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'Law of Nezv-Hamfflire,
P J ff-d ttel^ffton of the General Court.
An Adl to incorporate a company by the name
of the proprietors of the second Turnpike
Road in New-Hampshire.
BE it encaedby tie Senate and House of Repre
fentulives, ire General Court convened, That
Jotiah Sevens, If:tac Green, and Nathan Cool
idge and their aflociates and successors, be and
they arc hereby incorporated and node a body
corporate and politic, under the name of the
rroprietorsof the second Turnpike Road in New
Hampshire, and in that name may sue and pro
ftcute, and be sued and profecored to final judg.
merit and execution, end Shall be, and hereby
are veiled with all the powers and privileges
which by law are incident to corporations of a
similar nature.
And be it further enabled, The the said Josiah
Stevens Shall call a meeting of laid proprietors,
by advertisement in the newspapers printed at
tValpiile and Amherst, to be holdcn at any
Suitable time and place, at least fourteen day's
from the firfl publication of said advertisement,
and the proprietors, by a vote of a majority of
those present or represented at said meeting,
accounting and allowing one vote to each Share
in all cases, Shall choose a clerk, who Shall be
fwern to the faithful difeharge of said office,
and Shall allo agree on the method of calling
future meetings, and at the fame time, or at
any subsequent meetings, may eled such officers
and make and eftabidh such rules and by-laws,
as to them Shall seem necessary and convenient,
for the regulation and government of said cor
poration, for carrying into effect the purpose
aforefaid, and for coHedling the tolls herein af
ter established, and the fame by-laws may cause
to be executed, and annex penalties to the breach
thereof, provided the said rules and by-laws are
not repugnant to the constitution and hws of
*is State ; and all representations Shall be prov
clby writing signed by rhe person to be rc
prefented, which Shall be filed with the clerk,
and this adt and all rules, by-laws, regulations
and proceedings of said corporation, Shall be
fairly and truly recorded by the clerk, in a book
or books provided and kept for that purpose.
And be it farther enabled. That the said cor
poration are impowered to survey Jay out, make
and keep in repair, a turnpike road of four rods
wide, in such rout or tracts as in the belt of
their judgment and Skill, Shall combine shortness
of distance, with the m o st practicable ground,
from the lottery hridgejn Claremont, to the plain
in Amherst in this State near the court house.
And be it further ena&d, That if the said pro
prietors and the owners ofland ; over which
the road may run, Shall disagree on the com
pensation to be made for said land, and the
budding or buildings thereon Standing, and Shall
not agree in appointing persons to afceitain
such compensation, the judges of the court of
common pleas in the county in which said
land lies, ifnot interested, & if interested the
judges of the Superior Court, upon application
of the said proprietors, or the owners of the
land, reasonable notice el such application hav
ing been given, by the applicants to the adverse
party, Shall appoint a committee, who Shall as
certain the fame, in the fame way as compensa
tion is made to owners of land, for high ways as
usually laid out, and execution,on non-payment,
agaioft said proprietors, Shall issue of course. *
And be it further enacted, That the corporation !
tnay ere& and fix such, and so many gates or
turnpikes upon and across said road, a will be
ueceffary and Efficient to collc& the tolls and
duties'hercin after granted to the said company,
from all persons travelling in the fame,' with
horses, cattle, carts and carriages.
