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claimed the envoy, <ho*e plain fellows and what
had (hoy in their knapsack* ? Their dinners
replied the inkceper. 'i'he envoy immediately
wrote to tho coin t of Spain, advising them t>y
all means to make pence?that it wan absurd to
think of coii'iuenng a pco|4e whoso legislators
carried their dinner* on Uicir backs, and lived
on ayitillihira day.
Wo shall conclude this part of the subject
with the following extract from no oration, de
livered by 11 r. Rush, in 1774 s??* Nations like
individuals never rise higher than when they
arcignorant whether tiny ate tending. It is
iuiiHMMiblc to Ml, from history, what will be the
effects of industry, temperance ami commerce,
urged on by the competition of colonies, united
in the same general pursuits, and in a country
which, for extent?variety of soil?climate and
number of navigable rivers, has never been c
rpialled in any <;oarter of the globe. America
in the theatre, where human nature will, proba
bly, receive her la^t and principal literary, civil
and military I on:?r*."?- .Vi7?V litjginlrr.
MISCKI.IANY.
\ AI.UK Of IM'.ITT VTIOX
Tli ' following eloquent effusion on the value
ofrentNation in extracted from tlic speech ?l
Charles Phillip?, Ksq. at the court liouse of
<?.i?way. IivImiiI, on the first of April Inst, in
he case of libel on the Uev. C. O'Mullen* a
catholic clorifvinaii:
" Wluit? damages* thou, can y>u give ? I am
content r<> lej\ve tin* defendant's <rime altogeth
er out of the question ; but how <au you rccom
pence the sufferings of my client? AVho ?hall
estimate the ro*t of priceless ri^mtatiou?that
imptvv, uhieh jji? e- thin human dress its cur
rency ; without which we stand despised, de
based* depreciated ? Who shall repair it iu
juied : A\ ho can redeem it lo.st ? Oh ! well and
truly does the treat philosopher of poetry
esteem the world's henlth as 44 trash" in the
comparison?without if gold has no value?
birth, no distinction?-station, no dignity?beau
ty no ehami?age. no reverence. Or, should
1 not rather sity, without, it every treasure im
poverishes, everv i*i ace delorms. every dignity
degrade*, and all the art*. and decorations, and
Aemmplixliment of lift*. ?tand like the beacon
Ida/e upon a rock, wnruiuir the world that its
approach U danger?that its contact is death.
The w tctch without it is under an eternal quar
antine?t:n friend to yrcot?no home to hnr
hour him : the voyage of his life becomes a joy.
le*s peril : and iu the midst of all ambition can
achieve, or avarice amass, or rapacity plunder,
ho fosse* on the sur^o, a buoyant pestilence! Hut
let me not degrade into the selfishness of indivi
dual safety, or individual exposure, this univer
sal principle : it testifies a higher, a more eouo*
blin&r origin t it is this, which, consecrating the
'.lUinltle cirrle ofthe earth, will at times extend
itself to tin: circumference of the hori/.on?
which ner\es the arm of the patriot to save his
country?w hieh lights th?? lamp of the philoso
pher to amend man-?which, it it dues not in
spire. will vet invigorate, the martyr to merit
immortal* v?which when one world's a^ony i?
passed, arol the ulory of another is djwniiijr, will
prompt the prophet, even in his chariot of lire,
and hr* vision ofheaven. to bequeath to manki >d
?the mantle of his memory ? t) divine, O deligM
'ful legacy, our spotless reputation! Iluh is the
inheritance it leave*?pious the example ittes-i
tifies?pure, precious, and imperishable, the J
hnpe wliich it inspires.
