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. SUMMARTFrom the Salem Roister. :
THE- RUSSIAN EMPIRE.
"Whatever may be the views it entcr-
tains of European political affairs , is very
Attentive tcv its mcewial profpenty. Its
;Ihefary 'dte&ihmenis&re - generous at
' temp's-to begin (he work of diifufiiig the
wiieceffary 1cri:awiedge by which the arts
inuft be afiified, all their -ogrefs.
When confidereil in the:! fir.: expeiife
rthey certainly deterve prcif but ".then
wc notice the magnitude or the objtt
Jin the valt Empire of Js-ulha, the inft: ux:-
s . tion or as many your has are fo be fouiai
lit in our Tuperior inltitution of education;-
1 1 -os ti DroDomcned to the necennies ot jo
-tvitlely extended a petfple. Pallas has
-luffi ciently inf trucked us in the clmVacler
-of the people, and in the progrete of'
.knowledge and religious information.
Wo. offer -the short chanter. of Villiers.
ii 'Upon the influence which- the religi
.;. en of Europe lias had.upon this people.
1 11 In refering m to the ideas of govern--rient
which Peter the Great obtained
in Holland and England, he obferves,
, -. W-emult not Joret that his gennKN
-Aras awaTtened, ,and his mind enlignten
ytd by a pupil ot th? reformation, Le
J?OTt, the Genevan, whom we may' re
jvard 8S indeed the true legiflator or Ruf-
i-iia. X)therwife, from the times ot the
r Reformation, the Ruffian Empire; in the
; ijofom of the Greek Church, took no
,u -'idn in ihs diflenfions of ihe Church in
' f--wthe Weft. But Peter the Great having i
Jeen whapaUed ampng. the -proteitam
- p;inces, undertook, "upon his return, a
, ( reformation in the Kuilian Church. H
the 'icadirmen in oppoTitionMr.Fox
Grayj, fcheri.lun. '-
" Be these things tetminated a3 they
nny,.ljm warranted in a fdppofrtion by
what I have read lately;" taken Tram the
French snd German papers, that Bona
parte, teeing he has mounted the laddej
of ambition to thetopinofl mound at
Milan, perceives that his dignities will
be bdb lecured and inaintafned by find
ing out forne means whereby a general
duty of a good citizen, ro jtteferve peace njay be brought r.bout ; and what
is tnere, after what we rave leen, lucn a.
genius cannot accomplish ? I his object
however will depend -a. good deal Upon
what tiu-cefs the Eng'ifli Miniltry will
meet " with in thtir prelent conferences
with the powers already mentioned: rBo
naparre hints already, through the or
pan of his mini iters and writers at Paris,
there are two ways in which a general
prace may be affecled, either by main
taining ihe treaty of Amiens, or byad-
proerly ; an abridgment, entitled,' An Unitiing t rights and privileges of cer-
The refutation of fucHta rich
compofition does, notifrmor.or the tite
of the.rrerch Ineatre. y
In thf IJatAyia! Govfrnm:nt,
One drcumftance has attracted public
rotice. thn the Grand Penfiopary ?p-.
pear-.d m a drefs :fitnilar that ' vorn by
the Grand Pensioner, John de itt, Vjo
year's ago. 1 he fate ot that prejt' man;
has not taksn frotTrthe force otlhe Uft
vords of his valuable maxirn'ss uIt is
(he
and defend the common freedoin of his
native country, with his belt abilities."
' It is mrerefting to our country to know
that the publifhers of Humbblt ajjd Bon
pland's '1 ravels, have received tlc copy.
They announce that he will pablilh a
larger work in another ioxvci He will
introduce ir lvith the parts which belong
to natural hiftory, & embrace in histra
yels what' Jjclongs more parriculary to
civil Jociefy. i he prelcftt work wij i be
abridged relation otn voyage to the Tro
pic's, per termed jn the interior ofjthe
new Continent, during the years rom
1799 f? 1 83r The work will be pub
limed in the name of borh travelers,
but the parts of each will bc dillinfeuim
ed. Abatement' of the Connecticut Wef
tern lands has contributed ro explain
that part of -our hiftory. Thele lands
were granted to Ccnaefticut by Clmles
'II. In the revolution, to fome fuffering
citizens, of that ttafe, lands amounting
to 500.000 dollars, or fo many acres,
were granted, chiefly ejaft ot Sandutky
bay on Erie. After the peac, part of the
fame grant were fold to a Connecticut
tarn powers not provided for or mention
tdin that treaty, 'i hic auprtffion, tin'
it does not open the door to peace, is put
ting a hand on the latch." .
