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MISCELLANY.
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For Ihe C E N T I N E L.
Fo thg Freeholders of the Jiate of Norths
Carolina,
My Ft tends,
T>EFORE our convention affembled,
^ I took the liberty to inform you,
of the proceedings of the convention at
Philadelphia, and that by their form
ing an entire new government, we
might be brought into endlcfs troubles,
if agreed to, without proper amend
ments. I am exceedingly happy to
congratulate you, that the firm dccifi-
cn of the greateft part of your appoint
ed members have done jufticc to their
ccnftiiuents wifhes, a duty every mem
ber owes to thofe who honour him with
their choice, and not his own w ill or
I'ecrct views ought to alter his con-
11 ituents diredlions. Had they follow
ed your intention, the majority would
and mufl: have been ifill greater. Kow-
cvei, my friends, your wilhes have
been true and well fupported, and it
will now be the greatett trial for many
of you, to remain firm by thofe fixed
refolves. You ought now to fupport
with fteadinefs and manly firmnefs,
that decifion ; becaufe the minority,
being highly difpleafed, that their elo
quence has not been able to form a fa
vourite planbf theirs, will let loofe up
on you innumerable writings full of
the greateft abufes again ft the under-
ftandings of the majority. Alfo you
will be frightened through horrid de-
feriptions of the difadvantages and
great milery that will befall us, by op-
pofing the new government, and that
we Ihall be like the out-caft people
amongft the Great Mogul’s inhabitants.
But be not afraid—be firm, and believe
no Jcfuitical argument, or high'flou-
lifhing ftiled prognoftications. The
gentlemen who inform you of all their
dreams, have the better infight into fu
turity than common conjurers. This
Hate cannot and will not be hurt by
making its own dictates and alterati
ons, in a form of a government which
the makers had no right to form at all.
You will not be the only people who
oppofe it. Though all the northern
ftates got a pitiful majority in its fa
vour, yet the refpedtablc minorities
will not fubmit, and you will loon hear
more from all quarters.
In what mifery, and tofal confufion
and diftrefs would our ftatc have been
plunged, through the entire and tamely
acceptation of the new conftitution.
The inftant it was agreed to, our pa
per currency would have been refufed
by all merchants, which only waited
for that point. Figure to yourfclves
the mifery and endlefs law-fuits, if
all old debts and now outstanding
bonds were afked from you in hard
money ? This was a great object for
the lawyers; and as our ftate has, fince
the war, and ftili does deal in paper mo
ney, we Ifad the greateft riglit to fup
port our ca,fh and our families from
falling inioTuch diftrefs. Add to this
a ftili greater evil, which our fpccie
certificates would have involved us in
The real holders of the faid certificates
who really delivered their property for
them, or ferved our caulc-with their
perfons, have been obliged to fell them
for the paltry price of two (hillings
and fixpence irithe pound. Specula
tors and monjU men, (vvlio perhaps
were at all t|pes againft our caule)
have them now in their hands ; and
the moment wc had agreed to that new
government, they had an undoubted
right to fue our ftate in the new pre-
fident fuperior court; the execution
would have been obtained in haid mo
ney, and the citizens at large would
have paid thofe certificates ia full with
hard money. That is a true fact, and
would have taken place dire^ily, you
may depend upon ; alfo the new pre-
fident’s new laid taxes muft have been
paid inhaidcalh Now by ©ur dif
fering and rejefting the new confti
tution, as it ftands, and to propofe
proper alterations, we gain all this
advantage, not to be dragooned into
exorbitant payments. We can pay
our quota of our national debt very
well, if properly regulated. This you
will believe from a true friend to our
old conftitution.
HONESTUS.
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Domeftic IntelUgence,
SALE M, July 29.
L ast Friday, a female Aranger died at the Bell tavern, In
Danvers \ and er I; unday her remains were decently in-
teiTiid. I he circumAances relative to this woman arc fuch as
eve te curiofity, and .ntcrcA our feelings. She was brought to
tlie Bell in a chaife from v^-atertown, as flic faid, by a ycun^ man
whom flie had engaged for that purpofe. After flic had alighted,
and taken a trunk with her into tire houfe, the chaife drove off.
