Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-06-06 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 2, of Vol. IV.]
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1792.
[Whole No. 324.]
WHEREAS it appears, by the proceedings in a certain cause now depending in the High Court of Chancery in England, wherein William Webb is the plaintiff, and John Porder (the executor of Thomas Bradley, deceased) is the defendant—that Henry Webb was put out apprenticeship by the Greenwich School, for the sea service, in or about the year 1775, and who was then of the age of 14 years, or thereabouts, and sailed from England in the year 1776, to some part of North America, in the ship or vessel called the Artemisa, Captain Llewellyn, formerly a Spanish Trader, and at that time a Navy Victualler or Transport, in his Majesty's service. And whereas it appears that the said Henry Webb deserted and run away from the said ship or vessel, and entered on board a certain privateer or vessel, called the Revenge, or Vengeance Privateer, of which one John Dean was then master or commander, then lying in New-York, in North-America; and that the said Vengeance Privateer, on or about the 5th of November, 1779, sailed from New-York aforesaid to Savannah, and arrived at such last mentioned place in or about the month of March, 1780, and sailed from thence in the said month of March, or in the month of April following, to some port or place in America, but to what port or place is not known; and that in the Month of May, 1780, the said ship or vessel was seen at Barbadoes, in the West-Indies, but the said Henry Webb hath not since been heard of, and is supposed to be dead, it having been reported that the Tender belonging to the said ship or vessel called the Vengeance, which ship was then commanded by Captain Knowles, with a number of her men, to the amount of 20, or thereabouts (and among whom the said Henry Webb is supposed to be one) were taken by the enemy, and carried into Philadelphia.
NOW, in pursuance of an order made in the said cause, bearing date the 3d day of December, 1790, any person or persons who can give any account or information touching the said Henry Webb, or of the said ship Vengeance, or whether the said Henry Webb is living or dead, and if dead, when and where he died, are required to give such account or information to WILLIAM WHEELER PEPYS, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Symonds-Inn, Chancery-Lane, London, on or before the 6th day of November, 1792—and such person or persons will be rewarded for their trouble by applying to Mr. SAMUEL NAYLOR, the solicitor in the cause, at No. 4, Great Newport-Street, London; or to the Rev. JOHN STANFORD, No. 46, William-Street, New-York; or to JOHN PRETTYJOHN, Esq. Bridge-Town, Barbadoes.
(3gwaw) W. W. PEPYS.
THE following sections of the act entitled, "An act for raising a further sum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned, are republished for the information of all persons, who, on the 29th day of June next (1792) shall be possessed of
W I N E S.
"Sect. 10. AND be it further enacted, That all Wines which after the said last day of June next, shall be imported into the United States, shall be landed under the care of the inspector of the port where the same shall be landed, and for that purpose, every permit for landing any Wines, which shall be granted by a Collector, shall, prior to such landing, be produced to the said inspector, who, by endorsement thereupon under his hand, shall signify the production thereof to him, and the time when, after which, and not otherwise, on pain of forfeiture, it shall be lawful to land the said Wines. And the said inspector shall make an entry of all such permits, and of the contents thereof, and each pipe, butt, hogshead, cask, case, box or package whatsoever, containing such Wines, shall be marked by the officer under whose immediate inspection the same shall be landed, in legible and durable characters, with progressive numbers, the name of the said officer, and the quality or kind of Wine as herein before enumerated and distinguished. And the said officer shall grant a certificate for each such pipe, butt, hogshead, cask, case, box or package, specifying therein the name or names of the importer or importers, the ship or vessel in which the same shall have been imported, and the number thereof, to accompany the same where soever it shall be sent. And if any pipe, butt, hogshead, cask, case, box or package, containing Wine, shall be found without such marks and certificates, the same shall be liable to be seized, and the want of such marks and certificates shall be presumptive evidence, that such Wine was unlawfully imported and landed."
"Sect. 11. And be it further enacted, That every person, who shall have in his or her possession, Wines which are intended for sale, in quantity exceeding one hundred and fifty gallons, shall prior to the said last day of June next, make entry thereof in writing at some office of inspection in the city, town or county where he or she shall reside, specifying and describing the casks, cases, boxes and other packages containing the same, and the kinds, qualities and quantities thereof, and where, and in whose possession they are; and the officer of inspection, at whose office such entry may be made, shall, as soon as may be thereafter, visit and inspect, or cause to be visited and inspected, the Wines so reported, and shall mark, or cause to be marked, the casks, cases, boxes and packages containing the same, with progressive numbers, with the name of the person to whom the same may belong, the kind or kinds thereof, and words "Old Stock," and
shall grant a certificate for each cask, case, box or package containing such Wine, describing therein the said cask, case, box or package, and the Wines therein contained, which certificate shall accompany the same, wherever it may be sent. And if any person who may have Wines in his or her possession for sale, shall not, prior to the said last day of June next, make entry thereof, as above directed, he or she, for such omission or neglect, shall forfeit and pay the value of the Wine omitted to be entered, to be recovered with costs of suit, for the benefit of any person who shall give information thereof, and the Wines so omitted to be entered, shall be forfeited."
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FROM THE MARYLAND HERALD.
H O P E.
THO' Celia, the clouds of adversity frown And deaden the spirit that leads us to fame— Tho' reason may prompt us the plan to disown And despair be at hand to extinguish the flame— Yet nature persists; and attach'd to her views, She disdains to forego what has charm'd her so long; Where the object forbids, she the image pursues, And Hope still attends to conduct us along. Thus pleas'd by those beauties which taught me to sigh, And enamour'd of smiles that affected my heart; 'Twas in vain that reflection her strength wou'd apply, Tho' Celia, with coldness, had bade me depart; Tho' her frowns shou'd command all my sorrows to flow, And my pleasures be chang'd into anguish and cares; Still fancy will raise the dark curtains of woe, And faithfully brighten the source of my tears. Yet tell me, my fair, is thy nature at ease, When thy smiles have deserted their charming domain— When pity forsakes thee and scorn to appease Thy honest Amyntor, ah! pleading in vain? Then finish thy triumph and banish its pride And all the allurements that vanity charm: Advise with thine heart—to that heart are allied A goodness to sooth it—a friendship to warm. That goodness will learn thee to feel for my woes, And heal the sad pains which imbitter my rest: And friendship, more kindly impress'd with my vows, Will cherish a passion so frankly confest: Then goodness and friendship uniting in zeal, And kindling the bosom by which they are own'd, Thy heart will subdue and its softness reveal; And thus shall my love with its wishes be crown'd. Then HOPE must remain—'tis cemented with love— And still shall that passion its triumph maintain: I swear from my breast it can never remove, While goodness and friendship shall rivet the chain. And despair now rejected shall loosen its thorn; Nor e'er can my quiet its tortures annoy, While beams of compassion thine eyes can adorn, Or while thy sweet bosom can heave with a sigh. May nature and art then assist me to please And gain for my bosom the raptures of love! May VENU'S instruct me some moment to seize When I find with my Celia the heart of her dove! To be bless'd, is to bless, to be happy, be kind, To love—is to feel for such sorrows as mine: Be kind, then, be happy, let love be combin'd— And the morn of my bliss shall apprize thee of thine. AMYNTOR.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO, Having lately had a conversation with a friend, who has travelled in Europe, and made a great many observations on men and governments, I have thought his sentiments, on the present temper of American parties, proper to be known. I have endeavoured to express the substance of them in the following remarks.