Cull you conceive a more atrocious injury than !
to filch from its posse* mo* this inestimable bene-1
lit?to rob society of its charms, and solitude!
of its solace: not only to outlaw life, but to at-j
taint death; converting the very ^rave, the re-j
?fugc of the sufferer, into the ;;ate of infamy and j
shame! I can conceive very few crime* beyond .
it. lie who plunders my property, takes from J
inn that which can be repaired by time, lbitj
what period cnt? repair a ruined reputation? He!
vho maims my person, a fleets that which me
dicines may remedy. Hut what herb ha* sove
reignty over tire wounds of slarder? lie who
ridicules my poverty* or reproaches iny profes
sion, upbraid? me with that which industry may
retrieve, and integrity purifyj but what richer,
?hull redeem the bank nipt is fame! what power
shall blanch the sullied snow of character! fan {
there be an injurv nor* devlly? Can there be a
crime more < rurl? It i? without remedy?it is
withont ar.'i'lote?it is without evasion. The
reptilo calumny iv ever on the watch?from the
fftiicinntion of its eve no activity can esca|M>?
from the venom of its f;mj( no sanity can rcco
I'feri it has no enjoyment but ctiin'e?it has no
I t>ro y but virtue. It has no interval from the
< restlessness of it* malice, nave when bloated
tvith its victims, it grovel* to disgorge them nt
' the irjlhoicd shtirie w here, envy idolizes her own
iniirmitifp. f'ndersncba visitation,how dread
ful would be the destiny cf the virtuous and the
^ochIv if the providence of eur constitution had <
not given you the power, as I trust von will have =
tho principle, to bruise the head of the serpent, j
and crush und humble the altar of its idolatry!*' |
, ACCinF.VTft TO HIT, Wl |
An interesting esutv appeared on this sub
ject in the Ktening l*o*t of yesterday, which,
if vve had room we would gladly republish for
public information, and as a caution to the
p? )? 'e, of the south. Hut we extiad the fol
lowing.
" v?r. I'nltop adopted the principle of Mr.
Watt, ofKnglamf, in the construction of his
boilers. 'I'hesenre adapted to tear, with per
fect security, a pressure of einht pounds
each square inch. They will, indeed* support
u (treat deal more; hut this being as much as
is required, there is a contrivance, called a
safety vale* by means of which* whenever the
fteam rls*s nlw?ve the desired height, tho extra
pressure causes a valo to open* and hy the nur?
plus sieatn through it, the boiler i* relieved ;
nnless, bv some egregious carelessness* this
safety valo is ?o obstructed as that it cennot
open"* unless the boiler is so badly constructed,
til not to bo capable of hearing'. yie jMqvired
[pressure, it b impoiAble thatUtttfMwT But
thero has been a great desire of late to lessen
tlie expense of building steam-boats^ and many
lmve Attempted to economise by lesaniog the
eost of hollers. In thin, they may have sue
ceeded t but it is to be feared that they have, at
thu samo time, too much diminished their
atrength. Wo have hearil that steam boats have
been uuilt nl the southward, which Imve co9t
under thirty thousand dollars. The Fulton's
boiler alone co*t, before it was moved from the
shop of the constructor, near three and twenty
thousand dollars.'*
" A project for employing what is called
high steam, which, although after repeated tri
als by the most ingenious and experienced men
in Kugland, it has long been abandoned there,
seems to have been revived in this country*
with great confidence in its superior advantages.
Mr. Pulton, who knew well what experiments
had been made on this subject in Kugland, as
well as in this country, often expressed his
strong conviction, that' it could neither safely
nor advantageously he applied to naxigatioti.
Whether all the boiits which have met with ac
cidents from the bursting of the boilers, employ
ed high steam, we do not know. Hot one of
them which was employed on the Mississippi,
we have heard and Indieve used the high steam.
It is much less surprising, that such terrible ac
cidents should sometimes happen with boilers of
thfit description, than that they do nut happen
oftner. Tlie high steam boiler is calculated to
bear a pressure, not of from 70 to 100 pouudH
on the square inch, as is suppo?ed in the para
graph published in the Evening Post of last
evening, but generally n pressure of from 100
pounds to 130 pounds on thu square inch.
" Thu high steam engine employed by Mr.
