Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1791-12-07 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 64, of Vol. III.]
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1791.
[Whole No. 272.]
LETTERS BY THE EARL OF DUNDONALD, ON MAKING BREAD FROM POTATOES. (Concluded.)
LETTER 3.
ENOUGH has been said in the two foregoing letters, to convince individuals of the benefit to arise to them, by applying the potatoe and its farina, to the uses there mentioned. I shall now proceed to give a statement of the produce and value of an acre of potatoes, manufactured as recommended: Likewise, a statement of the produce and value of an acre of wheat.—The data for the fore-said calculation, proceed upon the quantity I had, this season, on an acre of ground planted in drills, and cultivated by the plough. Nor will it appear, that the produce is greater than is generally had from an acre of ground, cultivated in the same manner; and, which is always less productive than ground cultivated for potatoes by the spade; either in the hill, or as it is practised in Ireland, in the lazy-bed way; where, from the frequent coverings and earthings up by the spade, an instrument fitter for that purpose than the plough, a much larger produce in potatoes may be had: and those potatoes drier, and more mealy, from the ground being better drained, and more free from moisture.
I must not be supposed, by the comparative statement which follows, to recommend it to farmers and others to give up, or to prefer, beyond the bounds of prudence, the cultivation of potatoes to wheat: Nor, indeed, can such a conclusion be warranted from my former letters; wherein it is stated, that a proportion of wheat-flour, or the meal of other grain, must be mixed with the potatoe-flour, to allow its forming a paste, or dough, and being made into bread.
According to good husbandry, especially when potatoes are dug up in proper time, wheat should follow the potatoes; and sown grass, such as clover and rye-grass, should follow the wheat:—and, by far the best method of preparing and recruiting the ground after two such severe crops, as those of potatoes and wheat, is by pasturing, and top-dressing with dung. Potatoes and wheat are very exhausting crops; yet, fortunately, they act on the ground in different manners. Wheat consolidates & hardens the surface of the ground; while the frequent stirrings and earthings given to potatoes, open, and allow the action of the air and the weather to mellow it, and rendering it friable; forming an excellent preparation for the subsequent crop of wheat, to which a dressing with lime will be particularly serviceable.—By laying the dung upon the grass, the bad effects of it in rendering potatoes watery, as well as late in their growth, will be avoided.
The ground, when broke up for potatoes, will, with the subsequent culture given to it, be in high order for wheat: For which the lime may be applied with peculiar advantage, as has already been observed.
After the statement promised has been given, proceeding upon the quantity of farina got from a given quantity of potatoes, the attention of the proprietors of the soil in Britain and Ireland, will, then, be called to the expediency, nay, justice, of their leasing out small portions of ground, to cottagers, tradesmen, and lower classes of the people, on leases of three lives or sixty years. These people do all, and pay for, almost, all; yet have no permanent interest in the soil, and in the prosperity of the country which they inhabit.
STATEMENT.
A boll of potatoes consists of sixteen pecks; and is, in this part of the country, the Linlithgow barley measure, heaped. The peck, on an average, weighs 24lb. avoirdupoise. From a peck of good potatoes were got 6 lb. 2 1-2 oz. of flour, and 2 oz. of bran. Say, however, of flour 6 lb.; every boll of potatoes will, therefore, yield 96 lb. of flour. Forty bolls of potatoes will give 3840 lb. equal to 120 bushels of 32 lb. each. The flour is rated at one half-penny per lb. under the average price of wheat-flour, for some years past; viz. at one penny half-penny per lb. equal to four shillings per bushel; being, likewise, the average price of oat-meal in the most populous parts of Scotland for several years.
   £. s. d.     By 120 bushels potatoe flour, at 4s 24 : 0 : 0   By 10 Scots bolls, equal to 40 Win-   chester bolls of wheat, at 5s. 6d. 11 0 0   Balance in favor of potatoe flour, 13 0 0  
Nothing is charged above for manufacturing or preparing the potatoes into flour, as it is supposed to be done by the cottager or manufacturer's wife, or some one of his family. The liquor got in the process if given to a milk cow, (and each cottager, &c. should undoubtedly be allowed or enabled on account of his children to keep one) will, from the additional quantity of milk, to be had thereby in the winter time, be sufficient to defray the charges, or to pay the person employed in preparing the flour. The dung made by the cottager's or tradesman's cow, will enable him to keep his little spot of ground always in good heart, especially if he applies the dung in the manner that has been recommended.
It is a fortunate circumstance to a country like Britain, where the breed of black cattle and horses are so fast driving out the breed of men, that a greater produce in potatoes may be had by the spade than by the plough. The author is afraid that the predilection to four-footed beasts will continue, until the cottager shall, by a higher rent, bribe the landlord to prefer him to the tillage farmer or monopolizer of ground; at least to the extent of as much, as will enable the cottager to keep a cow, and to produce food for his family. It is fortunate too, from the advantages attending the cultivation of potatoes, that the cottager can afford to bribe the landlord by an addition of 50 per cent. of rent; and still to live much more comfortably, and better than he does at present. The benefits arising from the culture of potatoes, will not be confined to the cottager and other growers of that root. All ranks of people will feel the benefit that must ensue, by keeping at a moderate rate, wheat-flour, which has been so very high for some years past. For as wheat-flour will bear a proportion in price to potatoe flour, the grower of potatoes, or the cottager will have, to a certain degree, the fixing of the price for the farmer's wheat, who must either content himself with less profits, or have a deduction of rent allowed him, by his landlord: which the landlord can afford to give, in as much as he receives additional rent from the cottagers for the ground occupied by them. So that even at that rate neither landlord nor tillage-farmer will be loser: and the great body of the people will be supplied with food at a moderately low and regular price.
I cannot but anticipate with peculiar pleasure, the increased population of Great-Britain and Ireland, in consequence of the lower classes of people being better fed, and enabled to do all things at a cheaper rate. This and the two former letters have been made as concise as could consistently be done with conveying to the public my ideas on the great and important subjects they contain. A plentiful supply of flour to be got from under the surface of the earth, protected from the seasons is a great and pleasing idea. By the more general cultivation of potatoes, and by adopting what has been recommended in these letters, the inhabitants of northern countries where grain seldom comes to full maturity, will have it in their power to provide themselves with food at a season of the year when potatoes in their raw and unprepared state cannot be prevented from germinating. A small supply of flour or meal imported, or oat-meal of their own produce reserved until the summer months, will enable them to be plentifully supplied with food at a time when they often experience the greatest want.
