himfelf privately on the road and has not been heard of fmce.—
So precipitate was his flight that he left in the Caifle Militaire two
millions of florins in money, in theTrefor Royal three millions,
twelve pieces of heavy brass artillery, twenty light pieces, arms and
accoutrements for 20 thousand men, cloathing for 30 thousand,
and an immense quantity offlour, and other provision, ammunition
and forage, altogether,to the amount of about a million sterling ; be
sides this they took a great quantity of the like articles at Ghent,
at Malines where was the grand Arlenal, at Mons, at Namur, and
at Louvaine, so that they are provided with all that is neccflary to
cloath and arm sixty thousand men, which they are railing; the
province of Flanders has already completed its quota, which is
20,900. Brabant has made much progress, its quota is 17,000, so
that the other seven provinces, to wit, Hainault,
Limbourg, Guildres, Namur, Marquifiteof Antwerp,and Malines,
baveonly 23000 tofurnifh among them, and such is the population
of this country, and so roused are the people by injuries already
felt, and by the apprehendon of what they must fufferftiould they
once again fall under the dominion of the House of Austria, that
they find no difficulty in picking their men. The deserters from
the Imperial army (mostly born in the low countries) give great
assistance in disciplining and inftrufting the recruits ; they have a
General Mr. Vandermersche who, tho I do not think him a
Washington, has a good chara&er, and much merit ; he is dis
interested, cool, cautious, and brave, and about the age of 65 years.
He has seen service, and his conduct since he has had the command
of the Patriot Army, (hews, that he can ast either with the
city of a mill-horie motion of a German. *
From this state of their affairs, it ffiould seem there is small prof
pc6l of those provinces ever coming again under the Auftrianyoke,
even should England, Pruflia, and Holland not lend them allilU
ance.
But instead of thofc powers remaining idle fpeftators, they are
expected to declare for them as soon as they are in entire poflefli
on of the country, that is to fay when they have gained the pof
feflion of the Citadel of Antwerp, and the fortrefs of Luxembourg,
this opinion is very general, from a belief that England and Hoi
land have furnithed the money which was necefljry for the busi
ness, and of which they have had such supplies as to enable them
»o pa) down for every thing they have had, as well as paying their
army regularly ten-pence sterling per day.
What commercial advantages will arise to America from this
revolution, it is not eafyto point out at prcfent, but I think one
may expect them to be considerable, the consumption of rice, in
digo, tobacco, flaxfeed, timber, Sec. is very considerable, and
their manufaaures of coarse woolens and linnens, their silks, sa
tins, laces, &c. will be afforded cheaper than from France or
England, and consequently a good exchange.
The inhabitants in general look up to America with veneration
and refpea ; they consider her struggle and success as the firft cause
of the revolution in France, and o! the recovery of their own li
berty, confcquently not only the dates but the merchants, manu
faaurers, &c. in their individual capacities will receive with o
pen arms any proposals which Congress may think proper to make.
However I am but poorly qualified to judge what will or will not
contribute to (he advantage of nations."
fOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO,
I'leafc to publijh the enclofeJ beautiful Ext raft of Dr.
Price'/ Revolution Sermon, and obligeyours, S. B.
WHAT an eventful period is this ? I am thank
ful that I have lived to it; and I could al
m oft fay " Lord now letteft thou thy servant de
part in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salva
tion." 1 have lived to fee a diffufion of know
ledge which has undermined superstition and
error—l have lived to fee the rights of man bet
ter understood than ever ; and nations panting
for liberty, which seemed to have loft the idea of
it. 1 have lived to fee thirty-millions of people,
indignant, and resolute, spurning at slavery, and
demanding liberty with irrcfiftable voice ; their
King led in triumph, and an arbitrary monarch
furrendcring himfelf to his fubjeds : after shar
ing in the benefits of one revolution, 1 have
been spared to be a witness to two otherrevolu
tions, both glorious. And now methinks I fee
the ardor for liberty, catching and spreading : a
general amendment, beginning in human afFaiis:
the dominion of Kings, changed for the domini
on of Laws, and the dominion of Prietts giving
way to the dominion of reason and conscience.
