rf the feelings themfclves be not blunted. How Far this progress of science, and the peaceful arts of life, by the accumulation of ages, may pro ceed, it is impoflible to determine. But the time it is to be hoped, is not very remote, when the fiercer contentions ef nations will cease, when felfifhnefs and venality, which at present seem to be inseparable from commercial dates, will give way to generolity of temper, and upright uefs of conduct. ALBANY, Nov. 4, The legislature of Vermont have resolved to pay totheitateof New-York,thirt* thousand dollars, agreeable totrhe ift proposition con tained in the declaration of the cotniuiflioners of this state, appointed to dectfre thecoufeat of the legislature thereof. The legislature havfc also refblved, that a con vention be called for taking into consideration the conftiturion of the United States—the mem bers to be elected in DebemWr,and the convention to meet the firft week in January. The legisla ture have atfjourned, to uieet again on the firft Thursday in January ; for the purpose (we sup pose) of chooling senators, and affixing the time and manner of electing representatives to Con ■grefs. SALEM, Nov. 2 Tickets in the Marblehead Lotiery lately met with a rapid sale: Three Thousand •were fold in Boston in the course of lalt week— This does not indicate a scarcity of calh. tiEORGE-T OWN, Nov. 10 We hear that'tlie President of the United States, lias ordered three plats on different parts of the Fato-wmack, to be laid out—Nothing certain ref pe<fting the fixed feat of the Federal Government has as vet transpired. / Antedate oj. General PUTNAM. ( AFTER one of the skirmishes, in which [he Americans had been fuccefsful, an English jofticer was lefc moll dangerously wounded on the Tield of adtion ; arid wlien the vi&orious party came up, they were embarralled to know how they lhou4d remove him, in fiich a mangled Itate, to some town where he might have the al" fiftance he required Putnam, who had been bred a carpenter, iin nediately threw off his regimentals, and having a hatchet accidentally at hand, cut down several saplings, which he grooved together, having no way ot fattening them, and thus made a kind of cradle, in which the wounded officer was con veyed with the greatest pofliblc eal'e, to a neigh bouring town, where he recovered under the care of a surgeon. When Putnam heard of his recovery, and that it was owing to his humane care, without which he must have bled to death in the removal, he ,said, Tien 1 glory more in having been bred a Car penter,than 1 Jhould do if 1 had been born a Prince ! Philadelphia, Nov. 17. We are informed that the following R ESOLUTION has lately fajfed jn the Aflcmbly of the State of Virginia, by a majority oj feventy-cight, U> fifty-one—viz.— Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committor, that so much of the ast of Congrrfs entitled " An ast making provision for the debt of the United States," as aflumes the payment of the State debts, is repugnant to the constitution of the United States, as it goes to the excrcile of a power not cx pre'fsly granted to the general government. The State of Vermont has passed an Ast for calling a Conven tion, to deliberate upon, and agree to, the Conftitntion of the United States. The members are to be chosen the fiift Tuesday «f Drcembtr ; and the Convention is to meet on the firil Thursday of January next, at Bennington. Monday last the Honorable Henry Knox, Esq. Secretary at War, and his Lady, arrived in town from New-York. The Hon. John Buown, Esq. is re-elected member of the House of Ijleprefentatives of the United States for the Kentucky ditlrift, Virginia. ' According to the latest advices from England ; all is going wrong in France :—this may be the ease, but we have so often been amused by fictiti ous accounts from the Englilh papers, that pru dence will certainly suspend a full credence to the present—but the delays in compleating the revolution may lead us to fear, that the sentiment of the.immortal Shakespeare has not been du ly attended to by the National Afl'embly—viz: There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which taken at the flood leads on tofoitime V Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is boimd in (hallows, and in miseries. On such a full fca th' AlTembly were afloat : And had they took the current when it ferv'd, liberties had been fccui'd forever. The late Rcfolution of the AlTt mbly of Virginia, on the fund ing law, is a fubjeft of speculation to every man who feels inter ested in the tranquility of the general government, and that of the United States. This bufincfs wears at least an enigmatical com plexion ; for while the gentlemen who form the delegation to Congress from that State, have their condutt in voting lor the funding fyftein inipliedly approved of» by their constituents, in being re-clefted, a majority of their Jlate representatives appear in opposition to the law. 4< 9 Tis time to fhsathetbe f word and stare mankind From whence come wars and fightings (fays the inspired penman)— Come they not hcnce, even of your lulls? Of all the sources of di&ord and bloodshed in the