A gentleman, *rr!*ed OT Tuesday from ' Cape-Francoh, informs u-, that the colony, al the time of his departure, which was the 2r ft of last month, wa; 111 a more diftrafted ftatt than it has been at any period since the rebel lion of the negroes. Discord and confulion Jceni to have erected their ftantlard at the Cape— Party Ipirit is wound up to a pitch that has fel doin been equalled, even in the most violent and difafterous revolutions—The common and inveterate enemy to the white people (the re bel negroes) is nearly forgotten—and the colo nists are totally ablorbed in animolity againll each other. Tuesday evening the 23d ult. a fire brokeout in Fayetteville, North-Carolina, which raged in fiich a tremendous manner ai to consume 61 buildings before it was checked. Col. lames Porterfield is t ie greatest fuiierer in buildings ; the hon e> he has loft colt 6000 pounds. The value of the whole number of buildings burnt, is eltimated at Thirty Thousand Pounds No estimate can at present be made of the loss of goods. —The mod pr»babie account of the cause of this unfortunate event, is, that a small negro girl of' Col. Dekeyfer's, accidentally caught a broom-straw r.iat on fire in t ie garret with a candle. Thisis a severe stroke to Fayetteville, wtnch tan only be said to i>e in its infancy: But it is ■with much fatisfaftibn obfarved, that the fuf ferers, in general, are in goodsspits, and many «f them already making preparations to build •pin—and, we hope in a few months to have the plealure of announcing to the public, that that part of the town is completely rebuilt. The Canal intended to unite the waters of Snfqueharinah and Schuylkill, was begun on F'ri. dav tlie 26th ult. on the crown level of themid dlc ground, between the Tolpehocken andOui tapahilla; and the canal for uniting t.ie waters of t''e Scimjlkill and Delaware, was begun on Tue/ilty iafi -voek, near Norriftpii Mills. The !:ig' y improved state ofrhe arts in Eng land, may be in some measure conjectured from the following cirfcumftances: —There is now publiihing in London, a splendid edition of Siakefpeare, the fubfeription p ice is ninety guinea;! Also, an edition of Hume's Hiftorv of England, in live- volumes, with notes bv Dr. Kippi -, and a continuation bv Dr. Tosvers the fiib/cription to which is fixtv guineas 1 Tho'mp- Seaf'ons are likewise to be publiflied by lub fc'ri .tion, at four guineas each. These works are to be highly embelliflied with Kllturical and iJlaftrative print-, bv the most eminent eftg. avers, from pictures painted on ourpoie, by tile lirft t (Is in Eng'and. T ie ea-ernefs with which the fubfeription lift: to these eLgant chef d'esuvres of art' are filled, gives jreat reason to r up, o(e, that ii: a very fewyeai's, a!! the claTc'.i p„d efteeined authors of England will be printed and embej liihed in a fi-.i ilar n annet. B api oclsimation of his Excellency Thomas Sim lee, Esq. Governor nf the state of Mary land, it appea's t-at Geo v ge Dent, Tohn K. Mercer, Uriah For Th... : ' _ muei S.nitn, Gabriel C iftie, Viil'.am Hird jn.in, and William Vans Mnrrav. Esquires, are cholen to represent that ita:c in the third Coir jrefs <f the United States. Or. I ueTlay the following gentlemen were chofcn, by the citizens of Philadelphia, as elec tors of a President a:;d Vite-Pteiident of the United States, viz. William Henry, Joseph Heifter, John Boyd, Thomas M'Kcan, Cornelius Cox, David Stew art, George Latimer, Ruber tCo!«,nan, Henry Millsr, Jamer Morris, Robert Jrhuiton,Thomas Bull, John Viikius, juu. Robert Hare, and Hugh Lloyd. Lord Garlies, son of the Earl of Galloway and Captain Markham, who ai rived at New! York a few days afro from Quebec, are not only to make a tour thro' the United States, hut in tend, we are told, to visit some of the remote and interior parts ol America. Bv the schooner Fox, we have received intelli gence from Capr-F: .mcois, as late as the <:jd ,j|t. There hasbeen liefh difturbinccs at the Capcj between the old troops, who are ordered anil the nili ia of the place. The new troop* that had arrived f., ~e time before, aie b.