May God bless these and other attempts to alleviate the distress and wants of others, and in extending to the poor, comforts they are at present strangers to.
Culross Abbey, Feb. 1791.
FROM THE MAIL.
PATRIOTIC PRINTS.
AMONG the objects deemed worthy the attention of a polished people, painting has ever held a distinguished rank. The Greeks made this delightful art the handmaid of religion: the Romans did the same. The Moderns, whose taste still retains a tinge of Gothic and Chivalrous colouring, have made it the illustration of their own passions; and an exhibition of the pageantry of a court, of the imagery of superstition, or the achievements of a wicked ambition in martial scenery, has generally been the object of the modern painter. America has produced an artist formed by profession as a patriot soldier, and amply gifted by attainments to take a new road to fame—to that is to associate the ideas of posterity with the progress of freedom in this land—with the scenes of a virtuous and gallant soldiery, displayed in patriotic trials of danger. The paintings of our Trumbull exhibit, amidst the perfections of his art, the solid glories of his country—They are a series of historical events visibly portrayed, that lead the mind's eye from the first to the last stage of the American revolution. This series of patriotic paintings ought to be dear to Ame-
ricans: the men seen in the copy now, some of them, live—If these inestimable works leave this country without recall, we never more can have others of equal merit. The original will soon be no more; and where could we find an artist, who, as a soldier, "lived through the scene, and was what we behold" in his works, a first rate painter. Prints may multiply copies sufficient to supply every man in America who has a relish for the fine arts, with these works. An enlightened public ought to wish for such a work if none existed: it ought to cherish it as it does exist.
CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1791.
Sketch of the Debate on the Report of the Committee of Elections on the Election of J. F. Mercer, Member from Maryland.
THE law of the State of Maryland regulating elections being called for, was produced and read—by which it appeared that the Governor and Council of that State were authorized to fill up vacancies in the representation of that State in Congress.
Some objections having been offered against accepting the report,
Mr. Sney observed that the case appeared to him to be so plain, that he was surprized to find gentlemen objecting to an acceptance of the report of the committee. He then stated the whole process of the business in the resignation of Mr. Pinckney, and the election of Mr. Mercer—in which the law of the State had been strictly adhered to. He concluded by saying that two cases in point had already occurred in the State of Connecticut, and no difficulty respecting them had taken place in the house.
Mr. Giles said that he was a member of the select committee which had made the report—and from an accurate attention to all the circumstances of the case, he was led to think the report a very improper one. From recurring to the Constitution, he was of opinion that a resignation did not constitute a vacancy. The Constitution speaks only of vacancies in general, and does not contemplate one as resulting from a resignation. Adverting to the British House of Commons, he observed that in that body there could be no resignation. This is an established principle.
The people having once chosen their representatives, their power ceases, and consequently the body to which the resignation ought to be made no longer exists. From the experience of the British government in this respect, he argued against a deviation from this rule.
He shewed from the Constitution that the executives of the States who are empowered to fill vacancies, are not at all authorised to declare the existence of such vacancies—for if they are to judge in the case, the whole power is invested in them of determining the whole business of vacancies—an idea that materially and essentially affects the privileges of the members of the house.
He remarked that even by the law of Maryland, the requisite steps had not been pursued by the executive of that State. He concluded by saying that if the principles he had advanced were just, he hoped the report would not be accepted.
Mr. Smith (S.C.) said he had had his doubts on the report, but on more mature consideration he was convinced that on account of the inconvenience which would result from rejecting it, and from other considerations, it was proper to adopt it, but not without a full discussion.
He then stated some particulars to shew that the vacancy which had occurred on this occasion could not properly be called a resignation—Mr. Pinckney had never taken his seat, nor the requisite oath.
He said that there was no analogy between the parliament of Great-Britain and this house—the mode of issuing the writs originally, and of filling up vacancies, is essentially different.
No parts of the Constitution prohibits a member from resigning, and for convenience it ought to be concluded that he may resign. The pub-

lie interest may suffer extremely in cases of fickness or embarrassments, which may prevent a member from attending.
This argument from the body's not existing to whom the resignation ought to be made, will apply to the President of the United States, whose resignation is expressly mentioned in the Constitution. The objection urged from the executives of the States judging of vacancies, he conceived had no great force, for Congress would finally judge in every case of election.
It is uncertain how the practice of the British Parliament originated. Blackstone says nothing of resignations. When a member wants to resign in that legislature, he gets appointed to some fictitious office which disqualifies him from sitting in the house.—He thought it best to establish some precedent, rather than oblige members who may wish to resign, to have recourse to some similar method, by accepting of some appointment in the State which is incompatible with a seat.
Mr. Murray said he was in favor of accepting the report, both on account of propriety and convenience.—Vacancies may happen from various causes—by resignation, by death, or by expulsion—the executive of the State is the proper judge in the first case. He stated certain differences between a resignation after a person has taken his seat, and a resignation before that event—in the former case, Congress will of course give notice to the executive of the State—in the latter, the executive alone can take cognizance of the resignation. He stated the extreme inconvenience which would result from the ideas of the gentleman from Virginia, as it would respect the State of Georgia. He then stated several particulars to shew that Mr. Pinckney was not a member of the house agreeable to the Constitution, and therefore the house cannot proceed with him as one.
He said that we ought to be willing to derive information from the experience of every country—but he conceived that no precedents could be drawn that would apply in the present case from a country which had none, to one which had a constitution that so clearly defined and guarded the rights of the citizens.
The custom which had been mentioned as obtaining in that country, arose from a wish to prevent a frequency of elections.
From what had been offered by the gentleman from South-Carolina, and the ideas he had suggested, he hoped the committee would be induced to accept the report.
Mr. Williamson said it appeared to him that the Constitution contemplates that a member may resign. He read the clause, which says that no member of the legislature shall accept of an office made during the time for which he was chosen—from hence he inferred that resignations were clearly contemplated.
