National gazette. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1791-11-03 00:00:00

National Gazette
By PHILIP FRENEAU.
VOL. I.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1791.
NUMB. 2.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
MONDAY, October 31.
NATHANIEL NILES and Israel Smith, from Vermont; Upton Sheredine, from Maryland; William Barry Grove, from North-Carolina; and Robert Barnewell, from South-Carolina, appeared and took their seats.
Several petitions were read, viz. From James Beers, Leonard Walter, Margaret Flour, Isaac Richards, Jedidiah Brown, William Haburn, John Fox, and Elizabeth Easton, praying compensation for wounds received and services rendered in the army of the United States, during the late war.—Said petitions were severally referred to the Secretary at War.
A petition from Richard Blackledge, praying compensation for a quantity of leather, furnished in the late war; which was referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.
A memorial from Joseph Ceracchi, an Italian Sculptor, proposing to execute on a certain design, and conditions, a monument to perpetuate American liberty and independence.
According to the order of the day, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the schedule of enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.—In debating upon this subject,
Mr. Lawrance observed, that the ratio of representation and some provision respecting S. Carolina were the principal objects in view. He meant to propose a resolution relative to the representation, after which he thought the committee might defer the further consideration of this subject for some days, that gentlemen might have time to make up their minds upon the business. He then moved, that till the next census be taken, one member should continue to be the representative of thirty thousand inhabitants.
Mr. Livermore thought that the determination of their constituents ought to be previously known on the amendment to the constitution, proposing that the representation of one for every thirty thousand do continue until the number of Representatives shall amount to one hundred. The people's agreeing to that amendment would oppose the motion before the House. If the people rejected the amendment, he should oppose so large a representation as one for every thirty thousand.
Several other gentlemen having spoken on the subject,
Mr. Sedgwick, after reading to the House a calculation he had made, stating the number by which each state would be represented, according to the several ratios of representation, observed, that the general sense of the people seemed to be that the number of representatives should be one hundred until increased by the ratio of one to forty thousand. He thought the ratio of 33 or 34,000 more conformable to public opinion than any other number; but that on this subject the House had nothing whereon to found their conclusions; for his own part he wished the House of Representatives always to consist of about one hundred members.
Mr. Livermore was for the ratio of one to forty thousand. The House would then consist of about eighty members. This would give less occasion for complaints of expence, and the public, in his idea, would be equally well served. He wished the House, if they settled any ratio might adopt that of one to 40,000.
Mr. White, said that the general voice of the people was for an increased representation at certain stated periods. One to thirty thousand seemed to be the general idea. The amendment proposed might not always give one to thirty thousand, but it would secure an increase of the representation as the population of the country increased. He concluded with wishing the House would not immediately decide on the subject.
Mr. Dayton wished the motion to lay over till tomorrow for further consideration. He thought the general sentiment to be in favour of thirty thousand, but as a medium between the opposite opinions, he moved an amendment for thirty-five thousand.
Mr. Seney was against any hasty decisions, especially when the House was so thin of members as at present. Upon a motion of his to that purpose, the committee rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again.
Mr. Smith (S. C.) wished that the state of South-Carolina might be allowed a longer time to make a return of their census, the enumeration being not yet completed, but would be so in a short time. He therefore made a motion to this effect which was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Bourne (M.) and Mr. White were appointed a committee to prepare and bring in a bill or bills providing the means by which persons charged in any state with treason, felony or other crime, who flee from justice, shall, on the demand of the executive authority of the state, from which they fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime; also providing the mode by which a person held to service or labour in one State under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall be delivered up, on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due.
Mr. Ames, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Brown, Mr. Fitzsimons, and Mr. Tucker were appointed a committee to report a regular and uniform mode of proceeding in cases of contested Elections of Members of the House.
Upon motion of Mr. Sedgwick a committee was appointed to bring in a bill providing compensation for widows, orphans, and invalids in certain cases.—The committee, Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Smith (S. C.) and Mr. Silvester.
Mr. Smith (S. C.) having moved to proceed on the President's speech, Mr. Lawrance proposed the deferring thereof till to-morrow, that the House might be acquainted with the proceedings of the Senate on that subject.
Upon motion of Mr. Smith, the question was taken and carried, that the whole house be discharged from farther proceeding on the President's speech, and that to-morrow be assigned for the consideration of the same. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, Nov. 1.
Two other members appeared and took their seats, viz. Josiah Parker, from Virginia, and Anthony Wayne, from Georgia.
A message in writing was then received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Secretary Lear, as follows—
United States, Nov. 1, 1791. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives,
I RECEIVED yesterday from the judge of the district of South-Carolina, a letter inclosing the presentment, of the grand jury to him, and stating the causes which have prevented the return of the census from that district, copies of which are now laid before you.
G. WASHINGTON.
Another message was received from the President, viz.
United States, Oct. 31, 1791. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives.
I send you herewith the arrangement which has been made by me, pursuant to the act, entitled, "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," in respect to the sub-divisions of the several districts, created by the said act into surveys of inspection, the appointment of officers for the same, and the assignment of compensations.
G. WASHINGTON.
Mr. Muhlenberg, from the committee appointed to prepare and report such standing rules and orders of proceeding as are necessary to be observed in the House, made a report, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Smith, (S. C.) called up his motion of yesterday for appointing a committee to bring in a bill granting longer time for the return of the South-Carolina census; upon which the question was taken up, and a committee appointed accordingly, consisting of Mr. Smith, (S. C.) Mr. Boudinot, and Mr. Venable, who soon after reported a bill for the above purpose, which having gone through a first and second reading was referred to a committee of the whole to-morrow.
Petitions were presented to the house from Levi Farnsworth, Lucy Bond (widow of the late Col. William Bond, deceased) & John Torrey respectively praying the liquidation and payment of claims against the United States for military services rendered during the late war.—Referred to the Secretary at War, who is instructed to examine the same, and report thereupon to the house.
Upon motion of Mr. B. Bourne, it was ordered that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report to the house the amount of the subscriptions to the loans proposed by the act making provision for the public debt, as well in the debts of the respective states, as in the domestic debt of the United States, and of the parts which remain unsubscribed, together with such measures as are in his opinion, expedient to be taken on the subject.
