FOR THE GAZMTJi OF THE UNITED A TATtS. A WORD TO THE WISE THE Legislatures of Tome of the States claim a right toinftrurt their Senators in Congress. But have thev well considered whether this claim is warranted by the Conltitution, or compatible ■with the duty which their Senators owe to the Union ? And if it is not, whether it is conli(lent ■with the public good, or their own dignitv, to attempt to exercise it ? The Constitution authorizes the State Legisla tures to choole Senators forCongrefs—& this they ought seasonably to do—but it gives them no au thority to inftrurt them after they are chosen ; and the nature of their trust feenis to forbid it:— for it is their duty, on mature deliberation and confutation, when afl'embled, to art what they 111 all judge 111 oft for the good of the United States in general ; and their deliberations ought to be free and unbiased. By the Constitution, each House has authority to determine the rules of its own proceedings; but they are required to pub ]i(h their journals, except such parts as in their opinion require fecrefv, and this their conftitn enrs have a right to expert ; —but whether their debates (hall be public or private, is a matter of expediency, of which they alone are the proper j llcl g es - A CITIZEN. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. MR. FEN NO, "P HE . ,etrer " wnter in y° ur appears to 4 think that the portage on newspapers will r'-ij-'--- lie circulation of those important vehicles ■ > laiion. That the portage proposed is too ii . h, <■( mains to be proved—if it should have the si r ,• ehended by this writer, it certainlyis; but e eii with this charge, I conceive that the probability is, that the circulation will be en creafed—and surely thereby the business is put on a better footing than it ever has been hereto fore. The exchange papers of the printers are to go free in the mail, and the printers may make their contracts as usual—while by the law they acquire bright to transmit them by the mail to their fubl'cribers, they paying the portage, which it is probable the subscribers will da with chear fulnefs, if they can by that means receive their papers with certainty and punctuality.—On the present precarious footing of the business, it is demonstrable that the circulation of newspapers would very soon come to an end.—There is now a bill before Congress for reducing the rate of portage on newspapers—and nothing ftiort of a convitfion that the reduction will defeat the ob jetl which every member appears to have at heart, viz. a rteady and puntfiual tranfmiflion and reception of the papers, will prevent the dimi nution. The poilnge rauli be adequate to de fraying the expence—any thing ftiort of that, will disappoint the public expectation. ' LONDON cause of truth and justice would be great ly promoted were a hill to be pafled to pre sent the rudeness and insolence with which many barristers treat not only the witnefles but the person against wliom they may be employed to plead. How much would that judge deierve the thanks of his country who Ihould attempt to re pel such attacks upon diffidence and private cha racter ? On the trial of Borrett for counterfeiting the stamp of the Goldsmith's Company, a ciicum ftante happened which is worthy notice. Before the jury were charged, his attorney conferred with him for some time at the bar, and on his return it appeared that the wife of Mr. Borrett had the preceding evening been delivered of twins. Mr. Attorney General, who attended to con du<fi the prosecution, upon being informed of this fart, immediately addrefled himfelf to the court, and with generous humanity as great, as noble, as exalted as everglowed within the brea(t of man, consented not only that the trial ihould be deferred tUJ the next session, but that if the prisoner could find such bail as the court should be pleased to direift, he was willing that he should be discharged, in order that he might go home and afford'comfort to his wife. Four gentlemen of fortune who were in court, to whom the prisoner was known, iminediarely offerer! to