She remained at this inn until her death, in expctlatlcn of the
arrival of her hufbanil, whom file expeAed to come for her, and
appeared anxious at his delay. She was averfe to being interro-
gdted concerning hcrftlf or conne£liar5 ; and k@pt much retired
to her chamber, employed in needle work, writing, &c. She
faid, however, that fhe came from V. eflfield, in Comeflicut—
tha, her parents lived in that Aate—that (he had been married
only a few months—and, that her hufband’s name was 1 homas
^V alker, but always carefully concealed her family name. Her
linen was all marked E. W. About a fortnight before her
death, fhc was brouglit to bed of a lifelefs child. When thofe
who attended her apprehended her fate, tliey afked her whether
fhe did not wifh to fee her friends i SJie anfwered fhe was v-ry
defireus of feeing them. It was propefed that fhe fliould fend
for them ; to which fheobjcdlcd, hoping, in a fhort time to be
able to go to them. From what flie faid, and from other circum-
Aances, it appeared probable to thofe who attended her, that
fhe belonged to feme country town in Cor neflicut. Her con-
verfation, her writings, and her manners, befpoke the advantage
of a refpcftablfc family, and good education. Her perfon was
agreeable, her deportment amiable and engaging, and though in
a ftate of anxiety and fufpcncc, Ihe preferved a cheerfulnefs,
which feemed to be not the effetf of infenfibility, but of a firm
and patient temper. She was fuppofed to be about 35 years old.
Copies of letters, of her w'riting, dated at Hartserd, Springfield,
and other places, were left among her things. This account is
given by the family in which fhe refided ; and it is hoped the
publication of it will be a means of infoririing her friends of her
fate.
N E W - Y O R K, Auguft 7.
LaA week arrived at BoAon the fhip Cato, Captain Stevens,
from France ; by this veffel we learn, that the route of the
French Packets coming to this port, will in future be changed
from Havre dc Grace to L’Orient j the French merchantsfindin«-
great inconveriencics to arife to the trading intereA from the
Packets going to Havre, petitioned his MoA' Chriflian MajcAy
on that fubjea i who, ever attendant on the wants and wiflies
of hiR faithful fubje(As, has moA gracicufly accorded the prayer
of their petition in its fulleA latitude. 1 hat the abfurd idea fo
pompou.ny fet forth in theBritifliGazctte, relative to the commo-
tior.s in France, is Aretched beyond every degree of vcraclrv ;
the truth Ij (as far .is we can rollccl) that feme difeententrd cr
dilappointed members of the Provintial Parliaments bad oppoH
with unbeccniii-.g virulenee, the meafurcs of his Majelly, which
had been taken for the gcod of the kingdom, and had endeavour
ed to delude the common people to ccuritenance their ambitious
projedt, which had'not the miruteA Scintilla of Patrictifn for
its bafis : the confcquence was, thofe mock-patriots were fent
to kick their heels in the BaAile 5 the people iccovered from their
temporary delufion, return to their duty, and fill the'air with
fliouts of Vh^c le R»y j and thus ends this ferioux affair, fo
tujly related by the Englifli paragraphiAs.
BALTIMORE, Auguft 4.
Late London newfpapers advife, that, .im dA all the prepara
tions for war, the Vienna Gazettes announce, from authority,
that negociations for peace between his Imperial MajeAy and the
Poite were on the carpet—thatthe face of affairs in France
began to aflumc a vciy alarming afpedf, and that the violent
Arides that monarchy had lately made in that country, were fo
contrary to the inclioations of the people at large, that they w’ere
likely to catch feme warmth from the flame of freedom which
bad been kindled in varieus parts of the empire”—that a difagree-
meni had taken place .among the French miniAers—that on the
Z3d of May, 49 commiflions of bankruptcy pafTcd the great-f:al
of Great-Britain—that thetfl'e^fs of the late .allures in England
had reached the kingdom of Ireland, and were woefully felt by »
variety cf perfons in trade in v^ricus parts of that kingdom.
WILMINGTON,
September 3.
