Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-11-10 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 47, of Vol. IV.]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1792.
[Whole No. 369.]
FROM THE AMERICAN DAILY ADVERTISER.
VINDICATION OF MR. JEFFERSON.
Continued from the Gazette of the 13th ult.
A DISREGARD for the public credit, or to use terms more correspondent with the idea of the writer, a desire to extirpate it, is the remaining article, in the list of charges which have been brought forward by the American against Mr. Jefferson. In the notice I first took of these allegations, this had escaped me. It shall however now receive the attention to which it is entitled.
To support this charge, a paragraph stated to be an extract from one of his letters to the former Congress, containing some communication relative to a proposed transfer of the French debt, to a company of Dutch merchants, has been submitted to the public view. Upon this single document it has been rested, and upon this of course must the demonstration depend.
The extract in question has been represented to be as follows. "If there is a danger of the public payments not being punctual, I submit whether it may not be better that the discontents which would then arise, should be transferred from a court of whole good offices we have so much need, to the brents of a private company." By this Mr. Jefferson is exhibited, if not as the author of this proposition, yet as submitting it singly to their consideration, and pressing its adoption by Congress. And from the manner of the publication, and his comments on it, the honor and credit of the writer become pledged, not only for its truth and accuracy but likewise for its impartiality, in presenting before the public, a full and candid statement of whatever was necessary to enable them to form a just estimate of its merit.
To exculpate him from this dishonorable imputation, even the extract furnished, false and deceptive as it is, upon a sound construction, would have been sufficient. The sole question it involves is, whether the Congress would consent that the French court should assign the debt we owed them, to a company of private merchants; whether they would agree, to pay the latter at the same time, and under the same conditions, precisely the same sum we owed the former. If Mr. Jefferson had advocated this idea, wherein does the turpitude consist? Debts between individuals have this property, and assignments of them are daily supported in the courts of law and equity. Those from the public to individuals likewise have it: indeed the greater part, perhaps by this time the whole, of the American debt has undergone this process. Upon what principle then refuse it to that due to France? Does morality distinguish between the cases? Or were the claims of that magnanimous nation, for past advances, and at a period of great distress, less to be regarded? or those, who were to profit by the transaction, less the favorites of our government, than others who have since infested its seat, and preyed upon individuals.
But the vindication of Mr. Jefferson against this charge does not rest upon the above principle. The contents of his letter, even in the extract published, have been shamefully misrepresented; other parts, absolutely necessary for the full comprehension of it suppressed; and the proposition
which he discountenanced, imposed on him as his own. I have lately seen an extract, in possession of a gentleman, who was at that time a member of the Congress, and whose authenticity cannot be questioned, which verifies what I have here advanced. The only proposition which he made to Congress, was to borrow the money in Holland, and discharge the French debt. This alone was his wish. With respect to the project of the transfer he was only the vehicle of communication, and at the particular request of the agent of the company; hazarding transiently only, in presenting it to the view of that body, an idea which occurred, and which must have occurred to any other person, that it might be better to have for creditors, those from whom no friendly offices had been received, than a powerful nation who had already conferred, and from whom we might hereafter have occasion to solicit, the most important services.
Mr. Jefferson never sought to injure France: that court, and the whole nation would exculpate him from the charge. And the imputation of intending any deception on the mercantile company, is equally false and groundless. By them the contract was solicited of France; and for the deposit of twenty millions of livres, they were to have become entitled to twenty-four, making thereby a clear gain of four millions, with the high rate of interest stipulated by the loan. Our assent was only desired for its consummation. Is it to be presumed that this company were ignorant of the actual state of the debt or of our ability to pay it? and was it in such event his duty to interfere, in derogation of the character of his country, to warn them of the danger of our probable failure?
The person who published the mutilated extract possesses I presume the true one. The whole was deposited in the quarter from whence it is believed to have been taken. I now therefore call upon him to produce the entire paragraph in his defence. In contempt of official duties, as heretofore suggested and not denied, the veil of secrecy has been torn from it. Whatever detriment, if any, could be sustained from the exposure of a confidential paper, has been already rendered. It only remains by the publication of the truth, to fix the stigma on him who deserves it. Let this likewise proceed from the same party thus notably distinguished, in gratification of private revenge, for the pernicious example of a gross violation of the duties of a public trust, and a glaring outrage on the delicacy of a foreign correspondence.
The visionary danger which threatens in the minds of some men, the public credit, has long been a theme for copious declamation. An enquiry into any proposition, sanctioned by a certain party, however unconnected with it, has been represented as seeking its destruction; and those who conduct it, though otherwise eminently distinguished for their talents, their patriotism, their public and private virtues, as having this object solely in view. Much labor and ingenuity have also been bestowed in an effort to impress the public creditors with a belief that on the success of this enterprising faction, in all its measures, their safety depends. Can these arts long bewilder the public mind, and divert it from the true object of enquiry? Can any person who dispassionately contemplates the obvious tendency of measures, with the known and avowed principles of those who espouse them, doubt that the end to which they are intended to be made subservient, far surpasses the honest boundary of a strict fulfillment of the public faith?
DESCRIPTION OF THE THEATRE AT TURIN.
THE form is that of an egg, cut across. There are six rows of boxes, which are narrow in front, but very commodious, and hold eight persons each. The king's box is in the second row, and fronts the stage; it is 30 feet wide, Paris measure, and the back front is covered with looking-glass, which reflects the stage so, that those who happen to have their backs turned to the actors, being either conversing or at play, may see the performance in a mirror. These glasses form a partition, which may be moved whenever they choose to enlarge the box, there being a room behind. The very great breadth of the stage produces a most noble effect. The proscenium measures forty-five Paris feet. The depth of the stage one hundred and five, beyond which they can have a paved court of 24 feet. A gentle rise is contrived at the sides, by which may be introduced triumphal cars for great processions, horses, &c. They can also throw a draw-bridge across when the scene requires it, and have a contrivance for letting in water, so as to produce a jet d'eau of thirty feet high. Sixty horses at a time have been bro't on the stage, and have manœuvred with ease in representation of battles, &c. The orchestra is so curiously constructed, as, by having a place left underneath, which is concave and semicircular, to augment the sound of the instruments very considerable.
FROM THE CONNECTICUT COURANT.