FACTIONS are almost harmless in England—and as our language is the same, and our form of government nearly similar, we are apt to conclude that factions will be harmless also in this country. A great many persons seem to like the battle of wrangling parties, and the Printers think their Gazettes insipid, and in danger of losing custom, if they refuse to mix a portion of gall with their ink. They sometimes want sprightliness, they are often barren of information—but their readers do not say that they are too milky. Accordingly we see the government bespattered, and the heads of departments, and members of Congress, blackened; and all the arts of insinuation and deception put in practice, to make the people as angry as the writers seem to be.
We are told that the measures of government have done but little good, and that little was
not intended—that, however, they have done infinite mischief, which was intended, and is a part of a plan of iniquity contrived by those who administer the offices of the government. This evil, they tell us, is still spreading, and will be fatal to the property, rights and liberty of the many, in order by their plunder to aggrandize the few. That all these consequences are the more to be dreaded, and are the more certain, as the country is too extensive to be subject to one free government, and the constitution has not made a proper definition and a due separation of its powers. Let any man read the newspapers which have been published for some time past, and judge what consequences the writers must intend to have drawn from their premises, and what is the tendency of the opinions they propagate so industriously. Doubtless these writers wish to persuade the people that what they tell them is true—and if the people can be brought fully to believe them—if they can see the government and its officers in as odious a light as they are exhibited, the event is inevitable. The people having all power in their hands, will certainly use it to destroy a government that will destroy them, and which they are told has already made great progress in the work.
Inflammatory addresses to the passions of men have a tendency to create disturbances and convulsions in all countries—but they are peculiarly alarming in our country from the nature of our government, and the temper of our citizens.
In England, we see, the most threatening appearances have not been followed by civil war, although from time to time it has been generally thought inevitable: but England is an island; the sea like a band presses the State together and keeps it from breaking to pieces; foreign enemies, stronger than itself are feared sufficiently to keep the sense of national union always strong. A King at the head of the force of the nation, and to whom all men of property will cling with a consciousness that all property will be set afloat with the government, is able to crush the first rising against the laws. There is no legislative assembly, subordinate to the Parliament analogous to our State governments, to collect the discontented together and to enable them to wield the lawful authority of a district against the whole of the nation. More than all, habit has moulded them into one indivisible nation, and has given a sanctity to the laws and constitution which no party man can invade without shocking all his adherents.
Prosperous as our country is, and free and enlightened as our citizens are beyond the rest of mankind, we are so newly moulded together, we have so little to fear from other nations, and the sources of discontent and division are so fruitful and various, that the love of good order cannot be too sedulously cultivated. The government being the work of the people themselves, and being their only security for the preservation of liberty, should be viewed with affection and supported with vigilance and care. It should be well watched, it is true, and if bad men gain an election, the only and proper reformation is to choose better men in their places. But let the friends of the union—let those who abhor civil strife look to it, lest while they are unmindful of the turbulent and destructive designs of the enemies of the constitution, a few million of the uncontradicted falsehoods which are spread about should have poisoned the minds of the people—like the eggs of the insect tribe they are deposited in every lurking place, to remain inactive till the first season of fermentation shall hatch a venomous and loathsome race to canker and devour the fair fruits of which we already see the blossoms.
Our government is too new, and too feeble, and its powers too much divided with the State governments to bear the convulsions of vindictive factions. Perhaps there is no class of men who are more interested in the preservation of the present constitution than the Printers—their business has grown and is growing surprisingly; yet although full of federalism, zeal and intelligence, it is painful to see that they seem generally disposed to prefer the publication of such pieces as are unfriendly to the national authority. What is this owing to? Surely not to the desire of prostrating the government. Generally speaking, they are principled against the schemes of those who are laboring to subvert the union: for the successful progress of their art depends on a free, firm government, and internal tranquility, more perhaps than any other business whatever: The cause is to be sought in another quarter; the blame of men and measures falls better than praise; and, as a newspaper is supported by curiosity, it may be doubted whether the exclusion of such incendiary publications would not injure the circulation of the newspaper. Accordingly, we see that in every country the newspapers are almost exclusively in the hands of those who complain of the administration. Let the printers go on and publish—let the public hear all that the most angry man has to say: But let the printers observe that they ought to publish the other side of the question also; that they ought to let the answer follow the charge, and that they are not bound as good citizens to publish and republish the falsest and foulest slanders of the principles of the constitution, and of the men who exercise its powers.
FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.
REFLECTIONS on the STATE of the UNION.
Concerning the manufactures of the United States.
IN pursuing the consideration of American manufactures as beneficial and necessary to the southern states, it will be useful to take a curious view of the indications of attachment and disposition to them, which are discoverable in that quarter.
Virginia appears to be making a greater progress in merchant mills than any state in the union, though some are yet far before her in those beneficial works. Maryland and Delaware which are in the southern moiety, are second only to Pennsylvania in this branch. There is little doubt that more pig and bar iron is made to the southward of Pennsylvania, than to the northward of it. A lead mine has been opened in Virginia, which is extending its supplies through the union, and promises fair to be commensurate with the present demand: and there is one, which is now worked, in the territory south of the Ohio. But no lead mines are in considerable operation in the states north or east of Virginia, though a small beginnag upon one in the western parts of Pennsylvania is made. An association in Virginia, another in the territory south of the Ohio, and a company in the western district of South-Carolina, have provided themselves with carding and spinning machinery on the British plan, to manufacture their native cotton. The planters in the southern states raise quantities of this raw material, unthought of before the war, and until the discussions of the subject of manufactures, which took place after the treaty of peace. The family manufactures in cotton are much greater in the four southernmost states, than in the four eastern states. There are not wanting considerable numbers of sheep in the five southern states, yet by the two returns of exports, it appears that no wool has been sent from thence to foreign markets. It has been common to receive wool in Pennsylvania from the eastern states, though they manufacture so much, but it is not known that any is ever received there for sale from the southern states. Wool has been transported to Salem in North-Carolina, and to Winchester in Virginia, from the city of Philadelphia, for the hat manufactory.
There has been full as great a current of emigration of flour millers, black-smiths, tanners, haters, cabinet-makers, distillers, coopers, &c. to the southern states from those north of them, in proportion to numbers as of farmers; so that the workshops of the middle and northern states yield a double benefit to their fellow-citizens in the south, in supplying them with manufactures, and artizans.
There is greater variety in distillation in the four southern states than in the four eastern—that is, the manufactory is established on a broader basis. It is also more certain in the south than in the north. In the latter, molasses is the principal ingredient, and being from an external source, may be lost to the eastern distillers. Their manufactory is even now at hazard, unless they resort to the grain of the country to the southward of them. But in the southern states they manufacture spirits from molasses, peaches, apples, several kinds of grain, and probably will, as their country is cleared, extend it to the grape. This has been tried with success in the experimental way, at Galliopolis, near the Scioto.
The legislature of North-Carolina made a loan of money since the late war, to assist the introduction of the paper manufactory.
An association, containing forty of the most respectable planters and farmers, in the western district of South-Carolina, has been established within a few years for the promotion of manufactures, and agriculture. A subscription to the amount of about 25,000 dollars has been made in the territory south of the Ohio, for the purpose of carrying on the cotton manufactory. An indication of zeal not equalled in any middle or northern state, considering that the whole population of the government is 32,000 whites, and 5,000 blacks.
The preparation of tar, pitch, turpentine, spirits of turpentine, and rosin, in North-Carolina and its vicinity, may be deemed a manufacture as justly as the making of linseed oil, potash, or ordinary tanning. A very small quantity indeed, of these articles, will be made in the states north of Virginia, because nature forbids; but they will, from obvious reasons, increase in the south.
During the existence of the state impost laws, two of the southern states (Maryland and Virginia) imposed extra tonnage, not only upon foreign ships, but upon those of the other states, by which they evinced a strong disposition to encourage the manufacture of ships. The same two states laid duties on the importation of spirits manufactured in the other parts of the union.
