Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1791-03-23 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. 94, of Vol. II.]
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1791.
[Whole No. 198.]
NEW REVENUE LAW.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
AT THE THIRD SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
AN ACT repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon Distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon Spirits Distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same.
(CONTINUATION.)
AND be it further enacted, That the supervisor of the revenue for the district wherein any house, building or place shall be situate, whereof entry shall be made as last aforesaid, shall as soon as may be thereafter, visit and inspect, or cause to be visited and inspected by some proper officer or officers of inspection, every such house or other building or place within his district, and shall take or cause to be taken, an exact account of the spirits therein respectively contained and shall mark or cause to be marked in durable characters, the several casks, cales or vessels containing the same, with progressive numbers, and also with the name of each distiller to whom the same may belong, or in whose custody the same may be, and the quantities, kinds and proofs of spirits therein contained, and these words "Old Stock." And the inspector of each survey shall keep a book, wherein he shall enter the name of every distiller, and the particulars of such old stock in the possession of each, designating the several casks, cales and vessels containing the same, and their respective quantities, kinds, proofs and marks, and shall also give a certificate to every such distiller of the quantity and particulars of such old stock in his or her possession, and a separate certificate for each cask, cales or vessel, describing the same, which certificate shall accompany the same wherever it shall be sent, and such distiller, his or her agent or manager, upon the sale and delivery of any of the said spirits shall deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, the certificate or certificates that ought to accompany the same, on pain of forfeiting fifty dollars for each cask, cales or vessel, with which such certificate shall not be delivered.
And be it further enacted, That every importer of distilled spirits, who, on the first day of July next, shall have in his or her possession any distilled spirits, shall within three days thereafter, make due entry thereof with the officer of inspection within whose survey the same shall then be; who shall mark the casks, vessels or cales containing such spirits, in like manner as is herein before directed, touching such spirits as shall be in the possession of distillers on the first day of July next, and shall grant the like certificates thereof as for such spirits, which certificates shall accompany the respective casks, cales and vessels to which they shall relate, wherever they shall be sent, and such importer, his or her agent, upon the sale and delivery of any of the said spirits, shall deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the certificate or certificates which ought to accompany the same, on pain of forfeiting fifty dollars for each cask, cales or vessel with which such certificate shall not be delivered. And if any such importer or importers shall refuse or neglect to make such entry at the time and in the manner herein directed, all such spirits as shall not be so entered shall be forfeited, and the importer or importers in whose custody the same be found, shall moreover forfeit the sum equal to the full value thereof, according to the highest price of such spirits in the market.
And be it further enacted, That if any cask, cales or vessel containing distilled spirits, which by the foregoing provisions of this act, ought to be marked and accompanied with a certificate, shall be found in the possession of any person unaccompanied with such marks and certificate, it shall be presumptive evidence that the same are liable to forfeiture, and it shall be lawful for any officer of inspection to seize them as forfeited; and if, upon the trial in consequence of such seizure, the owner or claimant of the spirits seized, shall not prove that the same were imported into the United States according to law, or were distilled as mentioned in the thirteenth and fourteenth sections of this act, and the duties thereupon paid, or were distilled at one of the stills mentioned in the twentieth section of this act, they shall be adjudged to be forfeited.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the officers of inspection of each survey, at all times in the day time, upon request, to enter into all and every the houses, store-houses, warehouses, buildings and places which shall have been entered in manner aforesaid, and by taling, gauging or otherwise, to take an account of the quantity, kinds and proofs of the said spirits therein contained; and also to take samples thereof, paying for the same the usual price.
And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall rub out or deface any of the marks set upon any cask, cales or vessel, pursuant to the directions of this act, such person or persons shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That no cask, barrel, keg, vessel, or cales, marked as "Old Stock," shall be made use of by any distiller of spirits, for putting or keeping therein any spirits other than those which were contained therein when so marked, on pain of forfeiting the sum of one hundred dollars for every cask, barrel, keg, vessel or cales wherein any such spirits shall be so put or kept; neither shall any such distiller have or keep any distilled spirits in any such cask, barrel, keg, vessel or cales, longer than for the space of one year from the said last day of June next, on pain of forfeiting the said spirits: Provided, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to extend to casks or vessels, capable of containing two hundred gallons and upwards, and which are not intended to be removed.
And be it further enacted, That in case any of the said spirits shall be fraudulently deposited, hid or concealed in any place whatsoever, with intent to evade the duties thereby imposed upon them, they shall be forfeited. And for the better discovery of any such spirits so fraudulently deposited, hid or concealed, it shall be lawful for any judge of any court of the United States, or either of them, or for any justice of the peace, upon reasonable cause of suspicion, to be made out to the satisfaction of such judge or justice, by the oath or affirmation of any person or persons, by special warrant or warrants under their respective hands and seals, to authorise any of the officers of inspection, by day, in the presence of a constable or other officer of the peace, to enter into all and every such place or places in which any of the said spirits shall be suspected to be so fraudulently deposited, hid or conceal-
ed, and to seize and carry away any of the said spirits which shall be there found so fraudulently deposited, hid or concealed, as forfeited.
And be it further enacted, That after the last day of June next, no spirituous liquors except gin or cordials in cales, jugs or bottles, shall be brought from any foreign port or place, in casks of less capacity than fifty gallons at the least, on pain of forfeiting of the said spirits, and of the ship or vessel in which they shall be brought: Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to forfeit any spirits for being imported or brought into the United States, in other casks or vessels than as aforesaid, or the ship or vessel in which they shall be brought, if such spirits shall be for the use of the seamen on board such ship or vessel, and shall not exceed the quantity of four gallons for each seaman.
And be it further enacted, That in every case in which any of the said spirits shall be forfeited by virtue of this act, the casks, vessels and cales containing the same, shall also be forfeited.
And be it further enacted, That every distiller of spirits, on which the duty is hereby charged by the gallon, shall keep or cause to be kept, an exact account of the said spirits, which he or she shall sell, send out or distill, distinguishing their several kinds and proofs; and shall every day make a just and true entry in a book, to be kept for that purpose, of the quantities and particulars of the said spirits by him or her sold, sent out or distilled on the preceding day; specifying the marks of the several casks in which they shall be so sold or sent out, and the person to whom and for whose use they shall be so sold or sent out: which said books shall be prepared for the making such entries, and shall be delivered upon demand to the said distillers, by the supervisors of the revenue of the several districts, or by such person or persons as they shall respectively for that purpose appoint, and shall be severally returned or delivered at the end of each year, or when the same shall be respectively filled up, (which shall first happen) to the proper officers of inspection; and the truth of the entries made therein shall be verified, upon the oath or affirmation of the person by whom those entries shall have been made, and as often as the said books shall be furnished upon like demand by the proper officers of inspection, to the said distillers respectively. And the said books shall from time to time, while in the possession of the said distillers, lie open for the inspection of, and upon request shall be shown to the proper officers of inspection under whose survey the said distillers shall respectively be, who may take such minutes, memorandums, or transcripts thereof, as they may think fit. And if any such distiller shall neglect or refuse to keep such book or books, or to make such entries therein, or to show the same upon request, to the proper officer of inspection, or not return the same according to the directions of this act, he or she shall forfeit for every such refusal or neglect, the sum of one hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That the penalties by this act imposed on distillers for neglecting to make report to the inspectors, of their intentions of distilling spirits, or for neglecting to mark the houses, apartments or vessels to be employed, or for neglecting to enter in books the quantity of spirits distilled, shall not extend to any person who shall employ one still only, and that of a capacity not exceeding fifty gallons, including the still-head.
