•*! A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 34, NUPTH FIFTH-STREE'I\ PHILADELPHIA LNo. 70 of Vol. IV.] By William Young, BOOKSELLER, »? No. $i,in Second, the corner oj Ckefnut-Street f *> lu two large o&avo volumes, neatly bound, (Price Four Dollars) ESSAYS ON THE INTELLECTUAL **4 AiTIVE POWERS oj By Thomas Reid, d.d. i.k.s. Edinburgh. Proleffor ol Moral Philolophy in the Umveiiiiy of Glasgow. IT would be improper for the publisHer to mention any thing refpetling the literary ta lents ot an author, so generally known and clteemed. Nor does it appear nereflary 10 re queit attention to peruse a work, whofc import ance is universally acknowledged. Those who have rpad the ancient systems and these volumes, will readily perceive, that the knowledge of philosophy, advances from a state of infancy, towards maturity ; nor will it appear tpf* much, -when it is said, that Dr. Reid has diveftd moral science 'rom that veil undc»- which forjp many :• M^mgi^Crrw.Trcrg •and the jargon of fchowls. Thus he hasa£lcd that friendly part to moral science, which the ingenious Newton and did to natural philosophy ; their united and (ktlful efforts, ren der philosophy not only an ufeful, but a pleasant cxercife, and a more fafe imrodu&ion to the mod important ftudies.—lt is impracticable to insert the lengthy reviews ot th s work, and to give a part, would be unfriendly to the author and reviewers. ALSO, Neatly bound, in two volumra.o&avo, Price one and a half Dollar, A COMMENTARY ON the BOOK OF PSALMS. IN which their literal or historical sense, as they relate to King David, and the Peopl« of Xfrapl, is il:u(traf March next, inclusively ; the carriage ot ihe mail to commence within one month ailer- Vards. , NecefTary Port-Offices are co he efUblifhed on the route, and such pet forts appointed Poft fnafters as the Contractor (hall name, and ihe Poftmaftei-Gencral approve. Within three months after the carriage of this mail 18 commenced, the Contractor i« to state to Ihe Poftmalter-Grncra! the days and hours of us »mv«l and departure at and Irom the prin ip.il Poft-ofßce>, wh>ch experience (hall prove to be moil convenient ; and thereafter the mail is to be delivered at the refpettive Poft-oHices at the hours so fixed, unavoidable accidents excepted, cn penalty of one dollar for each hour's delay ; and for the non-performance of a trip, the'Con tra&or 10 forfeit twenty dollars. "1 Ire term of the coi.fr.ift cannot exceed eight years. During us continuance the Contra6iv law declared free. TIMOTHY PICKERING, P.M.C Ceneral Pojl-Ojjirc, jan. 22, 1793. TO BE SOU) BY THE EDITOR, A TABLE fcr receiving and paying GoM— gradual* d -.ccordtnq to Law—Blank Manifrfts— And Blanks for the various piivycrs oi Attorney HcelT.try in Bofnnfs at the v • r Bank of tHc the United States. hit Ca :(!ic 1 j No) thtijtk-bi. at t ffo. 34, bttween Jl' ; h una r\ . K tteeit —U'ic>e tht LdiHr nri»wiWrs ftiall forfeit and pay the sum of five htim?red be recovered, with coft'. of Tuit. S?c. fj. And be it further enacted, That Vhen the master, or person having the c)ia'; e or command of alhipor veflel, registered pur thant to this ast, or the ast hereby in part re pealed, shall tie changed, the owner, or ore »f the owners, or the new mailer of such Ihip or veiTel, (hall report fiich change to the col lector of the diftriift where the fame (hall hap 'pen, or where the fhid ftiip or veii'el shall firft < br, after the fame lhall have happened, and ( shall produce to him the certificate of regiltry j of such fliip or veULt, and lhall make oath ot * affirmation, Ihewing that such new mailer it i a citizen ef thr? United States, and the man ner in which, or means whereby, he is so a ci tizen : whereupon the laid collector (hall en dprfe upon the faid'certificate of regiltry, a memorandum of fuih change, fpecifjiog the name of such new matter,, and lhall fubferibe the said memorandum wiih his name, aud if other than, the collector of the di.ftrU%by whom ■ the said iertijSrate of registry lhall have been i granted) thai) transmit a copy of the (aid me- jT< T" ,) or veilel, to which it fhalJ relate ; ami tb* colle&or of the diftrift, by v/hom the said certificate (hall hav« been granted, shall make a like memorandum of such change, in his book of registers, and shall tranfinit a copy thereof, to the Register of ti>e Treasury. And if the said change, shall not be reported, or if the said oath or affirmation shall not be taken, as above dire&ed, the registry of such flilp or vefTel (hall be void,and the said mailer, or per for, having the charge or command of her, fliall forfeit and pay the Jiim of one hun dred dollars. iec. 16. And be it further enacted, That if any flip or veflel, heretofore registered, or which hall hereafter be reentered,as a fhipor veflel of ;he United States,lhall be lold or transferred, h whole or in part by wayoi* trust, confidence )r otherwifc, to afubjeft or citizen of any fo "eign prince or ft ate, and such fa!e or tranl er (hall not be made known, in manner here in before dir&fted, Inch ship or veflel, toge ther with her tackle, appaiel, and furniture, lhall be forfeited : Provided, That if such fhinor veifci lhall, be owned in part only, and it m&uoe made appear to tlie jury, before prhoin the trial for such forfeiture lhall be had, that any other owner of such ship or veflel,lc ing a citizen of the United States, was wholly ignorant of the sale or transfer to, or owner ship of, such foreign fubjetfl or citizen, the lhare or interest of such citizen of the United State?, lhall not be fubjeft to such forfeiture; and the residue only (ball be so forfeited. