Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1791-12-17 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 67, of Vol. III.]
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1791.
[Whole No. 275.]
SECRETARY'S REPORT, (CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST.)
THE territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio, is bounded on the south by that river, on the east, by Pennsylvania, on the north and west, by the lines which divide the United States from the dominions of Great-Britain and Spain.
The part of this territory occupied by Indians, is north and west of the following lines, established with the Wiandots, Delaware, Chippewas, and Ottawas by the treaty of fort McIntosh, and with the Shawanese, by that of the Great Miami, to wit: beginning at the mouth of the Cayahoga, and running up the river to the portage, between that and the Tuscaroras branch of the Muskingum, then down the said branch to the forks, at the crossing place above fort Lawrence, then westwardly, towards the portage of the Big Miami, to the main branch of that river, then down the Miami to the fork of that river next below the old fort, which was taken by the French in 1752; thence due west to the river De la Panse, and down that river to the Wabash. So far the lines are precisely defined, and the whole country southward of these lines, and eastward of the Wabash cleared of the claims of those Indians, as it is also of those of the Pottawatamias, and Sacs, by the treaty of Muskington. How far on the other side of the Wabash, the southern boundary of the Indians has been defined, we know not. It is only understood in general, that their title to the lower country, between that river and the Illinois, has been formerly extinguished by the French, while in their possession. As to that country then, and what lies still beyond the Illinois, it would seem expedient that nothing be done, until a fair ascertainment of boundary can take place, by mutual consent, between us and the Indians interested.
The country within the Wabash, the Indian line before described, the Pennsylvanian line, and the Ohio, contains, on a loose estimate, about 55,000 square miles, or 35 millions of acres.
During the British government, great numbers of persons had formed themselves in companies under different names, such as the Ohio, the Wabash, the Illinois, the Mississippi, or Vandalia companies, and had covered with their applications, a great part of their territory. Some of them had obtained orders on certain conditions, which, having never been fulfilled, their titles were never completed by grants. Others were only in a state of negotiation, when the British authority was discontinued. Some of these claims being already under a special reference by order of Congress, and all of them probably falling under the operation of the same principles, they will not be noticed in the present report.
The claims of citizens to be here stated will be,
I. Those referred to the States by their deeds of cession.
II. Those which have arisen under the government of the United States themselves.
Under the first head presents itself the tract of country from the completion of the 41st degree, to 42 deg. 2 min. of north latitude, and extending from the Pennsylvanian line before mentioned, 120 miles westward, not mentioned in the deed of Connecticut, while all the country westward thereof, was mentioned to be ceded; about two and a half millions of acres of this may perhaps be without the Indian lines before mentioned.
2. A reservation in the deed of Virginia, of the possessions and titles of the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers of the Kaskaskias, St. Vincennes, and the neighboring villages, who had professed themselves citizens of Virginia, which rights have been settled by an act of the last session of Congress, entitled, "An act for granting lands to the inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes and the Illinois country, in the territory north-west of the Ohio, and for confirming them in their possessions." These lands are in the neighborhood of the several villages.
3. A reservation in the same deed, of a quantity, not exceeding 150,000 acres of land for General George Rogers Clarke, and the officers and soldiers of his regiment, who were at the reduction of Kaskaskias, and St. Vincennes, to be laid off in such place on the north-west side of the Ohio, as a majority of the officers should choose. They chose they should be laid off on the river adjacent to the rapids, which accordingly has been done.
4. A reservation in the same deed, of lands between the Sciota and Little Miami, to make up to the Virginia troops on continental establishment, the quantity which the good lands, in their southern allotment, might fall short of the bounties given them by the laws of that State. By a statement of the 16th Sept. 1788, it appears, that 724,045 3/4 acres had been surveyed for them on the south eastern side of the Ohio; that 1,395,385 3/4 acres had been surveyed on the north-western side; that warrants for 649,649 acres more, to be laid off on the same side of the river, were in the hands of the surveyor, and it was supposed there might still be some few warrants not yet presented; so that this reservation may be stated at 2,045,034 3/4 acres, or perhaps some small matter more.
II. The claims of individual citizens, derived from the United States themselves, are the following:
1. Those of the continental army, founded on the resolutions of Congress of Sept. 16, 1776, August 12, and Sept. 30, 1780, and fixed by the ordinance of May 20, 1785. The resolution of October 22, 1787, and the supplementary ordinance of July 9, 1788, in the seven ranges of townships, beginning at a point on the Ohio, due north from the western termination of a line then lately run, as the southern boundary of Pennsylvania: or in a second tract of a million of acres, bounded east, by the 7th range of the said townships, south by the lands of Cutler and Sargent; north, by an extension of the northern boundary of the said townships; and going towards the west so far as to include the above quantity, or, lastly, in a third tract of country, beginning at the mouth of the Ohio, and running up the river Mississippi to the river Au Vase, thence up the same till it meets a west line from the mouth of the little Wabash; thence along that line to the Great Wabash; thence down the same and the Ohio, to the beginning. The sum total of the said military claims is 1,851,800 acres.
2. Those of the individuals who made purchases of land at New-York, within the said seven ranges of townships, according to the resolutions of Congress of April 21st, 1787, and the supplementary ordinance of July 9, 1788, which claims amount to 450,896 acres.
3. The purchase of one million and a half acres of land by Cutler and Sargent, on behalf of certain individuals, allocated under the name of the Ohio Company. This begins where the Ohio is intersected by the western boundary of the 7th range of townships, and runs due north on that boundary 1206 chains and 25 links; thence due west to the western boundary of the 17th range of townships; thence due south to the Ohio, and up that river to the beginning; the whole area containing 1,781,760 acres of
land, whereof 281,760 acres, consisting of various lots and townships, are referred to the United States.
4. The purchase by the same Cutler and Sargent on behalf also of themselves and others: This begins at the northeastern angle of the tract of their purchase before described, and runs due north to the northern boundary of the 10th township from the Ohio; thence due west, to the Sciota; thence down the same, and up the Ohio to the southwestern angle of the said purchase before described, and along the western and northern boundaries thereof to the beginning; the whole area containing 4,001,480 acres of land, out of which, however, five lots, to wit, No. 3, 11, 16, 26, and 29 of every township, of six miles square, are retained by the United States, and out of the whole are retained the three townships of Gnadenhütten, Schoenbrun, and Salem; and certain lands around them, as will be hereafter mentioned.