The state of Maryland imposed considerable protecting duties to encourage their own manufactures. The legislature of Maryland have encouraged the glass manufactory in that state by a considerable loan. That of Virginia passed a special act since the peace, to encourage the manufactory of snuff and tobacco.
There are more factories of cordage and cables in two of the southern states, Maryland and Vir-

ginia, than in any two of the states of New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut, and New-Hampshire. Virginia laid a duty of two-thirds of a dollar on cordage by her state import law.
The important manufactory of ships, has become greater in each of the three states of Maryland, Virginia, and North-Carolina, than it now is in New-Hampshire. The southern state of Maryland manufactured in 1790 as many vessels as any two of the northern states of New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode-Island.
The paper-mill in the United States, which is most remote from the sea, is to be found in the town of Salem, in North-Carolina, three hundred miles from the sea. No such manufactures as those of that village (a Moravian settlement) in the southern state of North-Carolina, exist in any part of the union north of Maryland, equally remote from the sea.
There is one scene only, in the Atlantic counties, in which coal, iron, and waterfalls are found together in abundance. That scene, is therefore, peculiarly qualified for the iron branch of manufactures. The city of Richmond on the banks of James' river, in Virginia, which is the place contemplated, may be considered in a permanent view as having an incontestable natural advantage over any more northern seaport in this interesting branch. How profitable would it be to Virginia, were all her pig and bar iron passed under the tilt hammers, or through the rolling and slitting mills which might be erected at that place.
Some of the produce of the fisheries, as before observed, are to be deemed manufactures. The herring and shad (or river and bay) fisheries, south of Pennsylvania are very considerable. A barrel of herrings is worth, on a medium at the fishing places, 25 cents. The manufacture of the casks, the packing, curing, making pickles, and trimming, amount to more than one fourth of the sum or twenty-five per centum. The cask and manufacturing of distilled spirits from molasses, does not amount to more than one sixth of the value of the commodity, or 16 2/3 per cent. A barrel of pickled fish of the southern states may be therefore as justly deemed a manufacture, as a cask of country rum. A similar comparison might be made between this article and several other simple manufactures of the middle and eastern parts of the union. It is not intended to discuss the propriety of granting bounties, but if they were deemed proper grants, there are points of view in which the southern states would appear to have a greater interest in them, than the eastern states.
1st. As the southern states cultivate a greater variety of raw articles—and are capable of producing a much larger quantity of them, all that extensive class of bounties, which are resolvable into an encouragement to the growth of the raw material, will be much more beneficial to them, than to the eastern states, which are more limited both in the kinds and quantities they can bring forward for the bounty.
2dly. The southern states having extensive and very rich interior and western counties, far from navigable rivers, (which the eastern have not) and the production of those scenes being liable to a long and expensive land carriage, the bounty would soon be found to enable them to bring the simple manufactures and raw materials to the markets on the sea coasts, which they would not, without the bounty, attempt to transport. This will not be deemed a mere suggestion of ingenuity, when it is remembered that the British and Irish give bounties on their fabrics, and even on the bulky articles of flour, grain, and biscuit, to enable the exporter to deliver them with advantage in foreign markets.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 3, 1792.
The report of the committee of the whole, on the Secretary's Report on the Public Debt, under consideration.
MR. SHEREDINE moved an amendment to the 5th resolution, the purport to provide for the assumption of the state debts paid, and unpaid—this was amended by Mr. Madison, by adding the words "since the peace."
This motion was supported by Mr. Mercer, Mr. Madison, Mr. J. Smith, and Mr. Findley—and opposed by Mr. Gerry, Mr. Ames, and several others.
In support of the motion it was said, that the states acted as agents for the United States, and that the securities in the treasuries of particular states, which had been paid, were bona fide as much a debt against the union, as the securities in the hands of individuals.
To this it was replied, that the business at first blush must appear impracticable—for it would be a revival of the whole debts of the states incurred during the whole war—and was devising a plan to tax the people in
the most grievous manner, merely for the sake of taxing them.
This motion was determined in the negative—ayes 26, noes 29.
Previous to the question's being put, Mr. Page made the following remarks:—I should not, said he, trouble the House with my opinion respecting the amendment now proposed, had it not been determined to take the ayes and noes on the occasion—as this is the case, and I shall vote against the motion, I will in a few words assign my reasons for so voting; they are these—I look upon the resolution before you, Sir, as out of the reach of any amendment—as utterly incapable of amendment—for the assumption of the state debts always appeared to me as impolitic, unjust, and unconstitutional. No amendment can now be offered to the resolution, which I shall not look upon as thrown away, offered in vain, and which I should not think myself bound to reject, with the whole resolution, if adopted. I will not, after so much has been said, take up your time, Sir, to shew why I think the assumption of the state debts impolitic, unjust, and unconstitutional; but I will pledge myself, before the bill ever passes, to carry these resolutions into effect, to prove, at least to the satisfaction of a considerable part of this House, that it is so—at present, I shall only declare this as my opinion, and shall vote against the amendment—and if that be received, or not, against the original resolution.
APRIL 9.
In committee of the whole on the Representation Bill.
The motion was to insert 33,000 as the ratio—on this occasion the following observations were made by
Mr. Page.—As no arguments have been produced to convince me that I was mistaken when I voted to fill up the blank on a former occasion with 30,000—and indeed as nothing has been said that can induce those who voted with me on that occasion to alter their opinion, except that the Senate will not agree to any other ratio than that proposed by themselves; and that we ought to agree to a compromise with them. I say, as this is the case, I shall vote as formerly for filling up the blank with 30,000. As to compromising, I have no idea of it—I cannot make a compromise by which I must sacrifice the interests of my constituents—and as to yielding to the wishes of the Senate upon this occasion, I think it unreasonable that the direct representatives of the people, and a more numerous branch of the legislature, should give way thro' mere complaisance to the Senate—this would be contrary to the very principle of a republican government, that the majority should be ruled by a minority; but what impropriety can there be in sending up to the Senate the bill filled up with the same ratio which was before sent to them. The ratio of one to 30,000 has been adopted by them—the only difference between us was, the application of that ratio. We wished to apply it to the several states according to their numbers respectively; the Senate, to the whole number of all the states; and the other branch of the legislature has refused its assent, not to the ratio, but to this application of it—we ought not therefore to suppose, if we apply that ratio constitutionally, that the bill will be again refused. I cannot suppose that the Senate would be so inflexible as not to yield to the repeated wishes expressed by the votes of this House—and that too, in a case in which this house and its constituents, alone I may say, are peculiarly interested. In short, if we are to propose to fill up the blank with no other number but such as gentlemen tell us the Senate will agree to, I will sit down, and never wish to rise here again; for surely if this be our case, this House is useless—and it must be to no purpose to make any motion, until the Senate have been consulted whether they will agree to it or not.
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East-India Intelligence.
MADRAS, December 29.
THE Cyngalese, whose depredations were mentioned in a former courier, are now preparing for a grand attack on the possessions of the Dutch, on the Island of Ceylon, in which it is to be hoped they will not succeed—but meet with the chastisement their perfidy so amply merits.
Capture of Severn Droug.