And be it further enabled, TUt it Shall, and
may be lawful for said company, to appoint
such, and so many toll gatherers, as they Shall
think proper, to coile& and receive of and
from all and every person or persons using
said road, the tolls and rates herein after
mentioned, and to flop any person riding, lead
ing, or driving any horses, cattle, hogs, Sheep,
fulkey, chair, chaise, phaeton, coach, chariot
cart, waggon, Sleigh, fled, or other carriage of
burden or pleasure, from passing through the
said gates or turnpikes, until they Shall have re
foe&ively paid the fame, that is to fay, for every
mile of said road, and so in proportion for a
greater or less diftante, or greater or Smaller
number of Sheep, hogs or cattle, viz. for every
ten Sheep or hogs, one cent ; for every ten cattle,
or horses, tico cents ; for every horse and his ri
der or led horse, one cent ; for every fulkey, chair
or chaise with one horse and two wheels, two
cents ; for every chariot, coach, flage, waggon,
phaeton or chaise with two horses and four
wheels, three cents ; for either of the carriages
hft mentioned with four horses four cents ; —
for every othercarriage of pleafure,the like films
according to the number of wheels and horses
drawing rhe fame ; for each cart or other car
riage of burden, drawn by one beast, one cent; —
for each waggon, cart, or other carriage of bur
den, drawn by two bcafts, one cent and a# half ;
if by more than two beasts, one cent for each ad
ditional yoke of oxen or horse, ; for each Sleigh
drawn by one horse, me cent ; if drawn by two
horses, two cents, and if by more than two horses,
one cent for every additional horse ; ifor each fled
drawn by one horse, one cent ; for each fled
drawn by two horses or a yoke of oxen, one and
a quarter cent ; and if by more than two horses
or one yoke of oxen, one cent for each additional
pair of horses or yoke of oxen ; and at all times,
when the toil gatherer Shall not attend his duty,
the ga fr es Shall he left open. And if any per
son, fhail with his carriage team, cattle or hor
ses, turn out of the said road, to pass the said
turnpike gate or ground adjacent thereto, with
intent to avoid the payment of the toll due by
virtue of this aQ, Such person Shall forfeit aid
pay three tins so much asthe legal toll would
have been, to be recovered by the treafurff of the
said rr.poration, to the yfe thereof, in an ad?ion
of debt or on the case ; provided that nothing
in this ad Shall extend to entitle the said corpo
ration to demand toll of any person who Shall
bropaffirg with his horse or carriage, or to of
from public woi Ship, or with his horse, team or
carriage,or on foot, to or from a trill, or on the
ccrimon and ordinary business of family cone
veins within die fame town.
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And be it further exacted, That the said propri
etors are hereby impowered to purchafc and
hold in fee Simple, fc much land as will be necef
lary fo r said turnpike road, and the Share or
Shares of any of said proprietors, may be tranf
&rred by deed duly executed and acknowledg
ed,and recorded by the clerk of said proprietors,
on their records ; and the Share or fliaresof any
proprietors, may be fold by said corporation,
on non payment of assessments duly made,agree
able to the by-laws that raay be agreed upon
by said corporation.
A^A be it further rrt bled. That ts toll Shall be
taken by said corporation for any mile of said
road, until eight hundred dollars Shall have been
expended thereon, or a proportionate sum unon
the whole number of miles, reckoning from the
lottery bridge in Claremont, to the place where
said road may terminate.
And be it further enabled, That said corporation
may be indited for defeat of repairs of said
road, after the toll gates are erc^cd. and fined
in the fame manner as towns are by law finable,
for buffering roads to be out of repair ; and said
I tine may be levied on the profits and tolls arising
!or accruing to said proprietors.
Provided nruerthelfs, and be it further mafic /,
That if the said Turnpike road Shall in any part
be the fame, with any highway now used, it Shall
not be lawful for said corporation to eredl any
gate or turnpike on or across said part of the
mad, that now is used and occupied as a public
Highway, any thing in this adl, to the contrary
notwithstanding.
And be it further enabled, That when said pro
prietors Shall make it appear to the judges of
the Superior Court of Judicature, that they have
expended said sum of rigid hundred dollars on each
mile, or a proportionable sum as before men
tioned, the proprietors Shall have the liberty to
ere& the gates as aforefaid.
And be it further enabled, That at the end of
every ten years, after the Setting up any toll
gate, an account ol the expenditures upon said
road, and the profits arising therefrom, Shall be
laid before the Judges of the Superior Court, for
the time being, under forfeiture of the privileges
of this ad in future ; and if the neat profits for
the said ten years, Shall exceed twelve per cent,
per annum, the said Court may reduce the future
toll, so far as that it may not exceed twelve per
cent, and if the profits Shall not amount tof x per
cent, the said Court may raise the toll, so that it
Shall not be less than f x nor exceed twelve per
cent.