become his bail, and on their enterino iiito a recognizance for his appearance, he vvaf discharged. \\ oids would he vainly used in attempting* to describe the »xq- ifire sensibility with which this unparalleled liberality of Mr. Attorney General seemed to touch every heart. A new inftitotion among the Jews, on theplan ®f out Sunday schools, promiles much utility to the lower clafles of that people ; as teaching on their own sabbath is forbid, a certain number of the male sex are to be inftru<fted gratis in Englifli reading, writing and arithmetic, on a Sunday, and a certain number to be apprenticed to trades. /Vw e / P, i l r , V'-' emS f ° be the P nn 'liment for , raurlukvt bankrupts in Scotland - were that the ' " f ' r . Wo " ld , be "eceflary to build a fcaffold ■ f , e (treecs, that gentlemen of that descrip tion might not have far to go. The rights of women are every day more and rno.e invaded. A man who was acquitted at the Old Bailey on Monday, was led out of the court in violent kyjterics / HA L I F A X, January' 10. 3n Sunday Jaflr failed, with a favorable wind, » e Sterra Leon a fleet, consisting of fifteen fail, Rot' \ the chnrgeof Lieut. John Clarkfon, of the •Loyal Navy hav.ng on board 1,200 free blacks, iat have chosen to emigrate from this country ° (he hope of its being more conge nial to their habits and constitutions, under the IwTL "° f the Co,n P an y> ] ately incorporated y Charter in Great-Britain, for the eltablifhment of a free Colony there. _ A NEW-YORK, March 9. J he ttockholdeis of the Bank of Albany, have p, e .p rr e fo'l owing gen tie 111 en as Directors , viz. I nilip Schuyler, Abraham Ten Broeck, Stephen Van Renflelaer, Goldfbrow Banyer, Jeremiah t u" ' Cornelius Glen, Daniel Hale, Jo n Maley, James Caldwell, John Stevenson, Stephen Lnfh, Albert Pawling, and John Sanders. c « hC 28th m ■ the House of Reprefentativts of Mafiachufetts proceeded to the consideration • / fi re P° rt tlle j°' nt committee on the fub 'ildi,,ga bric 'g e vver Charles-River, from fiii- t0 Ca,,,brid ge—;and, after a free and rull difcuflion, the question 011 the expediency of the mealure was determined in the affirmative. A bill was accordingly brought in. PROVIDENCE, March i. The Hon. Genera] Aflembly of this state are now in feffion.—lt is probable, that at this fefli on, the following question will be agitated : " Whether the Legi/lature will recommend to the people of this State, the appointment of members to form a Convention for the purpose of forming a Conltitmion for this Hate ?" BALTIMORE, March 8. Tle following Gentlemen were yesterday, defied Direa o rs for .he Bank of Maryland. William Patterlon James Carey Archibald Moncrirff Simuel Smiih Jeremiah Yellott Robert Oliver, Philadelphia, March 14. Ry London papers as lale as the 10th of January, we learn That all the German princes are declared enemies to France, who lhould after the 15th of January countenance the aflembing and arming of the French emigrants. An oath was preparing at Cob- It ntz, to be taken by all the French emigrants, the substance of which was, fidelity to the princes, and " an entire devotion to their orders, for the glory and interest of France."—Great preparations lor war were making throughout Francp. The magistracy of Worms had written refpeftfully to the King of France, that they had ever confidercd the reception of the emi grants among them only as an ast of common hospitality but ! left his Majesty lhould take it in ill part, they had given orders' to the Prince of Conde to quit Worms with all his retinue of dif affected adherents. The Prince Biftiop of Liege is amongst the most strenuous supporters of the Ex-Princes, supplying them with every necessary foi war, and promising still more. The govern ment of the Liegiois had forbid the sale of Montesquieu's Spirit of laws, and Voltaire's questions on the Encyclopedia—Alltheemi- I grants in that State were ordered to be equipped by the loih of January. His Holiness the Pope has been very ill of an apoplec tic fit, but was recovering—On the 26th of December, a letter was received