From the Unitt d States Gazette
V
vdcclared hiuifelf the head, and refuted i land Company, in Co'nmbiana, toe
k ..i.-i: ... ud..:ii i" r i 1.1 i i i
5 . t vijeu-efte H-uie jt amaeuj vuimami
:;,n'ople, and as the Kings ot England had
: ": feparated front Rome - Perhaps ; we
ourht not to overlook the influence
"tvhich a liberal and proteftanr education
tipbtt.the yoUtig Frincefs ot Zerbft, in
;tbe Gpuri of Brunfvtick; Iwd upon the
: ever Memorable reighof this faiiie Prin-
.trefs, under jhe name of.Gatharine the,
ieeond." ihe 'deration .pt tne'laTs1
Vroght into many, diltant parts ot the
'rattErnpire Oi Kuiua, colonics of the
j'chriftian fcfts, both from the Southern . acres as did the other purchaie, an d for
countries, and from Poland, Germany
hnd ffnl'nd. The A'nahantifta anH Mru
R-viavinti .Brethren. have many eftablifh
peii'?. Iri RuffiaalfoexifU lefts, which
rpaintairi all the emhufialm and devoti
on oi-jh? antient reclufes. IVhnv from
HlfanThact eyen-ettabliiheSlriemietves
in the fr yer ol Charles II. m fiourifh-.
jne colonies, npn the bnnks of the Vol-
awhJch' the lawlels Pugatfhcu foon
: 'a'rer.exrtnated." A policy not dil-
I' :funilar hu nad thegreateit Tupport trom
a;wjwi tq encourage rue arts in uie pre
terit rei-'ti, ind the . literal y.intlitui ions
led- and -the money approi)ririted for
Schools. In 1797, by Wayne's treaty,
the Indi.mv title to the lands was ceded
10 the UniteJ States. In 1 Soo, Con
nefticut ceded the land weft of Perm
fylvaij line to the, United States, and
obtained a confirmation of their former
grants. The lands have now eleven
thoufand white inhabitants. Thirteen
thoufand have been obtained for a Cof
lege.r T'he land? weft of CayahogOH
latety purchared, exceed' one million of
rclu'e to ternary, that Villiers 111 exprain-
iiig the'progrcls of the rcfonpation, Ins
(sibyy rorgouen an odvjous taiimciion ani-
I iiig troni tne umereiitperioos 01 kinuren
pHi.ftory. He ;ba traced iii an outline,
f- tne inn uence-01 manners m nrifiian
i, Ibciety, in pjoduciigjrhe different fo ins
t of Gt'emment. J IilSingenious Vico
f I tt iU (cover thre relation w hich ' Ohr if .
lH;aniry b.s -to.cii'il policy and the jr.fiu
iv.ee. frv -iev has -hnd w'noi Chriltinni-'v.
well as the irtinenre 1? has had m
on civil governm ?n. A .valna--
them an annuity u robe oaid of 12c
dollars. Tor the ceflion to Connecticut
the proprietor; were to pay 4 thoufaad
dollars, befides 3 thoufand for the hid.',
am; and two thoufand annually for' &r
'! 5. well
jr l?.:rn up
k of Zieglr, prnited at Liepfic,
ii in 1 708 hasiven a con efpuridiiias view-
f the inrerelts ot Chriftianirv. ;ind
,lf t '-''". P' . . ty '
1 nriiriamTY-
Everr tjuno is done togiye fplcndour
tto the Court, reputation to. the arts, a?rd
I ?r?raqiqn rci t bevm'ufements- of life.
if Mafonr vi to igfiich. waslmgeneroujfly ar
' J tributed dngn agaltflt the foriafxhar'Ar
ter of rnanri)aa1re3dy vindicated itfelf
yfron;.tfieafpefticris .it.Teceivedi arid" has
iagfejeswith the manners of France tp
meet flrobg prejudicfr-and it -has been
! too abl f. defend ed. Up n falje charges by
j fJVIou nier, to !uFer, from, any poiitkaLo.
iTpinions. We havefcen the elegant fpe
, Aniens from ' the pre! s of rypoRfapny.
jvVnd though difappoir.ted in the number
jlbt t pHabs, Ave have not Tieeri difaj
pointed in the executiolvofthe work.