5. The purchase of John Cleves Symmes, bounded on the west by the Great Miami; on the south by the Ohio; on the east by a line which is to begin on the bank of the Ohio, 20 miles from the mouth of the great Miami, as measured along the several courses of the Ohio, and to run parallel with the general course of the said Great Miami; and on the north by an east and west line, to run as to include a million of acres in the whole area, whereof five lots, numbered as before mentioned, are reserved out of every township by the United States.
It is suggested that this purchaser, under colour of a first and larger proportion to the board of treasury, which was never closed (but pending that proposition) sold sundry parcels of land, between his eastern boundary before mentioned, and the Little Miami; and that the purchasers have feigned thereon. If these suggestions prove true, the settlers will, perhaps, be thought to merit the favor of the legislature, as purchasers for valuable consideration, and without notice of the defect of title.
The contracts for lands, which were at one time under consideration with Messrs. Flint and Parker, and with Colonel Morgan, were never so far prosecuted as to bring either party under any obligation. All proceedings thereon were discontinued at a very early stage, and it is supposed that no further views exist with any other party. These, therefore, are not to be enumerated among existing claims.
6. Three townships were reserved by the ordinance of May 20, 1785, adjacent to Lake Erie, for refugees from Canada and Nova-Scotia, and for other purposes according to resolutions of Congress, made or to be made on that subject. These would of course contain 60,120 acres.
7. The same ordinance of May 20th, 1785, appropriated the three towns of Gnadenhütten, Schoenbrun, and Salem, on the Muskingum, for the christian Indians formerly settled there, or the remains of that society, with the grounds round about them, and the quantity of the said circumjacent grounds, for each of the said towns, was determined by the resolution of Congress of September 3d, 1788, to be so much as, with the plat of its respective town, would make up 4000 acres; to that three towns and their circumjacent lands were to amount to 12,000 acres. This reservation was accordingly made out of the large purchase of Cutler and Sargent, which comprehended them. The Indians, however, for whom the reservation was made, have chosen to emigrate beyond the limits of the United States, so that the lands reserved for them, still remain to the United States.
On the whole, it appears that the United States may rightfully dispose of the lands between the Wabash, and the Ohio, Pennsylvania, the forty-first parallel of latitude, and the Indian lines described in the treaties of the Great Miami, and fort McIntosh, with exceptions only of the rights saved by the deed of cession of Virg. and of all rights legally derived from the government of the United States, and supposing the part south of the Indian lines, to contain as before conjectured about 35 millions of acres, and that the claims of citizens before enumerated may amount to between thirteen and fourteen millions, there remain at the disposal of the United States upwards of twenty-one millions of acres, in this northwestern quarter.
And though the want of actual surveys of some parts, and of a general delineation of the whole on paper, so as to exhibit to the eye the locations, forms, and relative positions of the rights before described, may prevent our forming a well defined idea of them at this distance, yet, on the spot these difficulties exist but in a small degree. The individuals there employed in the details of buying, selling and locating, possess local informations of the parts which concern them, so as to be able to keep clear of each others rights; or, if in some instances a conflict of claims should arise, from any want of certainty in their definition, a local judge will doubtless be provided to decide them without delay, at least provisionally. Time, instead of clearing up these uncertainties, will cloud them the more, by the death or removal of witnesses, the disappearance of lines and marks, change of parties, and other casualties.
TH. JEFFERSON, Sec'y of State.
Nov. 8, 1791.
[The following letters accompanied the message of the 12th inst. from the President of the United States, to Congress, and were omitted in the last Gazette for want of room.]
Fort-Washington, Oct. 6, 1791.
SIR, I HAVE now the satisfaction to inform you that the army moved from fort Hamilton, the name I have given to the fort on the Miami, on the 4th at eight in the morning, under the command of General Butler. The order of march and encampment I had regulated before, and on the 3d returned to this place to get up the militia. They marched yesterday, and consist of but about 300 men, as you will see by the enclosed abstract of the muster. I have reason to believe, however, that at least an equal number will be up here by the 10th, and I have left orders for their following us. The monthly return should have accompanied this letter, but it was not ready when I left camp, and has not been forwarded since. I have hitherto found it impossible to reduce the officers commanding corps to punctuality with respect to their returns, but they are mending.
Our numbers, after deducting the garrisons of this place and Fort-Hamilton, are about two thousand, exclusive of the militia. I trust I shall find them sufficient; and should the rest of the militia come on, it will make the matter pretty certain. But the season is now so far advanced, that I fear the intermediate posts, which would indeed have been highly necessary, it will be impossible to establish: in that, however, I must be governed by circumstances, of which I will take care that you shall be apprized in due time. Should the enemy come to meet us, which seems to be expected, and be discomfited, there will be no difficulties; but if they expect us at the Miami villages, the business will wear another face, and the intermediate posts become more essential.
I am this moment setting out for the army, which I hope to overtake to-morrow evening, and will write to you again as soon after as may be.
With great regard and respect,
I have the honor to be.
Sir, your very humble servant,
ARTHUR ST. CLAIR.
The Hon. Maj. Gen. Knox, Secretary of War.
Camp, 81 miles advanced of Fort-Washington, Nov. 1, 1789.
SIR, SINCE I had the honor to write to you on the 21st ult. nothing very material has happened, and indeed I am at present so unwell (and have been so for some time past) that I could ill detail it, if it had happened,—not that that space of time has been entirely barren of incidents; but as few of them have been of the agreeable kind, I beg you to accept a sort of journal account of them, which will be the easiest for me.
