Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-05-23 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 112, of Vol. III.]
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1792.
[Whole No. 320.]
SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AT THE FIRST SESSION, Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, Monday the twenty-fourth of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.
AN ACT to continue in force the Act, intitled, "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the penalties and forfeitures accruing under the revenue laws in certain cases," and to make further provision for the payment of pensions to invalids.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled, "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures and penalties accruing under the revenue laws in certain cases therein mentioned," shall be, and hereby is, continued in full force for the term of three years, from the passing of this act, and no longer. Provided, That nothing in the said act shall be construed to limit or restrain the power of the President of the United States to grant pardons for offences against the United States.
And be it further enacted, That the yearly pensions which have been, or may be, allowed by, or in pursuance of, any act or law of the United States, to persons who were wounded and disabled in the public service, shall for the space of one year from the fourth day of March last be paid out of the treasury of the United States, under such regulations as the President of the United States may direct.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. RICHARD HENRY LEE, President pro tempore of the Senate.
APPROVED, MAY THE EIGHTH, 1792.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
AN ACT to provide for calling forth the MILITIA to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, to call forth such number of the militia of the State or States most convenient to the place of danger or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose, to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper: and in case of an insurrection in any State, against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State, or of the executive (when the legislative cannot be convened) to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States, as may be applied for, or as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
And be it further enacted, That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any State, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by this act, the same being notified to the President of the United States, by an associate justice or the district judge, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia of such State to suppress such combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed. And if the militia of a State, where such combinations may happen, shall refuse, or be insufficient to suppress the same, it shall be lawful for the President, if the legislature of the United States be not in session, to call forth and employ such numbers of the militia of any other State or States most convenient thereto, as may be necessary, and the use of militia, so to be called forth, may be continued, if necessary, until the expiration of thirty days after the commencement of the ensuing session.
Provided always, and be it further enacted, That whenever it may be necessary, in the judgment of the President, to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the President shall forthwith, and previous thereto, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes, within a limited time.
And be it further enacted, That the militia, employed in the service of the United States, shall receive the same pay and allowances, as the troops of the United States, who may be in service at the same time, or who were last in service, and shall be subject to the same rules and articles of war: And that no officer, non-commissioned officer or private of the militia shall be compelled to serve more than three months in any one year, nor more than in due rotation with every other able bodied man of the same rank in the battalion to which he belongs.
And be it further enacted, That every officer non-commissioned officer or private of the militia, who shall fail to obey the orders, of the President of the United States, in any of the cases before recited shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one year's pay, and not less than one month's pay, to be determined and adjudged by a court martial; and such officer shall, moreover be liable to be cashiered by sentence of a court martial; and such non-commissioned officers and privates shall be liable to be imprisoned by a like sentence, on failure of payment of the fines adjudged against them, for the space of one calendar month for every five dollars of such fine.
And be it further enacted, That courts martial for the trial of militia shall be composed of militia officers only.
And be it further enacted, That all fines to be assessed, as aforesaid, shall be certified by the presiding officer of the court martial before whom the same shall be assessed, to the marshal of the district, in which the delinquent shall reside, or to one of his
deputies; and also to the supervisor of the revenue of the same district, who shall record the said certificate in a book to be kept for that purpose. The said marshal or his deputy shall forthwith proceed to levy the said fines with costs, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the delinquent, which costs and the manner of proceeding, with respect to the sale of the goods distrainted, shall be agreeable to the laws of the State, in which the same shall be, in other cases of distress; and where any non-commissioned officer or private shall be adjudged to suffer imprisonment, there being no goods or chattels to be found, whereof to levy the said fines, the marshal of the district or his deputy may commit such delinquent to gaol, during the term, for which he shall be so adjudged to imprisonment, or until the fine shall be paid, in the same manner as other persons condemned to fine and imprisonment at the suit of the United States, may be committed.
And be it further enacted, That the marshals and their deputies shall pay all such fines by them levied to the supervisor of the revenue, in the district in which they are collected, within two months after they shall have received the same, deducting therefrom five per centum, as a compensation for their trouble; and in case of failure, the same shall be recovered by action of debt or information in any court of the United States, of the district, in which such fines shall be levied, having cognizance thereof, to be sued for, prosecuted and recovered, in the name of the supervisor of the district, with interest and costs.
And be it further enacted, That the marshals of the several districts and their deputies shall have the same powers in executing the laws of the United States, as sheriffs and their deputies in the several States have by law, in executing the laws of their respective States.
And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force, for and during the term of two years, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
RICHARD HENRY LEE, President pro tempore of the Senate.
APPROVED MAY THE SECOND, 1792.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
An ACT supplementary to the Act for making provision for the debt of the United States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the term for receiving on loan that part of the domestic debt of the United States, which hath not been subscribed pursuant to the terms proposed in the act, intitled, "An act making provision for the debt of the United States," shall be, and it is hereby extended, on the same terms, as in and by the said act is provided, to the first day of March next; and books, for receiving such further subscriptions, shall be opened at the Treasury of the United States, and by the commissioners of loans in each of the said States, on the first day of June next, which shall continue open until the said first day of March next inclusively; for which purpose, the said commissioners, respectively, are hereby invested with the like powers, and required to perform the like duties, as in and by the said act is directed.
And be it further enacted, That such of the creditors of the United States, as have not subscribed and shall not subscribe to the said loan, shall nevertheless receive a rate per centum on the amount of so much of their respective demands, as well for interest as principal, as, on or before the first day of March, shall be registered, conformably to the directions of the said act, as shall be equal to the interest payable to the subscribing creditors, which shall be payable at the same times and places, and by the same persons, as in and by the said act is directed.
And be it further enacted, That the term for receiving upon loan that part of the debts of the respective States, which hath not been subscribed pursuant to the terms proposed in the act aforesaid, shall be, and it is hereby enlarged on the same terms, as in and by the said act is provided, until the first day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three inclusively; for which purpose, books shall be opened at the treasury of the United States, and by the commissioners of loans in each of the said States, on the first day of June next, which shall continue open until the first day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three inclusively; for which purposes the said commissioners are hereby invested with the like powers, and required to perform the like duties, as in and by the said act is directed.
Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the commissioner of loans for North-Carolina shall not be allowed to receive any certificate issued by Patrick Travers, commissioner of Cumberland county, or by the commissioners of army accounts at Warrenton.
And whereas the United States are indebted to certain foreign officers, on account of pay and services during the late war, the interest whereof, pursuant to the certificates granted to the said officers, by virtue of a resolution of the United States in Congress assembled, is payable at the house of Grand, banker, at Paris, and it is expedient to discharge the same; Be it therefore enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized to cause to be discharged the principal and interest of the said debt, out of any of the monies, which have been or shall be obtained on loan, in virtue of the act aforesaid, and which shall not be necessary ultimately to fulfil the purposes for which the said monies are, in and by the said act, authorized to be borrowed.
