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[No. 66 of Vol. IV.]
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1793.
[Whole No. 388.]
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, January 5.
CONTINUATION OF THE
DEBATE ON MR. STEELE'S MOTION, FOR REDUCING THE ARMY.
MR. MOORE said, the resolution as now worded, contemplates the reduction of the army to two regiments. No reasons have been introduced for this measure, which were not brought forward in the first discussion of the subject. He thought that the reasons for continuing the army, existed with additional force. He observed, that granting abuses had taken place, it was no good reason for repealing a law. If abuses do exist, which he by no means thought to be fact, this was not the way to correct those abuses. But he insisted, that the mode proposed as a substitute for carrying on the war, was the way to encrease those abuses—the opportunities would be encreased—and the means greatly diminished, by reason of the distance, of detecting & preventing them. He enlarged on this idea; and then entered into a consideration of the question, whether the militia or the regular troops were the most eligible to be employed in an Indian war?—He stated the difficulties and expences arising from the militia system—it would be much greater than it has ever yet been. Adverting to the system adopted by Congress, he observed that two objects appeared to have been in view at that time—those objects exist at the present moment; they have reference to two species of force—a defensive, and an incurive. He said if no other than a militia was contemplated, the Indians would never make a permanent peace. The incurions of the militia, and the burning of their towns, will never bring the Indians to terms—permanent posts must be established; a respectable force must be fixed in their neighbourhood. He alluded to the treaties which had already been made—the repeated violations of those treaties. Fear only can keep the savages within any bounds. Nothing else can effect a lasting peace. A permanent regular force is then the necessary result—the experience of the French, Spaniards and English, sufficiently enforce the propriety and necessity of regular troops. Here he entered into a consideration of the difference between such regular troops as he contemplated, and those to which gentlemen appeared to be opposed. Added to the advantages of discipline, the regular troops may be trained to fight the Indians in their own way, to greater purpose than any militia ever can. On the whole, he was clearly of opinion that the present was not the time to reduce the military force of the country—and should therefore vote against the motion.
Mr. Williamson so far supported the motion, as to suggest the reducing the number of officers on the regular establishment, to the number of men in actual service, and to stop recruiting after the month of March.
Mr. Madison said the present discussion involved a revival of the question agitated the last session, whether the militia or regular troops were to be preferred in carrying on the Indian war?—It is said that this is not the time to reduce the military force of the country—that the President is invested with the power of reducing the army—that while important negotiations are pending, it will be attended with inauspicious effects to lessen the impressions of our power on the mind of the Indians. These considerations, he acknowledged to be weighty—but if the force of the country can be continued on as respectable a footing as at present, and at the same time the expence greatly diminished, the government would be inexcusable not to do it. It is supposed that this may be done in perfect consistency with impressing the enemy with the fullest impression of our power. He suggested therefore the eligibility of completing the effective force by the addition of volunteer militia—to organize completely the regular troops already raised—and to restrict them to the number that they at present consist of. To reduce this idea to effect, he suggested to the gentleman from North-Carolina a modification of his motion, by an amendment in conformity to these ideas.
Mr. Steele said he was perfectly in sentiment with the gentleman, in regard to the propriety of inserting an amendment to the motion, which might secure a sufficient appropriation to carry on offensive operations against the hostile Indians, by the militia of the frontiers; and if an alteration was proposed to that effect, he would second it. The at-
rention of the House to this question speaks its importance; it is probable, one more important will not occur during the present session. On its decision are suspended the hopes and fears of the people of this country, their hopes of a speedy and honorable peace, and their fears of a standing army, with its usual retinue of political evils.
The present is regarded as an interesting epoch in the affairs of the United States; and it has been perceived, with serious regret, that while our national character is forming (he hoped it was not yet formed) it seems to partake in some respects more of the unnatural spirit of monarchy, than of the mild and conciliatory temper of a republic. The principle of keeping up standing armies, though highly obnoxious to the great body of the people, has not been equally so to the government; they have been maintained and encreased without affording protection, or even defence to the frontiers; the supplies necessary to support the establishment, begins to discover an alarming derangement of the public finances, and it is now incumbent on the House of Representatives to check the growing mischief.
Mr. Steele then adverted to the effects of standing armies on the morals and political sentiments of the people, wherever they had been employed; of the expensiveness of all such establishments, and of the wicked purposes to which they had been, and might be subservient. He said, he had prepared himself to have spoken largely to this point, and to have quoted the pernicious effects of such a policy in other nations; but the debate having been already lengthy, and the committee probably fatigued, it would be sufficient for his present purpose for the members to make their own reflections, and to mark the rapid progression of the army from 1789 to 1792, both in numbers and expences. Instances from foreign history are superfluous, when our own affords such ample testimony. The establishment began with one regiment, it is now five; the House was called on in 1789 to appropriate a little more than 100,000 dollars for that department, in the present year above one million is demanded. The reason of this extraordinary additional expenditure, this unexpected encrease of the army, if not enveloped in darkness, has been founded on policy hitherto not satisfactorily explained. He said, however lightly he was disposed to touch this part of the subject, he could not avoid reminding the committee of the memorable sentiments of 1776, in regard to standing armies; of the universal abhorrence of the Americans to them at that time; and to illustrate it more clearly, he read the expressions of some of the states in their Bills of Rights. These were the sentiments of the whigs of 1776, and to such whigs he wished to appeal on this occasion.
He also reminded the committee of the recent debates of 1788, of the amendments proposed in several state conventions, of the unanimity which prevailed among all ranks of people on this particular point; and it is now to be lamented, said he, that while the ink which recorded these objections to the constitution is yet drying, the evil then predicted has taken place.
If there is a subject on which much deliberation is unnecessary, in order to forming a right opinion, it would be in regard to military establishments; the feelings of a free people revolt at their continuance; and every man who reads, or thinks, can point out their dangers.
He said, he felt more anxiety for the fate of this motion, than commonly marks his conduct, because this is the last session that will ever afford him an opportunity to trouble the House with his sentiments on this, or any other subject. The motion was brought forward to discharge a duty which he owed to his constituents, to satisfy his own conscience, and to afford that protection to the frontiers which they deserved, and to save the public money. If an uncommon degree of zeal was discovered in supporting the motion, it ought to be attributed to these, and no other motives.
The question will now soon be taken—if adopted, I shall be among those who rejoice; if rejected, among those who have always submitted with a proper degree of decency to the decision of the majority. But in any event, the public will know that we have asserted the sense of the people against standing armies, that we are anxious to defend the frontiers against their enemies, that we have recommended a system of economy and efficiency, instead of profusion and delay, that we have recommended a system calculated to produce victory and peace, instead of disgrace and war, and that we wish to rescue the government from the intoxication of the times, and all the apocrypha of military establishments.
He said, he had been attentive to the arguments of the opposition, and they tend principally to four points. If neither of these positions be found tenable, the motion will certainly succeed; and that they are not tenable, is believed and will be shown.
1st. It has been boldly asserted that the President is the author of the existing system. 2dly. They call in question the sincerity of our declarations in wishing to afford effectual protection to the frontiers.
3dly. They deny the competency of the militia.
4thly. The impolicy of reducing the establishment, when a treaty is expected.
In regard to the first, we deny that the President is the author of this plan of prosecuting the war, not having avowed explicitly himself that he is so, & no document appearing to confirm that opinion, we are justified in attributing a system which appears to us ineffectual, to his Secretary and not to him.