IF any government has a right to be obeyed it is a republican government; the people only obey themselves—each individual submits to the whole society. It is not doing sufficient justice to republicanism to say that the people submit to authority, they in fact exercise it, they rule their rulers. In a thousand forms, in practice as well as in theory, a republican nation is the real sovereign; Americans have bled to establish this truth, and now shall they deny it? The world has profited by the lessons which have cost us so dear, and more than one great nation is now reducing them to practice, shall we, in spite of our own experience and applause, which encourage us to proceed, tread backward and lose our rank among freemen? We are led by the extraordinary nature of the resolutions of certain persons in the back counties of Pennsylvania, to ask whether in our country these truly republican principles have lost their authority? Whether like ingenious sophisms which are the fashion of one age and out of vogue in the next, they are to be admired in books and rejected in the administration of public affairs? But the people of America know, and it is a truth written with their blood, that their freedom consists in their being governed by laws of their own enacting. It is a solemn truth, and to be practised, or law and equal right, and liberty would lose half their value by losing all their obligation.—What then shall we say to the resolutions? They affect to abhor an excise law; in this possibly they may be sincere, and those will most readily believe they are so, who suppose they equally abhor all law but their own will, and all government but their own passions. It may not be a hard or difficult task for a few artful men in a country where few ministers of the gospel are to be found, and few if any schools are kept, to persuade the uninformed that an excise or any other law is unfriendly to their liberties. Any law is unfriendly to the wild liberty of an individual; but civil liberty cannot subsist an hour without law—the liberty a stronger man than I has to knock me on the head must be restrained, or I can enjoy no liberty. We think the people of the New-England States do not love liberty less than the settlers in the back parts of Pennsylvania; yet they have been long used to an excise, and submit to it cheerfully, as they see the Treasury of the United States filled with the monies arising from the duties on their distilleries. Direct taxes are by this means avoided, and the farmer is left to pursue his important calling without interruption. But are the frontiers of Pennsylvania to be defended by committees of correspondence created for the express purpose of opposing the laws? Are they to be exempt from the very taxes which cause the stream of public money to continue to flow into that country who will not pay a farthing
to the United States? Is all the burthen to be borne by those who obey the law? What doth it signify that laws are made by representatives equally chosen, and on principles of equal justice, if they are not equally enforced? Surely if any are to be treated with partial favor it should not be the breakers of the public peace; it should not be those who conspire against law and liberty. They pretend to dread the arbitrary nature of an excise act. Who believes those understand well what liberty is who practise it so ill? What is to be the effect of these combinations—these county meetings? Are they ready to resist the will of the people expressed in the law of the land, or shall their resistance controul the government? In a word, shall the people of the United States be governed by the four western counties of Pennsylvania? or, shall those counties be governed by the people of the United States? The excise law might perhaps be wanting in many provisions to secure its due execution; but it has never been shewn (and is hardly pretended) to have any thing in it more dangerous to liberty than the impost act; yet the merchants who submit to the latter, have shewn themselves eminently attached to liberty and good government. The excise law ever had many prejudices to contend against—allowances ought to be made for the first unfavorable impressions on men not much accustomed to law—such allowances were the more proper to be made, as men were not wanting who made it a business to blow up the minds of the people against the excise. Every body knows how restless and unprincipled men get power and influence, in turbulent times—for that end they seize every occasion to make the times turbulent. All these allowances have been made for the opposers of the law—time has been allowed for their passions to subside, and their prejudices to wear out; their outrages have been winked at, and in condescension to them the law has been revised, and almost every exceptionable or obnoxious part, as far as could consist with the execution of it, has been modified. The increased and increasing expence of an Indian war which carries the solid wealth of the other parts of the United States into the wilderness, seemed to be sufficient to silence those who are so directly interested; but we behold with regret and surprise that a plan of opposition to the law has been matured into a system. A meeting of private persons assumes for the back counties of Pennsylvania, the authority of a public body. Any man who shall be so lost to a sense of right and wrong as to accept of a commission from the President of the United States to execute this law, is to be cut off from society. Like Cain, he is to become an outcast, and every man's hand is to be raised against him. What doth all this mean? the will of part of the people of a small part of Pennsylvania, is opposed to the will of the United States, that is to their law—and they let us know that their force also is opposed to that of the nation. Either this open resistance to lawful authority is to remain or to be suppressed. If it remain, then the law must be repealed, for it would be monstrous to collect taxes from those who are willing to pay, and to excuse those who defy the power of the Union, and dare you to enforce the laws. If the laws be repealed what shall be substituted? such a law as a few individuals will be pleased of their own free will to obey, or must we do as we can without any law of the kind? What law for collecting an internal revenue would be submitted to by men who pursue measures subversive of all law and order, it is not easy to conjecture. Would they not tar and feather a collector of a land or poll tax? The produce of their farms is not to be touched—Is this not saying government shall exempt our persons and property from taxes, and they are welcome to what they can get otherwise. It is a farce to conjecture what revenue law will suit them—Is it possible to repeal the law in question consistent with the public good? The money raised by it, now, must be then sought for in some other way—the impost is already great; will the farmers of America now freed from land taxes, and as it were restored to the use of their hands, submit to have them tied again, and a second time take the millstone of direct taxation about their necks, because the frontier people of Pennsylvania dislike the present mode of raising money? If no money ought under present circumstances to be obtained by dry taxes, and no more ought to be raised by impost, what other proper and adequate revenue is to be established? none is suggested. Shall the laws of the United States be opposed, and in effect set aside and repealed in the corner of one State? Perhaps they will suffer others to pay, and may hope money will thus be obtained for public exigencies. It concerns the dignity of a republican to shew that the law is really supreme. The disobedience of the minority is a wrong done the majority—Burdens are made unequal. The constitution of the United States and the laws of Congress have made provision for executing the lawful authority, and they are no more than a dead letter if it be not done. A tardy support of the law is a surrender of it. It can only embolden the opposers—it will aggravate the malady which must be destroyed or it will destroy.
* This writer in answer to a very sensible and well-written piece under the signature of ARISTIDES has confessed that the first statement made by him with so much confidence, was inaccurate; but even here he still states it in a point of view which justifies the remark I have made.

MR. FENNO, WHY was not the elegant French Sonnet, ad-dressed to Mr. Fieneau, and published in his Gazette of Wednesday last, translated for the delight of common readers? 'Tis unkind thus to confine the treat to the few. In the Nation's Ga-zette the many may expect to partake of what is good. And that it is good may be presumed from its being in that chaste and free Gazette, as well as from its being a lampoon on the Vice-Pre-sident and the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Fieneau being translator of French was in duty bound to translate it; and in rhyme too, as he is a poet. Many admirers of the chaste style of that Gazette, are of opinion that the editor only could do justice to the spirit of the original, which is often lost in the translation from one tongue to a-noother—as good spirit flies while it is drawing in-to another eak. There is an elegance in the clas-sical works of Grub-street, which was thought beyond the reach of imitation in this country, till the attempt by the editor of that paper evinced by its success that fit occasions are sometimes wanting, but when they do occur they seldom fail to draw forth genius. No sooner did that gazette appear, than it seemed if certain bright geniuses had sud-denly found their talents with the opportunity to display them. The translator of French, may be said, therefore, to do a public wrong by with-holding a translation which he only has a talent to give, without suffering the volatile salt of the French to escape. Only two reasons occur to dil-dilate him. The piece being in praise of him-self, his modesty is spared some blushes while it remains in a foreign tongue; and secondly, being hired in the department of state, possibly his em-ployer might be offended with a lampoon on two great officers of the government. But a free press, that is to say, a press engaged to publish cutting, two-edged pieces against men and measures, should not be gag'd and muzzled by little scruples. An opportunity to tell keen truths may not occur with equal advantage; and on the other hand, if the piece were translated, though his modesty might suffer, it is to be hoped it would not die of its wounds; and his employer would forgive any rude treatment of those great officers, from a just sense of the great zeal and faithful services of his clerk and editor in the cause of liberty. Perhaps, after all, the many may yet hope to be favored with a translation. C.
FROM THE MAIL.
MR. CLAYPOLE, HAVING observed in your paper of this day, a New-York paragraph, that the Electors of Vermont would most probably give a uni-namous vote for the re-election of George Wash-ington and John Adams, to the office of Presi-dent and Vice-President of the United States. I could wish to hint to the public the reason why the Vermont Electors will so vote, especial-ly with respect to the latter gentleman; which is, that they believe him a true friend to the in-terests of the United States, a true friend to its constitution, a firm and true republican, of ho-nest and independent sentiments, and a man who presides, in his present station, with the strictest integrity and impartiality. This opin-ion, I believe, is also entertained by the Ver-mont representatives in both houses of Con-gress. I know also, that every person of lib-eral and honest sentiments, who is acquainted with Mr. Adams, will, and does freely acknow-ledge it to be well founded. I will add, that I believe Mr. Adams is too honest a man to dis-semble his political sentiments. A REPUBLICAN.
Nov. 5. 1792.
Domestic Articles.
COLUMBIA, (S. C.) October 27.
