tlie support of the public credit; no encreafe oi the public debt is contemplated, laid he, but di refily tlie reverie. Mr.Chrkl'aid he never, wh'le he had a feat in the house, would content to a foreign loan, unlels the exigencies of the country were much greater than at prel'ent. He had rather pay 7t percent to our own utizeus than 5 per ceut to foreigsers- He obje&ed to the indefinitenefs of the fe&ion, and moved to amend it by add ing a clause which Ihould confine the loan with in the United States. Mr. Fitzlimons suggested to Mr. Clark a proviso agreeable to his own idea, that the in terest be at 6 per cent. Mr. Clark replied —he said he had no doubt ilmight be had M 6p?rcent. or less. Mr. Williamfon said, he wiflied the gentle man would point out, how he would contrive to prevent foreigners from being our creditors, even by confining the loan to the United States? at an intereflof6 percent, you will in fait give a premium of above ao,ooo dollars per annum, which might be saved by opening a loan at 5 per cent, in Europe;—devile what contrivance you please, said Mr. Williarufon, it mult be a foreign loan. Mr. Boudinot observed, that the motion o! his colleague amounted to the fame thing in the » result, as the motion for striking out th« i'e&ion. The loan is now at 6 per cent. To lay that a new loan lhall be made at 6 per cent, to pay it off, is losing all the advantages proposed by the bill. He was therefore against the motion. ' Mr. Giles moved,that the commit fce Ihould rife and report progress; he observed that very material information was wanted, in his opini on, to enable the committee to preceed under ftandingly in the bufiaefs, The motion for the committee's riling', was put and negatived. \Tr. Clark's motion, to amend the seCtion by aiding tl." word within before " United States," ft aiitrcMof iveu. Tilt vsrui.mtea proceeded through the difcuf flon of the retraining fu&ions. Mr. M'.oiibn offered frveral observations to fcew the propriety of postponing the bill for a few days, in order to the memburs having time to revolve in their minds several propositions which have been suggested in relation to this bu fmefs:—Whether, by an appropriation of the sum, which, it is fa id, now lays dormant in the Treasury—Whether by a sale of the shares in the bank, or by a loan, to provide for the objecft. Mr. Fit|fimons flatedfome objeiftions to what _ fell from the gentleman last l'peaking. The gen tleman's idea goes to an immediate interference with an appropriation already made, and leaves to a contingency a proviSon to supply its place. Mr. Madison replied to Mr. Fitzfimons; he tl'.onght the gentleman offered as good a reason as he co-lid have suggested in favour of applying the money in the treasury to the objedt now in queltion. Mr. Giles urged postponement—he remarked that (he 2eal shewn by some gentlemen, to pre .lipkafe the bulinefs to a decision, amounted to an ejKile-efjieljheratioß cn-thefubjc<9-. •Mr. Sedgwick stated several reasons which remiered it absolutely necessary that no delay should tak« plate. A motion being made, that the committee should rife and report the bill; the fame being put, was agreed to. The committee rose accordingly and reported the bill with one amendment; which was, to Alike out the word " fifteen" in the firft fedh on, referring to the lime for which the loan ihould be made—this amendment was agreed to by the house, and the bill laid on the table by ge neral consent. Mr. i*arker moved the following resolution : That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay before this House an account of the appli cation of the monies borrowed in Antwerp and Amsterdam for the United States, during the preient year. This motion was agreed to. A memorial of Joseph Bennett, and a memo rial oifundry merehauts & others of the borough W?!mington, were presented by Mr. Madi- f ot\ : . ead and referred to the Secretary of the Treasury. A petition of Anthony Harnmill, was present ed by Mr. Ames, and read. Adjourned till Wedncfday. Philadelphia, Dec. 26. Yesterday being Chrifhnas, the Day was oljfeived with the usual folemn.ities —Divine Service being performed in the