And be it further enacted, That the President of the Senate, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General, for the time being, shall be commissioners, who, or any three of whom, are hereby authorized, with the approbation of the President of the United States, to purchase the debt of the United States, at its market price, if not exceeding the par or true value thereof; for which purchase the interest on so much of the public debt, as has already been, or may hereafter be purchased for the United States, or as shall be paid into the treasury, and so much of the monies appropriated for the payment of the interest on the foreign and domestic debt, as shall exceed what may be sufficient for the payment of such interest to the creditors of the United States, shall be and are hereby appropriated. And it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to render to the legislature, within two months after the commencement of the first session thereof in every year, a full and precise account of all such purchases made, and public debt redeemed, in pursuance of this act.
And whereas it is expedient to establish a fund for the gradual reduction of the public debt; Be it further enacted, That the interest on so much of the debt of the United States, as has been or shall be purchased or redeemed for or by the United States, or as shall be paid into the treasury thereof in satisfaction of any debt or demand, and the surplus of any sum or sums appropriated for the payment of the interest upon the said debt, which shall remain after paying such interest, shall be, and hereby are appropriated and pledged firmly and inviolably for and to the purchase and redemption of the said debt, to be applied under the direction of the President of the Senate, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General for the time being, or any three of them, with the approbation of the President of the United States, for the time being, in manner following, that is to say: First, to the purchase of the several species of stock constituting the debt of the United States, at their respective market prices, not exceeding the par or true value thereof, and, as nearly as may be, in equal proportions, until the annual amount of the said funds, together with any other provisions which may be made by law, shall be equal to two per centum of the whole amount of the outstanding funded stock bearing a present interest of six per centum; Thenceforth, Secondly, to the redemption of the said last mentioned stock, according to the right for that purpose reserved to the United States, until the whole amount thereof shall have been redeemed; and Lastly, after such redemption, to the purchase, at its market price, of any other stock consisting of the debt of the United States, which may then remain unredeemed: and such purchase, as far as the fund shall at any time extend, shall be made within thirty days next after each day, on which a quarterly payment of interest on the debt of the United States, shall become due, and shall be made by a known agent, to be named by the said commissioners.
And be it further enacted, That all future purchases of the public debt on account of the United States, shall be made at the lowest price, at which the same can be obtained by open purchase, or by receiving sealed proposals, to be opened in the presence of the commissioners, or persons authorized by them to make purchases, and the persons making such proposals.
And be it further enacted, That quarter yearly accounts of the application of the said fund shall be rendered for settlement, as other public accounts, accompanied with returns of the sums of the said debt, which shall have been from time to time purchased or redeemed; and full and exact report of the proceedings of the said commissioners, including a statement of the disbursements, which shall have been made, and of the sums which shall have been from time to time purchased or redeemed; and full and exact report of the proceedings of the said commissioners, including a statement of the disbursements, which shall have been made, and of the sums which shall have been purchased or redeemed under their direction, and specifying dates, prices, parties, and places, shall be laid before Congress, within the first fourteen days of each session which may ensue the present, during the execution of the said trust.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
RICHARD HENRY LEE, President pro tempore of the Senate.
APPROVED MAY THE EIGHTH, 1792.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
NEW-YORK, May 18.
Strictures on the Report of a Committee of Congress, on the Western Expedition.
IN my notification to the public of the 15th inst. I promised to expose some palpable errors in the report of the committee of Congress on the late western expedition, in order that a proper judgment might be formed of this legislative mode of investigation. But previous to my entering on the subject, it is proper to observe, that I was never, directly or indirectly, called upon by the committee to furnish any explanations, or to obviate any of the charges or insinuations contained in this report: that the first notice I had of it, was in Mr. Childs's paper of the 12th inst. and that unsuspecting, unheard and unprotected , I have been stretched on the rack of public investigation, as an object deserving popular resentment. But though, from circumstances arising from misfortune and indiscretion, (not guilty) my person has been imprisoned, my mind preserves in full vigor its native freedom and independence—nor am I yet so debased, as tamely to crouch under the lash of injury, whilst I am supported by the consciousness not only of innocence, but of merit, in those particulars which are made the subject of accusation.
I shall now proceed to a consideration of some of the points, which the committee roundly assert as facts, reserving to a future occasion, such evidence and observations, as I shall judge necessary for a full refutation of every part of the report of the committee, so far as it relates to my conduct, as contractor for the army.
In order to prove my inattention to the fulfilment of the duties of my station, it is asserted—That on the 9th of May, 1791, Mr. Smith at Carlisle, one of my agents, had not received any monies from me; that on the 8th of May, 1791, Mr. Kean, another commissary, was in the same situation; and that even so late as the 9th of June of the same year, General Nevill, my principal agent at Pittsburgh (which was the place of general rendezvous and deposit) had likewise received no monies.

These assertions I aver to be groundless; and in proof, I refer to the following copies of receipts, the originals of which are deposited with Mr. Laban Bronson, at 57, in Maiden-Lane, formerly one of my agents under the contract, for inspection of those who may with explicit satisfaction on this head.
No. 1. Received, Carlisle, 2d April, 1791, of Colonel William Duer, by the hands of Colonel George Gibson, five hundred dollars, on account of provisions to be furnished by me to the army of the United States.
Signed, JAMES SMITH.
500 Dollars.
No. 2. Received, Philadelphia, April 19, 1791, of William Duer, Esq. three hundred dollars, in post notes, which I promise to deliver to Mr. James Smith, near Carlisle, taking duplicate receipts therefor.
Signed, HIPPOLITE MALARTIC.
N. B. The receipt of this sum is acknowledged in Mr. Smith's account.
No. 3. Received, April 17th, 1791, of Colonel William Duer, four hundred and seven dollars and forty-eight ninetieths, on account of supplies for the troops raising at Winchester in Virginia.
Signed, JOHN KEAN.
No. 4. 13th April, 1791, Received of William Duer, two thousand dollars, to be applied in purchasing supplies for the troops on the western frontiers, and for which I promise to account.
Signed, JOHN NEVILL.
2000 Dollars.
Exclusive of the above sums, I paid many of Mr. Nevill's drafts, previous to the time at which the committee stated he had received no money, as will appear by his account, deposited with Mr. Bronson, and made large advances to several other persons, for supplies, to be furnished at Pittsburgh, and other places; the proofs of which are too voluminous to be inserted in this publication.
Here I might rest the defence on these points, but the following proofs of a more decisive nature, from 5 to 9, prove how much I had at heart an honorable fulfilment of my contract; and that the measures which I took for this purpose, were not only successful, but acknowledged by public documents, lodged in the war office, which the committee might have seen, if an impartial investigation had been the object of their researches.
No. 5. Instructions to Laban Bronson.
Sir,
The confidence I have, from past experience in your activity, and regard for my interest, has induced me to appoint you my principal agent for managing all purchases on my account in the western country, not only on account of the contract, but on account of the French emigrants.
In managing the former, you will act according to your own discretion, and for my best interest; in the latter, you will from time to time govern yourself by such special instructions as you shall receive from me.
