Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-09-22 00:00:00

FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE.
No. II.
OBSERVATIONS on the Letters of "A FARMER," Addressed to the Yeomanry of the United States. (CONTINUED.)
"THE FARMER" seems disposed to alarm the hatters and tanners with suggestions that their raw materials may be engrossed and made objects of speculation, but the third section of the New-Jersey law forbids the company to deal or trade in any raw materials but such as are fit and necessary for the articles it manufactures, and such as shall be really and truly obtained therefor. It is known that they have determined upon those branches which require water spinning machinery (a case peculiarly happy as there are not two hundred water spindles in the United States) and the imports of the goods they propose to make are ten times as great as their whole capital stock, much of which they will invest in buildings, lots, implements, machinery, working carriages and cattle. It is plain that bark, lime, and hides for the tanners could not be supplied to them from any distance, and they could not engross either. In respect to wool and our country furs, the same remarks apply to them, and if they were to purchase foreign furs they would no doubt do it abroad: But they do not appear to have in view any thing but the spinning and cotton dying and calico printing business, and are appropriating their funds extensively to those branches.
"THE FARMER" declares the grants of privileges, even such as they are, to be unconstitutional. Surely, then, there is no danger from them, as they must be void and of no effect. If he will examine the civil list of New-Jersey, he will find no reason to apprehend, from the gentlemen who compose it, the enforcing of unconstitutional laws.
The origin and design of the New-Jersey manufacturing society has been frequently misunderstood and misrepresented. In the year 1791, several months after the government had been transferred from New-York, the Secretary of the Treasury formed the plan. It was represented, that one of the great objections to manufactures in the United States was the want of money; and although there was manifestly a greater abundance of active capital in 1791 than for years before, yet there was no prospect of an early application of a sum equal to a moiety of a capital of any one of the first fifty manufacturers and traders in Great-Britain, France, Holland, Germany, or Flanders, by any individual. An union of many individuals was the only mode that could be adopted; and as there was supposed to be some risque, it was certainly a prudent method, as each would take care not to subscribe so largely as to hurt himself, if a failure should take place. The subscribers, to avoid risking more than their subscriptions, were, of course, to apply for an incorporation, and it was not at all probable the sum would have been subscribed without one. The several banks in Philadelphia, New-York, Boston, Baltimore, Providence, &c. had been made up in the same way, and the inland navigation companies and turnpike road companies in the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New-York, &c. have been composed in like manner.
Moreover, as it was manifest, that active capital was flowing into and arising in the United States very rapidly, there was a sincere and serious apprehension that evils would arise from it, particularly a profuse consumption, unless objects to employ it were provided, and it appeared therefore a reasonable belief that the want of capital, after one well-devised and successful plan, would cease to be among the objections to manufactures. It is earnestly wished, that the body of the ship owners in the United States may not furnish an instance of an over application of capital, in one of the old modes, which, as it is a cash business, must be accompanied with an actual excess of money. The recent banks, canals, and turnpike roads, demonstrate, that without new objects, large sums of money must have laid unemployed. With the impressions above stated the plan of the manufacturing company was adopted, and it would be happy for Pennsylvania if her "FARMER" would promote the establishment of such an institution on that great interior canal, the river Susquehannah, under the auspices of the State Legislature. The yeomanry would find, that the capital and industry of the manufacturing citizens would be wisely directed to the spot, where their cattle, grain, wood, hemp, flax, wool, & iron, would be demanded by consumers, without encountering the costly charge, and, in some instances, the insupportable expence, of transportation to a sea-port. Several of these institutions would give a front to American manufactures which is necessary in their competition with foreign commodities. But to return to the New-Jersey manufacturing: It appeared prudent to take a position in that State for the purpose of interesting New-York and Philadelphia, and as New-Jersey has very little foreign commerce, it was presumed that both her legislature and her citizens would promote so valuable a branch of internal trade. The latter have accordingly subscribed handsomely, and the State, knowing that these new enterprises are attended with great expences at the commencement, with risque, and sometimes with loss, authorised the company to raise by lottery 100,000 dollars, as an indemnification. Their real estate was exempted from State taxes for ten years, and their stock, or personal property, altogether. These taxes, however, as before observed, will be very small under the State laws, and they will be so remote, that the manufacturers in other parts of the Union cannot be sensible of their effects.
"THE FARMER's" suggestion that the company will be enabled, by the temporary advantage of a lottery, to undersell, is not even plausible; for we know that merchants and manufacturers do not use their occasional advantages for the absurd purpose of underselling their neighbours for a short time, but to encrease
their own substance and stock: And if they were to sell the cheaper for it, the purchasers and consumers; that is, "the great body of the yeomanry," about whose interest the "FARMER" wishes to appear very anxious, would be benefited by it.
It will be perceived by every reader, that the letters which are under examination, are not confined to the measures which have been contemplated in regard to American (or national) manufactures. The fisheries, the navigation laws, the banks, the public credit, and the revenues of the United States, have each sustained his efforts to wound them. The New-Jersey manufacturing has occupied but a part of his letters. A concluding number will therefore be employed in the examination of his four articles of impeachments (on the sixth page) against the President of the United States, the majorities of the two Houses of Congress, and the Secretary of the Treasury, in behalf of each of whom the plea is "not guilty," and the appeal is to the people.
From the INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE.
MR. ADAMS, AS the friends of civil liberty wish at all times to be acquainted with every question which appears to regard the public weal, a great number of gentlemen in this, and the neighbouring towns, have subscribed for the National Gazette , published by Mr. Philip Freneau , at Philadelphia; and it is hoped that Freneau's Gazette , which is said to be printed under the eye of that established patriot and republican Thomas Jefferson , will be generally taken in the New-England States.