On the 21st, Lord Cornwallis, accompanied by General Meadows, went down to the Batteries, and there determined on an immediate assault, which was accordingly carried into execution in the following order:
The Light Infantry of his Majesty's 76th, leading the storm, were covered by the Grenadiers of the 2d regiment, in the centre, and the Grenadiers of the 76th, in the rear, under the command of Capt. Gage, with orders, on entering the breach to rush forward on the left hand, if possible, gain the summit of the mountain whilst the Hon. Captain Lindsay, with the Grenadiers of the 71st and 72d regiment was, on entering the breach, to attempt the accomplishment of the same purpose to the right: where Capt. Robertson, of his Majesty's 71st regiment with two companies, his own and the Light Infantry, of the 72d regiment, also led an attack as did the Hon. Capt. Monson of his Majesty's 52d regiment with his own Light Infantry company.
The storm commenced about 10 o'clock in the morning—Our Troops dashed on with firmness and intrepidity not to be resisted—and in the short space of one hour and five minutes, gallantly carried the whole of the enemy's works, without the loss of a man.
The garrison appeared bewildered in astonishment, and the only resistance they made, was at the attack led by Capt. Monson, who forced two gates.
Severn Droug, is about twelve miles to the Westward of Bangalore: it is a mountain of considerable magnitude, and is said to be upwards of a mile in perpendicular height—two thirds of it is impregnable, and the only part where access is possible—is interrupted by deep chasms, that form a superior kind of natural ditch—the lower part of the Mountain is defended by a fort, or rather a chain of fortifications, running over detached rocks and the summit, is crowned with a work, which a few determined men might in great safety maintain against an Army.
The capture of Severn Droug, is of the utmost consequence, taking it either in a local or political point of view: under the former it secures protection to fifty thousand Brenaries, who will now be enabled to bring in their supplies to the army free from apprehension—and under the latter it cannot fail of making a very deep impression on the minds of Tippoo's troops.
Capt. Beatson is ordered by his Lordship, to examine the roads, and woods, to the right and left of the general route to Seringapatam: he marched with a party for that purpose on the 1st instant.
JANUARY 5.
Capture of Ramghurry and Sheriah ghurry.
The success attending on our arms, is rapid and astonishing! and one important event is scarcely announced, before another presents itself—in our last Courier, we gave an account of the fall of Severn Droug, and since that period several other forts have swelled the lists of our conquests—in the foremost of which stand Sheriah ghurry, and Ramghurry; captured by Capt. Welsh on the 22d ult. In the latter of these important posts were found a great quantity of grain and stores: twelve English guns remarkably excellent, and a machine for boring musket barrels.
Ramghurry is a very strong, and newly built fort, and capable of holding out against an army. On appearing before it Captain Welsh summoned the garrison; but the Killedar refused to surrender: however he had scarcely time left him to reflect on the consequences ere he saw the Petah carried by assault: he then thought
it a folly to make any further resistance and therefore surrendered immediately.
CAPTURE OF OUTRE DROUG.
On the fall of Severn Droug, Col. Stuart was detached against Outre Droug, and on the 22d ult. he summoned the place to surrender, giving the Killedar two hours to consider his situation, and deliver his answer. The time expired, and no answer was given—a detachment, consisting of four companies of Europeans, and two battalions of Sepoys, under the command of Capt. Richard Scott, of the Bengal establishment, was then ordered to storm the Pettah, which they did with equal spirit and success.
A considerable quantity of grain and military stores, was found in the Fort, and, it is said, five hundred families also of the principal people in Tippoo's service.
Outre Droug is by nature very strong, as it is common with other forts in that part of the country, situated on the summit of a mountain, of a steep and difficult ascent: It consists of six walls, one within the other, of the best kind of masonry, and was defended by a great number of guns, many of them English.
On the return of the army from Seringapatam this place was summoned, but refused to surrender.
The Killedar is a prisoner—He says, that on Col. Stuart's appearing before Outre Droug, the garrison had grown mutinous, and that four hundred deserted in the foregoing night.
JANUARY 19.
Of the brave Chalmers, and his companion in captivity, Lieut. Nash, we have the most painful accounts. They are still in irons, and in all probability will continue so, until the fall of Seringapatam.
The tyrant, deaf to repeated, and pressing representations made by Comora du dien Khan, of the breach of public pledged faith, refuses them every indulgence. The Veteran has in consequence expressed his resentment, and it is said, refuses to hold any further command in the Sultan's army, until he shall have ratified the capitulation of Coimbatore, and released the prisoners taken there.
GEN. ABERCROMBIE'S ARMY.
By intelligence received from the Malabar coast, of the 25th ult. we learn, that the army was lately employed in getting the battering train stores, and provisions up the Paddecharum Pass.
The great fall of rain had impeded the General's Operations; so that he cannot possibly arrive at Peripatnam so early as he had expected.
The gallant Colonel Hartley, commands the reserve, which is to lead until the whole joins Lord Cornwallis.
BOMBAY, November 23.
By the latest advices from this quarter, we are informed that the Bombay army had been formed into four brigades: Cols. Belfour, Peche and Major Sterling, together with Colonel Hartley, who was to command the corps de reserve, consisting of his Majesty's 73d regiment, and the Bombay grenadiers, commanded by Capt. Gore:—some others were respectively appointed to commands.
PELEW ISLANDS.
The two vessels that failed from Bombay to China several months ago, with orders to touch at the Pelew Islands, obtained accounts that Madan Blanchard who refused to accompany Capt. Wilson and the crew of the Antelope to Canton, had been killed in a skirmish with the Artegal people, and that all the chiefs whose actions have been recorded by the elegant pen of Mr. Keate were dead, except the old King.
PARIS, March 27.
The approach of spring causes a great ferment in the blood of Frenchmen: duels are become fashionable amusements, and it now appears almost ridiculous not to have shot at least one friend through the head.—This refinement of sociability is truly eudearing!
LONDON, March 14.
It appears from the books at the Excise office, that, in the course of last year, between six and seven hundred millions of bricks were made in the vicinity of London.

A journeyman cabinet-maker of Chester, in the employment of Mr. Gardener, has displayed an astonishing effort of mechanical ingenuity, in the completion of a wooden automaton, in the human form, nearly five feet high, which walks about a room, at the same time playing upon a harp.
Among the literary prodigies of the present day, may be reckoned Miss Benger, author of "The Female Geniad," which she wrote at the age of thirteen.
APRIL 5.
The Lord Chancellor on Wednesday came to a final decision upon the long depending love-cause, Lord Carberry plaintiff, Miss Watson the unwilling defendant; Hymen counsel for the former, Caution for the latter. The arguments of the plaintiff's counsel were victorious.
A Dr. Obier has published tables of mortality for Geneva from 1560 to 1760, by which it appears, that the probability of life was greater formerly than now, amongst old people; amongst children and young people, less.
Mr. Boulton, of Birmingham, has succeeded in his application of the steam-engine to coining. The difficulty of its construction, and its expensiveness, render it impossible that it should ever be employed by those who counterfeit coin. Its advantages over the common machines are various. It works much more quickly: it cuts out the blanks: it stamps the milling, the face, and the reverse of the piece, at once: the ground receives a fine polish from its pressure alone: all the pieces are exactly of the same diameter: its force may be regulated in an instant, and continues invariably the same: it may be worked by boys, and its use requires little practice.
The three Superior Sultanas of a certain theatre, now assume the dignified titles of their respective high connections—and even the call boy dare not summon either of them from the green room to the stage, but with "Your Roy—l High—fs! if you please"—or "Your ladyship if you please," &c. &c.
IRELAND.