Churches of* fix or leven different denominations of Chris- tians. The Constitution to be formed by the Na tional Alterably of France, is not to be eflab jifhed until it is ratified by all the primary af iembhes of the people. A Mannfaflory of Sail-Cloth is now eitab liflied on the Island of Nantucket, which em ploys more persons than the five Ropewalk l ;, and ten manufactories of SpennacetiCandles, on that Island. We are well informed that Mr. Wignel and the new Company of Comedians are on board the (hip Montgomery, every hour expedted at New-York from London. There are cer tain accounts of this /hip having failed on the 14th October. 1 The price of Mr. Blanchard's tickets of adiiiifTion to the iKroftatical Experiment, is i'ive Dollars each. The New-York papers fay, that counterfeit French Crowns are in circulation, well exe cuted, hut only walhed with silver, which ea sily rubs off. £xt<-a, r t of a tetter from Richmond, dated Dec. 16, " A letter from A. Campbell, dated loth inft. gives information that a Captain Hanlv, from the Southern Territory, on his march with 40 men, to the relief of Mero diftrift, was attacked by the Indians in ambuscade.— Hitnfelf and 12 fell on the fpot—ll miffing— 16 have go: fafc in, &c." r r /'"' &Hei Dec. , , T PatjixtMit Planter we have rece'n ed London papers to tlie MWi'Oft ,i , h confirm' the account of t £ « doubtable Duke ol'Brunfwick." The jollo-wingu an extras of a Utu from a rypalabte gsutUman at tl hague a.ud Otlotcr y, b , wht j a vtJJJ arrived «t Baltimore frc., London. J " The gazelles incloled will inform you ot the bombarding of Lille -V -e lias circulated here, to-day, ,} the Aultrian army havmgnetircd frotfi thai' place. I cannot fay whether it is Co be depended on. There being no official iupplement publilhed, according to ctif torn, vvuh the Bruffcls Gazette, indicates, at least, no fuccels having taken place. Another report, better authentica ted, which circulates here, and which is written from BruffeU, by the Britiih i)ii niiter there, to the ambaflador at this is, that the combined armies have been obliged to make a retrogade move ment, supposed to proceed from the abso lute want of provi(ions--a mortality which had taken place among their hoifes, and difcafes among their men. If this is the cafe, and that they fliould be forced to retire from France, it will be attended, probably, with consequences of a serious nature for themklves, and place the con teit in a very unexpected position. " The last accounts from Bruifels, be. fore this, were, that the Irer-ch army was fo'furrounded as to have allied to ca pitulate. 1 his was so fully believed, that the govei nment of the Low Countries sent an express with it to their minister here, who immediately announced it in such a public and official manner, as to have somewhat exposed that government, it being now certain that the details and circumstances, as then related and said to be received from the King of Pruflia, were not true. I " On the French fide, they (late this offer of capitulation as an overture of ne gociation from the Duke of Brunfwick. " A letter which 1 have just seen, be ing the copy of an extract of one from Gen. Dumourier, at St. Menehoud, to Gen. Biron, at Strafburg, affirms this to have been the cafe—a truce had been a greed on, as he states it, between his ar my, and the' Pruflian army alone. adds, " Le Due de Brunfwick tiaß fpbft cd all by fending me a declaration : so no more truce, as I ftiall annouce to him this evening." This was the iftofOdio ber. He adds, that he had begun to op pose the enemy with an army of 17,000 men, and that he now had 100,000. ■ That the duke of Brunfwick had begun with 80,000, of which he had already loft 25,000 —and other things of this kind, in his style. Altho' the details of his letter are certainly exaggerated, yet they serve to (hew that he is no longer in the difficult position in which he was not long before, and which gave rife to the intelligence mentioned from BruiTcls. " The account you will fee in the Ley den supplement of to-day, of the French havingenteredtheempire, may berelicd on, they hi e also in pofTeffion of Savoy, where