The house then, according to the order of the day, proceeded to consider the speech of the President of the United States, which being read,
It was ordered that so much of the said speech as relates to the establishment of a militia, magazines, arsenals, and fortifications, be referred to Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Giles, Mr. Ward, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Wayne, and Mr. Steele, with instructions to bring in a bill, or bills, providing for the same.
Mr. White moved for the appointment of a committee, to report a bill for the establishment of a land-office.—Mr. Williamson, Mr. White, and Mr. Boudinot, were chosen a committee.
Mr. Lawrance moved for the appointment of a committee, to report a bill for the regulation of the trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes—committed to Mr. White, Mr. Lawrance, and Mr. Steele.
It was then ordered, that the Secretary of the Treasury, be directed to report to the House, such information as he may have obtained, respecting any difficulties which may have occurred in the execution of the 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;" together with his opinion thereupon. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2.
A petition of John Torrey was read, praying to be reimbursed a sum of money which he had been compelled to pay for waggonage on account of the United States.
Ordered to lie on the table.
A petition of Robert Conyngham, praying compensation for services rendered in the navy of the United States, in the late war.
Ordered to lie on the table.
The several petitions of John Cooper, Robert Crooke, Robert Hodge, Oswald Kesselbaugh, and Abraham Levi, respectively praying compensations for wounds received or services rendered in the army or navy of the United States during the late war. Referred to the Secretary at War.
Petitions of Robert Aitken and Thomas Bradford, printers, praying to be employed in the public printing business of the United States.
Ordered to lie on the table.
Petition of Nicholas F. Westfall, praying compensation for services rendered in the American army, in the late war.
Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Dayton moved the following resolution:
That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report to this house whether any, and what alterations, in favor of the spirits which shall be distilled from articles of the growth or produce of the United States, or from foreign articles within the same, can, in his opinion, be made in the act for laying duties upon spirits distilled within the United States, consistently with its main design, and with the maintenance of the public faith. Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Giles called the attention of the House to a message from the President of the United States, containing a representation from the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental establishment respecting bounty lands, &c. The papers accompanying said message being read, Mr. Giles moved that the same be referred to a select committee, to report their opinion upon, which motion was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Giles moved a resolution in substance, that the Secretary at War be instructed to lay before the House a statement of all balances of pay which appear by the books in his office to be due to the officers and soldiers. Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Vining moved a resolution, that a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Dayton moved a resolution, that the board of commissioners for settling the accounts between the United States and individual states, be directed to report what progress they have made, and what prospect of the business being finally completed. Ordered to lie on the table.
Pursuant to the order of the day, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration the bill granting further time for making returns of the enumeration of the inhabitants in the district of S. Carolina; after some time the committee rose, and reported the bill with sundry amendments, some were agreed to, and others rejected, and the bill was then ordered to be engrossed.
A message was received from the Senate, informing that the petition of

the distillers of New-York, praying for alterations in the excise act, had been read in the Senate, and by them directed to be sent to the house.
On motion of Mr. Goodhue, ordered that the petitions of the distillers of Boston and New-York be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury for information. Adjourned.
L O N D O N, Sept. 6.
The spirit of the Navigation act has for some time past been completely defeated, by the Americans having become the general carriers of all our transatlantic commerce. Congress have, for nearly twelve months past enacted an additional port duty, amounting to near 100. Sterling upon the entrance of any British ship freighted with British merchandise. Notwithstanding this, American vessels still continue to pay nothing more on their arrival in England than the common alien duty; which is so trifling, that our ports are now full of their shipping, who get freighted immediately, while English ships usually employed in that trade, lay useless in the docks with brooms at their mast-heads denoting them only for sale. Surely some immediate measure will be adopted by Government, to give at least an equal share of the carrying trade to our own vessels, and not to suffer the whole thus to fall into the hands of our revolted colonists, to the manifest injury and degradation of the British marine.
S A V A N N A H, October 6.
The Augusta Chronicle of the 24th ult. mentions, that his excellency the governor has been pleased to appoint the hon. Nathan Brownson, Esq. and generals Twiggs and Clarke, commissioners to attend the running of the temporary line between this state and the Creek nation.
Mr. Ellicott (lately arrived from the Northward) and the commissioners, we are informed, have gone from Augusta to perform the abovementioned business.
C H A R L E S T O N, (S. C.) October 1.
We are informed, that the hon. Isaac Holmes, Esq. Lieut. Governor of this State, has been appointed Collector of the customs for the district of South-Carolina, in the room of George Abbot Hall, Esq. deceased.
S A L E M, October 25.
Last week, Capt. BARKER arrived here from Nantz, which port he left the 13th of September. BURNELL CARNES, Esq. Consul from the United States for the port of Nantz, came passenger with him.
When Capt. BARKER left Nantz, the people were expecting with pleasure the royal acceptance of the Constitution, which act they would consider as completing the revolution, and establishing their political happiness. The King's refusal of it would be considered as the signal for an attempt at a counter-revolution.
Translations from the papers brought by Capt. Barker.
B R A N D E N B U R G, Aug. 16. According to general opinion, confirmed in every quarter, we doubt not an intended alliance between Austria and Prussia .
H A G U E Aug. 15. We are full of conjectures, when we see the House of Austria and the King of Prussia in confidence, so contrary to the face of affairs.
M A D R I D, Aug. 18. M. Count de Laissy, Commandant in Catalonia, has ordered the Consul of France, residing at Barcelona, to leave Spain. A detachment of Grenadiers conducted him to the Frontiers of France. This French Patriot is accused of imprudent proposals against the Spanish Government, and of having spoken favorably of the French Revolution.
B O S T O N, Oct. 25.
A correspondent hopes that Congress will in their present session, compel the owners of every ship or vessel, to make the first suit of sails of American duck. This would effectually answer the purpose of setting up and prosecuting the manufacture of that useful and extensive article, and be the means of saving to this country many thousand pounds yearly.
B A L T I M O R E, October 21
Extract of a letter from George-Town, dated the 21st Instant.