The following nervous and beautiful passage, an extract from the speech of the Hon. George Knox, who seconded the address to the King, on the opening of the present session of the Irish Parliament, appears not unworthy the serious consideration of an English reader.—
"For myself, I am glad of this opportunity of declaring my approbation of the present government and administration, under which the country has risen to unexampled and almost unhoped prosperity—an administration, liberal and cautious—attentive to the interests of the community, without boast, and without bustle.—I am also happy, as every man in this House would be, to testify my loyalty to a sovereign, whose praise I am ill qualified to speak, but whose praise it is unnecessary for me to repeat, since it lives in the hearts of all his grateful subjects.—But I am at this time particularly anxious to exemplify my regard for the minutest forms of the constitution, when opinions have in other countries, but too successfully prevailed—not only destructive of all form, but subversive of all establishment.—That such opinions have had but little weight or currency in this kingdom, we owe, as well to our admirable and almost perfect constitution, as to the temperate yet anxious circumspection of his Majesty's Ministers.—But there are in all countries, and particularly in those where speculative learning has sown its benefits and scattered its mischiefs—men, vain, visionary and misguided—men, needy, turbulent and desperate, to whom peace is pestilence, and the beautiful order of society, deformity.—If there should be a few obscure and contemptible individuals of that description in this kingdom, no observation of mine shall drag them from that obscurity and that contempt, in which it is their nature to grovel.—One security, however, we shall always have, that if ever their folly and mischievous speculations should ferment into sedition, they will raise against them the strong arm of the law, and be crushed."
Philadelphia, June 6.
By two French ships arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, in forty-five days from France, we learn—That as soon as Count Florida Blanca was dismissed from the Court of Madrid, the Count d'Aranda, who accepted of the place of Minister, went to the public jail of that city, and out of fifty-two State-prisoners detained under the ill-grounded suspicions of Count Florida Blanca, or by the tribunal of policy, fifty were set at liberty without paying costs.—That the same had been practised at other places where the State inquisition had been introduced.—That the Junta Suprema of State, is annihilated, and the Consejo Supremo of State is re-integrated.—That the King himself is to be President, and the Count d'Aranda Vice-President.—That the Tribunal of policy created by the ex-Minister, is also abolished, and another formed for the interior policy of Madrid and the Court. That there is no doubt but that Spain will return to those principles from which she ought never to have deviated, i. e. to look upon France as a natural ally, whose friendship cannot be departed from without exposing herself to the same calamities she underwent before the treaty of Utrecht, and the introduction of a King of the Bourbon family.—That the Count d'Cifuentes (who was President of Castille, and a friend to Florida Blanca) having died suddenly, the King appointed Don Juan d'Anzedorico (an upright magistrate) as Governor of that Council, to the general satisfaction of the people of Madrid. That since the dismissal of Count Florida Blanca (who is now retired near the town of Murica, in a convent of Franciscan Fryars) the Chevalier de Burgois, and M. d'Durtubay, the French Envoys, have settled at Court, and that Count d'Aranda has promised that every satisfaction shall be given to the grievances of the French nation, and of individuals.—That such a sudden change in Spain, and the death of Leopold have cut off the head and arms of the aristocratic party in France. The captain of the above ships further informs, that the assignats had taken a rise, and for a discount of 16 or 18 per cent. hard money may be had.—That the King, the Queen and the Prince Royal of France, were the only persons allowed to wear mourning for the death of the Emperor, who had, by his artful and hostile measures, incurred the hatred of the French nation—the Priests, the Fanatics, and nobles excepted.
When we take into consideration the many improvements which have been made in mechanical and other arts within the United States since the establishment of their independence, and the encouragement afforded by our government to the ingenious mechanic and industrious citizen, we cannot but feel a pleasure in the prospect of the rising reputation of our country, and the rapid progress of America to equal if not exceed any country in the world in valuable and useful productions.
The circumstances which have led to these reflections, have originated from the performance of a curious Fire Engine, constructed by Mr. Richard Mason, of this city, for the Diligence Fire Company; and however astonishing it may appear, yet it is a fact that may be relied on, that on Saturday last, when the Diligence Fire Engine was played horizontally, the water was thrown to the distance of one hundred and eighty feet, and when moved to Christ Church yard, and played in a perpendicular direction (although with an unfavorable wind) the water was then thrown to the perpendicular height of one hundred and sixty-five feet, and within three feet of the four windows at the upper extremity of the steeple. As the performance of this Engine so considerably exceeds any others in America in discharging such a body of water with so much force and to such a distance, would it not be advisable for the different fire companies to prefer such fire engines as the Diligence and Hibernia, to the smaller ones which have been in general use in Philadelphia? Fed. Gaz.
M. de Gardoqui, who succeeds M. de Lerena, as Minister of Finance at the Court of Madrid, has appropriated to the use of the poor his share of seizures and confiscations, amounting on an average to 100,000 fortes piastres a year.
During the few days of hot weather we have experienced, two persons were near being the victims of their imprudence, by the too plentiful use of cold water and ice.—Let this serve as a caution to others.
We hear from South-Carolina, that the extraordinary swell of the rivers in that state, in the month of April, has destroyed immense quantities of Indian corn that were stored at the different landing places for market. This, it is said, will occasion a demand for corn from the northern states till their next crop comes in.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at their last meeting, have appointed the Rev. John M'Donald, of Albany, the Rev. David Austin, of Elizabeth-Town, and Mr. Greir, a candidate, under the care of the Presbytery of Carlisle, on a mission for four months, to preach the Gospel, among the frontier settlements on the northern part of the State of New-York, and on the western parts of the States of New-York and Pennsylvania.—The two first gentlemen commence their mission from Albany about the middle of June, the last gentleman from Sunbury on the Susquehannah, at the same time.
"Such is the temper of the people of France at this time, that both republicans and aristocrats seem alike regardless of the dreadful consequences of civil commotions. The motto of both is—"Success attend our cause, and no matter for the rest." The republican thermometer, however, seems not so high as that of the ticklers for the old government. These are every where fomenting internal troubles, principally by means of the priests, who are always, on such occasions, the instruments of popular deception; and upon these destructive agents, the counter-revolutionists rest their principal hopes of success." Leyden Gaz.
On the 21st of March last, was offered at Goldsmiths-Hall, to receive the standard or touch marks, an exquisite piece of workmanship, to be presented by the Roman Catholics to
Milton, Esq. Member of Parliament, for his laudable and humane exertions to do away the Penal Statutes.
This piece of workmanship is a silver gilt cup, of twelve quarts, mounted on a circular base, richly adorned with chased work; rising from this is a triangular pillar, against which are three beautiful figures with their attributes (Faith, Hope, and Charity) in alto relievo; on the cap of the pillar is the body of the cup, on which there is an oval medallion, representing pure Faith at her altar, trampling on the instrument of persecution, while the book of Penal Statutes is consuming in flames in the perspective.
The handles are four serpents involved; opposite to the medallion is the inscription.
Above is the cover, of the same gusto surmounted with a Fame, in the attitude of proclaiming good actions.
It is particularly worthy of notice, (says a correspondent) that no denial has ever appeared of the direct and multiplied assertions, that the members of the general government have carried on jobs and speculations in their own measures, even whilst those measures were depending. If these charges be true, can any thing be more disgraceful to the councils of a free country, or more loudly call for the indignation of a virtuous people? If they are not true, why are they not denied, and, as far as the case will admit, disproved by appealing to circumstances which can be investigated? Instead of being denied, however, the public has been insulted with attempts to sur the matter over by mysterious and unmeaning paragraphs, the low virulence of personal abuse, or, what is worse, by suggestions that those who warn the people against speculating and stock-jobbing corruptions in the government, are enemies to the government and to the people themselves. Nat. Gaz.
