FOR the gazette of the united states.
MR. FENNO,
AS I .have been long absent from America, it happens that an
ignorance of many modern improvements, efpecialiy in lan
guage, fubjeft me to fomc very odd mistakes.
I lately called, on a visit of friendfhip, at Mr. Modely's ; bc
xno- ushered into the parlour, I found his oldest daughter, Miss
s a fly, fitting in one of the windows, with a very pensive counten
ance, hemming a ruffle : With a freedom, which is natural to me,
and being an old acquaintance, I enquired how all the family did.
"We are all very well, said Miss Sally, except my dear Mare.
Your Mare ! What ails her pray ? O Sir, said Sally, (he is very
jick, you would hardly know her—Hie is so fallen away—(he is a
mere fkeleton —(he has loft her appetite—can eat scarcely any
thing, and if her complaints do not soon take a more favorable
turn I fear the word consequences may happen ; and what would
become of me, if I should lo(e her jnd here the poor girl
fobbed and cried sadly. I never was more surprised in my life,
than on this occasion ; for tho it is difficult to account for the
ftreugth of many incidental aitachments, even to cats 4 dogs or hor
ses; yet as I supposed from Mr. Mode l y's circumstances, and
bisaffe&ion to his dear girl, that if she (hould lo£e the pretty Nag/
which it feerns he had lately presented her, he would very readily
give her another, I was exceedingly puzzled at the<exeefsof her
grief—accordingly I attempted to sooth and moderate her afflic
tion, by faying, that such a loss could be easily made up—that ten
or a dozen guineas would buy just such another : She darted with
amazement, and exclaimed, fir, you astonish me ! What do you
mean ? Can all the gold in the universe purchase me so kind, so
affectionate a parent? Here I was, in my turn, equally surprized
and confounded—Parent, said I—you puzzle me Miss Sally, be
yond expreflion : was you not just now speaking of your Mart ?
No fir, said flie, of my Mamma : Wnat confufion of terms! re
plied I.—Pray never lead me into such ? mistake again by using
•what I now suppose is a modern pronunciation ; the absurdity of
it muftbe very apparent, when I allure you, Miss Sally, that I ans
wered you in the simplicity of my heart :My young friend felt
very forcibly the impropriety ot facrificing utility to fafliion—
and declared (lie would never fubjett herfelf to a funilar misap
prehension. I have since learut that Pare is the modern pronun
ciation for Pa : A very ludicrous scene occurred in consequence
of a mistake in the supposed meaning of this word ; but the abovt
may fuffice for the present.
PEREGRINE.
P. S. I was mentioning this incident to a friend —on which he obfer
vcd } that I did not underjiand French.
FROM THE GENERAL ADVERTISER,
Mr. Bache,
JJ you, think the following hint can be of any advantage to this country,
which I have adopted as my patria, / requejl you to insert it in your
paper.
THE uncommon drynefs of the season, will very likely cause a
scarcity of hay; I propose an expedient that has perfectly
succeeded in France, under the fame circumstance. As there is
time yet to make use of it, I offer it earnestly to the public.
As it is known that when about the middle of May, the drynels
of the spring has Hopped the growth of the grafles, the husband
man has reason to apprehend a scarcity of hay, and that it is un
certain how he will be able to feed his cattle during the winter,
I invite him to try the following experiment:
About the end of this month, oY the beginning of June, but
not later, to plough twicc a piece of ground in size proportiona
ble to his wants. He must then choose the Indian corn of the
smallest size, in order to sow it thick; and sow at the rate of three
bushels to three birfhels and an half upon an acre, and harrow the
ground even. Before he sows the grain, he must let it soak du
ring 24 hours in water, to hasten the germination, and to prevent
its being eaten by the birds. It requires no more trouble till the
mowing, which ought to be performed when the blossom begins
to come out of the capfula : The plant is then full of juice, and
its (talks and leaves are exceedingly succulent; if it was mown
later, it would lose this good quality. It ought to be dried as
quick as possible, and housed for fodder. The cattle will eat it
greedily; it may be given green, and proves a good substitute for
hay.
