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?: 10 % t>o the?bat Hatty of Baaka, aad 8a4k wnnji Is |w(viImi hi In thi UdKwI fMwttt. um| Uut *?- \~.- - Boteiy lay. Tba' rrawA havd bat on haak; that U hi I'arls, aadfhsy ton no bwachw. They bw no ao(q aaderiwaetydollar*. r Thai this papar money system ku contributed W d?aorallas and as I imllpve, to impoverish the paopla Who am ploy H, ataay arall disposed per mm of fobd tease battave, as writ h mysalf. . It has enabled la Kaglaad, Jews and Quakers who la Ihal coantry bavo a great dislike to uhtul h< boar, to get rich lo.qaallty of Rsgroals, as Gobbet oalls them; a* dealers (a paper or rag nan*/ at tha expense of the ladustrlfcas aad credulous pa it _ of the community, tha papar system, aihaa aoi >.t?*CT ,lho ?action aad- coatrotit of gwina?i?i, la asabstitatioa of What U worth nothing for whet ? It worth something. It awwwi tha Idta data of saoaaydsalsrs, simulators, brokers, swindler* .md impostora at tha aipOOsa of the ren of tbe c.?m ?laaiiy. Look al tha UgWIaturcf of NewYotk, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, absolutely governed by, aad ss tha paopla complain, absolutely tirou *ht over to astsblMi bank asoaopolles oat of num bar, whose whole Intent Is to cheat the pahiio. I am no (rierid to tha - uaptiaclpled pollth s or . prsctlccs of Cohbet: bat he Is very often from In (arast truly aad falthAilly on tha ilde gf the peo ple; as la the prasent ease: mid hit power of itlus* tmtiug a subject which he chooses to liiveili gate, noae of his a*i?mler will venture to deny. Pray Insert tha folio* in* pages I mm hit rrgbter They psy tend '<> <>l"n nys of the )?opl* to the evils and frauds of a system, which p even in (hit country too strongly characterised l?y mis oblef find by fraud. In this our State, where the legislature have the chief conlmul over ourp<?|K-r l?V?n*y, It Is lihely IJ be honestly managed. hut 'ar* long out Mate tanks will (>? swallowed up by the mammoth mossier, Him hank of ilie Uniu-.i States: an ln*tll'flkjn rn<no enloaluitd to hriiv kI our merchants and tradesmen ultimately unilei Presidential conlroul, and to make. ilieui In. tools of oouit politics thin any oilier thai ronbl bava bean devised. It is < autiou>ly comkueu d at present; but ft will soun lj l?- uu-d i<? an en g'a-* of |tolitlral detpolUm hy ami by. *? it *vee originally conceived in siannd born in in'<|n.'y 'So the profit? of l'.nrx on the dungrr-. j; tcmlihg /iu/n r niot:ry. Kcn-lml.in, '.Dili Mxrrli, IftC'l My FatKicns:?There istlit* good in *;//' jfrring, titut <l U <s .1 tendency to make nun wui-r than they were before tliev mflcrei!; V'hI, supposing you to be like oTlier men, may, 1 hope, (K-ngmUii ;te you oa a vast in crease of wisdom, in the course o: the lurt four months. tint, still 1 deem it m, <h?t . i ? address yui on the clanger* attending pi.pir snoni*), and t<? oulenv? ur to induce \ o?i (<< rely on no sort of ni?ney, except tn.? ki:ig'* coin, u piece ??t winch ho ministers li ivc ex pressed their desire that rvn >j fioor man sJfould hax'i- in hi* fiorkvt. 1 address niykclf to you in particular, because certain transut "tioiis in yi.ur couoty point you out to niu as persons who arc* just At thin true, peculiarly liable to be decelv ed. You have seen a great drul of the oreaking of hanks; you liu\ e seen uJsou great deal of the efforts to pro]> tlicnt *y?; you have felt the effects of this banking ?work, which has ruined many tlrsisands ?