From the COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
A CORRESPONDENT in the last Chronicle , recommends to the people of New-England a general perusal of the National Gazette , "said to be printed under the eye of that established patriot and republican, Thomas Jefferson ." Whether this is intended as an avowal, on the part of Mr. Jefferson , that he is the real , and the imprudent Freneau , only the nominal Editor of this chaste Gazette , the public is at a loss to determine. The advice is adapted to all, who delight in the most virulent abuse on a government, framed and administered by the people of America, to the honor, dignity and happiness of the country. And all who affect too much learning to have any piety, will be pleased with the recommendation. The clergy of our country vilified, and religion constantly ridiculed, must afford a rich repast to Infidels and Free-Thinkers.—To deprive us of all confidence in a government, instituted and administered by ourselves; and under the auspices of which the United States have progressed from discord, poverty and contempt, to harmony, wealth and honor, is a task worthy the pen of a malignant stranger.—To take from us all trust in that religion, for which our pious ancestors exchanged a civilized country for the wilderness, and on which we build our brightest hopes, for happiness in this, and a future world, may afford delight to a man like Freneau —But surely Freneau ought to be well founded in his assertions, before he brings forward Mr. Jefferson , as the patron of such a Gazette .
AN AMERICAN.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
TO ARISTIDES.
INDEED, Mr. Aristides , you merit obsecratio much more than your name sake of old; not however for being too just or too honest , but, first, for having become the champion of a person whom you have yourself christened " Cataline ," and secondly, for having made so very clumsy a defence for your patron. For the first offence you merit the animadversion of all good citizens, and for the latter, the censure of your friend. It is an old saying, but a true one, and certainly verified in this instance, that a man frequently loses more by the folly of his friends, than the wickedness of his enemies. Let us examine a little your piece, and we shall find that you have not attempted to clear Mr. J from some of the weighty charges alleged against him by the American ; and that in fact you have not only admitted others, but even proved them yourself to demonstration.—It is a very easy matter to answer charges by employing the pompous terms of "virulent abuse, base calumny and falsehood, insidious purposes, stabbing reputations, base and wicked calumniator, cowardly assassin, unprovoked and unmanly attack, depravity of heart," and a long string of unmeaning words, which might with great propriety have been applied to the productions of Mr. J 's Gazette for near a twelvemonth past; but it is not, as Aristides has himself evinced on this occasion, so easy to refute plain charges, founded in truth, and now in the mouth of every honest citizen who is attached to his country, and shocked at the present attempts to disturb its tranquillity and happiness. I shall now shew that Aristides has not attempted an answer to the very serious charge made in the publications referred to, of his patron's having set up a newspaper in this city, for the express purpose of abusing and traducing the Secretary of the Treasury; though his piece is written professedly to exculpate Mr. J from the charges made by the American , yet there is not even a glance at that serious charge; and so far he has acted with more wisdom than in any other part of his publication, as the most prudent mode of answering an unanswerable accusation, is to pass it over in silence. Without designing it, however, Aristides has confirmed that charge beyond the contradiction even of an oath. He tells us, in one place, that Mr. J is "opposed to some of the principles of the funding system, of the national bank, and of certain other measures of the Secretary of the Treasury;" and the paper styled the National Gazette , has, from its first establishment, teemed with "invective against some of the principles of the funding system, of the national bank, and certain other measures of the Secretary of the Treasury."
In another place he rises in his language, and announces Mr. J 's "abhorrence of some of the leading principles of Mr. Hamilton's fiscal administration;" and accordingly Mr. J 's press has groaned ever since its birth with its abhorrence of the leading principles of Mr. Hamilton's fiscal administration.
But Aristides says further, that this abhorrence is declared by his patron with a manly freedom : How far he may declare his sentiments on this subject with manly freedom among his own party, is best known to them; but certain it is, that in other societies he is distinguished for a very different mode of procedure; cautious and shy, wrapped up in impenetrable silence and mystery, he reserves his abhorrence for the arcana of a certain snug sanctuary, where seated on his pivot-chair , and involved in all the obscurity of political mystery and deception, ( Aristides will excuse me for employing his own expressions) he compounds and, with the aid of his active tools, circulates his poison thro' the medium of the National Gazette .
Let us now take a view of the answer which you have given to the two charges (not the principal ones) which the American has made against Mr. J . The first is, that he was opposed to the present Constitution of the United States: of this you propose to prove the malignity and falsehood, and how do you succeed? Why, truly by producing a fragment of a speech of Mr. Pendleton in the Virginia Convention, in which is quoted a fragment of a letter from Mr. J ; from the junction of which two fragments, it appears that Mr. J had seen the Constitution, and liked some parts of it—that he had prepared some amendments to it—and that provided his amendments were made part of it, he wished it to be adopted—otherwise, not.—If his letter has any meaning—and I confess it is difficult to find a precise one, the plain English of it is, no constitution without my amendments. In one part of this curious letter of advice, he says—Adopt the Constitution, that you may secure the great and important good it contains; then he suddenly wheels about (I suppose he was seated on his pivot when he wrote that epistle) Don't adopt it by any means if nine states have already done so, without my amendments. But here, as if his versatile chair had whisked about a second time, he adds by way of a second postscript, But you must adopt at all events, rather than produce a schism. In short, his opinion appears to have been as versatile as his chair, and as in schools, applications to the breech are said to have a wonderful effect on the head, by driving up learning, so there appears to be such a wonderful connexion between the seat and the head of this great politician, and the motions of the one have such a powerful effect on the operations of the other, that we may say with the American poet—
But should his Honor raise Bum-fiddle, The Charm would break off in the middle.