It is true that the Secretary is only a finger of his hand, and the intimate connexion which must of necessity subsist between them, perhaps is the ground upon which the assertion has been made. The Secretaries are all equally near to the President, and if it be admitted that he is the author of this, he may with equal propriety, be said to have been the author of every system on general subjects which either of them have recommended.
Was he the author of the report on the fisheries? Was he the author of the plan for establishing the National Bank? It is known that he was not, and circumstances might be mentioned (which are withheld from delicacy) to confirm this opinion.
Was he the author of the funding system? Some gentlemen in the opposition to this motion, would not be willing to give the President that credit if he claimed it; and some who support this motion, would not only be sorry that the President had even claimed such a credit, but believe that it was in no respect attributable to him. The same gentleman (Mr. Wadsworth) who first asserted that the President was the author of this military plan, in the same speech admitted it to be the war, as well as the plan of the horse, and then argued on the necessity of stability in our measures. It is not very material to the present question whose plan it is; being a public measure, we are justified in offering our objections to it; and this is the first time that I have heard it publicly asserted that a government should persevere in an error, because they had undertaken it. If the plan be a good one, it may be supported by reason; if a bad one, no name ought to be called in to prop it up.
The inconsistency of that gentleman's (Mr. Wadsworth) arguments not only supports the motion before the committee, but shews the wretched shifts which have been used to defeat it.
It has been said in the course of the debate, that individual members, and even this house, are incompetent to decide upon the efficacy or inefficacy of military plans. In answer to this it may be said, that if we are not all Generals, we are all members, and that we have the privilege of thinking for ourselves and for our constituents. To admit this doctrine in the latitude which has been expressed, would be to introduce military ideas indeed; it would be to make soldiers of us, instead of legislators; nay worse than that, it would be to revive the exploded doctrines of passive obedience and non-resistance.
In regard to the sincerity of his intentions to afford effectual protection to the frontiers, Mr. Steele said that he had been sufficiently explicit, that a feeling for the sufferers had dictated this motion; that he was sorry it had been whispered in the ears of some of the members, that it was intended to withhold the necessary appropriations, and divert them to other purposes.
If two regiments were insufficient to garrison all the posts necessary for defence, he would even under certain restrictions, consent to continue the three sub-legions, thereby enabling the President to establish double the number of posts now erected if he should deem it advisable. Regular troops being incapable of active expeditions against Indians in the wilderness, his wish was to abandon that system, and confine them entirely to the garrison.
The next objection to the motion is the incompetency of the militia, and to support this opinion the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Wadsworth) has made this expression, "that as to the expedition under General St. Clair, the regulars were few, and not to be named when compared with the number of the militia." The truth is there was not a man engaged that day as a militia man, except the advance guard commanded by Col. Oldham, which consisted of 300, perhaps a few more, the field return of the day preceding the action being in the war-office, this can be ascertained with precision. The balance of the army on that unfortunate day, had been enlisted as regulars, even clothed as regulars, were fought as regulars, and poor fellows, died like regulars. They suffered the fate which awaits every regular army destined for similar expeditions. Even the handful of militia employed that day, did not deserve that name, they were chiefly substitutes for draughted men from the ceded territory. This draught became unavoidable, from a misfortune to General St. Clair, which Mr. Steele related.
The attack on Major Adair has also been mentioned as a proof of the incompetency of mili-
tia and Mr. Steele insisted that the only inference which could be drawn from thence was, that 200 militia were able to repel, but not destroy near 200 Indians.—This event he conceived was in favor, and not against his motion.
He next adverted to the argument of Mr. Wadsworth, in regard to the war of 1764; of the establishment of posts in Pennsylvania and Virginia, and of the success of Colonel Bouquet's expedition. If two worn-out regiments at that time were sufficient to defend the frontiers, and with the aid of the militia, to terminate the war, two new regiments, in them, all the vigour which the gentleman described to now possess, with the aid of established posts, and a much more effective militia, can certainly be equal to the same end. After examining Mr. W.'s arguments for some time, Mr. Steele said, that when analyzed, it would be found, that they proved more than they were intended to prove; but the merits of this motion did not require that he should take advantage of these indiscretions.
He shewed from the history of 1762, that tho' posts were established, with a handful of regular troops in each, they never answered the purpose of effectual protection; but the frontier people were always obliged, in a great degree, to defend themselves; that they were best calculated for that service, and that they would perform it now with alacrity and success, if well rewarded.
Mr. Steele then refuted the objection against the militia on account of their waste and expence which Mr. W. had alluded to. The law allows a mounted volunteer, furnishing himself with a good horse, good arms, provisions, and every other necessary, except ammunition, at his own risque and expence, one dollar per day. The exact expence of such an expedition, can be calculated. Whether successful or not, the charge to the public cannot be encreased. The contractors, quarter-master's and hospital departments are all avoided, with the abuses, expences and frauds attending such establishments. Mr. Steele enlarged upon this point, and said that these are always found to be the most expensive departments in any army, and that the federal treasury had felt their effects already. In favor of the militia it may be asked, who fought the battle of Bunker's Hill? Who fought the battle of New-Jersey? Who have fought the Indians so often with success, under Generals Wilkinson, Scott, Seward and others? Who marched in 1776 under General Rutherford, through the Cherokee nation, laid waste their country, and forced them to peace? Who fought the battles of Georgia, under Clark and Twiggs? Who fought the battles of South-Carolina, under the command of an honorable member, now present? Delicacy forbids to enlarge upon his successes in his presence.
Who fought the ever memorable battles of Cowpens, King's Mountain, Hanging Rock, Blackstock's; the Pivots, on which the revolution turned in the southern States? In short, who fought all the battles of the southern States, while we had a mere handful of regular troops, scarcely the shadow, much less the reality of an army?
They were all fought by freemen, the substantial freeholders of the country: men attached to the revolution from principle: men who were sensible of their rights, and fought for them.
Such men will not enlist in regular armies, nor will any one who has the disposition, or the constitution of a freeman. It would give me pain to describe the trash which composes all regular armies: They enlist for three dollars a month; which, in a country like the United States, is a sufficient description of their bodies as well as their minds. Such men are not fit to combat the most active enemy in the world. Here Mr. Steele read Major Gaitner's and Major Trueman's depositions, respecting the defeat of the 4th November, 1791, stating, that they could not see the Indians, because they were behind trees, &c. that the regular troops tried, but could not fight that way; that they seemed to be stupid, and incapable of resistance; and that if any General in the world had commanded such men that day, he must have been defeated as they were.
An additional argument, and one of the most weighty too, against regular expeditions, in this species of warfare, is that by the slowness of their movements, the force of the enemy may be concentrated,—time is afforded them to form alliances, and to confederate against those whom they consider a common enemy. It is otherwise with militia incurions. He offered a number of reasons to shew that it was so, and how essential for the interest of the United States, to adopt a policy calculated to detach the tribes from each other as much as possible.
But it has been said these men were not regular troops. Mr. Steele asked, what then were they? They surely were not militia.
The last objection, and the least serious of all, to this motion, is the expectations of a treaty in the spring. Mr. Steele said, if he thought the gentleman who threw this difficulty in the way, believed himself that we have any reason to expect a permanent peace from the treaty now proposed, it may deserve an answer. Facts are more to be relied upon than words: from the channel through which these propositions have come—from the whole complexion of their talks, and from the late attack on Major Adair, it may safely be asserted, that no peace can be effected in the spring.