: 4rhe fpecime.hs, wihich exceed 140, have
.ibove a third given in other than Ro
'irrnan characters 'and onlylabftut a third
- this third are. in different characters,
l$a that if is rather afpecimeaof Langua
irshan. of Alphabets. ItTs however
Jtngeiviius izithe piirpofe, and fuperb in
liheMiiifh;- Oivthe Theatre, the
ler of liacmehas lately appeared with
hpplaufe. An obfefver fays, this facred
tragedy, followed with an Oratorio, re-'
Ambled a Sermon divided by tre fons
Had accoropacted.vith lc fervceof the
ENGLISH POLITICKS.
Thf fvltifm':ng is an txhm tf a letter frm&
gentler. m in London, tofe Editor of tlx Phia Jt I
44 I herejsh unfortunate r.-if under,
ftanding-tetween the friends of Mr. Pitt
anTord iSidmoirh. VViihouf beinc
iruormetl of the particulars of this mif
undetThndin!', we.have realon to think
that the "difference between them arifes
from two points The friends of Mr. Fir t
are for lenient proceedings againft Lord
Melville, and withUiat intent have in
ftrulied ihj Attorney General to throw
in quefiions and ob(lac!es before the
Hcui-e, previous to his Lovdlhip s trial,
for a criminal prolecution ; vhiic the
friends of the oppofire party were for im
peachment and fpeedy - punrllitnenr,
Thefrienof Lord o'idmouth complain
of thefeverify with which Lord St. Vin
cent has been ctalured fince he was firft
ybcrd of the Admitaltyroiily becaufe he
rerormed many abules and -prevented
much wafte connived at by the Officers
in all the king's yards at Plymouth,
Partfniouth, &c. and worked a completed
rercirn in them ; and contend be was the
heft Fit ft ord of the. Admiralty t he
B 'ard ever had, and that'fmte his time
the Naval department has been and is
badly managed, 'i hefricrids of Mr. Pitt
contend;that the affairs of ihe country
have been. in a retriDgade fituation ever
Tmce the eaceot Amiens in . 1 So i,; arid
t hat rhat weirkndte
the f oundation of all Bonaparte's defigns
! or t he I u hjugation of -England
To hit Excc'Wcy Thom ai Je FfersOn, Prep
dent of the United States of Amenta.
Mi(l h'.inouifd and pattlodc Sir,
I- have for (We time pft made a rllfco
vtrr, n iiJts, vtiuli, through j. hi'.antht'fphy,
I wiiS, for 'he b-tu"it ot mat kiiid in gfcral,
wnrj my i'el'o v. ci"7.cn9 r,f the United Statco in
p-ftif ijiar, to ni?ke ptiMic Uut in f.arching
f r a. on. per manner in whfth to lay it t-cforf
the'p'nbfic (6 ss to ?tt.ich :iry dceree i-f c-p tr'e
aw'on to r.y opinion, 1 have labouK'd uni'r jn
e jtrenic eVnb. tistTnent an aeci.unt f nvy fitif
t'O'i ir. t i re 4 1 bring bv ccciipati in what oui
liitn aiid paiihilic gnveruur ftyira a "cl..!linp
per," and by rof'ttcal principled I ecu i f iKat
degraded feft cafcd fedeialiftt
' But recoiUdia.tliat yyu'r noble jnd cnarita
ble mind, i to far tlcated bvc the volirr
democra , ( iio dt-fpife eTcry ihiog alike whii-hx
fj;piei-ti hpn a federaKft,) that, thr(uriytur
wijfjin, "fir, y u nn pafs hy h errojr'i'f the
ind, in veik iniirdcd mtn, nJ?an,- k? ar
ir.dulgtnt fat-Ker, addrcl's h jrfth the hairiniit
lagtiag VV't areull fcdcfalitt we dte illic
publican" "
And fiudhjfey the la?e proceedings of the
-giicti!toiM$4cii'i,y in France,- that you can
Uep trjfr 3 h I fidid throne to the plough tail,
a fwefc, vbm you fee that roar: kind . wiT
r:tf ?dv.nto:'e by it : beinr fn!-T pti fuaded i
my i ind, that no comrnumcitio 1 t'I be read
'1 union of i(s author. 1 Iibvc b'-en embefdentt
-tj roir.e torwaid, ad through the medium of
i!ie G-teiieof thi: United State, to fnbmit,
defer eneev n-y onir.io lo yenr iudcnent.