Mr. Pendleton makes a pretty commentary on this epistle; Mr. J wishes the first nine States to adopt it, what are his reasons? Because it will secure to us the good it contains which he thinks great and important, and he wishes the other four may refuse it, because he thinks it will tend to obtain necessary amendments; but he would not wish that a schism should take place in the union, on any consideration. According to this construction of the text, it seems that the question before a State convention ought to have been in what numerical order the State stood; if she was the ninth State about to consider the constitution, then it was unnecessary to discuss its merits, it must be adopted at all events, but if she happened to be the tenth , it must be rejected at all events without any enquiry into its merits; the consideration of the constitution in both cases would have been nugatory—the first consideration of the convention would be, how many States had already adopted, and accordingly it would only be necessary to ascertain that fact, which being done, the adoption or rejection followed of course; and though in other cases it should seem that the more States had adopted a measure, the more one would consider it a wise one and agreeable to the people—yet in this case our ingenious politician recommends a rule directly the reverse, and the more States have adopted the constitution the less recommendation should it have with the remainder. But when this sage advice was given it did not occur to its author that two conventions might be in session at the same time and that either of them by its ratification would make the number nine ; what is to be done then? If his advice was good for Virginia, it was good for all the other States; how will they settle the etiquette, which is to be the adopter without amendments, and which is to hold off for amendments; there must be conferences between them, in which not a syllable would be said about the constitution itself, but simply a discussion which ought to adopt to make up the number nine ;—should this contest have happened between a very large and a very small State, Virginia and Delaware for instance, the dispute might easily be settled—Virginia would naturally say, do you adopt and we will drive them into amendments by withholding our assent, and little Delaware would yield to the will of the great and antient dominion; but suppose the contest between Virginia and New-York, and neither would adopt—how then? Or between Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, and both would adopt—how then? Or between two small States, for instance, Georgia and Rhode Island—how then? If no compact could be made, and both refused to adopt, the great and important good would not be secured; if both should adopt, there would be no longer the magic number nine , but ten and less chance for amendments. But all this is to be accomplished without schism , a very probable event! Suppose the four largest States, viz. Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New-York had rejected the constitution, and insisted upon all the amendments which their conventions required: is it probable that the other nine States would without a schism and a struggle have relinquished their opinions, or suffer themselves to be brow-beat into a string of amendments which they, when they accepted
the constitution, deemed frivolous, unnecessary or injurious? Or on the other hand, had the four smallest States in the union withheld their consent in order to obtain amendments—is it likely the others would have regarded their idle threats? In short, this sagacious politician e. would mean to write such a letter as he thought would please both parties, not knowing then which was likely to preponderate, which indeed accounts for its having been quoted by both parties like a convenient law case; or meant to publish one of those visionary political speculations with which he is well known to much to abound. Mr. Pendleton says, "Mr. J is possessed of the constitution and has in his mind the idea of amending it"; it is to be lamented he did not state the purport of those amendments, the curiosity of the public would undoubtedly be gratified with a sight of them; it is not impossible they are of a similar complexion with some of the wild schemes of government which he is said to have recommended about that time to a set of raw politicians at Paris, since known by the title of enrages or madmen , who ignorant themselves of every principle of free and rational government swallowed greedily every project of our American politician, and by their intemperance and fury drove out of France all those enlightened and patriotic citizens, the Abbe Sieyes, Mounier , Lally Tollendal , &c who sought for a well poised government, properly checked; and who foresaw all the calamities to which their country would be exposed by surrendering up all the powers of the government to a set of ignorant enthusiasts and indigent fanatics. Those calamities have now burst upon that beautiful but unfortunate country, and the miserable sufferers may thank the American Philosopher for a great portion of them. At that time he countenanced one branch of legislation and if consistent he must have recommended the same policy to the United States in his amendments; he has since been sensible of the miseries which France has experienced principally from that vice in her system, and he is now persuaded and acknowledges that France will never have a settled and good government without two branches. His advice however comes too late, the mischief is done; the enrages have acquired such an ascendancy in the National Assembly that they have solemnly voted execrations against all the advocates for two branches—they are too well pleased with their power to surrender it or divide it with another branch, and while they can pass what laws they please and extort the Royal sanction by sending an armed mob to threaten the King's life, and bully him into their measures, it is not to be expected that any change will take place with their consent. The part which the American Minister took in laying the foundation of this system accounts for the wonderful anxiety displayed by himself and his friends for its success, in opposition to his better judgment on experience and maturer reflexion.—Thus a parent loves his offspring though he sees his deformity. The letter to often quoted says, "But we must take care, however, that neither this nor any other objections to the form, produce a schism in our Union "—and his commentator, Mr. Pendleton , says, "But Mr. J would not wish that a schism should take place in the Union, on any consideration." So thought and so wrote Mr. J —at Paris some years ago; he then was the warm advocate of Union—he deprecated a schism —Union at all events— schism on no consideration, says the American at Paris. What says the S —y at Philadelphia? Alas—he speaks a very different language: he proclaims his abhorrence of the funding system and the bank—measures which have received the sanction of the legislature of the nation, and of the President; he declares open war against the Secretary of the Treasury, for having recommended them—he establishes a newspaper as a battery to keep up a perpetual fire upon him—and in patronizing the overthrow of those important measures, he lays the foundation of schism and discord throughout the Union—an executive officer of the national government, instead of harmonizing for the good of his country with his colleague, he openly and avowedly traduces, calumniates and execrates his administration, and thereby gives birth to factions and parties, which, unless soon checked, may involve his country in all the horrors of anarchy.—How is this surprising change to be accounted for? To dire ambition, the ruin of so many empires, we may trace its source. At Paris, Mr. J , the representative of the American nation, wished for Union, because it would promote its prosperity, and enhance his dignity; but at Philadelphia, Mr. J fears in Mr. Hamilton a formidable rival, and therefore the sooner he can ruin him in the public estimation, the better for his purpose. To this end were all his means to be directed—on the one hand, a monstrous affection of pure republicanism, primitive simplicity, and extraordinary zeal for the public good—on the other hand, to cry down the funding system, the bank, the excise law, as emanations from the Secretary of the Treasury, to endeavor to make those measures odious to the people, and then attribute them all to Mr. Hamilton's machinations. Thus in support of the first part of his system , we see (what Aristides calls his known attachment to republicanism) plain Thomas J —wonderful humility on all occasions—the finery veils of inordinate ambition. In support of the latter, a Gazette established under his auspices, to circulate encomiums on his own administration, and abuse on his rivals. The charge therefore is well maintained that Mr. J is the promoter of national schism , national insignificance, public disorder and discord—for the Jacksons he has originated will, if not soon checked, end in all that.—The other charge respecting the Dutch creditors stands unrefuted by Aristides , though he is possessed of certain facts; why did he suppress those facts, and if he had it in his power to prove that the vice given by Mr. J was directly the reverse of what the American has stated, why has he omitted doing it? With respect to Mr. Pendleton's observation that "Providence has for the

good of mankind accompanied Mr. J——'s abilities with a disposition to make them of use for the good of his fellow citizens." It is to be lamented that he is so much altered now; for certainly the use to which he now applies his abilities, particularly his talent for intrigue and party-work, evince a disposition hostile to the good of his fellow citizens, and destructive of their future welfare. As to his being what Aristedes calls him an old meritorious public servant, it is supposed his eminent services in Virginia, at the time of Tarlton's invasion, are alluded to; and as to the crime of An American , in attacking Mr. J—— during his absence, this would not have happened had he been attending his duty where he ought to be. SCOURGE.
