length of time, and recommended that a special
diftritfl court Ihould be held for the purpose of
trying them ; whereupon the court ordered a
special diftridl Court on next Monday week, for
the purpose of trying Eleanor McDonald and
others : N. B. The said Eleanor was committed
on a charge of robbing a fliip of eleven doubloons
and some other property.
The attorney-general also moved for a com
mission to iflue from the court, appointing cer
tain perlotis in Holland to be commifiioners for
taking evidence in a cafe depending againlt the
State of Maryland, which was ordered accord
ingly.
The following named gentlemen took the 11-
fual oaths, and were appointed counsellors of
the Supreme' Court of the United States, viz. Da
vid Leonard Barnes, of Maflachufetts ; Charles
Swift, of Philadelphia ; Thomas Smith, of Car-
Jifle ; and Jacob R. Howell, of Philadel])hia.
Adjourned.
On Monday last, tlie Mayor of this city, ac
companied by two Aldermen, two county Ma
gistrates, two county Commissioners, and one of
the gaol Infpecftors, met at the gaol of this city,
in order to lay out the ground for erecting l'o-li
tary cells, agreeably to the late penal law of this
state, for the purpose of confining thole criminals
who cannot be reclaimed limply by hard labour.
- By Capt. Clonfer, of the brig Hetty, in J 2 days
from Cape-Francois, there are letters received by
merchants in this city, informing, that a perfect
reconciliation has taken place between the white
inhabitants and the people of colour; in conse
quence of \yhich, a day of rejoicing and public
feftivity was kept with great splendor ; no work
was allowed to be t ran fa ('ted. even on board ves
sels in the harbour': And every thing wore the
appearance of peace and harmony at the time of
Capt. Cloufer's departure. Mail.
A writer in the Pittfß'iS'g paper speaking of
Indian treaties, obfervea,*?A_lf (eems to me that
the principle on which .t/.aa'ies are held with
the Indians, might be altered a little for the bet
ter. I mean only in one particular inftance,viz.
that instead of carrying goods to make presents
to them, they Ihould be obliged to bring furs to
make presents to us. I illuilrate the matter in
this way. If you examine an Indian, you will
find that he lives a dog's life, lazy and hungry :
Never goes to hunt when he can help it, and if
he can get blankets by stealing, will prefer it
much to getting them by purchase. A war is a
profitable thing to him, when the things that
our house-wives and weavers have made in peace,
come to his hands without much trouble. But
a treaty is belt of all, and crowns the matter ;
for there he gets rum, and covering for his
breech, jnft for the word brother. If a treaty
can be brought about at any time, by a little war,
preceding it, is an Indian such a fool, as not to
go to war, within a little time after the treaty,
that he may treat again ? 7hus war begets treaties,
and treaties beget war.
Tranflatioji from a late St. Dc?nii:go Paper.
The Revolution in Sr. Domingo was prema
ture. It should only have kept pace with that
©f the empire. It has already colt the Colonics
above two years of disturbances, and 2J or 50
millions of livres*, in extra expences, loss 011 re
coveries, and diminution in the price of pro
duce. It has deltroyed, or at least weakened,
the confidence of the mother country ; it has
flopped the circulation of even that small porti
on of specie, which the Arglo-Americans have,
for a few months longer, left in our possession. It
is at length time to open our eyes, and to view
the precipice, to whole brink we had been drag
ged by the united efforts of error and ambition.
It is time to appreciate the fine speeches, which
have hitherto concealed the truth from us : It
is time, at length, to alter ourcourfe. The law
points out to us the right path—that let us pursue.
Where is the man, who can so far be imposed
upon, as to think us happy and free? The public
prints are full of the names of those whs adver
tise their departure from the Island. A bad
proof this, of our boasted happiness. When once
we listen to the voice of justice and reason,
when private gives way to public interest, then
only can we call ourselves happy. It is a cruel
reflexion, that the present state of our affairs
should make 11s look back with regret on the part.
May the time to come, banish all remembrance
of both past and prefeut !
The generality of"our public prints have been
instrumental in producing our misfortunes.
They have exafperared the minds of the people,
and raised them to a state of fermentation. To
the inflammatory paragraphs in the Courier Po
litique, we owe ill e Caricatures, that were ft nek
up on the church gates : and had it not been
for tliofe Caricatures, the inhabitants of Port-au-
Pr.nce would hardly have been temptecLto run
the rift of being cut to pieces in disarming a re
giment of fnldiers. It were, indeed, much to
fee wi fiied, that the writers of both parties would
agree to throw by their pens.
* Thirty millions oflivrcs make above five millions and a naif
•f dollar*.
rCLITICAL SKETCH.