>t* yon; but still, you want to know a littlv mure ut the nature of the thing railed a bunk. You find people enough to nav, that " hank* are i'rry good thing*," that "the notes are a gnat acconnnoitati'/n'," and the lik?v Strange insertions! Can hunk notes rmise the laud to produce food? t'.aii they rreufr any thing* No; hut they can, .oi l they do, cause one man's property to pass to Roother -without the latter giving any thing for it. They con causc enormous robbery, and ic/ceii'the robber from punlshme.it ? Sup pose me to be a banker; suppose ine to haw put nothing into My bunk-, snp|M>se me to get admrse from a farmer, and to pay him in sninuof my note*, knowing at the s unt- time, that n? v notes represent no property it all. Why should 1, if I cm g *t a liure, in this wuy, run thct risk of hem,; h..nv,ed for horse Mealing? Of what >i?c uie .? banker .tiid his people to the public? They do .10 work of any sort; they prbduce nMuing, nor do they improve the worth of any Uimg tli.it ;s pr?> dnced by other*. " They tod not, neither do i tj*vy spni;" and, if not " array quite like Sol- ? onion m all his glory," 1 strongly sufpcct that Solomon in all Ins glory, never had, at any one time, so large a quantity of "fine old whir*" as is now advertised tor sale ut the 1 house of your late banker, Mr. Crickctttand,' I could uljqost venture ' .take my oiuh, that Solomon never spent ten thousand hound* on i an election, and that too, taken b) him out of I a hank, in which he had not one single farth- j ^&ci*?, mv friends, is one of the great causes I of the sufferings of this nation; one great j cause oi the increase of the paupers, of i thefts, of the size of the gaols, poor-houws, ! mad-houses, ami of those horrid scenes of de- ' Vlorable misery and starvation, whwh we dally behold. Homebody must lose, tomeho dy must suffer, in consequence of the gains of those who thrive by paper-money; and, ut laat, a large part of this suffering falls on the working cla**. Mr. Crickctt, in hi* exami nation, is, in the newk-]?apcr*, reported to have stated, that he was a banker eighteen years, and that, after the first year, he never l?ad a farthing in the bank; that he was c i tinuaUy in Ut debt for seventeen years; and jrat, that, in eighteen years, he received fifty ?even thou*and hound? a* hit thare of the fiiyf/lttoftbebanJr! ftothat.lf he, at lest, pay 90a. to the pound, even if he do thW, he has got ?i7jUW>for nothing; for, he hod no mo ney In the hank; ha dia not work, nur d id the work; he got otfccr men'* money, or in exchange for his bits of paper; as at he wif not called upon for real money again, the holder* of hia bits of pau$r "they h%d so much money; but, when he was called npon for that real money, he could not give it. How should he, whan he had spent it at elections, or had eaten, or drunk, or worn, or otherwise disposed o(, tlte Worth ofw ^ J * Ilut, suppose a banker never broke, never profited, tnll bii tMe mutt be ?* tnormou* <?(?. Hepuis out papor, forwhkhhereU other men1! good#, and tfee puper to*a ?? next to noting. It Jaw* value for valnej but it is value fir nothingj JJo matter that he has hrofveety iUcmkert. That property bring* film rent, or/inj/T/. It has nothing to do with hU bank note*. He gets by them without the uaaofuy property; and that wliicli Ihe Kfti nmebody nutt /oar. .Sir > Willlam~KUoi d, at l*ly mouth, has confoaaed that he, for mamr years, received a third fiart of the firtftt of the dank* and that he never had amy cafiital^em/tloyed in Me -buetmrm. lie was. a great part of the time, a member of FewHament, he waa a colonel if vohtn* teere, Pitt made him a tar***/, he waa a JW? tke of the fieaee, he was recorder of Ply mouth, he was 33years receiving// the bank, he and hla1 eon borrowed of the baitkibafy thoumind pound*, and he never in his life,'had a ?inele farthing in the bank, or In ita business. 'Khis la his own statement, before the eommfulouer*, as published in the" newspapers. It seems. tJmt ?34,000 out of the *40,000, were paid back) but.there are all his profits for S3 yeara, . and the A'16,000 besides, still remaining as mouey got for not hint. ? "?