And be it further enacted, That the several kinds of proof herein before specified, shall, in marking the casks, vessels and cales containing any distilled spirits, be distinguished corresponding with the order in which they are mentioned by the words "first proof"—"second proof"—"third proof"—"fourth proof"—"fifth proof"—"sixth proof." And that it be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide and furnish to the officers of inspection and of the customs, proper instruments for ascertaining the said several proofs.
And be it further enacted, That in any prosecution or action which may be brought against any supervisor or other officer of inspection, for any seizure by him made, it shall be necessary for such supervisor or officer to justify himself by making it appear that there was probable cause for making the said seizure; upon which, and not otherwise, a verdict shall pass in his favor. And in any such action or prosecution, or in any action or prosecution which may be brought against such supervisor or other officer, for irregular or improper conduct in the execution of his duty, the trial shall be by jury. And in any action for a seizure, in which a verdict shall pass for such officer, the jury nevertheless assess reasonable damages for any prejudice or waste (according to the true amount in value thereof) which shall be shown by good proof to have happened to the spirits seized, in consequence of such seizure; and also for the detention of the same, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, on the true value of the said spirits at the time of such seizure, from that time to the time of restoration thereof; which shall be paid out of the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That no damages shall be assessed when the seizure was made for want of the proper certificate or certificates, or by reason of a refusal to shew any officer of inspection, upon his request, the spirits in any entered house, building or place: And provided also, That if it shall appear from the verdict of the jury, that any such prejudice or waste was sustained by the negligence of the officer, he shall be responsible therefor to the United States.
And be it further enacted, That if any supervisor or other officer of inspection, in any criminal prosecution against him, shall be convicted of oppression or extortion in the execution of his office, he shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both, at the discretion of the court; and shall also forfeit his office.
And be it further enacted, That no fee shall be taken for any certificate to be issued or granted pursuant to this act.
And be it further enacted, That if any of the said supervisors or other officers of inspection, shall neglect to perform any of the duties hereby enjoined upon them respectively, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, whereby any person or persons shall be injured or suffer damages, such person or persons shall and may have an action founded upon this act against such supervisors or other officers and, shall recover full damages for the same, together with costs of suit.
And be it further enacted, That any action or suit to be brought against any person or persons, for any thing by him or them done in pursuance of this act, shall be commenced within three months next after the matter or thing done, and unless brought in a court of the United States, shall be laid in the county in which the cause of action shall have arisen; and the defendant or defendants in any such action or suit, may plead the general issue, and on the trial thereof give this act and the special matter, in evidence; and if a verdict shall pass for the defendant or defendants, or the plaintiff or plaintiffs become non-suited, or discontinue his, her or their action or prosecution, or judgment shall be given against such plaintiff or plaintiffs, upon demurrer or otherwise, then such defendant or defendants shall have costs awarded to him, her or them, against such plaintiff or plaintiffs.
And in order that persons who may have incurred any of the penalties of this act, without wilful negligence or intention of fraud, may be relieved from such penalties.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the judge of the district within which such penalty or forfeiture shall have been incurred, at any time within one year after the last day of June next, upon petition of the party who shall have incurred the same, to enquire in a summary way into the circumstances of the case, first causing reasonable notice to be given to the person or persons claiming such penalty or forfeiture, and to the attorney of such district; to the end that each may have an opportunity of shewing cause against the mitigation or remission thereof; and shall cause the facts which shall appear upon such enquiry, to be stated and annexed to the petition, and direct their transmission to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, who shall thereupon have power to mitigate or remit such penalty or forfeiture, if it shall appear to him that such penalty or forfeiture was incurred without wilful negligence, or any design or intention of fraud, and to cause any spirits which may have been seized to be restored to the proprietor or proprietors, upon such terms and conditions as shall appear to him reasonable.
And be it further enacted, That the one half of all penalties and forfeitures incurred by virtue of this act, except as above provided, shall be for the benefit of the person or persons who shall make a seizure, or who shall first discover the matter or thing whereby the same shall have been incurred; and the other half to the use of the United States. And such penalty and forfeiture shall be recoverable with costs of suit, by action of debt, in the name of the person or persons entitled thereto, or by information, in the name of the United States of America; and it shall be the duty of the attorney of the district wherein any such penalty or forfeiture may have been incurred, upon application to him, to institute and bring such information accordingly: Provided always, That no officer of inspection other than chief officer, or officers of a survey, shall be intitled to the benefit of any forfeiture unless notice of the seizure by him made, shall be by him given within forty-eight hours next after such seizure, to the said chief officer or officers; but in such case the United States shall have the entire benefit of such forfeiture.
And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall counterfeit or forge, or cause to be counterfeited or forged any of the certificates herein before directed to be given, or shall knowingly or willingly accept or receive any false or untrue certificate with any of the said spirits, or shall fraudulently alter or erase any such certificate after the same shall be given, or knowingly or willingly publish or make use of such certificate so counterfeited, forged, false, untrue altered or erased, every person so offending, shall, for each and every offence, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That any person or persons that shall be convicted of wilfully taking a false oath or affirmation, in any of the cases in which oaths or affirmations are required to be taken by virtue of this act, shall be liable to the pains and penalties to which persons are liable for wilful and corrupt perjury.
And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall give, or offer to give any bribe, recompence or reward whatsoever, to any supervisor or other officer of inspection of the revenue, in order to corrupt, persuade or prevail upon such officer, either to do any act or acts contrary to his duty in the execution of this act, or to neglect or omit to do any act or thing which he ought to do in the execution of this act, or to connive at or to conceal any fraud or frauds relating to the duties hereby imposed on any of the said spirits, or not to discover the same, every such person or persons shall, for such offence, whether the same offer or proposal be accepted or not, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall forcibly obstruct or hinder any supervisor or other officer of inspection, in the execution of this act, or of any of the powers or authorities hereby vested in him, or shall forcibly release or cause to be released, any of the said spirits after the same shall have been seized by any such supervisor or other officer, or shall attempt or endeavor so to do, all and every person and persons so offending, shall, for every such offence, for which no other penalty is particularly provided by this act, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars.
