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fjjy answer of December, I5t»t, I expressed ♦hose dispositions candidly to the Presi dent, and my preference of a return to Paris; hot assured him, that if it wus be lieved l could be more useful in the ad ministration of the government, I would sacrifice my own inclinations without hes itation, and repair to that destination; tins 1 left to his decision, I arrived at Monti* cello, on the 2ld ot Decetnb :r, where 1 received a second letter Irotn the 1 resideo, expressing lus continued wi-h, that 1 should take mv station there, but leaving rnr* still at liberty to continue m my former office if 1 could not reconcile myself to that now proposed. Tins silenced my re* luctaoce, and 1 accepted the new appoint* moot. * In the interval of my stay at home, in' eldest daughter bad been happily married to the eldest son ot the I uc^aho branch of Randolphs, a young gentleman ot geni us, science and honorable mind, who af terwards filled a dignified station in the <ieneral Government, and the most digni fied in lus own State. I left Monticello, on the i»t of March, 1790. for New York. At Philadelphia l called on the venerable and beloved Franklin. He was then on the bed of sickness, trow whicn he never rose. My recent return troiri q country in winch he had left so many friends, and the perilous convulsion to vhich they had been exposed revived all ii» anxieties to know what part they had token, " hat had been their course and whit their tafe.— He went over all in sutfession, with a rapktakMUKl animation, iJrnost too much for lus strength. When ill his enquiries wortf satisfied, and a pause took place, I told hunt r.ad learned wth much pleasure that since his return to America, ho had beeu occupied in preparing for the world, the history of his own Ife. I cannot say much of that, said he; lut I will give you a sample of wh.it I shat leave; and ho di rected his little grandton (Wm. Bache) who was standing bv tie lied side, to hand ( him a paper from the table to which he pointed. He did go; ind the Doctor put ting it into mv hands, lesired me to take it and read it at my leisire. It was about a; rpiire of folio paper, witten 1:1 a large arid | running hand, very like his own. I looked into it slightly, then shut it, and said 11 would accept his perriissiou to read, aud j would carefully return it. He said, * uo, j keep it.’ Not certain of his meaning, I j again looked into it, folded it tor ray pock | et, and said again 1 wculd certainly return I it. ‘ No,* said he, ‘ keep it.’ I put it into i my pocket, and shortly after, took leave of him. He died on the 7th of the ensuing month of April; and as I understood that he hud bequeathed all his papers to his grand son, William Temple Franklin, I imniedi-j ately wrote to Mr. Franklin, to inform him ! possessed this paper, which I should consider as his property, and would deliv er to his order. He came on immediately j to New A’ork. called on me for it, and !; delivered it to him. As lie put it into his! pocket, he said, carelessly, he had either the original, or another copy of it. I do not recollect which. This last expression struck m attention forcibly, and for the first time suggested to me die thought that Dr. Franklin had meant it as a confidential ileposito in mv hands, that I had done wrong in parting troin it. I have not yet seen the collection he published of Doctor Franklin’s works, and therefore, know not if this is among them. I have been told 4t is not. It contained a narrative of the negotiations between Dr. b ranklin and the British ministry, when he was endeavor ing to prevent the contest of arms which followed. The negotiation was brought about by the intervention of Lord Howe and his sister, who, I believe, was called Lady Howe, but I may misremember her title. Lord Howe seems to have been friendly to America, and exceedingly anxious to prevent a rupture. His intima cy with Dr. Franklin, and his position with the Ministry induced him to undertake a mediation between them; in which his sister seetned to have been associated.— They carried from one to the other, back wards and forwards, tne sever u preposi tions and answers, which passed, and seconded with their own intercessions the importance of mutual sacrifices, to preserve (he peace and connexion of the two coun tries. I remember that Lord North's answers were dry, unyielding, in the spirit of unconditional submission, and betrayed an absolute indifference to the occurrence of a rupture, and he said to the mediators directly, at last, that a rebellion was not to be deprecated on the part ot Great Britain; that the confiscations it would produce, would provide for many of their friends.