My oph.rnn isHhia, that the chjrf pan of
w f!Ve hereon wed we!!, u compoTed of p
f 'id Kck--Mi!t 5c may ptLCome at bjr dipjiitp
a pit -r a ew hundred feet deep, fioin any fpot
ou the Juibcc" itJ the earth If yMr tniijjh'ten
ed mind li:, hi herto "brr ksftfjiufiiyenr ployed
tnebntro.tertnly rr'ain .
power t extract fA ts ftom-e-t-y fj; f J ihe
liirface of Vhe earth ; and tHfc. lilts which 'ire'
jnbilcd ' by rry auml antl vegettve body :
rl.u7woiii!l cerranlv uot brhe c fe. if t' eie
were not a ot'dtus iifufj-n JroVn b. gtrb f;
fait which i crKicetcd f'ota -r fiht y a it-r
Itr4ta flay and tmncralft i.a oneptce, and
clav, roik and coal io 'ttthers, , kc. ,
by thimimt-, fir, I tlnnk y.vii are cw'i(ctdy
that my hvpoihefis is groundfd o;i fact ; ad
hojvj yrul ouUl it b at prcftnt, loon tW.
rem breihien it they tould bectadc (tutfbje t!i.iC
at rveiy Itrp 1 hcy.i.ok ikeic wa pu-oty of the.
bed "IV 1 under thtir feet -f and i tta they woiil
fix 00 a fp t for a fpacioupit where .1 It rot. 1;
and onftsot fl'Cm ofxwattr cau he brought,
fnfScfert to work tgetnatEii rv, for --'drainir.
up the tsrth andcck, and work the pi op r
rngines for throwing out he wa'f ( ! hich
ihry will doublets have a number ot tein to
pfu thro') & to railV ti'-.is of fair, ac a drunhr,
when the- works atA complete 1, they miht
at the,expet f; of a &.v'th- ufand dollnri,abe tn
abltii !o Jiaw fron the bowels rf en-th,
himd-TfiR of tnn of fair c coiirle ot t.vtruy
f ur honr? Niv"r '1u' 't iiiloKi avion be
lits .f!ealit.g to'the peofde in the vici"ity of the
rt-.oti popoVnr-. rornmrrvil cities; if FruOCc anJ
Spain be lylFeted to ihcrtafe, with iaii.nityt"
their deprVstioi.s on our eomairrre ; Fr
fa't ') amlt the on'y real necriTry' article
wh;ch rb: Utiittd tStteS lu-ed to inr, our
failir9 fiiight be employt'J, in tine of war, tO;f
wOk4hefflt m'ne, where bt in;i 'eVt at h'vne
wi?h their families there wouid hr no dimi'itu
tiny ot the popolatiniTlrf the Un;td 8?Htc,
c'rVr I y the merti!ers billows or. tiie ihumb.
(T-rew'at.d poniard of ibe or-re 't-erciitb Fieicli
and Spjnifh pirates. O r m-rrhami evu.t!
employ tneir iioi.-k to mucn ottrtr m:;.:
(than at preler:t; by c-wryn-g on the l.i't woikt,
inn tnetrinrp" tney migrt iay up tn a xucjrx.
bor till a general p."ee ulte? place.