He recapitulated some of the difficulties which this motion had to conflict, and said, that he

would mention others, if he was at liberty to do so. Under such circumstances, success is hardly to be expected; but he knew that the merits of the motion deserved it.
He could not set down, without making one remark upon the calculations and statement of expenses in the war department, offered to the Committee by Mr. Wadsworth last Wednesday; and though the gentleman then spoke unguardedly of my calculations, I feel too much delicacy to retort. I stated at the commencement of this debate, that in 1792 there was appropriated by law for the Quarter-Master's Department, 50,000 dollars;
Mr. Wadsworth states to have been in that year appropriated by law, 120,000
Difference, 70,000
I have re-examined my statement, compared it with the law, find it was correct; and there is no document in possession of the House to prove, either that his statement is so, or that mine is not so.
Indeed, the inaccuracy of his statement is explained and proved by this single circumstance: In 1792 the law appropriated 50,000 for that department, on an estimate of 2128 non-commissioned officers and privates, and in 1793, which is the most extravagant estimate we have ever had, the Secretary at war only demands for the Quarter-Master's Department, on an establishment of 5120 non-commissioned officers and privates, the sum of 100,000 dollars. Is it reasonable to suppose, that an army of 2000 men, would require more stores, than an army of 5000? Or has it been customary for that officer to lessen the demands, as the establishment increased? The appropriation laws, and the Treasury of the United States, can answer this question. The gentleman's statement is inaccurate in more instances than this—but one is enough for my purpose. Having made this appear, Mr. Steele said he would not speak again, nor would he hold himself bound to reply to any observations that might be made, either in regard to his motion or his calculations.
Mr. Hillhouse observed, that nothing had been advanced in the whole course of this long debate, but what he had heard mentioned last winter in the House. He was then opposed in principle to a war establishment and he still retained the same opinion; but from the present complexion of affairs, it appeared to him, that he ought to submit, and give up his own opinion to the general sense of the legislature, which at present seemed to be, for persevering in the system already adopted, and which, as it had scarcely had time for a fair trial, he thought, ought not to be arrested, perhaps in the very instant when its efficacy was to be expected. If peace should not be established during the next summer, he would then join with such members as would propose a better system—but as the law provides for exercising the discretionary powers of the executive, it would be best to rely on them—a standing army he said, was a thing impossible to be established in the United States whilst the House of Representatives have the power of granting money only for two years at any time; he therefore had no fears on that score. An army existing in time of peace, was the idea he had of a standing army; and not an army embodied for only a year or two; upon the whole, it would be as expensive to disband the present force, and institute another of militia, &c. as it will be to keep up the existing establishment for a little longer time; it was therefore his advice, to let the matter rest where it was, with the executive for the present. But in case of a peace not being accomplished within a reasonable period, he would join those who would be for a change in the system; and he was clearly of opinion, that a system might easily be adopted, not only to protect our frontiers by repelling the Savages, but to exterminate them altogether.
(Debate to be continued.)
SATURDAY, January 12.
Mr. Benson presented a petition from Robert Eden, a Yorkshire (England) farmer, stating that he has emigrated to the United States, and brought with him to New-York, a flock of horses and cattle of the first quality; for which he was charged 7 1/2 per cent. import, and for which he has been obliged to give security. The prayer of the petition is for an exemption of duty, and to extend a similar benefit to such of his countrymen as may emigrate to the United States; many of whom, he intimates, are inclined to come hither, and to import part of their most valuable stock. Ordered, that Mr. Eden's petition be referred to a select committee, Messrs. Benton, Madison, and Sedgwick.
Two petitions from the files of the last house were referred to select committees, viz. of Abraham Kimberly, and of Francis Keller; each praying a grant of land on the river Ohio.
The Secretary of the Treasury's report on the petition of Griffith Jones, was referred to a select committee.
The petitions of Ludwig Kuhn, and Ebenezer Foster, were referred to the Treasury Department.
The House took into consideration the subject of the resolutions for loaning the balances which may appear to be due from the United States to the individual States. On this a lengthy debate took place.
The resolutions were finally amended to read thus—
Resolved, That a loan to the amount of the balance which (upon a final settlement of accounts) shall be found due from the United States to the individual States, be opened at the Loan Offices in the respective States, to commence within months after the said balances shall be reported at the Treasury, and to continue open for the term of months from the time of its commencement: Provided that no such loan shall be opened in any State without the assent of the Legislature thereof, by an act approving the measure.
Resolved, That the sums to be subscribed to such loans, be payable in the principal or interest of the certificates or notes issued by any such of the said States, as (upon the final settlement of accounts) shall have a balance due to them from the United States, and which shall have
been liquidated to specie value, prior to the day of
Resolved, That every subscriber to the said loan, shall be entitled to certificates, according to the sum subscribed, of the like tenor and descriptions, in the like proportions, and upon the like terms, as are specified and directed by the fifteenth and sixteenth sections of the act entitled, "An act making provision for the debt of the United States," except, that interest on such of the certificates, subscribed to the said loan, as bear interest, shall be computed to the last day of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, inclusively, and that interest shall not begin to accrue upon any of the certificates which shall be issued in lieu thereof till the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.
Resolved, That in all cases, where the sum subscribed in the evidence of the debt of any State, shall exceed the balance due to such State, the same shall be reduced (in equal proportions) to the sum actually due to such State.
The resolutions as thus amended, being adopted by the House, a committee consisting of the following members, viz. Messrs. Fitzsimons, Sedgwick, and Smith, S. C. was appointed to report a bill. Adjourned.
MONDAY, JANUARY 14.
A report was read on the petition of Elijah Bostwick, which was in favour of the petitioner.
Mr. Lawrance presented the petition of the officers of the Delaware line of the late continental army. Read and referred to the committee of the whole.
Mr. Parker presented the petition of Thomas Withart, a serjeant in the Virginia line of the late army. Read and referred to the Secretary of War.
The bill for settling the claims of persons not barred by any act of limitation, and which have not been heretofore adjusted, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The House proceeded in the discussion of the bill to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes. Several amendments were proposed and discussed. Some of these were agreed to, and then, by general consent, the bill was laid on the table till to-morrow.
Mr. Hartley laid the following motion on the table, That a committee be appointed to prepare and report a bill to make provision of half pay for the widows and orphans of such officers of the army of the United States who may have been killed since the third day of June, 1784, or who may be hereafter killed in the service of the United States.
A message was received from the President of the U. S. by Mr. Lear, his Secretary, informing the House that he has approved and signed two acts which originated in the House, viz. an act to amend the act for establishing a mint, and to regulate the coins of the United States, so far as respects the coinage of copper—and an act for granting interest on a claim allowed by a resolution of the late Congress, as an indemnification to the persons therein mentioned.
Mr. Boudinot moved for the order of the day, on the Bankrupt Law—The importance of this subject to the general interest, and that of a number of individuals in several of the states, who, by reason of the state governments being precluded from passing bankrupt laws, are in a very distressed situation, was urged by several of the members. It was further observed, that it had long been before Congress, and if it was not taken up at the present session, it was very problematical whether it would be completed at the next session.
In opposition to the motion it was observed, that though the business has been a long time on the carpet, yet it had not been reduced to any specific form till very lately—that the bill had been laid before the public for the express purpose of collecting the general sense of the people on the subject—sufficient time has not elapsed for this purpose, and therefore it was not possible for the legislature to proceed in the business, aided by the general sense of their constituents relative thereto.
