lion of Congress, entitled "an A<fl, providing " for the payment of the Invalid pensioners of " the United States," and that 110 claim of any allignee, under any transfer or power to receive the fame be admitted, as valid to entitle any per son to receive any part of the said arrears of pay, <lue to the officers or soldiers of the said lines, except as aforefaid. This motion was committed to Mr. Bland, Mr. Williamfon and Mr. Burke. The bill for adjuftingand fatisfying the claims of the Baron de Steuben, as reported by the Com mittee of the whole, was taken up by the House. An amendment tantamount to afubltitute for the whole bill, was moved by Mr. Boudinot; which proposed the payment of 7000 dollars, and an annuity of 1500 dollars during life, ta commence from the firft of January 1790; a motion was made, and arried to itrike out 1 joo dollars, to leave the sum blank. The motion for linking out the firft part of the bill, in order to admit this amendment, was determined by ayes and noes as follows. Ayes, Meliieurs Alii, Baldwin, Bloodworth, Boudinot, Brown, Contee, r'loyd, Folter, Gil roan, Goodhue, Grout, Lrvermore, Moore, Mil lenberg, Ranlellaer,Schureman, Seney, Sherman, Sylvester, Sinnickfon, Smith, (M.) Steele, Stone, Sturges, Thatcher, Tucker, White, Williamfon. =8. Noes, Meffieuis, Ames, Benfon, Bland, Burke, Cadwallader, Carrol, Clymer, Fitzfimons, Gale, Griffin, Heiiler, Huger, Huntington, Lawrance, Lee, Madil'on, Page, Scott, Smith (S. C.) Vining, Wynkoop, 21. The amendment was put, and agreed to. Sun dry other amendments conlequent on this took place. It was then ordered that the biil be en grofled for a third reading, on monday next. Report of the Committee, on the petition of James Price, was read, which was, that he have leave to withdraw his petition. The memorial of N. Twining, was referred to Mr. Lee, Vining and Mr. Burke. Adjourned till mondaj. THE TABLET " Reniovt the excrcfcc/ices of apaation, fajhltn, party and fufflon, and man wiII oj htwftiffubjidc in to common jenfe." ' WHEN a person has discretion enough not to expose his follies, there is 110 fear of his moving with feme reputation in almolt auv fpliei eof life. Various motives prompt men to aff'ume apart, to which their talents are npi well adapted; and it is net to be wondered at, that so many waste their abilities while they pursue the dilates of paflion and caprice. Men do not so often miscarry from a defe<ft of capacity as from a misapplication of it. Common sense does not require any great portion of intelfects. It con lilts rather in a proper exercise of moderate abi lities. Brilliant talents are usually connected with fuchftrong foibles that they prove of little real value to the portellbr, or to the reft of man kind. The greatest men are often fools in certain in fiances, and at certain times. The violence of the imagination leads them into abfurdities,while their reasoning powers arc clear and perfect. We imagine wrong much more frequently than we reason wrong. Mr. Locke in his essay on the human undemanding observes ; " char mad men do not appear to have loft their faculry of reasoning ; but havii.g joined together some ideas very wrongly, they iniftake them for truths, and err as men who argue right from wrong princi pies. Thus you ihall fee a dillra<fted man fan eying hunfelf a King, with a rightinferei.ee re quire fuitableattendance, refpea and obedience ; others who have fancied themselves made ofglafs have used the caution neceflary to preserve their brittle bodies. . Hence it comes to pass that a man is very sober, and of a right under standing in every thing else, may in one parti cular be as frantic as any in Bedlam." Common sense, though it is partly a negative kind of wifdoin, is very efl'ential j n carrying a man through the world with honor or fafety. The fineft parts are no security against errors of judgment or conducfl. In looking into the af fairs of men, we fee innumerable finftances of t j ly and imprudence accompanied with eminenr talents and accompliniineuts. So strange a com pound is mail, that the fame person may be both the vvifeft and weakest being in existence. PARIS \_Francc~\ March 4. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. A DECREE palled for encreafing the pay of *■ the army. Each private is to receive, from the ifl: of May next, an addition of 32 dcniers to Ins present pay. Twelve deniers make a French sou ; this augmentation amounts therefore, to (WO sous and an half and one-twentieth per man per diem. Saturday March 6. A letter from Mr Nec °" :he ate of tbe finances was read to the •.fler.ibjtr. Jhe contents were far from being No. CXII agreeable In the firft place, the Members had the mortification to find that the nation was in danger of losing a Minilter in whom the genera confidence was placed, for he informedfheTf that hemnft f S hea . lt J'V vas so greatly impaired, that he must soon withdraw himfelf from the fa' t.gue of public affairs, and go to Bareges, Spa