And be it further enabled, That if in ten years,
the said road Shall not be complcated, according
to the provision in this aft, every part and elaufe
thereof Shall be null and void. Provided also,
That the State of New-HampShire, may at any ;
time after the expiration of forty years from tne ;
passing of this a&, repay the proprietors of faid|
road, the amount of the sum expended by them ;
thereon, with twelve per cent, per annum, in addi
tion thereto, deducting the toll actually received !
by the proprietors, and in that case, the said road|
Shall, to all intents and purposes, be the proper-I
ty of the State of New-Hampfhirc, any thigg in
this a<% to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved December 26, 1799.
BALTIMORE, FEB. 1% |
I^ROM another alarming profpea of deftruc-I
. tion by fire, was a valuable portion of our 1
city saved this morning, by the exertions of its
inhabitants, favoured by the stillness of the wind.;
About half past 12 the flames were difeovered
Iburfting thro' a frame house in Roger's ally,
near the corner of Calvert-Street. As it had
been unoccupied for some tin!t during which
no fire was known to be in it, there is but too
much ground to fufpee some villain intention
ally set it on fire. Had he meditated the dc
ftru<ftion of a great part of the city, he could
not have fixed on a spot more eligible for the
accomplishment of his infernal design. Blazing
in the centre of a thick fettled neighbourhood,
and surrounded by a dozen frame tenements as
combuftibic as tinder, nothing could have pre
vented the havoc of the flames, had they been
aflifted by a Strong wind from any point of the
Compass, fortunately, however they were not,&
consequently soon extinguished without any ma
terial damage. But it is the opinion of many
that the watch deserve no great credit in fuff
ering a fire to get such a head within a hundred
yards of their rendezvous, without giving the
alarm.
ii«—tgnnw» :—
' NEW-HAVEN, FEB. 27.
Last Thursday evening, about IT
o'clock, a Fire was difeovered under
MeAis. Greens' Printing Office, in that
part of the building which was occupied
by Mr. Merriman, Silversmith. The
partition between this apartment and
the Store of Mr. Henry Daggett, jun.
being a thin ceiling, was soon burnt
through, and on opening the doors,
the fire almost instantly spread itfelf,
through all the lever part of the build
ing, and in a few minutes the whole
must have been enveloped in flames,
had not the spirited exertions of the
citizens prevented. One of the engines
being near at hand, was soon on the
spot, and by means of a hose, conveyed
water into every part of the rooms.—
At firft, however, there appeared but
little profpeft of success ; but by the
unremitted exertions of the fire com
pany, and of the citizens to supply the
Engine with water, the fir^ was at
length extinguished, and the building
though much damaged, was saved.—
Mr. Daggett went into the Store, in
the midst of smoke and flame and took
out a cask of gun powder. We under
। stand that his books and papers were
1 saved, but most of his goods are ruined.
His loss mud be very considerable, [one
account fays 4000 dolls.]
&ora&oifeQt OTff "^OTW,jCTnraMM
The Sceptre, Capt. Edwards, an English
64,armed en flute, lately wrecked at the Cape
tof Good Hope, loft above 300 of her crew.
Citizens of the Cnile^ States !
ATTENTION !
4,RcaJfar youfaves the following extracts from
the infamous , a g" °f Callender; calmly peruse
the comments, and est your own hearts, if you will
give aid to Civil H?ar ? Thefcheme of upsetting
your fate governments, is only defined to anaibil <e
thegeneral govern went. A plan is organized f sum
the £:tf to the South ; the coafpirac, isfrong; ,ei!l
you not wale, till your cities are in femes, the
^lir r reeling in your bofonu ; and a guillotine ef*
tablifhed in every capital of theflnion ? Theft are
not improbabilities. They tfaft, which ^n
will realize in a very little while. The if of
proscriptions is already made out. Washing
ton, ifpfible, mould be remand dfrom the dead,
*° f".ff er t """ Adams, i; ordained by the party,
ns the frf viblim of popular vengeance. Every
friend to the general government, fallows of course.