On the 22d, the indisposition that had hung about me for some time, sometimes appearing as a bilious cholic, and sometimes as a rheumatic asthma, to my great satisfaction changed to the gout in the left arm and hand, leaving the breast and stomach perfectly relieved, and the cough which had been excessive, entirely gone. This day Mr. Ellis, with sixty militia from Kentucky, joined the army, and brought up a quantity of flour and beef. 23d, two men, taken in the act of deserting to the enemy, and one for shooting another soldier and threatening to kill an officer, were hanged upon the grand parade, the whole army being drawn out. Since the army have halted, the country around this and ahead for fifteen miles has been well examined: it is a country, which had we arrived a month sooner in it; and with three times the number of animals, they would have been all fat now. 24th, named the fort Jefferson (it lies in lat. 40. 4.22. N.) and marched, the same Indian path serving to conduct us about six miles, and encamped on good ground and an excellent position—a rivulet in front, and a very large prairie, which would at the proper season afford forage for a thousand horses, on the left. So ill this day that I had much difficulty in keeping with the army. 25th, very hard rains last night—obliged to halt today, on account of provisions; for though the soldiers may be kept pretty easily in camp under the expectation of provisions arriving, they cannot bear to march in advance, and take none along with them. Received a letter from Mr. Hodgdon, by express; 13000 cwt. of flour will arrive on the 27th. 26th, a party of militia sent to reconnoitre, fell in with five Indians, and suffered them to slip through their fingers: in their camp, articles to the value of twenty-two dollars were found and divided. The Virginia battalion is melting down very fast; notwithstanding the promises of the men to the officers, thirteen have been discharged by Col. Dark to-day. 27th, gave orders for inlisting the levies, with the condition of serving out their time in their present corps. Pyamingo, arrived in camp with his warriors: I was so unwell, could only see him and bid him welcome, but entered on no business. Considerable dissatisfaction among the levies about their enlistments. 28th, some clothing sent for to Fort-Washington for the recruits arrived, was begun to be distributed, and will have a good effect; but the inlisting the levies does not meet with the encouragement that might have been expected: it is not openly complained of by the officers, but it is certainly privately by some of high rank, and the measure of tempting them with warm clothing condemned. Mr. Hodgdon

CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1791.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
On the Post-Office Bill.
(CONCLUDED.)
Mr. Sedgwick's motion under consideration.
MR. MADISON said that the arguments which are offered by the gentlemen who are in favor of the amendment, appear to be drawn rather from theory than from any line of practice which had hitherto governed the house.
However difficult it may be to determine with precision the exact boundaries of the legislative and executive powers, he was of opinion that those arguments were not well founded, for they admit of such a construction as will lead to blending those powers so as to leave no line of separation whatever.
The greatest obstacle to the due exercise of the powers vested in the legislature by the bill, which has been mentioned, is the difficulty of accommodating the regulations to the various interests of the different parts of the Union—and this is said to be almost impracticable—but it may be remembered, that similar embarrassments appeared when the impost and tonnage bills were under consideration; on those subjects, the members were obliged to be governed, in a great degree, by mutual information and reciprocal confidence, in respect to the establishment and arrangements of the different ports of entry and clearance, and other objects—that was a business of much greater importance and difficulty than this; but it was accomplished.
The constitution has not only given the legislature the power of creating offices, but it expressly restrains the executive from appointing officers, except such as are provided for by law. As has been well observed by the gentleman from Delaware, the President is invested with the power of filling those offices—but does it follow that we are to delegate to him the power to create them?
The reference to the appointments and arrangements made by the executive, pursuant to the powers delegated to the executive by the excise law, cannot be considered as a parallel case; no similar exigency exists to justify a similar delegation. The danger of infringing on the powers of the executive, which has been suggested, and the caution to the house against touching on the appointment of officers, is a species of reasoning on the subject, which may be carried so far as to say that we ought not to make any appointments by law—and yet this has been done as in the instance of the appointment of the commissioners for purchasing in the public debt, all of whom were appointed by the act making provision for the reduction of the public debt.
Where is the necessity of departing from the principles of the constitution in respect to the post-office and post-roads, more than in all other cases? The subject is expressly committed to legislative determination by the constitution.—If the second section of the bill requires amendment, it can be rectified when it comes before us; and with respect to future cases, should there be a necessity for additional post-roads, they can be provided for by supplementary laws—and therefore no reason on that account can be urged for delaying the provision proposed by the bill.—He concluded by saying that there did not appear to be any necessity for alienating the powers of the house—and that if this should take place, it would be a violation of the Constitution.
Mr. Sedgwick said he would make a few observations, which he felt himself obliged to submit to the consideration of the committee, as well to defend himself as his motion, from the unwarrantable attacks which gentlemen had made on both.
The powers of the constitution, he was sorry to say, were made in debate to extend or contract, as seemed for the time being to suit the convenience of the arguments of gentlemen. The member from Virginia, (Mr. Madison) had discovered an additional quality of unconstitutionality involved in the motion under consideration. It was, that the creation of offices was by the constitution confined solely to the legislature.—This position was undoubtedly just, if by it was meant that the powers and duties of offices must be defined by law. But he understood the gentleman to extend his meaning much further, and to have declared in substance, that all offices, however subordinate and dependent, must be numerically provided for by law.—The gentleman had, with his usual
writes me he is sending forward a quantity of woollen overalls and socks by General Butler's orders: I have ordered them to be deposited at Fort Jefferson. Some few Indians about us, probably those the militia fell in with a day or two ago. Two of the levies were fired upon about three miles off, one killed: two of the militia likewise, one of them got in, and the other missing, supposed to be taken. 29th, Pyamingo and his people, accompanied by Captain Sparks and four good riflemen, gone on a scout; they do not propose to return under ten days, unless they sooner succeed in taking prisoners and scalps. 30th, the army moved about nine o'clock, and with much difficulty made seven miles, having left a considerable part of the tents by the way; the provision made by the quarter-master for that purpose was not adequate—three days flour issued to the men to aid the horses that carried it to his arrangements; the Indian road still with us—the course this day N. 25. W. 31st. This morning about sixty of the militia deserted—it was at first reported that half of them had gone off, and that their design was to plunder the convoys which were upon the road—detached the first regiment in pursuit of them, with orders to Major Hamtramck to send a sufficient guard back with Benham whenever he met with him, and follow them about twenty-five miles below Fort-Jefferson, or until he met the second convoy, and then return and join the army. Benham arrived last night, and to-day, Nov. 1st, the army is halted to give the road-cutters an opportunity of getting some distance ahead, and that I might write to you—I am this day considerably recovered, and hope that it will turn out what I at first expected it would be, a friendly fit of the gout come to relieve me from every other complaint.
Yesterday I was favored with yours of the 28th and 29th September, I have enclosed my communications with the old and new contractors and their answers—My orders for the posts to them are not yet definite, but they will be very soon, in the mean time I expect they are both at work.
With great respect I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, ARTHUR ST. CLAIR.
The Hon. Maj. Gen. Knox, Secretary of War.
FROM THE WINCHESTER (VIRGINIA) CENTINEL.
AFTER Gen. St. Clair's army left Fort-Washington, they erected two forts, the first of which is called for Hamilton, the second Fort-Jefferson—that, within about 15 miles of the Maumee towns, they halted for the purpose of erecting a third—that the savages hovered round their camp on the day preceding the action, which caused the troops to lie on their arms during the night—that the former began the attack about day-break—that the carnage was great on both sides—that two troops of light horse cut their way through an immense multitude of the savages, and finding a still greater number in their rear, were compelled to return in the same manner—that the gallant Colonel Darke cut his way thro' parties of the savages three different times—that the artillery was captured by the enemy five, and recaptured by our troops four times—that Gen. St. Clair was lying ill of the gout in his tent during the unhappy conflict—that his guards prevented some of the Indians from entering the tent, to butcher him, by mere dint of the bayonet—that many of the enemy fell in this attempt—and that some women are among the slain on the part of the Americans.