Your principal and immediate attention must be devoted to supplying all the posts under the contract for the space of four months and procuring a complete supply of salted provisions for the months of May and June next, preferring pork, if you can obtain it. To enable you to commence your operations, you have herewith in Philadelphia bank bills, fifteen hundred dollars, and a letter of credit on my agent Mr. Joseph Hardy, at Philadelphia, directing to pay your drafts on him, drawn at not less than ten days sight, for 1500 dollars. You have likewise an order on Mr. Ludlow, directing him to pay into your hands what monies he may have undisposed of, of my last remittance, and all that he shall receive from the French emigrants, who are under a convention to pay me for provisions supplied them. With these resources, and that of the merchandise in the care of Mr. Swan (and who must dispose of them under your directions solely) I have no doubt you will be able to execute the objects entrusted to you. If further means are necessary, inform me instantly, and you shall have them.
Immediately on your arrival at Buffaloe or Fort Pitt, you will give notice to Gen. Harmar of your commission, the prospects you have, and the measures you propose adopting, and you will at the same time transmit to me the same intelligence.
From the funds entrusted to Mr. M c Farland, previous to his death, and those in the hands of Mr. Fowler, I am persuaded considerable supplies must have been procured. Obtain, as soon as possible, for me, a state of all purchases or contracts made on my account and of the deliveries in consequence, specifying the special nature of the deliveries, and the posts at which they have been received. This you will obtain through Mr. Israel Ludlow, who is appointed to superintend all the issues, and whose province it will be to visit the respective posts. Although from Capt. Mills' letter to me it is most probable that a sufficient supply has gone to Post Vincennes, yet it will be necessary to ascertain this circumstance with precision, and to supply any deficiency in such mode as you may think most advisable.
ble.
In short, sir, in executing the business intrusted to you, you will consider yourself unfettered by any other considerations than a regard to my interest which is inseparable from an honorable fulfilment of my contract: and you will use every exertion to retrieve any loss of credit, or reputation which I may have suffered from the fate of Mr. M c Farland, or from the scandalous insinuations of such persons as with my contract to fail.
As the season of the year renders the execution of the office you have undertaken extremely fatiguing, and detaches you from the private pursuits you had in contemplation, I will allow you for two months service which you have promised to devote to me, one hundred dollars per month, exclusive of your reasonable travelling charges, and before the expiration of that time I will think of a proper character to succeed you. You have herewith a special commission for the purposes mentioned in those instructions, which you will communicate when circumstances may render necessary, and a general letter of credit to Mr. Willis at Buffaloe, who I doubt not will give you any aid in executing the trust reposed in you. I am, &c. yours with esteem,
WM. DUER.
MR. LABAN BRONSON.
In order that some parts of this letter may be more clearly understood, it is necessary to mention that it was written in consequence of a former agent's sudden death; and the effect which it was supposed it might have on the supplies of the army at a very critical period, the Ohio river was frozen that year much earlier than usual; a small part of the necessary supplies had been sent down previous to that event, and a clamorous representation had been made to the heads of the Treasury and War departments, of my utter inability to supply the contract.
From what quarter, and with what views those representations were made; I shall probably have occasion to shew at a future period.
No. 6. Return of provisions on hand, May 25th, 1791, at and near Pittsburgh.
Total—Twelve beeeves, 2356 lbs. of Pork, 792 lbs. of bacon, 3395 barrels of flour, 8628 1-2 gallons of whiskey, 23 boxes of soap, 100 pounds of candles.
N. B. This return was transmitted to the War-Office, and from that department to me.
No. 7. Abstract of provisions for the army, sent forward to the several posts under the contract for 1791—also, shewing the quantity on hand, July 28, 1791.
Total sent forward—13 bls. of pork, 12257 1-4 lbs. of pork, 17 bls. beef, 39842 lbs. beef, 2674 bls. flour, 1366 kegs flour, 3243 gallons whiskey, 561 kegs ditto, 6228 3-4 gallons ditto, 1549, lbs. candles, 2150 1-2 lbs. soap, 10 1-2 bushels salt, 197 gallons vinegar.
Total on hand—138 bls. flour, 374 kegs of flour, 1068 gallons whiskey, 16 kegs do. 140 lbs. candles, 9200 lbs. soap, 43 1-2 bushels salt, 190 gallons vinegar.
The above is exclusive of what has been issued to the troops, at Whelon, Buffaloe, Rackoon creek, Fort Pitt, (Reed's, Johnston's and Loyal Hanon's stations up the Alleghany river) also to the troops on their passage down the Ohio, and 28 head of beef cattle on hand at Fort Pitt, and 25 head at Muskingum.
No. 8. Return of provisions on hand the 12th day of December, 1791—at Fort Washington.
400 barrels flour, 30,000 lbs. salt beef, 100 gallons whiskey, 21 boxes soap, 10 bushels salt.
Issues at this place per day, 600 rations.
Copy. (Signed) EDWD. EVANS. No. 9. Extract of a letter from Francis Mentges, Esq. inspector of the troops of the United States, to the Secretary of War, dated Fort-Washington, June 2d, 1791.
"The present contractor has supplied the several posts with good and wholesome provisions; and great quantities of provision is on hand."
True extract,
Copy. JOHN STAGG, jun. Chief Clerk. N. B. This extract was transmitted to me from the War-Office.
From the above documents the following facts are clearly established:
1st. That as early as the 25th of May, there was collected at Pittsburgh, (exclusive of other articles of supply) 2395 barrels of flour, and 8628 gallons of whiskey, which is equal to 469,420 complete rations of flour, and 552,192 complete rations of whiskey; whereas the amount of rations required for the troops whilst on the expedition, did not exceed, by General St. Clair's requisition, 360,000 rations.
2d. That previous to the 28th day of July, there had been forwarded to the army (exclusive of all the subordinate posts, being in the mean time victualled) 2674 barrels, and 1366 kegs or half barrels of flour, and 9271 gallons of whiskey, equal to 657,972 complete rations of flour, and 593,344 complete rations of whiskey.
3d. That from the first of January, 1791, at the time my contract commenced, to the 2d of June following, before any of the supplies above stated could have arrived at the army, all the posts under the contract had not only been supplied with GOOD AND WHOLESOME PROVISIONS, but that GREAT QUANTITIES OF PROVISION WERE ON HAND.
4th. That after the return of the army from the expedition, and only nineteen days previous to the expiration of my contract,
duct, which was on the 31st day of December last, 490 barrels of flour, and 30,000 lbs. of beef were on hand at head quarters, for a garrison of 600 men; which is equal to 133 days supply of flour, and 53 of meat. It is unnecessary to mention my supplies of beef, because the reporters acknowledge a PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF MEAT: this article being furnished from Kentucky, is not included in the Pittsburgh returns.
There remain two other charges, which require some notice.