The ground may be ploughed immediately after this mowing,
and sown with any winter grain. As the forage stands very little
on the ground, it has not time to impoverish it, but enriches it ra
ther, by the immense quantity ot tender roots that are buried by
the ploughing. I am, Sir, &c.
henfwgton, May 12, 1791
CHARLESTON (S. C.) May 3
This city was yesterday gratified with the ar
rival of the Prefidenc of the United States. A
twelve oared barge, manned by thirteen Captains
of American veflels, attended' him at Hadriil's
point, and rowed him over ; the Amateur Soci
ety, with a number of young gentlemen of con
liderabJe vocal powers, placed in boats, hailed
liiin with the music of instruments and voices,
which lasted during his passage to town.
He was accompanied by several gentlemen of
conlulerable rank in the State, and a very beau
tiful and grand procession of boats in the river.
The Preiidenc was received at his landing by
His Excellency the Governor, the Intendant and
Wardens of the city, the battalion of artillery,
the company of fufileers, a number of refpecla
le citizens, the militia officers and the Society
the Cincinnati ; all of whom attended him in
proceflion, amidst the firing of cannon and the
atriamations of the people, firlf to the Exchange,
and then to the House prepared for his reception.
PORTSMOUTH, May j
We hear with pleasure that our worthy ftatef
jnanand patriot, the Hon. JUDGE SULLIVAN,
as (o far recovered from his late indifpoficion
as to be enabled to walk abroad.
LANSINGBURGH, May 6.
The manufacture of Hard Metal Buttons has
® c »me no inconsiderable a branch of business :
' e perfeiftion to which it is brought does honor
'o the workmen while it renders eflential benefit
•o the community : Mr. Mix's manufactory, of
' ' e ? rni Mix, Barney, and Co. of New-Haven,
produces a supply of 160 different kinds, sizes
ail d nolifhes— the goodness, beauty and reduced
prices of which, niuft give their goods a decided
P ereiice to any European whatever.
Yours,
Du PLAIN E.
We are tald that the probable amount of their
business this year to be done by i 5 hands only
will be 10,000 dollars.
Mefl Silas Pepoone and Edward Edwards, of
Stockbridge, Maflachufetts, have contracted with
the commissioners of the land-office of this state,
to explore, lay out and complete a road from
tiie welt barnch of the IVlohawk-river (in the vi
cinity of the cook-house) to the south end of the
Cayuga-lake.
N E W-Y O R K, May 13
At the anniversary of the Sons of Tammany,
or Columbian Order—after dinner the thirteen
following Toasts were echoed round the tables :
*The Grand Sachem of the 1 hirteen Uni
ted tires—may his declining fun be precious in
the fight of the Great Spirit, that the mild lustre
of his departing beams may prove no less glori
ous than the effulgence of his rising, or traivf.
cendeTit fplend,aur of his meridian greatness I
2d. The heacT men and chiefs of the Grand
Council of the Thirteen United Fires—may they
convince our foes not only of their courage to
lift, prudence to direct, and clemency to with
hold the hatchet, but of their power to inflidt it
in their country's cause.
His excellency the Sachem of tlie New-York
tribe—may his happiness in private life be as
great as that which we have%ong enjoyed under
his public administration.
4th. Our Brethren of th® Cinojijnati—may
they, and the memory of their fellow chiefs and
warriors, whose patriotic blood
r.ative foil, be ever dear to American freenfl^.
yth. All societies in this Country which speak
peace and good will to it.
6th. The memory of our imtnpml countryman,
Benjamin Franklin, whose Pjiilofophy drew elec
tric fire from Heaven, and whose Patriotism cher
irtied the firft sparks of that Freedom which now
blefles his native land.
7th. LewUAthe sixteenth, and all our Gallic
Brethren-vfnay the glorious empire of reaf'on and
liberty ihey have reared, attain that fumfnit of
excellence which its auspicious etlablifhment pre
dicts. r
Bth. The memory of the renowned Columbus
—may our latest posterity inherit the goodly
land which his intrepidity explored and his sa
gacity di(covered.
9th. May the cap of liberty ever refufe its of
fice, when the unhallowed brow of our counrty's
foe would fully its purity.
10th. May the sons of Tammany ever esteem
it their greatest: glory to keep alive the sacred
flame of Liberty.
rirh. Continual peace to all the nations of the
enrth -may tlia fragrant American plant ever
ensure them a calumet of peac^.
12. May the calumet of peace have the magic
power of cementing us in the chair of love, by
evaporating jealousy in smoke.
13th. The Day—may the Good Spirit grant
the sons of Tammany life and freedom, to enjoy
many mure.