Tuesday evening, as Mr. Harrow, of Granby, was proceeding on his way to Charleston, the strap, of his saddle bags, which fastened them be-hind the saddle, were cut, and the bags strol-en. He did not miss them till he stopped at a house near Sandy-Run, about a mile from the spot where they were afterwards found in the road, emptied of their con-tents, amounting to upwards of Four Hundred Pounds in gold. Mr. Har-row is unfortunately stone blind, so that the servant consequently rode before him, which prevented a time-ly discovery of the transaction, par-ticularly as it was night when the robbery was committed.
NORFOLK, October 24.
This day arrived the brig Julia, Capt. Weilbrook, in 6 weeks from Cadiz.—Capt. Weilbrook informs, that the sailors belonging to the French ships in the port of Cadiz, were not allowed to go on shore—That there were great rejoicings in Cadiz on the queen of France's birth-day; that as soon as the news of the deposition of the king of France was received, all the French ships in that port were ordered to depart immedi-ately—That the Spaniards were bu-sy in fitting out a fleet of twelve sail; and that the declaration of war was to have been made the morning Capt. Westbrook left Cadiz.
BOSTON, October 29.
His Excellency the Governor, by Proclamation, has directed that the
general court hold their next session, the 7th of November, in the town of Concord
Thursday the 29th day of Novem-ber next, is appointed by authority to be observed as a day of Thanks-giving and Praise, throughout this Com-monwealth.
Thursday the 15th day of Novem-ber, is appointed as a day of public Thanksgiving throughout the state of New-Hampshire.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7, 1792.
Mr. Schoonmaker, from New York; Mr. Kitchell, from New Jersey; and Mr. Lee, from Virginia; took their seats this day.
Mr. Steele called the attention of the House to the resolution passed at the close of the last session, for taking into consideration, the report of the commit-tee relative to the expedition under the command of General St. Clair, against the Indian tribes. He accordingly moved, that the report should be referred to a committee of the whole house, to con-sider and report thereupon. This motion was agreed to, and the subject made the order of the day, for this day week.
The Speaker communicated a letter from the Treasurer of the United States, enclosing his accounts. These were or-dered to be printed for the use of the House.
Mr. Goodhue moved, that a committee be appointed, to bring in a bill or bills, to provide for the registering of ships or ves-sels, and to regulate those that may be employed in the coaling trade, and in the fisheries; this motion being agreed to, Mr. Goodhue, Mr. Fitzsimons, and Mr. Parker, were appointed the com-mittee.
Mr. White presented a memorial from Joseph Barnes, respecting the act pro-viding for the encouragement of the use-ful arts; praying for a more effectual pa-ten system.
A message was received from the Pre-sident of the United States, by Mr. Se-cretary Lear, communicating certain pa-pers specified in the letter accompanying them.
Pursuant to the order of the day, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and took into consideration the Speech of the President of the United States, to both Houses.
Mr. Lawrance in the Chair.
The Speech being read by the Clerk, Mr. Smith (S. C.) moved a resolution to the following purport:
That it is the opinion of this commit-tee, that a committee ought to be ap-pointed, to prepare and report a respect-ful address to the President of the United States, in answer to his Speech to both Houses of Congress, at the opening of the present session; with assurances, that this House will take into consideration, the important matters submitted to them.
This resolution, being reported to the House, was adopted; and a committee, consisting of Mr. Madison, Mr. Ben-ton, and Mr. Murray, appointed for that pur-pose.
The message from the President of the United States was read; it contained a communication from the Secretary of State, enclosing an account of the appli-cation of the fund appropriated to foreign purposes. Also, a letter from the justices of the supreme court, including a memori-al to Congress, respecting the great in-conveniences to which they are subject-ed, by the operation of the law of the United States establishing the judiciary syltem. Also, a letter from the judges of the district court of the state of North Carolina, stating certain legal and consti-tutional objections to the duty enjoined on them, as commissioners to examine and determine on the cases of invalid pen-sioners.
The next article in the message, the Speaker informed the House, was of a confidential nature; whereupon the gal-leries were shut.
Thursday, November 8.
Mr. Heither attended yesterday and Mr Jacobs this day.
Mr. Smith, of the committee on the petition of the merchants of Charleston S. C. brought in a report, which stated, that the facts therein referred to were well founded: the report proposes two resolutions, to the following purport:
That a bill be brought in, to regulate fees in the Admiralty courts of the Unit-ed States.
That the clause in the act providing "for the regulation of seamen in the mer-chant's service," complained of in the pe-tition, be repealed, and that a clause providing for a different arrangement in the case, be substituted.—Read and laid on the table.
Several petitions were read and laid on the table.
A letter was read from the Secretary of War, communicating, pursuant to orders from the President of the United States, an account of a treaty lately concluded at Post Vincennes, by General Putnam, with sundry tribes of Indians, situated on the Wabash and Illinois rivers, lately at war with the United States. This communi-cation contained a speech of General Put-nam sent to the Wabash tribes, a speech to the Delawares by the Rev. Mr. Heik-elwelder, and a speech of General Putnam to those tribes who have made peace.—This account was received by the Supreme Executive yesterday, by express.
On the motion of Mr. Lee, the report of the Secretary of the Treasury with re-spect to lost certificates, was referred to a committee of the whole house, on next Monday week.
Mr. Williamson called the attention of the house to the act providing for more effectual encouragement to useful arts, and to the authors of useful discoveries and in-ventions; and on motion of that gentleman the petition of Joseph Barnes on the sub-ject was referred to a select committee, and Mr. Williamson, Mr. Sturges and Mr. Lee were appointed.
On motion of Mr. William Smith, that part of the President's speech which re-lates to the Judiciary system of the Unit-ed States, was referred to a select com-mittee.
And Messrs. Livermore, Ben-ton, Ki-tera, Venable, and William Smith, were appointed.
On motion of Mr. Fitzsimons, a com-mittee was appointed, to report a bill or bills, providing for the regulation of Pilots and the superintendence of Ligh-thouses, Beacons, Buoys, & public Piers, throughout the United States.—Commit-tee: Mr. Fitzsimons, Mr. Parker, Mr. Williamson.
Mr. Goodhue then moved that the house should resume the consideration of that part of the President's message of yesterday which was confidential: this mo-tion being acceded to, the gallery was cleared.
Alex. Orr, Esq. member from Kentuc-ky, appeared, was qualified and took his seat this day.
Mr. Findley appeared and took his seat this day.
Purport of the speech of General PUTNAM, to the Tribes of Indians who are yet hostile to the United States:—
Brothers,
THE great chief of the United States sent a message of peace to you; I have been here four months and transmitted it, and tho' I have waited so long for you, you are not come.—I have had a talk with the Wabash and Illinois tribes, and held a treaty with them at Post-Vincennes, where we have buried the hatchet, wiped off every stain of blood, and concluded a firm and lasting peace.
If you would hear me, it might be for your good, but open your ears, and listen to the truth.
I wish a firm peace established be-tween you and the United States, that your women, children and old men may go to rest without fear, and your young men attend to their hunting and live comfortably.
All this can be accomplished. The United States do not want to take your tands from you by force. They wish to see justice done and peace estab-lished.
I send this speech by some of those who were here, and have witnessed the good intentions of the United States.
Brothers,
Send some of your wise men to the Miami, that we may speak together before I return to the great chief General Washington; arise then and let us shake hands.
Post-Vincennes, Oct. 5th, 1792.
Substance of Rev. Mr. Heikelwelder's message to the Delawares:
I have come from Bethlehem to en-deavor to establish peace between you and the United States—I have lived long with you and should wish to see you happy. The great chief of the union is a good man, and wishes the welfare of your women and children and of you all.