" Be encouraged all ye friends of freedom, and
writers in its defence ! The times are auspicious.
Your labours have not been in vain. Behold
Kingdoms admonilhedby you, starting from sleep,
breaking their fetters, and claiming justice from
their oppreflors ? Behold the light you have
ftruckout after setting America free, refletfted to
France, and then kindled into a blaze that lays
despotism in ashes and warms and illuminates all
Europe.—"Tremble all ye opprelTors of the
world! Take warning ( all ye supporters of flavi/h
government, and flavifli liierachies ! Call no more
(abfurdlyand wickedly) reformation, innovati
on. You cannot now hold the world in darkness.
Struggle no longer against increasing light and
liberality. Restore to mankind their rights ; and
consent to the correction of abuses, before they
and you are destroyed together."
SUPPRESSION OF AMBASSADORS, ire.
A/TANY suppressions have already been made
—but there remains a great many more to
make, and one of the most considerable is the ar
ticle ot Ambassadors, Envoys, Consuls, &c.
those decorated spies—those priests of commerce
who delight in (hackling trade, in order to make
themselves important at the expense of three
millions yearly.
Consuls may indeed be neceflary to a quarrel
some Minister—who strives to extend his influ
ence in every realm, byindireft measures ; but a
free country, as happily situated as France is, re
quires not those fhameful means to acquire a
great degree of prosperity. The French govern
ment, for the future, under the infpe<flion of the
nation, will not busy itfelf in crofling the objetfts
of other powers, to occasion quarrels. No—no
other intercjurfes will exist than those of cpm
merce and amity ; but to prefervethefe relations,
it will not beneceflary to keep,at a great expense
thole decorated Spies. Spies arethe necefla
ry valets of corrupted Ministers.—The Ministers
of a free people ought to be pure. Spies are ne
ver neceflary but in war—and as the spirit of Li
berty diffufes itfelf among nations—there will be
no more wars. Who occasion wars ? Ambassadors,
and a number of quilldrivers disguised into Con
suls, by their intrigues, and concufliong. It is
always by diireininating the feeds ofdifcord, that
they mcreafe their importance.
It has been laid, that they are neceflary in
countries where there are merchants or travel
lers of their nation. But now that every nation
has good and fafe laws—and the rights of ftrane
ers are every where a protection
is tooabunveto continue it any longer.
The above Utranjlatedfrm a French paper entitled, " Thi French
Patriot." By M. at Warviile.
LONDON, February 3.
The Commissioners of the National Debt
received the report of its liquidation on Sa
turday last at Mr. Pitt's, when it appeared
that their broker had bought as follows
Last Quarter
Capital. 1
4J.200
207,300
76,500
40,500
8,700
Consols
Reduced
Old S. Sea
New S. Sea
3 per C. 1751
Total. 372,200
Total Amount.
Capital.
2,162,fj0
1,238,300
9 1 3,900
665,300
204,800
Consols
Reduced
OldS. Sea
New S. Sea
3 per C. 17J1
Total 5,184,850 3*898,505 10 1
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1790.
On the question whether tha House (hould resolve itfelf into a
committee of the whole on the report of theSecretaryof the Trea
ftiry, for the support of the public credit.-The ayes and noe.
being demanded, are as follows,
A Y f. S
Messrs. Alhe, Baldwin, Brown, Carrol, Clymer, Coles,Con
tec, Fttzlimom, Floyd, Gale, Gr.ffin, Hartley, Hathorne Heif-
Lcc - Mjd ' son . Matthews, Moore,
Muhlenberg, Page, Parker, Van Ranfellaer, Scott, Seney, Sin!
rnckfon, Smith, (M) Sumpter, Tucker,' White, Williarafon,
Wynkoop. 33. NAYS '
Meifrj. Ames, Benfon, Bland, Bloodworth, Boudinot Burke
Foiier, Gerry, G.lman, Goodhue, Grout, Hunt.ngton, Leonard!