Mr. Gerry said that he had heard nothing to shew that Mr. Pinckney had ever accepted of his appointment, and therefore it ought to have been expressed that he had declined—but granting he had resigned after accepting his appointment, he asserted that nothing had been offered to prove that resignations might not take place in one house, as well as in the other—and the Constitution plainly expresses that a Senator may resign.
The House of Commons originated with the Kings, who formed that body to controul the Lords; and hence arose the prohibition against resignations, as they would weaken the body, and the expence of a new election would fall on the King. With respect to the executive declaring improper vacancies, he observed that Congress was invested with full power to controul the executives of the States in respect to such declarations.
Mr. Seney observed upon a distinction made by Mr. Giles, between a resignation on the part of a Senator and a member of the House—he supposed a resignation on either part would equally vacate a seat, and that no difference did really exist.
Mr. Sedgwick observed that if a power of adjudication was vested in the executives of the States to determine on a vacancy in cases of resignation, it would involve this consequence that a power of judging of vacancies in all possible cases would be the necessary result; he thought the proposition involved the most serious effects, with respect to the privileges and independency of this House.
This subject was further discussed the next day, and ended in an acceptance of the report of the committee, which was in favor of Mr. Mercer's election.
Mr. Lawrance said that it was not the duty of the committee to collect the information called for. Public officers had their accounts settled according to law, and those settlements were open to the inspection of the members. It was only the duty of the committee to examine the estimates contained in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, and to report a bill, providing for the expences of government and the discharge of claims due in 1792. The committee of the whole would also examine those estimates.—The amount of salaries depended upon the positive laws of the legislature, and the estimates from the different offices stated to what purpose the money called for by each was intended to be applied. If from the documents in the possession of the committee it was found that money was wanted, money would be granted, he supposed;—If money was not found wanting grants would not be made. When the former Congress made grants of money for particular purposes, they necessarily relied on the honor of their officers, that it would be expended agreeably to appropriation.
Mr. Parker said he did not doubt but that the committee had done what they thought their duty, but his wish in rising was to provoke an enquiry into the expenditure of money heretofore appropriated. He had no doubt of the integrity of the officers into whose hands the money was entrusted, yet he thought it the duty of the representatives of the people to enquire in what manner the money of their constituents was expended. The sums intended for the war department he considered as very considerable, and for the treasury department sums were called for to pay a number of clerks, who perhaps were not all employed. He concluded by declaring that he could not vote in favor of the bill until he had obtained the information he called for.
Mr. Fitzsimons remarked that the allowance of the different clerks of the treasury would not be paid, if it was not shewn to the proper officer that they had been employed and had done their duty.
Mr. Baldwin said the committee, of which he was a member, had not been appointed to enquire into the expenditure of former appropriated money, but to bring in a bill agreeably to the report; yet as an individual member he had called at the register's office, and had been induced to look over the accounts. In that of the Secretary of the Senate, 3000 dollars had been appropriated last year for contingent expences. He did not see that that sum had fallen short, though that officer now called for 4500 dollars as an appropriation for the expences of 1792. The reason for granting this increased sum, was stated that some articles had risen in price.
Mr. Dayton observed that the objections which Mr. Parker made to the bill, were indefinite. He wished he would point out those parts on which his dislike to it was grounded. They appeared to amount to this, that he would not vote for an appropriation bill.
Mr. Smith, (N.H.) said the bill was intended to make provision for the expences of government, and he could see no necessary connection between the object of it and an examination into the expenditure of money already appropriated. He saw no reason, he said, for suspending his determination on this, till he had received satisfactory information on the other head: For if the officers were not able to account for one farthing of the money appropriated, yet it would be necessary to provide for future expences. He agreed that the information called for was necessary, but contended it need not interfere with the business now before the committee, or interrupt its progress.
Mr. Clark thought the enquiry not only necessary, but well-timed. There was no doubt that the money appropriated had been expended; but he wished to know whether it had been properly expended. It was necessary to know how it was expended, before any more was appropriated. This information should form the ground of future appropriations.
Mr. Parker declared he had no intention of unnecessarily impeding the progress of the bill before the committee; but he saw no necessity for hurrying the business—to give two or three days for enquiries would be no injury to it. He said he did not know that any money had been applied by any of the officers of government improperly; but he conceived it his duty to enquire. As soon as the enquiry was made, and the information he called for obtained, he was ready, he said, to grant every requisite supply; because he was confident that these enquiries once made, would never be neglected, and a habit would follow to look into the expenditure of all public appropriations. He again adverted to the great increase of expence, by comparing the appropriation of the 2d session of Congress and the one proposed by the bill before the committee. The first was about 600,000 dollars, and this upwards of 1,000,000. Perhaps there was a necessity for this increase, and all money heretofore granted had been properly expended, but this he wished might be made to appear.
Mr. Lawrance said, he wished every part of the bill thoroughly examined, and every member satisfied that the sums called for were necessary before they were appropriated. The gentleman from Virginia who first objected to the bill, he observed, only took a comparative view of the sum total of former appropriations and of that contemplated by the bill. He wished the gentleman would turn to the particulars, and view the variety and nature of the calls on the Treasury for 1792. He noticed the mention that had been made of the increased sums called for, for the contingent expences of the Senate, and said, that if the whole of this was not expended, the remainder would lay in the treasury, and such parts as were expended must be accounted for by the proper officer, to the proper office where it was open to inspection.
Mr. Smith (S.C.) wished that the gentleman from Virginia, to satisfy his doubts respecting the expenditure of former appropriations, would take the trouble of examining the accounts of the Treasurer, which had already been laying on the table for three weeks. He mentioned some of the objects that occurred at the present session, and which called for an encrease of the sum to be appropriated. Among these he enumerated the encrease of our army in consequence of the attacks on our frontiers—the expence incurred in taking the census—the additional claims on government—and the expence of the government of the South Western Territory. He wished the gentleman to state the particular parts of the bill he objected to. If he did this, the attention of the committee would be turned to one point, and progress might be made in the business.
Mr. Steele thought the objections made by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Parker) proper; and fully agreed in the propriety of checking the progress of the bill until the information called for by that gentleman could be obtained. The intention, he conceived in appointing a select committee was that they should examine the estimates on which the appropriation bill was to be founded. He wished to know how it happened that the Secretary of the Senate for contingent expences of that body should call for 4500 dollars, when the clerk of the House of Representatives only called for 5500 dollars, though the last mentioned body is so much more numerous than the first. He was of opinion that the annual contingent expences of the auditor's and comptroller's offices must now be well known from experience, and that supposition was no longer proper in estimating the sums necessary to be appropriated for those objects. He conceived that the last years expences being enquired into would give the sum necessary for the next. He wished to depend on the select committee for every information of this kind, and if they were not able to give it, he conceived they had not done their duty.