Many bad things have happened, but they were the consequences of the war. Don't think of what has passed, but come and let us talk together.—Rise, don't lose the opportunity.—Let your wise men meet me at the mouth of the Muskingum.
Substance of General Putnam's speech to the peaceful tribes, inviting them to come to Philadelphia:
Brothers,
Let us endeavour to restore peace and happiness as far as is in our power. Send a speech to the Shawanese, Delawares, and others, who have hitherto stopped their ears & will not hear. I propose sending one speech more to endeavor to make peace.
Brothers,
General Washington is very desir-ous to see you at the council fire, to meet him and the other great coun-tellors of the United States. If you agree to send one or two chiefs from each nation, I will provide for the ex-pence of the journey and their safety. Take the road to the falls of the Ohio by land, then by water to Pittsburgh, and then by land to Philadelphia. I wish your answer as soon as possible.
FRIDAY, Nov. 9.
Mr. Leonard presented a petition from James Willis, an invalid, for a pension.
Mr. Lee presented a petition from Thomas Johnson, for a pension.
On motion, the petition of Thomas Johnson was referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Bourne, (R.I.) and Mr. Lee.
The other petitions on the same subject, and the representation of the judges of the circuit court of the state of North Carolina, were referred to the same committee.
A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Secretary Lear, commu-nicating sundry papers relative to the boundaries of the state of Virginia and the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio.
The papers accompanying this message were read.
Mr. Madison, of the committee on the President's Speech to both Houses, reported an address in an-swer thereto.—This address was read, & referred to a committee of the whole house to-morrow.
Mr. Murray called the attention of the House to that part of the President's Speech, relative to the provision in the post-office law for the trans-mission of newspapers.—After some introductory remarks, he introduced a motion for a committee to examine into the subject—laid on the table.
Christopher Grenock, Esq. member from the state of Kentucky, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat.
On motion, the message of the President of the United States respecting the boundary line between Virginia and the territory South of the Ohio, was referred to Messrs. Williamson, Boudinot, and Pag.
The consideration of the private business recur-ring—the galleries were again cleared.
Philadelphia, Nov. 10.
From a Boston paper of Nov. 1.
FLYING REPORT.
Captain Ingersol, arrived at Salem last Tues-day in 24 days from Point Petre, and informs, that two days before he sailed, a vessel arrived there from France which brought accounts, that the Austrian army had taken possession of Paris—that there had been a prodigious slaughter in the city, and that the King was re-instated on the Throne. In consequence of which, Captain Ingersol says, that the National Cockades were taken out, and the White replaced in their room; and that the ships in the harbour of Point Petre had their White Flags again displayed.
[Probably the same story received here some time since.]
In classing the Kentucky Senators, Mr. Brown is placed in class No. 2—the time of which will expire next March. Mr. Edwards is in class No. 3—he will consequently be in once two years from March, 1793.
Authentic accounts from Marseilles inform, that owing to the badness of the crops this year, there is the greatest danger of a scarcity of grain in that city and in the south of France. We have received official documents on this subject, the length of which precludes their appearance in this day's Gazette—but they will be laid be-fore the public in our next. At present it may be proper to state, that the highest price may be expected for wheat and flour at Marseilles, with every other encouragement that the cit-izens, the Mayor & municipality of that city, can give to make commercial adventures in that line beneficial to the concerned.

A gentleman, arrived on Tuesday from Cape-Francois, informs us, that the colony, at the time of its departure, which was the 21st of last month, was in a more distracted state than it has been at any period since the rebellion of the negroes. Discord and confusion seem to have erected their standard at the Cape-Party spirit is wound up to a pitch that has seldom been equalled, even in the most violent and disastrous revolutions. The common and inveterate enemy to the white people (the rebel negroes) is nearly forgotten—and the colonists are totally absorbed in animosity against each other.
Tuesday evening the 23d ult. a fire broke out in Fayetteville, North-Carolina, which raged in such a tremendous manner as to consume 60 buildings before it was checked. Col. James Porterfield is the greatest sufferer in buildings; the houses he has lost cost 6000 pounds. The value of the whole number of buildings burnt, is estimated at Thirty Thousand Pounds.—No estimate can at present be made of the loss of goods.—The most probable account of the cause of this unfortunate event, is, that a small negro girl of Col. Dekeyser's, accidentally caught a broom-straw mat on fire in the garret with a candle.
This is a severe stroke to Fayetteville, which can only be said to be in its infancy. But it is with much satisfaction observed, that the sufferers, in general, are in good spirits, and many of them already making preparations to build again—and, we hope in a few months to have the pleasure of announcing to the public, that that part of the town is completely rebuilt.
The Canal intended to unite the waters of Susquehannah and Schuylkill, was begun on Friday the 26th ult. on the crown level of the middle ground, between the Tolpehocken and Quinapahilla; and the canal for uniting the waters of the Schuylkill and Delaware, was begun on Tuesday last week, near Norriton Mills.
The highly improved state of the arts in England, may be in some measure conjectured from the following circumstances:—There is now publishing in London, a splendid edition of Shakespeare, the subscription price is ninety guineas! Also, an edition of Hume's History of England, in five volumes, with notes by Dr. Kippis, and a continuation by Dr. Towers, the subscription to which is sixty guineas! Thompson's Seasons are likewise to be published by subscription, at four guineas each.
These works are to be highly embellished with historical and illustrative prints, by the most eminent engravers, from pictures painted on purpose, by the first artists in England.
The eagerness with which the subscription lists to these elegant chef d'oeuvres of art are filled, gives great reason to suppose, that in a very few years, all the classical and esteemed authors of England will be printed and embellished in a similar manner.
By a proclamation of his Excellency Thomas Sim Lee, Esq. Governor of the state of Maryland, it appears that George Dent, John F. Mercer, Uriah Forrest, Thomas Sprigg, Samuel Smith, Gabriel Christie, William Hindman, and William Vans Murray, Esquires, are chosen to represent that state in the third Congress of the United States.
On Tuesday the following gentlemen were chosen, by the citizens of Philadelphia, as electors of a President and Vice-President of the United States, viz.
William Henry, Joseph Heister, John Boyd, Thomas McKean, Cornelius Cox, David Stewart, George Latimer, Robert Coleman, Henry Miller, James Morris, Robert Johnston, Thomas Bull, John Wilkins, jun. Robert Hare, and Hugh Lloyd.
Lord Garlies, son of the Earl of Galloway, and Captain Markham, who arrived at New-York a few days ago from Quebec, are not only to make a tour thro' the United States, but intend, we are told, to visit some of the remote and interior parts of America.
By the Schooner Fox, we have received intelligence from Cape-Francois, as late as the 23d ult. There has been fresh disturbances at the Cape, between the old troops, who are ordered away, and the militia of the place. The new troops that had arrived some time before, are better pleased with the militia, and have acted in concert with them, in their mutual exertions to subdue the insurgents, but the task seems to be both difficult and will be but slowly accomplished. The old troops that were quartered in the town, have committed great excesses previous to their departure; several riots have taken place, and six or seven of the militia have fallen a sacrifice to those regulars. Most of the persons who suffered were citizens of the first respectability.
The ship Commerce, Capt. Bergman, arrived here on Tuesday last from Lisbon, which port she left the 20th September, but brings no intelligence of French affairs. It was spoken at Lisbon, that Dr. Willis was expected back again, to try another experiment on the Queen of Portugal, by plunging her in the sea—a machine has been prepared for this purpose.
Extract of a letter dated Louisville, in Kentucky, October 14.
A treaty was opened on the 24th of last month at Port Vincennes, with 7 nations of Indians, viz.—The Eel Rivers, Weachtcons, Piankikhuas, Potawatheims, Kickapoos, Kikakias, and Musquedons, and concluded on the 27th; which nations have buried the hatchet, and are now entirely broke off from the league of the war nations.