Murray, in his paint manufactory in this citv,
cannot do her work without the pessure of 150
pounds in the square inch. If we consider that
this power of steum will give n pressure of more
than 70,000 weight upon every spiare font of
the copper of the biiler, we can well imagine
that there must he a dreadful e<qdosion when
ever the boiler gives way.?NVitl the other sort
of boilers no such dreadful couieqiicnce* can
follow from such an accident. I has often hap
pened, on account of the hadncssof the materi
als, or from the wear, or hurting one of the
coppers, after long usage ; nn< when it does
happen, the copper merely rips in the weakest
part. The sturm and water flld vent through
the rent, and thu wmst that eat happen is. that
the water may find its way to t\e bottom of the
boat, and scald their feet. R|t it is very dif
ferent with the high steam hoit-rs. (it these, an
the safety vale does not rise, s|ll it feels so great
a pressure, the boiler may hirst at any thing
belotv it, so that an explosioi may take place
when the steam is near the slength which the
boiler is calculated to bear, ind il it does, it is
to he expected that the elects will be tre-1
tnendous.'Uichmoud Compiler, Oct. -I.
coMMonoRu Tri:xro\
The following lm* been given as " a mnci.*??
UiMtory of Coot. Truxton, from the dawn of tin;
revolution of our country, an t-o*pcct* hi* pub
lic services, u|? to the present limp.
44 In the year 177.1, he wan among the first
w ho brought powder into this country, at every
peril, as well as arniH and other article* deemed
of tho first necessity, including clothing for the
army, & continued ho to do throughout the war,
making repeated voyage* to France, the neutral
and friendly inland* in the West-Indies. as
commander of ships in which he was always the
principal owner, lie. captured many valuable:
llritish ships, and annoyed their rommercctMend
ing into the port* of France and the IT. States
hi* prizes made in the British ami lri?h channel,
a.* well as on the Atlantic, West-Indie*, and
on our own coast, lie had many hard and vic
torious battles with the HritMi of superior force,
never fired a shot, but was a eompierof, and has
never 'truck the flag of tho United States, in
any action with an enemy. It is woil.known to
merchant!* vet alive in this city, that he rescued
and saved their ships from capture by the Nri
tiah, by going to their relief wlieu attacked ?ith
out any motive or interest, bait a public v.cal, ha
/.urdiug engagement* with his own ship and pro
perty of immense value, and for which he re
ceived public thanks ami applause in this city,
from f.h? owners of vessels so saved. And as
(?en. Washington declared at a public dinner
at the city tavern, on the ITth March, 1782,
" that he had been a regiment to the l\ State*
during the revolution, 111 his own person,"?
wlurli|services he always remembered and often
e\pieased, and on the first opportunity that pre
sented, noticed him, by appointing twin one of
the first six captains m the nav>, at its \cry
commencement, and as soon as the net of con
gress was passed for its cr ation, in 1704.
At thec'^imcnremeut o?' the war with France,
when our ships were embargoed nt Havana, he
was sent out in the frigate (Constellation, with
orders from the then President of the t'nited
States, to demand of the governor-general that
the embargo should be raised, agreeable to the
treaty with Hpain ; this he did in so prompt a
manner, that the governor immediately rnifcd
the embargo, and lie brought hoinc all the ves
sels which had Iwen detained there, to the a
mount of upward* of one hundred sail ; and a
mong them was (.'apt. Preble, in n vessel be
longing to Uoston, who nltei wards came into
the navy, and was in the squadron with Com.
Truxton. lie fore and after tho above expedi
tiou, ho scoured tho coast of America to tho ri?
vor St. Mary's, where there hud been various
privateer* cruising against our commerce j and
was afterwards appointcil to a squadron in the
West-Indies, where, from hi* Incessant anplica*
i<ui to tho duties assigned him. hp cleared those
sea* of the buccaneer* which nepfedated on our
trade, a* well as by the capture, on the 1st Feb.