But rhe mM difiknlcy artendjpp thi gran
and 'lucrative en-epriTr, is to ifllpire the people
with a fi-'fltTtem dtf re eof'faith lor the under
t?kifg. Whetherhiicou!d be btft tftVeWd by
yoin cnndefceniUng to addrefs, in a direct n an
tser, the ppie of the United 8tate, ..-leave
'Vtci tftomrruntcated io your addrcs or rnef
fagerfo c-ongrefs at the r.e xl f. tTjon, fr whether
it wnild affutne a greater dtgteel of imponapce
(like the irrpTverr.ent of t be 'gh) to cotn-mtinic?te-
tbt difcovery to t)r Ajjiicn'toral or
Philofr phical Socicticrof Fnce, atdteVit he
echoed to ns Hy the tewfape8 of pur fitter
repubhek, I men tha: gea:pire of Frarce,
and let it be eehoed ard re-ech eH (hroeh a'l
the papers from ore cotiet of the United SteUi
tc another, I fha 1 not pre Jt'me to tecommerd ;
bnt !h?ll It-eve it fo your I igheel o pnr.fpe
huh n-tafures as yrur wifdim end philofopbf
tnry d'clate to yon,,Q5he i edguriirg to ycuf
honor a"' to tLe promolicn of the, t'appir.t f" of
with the hifihf-lt degree f lefict,' fuLfttihe
mfrF, your inwil obedient, uj uuly humble
fcrvant, '
A pemylvanM farmer.
'. '' , r
-ihe
hiens at Lord Sidmouth ro on com
plaining ..(fovoured ,by, circumttances ( ga fiideep and each f.mi y ot yo
I -. . . t; .1. A .1 1 i .. I . .- - - .. ' w
laieiy mat neuner uie army orTjiuiiary.
force of the country is fo .numerous to
rneet'-tfje "theatre iP!vinvafion,nor tke
number oHlhlps at fea fo fbTraidabiS"
garhlt the foe now, as during his admi
niftration. The debates ot laft night,'
which 1 fhafl fend you herewith, uill
(hew how thefecharges arefupported by
compariicn "and -calculation, & the real
temper of the parties and the conclu
lion k but-Pitris a mafch.for them at'.
Sometimes it : 'isV reported this fcifrn is
fuch, that finding it difficult tn aMr.
Pitt will p.dvife his majetty to difTolvethe
Parliamen t, or el fe that he would try to
et rid of Lord Sidraonth and his par
ty, and endeavour to form a coalition
upon a large fcale which fhall include
iore xalred matttrRj than thXorinat'or!
of "the in ernai p.rmof the ear' H . you wilt trfirt
md iiitlrt an.1 propriety afk, " Jl came' yout
coHfracVd biaiu to forafl fuch .ait opinion?"
With due fubmifiljii, Sirr 1 aif wet. that ..forne
o; my icafons aietbefe : Thecea i com
p fed of. a fait triiic, which can nevsr fcr teduc
"ed to a wruker liate notithftndng ai) the
the fx ei titers that coutinualiy empty into
it Tiiia wpu'4 certainly. Pvt be the cle, did
opt all the deep p :t of the ocean wafii upor
an tnexh.tolibie h-vjy of fjlt. ' Supprfing 1 hi
to be tb- csfe, is it not reafonable to expert,
thar by" dai,"S d-ep enonh we (hf-u'd be a
I kely to (i' d it at any iiiteriowpart ef ,a cno
try, as at ihe bettom of the ff And w h-n
we confider the fait mines of Poland where 'by
digging a pit of Uvtral hmdred feet deep, they
caT.e to the fohd rock f d aher all the
million of bufktls that hatveeeo taken ot,
tiuy itiil find nofojriiy of the 11 1, neither do
I fnppoic thiy wiil for thoufands f year's to
eornc. -Mv'.we.p?t nttn'ally 'fuppofs,; that by
dig2'n5 n a,'y P""1 of-. Virginia 'or Pejinf) tva
tiia, or ary tif- the. Ufa coufequent ill ia,tei, to
the, depth that the Folapdcrs dig, me it'tht
ftrike upon. Ihe rock -'of fait ar they have tbtti
If thtB (houhl found hke a parodox - we may t c
man had pone imp le4tlement, '.viheie there
was no water to be had, without cattfin it
manyTniles, and fhoali'fay to the inhsbitanti,
djjr prta m the nunid 15, Jo. 50, 60', or
trta have
or a t
CC5fdi
plenty of excelhfit watrr at your do'o,
jtcy parr of-jr"iir, plantation, he would aci
lii iu ii 'lyuduiuiy ovc urcn ioOKca nppn 38
madman Like t'fe iwe may ol a Cjerreinry fay
that the vtir.s o talc-.Vratcn.rbtchViHcT'ltciks.