There are now the principal chiefs of these nations, 16 in number, with three of their women, on their way to Congress, here with me at this place. They are to proceed from hence up the Ohio River to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Died, on the 2d inst. in this city, in the 38th year of his age, Mr. JEAN ALEXIS CLAUDIUS, a native of Dijon, a town of Burgundy in France. His death was occasioned by the fracture of his skull in falling from his horse in Third-street, near Pine-street, on the 28th ultimo.
On Tuesday last, the Legislature of the state of New-Jersey appointed the Hon. FREDERICK FRELINGHUYSEN, Esq. a Senator in the Congress of the United States, to take his seat on the fourth day of March next—and the following gentlemen Electors of the President and Vice-President of the United States:—
Thomas Henderson, Aaron D. Woodruff, Richard Stockton, John Van Cleave, Joseph Bloomfield, Samuel Dick, Esq's.
Franklin Davenport, State of the votes for Federal Representatives at the late election in New-Jersey.
 John Beatty, 7028  Jonathan Dayton, 5741  Abraham Clark, 5935  Elias Boudinot, 4626  Lambert Cadwalader, 4315  Thomas Sinnickson, 3794  Aaron Kitchell, 3666   The five first are chosen.
The following is extracted from the Boston Gazette of Oct. 29.—It is not a bad imitation of a late slander lately cast on the Whigs of '75, from another quarter.
"Such is the unbounded thirst after monopoly, lies with these men of the NATIONAL PANDEMONIUM, that unless they are speedily checked in their career, they will absorb in one gulp, the wealth, the strength, and the labour of the nation. To counteract their mad projects that have been but too successful, and to redress the grievances under which the Nation labours, you will in a few days have recourse to that sacred right—THE RIGHT OF ELECTION—exercise this valuable gift with judgment and discernment, and bear in remembrance, that the Old Tories of our Country in '75, are become the Old Tories of '92."
A correspondent says.—The only States from which accounts have been received, of the Electors of Members for the third Congress, are, New-Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Georgia—and that THE PEOPLE of all those States, have rejected a great majority of their Federal, Independent Members. Col. Centinel.
It is extremely probable that, had the first session of Congress, under the new constitution, been held in this city instead of New-York, we should at this time exhibit more republicanism in our public formalities. Indeed, since this city has become the seat of Federal Government a step or two towards that desirable simplicity, has been accomplished.
In a government like ours, the people are not to be imposed upon by ceremonious forms, or outward show, and our endeavors to imitate the fopperies of European courts can only draw on us the ridicule of the reflecting. Gen. Advs.
A correspondent informs us, that conversing lately on the subject of Spartan simplicity, with a gentleman in this city—the latter observed, that if he could but see the Representatives and Senators of the United States, attending Congress in leathern donbets, and each with his wallet of dried beef, mouldy bread and good strong cheese, like the Dutch deputies of old, he should then think our republican government immortal.
N. B. This advocate for simplicity and self-denial is constantly arrayed in silk and fine linen, and fares sumptuously every day.—Should our civil rulers wait for the force of example to influence them to adopt the whims of certain declaimers against luxury, they need not anticipate being obliged to wear wooden shoes and leather jackets very soon.
The Legislature of the state of New-York convened last Wednesday—the Governor opened the session with a speech, of which the following is an extract:—
Gentlemen of the Senate and Assembly, "THE present meeting, being in pursuance of a law of the last session, authorizing you to appoint Electors of a President and Vice-President of the United States; this important business will consequently engage your immediate attention, especially as further Legislative provision will be necessary on this subject, owing to the establishment of a ratio of representation, different from the one contemplated by that law."
"As the period of the stated annual meeting of the Legislature will soon arrive, economical considerations will sufficiently recommend the expediency of completing the public business previous to an adjournment. The settlement of our contested boundaries, the digest of our law, the arrangement of our finances, and the other various salutary regulations, which since the conclusion of the late war have occupied the attention of the Legislature, being happily accomplished, your present deliberations will necessarily be confined to a few objects. At this time I have therefore only to mention to you the necessity of providing for the election of Members of the House of Representatives of the United States, agreeably to our late apportionment. The conforming our Militia establishment to the regulations recently enacted by Congress, and the revision and amendment of such of our laws, as may from experience have been found obscure and defective."
The following members of the Senate of the United States, convened in the Senate-Chamber on Monday last, pursuant to adjournment, viz.
FROM New-Hampshire, Mr. Langdon, Mr. Wingate. Massachusetts, Mr. Strong, Mr. Cabot. Rhode Island, Mr. Foster. Connecticut, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Ellsworth. New-York, Mr. King. New-Jersey, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Rutherford. Delaware, Mr. Read. Virginia, Mr. Monroe. Kentucky, Mr. Brown, Mr. Edwards. North-Carolina, Mr. Hawkins. South-Carolina, Mr. Izard, Mr. Butler. Georgia, Mr. Few. Vermont— Mr. Robinson and Mr. Bradley. Mr. Henry from Maryland, took his seat on Thursday.
Extract from the Charge delivered by his Honor the Chief Justice, on Thursday last, to the Grand Jury for this city and county.
"Before I conclude, it grieves me that I have occasion to mention, that there has been an illegal combination to oppose the execution of the laws of the United States for raising a revenue upon spirits distilled within the same, inasmuch as to constrain the President to issue his proclamation, exhorting all persons whom it may concern, to refrain from all unlawful combinations and proceedings whatsoever, having for object, or tending to obstruct the operation of the said laws; and charging and requiring all courts, magistrates and officers whom it may concern, to exert their lawful powers in bringing to justice the infractors thereof, and to secure obedience thereto; and enjoining all persons whomsoever, as they tender the welfare of their country, the just and due authority of government, and the preservation of the public peace to be aiding and assisting therein according to law."
"The Governor, anxious for a strict and faithful attention to our federal obligations, and convinced that the prosperity of the states individually depends on the prosperity of the union, has been pleased, by a letter directed to the justices of the supreme court, on the 5th of last month, to request that we will take every official opportunity to inculcate the indispensable duty of obedience to the acts of Congress; and particularly, as far as our jurisdiction extends, to charge the Grand-Juries to enquire into and present all offences of the nature, to which the President's proclamation refers."
"It is strange that a people but just rescued from the galling yoke of foreign bondage, having just got rid of a despotic government, will not submit to one free and equal. What avails it to be exempt from the chains of a precarious tyranny, if men still continue slaves to the vipers of their own corrupt nature? The smallest tax, though absolutely necessary for the public safety against a barbarous savage enemy, and tending also to promote industry, and to restrain excess in the use of an intoxicating and destructive spirit, makes them restless and impatient. They quarrel with a constitution and government, purchased at the expence of much blood and treasure, and framed by themselves; they despise the rulers of their own choice, and trample on laws of their own making. What occasion is there for such violent and unwarrantable proceedings? If any law shall bear heavy on the citizens, or any class of them, why do they not represent the case to the proper legislature, composed of persons elected by themselves? If the complaint is founded in reason, they may be sure of redress. The disease must be known before the remedy can be applied. Men who regard order, tranquility and peace; men who love their country, will use all honest means to promote them: They will endeavor to enlighten the ignorant, to calm the passions of the violent, and by their advice, influence and example, to inculcate a due obedience to the laws; for where the laws end, there tyranny begins. Any government is preferable to none, a tyranny to an anarchy."
"If any of the offences referred to in the proclamation of the President, shall have been committed within this city or county, and have or shall come to your knowledge, I rest assured you will present the offender to the court for trial and for punishment."