One, that there was a TOTAL FAILURE in the supply of horses, which occasioned the commander in chief to direct a purchase of betwixt six and seven hundred, for which he ordered my agent to draw bills on me, and of which I refused payment. This charge, so far as it respects my failure, is as void of foundation as the other: But, AT PRESENT, I shall content myself with observing—
1st. That previous to the order issued by Gen. St. Clair, Mr. Wilkins an agent SPECIALLY EMPLOYED FOR THIS PURPOSE, was purchasing the number of horses which was judged necessary for the expedition, when I undertook the supply; and that this circumstance was publicly known in camp.
2d. That I have made actual payment many months since, for all the horses purchased by this gentleman, agreeably to my contract with him—and
Lastly. That the loss of horses, and any interruption in the regular supply of flour, is not imputable to the causes stated by the committee; but to some of a very different nature, and for which I am not responsible; and that probably this want of flour existed principally on the retreat, after the victors had got possession of all the provision.—If the limits of a newspaper would admit of my introducing the whole testimony necessary to support these points, in that incontestible manner, which it is in my power to do, other obvious considerations restrain me from it at this time, I recollect on this occasion, an observation made by Dr. Franklin to Mr. Morris, when superintendant of the finances, on a controversy about money, with the Count of Vergennes, in which, after stating the Count's objections, the Doctor shrewdly observes, that he could have easily refuted all he had said, but that if he had GOT THE BETTER OF THE ARGUMENT, he should have GOT NOTHING ELSE. I shall conclude on this head with observing, that the TRUTH OF THIS CHARGE may easily be judged of, by the ACCURACY OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE on those points where the means of official evidence, in direct opposition to what they have stated, were within their reach. As to the last point concerning the due bills issued by my agent, and which is the only remaining one which deserves any comment, I shall be but short.
The report states as an article of the contract, "that the officers had an election of drawing the whole of the rations, to which their rank entitled them, or of receiving the contract price of them, in cash, &c. &c. This is not so. There is not a single article of this kind, or a single expression in my contract, which can be tortured to imply such an engagement—In proof of this, my original contract is left with Mr. Bronson for the perusal of those who wish to be satisfied as to the truth of this bold assertion. Indeed such an obligation would be too absurd for any contractor to subject himself to;—for if this election was to be in the officers of an army, as the Contractor could not know when their fancy or wants might lead them to prefer one to another, he would be under the necessity of double advances for the same object; one for the officers rations, the other of cash to pay for them, if not demanded, and what would be still worse, he would not only run the risk of having the undrawn rations on his hands, but if he paid for them at the contract price, have according to an old saying, his labor for his pains. All that has ever been usual in this case has been for the officers, and Contractor to agree: which has generally been done by allowing in cash, not the contract price, but what the ration was estimated to cost at the place where the officers were entitled to receive it; this order originated in an intention to make me pay to the officers what they had no right to exact; as will appear by the following extract of my agent's letter to me on this subject, dated Sept. 26th, 1791.
"General St. Clair has ordered the quarter master of the different battalions to include all the rations allowed the officers in their returns, and directed the commissaries to issue due bills for the rations not drawn, which it is expected will be paid by you. I should be glad you would give me your directions on this head, and let me know at what rate they are to be paid; for I don't think you ought to settle them at the contract price; there is no clause in the contract that can oblige you to do it."
Such are the charges and insinuations made against me by the committee; and such the evidence I offer to invalidate them—If it be asked how Congress come to direct a publication of this nature, tending to criminate individuals without knowing in what manner the charges against them had been substantiated, I reply that the report was foisted in the last day of the session, when many members were absent, and the imagination of the few present so much on the wing homewards as to prevent the exercise of that cool reflection which in general marks the proceedings of that respectable body: "Thus wretches hang, that jurymen may dine." As to the motives of the reporters they appear sufficiently obvious. I presume they thought it consistent with policy and even with established precedent, that on this occasion some victim should be marked out as an object of popular resentment. It would not do to charge Congress as the author of the calamity, because they are foul birds which betray their own nests.
It would not do to charge the President (at least directly) because his unremitting attention in executing with the most scrupulous exactness as well as ability, every part of his executive functions, and a conviction of this on the public mind preclude all hopes of success from such an attempt. It would not do to charge general St. Clair; first, because a former committee of Congress had made a very sorry figure in such an attack:—
And secondly, because he was present to vindicate himself—Who then so proper to attack as myself?—None—First, because I was a Contractor: and Contractors, from custom immemorial, always bear the blame of lost battles; Secondly, because my misfortunes had subjected me to popular prejudices, and of course it was no great crime to charge me with an additional burthen; And lastly, because I was absent, and of course not capable of defending myself.
In these points of view (if I may be permitted to use a little jocularly a grave observation of the committee, and perhaps with as much propriety at least as they do) their order of march appears to have been judicious and their ground of action well chosen.
WM. DUER, late Contractor for the Western Army.
New-York, 17th May, 1792.
KEENE, (N. H.) March 22.
Advantage of a Red Nose.—We hear from Enfield, in the upper part of this county, that as two men were crossing a pond in pursuit of a Moose, one of them being thirsty, and perceiving a hole which had been cut through the ice by some fishermen, he stooped down to drink, but being possessed of a long red nose, a fish supposed he had some bait, and made bold to snap at it, when the man suddenly throwing his head back, drew out a Trout which weighed three pounds four ounces.

VIENNA, March 7.
FUNERAL OF LEOPOLD THE SECOND.
ON Friday the 3d inst. the body was opened in the presence of the Imperial physicians and embalmed. The heart was put into a silver urn, and the entrails into a brass kettle.
On Sunday at half an hour after two, the Aulic Parson consecrated the body, and it was carried to the Aulic church, preceded by some Augustin and Capuchin Friars.
The valet de chambre of the deceased carried the kettle with the entrails, and another the goblet with the heart, both covered with black taffety.
The body was in an open coffin, dressed in a black robe laced, the head was covered with a hat adorned with blue imperial feathers, and the body decorated with all the orders of knighthood. When it arrived at the Aulic church, which was hung over all in black, with imperial escutcheons, the body was again consecrated, and placed on the Lit de parade in the middle of the church, having on each side velvet cushions with the imperial crown, sceptre and orb, called the Apple of the empire. Masses were read till noon, at which the foreign ministers, privy counsellors, and the nobility of both sexes attended.
The public, who had liberty to pass through to see the body, were told by an exempt on passing, "Das is der Keizer"—that is the Emperor.
On Monday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the heart, after being consecrated again, was taken up by the two eldest valets de chambre, two other elect chamberlains, and a detachment of eight German and Hungarian life guards, and removed to the Augustin church, received by the priors and the monks of the monastery, and placed in the vaults.
Immediately after the entrails being consecrated anew, with the same attendance as the heart, were removed by the Bishop, the Chapter and the Clergy, carried down to the vaults, and deposited with the usual forms and prayers.
On the 6th, at six in the afternoon, the funeral procession went out of the church, and after having crossed the hospital, proceeded to the Capuchin church.