Nothing can equal the malignant effrontery (says a correspondent) of certain paragraph writers in certain newspapers. They deal out general, indiscriminate insinuations against members of the government, without specifying either persons or facts, and they then rail at all concerned in it, because no body comes forward to deny or disprove. Is any individual to suppose himself particularly aimed at, when a general charge is made against a number, and to single himself out in a newspaper as the vindicator of his innocence? If any man were weak enough to do it, he would instantly be told, and rightly, that if he had not been conscious of guilt, he would not have supposed himself suspected. From what too is a man to vindicate himself, when no specific charge is made, no specific fact alleged? Speculation and jobbing, charged in the lump, are as vague as witchcraft and heresy. Any man who expects to put another upon his defence before the tribunal of the public, ought to come forward and alledge that A. or B. has done this or that ill thing—he should lay his finger on the fact; else he can neither mean nor expect to be answered. He makes his charges to alarm the community with ill-grounded fears, and he affects to complain that they are not answered, to strengthen a suspicion which he knows to have no foundation.
To such general aspersions it is sufficient to answer generally, that there are many members of the government, and among them those who have had a chief agency in the measures most bitterly censured by the faction, who can conscientiously and boldly give a flat denial to every imputation of interest or sinister motives—who are absolutely free from every thing that is called speculation and jobbing. Who dare compare the whole tenor of their lives and conduct on the score of disinterestedness and exact probity, with any of the most canting pretenders to superior purity among their opponents, and who must ever feel themselves humbled by a comparison on those points with most of those who are loudest in their harangues on the love of liberty, and the love of virtue.
Some persons are very wise in regard to the designs of others. They chatter about the partizans of kingly power, and affect to consider the plan of subverting our republican government and free constitution as well matured, and that great numbers are engaged in it. The certificate men, the stockholders of the bank, the tools of the ministry, the aristocrats, are all conspirators against liberty; in short, all the men who wish to buy up the present government.—Strange! that a plan against liberty and the constitution should be supported by those who are ridiculed for puffing the constitution and the present happy condition of the union, and above all, who are for buoying up the government. If a revolution of government is to be attempted, will it be first espoused by those whose property depends on the preservation of the present state of things? These men are represented as wholly void of public principle, and mindful only of gain—and, in the next breath, as blinded by enthusiasm against liberty to such a degree, as to put all the property they hold under the present government, at hazard, for the sake of overthrowing it, and setting up a despotism. Is not the constitution a free one? It is. Is it not plain that all the property created by the bank and funding system depends on preserving the constitution unchanged? Surely those men will not be the least friendly to liberty, who will lose most by its overthrow. Or, will our wise ones pretend that men of property are the first to plot revolutions and civil convulsions?
But those who delight to cry knave, speculator, aristocrat, and kingly power, take both sides of a contradiction, and maintain each with equal good temper and good sense.
The constitution of the United States is so happily constructed, that liberty and property are inseparably connected with a firm support of its principles—this is the grand desideratum in government, the want of which, has too often led the affluent in most countries to plot the subversion of freedom, in order the more effectually to preserve their possessions.
In this enlightened period of the world, we are astonished at reflecting on the conduct of those despots, who having had it in their power
to command with the wealth and personal services of mankind, their friendship and admiration, excited their abhorrence while living, and left their memories to the execrations of all succeeding ages.
Mankind, by a just and wise government, may be formed to goodness, greatness and true glory—but to say that the order and happiness of society, and much more, sublimity of character, do not depend on government, is saying that effects may be produced without a cause. It will very soon be found out among other discoveries, that government and laws are the greatest bore that the world of mankind ever suffered.
NEWSPAPERS.
To give facility to the conveyance of Newspapers agreeably to the law of the United States, the Post-master General proposes—
1st. THAT all newspapers to be conveyed by post, being marked, as usual, with the names of the persons to whom they are to be delivered, should, by the respective Printers, be formed into convenient packages; each package to be under cover (open at one end as the law directs) and addressed to the proper Post-Master, by whom its contents are to be delivered. That on such cover, the Printer mark distinctly, the number of newspapers contained within it, for Printers of newspapers and for Subscribers.
2d. For the accommodation of Subscribers living remote from Post-Offices, their newspapers may be formed into other covered packages, marked with the number of papers they respectively contain, and directed to be delivered at noted taverns, or other convenient stands on the post-roads.—Such packages being also addressed to the nearest Post-masters, short of the places of their final destination, shall be conveyed in the mail, and be by such Post-masters delivered to the mail carriers to be lodged as they pass at the stands here referred to. But as the Post-masters are responsible for the postage of all newspapers by them delivered, such subscribers must either pay the postage in advance, or make engagements to the satisfaction of the post-masters respectively for the payment thereof, monthly or quarterly, as they can agree.
3d. It is desirable that such news-papers as are to be conveyed in the mail should be dried—This will reduce their weight about one third; and at the same time secure their delivery in good order—news-papers put up damp from the press, often get injured in the carriage, their covers are worn off, and their directions rendered illegible.
4th. These modes of conveying news-papers are proposed as the most eligible which at present occur—If others more convenient should be devised, they will be readily adopted.
TIMOTHY PICKERING.
General Post-Office, Philadelphia, June 1, 1792.
WE the subscribers, weavers of the city of Philadelphia, attended this day, Thursday May 24th, at Mr. PEARCE'S COTTON MANUFACTORY, No. 13, Penn-street, to view his machinery; most of us are Europeans, and do all agree, that his abilities in mechanism are superior to any we ever saw, especially in his double loom, in which one man can weave two pieces at the same time, 42 inches wide, with equal facility to one piece in the common loom; this useful loom, when examined, appears simple, the art of working it soon attained, and the extra expence very small; his machines for carding and roping are excellent, and all the rest of the utensils prepared for the business are contrived with great judgment, the whole of which we hope will soon come into general use, and be found of great utility in the United States.
George Storey, William Wadsworth, Francis Storey, John Kelly, Hercules O'Connor, John Fletcher, David Napier, Allen M'Cay, William Waddle, Thomas Robison, John Maxwell, Isaac Reighly, James Darrugh,
** The above being intended for a public good, it is requested the Printers of newspapers will insert it throughout the United States.
Died, in the Creek country, Col. ALEXANDER M'GILLIVRAY, the celebrated Chief of that nation, and an ally of the United States. Balt. Pap.
SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVALS at the PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
  Brig Silvina, Oakman, Liverpool   Swallow, Cheeseman, Boston   Schooner Dolphin, Ellis, North-Carolina   Fanny, Ellison, do.   Henfield, M'Neran, Virginia   Jane, Stowe, Barbadoes   Sloop Delia, Carroll, New-York   Union, Watson, do. 
Norfolk, May 23. By the sloop Hetty, Captain Camplin, in 20 days from Havanna, we are favored with the following intelligence:
That the Governor of Cuba had issued a proclamation, dated the 20th of April, ordering all foreign merchants, then resident in that Island, to depart from thence in 40 days.
That the famous General Bowles was safely lodged in the Moro Castle, and so strict were the Spaniards that he should have no communication with, or inform the world of his situation, that no foreigner on any pretence whatever, was allowed the liberty of entering the Moro, from the day Bowles was first lodged there.
Capt. Camplin left the following vessels at the Havanna: brig Sally, Sherman, of New-York; schooner Albioney, Smith, Salem; ship Willing Quaker, M'Neal, Boston; schooner Peggy, Shelburne; sloop Rebecca, Ryan, New-London; Wolf, Rhode-Island.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The personalities in the paragraphs received last Friday evening, preclude their appearance in this Gazette, agreeable to a rule hitherto observed.

JUST ARRIVED, In the Ship MOLLY, Captain PITT, from LISBON, A FEW pipes and quarter-casks of LISBON WINE, far superior in quality to what is generally imported— And a few bales of the very best CORKS,
GEORGE MEADE,
WHO HAS ALSO FOR SALE, Choice three and five years old Bill of Exchange MADEIRA WINE, by the pipe or quarter-cask.