And be it further enacted, That if any such supervisor or other officer, shall enter into any collusion with any person or persons for violating or evading any of the provisions of this act, or the duties hereby imposed, or shall fraudulently concur in the delivery of any of the said spirits, out of any house, building or place, wherein the same are deposited, without payment or security for the payment of the duties thereupon, or shall falsely or fraudulently mark any cask, cales or vessel, contrary to any of the said provisions, or shall embezzle the public money or otherwise be guilty of fraud in his office, such supervisor or other officer shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of one thousand dollars, and upon conviction of any of the said offences, shall forfeit his office, and shall be disqualified for holding any other office under the United States.
And be it further enacted, That in every case in which an oath or affirmation is required by virtue of this act, it shall be lawful for the supervisors of the revenue, or any of them, or their lawful deputy, or the lawful deputy of one of them, where not more than one in a district, to administer and take such oath or affirmation. And that wherever there are more than one supervisor for one district, a majority of them may execute all and any of the powers and authorities hereby vested in the supervisors of the revenue: Provided, That this shall not be construed to make a majority necessary in any case in which, according to the nature of the appointment or service, and the true intent of this act, the authority is or ought to be several.
And for the encouragement of the export-trade of the United States: Be it further enacted, That if any of the said spirits (whereupon any of the duties imposed by this act shall have been paid or secured to be paid) shall after the last day of June next, be exported from the United States to any foreign port or place, there shall be an allowance to the exporter or exporters thereof, by way of drawback, equal to the duties thereupon, according to the rates in each case by this act imposed, deducting therefrom half a cent per gallon, and adding to the allowance upon spirits distilled within the United States, from molasses, which shall be so exported, three cents per gallon, as an equivalent for the duty laid upon molasses by the said act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States: Provided always, That the said allowance shall not be made, unless the said exporter or exporters shall observe the regulations herein after prescribed: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter the provisions in the said former act, concerning drawbacks or allowances, in nature thereof, upon spirits imported prior to the first day of July next. (To be concluded in our next.)

Discourses on Davila.—No. 27.
WE shall now content ourselves with reciting the summary of this first civil war. After the publication of declarations and manifestoes, the two armies take the field. The Queen mother wishes to avoid a war, and procure peace: she negotiates an interview for this purpose with the Prince of Conde, but without success: She continues however to negotiate an accommodation, and obtains a conclusion of it.—The prince repents of it, by the persuasion of his partizans, and resumes his arms. He attempts in the night to surprize the royal army: His enterprize succeeds not. The King receives powerful reinforcements from Germany and Switzerland. The Prince of Conde is obliged to shut himself up in Orleans, and separate his army, which he could not hold together in a body.—He sends to demand succours in Germany and England, and consents to deliver Havre de Grace to the English, and receive their garrisons into Rouen and Dieppe. The Queen, irritated and afflicted at these resolutions, joins the Catholic party, and declares the Hugonots, rebels. The royal army takes Blois, Tours, Poitiers, and Bourges. The 15th of Sept. 1562, it lays siege to Rouen—in the course of which, the King of Navarre, visiting the trenches to reconnoitre the state of the place, was wounded in the left shoulder, by a shot of an Arquebuse, which broke the bone, wounded the nerves, and felled him to the ground as if he were dead. He was carried immediately to his quarters, where all the other generals assembled. The surgeons who dressed his wounds, in the presence of the King and Queen, judged it mortal, because the ball had penetrated too far, into the body.
The 26th of October 1562, the city was carried by assault, and the whole army entered, making an horrible carnage of the garrison and inhabitants, by putting to the sword, without any quarter, all who presented themselves armed or unarmed: The city was delivered up to be plundered, except the churches and consecrated things, which the soldiers were made to respect, by the vigilance and good discipline of the generals.
The King of Navarre, suffering under the pains of his wound, and wounded in spirit almost as much as in body, insisted on embarking on the Seine, to be transported to Saint Maur, a pleasure-house near Paris, where he often went to take the air, and enjoy the tranquility of solitude. He scarce arrived at Andeli, a few leagues from Rouen, when his fever was augmented by the agitation of the batteau, he lost his senses, and died in a few hours. He united to his high birth, an elegant person, and a softness of manners: If he had lived in other times, and under a better constitution of government, he might have been reckoned among the greatest Princes of his age; but the candor and sincerity of his heart, the sweetness and affability of his disposition, in the midst of political troubles, and civil dissensions, served only to hold him in continual agitation and inquietude. Inconstant in his projects, and uncertain in his resolutions—drawn away on one side by the impetuous character of his brother, and excited by the party of the Calvinists, in which he long held the first rank—restrained on the other hand by motives of honor, as he thought, by his natural inclination for peace, and aversion for civil wars, he discovered on many occasions but little firmness or constancy in his designs. Placed in the number of those, who lay under the reputation of seeking to disturb the state, he shared in their disgrace—and he was seen afterwards, at the head of the opposite party, persecuting those, whom he had formerly protected. In point of religion, sometimes allured to Calvinism, by the persuasions of his wife, and the discourses of Theodore Beza—and sometimes brought back to the Catholic faith, by the torrent of fashion, and the eloquence of the Cardinal of Lorraine, he gained the confidence of neither party, and left in his dying moments, suspicious and equivocal ideas of his creed. Many thought, that, though he was in his heart attached to Calvinism, or rather to the confession of Augsburg, he separated from the Hugonots from secret views of ambition—and suffering impatiently that the Prince his brother by his valor and greatness of soul had acquired among them more esteem than himself, he chose rather to hold the first rank among the Catholics than the second among the Calvinists. He died at the age of forty-two, in a time when his prudence increasing with age, he might perhaps have surpassed the opinion which had been conceived of him. Jane of Albrét, his widow, continued in possession of the title of Queen, and of what remained of Navarre. She had two children, Henry, Prince of Bearn, then nine years of age, and afterwards the all-glorious Henry the Fourth of France, and the Princess Catharine, then very young. Their mother lived with them at Pau and at Nerac, supervising their education in the new religion.