From the (Boston) Columbian Centinel. "I HAVE no manner of doubt, that the strict, inflexible integrity, and superior abilities of the VICE-PRESIDENT, in addition to his independence of party views and connexions, are the only faults he has; and these, I assure you, are insuperable in the eyes of his enemies. For these they never will cease to persecute him: But may our country be wise—and still oppose him to the arts of the unprincipled, as the shield of their liberties. This, he has been undeceivingly for more than twenty years."
PARIS, July 18. Speech made the 14th of July, at the inauguration of the first stone of the column of liberty, on the ruins of the Bastille:
"On the ruins of the cavern of despotism, the column of Liberty erects itself. It will not be so easy for tyrants to destroy our labors, as it was for citizens to overturn the Bastille. It is due to the Representatives of the people to lay its foundation—we see among them three, who, with us, dared on this ground, the cannon of despotism: they swore with us a mortal hatred to the enemies of the people; they have kept their oath. Since tyranny still dares to raise its hideous head, let us swear together to give it a death wound. All Kings conspire to ruin the French nation. Let us then swear to destroy the conspiring Kings. It is time to reap the fruit of our work, and to see the reign of anarchy succeeded by the sunshine of law and equality."
Where the Bastille stood there was an immense tent, brilliantly ornamented, and different coloured fire works displayed; an immense group of the sons and daughters of freedom danced and sung on the very spot where the excesses of misery have for centuries been endured by the victims of tyrants!
The king has ordered M. M. Luckner, Montesquieu, &c. &c. and all the Generals whatever, to refuse permission to M. Philippe Joseph Louis (the Duke of Orleans) to serve in any of their armies.
M. Brissot, who has done so much for the Jacobins by vehemently opposing every minister which they and he had not at least contributed to advance to public office, has fallen under the displeasure of his colleagues. A motion was made the other night to erase his name from the books of the Jacobins, and his friends only evaded the disgrace by moving the order of the day, because it was unworthy their importance to spend so much time upon individuals.
LONDON, July 19. The Kings of Hungary and Prussia are said each to have advanced a sum of money to the French emigrants; but on condition, that the application of it shall be superintended by a Prussian and Austrian commissary.
The Prince of Nassau brings them a letter of credit from the Empress of Russia, for a considerable sum.
PROVIDENCE (R. I.) Sept. 8. At a meeting of the Corporation of the College on Thursday last, the Rev. JONATHAN MAXCY, Pastor of the Baptist Church in this town, and Professor of Divinity in the College, was elected President of the College pro tempore —and the Hon. BENJAMIN BOURN, Esq. was elected a Trustee of the College.
The election of the Reverend Mr. Maxcy (whose reputation as a gentleman and a scholar is established wherever he is known) to the Presidency of Rhode-Island College, must be a pleasing event to all the friends of the institution, and cannot but have a pleasing influence on its future prosperity.
HALIFAX, (N. C.) Sept. 12. A correspondent from the western part of the state observes, that the people are generally anxious to take out licences for their stills during the season; but there is no county in which there is a person authorised to grant them, owing to the difficulty of executing the former law—that they are tolerably satisfied with the present modification, as better accommodated to their rights.
Extract of a letter from Hillsborough, Sept. 2. "The Board of Commissioners, consisting of Mr. Franklin, Mr. Benford, and Mr. Saunders, closed their business on Friday evening, agreeably to the limitation of the act under which they sat."
Here follows a statement I procured of their proceedings:
The amount of certificates and due-bills issued by the Board of Commissioners of Army Accounts at Warrenton, was, £. 226,171 11 2
Amount of Warrenton certificates and due-bills tendered to the Board of Commissioners at Hillsborough for examination, were,
£. 76,504 11 2 certificates. 8,194 1 4 due-bills.
Amount presented, £. 84,698 12 6
Of which were re-issued, £. 18,000 5 10 certificates. 4,137 15 8 due-bills.
Total re-issued, £. 22,138 1 6
Amount issued by the above Board for unliquidated claims, £. 20,372 10 11 certificates. 6,790 16 11 due-bills.
Total £. 27,163 7 10
Amos Warrenton re-issued 22,138 1 6
Total amount £. 49,301 9 4
Philadelphia, Sept. 22.
ABSTRACT OF EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
The French papers mention frequent desertions from the Austrian army.—They say further, that a great mutiny has broken out among the soldiery of that army; and that it requires one half to keep the other in subjection. A report at Vienna states, that the Austrian Minister at Constantinople had been arrested.—A grant of the liberty of the press, under very moderate restrictions has been made at Stockholm, the capital of Sweden—the abettors of the King's assassination it is thought will be pardoned. The States of Holland have determined not to take, openly, an active part in the disputes with France—but the wishes of the Stadholderian party are in favor of the Prussian arms.—The Dutch patriots are much caressed by the Prince of Orange, being appointed by him to places of emolument. A camp is now formed at Soissons in France. The manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick does not appear to have produced the effect wished for by every friend to the liberties of France, a cordial union among all parties for the common defence of the country—on the contrary it appears that they are as eager in reviling and calumniating each other, as if they had no common enemy.—It is however expected that order will arise out of confusion; one account says that the Jacobin club can reckon only 45 or 46 members of the National Assembly on whom they can depend. A confirmed majority on either side will probably produce a concert of measures, which appears at present to be much wanted.
The King of Prussia has published a long manifesto, stating the reasons which have induced him to take up arms against France—these reasons are substantially the same with those contained in the manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick—it is however couched in more elegant and explicit terms, than the latter; or else that of the Duke has not had justice done it in the translation.—The anniversary of the French Revolution has been celebrated with great eclat in Ireland and Scotland—among the numerous patriotic toasts given on this occasion, the name of WASHINGTON, the father of his country and the friend of mankind, is brought forward with most distinguished honor and respect.—Blanchard, the celebrated aeronaut, lately performed an aerial tour from the free and imperial town of Lubeck, in company with a young lady, for the purpose of displaying the National Flag of France in the upper regions—compleat success crowned the enterprize.—This
fact was announced to the National Assembly.