the people join them, and are for muni- ; cipalizing their country. Should these dispositions pass the Alps, and seize the lower order of people, nothing will be a ble to prevent its raging all Italy, their force and number being out of all pro portion with the people of property, and the military, and where, in many parts, the military would probably join them." General James Jackson is elected a Sena tor of the United States for the state of Geor gia, in the room of the Hon. Wm. Few, wbofe time will expire the March next. The following gentlemen are ele&ed Re presentatives in the third Congress of the United States, for the state of MaiTachu ietts: First Diftrift—Hon. Fiflier Ames, Benja min Goodhue, and Samuel Dexter,E!qrs. Second Diftrift—Hon. Artemas Ward, and Theodore Sedgwick, Efqrs. Third Dilh ift—Hon. PelegCoffin, jun. Esq. Fourth Diftrift —Hon. Gjorge Efq n ire. Fifth Diftrift —Hon. Davicl Cobb, Esq. The 14th January the residue of the repre sentation frcm that state, consisting of fix members, are to be voted for. The electors of the state of Vermont were unanimous for George Washington & John Adams, as President and Vice-President of the United States. The electors of the state of Georgia all voted for George Washington and Gov. Clinton. Columbia fS. C.) Dec. 6. Yesterday the elec- tion wa* held in this place, for the office of Preiident and Vice-President of the United States. —The votes were as follow : for George Washington, 8 John Adams, 7 Aaron Burr, i 239 inte,li B en « frb.n Guadeloupe "•irtinicu announces, that on the Ift Nov. every t.nng there wa, tranquil, an,l theg-eat and rv ' l(icd tile Planter; - Citizins. Ihe towns began to realise ,< - d " r » t ' on "t their tranquility. The pro- at a moderate price. White fujar from ' 13 to 16 <1 >',tars Brown do. from g tQ ? Molaues two piftareeire per gallon rim trom 7 to 8 dollars per hundred In November the weft part of the island of Hifpan.ola was perfectly leftored to peace— brown (agar was fold at 8 dollars, andlriolaffcs *t f ; „ s ot the Wands, the | V .llr,n. The Provinces worth and south, ft.il p-efent a Ipe.Ucle as oefolation ; but the preparations <on(lantlv making encouraged the hope of the i[>ecj.ty return of order and tranquility. [Courier de t'Univerfc.'] We are informed, that it is seriously spoken «, 111 t.ie islands of Martinico and Guada loupc, to make application to the Biitifh go vernment to take those islands under the ju n.du'ion ot Its laws, if the new order of flings in France (hould be e!labliihed. The election ofßeprefentatives in Coneicfs for the state of New-York, takes place 011 the fourthl Tuesday of January next; and the canvavers meet on the fourth Tuefdav fol lowing the Tuelday on which the election be gins, to count the ballots, and declare the per sons elected. COMMUNICATIONS. As the people cannot adminijler government them.- Rives, they arc compelled to delegate the trufl. From that moment a feparaec inter efl prefnts it filf. In Jome of /V agents .virtue will reft A the temptation The fear of dete&itm ft.// V cJJ>as. But in tne Intajis wkei* avimct prevails this praHice will be conjlant in its efforts to turn the public ccmmiffion to private account. This is human natuie. To be fare of it, refleß on the abufs that would swarm in a body of men appointed for life, and concealed, from the public eye. The fame re fection warns the people to vigilance in exercijtrrg the rights of election, and in obfeiving the con duff of those who obtain their temporary confidence. It ef pecially warns them that their duties become more ur gent in proportion to the difiance oj those in public J rom the eye of their conflituents, and the fc crecy of the opporiiniities for taking advantage of their Jituation. A delegate three or four, tr fven or eight hundred miles ojf y at a place fet do m visited by an acquaintance, farcely ever by a. rival, escapes much of the responsibility felt by members of a local legislature. Avd where a great public debt is under the management of the government, and a great mo vied inflitution is combined with both y what peculiar alluremenrs what dangerous opportunities, arise from