A" ; r " 1x \ PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENh'O, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOS'D AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA [No. of Vol. lI.J L O N DON, Oift. 12 LETTERS from Frankfort fay, that theAfi'em bly met there for the election of an Empe ror, has ordered, That all books, pamphlets and writings attack ing or reflecting 011 Sovereigns, or their govern ments, shall be prohibited under the moil rigoi ous penalties, the authors of them pro:be;;, -,i cri minally, the hookfellers anddiftiihutors lined 200 ducats for the firft offence, and for the second panifhed with cor.fifcation of goods. The approaching dillblution yf the present Na tional Allembly, and the consequent general e lection that will take place throughout France, •will be the true epocha for the permanent elta bliflinient or final deftru&ion of the liberties of that country The latelt feeds of the revolution in France nay be said to have been germinating upwards if five and twenty years ; that is to fav, from the noft alarming convulsion by the lentence of ba lifliinent being pronounced by the King againil the Vlembers of his parliaments, in conlequence of heir havingrefufed to register, and remonftrat mg aguinlt the injufticc of his arbitrary edidts. On this occasion he told his Parliaments, rfiat he would not fufl'er an association to be formed in his kingdom, which might grow into a confede racy of refinance ; and that his coronation oath vvas not, as they vainly supposed, an oath made to the nation, but to God alone, to whom only he was accountable. On Sunday lall a gentleman, whole curiosity had induced him to examine the internal parts of St. Paul's Church, mislead hitnfelf, by the multiplicity of pafliiges into the North front tow er [corresponding to that where the clock is pla ced] and from which he was unable again to find his way. There he remained till Monday in the afternoon, when by tying his waillcoat and handkerchief tp a flick, and repeatedly waving them, for at that height his voice could not be heard, he attracted the notice of some workmen in the church yard. Accompanied by a verger, they went to his afliftance, but, from the intrica cy as the pallages, had ab;ioft bewildered them selves in their return. At the moment of his release, his wife came into the church yard, al most frantic with the apprehension of his having experienced some fatal accident. Though in Europe and America the ordinary colour for mourning is black, yet in China, it is white ; in Turkey it is blue ; 111 Egypt it is yel low ;in Ethiopia brown. Each country has its reasons for each particular colour ; black denotes rhe privation of life, as being the privation of light ; white denoted purity ; blue expreflesthe felicity whjch the deceased is wished to enjoy ; yellow, that death is the end of all human hopes in regard to leaves that fall, and flowers that fade 5 and brown denotes the earth in which the deceased is deposited. The ancient Spartan and Roman ladies used to mourn in white. FROM THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. BOSTON, December 25. Thole who rejoice in the profperitv of their country, mud feel a pleasure on teading the SPEECH of our beloved President, ■which no language can fully describe. The profpe&s it holds out to the citizens of the United States, arc highly flattering; and it more than realizes the anticipations of the friends of the general government. May AMERICA be wife, and justly estimate the blefiings of her highly favored situation. In the fplehdor of her lifing beams, the damps, the fogs of anarchy,fedition and every evil work, die away, and are exhaled into nonentity. The opprefTcd of the elder world will fcek an asylum in this last retreat of liberty and her attendants—and founded on the rock of union, the world ihall fee our country, " To glory, wealth and fame ascend — Her commerce rife, her realms extend ; Where now the Panther guards his den— Her defart forcfts swarm with men— Her cities, tow'rs, and columns rife, And dazzling temples meet the ikies ; Her pines descending to the main Jn triumph fprrad the wat'ry plain, Ride inland lakes with fav'ring gales, And croud her ports with whit'ning fails, 'Till to the skirts of western day, The peopled regions own her sway." Accounts from the Weft-Indies mention, that Count Damas had been reduced to such extiemities as to solicit afliftance from the Governors of the Englilh islands. The fame accounts add, that the feritifh Governors had denied his request. NEW-YORK, January 4. By a letter from Judge Morris, of New-jeriey, a veflel which appears to have been Unity, Captain Barker, from ©cracoke Sound, which place fhc left on the 18th December last, for New-York, was found on shore at Deal, in the county of Mon mouth, bottom upwards, on Monday the 27th December. Part ot her cargo had been pillaged through a hole cut in her bottom, the rcmaiuder was fecurod by the (hcriff, confiding of 57 cases of Saturday, January 8, 1791 wine, 6 caflts, and a barrel or two of flaxfeed, and about 5500 hhd and barrel (laves. The wine was ihipped by Capt. Thomas pox, lately arrived at Edenton from Boiudeaux, and consigned to Mess. Hound and Co. pt New-York, a« appears by a letter found in the veflfel. Four men, rather better drelfed than seamen, the fherift informed Judge Morris, were driven afliore about a mile to the southward of the wreck. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TUESDAY, Jan. 4. The fallowing RESOLUTIONS, as the bafts of a bill for the eflablijbment of a LAND-OFFICE for the sale of the unappropriated lands in thd Wijter/i Ter ritory, were pajjed the houje. THAT it is expedient that a general land of fice be eftablilhed and opened at the feat of ihe govei nment of the United States. That two subordinate land offices be eftabliffi ed and opened, one in the government north welt of the Ohio, and the other in the government foutli of the Ohio. That all contrails for the sale of land above the quantity of acres, fliall be exclulively made at the general land office. That no land /hall be fold, except fncli in re fpecft to which the titles of the Indian tribes fliall have been previously extinguished. That the seven ranges already surveyed be fold in lots as laid out. That any quantities may be fold by special con tract, comprehended either within natural boun daries or lines, or bcili. •Iter m> fliall in any cafe be made on a river or watercourse, but in the proportion of chains back from such river or watercourse, for every chain along the bank or course thereof. That