> Suppose mc to issue n parcel of notes to buy a farm with. Suppose me to give a man ?10,000 In my notes for a farm. The tuao pays them away, aial they continue out for eight years. Suppose this. I have the farm and its rents all tills time for nothfng; ami if the farm yield A per cent, 1 get AS4,600 for nothing. I took a ten-noundn- tc the othrr day to f iurney's bank at Norwich which bad been out nearly eight years, and they h.al gained \l. 1J?. ''2d. by that one tingle Unbound note! Andhowdocsthis work astothe/i<x//e at large? Why it produces loss to-eomi bo dy i it works down, through the different classes, till it reaches the working class, and that class it vjuretcn into the poor-house * ami the gaols; and as the paper money in creases: the file of the poor houses nml thkt of the gaols increase. If a rag-rook lend his notes to farmer Stnm/i, for instance, to the ani'itmt of X'ltKi, fur a year, Stumft pays the rook 3 poundhfiirtheuseofliisrotea titumfi vpiecacs the jLS out of bin labourers, or tradesmen; or, it works in another way; he '.ecps bis pr?>ducc from the market till it will *rll for l.i nijrr in th< hurt/ml; und thus tbv people, wlin eat t.ie produce, finally ,> the X'J, which AStwo/; paid to the Hook. People of iWx, u Ac r til esc more general rem irks, let me route to your affair of Sfiar r'jiv V m know, tint ou tl\e 34:itof i'ei>?Bjr, a f;re.it number oi' people, calling ?hcrisEb vvg% nth-men, published their name i t<> .i dc?lai at ion of eonndiHH.c in, and of their guar ti.Ue .if. thisSparrows notes. Voukuow in il in .inly *i r itrv.* after that, the bank of ?/illft 't-v and ft. ut'if.fieri' You know tha', ii ? o..si -jiii iKe of tlrs, another meeting of it'ie " iftu'rmrn" took place. That which* |i.?*%ed at (hm meeting is \ ei y well worthy 'I jour last attcut.on. We in Lornl'm, ??''r.'t ii iniK d with the gem ro*ity of a Mr. .IriJrewt, wh < put his ti tined?A.u for jt4.i?co "i'.r/i.' V\'e concluded. that th>?. was some .ititr is I ?tr?n of S/nnott?. Alas! the mys tery is explained t?> tne fact, tii.it he is lie driver (itneral fur ihr county.' The Chcims ;oid Chronicle, of the Jotn of Mart h, gives the following account ni what passed at the me? W'ljr, relative to this < urioits part of these transar.t twits?*4 Mr. jimin iv* remarked,that at the last m'-'ctlug he had made an otter, which was accepted, l?y the actual deposit 61 | h certain sum or money (X'4,00U) for the tin mediate assistance of ilic iNink; he hail hafixi t/.nt othrr ffentteinrn mould have eomr f .t :uur>i :n u umilar inumierf they bad done so in part only, as they had not fully effected the o ijeci in view. (cheer*. ) Jn consequence Of th?* present ??:ite of the bank, Inoonveni enr.e might nrifa- to the country at large. He w.is | laced in t'u* situation of Kcceiver tlcneral of that part of the county, and if O/i/idrnre should not be rrttcrcd to the Hunk of ft)tarh-,0 -and Co. previous to his next receipt, he could take nothing but liank ?.f Kuglatid note* and sovcrigiis, which he thought wtadd be a KiTat inconven.cneo to maiij. (/entlemen should tbcrvtore come it award and render their assistant e, until the affairs of the hank were arranged to the sa tisfaction oftl'epubhc.?Mr. (I' ftft observed that be would h ilbngly afford, to tbeutmostof his power, support to the hank of Spurrow tc Co. and he believed the disposition was uni versal am.Nig those gentlemen present, but u"f>rt muttiu tUeu were not all in the nitua ttr> of the if. eei cr dene rat: and the state ci the country ?v;ts such, that tboM.' who had a desire to do v, did n.'