London Market MADEIRA WINE, five years old, by the pipe or quarter-cask.
Choice old SHERRY WINE, by the quarter-cask.
MESS BEEF, of a superior quality, and such as is fit for an East-India voyage, put up in this city.
Choice first quality BEEF, do.
Ditto second ditto do.
BOSTON BEEF, equal to any from that country.
BURLINGTON PORK, of the first quality, and
114 Hhds. FLAX-SEED. &c. &c.
Philadelphia, May 16, 1792 (cp91)
NEW TEAS.
IMPERIAL HYSON and SOUCHONG, Of the very first quality, and latest importation from Canton, via New-York, by retail, at
No. 19,
Third, between Chestnut and Market Streets.
Stock Brokers Office,
No. 45, Great Dock-street, NEW-YORK,
THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE AND SALE OF STOCKS ON COMMISSION, Begs leave to offer his services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those who may please to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it transacted with the utmost fidelity and dispatch.
Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States will be strictly attended to.
LEONARD BLEECKER.
May 2.
(t.l.)
APRIL 27, 1792.
TO BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE,
At any time between this date and the first day of July ensuing,
A very valuable FARM,
PLEASANTLY situated, and bounded on the East by the river Delaware, 17 miles above Philadelphia; containing 203 acres, 40 whereof is first rate Timothy Meadow, which may be watered in a dry time; 25 acres, a rich low bottom, may be made very good meadow at an easy expence. The upland lays in the lap of about 50 acres of rich out marsh, from which (by an easy ascent to the cleared fields) 130 acres of excellent upland meadow may be made, at a moderate expence; 30 acres of woodland. A never failing stream of water runs through this tract, on which is a seat for a mill, and in which is good sport with the net and hook; plenty of rabbits and small game; and on the flats, abundance of wild ducks in the season. A good mansion-house, garden, and necessary out-buildings; an orchard of the best kinds of apple, pear, peach and cherry trees, bearing; a crop of wheat and rye in the ground, and a spring crop putting in. Apply to PETER LE BARBIER DU PLESSIS, Esq. No. 86, Chestnut-street, Philadelphia; Mr. HUMPHREY WATERMAN, at the Washington, on the Bristol road; or to Doctor TOMS, at Neshannoy Ferry, Bucks County. The purchaser, paying one third of the price down, may have a term of years to pay the residue, paying interest. May 5. (cp.tf.)
American Lead Manufactory.
STEPHEN AUSTIN, & Co.
HAVE just now opened their LEAD-WAREHOUSE, two doors south of Walnut-street Wharf, adjoining their New Factory— where they have now made, and ready for sale, a general assortment of SHOT of all sizes, with SHEET and BAR LEAD, the production of the Mines in Virginia. As they have employed a number of experienced English workmen, they warrant it to be equal in quality to any manufactured in Europe, and at a reduced price from the cost of imported.
They also continue to manufacture all the above articles at Richmond, in Virginia. All orders addressed to either of the above Factories, will be thankfully received, and executed on the shortest notice.
N. B. Wanted, industrious, sober, Labouring Men, at the said Mines, where constant employ, good wages, and other encouragements will be given, means of conveyance being provided, and houses for their reception.
For further particulars enquire of Messrs. MOSES AUSTIN & Co. at their Factory in Richmond, or as above.
Philadelphia, December 3, 1791. if
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the subscriber, on Monday the 6th current, a NEGRO MAN named ROBIN, is 55 years of age, stout made, and bred a farmer; one of his thumbs much swelled; is 5 feet 6 inches high; had on when he went away a big purple coloured cloth coat, a short linen coat, a pair of fustian breeches, a ruffled shirt, an old beaver hat, with shoes, stockings and buckles, all good. Also, a young NEGRO BOY named SAM, is 19 years of age, stout and well made, 5 feet 9 inches high, much marked with the small-pox; had on when he went away, a big blue coat, a brown short coat, overalls of a mixed cloth, fullled stockings, a new wool hat, new shoes and buckles.—Whoever will secure said Negroes in any gaol, or bring them to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Morris-Town, April 17, 1792.
TICKETS in the NEW-BRUNSWICK LOTTERY, are to be had at the following places, viz.—Samuel Cooper's Ferry; at Burlington, of R. Pierson, Esq. Bordentown, of Mr. John Van Emburgh; Mount Holly, of J. Read, Esq. Trenton, of John Singer, Esq. Amboy, of James Parker, Esq. Elizabeth-Town, of R. Gray; Powles-Hook, of Col. Smith and Judge Hunt; Cranbury, of William Throckmorton Spotwood; and of the Managers in Brunswick.
JONES & BURROUGHS,
STOCK-BROKERS,
STATE-STREET, BOSTON,
BUY and sell every kind of the Stocks of the United States, on Commission, by Private Contract, and Public Auction,—Those gentlemen who may be pleased to favor them with their commands, may rely on fidelity, secrecy and dispatch. Boston, March, 1792. (iawgm)
Bank of the United States,
MAY 8, 1792.
RESOLVED, That the specie proportion of the third payment due on the first Monday of July next, on each share of the Bank of the United States, may be made at the Bank, or at any of the offices of discount and deposit; and that transfers of public debt on account of such payment, may be made on the books of the Treasury of the United States, or in the office of any of the Commissioners of Loans in any of the States, certificates of which transfers to be deposited in the office in which the specie proportion of such payment shall be made.
Resolved, That the transfer books be closed fourteen days previous to the first days of July and January of each year.
By Order, JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
AT A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 30, 1792.
RESOLVED, That the Offices of Discount and Deposit be authorised to receive of Stockholders the 3d and 4th Specie Payments on their Shares in the Capital Stock of the Bank, and that the Cashiers of the said offices give duplicate receipts for such payments, one of which receipts, accompanied with evidence of a transfer of public debt sufficient to complete said shares, upon being produced at the Bank, shall entitle such Stockholders to certificates for full shares, and to all the benefits of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors passed the 21st instant, relative to completing shares by payment at any time before the periods required by the law of incorporation.
By order of the President & Directors. JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
A LOTTERY,
TO raise the sum of £. 750 for the purpose of repairing the Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of New-Brunswick, agreeable to an act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, passed November 1791.
S C H E M E.
Table with 3 columns: Prize, 2000 Dollars is, 2000. Rows include: 1 Prize of 2000 Dollars is 2000, 1 1000 1000, 2 500 1000, 5 200 1000, 10 100 1000, 30 50 1500, 90 20 1800, 1675 4 6700. Bottom rows: 1814 Prizes. 3520 Blanks. 16000. 5334 Tickets, at 3 Dollars each, is 16002 Dolls.
This Lottery is composed of 5334 Tickets, not two Blanks to one Prize, and subject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent. which is more favorable to adventurers than any Lottery yet offered to the public—and it being of such evident utility, that it cannot be doubted but the undertaking will meet with the most liberal support.
The drawing will positively commence on the second Monday in July, or sooner if the Tickets are disposed of, in the city of New-Brunswick, under the inspection of Col. John Bayard, President of said city; James Parker, Esq. Mayor of the city of Amboy; and Archibald Mercer, Esq. Deputy Governor of the Manufacturing Society of New-Jersey.
Tickets to be had of the following persons, who are duly appointed Managers, are under oath, and have given security for the faithful performance of their duty.
A list of the fortunate numbers will be published, and the prizes paid immediately after the drawing of the Lottery.
JOHN PARKER, PETER KEENON, ANTHONY W. WHITE, Managers.
N. B. Those prizes which are not demanded within six months after the drawing of the Lottery, will be considered as a generous donation to the Church.