BOSTON, May 7
On Thursday his Excellency The Governor gave an elegant
entertainment to a number of the principal chara&ers in this
town, and the officers of his His Biitannic Majcjly's ship Alligator.
His Excellency was so well as to be able to prcfide at table?
After dinner, among other judicious and liberal toasts, the fol
lowing were given :—
HAPPINESS TO ALL MANKIND.
The President of the United States.
His Majesty George the 11 Id. King of Great-Britain.
His Mod Christian Majesty the King of Frenchmen, &c,
Philadelphia, May iB.
Ir is with pleasure we learn, that a sum of mo
ney has within a few days been collected, which
is more than fuflicient to make good all the da
mages sustained by the poor families who have
fuffered by the late fi;e in Dock Itreet.
In addition to the above, the Mayor has inform'd
the citizens that 178 dollars have been raised
by the Old American Company, at the theatre,
for the relief of those unfortunate people.
A correspondent observes that the opinions of the minority, both
in politics and religion, have in all ages been considered as Here
sies—and the fate of Heresy is very well known. It was the in
fluence of that wisdom which comes from above, that led the citi
zens of these States to the adoption of a Constitution, which guards
the minority from the tyranny of the majority, by dividing the
powers of government into three branches, and making each a
check on the other. Heresies are the growth of every clime—
our ancestors were persecuted as Heretics in Europe—the intoler
ant spirit of the age, produced this Wcftcrn Empire—and strange
to relate, what some consider as the Heresies of the National Aflem
bly of France, have been the cause of the emigration to the wilds
of America, of a considerable number of Frenchmen : From whence
it appears, that political and religious heresies may be produ&ive
of some advantages. About the year 1787, there were many po
litical Heresies rife in this country—whether the knowledge of
them reached France or not, is nothing to the purpose—certain it
is, that some of our best citizens supposed we were at that time,
very near realizing the sailor's advice, * 4 to divide the world over
again : This was a very prevailing Heresy ; another was, that go
vernment was unnecessary, or at least, the expence of supporting it :
Taxes had been so long out of faftiion, that it was considered a mod
•ibominable imposition to levy them : Another prevailing Heresy
at that time, and perhaps not yet entirely extinct, was, that the
words public credit were entirely useless ; the creditors, it was said,
were in the power of the majority, and must abide their decision.
Other Heresies might be mentioned, but the above may fuffice.—
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These Heretics, like the Heresies of old, were produ£live of quite
d.ffereut events from those expected—and that form of govern
ment, which, so far as relpe&s our political state, has, in a man
ner, annihilated humau evil, was the bleffcd confcquence.
It has been said that the people of England have no constitution
— but what, according to fame fyltems of politics, are conftitu
paichment, which the people may at one period
'-onndrr as the palladium of their rights ; and at another period
annihilate as ufelcls, and worse than ufelcfs repofuories of ab
luraities.
The people of England have however high ideas of personal
(octal and political freedom—and these ideas are iufeparably conl
netted with certain great principles, which they wifely fuopofe
lorm the great outlines of a couftitution. This conflitution is
written on their hearts—it thore has an existence, an influence an
operation which are superior to eHeAs produced by penlhable
manuscripts or parchmcnt declarations. This conftjiution lihe
t ie immijtSble principles of common taw, approves itfelf to the
reason and conscience of every free born Englishman—and hence
we find the natives of that eouniry, like the free citizens of the
United States, have a high sense of the superior rank they hold n
[he community ol mankind. If the English nation has no con
flitution, what volumes have been written by some very wife men
on a nonentity ! '
On the 31ft March, there were fubferibed in MalTachufetts, a
greeable to the ast for funding the debts of the United States,
1 -4 11 '55 2 doll's. 80 cents, at 6 pr. cent, per annum,
1.505.466 doll's. 47 cents, at 3 pr. cent, per annum,
2.917.018. "27.
Amount of deferred stock fubferibed, is probably about one half
oi the amount of the 6 pr. cents.
J° H <" Foster Williams, fcfq, is appointed to command
the Kevcnue-Cutter, building at Newbury.
Capt John Maltbie, is appointed to command the Cutter.v
now buildiug at New-London.
Mr. Daniel Tilton, is apdointed Ensign in the ad,U. 5,
Regt. vice. Mr. J. S. Gilman, declined.
Accounts from New-York fay—that velTcls now lying at the '
wharves in New-York, and within a few mile« of the cityi' have "
upwards of thirty thousand bulhels of wheat on board ; besides
which, great quantities are still remaining in the country.
