National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1791-11-10 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA,
November io.
On the second i.idant, at a meeting of the
Directors of>the Bank of the Uniied States, the
following Gentlemen were appointed a Com
mittee to prepare and report a plan sot offices
of discount, viz. William Smith (S. C.) Jo
nathan Malon, of Madachufetts, William Bing
h?. ; Jeremiah Wadfworth,
Co.,..ecticut, and James Watson of New-
York,
The moll recent advices f -om Cape-Francois
mention that the Droit D'Aubaine (Kings alien
duty upon foreigners) has been abolilhed by the
AtTembly General of the Idand, upon a repre
sentation from the American merchants.
The fame accounts fay that immense quanti
ties of flour from this Continent are flored at
the Cape for winch there had been very little
demand several weeks pad. Price current from
four and an half to five and one quarter dollars
per barrel for the bed fuperfine.
A summary of other material intelligence by
the lad arrival from the Cape, to OMobc r 6, is
as follows : The two Negro Camps of Dagoult
and Gallifat are taken, without any loss—The
Cane Army, confiding of Whites and free M«-
lattoes, were p'epanng to attack I.'Acul and
Li'nbe —and a detachment setting out to Ge
naives, to prevent any luither infurreflions in
the neighbourhood of St. Marks. —No troops
had arrived to the afli dance of the government,
from any quarter,—and the Engliflilhips of war
from Jamaica were unable to etfe&.any thing.
Several circumdances bad concurred to prove,
that the Spaniards of Cuba, and Spanilh Hif
panioia were at ihe bottom of the infurreffion,
and had furnilhed the Negroes with considerable
quantities of cannon, powder and other military
{tores.—ln the Camp of Gallifat, after the cap
ture, were lound many valuable edefts, provi
sions, fix pieces of cannon, and a number of pa
pers proving that the Spaniards had hitherto
fupphed the Negroes with the means ofhodihty.
In general, when the lad velfels left the Cape,
matters were putting on a more favorable afpetl
than heretofore, the revolted Negroes having
begun to fall fholt of provisions and Stores, and
either furrenderirfg to the Whites or retreating
into inaccessible monriTains. After the General
AiJcmbly had certain pioo r s of an intercourle
between the Negioes and Spaniards, an embargo
was laid upon all th ■ Spanish vellels in the ports
of French Hifpmiola to prevent, as much as pos
sible, their supplying the Negroes with any mote
{lores.
Exiraft of a letter from St. Mary's River (Geor
gia), OB obex 10.
" Since peace has beefi re-edabli{hed with
the Creek Indians, this pait of the date of Geor
gia, has begun to Houiith incredibly. Wealthy
men at a d; (lance now find it their intercd to
purchase lands in this quarter, which are for the
mod part excellent, and lying in one of the mod
delightful climates of the known world. We have
already made some progress in building a town
about fix leagues up the river St. Mary's, which
from the natural advantages of that river and a
variety of other circumdances, bids fair in time
to be a flourifhing and important, capital at the
extiemitv of the United States. Having spent
two vearshere, I can fay from my own experi
ence that the funmers are neither so hot nor the
winters'fo colci as in Carolina; there is at all
times a genial tetliperature in the air, and, ex
cept in the neighbourhood of sunken marlh lands
th-' country s as healthy as any part to the north
ward From the number of veflels that are eve
ry dav paffins and i °padin ;our bar, we begin to
anticipate an xtei.five commercial intercourse
with the world : large from this port; and par
ticularly as we have a vail extent of territory to.
the wed and north-wed, capable of the
eutivation ; an inanity of rich swamps proper
for rice, and theupland at present covered with
timber of the larged growth in America.
We learn from a late London paper that Pe
ter Pindar, Efqnire (the J£nglilh Aridophanes)
has in a number ol odes jointly attacked Mr.