The motion was at length withdrawn, and, on motion of Mr. Gerry, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole (Mr. Dayton in the chair) and took into consideration the memorials of the officers of the several lines of the late army, on the subject of a deficiency of their pay. The several memorials were, from the N. Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland lines. The New Hampshire and Pennsylvania Memorials being read.
Mr. Gerry said, in order to bring the subject before the committee, he should move the following resolution, viz. Resolved, as the opinion of this committee, that the contract between Congress and a part of the officers and soldiers of the armies raised for the establishment of the independence of the United States, has not been fulfilled on the part of Congress.
This motion, was seconded by Mr. Parker. Mr. Gerry accompanied his motion by several observations, in which he shewed that a depreciated medium could never be considered as an equivalent for services and supplies which were contracted to be paid for in specie.
Several members objected to the indefiniteness of this resolution. They suggested the propriety of the mover's bringing forward a sketch of the plan for which he intended the resolution as a basis.
Mr. Madison suggested a variation of the proposition to the simple question on the propriety of granting the prayer of the petitions.
After several observations from other members, and the Chairman had remarked that the resolution of Mr. Gerry was not in order, as referring to a part of the officers, whereas the memorials made no distinction.
Mr. Clark moved, in order to take the sense of the committee, the following, Resolved, as the opinion of this committee, that the prayer of the petitions of officers of several lines of the
late American army, cannot be granted, and that the petitioners have leave to withdraw their petitions.
This motion occasioned a debate. Mr. Madison, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Mercer, sustained the general prayer of the petitions. Mr. Clark opposed it. Some gentlemen opposed the form of the motion, as tending to cramp the discussion of the business. It was suggested to the mover, the eligibility of suspending it.
After some further remarks, Mr. Clark moved that the committee should rise. The committee accordingly rose, and had leave to sit again. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, JAN. 15.
An engrossed bill, relative to claims against the United States, not barred by any act of limitation, and which have not heretofore been adjusted, was read the third time and passed.
Mr. Fitzsimons reported a bill to authorise a loan, payable in the certificates or notes of such states, as shall have balances due to them on a final settlement of accounts with the United States—read twice, and committed for Monday next.
A report in favor of William Seymour was read, and laid on the table.
Mr. Greenup called up his motion for a committee to report a bill, for placing on the pension list such officers and soldiers of the militia as have been, or may be wounded or disabled in the service of the United States, and who are not provided for by law—this motion was referred to a committee of the whole House, for Thursday next.
The bill to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, was again taken into consideration—Mr. Madison read an amendment, which he proposed as a substitute for the 8th section, which refers to purchases of lands from the Indians—this, with a proviso to another section, moved by Mr. Greenup, was laid on the table.
Mr. Smith called up the memorial of sundry merchants of South-Carolina, stating the losses they sustained by the depreciation of paper money, and the peculiar hardships they are exposed to in consequence thereof, by the 4th article of the treaty of peace with Great-Britain—and praying relief in the premises.—This memorial being read, Mr. Smith moved that it should be referred to the committee of the whole on the petitions of the officers of the late army.—This motion occasioned a debate; those who opposed it, contended that it was a distinct and different case from that of the officers—that it involved a very different investigation and could not therefore be connected with it—it appeared to be designed to embarrass and perplex the application of the officers.
In support of the motion, a variety of reasons were adduced to shew that the cases were parallel—and that there was no propriety in making a distinction between different classes of citizens in their applications for relief in similar cases.—After considerable debate, it was moved that the ayes and noes should be called on the motion: This motion was arrested by the previous question being moved, in the following words—'Shall the main question be now put?'—this was determined in the affirmative, yeas 30, nays 24. The main question for the reference was then put, and negatived—ayes 24, noes 30.
The house then went into a committee of the whole on the petitions of the Officers.
Mr. Dayton in the chair.
Mr. Clark withdrew his motion for a rejection of the prayer of the petitions, laid on the table yesterday—Mr. Gerry then offered another proposition in lieu of the resolution he moved yesterday, which is to the following purport—
That provision ought to be made for the petitioners to the amount of the difference between the value in the market, of funded and unfunded debt; an amendment was moved by Mr. Clark to incorporate in the proposition these words—all such citizens who have received liquidated certificates for services performed and supplies furnished on account of the United States.—This amendment was agreed to—the committee then rose, and had leave to sit again—and the House adjourned.
Foreign Affairs.
PARIS, November 2.
M. PETION has just published an able letter to the Society of Jacobins, in which among other paragraphs, the following are very remarkable.
"I saved the club at the time of the famous schism.—Roberpierre, who then had the reputation of being a patriot, did not however enjoy that kind of weight which confidence gives a man in the conduct of political affairs. I have seen Roberpierre tremble, wanting to get away, and afraid to shew himself in the Assembly. Ask him if ever I trembled. I have saved Roberpierre himself from destruction by sticking by him, when every body else had deserted him.
"I declare that I know not a faction called Brissot's: that faction is a chimera, and there is not a man less fit to be at the head of a party than Brissot. I declare that the Jacobin Club has done great service, that it can still render more important ones, and that I will support it with all my might, but without prejudice; that I will adopt its opinions when I think them good, and will combat them when I think them bad."
Two deputies from Frankfort have appeared at the bar of the Convention, presenting a petition from that city to be released from the fine imposed upon them by M. de Custine. Their memorial was referred to the Diplomatic Committee.
M. de Custine had ordered the horses and equipage of the Elector of Mentz, found by him in that city, to be publicly sold, on the 10th instant.
The advanced guard of the central army, now to be commanded by M. Bourdonville, marched the 6th instant from Mentz to reinforce M. de Custine. The main body followed on the 7th and 8th.
The artillery found at Mons consisted of 97 brass cannon, 19 brass mortars and 14 howitzers; 107 iron cannon. There were also 3000 bombs, 300,000 bullets, and 1500 snuffets.
The emigrants were all executed yesterday in the Place de Caroussel, excepting four servants, who were not taken with arms in their hands, and were therefore acquitted. They all shewed the utmost fortitude; some of them declared they died with pleasure for their King, yet these men declared on their trials, that they never intended to bear arms against the Republic. Their execution did not occasion any commotion, as was dreaded.
To-day we expect the report of the committee on the Decree of Accusation against Marat. The cause of France will not only be avenged without, but some reparation of the national honor is about to be made within. More blood may be shed in Paris, but it will be that of the murderers of the 2d and 3d of September.
HAGUE, October 23.
The Austrian Generals have had the prudence to take care of their troops, who were never suffered to be in want of any thing, whilst the Prussians experienced the utmost want, both for themselves and their horses. This appears to have been the principal cause of that coolness which has taken place between the commanders of the allied armies. In vain did the Prussians implore assistance from their allies; the latter lent a deaf ear to their entreaties, and extricated themselves from that mire in which the others perished. Of 80,000 men whom the King of Prussia furnished, not more than 20,000 men will return to that country. His cavalry are quite ruined. This is an absolute fact, which may be relied upon.
LEWES, November 5.
Apartments have been engaged in the Brighton packets for the conveyance of Ninety more Nuns from France, and for whose arrival curiosity is daily on the look out. They are not turned adrift without any provision, an annuity of 25 pounds each being allowed them by the French.