** Adventurers in the above Lottery have a chance of more than 3 per cent. per month for their money. To accommodate all those who may be disposed to purchase Tickets, letters directed to P. KEENON, Manager, and Postmaster, at New-Brunswick, and enclosing good bills, will be attended to, and Tickets forwarded on receipt of such letters.
New-Brunswick, April 20, 1792.
THIS DAY are published by ANDREW BROWN, and sold by the principal Booksellers in the city of Philadelphia,
L A W S
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
PASSED AT THE LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS: COLLATED WITH, AND CORRECTED BY THE ORIGINAL ROLLS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Price One Quarter of a Dollar.
THE ACTS of this session, agreeably to the plan of this edition of the laws of the United States, will be considered as the FIRST PART of the SECOND VOLUME; so that the acts of each Congress (the duration of which is limited by the constitution to the term of two years) will be comprised in one volume.
To the acts of this session will be annexed the ratifications of the amendments to the Constitution; the confederation between the United States and the Delaware nation of Indians; the treaty between the United States and the Wyandot, Delaware, Ottawa, Chippewa, Pattawatomi and Sac Nations; the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Nation; and the armistice, declaring a cessation of hostilities between the United States and Great-Britain: These, with those in the first volume of the laws are all the existing treaties.
A copious index will accompany the second volume—when completed, at the end of the next session of Congress.
As it is desirable that copies of the laws should be so multiplied throughout the States, and in such cheap forms, as that every citizen of the United States may be able to procure them," it has been thought advisable, in this addition, to omit the signatures of the President of the United States, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Their signatures would have increased the size of the volume, and consequently have rendered it more expensive, without adding to its usefulness or authenticity, inasmuch as the Secretary of State's certificate is to be prefixed to the volume.
This edition of the Laws of the United States is also to be Sold by Messrs. Thomas and Andrews, Boston; John Carter, Esq. Providence, Rhode-Island; Messrs. Hudson and Goodwin, Hartford; Mr. Thomas Greenleaf, New-York; Messrs. Goddard and Angell, Baltimore; Augustine Davis, Esq. Richmond, and Mr. W. P. Young, Charleston, South-Carolina.
TO BE SOLD,
THAT large, elegant and convenient HOUSE, in which the subscriber now lives, situate in Elizabeth-Town, in the state of New-Jersey, within 16 miles of the city of New-York. It is finished in the very best manner, and peculiarly convenient for a gentleman with a large family. The Lot contains about four acres of land—the Garden is large, well laid out, and stocked with a good assortment of fruit. For further particulars, enquire of WILLIAM BRADFORD, Esq. in Philadelphia, JOHN PINTARD, Esq. in New-York, or the Subscriber, on the Premises. May 2, 1792. (iawgw) ELIAS BOUDINOT.
WANTED, the First Volume of the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES—for which Six DOLLARS will be paid by the EDITOR.
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party, will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July next, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, to be erected in this City. The site of the building, if the artist will attend to it, will of course influence the aspect and outline of his plan; and it's destination will point out to him the number, size, and distribution of the apartments. It will be a recommendation of any plan, if the central part of it may be detached and erected for the present, with the appearance of a complete whole, and be capable of admitting the additional parts, in future, if they shall be wanting. Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building, in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls. March 14, 1792. if THE COMMISSIONERS.
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF A LOT in this City, to be designated by impartial judges, and FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS; or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party; will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July, 1792, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a CAPITOL, to be erected in this City; or TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, or a MEDAL, for the Plan deemed next in merit to the one they shall adopt. The building to be of brick, and to contain the following apartments, to wit:
A Conference Room } sufficient to accommodate 300 persons each. } these rooms to be of full elevation.
A Room for the Representatives }
A Lobby or Antichamber to the latter
A Senate Room of 1200 square feet area
An Antichamber or Lobby to the latter
12 Rooms of 600 square feet area each, for Committee Rooms and Clerks' Offices, to be of half the elevation of the former.
Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building, in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls. March 14, 1792. if THE COMMISSIONERS.
FOR SALE,
BLOOMSBURY,
THAT elegant SEAT at the Falls of Delaware, in the vicinity of Trenton, in New-Jersey, occupied for many years past by the subscriber; containing upwards of 200 acres of land, besides a tract of wood-land of about 185 acres, at the distance of two miles. The farm is divided by the main street leading from Trenton to Lambertown, and Philadelphia, into two parts, nearly equal in quantity; the easterly part being arable land, is laid off in convenient fields, and in good farming order. The other part, bounded by the said street on the east, and by the river on the west, forms a square; which, from the combined effect of situation and improvement, is generally allowed to be one of the most beautiful and desirable seats in the state. The mansion-house is a handsome, well-finished brick building, 50 by 40, containing four rooms on each floor, with excellent cellars, and a two story brick kitchen; and commanding a very extensive and pleasing view of the river, both above and below, as well as including the falls, and also of Trenton and the neighbouring seats and improvements on both sides of the river. Among the out-buildings are a new stone coach-house and stables, sufficient to contain six carriages and ten horses, accommodated with a cutting and feeding room, and a capacious loft for hay; adjoining these is a very complete granary, rat proof, and a stone cow-house, upwards of 100 feet in length, containing thirty-one paws stalls, over which is a roomy loft for hay, &c. Adjoining the court-yard of the mansion-house, is a garden of about two acres, extending towards the river, in the highest state of culture, and abounding with a rich collection of the choicest fruits of almost every kind, and several large asparagus beds, highly manured. At a convenient distance from the mansion-house, and nearly in the centre of the square, is a new, well-built, stone farm-house, accommodated with a large cheese-room, spring-house, garden, &c. a complete stone smoke-house, corn-cribs, waggon-house, a capacious ice-house, and every other necessary out-building. The ground is properly divided into small fields, all well watered, highly improved, and chiefly under the most approved grass. This square has produced annually, for several years past, upwards of sixty tons of the best hay, besides supporting through the summer season twenty to thirty horned cattle, and eight or ten horses. It contains also two bearing orchards of good fruit. The river abounds, in the proper season, with great plenty of all kinds of fish usually found in fresh water in this climate, and with a variety of wild-fowl; both of which may afford a pleasing amusement to the sportsman, as well as a convenient addition to the elegance and variety of his table. The whole of the land, except the wood-land, is inclosed and divided by good fences, great part of which is formed of red cedar posts, and rails of chestnut and white cedar. The purchaser may have the improved square separately, or the whole together, as may best suit him. There is an inexhaustible quantity of good building stone on the river shore. The purchase money, if well secured, and the interest punctually paid, will not be demanded for many years. Any person desirous of viewing the premises, may be gratified on application to SAMUEL W. STOCKTON, Esq. of Trenton, or Mr. INALLMAN, who at present occupies the farm-house and part of the land—and may know the price on application to the subscriber, at No. 213, South Second-street, opposite to the New-Market, in Philadelphia. JOHN COX.
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FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A SYSTEM for the DISCIPLINE of the ARTILLERY in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA;
OR, THE YOUNG ARTILLERIST'S POCKET COMPANION. IN THREE PARTS. Part 1. CONTAINING the duty and practice of light field artillery.
Part 2. Containing the theory and practice of heavy artillery: to which will be added, an extract of a Treatise on the origin and principle of Courts-Martial, wrote by an experienced Officer in the line, and who did duty as Judge-Advocate in America.
Part 3. Laboratory duty; containing a great variety of directions, for composition, and the method of making artificial fire-works, and the formation of ammunition for the different kinds of ordnance.
By WILLIAM STEVEN'S, Esq. An Officer in the American Artillery through the whole of the late revolution, and since in the Militia.
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