* Tins expression was reported by tiie mediators to Doctor 1 rankhu, and j indicated so cool and calculated a purpose j in tlie ministry, as to render compromise < hopeless, and the negotiation was discon tinued. If this is not among the papers published, we a9k what has become ot it ?; 1 delivered it with mv own hands, into those of Temple Franklin. It certainly established views so attrocious in the Brit* ish Government that its suppression would, to them, be worth a great price. But could the grandson of Dr. Franklin be, in such degroe, an accomplice in the parri cide of the memory of his immortal grand father? Tim suspensions for more than twenty years, of the general publication, bequeathed and confided to him, produced for a while, hard suspicions against him. and if. at least, all are not published, a part of those suspicions may remam with some. ‘ I arrived in New York on the -1st of March when Congress was m session.’ Wo observe, in a country paper, sev eral songs, set to music, advertised, and «moug;t them is the following: “Softly Viuft ye southern brrechur.” I FRCM TLt {TEW-IOSH Jot'IUiAL of CuVJSi-Ur £. Junt 30,1820. THE DESIGNS OP RUSSIA. 1 There is a numerous partv in Great Britain, who would rejoice to sec that I country enter its solemn protest against j the wui now raging between Russia and i Turkey. Whatever might be the ostensi 1 ble cause of this war, they regard it as hav i mg originated in the instable ambition of Russia, which will never be satisfied till it grasps within its power all Europe and the world. They maintain that the veto of England would be suffi cient to arrest ; the progress of invasion, and that such a ! stand once taken, other Powers would im ' media! Iy concur, and thus the disastrous 'war be terminated. We doubt the cor ; rectncss ot the last opinion, and should [ much sooner expect that ihe interference of England would result in a general war [ throughout Europe. The following re I marks are extracted from a late number of ; the London Times. The war undertaken bv Russia against Turkey is not a subject on which wo re joice to meditate, hut its imj>ortance forces i it on the attention of most Englishmen, and the perverse notions entertained bv some people, with regard to it-- bearing upon the interests of the country and of Europe, requires to b<* watched, if they cannot be i corrected. No inm at all acquainted with Russian history or policy doubts that Con stantinople has long hern marked by the statesmen of St. Petersburg for their prey. This desire has grown out of previous ag grandizeinents achieved by Russia during little more than half a century, and every step of hei armies southward has but serv ed to stimulate and encourage her to the enterprise. Fresh argument springs con veniently out of recent conquest. As Russia has extended her frontier south to wards the Ktixine, and westward along the shores of that sea towards the Danube, the freedom of one, and the command of the other, become objects of “just anxiety” with a Power which, had she been forced to reman at a distance from them, would have had no pretence F»»r acting on any such “anxiety.” The “freedom” of the Euxine—which means, in certain quarters, its independence of all control but that of Russia—requires that the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmora, and the Dardanelles, should have the enjoyment of equal “free dom;” f >r they arc so many padlocks on the Euxine trade. But of these various locks the master-key is Constantinole. So wc are told with great frankness by a Russian general Officer,) it is impossible to keep a safe hold of Constantinople, without occupying Asia Minor also. Thus by unwarrantable logic has it been proved; to us, that to secure a free vent for the ex ports of Odessa, Smyrna and Rhodes must he held by Muscovite garrisons! .Vow it is not by any means criminal in Russia to feel the above craving for mari-1 time conquest, nor would it l*e an offence against iho laws of nations in Great Britaini to wish for the possession of Copenhagen, j the Belt, and the Sound. But suppose i that, on one plea or