At seven o'clock the body was taken off the bier by the valets de chambre; the coffin was then shut, and the benediction performed by the court chaplain, assisted by the master of ceremonies, and the other chaplains, in presence of the pages, carrying lighted torches, and attended by the life-guards, lord chamberlain, master of the horse, and three captains of the guards—it was put into a mourning coach, glazed all round, and drawn by six horses. The procession then crossed Josephus square to the Capuchin church.
The Capuchin church was prepared for the funeral, as follows:
In the middle the bier was raised six feet high, with a black velvet canopy over it, fringed with gold, and adorned with the Imperial eagle at each corner.
Round the coffin was placed the regalia before mentioned, with the field marshal's staff, hat, sword and scarf. On the eight steps of the bier there were three hundred and seventy-two silver candlesticks, and at the corner silver pyramids, with seventy-two wax tapers each.
The whole church was hung in black, with eighty candelabres divided by coats of arms, and forty-five lustres.
The high altar was covered with a rich embroidered cloth, having the Imperial coat of arms trimmed round with mourning, and one thousand seven hundred lights round it.
The mourning commenced the sixth, and is ordered to be continued six months.
PARIS, March 17.
The Austrian party is completely vanquished for this time, and the only ministers remaining in office, who are not either dismissed, or who have not given in their resignation, are M. Duport de Tertre, and M. Tarbe, and there was even a rumor that M. Duport has also given in his resignation. It remains to be seen what will be the issue of this contest between the Court and the Assembly.
M. Delessart has set out, under a guard of the Gens d'Armerie, to Orleans, to take his trial before the high court appointed for the trial of state prisoners.
M. de Taleyrand and Perigord, arrived at Paris on Saturday last.
The King has given the red ribband to M. de la Fayette, M. Maillardot, and d'Ernest.
In the sitting of the National Assembly on Friday last, a letter was read, which states that Avignon and Arles are in a state of revolt, advanced guards being posted round the latter place, the walls of which are completely furnished with cannon; two thousand patriots have been obliged to leave Avignon; the passage of Durance was shut against a battalion of the National Guards marching to the frontiers; the white flag was hoisted, and the patriots were threatened with a massacre.
The National Guards of Montpelier, Marseilles, Nimes and Orange, were however upon the point of marching when this letter left the Department du Guard, and the rebellious citizens of Avignon and Arles were shortly expected to be quelled. The regiment of Lamark, and a detachment of Hussars in the former place, are as much suspected of anti-constitutional principles.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE new impost law, which has lately passed, was strenuously opposed. Some of the objections were not without force. It was said, enough is already drawn from impost. It was replied, this is true of many imported articles, but many others will bear more; and it will be useful to our landed and manufacturing interests to raise the rate of duties on the latter. The additional duties ad valorem will cease with the Indian war. The urgent necessity of the public requires the further revenue, yet it were to be wished that the revenue laws might have remained fixed, as every change is embarrassing to trade. Besides, low duties fall on the profits of trade, but increasing the rate, overcomes old habits of buying and selling, and throws the duty on the consumer—where it should be. The merchants will therefore pay only as consumers, and the credits given for the duties, will not deprive them of their trading capital, by paying the duties before they have received them of the consumer.
The objections above noticed, answers to which are just hinted, are respectable. It is presumed, however, that with the candid and discerning, they will yield to a sense of the urgency of the occasion, as well as to the other considerations which have been noticed.
But other arguments were urged against the impost, which belong to the unanswerable class. It was said, without laughing, the additional duties are intended for the Indian war—and you ought to confine your views to the obtaining money for that end only—yet, behold, you afford advantage to the farmers, by encouraging the production of flax, hemp, cotton, and various other things. The manufacturers also receive protection and encouragement—and to make all these the more effectual, you make the law on all the articles except those charged at 7 1/2 per cent. ad valorem, permanent—that is, a standing law, to be repealed when you no longer like it. What an outrage against republican liberty! and on this topic a few hundred dozen high flourishes were made. The public has had opportunity by reading the newspapers, to admire the good sense and moderation of this part of the debate. The cod-fishery too was accused of picking the pockets of the people a second time—because the law for encouraging that fishery allows the money which is paid into the treasury for the salt used in curing the fish that is sent out of the country, to be paid back to the owners of the fishing vessels, in the form of a bounty on the tonnage of the vessels. All other articles, on being exported, are allowed to drawback the duties they have paid; the law making a like allowance to the fishing vessels was called partial and unjust—that was the first picking of pockets by the fishery—and as the late law raises the duty on salt, the principle of the fishery law required that a further allowance, in nature of a drawback, should be made, in order that the owners of the fishing vessels might stand on the same footing with other citizens exporting dutied articles. Accordingly the new impost law allows a further sum to those vessels, equal to the increase of the salt duty. By the Constitution, every article is to be exported duty free—salt fish may now be exported duty free—and this was not only called a partial favor, but it was strenuously insisted to be a violation of the Constitution.
Another odious design of the new impost law, is to form a fishing fund—so that the surplus revenue shall be applied to buying up the public debt. This called forth no small powers of eloquence. The debt is hateful—the means of paying it off are hateful—fishing it is improper, in this way and in that way. There is no manner of doubt that there is the most perfect consistency of design in those who say the debt is great, is increasing, and ought to be diminished, and yet oppose the raising and applying a revenue to fishing it as fast as possible!
The public will be edified, no doubt, by the arguments against the impost law. It was said, all you want is money for the Indian war—and behold, you have rambled over the whole field of politics to pick up other objects of legislation. You encourage the farmer, the manufacturer, and the fishery, and you provide means for diminishing the public debt. This was called entangling the bill with foreign matter, and undertaking to do half a dozen things at once. Besides all which, the object of the Indian war is temporary, and your act is a standing law.
The force of this censure seems to lie here—you should make an act for one or two years. Then the merchants would have the plague and vexation of the law, and would find it impossible to make their arrangements on such ground. The farmers would not produce, nor the manufacturers work up the raw materials of the country, because an act for a year or two, which would expire with the Indian war, would afford no encouragement to engage in any new production or branch of business. A law which would take every man's money, and yet would protect no man's industry as a farmer or manufacturer, would have no friends or advocates. And all good citizens being found to hate revenue laws, there is no manner of doubt that a law on the footing which was contended for, would be sufficiently detested.
Philadelphia, May 23.
Accounts have been received at the War-Office from Major Hamtramck, commanding officer of Post Vincennes, on the river Wabash, dated 30th March, stating that he had made a pacific agreement with the Wea and Eel River Indians—and it was expected that the Pyankehas would become parties thereto. These tribes, with their subdivisions of villages, contain a considerable part of the Wabash Indians, who have hitherto been hostile.
The Revenue Cutter, Capt. Montgomery, having received directions to assist in piloting vessels in the River, &c. has been thus employed the week past.—On Saturday evening last she met with an accident, a ship running foul of the cutter while she lay at anchor, carried away her main-mast; but we hear the injury has since been repaired.
The face of nature has now a most pleasing aspect, grass and winter grain appear to load the earth, and there is a fine prospect of a redundancy of various species of fruit.
Accounts from Sweden mention the destruction of one fourth part of the city of Gottenburg by fire, on or about the first of March. The computed loss is said to be immense.