The Prince of Conde, reinforced by the auxiliary
forces from Germany, makes haste to attack Paris. The King and Queen return thither with their army, and after various negotiations the Prince is constrained to depart. The two armies march towards Normandy—a memorable battle is fought at Dreux, where the Prince of Conde is made prisoner by the Catholics, and the Constable by the Hugonots. In the first onset of this action, Gabriel of Montmorency, the son of the Constable, had been killed, the Comte of Rochefort had been thrown from his horse, and lost his life, and the Catholics, in spite of all their bravery, began to give way. The German cavalry armed with pistols, and divided into two large squadrons, having joined the Admiral in this critical moment, made a fresh charge with such fury, that they broke the Catholics, and forced them to fly. The Constable who fought in this place with great bravery, exerted himself in vain to stop and rally the fugitives: His horse fell under him, and he was wounded in the left arm, surrounded by the Germans, and made prisoner, after having been slain at his side, the Duke of Nevers, and several other officers of distinction.
The Prince of Conde, in charging the cavalry of the Duke of Guise, was afterwards wounded in his right hand, and covered over with blood, and dust and sweat, was made prisoner by Damville, who, wishing to avenge the capture of his father, fought with desperation. The Duke of Guise remained master of the field of battle, the baggage and artillery of his enemy. The Prince of Conde was brought into the presence of his conqueror, and it was a memorable scene to see those two famous men, whom past events, and especially the last battle, had rendered implacable enemies, reconciled at once by the caprice of fortune, sup at the same table, and for want of other lodgings, and better accommodations, pass the night in profound sleep, on the same bed.
Those who first fled from this action, carried to Paris the first news of the defeat and captivity of the Constable, and threw the Court into deep mourning and great inquietudes. They were dissipated however, a few hours afterwards, by the Captain of the King's guards being despatched by the Duke of Guise. The news which he spread, and the assurances which he gave of the victory gained by the Catholics, diminished the grief caused by the death of so many brave men, whose loss had put all France in mourning. Besides the Lords and Knights, of distinguished nobility and reputation, they reckoned eight thousand men among the slain. The Duke of Guise acquired a glory without bounds by this victory, which gave a great check to the Hugonots. The King and Queen declared him General of the army, and he took the route to Orleans, that he might not leave his enemy the time to repair their losses.
NAMUR, Nov. 2.
AT half an hour past ten o'clock in the morning of the 30th of October the laboratory of one of the powder magazines of this town took fire in the part destined for making cartridges. It blew up, and destroyed a considerable part of the quarter in which it was situated.
Four hundred persons and a great number of children were the victims of this disaster, which does not appear the effect of chance, as twice before matches had been found evidently disposed with a design to occasion an explosion.
Some time before two patrols of Patriots, consisting of 400 men each, met in the night. Instead of crying, " Qui vive! " as usual, the commander of one of the parties spoke in German. Deceived by this the other patrol fired. The battle immediately began with fury, and, if the dawn of day had not thrown light upon this unfortunate mistake, the combatants would have destroyed each other to the last man.
Three hundred men were killed on the spot, without reckoning those that were wounded.
LONDON, Nov. 8.
A warrant has just received the Royal signature for granting 1000l. for special service to the Rev. Thomas Willis, youngest son of Dr. Willis, who was, as the public will recollect, a material assistant to his father during his Majesty's late indisposition.
A further reward of 400l. per annum, during life, has also been granted by his Majesty to the same gentleman, in consideration of his services during that period.
NOVEMBER 12.
Doctor Price on Sunday last passing Northumberland House, Charing Cross, took two handkerchiefs out of his pocket, and as he wiped his face with one, a very shabby looking fellow snatched the other from him openly, and by way of excuse said, "Doctor, you know all men ought to be on an equality; you have two handkerchiefs and I had none." A mob gathered, there was a loud laugh, and the Doctor walked away.
NOVEMBER 26.
At a quarterly communication of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons, held last night at Free-Mason's Hall, Lord Rawdon in the Chair, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was unanimously elected Grand Master in the room of his
late Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, in respectful attention to whose memory the Brethren appeared in mourning on the occasion.
DECEMBER 16.
Rhenwick Williams, the monster, is sentenced to six months imprisonment in Newgate; and a the expiration of that term, to enter bail for his good behaviour, for the term of seven years himself 200l. and two sureties in 100l. each.
Lord Westmoreland, by his elegant hospitalities at Dublin castle, is popular and beloved.—The factious and disappointed are awed by his virtues, and silenced by his manly and undeviating rectitude.
A correspondent is of opinion, that Mr. Sheridan's indolence, whatever may be his inclination, will not permit him to reply to Mr. Burke on paper.
Alderman Curtis has avowed himself in the house of commons, a fisherman, by which declaration (having acquired a handsome fortune as a bisquit-baker), he only meant to say, he was determined to have both loaves and fishes.
The grand Sultan is about sending an embassy of fifteen persons to the court of Berlin.
At Constantinople, something more than sympathoms favorable to the cause of Freedom, have appeared—and some open resistance to despotism, has actually taken place, according to the newspapers.
Fruit seems to have been very scarce in the time of Henry VI. Apples were then not less than 1s. or 2s. a piece, and a red rose cost 2s.
Lord Abercorn's tomb in the Highlands has so extraordinary an echo that on opening or shutting the door the noise resembles a very loud clap of thunder; therefore they who are ambitious after death to have a good REPORT should make interest for interment there.
JANUARY 20.
Gavois, the wretch who cut madam Madore's throat at Paris, with a razor, was broken on the wheel at 40'clock on Thursday last. At two he eat a large cheesecake, and drank a bottle of wine. At three he asked with the greatest composure, whether it was not time to march.
It is remarkable that the new years day of 1791, has not been observed at St. James's, and the ode prepared by the Laureat was forbid to be performed.
It is confidently asserted that the Spaniards will not acknowledge the new flag adopted by the French.
The Bible is now publishing in France, in their vulgar tongue, ornamented with copper plates in the English manner.
A Dutch paper mentions that Messrs. Vander Noot and Van Eupen have disappeared, the one having retreated to Hall (in the French dominions,) the latter to the Hague. It is said further that both are contemplating an embarkation for America.
A gentleman in town has received a letter from the clergyman at Botany Bay, who informs him that provisions are so scarce, that the Governor allows only two ounces of meat, and five ounces of flour per day to each person. If a relief is not speedily thrown in, the consequences may be fatal. The writer of the letter adds, that he has at different times engaged three of the female convicts as house servants, but that they have all robbed him. He has now a native girl of the place, about twelve years of age, whom he is in hopes of making a useful servant.
The latest accounts from India mention, that Lord Cornwallis had formed three separate armies to act against the tyrant Tippoo, and intended to strike a decisive blow, by attacking Arcot, the capital of his usurped dominions; but it was much feared the undertaking would prove too arduous.
By the taking of Isatisia, the great magazine and the principal depot of the stores of the Turkish army, they became masters of a vast tract on the south of the Danube, and it was supposed that they would find no difficulty in taking the town of Varna, about a day's march from thence, which is a commodious and commanding harbor on the Black Sea, and which was but slightly fortified.