Yesterday at 11 o'clock the Senate of the United States waited on the President at his own house, with the following address in answer to his Speech to both Houses.
To the President of the United States.
ACCEPT, Sir, our grateful acknowledgements for your address at the opening of the present session. We participate with you in the satisfaction arising from the continuance of the general prosperity of the nation; but it is not without the most sincere concern that we are informed, that the reiterated efforts which have been made to establish peace with the hostile Indians have hitherto failed to accomplish that desired object: hoping that the measures still depending may prove more successful than those which have preceded them, we shall nevertheless concur in every necessary preparation for the alternative; and should the Indians on either side of the Ohio persist in their hostilities, fidelity to the Union, as well as affection for our fellow-citizens on the frontiers, will insure our decided co-operation in every measure, which shall be deemed requisite for their protection and safety.
At the same time that we avow the obligation of the government to afford its protection to every part of the Union—we cannot refrain from expressing our regret that even a small portion of our fellow citizens in any quarter of it, should have combined to oppose the operation of the law for the collection of duties on spirits distilled within the United States; a law repeatedly sanctioned by the authority of the nation, and at this juncture materially connected with the safety and protection of those who oppose it.—Should the means already adopted, fail in securing obedience to this law, such further measures as may be thought necessary to carry the same into complete operation, cannot fail to receive the approbation of the legislature, and the support of every patriotic citizen.
It yields us particular pleasure to learn that the productiveness of the revenue of the present year, will probably supercede the necessity of any additional tax for the service of the next.
The organization of the government of the State of Kentucky being an event peculiarly interesting to a part of our fellow-citizens, and conducive to the general order, affords us particular satisfaction.
We are happy to learn that the high state of our credit abroad has been evinced by the terms on which the new loans have been negotiated.
In the course of the session we shall proceed to take into consideration the several objects
which you have been pleased to recommend to our attention; and keeping in view the importance of union and stability in the public councils, we shall labor to render our decisions conducive to the safety and happiness of our country.
We repeat with pleasure our assurances of confidence in your administration, and our ardent wish, that your unabated zeal for the public good, may be rewarded by the durable prosperity of the nation, and every ingredient of personal happiness.
JOHN LANGDON, President, pro tempore of the Senate.
To which the President made the following reply.
I DERIVE much pleasure, Gentlemen, from your very satisfactory address. The renewed assurances of your confidence in my administration, and the expression of your wish for my personal happiness, claim and receive my particular acknowledgments.—In my future endeavor for the public welfare; to which my duty may call me, I shall not cease to count upon the firm, enlightened and patriotic support of the Senate.
G. WASHINGTON.
One of the first objects which will claim the attention of Congress will be a provision for the residue of the state debts, which was postponed last session for want of time and sufficient information as to their amount. Mail.
Extract of a letter from Holland.
"You have already been informed that our government has prohibited the importation of tea, coming from your ports, and now has laid an additional duty of one per cent. on all American imports, and half per cent on exports for your continent. This measure has been taken to counterbalance the prohibition lately made on your side, of Holland-gin in cases; which article was one of the few we were able to furnish you with, in return for so many cargoes of tobacco, rice, &c. we do annually receive from North-America. As, by this innovation, your trade is to suffer much more than ours, your rulers may, of course, be convinced of the truth of that French adage, "Qui trop embrasse, mal etreint."
The following persons are appointed by the State of Connecticut, electors of President and Vice-President of the United States:
His Excellency Samuel Huntington—the Hon. Oliver Wolcott, Thomas Seymour, Marvin Wait, John Davenport, David Austin, Thomas Groves, Elijah Hubbard, and Sylvester Gilbert, Esqrs.
COMMUNICATION.
At the present crisis the old enemies of the honor and happiness of our country are unusually alert. When they found that the people were too wise to be influenced by their counsel and advice in rejecting the constitution; they then said, that there was still one way left to effect their purpose—and that was to render the administration of the government odious—In pursuance of their object they have employed the press, and secret emissaries in almost all parts of the union to misrepresent, deceive and defame; they began their artifices with the first operations of the government—but their attacks were principally confined to general slanders, and were made occasionally.—It is now about one year since the government and its measures have drawn forth the concentrated force of the whole party.—From the "executive chief" down through the subordinate departments with a very few exceptions, a continued torrent of innuendoes, slanders and falsehoods has issued from its proper source, through its appointed medium. There are various ostensible objects of complaint which form the topics of declamation to the inveterate enemies of our union and government; the funding system, the excise law, and the Bank compose the principal trio—but it would be insulting to the plainest understanding, and wholly undervaluing the judgment and penetration of the party, to suppose that their opposition to these measures are any thing more than a feint, a covert to their main design, that of subverting the constitution. Those measures are so obviously the result of that justice and good faith on which alone any constitution or form of government can be supported, that those who think lightly of public credit or of the means of maintaining it, are in heart enemies to any permanent and effective government whatever.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
The next Number of this Gazette will be published at No. 34, North Fifth-Street, corner of North-Alley—to which place the Office of the Editor will then be removed.

General Post-Office.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10, 1792.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Office until the fifteenth day of November next, inclusively, for carrying the Mails of the United States on the following Post Roads, from the first day of January next, until the first day of June, 1794.
In MASSACHUSETTS and NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
1. From Wiscasset to Portland in the district of Maine: The mail to leave Wiscasset every Tuesday by six o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Portland the next day by one in the afternoon:—Returning, to leave Portland every Thursday by six in the morning, and arrive at Wiscasset the next day by one in the afternoon.
2. From Portland to Portsmouth: The mail to leave Portland every Monday and Thursday by six o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Portsmouth every Tuesday and Friday by ten in the forenoon:—Returning, to leave Portsmouth every Tuesday and Friday at one in the afternoon, and arrive at Portland on Wednesday and Saturday by six in the evening.
3. From Portsmouth to Boston: From November first to May first, the mail to leave Portsmouth every Tuesday and Friday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Boston on Wednesday and Saturday by six in the evening:—Returning, to leave Boston every Monday and Thursday, by six in the morning, and arrive at Portsmouth on Tuesday and Friday by ten in the forenoon:—And from May first to November first, the mail to leave Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, by four in the morning, and arrive at Boston the same days by six in the evening:—Returning, to leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by four in the morning, and arrive at Portsmouth the same days by six in the evening.
In MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT and NEW-YORK.
4. From Boston, by Worcester, Springfield, Hartford, Middletown, and New-Haven, to New-York: From November first to May first, the mail to leave Boston every Monday and Thursday, at one o'clock in the afternoon; and arrive at New-York every Saturday and Wednesday (the sixth day from its departure) by ten in the forenoon:—Returning, to leave New-York every Monday and Thursday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Boston every Saturday and Wednesday, by ten in the forenoon: And from May first to November first, the mail to leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by three o'clock in the morning, and arrive at New-York every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday (the fourth day from its departure) by eleven in the forenoon:—Returning, to leave New-York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by one o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Boston every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday, by six in the evening.
In NEW-YORK, NEW-JERSEY and PENNSYLVANIA.
5. Between New-York, (by Newark and Elizabethtown) and Philadelphia, every day in the week, Sunday excepted: The mails to leave New-York at noon, and Philadelphia at one o'clock in the afternoon; and arrive at Philadelphia and New-York respectively, the next day after their departure, by ten in the forenoon; excepting the mails of Saturday, which are to arrive at the same hour on Monday.
In PENNSYLVANIA and MARYLAND.
6. From Philadelphia to Baltimore: The mail to leave Philadelphia every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at noon, and arrive at Baltimore each succeeding day by noon:—Returning, to leave Baltimore every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by four o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Philadelphia each succeeding day by eleven in the forenoon.