#t jiossess the mciuis. ? >/r. .1,uteri:'* felt somewhat otlc/idcd at wh it be cotisib'TCd an hiNinuatiou that he ad vanced the JL<>,000, in the character <tf He rca er (?c tcral, with tome warmth deelurcd that 4t v.iii >nt from the government flurte, tint, from In* own, til it Tic luid contributed lo me ft none convenience. Indeed! Why thru, Afr. s/ndrem* I* not like- liundu* who gave ten (hounund pound* to the voluntary stios< riptiou for carry higoft the* lute war, but ax it Wa? afterward* di* covered, Have it ?wit ??f the ftubltc money! Mr. (ir/ifi, too m 1 fancy, a Distributor of Stum ft* in Essex, hihI a curtain or major of volunteer*. So tliat, nothing in the world rouhl lie more amiable nml public spirited thun ail thin. Hut, what is more interesting to you, |?eoplr ot' K**ex, is the state of the hank's accounts. I shall copy this state ment from the newspaper, ami thru rail upon you t't exert he your caution for the | future. ? The accountant x?wl, that he had l>een firmed for Utne\ hut that he AeNrvrd, the ?tatemeiit to he correct. The htatmrut was, that the banker* were " indebted to pervm* upon intcrent note*, payable at a certain numlM-r of day*, at Hraintrcc, 71,290/. at Chelmsford, 21,949/. 17s. \d. making it total of93|3;W/. 17#. Id. Their promissory mite* in circnlntion at Bralntree, amounted to 31,000/. at Chelmsford, to 39,900/. making a total of AO,900/. The total debit* to the hunk, exclusive of the capital of the part ner^ was 294,.142/. 19#. 11d. The asset\?>f the bank, were, for overdrawn accounts, at Braintree, 62,316/. ~~at Chelmsford, 68,4(1//. 7*. 2d. total of overdrawn account*, M0,903/. Is. 2//. There were promissory note* and bill* in the hand* ol the bank, on which they had lent money, at Bralntree, 9,300/ at Chelmsford 49,174/. 4s. 9rf. total 57,4/4/. U. 9d. The hills In the hand* of Barclay and Co* available to th? credkuw, were from Bralntree, 26,000/.?from Chelmsfold, 40,000/. total, 66,000/. to which migbt be 5^to I here were iwd^fl equal tocath, at Cbelmrford, 500/. trw, 500/. total 1,000/4 There ? ywMmlp freehold at Bmntrce, estimated ut 1,000/. The toUl ol uMto M the bank wm31^01W. ??, lit/, the total of dcbU owing, 39*343/. I9t. ItX Thut, there ?u a balance, infavur of the 18,000/.t Why did It then? Bui let us look at thb matter a little more cloacly. The ?/rdf In 294,000/. Now, here are, you >wUI obsetvc, 394,000 mereigMf Pray .mark that. 'Ib pay tliia debt, this - -r J?? Sj great uajabsr, this fearful number of role/ tovcrtlgnt. Is absolutely noceasar). And WWU has the baak to pay It with? Why oulv 33,000/, in cmtkj the rest of the 313,000/. Is ui firomtfory note* In the hand* of the banks In the amount of overdrawn accountt? and \u the amount of kUla In the Itauda of London bankers tu?d hUl-trokef! bo that, when all throe art fluid, the bank will have ft balance, In Its favour, of l'?p00/.l God fot!>id, thut I shoMd'venture to name the time when that when Is Ukxly to be. And. yet, one wouft think, that it ought to come ?rctty quickly, teeing th.it every body Is to e piud, and the bunkj4 to o/icn again on the 11th of April. . MAXIMS lO MARKY BY, .liidrr?cd to a Single Gentlemen. . Maxim i*~Now, to making marring?* at in making love?and indeod in making mrnt other things?the bcginnl?tg$t is, Hint In the difficulty, Hut the French proverb about be ginnings?**C'est lc premier pa* qui coute'' ?gov* inure literally to the arrangement of marriage; as our litiKli?h well illustrates the condition of love-?' Fhe first step over, the icat is easy.' Because, the niarryinc u flair, it ii potticuluri\| the " fir?t step llut " c(?U ?w to yair cost you will find, if that step happens to go the wrong way. A.ul nost men, when the} go about the busi ness of wcdlock, owing tolsoinr strange delu sjAn, begin the affair at the w rong end. S?{* They take a fancy to the white arm s?(some times onljr to the kid glove*)?-or to the neat ancles of t peculiar school girl, ami concludc from thest premises, thnt she is iust the very woman of .the wurld to scold a household of servants, end to br?ig up a dozen childrcu! This is u convenient deduction, but not al ways a safe one. A/axim it. ?White arms, and nentancles, bring me, naturallv, at once, to the very im portant consideration of beauty. Now, don't suppose, bcruuHC I caution you against all gay dishabilles, that I want t j fix v<mi with a worthy creature, whom it will make youex tremely ill every time you look at it. For the tfyle of tttrnction, please yourselves my friends. 