«n i plealed Wi.hthe milit ; a, aud h-v ■ ; '«e.l in c.n. set with them, in th u mutual ix, uoris to fno- Cue the infurgenis, hu; the t:>lk li ems to he both difficult and will he hut fl, wly accompliOud. Ihe old troopsthat were q riti. ojn the tuwn. slave committed gnat excillcs p'revio s to the., departure ; fever,,! liois liav, i. ktri pla e, , : nd (ix or ttven ot the militia have l-lien a far, fir,• i, thole regulars. M li of ihe pertons who fuffen d were citizens of the firli refpt Stability. Th, (hip Commerce, Can . R rgmm, arrive,t here ™ rue fa a v lait lr,.m L.fb v, hi, I, ,> ri Ihc Jrft thetothSrp le ,,-.lcr,hui . , o. r*ench iffaiu. It V..s fp'-ken ,! at Llb >r,, that DI. Willn Wat ixocdl.d I k a,r d i n , to nv another e>:i«i mem . n the Queen of P-tug-l, b, nfr her in the Ira— a machine has been pr• - pared for this puipoQ*. ixtrad oj a letter dated I ouifvilfe, in Kentucky. btr 14. A treaty was opened on t'-e the 2 J.th of Uft month at Pnft Vincennc, with 7 ration, r.f Indians, viz,—Tie Fe! Rivsrs, Wcachteon*, Pi»nkiu„iv.', PotavatV-m-, Kirl;,.pr Kiflca Jkias, and Muftjuer.Ti';, ai d cuncl ted on the 27th; which I.at -ns have buried the hatchet, and are now entirely broke off from the league «Cthe <v-ir nation*.' " There ate now the principal chiefs of these nations, 16 in number, with three cf their wo n,e"'.°° e ' r wa .v to CongreP:, here with me « fr l ' They are l<» proceed from hence up tfie Ohiolßiver to Pittsburgh and Philadel phia." Died, On thft 2d inft. in this city, in the 38th year df his are, Mr. Jean Alexis Claudius, a native of Dijon, a town of Burgundv in France. HIS death wasoccalioned bv the fracture of his *nll in falling from his horse in Third-street, •tor.Pyie-ftreet, on tbe 28th ultimo. 1 V<^ n . w/vT'ln" L 7 ;f,j!ur<: of.he date of FUI,NCH.V S.. I L"™'i and «-*SSKr Thomas Hcnderfon, Richard Stockton J ofcph Bloom field, Ftanklin Davenport, State of the vofr* s f,„ Federal Rcprcfontat.vcs a be lateelrltion m New-jcrfey. John Beaity, Jonathan Dayton, Abraham Cl«n k, thus Boudiuot, Lambert C«rd w<i !ader, J liomas Sinnickfon, Aaron Kitcheil, The five firft are chofcn. fa»».«•«- ': , :i late I'telv cast on tlie V!" from another quarter. ' thirjl a f ter mon _ Wltn these nien oi the NATIONAL PAK DEMON,UM, that nnlers they checked in tneir career, they will absorb in on'e ' IS,*' 5 thejtrength, am! the labour of the '•at,on. 1 o counteract their mad projeftsthat have been but too fucce/sful, and to redr.fs the 1 grievances under which theNatjpn labours, von will in a few days have recourle to that facrrj RIGHT OF ELECTION -exer c"e th,s valuable gift with judgment and oif. cei nment, and bear in remembrance, that the Old Tones of our Country in 75, ai>e becomc the Aristocrats of 92." A correspondent fayr—The only States from Which accounts have been received, of the Flec tions of Members for the third Concrete,^are, Ncn-Hnmpftirc, Connechcut, Rhode-!<la»d/ , !i a " d ' 1111 0-1 van. a, and Georgia—and that JHK POPLE of all those States, have' re eltLci a great majority'of their Federal, Inde pendent Members C ot. Ccvtir.d. It 1 s extremely probable that, had the firft ' e not Congress, under the new constitution, been held in this city instead of New-York, we should at this time exhibit more republicanism in our public formalities. Indeed, since this city has become the feat of Federal Govern ment a step or two towards that deiirable sim- Pl'city, has been accomplished. In a government like ours, the people arc not to he imposed upon by ceremonious forms, or outward shew, and our endeavors.ta imitate the fopperies of European courts can only draw 011 us the ridicule of the reflecting. Gen. Adv. A correspondent informs uS, that convcrfing lately on the fubjefl of"Spartan simplicity, with a gentleman in this city—the latter observed, that if he conkl but fee the Representative; and Senators of the United States, attending Con gress in leathern xj-rl r---b >tK . "'jilet oj dried beef, mouldy bread and good ftronp; cheese, like the Dutch deputies ps old, he fhouki then think our republican government immortal. N. B. Thi-. advocate for simplicity and felf [cJeuial i.~ cortftantly arrayed in tilk and find linen, and fares fumptuouflyeveryday.