Aicaie, or be forever fallen! At the fame time,
be moderate, temperate, calm,yet firm,faithful and
decided.
Americans ! w/zrflee, ye^
ITisa fa^wlfcb eight to crimson the checks
of every friend to theConftirorion, Govern
ment, and internal tranquillity of our country,
that while every democratic antifederul organ,
from one end of the continent to the other is
perpetually venting the grossest flinders and
most unqualified fallbbods against the Presi
dent of the United fotes, and all the admin
istrators of the General Government ; a most
deathlike apathy perrades every difeription of
their friends, from th! humble penner ofa par
agraph, to the man &hofc talents are fufficient
to enlighten a continent, and whose information
is enough to detect a myriad of fallhoods.
rhe ftupifcd Fiends, and "well-iofers of
government, cannot,molt assuredly have yet to
le.irn, that their cneriics and the enemies of the
Constitution, are to t man at their alarm posts;
that they are organ;red, officered,accoutred, pro
vided, and regularly paid; and that a complete
change of ALT thqofficers, from the greatest
to the least, who nav execute the Conftiturion
and Laws of the United States, is to be their fiift,
great enterprizes the plan has been in opera
tion these two years pall—lt is fy ftematieed in
all its points. —To insure its success, partisan
officers have long face vacated feats in Con
gress, to be elected into the State Legislatures;
as it is there, to use their language, “ they ca»fc
cure the pickets." —Tv the Virginia Legislature,
have we not seen, Madison, Giles, and others,
who led the phalanx in Congress, using thtii
skill in giving efficiency to the general plan :—
have they not disfranchifed several Federal dif
trials, by the adoption of a general ticket, ip
the choice of eledl<>r> of President and Viec-
President, so that Mr. feftrfon may have the
unanimous vote of that date.—ln Penufylvania,
have not their patrols procured the election of
a Governor, who hashpenly displayed the ban
ner of hoftilfy to the Federal Government ; —
& hurled, headlong, from their polls every man
who opposed the feffirfoaian battalions.—ln
NeTO-Hampfeire has not a similar policy been
pradifed, though under the cover of an ambus
cade.
In all the States, n w presses are eftabl shed
front Portsmouth in New- Hampfoire to Savannah ■
in Georgia ; through which the orders of thel
Generals of the faction are transmitted with]
profeffional punctuality ; which presses serve as|
founding boards to the notes that issue through !
that great " freaking trumpet of the devil, " the 1
Philadelphia Aurora. —The Conductors of these 1
Presses, have their rations issued to them, andi
are promoted, in proportion to their abuse and
defamation of the President, Cotgrefs, and thel
Northern States ; and to the number of lies,1
inuendos, and fLggeftions they may produce|
from day to day.—Most of them are mere hire
lings, who have no honest calling whereby to
procure subsistence, and many of them are pro- ;
feffed" fcape-gallowfcs" from Europe.—These
men make charges of their various items of de
famation, againfl their employers, as regularly
as a daylabourer in a tobacco patch docs ; and
are much more punctually paid. The pay of
the Aurora Editor amounts to 800 dollars per
annum : —nearly equal to the compensation ofai
colonel in the service of the Unithd States
The great misfortune is that the Friends of,
government —men of reputation, honor, talents
and information, though they have leisure, hold
these adventurers in too much contempt ; and
rely too implicitly on the found sense, add na- ;
tive Lability of the people, to fecufe them a-i
gainft the imposition—This security is falla*i
cious—lt is unworthy the underftandirgs of ;
those who rely on it.—Experience has oftenl
fhewo them the weakness, and the folly of it.— 1
They know,that a fallhood often told, and nev-|
cr contradicted, assumes in time the afpett and
influence of truth. Let them then, affunie their
pens, and with plain truths and patriotic elo
quence confound their enemies, though mailed
in tenfold more brass than they now are.
g. To exhibit to the Federal Champions a
specimen of the arms they have to encounter,
we expofc to view some extracts from an Essay
just published in Virginia, whose watchword is
"The Prospect before us." It is from the
pen of one James Thompson Callender, a
runaway Scotchman, who having escaped the
halter's noose in Nortb-Britain, and grown cal
lous in crimes, has been employed by the anti
federal party, in Virginia, to blackguard and
belittle the government of the United States,
and to excite a Civil War.