another, she had trans ported her whole army to Hanover, A' then ! moved it across the Elbe into Holstein.! and issued a manifesto declaring that she would have “securities” from the King of Denmark tor the “freedom” of the Baltic, and indemnities for her expense in support ing the said demand of securities bv an army which threatened Denmark with de struction. What, we ask, would be the course of Russia under such circumstan ees? Would she listen to the following ar* gument for preferring peace to an armed vindication of her own interests, and of those of all the north of Europe? “If the trade of the two countries (Eng land and Denmark; with Russia be com pared, tiiat of England is ot much greater importance to Russia than is that of Den mark,” Therefore by all means let Eng land subjug ite Denmark, “because it nev or can be worth the while of Russians to interrupt our peace with England, for the sake of averting some possible danger to our mtercourso with Denmark.” A ludicrous disparagement ot the eueci upon Great Britain, arising out of a con quest of Turkey by the Russians, aiul in ilie precise terms wo have used above, has been employed to dissuade the British Government from being more than spec tators ofthis portenteous war. The whole conflict, with its incalculable results, i. looked at in no other light but a possible preliminary towards interrupting for a time our commercial intercourse with Turkey in Euro.ie. The command over (he whole eastern portion of the Mediterranean is nothing—the addition of so much coast of a maritime position and depot so impreg ii able as that which embraces the entire Kuxiue to the mouth of tho Dardanelles, is nothing—the consequent ascendancy over Egypt, nothing—the general aggran dizement and preponderance nothing— with Greece too, in that case, a Russian province! W by then it is nccdlees to urge one objection against any system of con-! quest by any Power, the most emulous.! under any condition or circumstance of human affairs; and the whole policy of Eu rope for conturies lias been childish, when it referred to the usefulness of some sort of balance between States. It is untruly said that England incurs a less prominent obligation than many of the continental powers, in resisting the designs of Russia. England is neurcr to the scene of action than any of them. Part of her colonial empire is close at hand. Her commerce is present on the very scene, and what is England herself but English commercial industry? We affirm that if England but says peremptorily to Russia, you must not extend vour frontier one inch beyond its present limit on the side of Turkey, other , States, now passive or silent will be^ ready j to echo and to support us. Insist on justice .from Tjrkcy to the Czar, defend the real freedom of his flag and merchandize from Odessa to where they launch into the Mediterranean. Let us defend with equal v igor the integrity of Turkey and the in dependence and sovereignty of the Porte. British Colonial System. The British West India colonies are highly viluablc countries in themselves, and yield products of the first importance. Their distress* however, is such as imperi ously to demand the attention of that gov jernnient. Property in Antigua which once brought its proprietor £'20, 000 a year has, for the last four or five years, yielded not a single shilling, & many who were once in affluence, have been reduced to absolute poverty. The remedy proposed is a reduc tion of the duty on the staple commodities of sugar and rum. The evil, in other words. | is that which is at the bottom of most or all ; of the distresses of England,—excessive •taxation. Without this reduction, it has i been declared that the whole of the West I India colonics must be inevitably rubied. While such is the result to the Colonies of the relations between them the & mother ! country, the l atter is thought bv one class j of political economist to be so little benefited in return, that it has been argued she would ! be better without them altogether.