It has been reported that a general action had taken place between the Austrian and French armies, previous to the sailing of the Ohio from Bristol, and that the latter were victorious.
A vessel from Bayonne arrived here, brings accounts that the Spaniards were arming in all their ports.
It has been proposed in the Jacobin Club, that a Dictatorate of 21, should supercede both King and Assembly, choose ministers, appoint generals, and conduct the war.
It is determined, that the states of Holland shall not take an active part in the affairs of France.—A subscription is open in England for the succour of the people of Poland.
The King notified the Assembly that the Elector of Cologne, and the Duke of Wirtemberg, were preparing hostilities against France.—The important question respecting the DEPOSING of the KING, was to be agitated on the 9th of August.
The fourth anniversary of French Freedom was celebrated at Paris with great solemnity and magnificence, and without any unfortunate accident happening throughout the day. The procession to the Champ de Confederation was very regular and extremely grand. The King arrived on the ground about noon. He was attended by the Ex-Ministers and a large body of National Guards, and was received with acclamations by the people. The following oath was then read aloud, the King, the National Assembly, the Deputies of the Departments, and all the Ministers, Officers, &c. standing uncovered, with their hands raised to Heaven:
"We swear to be faithful to the Nation, the Law, and the King—to maintain with all our power the Constitution decreed by the National Assembly and accepted by the King; to protect the individual and preserve his property according to law: to see that there be a free circulation of grain throughout the kingdom; to enforce, with all our power, the collection of the public revenues, and to remain united to every Frenchman by the bonds of brotherly love."
The King, the Legislature, and the people, then pronounced aloud, "I swear it." The acclamations which followed were long and reiterated.
The Russians, in consequence of the warm reception they met with from the Poles at Zaslav, on the 17th June, have made no further progress into the kingdom on that quarter. Had some of the Polish general officers done their duty effectually, the advantages over the Russians would have been greater. The King has therefore ordered, that Prince Michael Lubomirski, and General Czarski, who each commanded a brigade, should be tried by a court martial.
From the motions of the Russians, Warsaw, the capital of Poland, seems to be their object. The King therefore, in consequence of the danger which threatens that place, instead of joining as was his intention, the army of the Prince Poniatowski, his nephew, in Volhynia, is now anxious only for that in Lithuania. He has in consequence ordered a camp to be formed beyond the Vistula, near Warsaw, to cover that city.—The English papers say, the King of the French has four chances to run; he will either be carried off by the Jacobins to Bourdeaux, by the Feuillants to Lyons, by Luckner or Fayette to either army, or by the Hulsans to the German dominions.—Under the first stone of the Pillar of Liberty to be erected on the ruins of the Bastille, a box was placed containing the declaration of the Rights of Man—the King's picture, and that of the first President of the constituent assembly—and of the members of the constituted powers, some bell-metal money, and some assignats.—By the latest accounts the Emperor and Empress of Germany were arrived at Frankfort preparatory to the Coronation, which was to take place the 14th July.
Accounts from India to the 22d March, say, that General Meadows had entirely recovered of his wounds.—Lieutenant George Douglas, of the 75th regiment in India, was cashiered for killing Lieutenant James Burch in a duel.—Twenty-five Priests, the English papers say, have been hung by the populace in France.
The Glass-Works erected a few years since at Watervliet, west of Albany, in the state of New-York, having been repaired, are now furnished with materials for carrying on the business in its utmost extent. The window-glass there manufactured, is said to be equal to Bristol.
The ingenious John Churchman has failed from Baltimore for London.
Upon a late occasion it was found that the Federal interest in the state of Rhode-Island, was in a ratio of 500 to one, compared with the Anti-Federal—One of the federal candidates for representative in Congress, of that state, having had fifteen hundred votes where his competitor had but three! Mr. Bourn, the other candidate, a member of the present federal house of representatives, it is said, had no competitor whatever.
It is the custom in some of the Southern States for the candidates for appointments publicly to solicit the suffrages of the electors. A correspondent has observed with pleasure, that in the instances which have fallen under his cognizance, there does not appear to be a dereliction of any
principles on the part of the candidates, in those addresses, which are essential to the support of a free firm efficient government; or of those measures which Congress have adopted, in carrying the constitution of the United States into effect.—This is not only honorable to the judgment of the candidates, but highly to the good sense of the people.
Those who say that an excise does not diminish the consumption of spirituous liquors, may as well affirm that the less money there is to purchase, the greater the quantity that will be bought. But the number of stills has increased—this is owing to various causes; the number of people has increased—the importation and consequent consumption of foreign spirits has lessened—the manufacture of gin and other spirits in the country, owing to the encouragement held out in the excise law, is become an object of great attention—and there is reason to suppose, that in consequence of this encouragement, the quality of the liquors distilled in the United States, will continually improve, till in a short time the exports of spirits, already considerable, will become a source of immense profit to the country.
"It gives us great pleasure (says a Boston paper) to find that the patriotic Jefferson has become the object of censure, as it will have a happy tendency to open the eyes of the people, to see the strides of certain men in power, who are wishing to turn every staunch republican out of office, who has discerning to ken their arbitrary measures, and honesty sufficient to reveal them."
From several symptoms it appears that the old republican spirit of America is returning in full force upon those parts* of the United States where it had been rather obscured for some time past by the arts of aristocratical sophistry. How the "Gazette of the United States" will be affected by this change, a short time will determine. Some think the Printer will be served much in the same manner as the fox served his fleas and vermin—he is said to have sunk himself gradually into a pool of water, with a wisp of straw in his nose, the vermin all the while crawling up as the fox immersed his carcase, till at length Reynard gave them the dodge, and left them to shift for themselves!
Nat. Gaz.
* This it is supposed refers to the four eastern states.—It is truly laughable to talk about the returning spirit of republicanism upon those invariably republican states.—Republican principles peopled the once howling wilderness of that part of America—Republican foundations in the establishment of FREE SCHOOLS, acceptable to all on terms of perfect equality; in the wise provision for the clergy; in making the highest posts in the government attainable by virtue and abilities whatever its situation, as has been, and is in instance in a thousand particulars;—in the free, independent and equal representation of the people—and in many other things which might be mentioned, are sufficient to evince that at no period in the history of those states since the first settlement of the country, has the sacred fire of republicanism ceased to blaze with its native splendor and dignity.—But it happens that the people of those states are warm supporters of our federal republican government—hence they have been mercilessly stigmatized by the junto —A junto that will never admit that a government, or its administration can be good, or republican, which they have not the supreme direction of.