CALAIS.
The ardour of Patriotism, for which Calais has been so properly celebrated, continues with improving zeal!—If there ever was a community of men unanimous, it is in this populous town. Paine, our deputy, in all intercourse with our municipality carries it on in English.
MR. PAINE'S LETTER.
The following is the letter which Mr. Paine, being ignorant of the French language, transmitted on Saturday last, to the National Convention of France.
"Citizen President, I have the happiness of transmitting to the National Convention, the testimonies of gratitude of the department of Pays du Calais, for the decree which abolishes Royalty in France.
"In the midst of the satisfaction, which the regeneration of France inspires, they cannot withhold from lamenting the folly of their ancestors, which made it necessary for them seriously to combat a phantom.
(Signed,) THOMAS PAINE."
LONDON, November 5.
General Anselm's sister commands a body of 1500 men. The gallantry of the army stiles her an impersonification of Liberty.
Church Lands in France.—Disney Fitch, a Lincolnshire gentleman, has laid out upwards of 100,000. and Sir John Gallini has stepped into a purchase of 30,000.
The Parisians are about to give a grand triumphal Fete, upon account of the evacuation of the French Territories, by the combined armies. All the Sections are to be advisers in the business.
The accounts received from Sierra-Leone by the Duke of Savoy, Capt. Hoffman, are of a very favorable nature.

Prince Esterhazy has resigned the command of the Austrian army in Brisgau to Prince Cobourg, being appointed a Minister of State at the Court of Vienna.
DUEL. —A duel was fought yesterday, in the neighbourhood of London, which has been expected for some days, and which it was almost publicly known, on Wednesday, would take place on the ensuing morning.
The parties were M. Charles Lameth and a friend of the ci-devant Duke de Brie; the latter of whom was attended by the Duke de Pierre. From the inveteracy of their quarrel, it was feared that neither could leave the field alive; and as they fought with swords, this miserable probability was much increased.
The event, however, was, that M. Charles Lameth fell by a wound through the body, which, it is hoped, will not be mortal.
M. Lameth, a member of the late Constituent Assembly of France, once fought the Duke de Brie; and this duel is supposed to have been occasioned by the same dispute.
Nov. 17. The inhabitants of Madras, in a full meeting, have voted an address of congratulation to Marquis Cornwallis, upon the success of his arms; and have directed that a committee shall request of the Royal Academy of Great-Britain, to point out an artist by whom the statue purposed to be erected in honor of that nobleman, shall be executed. An address is also to be presented to General Meadows, whose portrait will be placed in their town hall.
The port of Nice, when taken by the French, contained 500 galley slaves. Of these the deserters and smugglers were liberated.
The King will pay some of the debts of the Prince of Wales out of his own purse. The Prince intends to relinquish his establishment at Carleton House till his debts are discharged.
The latest French papers thus describe the situation of the late Royal Family:—Madame Elizabeth, Marie Antoinette and her daughter have taken possession of their new apartment on the third story of the Great Tower. This apartment is composed of four rooms, handsomely fitted up, two of them with fire-places. The son of Louis Capet sleeps in the chamber of his father. On a clock in the chamber of Louis was inscribed, "Le Pautre, Clock-maker to the King," the word King is defaced, and REPUBLIC put in its stead. All the family come down at guard-mounting, and walk in the garden.
Tippoo Sultan has made good all his engagements, and every prospect remained of a permanent tranquillity in India.
The Jacobin Society at Chartres has declared its separation from that at Paris, until the latter shall have expunged from their books the names of Marat, Robespierre, and Danton.
Robespierre has been received with great eclat by the Jacobins, since his acquittal in the National Convention.
A gentleman in this city has favored us with the following article of intelligence, which he received by the last post from very high authority, the truth of which may be relied upon:
"Dumourier, in the late action near Mons, had 80,000 men. The Austrians had only 18,000. The French lost more than 10,000 in the action, and the Austrians retreated in great order and regularity. The last advices from the Rhine state, that Custine's army was on the point of being intercepted and cut off, from having advanced with so much rapidity in the German territories."
Duchess of Biron. —This accomplished and charming woman, who inherited from various relatives the largest property in France, and whose escape was almost miraculous from a furious banditti who menaced her life, is again returned to her native country. The various incidents of her life would make an interesting volume. If she be asked why she returns, in defiance of the various perils she must unavoidably encounter, we are sorry to relate, that she was entirely destitute in this country both of money and clothes; she now flies to her aged mother for comfort and sustenance. She has lived in separation from the General, her husband, without the imputation of a fault, from the first month of their marriage.
The controversy between the allied powers & the people of France, is still the leading topic of political disquisition. The events which have occurred in the course of the contest, awaken the curiosity, command the attention, and suspend the judgment of the public. The excelses committed by one party have checked the admiration of their warmest supporters; principles avowed by the other must rouse the resentment of their firmest adherents. Though the treachery of their court, the perfidy of their ministers, and the threats of their
enemies, may palliate the enormities of our Gallic neighbours, yet indiscriminate vengeance cannot be justified by partial misconduct, nor the freedom of a nation founded on the cruelty of individuals. Nor can the desire of restoring a throne to its pristine grandeur and a nobility to their ancient privileges, excuse an attack upon an independent state, and the subversion of a constitution received by a whole people. It must be our present lot to deplore the ravages of boundless licentiousness and relentless despotism. Our opinions must be formed upon the accidents of the fleeting hour; and the slightest circumstances may overturn the theories which delighted our imaginations.
The French Republic, like that of the Romans, seems desirous of extending its influence and authority over the world, by adopting states and principalities into the noble condition of friends and allies to their commonwealth. They seem also to imitate the Romans in wishing to retain the supreme power in those cities to whom they impart that privilege. Differences, disputes and recriminations take place among the French Generals; but that is no more than might be expected in a nascent State, especially in a nascent republic; but above all, in a nascent French republic.
At Naples, the people assembled, on the 30th September, under the windows of the King's palace, and required that the price of bread should be lowered. The Council have accordingly exempted corn from the duties formerly paid upon it to the King upon information.
There is a difference between the French and American Revolution. In America no barbarities were perpetrated—no mens' heads were stuck upon poles—no ladies bodies mangled, were carried thro' the streets in triumph—their prisoners guarded and ironed, were not massacred in cold blood. The Americans did not, at discretion, harrafs, murder, or plunder the Clergy—nor roast their Generals, unjustly, alive.—They set limits to their vices, at which their pursuits rested. And whatever blood was shed, flowed gallantly in the field. The American Revolution, it ought to be repeated, was not accomplished as the French has been, by massacres, assassinations, or proscriptions; battles, severe and honorable, were fought, and the chance of war left to decide.
Estimate of the present value of the several Manufactures of Great-Britain:
 The Woollen £.16,800,000  Leather 10,500,000  Flax 1,750,000  Hemp 890,000  Glass 630,000  Paper 780,000  Porcelain 1,000,000  Silk 3,350,000  Cotton 960,000  Lead 1,650,000  Tin 1,000,000  Iron 8,700,000  Steel & Plating 3,400,000  Total £.51,410,000 
Extract of a letter from Stockholm, October 12.
"The Duke Regent continues daily, by a thousand good orders, institutions and regulations, to gain the love of the nation, and evince his desire to restore his native country to her former prosperity. He seems, in many instances, to follow principles diametrically opposite to those of the late King."