—They assert that it had been better to trust all along to chance tor the traile ot these coun tries, than to encounter the expence of their protection. Such have been the actual ! results of tho British colonial system, that n is no wonder such an opinion should have I arisen. Meantime, however, the great ma 1 chine continues anu even extends its opera tions, and new plans of colonization are earnestly contemplated. The British laws the British tastes and habits are trans planted into all regions and it is contended that this circumstance must unavoidably extend the use of British manufacture, and bind these widely scattered possessions into one great commercial community, whose parts will be of reciprocal advantage to each other. This ought to be the result: that it is not, must be owing to the want o! a just policy in the parent country. The advan tages which England has derived from her colonies have never borne any just propor tion to her expenses in defending them; but it has been her own fault. IVo system which contemplates advantage to one party only, can long endure even to tho benefit of that party. If the oppressed do not rebel against this course, they at length are ru ined by it. England may one day be brought »o view her colonial system in this light, and to understand the benefits of recipro city without any negotiation on our part. By screwing up and confining her bant ling-?,she may certainly direct their motions as slie pleases, as long as they have any motion1 but this sort of discipline is not the most favourable to their devclopcmcnt, or even to their existence. Already, it seems, more liberal views begin to be en tertained. Even the Quarterly, the last citadel of prejudice, tabes a rational tone, and shows clearly its recent conviction that England cannot be the only monopolist in the world, and that colonies have some rights beyond that of filling the treasury, or encouraging the manufactures of tiie mother country. Wc consider this actu ally a new era.—Halt. Amir. Bastmi, June 20. John Quincy Adams, late President of the United States, arrived at the patriar chal seat m Quincy on Thursday evening, where he will sjiend the summer. Air. Adams’ health is much improved since his ; last visit. In the progress of Air. Adams’ unos tentatious journey homeward, during ! which he studiously avoided all public de monstrations of respect, especially on ac count of bis recent severe family affliction, he was nevertheless visited in some of the principal cities by large numbers of his ! friends anti fellow citizens, desirous of ! manifesting towards him their respect and [esteem, lie has now returned to his-na tive JState. where there are but lew who I do not highly respect and value hss public I services and private virtues. Richmond. Va. June 24, 132). The new crop of wheat is represented |*o be a good average one in both quantity | md quality. We have t aken some pains to ascertain the opening price here, and, from the information obtained, believe that ■^1 20 may be obtained tor red, and $1 25 lor white, deliverable by the 15th or 20th of July. A crop was contracted for by a miller yesterday, at that price, who had within three days contracted for two other crops, one at that price, and the other halt white and half red) at*l 16, all de liverable by tho 20th July- Looking at the acknowledged scarcity in Trance and England, and the possibility ot the Powers in the West ol the Europe, engaging in the war which rages in the Eastern parts ef that Continent, we do not think that millers ought to hesitate in opening the market at £1 2”>. The James River and neighboring high land crop, is represented as unusually large and fine, from one end of the River to the other, b’o ts tho valley crop. Getting info market sooner than any other growers of wheat, the Virginia farmers have an advantage which they ought to turn to more profitblv raising as much forward wheat as possible. On the Gth inst. the Court House in Burlington. Vt. was reduced to ashes.— The building was insured f<»r £ 1000. Two years ago it was repaired at an e\ !>ense of £2600; and is considered to have been the most elegant building of the kind in tho i?tate I i WHEELING COMPILER. WE 1)NESDAY,JL LY 15, IS-0 fl^»The ltiver is 21*2 feet above low water maik. There have Lcen f ur Stonm boat arrivals from below and three departures downwards, since our last. Keel boats make regular trips between Wheeling and Pittsburgh; but Steamboats go no higher than lias place, in tic present stage ot the water. TI1F PITTS lH ia; 11 CONFERENCE of the Methodist Episcopal Church, commences its session in this place to-morrow, lb-hop MeKcn dreo arrived here on Saturday; and at this time tlie Preachers arc nearly all m town. NEW CONSTITFTION. Wn have received a communication from