the President's speech which refpeifts the en couragement of lcieace and literature was read He then moved that it should be referred to a ie lecft committee. Mr. Stone enquired what part of the Constitu tion authorised Congress to take any steps in a business of this kind—for his part he knew of none. We have already done as much as we can with propriety—We have encouraged learning, by giving to authors an exclusive privilege of vending their works—this is going as far as we "have power to, by the Conllitution. Mr. Sherman laid that a proposition to veil Conerefs with power to establish a National Uni versity was made in the General Convention but it was negatived—lt was thought fufficient that this power should be exercised by the States in their separate capacicy. Mr. Page observed, that he was in favor of the motion. He wi(hed to have the matter deter mined whether Congress has or has not a risrht to do any thing for the promotion of science alid literature—He rather fuppoffed they had luch a right-but if on inveltigation of the fnbjecft, it fliall appear they have not, I ftould consider the circumstance said he, as a very ellbmial defed: in the Conlhtution—and (hould be for propofine an amendment-for on the diffufion of know ledge and literature depend the liberties of this country and theprefervation of the Conllitution. I lie House adjourned without a decision on this motion. TUESDAY, MAY 4, A meflage was received from the Senate in forming the house that they have pailbd a bill for extending the judicial law of the United States to the State of North Carolina—alio, that they have concurred in the vote of the house for the ap pointment of Committees to consider if any, and what further rules are neceflary to be adopted in conducting business between the two houses—also tO / et{ ™ luc che period at which the appointment of President, Vice-President, Senator, and Re. piefentatives of the United States commenced agreeable to the Conffitution. The bill to authorise illuing Certificates to a ceitaindeicnptionof Invalid officers was read the third time and pafled. A memorial of Moore, of North Carolina proprietor of Weft-Point was read, referino- to u leiolution of thelate Congress for pin chafino-the property, and praying the prefbnt Congress to confirm said resolution In committee of the whole on the hill for ad julhiig and fatisfying the claims of the Baron Je bteuben. Mr. Stone moved that the report of the Secre •tary of the Trealury on the Baron's memorial ihould be read-the clerk read the lame. The committee proceeded in the difcuifioti of the bill. The clause which proposes an annuity for life was objected to. Several amendments were pro poled and 101 l ; a lengthy debate was lupportcd 011 other propositions, but a motion for the com- Jiuttee s riling prevented a clecifioii. A meilage was received from the Senate, with the Ull providng for the government south of the Olno—the amendments of the house to this bill were jiot agreed to Adjourned FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE ro the Honorable the MEMBERS of the LATURE ot Pennsylvania, following NOTES, on the fubjdi of that Govt, , """'Wi-ilth, arc mojt rtff e(lfully infer,bid, by r A Citizen ok Pennsylvania. NJ the prefetit state of the.affairs of the United States the triie condition of the country is an . J of , molt uses "» knowledge to the body of e people of Europe. To give them some jufl eas of that pare of it, whose affairs are com- Utted to your charge, is the delign of this pub cation As you arc annually felec r ted, by the fee and equal choice of your conltituents, from k n.afs of the cmzens, on account of your powledge of their local interests and general glits, and as you are required, by our conltitu to be '"habitants of the city or county M« you reflectively represent, it will appear to an European reader,that nogrofs de puon or material uufreprefentation is defiened- Imposed upon then., in a publication made mi ll joui eyes, and which the writer has veil ed to ad die fs to you. That you may be able f mo.e perfectly to judge of the truth of the s, anc the justness of the observations, they H be confined to Pennsylvania. i i ' liE STATE of PENNSYLVANIA ! 