A gentleman from the southward, who lately made a tour through the eastern states, being asked if he saw any republicans there? replied that he had not seen any other description of people—he added, they are all good republicans, good friends to government; universal peace and tranquility prevail among them, and every man appears to be happy in minding his own business.
Other accounts fully corroborate the above—on insignificant remnant of the insurgent spirit may possibly exist in a particular town; but the abilities of this junto in certain papers devoted to the worst of causes, are as nothing when opposed to the general sense of the people.
Died in Charleston, S. C. MORDECAI GIST, Esq. Brigadier-General in the Army of the United States.
—In England, Lieutenant General JOHN BURGOYNE.
—Lord NORTH, Earl of Guildford, &c.
SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVED at the PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
  Ship Birmingham Packet, Simmons, Bristol   Rising Sun, Angus, St. Sebastians   Fame, Frazier, Rotterdam   Camilla, Williams, Dublin   Snow Experiment, Fraser, St. Kitts   Joseph, Prance, Londonderry   Brig Martha, Hoyt, Amsterdam   Little Sarah, Earle, Newport   Charleston, Garman, Charleston   Sch'r. Weymouth, Stevens, N. York   Fly, Johnson, Charleston   Dolphin, Leavitt, St. John (N.B.)   Tryal, Basset, Boston   Sloop Ann, Garden, Nantucket   New Forge, Ellis, Portsmouth (N. H.) 
The British Packet for August, arrived at New-York on Tuesday last, 3 o'clock, P. M.
Price of Stocks as in our last.
CATULLUS is necessarily postponed till our next.

The following SONNETS appear as originals in the Fayetteville Gazette. The Muse, in sweetest notes, attunes her lays to the finest chords of nature and sentiment.
HOURS OF SORROW.
In three Sonnets—By a LADY.
SONNET I. DESPAIR.
A DIEU those fancy'd visionary joys, When fortune smil'd, and every bliss was mine; Alas! how chang'd the scene! The flatt'ring voice Of friends, salutes no more with sounds divine. And thou, sweet hope—but cruel nymph adieu, Who once delusive had my heart betray'd; Those pleasing traits which happier fancy drew, By thy neglect eras'd, capricious maid. I trace the step that thou hadst trod before, Those shades where once with thee I us'd to stray; But now, alas! thy taper guides no more, Nor leads as once my sorrow darkened day. Ah! then I quit thy treacherous form, tho' fair, And, sad alternative! I meet DESPAIR!
SONNET II. THE INVOCATION.
N O loveliest fugitive again I woo, And welcome to my heart thy sooth'ing lay; Thy devious step its wonted path renew, And cheer the lonely wanderer in her way. Why leave me thus, in fruitless sighs to mourn? Why let thy vot'ry thus late vigils keep? Why when I languish wilt thou not return? Come, gentle Hope, nor leave me e'er to weep. Rise, generous, like the matin sun arise— Regard my bark, in distant ocean tost, To the rough Corsair a resistless prize— Be thou my pilot, or the vessel's lost. With thee though angry clouds the skies deform, We'll ride at anchor safe from every storm.
SONNET III. PRAYER TO PATIENCE.
W HILE in the fable dress of grief array'd, With heart-felt sighs, I ruin's trophy form; Yet keep—Oh! keep me, gentle, meek ey'd maid, Superior to the black impending storm. Though mark'd alone for every woe severe— Almighty fate! thy sovereign will be done; But teach me due submission while I bear, Those ills I strive, but vainly strive to shun. Divert the mind from every wild surprize— Let sober and dispassion'd reason reign, Or Fancy, with her magic forms arise, To moderate and calm the sense of pain. But chief, O Goddess! be my humble prayer, The weight of future sorrows to prevent; Throw o'er those poignant pangs that bring despair, That fav'rite dress, thy mantle of content. SYMP LICIA.
The SUBSCRIBERS to the Universal Tontine
Are informed, that a general meeting is to be held at the State-House in this city, on Saturday the 3d day of November next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. agreeably to the sixth article of their association. By order of the Agents, EBENEZER HAZARD, Sec'y. Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1792. (ept3N)
To be published by Subscription, THE AMERICAN REMEMBRANCER, OR, PROCEEDINGS OF THE Old Congress,
From September 1774, to March 1789;—An authentic and original collection of OFFICIAL LETTERS, &c. written during the late war; And EXTRACTS from the SECRET JOURNALS. (For particulars, see Proposals at large.) Subscriptions are received by the principal Booksellers; and by the Editor, JOHN CAREY, No. 26, Pear-Street, Philadelphia.
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.f.)
Universal Hymn Book.
To be Sold by THOMAS DOBSON , and other Booksellers in Philadelphia. A Collection of PSALMS, HYMNS, and SPIRITUAL SONGS ; selected from different Authors, and published by Order of the Convention holding the Doctrine of the Salvation of all Men, met in Philadelphia, May 25, 1791. Price of a single book, bound, 3-8ths of a Dollar, with good allowance to those who take quantities. August 4. (eptf.)
The price of this Gazette is Three Dollars per annum—One half to be paid at the time of subscribing.
NEW-BRUNSWICK Church Lottery.
THE peculiar circumstances of a gentleman who had undertaken to dispose of a proportion of the tickets in the New-Brunswick Church Lottery, having, in his opinion, rendered it inconvenient for him further to proceed in the sale thereof, between eleven and twelve hundred tickets are unexpectedly returned to the Rector, Church-Wardens and Vestry-men. This lays the Managers under the necessity of further adjourning the drawing of the Lottery, until the fifteenth day of October next, that they may have time to transmit these tickets to the parts of the state where they are applied for, and receive the returns. As there are but few tickets besides those remaining on hand, all persons who are disposed to promote the pious object of this Lottery, or to take a chance for the prizes therein, are requested to supply themselves by the first of October; and the gentlemen appointed to dispose of them, are desired to return those to the Managers, which they remain unsold, to answer the applications of some gentlemen in the neighbourhood, who are postponed to this resource for a supply. And notice is hereby given, that the tickets not returned to the Managers by the eighth day of October, will be considered as at the risk of the holders. N. B. ROBERT MORRIS, Esq. of New-Brunswick, is duly chosen one of the Managers of the said Lottery, and has given security and qualified agreeably to law. (eptO1)
PLANS OF THE City of Washington, Sold by the BOOKSELLERS, DOBSON, CAREY, YOUNG, & CRUIKSHANK.