I.ivermore, Partridge, Sherman, Sylvester, Sm.tb, (S. C ) Stur
grs, Thatcher, Trumbull, Vining, Wadlworth 23
MONDAY, APRIL 19.
Hon. John Steele ; member from the state of
North-Carolina appeared and took his feat this
day. —
The bill providing for the punifhmcnts of cer
tain crimes against the United States, having been
returned to the Senate withfundry amendments,
and 'some of those amendments having been a
inended by the Senate—the House this day con
curred with the Senatfe—which compleated the
bill preparatory to its enrolment
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury
on the memorial of the Baron- Steuben was read
a second time—this report is lengthy—the rea
ding and difcuflion employed the attention of the
House this day—the result was the adoption of a
motion introduced by Mr. Gerry in fnbftance
as follows, — That a couimitee be appointed to
report a bill, or resolutions in conformity to
the report of the Secretary of the Treasury the
committee appointed confills of Mr. Gerry, Mr.
Wadfworth, Mr. Vining, Mr. Lawrance and
Mr. Smith, (S. C.)
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, APRIL 20
A committee confiftingof Mr. Fitzfimons, Mr. Williamson Mr.
Smith (Maryland) Mr. Schureman and Mr. Sturges, wasappointed
to ascertain what further measures are necessary to be adopted to
effect afpeedy settlement of accounts between the United States
and individual States—and to report to the House.—»-
In committee of the whole—on the report of the Sectetary of
the Treafury—for the support of the public credit.
The proposition to fund two thirds of the debt at 6 per. cent.
per. annum—and to receive the other third in lands was read.
Mr. Gr.*RY after prcmifinft, that as the committee were on
the ground of non-assumption, they could not with propriety in
his opinion, engage to pay 6, 5 or even 4 percent, on J of the
debt, moved that 6 per cent, be struck nut in order to admit a
less rate of interest. This motion was supported bv Mr. Smith
(S. C.) and oppof d by Mr. Jackson, Mr. Fitpfimons, Mr. Madison,
and Mr. White ; the question being taken, the motion was loft
and the proposition agreed to.
The second alternative, which had been rejected, was now ac
ceded to, vi 7.
To have the whole sum funded at a yearly interest of 4 per
cent, irredeemable by any payment exceeding five dollars per an
num on account both of principal and interest ; and to reccive as
a compeafation for the reduction of interest fifteen dollars and
eighty cents, funded at the like interest and rate of redemption.—
The committee rose and the House adiourned.
427
Sums paid.
35,299 12 6
161,589 12 6
54,646 2 6
3i,49° IO o
6,774 2 6
289,800 o o
Sums paid.
1,618,761
938,156
687,513
501,065
153,008
9 4
7 °
1J o
16 3
2 6
PIT March if.
As the spring approaches the Indians tt}
commit depredatious : From good authority we
underrtand, that a it-w weeks ijuce a fniajl settle
ment, contorting of between twenty and thirty
persons, about fourteen miles on this fide Lime
itone, were entirely cut off, by a party of indians;
BOS T O N, Ai.nl 10.
SHIP BUILDING.
It is said, that orders have been received here
for building several large (hips. One merchant
we hear, is now in treaty with the Ship Carpen
ters, for building a Vellel of 900 tons. A Mer*
chant in Salem, we learn, is building a veilel of
1100 tons; and in Philadelphia, accounts fay,
tlieie are now twenty-two ships 011 the ltocks,
and all above 240 tons burthen.
NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21.
ExtraEl of a Letter from the Eajlward } dated April. 6, 1790
I never eonfidered the national government as being more than
half established by the nominal acceptance of the form—to take
from our newspapers the metaphor thev have used, it was an arch,
but to me the Key-done was wanting—the attual exercise of cer
tain powers to the exclusion of the states would be finding the
work till this takes place I cannot think the couhtry completely
fafe from the danget of difunionj and confequeut anarchy and
wretchedness.