If the Prince Potemkin should not think it expedient to cross the Balchan, or the great chain of mountains which forms a natural barrier to Turkey, it was in his power to transport his army by sea within a few miles of Constantinople, in a day or two, with no other obstacle than what the Black Sea, which is often dangerous and tempestuous, presented; and thereby get over the principal impediment to his farther progress.
The winter campaign of the Russian army may appear very extraordinary in this country, but military operations in those warm latitudes are most practicable in winter, and the Russians are affected by the heats in summer more than other troops; and therefore they prefer carrying on a war in the winter season.
From the little resistance which the Turks make, as the last conquest is said to have been gained without any loss, Russia may push her conquests before any other power can possibly interfere; and either take Constantinople, or dic-

tate such a peace as shall give her a free passage through the Dardanelles, open a traffic from her new Empire in the Crimea, and become a maritime power in the Mediterranean.
This great probable event would add to the wonders of the present age; nor is it likely that the Empress would be arrested in her progress by any mediation, whose operations must be distant.
JANUARY 27.
Yesterday an eminent Banking house in the Strand received letters from France, stating that accounts had been received from Pondicherry, confirming the rumour from Madras, that colonel Floyd's detachment has been cut off. The banking house thought it their duty to send the letter to the office of the secretary of state, for the information of government.
It is also said, that the British army have found as they advanced, the streams and springs poisoned, by the milk tree, which is cut and fixed in the bed of the river, and which emits a juice for many days, that mixing with the water, produces a dysentery. In consequence of this impediment, and fearing also that the country might be cleared of all provisions, general Medows has not less than 80,000 bullocks in the train of his army.
BOSTON, March 9.
LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. THE SENATE
Has referred to the next session of the General Court, the letter of the General Assembly of Virginia, respecting the right of the citizens to hear the debates of the federal Senate.
The resolve, directing the Treasurer to subscribe to the loan of the United States, certain Continental Securities in the Treasury, has passed both Houses.
A bill to determine how far officers in the pay of the government of the United States, shall be eligible to offices under the authority of the government of this Commonwealth, was read a first time, and on motion for its having a second reading, it passed in the negative.
Bills appointing commissioners to ascertain the boundary lines between this state and Connecticut; and this state and Rhode Island, have passed the House.
A resolve has passed both Houses, appointed Hon. Samuel Philips, Nathaniel Wells, and David Cobb, Esqrs. William Eustis and Thomas Davis, Esqrs. a committee to sell the right of this Commonwealth to the Western lands, to Mr. Samuel Ogden. (The sum we are told, which has been agreed on is 100,000. payable by installments, to be on interest after a certain period.)
To the amount of 80000l. has been sold of the Eastern lands, in this commonwealth—70000 of which has been paid into the public Treasury.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
TO ELLA.
STRIKE, strike again thy silver-sounding lyre ELLA, thou darling of the God of verse; Again in thy clear, classic strain, rehearse DECAV's fierce ravage, with a poet's fire.
So when the fainting Sun's last golden rays, Have glimmer'd o'er the foam-white billowy sea, I've heard a Seraph's voice in heav'nly lays, Oft bid me think on dread ETERNITY! " Thy feeble star now shoots its paler beam, " Dim'd by disease, o'er life's tempestuous surge, " And soon the murmuring waves shall sound thy dirge, " While deep thy star is sunk beneath the stream. " Then shall it rise in the bright realms of Truth, " Deside DECAV, and smile eternal Youth."
BIRTHA.
Philadelphia, March 23.
Monday last, before noon, the President of the United States, accompanied by Major Jackson, sat off from the Seat of Government, on a tour to the southward, in a new chariot and six. It is said the President intends to visit the Carolinas and Georgia.
The Secretary of War, and the Secretary of State, escorted the President part of the way on his journey.
The above carriage was built by Mr. Clark of this city, and may be pronounced a superior specimen of mechanical perfection in that line.
IMPORTANT CHRONICLE!
Thirty-two duels were fought in Great-Britain and Ireland, last year—fourteen of which were fatal.
Twelve scientific, regular bruising matches in the same period!
An English paper mentions the following events which have taken place in the course of the French revolution. The order of nobility annihilated—the clergy humbled and degraded—the court an object of hatred, suspicion and contempt—the church lands sold at auction—and the lowest of the people exalted to the rank of legislators: This last sentence wants explanation—the word lowest is now obsolete. The writer then adds—it appears after all, that it is
extremely probable—nay almost certain—that the Revolution of France is fixed—and not to be subverted!
"The revolution in France is (said to be) the work of the people—not that of a party or particular faction of nobles—of the clergy—or of artful demagogues, working on the passions of part of the people—with whom they are popular to day—and execrable to-morrow: Should this be the case, a counter-revolution will be found not so easy a business, as some visionaries imagine"—but was it never known before, that the whole body of the people in any country had changed their mind? If the French nation are in favor of the revolution, they afford an instance in point.
The French Assignats begin to find their way into England—Bottomed on terra-firma—the everlasting hills are their basis!
By accounts from Europe, via Boston, to the 22d January, it appears, that the Turks and Russians continue the war with unabated fury. An alliance has lately been formed between Poland and the Turks.
5000 pounds of hemp, raised by Col Wood, on the memorable heights of Charlestown, was sold in Boston the beginning of this month: It was pronounced by Judges to be superior to any they had ever seen: This hemp grew on 6 acres of land, and produced, (with the bounty from government, which is 50 dollars per ton) five hundred dollars.
Extract of a letter from Quebec, to the Editor, dated February 10.
"I enclose you a paragraph, cut out of our Gazette, of 2d December, respecting the actions with the Indians, in your Western territories—That published in your Gazette; I had reprinted here—it certainly is more consistent; however you may be assured, the loss of the savages was not great.
"It is not supposed here, that government will give them any support, particularly as they are situated on your side of the boundaries.—The Indians with whom the furr-trade is carried on, lye to the N.W. of us and the lakes, from whom it is not probable you will receive any encroachments."
QUEBEC, DECEMBER 2.
Advices from Detroit, as late as the 6th of November, received by yesterday's post, inform us of two actions fought between the Indians, and part of Governor St. Clair's army, in the Miamis country.
We have reason to believe the following to be as accurate an account of these events, as has yet come to the knowledge of the public:
The American army consisting of 2700 men, 1000 of which were horse, had made a very rapid movement by the 14th October, to within nine leagues of the Miamis villages; the Shawnee, and Potowatomeis, after destroying their own villages, and what grain they could not remove, [they allowed the Indian traders settled among them to remove every thing but ammunition] encamped about 800 strong at some distance from the spot, and were attacked on the 16th by the 1000 horse, who they defeated after killing about 300—the remainder retreated to the main body; on the 20th the Indians being reinforced, attacked that body and defeated them with the loss of 250, or more; and from the daily growing strength of the Indians, who were determined to pursue the retreating army of the Americans; news of a general engagement was hourly expected when these accounts left Detroit: Such American prisoners as they took, [after endeavouring to learn what the designs of them were, which they said was, to erect some forts, for the present and to attack Detroit in the Spring] they killed.