1 skould say a handsome figure-?if you don't get both ?d\antuge v?4s better than a merely pretty fate. Good eyes, are a point never to Oo overlooked. Fine teeth; full, well-proportioned limns; don't c:i*t these away for the sake of a -jingle touch of .the small pox; a muath sometimes ? tuo wide; or dimples rather t^rper on one siJe than the Aloxim in.?It may at Rome time be a mutter of consideration, whether you shall marry a maid or a widow. As to the taste, 1 myself will give no opinion, 1 like both; ami there arc advantages and disadvan tages peculiar to either. If you marry ? wldour, 1 think it should be otic wh im >>*t? have kiiow.i in the life-time of her iiusti-aiid; tiecaUse, then uO urtu ml /Vo*w? Itiiin the sultcnugs of the dcluivt, you may ' form some notivin of what your own will , be.?If her lnrojaMd is de.?d before yon mjc her, you had better be oft'at once; because i she knows (the jade') what >ou will l.ke, though she never im-.uu to ? > it; ami, de pend tijion it if y<Mi hav t only .?ne inch of/km- ; (hunt, and trust yourself to I'kjL. at Iter three ! times* you ;?re tic I: ;ed t.? arcrtumty. Maxim iv.?M i ry ?k, girls ii a nice gut ter always; for tncy art as cautious as crows { plundering a comltiM. Y->u may " stalk" 1 fWu week, and never get near them unper-J ccivcd. \ou hear the caterwauling, as you! go up stairs, into the drawing room, louder I than thunder; but it stops?as if by magic! ; the moment a (marriageable) itiuu outs his car to tin; key-hole. 1 don't myself, I pro-j fess upon principle, see any objection to mar-1 rviiig a widow. If she upbraids you ut any j time, with the virtues of her former hus band, you reply only?that you wish he had her with him, with all your soul. II a wo man, however, w had more than three hus bands sNe-pOMw** them; avoid her. Maxim v.?In widow-wiving, it may be a question whether yod should marry tlie wi dow of Ml honest man, or a rascal. Against the danger, that the last may have learned ill tricks, they set theadvantage?she will he move sensible (from the contrast) to the kindness of a gentleman and ntun of honor. I think you should marry the honest man's widow; because with women, Uabh is ulways strongerthuu reason Maxim vi.?Hut the grentest point, per haps, to be aimed at in marrying, is to know, | before marriage, what it is that you have to deal with. Y?ai are quite sure to know tins fast enough, after wants. Be sore, there fore, that you commence the necessary per quisitions In-fore you have in.ute up y?#ur mind, and not as people generally do, a/irr. Heint.nber there is no use in watching wo man that you tove\ because she can't do any | thing?do what she will?that will be disa I greeablc to you. And still less, in examin ing a woman that loves yon; because, for the time, she will be quite suie tint to do any thaig that ought to be disagreeable to y?ai. I have known a hundred tigresses as playful as kit tens quite more obliging than uecd be undtrr such circumstances. It Is in* a f>ad way mahl or widow, when you find yourself inn* eying a woMaatp make her lielieve that yon have an aversion to her. If site has any con cealed good qualities they are pretty sure to come out upon mch an occasion. Maxim vii/?in judging where to look for a wife, that is for the lady who is to form the * raw material" of one?very great caution is neceessary. And you can't take any thing Iletter with you in looking about, as a general principle, th*i that good mothers commonly make tolerably good'dMghters. Of eoorse therefore fom won't go, of consideration pre pense, Into any house wheUT parents are badly Connected or hive been badly con ducted. Nor, Upon any account at all, kite any hewe ?Mi jreu dont quite feel,. Mm names, stick to that seldom more than T..