Philadelphia, Jan. 16.
The Legislature of New-Hampshire have subscribed for the State, twenty-five shares in the Bank of that State.
By the debates in the National Convention of France, it appears that Robespierre and Marat, two members of that Assembly, are denounced as the principal authors of the massacres in Paris of September last.
M. St. Just, in his speech on the trial of Louis XVI. made in the
National Convention, says—"Louis XVI. ought to be tried, not only for all the crimes which he has committed—not only for having been detected in a flagrant act with his hands in blood—but for this alone, that he was King."
W. S. Livingston, in an address to the individual electors of New-York, says—
"If the services I have rendered the mechanics, by effecting their incorporation—If, as their representative, I have filled with reputation the station in which they placed me—If the services I have rendered my country are equal to those of my competitor—If, when weighed in the scale of science, I should at least be found equal to him—and if a firm and steady attachment to their interest entitle me to a preference in their esteem, I ask it with confidence, and will remember it with gratitude."
The Mechanic Society, in their remarks on the above, observe—
"The Mechanic Society have never been the supporters of William S. Livingston, on any occasion; because, they always thought him an improper person to merit their suffrages: the Mechanic Society know not of William S. Livingston's being the instrument of obtaining their incorporation: The Mechanic Society don't know William S. Livingston, as their representative; neither have they ever been the agents in placing him in his present situation, or any other."
Seven of the Wabash Indians, lately arrived in this city, have died of the Small Pox: two of them took it the natural way, the other five had been inoculated.
Extract of a letter from Kentucky, Dec. 11. "The honorable John Brown was this day unanimously elected by the legislature of this state, to the office of Senator for six years from the 4th day of March next."
Col. John Skey Eustace, formerly of Georgia, is promoted to the rank of Marechal de Camp by brevet in the French army.
The Anguilla six weeks cotton seed, after it is planted one year in this country, is found to be the proper seed for Georgia; it produces the most cotton, does not grow too rank, does not require topping, need not be planted before the middle of April, and begins to open in August; the crop will be off the ground in all November.
Extract of a letter from Augusta, Dec. 5.
"Several parties of Cherokees have made their appearance in Franklin county, and have killed and scalped eight persons within these ten days past. This seems to be brought on us more by the restless and imprudent spirit of some of our own people, than by any hostile disposition in the Indians, and could the guilty persons be selected by the savages, we should have little cause, and I hope little disposition, to seek retaliation; but, as is generally the case, the innocent have fallen a sacrifice to savage vengeance—a poor defenceless widow has been of the number already butchered, and children unable to fly have fallen with her."
Amidst those general convulsions which the revolution in France has produced, and which seems to threaten the total extinction of science and philosophy, as an evidence that discernment enough still exists among individuals to distinguish works of consummate genius and immortal merit, the following advertisement has appeared.
"Defense des Constitutions Americaines; ou de la necessite d'une balance dans les pouvoirs d'un Gouvernement libre, par M. JOHN ADAMS, ci-devant Ministre Plenipotentiaire des Etats Unis, pres la Cour de Londres, et actuellement Vice-President des Etats Unis, et President du Senat, avec des Notes et Observations par M. de la Croix, Professeur de Droit Public au Licée. 2 vol. in oct. deplus de 500 Pages."
A Paris, chez Buillon Libraire, rue Haut Feuille, No. 21."
M. de la Croix, the Annotator, is probably the same gentleman who is now a member of the Convention, and one of the committee for forming a Constitution; if so, we may expect his influence at least in favor of a balance of powers, which in this country is deemed indispensable in every well organized government.
Mail.
From the Courier de l'Univers. PARIS, October 18.
Since the establishment of the new republic, public affairs were never in so critical a state; and if we may credit some of the members of the Convention itself, another massacre is near at hand. More Marseillois are about to arrive here—800 are expected this day; two thousand banditti from the bouches du Rhone are likewise marching hither.
The two factions headed by Brissot on the one hand, and Robespierre and Marat on the other, are trying who shall be victors; they
are both republicans; but they contend which of the two shall have the greatest share of the loaves & fishes. Robespierre's party, having the cut throats and the majority of the mob to their side, will probably triumph. It is talked of that it is necessary to cut off the heads of 7 or 8000 more before good order and government can be restored. You may depend that things cannot remain many days in their present state.
A correspondent informs us, that the paragraph copied into the National Gazette and the American Daily Advertiser, from the Harrisburgh paper, respecting the excise, and which asserts that the idea of such a law is reprobated from East to West on this extended continent, is the production of a person who, after landing from a vessel from Ireland, followed his nose from hence to Harrisburgh, without turning to the right or left, and probably was never out of this state.—Indeed, the first sentence is so palpable a falsehood, that no one who knew any thing of this country, and had any regard to his reputation, would have made the declaration—but, says our correspondent, to such competent judges of the situation of our country, and the disposition of the people, is the public indebted for the principal part of those abusive attacks with which the government of the United States, and its administration, have been honored for more than a year past.
One cannot help admiring at the splenetic and humorless disposition of certain writers, who, pining at the prosperity of our country, felt enjoyed, and acknowledged by the great body of the people as the happy consequence of a system of measures emanating from the new government, rack their invention to pervert the general sentiment, that they may transfer the attachment of the people from the Constitution of the United States to a non-entity; for those who deny the benign influences of the government in producing the unexampled prosperity of our country, have never pointed out any superior agent as the efficient cause.
Since the new Government came into play,
What gall and envy from our scribblers flow!
"Rogues in every public station,
"Conspire to rob this fated nation,
"Nay, all our patriots are to traitors turn'd;
But what is still more strange,
Is the preposterous change—
Of those who had no honesty before,
Who make 'bout public cheats a ceaseless roar!
Thus till the fires of discord glow,
Old Anarch's forge, his understrappers blow.
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 6 per Cents, 20/  3 per Cents, 12/6  Deferred, 12/6  Full shares Bank U. S. 36 per cent. prem 
50 Dollars Reward.
RAN away on the 25th instant, a likely Negro Man called ISAAC, about twenty-three years old, five feet six or eight inches high, a well made fellow, fond of talking, has a large mouth, and shows his teeth very much when talking; had on when he went away, a brown linen shirt, a short white kersey over jacket with a very high collar and plain breasted, with buttons which appear to have been very gay; a pair of white kersey breeches, a pair of white knit yarn stockings, a pair of shoes with strings in them, and a coarse hat; all the above clothes are almost new. Said Negro was firmly the property of Mr. William Thomas, late of Kent County, near George-Town Cross Roads, deceased, and has for several years been employed in that neighbourhood, and principally by a Mr. Maxwell, and lately by Messrs. John and James Carmack, as a waggoner, which business he is well acquainted with, and is what he prefers; and has been engaged in driving a waggon from said Cross-Roads to Duck-Creek, &c. until August last. I expect he will make his way for the neighbourhoods of George-Town, Duck-Creek, Dover or Wilmington. The above reward will be paid if delivered to me in this place, or Thirty Dollars if secured in any goal, so that I get him again. He is an artful fellow, and when taken, will make his escape, unless parti. ualrly secured.
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From a late London Paper.
REMEDY FOR BRUISES.