7. From Baltimore to Alexandria: The mail to leave Baltimore every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Alexandria each succeeding day by eight in the morning:—Returning, to leave Alexandria every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by four o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Baltimore on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by ten in the forenoon.
In VIRGINIA.
8. From Alexandria to Richmond, Petersburg, Suffolk and Portsmouth: The mail to leave Alexandria every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at nine o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Richmond every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, by six in the evening; at Petersburg, every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at ten in the forenoon; at Suffolk every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by six in the afternoon; and at Portsmouth every Friday, Monday and Wednesday, by ten in the forenoon:—Returning, to leave Portsmouth the same Friday, Monday and Wednesday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Suffolk the same days by seven in the evening; and at Petersburg the next Monday, Wednesday and Friday by eleven in the forenoon; leave Petersburg the same days at two in the afternoon, and arrive at Richmond the same days by six in the evening:—leave Richmond on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, by four in the morning, and arrive at Alexandria the next Wednesday, Friday and Monday, by three in the afternoon.
9. From Richmond, by Williamsburg, York-Town and Hampton, to Norfolk: The mail to leave Richmond every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by four o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Norfolk on each succeeding day, by five in the afternoon:—Returning, to leave Norfolk every Wednesday, Friday and Monday, by six in the morning, and arrive at Richmond each succeeding day, by six in the evening.
In VIRGINIA and NORTH-CAROLINA.
10. From Petersburg, by Halifax, Tarborough and Smithfield, to Fayetteville: The mail to leave Petersburg every Friday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Fayetteville the next Monday, by eight in the evening:—Returning, to leave Fayetteville every Tuesday, by four in the morning, and arrive at Petersburg the next Friday, by eleven in the forenoon.
In NORTH and SOUTH CAROLINA and GEORGIA.
11. From Fayetteville, by Cheraw Court-House, Camden, Columbia and Cambridge, to Augusta: The mail to leave Fayetteville every Tuesday, by four in the morning, reach Camden the next day by five in the afternoon, and arrive at Augusta the next Saturday by noon:—Returning to leave Augusta every Thursday, at five in the morning, arrive at Camden the next Sunday by
five in the morning, and at Fayetteville the next Monday, by eight in the evening.
12. From Augusta to Savannah: The mail to leave Augusta every Saturday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Savannah the next Monday morning by ten:—Returning, to leave Savannah every Monday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at Augusta the next Wednesday, by five in the afternoon.
13. From Camden to Stateburg: The mail to leave Camden every Thursday by four in the morning, and arrive at Stateburg by eight:—Returning, to leave Stateburg every Saturday, at two in the afternoon, and arrive at Camden by six.
In MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE-ISLAND and CONNECTICUT.
14. From Boston to Providence: The mail to leave Boston every Monday and Thursday, by six in the morning, and arrive the same days at Providence, by five in the afternoon:—Returning, to leave Providence every Wednesday and Saturday, by six in the morning, and arrive the same days at Boston, by five in the afternoon.
Persons offering proposals for this contract, are desired also to state the terms on which they will carry the mail between Boston and Providence, three times a week, and every day in the week (Sunday excepted) in case a stage waggon should run so often between those two places.
15. From Providence, by Norwich, to Hartford: The mail to leave Providence every Tuesday and Friday, by six o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Norwich the same days, and at Hartford on Wednesday and Saturday, by five in the afternoon:—Returning, to leave Hartford every Monday and Thursday, at seven in the morning, arrive at Norwich the same days, and at Providence on Tuesday and Friday, by five in the afternoon.
Persons offering proposals for this contract, are also desired to state the terms on which they will carry the mail between Providence and Hartford three times a week, if a stage waggon should run so often between those two places.
16. From New-London to Newport, thence by Bristol and Warren to Providence, thence by Greenwich to Newport, and from Newport to New-London: The mail to leave New-London every Tuesday, at two in the afternoon, and arrive at Newport the next day by six in the evening; leave Newport every Friday at eight in the morning, and arrive at Providence the same day by six in the evening; leave Providence on Saturday at eight in the morning, and passing through Greenwich, arrive at Newport the same day by six in the evening; leave Newport the next Monday at eight in the morning, and arrive at New-London the next day by ten in the forenoon.
17. From New-Haven to New-London: The mail to leave New-Haven every Monday, at eight in the morning, and arrive at New-London every Tuesday by ten in the forenoon:—Returning, to leave New-London every Tuesday at two o'clock in the afternoon, and arrive at New-Haven every Wednesday afternoon by six.
18. From Middletown to New-London: The mail to leave Middletown, from November first to May first, every Thursday morning, and from May to November, every Friday morning, by eight o'clock; and arrive at New-London by six in the evening of the day of its departure:—Returning, to leave New-London each next succeeding day by eight in the morning, and arrive at Middletown by six in the evening.
In NEW-YORK.
19. Between the city of New-York (by Kingsbridge, Poughkeepsie, and the city of Hudson) and Albany: The carriers, with the mails, to leave New-York and Albany every Monday and Thursday, by four in the morning, meet, and return to each place on Wednesday and Saturday, by six in the evening.
In PENNSYLVANIA.
20. From Philadelphia, by Lancaster, York-town, Carlisle, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Bedford and Greencastle to Pittsburgh: The mail to leave Philadelphia every Saturday at noon, and arrive at Pittsburgh the next Friday by noon: remain there not less than four, nor more than six hours, and return to Philadelphia the following Friday by noon.
In the State of DELAWARE.
21. From Wilmington, by New-Castle, Cantwell's Bridge, and Duck Creek, to Dover: The mail to leave Wilmington every Monday afternoon, by five o'clock (or as soon as the mail from Philadelphia is received) and arrive at Dover by five in the evening of Tuesday:—Returning, to leave Dover every Wednesday morning by five o'clock, and arrive at Wilmington by seven in the evening of the same day.
In DELAWARE and MARYLAND.
22. From Christiana Bridge, by Middletown, Warwick and George-town Cross-Roads, to Chesapeake, and thence to Easton: The mail to leave Christiana Bridge every Monday afternoon, by six o'clock (or as soon as the mail from Philadelphia is received) and arrive at Easton by six in the evening of Tuesday:—Returning, to leave Easton every Wednesday morning by five o'clock, and arrive at Christiana Bridge in the evening of the same day, by eight o'clock.
Persons offering proposals for carrying this mail, are desired to state the terms on which they will carry it from May first to November first, by leaving Philadelphia every Monday at half past nine, A. M. and reaching Easton the next day by four, P. M.—and returning, leave Easton every Wednesday by four, A. M. and arrive at Philadelphia the next day by noon: And perform the same tour, during the other half of the year, between half past nine o'clock of every Monday, and noon of the next Saturday. And also their terms for carrying an additional mail between Philadelphia and Chestertown, leaving Philadelphia every Wednesday and Friday at half past nine, A. M. and returning the fourth day after by noon.
23. From Baltimore to Annapolis: The mail to leave Baltimore every Monday and Friday, at eight in the morning, and arrive at Annapolis the same days by five in the afternoon:—Returning, to leave Annapolis every Tuesday and Saturday by eight in the morning, and arrive at Baltimore the same days by five in the afternoon.
In VIRGINIA and NORTH-CAROLINA.
24. From Suffolk, by Edenton, Plymouth, Washington and Newbern, to Wilmington: The mail to leave Suffolk every Wednesday at four o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Wilmington the next Saturday, by six in the evening:—Returning, to leave Wilmington every Monday by four in the morning, and arrive at Suffolk the next Thursday by six in the evening.
In NORTH-CAROLINA.