the hidden manner in which certain paper tranf anions may be conduced ? The true patriot mho con siders these things zuill not the less exhort the people to refpett the laws and dfcharge their public obliga tions. But the fatje one alone will advije the people to place a blind reliance on the virtue of their rulers ; ■ tv rwn a dejj car ta every juggefiian of aHfes ; to make no diflinttion between the mea furls of the go vernment itfef, and to regard as secret enemies of the latter all who freely examine the sources and tendencies cf the former. The funding system of the United States must daily appreciate in the estimation of the people. 1 he superior policy of placing the finances of our country under the management of one per/on is flrikingly aprarent when we find that there a roong the oppofe'rs of the fyftrm as many differ ent plans as there are individuals who compofc the opposition. It has been noticed ; and the circumstance merited attention—that the funding system of the United States which has so wonderfully re trieved and cftabliHtied our national credit, has combined with the benefits of the individual creditors, peculiar advantages to the government —advantages encreafing with the funds, and ex panding with the resources of our country—-and yet— it can hardly be believed, this circumflance is a fubjed oi cavil. EXTRACTS From the Speech of his Excellency Gov. Martin, to the Legijlature of North-Carolina. u WHEN we contemplate that part of the Federal Constitution which has limited the Supreme Executive of the United States to the duration in office for four years, and then to descend to the class of* private citizens, from among whom the person to fill that high offic* again is to be railed, by the people of these states; we cannot but feel our own dig nity in fticli a government, and be aft'e&ed by such a distinguished privilege ; by which supe rior and exalced merit may be rewarded by re-appointment, or demerit deposed; and such other person calied forth to this station, as will befl answer the expectations of a free people, in administering and securing their government. 44 And now, having compleated nearly the period of office, ascertained by the constitu tion of government of this state, for the con tinuance of the executive in the fame person, with picafure I shall mingle with my fellow citizens, and feel with them the effects whe ther good or had, of that administration in which I have been concerned. Imp re fled in the mean while with the mofl lively sense of gratitude, I retnrn you my molt hearty thanks for the honors of the government the legiilu ture have been pleated repeatedly to confer on me—happy in the reflexion, if in any mea sure I have answered the expectations of my country. My warmest wilhes atterd you in fixing your choice on a AiccelTor, whose repu tation and abilities may do honor to your ap pointment, and give dignity to the govern ment of a people, for whose profpei ity and national happiness I feel myfelf much inter ested, and for whom my prayers (hull never be wanting.'' mOM THE VIUftrNlA Av^ktte Richmond, Dtut.bc* g , V MR. CARfcY, J ' THE following impromptu was written on the report, that the electors of this <Ute i,, con eq.unce olI their having unaniimiufly voted for Govei nor Canto., as Vicc-Prslklen't, w ei e contun. 'I.oudv cll.d Jacol.irs, ■ laving remarked and ' 'he freer »■ »« vour J have (üb.n.tted lt ti.ro, I your medium to the public. himfMf 7 '-'I 6 i, n ' lll lU?i '° re '' f jerr " r) "' t" . ' Wlth h, "> you are at liberty t,.e.i-ct ail interview with the authur. ■ r "^ u)l ' <^ans rejoice ! your in cftimublc privileges Tlie jrenhiT <>J America is awake. • The tutelary faint of \"rgn.m is routed. The electors ut'fhis flat. " u "- l »iinoiiny given their futtrripes to On vernor Clinton, as Vice-Prefident. Governor ClintOT is a republican both in principle and hte V?