— Should our civil rulers, wait for the force of example to influence them tondopt the whims of certain declaimers against luxury, they need not anti cipate heir" obliged to wear wooden flioes and leather jackets very soon. The Lcgi flat lire of the state of New-York convened last Wednesday—the Governor open ed the leflion-with a speech, of which the. fol lowing is an extra# :— Gentlemen of the Senate and Ajfmbls % The present meeting, being in pursuance of a Jaw of the lain fefiion, authorifjng you to ap point E'c tors of a President and Vice-President of the United States ; this important business will consequent]? engage your immediate attention, elpecially as further Legifiatire prov?fi>n will be necefiarv 011 this fubjeft, owing to the efta i)!ifhment of a ratio of representation, different from the one contemplated by that law. As tnc period of theftated annual meeting of the Legi flat lire will soon arrive, economical conlidei ations will fuflficiently recommend the expediency of complicating the public bufinef? previous to an adjournment. The settlement of our contested boundaries, the digest of our law , the arrangement of our finances, and the other various salutary regulations, which since t. e coiic:ufjon of the late war havt? occupied the attention of the Legislature, being Ivappily actonjplifhed, your pre/ent deliberations will neteifariiv be confined to a few objects. At this time I . ave ti erefore only to mention to you the neceifity of providing for the election of ivlembc s of the House of Representatives of' the United Slates, agreeably to our late appor- ■ umment. T e conforming our Militia efta- Wrhment to tiie .regulations recently enacted, Co -i c'.iy a: d the revision and amendment of iucli of f»nr ' .w., as may from experience have ueen found ohfeure and defective/' The following members of the Senate of the Unired State", convened in the Senate-Chamber 011 Monday hi ft, pursuant to adjournment, Viz. I FROM ' Ntw-Bat! 'JJiirCi Mr Langdon, Mr. Wingate. MdJJac/iu[etis t Mr. Strong, Mr. Cabot. tthode ijl.nd, Mr. F<fttr. (\»> ' Mr. Sherman, Mr. Ellfworth. A'cw-Yoik, Mr. King. S'ctv- jersey, Mr. Dickinfon,Mr. Rutherfurd. Delan-aur, Mr. Read. Virginia, Mi. Monroe. Kentucky, Mr. Brown, Mr. Edwatds. A'orth-Carolina, Mr. Hawkins. South-Carolina, Mr. Izard, Mr. Butler. Georgia, Mr. Few. Vermont— Mr. Robinson and Mr. Bradley. Mr. Henry from Maryland, took his feat on Thursday, 187 the ddiverid b-i . :r ft Ihu,p*yt a jl, t0 tht Grand lur\ Jor this city and county, " ; Kcfbre I conclude it grirvcs me f at I ""f omc,lt Hut ■ ■■ ■- !a. *,« . ; t ,al combination to op, rc ;c- the executiui. • tac uws oi the .United Stats < lor raifim, a cver.ue Bpon spirits drilled within the lame moniuch as to canftrain the Pre,,dent to , s P'oclamat,on, exhorting all ptriuns whoa con «™, to refrain from ..II unlawfu • (■.tjinationj and proceedings whatloevcr.hav »£ »or oujcfl, or tending to obttiua the opera lun of the fa id laws; a,id charging and requir n ® Courts, niagilirates and oflitc:, whom i nay concern, to exert tiieir lawful power -ii *"•s'* to justice the iiifraftors the, and t, ecure obedience thereto; and enjoini;!.* ui Jer.ons vhomlbever, as the/tender the we I life of their country, the jultand due authont >} government, and the pre orvat.on of'the pub ic peace to be aiding and afGiting therein ac sordmg to law. >• "u/, he Gover,,or ' anx >ous for a ftrift an, faithful attention to our federal obligation an, convinced that the prosperity of the llates indi vitally .lepends on the prosperity of the union has been plea,fed, by a letter dire; ted to t: e jui tices of the fupreta« court, on the sth at las mo 10 request that we will take every of:, cinl opportunity tp inculcate the indiipen.abl, duvy of obedience to the arts of Congress; an, particularly, as far as our jurifclittion extends to charge the Grand-Juries to enquire into an, present all oftencw of the nature, to which th Preficlent's proclamation refers. Aaron D. Woodruff, J'?hn Van CU-.ivc, notl Samuel Dick, Elij',s. 7028 57H 5°3S 46v 6 43 '5 3704 3<j66 It is I.ra:ige that a ])eople but jtjft rescued from the galling yoke of foreign bondage, hav mgjuft got rid oi a delpotic government, will not I'ulimit to orje free and equal. What avails itto be exempt from the chains of a prccari -6m tvranny,' if men still continue fjaves