On the 3d inst. 34 Students, all of one class, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts—and ten, the degree of Master of Arts in Dickinson College at Carlisle.
The town of Bolton, at a late town meeting, voted to give 250. per ann. to each of their public Schoolmasters—there are seven of them, and an Usher to each school; their salary half the above sum, viz. 125. each.
The Hon. Geo. Leonard is chosen Representative in Congress for the district of Bristol, &c. Massachusetts.
On the Passaic, or some of the streams that empty therein, is unanimously determined on by the directors as the permanent seat of the manufactures to be prosecuted under the auspices of the society lately incorporated by the legislature of New-Jersey.
One of the vessels employed in transporting the free blacks from Nova-Scotia to Sierra Leona, commanded by Captain Nicols, has returned from Africa, and arrived at this port after 8 weeks passage. The whole fleet of 13 sail arrived safe at the place of destination—tho' numbers of the blacks died on the passage.
Their landing was at first opposed by the natives—but they were on peaceable terms when Captain Nicols left them. The country appears fertile, and on the whole the settlement bore a promising aspect, and the enterprize bid fair to answer the views of the benevolent projectors. No vessel from England had arrived. Capt. Nicols has a paper from the Agent, testifying his humanity and attention to the blacks during the voyage.
One county in the District of Maine, consisting of 16 towns, has decided the question of separation from Massachusetts—three in favor, and thirteen against it.
William Eustis, John C. Jones, C. Jarvis, J. Mason, T. Dawes, B. Austin, jun. S. Breck and W. Tudor, Esqrs. were elected Representatives for the town of Bolton the 8th inst.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of the first information at Lisbon, to his correspondent in this city, dated March 18.
"After certain intelligence had been received at Gibraltar that Muley Yazid had defeated his brother's army on the 12th of last month, about the end of the same month the unexpected news arrived there of his having died on the 16th, in consequence of his wounds: as likewise the death of his antagonist, Muley Ishem, who is reported by some to have been killed in the battle; and by others, to have died also of the wounds he received in battle. What is asserted to be less doubtful is, that Muley Ishem has actually been proclaimed emperor at Tangier. He is also asserted to be a much more unexceptionable character than the two brothers who have fallen, and more likely to cultivate peace, upon reasonable terms, with all nations.—The same letter mentions the 22d instant as the day agreed upon for the delivering upon of Oran to the regency of Algiers."
Extract of another letter from the same gentleman, dated Lisbon, March 25.
"The ameliorations in the queen's health are great. Doctor Willis found that the physicians had treated her case in a very improper manner. It seems probable, that, if the same treatment had been continued a little longer, she must have died. At present Dr. Willis entertains hopes of her total recovery. Yesterday she was much better than she has been at any other time since his arrival, and entirely in her right mind—I am just informed that the Emperor of Germany is dead. This news was brought by a courier from Madrid to the Spanish CHARGE DES AFFAIRES here."
Extract of a letter from Princeton, dated May 18.
"We have not had the Gazette since last Wednesday week—please to let us know the cause why they are not sent as usual."
"The Editor assures his Subscribers in Princeton, that the papers have been punctually sent to the Post-Office Monday and Wednesday mornings, and the Post-Master has informed him that they have been sent on."
FROM CORRESPONDENTS.
Many true friends of liberty spin an over-fine thread of reasoning, rather beyond the strength of the stuff. They shew how trade produces wealth—and wealth, luxury—and this again, corruption—and corruption destroys liberty. In this way we may conjure up ten thousand apparitions!—Some astronomers in Europe, of the last century, lived very miserable lives, because they found by calculation that within two million two hundred thousand years, a comet would run bounce against our earth, and either singe or crack it to its total ruin; so that it would be no longer a world fit to live in.—Those that fear this ruin of liberty, should establish public free schools, and support good laws, which will produce good morals, and these will preserve the public liberty and virtue, as long as human means can have any efficacy on human affairs.
The yeomanry of the country are often addressed on the subject of the many wrongs they suffer from the national government. One of the complaints which is made for them is, that the duty on the tonnage of foreign vessels is an injury to the landed interest. Half a dollar a ton on a vessel is alleged to be a grievous imposition, and discouraging to the free sale of our produce. Supposing this duty to be some discouragement to purchasers coming from foreign parts to carry off our produce in their own vessels, it operates in an equal degree to encourage the employment of our own ships to go in search of a market. The power at any time to seek the market, and to chuse the best of several, affords better encouragement to the sale of the articles of our farms, than they would meet with if we were obliged to depend solely or principally on foreigners.
Besides, the increase of ships and seamen is essential to the landed interest in case of a war, as the protection of our staple articles by sea could be no otherwise depended on.
On the whole, the landed men will have no cause to complain. It is also very agreeable, to a liberal mind, to observe that the interests of the northern and southern states, in this particular, perfectly accord, and are reciprocal.
SHIP NEWS.
   ARRIVALS AT THE PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.     Ship Mary, Monton, Teneriffe,   Brig Levan, Richardson, Jamaica,   Hope, Stockley, Cadiz,   John, Christie, Curacao,   Catharine, Nieds, Sierra Leone,   Snow Mars, Langford, Oporto,   Schooner Isabella, Luce, Boston,   Sloop Liberty, Montayne, St. Kitts,   Sally, Drisko, Portsmouth, N. H.  
PRICE OF STOCKS.
   6 per Cents, - - - 22 1/2   3 per Cents, - - - 12 3/8   Deferred, - - - 13 3/4   Indents, - - - 12 3/4   Final Settlements, - - - 18 1/8   Half shares Bank U. S. 50 per cent. premium.   Shares Bank North-America, 15 ditto.  

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...
May 2.
LEONARD BLECKER. (t.l.)
NEW TEAS.
IMPERIAL HYSON and SOUCHONG, Of the very first quality, and latest importation from Canton, via New-York, by retail, at No 19, Third, between Chesnut and Market Streets
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the subscriber, on Monday the 9th current, a NEGRO MAN named ROBIN, is 55 years of age, stout made, and bred a farmer; one of his thumbs much swelled; is 5 feet 6 inches high; had on when he went away a big purple coloured cloth coat, a short linen coat, a pair of fustian breeches, a ruffled shirt, an old beaver hat, with shoes, stockings and buckles, all good. Also, a young NEGRO BOY named SAM, is 19 years of age, stout and well made, 5 feet 9 inches high, much marked with the small-pox; had on when he went away, a big blue coat, a brown short coat, overalls of a mixed cloth, fulled stockings, a new wool hat, new shoes and buckles. Whoever will secure said Negroes in any gaol, or bring them to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid. Morris-Town, April 17, 1792. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON.