EXTRACTS,
From the" PROSPECT BEFORE US.”
[From page 71.]
" A T the commencement of the new govern-
J. Ament, when Mr. Washington (mean
ing I flippofc the late General Waihington) was
elected,Hamilton, and some of hh tribe, with
out asking leave of Congress, did, by tbeii own
authority, expend about thirteen tnoufiud fix
hundred dollars in purchasing furniture for the
Prefideal's house and liquors for his cellar."
72. “ Adams and Washington have
since been shaping a furies of thefe,,fo - jobbers
(a new term of designating those who hold the
I funded debt of the United States) into judges
I and ambaffadurs. As their whole courage lies
in want of shame, thef poltroons, without risking
a manly and intelligible defence of their own
meafurcs raise an affe&ed yelp against the cor
ruption of the French directory; asif any cor
ruption could be more venal or more notorious
than their own. For years together the U. States
resounded with curses against them, while the
Grand Lama of Federal adoration, the immaculate
Divinity of Msur.t Fernon, approved of and
fubferibed every one of their Half measures."
88. “ Every Virginian who values his freedom
fhauld prepare himfelf to meet the word that
may happen. He Thou Id perfect himfelf in the
use of a musket, with as much diligence a, the
devotee learns his catechifm.*"
140. "By fending these ambassadors to Par
is (our late envoys, Messrs. Pinckney, Mar
shall, and Gerry) Mr. Adams and his Biit
tiih fadhon designed to do nothing but mifehief."
I rCC. "In the midst of such feenes of profi
\ z*cy and of ufory, the President has persisted at
lot g as he daf, in making his utmoftefforts to
provoke a French war.
*43- " And it was upon this notable foun
dation that the President penned his inimitable
answer to thc fo,v of Pf:n. In that paper, with
ah the cowardly infamise, arising from his assu
rance of personal fafety, wjth all the fury, but
without the propriety or sublimity of Homer's
Achilles, this hoary beaded incendiary, this libeller
of the governor of Virginia, bawls out, to arms !
Then to arms !"
Two other extra's from page 102, and I
h?.ve done.
But this fpecch, the Provident' sfpeeck) to Con- i
grefs in 1,93>1 )as a cliafm that completely un-;
malks the Icandalous bypocrify of Washington;,
and shews in what way he was likely to affertl
the privileges of his country."
" On this head we cannot difeover a dif
tjn&ion between the fraternal characters of thej
firft and second Prefidenrs—Mr. Adams has|
only completed the feeze of ignominy, which Mr.
Washington began."
" People of Virginia, you are not only to be
deprived of the right of fuffrage, by an election
bill,f but a privilege dear to free men as the
right of fuffrage it felf, is also to be prostituted
to fubferve the purposes of a party. The Piefs,
that incentive to virtue, to freedom, to love of
country, is to be degraded into the servile tool
of men, seeking the completion of their own
schemes, of ambition, and of pcrfonal aggran
dizement."
*This paragraph thoukl he particularly ob
served ; as it fully elucidates the views and de
f©!S of the leaders of the antifcderal party in
this state, should they fail at the ensuing elec
tion for President of the United States, to raise
themselves to the consequence and power
in the government of the union, that they now
possess in the government of Virginia.—The
fame paragraph also leaves us no longer igno
rant of the motives which induced Mr. Tay- 1
lor, of Carolina,and his adherents, to vote fuchl
immense sums of money for the importation of [
!arms and military stores for the use of the state.
I lltis a fad which cannot be controverted,
] that by the new ele&ion afl, the voces of fix or
; perhaps even fever, electoral diftrids, are ren
-Idered a mere nullity, because it was forefeeu
ithefe diftri&s never could be persuaded to vote
; for Mr. Jefferson.