100 Dollars Reward.
LOST on Cambridge Common, Massachusetts, on the afternoon of the 18th ult. a Morocco POCKET-BOOK, with a steel clasp, containing a number of valuable papers, among which were the following PUBLIC SECURITIES, viz. Massachusetts State Notes—No. 2,425, dated December 1, 1782, payable to Thomas Greenwood, for £. 23 16s. principal—No. 22,399, dated January 1, 1785, payable to Nathaniel Partridge, for £. 10 10s. principal—No. —, dated January 1, 1782, (an army note) payable to Timothy Howard, for £. 8 8s. 1d. principal—No. —, a Note (the number, date, and to whom payable, not known) for £. 3 0s. 3d. principal—One Indent Certificate for Four Dollars, and a New-Hampshire Certificate for about £. 12 payable to John Daniel Jenks; also a number of Notes of Hand, one of which was for £. 572 given by Nathan Bond to Samuel W. Pomeroy (by whom it was endorsed) dated 1st May, 1792, and payable on the 11th August following; the others were all payable to the Subscriber. The Securities are checked at the different offices from whence they were issued, and the Notes of Hand by the different signers, they can therefore be of no use to any but the owner. The Subscriber hereby offers a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person or persons who has found the same, and will return them to him, or leave them with the Printer hereof, and no questions will be asked. ABRAHAM FOSTER. Salem, Massachusetts, August 1, 1792. (eptf)
TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA.
JUNE 28, 1792. PURSUANT to the last Will and Testament of the late REV. ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, deceased, will be exposed to Public Sale on Thursday, the 11th of October next, at GEORGETOWN, on a credit of three years, the purchasers giving bond with approved security, to bear interest from the date—That valuable Seat of Land, in Montgomery county, called HAYES; the late dwelling plantation of the deceased, containing between six and seven hundred acres, the greatest part of which is rich, heavy timbered land, extremely well watered, and capable of affording a very considerable quantity of fine meadow;—Situated about 6 miles from the Federal City, and the same distance from George-Town, in a genteel neighbourhood; and a remarkable healthy part of the country. The improvements are, a very elegant two story Brick Dwelling House, (with four rooms and a passage, or entry, on a floor) and the necessary out-houses. HENRY TOWNSEND, } BENJ. STODDERT, } Executors. THOMAS JOHNS. (eptO)
TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA.
JULY 6, 1792. THE Subscriber offers for Sale, a Mill-Seat on Rock Creek, deemed by those who have examined it, equal to any in the United States. The Mill-House may be placed within one quarter of a mile of the river Potomac, half a mile from the market house in Georgetown, and one mile from the President's square, in the city of Washington—on tide water, navigable for vessels of several hundred bushels burthen.—The stream is sufficient, the year round, to turn four pair of stones, and the fall may be made from 25 to 30 feet. It is unnecessary to dwell on the advantages of such a situation. The purchaser may be accommodated with a few hundred acres of land adjoining the Mill-Seat if that should be an object. B. STODDERT. (epgm 14 Jul)
TO BE SOLD BY THE EDITOR, AN ALPHABETICAL LIST of the Duties payable on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise imported into the United States; exhibiting the Rates payable on those imported in Ships or Vessels of the United States, and in Foreign Ships or Vessels; including the additional Duties to which the respective Articles are liable. A TABLE for receiving and paying Gold—graduated according to Law—Blank Manifests—And Blanks for the various Powers of Attorney necessary in transacting Business at the Treasury or at the Bank of the United States. The INDEX and TITLE-PAGE for the Third Volume of this GAZETTE, are now ready to be delivered to those who intend to bind that Volume. de-
Treasury Department,
AUGUST 10, 1792.
NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the twenty-ninth day of September next inclusive, for the supply of all Rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December, 1793, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the districts hereafter mentioned, viz.
 1. At any place or places betwixt York-Town & Carlisle, in the state of Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh, and at Pittsburgh, York-Town and Carlisle.  2. At any place or places from Pittsburgh to the mouth of Big Beaver Creek, and at the mouth of Big Beaver Creek.  3. At any place or places from the said mouth to the upper falls of the said Big Beaver, and at the upper falls.  4. At any place or places from the said upper falls to Mahoning, and at Mahoning.  5. At any place or places from the said Mahoning over to the Head Navigation of the River Cuyahoga, and at the said Head Navigation.  6. At any place or places from the said Head Navigation to the mouth of the said River Cuyahoga, and at the said mouth.  7. At any place or places betwixt the mouth of the Big Beaver Creek to the mouth of the River Muskingum, and up the said River to the Tulpacrowas, and at the Tulpacrowas, and thence over to the Cuyahoga River, and thence down the said River to its mouth.  8. At any place or places betwixt the mouth of the River Muskingum and the mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of the said River Scioto.  9. At any place or places betwixt the mouth of Scioto River and the mouth of the Great Miami, at the mouth of the Great Miami, and from thence to the Rapids or the Falls of the Ohio, and at the said Rapids.  10. At any place or places betwixt the mouth of the Great Miami, up the said Miami to and at Pique Town.  11. At any place or places from Fort Washington to Fort Hamilton, and at Fort Hamilton. At any place or places from Fort Hamilton to Fort St. Clair, and at Fort St. Clair.  12. At any place or places from Fort St. Clair to Fort Jefferson, and at Fort Jefferson.  13. At any place or places from Fort Jefferson to the field of action of the 4th of November, 1791, and at the said field of action.  14. At any place or places from the said field of action to the Miami Villages, and at the Miami Villages.  15. At any place or places from the said Miami Villages to the Falls of the Miami River, which empties into Lake Erie, and at the said Falls, and from thence to its mouth, and at its mouth.  16. At any place or places from the mouth of the said Miami River of Lake Erie to Sandusky Lake, and at Sandusky Lake.  17. At any place or places from the said Sandusky Lake to the mouth of the River Cuyahoga.  18. At any place or places from the mouth of the said River Cuyahoga to Presque Isle, and at Presque Isle.  19. At any place or places from Presque Isle to the stream running into Lake Erie from towards the Jadaghuque Lake, and thence over to and at the said Jadaghuque Lake, and thence down the Allegany River to Fort Franklin.  20. At any place or places from Presque Isle to Le Beuf, and at Le Beuf.  21. At any place or places from Le Beuf to Fort Franklin, and at Fort Franklin, and from thence to Pittsburgh.  22. At any place or places from the Rapids of the Ohio to the mouth of the Wabash River, and from the mouth of the said Wabash River to the mouth of the River Ohio.  23. At any place or places on the East side of the River Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio River, to the mouth of the Illinois River.  24. At any place or places on the East side of the Mississippi, between the mouth of the Ohio and the River Margot inclusively.  25. At any place or places from the said River Margot to the River Yazous inclusively.  26. At any place or places from the mouth of the said Wabash River up to Fort Knox, and at Fort Knox.  27. At any place or places from Fort Knox, up the said Wabash, to Ouittanon, and at Ouittanon.  28. At any place or places from Ouittanon, up the said Wabash, to the head navigation of a branch thereof called Little River, and at the said head navigation of Little River.  29. At any place or places from the said head navigation of Little River over to the Miami Village.  30. At any place or places from the mouth of the River Tenesse to Ocochappo or Bear Creek, on the said River, inclusively.  31. At any place or places from the mouth of the River Cumberland to Nashville, on the said River, and at Nashville.  32. At any place or places within thirty miles of said Nashville to the Southward, Westward or Northward thereof. 