The Legislature of this State has voted the following sums sos
the laudable and patriotic purpose of promoting the imercourfs
ind navigation, in the interior parts of the State.
For improving See. the river Delaware,
For the river Lechawaxen,
The river Lehigh, - .
The river Schuylkill,
The river Sufquehannah,
The river Alleghany,
The French Cieek,
The river Juniata,
The Irtt-le Conemaugh,
The river Kifkerainetas,
For the Stockpoft road,
For the Driftwood do.
For the road to Lake Erie,
tor the Canoe Narrows road,
For the Poplar-run road,
For the little Conemaugh road,
SEMI-ANNUAL LOTTERY.
V n J - Bojtm, May to.
tX«r o y T lO^1 " 8 Edward Efty, and Oliver Johnson,
of Wcftmoreland, m the county ot Cheshire, and State of itew- •
Hampshire, presented the Ticket No. 6052, which drew tbe'£api»
tal prize of Ten Thousand Dollars, in the firft daCs of, the »bovs
Lottery, to the Manager who signed that fortunate Ticket w ho,j
immediately paid them their money.
We can now congratulate (fays a correspondent) our country
Brethren of N. Hampshire State, on the iuccefs two of their citi
zens (among many others) have met with in the MafTachufetts State '
Lottery.—lt is to be hoped that after having experienced 'ach li.
hcrality from the goddess who has presided over the rich Wheels
we have turned in this Town, the People of N. HampQjire will
not again tolerate a prosecution against Peifons felling our wealth
dijpenfing Tickets in their government.
ExtraS from Mr. Paine's pamphlet.
When a man reflects on the condition whicfP-Tltace was in
from the nature of her government, he will fee other TSlfet f®f re
volt than those which immediately connect themselves yrith the
person orchara&er of Louis XV I. There were, if I may to eicprcls
it, a thoufanddefpotifms to be reformed in France,- which bad
grown up under the hereditary despotism of the monarchy, and
became so rooted as to be in a great raeafure independent ot it.—
Between the monarchy, the parliament, and the church, there was
a rwa/Jhip of despotism; besides the feudal despotism operating •
locally, and the ministerial despotism operatingevery-wherc. But
Mr. Burke, by considering the King as the only possible object of a
revolt, speaks as if France was a village, in which every thing that
passed mult be known to its commanding officer, and no oppref
(ion cquld be acted but what he could immediately controu). Mr. "
Buikc have been in the Baltile his whole life, as well tinder
Louis XVI. as Louis XIV. and neither the one ncur the other have
knowb that such a man as Mr. Burke existed. The despotic prin
ciples of the government were the fame in both retgm, $014$ tMfe
dispositions of the men were as remote as tyranny apd' bcnevolnux. v -
Copy of a letter from Lotd Mansfield, to an inMneaf
Character in this city—which is publilhed as an evidence of
(he reputation of our courts of iuftice in Europe, and of the li
beral mind of the venerable judge from whom it was received.
Kenwood, Feb. 14, 1791.
To the Honorable
Six,
I AM not able to write with my own hand, and, therefore,
must beg leave to use another, to acknowledge the honor you-have
done me, by your mod obliging and elegant letter, and the fend
ing me Dallas's Reports.
I am not able to read I have heard them all read
with much pleasure : They do credit to the court, the bar, and
t"he reporter; they !hew readiness in praflice, liberality in princi
ple, strong reason, and legal learning: the method too is clear,
and the language plain.
I undergo the weight of age, and other bodily infirmities ; but,
blcfled be God ! my mind is cheerful, and still open to that sensi
bility, which praise from the praise-worthy never fails to give.
Laus laudari a Tc: Accept the thanks of,
Sir, your most obliged,
And obedient, humble servant,
beautiju! Lines on Judge Hobkinfon in the Federal Gazette»
prepajedfor re-publication this day,Jhallbe preserved in our next.
K7* Securities as in our lajl.
MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL
Lottery Tickets,
Class Second, fo:d at the Office of SAMUEL ANDERSON,
Chcfuut-Street.
May 18, 1791. (if)
£■ 35°° o
250 ,0
IOQO o
2500 o
6950 o
150 o
400 o
1320 o
6800 o
35° o
- 400 ©
460 a
4QO o
300 o
360 a
180 o
MANSFIELD.