The Chickasaw Chief, Mountain Leader, with 42 warriors of that nation, passed through Lexington some time in October last, on their way to join Gen. St. Clair—that at the time of the action many of these were present, who fought with great bravery on the part of the Americans, but the Mountain Leader himself had been sent by the General, some days previous thereto, as a pilot to a detachment of the army, which was ordered against some of the enemy's towns.
L O N D O N, September 30.
THE famous Baron Trenck, whose pension the Emperor had augmented from 1000 to 1500 florins, on condition that he engaged under his hand not to publish any thing either in the Austrian dominions or elsewhere, has been guilty of an unpardonable breach of faith. No sooner was he arrived in Hungary, than at Buda he committed a work to the press in favor of the French Revolution, in which he had the temerity to declare, that the convulsion of the French ought to serve as a model for other States, and that himself had contributed much to the Revolution.
The Hungarian government having seized his person, he was conducted to Vienna under an escort of twelve grenadiers, and is put into the mad-house, where probably he will end his days.
The Princes of the German empire have referred the whole of their concerns respecting the affairs of France, and the proceedings of the National Assembly, to the Emperor, with a promise to abide with whatever he shall advise in that business.
accuracy and precision, foreseen the application of his principle to the power which on the same subject had been delegated by the excise law, by which the executive was authorised to parcel the whole country into districts, and to appoint the various officers necessary to execute the business. Nothing more was in that instance done, than to define the powers and duties annexed to the offices, but the limits to which their authority was to extend; and their number was very properly left with the executive. In that instance, such a delegation was indispensably necessary—nor was it, in his opinion, less necessary in the multifarious arrangements of post-offices. That gentleman had supposed this necessity had in that instance justified the expedients; if so, the same conclusion might be drawn on the present occasion. But, for his part, if he should assume that member's opinions, he should be incapable of deriving consolation from the same source;—for that there never had as yet been, and probably never would exist in the administration of this government, a necessity so urgent as to authorise an usurpation of power. The motion before the committee was constitutional, or the reverse—if the latter, the same was true of the existing act in the instance alluded to. That in either instance, a supposed necessity could not justify the infringement of a constitution which the members were under every obligation of duty, and their oaths solemnly pledged, to support. Gentlemen, said he, should be very cautious how, on slight grounds, they assent to principles, which, if they were true, would evince that the government had scattered through the whole country, officers who are daily seizing on the property of the citizens, by the assumption of unconstitutional powers.
He said it was true, as had been observed by his friend from New-York (Mr. Benson) that it was impossible precisely to define a boundary line between the business of legislative and executive; but from his own experience as a public man, and from reflection, he was induced to believe, that as a general rule, the establishment of principles was the peculiar province of the former, and the execution of them, that of the latter. He would therefore, at least generally, as much as possible avoid going into detail. In adopting this as a general rule of conduct, he was not influenced by considerations which gentlemen in opposition to his motion, had suggested; the pre-eminently great and good character of the MAN who was now called by unanimous suffrage to administer the executive.—For he had always considered that with sagacious minds, that should be the season of political caution, when the executive was in the hands of one to whom all hearts justly bowed. From the nature of the business to be transacted, he had drawn his conclusion; he thought an executive officer responsible to the public for the performance of an important and interesting trust, would enquire with more scrupulous caution, and decide with more justice, than could be expected from a popular assembly—who from the nature of things, would be more remiss than consisted with a just determination; and he appealed to those gentlemen who were members of the last house, for a recollection of that apathy and torpor which prevailed on a former attempt to demark the post roads.
He observed that the opposition to his motion on the ground of unconstitutionality, came with an ill grace from the gentleman who had reported the bill; for by one section, the post-master-general was expressly authorised to establish post-roads not provided for by the bill, upon a condition that does not at all affect the present question; and by another section, the same officer was authorised to appoint unrestrained all his deputies, each of whom is to establish and keep an office. This, in his opinion, was not only expedient but indispensably necessary. It was, however, a delegation of power, attended by all those circumstances which rendered in the opinion of that gentleman, the present motion unconstitutional.
He said, no gentleman had contended for carrying into execution the principles they attempted to establish, to an extent to which they would go.—That no road can be a post road but such as shall be established by law. The bill establishes the road from place to place, leaving the intermediate distance untouched; as for instance, from Boston to Worcester: Between those two points is, or is not a post road, if the bill should become a law, established? If the former part of the dilemma is embraced, then also by the motion, if adopted, will a post-road be established from Maine to Georgia. For he supposed it impossible to make any well founded distinction between the one case and the other. His motion then would as effectually establish a post-road in the intermediate space as the bill in its present form; and all the objections which had been made to the former would apply with equal force to the latter.
Gentlemen, he said, had spoken in strong terms of the disinterestedness, information, and ref-

respectability of the members of the House, and of the popular confidence which resulted therefrom. No man, said he, had a more respectable opinion of the representatives of the people than himself; he need not, however, observe to them, that they were men, subject to the like passions and imperfections as their fellow-citizens: It could not have escaped the reflection of the committee, that the gentlemen who composed it, had a very important interest in establishing the directions of the poll—that on the declarations of men thus interested, we must rely for the justness of our ultimate conclusions; on evidence of interested individuals—individuals who are by their relation to the subject of enquiry, excluded on principles of law, from all credit, must we rely for a knowledge of those facts which are to direct our judgment?
Mr. Boudinot and Mr. Gerry made some further remarks, and then the question being taken, Mr. Sedgwick's motion was negatived.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14.
Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee to whom was referred sundry propositions as amendments to the Constitution of the United States; made report to this effect—That it will be most expedient, that the same be taken up in the House, or in committee of the whole, and that the select committee be discharged from further proceeding; ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Kittera presented the petition of Susannah Taylor, relict of William Houston, late a Lieutenant in the service of the United States, praying compensation, &c. which was read and referred to the Secretary at War.
The amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled, an act for the relief of David Cook and Thomas Campbell, were agreed to; the substance of which were, that said officers return into the treasury a sum equivalent to the half pay due to each.