ifprn, by digging weHs tn the western pirts q!
the United it?ti, all ran -throich a bfdj of
fill, tnTome m re ete.vatt.jd jro'tndtha.r 1 5)?' hot
torn of tVe well: and ifnttherrthc fait vch is
found upon . the. furface, In .d'Ccrent prtn'or
Lr'riana, pin 1-he a (biking proof that iie fait
. Viotiudi H plentifully in jhje dry. Ijo JTa; iojhe
ocVan. ' But ho-tiat til crag (of 4 j mileg
thfck) of -the grand roek '-of -fait remain gjJr-ir
became clear of Ihe ct oft of cfay-u hich coVrrs
it, in all other parti pf. the land,xis Jnccn tia,
ble t me. 1 fha tf therefore, leave it to the
profound phihfophcr to dtvelope the myerj.
But what ciufej ray bjpoiheh to b id anft
EOS 1 ON, Aufttif 23.
We learn by cypt. CtlliiU' of the Juno,
frrVm the Ifle oL-l ranee, that the La Pt
cche, Frtncii frigate tt 3 2 puiij, cn.
linquet, ha been taken in the Bay of Ben
M gaj, ty tne nrttim rripie ct. r lotenzo,
r J'.m'a' ;., Q.-ii',. till A 1
nilhurft. The battlr 1 f t .-H four hears ;
The Trench frigate was tlifmaftnl, and iii
was- faciei ft all herrrTs-crs except tire
captain, andh.ul 40 'lit 11 k'Hed :ind 60
wounded 1 lic-h: iiiili tr'uite was ii-uth
uatnagtd. - . x
. ... .j. CO -'..W. .r.CF.
- As a proof of the con:mrrrhl fpir'r.of
our enrerprifuijir mrrhAntst. ar.-t! the a
lne put on Merrimack ' jhip l viln .r , vf
'would tnrnt.icn' the folio Ahj vt HVls con
ftriifierl on cur1 brks,, nod laiiiicfieil iritrt
their defHned element, the. prefent len
foa mott.of thrm-conirasndintr fh 3'aL
ration of the conhifcUrs of naval architpcl -turr,
for th? beauty of their cin.firiiclum)
and woi kTaofli'p. .
Ship iltintrt l's. ?r,o tons, bclonirg: tar
Mr. i homss M. CU k,"aii'.l others
" hip Maris, rjco tcns. bciongirs"jJTb"tr;
Root rt Kostcr rfnd others. .
ShipTMechankk, 253 tens. .b'clcrgiag ",
t-Mr. DfliiiH VVcbtter nd othep.
Sb'p Jro"forrt, 2 17 tot), hVlonpinc to "
iir. Jhn Pjrfoti and Moles Enit ry,
Ship Merrimack, 288 riih-sj. be lonj-ip
ro - NiciTis. Amos Tappan 'aod btt pttTt -Howard-
; ' -"'" ' ' -; , '" ' ; ..
l pBtp C.-itedocia, ,i"t;o tons, belorging to
Mr. Thomas .and other.
JjJmm iWflcs Jirown. .feff Tier ttocW
WcdnrTday evening) 338 ions, belcnfcli-g
Jo MelbvTWvet, jutVand SBrowr;.:-Iir.'g-Cuby,
(to.tBlatk SrT) no tons,
belonging iocpt. wW.'.juffeU. ,
"Vy. -onrijr-1 b? xon belcngiRg to Mr
Parlons, Bolton. - ' f-
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