Mr. Lawrance supposed, it was the duty of Members to inform themselves on every subject that came before the House. In this instance want of time could not be pleaded in excuse for a neglect of this duty. The estimate of the Secretary of the Treasury had early in the session been handed in, was printed for the use of the House, and a copy put into the hands of each member; so that they had a full opportunity of examining it. The bill now before the committee had been reported two weeks since; so that from the time of the bill's being reported, the business had not been precipitated. Gentlemen knew the subject was before them, and if they had examined into the subject, their minds would be made up, because there were materials on which their opinions could be formed. Relative to the two particulars adverted to, first the encrease of the Secretary of the Senate, he observed, that it was impossible for any member of the committee positively to declare that the additional sum of 1500 dollars to the former allowance was too much. With respect to the estimate of the clerk of the house, it was particular, it was easily examined, and the committee of the whole were competent to determine whether any items of it appeared unreasonable. The contingencies in the war department, in the comptroller's office, &c. if they were higher than heretofore, it should be considered that rents are raised, and wood higher, and an allowance should therefore be made. He was sorry to hear it said that the committee had not done their duty. The information called for, he repeated, was on the table. It was impossible for the committee to say the exact quantity of wood, paper, &c. necessary for the houses—something must be left to the honor and integrity of the persons entrusted with making the purchase of these articles.
Mr. Gerry said, that the committee were directed to report a bill pursuant to the estimate made, and their duty had no relation to the examination of the last year's expenditure. Yet he conceived it the duty of the house to make some such enquiry, and he hoped the committee would rise to give time to collect this information. He wished the house would make it a rule that every executive should, at every session lay before the house an account of the expenditure.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
On the Appropriation Bill for the year 1792.
Mr. Parker observed that the sum contemplated to be granted by the bill before the committee, was nearly double the amount of that granted for a former year. He conceived it was the duty of the committee who reported this bill to have examined into the expenditure of the former appropriations, and called on them for information on this head.

of all the money passing through their hands. The people depended on their Representatives for a scrutiny into the expenditure of the public money. He wished at present that a committee should be appointed to examine into the expenditure of all former appropriations, and that a rule should be established to apply for the future and procure regular accounts from every branch of the executive department.
The effect of this in the end would be, to increase the confidence of the people in those officers, by bringing the rectitude of their official conduct to full evidence, and would be the best guard against embezzlement of public money, should we be less fortunate in future, in the choice of executive officers. If some such plan as this he proposed was not adopted, the Representatives would have no more idea of the money expended than the people themselves, and the people no more than if their officers were in the moon. He moved that the committee rise.
Mr. Boudinot hoped the committee would not rise until some more notice had been taken of the objections of the gentleman from Virginia. His charges were to the bill in general, and were founded upon the difference between the sum total of the appropriation contemplated in the bill, and that of former appropriations, a difference of about 400,000 dollars. To account for this difference he wished the gentleman would turn his attention to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury; in which he would find a number of extraordinary calls for considerable appropriations. A considerable sum to the King of France—a large sum, the balance of an old account due Oliver Pollock—120,000 dollars, a deficiency in last year's appropriation—considerable expenses in consequence of an encrease of our army, for the defence of the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontiers.—He mentioned that if the sums called for to provide for these objects and a few more he enumerated, were added together, they would be found to make up nearly the difference complained of. This explanation he considered as necessary, lest it should be imagined that our regular annual expenses had increased in the sum of 400,000 dollars. These extraordinary expenses were peculiar to the ensuing year, and could not be reckoned as an encrease to the annual expenses of the government of the United States.
Mr. Steele wished the members of the select committee would declare whether they had examined the items of the particular estimates laid before them. He was willing to rely on their opinion of them to make up his own mind.
Mr. Baldwin said, the committee were only appointed to bring in a bill in conformity to the estimates laid before the House. He conceived that as every member had a right to examine the documents on which those estimates were founded, that they would take the necessary steps to acquire information. For his own part he had been induced for this purpose to call at the register's office. He had procured from the Register such papers (making himself personally responsible for their safety) as threw sufficient light upon it to satisfy his mind;—those papers were on the table and open to the inspection of every member.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5.
Mr. Bourne presented a memorial from the distillers of the town of Newport, praying certain modifications of the excise law. Referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Speaker laid before the house an account, furnished by Mr. Beckley, the clerk of the house, of the disbursements of the money appropriated for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives during three sessions—from which it appears that there is a balance due to him.
Mr. Benson laid on the table a resolution for the appointment of a committee to join a committee of the Senate, to consider and report the most eligible manner of carrying into effect a former resolution of Congress respecting the erection of an equestrian statue, in honor of General Washington.
The house then, pursuant to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and resumed the consideration of the appropriation bill—Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair.
In proceeding through the bill, the several items were separately considered, agreed to. Some occasional remarks were made; but no material debate took place. One amendment was proposed, by which the bill is made to express the several purposes for which the monies are appropriated, instead of appropriating sums in gross, with a reference to the Secretary's estimate, for particulars.
The committee having reported the bill and the amendment, the house adopted the same, and recommitted the bill to the select committee, who had originally framed it, with instructions to new-model it pursuant to the sense of the house.
The Speaker laid before the house a letter from the Treasurer of the United States, accompanied with a statement of his specie accounts of receipts and disbursements, from July 1 to September 30,
which was ordered to lie on the table;—and also a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied with a report on the subject of manufactures, which was ordered to be printed.
Mr. Gerry presented a resolution in lieu of one which he laid on the table on Friday last, making it the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the house, on the third Monday of every session, an account of the receipts and expenditures of the public money appropriated during the preceding session, so far as he shall then have it in his power to state particulars—and if he be unable to give an accurate statement of the whole, at the time appointed, he is to complete it as soon afterwards as may be. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6.
A petition of John Wilson, praying the renewal of a lost certificate, was presented by Mr. Hartley—read and referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sundry petitions from invalid officers were read, and referred to the Secretary of War.