The House then proceeded to consider the report of the committee of the whole, on the amendments proposed by the Senate, to the representation bill—It was moved, that the amendments proposed by the Senate, with the report of the committee of the whole thereon, be recommitted to a committee of the whole House; and on the question to agree to this motion, it was carried in the affirmative.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Mr. Vining moved this amendment, to strike out thirty-three thousand, and to insert, that Representatives be apportioned among the several states as follows, that is to say, New Hampshire shall choose 5, Massachusetts 16, Connecticut 8, Rhode-Island 2, Vermont 3, New-York 11, New-Jersey 6, Pennsylvania 14, Delaware 2, Maryland 9, Virginia 21, Kentucky 2, N. Carolina 12, Georgia 2. On the question to agree to this amendment it passed in the negative; the committee then rose, and the chairman reported.
Mr. Vining renewed his motion in the House; where it was again negatived, ayes 23, noes 27; and on the question to agree to the first amendment of the Senate, the yeas and nays being demanded, it passed in the negative; the yeas and nays were as follows:
YEAS.
Messrs. Ames, Barnwell, Benson, Boudinot, S. Bourne, B. Bourne, Clark, Dayton, Fitzsimons, Gilman, Goodhue, Gordon, Hillhouse, Hartley, Jacobs, Kitchell, Kittera, Livermore, Niles, Sedgwick, J. Smith, I. Smith, W. Smith, Sturges, Sylvester, Thatcher, Vining, Wadsworth, Ward—29.
NAYS.
Messrs. Ashe, Baldwin, Brown, Findley, Gerry, Giles, Griffin, Grove, Huger, Key, Lee, Macon, Madison, Moore, Muhlenberg, Murray, Page, Parker, Schoonmaker, Seney, Sheredine, Steele, Sterrett, Sumpter, Treadwell, Tucker, Venable, Wayne, White, Williamson, Willis—31.
The second amendment, after the word South-Carolina, to strike out state, and insert district, was agreed to. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15.
A number of petitions from invalids and others, praying for pensions, compensations, &c. were read and referred to the Secretary of War.
In committee of the whole, on the Post-Office Bill—Mr. Smith (S.C.) in the chair.
Mr. Vining's motion for striking out the second section, which empowers the Postmaster-General to establish additional post-roads, for the purpose of substituting a clause making it his duty to report to Congress, from time to time, such cross post-roads as may appear necessary, with information respecting the amount of the income of the department, and the expence of such additional post roads, was taken into consideration—after some debate, the second section was struck out—and the substitute being withdrawn, a clause proposed by Mr. Fitzsimons in lieu thereof, empowering the Postmaster-General, under certain restrictions, to form contracts for extending the line of posts, was adopted—The committee then rose and reported progress.
A message was received from the Senate by Mr. Secretary Otis, informing the House, that they
had taken into consideration their first amendment to the Representation Bill, which was disagreed to by the House, and do insist thereon.
Mr. Bourne, of the committee on enrolled bills, informed the House, that the committee had this day presented to the President of the United States, the bill entitled, "An act for the relief of David Cook and Thomas Campbell," for his approbation. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16.
A message from the President of the United States, by his Secretary Mr. Lear, informed the House that he had this day approved and signed an act for the relief of David Cook and Thomas Campbell.
Several petitions from invalids praying for pensions and compensations, were read and referred.
In committee of the whole, Mr. Muhlenberg in the chair, the post office bill was further discussed, sundry amendments were proposed, some of them adopted and others disagreed to—the committee proceeded to the 19th section—they then rose and reported progress, and the House adjourned till Monday.
BOSTON, December 5.
A subscription is on foot for building a Bridge from Barton's Point, in this town, to Lechmere's Point in Cambridge.
There not being a choice of a Federal Representative for the District of Bristol, precepts are issued for a seventh trial, on the 26th inst.
The Government of Halifax have advertised for 1000 tons of shipping, to convey the Blacks from thence to the Coast of Africa.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
SONNET.
SERENELY moves along the bending sky, The queen of solemn night, whose silver beam Delights young fancy's ever gazing eye; The while it plays on yonder chrystal stream, The airy fays to spheric music beat Their mystic dances with their feathery feet. So peerless moves my Anna o'er the earth, So far outshines each other female light; Divinely made she seems—of heavenly birth— And beams with fadeless lustre on the sight. Within her eyes the little fays of mirth Appear to dance and frolic with delight; Her words in trembling cadence touch my ears, Soft as the melting music of the spheres.
CHAMONT.
Philadelphia, December 17.
By an arrival at New-York, European accounts are received to the 21st of October.—They inform, that the Elector Palatine has laid a duty of 30 per cent. on all merchandise coming from France—That the result of the conferences between the Emperor, the German Princes and the King of Prussia, was to form a joint attack on France; but the King's acceptance of the Constitution had changed the face of affairs—the Emperor has since that event given public orders to recognize the national flag, and declared that the means are now restored of treating with France as heretofore—That notwithstanding this, great emigrations from France had taken place, since the law for preventing persons from leaving the kingdom had been repealed—That the exiled Princes keep their court at Coblenz, and that the Empress of Russia had sent Count Romanzoff to assure them of her favorable regards—That notwithstanding the peace between Russia and the Turks, the land armaments of the former are still kept up—this circumstance, with the seal of the King of Sweden in favor of the exiles, and the hatred of some of the German Princes to the revolution, have induced an apprehension of an invasion of France.
That the kingdom has very little, however, to fear from its enemies; the Minister of War being called upon by the National Assembly for accounts respecting the defensive measures of the kingdom, reported, that the regular troops amounted to 105,000 infantry, 27,000 cavalry, and 12,000 artillery—two-thirds of which are on the frontiers, as are also 44 battalions of national guards; to these means of defence may be added 45 fortified places, in a state fit for a long resistance.
That 248 millions of Assignats have been burnt—That the office of Commandant General of the National Guard of Paris being abolished, M. de la Fayette had sent in his resignation, accompanied with a most patriotic and public-spirited address.
The Emperor of Morocco has made peace with the King of Spain—the brother of the Emperor having raised an insurrection in the empire. The Queen of France has begun her Sunday card parties for the winter—an evidence of her resolution to make the most of the new order of things. M. de la Fayette retires to his estate. Late accounts from Venice say, that a man was lately hung there for being a Free-Mason—and that the people of that republic are prohibited from talking of the affairs of France. The second National Assembly of France is constituted, and have proceeded to business.