the price (hall be thirty cents per acre, That warrants for military service be put on the fame footing with warrants idiiing from the land office, and that the exclusive right of loca ting the fame in districts set apart for the army, ceal'e after the day of That no credit thail be given for any quantity less than a township of ten miles square, nor more than two years credit for any quantity. That in every inltance of credit, at least one quarter part of the consideration shall be paid down, and security, other than the land itfelf, (hall be required for the residue. And that 110 title {hall be given for any tract or part of a pur chase beyond the quantity for which the consi deration fliall be actually paid. That the of each subordinate office shall have the management of all sales, and the ifl'uing of warrants for all locations in the tracts to be set apart for the accommodation of individ ual settlers, subject to the fuperintendency oftbe commissioners of the general land-office, who may also commit to them the management of any other sales or locations which it may be found expedient to place under their direction. That preference be given, for a limited time, to those actual settlers, whose titles are not secu red by the former governments of that country, and the existing ordinances and actsofCongrefs. That there shall be a surveyor general, who fliall have power to appoint a deputy furveyor general in each of the western governments, and a competent number of deputy surveyors lo execute in person all warrants to thetn directed by the surveyor-general or deputy furveyor-ge rals within certaindiftrids to be aifigned to them refpetftively. That the surveyor-general ihall al so have in charge all the duties committed to the geographer-general by tlie several resolutions and ordinances of Congrela. That all warrants iiiued at the general land-of fice, ihall be signed by "";ind shall be di rected to the surveyor-general. That all war rants iflued at a subordinate office, fliall be signed by and fliall be directed to the deputy surveyor-general within the government. The priority of locations upon warrants fliall be de termined by the times of the applications to the deputy surveyors: and in cafe of two applica tions for the fame land at one time, the priority may be determined by lot. 697 HUso [Whole No. i 77.] That the Treasurer of the United States fliall be the receiver of payments for lales made at the general land-office, and may also receive deposits of money for purchases intended to be made at the iubordinate offices, his receipts or certificates for which shall be received in payment at thole officcs. That the secretary ot each of the weflern go vernments, shall be the receiver of a!? payment! arising from f'afcs at the office of such govern ment. That controvcrfies concerning rights to patents or grants of land, fliall be determined by the of that office, under wliofe immediate direction or jurifdidtion the locations in refpe<3: to which they may arise, fliall have been made. That the of the general land-office, surveyor-general, deputy-surveyors-genera), and the of the land-office in each of the west ern governments, fliall not pure hale nor fliall others purchase lor them in trult, any public lands. That the fecreraries of the western govern ments shall give security for the faithful execu tion of their duty, as receivers of the land office. That all patents lhall be signed by. the Preli dent of the United States and lhall be recorded in the office of the Secretary of State. That all officers aiding under the laws efta blifliing the land-office, lhall make oath or affirm ation faithfully to discharge their respective du ties, {to their entering upon the exe cution thereof. That allfurveys of land fliall beat the expeuce of the purchasers or grantees. T hat the fees fliall not exceed certain rates to be fpecified in the law, affording equitable com pensations for the services of the surveyors, and eilablifliing reafonableand cultomary charges for patents and other office papers, for the benefit of the United States. That the of the general laml -eflicr, ffialf as soon as may be, from time to time, cnufe all the rules and regulations which they may efla blifh to be pnblifhed in one gazette, at least, in each ftare,and in each of the western governments where there is a gazette, for the information of the citizens of the United States. WEDNESDAY, Jan. j [It (hould have been noticed in our lad that th<? bill for the relief of Shubael Swaine was read the third time, on Tuesday and palled.] The bill more effectually to provide for the national defence by eflabjifliing a uniform mili tia throughout the United States, was read th<« second time, and referred to the committee of the whole house on Wednesday next—too cooieu were ordered to be printed. A mellage was received from the Senate, in forming the house, that they havepaffed the bill to provide for the unlading of goods, wares and merchandise, in cales of obstruction by ice. The house agreeable to the order of the day resolved itfelf into a connnittec of the whole,anil took into consideration the bill, repealing after a certain time, the act laying duties on distilled spirits, &c. and imposing others in their Head. Mr. Boudinot in the chair. Mr. Parker moved that the whole bill (hould he again read. This was objected to, as a need less expence of the time of the committee, efpe ciallvas the fubdanceof the bill had been print-' ed. Mi. Parker infilling on his motion, and the rules of conducing business in the committee of the whole, being called for and read, the oppo sition to reading the bill was withdrawn. ' The bill being read through, and the firft pa ragraph being repeated by the Chairman, Mr. Jackson moved to strike out the eflcutial part of the firft clause. He dated his objection# at large against the principles of the bill—and reprobated the funding system, and an excise in particular, as an auxiliary to it. The tenor of his observations were to (hew that this mode of taxation was odious, unequal, un popular and oppreflive—more particularly in the Southerji States—ln which he observed, its une qual operation would te molt sensibly felt, as the citizens of those States have no alternative to a dopt,' by which they can diminish the weight of the tax —no breweries, or orchards, to furnifh a fubditute for fpiritous liquors—hence they be come a neceflary article. He contended that they were not only neceflary, but salutary in the southern regions : This he said had been ac
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