ou' friend JFST1CE, on the subject of a “New Con stitution " Our correspondent celebrated the fourth nf Julij by thinking upon political princi ples, while others were engaged in the more com mon practice of drinking on similar topics. His article is a long one, hut quite interesting. We intend to insert it entire in our next. The friends of the Convention appear to he con ! tented with the progress which they have made J towards reforming the state government, and arc ! calmly waiting 1" r the meeting of the Delegates, 1 to whom they have assigned the important task ! of revising the Constitution. The temper which | prevails, is favourable lo a discreet ami saiisrac 1 ton performance of the high duties of the Con i vention. We have no ardent contests for particu lar theories, or provisions, to awaken pn judiees against important principles, or to obscure the mental vision of any portion of the community. A confident reliance upon the good sense of the (Convention, seems to Ik every whore indulged. For surelv we cannot impute to indifference th« fact, that in no part of the state does there appeal any discussion upon constitutional topics. The ! C invention i- to ass. mhlr <>n the first Monday o! October—'' i'liin three months—md vet, since the , result of the elections lias been ascertained, thr (whole subject seems to he banished from tin Journals of Virginia. With tho political atmos phere .11 So cool, so CJlm, so bright," z harmonious introduction may be expected to the deliberations of the Convention. An able and 1 liberal investigation of the elements of civil socie tv, and the proper distribution of political powers will naturally follow; and the most beneficial re sults may be anticipated. Intelligence and enter , prise will be advanced to an equality with succes sion to property. A new and powerful impulse will he given to the prosperity of tho state, in the improvement of its mental and physical capacities. — —* KESTFCKY TCRNPIKE. 1 On the 4ili inst. tho labour was commenced on the- turnpike road, which is to he constructed from Maysville to \V ashington, in Kentucky. Th< road is to be graded and stoned on the McAdam plan, tinder the direction of Mr. Williams, Lit. 1 Assistaut Superintendant on the National Road in Ohio. —QQ*— WICKUI FEV CASE. C. Wickfiffe, of Lexington, Ky. indicted for the killing at Mr. Donning, Editor of tho Kentucky Gazette, has been acquitted by th>‘ traverse jury ! It was proved on the trial, that Bcnning was the assailant, and Wickliffu shot him in sell defence. In the Fit itl.—Tho I foil. Martin Van Huron lias been nominated in Alabama, for tho cilice of Provident of the United ‘States, to succeed (ieu. Jackson. Tin Scioto Gazette of the Sih inst. states that materials have been received at Columbus, from Acw-York, for printing a newspaper to advocate the pretensions of Mr. Van j Huron in Ohio. CavfuJJ's Amtrtran Arjvs.—We have receiv ed three numbers of this paper—a paper useful to every mail of business, no matter how limited, but invaluable to every one who is in the habit ol passing much distant bank paper through hi> hand.-). It is publi bed weekly, tn the city of New V'»rk, on a sheet of the largest size, each sheet I contamg a comprehensive Vnce Current of the N York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston mar ! lists—a list of all the Banking institutions in tin 1’. S. with the value of the notes oo each, at th< above places—an extensive h* of counterfeit ntK altered Bank Notes, including all known to he i circulitiou throughout the I’nion, a3 also a hr t n : all the broken Banks in the U. H. The price i? i si\ dollars per annum. Three pages of it arp de voted to the above and other matters of a cummer . cisl nature; a fourth to the most interesting news I of the day, miscellaneous readings, pootrv, Arc. which, being printe<l w ith small type, contains a much reading mutter.