at Coblentz from the Emperor to the French Princes " he allured them of his most ample assistance—and that he had' given orders to Gen. Bender to line the frontier" ; the authenti city of the letter was however fufpefted. A drift look-out was kept in the channel for the (Britifhl Swal low packet, from India, which il was supposed would bring the moll important accounts ever received from that country ; it be ing expe&ed in England the preferit campaign would determine the fate ol Seringapatam and the Mysore country, Lord Cornwal l's army, and the whole ol the Englilh tertitoty on Coromandel coalt The French emigrants at Coblenn weie • preparing to re t ire toHanau and the Maigi aviate of Anfpach but that the emperor's notification totheeleftor, " That he co.ifidered even the threat of invading that ele&orate as an hoftiliiy on the part of the French " had lufpended I heir resolution. * A. Z ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. That the circumstances of the United States have been amelio rated by the operation of the general government, is so abun dantly evident, that it mud be pcrfeftly astonishing to those who" compare the past with the present fnuation of our country to hear any complaints of its admir.iftrafion ; fads are continually occur ing in relpeft to particular States to prove the truth of the above remark, and with refpett to the union there is a perfe£l renova tion. The State ol Maflachufetts from being grievoudy oppressed with taxes, is now so relieved from public burthens as to fupercede for the current year, any imposition whatever: before the late war, the finances of that State were in so eligible a si. nation, that the government commanded the money of its citizens at a much lower, than the the legal and current rate of intercil ; from pre <ctu appearances it is very probable that their public credit will very shortly be equally favorably circumstanced. The fituaiion ot other States admits of similar observations. Can it be poilibiy conceived then that a government which in its operations has produced such effects fliould be unpopular ? All our fenus contradict the fuppofitiori— and he that hath eves to ec, ears to hear, an heaitto feel, and an head to undei stand, hath all tnefe teftifying continually in favor of the general government May the State governments be for ever dear to the people • bnt may they n; ver be gu.ilty of such ingratitude to heaven, as to de ny the merits of the general government. 367 Robert Gilmor Charles Garis Alexander M'Kinn Richard Cayton John Holl ins John O'Donnell. to ree "" ,ohe fnatc!ic '' -p"» knock an adverfarv down. So much is said about. 11 L, would naturally ruppofe that a good deal is done Yet do we fee that our declatmers with to make tife of the word beyond the people °thr they come forward and honelHy lay to the on H ■ h , R l! Cat is th « difference ot eduoti and if Lf k "? 5 m " Ch 'hose who know ltttle j and Who know much j- c few, and those *[,0 know little Romany an anftocracv exilh, which nothing but theTeS difrnfion of knowledge can remedy. th r fe mcn prOVe lheir re P u blicanism bv palling law, to efl.bl.fh .free schools. Let the eduction ot children bCtrtH common charge. It a man has property and no children, 11,11 he The more k \°l°'"t °' mU mcn ' s children. Ihe more knowledge the fater his property. It i> a better p, O . lecrion than armies- • r"7f V , C th,S work ,s be e<">. is time loft. It i, „| ant ing feed which will cqntmue to oear lor ages. All other fecur, ties of liberty without this are trifling. Let every fiate then di vide its territory into proper diflnfls, and eftablilh at lead one school in each Make a beginning, and afterwards carry on the good work as fact and as tar as polfible. Let the diftnft'b- made liable toafTeffment for neglect, and let it be made the duty of eve ry gtand juror, on his oath, to present the breaches of the law" In this wealthy ano flourifhing city, the experiment could not tail ; and a beginning made here, would Ihew what might be one elsewhere. The Philolophers, the Patriots, the friends