The public Sale of Lots in the Federal City, ended on Wednesday evening; but the private sales still continue, and probably will all the week. In the whole, there have been, at least, twelve hundred lots sold.—The average of the public sales, is something upwards of £. 100, for a lot of 40 feet front and 130 or 140 deep.—The sales made by individuals, I suspect, were at a lower rate.—Indeed they have sold, in many parts of the City, and the public sales were confined to that part which lies between the President's Square and Georgetown, which it is imagined, will be first improved, being so convenient to the present Seat of trade.—tell your Friend, that it is not yet too late to make good Speculations; but that, if he means to do any thing to the purpose, he must not delay it too long."
O B S E R V A T I O N S ON THE PROSPECTS OF AMERICA.
(From a late Connecticut paper.)
PUBLIC measures, and the proceedings of government, are open to the inspection of its citizens, and subject to their animadversion. Enough appear in every place to censure, and point out the defects and imperfections incident to our policy; but few to show its excellencies: the Citizen undertakes this pleasing task, and wishes for the candid attention of the public, while he takes a view of the happiness and advantages his fellow-citizens of the state now enjoy, and the means of continuing and improving them. The first thing which strikes the mind of an attentive observer of the present situation of Connecticut, is her connexion with the general government. That government is every day acquiring firmness and stability. Though the habits, tempers and interests of the various parts of the empire are so different, that in speculation we should pronounce it impossible for the members of the general government to unite in any public measures; yet experience has shewn that mutual condescension will surmount these obstacles, and enable the conductors of this great political machine to proceed in such a manner as to give general satisfaction.
Our remote situation from other nations promises long peace; they will not be fond of contending with an empire so fast encreasing, so firmly established, and having such powerful resources at command. The causes which create war among European powers, do not here exist; and we have nothing to fear to disturb the public tranquility, unless it be the petty depredations of the Indians on our frontiers, which a small exertion of the military power will easily quell.
The general government being of our own appointment, the members of it being responsible to the people, and their conduct exposed to public censure, they have every inducement to conduct with integrity; so that if we act wisely in the choice of our officers, we have little to fear from internal oppression. While the citizens of Connecticut view themselves as a respectable part of so flourishing an empire the prospect appears peculiarly pleasing; equally pleasing is it also to view our own domestic situation, policy and government.
By emigration from abroad, and population at home, our empire encreases with a rapidity that astonishes European calculators, and which will soon fill the extensive regions of the west. By a judicious management of our resources, our revenue hath already become respectable, and placed public credit on a permanent basis. So that those who are interested in the public funds, consider their property as resting on a firm foundation. The sale of the western lands, and duties wisely laid on such articles of foreign goods as we do not need, and as ought to bear a high price, will probably be sufficient to discharge the public demands, and pay the price of our independence, without burthening the people with direct taxes. A government with such resources and revenues firmly established, becomes respectable abroad. Foreign nations fear her power, and covet her alliance. Her flag which displays itself in every commercial port, is universally honored.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, NOVEMBER 3.
C O M M U N I C A T I O N
Of the President of the United States to the House of Representatives on Tuesday last— See first page of this paper.
A R R A N G E M E N T made by the President of the United States, with respect to the subdivisions of the several districts thereof into surveys, the appointment of officers, and the assessment of compensation, pursuant to the act of Congress passed the 3d day of March, 1791, entitled, "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 States, and for appropriating the same."
N E W-H A M P S H I R E forms one survey of inspection. The duties of inspector are performed by the supervisor. To this office Joshua Wentworth has been appointed. His compensation is a salary of five hundred dollars, and a commission of one half per centum.
M A S S A C H U S E T T S forms three surveys of inspection. No. 1 consists of the province of Maine; No. 2 of the counties of Essex, Middlesex, Worcester, Hampshire, and Berkshire; No. 3 of the residue of the state. Nathaniel Gorham has been appointed supervisor. His compensation is a salary of eight hundred dollars, and a commission of one half per cent. The supervisor performs the duties of inspector of survey No. 1. Jonathan Jackson has been appointed inspector of survey No. 2, and Leonard Jarvis for survey No. 3. The compensation to each of these inspectors is a salary of five hundred dollars and a commission of one half per cent.
R H O D E - I S L A N D , forms one survey. The duties of inspector are performed by the supervisor. John S. Dexter has been appointed to this office, with an allowance of a salary of five hundred dollars, and a commission of one half per cent.
C O N N E C T I C U T forms one survey. The duties of inspector are performed by the supervisor, who is John Chittenden. His compensation is a salary of six hundred dollars, and a commission of one half per cent.
V E R M O N T forms one survey; of which the supervisor performs the duties of inspector. Noah Smith has been appointed to this office. His allowance is a salary of four hundred dollars, and a commission of one half per cent.
N E W - Y O R K forms one survey, of which the supervisor acts as inspector. William S. Smith has been appointed to this office, with a salary of eight hundred dollars, and a commission of one half per cent.
N E W - J E R S E Y forms one survey. The supervisor performs the duties of inspector. To this office Aaron Dunham has been appointed. His compensation is a salary of four hundred dollars, and a commission of one half per cent.
P E N N S Y L V A N I A forms four surveys. No. 1 consists of the city and county of Philadelphia, and the counties of Bucks and Montgomery. No. 2 of the counties of Berks, Northampton, Luzerne, and Northumberland; No. 3 of the counties of Delaware, Chester, Lancaster, York, Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Mifflin, and Huntingdon; No. 4 of the counties of Bedford, Westmoreland, Washington, and Allegany. The supervisor for the district, George Clymer, acts as inspector of survey No. 1. His compensation is a salary of one thousand dollars, and a commission of one half per cent. James Collins has been appointed inspector of survey No. 2, Edward Hand of survey No. 3, and John Neville of survey No. 4. The allowance to each of these inspectors is a salary of four hundred and fifty dollars, and a commission of one per cent.
D E L A W A R E forms one survey, of which the supervisor acts as inspector. His compensation is a salary of four hundred dollars, and a commission of one per cent. Henry Latimer, who was appointed supervisor has resigned his office.
M A R Y L A N D forms two surveys. No. 1 comprehends the counties of St. Mary's, Somerset, Calvert, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Kent, Charles, Talbot, Dorchester, Baltimore, Ann Arundel, Worcester, Harford, Cecil, and Prince George's. No. 2 consists of the counties of Montgomery, Washington, Frederick, and Allegany. The supervisor of the district, George Gale, officiates as inspector of survey, No. 1. His compensation is a salary of seven hundred dollars, and a commission of one per cent. Philip Thomas has been appointed inspector of survey No. 2, with a salary of four hundred and fifty dollars, and a commission of one per cent.