0l)l0n g, of ij6 miles wide from north to |t*i, dv about 190 miles in length from eaff to • On the eall of it lies the Delaware river, F, n g 'r fro 1 11 Well Jersey and New-York ; F«ie north New-York, and a territory of about |i 'on and a halt of acres 0.1 lake Erie, which f l ' ania P'irchafed of Congress ; 011 the • !n L ' ' iCS ' l^e 011 which it has a con -111 <•'wont and a good port ; 011 the welfare Few lauds of Congress, called th, wtjterr, ter r,' aiH * il part oi Virginia ; on the (ouch lies P art Virginia, Maryland, and the State of Delaware. The contents of Pennfyl a^ C , about 2 9> 00 °,°00 acres, but, including the lake Erie territory, it exceeds ? IiCS , be r ee " deg y 'and 43 min! and 42 deg. of north lat. The bay and river of Ddaware are navigable from the Cea up to the great falls at Trenton, and have a light-house buoys and piers, for the direction and fafety of Ihips. On this river are thjsfmall towns of Ches ter and Briltol, and the !city of Philadelphia hC Ca , Pkal r° f CheState ' andthe largest and nioft populous sea-port and manufacturing town m the United States. The distance of rliif !?h w T r ls aboUC 6onllles across the land the New.Jersey coast, alnd 120 miles by the Aip channel of the Delawaff, PITTSBURGH, April i 7. „ •y. t . he 9ttinftant, fix persons having crofled the Ohio river, about five miles on this fide Hollyday s Cove, to the Indian fide, as it is com monly called, where they were attacked by a par ty of Indians, and five of them were made pri loners, the other got as %• as the river and at tempted to cross, but was pursued by the Indians who fired at him several times, and it is supposed killed hi in, as he has not since been heard of. 1 his account may be relied on as authentic,as we lave it from a gentleman immediately from the We are lorry to remark, fays a correspondent, hat the accounts from Kentucky, and thp dan ger in going down the river, are very alarinW • t appears evident that the Indians are determin ' on "oftihties, and though they are not seen in arge bodies, yet the great number offmall par ies, winch keep continually watching the river >ank, and cutting off the frontier inhabitants, )ears an afpeJl which is by no means favorable, >ut leems rather to threaten the people of Ken ucky with a very troublesome summer. It may be well enough to inform those who are iot well acquainted with this country, and who nay wiih to remove thereto, that we are perfect - yfecure from any depredations oftlie Indians, xtratfi of a letter from a gentleman in Ken tucky, to his friend in this town dated Febru aiT r 9> 1 790. "On the ftrit of December last, the Indian Y ;l William Brown and Mr. Allifon, 01 heir way from the Miami to Lexington, and or he third they, fired on a boat, about twelve mile: i iuu Limeltone, and wounded two men and on< woman, one man and the woman died at Lime .one of their wounds ; a few days after this the) Killed two men on Licking river, and took a prisoner, and 011 their return from doing thii nufchief, they attacked a boat below the Scioto I» It as it had been landed, and killed four men and took one man and two women prisoners, anc about four weeks ago, they fired on a boat ant 1 cai,oe al) ove the Scioto, from both fides the ri ver, and wounded two men in the canoe; 011 the 1 7th inltant, they killed a boy and wounded 1 man fix miles from the Upper Blue Licks. Thi> information you may depend upon as fatft, and 1 " 1111 it made public, that people coming dowi: the river may be aware of the danger, and be prepared accordingly." PHILADELPHIA, May 3 . M e aie informed that a Tragedy is getting up at the Theatre in this city called the Widou of Malabar, written by a citizen of the Uni ted States, not more remarkable for his poeti c.il talents, than liberality of fentiinent; both ol which are eminently displayed in this elegahi production, tending to inculcate the noblelt ol all sentiments, humanity. ExtiH ofa letter from London, March 2a. "Robert Sr. Efticmie is .'Men prcfident ol the N'ational AC femb v; lie succeeded I.'Abbe Monte f,]ieu, one of the ablest m n Y ||JV <;' Hc ls a protelkant minilter and e monied man, which aie two lingular circumftanccs in France. He rhanked them tor the honor, as it was giving the pledge of the principles the Af lembl) let out upon—but thetimes were overcoming prejudices rhey wi ite they hope to finilh the eonftitutmn soon. Thei-th ol July, the aomverfary of (forming the baltib, they are to have a thanksgiving and proccflion, " Ihe church lands will, it is supposed, be soon arranged and oine practic.ll mcalures adopted. Jnftead of 240 millions, the llatcrelrrvesf r them 8o millions. Two millions livres a War to be laved by the plan of the army. Taxes are becoming more cltrcient—Hid a few months will enable them to Bern their gi eat elt emlurraffmtnts. Ncckar wilhed a council of finance, but the rccjueft was not granted." While other nations are at aniinmenfe expence to cut canals, the numerous rivers of the United States, penetrating an extraordinary length into the bosom ofthis extensive continent, are joined by navigable, though inferior streams, that faci litate commerce and manufactures, and fertilize the country in their course. It is remarkable that 110 river in all the k iugdoms of Europe is na vigable, by ffaips from the lea, to more than half the length of theHudfon or the Delaware or a third of that of the Potowmac. NEW HAVEN, April 28. On Tliurfday laftthe Circuit Court for tlie dif rritft of Connecticut, was opened in this place by the Hon. John Jay, Chief Jullice of the United States, the Hon. William Cufhing, Aflociate