Paine, on his '* Rights of Man"—and a sett of
people, whom he calls " Briufh Democrates"
for-celebrating the downfall of French delpot
ifm, on the 14th o! July.—" This Pindar [fay
the Reviewersj mud certainly be an unreafonabie
man. He woula monopolize the Kings of the
earth, and appropriate them lolely to his own
ule and emolument —but why, Mr. Pindar, not
let a brother fatitid, or a democratic politician
have a mouthiui of royalty with you why
churhlhly co; si..< Mr. Pame, and all the merry
fellows wild : et to laugh dowr, and drink down
despotism at ie crown and anchor, to old Nick,
for havm > jeiadven'ure, the fame high flavour,
fade and rr lid) for-Joup royal with yourfelf? —
Why thus abuse poor' Mr. Paine and other Spe
culators on refcjnna'.iot), for. having the alfurance
to make free wiih Kiir ; s. crowns, and scepters —
In truth, Peter, you seem in a fearful padion,
but tho' we have always been forced to laugh
with you in your formei odfs, we cannot parti
cipate in the ill humour with which these latter
abound."
Extract cfa letter from London, Sept. 1.
" Notw-.tlidandinc the Emprels of Rudia has
been generally ranked amen: the over ambitious
and tyrannical potentates of the eattb, then- are
dill fomc traits iri her charatter, which discover
an attachment to the liberties , and happinefsof
mankind. Upon an idea luggeded by the late
Dr. Franklin, a quedion is now agitated at the
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The following was laid before theHoufe
of Representatives on Monday last, by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
Trcafury Department, November \th, 1791.
S 1 R ' r • u
I HAVE the honor to tranlmit herewith a
Report to the House of Representatives, ac
companying certain estimates ot (urns necellary
to be appropriated for various objefls therein
lpecified, including the service of the year 1792.
1 have the honor to be,
With great relpett, SIR,
Your moil obedient,
And humble servant,
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
The Honorable Jonathan Trumbull, Ffquire,
Speaker of the Hcuje of Representatives.
The SECRETARY of the TREASURY
Refpeelfuh y Reports to the
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
The ESTIMATES
Herewith tranlmitted, No. 1, 2, 3, 4-
THE firfl relating to the civil lift,
or the expenditure for the sup
port of government during the
year 1762 (including incidental
and contingent expences of the Dols. Cts.
several departments and offices)
amounting to - - 3 2 3)6j&' 5 l
The fecor.d relating to certain li
quidated claims upon t e trea
sury ; to certain deficiencies in
former eflimates for the current
service, and to, a provifiorv in
aid of the fund heretofore ap-
enemies (not laden with warlike (lores), {hall
not be mole (ted on the high sea» or elsewhere
by the Ruffian public or private (hips of war that
may be fitted out to cruise against the said ene
my. 1 bis seems to be putting matters upon an
equitable footing. If We examine the hi (lory of
mankind, we (hall fee, that in all ages war has
been the work of kings and nobles, and that
the multitude of every community have ever
been pitted against each other, to support the ho
nour and (uppofed interest of the monarch and
hj*circ!e ; which interest has uniformly been,
that mankindjhouldbc atvariance almojlperpetual
ly, to prevent them from looking into the Rights of
Man■ If the above plan of the Emprels (houid
(übftantially and universally be carried into effect,
national quarrels will in future be decided as it
were, bv single combat of the parties immediately
concerned and their adherents, without involving
the peaceable tradesman, the adventurous mer-
induftiious planter, or the enter»prifing
sailor ; all which clafTes, confiiruting the bulk of
a nation, are generally averse to war, if left to
themselves, and would gladly live at peace,
were it not for the worthless dregs of our. J pedes.,
who be;ng frequently placed at the head of af
fairs, have filled the world with ruin and car
nage."
propriated for the pavn'ent of
certain officers of the courts, ju
rors, witneifes, &c. 197,119. 49
The third relating to the depart
ment of war, (hewing the dated
expenditure of that department
for the year 1792. - 357.73 1 - 61
The amount of a years pensions
to invalids, - - 87,463. 60§
Pay and fubfiftance to fitndry of
ficers for which no appropriation
has yet been made, 10,490. 36
Arrearages due upon Indian af
fairs for the year 1791, and the
sum supposed to be neceflary for
the year 1792, 39,424.71
Expenccs incurred for the defen
five protection of the frontiers
for the year 1790, and 1791,
and for which no appropriation
has yet been made, 37»339« 4^
Amounting together to Dollars 1,058,222. Bi|
As appears by No. 4, which containsa fumrnaryof
the three preceding ones : exhibiting in one
view the total sum as above dated, for which
an appropriation is requisite.