-is must of our largcrt week ly publications, which will render tho paper gencr ‘ ally interesting to every class of readers. Wo would m this place beg leave to apprise Mr | Canfield of an error, respecting the title of th* Hanking institution in tins place, which has fiiiim: 'its way into bis paper. Instead of the ••Marti fie stern Bank of Virginia,” it is there styled th* | “Xorth Westtm RESERVE Birds of Virginia.” UC BRILS TO TUB MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION’. by does not the struct commissioner keef the «i'le walks, r-pn tally on Main-street, clear ol * boxes, barrels, and other obstructions, placed there by the merchants to attract the attention of pass I ers hv ? Why is there no ordinance passed for establish mg an r.sxiA of bread? Why is not the plat of the town as made oui by the commissioners under an act *>t the Geiier al Assembly, placed on record in the Clerk’s Of fire? t’BI Judgments have been render-d in the Genera , Court, in favour m the State of Virginia, -ogams t‘ie secur.ttes of Jermau Maker, f ,r defalcations x i Mate I reastirer, to tho am^aut of twenty-livt thousand dollars. The ftfeett of proscription.—The Na ttonnl lnteliigeoecr stales, that a Post master who was a subscriber to that paper lately requested that it might be discontin ikn), with symptoms of trepidation whid ho could not conceal. 1 Ie was afraid of ly tag under tho suspicion ofbeiog suspected * The hoo John Cutron, one ottbp Judges of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, pro* (Kjses to the people of the state tint the legislature at their next session pass a law declaring “That no one shall be bound for the debt or default of another by writing or otherwise; provided that the actt shall not extend to secuntyships entered into in the courts of justice.—In other words, that no one shall be bound as security for another in any by word, bond, note, or endorsement, for an ordinary con I tract between man and man. * “is is one of tlie reforms w hich the great Brough am has w ished to effect in the British bus. Two latge buildings at Norristown, Pa. were .triK-k b bgntning during a late storm; but m_' provided with conductors, the elt-ciric Hind wa> | carried oft w ithout injuring either property or ?er I sons. American Political History.—Several works are now in preparation, or on the eve of publication,, having reference to the formation and admimstra-1 non of our government. Mr. Madison^devote? Ins | retirement to a work of thw kind. Tin? j will not he published til! after his death. .»/r. Jrf-, frrsons Memoirs and Correspondence will be pub- • lished in a few months, in six volumes octave.— ' Gen. II a shin "ton's Correspondence., Journals, Ar. , are in tl»e hand? of Mr. Sparks, who is preparing . to publish them. The papers of the hic Mr. A | dams will no doubt be given to the world by bis | son, who will also enrich the literature of Jus conn- j trv with a memoir of his own times. The life , and Correspondence of Arthur Le> , is about to lie ■ published at Poston; and the Memoirs of Major \ William Jackson, of Philadelphia, will be put to press shortly.—Poll Sin'jvlar Death.—In Ncw-Miiford, Mas?, the wjfe of'Mr. Tyros Wheaton, having orensioti to \ g., to a neighbour’s, left her infant, aged about j | six months, asleep on the bed. Shu wa absent not more than 1T» or 20 minutes, and on herroturn hastened to look after her babe ; w hen, to her ut ’ )Pr astonishment, the child tvas found suspended, its eliin resting on the bedstead, mid the back ot ts bead against tho wall. It was dead. The Pittsburgh “Alleghany Democrat” distinguished through the lute contest for its violent opposition to tho Administra tion, announces J. C. Calhoun as a can didate for the Presidency in the following language: “The contest will now he between Clay and Calhoun, between the American and British systems,* and the opposing parties will he tariff and anti-taritf ” Much as we dread the result of a con test upon these grounds, with Mr. Calhoun and his host of political allies in this state, still we rejoice to sec this explicit declara tion, from so high a source. Uniontoirn Dm. The acc ount of the celebration of the late an niversary of our National Independence, by the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Wheeling and vi cinity. togetl er with the address ofW’rn. MtCon cell. r.Nj. with which we were favored at too late •i period for insertion in our last, will be found below. The party assembled at 10 o’clock, in front of 'he courthouse; where, being joined by the Com mittee of arrangement. Orator of the day. Reader of the Declaration of Independence, Marshalls, and a vast concourse of citizens, tlmv set out at II o’clock, for the Presbyterian Meetinghouse, accompanied by a hand of Music. Alter th« ir ar rival, and the formnlitios usual on such occasions, were "one through, the company marched from thence to tlie Rope Walk of Mr. J. W. Rcirv, at the upper end of the town, where, at 2 P. M. ihe company, to the number of 2-6 sat down to n sumptuous dinner prepared by Mr. Lloyd Wright, in his usual superior style. C'apt. George Dully a ling as President, and Mr. James II. Forsyth is Vice President. After the cloth was removed, the following regular and volunteer toasts were drank: 1 The day ire nh brute.