WHAT n truly pleafingprofpetfl does our coun
try exhibit at the present moment !—That confi
dence which the general government has inspir
ed, has given new energy to the human mind.—
Recent accounts from the State of Georgia are fa
vorable-— peace reigns in her borders—the savages
are quiet—and the population, commerce, and
wealth of the State, are hourly encreafihg.—The
late detail published in this paper, of the happy
revolution, and posture of affairs in the impor
tant State of South-Carolina, mull impress with
real pleasure every bosom susceptible of the be
nevolent feelings.—What a glorious reverse of
circumltances has taken place!— May South-Ca
rolina always know, and pursue the things that
belong to her peace—domestic, internal tranqui
lity, mult accelerate her progress in solid wealth
and confequencc. In North-Carolina,the voice
of complaint is not hear' I —and if any disagreea
ble apprehensions have been entertained refpeJl
ing some recent acfts of Congrefs,as light and in
formation extend, they appear to be subsiding and
dying away. A gentleman acquainted with the
affairs of that State, informed the writer of this
article, that the patriotic exertions and represen
tations of the firft characters there, had been at
tended with the molt salutary effeiftsin removing
prejudices, and diffufing just and liberal senti
ments refpetfiing the general government, parti
cularly among the people in the interior parts of
the State: The proceedings of all their social
circles 011 the late anniversary of Independence,
evince the federal difpotftion of North-Carolina.
Virginia, the ancient, is also tranquil and hap
py— the heavens have flied their benign influen
ces on the labors of the husbandman—her fields
have brought forth abundance, and she will more
and more realize her policy in converting her to
bacco fields into wheat fields. No disagreeable an
ticipations appear to be realized—from a happy
confidence in the wisdom of her elecfted civil fa
thers, a spirit of candor and calm invefligation,
we may always expecft, will diftinguifli the coun
cils of this gieat and refpe«flable member of the
Union. The great bufinefsof preparing the feat
of the general government, and of giving effec
tual protetftion to the frontiers, now engage her
attention. The late brilliant stroke of the Ken
tuckians eftabliflies the spirited, patriotic and
enterprizing character of the inhabitants of that
young, but riling State.
Many rerem tran factions serve to develope the
genuine character of the people of Maryland :—
Their liberal tolerant principles have long; been
known and celebrated—their commercial impor
tance is daily more and more apparent—the in
dependent and generous plan of their new insti
tution, the State-Bank, rnuft be productive of so
lid commercial advantages, facilitate their nego
ciations, and give a spring to their manufactures
and agriculture. The population of this State
has advanced with rapid strides, which, added to
many other favorable circumstances, her federal
and republican attachments, mult continue to ad
vance her prosperity and importance.
Pennsylvania, from her situation, may be con
sidered as the lap of Columbia, in which the trea
sures of agriculture and commerce are poured
with a liberal hand.—While {lie is exploring her
interior resources and advantages, the nations of
Europe, particularly Hibernia, is fending forth
her hardy sons by thousands, to encreafe her
strength and population. It is hardly neceflary
to advert to the numberless benefits derived from
her being the natural centre of the union, and
the present feat of the general government
there can be no doubt of her avai ling herfelf of
these circumstances to enhance her wealth, and
by the spirit and enterprize of her difcerningci
tizens, to place her affairs in such a situation, as
that whenever the feat of the general govern
ment shall be removed, fbe may by the force of
her own internal principles, be impelled forward
in every political, commercial, and agricultural
improvement. (To be continued.)
The amount of Duties on goods, wares and
merchandize, imported into the District of Pro
vidence, between the last day of December 1790,
and the firft day of July I7ir, as secured at the
Custom-House, is — 59,440 45^
Amount of ditto on Tonnage, 325 69
Total Dollars —
X E W- YORK, Augujl 4.
Cash Price of STOCKS last evening at Public Auction.
Six per cents2is. Bd.J; three per cents 131 J; deferred 135.2 d
National Bank scripts, 100 and 3 dollars.
Bank of New-York, 25 percent advance.
New-Yoik State Debt, 18s. id. principal and interrfh
From PELO'Sl's MARINE LIST.
ARRIVALS at the PORT <rf PHILADELPHIA.
Ship James and Catharine, Crawlord, Jamaica
Brig Betsey, RulTrll, Port-au-Prince
Hetty, Cloufer, Cape-Francois
Sukev, Atkin:, ditto
Chrifliana, Brown. St. Fuflatia
Paca, Lee, St. Croix
Barqu'* Virgin, Cape Francois
Sloop Pomona, Church. St. f.uftatia
Hope, Lake, s tj Thomas
115
59,766 1
Wehearthat Governor Blount, under the aufplces, and by the
direction of the President of the Uniied States, on the second of
July concluded a Treaty with the Cherokee nation of Indians.—
,rhis nation consists of about 2500 warriors, who are situated
principally upon the waters of the beautitui river Tennessee.
They have been greatly agitated since the treaty of Hopewell,
in November 1785, by the encroachments of the whites upon
their lai.ds; but are now entirely fatisfied by the liberajity and
jufticeof the United States.
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FUNDED DEBT.
6 pr. Cents 21/21/3 P r - L ■
3 pr. Cents 12/6 i./g
Defered 6 pr. Cents 13/" '13/11
UNFUNDED DEBT.