The meeting of Parliament is postponed to the 25th January. There is some talk of a change in the British Ministry—the Duke of Portland to be first Lord of the Treasury, &c. Their High Mightinesses the States General, in answer to the letter of the King of France, notifying his acceptance of the Constitution, assure his Majesty that nothing shall be wanting on their part to promote a good understanding between the two countries. The Diet of Warsaw (Poland) have agreed to erect a statue to the King. The Elector of Saxony has determined to accept of the succession to the crown of that kingdom. The King and the Members of the Assembly have declared that they will defend the new Constitution with their blood, if necessary.
Lord Cornwallis, in a letter to the Secretary of State, informs, that it is his determination to attack Seringapatam, Tippoo Saib's capital.
On the 9th inst. the Directors of the National Manufacturing Society met at Brunswick, in New-Jersey, when WILLIAM DUER, Esq. of New-York, was chosen Governor, and ARCHIBALD MERCER, Esq. of New-Jersey, Deputy Governor. The Directors have voted that the first payment shall be made on or before the 13th January next, and that to accommodate the subscribers, the payment may be made either at the Bank of New-York, the Bank at Philadelphia, or to Mr. Nelson, or to Colonel Bayard, at Brunswick, in New-Jersey. No place was fixed upon at which the buildings should be erected for the manufactory.—The Directors are to meet again on the 17th of January.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of intelligence in London, to a gentleman in this city, dated October 8, 1791.
"Great sums have been lately purchased in this city, and confidence is daily increasing; yesterday six per cents were sold at 120l. per cent. which is 24s. besides paying about 1s. more in allowing 4s. 6d. sterling for the nominal dollar."
Extract of a letter from Boston, Dec. 4.
"We wish here that the Representation to the next Congress might be only one for 40,000. We are not so jealous of our liberties as some of our southern friends appear to be. We know that the business of the Union, as it respects legislation, can be done better by 80 or 100 members, than by 200.—The only point is to have an equal representation, and to be careful to choose good men—and to enable us to do it in future, we ought to be particularly careful to give all our children a good public education."
There are two descriptions of bad watchmen, those who sleep upon their posts, and those who sound false alarms.—The question is, which is most dangerous in a community?—Undoubtedly the latter—in the same proportion as bad principles are worse than none; besides, false alarms have a tendency to lull the people into a fatal insensibility in a time of real danger, whereas a surprize will ever afterwards induce a proportionate degree of vigilance in an enlightened people.
Ignorance is the proper basis of a blind zeal—when united to credulity, it forms the materials of which the unprincipled kindle the flames of discord and anarchy. Knowledge alone extinguishes the fire. The patriot who devises a feasible plan of enlightening the people in respect to their civil rights, and social duties, deserves the confidence of his countrymen; and he whom Providence hath furnished with the means of carrying such a plan into execution, and whose purse-strings dilate on such an occasion, gives more substantial evidence of his philanthropy and attachment to the rights of man, than is comprised in all the harangues and addresses to the passions which have been uttered since the creation.
How numerous are the pretended friends to the rights of the people!—how few have come forward with any specific proposition to scatter the rays of knowledge among them, in such manner as to make their attachment to liberty the result of sentiment!
A correspondent remarks, that we sometimes hear of a restive turbulent spirit among the people in particular parts of the Union. This will forever be the case where the people see things through a medium presented by a few, in whom they have an implicit confidence—but from those parts of the country where competent schools and other means of instruction are provided, we do not hear the voice of complaint—the inference is plain.
QUERE.—Is a debate like matter, infinitely divisible?—Every great question consists of little ones—and every little one of less. Now what is wanting, but a hair splitting genius to open every question, like a nest of boxes or baskets, one within another, in infinitum?—And as that faculty appears not to be wanting, what is there to hinder our enjoying the pleasure of one debate to all eternity?
THE CONSTITUTION.
OUR Constitution's like a spring-leg'd boot, Which legs with calves, or those without, will suit.
AMENDMENTS—A QUibble.
THAT must grow good which every day we mend, That must be bad whose failings have no end.
THE ART OF SPEAKING.
THE art of speaking—what a strange position! Consists in—repetition! repetition!
Married, at Providence, R. I. Mr. NICHOLAS BROWN, Merchant, to Miss NANCY CARTER, daughter of John Carter, Esq. Postmaster, of that town.
Died, at New-York, Major MONCRIEFFE, late of the British Army.
From PELOSI'S MARINE LIST.
   ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.     Brig Maria, Attwood, Boston.   Isabella and Anne, Conby, St. Eustatia.   Hetty, Davis, Cape-Francois   Live Oak, Irvine, Jamaica.   Sch'r Two Sisters, Elliott, Port-au-Prince   Two Betseys, King, Aux-Cayes  
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
   FUNDED DEBT.     6 pr. Cents 22/6 pr. £. 112 1/2 pr. cent.   3 pr. Cents 13/6 65 do.   Deferred 6 pr. Cents 13/3 66 3/4 do.   UNFUNDED DEBT.   Final Sett. and other Certificates 20/20 6 102 1/2 do.   Indents 12/6 62 1/2   Bank Subscriptions, 13/2 Dollars.  
TO BE SOLD, BY JOHN CAREY, No. 26, PEAR-STREET, A COLLECTION OF Scarce and Valuable BOOKS,
Which may be seen every day, until five o'clock, P. M. Among them are the following:
Folio. HOMER, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, Eusebius, Sozomen, Theodoret, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Tacitus, Paternus, Pliny, Concordantia Lat. Concordantia Gr. Thesaurus Ciceronis. Biblia Junii and Tremelli, Bible de Martin, Wells's Maps, Scapula—Phavorini—Martini—Hoffmanni Lexica, Vossii Etymologicon, Antiquit. Eccles. Britannica, &c. Quarto. Pindar, Cyropaedia, Bentley's Horace, Terence and Phaedrus, Ovid, Juvenal, Manilius, Ciceronis op. om. Cæsar, Suetonius, Julius Pollux, Hederici Lexicon, Vossii Ars Gram. Cluve-rii Geographia, Justinian Code, &c. Octavo et infra. Homer, Anacreon, Aristophanes, Longinus, Theophrastus, Hesiod, Poëtæ minores Gr. Isocrates, Phalaris, various editions of Horace, Virgil, Terence, and Ovid, Tibullus, Plautus, Lucan, Martial, Claudian, Val. Flaccus, Ausonius, Buchanan, Sallust, Curtius, Plutus, Justin, Val. Maximus, A. Gellius, Hist. August. Scriptores, English and French Translations of some of the Classics, a great variety of Greek and Latin Grammars, &c. &c. Catalogues may be had of Messrs. Rice & Co. Booksellers, Market-Street, or of JOHN CAREY. October 31. (ep sf.)