The motion of Mr. Benson laid on the table yesterday, for appointing a committee of the House to confer with a committee of the Senate, respecting the carrying into effect a resolution of Congress under the Confederation, for erecting an equestrian statue of General Washington—was taken into consideration, and adopted—and Messrs. Benson, Gerry, and Smith (S.C.) appointed the committee on the part of the House.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Gerry, for directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the House on the third Monday of every annual session of Congress, an accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of public monies, &c. was taken into consideration, and after some debate was, with two other resolutions, moved by Mr. Fitzsimons, and Mr. Barnwell respectively, on the same subject, referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Gerry, Dayton and Barnwell.
In committee of the whole, on the bill for establishing the post-office and post-roads in the United States.
Mr. Smith (S.C.) in the chair.
The bill was read in paragraphs.
A motion made by Mr. Niles, to extend the post-road in Vermont to Windsor and Rutland, was superceded by a motion made by Mr. Sedgwick, to strike out the clause which designates all the particular roads in the United States, in order to insert a clause vesting the power of designating them in the supreme executive.
This motion occasioned a debate, in which its constitutionality, and the reverse idea, were alternately advanced and denied—the committee rose without coming to a decision, and then the House adjourned.
S A L E M, November 22.
A gentleman from Cape-Francois, where he has resided for some time past, in intimacy with some of the most respectable characters there, considers their situation hazardous, & the pickets, and fortifications, with the small number of troops within, as a defence very unequal to any forcible attack from without: the inhabitants were however, lulled into an imaginary security, by the long continuance of the insurrection.
Last Friday about 12 ton HOPS were brought into this town for exportation to the southern breweries.
N E W-Y O R K, December 5.
BRITISH MAIL PACKETS.
Admiral Hughes, Naval-Commander on the Halifax station, has ordered, that the British armed Schooners shall sail from thence to New-York, monthly, during the winter, to carry the Mails to and from those places. The first was made up at Halifax, the 31st ult.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Jamaica, to his friend in New-York, dated Nov. 20.
"The Countess of Effingham died on board the Diana Frigate within three days sail of New-York; the Frigate has returned with her corpse to this Island. The assembly of which have ordered the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars to be paid towards defraying the expenses of her funeral, which is to take place the first of next Month."
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
"As Sol's blest beams make Vinegar more sour"—
MR. FENNO,
I HAVE read with attention the Respondent in your last Gazette, and would recommend to him a dispassionate re-perusal of the paragraph of the 2d November, which has so much excited his indignation—this will convince him, if he possesses any candor, that the blessings derived to the people from the new Constitution of Government, which by the favor of Heaven is now established; and the successful and highly pleasing and popular administration thereof—to far from producing in the minds of some men a generous acknowledgment of past errors and miscalculations, appear to stir up such remains of gall and chagrin, as it was hardly thought possible could be latent in the human mind. C.
Philadelphia, December 7.
THE eligibility of this GAZETTE as a medium for ADVERTISEMENTS will appear, when it is considered that it is twice a week sent to One Hundred and Twenty Postmasters and Printers in the United States—and to One Thousand Subscribers in different parts of the Union.
The Legislature of this Commonwealth assembled at the State-House of this city yesterday.
The Convention of the State of Delaware, now in session at Dover, has elected JOHN DICKENSON, Esq. their President.
Among the various specimens of art and ingenuity exhibited by the mechanics and artists of this city, a correspondent observes that strangers and others are peculiarly pleased with the painted glass in the windows of several shopkeepers. This mode of painting is original, the effect is fine—and the execution such an happy imitation of nature, that it is not possible to avoid a temporary deception. The ingenious artist who executed the above, is on his passage for London, where, in this line only, he will probably be highly successful, as it is said nothing similar has yet appeared there.
Of all animals, man is the most improved by being taught. The just inference is, that most pains should be bestowed where the best fruits will be produced by it; we are delighted to see dogs and bears dance, to hear parrots chatter, and how a hog can spell. We throng, each in hand, to see lions, wild cats, and all strange sights. It would be very little honorable to human nature, if there was any great town, in our enlightened country, where shows of the sort alluded to, are gainful, where rope dancing costs thousands yearly, and not a single free school is provided for the children of the poor. If our duty cost as much as our folly, there would be a better excuse for our not discharging it. But the truth is, we are taxed ten times more by our love of wonder and of vice than would be sufficient to hire wisdom and virtue to keep school for our children.
Nothing is cheaper, in proportion to its value, than education—and yet it is the charge that frightens us. The children, if well taught, will make ample retribution to the society for what their teaching has cost. It is scarcely possible to calculate by what means, or in how many ways, this will be done. Men, well taught, will earn more than ignorant men; skill will be as gainful as hard work. Such men too will be more enterprising. The mind, expanded by knowledge, will trust more to its own powers: though at first, it cannot creep, it will learn to fly; the higher it mounts, the wider its prospects; till, at last, the world, and all its means of happiness, are brought within its reach. Politically speaking, the fallen state of man is ignorance. The world is yet to be regained by him. Of all the countries on earth, America is in the best condition to regenerate man by education: We have the most to do with, and the least yet to do.
"If a consolidation of the states into one government be an event justly to be avoided, it is not less to be desired that a confederation should prevail in their interests and affections; and this too, as it fortunately happens, for the very reasons, among others, which lie against a governmental consolidation. For, in the first place, in proportion as uniformity is found to prevail in the interests and sentiments of the several states, will be the practicability of accommodating Legislative regulations to them, and thereby of withholding new and dangerous prerogatives from the executive. Again, the greater the mutual confidence and affection of all parts of the Union, the more likely they will be to concur amicably, or to differ with moderation, in the elective designation of the chief magistrate; and by such examples, to guard and adorn the vital principle of our republican constitution. Lastly, the less the supposed difference of interests, and the greater the concord and confidence throughout the great body of the people, the more readily must they sympathize with each other, the more seasonably can they interpose a common manifestation of their sentiments, the more certainly will they take the alarm at usurpation or oppression, and the more effectually will they consolidate their defence of the public liberty."
