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{No. 10, or Vol. VIII) , PORTLAND (MAINS) TUESDAY*, JUNE 25 1*15. [fVmzM No. 374
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By an impcFal decree tic f.ile of gurtpo*der
, proWitca in France, a-.i ai. iad»V duals who
«,!; l>e puC:tT:d cf a iy C sanrity, are ofdtrei
account for *-*e manner hi which it came
hto ch ir petition, anil to deliver it forthwith
» tht
a which are ordered to pay the vaia: to the
prrfons dcpofiunjT it— l be art. ol the tie
tr-re enacts—“ After the t :tp ration ot the delay
allowed by the preceding art. [w; every
individual, who ihail have coucaled, or liiall be
denounced before the tribunals profecuted agree
ably to the 27th Article of the law of the 13th
Frucfidor year 5, and pyniitrd by ^ fine of
3^00 fi.’* .
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Lctde*?, March 14
At the audiences given by the Emperor
of France, after his coronation, to the
functionaries invited to attend that cere
mony, were the Presidents . *of the Con
filtories of Lutheran and Reformed Com
rfhunions. The ad Irefs to the Emperor by
fhe dean of the prehdents r: F the .con till ories
of the latter communion, hi. Mattie, paltor
•at Geneva, and the renarkadle iml'wer of
the emperor, h ire not yet been publilhed.
Tade are as follows :
JO.'KvurJi adduced tv the Eetftrtr tf the Fremh by J\4C~
fit irtim, it O-rtvj ■. *
“HIsmajedy ha-j fuli'ied ih^ with Ifng hace fnrntrd ,
bv the reformed t hurclics of France, in en ihlina them
to carry to.the lout of the throne their homage, and
the ex pridian of their feutimentt, ft is with the live
i eft iati stuck: On thu. we cuiuc t i etprefs tc it* m ijcf
ty, for pi^ritirc*, and for our Churche* cur reipr 3k
ful gratitude for the protc.Viou which lie h .s hither
to granted to us, and the full conqpence w; p'ire in
<iic oath widen he has takui in our prcfence with fo .
mu:h lot< utility to maintain the Flirty o: * orfh;p;
xro o’th tit ait give* tranquility to coakicoccs and en
feres the ptace of the church. Wc hope frliat ail the
French of *11 communions,ail of whom we regard as
cur brothers, feel a* we do, the value of thi-> benefit.
Ve will merit it by our gratitude, our fidelity and Oif
fubm iliou to the law*, of which wc have iiuiionrJy
|i\cn an example. Miy our fervent prayers draw
cuwn upon his maje/ly. upon the empren, and upon
the princes of the imperial family, all ti** hleifit.<j*
wf the king of the world !! May h:« m after
Faeiug done fo much for his glory, add to it the
talc of pacihcator or alt Europe, and ccafe to have
*t»v other way of cxcrcihng his virtues,except in coti
trffcuting to the huppiocls of his people, and augment
jbgthe uue glory of fuvertigns.”
ji»ftt;er cf the £rmfmr,
" 1 fee, with plcafure, afTemhied here the pafiors of
Hw reform d churches of>Vaftce. I ftize with cager
tvls t[.is opportunity to cipfils mv fi tistatflion at the
* dc;»ty uud good conduct ©t the pallors and citizsns
y*‘ the feverui proullant cernmun:3U>. 1 with it to
known, that my firm icfolve and w (li arc to maintain
the liberty ol worlkip. The empire Wf the law ends
where the indefinite empire of ctnifrieuTc begin-,
licit her the law nor tue foverogu can do anv thing a*
| .iuft that liberty. Such are n*y principles, and 'hole
pf the nation : and if any of my race, who inav fuc
ceco me, Iliall forget the oath l have taken, und milled
Ly*3 fa’fc confidence-, thall violate it, ! here devote hnu
to public mimadvtrtion, and 1 authurife you to give
fauu the iumc ot Were.”
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I.oncom, £Lry 13.