^. . and If yM ice auy oomnyn rascal let,I Jiou|a where you visit, as readily as yourself, go oat of it immediately. MmxJpi KA-lf you marry anactrcu, don't let her be a tragedy one?, Habitsof hutting, and whisking up end down with alongtrafa before a row of ??foot lamps," are apt to due an undue ludiirousm>s (when trans planted) over the serious business of life. Only Imagine a castigation delivered to the cook, in "king*Cambyses' vein," upon the event of an underdone leg of mutton at din ner} or an incarnation of Helen MH?regur, ordering the cat tu be thrown alive inWtk? cittern, if a piece of muffin was abstracted, without leave, at breakfast! - ' ' :Maxim xl<?-Jf you nwrry an actress, the tinging girls perhaps arc beet; MiM?atan,.l think, teems VetVsoft, eiid coaxing, and de sirable. 1 myself should prefer Kitty Slc Ehcns to any of them. Though kite is a sad, i*y slut, who w<ai*t learn a line, and slec|li all,dav upon the sofaK But I'm a teacher; and therefore the less I parudu my own |?rautico-~at least ?o the belief goes? the j better. ; .'? ,? ? t Maxim xii?Be sore whenever you choose, choose ;t proud woniirn. All honesty Is u kind of pride; or at least three lourthsof it. No people do wrong, but In spite of j .themselves; they feel a certain quantity of descent und uelf-degradation; the more a wo- 1 nmii has to forfeit, the less likely she is to forfeit uny thing at ull. Take the pride, j although' you have the virtue; the more indorsement* you get, even on a good bill, the better. Maxim y,in. ?l)on't marry any woman under twenty?she is not come to her wick edness liefoi-c that time. Nor any woman who low .1 red |tose at any a>o( because peo ple in ik?r observations us you go along the street. A " east of the eye,"?as the lady casts it upon y n?may |?u>* muster under some urcnnutat.i.c*,?.uid 1 'Have even known these who thought it desirable; but altsolute squinting is a mono|>o)y of vision wldch ought hot to (>e tolerated. Maxim x l v.?-Talking of "vision" reminds me of an absurd saying,?that such or such a one can M see as far through a mill-stone as those that pirked it." , 1 don't Itelfeve that any man ever sa* through a millstone but Jeremy Uenthami gUil no looked through the hole?Scntlnei. KEVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENT. It is doubted whether the following docu ment, furnished to us by a correspi.wdciit in the cast, has ever found a place in history,or even a general circulation at the time "f its promulgation. It it, however, undtml; dly authentic, and is ut this day h political curiosity, in which light it is offered to our reader*, who will not fail to recollect that, on the 17th of October, in the same year, the proud spirit which dictated thisprocimnatiim of the 23d June, 1777, was humnled to the surrender of the whole army at Saratoga. hd. A ut. hit. By John Bur^yne, Kmj. &c. &c. Lieutenant General ut his Majesty's armies in Anuiv ca, Colonel of the Queen's regiment of light drnt;ooofc, governor of Fort William, in north Urn < .1, <>nc of the representative* of the common* oi Great Britain in parlia im lit, ?*;?<! commanding all trmy and licet in aiu x peddion ft mil Canada, &V. 0cc. 8(c. Tnc lori es entrusted to my command arc dc4.guc'l to .tit in concert and up?m u comm in principle with the numerous armies and rteeu w^iuli nircudy d.spiay in every pare of America, the ujower, the justice, ami when prouerS) sought, the merry of the king. '1 ne cause .n >vuich the llrupli armies are *.uus excitcu applies tu the must affecting inurcatof the Human Uc trt; and the military servants.ol the crown, -t urnt called forth the solcpuipusc oi restoring the rights of the constitution now cnmbinu with the love. of their country and the duty to their sovereign the other extensive excitement* whk