MR. FENNO, HAVING shewed my good nature by laughing at the weak and idolatrous flattery with which some of your correspondents have bespattered the Government of the United States...
He says that men of worth and talents are called Aristocrats—but I am sensible he does not in this instance do justice to the public opinion—for although an Aristocrat may be a man of talents...
Aristocracy is a word of Greek derivation, and signifies the power of a few, or in the hands of a few, in opposition to Democracy, which signifies the people, or in the hands of the people.
The only powers, in representative governments, like ours, which the people can with any propriety retain in their hands, are those of electing their representatives, and that which they exercise as jurors.
And if any one shall by any means endeavor so to modify the elections, as to put out of the power of the body of the people to exercise that privilege with propriety and safety, we may very safely call him an Aristocrat.
Whoever, therefore, in an extensive country like this, shall advocate large election districts, which will oblige the body of the people to vote under the direction and guidance of a few, you cannot be mistaken in setting him down for an Aristocrat.
If any one shall oppose a numerous representation in the government of an extensive country, you need not be afraid of a misnomer in calling him an Aristocrat.
If any man will support, upon any occasion, a mode of election, whether such election is to be made by Congress, by a Legislature, or the people, which will evidently put it in the power of a minority of the electors to controul a choice, or prevent one, you may be sure that you call him by a wrong name, if you give him any other than that of an Aristocrat.
If you hear any one speak lightly of the trial by jury, or see him consent to, or do any thing which will tend to vitiate or abridge that privilege, you will not be liable to an action of slander for calling him an Aristocrat.
If any one shall hold that bills of rights, and proper constitutional reservations in favor of the people, are rather dangerous restrictions on the power of doing good, than salutary checks upon the power of doing harm, you may write after his name, in capital letters, AN ARISTOCRAT.
If any one should attempt to persuade the people that their rights and privileges are not safe while kept in their own hands, but that they ought to give them up intirely into the hands and custody of the great and the well informed—I don't know what else you could call him but an Aristocrat.
If any one discovers a fondness for keeping up titles and distinctions, which will have a tendency to induce those possessed of them to look upon themselves as exalted above the common class of citizens, you may safely conclude that he is inclined to be an Aristocrat.
If any holds the opinion, that government is designed more to enrich and aggrandize the rulers than to promote the interests and happiness of the people, you may be very sure that he is no enemy to an Aristocrat.
If any one looks upon the word Democrat as a term of reproach, and ventures to make use of it as such, he must undoubtedly be pleased with being called an Aristocrat.
And I think that you cannot possibly be mistaken in setting him down for one, who shall tell you that in this country there is no such thing as an Aristocrat.
If any one should take offence at this publication, so benevolently intended to prevent the public from forming wrong and unfavorable opinions of men of worth and talents, I shall leave the people to determine whether they will or will not call him an Aristocrat. A RESPONDENT.
Bank of the United States.
DECEMBER 3, 1791.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Bank of the United States will be opened on Monday the 5th inst.
Transfers of the subscriptions to the stock of said Bank may then be made.
On Monday the 12th inst. deposits will be received, and on Tuesday the 20th inst. discounts may be made.
By order of the President and Directors,
JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
All Bills or Notes offered for Discount shall be delivered into the Bank on Mondays or Wednesdays, the Discount shall be settled on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and shall be made known the next succeeding days.
AT A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES,
DECEMBER 6, 1791.
RESOLVED,
THAT the payment of the portion of the Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States, consisting of Specie which will be due on the several States on the first Monday of January next, may be made at the respective Banks of Massachusetts and New-York.
Provided, That any Stockholder claiming the benefit of such payment, shall, on or before the first Monday in January next, exhibit to the Cashier of the Bank of the United States, a Certificate signed by the Cashier of the Bank into which such payment shall have been made—any thing in the regulations heretofore established to the contrary notwithstanding.
By order of the President and Directors,
JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
Bank of the United States.
PHILADELPHIA, November 22, 1791.
THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES are hereby informed, that according to the statute of incorporation, a general election for twenty-five Directors will be held at the Bank of the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the second day of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
And, pursuant to the eleventh section of the Bye-Laws, the Stockholders of the said Bank are hereby notified to assemble in general meeting, at the same place, on Tuesday the third day of January next, at five o'clock in the evening.
By order of the President and Directors,
JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
Second fundamental Article of Statute of Incorporation.
"Not more than three-fourths of the Directors in office, exclusive of the President, shall be eligible for the next succeeding year. But the Director who shall be President at the time of an election may always be re-elected." [cp11]
BOULTING CLOTHS.
An extensive Assortment, of very superior texture, suitable for every branch of the business, just imported from Amsterdam, and for SALE by
DANIEL TYSON,
No. 113, SOUTH FRONT-STREET;
Where Millers and others may always be supplied with the best Cloths, and large allowance made to those who purchase in quantities to sell again.
Also for SALE, a Quantity of Particular
MADEIRA WINE,
Of the first Quality, fit for immediate use, in Pipes. Philadelphia, December 6, 1791. [12w1m]
GEORGE MEADE
Has for SALE, at his Store on WALNUT-STREET WHARF,
A FEW pipes of 3 and 4 years old bills of exchange Madeira WINE, which he will dispose of by the pipe, hogshead or quarter cask.
London market Madeira WINE, 5 and 6 years old. Old Sherry WINE of the first quality, by the hogshead or quarter cask.
Three and 4 years old Lisbon WINE, of a superior quality to what is generally imported, by the pipe, quarter cask, or larger quantity.
Choice old Coniac BRANDY, by the pipe, tierce, or larger quantity.
A few quarter casks of first quality Hyson TEA.
He has just received by the Pigou, Loxley, malter, from London, a few quarter casks of old Madeira WINE—And
By the brig Mercury, Capt. Stevens, from Dublin, a few boxes of Irish LINENS, low priced and well assorted; a few bales of red and white FLANNELS, and some GLUE.
A few boxes of Spermaceti CANDLES of the first quality, and Burlington PORK of prime quality.
He has also to dispose of, a quantity of dressed White Oak STAVES.
He means to keep a constant supply of First Quality Madeira and Lisbon WINES, and whoever is pleased to favor him with their custom, may be assured of being well served.
He will, through the Winter and Spring, buy undressed HAND-PIKES. He is purchasing FLAX-SEED and BEES-WAX, and will give the highest price for them.