The treaty with RufTia, which has been to iong de*
pending, is laid to be at laft brought to a fort of con
clnfuin. 0;v Fiiurfday a JVle'iTt nger arrived with a
Copv 1 f it ratified by the (ynper-n of Lt'^u. It is
ccie-ribcd to be a treaty ohm five and de unlive, to
take cfL.il, however, only in ceitain even's The
Lmpeior of RulLa Uipal.itis to j->;» this country with
a certain number ot llijpi and with ai! his bnu font*,
a gain ft France, mile fit Bonaparte agues to certain
terms of peace, in width •’he general iAtercYL of Ku
rape thall i>c jjravld<-<j for. In order, thertfdrc, to
tertain the view* of Bonapafce on tins fubjrdk, it is
Fated hat Novo/nlz »iT, i* gone uy Rull in Plenipoten
tiary,” to meet Bonaparte at Milan, *nd to offer the
•enctliattou of the Jvnpcror AlcnnJer, h .r the refto-a
tion 01 peace. One report ftys, that the fubfidy to
Roma is not to be p..»d, uniels AtiU.ia or FrulTt 1 iliall
join in the vrar aguinffFrun.e. 1 hut ccr-'atftly, would
l c 1 judicious and po*i:ic refervation oft th> part of
i.ur nilLr* ; for, we cannot fire bow the Ruffian
tuOfi-force* can he brought to ads with any effect, un
lti j oue or other, or Loth of the Great Powers con Fig*
«ojis to France,take z tbare in the w ar, and <jF. rd tire
Ruffians a theatre on which tc appear. Tut it (Verna
to he* a condition that nullifies the whole treaty ; the
Emperor of ,*uftiia, it is Lid, has rcctfgnif.d Lma
pt re,a* King of Italy. This fcrms*'ti aiFord little
pr ifpc..*l oi the cb-opera:iV 11 of ti*.,t Fo«cr. •
It is laid tnjt tfie Treaty r ii! be laid l>,*frr» F,*rlia
J7K.»r. ik however, it be r.f me pmvili-nil nature
Kii attuned, it u*ds tc e?gociati(Hi in the |:rft. uifi.incc
earlier tbsr. tp vtar, un'cf* Hit pmfic pint of t *.c tiro
cttdmg be e^imiltcd wholly to our ally. It ft proha
bie, indeed 7.1.11 ajttr concluding fncli ,t treaty wHi
this country, the Bmperor of Ruffian prepared to hv
bcf. -c Bonaparte,^ fcheme of pueficatioo wkieh wiU
r. /t occupy jnuch tirnrin the difcuffion. :,r.j will «!*.
y.iiim an ^mediate aufwer of ac*-irfctiice or of rr
•tcltoni . u; the cucwmftancri of he cafe, we appre
i cn^ t'.at L n,parte will accept of no mediation' tho’
he may er.prc&hU readiuefs tr» negotiate:—nur lhould
wi Uc ftrijriiod after all. that the feafon df action, al - j
»t itiy ,o far advanced, fho’ild he exhaufted in overtures
a* project*. . . .
■ it IS u.-deruo id rhar the Traty with Rtf Hi a leave*
* <»m for the acrcfion of other Power*, iiwedca wll
probably accept a fuhftdy. j
t2*‘r- p,ff has ^formed the *#gem for Jamaica, thi*
'"rj.mtnt, folly aware of toe danger vhith threat
*”* the Weft-fndia Iflards, have loft no time in adopt
»J’0 mcaAirf s for their prottiftion ; that, cxcluftve of
‘■'C tore; under the command of admiral Cochrane,
tsriv.i and military forces have bern lcdt to the Weft
lothes, which will a:7 according to circtimftanees.