V I R G I N I A has been divided into seven surveys of inspection. No. 1 consists of the counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, King George, Caroline, Hanover, Henrico, Charles City, James City, Warwick, Elizabeth City, York, Gloucester, Matthews, Middlesex, Essex, King and Queen, King William, and New Kent; No. 2 of the counties of Stafford, Prince William, Fairfax, Loudoun, Fauquier, Culpepper, Orange, Albemarle, Louisa and Spotsylvania; No. 3 of the counties of Goochland, Fluvanna, Amherst, Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Halifax, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Amelia, Powhatan, Cumberland, Buckingham, Prince Edward, and Campbell; No. 4 of the counties of Princess Anne,
Chesterfield, No. folk, Isle of Wight, Surry, Prince George, Dinwiddie, B. wick, Greensville, Southampton, Nansemond, Accomack, and Northampton; No. 5 of the counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Monongalia, Ohio, Harrison, Randolph, Pendleton, Auguika, Rockingham, and Shenandoah; No. 6 of the counties of Rockbridge, Botetourt, Montgomery, Wythe, Washington, Russell, Greenbrier, and Kanawha; No. 7 consists of the district of Kentucky. Edward Carrington has been appointed supervisor, with a salary of one thousand dollars, and a commission of one per centum. Drury Ragdale has been appointed inspector of survey No. 1; Edward Stevens of No. 2; Mayo Carrington of No. 3; Thomas Newton of No. 4; Edward Smith of No. 5; James Brackenridge of No. 6; and Thomas Marshall of No. 7. The compensation to these officers are to each a salary of four hundred and fifty dollars, and a commission of one per cent.
N O R T H - C A R O L I N A forms five surveys. No. 1 consists of the counties of Wilmington, Onslow, New-Hanover, Brunswick, Bladen, Duplin, Anson, Richmond, Moore, Cumberland, Robertson, and Sampson; No. 2 of the counties of Carteret, Hyde, Beaufort, Pitt, Craden, Jones, Dobb's, Johnson and Wayne; No. 3 of the counties of Kurituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, and Tyrrell; No. 4 of the counties of Northampton, Martin, Halifax, Nash, Edgecombe, Warren, Franklin, Caswell, Orange, Randolph, Grandville, Wake, and Chatham; No. 5 of the counties of Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Roan, Iredel, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Gilford, Lincoln, Rutherford, Burke, and Wilkes. William Polk has been appointed supervisor, and a salary of seven hundred dollars and a commission of one per cent. have been assigned him as a compensation. James Read has been appointed Inspector of survey No. 1; John Daves of No. 2; Thomas Benbury of No. 3; John Whitaker, of No. 4; and Joseph M'Dowel the elder of No. 5. The compensation to the inspectors of surveys No. 1, 2 and 3, are to each a commission of two per centum; these inspectors being also officers of the customs. A salary of four hundred and fifty dollars and a commission of one per cent; have been assigned as a compensation to the inspectors of surveys No. 4, and 5 respectively.
S O U T H - C A R O L I N A forms three surveys. No. 1. consists of the counties of Colleton, Berkeley, Washington, Marion, Bartholomew, Charleston, Granville, Hilton, Lincoln, Shrewsbury, Winton, Orange, and Lewisburgh; No. 2 of the counties of Winyaw, Williamburgh, Liberty, Kingston Darlington, Chesterfield, Marlborough, Clarendon, Clermont, Lancaster, Kershaw, Richland, Fairfield, Chester and York; No. 3 of the counties of Edgefield, Abbeville, Newbury, Laurens, Union, Spartanburg, Greenville, and Pendleton. The duties of inspector of survey No. 1 are performed by the supervisor, Daniel Stevens, to whom a salary of seven hundred dollars and a commission of one per cent have been assigned as a compensation. Benjamin Cudworth has been appointed inspector of survey No. 2, and Silvanus Walker of No. 3. The compensation assigned to the inspector of survey No. 2 is a salary of three hundred dollars and a commission of two per centum; to the inspector of survey No. 3 a salary of four hundred and fifty dollars and a commission of one per cent.
G E O R G I A forms one survey. The supervisor, John Matthews, officiates as inspector. The compensation assigned him is a salary of five hundred dollars and a commission of one per cent.
The commission in each case is computed upon the nett product of the duties on spirits distilled within the jurisdiction of the officer to whom it is allowed; which nett product is determined by deducting at each stage of the compensation all preceding charges.
With regard to the ports the following arrangements have been made. At the ports at which there are both a collector and a surveyor, the latter has been appointed an inspector: where there is a collector only he has been appointed, and where there is a surveyor only he has been appointed. The ports, at which neither collector nor surveyor resides, have been placed under the inspection of the collector or surveyor of the district to which they belong, as the one or the other is the inspector of the revenue for the port where he resides. The duties of these inspectors are confined to spirits imported from abroad; and as they bear an analogy to those which they have been accustomed to perform, no compensation has been assigned.
The officers directed by the 18th section of the law to be appointed by the supervisors have been denominated collectors of the revenue. Their number has been of necessity left to the discretion of the supervisor, with these general intimations, that they should be in all cases as few as the proper execution of the business would permit; and that, in regard to the collection of the duties on stills, one for each county would suffice; but this regulation necessarily varies, as the stills are more or less dispersed. Where they are much scattered, two, three or more counties have been assigned to the same person. The compensation to these officers is a commission on the sums collected by each, of two per centum on the product of the duties on spirits distilled from foreign materials, and of four per centum on the product of the duties arising from spirits distilled from domestic materials, whether per gallon or by the still. This difference was dictated by the different nature of the business.
By order of the President of the United States, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Secretary of the Treasury.
Treasury Department, October 31st, 1791.

Monday last at twelve o'clock, the Vice-President, attended by the Senate, repaired to the President's house, and presented him with the following address:
SIR, THE Senate of the United States have received with the highest satisfaction, the assurances of public prosperity contained in your speech to both houses: the multiplied blessings of Providence have not escaped our notice, nor failed to excite our gratitude.