TO BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE,
At any time between this date and the first day of July ensuing, A very valuable FARM, PLEASANTLY situated, and bounded on the East by the river Delaware, 17 miles above Philadelphia; containing 203 acres, 40 whereof is first rate Timothy Meadow, which may be watered in a dry time; 25 acres, a rich low bottom, may be made very good meadow at an easy expence. The upland lays in the lap of about 50 acres of rich out marsh, from which (by an easy ascent to the cleared fields) 130 acres of excellent upland meadow may be made, at a moderate expence; 30 acres of woodland. A never failing stream of water runs through this tract, on which is a seat for a mill, and in which is good sport with the net and hook; plenty of rabbits and small game; and on the flats, abundance of wild ducks in the season. A good mansion-house, garden, and necessary out-buildings; an orchard of the best kinds of apple, pear, peach and cherry trees, bearing; a crop of wheat and rye in the ground, and a spring crop putting in. Apply to Dr. JOHN GIBBONS, in Arch-street, or PETER LE BARBIER DU PLESSIS, Esq. No. 86, Chesnut-street, Philadelphia; Mr. HENRY WATERMAN, at the Washington, on the Bristol road; or to Mr. JOSEPH BALDWIN, at Neshannoy Ferry, or Mr. BARNET DUREEN, same place, Bucks County. The purchaser, paying one third of the price down, may have a term of years to pay the residue, paying interest. May 5. (ep.t.f.)
A LOTTERY,
TO raise the sum of £. 750 for the purpose of repairing the Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of New-Brunswick, agreeable to an act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, passed November 1791.
S C H E M E.
Table with 4 columns: Prize of, 2000 Dollars, 1000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 4. Rows include 1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 90, 1675, 1814 Prizes, 3520 Blanks.
5334 Tickets, at 3 Dollars each, is 16002 Dolls. This Lottery is composed of 5334 Tickets, not two Blanks to one Prize, and subject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent. which is more favorable to adventurers than any Lottery yet offered to the public—and it being of such evident utility, that it cannot be doubted but the undertaking will meet with the most liberal support.
The drawing will positively commence on the second Monday in July, or sooner if the Tickets are disposed of, in the city of New-Brunswick, under the inspection of Col. John Bayard, President of said city; James Parker, Esq. Mayor of the city of Amboy; and Archibald Mercer, Esq. Deputy Governor of the Manufacturing Society of New-Jersey.
Tickets to be had of the following persons, who are duly appointed Managers, are under oath, and have given security for the faithful performance of their duty.
A list of the fortunate numbers will be published, and the prizes paid immediately after the drawing of the Lottery. JOHN PARKER, PETER KEENON, ANTHONY W. WHITE, Managers.
N. B. Those prizes which are not demanded within six months after the drawing of the Lottery, will be considered as a generous donation to the Church.
** Adventurers in the above Lottery have a chance of more than 3 per cent. per month for their money. To accommodate all those who may be disposed to purchase Tickets, letters directed to P. KEENON, Manager, and Postmaster, at New-Brunswick, and enclosing good bills, will be attended to, and Tickets forwarded on receipt of such letters. New-Brunswick, April 20, 1792.
TO BE SOLD,
THAT large, elegant and convenient HOUSE, in which the subscriber now lives, situate in Elizabeth-Town, in the state of New-Jersey, within 16 miles of the city of New-York. It is finished in the very best manner, and peculiarly convenient for a gentleman with a large family. The Lot contains about four acres of land—the Garden is large, well laid out, and stocked with a good assortment of fruit. For further particulars, enquire of WILLIAM BRADFORD, Esq. in Philadelphia, JOHN PINTARD, Esq. in New-York, or the Subscriber, on the Premises. May 2, 1792. (lawgw) ELIAS BOUDINOT.
TICKETS in the NEW-BRUNSWICK LOTTERY, are to be had at the following places, viz.—Samuel Cooper's Ferry; at Burlington, of R. Pierson, Esq. Bordentown, of Mr. John Van Emburgh; Mount Holly, of J. Read, Esq. Trenton, of John Singer, Esq. Amboy, of James Parker, Esq. Elizabeth-Town, of R. Gray; Powles-Hook, of Col. Smith and Judge Hunt; Cranbury, of William Throckmorton Spotswood; and of the Managers in Brunswick.
Bank of the United States.
MARCH 21, 1792. RESOLVED, That the Stockholders be, and hereby are, authorised to complicate their Shares by payment at any time before the periods required by the law of incorporation.
Resolved, That each Share so complicated, shall be entitled to draw a dividend of the profits of the Bank, from and after the first day of the month next succeeding the day of completing such Shares.
Resolved, That so much of the quarter's interest upon the Public Debt transferred to complete any Share as aforesaid, as shall have accrued before the first day of the month next succeeding the completion of such Share, shall be received by the Bank, and paid to the persons who shall have transferred the same.
By order of the President and Directors, JOHN KEAN, Cashier. (ep.t.f.)
Bank of the United States,
MAY 8, 1792. RESOLVED, That the specie proportion of the third payment due on the first Monday of July next, on each share of the Bank of the United States, may be made at the Bank, or at any of the offices of discount and deposit; and that transfers of public debt on account of such payment, may be made on the books of the Treasury of the United States, or in the office of any of the Commissioners of Loans in any of the States, certificates of which transfers to be deposited in the office in which the specie proportion of such payment shall be made.
Resolved, That the transfer books be closed fourteen days previous to the first days of July and January of each year. By Order, JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
AT A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 30, 1792.
RESOLVED, That the Offices of Discount and Deposit be authorised to receive of Stockholders the 3d and 4th Specie Payments on their Shares in the Capital Stock of the Bank, and that the Cashiers of the said offices give duplicate receipts for such payments, one of which receipts, accompanied with evidence of a transfer of public debt sufficient to complete said shares, upon being produced at the Bank, shall entitle such Stockholders to certificates for full shares, and to all the benefits of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors passed the 21st instant, relative to completing shares by payment at any time before the periods required by the law of incorporation.
By order of the President and Directors, JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
American Lead Manufactory.
STEPHEN AUSTIN, & Co.
HAVE just now opened their LEAD-WAREHOUSE, two doors south of Walnut-street Wharf, adjoining their New Factory—where they have now made, and ready for sale, a general assortment of SHOT of all sizes, with SHEET and BAR LEAD, the production of the Mines in Virginia. As they have employed a number of experienced English workmen, they warrant it to be equal in quality to any manufactured in Europe, and at a reduced price from the cost of imported.
They also continue to manufacture all the above articles at Richmond, in Virginia. All orders addressed to either of the above Factories, will be thankfully received, and executed on the shortest notice.
N. B. Wanted, industrious, sober, Labouring Men, at the said Mines, where constant employ, good wages, and other encouragements will be given, means of conveyance being provided, and houses for their reception.
For further particulars enquire of Messrs. MOSES AUSTIN & Co. at their Factory in Richmond, or as above. Philadelphia, December 3, 1791. (t.f.)