I am no holder of ptiblic fecuritie.* of any kind, but I consi
der the aflumption of all our stats debts as so e(lnitial, that as an
individual I would rather pay a four-fold interest hro the nat -
onal government, than an half per cent, thro the medium
of the ftatc—becaufe the former may give us prote&ion, the lat
ter cannot. I confefs to you however* that I am still indulging
myfelf in the pleafingi Jea that voU will succeed in this point, in
the present feflfion—ahd if you do, 1 shall think that the govern
ment has done every thing its most sanguine friend?* ana every
honcft patriot could have wished—is you fail, there certainly is
reason to apprehend a longand hard contcft with the state govern
ments for powct.
A Correspondent fays that during the last ses
sion of Coiigrefs, many persons were nneafy at
the flow progress made in public bullnefs ; more
especially in refpeft to the revenue fyfteni—but
notwithllanding all the care and attention paid
to the fubjedt—fome mistakes took place, nnd
provision has been made to remedy them : That
more errors did not get incorporated in the fyi
tem, is more to be wondered at, than that any.
are found to be correrted, and this cannot be
justly attributed to any cause with propriety,'
but to that slowness ininveftigation, that caution
in decision, and that great attention which was
paid to every part of the business j and which
could not have been the cafe without a great ex
pense of time—but this expense is commonly the
least, and conduces to economy in the iff'ue.
The important fubjedt of funding has long
engaged the attention of thcHoufe ofßeprefen
tatives of the union : A greater concern carinot
poflibly come before them—innumerable difficul
ties obftrudl the progress of the bufineis—the no
velty of the work, the diversity of interests and
the relative ficuation ot the several ltates, all
conspire to render the ralk arduous, and point
out the propriety of making every decision the
refultofa calm and patient investigation of truth.
In this way a system may be formed which will
be found on trial to Hand the test.
A correspondent observes, the only way to
forn. ajuft judgment on the bufineft of
on is for the afliimptionifts to place tlieinfelves in
the situation of the non afTumptionifts—there can
be no doubt that Soutb-Carolina and Maflachufetts
would in that caie be as much opposed to the
measure as Virginia, Maryland &c. are.
A correfpodent would enquire, Whether the
controvei fy refpetfting the afl'umpcion of the state
debts is not a controversy between creditors and
debtor*—or rather between the non afTumptionifts
and the (peculators in state paper ?—and whe
ther in the firft cafe the plea of the delinquent
ltates can be called a plea of justice with refpetft
to those states which have paid their debts ? or
in the latter cafe, whether it is worth while to
risque the tranquility of the union to please the
speculators '—which would probably be the
cafe by afl'uming, unknown millions.—
Another correspondent observes, the peace
and tranquility which now pervade the United
States afford the most favourable opportunitv to
our civil rulers, for laying the foundations of the
government broad and deep.—lt may fafely be
said that there is not a government upon earth so
universally acceptable to the people as that of the
United States, —Now is the time then to establish
our credit, that " Key-Stone of the arch of our
political exiftence."—lf the present moment of
our salvation is fuffered to pass away, unimproved
we have every evil to anticipate, for the time may
come when the people " lutll not bear found deft*
rinc," in polities—and " are there not already
many falfe teachers abroad in the world
THE following persons are recommended to the free elrftora
of the city and county of New-York as worthy of their fuffrages
at the ensuing election, By many Elector*.
For Rcprefcntativc to Congrcfi, *
John Lawrance.
For Senators,
David Gcifton, Peter lefferts, Philip Van Cortlandt, Samuel
Jones. AJJimHy*
> John Watts, William W. Gilbert, Robert Randall, John
Campbell, James Watson, Nicholas Crugcr, Henry Will, Cor
nelius J. Bogert. John Pintard.
ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST. NEW-YORK.
Brig Liberty, Juerin, Halifax, at Sandy-Hook, 4 days.
Sloop Sally, Thomas, St. Johns, (N. B.) 7 days.