The fehooner FedcraliA, Lowry, f om CharleAon for Tene-
riffc, on tlie 5th of July laA, the day "alter leaving port, fprung
a leak, but not fo gicat as to occaficn putting back. On the
19th, at ten P. M, met with a fevere gale in the neighbourhood
of Bermuda, which laid her down four Areaks of the deck upon
her Aarboard fide, and had not the c^bin doers been well fecured,
mull have foundered. Cut away her mainiiaA e alter__geiting
clear cf it, Vi-ffel righted ; in about an liour after, by great ex
ertions at both p.:ntps, freed her—found that by heav.ly piteli-
ing, fhe had fprung bowfprit. Every tiling on deck was w.ifhed
away except the boat, which bad been pi vii.udy fecured by ialh-
ing to the feuppers. About five next morning the gale bcKan
to abate. As fc oii as the w eather would p-rmic, got up the
main boom lor a jury maA. On the 7th of AugiiA rece.ved a
fupply of water from a Frenchman, and the 1 ith arrived at Nov
Providence in great dillrefs, the crew being much exhauAtd by
ccniinually working at thepun.ps.
A Bc Aon paper fays, in the Cato from France, came pafTen-
ger, Peter Oifiquette, who we are told isafjn to rhe king of the
lix natie ns, and wdiom the Marquis dc U Fayittc fome iime fince
lent to t ranci; to be educateu .—lie (peaks ch f rencli and Ln-
giilh languages with accuracy, and is 2q..ai ’ cJ with moll of
the branches of polite education, mufic, xc. ana is on his way
to the Indian esuntry. >
From a New-York Newfpaper, dated AuguA 8.
On the 4th inftant, it was ief Ived in C^ngrefs, that the firft
meeting of the Corgrefs under the new conftitution, fli.nu!^ be
at Baltimoie, thirteen ftates being prefent.—Affirmative. Fenn-
fylvania, Delaware, Maryland, VirarmU Sonftir
Carolina, and Georgia.—Negative, New-Jerfey, New-York,
Connedicut, Rhode-liland, Maffachufetts, and New-Hanip-
fhire.
YeAerday the fame qucAior. was taken in Congrefs, in favour
of the city of Philad Iphi.i, and paff d in the negative.
It was then taken in favour of the city of New-York, and
pafied has follows :—Affirmative, New-Hampfhire, Maffachu
fetts, Rhodt.Kinand, Connefticut, New-York, New-Jerfey,
Sonth-Carolina.—Negative, North-Carolina, Virginia, Mary
land, Georgia divided.
We are informed, that this intereAing topic is not yet dif-
miffed.
On Monday laA, when the qucAion was under confideratlon
for filling up the blank in the ordinance for organizing the New
Government, where the New’ Congrefs fhould nivec, it was car
ried for “ Baltimore”—/f'z/cB toJIx.
On Tuefday the motion was made for confidering the quefti-
on and loA.
Wednefday the fame ordinance being Aill under confideratlon,
amotion was made for Ariking out “ Baltimore,” and i.msrtir.g
“ New-York”—which was carried bvfevcn Aates—New Hamp-
flfire, Maffachufetts, Rhode-lfland, Connedicut, New-Yo:lc,
New-Jerfey, and South-Carolina, voting in the affirmative 5—
Pet'.nfylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North-Caroli
na in the negative, and g^orgia divided.
Thebufincfsis not yet clofsd ; and though we cannot with
cert.ainty fay that the refolution will go out in its prefent ferm,
yet there is good reafon to think It will not be altered.
_ A late Bofton nsw'fpaper mentions, that the amount of the
■ exports from that port, the laA year, was 345,146 : 15 ; a,
I eftimated at the value the articles bore at the time of eXportati-
i on—that the articles of_ Pot and Pe.irl Allies ambunted to
I abo’/e 30.000, and New-England Rum to above ,^.43,000.
Receipt to cure the Ague and Fever*
i ’
I TAKE half an ounce of bark, 20
grains of falts of wormwood, and 30
grains of fnake-root, to be mixed with
I Madeira wine, and taken three or four
I times every day, till the malady is re-
i moved.
] DIED On Wednefday laft, Mr-
JOHN KEELY.
i §5* The Mail for Fayette, will be
• doled at the Poft-Officc this mornin^»
I precifdy at 9 o’clock.