The funds out of which the said appropriation
may be made, are, firft, the sum of fix hundred
thousand dollars reserved annually out of the du
ties on imports and tonnage, by the ast making
provision for the debt of the United States, for
the support of the government thereof: And se
condly, such furplusasfhall have accrued to the
end of the present vea-, upon the revenues here
tofore established, over and above the sums ne
ceflary for the payment of, interest on the pub
lic debt during the fame year, and for the fatisfy
ing of other prior appropriations.
Judging from the returns heretofore received
at the treasury, there is good ground to conclude
that, that surplus, together with '.he above menti
oned sum of fix hundred thousand dollars, will
be adequate to the object.
All which is humbly submitted.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
Secretary of the Treasury.
General EJlimate for the Services of the
ensuing Year.
CIVIL LIST.
Doi. Cts. Dol. Cts.
For compensation to the
president, vice-presi
dent, chief justice and
ail'oci ate judges, 51,500
Ditto to the diftridt
judges, - - 21,300
Members of the senate,
house of representa
tives and their officers 129,730
Treasury department, 60,300
Department of state, 6,300
Department of war, 9,600
Btoard of commiflioners 13,100
Government of the
western territory, it,ooo
Grant to baron Stuben, 2,500
Pensions granted by the
late government, 2,767. 73
Incidental and contin
gent expences of the
civil liftcftablifhments 20,555. 83
—: 3-8,653 56
EXTR AORDIN ARIES.
For discharging certain
liquidated claims
on the United States, 117,625.70
To making gcod defi
ciencies in the civil
lift establishment, 49,043, 79
Clerks ofcourts, jurors,
witnefiVs, &c. - - 5,000
Maintenance of light
houses and repairs, 16,000
Keeping prisoners - 4,000
Arranging the public
securities, - . 2,450
Purchafe.of hydrome
ters, - - 1,000
Building and equipping
ten cutters, - - 2,000
-197,119, 49
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Stated annual expen
ces, - - - 357,731.61
Annual allowance to
invalids, - - 87,463. 6o|
For former deficient
appropriations, - 47,829. 84
Indian d partment, 39,424. 71
532,449.76!
Dollars, 1,058,222. Bi|
Treasury Department,
Reg]icr*s Nov. 4, 1791.
JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.
APPOINTMENTS.
The President of the United States has appointed,
by and with the advice and confentof the Se
nate, the following persons .
Thomas Johnson, of Maryland, one of the
afTociate juflicesof the supreme court, vice John
Rutledge, resigned.
William Lewis, diftrift judge of Pennsylvania,
vice Francis Hopkinfon, deceased.
William Rawle, attorney for the United
States in the Pennsylvania diflrift, vice William
Lewis appointed a judge.
Matthew Clarkfon, marshal of the New-York
diftrift, vice William Smith, appointed super
visor of said dillnc.t.
lohn Brooks, marshal of the Massachusetts
diflrift, vice Jonathan Jack on, apooiiit<<linfpec
tor of one of the surveys within (aid diflrift.
David Meade Randolph, maifh il of the Vir
ginia dillrift, vice Edward Carnngton, appoint
ed supervisor of said diflrift.
Alexander Campbell, attorney for the United
States in the Virginia drftrift, vice William Nel
fon,jun. resigned.
Oliver Wolrot, jun. comptroller of the trea
sury, vice Nicholas Eveleigh, deceased,
Timothy Pickering, pofl-mafler-general, vice
Samuel Ofgood, resigned.
Isaac Holmes, colleflorof the port of Charles
ton, in South-Carolina, vice George Abbot Hall,
deceased.
Jofiah Murdaugh, surveyor of the port of
Hertford, in North-Carolina, vice JoQiua Skin
ner, jun. son of William, deceased.
Andrew Barret to be supervisor of the dif
trift of Delaware, vice Henry Latimer, who has
resigned his appointment.
INFANTRY.
Firjl Regiment.