The benefits which flow from the restoration of public and private confidence, are conspicuous and important, and the pleasure with which we contemplate them, is heightened by your further assurance of those further communications which shall confirm their existence and indicate their source.
Whilst we rejoice in the success of those military operations which have been directed against the hostile Indians, we lament with you the necessity that has produced them, and we participate the hope, that the present prospect of a general peace, on terms of moderation and justice, may be wrought into complete and permanent effect, and that the measures of government may equally embrace the security of our frontiers, and the general interests of humanity; our solicitude to obtain, will insure our zealous attention to, an object so warmly espoused by the principles of benevolence, and so highly interesting to the honor and welfare of the nation.
The several subjects which you have particularly recommended, and those which remain of former sessions, will engage our early consideration; we are encouraged to prosecute them with alacrity and steadiness, by the belief that they will interest no passion, but that for the general welfare, by assurance of concert, and by view of those arduous and important arrangements which have been already accomplished.
We observe, Sir, the constancy and activity of your zeal for the public good. The example will animate our efforts to promote the happiness of our country.
Signed by order and in behalf of the Senate. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
The PRESIDENT's Reply.
Gentlemen, THIS manifestation of your zeal for the honor and happiness of our country, derives its full value from the share which your deliberations have already had in promoting both.
I thank you for the favorable sentiments with which you view the part I have borne in the arduous task committed to the government of the United States; and desire you to be assured that all my zeal will continue to second those further efforts for the public good which are insured by the spirit in which you are entering on the present session.
G. WASHINGTON.
Tuesday last, Joseph Ravarra, Esq. was introduced to the President, by the Secretary of State as Consul-General in the United States from the republic of Genoa.
The account in our last, conveyed in an extract of a letter from New-York, relative to a defeat of the whites by the negroes on the 25th of September, proves to be without foundation.
We are informed by letters, &c. from Cape-Francois, dated October 7, that the exercise of the Droit d'Aubaine will continue to be suspended in St. Domingo, and it is expected will be entirely annihilated at the receipt of the next dispatches from the National Assembly of old France.
Letters from Cape-Francois by the Hett, Capt. Clouser, arrived here on Monday last; mention an engagement with the blacks in which, after a bloody contest the negroes were defeated and driven out of their entrenchments with the loss of a great number killed and wounded. The fourth side and west end of the island are tolerably quiet, and although the negroes had risen in the neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, they had, when the last accounts left the island, attempted nothing injurious further than threatening the whites that if certain privileges were not granted them they would follow the example of the other insurgents. In short, the once flourishing colony of St. Domingo seems to be in a distressed situation, and little hopes of peace and safety being restored until more forces arrive in the island.
Extract of a letter from Cape-Francois, dated October 4.
"According to the representation made to the General Assembly on September 29, no less than two hundred sugar plantations are destroyed on the north side of the island. The devastations of the Cateys in the northern and western parts still continue, and the number of revolted slaves are estimated at least at one hundred thousand. The English at Jamaica have sent us some assistance of shipping and sailors, which seem not to have it in their power to do anything effectual towards quelling the revolt. The Jamaica Blue Mountain negroes are looked for in a few days, some say five or six regiments, whose modes of fighting it is thought will answer better in the mountains than those practiced by the whites. A British ship of war of fifty guns and a frigate are arrived at Port-au-Prince with arms and ammunition, but no troops, which alone in the present exigency could be of any service. We have every reason to suppose that this insurrection will have a conclusion similar to a former one in Jamaica; the negroes retiring into inaccessible mountains, where they will bid defiance, and in the end force us to declare them independent to prevent their invasions and robberies."
A plan is agitated in Providence, (R. I.) for the speedy establishment of a Sail, Duck, and Twine Manufactory in that place. A number of public-spirited gentlemen are at the head of this undertaking, who have undertaken to support the plan to the utmost of their ability. This advantageous and very necessary branch of business is proposed to be carried on by fifty persons, in equal shares; or any person may have liberty to take any number of shares, not exceeding ten, so as to fill up the said fifty shares in case the same number of individual subscribers do not offer.
The Governor of the state of New-York has issued a Proclamation, offering a reward for apprehending the persons who inhumanely murdered Cornelius Hoogeboom, Sheriff of Columbia county.
Extract of a letter from Portugal, Aug. 18.
"We have just received information here, that it is thought may be depended on, that their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Netherlands have prohibited the importation of tea by foreigners into their territories. As to other matters, the Spanish decree, respecting foreigners, is expressed in so vague a manner, or rather is left so open to construction, that it is said already to have received three different interpretations from the Spanish Ministry. There have arrived here within these few days, several foreign mechanics, who seem to be very anxious and are making every enquiry for information, relative to the probability of their succeeding with their fabrics in the United States of America. I will just add, for the information of merchants and others, that upon threshing out the harvest, in Portugal, the crop appears to be much smaller than was imagined to have been from the appearance of the straw; consequently the demand for wheat and corn from America will be augmented. In some parts of Spain and France, the harvest has also turned out very indifferently."
Extract of a letter from London, Sept. 6.
"The people have been very much dissatisfied with the needlessly expence and distress lately given to trade, in which even the American shipping have had their share, as the men on board them have been taken from mere wantonness, by the press-gangs. Within the last month it has, it seems, been discovered by some officer in the service of the revenue, that all American vessels transporting merchandise to the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, are, under an act of Charles the Second's reign, subject to seizure, and in consequence of which, two vessels, after having delivered their cargo of tobacco there, and proceeded to Liverpool, have been arrested; one other has since been arrested on her arrival at Guernsey, and notwithstanding it has been shown that the parties were ignorant of such an act, and that they were innocent in offending the law, yet from the unfriendly report of the commissioners of the customs, it is apprehended they will be condemned. Other difficulties, it is said, have been stated by the officers of the customs, such as some of the American vessels not being navigated by two thirds American born subjects, and others, that the manifest of their cargoes has not been conformable to an act of parliament. One ship lay seized at Liverpool on account of the former, and another at Greenock on account of the latter."
[From a late French Paper.]