By letters from persons near the place, it is said, very few of the American army will reach their homes; had not a chief of the Ottawa Nation dreamed they would not succeed if they attacked that day, the major part of the American army would, on the second engagement, have been cut off.
The Indians have called on Major Smith, and the officers in the Indian department, to know what assistance they are to expect, and say, if Great-Britain will not assist them, they will go over to the Spanish lines, and we must abide the consequences.
Public Securities as in Gazette of the 16th.
Treasury Department,
MARCH 1, 1791.
PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the 28th instant, inclusively, to furnish by contract, the following articles of cloathing, to be delivered at the city of Philadelphia, in seven weekly parcels, so as to complete the whole delivery on or before the 15th day of May next, viz.
Table with 2 columns: 2000 round hats, 2000 short coats, 2000 vests, 2000 pair of overalls, of drilling, 40 pair of woolen overalls, 2650 blankets. 4263 shirts, 4044 pair of shoes, 22 pair of buckles, 2009 Stocks, 2002 Clasps.
The articles must be agreeable to such patterns as shall be directed by the Secretary for the Department of War. Payment will be made as soon as the whole of the articles shall have been delivered.
By the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
A Proclamation.
WHEREAS it hath been represented to me, that JAMES O' FALLON is levying an armed force in that part of the State of Virginia which is called Kentucky, disturbs the public peace, and sets at defiance the Treaties of the United States with the Indian Tribes, the Act of Congress, intitled, "An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian Tribes," and my Proclamations of the fourteenth and twenty-sixth days of August last, founded thereon: And it is my earnest desire that those who have incautiously associated themselves with the said JAMES O' FALLON, may be warned of their danger, I have therefore thought fit to publish this Proclamation, hereby declaring, that all persons violating the Treaties and Act aforesaid, shall be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law.
And I do moreover require all officers of the United States, whom it may concern, to use their best exertions to bring to justice any persons offending in the premises.
In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed to these Presents, and signed the same with my Hand. Done at the City of Philadelphia, the Nineteenth Day of March, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and of the Independence of the United States the fifteenth. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
By the PRESIDENT, THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Treasury Department.
NOTICE is hereby given, that Proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the first Monday in September next inclusive, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the districts herein after mentioned, viz.
At any place or places, betwixt Yorktown in the state of Pennsylvania and Fort Pitt, and at Fort Pitt.
At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Fort M'Intosh, on the River Ohio, and at Fort M'Intosh.
At any place or places, betwixt Fort M'Intosh and the mouth of the River Muskingum, and at the mouth of the River Muskingum.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muskingum, and up the said River to the Tuscarawas, and at the Tuscarawas, and thence over to the Cayoga River, and down the said River to its mouth.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muskingum, and the mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of the said River Scioto.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of Scioto River, and the mouth of the great Miami, at the mouth of the great Miami, and from thence to the Rapids, on the Falls of the Ohio, and at the said Rapids.
At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the great Miami, up the said Miami, to and at Piquetown, and thence over to the Miami Village, on the river of the same name which empties into Lake Erie.
At any place or places from the rapids of the Ohio, to the mouth of the Wabash, thence up the said Wabash to Post St. Vincennes, at Post St. Vincennes, and thence up the said river Wabash, to the Miami village, before described.
At any place or places, from the mouth of the Wabash river to the mouth of the river Ohio.
At any place or places, on the east side of the river Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio river, to the mouth of the Illinois river.
At any place or places, from the mouth of the Miami river to the Miami Village.
At any place or places, from the Miami Village to Sandusky, and at Sandusky, and from Sandusky to the mouth of Cayoga river.
At any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Venango, and at Venango.
At any place or places, betwixt Venango and Le Beuf, and at Le Beuf, betwixt Le Beuf and Presq' Isle, at Presq' Isle, and betwixt Presq' Isle and the mouth of Cayoga river.
At the mouth of Cayoga river, and at any place or places, on the route from Fort Pitt, to the mouth of Cayoga river, by the way of Big Beaver creek.
At any place or places, on the east side of the Mississippi, between the mouth of the Ohio and the river Margot inclusively.
At any place or places, from the said river Margot, to the river Yazous inclusively.
At any place or places, from the mouth of the river Tenesee, to Ocochappo or Bear creek, on the said river inclusively.
Should any rations be required at any places, or within other districts, not specified in these proposals, the price of the same to be hereafter agreed on, betwixt the public and the contractor.
The rations to be supplied are to consist of the following articles. viz.
Table with 2 columns: One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or 3/4 of a pound of pork, Half a gill of rum, brandy or whisky, One quart of salt, Two quarts of vinegar, Two pounds of soap, One pound of candles. per. 100 rations.
ALSO, That Proposals will be received at the said office until the first Monday in September next, inclusive, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at Springfield, in the state of Massachusetts, and the Post of West-Point, in the state of New-York.
The rations to be supplied, are to consist of the same articles as are above mentioned.
ALSO, That proposals will be received at the said office, until the 1st Monday in September next inclusive, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the districts herein after mentioned.
At the post on the river Saint Mary, at present commanded by Capt. Henry Burbeck.
At the post on the river Altamaha, at present commanded by Capt. John Smith.
At the post on the river Oconee, at present commanded by Capt. Joseph Savage.
At the post on the river Apalachee, at present commanded by Capt. Michael Rudolph.
At any other place or places within the state of Georgia which may hereafter be occupied as permanent posts by any troops of the United States.
And for rations deliverable on the march to such future posts.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the said term, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at each of the said posts, for the space of at least two months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions.
The rations to be supplied are to consist of the same articles, as are abovementioned.
It is to be understood in each case, that all losses sustained by the depredations of the enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the prices of the articles captured or destroyed, on the depredations of two or more creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation is claimed.
The proposals may be made for the whole of the above posts together, or separately for Springfield, for West-Point, for Yorktown, and the seventeen places following it, and for the posts in Georgia; and they must specify the lowest price per ration, for prompt payment. MARCH 22, 1791.

CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, Feb. 5.
The BANK BILL under consideration.
MR. SMITH, (S. C.)