h spring from a due sense of the general privileges of mankind. To the eyes uml ears ot the temperate part of the public, and to the breasts of suffering thousands in the pro vinces, be the melancholy appeal, whether the present unnatural rebellion has not lieeu made the foundation for - the complctest system of tyranny that ever God in his dts pleasure suffered, for a time, to be exercised oeer a forward and stubborn generation* Arbitrary imprisonments, confiscations of property, persecution and torture unprece dented in the inquisition of the Komish church, are among the palpable enormities which verify the ulttrmative. These are inAictcd by aasemblic* and committee*?who dare to profess themselves friends of IKicity ?u|kmi the muM quid subject*, without dis tinction of age and sex, for the sole crime, oitcu for the sole Suspicion, of having adhered iu principle to the government under which they were born, and to which, by evety tie, divine and human, they o*e allegiance. 'I'o consummate these shocking proceedings, the . protunatton of religion is added to the most > profligate prostitution of eommuii reason.' I'he conscience* of men are set at naught, ? and multitude* are compelled, not only to i heal- arms, but also to swear subjection to ] an usurpation t.iey abhor. ^ Animated by these cunsiduratiutiM, ut the i head <if tror.ps in the iull power ot health,' discipline, n.U *ulor, determined to strike; where neefcswury, a id anxtousto spare where | possible, i, by tliese presents, invite uml exhort ail persour, in all places tv^ere the progress of tills ,rmy may point?and, by the Mcesiug oil ?(>*), 1 wul extend it far?<o main tain sui h a e-md.itt ay may jostif) me ifi pro tecting then* Iiu'h'is habitations, and familica. The inUiitl'i i ot tli.s address is to hold forth security, notd iiedutum, SoUiecountry. To [tinWe whom spirit *hd principle may induce to partake in the glorimtt task of redeeming taour countrymen from dungeons, rc-esub iithing the uieseings of legal government, I offer encouragement and employment And upon the first intelligence of their association, 1 will find means to assUt their undertakings. The domestic, Ihe industries, the infirm, and even Mm tun id InhabitafHs, I de*lrut?s to protect, provided they renrtaik quietly at tw homeei that % do ** tutor their I 4uvkatlo?i ihd ? F ?rn* fceat a* h2ti,j2?i IWim ?v loaicr* f hive bntUgive streUh *' under my direction, audi S3**" lurk." If, mimI ?iou!eet:lnCll -phrenxy of haeti! stand acquitted in the tye* of ( In denouncing und of the S*at? again The messenger*of] thorn In Ihe flcld: and ever/ c-ouwmiitant uWtu, ant but indlspeudble nrorccutiortef military * Cunipat the river, jjuni UiJ, 1777. ? By order of his Excellency the Lt Generals ? HOHTV KINGSTON, 8tf> [.The above was coftted by Daily Station* on the frontier* of Vermci,t, from the ? original proclamation, ' whs Issued tancc who name and character of the latter, who is'yes living, are known to us, and entitle the docu* mcnt to full credit. 1?Ld. JVbt. InttL | ronticrs oi verianut, irom me ? ?ocJamatkw, immediately lifter it and given by him to an acquaint prese rved it to this day. Tim MR. JEF?ERtiON,b LETTER. MonUcclfa, May 10, 181*. v Dear .Vfr?Your favour, Aprir 84th, faf duly received. 1 am very sensible of ilia partiality with which you arc to good us<t? review the course 1 have held iu .public life* > and I have alto to be thankfel to ray fitUow citixens for a lik? Indulgence generally show* to my endeavours to be useful tothem.?. They give quite aamuch credit at it merited v> toe difficulties supposed to atteitd th* public administration. There are no mys teries in it) difficulties Indeed sometime arise, but common *eu?e and honest intern ttons will generally steer thrcugh themi mid where they cannot be surmounted, I have ever seen tin; well intcntiontd part of our