The retainers to monarchical government tell us that, "in order to prevent being governed by a tyrant there ought to be a king: That there is less to be apprehended from a power established and limited by law, than from authority usurped by a chief, who acknowledges no other controul than his own will and inclination." But have we any reason to fear the possibility of an usurper?—No—The distribution of the kingdom into departments is amply sufficient to check all ambitious designs of this nature; and that which might have been called an imprudent confidence before this useful arrangement took place is now absolutely free from all danger upon that score. The extent of France, which is a circumstance favorable to republican government, does not leave us room to apprehend that the mere image of royalty set up in the capital, can ever become the tyrant of the nation.
Distinction of powers, founded not only upon law, but upon a real discrimination of public employments is another barrier against tyranny. The military, the marine, the department of finance, legislation and courts of justice are all distributed amongst men, whose education, and habits are essentially different—all those powers must be destroyed, corrupted, or must even have changed their very natures, before any one power, distinct from or included in these, can aspire to tyranny.
The liberty of the press, the universal use of reading, and the multitude of public papers and gazettes are sufficient to preserve the nation from any danger of this kind. To every man that has read with attention the history of the usurpation of Cromwell in England, it is evident, that one single gazette, freely circulating in that country at that time, would have effectually arrested the progress of tyranny—it is equally evident that if the people of England had been in the practice of reading other books than the bible, this political and religious hypocrite would have been unmasked in his outset, and his schemes rendered abortive. All popular tyrants have ever acted under a masque; the liberty of the press tears off this masque, and the moment the real visage is seen, there is nothing more to fear. Let us not then create a real evil to avoid an imaginary danger.
Extract of a letter from London, Sept. 6.
The English commerce is now arrived at a most enviable height, contrary to what might have been expected from the false direction the national spirit has at all times been accustomed to receive from government. The public spirit of its citizens has ever been the support of this country, and enabled it to surmount every obstacle and despise every calamity. It was that spirit which supported them through the fatal American war, and which at this moment supports them under a load of taxes, at least three times as great as the nation ought, in justice, to pay. But it is not so easy, as formerly, for an English minister to controul the public opinion. Time has been, when the governing party had only to set up a phantom, and the people would fight. They are now sensible of their past errors, and it must be some direct, pointed, and positive provocation from France that will lead them into the snare laid by the court. Notwithstanding all our resources and industry, a new war must decidedly ruin us. The ministry well know that the only means left them to destroy what little liberty remains in England is to prevent its establishment in France, although they do not undertake to avow their design in open day.—In fact, they have not been able to fall upon any means to render popular a quarrel with a nation that is determined to mind its own business. The people of England look with anxiety for a government really free, and are not disposed to war against a nation, who have thrown off their shackles, merely to support the cause of despotism. The fear of the people not agreeing to a war with France has forced Mr. Pitt to change his plans, and purchase Burke's abilities to calumniate the French revolution; but the slanders of this venal slave have by no means produced the effect the minister had in view. The high tone in which he has accustomed himself to address foreign powers, will no longer do. It has failed with the Empress of Russia; and he must quit her. Intrigue is his last resource in order to set the German princes upon France and let loose upon her a herd of thieves and plunderers, who he weakly believes will be able to injure her: but this plan has been discovered, and the vigilance of France is redoubled."
Particulars relative to the Disturbances in French Hispaniola.
[Translated from the printed proceedings of the General Assembly of the Island, received on Monday last by the brig Hett, Capt. Clouser.]
CAPE-FRANCOIS, Oct. 5.
Substance of the instructions from the General Assembly of the French part of Hispaniola, to their Commissioners to the National Assembly of France. The Commissioners being arrived in France, shall immediately repair to the National Assembly at Paris, from whence, after having conferred with the commercial deputies from this capital, they shall write to the eighty-three departments and to the different chambers of commerce, to prevail upon them by the most pressing arguments, to concur with them in the demands they shall make from the National Assembly; which shall be—1st, To send forward without delay the decrees relative to the colonies in the West-Indies, which are not officially known in those parts. 2d. They shall solicit the National Assembly to send the most prompt succour to the relief of the inhabitants of French Hispaniola, to assist in extinguishing the revolt of the blacks, as well as to afford the means of executing the national decrees, and re-establishing order in the colonies. 3d. They are authorised to demand from the nation and commercial bodies of France, the sums necessary for re-establishing the agriculture of the Island, as well as a large supply of provisions, which are become absolutely necessary, by the depredations of the insurgents, in addition to the above, the assistance of the Mother Country is requested, to repair, as much as possible, the various other losses the colony has sustained and to exert her power in putting an end to the ravages of the insurgents, since there is no probability of any effectual speedy assistance from any other quarter.
The President of the General Assembly of the Island, having given the colonial letter to the English Prime Minister, a reading, has ordered its insertion in the journal. The letter is as follows:
"Cape-Francois, Sept. 26, 1791. "We shall forbear troubling you, Sir, with the melancholy narrative of our misfortunes. By the return of the Daphne and the Alert your Excellency will receive a detail of the most disastrous events. St. Domingo is at this instant a prey to the devastations of fire and sword, and being in a great measure over-run by the revolted Negroes, must probably, in a very short time be considered the grave of its inhabitants, and covered with the ashes of its buildings and plantations."
"From the beginning of these attempts and outrages we made it a point to ask assistance from our neighbours.—The English alone have exerted themselves in our favour, and shared with us the scanty means they themselves are masters of to preserve their possessions from being exposed to an evil which is like to become universal, by the methods certain philanthropists have fallen upon to propagate their opinions."
"The succour afforded us by the English has, indeed, proved insufficient to remedy our misfortunes, but their activity, good will, and generosity has operated considerably to our relief. Although in the abyss of despair and wretchedness, Gratitude is a sentiment which will still be uppermost in every Creolian heart: Be pleased then, Sir, to receive and present to your King, our acknowledgment of the obligations we shall ever remain under to England whose generosity, abstracted from all narrow policy and private considerations, has sent a force to us to snatch from the wasting flames the remains of an
island, the immensity of whose productions has hitherto left France without a rival in the commerce of the West-Indies." We are, &c.
The Members of the General Assembly of Representatives for the Island of St. Domingo."
