BOSTON, January 27. AMERICAN ACADEMY. Yesterday at ten o'clock, A. M. the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, held their ltatute meeting in the Hall of the Maflhchufetts Bank, and at twelve, proceeded to the Meeting-Houie, in Brattle-Square, where a well adapted Orati on was pronounced by the Hon. John Lowell, E q. one of the members, on the death of the Hon. James Bowdoin, Esq. their late President. Af ter the Oration, a colleiftion was made for the benefit of Mefl'rs. Jennings and Wheeler, who •were unfortunately wounded in discharging the military honors at the interment of the Hon. Mr. Bowdoin. . . The following is a lift of the arrivals at this port from foreign ports, from January ift, J79°> Co January 1, 1 791 —60 fliips, 7 snows, IJ9 "rigs, 170 schooners, and 59 {loops, total 455. The fore going are exclusive ofthofe veflels which are em ployed in the coasting-trade of the United ( States, and which are supposed to amount to near twelve hundred fail. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE THIRD SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand feveri hundred and ninety. An ACT declaring the consent of Congress, that a new State be formed within the jurildi<fton of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and admit ted into this Union, by the name of the State .of Kentucky. WHEREAS the legislature of the Commonwealth ofVirginia, by an a£t entituled, " An ast concerning the ere&ion of the diftrift of Kentucky into an independent State," pafled the eighteenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, have consented, that the diftrift of Kentucky, within the jurifdi&ion of the laid Commonwealth, and according to its attual boundaries at the time of pafling the acl aforefaid, (hould be formed into a new State : And whereas a convention of delegates, chosen by the people of thefaid diftri6t of Kentucky, have petition ed Congress to consent, that, on the firft day of June k one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, the said diftrift (hould be formed into a new State, and received into the union, by the name of •• the State of Kentucky." Be it enafled by Sen ate and House o/Representatives ♦/"the United States oj America in Congrejs ajfembled, and it is hereby tnaEled and declared, That the Congress doth consent, that the said diftritt of Kentucky, within the jurifdittion of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and according to its actual boundaries,on the eigh teenth day of December, one thoufaud seven hundred and eighty nine, (hell, upon the firft day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, be formed into a new State, separate from, and independent of, the said Commonwealth of Virginia. And be it further enabled and declared, That upon the forefaid firft day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, the said new State, by the name and stile of the State of Kentucky, (hall be received and admitted into this Union, as a new and entire mem ber of the United States of America. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Rcprefentatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United and Prcjident of the Senate. Approved, February the fourth, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United Matey FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. MR. FENNO, THE Bill depending before Congref for eflab lift ing a National Bank, is certainly conftitution nl—for the State Governments being by the Conflitu tioti dive/led of the power of making money, either of fapet, or gold and fllver, it plainly follows, that as a circulating medium is necessary, Congress alone is com petent to creating th'tsmedium. It is said that authors and inventors alone, are by the Conflitution entitled to txcluflve privileges ; but the ejlablifhment of a Na tional Bank, it is said, Cornells -with it exclusive pri vileges : This discovery however seems not to extend to State Banks—no exclusive rights being mentioned *s appertaining to them ! Perhaps it is not conflder td as contravening the Conflitution, for the particular States to incorporate companies with themofl extensive privileges, as thefs privileges are confined to the State ! So is the circulation of the Bank Paper of every par ticular State ; it can scarcely be paffedout of the cities in which the Banks are fixed —consequently can never anjwer, in any conflderable degree, the purposes of money—and as to a general currency, it can not have that quality attached to it, without a manifefl viola tion of the Conflitution —-which fay/, that no State shall ijfue paper money. Jt is said that the States are in the habit of granting Charters ; we presume that Con gress will not abridge this power in the States : But it is to be remembered, that the Conflitution, and the laws enatfed pursuant thereto, are paramount to all ft ate legijlation—and if a State f})ould incorporate for purposes to operate beyond the limits of their particular yurifdiftion, the all would be null and void—nor could Congress conflflently delegate a power for such a pur fofe. Every general regulation ?nay interfere for a sea son with the interejl of forne individuals ; but if this inconvenience Jhould be fufficient to prevent the of era tions of the gtner al government, the