N.B. A few hampers of excellent London PORTER and Tamton ALE, just received, and to be disposed of. Philadelphia, November 16, 1791. (cp 6w.)
PUBLIC SECURITIES,
BOUGHT and SOLD, on COMMISSION, by
SAMUEL ANDERSON,
Chestnut-Street, next door to the Bank, No. 97.
MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL,
LOTTERY TICKETS,
To be had at the same place.
In the Press, and speedily will be published, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS; Consisting of STATE PAPERS, and other authentic Documents, tending to elucidate the HISTORY OF AMERICA, and particularly of the UNITED STATES. By EBENEZER HAZARD, A.M.
** The price to Subscribers will be a Dollar for each Number, containing 160 large quarto pages; or Four Dollars and a Quarter for each Volume in Boards; to be paid as follows, viz. the first and second Numbers, or Volumes, to be paid for on delivery of the first; and each subsequent one (except the last) at the time of delivery.
Subscriptions will be received, in this city, by THOMAS DOBSON, and HAZARD & ADDOMS, (who will exhibit specimens of the work) and in other places by the principal Booksellers there. Philadelphia, November 5, 1791.
The JOURNAL of the THIRD SESSION of the SENATE of the UNITED STATES, may be had of the Editor hereof.
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 prime cost of imported.
They also continue to manufacture all the above articles at Richmond, in Virginia. All orders addressed to either of the above Factories, will be thankfully received, and executed on the shortest notice.
N. B. Wanted, industrious, sober, labouring Men, at the said Mines, where constant employ, good wages, and other encouragements will be given, means of conveyance being provided, and houses for their reception.
For further particulars enquire of Messrs. Moses Austin & Co. at their Factory in Richmond, or as above. Philadelphia, December 3, 1791.
IMPERIAL HYSON, SOUCHONG, and BOHEA
T E A S,
REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, & SPICES, &c. &c.
Of the first quality—by retail,
No 19,
Third-Street, between Chestnut and Market-Streets.
Funds of the United States.
ALL kinds of the Public Debt of the Union, bought, sold, or exchanged; Foreign and Inland Bills of Exchange negotiated; Merchandise of all sorts bought and sold on Commission, and all other Business in the line of a Broker, transacted by
WILLIAM CLELAND,
At the Office next door to the Custom-House, State-Street, BOSTON. 2m
JOHN PINTARD,
SWORN BROKER & AUCTIONEER,
PURCHASES and SELLS
PUBLIC DEBT of every description, on Commission, at the following rates:
ON the specie amount of all Sales at auction, one eighth per cent.
On ditto at private sale or purchase, one-half per cent.
On remittances, ditto.
Receiving interest at the Loan-Office, one per cent. on the amount of the interest.
For making transfers at ditto, seventy-five cents per transfer.
Such persons as may incline to favor the subscriber with their orders, may rely on their being executed with punctuality, fidelity and dispatch. His long experience and extensive dealings in the public stocks, together with a well established correspondence throughout the United States, enable him to conduct his operations with peculiar benefit to his employers.
JOHN PINTARD, New-York, No. 57, King-Street. October 15, 1791.
TO BE SOLD,
And possession given immediately,
That pleasantly situated FARM
Whereon the subscriber now lives.
IT lies on the road from Princeton to Brunswick, about a mile and a half from the former. It contains 213 acres, whereof 47 are woodland, upwards of 90 meadow, and 20 more may be made. Also a young orchard of 200 apple trees, besides a variety of peach and cherry trees, and a large garden; the whole under good fence. There are on the premises a two story stone house and kitchen, with an elegant piazza, the whole painted and finished. Also, a smoke-house, work-shop, granary, waggon-house; barrack cow-houses, two stories high and 60 feet long, and a good barn, with flabling. From the buildings there are charming views of Princeton, the neighbouring farms, and Monmouth hills. Any person inclining to purchase, may know the terms by applying to the subscriber on the premises, or to ISAAC SNOWDEN, No. 141, South Second-Street, Philadelphia.
ISAAC SNOWDEN, Junior.
Princeton, October 10, 1791. [cp 2m]
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY, some time in August 1789, a yellow NEGRO MAN, named ABRAHAM, late the property of Nathaniel Wickliff, deceased—about forty-five years of age, about five feet eight or nine inches high, pretty well set, with a large woolly head and large beard, walks with his knees bent, often complains of pains in his feet and ancles—by trade a bricklayer, stone mason and plasterer. He is a very handy fellow as a house-waiter, and is fond of such business. He is a great disssembler, and no doubt pretends he is a freeman. He has been cloped so long that no description of his present clothing can be given. It is supposed that he went to the Northern States, as he often mentioned having friends there.—Twenty Dollars reward will be given to any person that will secure said Negro in any jail, so that the subscriber may get him again; and reasonable charges will be paid—or Thirty Dollars will be given if he is brought to Prince William County, Virginia, to Mr. JOHN KINCHELOE, by
CHARLES WICKLIFFE, Administrator.
October 12, 1791. (12w9w)
Forty Dollars Reward.
LAST night was broke open the Store of the subscriber, at Bordentown, and stolen from the same the following articles, viz. One hair trunk, containing womens' wearing apparel; 1 small box, containing four clocks and one dozen teapots; 1 ditto containing one bottle green cloth coat, one striped vest and breeches, two shirts and a small bag with 36 dollars and 20s. to 30s. Jersey coppers; 1 keg containing a large bible, with other small books; 1 box containing 447 real ostrich feathers, some of them large and elegant, and of different colours; 2 barrels rye meal, branded Stout and Imlay; 1 barrel pork, 1 ream paper, and 1 dozen paste-boards.—Stolen at the same time, a large Batteau, with black sides.
A reward of Twenty Dollars will be given for the security of the above property, so that the owners may have the articles again, or in proportion for part thereof; also a further reward of Twenty Dollars will be given for the security of the perpetrator or perpetrators, so that they may be brought to justice, by
JOHN VAN EMBURGH.
Bordentown, New-Jersey, Sept. 1, 1791. [cont]
A Young Gentleman, of American birth and education (being a graduate) would for a liberal compensation engage as Tutor in a family, or take charge of an Academy, to teach the Latin and English Languages. He has had some experience in teaching, and trusts he can exhibit satisfactory recommendations. Any letters upon this subject, post paid, addressed to A—S—, and the care of the Editor hereof, prior to the 25th December, will be punctually attended to. October 22, 1791. [12w]