LIVERPOOL, Feb. 28. A mill wright, at Leeds, has invented a ma . - e for the threshing of corn, that is said to C "fwer every purpose of hand labour at an ade price ; it is worked by two horses to ierve and the fame number to keepit in motion, and Jhake off the ltraw. A few days past a very fortunate circumltance ccurred at theOrchard-houfe, Blackwall : Ben kmin Kemp, Esq. breaking up an old Ihip (for merly a Spaniard, which, when file was taken, had the greatest part of her crew killed) dis covered three ingots of gold of considerable weight, which he immediately sent up to the bullion-office, under aftrongguard of fiiip-break ers • It is supposed the above circumstance will increaftMr. Kemp's present wealth, 25 or 30000/. ns there have been several smaller ingots found iince. Sheisconftantly watched, and not a plank ftiffered to be moved but in his pretence. PITTSBURGH, April 9 For two weeks past we have had no accounts of any depredations being committed by the In dians, and from every appearance there are none of tliem in our neighbourhood. Several parties of volunteers, both from Weftmoreland and Al leghany counties, have been scouting on the weft fide of the Alleghany, but have made no disco veries of any frefh signs. A company of militia, consisting of ico men, have been drafted from the four battalions in this county, and are now scouting on the weft fide of the Alleghany ; they are to serve two months, and, no doubt, they will be relieved by an equal num'ber, to be drafted for the fame purpose. NEW-YORK, April 19. Extract oj a letter from a refpefiable mercantile house in London, to a gentleman in this city, dated 2d March, 1 791. « This is just to inform that I have received let ters from Biscay and Barcelona. The fii ll fay, grain must not be tlioughcof this year for Biscay. Tliefecond fay, about seventy cargoes of wheat have arrived during the last 2 or 3 months, which has entirely stocked that market. Betides large quantities are on the way." FROM THE NEW-YORK JOURNAL, &c. CHARITY A-LA-MODE. FROM southern climes a wandering veflel came That from her looks or size small note could claim : Her freight compell'd in port to stay, Long by the walls this empty schooner lay ; In vain the Capt. fe ch'd his fapieut flcull, And flufh'd her masts, and painted up her hull, No fails to trim, no work but mixing grog, Pensive he fate, and long'd to heave the log ; In vain he fearch'd, and ftopt up every leak, Ana aavertis'd his bark from week to week. All would not do !—the dock was still her fate Idle the Master, unemployed the Mate ; While, with the tide (he lay to rife and fall, The wharfinger, 'twas thought, would take her all. At length a man, who had much gold in flock, One morning fair, came waddling to the dock, Addrefs'd the Capt. as he pensive fate, And cry'd " what fay you, friend, wilt take a. freight ?" " Take it ! (said Jonas) take it ! —that I will Take it as quick as patient takes a pill ; This idle life's the very worst disease : — But, let me know your terms, Sir, if you please," " Afv terms are so andfo" the merchant cry'd. " What! sixpence less than all the world beside ? What reafoncan be given, I humbly aflt, That fix-pence ftiould be dipt from every cask— Five (hillings, truftme, is the usual freight, And given by every ftiipper in the State." " That may be so—the miser said (most cool) And yet there's one exception to the rule. If you're arerfe, there's hundreds will agree, This sixpence fav'd is meant for charity ; My terms are good—»you can't be angry, sure, Each fix-pence fqueez'd from you, fhallblefs the poor ! n April 13. Philadelphia, April 25. Extract of a Utter from N;iv-Tork " A society has been lately instituted here, for the promoting of agriculture, the arts and ma nufactures : It bids lair to be ufeful, and if the fliftridt secretaries are public spirited and atflive, it will be the means of advancing the general interest, and circulating important information. Exertions have been made to stimulate the legis lature to imitate our brethren of Pennsylvania, in roads and inland navigation : These attempts have been but partially fuccefsful, but the germ public spirit is quickening into birth, and I forefee the spirit of emulation operating on our Dutch Bottoms. The finances of our state a mod pleasing situation ; exceeding, perhaps the whole political world. The probability of 3 fuflicient fund in theftocks of the United States to yield an interest after all debts are paid, equal to supporting our civil lift ; this will fuper ce<le the neceflity of taxation, which may be at tended with th is inconvenience, that it would he submitted to with relutftance, should ic be come neceflary." r he importation of bread,flour,and Indian corn, the produce of the United States,into Newfound land, is permitted by the King of Gi'eat-Britain in Britifli veflels till the 13th June nexr. The present situation of the United States mud inspire the mind of every Philantropift with the molt pleating reflection, and the bosom of every patriot with sensations moreeafily conceived than described. So great, sudden and compleat a transition from weakneis, confulion and discord, to strength order, union and refpetlability, as this highly favoured