or some other place to drink the waters? But that before he quitted his then exalted but painful E5 h b C v r' hed to ,f Peak f ° me "-nforfJo the AHembly, by fhewmg that there was Rood ground for a hope that the finances of the country wou"d again appear ,n a flourifhing state. Hut left the hopes of the nation should be too fanguine on is head, Mr. Necker informed the Artembly that it was still m a state of diftrefi and embarrass. ment, which might becbrae critical, if effectual i efources were not soon discovered. According to his calculations, the Treasury must HundreaVfl f-' supply of u P w ards of Two Hundred Milhons of Lirres (or about 8,750,0001 fterhng) to be enabled to make good al charge upon n to the end of the year 17J0. g Mr Ne cker observed, that if things could go • r th ° Ut * ny violen t ihock, until rfce beginning of x 791, t h e State would be out of LONDON, March 22. <?\[ r r u°f " Ut ' er f rom, ' ! " Hague, March 14. that fh 6 J received adv ' ce from Bruflels, of r ?R Pr °r P V t T^ ,, ! ad^ by thcnew Sovereign ° '■ , Ho ; fe | of Auftna for an accommodation with the Netherlands, has experienced the fame fate with the letters from Comte Co be nze in laid proposal having-been rejedted by the Con irabant°" W " *** roferred b y the States of NEW-LONDON, April 3 0. Extract of a Utter from a gentleman in Barbados, to tc e Pr'nteri oj this paper t March i, 1 7 00. It is with pleasure 1 obierve the rapid prow refs now making in manufactures in Tome of the Scates, which I have learntchiefly from Mr. Carv's niufeum, but have not received fofull an account of what is doing in New-England, as I could wiih. Any information therefore which you may give me l"h ! kJ * <•' Wlll j C acce P table - particular, I beg to be informed what kind of oil your wool combers mix with their ivool. In the Well of England, a thick kind of olive-oil is used for that pui pose ; but the Society of Arts in London has publ.fhed an account of edulcorating rancid train oil to uch a degree of purity as to render it fit lor the woollen manufacture. If this, or any other fifii oil, is ufedin New-England and is found to answer tliepeiyoft well, it will be of lingular benefit to the country, because tliemanu ?ra U ' e wool » ant * the filhery will, in that cafe, awlt and promote each other. But if this should not be found fit for the purpose, some of the Southern Stales should immediately begin the culture of the olive. Mr. JefFerfon fays, in his notes on Virginia, that every thing hardier than the olive will thrive in that State, conse quently the olive itfelf must thrive in the two Southern States, as it does in the southern parts '-ance.—-When Mr. Adams reftded as ambaf laaor in hngland,an account was publi/hed of Mr. orte s new method of separating the dross from iron by which he made pig or ballad iron, re markably tough m a short time. Mr. Adams, like a true patriot, sent over the account to New hngland and it was published inCary'smufeum. You will be plea fed to inform me if any persons, in the United Stares, have yet availed themselves of so valuable a discovery. The iron in New- England, I am told, is very brittle, therefore Mr. Cortes method of expelling the dross will be more neceflary there than in Pennsylvania. NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 8. FROM CORRESPONDENTS. The people of America endured various and dreadful evils during the contest with Britain 1 hey justly expected that they should be reward ed by eltablifhing a free government—the people of Rhode Island made great exertions in the war. yet at the end of it, what have they obtained ? Is property fafe i Is it a government by law or by men > Is liberty enjoyed there—and if enjoy ed, by whom—by a part, or the whole? When iJofton a single town was opprelTed in 1774, all America aliened her cause. If right may be vio lated and liberty destroyed in apart of the coun try wirh impunity and without redress, in the com fe of time and events it may be destroyed every where.—The diftrefles of Newport and Providence are truly deplorable. Rhode-Jfland is divided by parties. Those who pay the duties are not the favorites of the govern ment which imposes them, neither is much con fidence placed in the wife andjuft disposal of the revenue ; under such real necellities, and with so many causes of provocation and complaint, it is not in human nature to pay the duties eheer .