OBSERVED, That he considered it his duty to offer the reasons which should influence him in giving his vote on this occasion. He had wished amendments to the bill, as some parts of it he confessed, did not perfectly please him, but his wishes having been over-ruled, the question now is, Whether the bill shall pass? Tho' he came from the southward of the Patowmac, the principle of the bill met his approbation: It would be a deplorable thing, said he, if this government should enact a law subversive of the constitution—or that so enlightened a body as the Senate of the United States, should, by so great a majority, as were in favor of this bill, pass a law, so hostile to the liberties of this country, as the opposition to this measure have suggested the bank system to be; and it would be very extraordinary if an officer of this government, who has produced a performance explanatory of the constitution, of such celebrity, as to be referred to as an authority, should be so inconsistent with himself as to propose a law entirely subversive of the principles laid down in his able defence of the constitution.
He then adverted to the objection drawn from that article of the constitution, that no preference shall be given to one port over another: He shewed that the clause was inserted for a particular purpose—and could not be cited as a rule not to be deviated from—as a preference was and must necessarily be given to one port over another. He produced numerous instances in point in consequence of various clauses in the revenue laws—general regulations sometimes operate partially—and commercial arrangements, apparently unequal, produce the good of the community at large.
In reference to construing the Constitution, he observed, that the present moment, when the powers of the government were assailed from various quarters, he conceived the most improper to contract those powers.
The right to construe the constitution he argued from the principles advanced by Mr. Madison, in the debate on the power of removability, and read sundry observations from Lloyd's Register, made by that gentleman, corroborative of this sentiment—Those arguments he conceived applied very aptly to the present subject.
Matters of a fiscal nature necessarily devolve on the general government, and he urged, that every power resulting from the acknowledged right of Congress to control the finances of this country, must be as necessarily implied, as in the case of the power of removability.
He then alluded to the expediency of a national bank: The Secretary gave notice in his first report, that this plan was in contemplation.—Nothing was ever read with greater avidity—and tho' it is now more than a year since this intimation was given—yet no objections have been offered against it, either by the States or by individuals—even the State of North Carolina have not mentioned it.—[Here Mr. Bloodworth, (if the Editor did not misunderstand him) informed Mr. Smith, that the report had not been seen by the legislature of North Carolina.] Mr. Smith said he was sorry for it—and then proceeded to notice some partial quotations, made by Mr. Jackson, from Dr. Smith's Wealth of Nations, against bank systems: He said he could have wished the gentleman had been more copious in his quotations from that author—if he had, he would have found that that author has fully demonstrated their utility.
He noticed the division of opinions on the subject of a national bank in the city of Philadelphia—he supposed ideas of personal advantages induced these opposing sentiments—he however thought this subject should be taken up altogether on general principles; and even if its immediate influence should not extend to the extremes of the union, if the establishment promises a general preponderating advantage, local considerations must be considered in a secondary point of view.—The principal enquiry is, will the Institution facilitate the management of the Finances? This he thought had been made apparent. This is the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, after due and mature consideration of the subject; he certainly enjoys the best means for forming an opinion—he is at the head of the fiscal department, and deservedly enjoys the public confidence: Very little has been offered to disprove his sentiments on this part of the question—and the inexpediency of the measure should
be clearly proved before the plan is rejected—for an officer who deservedly enjoys the public confidence, is entitled to the support of the legislature in those plans which are expedient and constitutional.
Mr. Smith mentioned instances, in which Congress exercised power by implication—and observed, that this was necessary to the execution of the duties which devolve on the government by the Constitution: The power to establish a national bank must reside in Congress—for no individual State can exercise any such power—The right of no particular state is therefore infringed by the institution: It had repeatedly been said, that Philadelphia would derive peculiar advantages from the Bank of the United States—but he observed, if the present plan should fail, it was a question whether the Stockholders of the Bank of North-America, would not derive greater advantages from the necessity which in that case government would be under of resorting to them for loans.—The institution as before observed, is founded on general principles—and will undoubtedly in its operations prove of general utility.
A CO-PARTNERSHIP having commenced between JOSEPH ANTHONY, and his Son, THOMAS P. ANTHONY, under the firm of
JOSEPH ANTHONY and Son,
They have for Sale, at their Stores, (lately improved by HEWES and ANTHONY,) North side Chesnut-Street Wharf,
  NEW-ENGLAND Rum, Hyson, TEAS, of the first   Molasses, Souchong, & Bohea } quality,   Muscovado Sugars, & Bohea } Boston Sail Duck,   Jamaica & Martinique Coffee, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7,   Pimento, 6 by 8 Window Glass,   Cassia, Boston Prime Beef,   Old Batavia Arrack, A quantity of choice Carrot   Spermaceti & Wax Candles, Tobacco.   Spermaceti, Right Whale, N. England Tow Linen.   and Tanner's Oil, Philadel. March 18. [c.n.3w.]   Best pick'd Mackerel, 
New Line of Stages.
THE Subscriber has established a line of STAGES from Hartford to Boston, by way of Norwich and Providence, which will run thro' twice a week during the Winter Season, and three times a week during the Summer Season.
Good Carriages, Horses, and careful Drivers are provided.—Passengers pay three Pence per Mile, and are allowed 14 pound Baggage each.—Extra Baggage pays at the rate of three Pence per Mile for every 150 wt. As the Mail is to go in these Stages for the year 1791, fixed hours for starting from the respective Stage Houses is absolutely necessary—from which there can be no deviation. Norwich, Dec. 14, 1790.
The Stage for the Eastward leaves Hartford—Mondays and Thursdays, Norwich—Tuesdays and Fridays, Providence—Wednesdays and Saturdays, For the Westward, leaves Boston—Mondays and Thursdays, Providence—Tuesdays and Fridays, Norwich—Wednesdays and Saturdays. JESSE BROWN. 69—1w3m
PROPOSALS
FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A WORK, Entitled
The ART of WRITING,
REDUCED TO A PLAIN AND EASY SYSTEM, On a Plan entirely new. IN SEVEN BOOKS.
By JOHN JENKINS, Writing-Master.
THE first book contains a very plain, easy and familiar introduction to this art, and leads the learner to a right understanding of the principles of the work. The small letters are dissected—the principal strokes are placed by themselves, and accompanied with particular explanations. A table, or scheme, is added, which exhibits at one view the component parts of each letter, both small and great, placed in different classes, that the learner may at once perceive, by inspection, the relation and dependence which one letter has upon another. To which is annexed, a Dialogue, calculated to fix the attention of children, and impress their minds with right ideas of the letters. This work is designed for the benefit of schools, and may be used with advantage by all who would acquire a knowledge of penmanship.
Five of the remaining six are proper Writing Books, with Copperplate Copies, and are designed as an execution of the foregoing plan, each book proceeding by regular steps, from the first principles to Joining-hand Copies, and gradually proceeding from a large Round-hand, to an easy Running-hand; all which are preparatory to the seventh and last book, which is a collection of Writing-Pieces, Promissory Notes, Orders, Receipts, Bills of Exchange, &c.