country has experienced, is absolutely beyond ail parallel in the history of man ; and while it forcibly imprefl'es on the mind a power ful conviction of the excellency of a government which in so (bott a period has produced such af tonifiling effects, the people of these free states, cannot fully realize their obligations ofgratitude to the Supreme Legislature of the Universe, for thus guiding their feet into the paths of " Peace, Liberty, Safety," under the aufpicesofa free conltitution. Tuesday Evening last, the Hon. Judge Wilson finilhed a course of 60 Lecftures on the study and pradtice of the law—interspersed with a number of law exercises. The approbation these ledtures have received, and the advantages derived to those who have attended them, reflect great ho nor on the judgment and abilities of Mr. Wil. son. We hear that next Winter this excellent plan is to be resumed and prosecuted. The Canton, Capt. Truxton, is arrived at Mar tinique, in 3 months and 20 days from Calcutta. Extract of a tetter from Amsterdam, to a gentleman in this City, dated Jan. 16,1791. " The admiralty of this country are endea voring to colledt information with refpeift to our ship timber, and particularly the live oak. They have applied to Mr. refpedting it. Unfor tunately the carpenters of the United States are in the habit of employing timber 111 an unsea soned state. This has already thrown our ship ping into discredit which will prevent that art becoming an important addition to our commerce, unless the evil can be remedied by some means or other. Some houses here had ordered iliipsto be built in America by way of experiment. They have turned out so badly, notwithstanding the cheapness of the firft cost, that they have aban doned the prosecution of their object—and this has induced others to follow their example with out the expence of an experiment. " Samples of the fiigar of the maple tree re fined at New-York, have been fenttofeveral hou ses here—one of them has conceived such hopes from them, that they intend to fend refiners there, and endeavor to introduce this article in to the commerce between this place and the Uni ted Stares. I suppose however that it will be some time before enough is made for our own consumption, and that until then it cannot be come an article of exportation." By an extratftfrom the Leyden Gazette of Jan. 7 it appears that all the French Bifliops (except ing only the Biftiop of Aucun) persist in refufing to take the oath lately ordered by the National Aflembly. The Aflembly refufes to give them any longer time—and thus all the high Clergy, and not a few of the second order also, are up on the point of feeing themselves deprived of all their places, and of all their revenues. A letter from Paris of 15th Feb. fays however, that three quarters of the Clergy in the Kingdom have taken the oath. The carnage of Ifmael continued for two complete days—that is, there were two days of human slaughter, after all resistance had ceas ed. Thus was revived the infernal mode of butchering our fellow creatures, which for the honor of modern humanity we were led to hope was totally extin<st. But fnch are the effects of unreftained power, and lawless ambition in eve ry age. A school for inftruifting indigent blind per sons in inufic, has lately been instituted at Liver pool in England. Genuine benevolence explores every avenue of human mii'ery, in order to a bate its poignancy. House of Reprsfcntattves of the United States,Yeb. 23 IN the debate on the report of the felecft com mittee, to which was referred the meflage of the President of the United States, of the 14th feb. MR. BALDWIN Made the following remarks : He said he was of opinion, that no person, who was not under the influence of strong passions on this fubjeA, could fuppofeit possible for Congress to form and pass a navigation law, during the five days that remained of the prelent session. It cannot be for gotten, said he, that this has been considered in general in this country as one of the greatest, and at the fame time, 1110 ft difficult and perplex ed fubietfs that had ever presented nfelf to the councils of the country. The difficulties and perplexities which it had occasioned, were among the principal causes, and may almost be said to be the onlr cause, which brought about our lalt revolution". He then particularly alluded to the different stages of the progress of this business, as well in the proceedings of the several States, as of the old Congress, and also of the federal convention, which formed the conft.tution And with this view of the importance and difficulty 827 of the fubjeft, can tills liotife, heaflced, after hav ing been nearly eighteen months in acftual feflion, on other business, which they have supposed more important, expect to be able to take up ihis, do j lift ice to ir, and finifh it in five days ? He 'was lure the house was not yet fi> hardy in managing the difficult affairs of io difficult a government, and could not withold expressions of his surprise to find some gentlemen, whom he hail so much refpecfted for their wisdom and moderation, so much engaged in this projetfi. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE USITED STATES. A Gentleman being asked to fubferibeto the plan of the Sunday Schools, declined, and gave the following reasons : lft. Public subscriptions of all kinds are a very unequal and un just mode of taxation—the wealth) never pay their proportion. 2d. Jnftitutions that the public interest is so eflentially connect ed with, as those of Education, ought not to depend on a casual support. 3d. In this free country, it is laying the foundation of a servile disposition in the rising generation, to make the poor depend on charity for education. 4th. Charitable institutions of this kind, never were, or can be made commensurate to the great object of a universal diffufion of the means of knowledge among the poor ; not one tenth part of the poor in any country, where they depend on Charity Schools, ever receive any education at all. sth. A little Chanty will atone for a total neglect on the part of government, in not making that provision, which every di&ate of humanity and found policy urges, should be made by law, to sup port a general plan of school education. 6th. In this country, the acquisition of a decent competency is within the reach of every person whatever, who duly improves fix days in the week—the sabbath therefore ought to be a day of reft to all ; but if our children are to work like (laves fix days, as the children of the poor are neceflitated to do in European coun tries—and on thefeventh areto be confined to the shade of a school, the sabbath will soon, as in the language of scripture, prove a bur then—and religious worfhipand education become their aversion. 7th. The poorer and middling classes of citizens form the ma jority in all countries; and in a republican government, ought to have at least, equal influence in society with the rich; this, they never will attain to, so long as they depend on the charity of their opulent neighbors for the education of their children. Bth. There can be no excuse for negle&iug the public interest of education ; for the means judiciously applied, will always be found adequate to the end, in every country. The gentleman added, that tho he had no children, yet so fully was he convinced of the importance: of diffufing knowledge a mong all claflcs, without diJlinttion y that he would cheerfully pay his proportion of public taxes for the support of public schools, in which every citizen should have a right to have his children inftru&cd in those branches of learning, eflential to all ; and this he conceived would be not only the best, but the mod economi cal plan that could be adopted—it had, he fdid, the Left of ex perience in its favor, at least. The Empress of Ruilia rejects the terms which the allied and mediating courts propose as the basis of peace : She fays that the ceflion of the places she has taken, would not be likely to pro duce a lasting peace; but would occasion bicker ings between the two courts. Other accounts fay that the face of affairs on the continent aflumes a pacific afpecft. The bel ligerent powers being nearly exhausted, even Catharine herfelffeemsready to exclaim, enough ! The Prince, Bishop of Liege has returned to his principality—he went to the cathedral attend ed by a pompous train ; arid after Te Deum, the corps, diplomatique, consisting of the minirters of Prussia and Holland, and the Charges des Af faires of Vienna and Paris attended to felicitate his highness on his return. Lately died in England, William Billings, aged 122 —the last surviving private that l'erved under the great Duke of Marlborough. The Grandees of the rurkilh Empire appear to be desirous of peace with Ruflia—and have ac cordingly addrelled the Sultana Vilide begging her influence to induce her son the Emperor to listen to their remonstrances. An exchange of prisoners has taken place be tween the Moors and Spaniards. A new African Company is about being formed in England to trade to the Western coait of that country. At a stated meeting of the American Pliilofophical Society, on the 15th inft. the following Gentlemen wneeleflcd members: Charles Pith Thl'nberc, Profefirof Natural History in the University of Upfal. Nicholas L. Burmann, M. D. Profeffor of Botany at Am sterdam. George Grosche, M. D. Profeffor of Natural History in the University of Mittauw, Courland. Thomas Pennant, Esq. of Downing, in Flintftiire, Great- Britain. Hon. Henrv Knox, Esq. Secretary to the United States, for the department of war. Extract from the Minutes, SAMUEL MAGAW, Secietary. The 14th inft. the prize of 10,000 dollars was in the Wheel of the MalTachufrtts Lotterv. PRICE CURRENT.— PUBLIC SECURITIES FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. Cents 17/ pr. £ . 85 3 pr. Crnts 9/ 45 Detered 6 pr. Cents 8/ti qf- 45 UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl.and other Certificates 15/10 80 Indents 9f- 45 N. and S. Carolina debts, 12/4 'if- ARRIVALS at the PORT »/ PHILADELPHIA. Brig Maria, Hopkins, Boston, 10 days. Sloop Bitfy, Hand, Morris-River, 4. Do. Nancy, Gad, Do. 3. Schooner Little Sarah, l.owry, Jamaica, 28. Brig Minerva, Rice, Madeira, 40. Slooo Friendship, North-Carolina. Ship Madeira Packet, Capt. Sutton, bound !• Madura, from New-York, is Joft near Madeira. pr. cent, do. do. do. do.
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