire, that some effective
stroke should be made before the approaching
winter ihould render such an event impossible.
A man of polite manners, and a bigot to the
gloomy tenets of Cal 'in, happened to fall into a
religious dispute. " God Almighty (Said the
Calvinill) may,confidently with his justice, damn
you eternally, even forthebeft works which vau
are capable of performing." "He is more of a
gentleman, (replied the other) than to behave
in Such a manner."
M. de llfoms, Liie""TYem.-h has for
mally religned tlie command at Brest, declaring
as his reason, his uttter inability to keep the
crews under discipline, or of rendering service to
liis country. M. d' Eitaing is to be appointed in
his room—an officer more likely to conciliate
the sailors.
Lalt week the new iron bridge, coflftrui r ted
under the direction of Mr. Payne (the author of
Common Sense) for the use of the Americans,
was exhibited before a number qf virtuofl, and
gave infinite fatisfadlion. The bridge, consists
of one arch of call iron, ninety feet long, and
weighs but thirteen tons. Mr. Payne's firlt pro
posal was to conltrucft a bridge over the Dela
ware of 490 feet long, but his countrymen pau
flng on the impracticability of this mealure, the
above was undertaken as a specimen.
Proceedings of the General dffembly oj the State of
North Carolina,
HOUSE OF COMMONS,
Wednesday, November 24, J 790.
THE order of the day being called for and
read, Resolved, that this house resolve itfelf
into a committee of the whole house, to take un
der further consideration the propriety of giving
inftrudtions to Samuel [oil nil on and Benjamin
Hawkins, Efqnires, Senators of this State in the
Congress of the United States.
The house resolved itfelf into a committee of
the whole accordingly.
Mr. Polk in the chair.
After fonie time spent in committee, the speak
er resumed the chair, and the chairman report
ed tlie following refolntions :
Whereas, when the General Aflembly of the
State of North-Carolina, in its feffien of 1789,
did nominate and appoint Samrel Johnfton and
Benjamin Hawkins, Esquires, to represent the
laid State in the Senate of the United States, eve
ry expectation that had confidence in their in
tegrity, opinion of their abilities, «r certainty
ot' their industry in discharging the trull reposed
with them, was entertained.
With regret do we add, that our constituents
ind o'irfelves too fenlibly experience the evils
uifing from a want of that exertion in them,
which, if duly made, could not have failed of be
ing highly beneficial to this State, and might
hive rendered aigovernment, adopted under ma
ny doubts, and with fonie difficulty, betcer adapt
ed to the dispositions of freemen.
RtfolveV, that the Senators representing this
State in the Congress of the United States, be,
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and they are hereby directed to life their con
stant and unremitted exertions until they effeift
having the doors of the Senate of the United
States kept open, that the public may have ac
cess to hear the debates of the said Senate, when
in its legislative or judicial capacity.
Resolved, that when in Congress, they be di
rected to correspond regularly and constantly
with the legislative ; but during the recefsthere
of with the execative.
Resolved, that they have such of the journals
as are not of a secret nature, printed, and trans
mit the fame to the executive, at leafb once a
month during the feflion of Congress.
Refuhed, that the Senators of this State life
their utmost endeavors to effect economy in the
expenditures of the public monies, and to de
crease the monstrous salaries given to the pub
lic officers and others, who, however much they
be deserving of the public gratitude, or liberal
it}' for palt or present Services, ought only to be
compensated agreeable to republican economy—
not enriched with the bounty of regal Splen
dour.
Ref Aved, that they Hrenuoufly oppose every
excise and dired: taxation-law, Ihould any be at
tempted in Congress.
The committee of the whole house further re
port, that they have appointed a sub-committee,
in order to take under their consideration any
further i nflrudlions to be forwarded to the Sena
tors of this State in the Congress of the United
States, and beg leave to recommend to the house,
that the said sub-committee be empowered tore
port to the house by their chairman, the several
resolutions they {hall think the molt proper to
recommend, and further that they be difcliarged.
The sub committee, Meli'rs. IVl'Dowell, Tay
lor, Jones, Mebane, lrvin, Cabarrus, Leigh, and
Play.
All which is submitted.
lir\ufo do ooncui' with til©
foregoing report of the committee of the whole
houle.
N. B. The foregoing were negatived by the
Senate.
ED E N T O N, December 17.
Extract of a letter from FayettiviUe, dated the Cth
December.
" You will observe in the proceedings of the
House of Commons of the 24th of Nov. some ve
ry curious and extraordinary resolves", feverelv
censuring our Senators in Congress. It seems
they have not regularly correlpended with our
Executive ; and this alone, as far as 1 am able to
learn, is the cause of the acrimony and malevo
lence shewn them.—Our friend Dr. J. Leigh, of
Tarborough, who, though a young member,
seems to take the lead in bufineft, and 1 think
has given a striking proof of what his country
may exped: from him in a political capacity,—
opposed thein with that manly and independent;
spirit, that I know not which molt to admire, the
talents of his mind or the virtues of his heart—
they, however, were carried in the lower lioufe,
but rejected in the Senate.—They seem in gene
ral to be violent against Congress, on account of
the afiumption, and refufe to give up the checks
in the treasury to the Loan-Officer. : hey pro
pose also to empower the Treasurer to subscribe
the whole amount of the debt afliimed for this
State by Congress, and to employ the certificates
now in the treasury, which have already been
liquidated and punched, for that purpose—it is
said there is nearly a futficiency. The deficien
cy they expeift to make up, by employing the
money now on hand in purchases in the market,
under the direction of the Governor and Coun
cil."
N E W-L OND ON, December 24
By a gentleman just arrived from Cape-Fran
cois, we are informed, that the infurretfiion of
the innlattoes and free negroes in the neighbor
hood of that place, which threatened very seri
ous consequences, is almofl wholly quelled, the
insurgents being collected in very small parties,
and many of their leaders taken, whom it is sup
posed vrill be condemned to fuffcr death in its
moll cruel forms.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 19
Married in this town, the Honorable Le SieUR
Jean Tuscan, Vice-Consul of France, to Miss
Elizabeth Parrot.
W. POLK, Chairman.