Final Settl. and other Certificates iof
Indents 12/6 12/9
N. and S. Carolina debts, 14/6.
Bank Subscriptions, 130 to 135 Dollars.
Gray's Gardens.
A CONCERT of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
will begin This Day, the 6th of August, at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, and conclude at 9 at night, fliould the day he fair.
Tickets delivered at one Quarter of a Dollar at the Bar.
The Ship Union, the Water-Fall, and Gardens, will be ele
gantly Illuminated at night. G. Sc R. GRAY.
A YOUNG Gentleman, who was bred to business, and can be
favorably recommended, intending to visit the Manufa&ories
in the South of France, the ensuing Winter, will accept of Orders
for Goods, and execute them on a moderate Commiflion.
N. B. He will continue there, if encouraged. -Applications
dire&ed to A. Z. and left at the Printers, will be punttually at
tended to.
Philad. August; 6, 1791
B O O K S.
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A large collection of BOOKS;
Among which are the following
AMERICAN EDITIONS.
LOVELASS on Bills of Ex
change.
Clerk's Vade Mecum.
Gilbert's Law of Evidence.
New Edinburgh Dispensatory.
Cullen's First Lines of the Prac-
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Rush's Medical Enquiries,
Brown's Elements of Medicine
Ofterwald's ChriftianTheology. Jenyn's Internal Evidence of
Rife and Progress of Religion the Christian Religion.
in the Soul. Beattie's Evidence of Ditto.
Necker on Religious Opinions. Think Well On't.
Fordvce's AddrelTes to Young Devout Christian's VadeMecnm
Men.
Sermons to Young tion.
Women.
Poor Man's Help and Young
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Newton's Dissertations on the Booth's Apology for the BaptilU
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Jenyns.
The Christian Remembrancer.
Future State Eternal.
RufTel's Seven Sermons.
Ramsay's American Revolution Life of Baron Trenck,
History of America. Smith's Wealth of Nations.
Morse's Geography. Paley's Moral Philosophy.
Siege of Gibraltar. Smellie's Philosophy of Natural
Shaw's Abridgement of Bruce's History. ,
Travels. Nicholfon's Natural Philosophy
Keate's Account of the Pelew JuniuJ's letters.
I (lands. '
Pike's Arithmetic.
Gough's Arithmetic, altered by
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Clark's Introdu&iontothc mak
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Dodflev's Fables.
P. Ovidii Nafonis Metamor
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Philadelphia Latin Grammar.
Ruddiman's Rudiments.
Schoolmaster's Afliftant.
Seleftae e Veteri Teftamento
Hiftoriar.
Scott's Leflfons on Elocution.
Sargeant's Short Hand.
Wettenhall's Greek Grammar.
Young Man's Companion.
Catechism of Nature.
Hervey's Meditations.
Young's Night Thoughts.
Thomson's Seasons.
Rudiments of Taste.
Klopftock's Mefiiah.
Lavater's Aphorisms.
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Kennet's Roman Antiquities.
Trimmer's Sacred History,
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Nicholfon's Navigation.
Alexander's Experimental En-
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Experimental Essays.
Huxham on Fevers.
Virtues and Efficacy of i Crust
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Edinburgh Pharmacopia.
Burke's Speeches and Political
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Beauties of the British Senate.
Davids'* Dramatic Miscellanies.
Miss Murray's Mentoria.
Stiiart's View of Society.
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Euchan's Domestic Medicine,
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Clark on Difeafesof HQifes.
Gentleman's Pocket Farrier.
Edwardi's Hiftpry of Redemp.
• — on the Religious Af
fe&ions.
Enfield's Family Prayers.
Mefhodift Hymns.
Watts's Hymns and Psalm*.
Price's Sermons.
Hale's AffcAionate Epifllcs to
his Child r en.
Beauties of Johnson.
——— of Sterne.
Percival's Father's Inftruftions.
Lady's Advice to her Daughters.
Emma Corbet.
Accomplished Gentleman.
Ela, or the Delusions of the
Heart.
Adventures of Maria Cecilia.
Adventures of Alphonfo and
Dalinda.
Beattie's Poems.
Conqueftof Canaan.
Chefterfield's Principles of Po
liteness.
Economy of Human Life.
Fables for the Ladies.
Freneau's Poems.
Mackenzie's Lounger.
More's Sacred Dramas.
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School Dialogues,
Andrews's Hiftorv of the Ame-
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New Annual Regiftcr.
Vattel's Law of Nation*.
Walker's Academic Speaker.
Life ol Robinson Cruioc.
Saville's Miscellanies,
School of Wisdom.
Knox's Sermons, t vols.
Description of 300 Animals.
Bovle's Voyages.
Sterne's Sentimental Journey,
The Apocrypha.
Marmontel's Bclifarius.
Journey through Sweden.
Dupaty's Travels.
Stretch's Beauties of History.
Allifon's Eflay on thr Nature
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