family of mankind, without doubt the wqft produ<ftiv« pre the pride, ambi tion and avarice of individuals • Tlieffe are the parents'* of'civil feuds and diflentiontf," which del' troy the peace aud happiness of particular com munities : The arts of unprincipled demagogues rendergovernmentodiousand intolerable : Their oppreifions invite the interposition of foreign na tions, who never fail to pay themfclves by elta bliihing a defpotifin of their own, over those they pretend to succour. The United States have perhaps more to fear from the pride and machi- nations of particular 1 characters/than even the ancient Romans had ; and it is well known, that among ihefe, the most.horrid civil wars were fo mented by factions popular men, who finally overturned the constitution and liberties of tHfP* country ; but altho vfcry powerful causes of fac tion may exist in the United States, yet we pos sess, it is to be hoped, one very effectual antidote againlt the evil, which no other people ever pof fefled, in an equal degree, and that is, the uni versal diffusion of knowledge among our citizens. This will enable them to discriminate characters ; and, weighing them in theballanceof reason and judgment, such conclusions may be drawn, as will make the public peace, and the tranquility bf the government, preponderate against the plausible pretences of thole, who, acftuated by felfidi un principled motives, would involve our affairs in confuhon and infamy. Of the numerous States and Empires of the world which have preceded the United States— (the thought is foleoin) not one, whose records are preserved, wasfo happy asto underltand the things on which the perpetuity of their peace and prosperity depended : They had their rife, pro gress, and decay : Hence it has been argued, that this is the invariable establishment of nature with respect to political, as it is with bodies natural. It remains therefore for the United States to ex- hibit anew example on the theatre of the globe : Thereareinnumerablecircumftanoesin onr situa tion, which render it original ; but whether the present Conltitution has a principle of immor tality in it—or whether that principle is yet to be infufed, remains to be determined. What a spring to the genius, and inventive fa culties of the human mind has the new govern ment proved ! The citizens of the United States have long since averted and proved their claim to the appellations of active, brave, and prizing ! What quarter of the globe has been un explored by their mariners ! What dangers l*Wfe been un-encountered ! And what avenues to wealth and honor have been unexplored ! It re mained forthe influence ofa national government to unfold their inventive powers : The number of original maehines, and inventions, calculated to to promote the mechanic arts which have been recently produced are truly altonifhing : Models of these have been deposit ed in the Office of the Secretary of State, accounts of which may be laid before the public in foine future paper. In contemplating the present situation of this country, how pleasing—how delightful are the ideas that rufli on the philanthropic mind ! —A inoft happy union cements the States—and every day adds to the brightness of the chain which unites tliem : While the true interests of the in- dividual States are continually unfolding, their mutual dependence is felt and recognized : Local prejudices are subsiding, and in a fliort time, if events are left to their natural operation, one spirit will pervade and animate the whole, nor leave a vestige of felfilh state-policy behind, that shall be incompatible with the general good. The remembrance of the errors of former years is nearly loft in that honest and magnanimous po licy which has distinguished the councils of the general government : Foreign nations impute diofe errors to their jult cause—the want of a constitution ; and at the present moment, bestow a full tribute of applause on the wisdom which devised, and the patriotism which adopted the present energetic, free system of government.— This is evinced by their returning confidence in our public faith : They deposit their property in our funds, and with promptitude fubferibe to our loans. At the present moment iperhaps no government-011 earth could avail itfelf of the wealth of foreign nations with greater facility than that of the United States—and so long as we support this government, and retain an hon orable rank in the estimation of the judicious, and honest part of mankind, the treasuries of the globe will be as the bank of this country. It may therefore be said with justice that the United States are at length in the poflelfion of those great objedts for which so much blood and treasure were expended, peace, liberty, ana safety : The preservation of these, depends on the tranquility of the federal government ; nor is it easy to conceive that so long as this govern ment is administered on its genuine principles, any man, or body of men, will be able by secret cabals, or open hostility, to {hake the attachment of the people to it: It is not hazarding too much to fay that the people realize that the govern ment