bufmefs of legi flat'ton must jla/idflill. The Injlitution of a National Bank has reference to the public at large : CircumJlanceS may conned with the original ejlablifhment some advantages in re lation to the place where the bank may bt Jituated ; but to suspend the injlitution till no objeflion of this kind exists, is to postpone a quefl'ion of greatejl importance to be immediately decided, line die. C I V I s. THE TALE OF THE COW From the New-York Magazine, for January, 1791. AFAIR-FAC'D brown cow, fed on clover most dainty, A buxom youngjade as you'll meet with in twenty, Had lately broke loose from hei walks on the Hudson, And ran away bellowing to live the wild woods on— Was caught in a trap on the banks of the Delaware, And coop'd in a liable before (he was well aware. The proud fnuffy Dons of the anciint dominion, Had helped to catch her—but were of opinion " That (hortly her stall must be some where south-westward." By George ! this wasfix'd, while (he graz'd to the eastward. But hear now the fly, plotting sons of old Penn-- " The cow's in our stable—there (he must remain. " Talk now of agreements, and bargains your fill, " Our scheme is affe&ed—the grift's at our mill." High words wereexchang'd, and much Billingsgate flung, Each claiming the cow, for the love of her d g. By-ftanders took part, as their int'refts were in it— Some ioin'd the dominion—some favour'd the Pennite. The Dons grew enrag'd at the thoughts ot being jockied, And swore by Patowmack—they'd not be thus mocked ! Then seizing thecow, —(for the Dons all fear scorns) Attempted to drag her along-»by the hprns. The Pennites, conceited, elate and imperious, Could hardly believe that their rivals were serious : But soon being alarm'd, left the Dons (hould prevail, All clafp'd the cow's rump—and held fact by her tail—■ And swore by the city, white men (hould turn fable, Before the cow ftir'd one foot's lengthfrom their ft-ible. The croud gathering round them, loud hooping and laughing, Huzza'd for both ends of the cow—with much fcofling. But thoughtful fpe£lators exprefs'd with fad laces, Their fears that the cow would be soon torn in pieces. While parties run violent—(poor cow I bewail her) Some cursing the horn?, r, and some the vile tailcr, The Vans of the Hudson, unwillingto bilk her, Laid by their long pipes, and fat all down to milk her. A NEW.YORK FAR.MZR Philadelphia, Feb. 9. WHAT is a state aflembly but the collected wis dom of a state ? and what is more proper than for wifdoni, especially lb much of it, to give ad vice ? and what has the Pennsylvania aflembly done but to give advice to Congress ? A second reason to vindicate their advice is, that the ad visers have had experience of the excise; but Congress has not. When the aflembly maintain by their vote that an excise is subversive of li berty, we fee that both wisdom and experience confirm what they aflert. Pennsylvania then has loft its liberty—for it has had, and still has, an excise law in force—which, of course, has sub verted the liberty of the state: It has lasted so long, that most of the people were born in sla very. It is not known how the marshal will re turn the number of slaves ; but it may be a quef tion, whether the people born under a flavifti ex cise law, will be allowed representatives, except in the proportion of 3 to 5, according to the con stitution. It feenis unaccountable that the as sembly and people are going on as if they were ignorant of their flavifti condition. The event, it feetns, has happened here, which was foretold in another state. While the aflembJy was dif cufling some question, which was explained by several able men, a member from the country rose with some warmth, and declared that those men were gloiling the affair over so as to deceive them. If the bill {hould pass, said he, we shall be the most miserable undonepeople in the world, and know nothing of it. Why Hioll Id not the Representatives of Penn sylvania, in the (late legislature, lend a hand to dispatch the business of Congress ? They are near neighbours, and they cannot but have obfei ved that the latter has a great deal to do, and but lit tle time to do it in. Many hands make light work. The new government, which is often compared to a building, is not yet finifhed: It is a benevolent pracftice for the neighbours to fall too and help a new beginner: They kindly work at the frame, and affilt at the raising and cover ing of it. Congress has but just set up the trade of making laws in this place, and no doubt will feel encouraged to continue it here, where, with out loling one of its customers, it is so easy to get journeymen. If the kind folks, who are so for ward to lend assistance, should find their own af fairs at fixes and sevens, in consequence of their tranfadtirig the business of Congress, the least that Congress, if ir has honor and gratitude, can do, I is to poltpone its own work, and aflitt its bene factor. What a pleasant thing to fee those who were expecfted to be rivals, engaged so lovingly about the fame business. One would think that the amiable temper of the friends in this Quaker city had mellowed the wrangling spirits of the two governments. The time seems to be coming when the lion and the lamb (lull lie down toge ther: When that shall happer, it is to