A COACHMAN, in a street in London, was, by a sudden jolt, thrown off his box, and in his fall his foot fell into a hollow in the pavement, which occasioned a sprain, attended with violent pain, and a considerable inflammation. A brother who promised him a speedy cure. He ordered a gallon of porter to be simmered in an earthen vessel, till, when cooled, it became of the consistence of a plaster. He spread this plaster on a thin old glove, and applied it round the ankle. In three days he mounted his box, being relieved of the swelling and pain.
Another person, being surrounded by pick-pockets, in endeavoring to save his money, fell down, & struck one side of his loins upon a stone more prominent than the rest of the pavement. Considerable pain and swelling were the consequences; and next day his back, and the thigh on that side, became greatly discoloured. Having seen the success of the porter plaster in the former instance, I desired that the porter plaster might be applied to part of the back and thigh, while the other parts were treated according to art, that so a comparative experiment might be made of the effects of each. The swelling subsided nearly equally in both; but the pain and the blackness of skin went off much sooner in the parts covered with the plaster than in the other parts. Accidents have since afforded me several instances of similar success attending the application of this plaster. Might we not expect that success might attend the application of this plaster in other fixed pains in various parts of the body?
As these accidents happened in London, where porter is the malt liquor most generally used, the plaster was made of it; yet I doubt not but that other fermented malt-liquors, used in the same manner, might have similar effects.
Where such hurts are frequent, this plaster may be long kept in good condition, if it is covered with a little oil to prevent the evaporation of the fluid particles. S. A.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
RESOLVED, THAT the Cashier be authorised to receive from the proprietor of any number of complete shares, such Certificates, not in his own name, as he may be the proprietor of; and after cancelling the same, to issue a new Certificate or Certificates in lieu thereof, in the name of such proprietor.
RESOLVED, That in all future transfers of complete shares in the capital stock of the Bank, the Certificates of the shares transferred be cancelled, and a new Certificate or Certificates be issued in the name of the transferee or purchaser.
RESOLVED, That the Certificates in future issued, be for one or more shares, as the proprietor may request; and the new Certificate or Certificates shall be of correspondent numbers with those in lieu of which they are issued. JOHN KEAN, Cashier. ep3w
A GREAT BARGAIN.
FOR Sale, a beautiful situation on the Potomack, adjoining the town of Alexandria and in a line of direction towards the Federal City and George Town, in full view of each place, commanding a prospect of the river and adjacent country of Maryland and Virginia, for many miles; about 45 or 50 acres of Land, lying directly on the river, will be sold, with the improvements, which are, a two-story framed dwelling-house, neatly finished, a kitchen, office, brick smoke-house and dairy, two-story framed barn, a well of excellent water, and an ice-house, a yard and garden, neatly railed, and highly improved, with a number of other necessary improvements; the whole of the land enclosed with posts and rails, ten or fifteen acres laid down, with different kinds of grass. Its contiguity to those three towns must render it an object worthy the attention of any person who wishes to invest money in a property that must enhance in value, in proportion to the rapid increase of the Federal City, Alexandria and George-Town. This property lies nearly in a central situation to each place. The Potomack at this spot has a fine deep shore and harbour, capable of receiving vessels of any burden. It may not be improper to observe, that men of judgment think a profitable and convenient Ferry might be erected here to the City of Washington and the Maryland shores leading to Baltimore and Philadelphia. Also to sell, 215 acres of Wood-Land, about three miles distant, which will suit well to supply the above in wood and timber. The title may be seen to the above property, which is indisputable, and terms known by application to the subscriber, living on the premises. BALDWIN DADE. December 12th, 1792. ep 2m
Federal City.
THE Subscriber will convey forever, by good and sufficient deed, Thirty Lots in the City of Washington, situated on South Capitol Street, to any man or company of men-provided they will agree to erect thereon good and sufficient brick houses, within three years from the date hereof. DANIEL CARROLL, of Duddington. City of Washington, Dec. 31, 1792. 6t
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
PHILADELPHIA, January 7, 1793. NOTICE is hereby given, that there will be paid at the Bank, after the 17th instant, to the Stockholders or their Representatives duly authorized, the following sums, being the Dividend declared for the last six months, viz. For each share bearing dividend from the 1st of July, Sixteen Dollars. For each share bearing dividend from the 1st of August, Fifteen Dollars, 33 Cents. For each share bearing dividend from the 1st of September, Fourteen Dollars, 67 Cents. For each share bearing dividend from the 1st of October, Fourteen Dollars. For each share bearing dividend from the 1st of November, Thirteen Dollars, 33 Cents. For each share bearing dividend from the 1st of December, Twelve Dollars, 67 Cents. For each three-quarter share, Twelve Dollars. By order of the President and Directors, JOHN KEAN, Cashier. 3w
TO BE SOLD, That well-known Place, called South-Point,
LYING at the end of Sinpuxent Neck, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, within two miles of the Inlet, in Worcester County, in the said State, being the first landing for vessels that trade in there. From the situation of the place, it is convenient for fish, clams and oysters, is open to the sea, and has every convenience that could be wished for. The soil is excellent for Indian corn, wheat or flax, is natural to clover, and has a good marsh pasture for stock. Any person desirous of purchasing, may know the terms by applying to Ashton Humphreys, Esq., in Philadelphia—Mr. Benjamin Purnell, in Indian Town, Worcester County—or to Capt. Littleton Robins, near the place. Jan. 2. (4t)
PHILADELPHIA, January 9, 1793.
Mathew Carey
Respectfully informs the Citizens of the United States, that the Maps for his intended edition of
Guthrie's Geography
IMPROVED, Are now engraving—and as soon as a sufficient number of them are finished, to secure a regular supply during the publication, which will probably be early next Spring, the work will be put to press.
He returns his acknowledgments to the very respectable number of Subscribers, who have come forward thus early to patronize this arduous undertaking. He assures them and the public in general, that no pains or expense shall be spared in the execution of the work.
Terms of the Work: 1. IT shall be published in 48 weekly numbers, each containing three sheets, or twenty-four pages, of letter press, in quarto, printed with new types on fine paper. II. In the course of the work will be delivered about thirty large maps, of the same size as those in the European editions, viz. most of them sheet-maps on post paper. III. Besides the maps in the British editions, this work will contain nine or ten American State Maps. IV. The price of each number will be a quarter dollar, to be paid on delivery. V. No advance required. VI. Subscribers who disapprove of the work, on the publication of the three first numbers, are to be at liberty to return them, and shall have their money repaid. VII. The subscribers' names shall be prefixed as patrons of the undertaking.
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To the Public.
THE Subscribers having been appointed a committee of the Board of the Trustees of the University of North-Carolina, for the purpose of receiving proposals from such gentlemen as may intend to undertake the instruction of youth in that institution, take the opportunity of making known to the public their wish that such gentlemen should signify their inclination to the subscribers.
The objects to which it is contemplated by the Board to turn the attention of the students, on the first establishment, are—The study of Languages, particularly the English—History, ancient and modern—the Belle-lettres—Logic and Moral Philosophy—the knowledge of the Mathematics and Natural Philosophy—Agriculture and Botany, with the principles of Architecture.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
Between William Shipley Complainant, John Meng and others Defendants. In the high Court of Chancery of the State of New-Jersey. His Excellency the Chancellor.