VIRGINIA FEDERAL REMARKS.
The above extracts comprise a few of the
1 leading features of the Prefra Bfae Us, a
work patronized by those who arrogate to tbem
felvcs all republicanism —and designed to influ
i cnce your votes, should a second rfriction be found
;neceflary, at the approaching election for Pre
sident of the United States. This publication,
replete with calumny and untruth, is to poison
the fountain of popular opinion, is to be forced
down the throats of those, who may not be Suf
ficiently informed to decide on the fads it pre
tends to contain, in order that a pitiful few may
I' be added to the number of those, who would ex
alt the fame of Mr. Jefferson, on the ruins of
the reputation of Mr. Adams, and of our late
illustrious Washington.
To attempt the refutation of a single charge
contained in the above quotations, would be to
I add insult to calumny. All those in whose
I minds political prejudices have not usurped the
place of reason, too highly appreciate the well
tried virtues, the unexampled patriotism, of the
Grand Lama of Federal adoration [as the great
Washington has been contentptuoufly ftiled]
I to hear, without abhorring that depravity of
foul which can originate even a whfper, deroga
tory to the integrity of his character as a citi
ten, a patriot or a man.
For Mr. Adams it is truly flattering, that
the only accusation exhibited against him by the
molevolcnce of his enemies is, “ his having
completed the feene of ignominy which Mr.
Washington began"—lf this be his only
crime, if Mr. Adams is to be no longer Presi
dent, because he so much refembics in the vir
tues of his character the great, the good, the il
lustrious Washington, all sincere lovers of
freedom and of Washington, need no longer
doubt as to the result of the approaching elec
tion. For mould every Democrat in these states
tranfeend their idol Mr. Jefferson in his re
puted virtue and patriotifm,the real virtues and
patriotism of a Washington and of an Ad
ams, would rife pre-eminent above the com
bined virtues and patriotism of them all.
But from what authentic source are you in
formed, that your Washington embezzled the
'public money ; that be Teas knowingly perjured ;
, that be was a hypocrite ; that befaeryued ibe dear
est rights of bis country ; and, to complete the
, magnitude of his crimes, that, united with our
>prefent worthy President, even that liberty for
which be so nobly fought, be, rove to prof rate be
fore the throne of Majfy ? —You are thus in
: formed by a man vho some five or fix years rail,
'fled to American for pion &ion, from the injured
juilice of his own country.
You are thus informed by a man who poffef
c, not a single sixpence of oftcnfible property
in Virginia, and whose very subsistence de
pends upon calling die veil of obloquy over
every talent, over every virtue, which cag coma
maud the gratitude of a generous people. —Dis.
mal indeed will be the profr? before as, <hwid
the views of men, who patronize a mfreant
like this, ultimately prevail. The present order
of things will then give place, to a policy Omi -1
lar to that which at this day, proftrafys iu ,
wretchedncfs the ill fated people of France.
On the grand theatre ofc the union, will be 1
re-a^ed the fame feenes which toavc lately been 1
exhibited in Pcnnfylvania au^n Virginia. We'
Ihall then fee men, who- since the adaption of
the Federal Conftitatiou, nave been eternally
vociferating curies against ftenes of ambition, a
gaiuft the baneful influence of patronage, incredi*^
them into every office of profit and of honor.—
We ffiall then fee our very abilemious and
modest Republicans Suddenly transformed into
secretaries of ftate—fecretarie^of the treasury—-
feerctaries of the navy, and fecretarles of war—.
while whole shoals of mflr„wr pitrirtr, will
be deputed to all parts of the known worlds
as consuls, mirffters reGdent, ambaffidors, en-1
voys plcnipotentiarv, &c. &c. I trul however
that the people of Virginia, will no longer per
mit the artful eloquence and delulbe wiles of
a few deigning demagogues to turpendize the
energies of their underilanding. I trull they
are not.yet 101 lto every sense of their own ,
condition, as to rivet around their own neckfy ,
the chain of oppression. FABIUS.