Promoted—William Kersey, Captain; vice
M'Curdy, resigned; Robert Thompson, Lieu
tenant; vice Kersey, promoted; Jacob Mcl
cher, Lieutenant ; vice Seayres, resigned.
Appointed—William H. Harrifon. Ensign ;
vice Thompson, promoted ; Hafting's Mark,
Ensign ; vice Heth, promoted ; John Van Hoe
len Hu'yck; Enlign ; vice Melcher, promoted.
Second Regiment.
Appointed—James Wilkinfon, Lieut. Col.
Commander; vice Doughty, declined.
Promoted Samuel Newman, Captain, vitfe
Pray, declined ; Thomas Hughes, Captain, vice
Sayles, declined; Jonathan'Hafkell, Captain,
vice Freeman, declined ; Martin Brimmer So
bier, Lieutenant, vice Newman appointed Cap
tain; John Heth, Lieutenant, vice Richard, de
clined; Cornelius Liman, Lieutenant, vice Hig
ginfon, declined; Jofiah Dickinfon, Lieutenant,
vice Huger, declined ; Edward Miller, Lieute
nant, vice Sherman, resigned.
Appointed—John Tillinghafl, Ensign, vice
George Tillinghaft, declined; Daniel Tilton,
jun. Ensign, vice Gilman, declined ; Samuel
Andrews, Ensign, vice Pierce, declined ; John
Bird, Ensign, vice Dickinfon, appointed Lieute
nant ; .John Sullivan, lun. vice Ed
waids, resigned ; John Elliot, Surgeon, vice Eu
ftis, declined.
ARTILLERY.
Appointed—Staats Morris, Lieutenant, vice
Ernest, resigned.
Mr. Cox, of Boflon, has concluded his con
trast with the corporation of Derry, refpefling
the bridge he has confined at that place. As
ler allowing the whole of Mr. Cox's charges*
the corporarion presented him with one hun->
dred pounds flerling, as a mark oftheir approba
tion. The citizens of Derry have voted Mr.
Coxa gold modal, value fifty guineas, with a
peifpe&ive view of that city on one fide, and the
following infeription on the other.—
To Lemuel Cox, of Boflon, in America, the
builder of the bridge of Londonderry, (a work
for magnitude of design, and simplicity of con
firuftion, unparalleled in the ealtern world) the
gentlemen of Derry, in token of their value for
his abilities, have presented this model, July 22,
1791. In addition to the foregoing, afilverum,
of the value of sixty pounds sterling, is intended
as a present to Mr. Cox from the cloth merchants
of Londonderry.
Accounts from Eofton fay, that violent exer
tions are making in that town for the toleration
of a Theatre. These are oppofe'd with equal vio
lence by mod of the clergy and rigid religionists
of the state, who have caught the alarm from
some hints lately thrown out by the lovers of the
drama, that " the stage might be made a school
of morality." Thcfe good gentlemen (the clergy)
on the contrary, l'ceni to have determined, that
morality {hall be taught in no school but their
own.
Several hints have been fuggeflcd in the Bos
ton prints, that Congress should, in the present
fefiion, pass alato, compelling the oamers of vejfds
to have their firflfats of fails made of American
duck, before the vejfcl shall be regijlercd.— To this
it has been objected, that in a country, like ours
perfectly free, where every man is liberty to
believe what he pleases, to wear what cloth he
pleafeson his back, and mokkifons or shoes ofi
his feet, as he fees bed ; it is, no more than
reasonable to allow hiin the lame liberty of
furnifliing his ship with canvass of his own
choosing.
Price of Stocks at New-York,
I,aft Friday noon.
Bank Stock, from 137 to 138 1-2
Six per cents. 225. 3 r-sd.
Three per cents. 12s. cd, toils. 11.
Deferred debt. 12s. lid.
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dispatch, to the Jiditor, at No. High-Street.
This Day are published,
SERMONS,
Iliftorical and Char&fteriftical :
By WILLIAM LINN, D. D,
One of the Minijlers of tbe Reformed Prolefant
Dutch Church, ui the city of New-York.
Sold by T. DOBSON, & R. CAMPBELL,
[Price Three Quarters of a Dollar. ]
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