1799, of the French national frigate l/lnsur
gent, of 40 guna and 4ft7 men j which frigato
had captured and carried into Oaudaloape ma*
ny of ottr merchant vessels, a* well as tlw tJ. 8.
schooner Retaliation, commanded by Lt. Bain*
bridge, now Com. Hainbrtdge) ami j
tho 9th of February* 180o. Tn
lie fell in with tho only 9 her
these seai, (though there were sixteen, British
shlpe on the watch for her,) U Vengeance, a
heavy 54 gun ship, carrying upwards, of .100
men} and after the most severe action of Ave
hours, within half pistol shot, acknowledged e
ver to have been fought in the WeiMndies, ?he
struck her colors) but from tho shuttered con
dition of the Constellation, the loss of her main
mast, and the darkness of the night, the La
Vengeance made her escape, with 184 men kil
led and wounded, and several days after got in
to Corracoa, witli eight and a hull* feet of water
iu her holo. At thin time the navy of the L\
XtaW* was in its infancy. Its organization and
disctfdine was arduous ; hut with great labor
and attention he effected it, nnd laid the founda
tion of nil those brilliant exidoitK that have since
occurred to the honor of the American name.
Nor was the nation silent, amidst the contend
ing political parties, in his praise at this time t
and bo-ides receiving the thanks of the execu
tive governments of tho United Ktates repeated
ly, congress passed a resolution on the 20th
March, 1800, directing a golden medal to l?e
made, emblematical ot his action with the La
>'3ngeance, ami presented to him by the pt evi
dent of tlie United .States ; which, as soon uxi
completed, was accordingly presented to liiui
by Mr. Jeftcrson. in 180<2. These public sec
vices drew oft* his attention from his private nf
fairs, (though with a large family) and to the e
molunient* he would have derived from a prose
cutiou of the Kast-!ntlia and China trade, which
he was among the first promoters of. During
the revolutionary war too, he wns in several ac
tions against the enemy on shore ; he was with
a part of the crow in the fort of New-York be
fore the enemy got possession, and when the
first Uritibli of ships of war passed up the
North river, and distinguished nimself, which
was acknowledged by Gen. Knox, and was with
Cien. Maxwell's brigade when the British re
treated from this city through New-Jersey, ne
ver lohing an opportunity in the glorious'cause 1
which gave lis independence, whenever and1
wherever he could be osefol. And let it be re
membered, that during the late war with (J.1
Britain, though under retirement when the
committee of defence was sitting in this city,
he olVorcd his services to them bv letter; and
had the enemv made their appearance to attack
us. he would have, shown himself, with his usual
activity,in defence of Philadelphia, by land or
wato r .*'?*>iu rora.
Iiu Mounts.
rnoM tub (tMUKtHi-N'.ii (r*.) n?Er.rr?.
Mr. Kill tor? I am about preparing for publi
cation a farce, to be railed " The election."?
You may publish the following soliloquy of it,if
you think proper. Peihaps I mav send you
sonic other parts if your readers relish this.
AN At i noH.
Enter Muggint, nt angering.
These Demos and Kedos are main kind peo
pie, before an election. Now there be Dr. IMiys
ick, the demo, and counsellor ut law, the fudo,
who be just hand and glove with me. At home,
in the old country, (durst no more bpcnk to
such big folks no inore than I durst speak to
tho lord mavor of Lun.ain. Why, no less nor
yesterday, t meets Dr. Iliysick, and lie smiled
so at me, and was so kind?-it would ha\e done
vour heart good to see us shake hands. Hays
he, iny friend Muggins, says he, how is all at
home ? Purely, your honor says f, only But
lias got the hives and Bill has got the worms,
t) ! says his honor,you must make use of a little
pedeliiuu, if that wont do, venisection, if that
wont do I w ill give them some stimuli, such as
the essence of pitchfork, or tincture of waggon
whip. But, says I, your honor, what will you
charge me ? ?<iota cent, mv dear friend, savs
i he. Well, says I, I'll vote for your honor, you
can tiilk so leYrued, and you would make Mich
learned Jaws amongst the congress people. But
iu les<< time than a cow could cract her thumb
docs I meet counsellor Law. Oh ! ho ! is that
you, my horie.it fellow, Muggins, says he?come
it is past twelve oYlock, come to my house and
we shall have some old whisky ami cool water.