The frrond expedition, which i* to he under the
fnmnaftd of General Sir Fyre Cor.te, is now in a very
r io. h.ite -j preparation. 7 hree of the regiments *
*'' immediately at Partfmv>uth, under the
tracts af hrigidur-Gtnaal Balfour, and wHi be joined
y ^'c teth at Cork. Jamaica is their destination ;
t; j --: iKi.^g rr, , JI to apprehend that ihc Iwolcu fleet
ft a I ^ ■ » Ml t; « M ft a *
_jjtestQ «urc of .__
The fprirsg ioilisn cf the I*- g jlaturc was clo
feJ on Tie i jth i if —l he toiitjwinr zxc iac
1I TLEoOF i’rili ACTS, puiicd curing the
fefiun : - k;• ,
Ail act rnanrh' '•lie II nr* 'fv her and hi:, a'rtji
ates, to bu Id a V ige over a Salt Cite* a biaacn i f
Aponcgaofet river, in tlie town of D^t imoatd.—Ait a A
m,i mcorporjuc a n *. noer of kite uih, litants of the
totvn of FUnebt: gl\ in the county cf »lr*r;rjt--r% into a
P.cbglous Society, by the name of Fite Calviniitic
Cong egatiotiaf Social r ut fiUkbur^h—An act to de
termine the tin e u' I •hlio j the Courts ot gt iicrai Scf
foas of (lie Peace within ^u«i ior the County of Hamp
d n.—All aot to continue in idree an art*, cuiilled An
,i t i * incorporate (tMiury perlbits by the n..:nc ot i*he
Prcfidhif anti Director* o' the Nautu Vet Bank —An
aci; i.i addition to au art, ut tiled An art to incorpo
rate a part of tilt OpUtKUt Of York and C, norland, itffo
a ieparate County. by |he name of Ck- ford— An art to
incorporate ltirury per >rs> by the r.a nr or The Little
Harbour Corporation ia Marblehead.—An art for
■uniting the Merrimack and Newbury port Banks.— An
art to incorporate certain perlou* into a Qj.upany, by
the iiui c tit I’ht iiooth B if» >u Giociation —An art
to encourage the eltabhfhment of a Cotton Manufcc
tory in the town of Au irtrto fet off William
•Paricer, jun. tr.*m the fir ft and annex hi:n to the thud
parith in Reading.—An art to incorporate the planta
tion called B»flwi:k, in the County of Oxford, into 3,
Iowa, by l!i^* larnc of ~\'.iu/y — An art to Gtablifh The
Middkic ' i irnptke Copui ottou—Au art determin
ing tne 'times lot holding the Courts ot Common Pitas
ond General .Sellimi* of the Peace, within and. lor th>
■County at F.Jfrx.—Au art to ettabiith a Corporation
by the name of i'iic Andover and Medford turnpike
Corporation.—An art to incorporate the iiiiiab'taiua
of Bat nardjlom'i Grant, and a p rt ot Bulln-Yt Grant, in
the county of Betkji:rct into a town, by the name of
Florid/.—An art to tftd iuh a Corporation by the
p one of 11’he WorcHler an t eiizwuli .dn t'unipikc
Corporation -t-Aii art in audition to at* art, luu.ilcd
An art to etFibliili a Corporation !<v tlie name Of The
Union Turnpike Corporation.— m art determining
the tir»u*VrJ pUcrs ‘»t holding me feverai C mrts of
Common . ..a* and Court* oi ucne.al Stii: <ns m the
Peace,-within and .o: : he County of Cawc. ri r. —An
art declaring and conrirmmg the i .corpora’ not the
proprietor.*of the Me ting iTo*jft,in heuera' Irtcl, in
the ton a i) J —Ail act to alter the iiain oi car
tam pet-ions t'ic. n mentioned.—An art to .ncorp •
raue 4 number inhabitants of ht town o: Bethel,
townct AY; js ttQCl Plantation Of Howard.'i Goie, (fo
called; in ih«. ccunty ol Oxjud, into a Religions So
ciety, by ihc min e of Th - Icrfl Japtift Society in
3itber—A11 a-1 ate loriat!) * Hi* Lxciilenc) the Go
vernor, by and w;th the au-iet or the Ctumcii to pro
vide rcgulaticu* for the lace Pr»!o 1.—An act to au
thorize the feycral Bank- inc^tporated within this
Commonwealth, m if >e Bi1U oi th denomination'of
One, Two and Thru Doliarf. - Vti art to incorporate
Rnval Makepeace and other*, into a Society fur the
purport of Budding a Meeting Him rt and iupporting
Pubbc Woi fh-ip t 'tr'ciH. in tilt eaOcrly part m' Cam*
kndge —An art in add rt *-,n to an art, tnfuled n art
toeilibliili the isluclii'd..Turnpike Cerpor3tion.—A\ 1
art t») Micorpoi-ate a number of the inhabitants of the
town of ffrijfol, 111 the county of Bitten!*, into a Religious
Society, by the cdift? of The Firft Corgregationa! So
ciety in Jtripol.
