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I 2Q ) r s. uulr lofs and let it mourn" for three In ihc chj of New-Haven, n fr. Thefpeech was applauded, and a de cree pafi, " That the National Aflwably wear mournin j three days, in honour of the late Dr. Fa am klin. " And that a letter of eondentnee be fent by the p refident to the Conrefs cf America." AMERICAN INTELLIQX. NCE. BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 4. THOUGH the Spaniards kaveavow- d their determination to prevent the Englifa from participating in the ve ry advantageous trade on that North west ccaft of America we are 'happy to Jtam, that a perfect goodly undcrltand iagfubHll betvreen them and the citizens of the Ur:ite4 States which was exem plified by their having joined the officers cf the Ccfcrxbi and Wafljington of this port, in celebrating the anniverfary of the Iadependencc of tht United States the Lift yer. The pai iiament of Great Britain has granted to the PENN family, late of Pe?;Kjyhaxia, the film of 4000I. fer an ?tt, as a compenf:itio lor their lolfes fuaained in America. POPU LATION. Ther.umVcr of perfons in this town, taken in conformity to the act of the le gifiature of die United States, at this pe riod exceeds e-ghieen th9ufa:i4. Three or four yeas fince, the whole was but feurteen thoufand trxo kuniref. His excellency the governour has iflu ei a proclamation calling on the general flembly of this commonwealth to meet on the 15th oT the pretent month, at the Itate houfe in this town, on bulinefs of iinporunce.! ; Weftern P'fts. In 1784,; conjrsfs deputed general Hull, to demand of gneral Haldt hand, the governour of Canada, the fa: render of die Tolls within the United States, tier, and noio garifoaed by Britilb troops. And this demand .Great-Britain has refilled to comply with, nat wi'hftanding the folemn ftipnhirions of frenry ; jnd notwithtandiug every allc4g ?J ca-it for their retention has been ie ir.eved in the adoption of the federal con ftituricn. If a war fkould break out ke tween FnMaad and the houfe rf Bour bep, and if by accident y or otherwjfc. Great imtain ihouid gain any material Wantage over its enemies, perhaps the f'YadrantitEe cf their holding cur iron tur pcHs may be moie apparent, than it r.cw ?ppcars tp be. - r.alitf, there hare been laiffd the pre fect feafon, no lefs ihzn four hundred ar.4 forty-two i.bcafar.j ilk worms In the family of Mr. Abraham Thcmpfon, 6c,oco of the above number were railed ; and it is with much fatisfadion, in pe rufing the names of the perfons .who raif edthefe valuable and induftrious ani mals, weaw, that feveral young ladies had turned their attention thereto one cf whom, Mifs Be tfey Sherman, adually raifed this feafoa twelve thoufand and that one young lady, from 1 a 00 cacoons, or ink balls, reeled eight onnces of th bcil of filk. Vijit of th-s-Present to Rhije-IjhenJ. On Saturday, 14th ult. the-Pre fi dent of the United States failed from New-York, on a vit to the ftate of Rhode-Ifland, accompanied by his ex cellency Governor Clinton, the fecretary of ftate, judge Blairyihe honourable Mr. Fofcer, the honourable Mr. Smith, of South-Carolina, and the honourable Mr. G ilmaa, of New-Hampiaire, CcL Hum phreys, Major Jaekfon, and Mr. Nelfon, and arrived at Newport cn the Tuafday followinc. There he was welcomed hv ill A -a laiHte or 13 cannon, on the pac pafimg fort Wafliirtgtonand 13 more on his landing ; and a like nnmber from the fhipping in the harbour. . The citi zens of the town received the FreHdent with every mark of refpeft, and in pro ceffion, efirortcd him to his refidence. .At 4 o'clock, a committee of the town waited on him to the ftate-houfe, where he partook of an elegant dinner, provid , ed for the occafioa. After dinner a fe deral compliment of federal tcafts were drank ; the fecond of which was given by the frefident, viz. "-The ftate ms are int and propgr ity t it." On Wednefday morning he. was addreffed by the town; the Clergy, and thefeciety of Free-Ma-. foni and having vilited thefereral parts of tlie town, failed for Providence, ac companied as before ; and was received by the afiernbled citizens, in proeeffion, coniifling of the military of the town r the ofiicers ef the ftate, town, and vari ous corporations the Clergy, Bar, and Faculty Merchants, Traders, and the affociation of Mechanics, with their of ficers the fecicjy of Cincinnati Gen tlemen ftrangers, and maters of vetfels, fee. and efconed the eby to has, "lodg ings. Reiterated difchares of artillery, the ringing of bells, the univerfal attend ance cf the citizens cf all ranks in pro ccaion, the bevies of ladies which adorn ed the windows and doors of the houfes, the perfect decorum and urbattity which prevailed, sll teliificd the affection the citizens of Providence have foi our be loved Prcfidcnt. and the fcnfible manner they were xgz&td by the hor.otir csr.fcr rcd in the viiit. In the ever.irjr the col lege edifice was beautifully illun inated. The Enrlilh paragraphiils fpek very pofltively tkat treaties cf ccrrmerce and alliance are now on the tapis between the United States and Great Britain : Oa what foundation we are unable to fay. STCCK.BK.JDOl, AUGV1T. 24. . yProgrefi ef Majiufaclures. Mr. Mofe arnum, of thisjtown, has, Hnce the month cf Augu'ft, 1719, fulled J nqljgfs than five thnfai:4 three'kut.4re4 an4 ten !yards of clcth and : of thin cloth, I dicfTed tkres iUufat:4. two tuh4t4-m all, ! ught icfttfar.i fiiw tiifi4re4 an ttnyar4i. he roregomg ktrords a plealikg fpec;-; rn oi Ujc projrets of n.a&'aiac'turcs in , thfs'part of tht ccuntrv. . r. . . j - i ! srr-Yots. AUGUST 21. j) he Secretary bf the T rex fun v:ll iiTuel propcfals, in a few days, lsr purchafingj in the public debt : Thoi'e sha a ill n-i gage, in the feveral ftates, : to furr.ifti aj f.iven fum, at the lowcA: price, will have; the preference. I j The Cttnnedicut 6ate frciety of the: Cir.cin?2ati hare fubfefibed fheir fund cm the books ef the Secretary of the Trca-i fury, on. the term of the furling aft. ' The floop experiment, captain Boyd,! from Albany, has brought to thi? port fcrty hogsheads xcf txaffe figart made at Cooper's town, on Otfego Lake Mr. William Cooper is the proprietor cf this, valuable fpecira en vhich by a ceniii cate in the Albany Regifter, figned by d number of the moftrefpeclablecharadersV in that quarter, ladies and geatlckien who had ufed it, is declared to be fupc xior to the beft mufcovado fugar. z Maple iugar has teen made in thi country upwards s thirty years ; but from ineiperience, and the badnefs cf the apparatus ufed in manufactuiing it,' it was never contemplated that it conlif be brought to its prefent exellent qua! lity. There is no doubt that it will atf tain to a machgreaterdegrteofperfedioni. FAYETTEVILLE. CONGRESS in a late ad, have ap propriated forty thoufand dollars for rhe pay ment of Pickering notes, ifTued after 178?. They have alio appropriated thirty-eight jb'cufand dollars. forth pay ment cf the people on Lor-THand, whb have claims tor iuHfi ft ing An ef .'an prji foners during the late war. 3 t if ns who Iiave fuch claims, or w ho hold Ikenr-gTs cotes, may tkerefore obtain their money on application to the treasury.
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