"Here then is a proper object presented, both to those who are most jealously attached to the separate authority reserved to the states, and to those who may be more inclined to contemplate the people of America in the light of one nation. Let the former continue to watch against every encroachment, which might lead to a gradual consolidation of the states into one government. Let the latter employ their utmost zeal, by eradicating local prejudices and mistaken rivalships, to consolidate the affairs of the states into one harmonious interest; and let it be the patriotic study of all, to maintain the various authorities established by our complicated system, each in its respective constitutional sphere; and to erect over the whole, one paramount Empire of reason, benevolence and brotherly affection." Nat. Gaz.
Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in a barn in Pear-street, which consumed the same—by the timely and spirited exertions of the fire companies and other citizens, the flames were prevented from extending further.
From PELOSI'S MARINE LIST.
ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
  Brig Swallow, Snowden, Boston   Monton, Parker, Antigua   Joseph, Prance, Havre-de-Grace   Sloop Lark, Burrows, St. Martins   Rebecca, Tingle, Maryland 
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
FUNDED DEBT.
  6 pr. Cents 22 3/4 pr. £. 111 pr. cent.   3 pr. Cents 12 3/10 64 do.   Deferred 6 pr. Cents 13 3/8 66 do. 
UNFUNDED DEBT.
  Final Sett. and other Certificates 20 3/4 101 3/4 do.   Indents 12 3/8 60   Bank Subscriptions, 14 1/2 Dollars. 
Bank of the United States.
DECEMBER 3, 1791.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Bank of the United States will be opened on Monday the 5th instant.
Transfers of the subscriptions to the stock of said Bank may then be made.
On Monday the 12th instant, deposits will be received, and on Tuesday the 20th instant, discounts may be made.
By order of the President and Directors,
JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
All Bills or Notes offered for Discount shall be delivered into the Bank on Mondays or Wednesdays, the Discount shall be settled on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and shall be made known the next succeeding days.
AT A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES,
DECEMBER 5, 1791,
RESOLVED,
THAT the payment of the portion of the Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States, consisting of Specie which will be due on the several Shares on the first Monday of January next, may be made at the respective Banks of Massachusetts and New-York.
Provided, That any Stockholder claiming the benefit of such payment, shall, on or before the first Monday in January next, exhibit to the Cashier of the Bank of the United States, a Certificate signed by the Cashier of the Bank into which such payment shall have been made—any thing in the regulations heretofore established to the contrary notwithstanding.
By order of the President and Directors,
JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
BOULTING CLOTHS.
An extensive Assortment, of very superior texture, suitable for every branch of the business, just imported from Amsterdam, and for SALE by
DANIEL TYSON,
No. 114, SOUTH FRONT-STREET;
Where Millers and others may always be supplied with the best Cloths, and large allowance made to those who purchase in quantities to sell again.
Also for SALE, a Quantity of Particular
MADEIRA WINE,
Of the first Quality, fit for immediate use, in Pipes. Philadelphia, December 6, 1791. [1aw1m]

PHILADELPHIA.
Intelligence of fresh Disturbances among the Creek Indians.
THE public have been informed, by numerous paragraphs extracted from the London papers, that a Mr. Bowles arrived in England from America, in the course of the year 1790, with several Indians belonging to some of the southern tribes—That the said Bowles, and Indians, had received countenance and support, to a certain degree, and that they sailed from England, during the course of the last Summer, enriched with presents, for the Bahama Islands.
It now appears, that the said Bowles, after arriving at the Bahamas failed for Indian river, so called, lying on East-Florida, and thence proceeded to that part of the Creek country inhabited by the Seminoles, where he arrived in the mouth of September last.
That at the time of his arrival, the Creeks were preparing to execute the treaty, made between them and the United States, at New-York in August 1790. They had chosen the Chiefs to attend at the Rock-Landing on the first of October, the time fixed for running the boundary lines mentioned in the treaty—The white bird king of the Cusitahs being of this commission.
Bowles's appearance however at that crisis—the presents he brought with him, and his bold assertions, caused great agitations and hesitations among the ignorant part, and of course among the mass of the Creeks.
Although it appears that a considerable portion of the upper Creeks, and indeed all the respectable Chiefs were for running the line, notwithstanding the delusions of Bowles; for it is presumed that he is an impostor—But, he pretends, "he has powers from the British government to conclude a treaty with the Creeks—The basis of which shall be a revocation, on their part, of the treaty with the United States, and a guarantee of all the lands."
He has spread reports, that he has three ships loaded with goods, arms and ammunition, and cannon; that if the Creeks will permit him, he will establish a fort, and trading houses, at which the Creeks shall be supplied with goods of all sorts, upon better terms than ever they have been, and that he had six thousand men in the islands, ready to support him.
That he would write to Georgia, and prevent the lines being run, and he accordingly has written to the Commissioners, who were waiting at the Rock-Landing, expecting the Creek chiefs, which letter is dated at "Ufahees, October 26, 1791," and signed, "General Wm. A. Bowles, director of affairs Creek nation." In this letter, and in his general declarations, he asserts, that Alexander M c Gillivray has deceived the Indians in the treaty made at New-York; but, that he is willing to form a treaty with the United States in behalf of the Creek nation, and declares that the former treaty shall not be executed.
The Indians, distracted by his arts, have entreated the United States to wait until the spring, before the boundary shall be marked, and if Bowles, whom they style the "lying captain", shall then turn out an impostor, they will then attend and run the boundary lines without further difficulty.
It appears that Mr. M c Gillivray has faithfully adhered to the interests of the United States, warmly recommending that the line should be run at the time appointed, and that Bowles's falsehoods should be entirely disregarded—Indeed, his importance, and life, probably depend on Bowles being driven out of the nation.
A considerable detachment of the troops of the United States, and Mr. Ellicott the surveyor, and three respectable Commissioners from the State of Georgia, were assembled punctually at the Rock-Landing on the Oconee, the first of October, and they waited for the Creek chiefs until the beginning of November, when they dispersed the business being effected this season.
BOSTON, November 23.