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That upon the entry of every ship or veficl of the United States, from any foreign port or place, if the fame fliall be at the port or place, at which the owner or any of the part owners reside, such owner or part-owner fliall make ■ oath or affirmation, that the register of such Ihip or veflel contains the name or names ot ! all the persons, who arse then owners of the said Ihip or veflel ; or if any part of such ship or veflel has been fold or transferred, since the granting of such register, that such is the cafe, and that no foreign fnhjett or citizen hath, to the best of his knowledge and belief, any (hare, by the way of trust, confidence, or otherwifc, in such ihip or veflel. And if the owner, or any part-owner, (hall not reside at the port or place, at which such ship or veliel fliall enter, then the matter or commander lhall make oath or affirmation, to the like ef fe&. And if the owner, or part-owner, where there is one, or the matter or commander, where there is no owner, (halj refufe tofwear or affirm a.s aforefaid, such ship or velfcl fliall not be entitled to the privileges of a ship or vefTel of the United States. An Adt to amend an Act iini tied, " An mft eltabliihing a Mint, and regulatingtheCoins of the United States, so far as refpe&s the coin- age of Copper. BE it enacted by the Senate and Hnnte of ileprcl'entatives of the United States of America, in C-ongieli ailrnmlrd, That every cent [ha!l contain two hundred and eight giains pt CBopct; and every liait cent ihall contain one buoriifd and tour grains ot copper ; and ihat so much of tlic ail, cntitnlici, " An act eH»Mi(!itng a Mint, and regulating the coins ol the United StaWs," a? refpeiis the weight ot cims and hall centi, Ihall be, and the fame is hereby repealed. JONATHAN' TRL'MRUI L, Sf,e«*rr oj the HouJ'eoj ReprefeMtittves. JOHN ADAMS, L'ice-Frefiiier.t of the United States, and Prrjtdei.l of tie Senate. AF7KOVID. .JANUARY 141703. [Tt> be continued CLO. WASHINGTON, Prejuitnt ej the Untied Males. THOMAS iiCItUX) ej l>utt. [Whole No. 592.] co;\Giu;^s. 4 OF REPRESENTATIVES. *1 ON DAY, January r nc memorial of officer iof "several lines o' the I,,in army of the Uviteti States, being una.r lovhotrv t'ofi, in ioninnt'ce of the zi'holc y a motion r.nis viudt o tejjtfl the prayer oj the mmoriats-, (Mr. Bovdinot's Speech couclhtUJ.) J- -jiij IL: • • - - - Mr.Boud:notal!cdgcd his privity to t.'iii bufi ness, having been in Congress at the time, and o course one of the parties to the contrail. He alf' observed very particularly on this measure, ori ginating with the army, and especially the ne gotiable property of the certificates: that in tin: tranfaition all former demands were involved and the express flipulaticn of the army, and the assent of Congress was, not to pay a fpecific sum in Ipecie ; but to givefuch securities for tie bsi lances as JboM ie given tu the other creditor! of the United States. Here then Was no difference b* tween creditors, all were put on a footing, and every citizen who had made advances for the go vernrnent, or had fought her battles, were co»(> dcrsd equally entitled to the attention of govern ment. .from .tfcis tjg;«. the.a.-- luy put on the face oT a'jetied debt, ant, rettii litions were made to the different States for a fund, on which to found a certainty of payment at least of the interest from year to year; all the States but one having made the ar rangements, the plan was fruftrated, but many of the individual states made provision for, and did actually pay the interest of 6 per cent. forXc veral years—notwithstanding these partial pay ments, the public credit fuffrcd much, and a mong other causes, the great number of these negotiable securities brought tp market, was not .the leal}. The distresses of some, the differer.ti. objeil of pursuits of others which required capi tals ; the debts of others which called for pay ment as soon a» the war was over, and the lears of others for the fate of the government, all con fpircd to bring on a general bankruptcy. These securities fell from 6s Bd. to 2s. 6d. in the pound, and transfers were as common as any other mer chandize. The public fears and the uuiverlai complaint of creditors finally brought about a change of the government, and the new consti tution was formed ; in which two material arti cles applied, to creditors—