Fioai tue Vermont Herald.
Mr. Elliot to his Qonstituer.tt. •
— . . LETTER IX.
THAT patt of the ^on flir u* ion of the
United b * es which allows to the people
ct the fouihern (Fates, a reprefentation in
congrefs and intheele&ion cf pref* 'em,
for. their fl ives,(fror it .:$ not a repr. h-nra
tion of llaves)is the only part of that in tru
nvent which I onfider as materially ob, -
H enable ; md ! fall not be deterred fr n
?n exprefuo i >f my fenthnenis upon th
iubiuct, by the lojlidi outcry about an irua
ginary thif-Uition of the union, i have
cl ten jhid, thit 1 with ri >t to fee rhe fuo
\C. njain agitated, in the fornuoF an a
mendment of the constitution. f very one
knows it mail be unavailing: Bur it way
(: ill be ufeful that the operation of that
part of the coi: ijutio^hould be better
underfoot! >v the ocop.e than it has been
hither: 3. —Information can do no harm
in a republican rovernmenr: rhe more
the pen: !e know, the greater the pro a*
. .
ii ic certainly true rhit t»xe rich planter
n the foul a;■ r11 rates, who pontiles futy
Hives, has ,'lkirty cks tines the political
weight n our rational government that is
i ii
pofleucd by the fanner or merchant of
ISew England. Ke does not dirctfcly give
fo ran yvwes, huttheftate is allowed then,
and as one of the conlfitaents of the rep
irefentatl*e$ <ivA t’edtor of his difiri&g lie
po .Cedes a!i that confequer.ce. At the
iYuarfrcii he contributes much lefs than
Lis proportion to th* fupport of govern
ment, for the labouring fLves consume
nothing cf corubquence open which a duty
is paid ; end what the m i fer does ccntri
bure is earned for him by the labour of
fi n es, ur.ile thfe farmer fend every man of
butmefs ie the not hern and middie Hates
piys ius taxes with ti e fweai cf his own
brow, ir will be faid fh«C comparibns
of this kind are invidious. It is falfe.—
Frurh an \ correct isformitlon, fo far from
mericin * th it character, are always honor
able and ufefuL ;Vith very considerable
i i. i. iim■ tini ..r~T"~."~i i i. i.imTTT—IHBIWI
fn1 for which I nail recieve the
thanks of everv honefl man in the diftritt,'
snd which will certainly give rile to re-'
ilv.5; ms of a motr interefting nature.
r ^ u
W ft ole No. c perfons in
U. S. ki .jgo ......
Deduifi (laves ------ 694,2£o
/ 1 ' ' ' 3»199»J55
Three fifths of the Haves - - 416,568
Whole No. reprdf nted - • jfi 15.923
Giving 109 RejSh^fentatives ard a fraction,
of 18,923. Rue by the lois o; tra&ionc-d>
r>art% or the ratio of reorientation in the
ippOrtio: ment to the leverai iUteb, the ac
ual nu nber was only 106.
* *,/
Of the do 4,280V ives, the ftaret; of Ma
ryland, VfrginiV, Kentucky, Norrh-Car
dina, and South Carolina, and Georgia,
contained 645,023* three fifth of which,
number is '■87,012- which divided
bv 35,000, (and nor calculating for
fra&tioira! lofs in the apportion neat to
tne flares, which would not in this cafe
amount to ;no member.) gives as the Have
reprefehration of the fouthern flatus agree
ably to .the fir t t' . 11 members, and
a fr tffion o' 2 i.c-i 2
Wh bn ' »s in the United States
in 800, cxa fivc enrjcH-t:, Ohio, raJ he
i’erntorics, 5,-40,208
SL. AVL:». TOT A L.