—Second in importance to none since the fir^t dnv of the Cbr'stian Fra. 2. The Congress of '7t>—The faithful and pat riotic guardians of our Infant Liberty; we venerate the living and revere the dead. ,l 3. The memory of Gen. (JFORGE W\S1I i l.NGTO.Y—-[Drank standing and in silence, j 7. The memory of the greatest Civilian that ever lived—THOMAS JEFFERSON. | Drank standing and uncovered.] 8. The President of the United States.—In Ins political Voyage may the Constitution and the ’aw* be his comint-s, and the good of bis country . itis polar star. ITirrc gnus. It. I hi Iliads of Departments.—GooJ men, hut IUI US II > I1II-II1. 11. lit i Xitrtj of thr I iiiteJ Slates.—-Its prowess best speaks its praise, it# glory cover# the Ocean. 12. Our Sister ll>-publics of thr South.—May anarchy and civil discord cease, civil and religion, liberty take their place, and union and harmony cement them into one great Republic. Id 'I hr lut! Tariff.—* We most heartily approve, we now enjoy the advnulages arising from it, and pledge our,. Ive# to support it. and add our thanks t<> those who adopted it. for if We let trade amue others will soon regulate it to suit themselves, ami not us. 11. 7 hr. Convention to meet in October nrrt It wisdom, experience and superlative talents are j requisites in ik liberating bodies we have thcmo#t sanguine hopes of a Constitution worth of the Ancient Dominion. 2 • CatluAu Emancipation.—Founded in the spirit of toleration, adopted in wisdom, sanction! d !*y justice; we hail with feelings of the purest de light the extension of the principles of Religious Liberty. 21. Ih* American Fair.—*1 h© n<* plus ultra of all our wishes, the primurn mobile of all our action*. VOLUNTEER?. By J. N. loimg. American Farmers.—The support of their country, their pn Je and greatness; Goldsmith might truly say : "PriBces and I^.rds in ly flourish, and max fide; \ breath can make them, as n Ivreath lias made; But a tmld peasantry, tlnir country*# pride, It once destroyed, can never he supplied.'*’ Ly J. Mel .-cly. The. Youths of the Trim oj H htclwj.-May they transmit to endless ages, the spirit of <o. By VVm. Irwin, jr. May tlic Chief Magistral, of the I nitfc-d State, perforin his duty a# trurtilv i a.# he has been engaged -n appointing new otli cers to high stations they never deserved. BvJ'Dire. I he Editors of the‘Frn Enquirer.' M.y the v tight the giio j of faith, until Priest crait and Superstition is done away. . Bv the Company. John It. Berry.-lib kmdoess m oit. ring his rope walk for our accom modation is only excelled by bis puldic spirit mic uterproc. r ,,AB ^in2- T\t United State*— May tin ■ i ...w .d ln r glory illuminate the World. • I Ma/iy volant;*.- toa.ns nu^ofsari/y r.oi!:t(<. ‘ Mr. \\ rn. McCo.vt id • SIR—I have been appended i bwclfM Committee of arrangement to flunk \..,j ■ address delivered by you on the 4t!i ;i.<t ■ Presbyterian Church, and tortsp,. .ta same tor publication. DAY II* '.Vli;fl Whehng. July G, P*C9. Mr. David Wjtit7.i— Ywir note of yesterday, on licit .1* ,f •i,,l mittee ot' arrangejnent, rmiutading my adj-.l livered on the 4fh inst for publication, 1 received. I flunk you. an.1 through you tt j mittee for thoir attention, and place.it Unir, sal a copy of the address ilclivctul 01 Utc «ion refun d to. I am. v mu*. «V« . U .M. McI O.VNl| Whding. JJy7,1S*J9. AX ORATION, Pronounced by IT.lf. <M ( 0.\ .\*H at the Presbyterian ('hurrh in }J J on the 4th of July, Fellow-Citizens: ... ^ r « < v It is always a gnunm spwiaricvi men, who ted interested m the pros * of tlieir country, assembled to^otUr the purpose of commwwwrating those ; ami remarkable events, which have d; irtnshed their country. 