Wi?h all my heart, says 1. and so at it we went,
cheek by jowl. Bat f had no* taken more than
4 or pulls out of the blue bottle before he says,
Muggins, who are you going to vote for, ami
I vour neighbors, Christophle, lloniclc and pel
try, for ? Why, vour honor, says I, w e be all
for you?for to'tefl the truth his liquor was main
Igooil and plenty of it. But aftor all I was in a
peck of troubles who to vote for, and so i n-ked
my wife. Why John, you fool you, savs she?
land flie looked so coiitwistical?throw Physic to
the dugs, what act of charity did hee\er per
form r what poor iiiHn'H debt did he ever pay ?
or who did he ever bail out of jail t And any
how, you fool, Law can only lake your purse,
but iMiystck may take your life. Well, well,
lovce, savs I, don't bono very di?p.i**ionate?
I'll vote for Law, yes burn me if I don't.?/i.r
H Jfuzxini,
.""J ? 1 . 1 . I
FORKfON KKNVH.
I.ATRST fHOM KNm,.\N!>7~"
By iho ship Milo, from Liverpool, London j?n
per* have boon received at Boston to Auuu?l -i-i.
A l??f tor from Pari*, Aug. 'II, in tin* London
Courfrr, mention* that Mr. \Vil*on, (!omul of
thetr. htatea at Nant*, 1in<1 several warm di*>
cu*ftinti* with the Kr?*nch Coinnd**arv, who en
(loavo*ii'?i] toanhjoct tlir American (^plains to|
vexation* formalitien, which infringed the IiImt- !
tv of commerce. In the heat of argument the I
Com. not only arrogantly criticiKdl the hm|?- '
poned tendency of the consul'* political opini
on*, hut reinoufltrated with Vehemence ai:ain*t
Ida preserving an eagle at Ida gate, and enjoined
hint to have it inMantly removed. Mr. W.
naturally inaiftted on preacrving inviolate the
emblematic. anna of Ida Government. The
Com. next aent an armed force to carry off the
ecuaaon of the United Btatea. Thia inault how*
ever, did not remain unredreaaed. Mr. W.
forwarded energetic coniplaint* to l'ar'nt. The
Miniater depntird an Htftpector Oon. of Police,
who, after having investigated the a lair, made
every proper exctiat, when the arm* of Ame*
rlca were *4l?roMy replaced.
, A runioufliad fur sometime been enrrent m
England, d au attack upon Algiers by the
American sjuadron early in August. It is only
necessary ? observe, * that it was merely a
rumor. i
Hie Loiijon Morning Chronicle of August t
24, states tbt a ** Mr. John llopkin, small fur*
mer at Uottiham, near Kly, put a period to his
existence hp limiting himself | he had been in a
low and depending way for some time, which
is Hiippuaeityo have neen brought on by the pres
sure of the/lines. About three month* since a
farmer in trc same parish committed suicide un
der similaijcircumstnuces.''
Gen*, liillematid sen. an:t Drouet, have been
eoudemiieJto death in France, though absent*
They arc Aid to be in the l/nited States. Lall
emaiid .jr. to be tried next.
A prival* letter from Paris mentions a quar
rel betweei t!ie French National Guards nml
some Fordgn troops at Stratsburg, in whicli
more than 130 person* were killed or wouuded
f A Paris piper savs the foreigner* and gourds
were neaijcoming to blows, but the authorities
produced in accommodation.]
A plot t? take possession of the town 'of Nan
cy, has b??n discovered, (hie account says
persons, 0 whom 1U were ex-officers, were ar
rested. \not\er account havs only 11 vero
arrested.
An English letter says Gen. Merlin (brother
to Merlin <le Thorn ville) has been called into
actual ?erv,ce, and has required for his staff the
Aids of Marshal Nov.
The Duke of Ki<hlieu,is to represent Louis
1H, at the meeting of Sovereigns &c. at Carl
shed.
Madame Joseph llniiapartc has asked for
.passports to go to Sweden. Lady Gallatin, tliu
wifeoftlie American Ambassador bus been in
troduced to the king of France and to the llurli
es of Angouleme and Harrv, and treated with
great politeness. Mrs. Gallatin watt presented
to His Majesty bv the Marchioness de Yalelto.
and the Confess Geatuu do la Kouchcfuucitolt.