Tenneffje, 13,584 105,62s
Uhio, 45,365
Indiana, 135 c ,<>4. i
Miinuppi, 3.^ , < .
, 17,208 i6j,-,s^ t sd>,4;8
In other -
Hate*, flavcs, ?*5,225 - 5,305.666
—- Dedufi in Indi
Total fbve*., 892 453 ana and Mdlilippi
Deduct n unrcpiciemcd, 14,491
lad. and Miifi 3,624 ,
- 5,291,’75
888,809 Dedudl Haves fc 28,889
• 4,4C1,
Three fifths cf Haves 533,28c
4>92S'*A6
Giving 349 rsprefenratlves and a frac
tion of 18,646. But by tbe lofs of
fractional parts, &c. the number is onb
142. j .
By the fecond cenfus, of 888,809 Haves,
th * fame Bates contain 8 :2,992, three
fit * > of which is 499,79 i, giving x j rep
idunratives and a baftioirof a,794.
I findi divide the United States into the
three great natural dtvifions of notheni,
middle, smd fouthern Hates. 1 he north
ern re.cive no advantage, the middle bur
a tufij if any, and the fouthern a very im
portant advantage, from the reprdbnution
for flives.,
i he following table exhibits the de
ci alb of Haves in the northern 8c middle,
and their increafe in the fouthern 5taies,
for ten years.
J
Newhitcpmire, IV: aliacnuietts, Koode
' ifluud, (Connecticut and Vermont,'conriin
eJin i.7no—l ord i,goo,c«;2 ; Haves 2,2fN
I.i 18oo Loral 1*233,0*11 ; fl2vci 1 309.1
Ne vyork, New |c.fc;, Penni'viv mia an i |
j DtPiwarc in 1790, total n,017.726, ll ives
45,371. In 1 dec, total 1.464.017, Hives
40,894. Maryland, Virginia, Kentu;fc:y,
NortliCN‘olina, booth Carolina and Geo*
N*i, hi 1700, total 1,866,387 ; .haves
1645,025.. In i8co. total 2,437,231 v
1 Hives 8 i?,go2. 1 he Haves in the northern
States have dec?eafe* from 3,886 to 1.7 33
2U10R in the ratio of 2 in 3. In the mid
dle Hates Prom 45,37.1 to 40,894, in that
-of nearlv one ninth. Increafed in the
-foe* hern fron 6-5,0;3 to 832,992, ne.uly
one third of the ojgmal number, .or It the
ratio of 63 2 to O45.
Rhode 1:1 md has decreased from 945
to 380. Cbr.Wlicat from 2,764X0 051.
1 Network nearlv itaiionary. ' Penu(viv.ania
ana Delaware have decreaftd a little, and
Maryland made a fra all increafe. Virtia
J . '•*
h has increafed Lithe ratio 345 to 292.
Kentucky in that of 40 to 12. Nonh
.Carolina iii that ot 133 to ico. South
Carolina, *in that ol 146 to 107. Geor
gia Las doubled her number, j'he til
er cate ;iv£S four members of C«in»!ef*
and as many rectors of Prefident to the
lout hern Hates.
1 he In create cf the whole No. of perfo&s
H ires far which their matters arereprefen*
red as rj to 41 ; tknt of freemen as 44
to thirty one. Let us calculate upon the
fame ratio ofincreafe for ten years to come,
fncreafe the Lumber or perfons represent
ed from 49 to 65—flails from 53 to 63—•
freemen irorn 44 to 60, roan 1 numbers 4
there v 11 be in ten years, mote than 19
repreki uiiv. s tor H ives. Pat if wo
calculate as we- may with probability, up
on a tiiucii lar er irtcreafe, up >n the crea
tion of new Hates in L ord liana, and the
importation and prorogation <>f Haves ia
that country, in 20 or 30 vears there will
be between 30 and 40 reprdenurives in.
coii^is for Have^, and as many electors of
Prefideirt. . » % ’
Hut another very gloomy pirt of the
picture remains to be unfolded.