of Liberty ought to rouse, and make a common cause against ,„no be n m,d K V 'l CC ' 'r" eve, y P art of un,ted America provif.on shall be made by law for educating the children at the common charge Every good man rejoices in the progress of light and liberty— ome preach up liberty for the fake of popularity, others preach in the love of it— whatever the motives may be, dill there is season to rejoice—for genuine liberty, whatever the medium is an acquilition to the world. ' The Prcfident of the United States, by a„d with the advice and cers of the t enatc ' appointed the following gentlemen Offi ce.s of the t we've companies of Rhle-mek, to beraifod a»reea- We to an Ast passed the s th inft. for the more effcaual Defence of PENNSYLVANIA. Ed ward Butler, of Allegany Win. Faulkner, Walhin»toi. John Guthrie, WeOmoreland Uriah Springer, Fayette" Richard Sparks, Allegany J oh „ Cook, Northumberland ....... „ . lieutenants. VIII i am Smith, Washington Nathaniel Hufton, Wafliineton John Cumm,ng s ,Weftmoreland Willi.™ Steedman, North" mb Samuel Vance, Fayette Dan,el T. jennUer/ Allegany Musk" M '^ m Steele, Cumberland Rnb,f T ' ?, ai: P i David H- 11 . Wellinoreland Robert Lee, Northumberland Keafon Beall, Walhington Benjamin Bigqs. of Ohio John Crawford, Ohio Thomas Lewis, Botetourt James Glenn, Berkeley Robert Craig, Rutfel ' Wm. Clark, Louisville, Kent. Patrick Shirkcy, Botetourt Archibald Gray, Grecnbriar Stephen Trigg, Keutuckey 1 he late moderate weather having lendered the Delaware atraiit navigable, a ftiongwefte.lv wind on Sunday last brought into his port the (e,eral vessels wlucl. had been detained at Marcus Hook, by the ice. pn Thursday even.ngiaft, Mr. Thomas Akthovy, this city daughter ot Mr. John Stille, of From PELOSI's MARINE LIST. ARRIVALS at tht PORT of PHILADELPHIA. .hip Peggy, Flemminfc, Cadi* _ cres ' , Marsh, Liverpool, Conception, Stevens, Cadiz Delaware, Art, Charleston . J a " us ' Moulton, Newburyporc Brig Sally, Willi., Qiadaloupc Hetty, Davls> Cape-Francoi. Georg.a Packet, Burrows, Savannah Charleflon, German, Chatlefton Janus, Rowe, Capc-Francoi» °"V* . Edgar, do. F '« i. -f'PP". Bo (lon fair Hebe, Feinour, Cadiz mTu"' Hawkins, St. Croix Norfolk, Shane, Norfolk Sch. Commerce, Foulk, Aux-Cayc« Delaware, Knox, Sl . Croix y Jn.- Veneman, St. Thomas Friendflup, Welsh, CharU-fton Sloop Union, Watson, New-York Two Sifters, Forte, Virginia. Adventure, B.ihop, Sinipuxent Illinois, Story, Cape-Francois Newbern Packet, R.dgeway, Turks-Island Sa,l y- £ves, St. Kilts Brig Swallow, Cheefeman, from Boston, is alhore at Nieman's Creek. Schooner Two Sifters, Lownfbury, is afliore on Tinicum A (hip on shore near Egg-Harbour. PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. 6 pr. Cents 22f pr. J. 3 pr. Cents " jg Defered 6 pr. Cents 13J6 UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Settl. and other Certificates 20/6 102* do. Indents ,gy , g * j 0 " Half (bares Bank Stock—77 per cent, premium. | THE Editor of the Gazette of the United Statu, most earnejlly requefls that those of his fubferibers, whose arrearages have, ken accumulating for more than twelve months, would make payment as fotm as possible at farthefl, bef ore thefrfl day of June next. Those per/or, s who/hall be'dfpofed topatronize this Gazette after the Pofl. Office Liwfhallgo into operation, willpleafe toJignify their intent,on to the Deputy Polt-MafWs in the United States, who are requefled to forwardJuchfubfcription's as may be received, to the Editor, previous to the faidfirfl of June. The terms of fubfeription tre Three Dollars per annum, exduftve of poflage—One ha! Fto be paid at' the time offubferibing, the it her half to be advanced at tit erpirttitn tf the frjl fx months. VI R GJ NI A. C APT AI NS. William Lewis, Wythe Hugh Caperton, Greenbriar James Stevenson, Berkeley LIEUTENANTS. I John Boyer, Boretourt Benjamin Lockwood, Ohio Benjamin Stiother, Culpepper "• N S. ENSI James Hawkins, Botetourt Baker Davidfon, Bath • Hugh Brady, Ohio SHIP NEWS, tio pr. cent, 66 do. 67J do.
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