THE Subscribers having a grateful sense of the kindness of the people of Nantasket, and of the benefit which they have received from the house erected by the Humane Society on Nantasket-Beach, feel themselves obliged publicly to relate the following facts:
That the Schooner Dove, belonging to Hallowell; and bound from thence to Boston, on Friday, 18th Nov. inst. struck the ground, at about half a mile's distance, from Nantasket-Beach: She was commanded by captain James Carr, and the hands consisted of David Jackson, Benjamin Stickney, Nathan Burges, and Ebenezer Thayer, all of Hallowell, except Thayer, who is an inhabitant of this town.—When the vessel struck and filled, we all took to the water, and swam safely ashore except Jackson, who being in poor health, was unable to gain the beach, and was unfortunately drowned; Capt. Loring and some other persons of Nantasket had seen the vessel strike, and came to our assistance; they had kindled a fire in one of the Society's houses, and assisted us, exhausted with fatigue, and drenched in the water to get hither; Captain Loring and those with him waded into the water to save poor Jackson, and brought his body on shore; but he was too far gone to be recovered; they shewed us every possible kindness, and furnished us with clothes, victuals and drink, and assisted us in saving some part of our cargo. We are fully convinced that had it not been for the house on the beach, and the kind assistance of the people of Nantasket, we must every one have perished; and we publish this account to manifest our gratitude to divine Providence, and to those who were instrumental in saving us.
JAMES CARR, EBENEZER THAYER, NATHAN BURGES.
American Lead Manufactor.
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 prime 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.
Lectures on Government & Law.
THE Honorable JAMES WILSON, L.L.D. Professor of Laws in the College and Academy of Philadelphia, proposes to deliver, next Winter, two Courses of Lectures. One Course to begin on the Second Monday, the other on the Second Tuesday of December.
WILLIAM ROGERS, Secretary to the Board of Faculty.
Philadelphia, October 12, 1791.
Bank of the United States.
PHILADELPHIA, November 22, 1791.
THE STOCKHOLDERS of the BANK of the UNITED STATES are hereby informed, that according to the statute of incorporation, a general election for twenty-five DIRECTORS will be held at the Bank of the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the second day of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
And, pursuant to the eleventh section of the Bye-Laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are hereby notified to assemble in general meeting, at the same place, on Tuesday the third day of January next, at five o'clock in the evening.
By order of the President and Directors, JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
Second fundamental Article of Statute of Incorporation.
"Not more than three-fourths of the Directors in office, exclusive of the President, shall be eligible for the next succeeding year. But the Director who shall be President at the time of an election, may always be re-elected." [epu]
JOHN PINTARD, SWORN BROKER & AUCTIONEER, PURCHASES and SELLS
PUBLIC DEBT of every description, on Commission, at the following rates:
ON the specie amount of all sales at auction, one eighth per cent. On ditto at private sale or purchase, one-half per cent. On remittances, ditto. Receiving interest at the Loan-Office, one per cent. on the amount of the interest.
For making transfers at ditto, seventy-five cents per transfer. For such persons as may incline to favor the subscriber with their orders, may rely on their being executed with punctuality, fidelity and dispatch. His long experience and extensive dealings in the public stocks, together with a well established correspondence throughout the United States, enable him to conduct his operations with peculiar benefit to his employers.
JOHN PINTARD, New-York, No. 57, King-Street.
October 15, 1791.
IMPERIAL HYSON, SOUCHONG, and BOHEA
TEAS,
REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, & SPICES, &c. &c. Of the first quality—by retail,
No. 19, Third-Street, between Chestnut and Market Streets
PUBLIC SECURITIES,
BOUGHT and SOLD, on COMMISSION, by SAMUEL ANDERSON, Chestnut-Street, next door to the Bank, No. 97.
MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL, LOTTERY TICKETS, To be had at the same place.
Funds of the United States.
ALL kinds of the Public Debt of the Union, bought, sold, or exchanged; Foreign and Inland Bills of Exchange negotiated; Merchandise of all sorts bought and sold on Commission, and all other Business in the line of a Broker, transacted by
WILLIAM CLELAND, At the Office next door to the Custom-House, State-Street, BOSTON. 2m
TO BE SOLD, BY JOHN CAREY, No. 26. PEAR-STREET, A COLLECTION OF
Scarce and Valuable BOOKS,
Which may be seen every day, until five o'clock, P. M.
Among them are the following:
Folio. HOMER, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, Eusebius, Sozomen, Theodoret, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Tacitus, Paternus, Pliny, Concordantia Lat. Concordantia Gr. Thesaurus Ciceronis, Biblia Junii and Tremellii, Bible de Martin, Wells's Maps, Scapulae—Plavorini—Martini—Hoffmani Lexica, Vossii Etymologicum, Antiquit. Eccles. Britannica, &c.
Quarto. Pindar, Cyropaedia, Bentley's Horace, Terence and Phaedrus, Ovid, Juvenal, Manilius, Ciceronis op. om. Caesar, Suetonius, Julius Pollux, Hederici Lexicon, Vossii Ars Gram. Cluverii Geographia, Julianus Code, &c.
Octavo et infra. Homer, Anacreon, Aristophanes, Longinus, Theophrastus, Heciod, Poetae minores Gr. Isocrates, Phalaris, various editions of Horace, Virgil, Terence, and Ovid, Tibullus, Plautus, Lucan, Martial, Claudian, Val. Flaccus, Aulonius, Buchanan, Salust, Curtius, Florus, Justin, Val. Maximus, A. Gellius, Hist. August. Scriptores, English and French Translations of some of the Classics, a great variety of Greek and Latin Grammars, &c. &c.
Catalogues may be had of Messrs. Rice & Co. Booksellers, Market-Street, or of JOHN CAREY. October 31. [epu]
The First and Second Volumes of the HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, (To which is prefixed an accurate Map of the State)
By the Rev. JEREMY BELKNAP,
Are ready for Delivery to Subscribers—who may receive their Books on application to HAZARD & ADDOMS, at the Corner of Chestnut and Third Streets.
The above two volumes contain the political history of the State, from its first settlement to the adoption of the present Constitution of the United States;—the third, containing a geographical description of the State, sketches of its natural history, &c. is in the press.
** A few copies of the first two volumes for sale—price 20s. November 5, 1791.
In the Press, and speedily will be published, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS; Consisting of STATE PAPERS, and other authentic Documents, tending to elucidate the HISTORY of AMERICA, and particularly of the UNITED STATES. By EBENEZER HAZARD, A.M.
** The price to Subscribers will be a Dollar for each Number, containing 160 large quarto pages; or Four Dollars and a Quarter for each Volume in Boards; to be paid as follows, viz. the first and second Numbers, or Volumes, to be paid for on delivery of the first; and each subsequent one (except the last) at the time of delivery.