CONDITIONS OF THE FIRST BOOK.
 I. It will be printed on fine writing paper, and contain about twenty-eight pages, quarto, with eight copperplate engravings.  II. The price will be Three Fifths of a Dollar, stitched in blue.  III. As the author risks the publication, he requests that each subscriber would advance One Quarter of a Dollar. 
N. B. As the engravings are not yet completed, the price of the remaining six cannot at present be ascertained.
** Gentlemen who have these subscription papers in their hands, are requested to return them to Isaiah Thomas, Esq. of Worcester, or Thomas and Andrews, Boston, by the first of June next.
The plan of the above work has been submitted to, and approved of by the Governors of several of the States, several members of Congress—the Presidents of Cambridge, Rhode-Island, Yale, Columbia, the President and Vice-President of New-Jersey, and several of the Professors of Pennsylvania Colleges—Also, by many of the Clergy, and several eminent Writing-Masters and Instructors of Youth. Philadelphia, March 7, 1791.
Captain ARMSTRONG,
INFORMS his fellow-soldiers and others, who may wish to enlist, that he has commenced recruiting in the city of Philadelphia, where a generous bounty, and other encouragement will be given.
Young men, who wish to become Adventurers in a new country, by joining this command, may acquire a knowledge of the Western World, subject to no expense; and after serving a short period, set down on their own farms, and enjoy all the blessings of peace and plenty. JOHN ARMSTRONG.
Philadelphia, March 14, 1791.
INDIA SALES, at Salem.
At the STORE of ELIAS HASKETT DERBY, Esq. On TUESDAY the 5th of APRIL next, at 10 o'clock, A.M. will commence the sale, by AUCTION, of the Cargo of the Brig HENRY, Lately arrived from BENGAL, MADRAS, and ISLE of FRANCE; Consisting of a large and valuable assortment of
INDIA GOODS.
As follows—viz.   BAFTAS, } White Cloths, proper for Sannas, and } Shirting, or Sheetings. Cassas, } Dureas—or striped Mullins. Durea Chintz, or painted striped do. Chintz, a great variety. Striped Cottons, } Bengal. Jagrenaut Mullins. Ditto } Ditto Handkerchiefs. Ginghams, Blue Cotton Handkerchiefs.  Long Cloths, of a superior quality, suitable for Shirting. Madras Patches, beautifully figured. Camboys, or blue and white striped Cottons. Moreas, or plain white Cloths. Madras Cambricks. Ditto } Ditto Handkerchiefs, with borders. Book Mullins. Ditto } Ditto Handkerchiefs, a great variety. A quantity of China Silk Handkerchiefs. A quantity of Ostrich Feathers. Surat Cotton, 23 bales. Indigo, of the Isle of France, of a superior quality. An assortment of fine Wines of the Cape of Good Hope. Raisins of do. A quantity of India Shirts and Trowlers, for Sailors' wear.     
To the above will be added, a great variety of other Goods, which are not enumerated. Also,
 100 Casks Raisins,  75 Chests Bohea Tea, } of the best qualities.  30 Ditto Hyson,  30 ditto Souchong, } 
The Goods may be viewed a few days previous to the sale.
W. P. BARTLETT and CO. Auctioneers. Salem, Feb. 21, 1791.
Virginia, Culpeper County, 25th Jan. 1791.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber,
THE PLANTATION, where-
on he resides, laying on both sides the Carolina road, in the great fork of Rappahannock river, 36 miles from the town of Dumfries, 30 from Fredericksburg, and 28 from Falmouth; in a most healthy part of the country:—Consisting of 2,000 acres—half cleared, and in good fence, well adapted for farming and grazing—the soil is good, lays well, abounding with many excellent springs and streams of water, so dispersed as to afford great opportunity of making watered meadow of the first quality, perhaps more than 300 acres—of which 120, in one body, is already in grass, and all watered and drained at pleasure by a number of ditches, for that purpose, passing through the whole. Orchards of about 2000 bearing apple trees—near as many peach trees, and a variety of most other kinds of fruit, natural to the climate. A good dwelling-house, the situation whereof is remarkably beautiful and pleasant; and many other valuable improvements of divers kinds.
And one other Plantation about 5 miles nearer said towns, consisting of about 1500 acres, on which is good merchant, grist, and saw mills, where nature, labour and art, have fully conspired to render them complete; a large constant stream, on which they stand, affords them water in great abundance; convenient thereto is a kiln end house, for drying corn, a bake house, a dwelling house and several other improvements mostly new; about 300 acres of the lands are in cultivation, very good in quality; the other part thin soil, but abounding with timber, is an inexhaustible source for the saw-mill.
Also several detached tracts within said county, of about 2, 3, and 400 acres each, and though not of so fertile soil, their vicinity to the towns render them valuable, on some of them there are small improvements, and the lands so situated, that they can easily be made convenient little farms.
The whole or any part of the abovementioned possessions will be disposed of, on very reasonable terms—a small proportion in ready money, for the balance, the payments will be made entirely to accommodate the convenience of the purchasers, who may be supplied on the same terms, with all kinds of stock, work horses, oxen, &c. &c. &c. by JOHN STRODE. [t. f.]
TO BE SOLD,
THE SEAT OF THE LATE GOVERNOR LIVINGSTON,
situate about a mile from Elizabeth-Town, on the public road to Morris Town. The farm contains between 90 and 100 acres of land, 15 or 20 acres of which are wood land; there is also appertaining to the said farm about 10 acres of salt meadow. Particular attention having been paid to the cultivation of fruit; there is on the farm a very large collection of various kinds of the choicest fruit trees, &c. in full bearing; the house is large, convenient, well built and in very good repair.
Enquire of the Printer, for further particulars. New-York, Jan. 1791. 80 3m
FOR SALE,
In the City of New-Brunswick,
A Commodious TWO STORY HOUSE, almost new, pleasantly situated on the banks of the Raritan, together with a large Lot in the rear, and a very good Wharf, immediately in front of the House. Said House is thirty-four feet square has four rooms on each floor, with entries between the same, and a good stone cellar under the whole.
Any person inclining to purchase may have possession the first day of May next, and know the price and terms of payment which will be made easy by applying to LEWIS FORMAN, in said city, or the subscriber in Bordentown. J. VAN EMBURGH.
N. B. If not sold, to be rented from 1st day of May next.
MANUEL NOAH,
BROKER, No. 91, Race-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, BUYS and SELLS
Continental & State Certificates,
Pennsylvania and Jersey Paper Money, And all kinds of SECURITIES of the United States, or of any particular State.