FOR SALE,
BLOOMSBURY,
THAT elegant SEAT at the Falls of Delaware, in the vicinity of Trenton, in New-Jersey, occupied for many years past by the subscriber; containing upwards of 200 acres of land, besides a tract of wood-land of about 185 acres, at the distance of two miles. The farm is divided by the main street leading from Trenton to Lambertville, and Philadelphia, into two parts, nearly equal in quantity; the eastwardly part being arable land, is laid off in convenient fields, and in good farming order. The other part, bounded by the said street on the east, and by the river on the west, forms a square; which, from the combined effect of situation and improvement, is generally allowed to be one of the most beautiful and desirable seats in the state. The mansion-house is a handsome, well-finished brick building, 50 by 40, containing four rooms on each floor, with excellent cellars, and a two story brick kitchen; and commanding a very extensive and pleasing view of the river, both above and below, as well as including the falls, and also of Trenton and the neighbouring seats and improvements on both sides of the river. Among the out-buildings are a new stone coach-house and stables, sufficient to contain six carriages and ten horses, accommodated with a cutting and feeding room, and a capacious loft for hay; adjoining these is a very complete granary, rat proof, and a stone cow-house, upwards of 100 feet in length, containing thirty-one paved stalls, over which is a roomy loft for hay, &c. Adjoining the court-yard of the mansion-house, is a garden of about two acres, extending towards the river, in the highest state of culture, and abounding with a rich collection of the choicest fruits of almost every kind, and several large asparagus beds, highly manured. At a convenient distance from the mansion-house, and nearly in the centre of the square, is a new, well-built, stone farm-house, accommodated with a large cheese-room, spring-house, garden, &c. a complete stone smoke-house, corn-cellar, waggon-house, a capacious ice-house, and every other necessary out-building. The ground is properly divided into small fields, all well watered, highly improved, and chiefly under the most approved grass. This square has produced annually, for several years past, upwards of sixty tons of the best hay, besides supporting through the summer season twenty to thirty horned cattle, and eight or ten horses. It contains also two bearing orchards of good fruit. The river abounds, in the proper seasons, with great plenty of all kinds of fish usually found in fresh water in this climate, and with a variety of wild-fowl; both of which may afford a pleasing amusement to the sportsman, as well as a convenient addition to the elegance and variety of his table. The whole of the land, except the wood-land, is inclosed and divided by good fences, great part of which is formed of red cedar posts, and rails of chestnut and white cedar. The purchaser may have the improved square separately, or the whole together, as may best suit him. There is an inexhaustible quantity of good building stone on the river shore. The purchase money, if well secured, and the interest punctually paid, will not be demanded for many years.
Any person desirous of viewing the premises, may be gratified on application to SAMUEL W. STOCKTON, Esq. of Trenton, or Mr. INALLMAN, who at present occupies the farm-house and part of the land—and may know the price on application to the subscriber, at No. 213, South Second-street, opposite to the New-Market, in Philadelphia. JOHN COX.
WANTED, the First Volume of the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES—for which Six Dollars will be paid by the EDITOR.
The JOURNAL of the THIRD SESSION of the SENATE of the UNITED STATES, may be had of the Editor hereof.
THE EDITOR of the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES, most earnestly requests that those of his subscribers, whose arrearages have been accumulating for more than twelve months, would make payment as soon as possible—at farthest, before the first day of June next.
Those persons who shall be disposed to patronize this GAZETTE after the Post-Office Law shall go into operation, will please to signify their intention to the Deputy Post-Masters in the United States, who are requested to forward such subscriptions as may be received, to the Editor, previous to the said first of June.—The terms of subscription are Three Dollars per annum, exclusive of postage—One half to be paid at the time of subscribing, the other half to be advanced at the expiration of the first six months.
JUST ARRIVED,
In the Ship Molly, Captain Pitt, from LISBON, A FEW pipes and quarter-casks of LISBON WINE, far superior in quality to what is generally imported—And a few bales of the very best CORKS,
TO BE SOLD BY
GEORGE MEADE,
WHO HAS ALSO FOR SALE,
Choice three and five years old Bill of Exchange MADEIRA WINE, by the pipe or quarter-cask.
London Market MADEIRA WINE, five years old, by the pipe or quarter-cask.
Choice old SHERRY WINE, by the quarter-cask.
MESS BEEF, of a superior quality, and such as is fit for an East-India voyage, put up in this city.
Choice first quality BEEF, do.
Ditto second ditto do.
BOSTON BEEF, equal to any from that country.
BURLINGTON PORK, of the first quality, and
114 Hhds. FLAX-SEED. &c. &c.
Philadelphia, May 16, 1792
(cp93)
For BRISTOL,
The Ship
Birmingham Packet,
LEESON SIMMONS,
Master;
A remarkable fast sailer, her cargo is all ready—nevertheless, to accommodate those who may be disposed to put freight on board, it will be taken in. She will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, apply to the Captain on board, laying at Walnut-street Wharf, or to GEORGE MEADE.
Those who have goods on board, are earnestly requested to enter them, take out their permits, and give the necessary directions to their porters to attend the ship.
N. B. The owners are determined that the ship shall leave Bristol with the first Fall ships.
May 14.
(41)
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party, will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July next, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, to be erected in this City. The site of the building, if the artist will attend to it, will of course influence the aspect and outline of his plan; and its destination will point out to him the number, size, and distribution of the apartments. It will be a recommendation of any plan, if the central part of it may be detached and erected for the present, with the appearance of a complete whole, and be capable of admitting the additional parts, in future, if they shall be wanting. Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building, in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls. March 14, 1792. THE COMMISSIONERS.
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF A LOT in this City, to be designated by impartial judges, and FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS; or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party; will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July, 1792, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a CAPITOL, to be erected in this City; and TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, or a MEDAL, for the Plan deemed next in merit to the one they shall adopt. The building to be of brick, and to contain the following apartments, to wit:
A Conference Room } sufficient to accommodate 300 persons each. } these rooms to be of full elevation.
A Room for the Representatives }
A Lobby or Antichamber to the latter }
A Senate Room of 1200 square feet area }
An Antichamber or Lobby to the latter }
12 Rooms of 600 square feet area each, for Committee Rooms and Clerks' Offices, to be of half the elevation of the former.
Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls. March 14, 1792. THE COMMISSIONERS.
ADVERTISEMENT.
BY VIRTUE of an order from JOHN HOLMES, EDMUND WEATHERBY and BENJAMIN HOLMES, Esqrs. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Salem, directing us to make Sale of so much of the Lands of BENJAMIN CRIPPS, in the Township of Manington, in the County of Salem aforesaid, as will defray the expenses attending the division or partition of Lands held in common between ABRAHAM HEWLING and the aforesaid Benjamin Cripps, agreeably to an act of Assembly, &c. In pursuance of the above order, will be Sold by public Vendue, a tract or piece of Land (or as much thereof as will defray the above expenses) being part of the above, situate and bounded by Lands of Job Shreeve, the aforesaid Abraham Hewlings, and others, on seventh day 26th of May next, 1792.—At the house of Henry Sparks, Inn-keeper in Salem aforesaid—by WILLIAM GOODWIN, JOHN WISTAR and THOMAS CLEMENT, Commissioners. 20th April, 1792. 4w.cp.