Subscriptions will be received, in this city, by THOMAS DOBSON, and HAZARD & ADDOMS, (who will exhibit specimens of the work) and in other places by the principal Booksellers there. Philadelphia, November 5, 1791.
GEORGE MEADE
Has for SALE, at his Stores on WALNUT-STREET WHARF, A FEW pipes of 3 and 4 years old Bills of exchange Madeira WINE, which he will dispose of by the pipe, hoghead or quarter cask.
London market Madeira WINE, 5 and 6 years old. Old Sherry WINE of the first quality, by the hoghead or quarter cask.
Three and 4 years old Lisbon WINE, of a superior quality to what is generally imported, by the pipe, quarter cask, or larger quantity.
Choice old Cognac BRANDY, by the pipe, tierce, or larger quantity.
A few quarter chests of first quality Hyson TEA. He has just received by the Pigeon, Loxley, master, from London, a few quarter chests of old Madeira WINE—And
By the brig Mercury, Capt. Stevens, from Dublin, a few boxes of Irish LINENS, low priced and well assorted; a few bales of red and white FLANNELS, and some GLUE.
A few boxes of Spermaceti CANDLES of the first quality, and Burlington PORK of prime quality.
He has also to dispose of, a quantity of dressed White Oak STAVES.
He means to keep a constant supply of First Quality Madeira and Lisbon WINES, and whoever is pleased to favor him with their custom, may be assured of being well served.
He will, through the Winter and Spring, buy undressed HAND SPIKES. He is purchasing FLAX-SEED and BEES-WAX, and will give the highest price for them.
N.B. A few hampers of excellent London PORTER and Taunton ALE, just received, and to be disposed of.
Philadelphia, November 16, 1791. [ep 6w.]
W. M c DOUGALL'S DANCING SCHOOL,
Is now opened at his School-Room, No. 28, Carter's Alley.
HE returns his sincere thanks for the great encouragement he has experienced these eighteen years; hopes the reputation of his school for decorum and good order, as well as the performance of his scholars, will still ensure him a respectable share of the public favor.
A number of new Cotillions and Country Dances will be taught during the season.
Those who please to honor him with the tuition of their children, may be assured, they will be taught in the most approved style, and that proper attention will be paid to their carriage and manners.
A general practising for the improvement of the scholars, will be held at the New Rooms, every other Wednesday; when the employers, and strangers of genteel deportment, will be admitted. These practisings will be attended with no expence.
N.B. An EVENING SCHOOL will be opened for grown Gentlemen, as soon as a sufficient number offer. Philadelphia, September 14, 1791. (t. f.)
TO BE SOLD, And possession given immediately, That pleasantly situated FARM
Whereon the subscriber now lives. IT lies on the road from Princeton to Brunswick, about a mile and a half from the former. It contains 213 acres, whereof 47 are woodland, upwards of 30 meadow, and 20 more may be made. Also a young orchard of 200 apple trees, besides a variety of peach and cherry trees, and a large garden; the whole under good fence. There are on the premises a two story stone house and kitchen, with an elegant piazza, the whole painted and finished. Also, a smoke-house, work-shop, granary, waggon-house, barrack cow-houses, two stories high and 60 feet long, and a good barn, with stabling. From the buildings there are charming views of Princeton, the neighbouring farms, and Monmouth hills. Any person inclining to purchase, may know the terms by applying to the subscriber on the premises, or to ISAAC SNOWDEN, No. 141, South Second-Street, Philadelphia.
ISAAC SNOWDEN, Junior. Princeton, October 10, 1791. [ep 2m]
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY, some time in August 1789, a yellow NEGRO MAN, named ABRAHAM, late the property of Nathaniel Wickliff, deceased—about forty-five years of age, about five feet eight or nine inches high, pretty well set, with a large wooden head and large beard, walks with his knees bent, often complains of pains in his head and ankles—by trade a bricklayer, stone mason and plasterer. He is a very handy fellow as a house-waiter, and is fond of such business. He is a great dissembler, and no doubt pretends he is a freeman. He has been eloped so long that no description of his present clothing can be given. It is supposed that he went to the Northern States, as he often mentioned having friends there.—Twenty Dollars reward will be given to any person that will secure said Negro in any jail, so that the subscriber may get him again; and reasonable charges will be paid—or Thirty Dollars will be given if he is brought to Prince William County, Virginia, to Mr. JOHN KINCHELOE, by
CHARLES WICKLIFF, Administrator. October 12, 1791. [awg]
Forty Dollars Reward.
LAST night was broke open the Store of the subscriber, at Bordentown, and stolen from the same the following articles, viz. One hair trunk, containing womens' wearing apparel; 1 small box, containing four clocks and one dozen teapots; 1 ditto containing one bottle green cloth coat, one striped vest and breeches, two shirts and a small bag with 36 dollars and 20s. to 30s. Jersey coppers; 1 keg containing a large bible, with other small books; 1 box containing 447 real ostrich feathers, some of them large and elegant, and of different colours; 2 barrels rye meal, branded Stout and Imlay; 1 barrel pork, 1 ream paper, and 1 dozen paste-boards.—Stolen at the same time, a large Batteau, with black sides.
A reward of Twenty Dollars will be given for the security of the above property, so that the owners may have the articles again, or in proportion for part thereof; also a further reward of Twenty Dollars will be given for the security of the perpetrator or perpetrators, so that they may be brought to justice, by
JOHN VAN EMBURGH. Bordentown, New-Jersey, Sept. 1, 1791. [epu]
A Young Gentleman, of American birth and education (being a graduate) would for a liberal compensation engage as Tutor in a family, or take charge of an Academy, to teach the Latin and English Languages. He has had some experience in teaching, and trusts he can exhibit satisfactory recommendations. Any letters upon this subject, post paid, addressed to A—S, and the care of the Editor hereof, prior to the 25th December, will be punctually attended to. October 22, 1791. [raw]
Blank Powers to receive the Interest, and for the transfer of the principal of public debt, agreeable to the Rules established in the Treasury Department: Also Blanks for abstracts of Certificates, to be sold by the Editor.
The price of this Paper is 3 Dollars per ann.