« P T r/"" Clp ' eSs°f Mr " Ad " m -t'« , Vice Prcfideilt > are reprobated—his boolc r «^ ime ')ts—his late con ed herrH-f and . h,s having reco'iniiiend ed hereditary monarchy, and hereditary arif tocracv, are all, all reprobated. The mono crats, aristocrats, highflyers, mushrooms, *11 hang their heads; and while the friends of me.l, fine psalms, hallelujahs, and anthems, to the tunc of regenerating freedom j. they who • n. to dethrone the sacred nia jslty of the people, may perform the last fu neral obfequy and ling the last melancholy dirge to adamitica] principles. Yes! ye men of Belial regeneration is at your heel,, and ere lone, fl* will bold yon „p hated and avoided, as yon are now furpsfted a«d despised. Your chariots, your pomp, your y S" r COurt etlt ' uette » your cries of edition, and your r«proaclie« against trwd re- . All eye. wUJ (>e opened; the fatal issue of your abom nable fchmnes will be developed; then you will hate and execrate each other yourfehc* as you now deserve it, from all tlic- race of You call the electors Jacobins, as a mark of contumely; in that view they despise you, and ask, that a man lha!l avow himfelf. But why fay, Jacobith? Are they not the authors oftbe greatcftand mofl: glorious revolution Of which the annals ofhHfcory can fcoafc? Have they not looted the (hackles of slavery from thirty millions oi people ! Have they not fan ned the sacred blaze of Hfcerty, in every re gion of the earth > Have they not.dethroned tyranny, monarchy, aristocracy, prieftcrafr, and all their satellites f Have thev not set up and crowned the mi K hfy majefty'of human kind over the punyifm of individual: Yes! the Jacobins of France have dime ail this The French have no longer a Jting ; they are iio longer (laves; they are free; and there fore you despise them. But future ages, when they trace the fiif. Tory of man, when theycontemplatc the rat logue otitpes, Which blackeff tfiefSges tiquity, will at this eventful epoch make a complacent pause, and drop the tear of grati tude to the memory of those who so much con tributed to emancipate the human race. The revolutions have blasted your hopes*— t,he kings, or tyrants of Europe, have leagued against them ; and why do you not go * The Duke of Brunfwick will receive you—he will embrace you, and you will Ihew the lie p!u« ultra of human depravity ; Americans aiding" and abetting kings and tvrants to reduce to bondage thirty millions of people, whose blood and trcafure were exhauded to purchase your country's freedom ! Go hence, and take with you the last feed—the last shoot, the last fcyon of yourftock; and let that bold effayeft, as yonr crusading champion, whose head, heart, and hand have been employed to ftp the im prescriptible and defined rights of hi 5 country men, be announced to kings and their cut throats, by his herald, as a voluntary fugitive from a country where men will cease to be, or live free. , * Thanks to you, electors—all the friends of liberty will thank yoi.—future agej» will revere and venerate your names Hea ven and your own conscience will reward PRICE OF STOCKS. 6 per Ccr.ts, 20/ 3 per Crnis, , ,y,o Deferred, 4. , 2 y 4 Full /hares Bank U. S. 37 per cent. piem. To the Public. The Subscribers having been appointed a cominittec of the Board of the Truftecs of the Uriiverfiiy of North-Carolina, for the pur pofeof if ceiving proposals from fueh gentlemen as may intend to undertake the inftiu&iofi of youth in that inftnuiion, take the opportuniiy of making known to the public their wish that such gentlemen should fignify their inclination to the fubJcribers. The ol jecls to which it is contemplated by the Board ro turn the attention of the ftudtnu, on the firft cfiabliflimcnt, are—The study of Languages, particularly the English— Hiflory, ancient and modern—the Bclle-lettrcs— Logic and Moral Philosophy—the knowledge of the Mathematics and Natural Philosophy— Agricul ture and Botany, with the principles of Archi- Ufture. Centlemen conversant in these branches of Science and Literature, and who can be well re-p commended, will receive ve»v handsome encou ragement by the Board. Ihe exercjfes of the inllitution will commence as eaily a p«>ffiblc attrr the completion of the buildings of the t'riu verfity, which arc to be contrasted for immtdi- SAMUEL ASHE, *cly A. MOORE, 10HN* HAYE, DAVID SI ONE, SAM. M'COKKLES. I)*s cpsm * ~ HEWtCO,
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