to the <-i '-iie of their own corrupt nature? The Jnuillf ft tax, though abfblutely neceliary for the public lafety against a barbarous lavage enemy, and tending alf'o to promote industry, and to re train excess in the u'e of an intoxicating and deftruflive (pirit, makes them reftiefs and im- latierir. They quarrel wiih a constitution and' government, purclialed at the expence of much blood and treasure, and framed by themfelvc , ; 'h'-'y deipife the rulers of their own choice, and trample on laws of their own making, What occofion is there for such violent and unwar rantable proceedings ? If any law fliall bear heavy oil the citizens, or any class of them, why dp they not represent the cafe to the proper le gillature, composed of persons eletfled by them lelves ? Ti the complaint is founded in reason, the ' may be sure of redrel's. The difeale mult be .nown belore the remedy can be applied. I Men who re v J order, tranquility and peace; : men who love their country, will use all honest I jneafls to promote them : They will endeavor to enlighten the ignorant, to calm the paifions of the violent,and by their advice, influence and rr ' '/"V 1 to t!.«. {aws ) f6r where the laws end, there tyranny begins. Any government ispreferable to none, a tyranny to an anarchy. " If any of the offences referred to in the pro clamation of the Pre lid en t, (hall have been com mitted within this city or county, and have or faall come to your knowledge, I reft assured you wiil prcfent the offender to the court for trial and for punishment.'*' Yesterday at II o'clock the Senate of the United States waited on the Prciident at his own houfe,with the following arldrels in answer to his Speech to both Houses. To the Prejident of the United States. ACCEPT, Sir, our grateful acknowledge ments for your address at the opening of the prefect feji.on. We participate with you in the fatisfa&ion ariiing from the continuance of the general profpeiity of the nation ; bur it ii not Without the most sincere concern that we are informed, that the reiterated efforts which have been mnde to eftablilh peace with the hos tile Indians have hitherto failed to accomplish ; thnt defied obje& : hoping that the measures still dependiag may prove more fiiccelsful than those which have preceded them, we ihall ne ve rthelefs concur in every necelTary prepara t'on for the alternative ; and fhoirld the In dians on either fide of the Ohio persist in their hoftilitie?, fidelity to the Union, as well as affec tion for our fellow-citizen son the frontiers,'wiM insure our decided co-operation in every mea sure, which shall be deemed requisite for tijeir i protection and fafety. At the fame time that we avow the obliga tion of the government to afford its prote&ion to every part of the Union—we cannot refrain f rom exprefling our regret that even a Iniall portion of our fellow citizens in any quarter or it, fhouid have combined to oppose the opera tion of the law for the collection of duties on spirits diltilled within the United States; a law | repeatedly famflioned by the authority of the [ nation, and at this juncture materially con nected with the fafety and prote&ion of those who oppose it—Should tHemeans already adopt ed, fail in securing obedience to this Jaw, Arch further measures as may be thought neceiiary to carry the fame into complete operation, can not fail to receive the approbation of the legif- Jature, and the support of every patriotic ci- tizen. It yie'ds us particular pleasure to learn that the produftivenefs of the revenue tf the pre 'ent year, will probably fupefcede the neeeffity of any additional tax for the service of the next. • The o'ganization of the government of the State of Kentucky being an event peculiarly to & part oi our fellow-citizen?, and conducive to the general order, affords us par ticular fatisfaftion. We are happy to learn that the high state of our credit abroad has beenevinced by the terms on which the new loans have been negotiated. In the course of the feilion shall proceed to taJce into conlidcratiou the leyeial objects whith you have been pleaiferf to recommend to our attention; and keeping i« view- the im poi tance of union and liability in the vuUic councils, we :.,al! labor to lender our decisions ct ' ' !CIV * to 1 ie ai u iMjv.ncJi of country. \Ve repeat with pleasure our alTurances of cont.