be sup posed that the lion Swill not go without a supper. Such friendfhip for Congress feeras to have occa fioned the late doings of the Penilylvania afleni 735 bly. Jealousy, that quarrelsome fault-finding Devil, ilxall be cast out and bound in chains—he has stood too long pimping at the ear of govern ment, and whispering malignant suspicions of its belt friends. Ic will do oine's heart good to live r or 2 hun dred years longer, and fee with what good nature the world's business will be done: In France, they are going to spoil the old trade of making war : Nations are not going to be quarrelsome and am bitious any more : They will talk arty dispute over, or they will make a prize question of the matter, or leave it to some academy to fettle : The red coats will be ftrip'd off the soldier's backs—and as red is out of fafhion at present, the cloth will be torn into llrips, to be worn for the cure of fore throats ; gun powder will be used only to kill rice birds, canvas backs, &c. ; and cannon balls will be kept to grind muilardfeed: And what delight it will give to fee the state go vernments so much the champions of the federal constitution, as to take all uiipleafant work off the hands ofCongrels, least it should make that body unpopular : What may we not expedt from this generous national spirit in future ? In its very beginning we have ieen Congress and the aflein bly engaged at the fame time debating the excise : May we not then expect to fee the Aflenibly take up a new funding a<Tt, or militia law, for the Union—and Congress, scorning to be outdone in generofiry by its neighbor, form a committee of the whole houfeto discuss the regulations of the state judiciary, or the best means of maintain ing schools for the poor. BefiJes the generosity of this mutual aid, there is a great deal of reason for it : When a man undertakes to do what is none of his bufinef#, he cannot be accufedof fel fifhnefs—A looker on fees the fault of the play better than he who holds the cards—we may ex pert more wisdom therefore: Further, it belongs properly to government to set the example of this love of others, ruore than ourselves, by do ing their business for them—for if a private per son was to pretend to do it before it gets into fafhion, he would get his head broke. A correspondent observes, that the establish ment of a National Bank, being by some thought neceflary, to enable the general government to carry the A<ft for establishing the permanent feat of government on the Patowmac, into execution, it is exceedingly difficult to account for the op position to the bank bill, on the part of those who are interested in favor of the removal to the southward : In this view of the fubjedi, the friends to the bank lyftem give the most unequivocal proof of their disposition to support the public faith, as pledged by the residence bill. On Monday lait the Supreme Court of the United States was opened in this city, before their Honors the Chief Jultice of the United States, and William Cujhing, Ja?nes Iredell, and James Wilson, Efqrs. Afl'ociate Judges. Mr. Wi lliamson's motion to re-commit the firft sec tion of the bill for incorporating the fubferibers to the national bank, was miftated in our last : The motion was in the follow ing words, " To commit the firft feftion, for the purpose of al tering the time of fubfcnbing, so that the holders of state securi ties, aflumcd to be paid by the United States, may be on a footing with the holders of other securities, formerly called national Se curities." PRICE CURRENT. PUBLIC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. Cents 17/4. 3 pr. Cents 9/2. Defered 6 pr. Cents UN FUNDED DEBT Final Settl.and other Certificates 16/2. Indents gj~2 N. and S. Carolina, debts, 12J. Manuel Noah, BROKER, No. 91, Race-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, BUYS and SELLS Continental & State Certificates, Pennsylvania and Jcrfey Paper Money, An J all kinds of SECURITIES of the United States, or of any particular State Philadelphia, Feb. 1790. IMPERIAL, HYSON, SOUCHONG, andBOHEA T E REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, and SPICES, &c. Of the filft Quality—by Retail, No. 17, Third-Street,between Chefnut and Market-Streets. N. B. A few Tickets in the New-York Lottery, which is to be drawn the fir J} of April next, for sale. South-Carolina Lands for Sale, ABOUT one hundred miles from Charleston, for any kind of Goods. One third part of 63 Trafls of Land, containing 51,900 acres, lying neai the rivers of Savannah, Big and Little Salt Cohachees, and the fork of the Edifto : These Lands are a dark, or a copper-coloured foil, in an inhabited part of the State. Also 5 tra6h of Land in Ninety-Six diflritt, 4 in Orangeburg dif tri&, 6 in Camden, all containing 7,600 acres, all good land, with streams of water running through them. These Lands will be fold so low, that a man may make his fortune in buying them, for the ourpofe of felling them again, as emigrants are daily arriving there from Europe, to fettle. Duplicate Plots and Grants maybe seen, and indisputable titles will be given by the fubferibe*. FREDERICK KING. Morrtjlown, Jan, 1791. (77 —-6wiwJ pr. £ 86J pr. cent. 46 do. 9/2. 46 do. 81 do. 46 do. 60 do. A S
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