The General Assembly resolved on the 29th of September, for the relief of such of the inhabitants as have had their plantations and buildings burnt, that a commissioner be dispatched to the island of Jamaica, there to negotiate a loan of 180,000. sterling, or 725,000 dollars, on condition that re-embursement shall be made in four equal yearly payments, the first to take place on May first, 1794, either in dollars, articles of commerce, or drafts upon old France. The rate of interest to be agreed upon by commissioners deputed by the Assembly, and the loaners of the money in Jamaica.
A motion was made on the same day in the General Assembly, to present a memorial to Lord Effingham, Governor of Jamaica, requesting him, in concurrence with the Assembly, to send to the assistance of this island some companies of the Blue Mountain negroes, as the best qualified troops to put an end to the rebellion of the slaves in Hispaniola.
FRANCE.
August 25—30, 1791.
[Translated from L'ARGUS PATRIOTE, a French paper of estimation, printed at Paris.]
The disaffected of every denomination, who have fled out of this kingdom into foreign countries, are endeavouring to propagate an idea that France is to all intents, ruined; in particular, that the people of Paris are in such abject distress as to be in want of the most common necessaries of life, and that every prudent man has given up the revolution as a desperate attempt. These reports, which perfectly accord with the wishes of most of the European Courts, are carefully circulated, in order to damp the spirits of such nations as would be the most likely to follow the example of France in throwing off the shackles of despotism. It may indeed be asserted, in strict truth, that the principal business of certain courts at this time is to vilify the National Assembly, and that part of the French nation who have taken up arms to defend their liberty.
It is remarkable that the Parisians have gained in solidity what they have lost in frivolity. The spirit of the people increases daily, and in room of a contemptible species of vanity, the French have assumed a noble pride of soul, and a more than Roman love of their country. A revolution has, in fact, taken place in manners and morals, as well as in government, and the character of the Parisians, in particular, is entirely changed. Talents and learning are encouraged, and though the capital of France may heretofore have boasted a more brilliant and gay appearance than at present, we can safely say that it never at any time contained so many happy people.
August 25.
The scarcity of money still continues, and several stock-jobbers, that might be named, if necessary, have got into the practice of exchanging specie for national notes upon a certain discount on the notes. Nothing can be a stronger proof of the return of our citizens to good order, than the tranquility in which these wretches carry on their infamous traffic.
Notwithstanding the number of refugees from France is very great, and a very great part of that number completely ruined, as well as liable to trial for treason, should they return; yet we may venture to affirm that the greatest part of them are neither ruined, nor liable to a legal process. Even the traitors and parricides would instantly return to their country were they assured that the troubles were at an end, and that the new laws would be faithfully observed that have been passed under the sanction of the present government.
August 30.
Among all the writers who have openly declared themselves for the system of anarchy, called republican government, in France, there are but two whose opinions seem to have made any considerable number of proselytes. These are, Mr. Thomas Payne, and Monsr. Condorcet. The first of these is a stranger; the other has hitherto supported the character of an honest man, at the same time he is a weak man, and having spent the best part of his life in writing panegyrics, and wrangling about the squaring of the circle, he now pops out of his garret, and in an instant pretends to resolve a political problem, which has puzzled the wisest men of all ages.
It is computed that upwards of two hundred thousand persons have fled out of France, on account of the troubles, who have not only drawn their incomes out of circulation, but have also transferred their moveable property into foreign countries. More than two hundred thousand others having lost and forfeited their estates, remain in the kingdom, in a most deplorable state of poverty.
Upwards of twenty thousand persons have this year celebrated the era of the French Revolution in London alone. It must be remembered that last year the number did not exceed seven hundred. At Dublin also the armed Volunteers have joyfully commemorated this great event; and there has not been a single town or city in England, of consequence, but what has honored the day that gave birth to the liberties of France.

Five regiments of Horse are stationed in the neighborhood of London. Mr. Pitt has caught the anti-federal fever, and is afraid of its becoming inflammatory—if he has recourse to bleeding, his disease will, doubtless, prove mortal.
Extract of a letter from London, dated Sept. 6. "Several of the Birmingham rioters are under sentence of death, though it is thought few or none will be executed. Poor Doctor Priestley's loss is irreparable. This lawless misguided crew waged war, not only against the Doctor, but against the arts and sciences, morality, religion, and polite literature. His collection of books was one of the best in Europe, and contained not a few of which another copy does not exist in the world. The philosopher seems sensibly affected at the loss, but behaves tolerably well under his misfortune. An old friend having paid him a visit some days after the riot, to condole with him, and, if possible, administer consolation; the Doctor coolly observed—"I should have read my books to little purpose if they had not taught me to bear the loss of them with indifference."
The following is translated from the original decree of the National Assembly of France for abolishing the Droit d'Aubaine, August 6, 1790.
Mr. Barrere, in the name of the Committee of Domains, on the motion of Mr. Marianne Fonjulianne; You have charged your committee of domains to offer their opinion on the suppression of the Droit d'Aubaine. The droit (duty) originated at that period when there existed no intercourse between nations; it belonged to the king, the treasury, the nation, who succeeded to the property of the foreigner, not naturalized, on the event of his death, or of the naturalized foreigner who died intestate, and of the French citizen, who on leaving France, had abandoned his country. Considering this duty in its relation to the constitution and present laws, its fate seems to be already determined. According to the report of the treasury, the sums arising from this duty are not great, scarcely amounting to forty thousand livres. The committee has enjoined it upon me to offer the following draft of a decree for your approbation.
"The National Assembly, having attended to the report of the committee of Domains, and considering that the Droit d'Aubaine is contrary to those fraternal principles of affection, which ought to unite all men, be their country or government what it may; considering further, that this law was established in the most barbarous ages, they are of opinion it ought to be abolished in every country whose constitution is founded upon the rights of men and citizenship, and that France, being now free, ought to open her bosom to the whole world, and invite them to enjoy under her mild and benevolent government, the sacred and inalienable rights of mankind—It is decreed therefore as follows:
"That the Droit d'Aubaine and the right of draw-backs upon property shall be forever abolished; and, secondly, that all procedures, suits, and enquiries, which may be founded upon those rights, or either of them, are forever extinguished and of no effect.
The draft of this decree was then adopted unanimously and without debate.
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Genuine copy of the introduction to a toast, proposed by Dr. Price, on Wednesday the 14th of July, at the feast for celebrating the first Anniversary of the Revolution in France.