fellow-citiacna sufficiently disuoM.il.no) to lo k li*.ir i:iipo>wlnlltie?. Wc aRanow that w unit, however large, it not more difficult to conduct than a garden, uad does nut cull tor move attention or skill. I hope, with ?y? u, th.it the policy of our country will set tle down with ms much navigation tnd com incrce onlv as our own exchanges will re- , <|uire. und th.it the disadvantage will be st-ca of our nndcrtokiri^ to enrry oil that of Uiitr nation*. Tina indeed may bring gum to * lew individual*, and enable tbcin to call oil moid our isrm* lUfre lahout-trw ip be conviiifd mi > luikiesjmd ..ninins tor them, -nit it will bring nothing to our coun try but who, deot and dil.ipid it ion. Thai i ha* been the course o| England, and her ex amples lu?t e lenrnil Hillueuco-oti un. l.i co-. living he#, we do not bcem tocor.sidtr th.?t like premises induce like c0msf?,uc|.cv's.~ j The bunk umntu is one ot tin- mo^Alu cat* ening ..i these imitation*; M "k i tflMfe np a niomcd a'/istoct ?cy ,nr car titmittr/T?whuh has all-end.. *<. t the govt rmnHtit at mtjfanve,' and .iMli.ngli ?? reed .it ii'.iiglh to yieid a ultlc on the sirs; rss^y oi ilifiV kttenr.Ui, their principles .tie uiiyiildcd and unj ? rhesc liuve V-ikct, deep rooi m tin* lu .tit's of that ci;t*s ffr.n w&lcU. our U-g.jd?tor? arer * drawn, a.ni u.e *<>p toCerehus inxn fable, has bccoiitc n-ftorv. Thc!r priuiplct lay hold of the good, their pelf of thvhad, and tiiu-s those whom tho cotuiUution haa pla ced at guard* to iu portals, are *o/i/iiiticat~. ed or ilbtoroed from their du iet. That pa per money has no ne advantages is admitted; nut its abuses also are inevitable, and by breaking up the measure of value, makes a, lottery of ait private profirrty, cannot ba denied. Shall we ever bf able to' put )toon? stitutioiml veto ou it? You say 1 mutt go to writing history. While 1 waa in public life 1 had not time, and now that 1 am retired ( am uast the time. To write hlMory require* a whole life of observation; of inquiry, *6f l.ibour and correction, lu materials are not to be found among the ruins of a decayed memory; At thts day 1 should begin where . 1 ought to have left olf. The 'ntve ?**?? tenium njhum,' is a precept we learnt lu youth, but for the practice of age, and were 1 to disregard it, it would be but proof the more of its soundness. If any.thirmhaa over merited to me the lespe^t of my fel low-c. tiaetis, themselves 1 hope, will wish me not vi lo?c it, by exposing the decay drN faculties oi wnicn it was the reward. 1 must then, dear sir, leave to yourself and your uicthreu oi the rising generation, to arraign at your tribunal the acpons of your pmlete??ort., and to pmnou..t,e the sentence they may have merged or Incurred^ Jf the sacruioes of that agfc, have resulted iu the good oi tins, tiien all is well, and wo shAll he rewarded Uv their approbation, and shall be uuthoritetl to say, 'go ye nnd do likewise.' To yourself 1 render, personal ly. the assurance of kreut estevm and rt>-. pect. . THOMAS Ji?rJH'<HbON. J. I). Stuart, K*p J*arie^-'iherc are In this city 320 Wttrh niakers who employ about '4046 workmen, minI produce annually KU.OOO gold watt Ik-:., 40,000 sitvor watches, mik) U.OOOokck*, tko whole Worth wftovt 19^tfJ,000 traiics. In tho same city, there arp thirty Tahne rl?-s, in which .1,000 workmen prepare every year, ..t a medium, 4i,onu ^?ItVkt. oow h dt s, \U\Xi liorse bides, <W,oOo calf-* ?kins, and employ hi this iteration 11 im> lioim ?.f poundt t?f tan, ?7/JOO,O00 Ibt. alum 400 pounds tallow, and tho tan?e ti'iiuitity * of salt. ' The produce'of this branch of com ' / mrr? e i? estimated at V*?.U00fi.inc... The 4 mimoer of hoose? told annually In Rat i* I* itl.:<?t ? , . f>f printing eMablishmentt, theft ate nf>, occupying .0?K> workmen, moving Mlo pret tes end employing nenrly 1*0,800 paper which]'" JSmOli The r<jyi >0 presses thousand I thl* 1