The English letter writers still continue to
snv that a change of ministers is to take place
n France. In France the apprehension* ol an
int>productive harvest, have, ill a great degree
subsided. No new Knight* of Malta are to l>e
made. The order is to he suffered to expire.
It ix said the llcv of Tunis has impaled the
captain of one of his corsairs for taking a
French vessel.
Accounts from Algiers are to July 09. They
were still preparing to resist an expected at
tack.
The King of Nuples has forbidden his sub
jects applying to the Pope for indulgences.
The Kntperor of Russia has appointed the eon
of Gustavus, late King of Sweden, to be Go
vernor of Finland.
The Japanese have discovered an inclination
to trade with the Ef\glishj and thoy have per
mitted an academy to be established, in which
the English language is taught, and it has many
pupils. The earl of Hothouse, the new govern
or of Nova Scotia, wa* to sail for Halifax in the
frigate Forth, captain Louis. Reports from In
dia were, that there was a report that the Nanaul
wnr would be renewed a second time. A long
letter frtm Fouche to the duke of Wellington in
published in the English papers. The abbe Vin
son, ami another priest, M. Floury of Nantes,
arc on trial in France, fortheir publications, cal
culated to alarm the purchasers of the national
domains! particularly church property. The
price of ipecie in England August 23, was f>/.
IDs. Vtf.\ new doubloons 3/. 14s. fw/.; new dol
lar*. -1*. IV 1 -2//. The duke of Kent has gone
from Entitim! to liruasels to reside there tTiree
years. Tbe prince regent and the duko of Cln
ranee had' been indisposed, but were oil the re*
cover?* Lord Cochran has been tried in Eng
land for tweaking jail, and convicted, hut recoin
inemlcd t? mercy. He exclaimed it was not
mercy, but justice he wanted. General Atniel,
being offered the olternative of surrender to
France, oijimprixonmcnt for life in Hanover,
has chose me latter. The Courier (todeter from
emigrating says it is practice of tlie American
caiitain* wVo have claims on tho emigrants, to
sell them to satisfy such claims. A severe shock
of an earthaiMike has been experienced in Scot*
land. G. Robertson, esq. has been appointed
the lliitish consul at Philadelphia. The English
play-bills announce the intended departure of
Mr. lnclcdifii for America.?Patriot.
The. Tott'tr (ilmat.?Last Monday ni^M save
hit th to it most important discovery i the detec
tton of tio Irs* than the Tower (ilio?t. ft will,
doubtless, be iu tlie recollection of most of our
readers, ih?{,considerftble aniiety, not tiimdxed
wilti alarm. Hail a few months since been euilcd
amount the inhabitant* of tho Timer, bv n sin
gular apjtearnnce, which for some ni^hf* \\n% ob?
nerved near the north-east bfi<?1 ion, assuming a
variety of forms of tlie most ten i fit hikI apial
!ini? nature, anil in oiic or two instances hail
nearly proved fatal, from extremo flight, to the
sentinel Htationeil on the spid. The >tricfe?d en
quiry at the time was instituted. but nothing
rouhl be elicited that would in any decree con
tribute to the ehieidation of (lii?i niysfeHou* cir
cumstance, or Icnif to the detection of (lie noc
t?irnal disturber. What had disturbed and puz
/led thi! head * of officers, both ittilitai y nnd ci
vil, has been discovered by the Kentiiief on duty
???i it?? in-sppeftrance the night above alluded to,
to be nothing more than the reflection of n fi-,
tjure from the window of a limine adjoining, ef
fected bv a ma^ic lantern. Home < reilit is cer
tainly floe to the soldier in question, for hi*
i c.ninnarMivo pergonal courage with that of his
j predecessor*) nnd, wo trust, the repose of (lit
garrison will not be again broken ill upon, by aft
exploit which, however amusing to it* thought
less perpetrator, is pregnant with mischief,
might possibly have been productive of the most
serious consequences, and which is at best the
height of folly.?London paper.
IMPORTANT LWTTP.R.
For th# following latter, enclosed nrnler the
4'iverpo<d it.it? of August I Oth, rttid rer^voH