-ei.ee in adminiflraiion, a our ar • -nt with, t..»t your unabated real for the pub He good, may be rewarded by tl e durable prof t:'e nati ™> d <-<i eveiy ingredient of personal happuiefs. JOHN LANGDON, P.rjj.-r.f, pn< l.iri, rc c'j l!.e !h.n.,t. Jo which the Prefluent made t.c foi owini reply. i DERIVE flinch pjeafnre, Gentlemen, from your very iaiisfaflory addiels. 7he renewal all u ran ex.s of your confidence 111 my adminiftia tion, and the expreli on of vour with for niv personal happuicis, claim and receive my p..,"- ticuiai' acknowledgment?— In my futu .. j; _ deavorfor the public welfare; to which i,, du ty may call me, I fliall not cea c to count upon tne firm, enlightened and patriotic support of the Senate. One of the fir ft objetf* which will Congress %viil one per ceut! on all A'i.encanmorts, and half per cent on exporflQpc your continent. This mealure has been taken to counter balance the prohibition lately made on your fide,of Holland-gin in cases ; which article was one of the few we weie able to furnilh you with, in re turn for f 0 many cargoes of tobacco, rlce j « c - we do annually receive from North-America. As, by this innova tion, your trade is to fuffer much more than ours, your rulers nAy, of course, be convinced of jjie truth of that French adage, « Arop em. baraiie, inal etreint." The lollowinjr persons are appointed by the Sute of CWflioi., cleilo.s of Prefideht and Vici -Prefidi nt ot ihe Unit.d Sates; His Excellency Samuel Humingion—tbe Hon. Oliver Wolcott, Thomas Seymour, Marvin Wait, John Davenport, Dav.d Auft.n, Thoma« Grofve, ner, Eln»h iy!vc,Giit e rt,Efijrs, COMMUINICATION. At the present crifs the old enemies of the ..onor andhappinefsofoiircountryareunu.'uat'.y . alert. When they found that the people were . too wife to be influenced by their counsel and . advice in rejefling the confutation ; they then /aid, that there was flill one way leit to effect their purpole—and that was to render the aa minijlration of the government odious—ln pur suance of their object they have employed the press, and secret emifTaries in aJmoii -.ill parts of ti.e union to mfaprelent, deceive and de fume ; they began their artifices with the fiift operations of the government—but their at tacks were principally confined to general flan ders, and were made occafionaUy.—lt is now ahout one year since the government and its measures have drawn forth the concentred force of the whole part}.—From the "executive cliici down through the subordinate depart ments with a very few exceptions, a continued torrent of innuendoes, fianders and falfehootis has illued from its proper fourcc, through its appointed medium. There are various oltenfi ble objects of complaint which form the topics ot declamation to the inveterate esemies of our union and government; the Jvndivg f .flctn, the e\t.je law, and the Bank compose the principal tuc but it would be intuiting to the plaincft understand :ng t and wholly undervaluing the Jiugment and penetiation of the party, to sup- P u ' e ' 'j at their opposition to these measures are any thing more than a feint, a covert to their mam design, that of subverting the constitution. i hose measures are f'o obviously the result of t atjiiitiee and gbod faith on which alone any ccnmtutioD or form of government can befup ported, that thole who think lightly of public credit or of the means of maintaining it, are in 'tart enemies to any permanent and eife&i\e government whatever. SHIP NEWS. ARRIVED at the PORT vf PHILADELPHIA. Schr. Suky, Defhong, North-Carolina Sloop Hope, Hll (fey, Nantucket Sally, Ben thai), St. Mary's (Georgia) Jatbu, Taylor, Bermuda PRICE OF STOCKS, 6 per Cer.rs, 3 per Cents, Deferred, Foil (bares Bank U. S. 49 i go Unfunded debt of ih« U.S. ai,J6 on the principal. And on the lntereft up to lit Jan. 1788, 1 jj. JDVE RTISEMENT. fcT" The next Number aj this Gazette -mill be fublijhedat No. 34, North fifth-. Strut, corner of North-Alley— to which flace the Office of the Editor •will'then be removed. G. WASHINGTON. is/6 >4/« per cent, prcm
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