From the (Litton) GolMUotan GantindL
MR. RUSSELL,
IITE, the Subscribers, having takeninto out
VV most serious coufideration, the nomira
tion of the Hsu. CALEB STRONG,unfair,
as a Candidate for the Office of Governor of the
Commonwealth of Mtfichufeth, do hereby -
certify, that he is amply qualified, in every r.-
quifite, to sustain that important flation with
reputation to himfelf; honor to hisconftituents ;
advantage to the Commonwealth ; dignity M
the United States ; and benefit to the great causal
of Federal Republic mifm. We, therefore, most
earnestly recommend him for the Suffrages of)
the good people of this Commonwealth, as Gov-j
ernor, for the year ensuing—Hereby revoking
all our favour and patronage'll liehalf of any
other Candidate, determining to cleave intirely
to him, who has ability to advance our intercity
honor, and reputation.
As witness our hands, in the Commonwealth
aforefaid this month of February, 1800.
PATRIOTISM. - - (1.5.)
FEDERAL REPUBLICANISM (1.5.)
UNION. .... (L.s.)
PUBLIC GOOD. - - (L.s.)
TRUE AMERICANISM, . (1.5.)
COMMON SENSE, - -^ (1.5.,
Aitef, Plain Truth, Secretary.
From a Norwich (Conn.) paper. ™
As much pains have been taken b,
the enemies of our General Govern
ment, to induce a belief on the minds
of the people, that our national debt
has been increased, to a great amount,
by the late measures of Congress ; I beg
the favour of you to insert the follow!
ing facts in your ufeful paper.
A report, m ide by the Secretary of
the l reafury, to Congress, during their
prelent ielfion, after recapitulating the
several items of the National Debt asl
it now Hands ; Rates its increafc, since
the organization of our present Gov
ernment, to be only 1,516,33$ Del
lars, and 30 Cents.
The fame report also adds, that the
amount of the linking fund, the interest 1
of which is appropriated to the reduc- 1
tion of the said debt, already amounts 1
to 7.244,861 Dollars and 50 Cents.
'fis also worthy of remark that this 1
finking fund, progreffiye in its opera-[
tioffs, (the amount which it redeems, l
being invariably applied to its capital,) l
and likewise pledged under the faith l
of government, to be constant in its ap- 1
plications, is calculated in the course 1
of about 25 years, to produce an en
tire jextindiou of the Public Debt. J
Whoever therefore, will impartially^
attend to the foregoing Ratem^^^l
as tne fame time confidcgfll.
et.mfmmmirDm.,
jb,utAmu the imyer;• UI
^opting means t§avd
of war by being prepared to
and that although thus increased,
uuifo r m vigilance of government, has
effectually ellablifhed a foundation for
its extinguishment, without throwing a
burthen on posterity ; most readAv
perceive, that the accusations againtt.
public measures, are the offspring of de- ,
signing men, who wiffi to subvert the /
pillars of all good order, and have inJ
this, (as in many othf r instances,) fac
rificed Truth, in hopes of favoring their
envious machinations.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
The public arc cautioned against receiving
American counterfeit Dollars at present in cir
culation—the milling is very badly executed,,
but in other refpedf difficult to deted ; they
are altogether we believe made of pewter, and
may be dlfcoyeted by ringing them;
Tw > men hare bfa defied at Alexandria,,,
for palling Counterfeit Bilk of 50 and zoo Ao k . )
of the U.S. Bank. They came from N. (J leans, l
where many such Bills were iu circulation.J
The Counterfeit 100 doll. Bills, art dated I
Philadelphia, Feb. 1795, June 'p^aoril '97 &I
Feb. '9B. Marked A and red E. Those of ,
50 dolls, are Poss Notes, dated Philadelphia
pril, 1798, and marked B. paper inferior ; Qfr
the Caihier'sname and Simpson larger and 'th
ink pakr than in rhe real Bills. Some a re,g„ x ,
ed John Kcat^Calhfy..