25. From Halifax by Blountville, Williamstown, and Daileys, to Plymouth, once in two weeks:—The mail to leave Halifax every other Monday by five o'clock in the morning, and arrive at Plymouth the next day by six in the evening:—Returning, to leave Plymouth the next Thursday by five in the morning, and arrive at Halifax on Friday by five in the evening.
26. From Wilmington to Fayetteville: The mail to leave Wilmington every Sunday, at four in the morning, and arrive the next day at Fayetteville by five in the afternoon:—Returning, leave Fayetteville every Tuesday, by four in the morning, and arrive at Wilmington the next day by five in the afternoon.
In VIRGINIA.
PROPOSALS will be received at the Post-Office in Richmond, until the 10th day of November next, inclusively, for carrying the mail of the United States from Richmond to Staunton,—from the 15th day of the same month, until the first day of June 1794. The mail to leave Richmond every Monday by six in the morning, and arrive at Staunton the next Wednesday by six in the evening:—Returning, leave Staunton every Thursday at ten in the forenoon, and arrive at Richmond the next Saturday by seven in the evening.
The persons offering proposals for carrying this mail, are desired to state the terms on which they will carry it, and leave Richmond every Wednesday at noon, and arrive at Staunton the next Saturday by three in the afternoon:—Returning, leave Staunton every Monday at seven in the morning, and arrive at Richmond the next Wednesday by ten in the forenoon.
Note 1. If during the continuance of the contracts here proposed, any other times of arrival and departure of the mails should become necessary, to preserve a proper connection with other mails, the contractors are to conform to any arrangement which for that purpose shall be made by the Post-Master General, such arrangement not lessening the number of hours above allowed for carrying the mails respectively, without their consent.
2. A convenient time not less than ten minutes, nor exceeding half an hour, for opening and closing a mail is to be allowed at each Post-Office, at which the time of its arrival and departure is not herein specified.
3. For every half hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor to forfeit one dollar; and for the non-performance of a trip, double the sum which the value of one trip shall bear to the value of the whole number of trips to be performed.
4. The mail may be carried on any of the post roads herein described, either in stage waggons or on horses: but when the state of the roads prevents travelling in waggons with the necessary expedition, the mails are to be carried on horses.—Every mail-stage must have in it a box in which the mail is invariably to be carried, under lock and key.
5. News-papers, as well as letters, are to be sent in the mails: and if any contractor would wish to be authorized to carry news-papers, other than those conveyed in the mail (agreeably to the 22d section of the post-office law) he must, in his proposals, state the respective sums for which he will carry the mails with and without the emoluments which may arise from such separate carriage of news-papers.
NEW POST ROADS.
In NEW-YORK, MASSACHUSETTS & VERMONT.
An extension of the Post roads having been desired, from Connorsharriette to Whites-town, and thence to Kanandaigua, in the state of New-York; from Stockbridge to Bennington, in the states of Massachusetts and Vermont; and from Rutland to Windsor, and Rutland to Fairhaven, in Vermont: Proposals for carrying mails on those routes, (at the expense of the contractors) will be received at the General Post-Office, until the fifteenth day of November next, inclusively.—Persons offering such proposals, must state the days and hours when they will receive and deliver the mails at each place here mentioned, and the length of time (which cannot exceed eight years) for which they will contract.
The contractors, respectively, will have the exclusive privilege of carrying letters and packets on these roads, for hire; and be authorized to receive, to their own use, all the postages which shall arise on letters, packets and newspapers by them carried, at the rates established by law: but must carry, free of postage, such letters and packets as by law are, or shall be declared free.
For every hour's delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in delivering a mail, after the time agreed on, the contractor to forfeit one dollar; and for the non-performance of a trip, one dollar for every ten miles distance, as far as the failure extends.
The persons whom the contractors shall designate for Postmasters, on these routes,—previous to their acting as such, must be approved by the Post-Master General, and take the oaths required by law. They are to agree for their compensations with the contractors, to whom alone they are to account for all the postages they shall receive. The same oaths must be taken by the contractors and their riders who carry the mails.
TIMOTHY PICKERING, POST-MASTER-GENERAL.
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.
LEONARD BLEECKER. May 2. (t.l.)
Universal Hymn Book.
To be Sold by THOMAS DOBSON, and other Booksellers in Philadelphia, A COLLECTION of PSALMS, HYMNS, and SPIRITUAL SONGS; selected from different Authors, and published by Order of the Convention holding the Doctrine of the Salvation of all Men, met in Philadelphia, May 25, 1791. Price of a single book, bound, 8 3/4s of a Dollar, with good allowance to those who take quantities. August 4. (cont.)
Grand Family Bible.
PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, An ELEGANT EDITION of the SACRED SCRIPTURES Of the OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, with the APOCRYPHA, On a very large and beautiful new Type, and superfine Paper.
THE great importance of the Holy Scriptures, interesting to every individual; the divine excellence of its doctrines and precepts, and the beauty and sublimity of its passages, have so long made it a capital object of attention, as to preclude occasion or opportunity for eulogium.
The piety or enterprise of individuals has presented this invaluable book to the public in a variety of forms; in some editions it has been highly embellished with superb engravings, which have greatly enhanced its price; in others it has been accompanied with voluminous commentaries, which necessarily encreased the size; while a variety of plain cheap copies have generally diffused the knowledge of the Scripture, and made the purchase easy to every class.
Without wishing in the smallest degree to lessen the merits of the various editions, whether plain or ornamented, which the public are already in possession of, it is pertinent to remark, that very many readers of taste and judgment have expressed a wish for a Family Bible unencumbered with additions. There still appears room for another edition on a beautiful new type, superior in size and elegance to any bible that has yet been printed in the English language, and which, leaving the adventurous circumstances of ornament or comment, may exhibit the Oracles of God in their native simplicity.
SPECIMEN OF THE TYPE.
3 ¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
With respectful submission to the judgment and candour of the public, the following proposals are offered:
I. The work shall be printed with the greatest fidelity and attention to correctness both in the text and marginal references, on a superfine Paper made on purpose, with an elegant new Type cast for the work of the size of the above Specimen.
II. The work will be compiled in twenty numbers, making two elegant volumes in Folio; to be furnished to subscribers at one dollar each number. To prevent any complaints of want of punctuality, no part of the work will be delivered unless paid for.
III. The first number, containing sixty folio pages, elegantly printed, will be furnished on the first Saturday of July next, when subscribers are to pay the price of the first and second numbers, and the price of one number to be always in advance till the work is completed. The subsequent numbers to be published regularly on the first Saturday of each succeeding month, till the whole is finished.
Subscriptions will be received in Philadelphia by the Publishers, THOMAS DOBSON, No. 41, South Second-street, and JOHN PARKER, No. 259, North Second-street; and by all the Booksellers in Charleston, by William P. Young; Richmond, by Archibald Currie; Baltimore, by James Rice; Wilmington, by Peter Brynberg; New-York, by Thomas Allen; New-Haven, by Isaac Beers; Providence, (R. I.) by William Wilkinson; Salem, by Thomas Cushing; Boston, by David Well, Benjamin Guild, and Thomas & Andrews.
PLANS
OF THE City of Washington, Sold by the BOOKSELLERS, DOBSON, CAREY, YOUNG, & CRUKSHANK.
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. [tt]
TO BE SOLD BY THE EDITOR, AN ALPHABETICAL LIST of the Duties payable on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise imported into the United States; exhibiting the Rates payable on those imported in Ships or Vessels of the United States, and in Foreign Ships or Vessels; including the additional Duties to which the respective Articles are liable.
ALSO, A TABLE for receiving and paying Gold—graduated according to Law—Blank Manifests And Blanks for the various Powers of Attorney necessary in transacting Business at the Treasury or at the Bank of the United States.
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