In the lait ten years the1 whole Dumber
of perdhns' in the northern or eaitsra
Hates has incrcafed crtly in the propor
tion of 12 to io, in-tlie rxiddle sis 14
is« to 10 in the fouthem r.earlV as
a
24 to 13. ; T ree people in the eaftefn as
12 to to, Haves in the L-uth^rr. as 83 t6
64. t ree people in the * fomhern from
1,221,364 to 1,604.259.—Free people in
, the eaitern in the ratio of one filth only
of the Original numbeY; thofe if) the
' f nnhern date*; in that of nearly one third j,
fi ives in aboiY the fame proportion.
Ey the lad cenfgsnhe number of free
perTofis in the northern (lares was 1,231,
1 672 and in the louthern 1*604.22 —*
By the ‘orrarcr icenfus Yhe Ynimber of f/ca
perfons la the n^ithera r ates was 1 0:5
6^6, and in tb* fou thorn 1,221,36,.—
Ho» are the people in tuefe different quar
ters of the union relatively reprefented ?
!3)v the firdeenfus Yermant had 2 mem
bers, Ncwhami (hire 4, IVlaffachufetts 14,
Rhodc.Ifland 2, and Connecticut 7.— 29
members. Maryland 7, Virginia 19, ICei^
tuchv 2, North Carolina 10, Srjili CanE
ilrra 6, Georgia 2,—46 members. 1,005
656 free citizefi’i in the northern dates
had 29 reprefenttiives ;—and 1,221,364,
in the i&atnern 46 leprefeatatives. , With
out allowing any fra£.*ion$. of fhc ratio of
reprefentaticn in the apportionment to the
feverai (fates, and n lung no allowance
for Saves./the northern Rates would have*
been emiiled by the cenlus of 1791 to 5 >
representatives and a fraction of 15.636,
tLe fouihein to 37 only v/ith the trifling
frail ion of cjj. in confer uence there
v# * *.
fore; of the conftitofioftai reprefentation
for I ives, the relative weight ol the nor*
iln ra an;l font herd dates was only as 29
to 46, when tuber wife, it would have been
as 30 to 77. •* * • s
By the prefect cenfu the northern dates
have 2 c reprefentatives and the four hem*
64, including Tr.ineffee. 1^3!,672 free
people in the.northern ttat^s have 35 rep
refefit Yvc:. Souther/i Elites, mclud'ng
[ cunaVee, contain. 1,696,25^ Tee people*,
ant! have 64 reprefcnatives. As above,
the Northern Gates would have been enti
tl ,
with a Iracdit*>;i cf 10,672. I nc lout hero
to 51 and'a;fraction 13,277. It is as 35
to 64, and were freemen alone ;eprelent
ed, and that equally,.it would be«a* 37 to
ri. In Head of -be* a; a liiilc m re than
half, it would be more than two thirds.
liitr is contended rhat .the equal ren
refentation in the ienare counterbul in:e$
this ^qualify ; and tne deceiiers cf the
people have inH with ibme fucet-fi in this
j f;Ufhood. . i j;
1 will prove It falfe in one minute. The 5
noitheln Gates contain 1,231,672^0 peo
ple & fend lo Lnators : tue 7 foplhern
Gates t,696; 257, and fend 14 fenators.
by a fun pi 0 operation of the rule j>£ three
it wilt he found that the feu them ^a-es, bv
their numbers, ia prnportici to tfcofe of
j the northern, are entitled on!y :o 13 fin
rotors,-with a frsr^ion cf.31 ports or 123.
j The n.idd e Gates Hand a', noil on ib e fame
('round wit h tnc northern. As it refpc&s
r I
the tenure they are on worfe ground—*
With a ires population but one eighth
lets than that of the foil them Gates they
have but one more than half the cumber
of fonators.
Vermont ior 154,000 free people has 4
reprefentaiives. fdaGachuietts, ior C74,