GENTLEMEN, THE subject of the toast I am going to propose to you, appears to me very important. In consequence of five wars in which we have been involved since the Revolution in 1688, the kingdom is now bending under a heavy load of debts and incumbrances, which render it incapable of meeting another war without the utmost danger. For certainly there is a limit, beyond which if we go in adding to our debts ruin must follow; and one more war may bring us to that limit.
A long period of peace, therefore, to give us time for the redemption of our debts, is necessary to our security, and perhaps, even to our existence. In France there is a disposition to unite itself to us, by an alliance for maintain-
ing and perpetuating peace. Such an alliance would be an union between the two first kingdoms in the world, for the noblest purpose. It would be an effect worthy of that union of philosophy to politics, which distinguishes the present era of the world. It might save Britain. It would bless the world; and complete the hopes of all the friends of human liberty and happiness. I can say, from very respectable authority, that there has been a design formed in the National Assembly of France, to make a proposal of such an alliance to this country.
"O heavenly philanthropists! well do you deserve the admiration not only of your own country, but of all countries. You have already determined to renounce, for ever, all views of conquest, and all offensive wars. This is an instance of wisdom and attention to human rights which has no example. But you will do more. You will invite Great-Britain to join you in this determination, and to enter into a compact with you for promoting peace on earth and good will among men."
GENTLEMEN, Such are the fruits of that glorious revolution which we are this day celebrating. It promises a new and better order in human affairs. The passions of Kings and their Ministers have too often and too long involved nations in the calamities of war. But now (thanks to the National Assembly of France) the axe is laid to the root of this cause of human misery; and the intrigues of courts are likely to lose their power of embroiling the world.
In this kingdom we have been used to speak of the people of France as our natural enemies; and, however absurd, as well as ungenerous and wicked such language was, it admitted of some excuse while they consisted only of a monarch and his slaves. But now, with a spirit that astonishes mankind, and that makes tyrants tremble, they have broke their yoke, they have asserted their rights, and made themselves as free as ourselves. In doing this, we have been an example to them. They are now become an example to us; and we have reason to expect, that they will soon crown their glorious work by calling upon us to meet them (not as formerly, in the fields of blood, at the command of a despot) but on the sacred ground of liberty, to embrace us as brethren, to exchange vows with us of eternal amity, and to settle the terms of a confederation for extending the blessings of peace and liberty through the world. Thus united, the two kingdoms will be omnipotent. They will soon draw into their confederation HOLLAND, and other countries on this side the globe, and the United States of AMERICA on the other; and, when alarms of war come, they will be able to lay to contending nations, PEACE, and there will be PEACE.
I have therefore thought, that it would be worthy of this respectable company on this most animating and joyous occasion, to express its wishes of success to the proposal I have mentioned, by drinking the following toast:
An alliance between FRANCE and GREAT-BRITAIN, for perpetuating peace, and making the world happy.
GALLIPOLIS.
The settlers of Gallipolis are in great hopes of succeeding in making wine, —not of exotic grapes, but by cultivating the wild American grape. A singular circumstance gave rise to these hopes. In the Ohio, immediately opposite to Gallipolis, is a sandy island remarkable for the goodness of the wild grape, produced on it. They are juicy, the skin much thinner and stone smaller than the grapes of the same kind in the other parts of the country. This difference is attributed to the effects of the ice in winter, which, when the river rises, sweeps over the island and trims the vines. This coarse dressing, tho' it happens in an unfavorable season of the year, together with the exposed situation of the island to the direct rays of the sun, is conceived to be the reason of the superiority of the grapes in this small spot. Very palatable wine has already been made of these grapes, and when the hint is improved upon, and a regular course of culture bestowed upon our native vine (which is the determination of our settlers to attempt) Scoto wine, who knows, may perhaps, one day supplant the Madeira on our tables.
L I N E S
Occasioned by the putting a Dog on shore at the Island of Sapola, for theft.—1788.
SINCE nature taught you, Tray , to be a thief What blame have you for working at your trade? What if you stole a handsome round of beef, Theft, in your code of laws, no crime was made.
The ten commandments you have never read Nor did it ever enter in your head; But art and nature, careful to conceal, Disclos'd not even the eighth— Thou shalt not steal.
Then to the green wood, Caitiff , haste away— There take your chance to live—for truth must say We have no right, for theft, to hang up Tray .
BOSTON, October 25.
Yesterday sailed from this port, with a fair wind, the copper-bottomed ship Margaret, James Magee, Esq. commander, on a voyage to the north-west coast of America. It is the intention of this enterprising navigator to proceed much farther north, than any of his predecessors have ever attempted. The ship is amply furnished with every article necessary for so long and dangerous a voyage, and a literary gentleman, Mr. Howel, of Boston, has taken passage on board, with a view to make such observations on the various coasts and seas they shall visit, as will tend to throw light on the geography of America.
At the Boston Duck Manufactory, can be produced duck equal, if not superior, to any imported, and the demands for it are greater than can readily be complied with.
ALBANY, Oct. 24.
Saturday last Cornelius Hogeboom, Esq. sheriff of the county of Columbia, accompanied by two other gentlemen, went to the sale of some property, legally advertised, at Nobletown, and not finding his deputy, whom he had expected, he adjourned the sale to a future day, and having mounted his horse on his return, had not proceeded fifty yards from the house, when a number of armed men started up from among the bushes, and, at the second discharge of their muskets, the sheriff fell a victim to the mean revenge of a cowardly set of assassins.
WINCHESTER, October 22.
A person arrived here on Wednesday last from Kentucky, who informs, that he started from the Crab-Orchards in company with several other persons; that, as they passed through the wilderness, they discovered two human bodies, which had been killed and scalped by some Indians; and that he and his companions stopped and buried them.
Another party, who recently came in through the wilderness, were attacked by a small number of Indians; but they all escaped, saving one woman, who fell into the hands of the savages. She, however, was fortunate enough to liberate herself afterwards, in the following manner.—The night after she was taken, the Indians made a large fire, and placed her between themselves and it; they then fell asleep, and, apparently, the woman did the same; but, watching her opportunity, she stole away from them unperceived, and wandered in the woods until she came to a run of water, whose course she kept for a considerable number of miles, and at length arrived safe in a settlement of white inhabitants.
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