„A g° vei ;ninent so loosely and capriciously adtniniftered will not be able to prevent Frauds. With ruin before their eyes, the traders will be forced upon the practice of smuggling—the State is favorably situated for ilJicit of 447 paying duties to the national treasury, the citi. Zens ofthe Uniied States will in facft pay dutieti to the rhpportof the government ofllhode-Ifland, °f the are Ju. goods jniporied into ilia, Stace, lauds will multiply in proportion tot .eencreaf ed rate of duties irnpofed by Congress ; because the pi ont of fmugglmg will incite to praotife them. It is rather (hameful to remain tnbutaiy to that State. Their governor in his public let ter to the President last September, inarmed that t iey weie taking measures to pay their part of ic debt. Is it not time toalk if they are ready ! he collection of the national revenue has been more popular in this country than it ever was in any other. This does some honor to the goveru- ZZI VTZ- t0 the P eo P le - It would be a great evil if this general approbation should be l!r UVe * ij to gU<l ;t0 ne ß the Sca L e cre [ d tors; would not gain theirgood will. But mere ly to do nothing for them is less exceptionable than to encroach upon the State funds, and 10 leave them without any provision. It would be absolute injuft.ee, and those who would fuffer or even apprehend loss uld feel it with impa tience, and (pare no indoftry to makeothe i3 feel or them—so much discontent engendered by funding part of the debt and taking away the funds from the other ; with so many active cau festo extend and encreafe it, will probably make donrTr""ft u°. IJrecarious > a "d the collec- A° t h -ft turbulent, and generally obnoxious hat ever was known. Between the two reve nue systems, trade will be ground between the upper and nether mill-stone. What the politi cal tendency of government scrambling againlt rZTr" 1 « r T*" wiU be ' »is llot difficult to predict. But the extent of the evils and what the remedy will be and when it will come, can not be foretold. Extral7 of a letter to a gentleman in this city, dated ■April 28. I umlerftand the President has been indifpofec lately—-rim is grievous intelligence, but such as I expected t° hear-,t is extremely difficult for a P'f°nofthebeftconft,tution, and in the prime of life to preserve a flow of health with fucli aa infinity of care and solicitude on their mind but ui life s advance-and when the conftituuon begins to feel the /hocks she early received in the public service if mtenfe application to public bu flnefi ,s fuperadded at this period, the pillars of life will be undermined; and this I understand is the cause of the late indisposition ; foryour city is doubtedly one of the healthiefl f.tuations in the United States combining every advantage of climate, air and water. A life so precious, should be watched with the eyes of Argus ; Health so important, /hould be the vigilance of Angels—Conltant exercise m the open air, and perpetually diver fifyifig the scene, are as neceflary as the ciicula tionof the vital fluid—That habit of application must be broken thro-or the Hopc of the western woud will fail. I ask pardon for a deviation from my proper line ; but to the prayers of millions, the molt ac tive attention lhould be added for the preserva tion of a life which every one Jeels, but no on* can express the importance of. MARRIED]—At Portsmouth, (N. H.) by the u p F ' ?j Ten ' J OBIAS Le *R> Secretary to the President of the United States ; to Mi& Polly Long, daughter to the Hon. Pierce Loiigj tic[, deceased. ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST. -NEW.YORK. Brig Fricndfhip, Gardiner, Liverpool, 36 days Harmony, Shackerly, St. Euftatia. Swallow, , Dartmouth. Schooner Patty, Lacy, Shclburne. Sloop Hancock, B-own, Hhodc-Tfhnd. IC7* -<f' th " its Subfcriprion more particularly than any other newspaper its pat rons 'Mill realize that punlikaLty in payments is ne cessary to its exifttnce—The receipts of'the fir ft year to this time have fallen short one third of the aCiual expends of the publication—so that it remains to be determined whether a netufpaper can be supported in the United States, without deluging it with Adver t'fements. A large imprejjhn from the commence ment oj the second volume is ft ruck off, to accommo date thoje fubfcrtbers who may incline to take the paper from that period. By Order of the Honorable Richard Morris, Eh. thief Juflice of the State of New-York. "VfOTICE is hereby given to Lewis M'Donald, of Connc&icut, 1 if an abTent debtor, that upon application and due proof made to the said chief iuftice by a creditor orf the said Lewis M'Don Id pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the said State, entitled' An ast for relief againil abfeonding and abfeat debtors." pafl April, 1786 ; he, the said chief justice, has diretted all the said Lewis M'Donalds cftate, within this ftdttf, to be seiz ed, and that unless he (hall discharge his debts within twelve months after the publication of this notice, the fame will be fold for the payment of his creditors. Dated the 3d May, 1790. New-York, May 7, 1790. A Morning School is opened, by the Subscriber, for Young Ladies, at Harmony Hall, ad joining the Baptists burying ground, in Gold Street. Hours of attendance are from 6 till B.—For further particulars, please to en quire of the Public's Obedient Servant, GAD ELY. * ®* Ladies School which has been kept at k T °' 219 Queen-Sireet, is renioved to the above ptace. Muy 8, 179©.
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