ctimftances of the people of this ftatc.
Thefe a6Vs aftbrd the clcarcft proof
that the Convention of North-Caroli-.
na was not a6tuated by the difiioneft
fpirit of paper money. Theyvare alfo
2X1 proof that the wiihes to co-operate
with the union, and hold herfelf in
rcadinefs to con federate whenever cer
tain (feps are taken, w’hich may readi
ly be taken without her affidance. If
it (hall be urged that (lie might now
confederate without any danger, and
that her efforts would beof ufe to other
ftates, whole inlereft is nearly the fame,
the writer confcllcs that he is of the
lame opinion. He thinks that fome
alterations which equally atfe6l the fc-
vcral parts of the union, will certain
ly be made, becaufe the fpirit of a na
tion is not to be rehfted. But there
are two or three alterations which re-
fpe6l the fouthern ftates, that they
may have a greater fecurity againft il
liberal or oppieflive combinations;
thefe alterations he fufpc6fs will not be
made, becaufe the moft trifling feem-
ing advantage is feldom relinquiflicd;
but he apprehends no danger from the
confequence. The evils which North-
Carolina apprehends are of fuch a na
ture, the meafurcs fo iniquitous, and
fo abhorrent to the feelings of every
fouthern man, that delpotilm itfelf
would hardly attempt them, and all
its arts and auxiliaries would never be
able to put them in force. Be this as
it may, in all abftracl queftions of this
fort concerning the expediency of
mcafures, people are apt to differ, and
North Carolina in the prefent cafe has
chanccii ro UriiW froir her flfter ftates :
but notwithftandnig^^
ence, it fhould be remembered, that
Ihc has hitherto been fecond to few of
the ftates in fubftantial attempt'^ to
ferve the nation. Her late condu6t is
free from every charge of felfilhnefs or
d’iflionefty, and we are bound to believe
that (he is determined to fupport the
federal union.
A REPUBLICAN.
September i6.
Foreign Intelligence,
VIENNA, (Germany) July 23.
Dhpatches are received from our
head-quarters, dated the i8th inftant,
with intelligence that the Turkilh corps
employed in efcorting the new Hofpo-
dar of Moldavia to Jaffy, has been en
tirely defeated by the combined corps
commanded by the Generals d’Elmot
and de Fabri.
We have alfo received frelh letters
from Cherfon, bearing date the 4th
inft. by which the new's of the defeat
of the Ottoman fleet in the Black
Sea is confirmed, with this additional
circumllaace, that the day after the
I
1
aftion, Rear Admiral Paul Jones went
in purfuitof the veffels that had fled
towards V'arna, in the neighbourhood
of which he came up with them, and
took two more, on board one of which
v/as the Captain Pacha, who is faid to
be delj)erately wounded.
fl
By the fame advices we Jearn, that
the firft inft. (three days after the vic
tory) thefortrefs of Oczakow was in-
vefled on both Tides at once; by fea, by
Prince de-Nafl'au Siegen, and by land,
by Prince de Potemkin ; in confequence
of which the turks made a vigorous Tal
ly, but after an obftinate and bloody
engagement, were forced to retreat,
with the lofs of 1000 men killed, and
800 priloncrs.
LONDON, Auguft 10.
The Earl of Chatham has already
been named as likely to fucceed to the
very high and important ftation of Go
vernor-General of Bengal.
Extraft'Df a letter from Lemberg,
Auguft 4.
“ We juft now hear that the impor
tant fortrefs of Choezim furrendered
on the I ft inft. the garrifon having ob
tained their conditions, and are gone
to JafTay and Bendar. The Auftrians
will leave a proper garrifon in that
place, and proced to befiege the other
fortreffes ; which’, if they fucceed
againft, .will^ppen them a free commu
nication* with the Ruffians and allies
at Oczakow.”
BOSTON, September 30.
The building for the mam faifuring
of Window Glafs, and other Glais
Ware, in this town, lately fet up by a
number of patriotic gentlemen, is of
brick, in the form of a fugar-loaf, and.
ue hear, will (oon fte completed. A
large building, for the manufadluring
Sail Cloth is alfo yearly completed.—
Large Tunis of money have been fent
abroad for the/e neceffary articles,
which it is hope^ will now be faved.
The city now forming on the banks
of theOiflo, is named Merietta, in ho
nour oft |ic C^een of France.
JofepIiM^, Efq. of Bofton, has
piefente^a ftil to the Ohio Compa
ny, for ipe frft public building to be
freded i rfe territory of the Compa
ny : anWlclt. building having been
ordered bg the agents, the diredfors
are to trkjl meafures ^for tranlporting
the bell f^m Bofton to the city of Ma
rietta,
Yefte^y morning his Moft Chrif-
tian MJfty’s Fleet, under the com
mand d the Marquis dc SainviileJ
took thir departure from this port,
with yir wind.
PHILADELPHIA, Septcmber4^
We learn that the Mulberry^.^
and German-town ftocking-w®^
have got into the way of making»‘^”
worfted (lockings, not fo thick ‘
milled kind, which laft have p *
thought by fome warmer than
wculd wifti to wear until late in lil
Thofe who like either kind can
be fupplied. They continue to
mixt hofe of cotton and worfted.-f-^’
This is a proper footing for Anicri’*
cans to (land on, and will cnablf f
to defend ourlelves againft fort
foes and foreign luxuries. We ifce
foon to hear of corduroys, thickiits,
&c. fr om the manufaclorics of Plfila,
dclphia and Beverly, that we maf/ be
equally well at bottom. A few fpeci-
mens of cloth from Conneclicut fa^loy
ry would be well received in Philadel
phia, that we may convince the world
of our progrefs in the important arti
cle of home manufa6lures, and that!
we have not made a great try wh^M
therc^was little wool. '*
Oflober 2.
A friend to home manufa£lurfpg
wKhes, to fee an advertifenient for thcl
Tale of American corduroys, thickfets,
velverets, 6cc.
Sheeling linen, fays a correfpon-
dent, is a ftaple article, and from the
fii mntfs and ftrength of fabric of A-,
merican linen, it is conceived that ir
would be found one of the moft lalea- 1
blc modes of rnanufa^luring that arti
cle. If the farme! s, wca/err and tilh-
b.ivhed manufact niers wou’.d mski
their coarfe linens nine eights, and
' their finer linen five quarcti'S Wld^,
it y/ould certainly.
In Scotland (fays a'correfpondent)
the farmers knit as well as the women
of their families; but they do this,
while they are watching their (hee^
or cattle, or while they are fitting by
their evening fire in winter. Why
cannot our American Farmers and
their Tons adopt this frugul pi aftice ?
Time is the moft precious thing in the
world. Its very fragments iliould It
faved.
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WILMINGTON,
November 5.
Th^? honorable the legiflature of
this (late, met at Fayette-Viile on
Monday laft. It is faid, that the pro
priety of calling a new convention.^ wift
be among their eariieft deliberations.
His Excellency Governor Jobnfton,
and his Secretary, arrived at Fayette-
Viile, on Saturday laft.
We learn from Salilbury and Mor
gan diftricls, that petitions are in cir
culation, to be prefented to the affeml
bly for calling a new convention, whir>