'Hie spirit * brings them together is one that does t it to the human understanding and Si to the cause of liberty. The objiv such an assembly is to review the rclii meats of those most immediately com ed with the event commemorated; toe upon the advantages gained thereby; principles, the moral relation and pole situation, which such an event opeir the world; and above all, to express t gratitude to the kind author of all our bl mgs. Hut it is peculiarly pleasing to that class of citizens, who constitute support of government in peace, and defence in w ar, tlie enterprising mccle and manufacturer, united in the edebra of this day—the anniversary of that [tunute moment, which delivered them tf the thraldom of a foreign power andr 1 hied tliem to foster and protect tlie pro4 of their own industry. Untied as they a | by their interests, and with hearts devr ito-this cause, no power can w ithstand ! moral force of their unanimity, no seta ] however cunningly devised, can thwart licccss, tttjil n o opposition, iroiu un.iiciH source it may proceed, can retard H growth «n«l prosperity of our country.^^ Nothing will so effectually hind tlie Iim.-H and strengthen the sympathy of all rlas.<® and nothing so readily dispel party lutri® and political animosities, as ihe toque® contemplation of the glorious nehieveaeufl of our ancestors—their sacrifices, th® privations and their sufferings—hut aU® all, their unanimity in promoting the mt®| ests of tl cir country. In that eventful riod, no local distinction, no opposing H forests distracted the councils of thcnaii® —all were united, as a hand of l>ruthcrfl| in opposition to oppression and in supje® of the rights of man. The frequent contemplation ofthesevu® lues raises the mind above itself, stiinnlai.®| it to emulate tlie magnanimity ot our depa® ted f athers and inspires it with the hoi® ardor of patriotism. The mind that is tu® elevated by a review of these transact!* ® is indeed lost to all sensibility. Even r ill vassals of Europe, upon reading their In® torv, are lost in wonder, tliut such virtu® and such magnanimity should havondor* ed human nature. And were we still de [wived of our dearest rights, and compelled to contribute the produce o* our labor to the support of a corrupted government, were we still the subjects of oppression and the slaves of despotic ministers, yet our hearts would throb and our checks glow a! the recital of these glorious deeds. What then should be our feelings when wo recol lect, that those sages were endeared to u* by the tenderest tics of nature—that thro’ their instrumcntaluy, wo are snrroOmM with peace, prosperity and happiness—dial we are placed in ths possession of liberty and independence, and enjoy nil the right* which the (toil of nature intended to tunic: on man. Oh! our veneration f<*r tho* great and exalted men should be unnieaf urablc, and our hearts overflow with grati tude to tlmt Providence who rulestnd gov ' erns the destiny of nations. Revolution* \ had heretofore been effected, the manacle* I ot (lesnonsm severed, uim mu uuuuiuw of mankind ameliorated.—(ircece lies lu*<! her struggles—Home has had Iter triumph over oppression—England bus liecti revo lutionized, and France convulsed; and per haps their misfortunes mny have enlighten ed tlieir minds and softened their condition, llut it was reserved for the ( nogre-. < ■ ; *7f> to hrenk through the prejudices wind had heretofore enslaved mankind, to vindi date the dignity of human nature, and to 1 place the rights of humanity upon tlm j mg pointed out by the decrees of a brnif' cent Providence. It would be useh.-s to attempt to eulogise the w isdom of tlwt au gust assembly. Their deeds bespeak their l>est praise, and the happy condition of cst country is the greatest monument of tl'.' glory. “With them the Republic wa* ev' ery thing; for that alone they eon«j”"h the on:y faction they formed vns eg in-** the common enemy; their minds and lU i bodies were sincerely and nobly eve ted, not fcr personal power, but for tlm libcrtid. ! the honor and glory of tlieir country;*’ aid they were endowed with qualities otk quafc to the occasion w hich called forth their en ergies. It is true that genius will at all times find a theatre for the display of its powers.— i’lic wants, both natural and artificial mankind, that restless curiosity so inci dent to the human mind, their pu&tffOs* their hopes and their (cars, have elicited the highest mtclectual efforts. IVn courv try has been so barren nor age so benighted, but that the rays of genius and of science have penetrated the gloom and shed a lus tre upon the surrounding darkness. H'1 ii one time be more propitious to the dt^ piny of genius than aimthcr, it is wbe® some great commotion otT*-cts the peace o! a civilized country;—when revolutions o*