THE Complainant having filed his bill of Complaint against the Defendants in the month of September, seventeen hundred and ninety-one, and in the said Bill of Complaint did among other things set forth that the said Complainant being seized in his Demesne as of freehold and in a certain Tract of Land, said to contain nine hundred and thirty acres, situate, lying and being in the township of Hardwick in the county of Sussex in the State of New-Jersey, did on the first of March seventeen hundred and eighty-five, bargain sell and convey the same in fee simple unto John Meng and John Henderson of the city of Philadelphia, William Goodwin and John Town, for the consideration of One Thousand Six Hundred Pounds in Gold or Silver—That on the fifth day of the same month of March the said Seoffees above named did execute unto the said William Shipley a Deed of Mortgage in fee simple of the said Tract of Land to secure the payment of the said sixteen hundred pounds, with the lawful interest which might thereon accrue—That in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-six the said John Meng and William Goodwin did become Bankrupts within the intent and meaning of the acts of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and such proceedings were had against them that in the same month they were duly declared Bankrupts; and that they the said John Meng and William Goodwin did in some short time afterwards convey and transfer all their estate both real and personal, and particularly all their right and title to the premises above mentioned to John Field, Curtis Clay, James C. Fisher, Isaac Wharton, John Kaighn and Arthur Collins all of the city of Philadelphia, subject to the Mortgage so as aforesaid given to the said Complainant.—That the said John Field, Curtis Clay, James C. Fisher, Isaac Wharton, John Kaighn and Arthur Collins soon after bargained, sold and conveyed all their Right and Title of and in the said Tract of Land unto Benjamin Town of the city of Philadelphia, and John Town, subject to the Mortgage aforesaid—That on the eighteenth day of October seventeen hundred and eighty-five, the said John Town and Benjamin Town did execute another Mortgage to the said William Shipley for securing the payment of twelve hundred pounds in certain installments—That in the month of January seventeen hundred and eighty-six, John Town did bargain and sell in fee simple all his Right and Title to the said premises, to the said Benjamin Town, subject to the Mortgages aforesaid—That in the month of February seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, the said Benjamin Town did convey all his Right and Title to the said premises, to John Field and Curtis Clay of the city of Philadelphia, upon certain Trusts unknown to the said Complainant—That said Benjamin Town soon after became Bankrupt, and in pursuance of the bankrupt laws of the State of Pennsylvania, did convey all his estate real and personal to a certain Robert Ralston—That John Henderson did also in the month of September seventeen hundred and eighty-seven become a Bankrupt, and under the bankrupt laws of the State of Pennsylvania, did assign and convey all his estate real and personal to David Lenox, George Hughes, Matthew Clarkson, Peter Baynton and Richard Bache—And the Complainant doth in and by his said Bill, pray that those having Right to the said Estate may be decreed to pay him what is due on the said Mortgages, or that the equity of Redemption be foreclosed by the Decree of this Court.
And now upon opening this matter this day by Richard Stockton, Esquire, being of the complainants counsel—it appearing to the Court that the said defendants do reside in the State of Pennsylvania, without the jurisdiction of this Court; and it appearing further to this Court that writs of subpoena have been taken out according to the course of this Court, that the said writs of subpoena have been duly served upon the said several Defendants upwards of one year from this day; and that none of the said Defendants have caused his or their appearance to be entered in this Court to the suit of the said Complainant: It is therefore ordered by his Excellency the Chancellor, that the said Defendants do cause their appearance to be entered to the suit of the above Complainant according to the rules of this Court in two months from this day, or that the Plaintiffs bill be taken pro confesso agreeably to the directions of the act of the Legislature in such case made and provided. The Complainant giving notice and making publication of this rule as in and by the said act of the Legislature is provided. WILLIAM PATERSON, Chancellor. December 1st, 1792. ep 3w
200 Dollars Reward.
LOST, at Providence, or between Providence and Boston, a very small TRUNK, covered with seal-skin of a reddish colour, with white spots. It contained a quantity of South and North-Carolina State Notes, and a few of the State of Rhode-Island; with other papers, which can only be serviceable to the proprietor. The State notes are checked at the offices from whence they issued. Any person producing the Trunk (with its contents) to JOHN MARSTON, of Boston, WILLIAM HALL, of Providence, Messrs. PATERSON and BRASHER, New-York, or Mr. SAMUEL EMERY, in Philadelphia, shall receive the above reward, or for any part of the property, One Hundred Dollars. Boston, Nov. 28. enf.
RUN-AWAY
FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, THE 12th APRIL, A NEGRO BOY, named Zeb; slim and tall, sixteen years old; came to Samuel Lipincot's at Bordentown on the 15th, said his name was Henry, and left that place the 27th May.—On the 27th day of June, he was taken up in Bucks County, and carried before a Magistrate, said he was free, and that he lived on the Sufquannah—that a person by the name of Abraham Prall, took him three days journey from home, and turned him adrift with one dollar—He asked the Justice for a pass to go to his father, and nothing appeared to the contrary—He lived with one Thomas Paxwell till the 19th of this instant, and then made his escape from him; he called his name Peter Johnson—had on an old Grey Coating Round Jacket, lined with red baize; an old Pea Coat, Leather Breeches, and an old Felt Hat. Whoever takes up said Boy, and brings him to JACOB MERSEREAU, on Staten-Island, shall receive TWENTY DOLLARS, with reasonable charges, paid by JACOB MERSEREAU, Lieut. Col. Dec. 29. saw 6w
BOWEN'S EXHIBITIONS OF Wax-Work & Paintings,
ARE open every day and evening (Sundays excepted) at the House lately occupied by Mrs. PINE, No. 9, North Eighth-Street. FIRST ROOM—Contains upwards of 120 elegant Paintings, and about 30 Wax Figures, in full stature—among which are Likenesses of a number of the principal characters in America; Baron Trenck in chains, an Indian Chief, and several beautiful young Ladies of different States, &c. &c. SECOND ROOM—Contains eighteen large Wax Figures, which form a SOCIABLE CLUB, or the OYSTER SUPPER; and the SCHOOL for SCANDAL, consisting of twelve female Figures, making their observations on a young Lady, who had eloped with a Footman. Admittance One Quarter of a Dollar each Room.
NEW TEAS.
IMPERIAL, HYSON & SOUCHONG, Of the very first quality, and latest importation from Canton, via New-York, by retail, at No. 19, Third, between Chestnut and Market Streets. N. B. A few Boxes of the above HYSON for sale.
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. (t.f.) LEONARD BLECKER.
To the Public.
THE subscriber begs leave to acquaint the public in general, and his customers in particular, that he has entered into partnership with Mr. HENRY KAMMERER, and that the Printing business in the English and German languages is now carried on under the firm of STEINER and KAMMERER, No. 85, in Race-Street, between Second and Third-Streets. The German Newspaper will be published by them, as usual, on Tuesdays, and all kind of Printing work done with care and expedition. MELCHIOR STEINER. Philadelphia, Nov. 6, 1792.
JOHN GOULD, HAIR-DRESSER,
INFORMS his friends and the public in general, that he continues to carry on his business as usual, at No. 1, South Third-Street, near Market-Street, and thanks his former customers for the favors he has received. Said GOULD has for sale, an infallible cure for Weak or Sore Eyes, which on trial, has and will be found to answer the purpose.—He has it in vials from one quarter of a dollar to a dollar.—Any person trying the above, if not found to answer the character given, the money will be returned. [t.f.]
ADVERTISEMENT.
This Gazette is published in North Fifth-Street, No. 34, between High and Mulberry Streets—where the Editor now resides.
A LARGE CELLAR TO LET, Sufficiently capacious to store several hundred barrels. Enquire as above.