Should any rations be required at any places, or within other districts, not specified in these proposals, the price of the same to be hereafter agreed on betwixt the public and the contractor. The rations to be supplied are to consist of the following articles, viz. One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or 3/4 of a pound of pork, One quart of rum, brandy or whisky, One quart of salt, Two quarts of vinegar, Two pounds of soap, One pound of candles, } per 100 rations. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the said term, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at each of the said posts, for the space of at least three months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is to be understood in each case, that all losses sustained by the depredations of the enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the prices of the articles captured or destroyed, on the depositions of two or more credible characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation is claimed. The contract for the above supplies will be made either for one year, or for two years, as may appear eligible. Persons disposed to contract will time to make their propositions so as to admit an election of the term of two years. The offers may comprise all the places which have been specified, or a part of them only.
Treasury Department,
AUGUST 20th, 1792.
NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the 13th day of October next inclusive, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December 1793, both days inclusive, at Springfield, in the State of Massachusetts, and the Port of Well-Point, in the State of New-York. The rations to be supplied, are to consist of the following articles, viz. One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or 3/4 of a pound of pork, Half a pint of rum, brandy or whisky, One quart of salt, Two quarts of vinegar, Two pounds of soap, One pound of candles, } per 100 rations. The proposals may be made for both of the above-mentioned Posts, or separately, for Springfield and Well-Point.
Treasury Department,
AUGUST, 20th, 1792.
NOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury until the fourth day of October next inclusive, for the supply of the following articles of Clothing for the Troops in the service of the United States—viz.
   FOR THE INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY.     4608 Hats 18,600 Shirts   4608 Coats 7956 Pair of Socks   4608 Vests 4608 Blankets   8668 Woolen Overalls 4608 Stock   9216 Linen Overalls 4608 Stock Clasps   18376 Pair of Shoes 4608 Pair of Buckles        FOR THE CAVALRY.     360 Caps 720 Pair of Stockings   360 Coats 1440 Shirts   360 Vests 360 Blankets   360 Pair of Leather Breeches 360 Stock   720 Pair of Boots 360 Stock Clasps; also, 1200 Rifle Shirts, to be   360 Pair of Spurs (made of Russia Sheetings)  
The above Clothing to be delivered either in New-York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, at the option of the contractor or contractors, on or before the 15th day of June, 1793. The proposals may comprise the whole of the before-mentioned Clothing, or any one or more of the component articles; to be furnished agreeably to patterns or specimens, which will be shown at the War Office. Good security will be required for the punctual and faithful performance of the contract. The payment will be on the delivery of the Clothing, or, if necessary, such reasonable advances will be made as the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem expedient.
War Department,
AUGUST 6, 1792.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the Military Invalids of the United States, that the sums to which they are entitled for six months of their annual pension, from the 4th day of March 1792, and which will become due on the 5th day of September 1792, will be paid on the said day by the Commissioners of the Loans within the States respectively, under the usual regulations, viz. Every application for payment must be accompanied by the following vouchers.
1st. The certificate given by the state, specifying that the person possessing the same is in fact an invalid, and ascertaining the sum to which as such he is annually entitled.
2d. An affidavit, agreeably to the following form:
A. B. came before me, one of the Justices of the county of _____ in the state of _____ and made oath that he is the same A. B. to whom the original certificate in his possession was given, of which the following is a copy (the certificate given by the state to be recited) That he served _____ (regiment, corps or vessel) at the time he was disabled, and that he now resides in the _____ and county of _____ there for the last _____ years, previous to which he resided in _____
In case an invalid should apply for payment by an attorney, the said attorney, besides the certificate and oath before recited, must produce a special letter of attorney agreeably to the following form:
I, A. B. of _____ county of _____ state of _____ do hereby constitute and appoint C. D. of _____ my lawful attorney, to receive in my behalf of _____ my pension for six months, as an invalid of the United States, from the fourth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and ending the fifth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two. Signed and sealed in the presence of _____
Witnesses. Acknowledged before me, _____ Applications of executors and administrators must be accompanied with legal evidence of their respective offices, and also of the time the invalids died, whose pension they may claim. By command of the President of the United States, H. KNOX, Secretary of War. The Printers in the respective States are requested to publish the above in their newspapers, for the space of two months.
George-Town.
A Number of LOTS in every situation which may be desired in City of WASHINGTON, will be offered for sale by the Commissioners, on Monday the 8th day of October next. One fourth part of the money to be paid down, the residue in three equal annual payments, with yearly interest on the whole principal unpaid. JOHN M'GANTT, Clerk to the Commissioners. June 2, 1792. [eptf]