is a creature of their own ; that it reds on their fulTrages ; that it has produced a most hap py alteration in their circutnftances ; and that 643 on its continuance and quiet adininiftratioD, all their hojits of prosperity dfre. suspended. Conc/ufion of Gov. Chittenden's J'pach to the Icg 'tjla- ture cf Vermont, <jii accepting hit appointment. " Therefore with a firm reliance on receiving that kind aid and support from the council and house ot reprefentaiives, that the nature of my office requires, llhall accept the office to which X am elected, and am ready to take the qualifica tions pointed out by the conititution ; and I pray God to grant me wisdom to conduct agreeable ir> his will, and then, 1 trust, it will be for the belt good of his and my people." The pliilofophers of Europe have long been in the habit of cotilidering the Americans as an infe rior order of beings. Even the philosophical Raynal has exprefled such an idea. The nume rous improvements in mechanics, agriculture, philosophy and politics, which have been made by Americans, are fufficient to refute this positi on. Every day produces some improvement in agriculture and the ul'eful arts. Let it be remem bered, that the great promoter of ele&rical knowledge was an American. America has lhewn the world the firft instance of a perfeCl govern ment, in which perfect liberty and energy are combined. Even in the fine arts she has proved the talents of her sons. Some of the firft paint ers in Europe are natives of this land. Trum bull has brought the genius of painting inter his own country. Barlow and" Dwiglit have shewn that we are capable of aspiring to excellence in the higher poetry, whilst the author of M'Kingal boldly rivals even the immortal Butler in lh# c9mic style. These are mentioned only as ex amples. Many other* have (hewn great abilities. B®f«eir merits are well known, not only to tHeir countrymen, but also foreigners. (Gen. Advertiser.) WILLIAM HARD MAN the Smith had three sons, Tom Ned, and George. George who wasth® youngeft,h« put apprentice toataylor ■> the two el der were otlierwfe provided for : He had by some means the opportunity of fending them to fchoo! upon a foundation, and afterwards to the .University. Will thought that this opportunity |to give his boys good learning, was not to be mif fed : " Learning,' 1 he said, " wasa portion which she D-v-1 could not wrong, them of ; and when had done what he " ought for them, they mull do for themselves." As he had not the fame power to proenre them liv ings, when they had fiuifhed their studies, they came tO'Eondon. They were both scholars ; but Tom was a genius, and Ned was, a dunce ; Ned became uflier in a school at the yearly salary of twenty ponnds and Tom soon diftinguiflied liim felfasan author : He wrote many pieces oflgreat excellence ; but his reward was sometimes with held by caprice, and sometimes intercepted by envy. He pafled his time in penury and labour j and his mind was abftra<fted in the recollection of lentiment, and perplexed in the arrangement ofhis ideas and the choice ofexprefl\on. George in the mean time became a maflerin hi* trade, kept ten men conftantlyat work upon the board, drank his beer out of a ftlver tankard and boasted, that he might be as well topafsin a few years as many of those for whom he made laced clothes, and who thought themselves his betters. Ned wiflied earnestly that he could change stati ons with George ; but Tom in the pride ofhis heart disdained them both ; and declared, that he would rather perifti upon a hulk with cold and' hunger, than steal through life in obfeurity, and be for gotten "when he was dead. PLAN OF THE NEW OPERA-HOUSE LONDON THE ground plan, two acres ! The entrances to he five ; door# for departure, seventeen ; the whole building brick,ftone and iron , the floors arphed with stone, and the stair cases ftonc ; boxes 208, 6 feet by 8. and 7 feet high ; each box has 1 retiring room behind it, 12 by 17 feet ; pit, 24. rows, to hold 70operfons ; firft gallery 400, second gallery 300. The fliape of the theatre oval ; 5 floors of boxes, 41 on each floor; 6th floor is to be the gallery. The stage measures go feet by 80. Coffee ; room in thrtfc compart ments, domed,covering a (pace of 112 feet by 32 ; the lupper room of fame dimensions ; concert-room behind the ftage,an oval, 84 by 42 feet. The efliffiate of the expence, 1.150,000. The lura paid for the purchase of the Leicester house eftite, where th« Opeta-Houfe is to be cre£led, was 1.30,000. PRICE CURRENT. PUBLIC SECURITIES. 6 pr. Cents 14f. pr. £ . 3 pr. Ccnti 7/2 Iso- Defcred 6 pr. Cents 5J9 of. UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and other Certificates 12/4 —12/6. Indents ?y*2 State debts 8/2. 8/3. LATEST ARRIVALS AT THIS PORT. Brig Susannah, Armstrong, Schooner Recovery, Miller, Betfev, Allen, Sloop Charming-Sally, Lilibridge, «■ Phenix, Shepherd, Inriuftry, Briggs, Brilliant, ■■■■ Union, LONDON. FUNDED DEBT, or 70 pr. cent. or do. 30 do. 62| do. 36* do. 41* do. Montego-Bay Wilmington, (N.C.) Surrinam Cape-Fratcois Vi rginia R. Ifoni Waterman Tayior.
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