Judn-e and the Hon. Richard Law, Diltridt Judge. ° The i'eiTions continued until Saturday, during which several civil caules were heard, and sundry -443- (To be contmued.) rules and regulations adopted for futitfe proceed nigs. The good sense and candor of the Judges has left an .inpreifion on the minds of tiie ,?eople lavoiable to this New Inititution. NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, MAY y Extracts of fuadry LETTERS. APRIL 22. Dnhlir" "°r 'r t^ e I' ow 1 er of ' Con g'-ef S to eilablifh public ciedit fully and complearly_ r |,e General opinion and wish of the people a?e iiroi,S in £- | vor of it—and very juftly—for they feellhe ac cumulation of burthens to originate in a want of confidence 111 the public engagements—lf r he pre jenc favorable moment therefore Ihould be ne-- ? iV W u° c be / nfwera ble for the confequen «V- , Vi V h ® R 1 c .P refen wtives of the people think as highly of this matter as many of their conlli tuents, they will never lose fight of the object one moment, till it is accomplices!—the people in this quarter wait this event with anxious hopes, and a countenance of folicitudfrreftniblins; the peril pus days of doubtful war—PubMc credit has becirti to decline,and private embarrarfments to en ere afe of "ft'.' ,: "" s h,s " nn s a fl: "= In the firfir of this feifion of the national legi flatore after the Present's speech and the Se cretary s report werepublifhed, founiverfal were the expectations of the people that public credit would be lnnnmediately eltablifhed, that there was Perhaps the most visible and general chance for the better ever experienced in any countiy— the public fecunties rose rapidly—land er'eatlv appreciated—(hiore farms were bought and fold in two months, than in five years preceding) all kinds of property seemed to increase in value money circulated more than it had for manv £ a "V rOl \ rep ° ritories ' Nvhofe hinges had not ci eaked for a long period, were emptied of the.r contents to- the great advantage of trade which evidently appeared to revive, and give 11 duftry new vigor-the whole country wore a pleanng and animated countenance. If these things were the effect of anticipation only—whan may not the reality of Public Credit be ? Extraß of a letter from Boflon, April 2 c Ye'terday the officers of the cultoms attached 1 S ft ' P the Ne P tun e, for running goods that were not entered, and other breaches Jf the revenue laws. It is laid more than 10000 dollars duties had been paid on her cargo. . Unlefi public credit is firmly cltablifhed the revenue will of coujtfe, many of our expected BTcffings v'anilli like a dream. We still hope fonie medium may be thought of —foine accommodation-that fo.ne tnlivlning lay may illumine oar political horizon Should the Excise law of this Commonwealth be carried into full execution, it will do more in jurjr to the Revenue of the United Starts than is atprefent conceived of. Extract of a letter from Cambridge, MaffachufiUs. You will fee by the papers that our old goaler Brapjsh, has taken himfelf off in a fumma™ way—The mode was a little Angular—and tho not quite original, was very effertual—he fixed the muzzle of a fowlu.g piece in his mouth, and with a yard wand pulhed. off the trigger, like aa old fool. He was 70 years of age—and Death distant ternfic form could noc have been very GARDENING, _ From an Englijh Paper. Owing to the extraordinary mildness of the winter the gardens and other lands fnrprifmgly abound with the kind ofgrubs which in the sum- Src t0 th u infe<fts ca »ed cock-chaf fers. 1 hefe grubs are exceedingly voracious de vouring all forts of grain and puVe, both before they have germinated, and when in leaf-thev are equally definitive in the kitchen gardenT entirely eating thro the items of young planf clofe to the earth, pease, cabbages brocoh, cauliflowers, borecole, lettuces, endfve' &c. In fliort, there is scarcely any vegetable in fajnily use except: onions, leeks, garlic and /bal lots, that they will not greedily devour. The belt way to preferveplants from tliefe deftrutfive animals, is to firew saw- dull, the coarser the bet! ter about their Items, the asperities thereof be ing so ofFenfive to them that they cannot creep over it Toftrew saw-dust along the drills of pease soon after they have broke ground, Co as fliglnly to cover them, is an effectual method to preserve them from slugs and grubs, andal/o from being injured by cold or wet. MARRIED]—On Saturday evening last by the Rev. Di. Linn, the Hon. Joshua Seney, of Ma ryland to Miss Fanny Nicholson, daughter of James Nicholfon, Esq. of this city Broa 1 ? W~ Y r Morn ' n g, at his house in Broad-Way, John Foxcroft, Esq. Agent to his Britannic Majesty's Packets. Moses Rogers, and Co. RAVE .-emo'ed .heir STORE to the New Building, corner V- y 1 M Qiiecn-Street, frdnting Burling Slip A izu- York, Max 5. 1790. 9
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