Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1791-06-11 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. 13, of Vol. III.]
SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1791.
[Whole No. 221.]
R E P O R T OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE COD AND WHALE FISHERIES. [CONTINUED.] No. VIII. M. JEFFERSON, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States.
Fontainbleau, October 22, 1786.
SIR, As it is the intention of the King to favor, as much as possible, the commerce of the United States, I have the honor to communicate to you the measures that have been taken on this subject. By a letter of the 9th January, 1784, to the Marquis de la Fayette, I informed him that instead of two free ports promised by the treaty with the United States, the King had determined to grant them four, which has been done; and I promised him that I would direct my attention to the custom-houses and duties which are prejudicial to commerce, observing however that this object demanded long investigations, which are not yet completed. By another letter I informed him, that his Majesty had suppressed the duties upon the exportation of brandy, and I expected this suppression would be useful to the American commerce; I likewise promised him that the duties of the King and the admiralty, payable by an American vessel on her arrival in a French port, should be diminished and reduced to a single duty, and regulated according to the number of masts and draught of water, and not by the uncertain estimation of measurement. This reduction requires a perfect knowledge of all the duties paid in our ports; and as they are of various kinds, the statements which I have ordered to be made are not ready.
You know, Sir, the King has appointed a committee for the particular purpose of examining our commercial connections with the United States, and that the Marquis de la Fayette has presented a project conformable to the ideas contained in your letter to the Count de Vergennes; but you will consider how imprudent it would be to hazard by a change of system, the product of a branch of revenue which amounts to twenty-eight millions, upon an article which is not of the first necessity—after a long discussion of every means that can be at present adopted to encourage the importation of American tobacco, it has been resolved not to break the agreement made with Mr. Morris, but that after the expiration of this contract, no similar one shall be made, and that in the mean while, the farmers general should be obliged to purchase, annually, about fifteen thousand hogheads of American tobacco imported directly from the United States, in French or American vessels at the same price, on the same conditions which have been stipulated by the contract with Mr. Morris.
You will remember, Sir, that before a regulation could be made in favor of the importation of whale oil, the Marquis de la Fayette had taken a particular arrangement with Mr. Sangrain for the sale of this article, to the amount of eight hundred thousand livres, and that I had granted him passports in order to render this first importation, free from all duties whatsoever. The same Mr. Sangrain, afterwards made an agreement with some merchants of Boston, to the yearly amount of four hundred thousand livres, to last during six years, for which his Majesty has granted the same favors which are enjoyed by the Hanse Towns.
This matter having been lately more extensively examined; the administration to whom the committee communicated their wish, agreeable to the Marquis de la Fayette's demand and your opinion, entirely to abolish all duties upon oil, have found that at present, they could not consent to it, on account of the engagements made with other powers. All that could be done was to grant, during ten years, to the whale oil, spermaceti, and whatever is comprehended within these denominations, imported from the United States in French or American vessels, the same favors, the same diminution of duties which the Hanse Towns enjoy.
His Majesty hopes that the commercial connections between the United States and France, will become so considerable as to engage him to continue the effect of this provisional determination; and as it has been observed by the committee, that a great duty of fabrication has been hitherto paid upon the most favored whale oil, and even upon the national, his Majesty consents to abolish the duty of fabrication with respect to the whale oil and spermaceti, directly imported from the United States in French or American bottoms, so that this oil and spermaceti shall not pay, during ten years, any other duty but seven livres ten sols, and ten sols, per livre; this last augmentation of ten sols per livre, shall cease in 1790.
It has also been determined that particular informations be taken concerning the consumption of Carolina rice in France, and that means be devised to encourage the importation of this article.
Representations having been made concerning the considerable duties laid upon the importation of pot-ash and pearl-ash, also upon beaver-skins and hair and raw leather, his Majesty has suppressed all duties whatsoever upon those articles, if imported of the growth of the United States in French or American vessels. He is likewise desirous of encouraging every article of American fur.
His Majesty has moreover consented to abolish all duties upon masts, yards, keels for ships, red cedar, green oak, and in a word, all kinds of wood fit for ship-building imported from the United States in French or American vessels.
The committee having likewise represented that there was a duty of five per cent. on the purchase of foreign built ships, and that this duty was prejudicial to the sale of American vessels, his Majesty has been pleased to exempt from all duties, the purchase of ships which shall be proved to be built in the United States.
Great duties having formerly been laid upon all shrubs, trees and feed, his Majesty has abolished these duties, when the above articles shall be imported in French or American vessels.
It having been represented that the State of Virginia had ordered the arms for her militia to be made in France, an order is passed, that the prohibitions which hitherto have prevented the exportation of arms and gunpowder, as well as the duties laid upon these articles when exported by permission, shall be abolished; and that whenever the United States shall think it expedient to export from France, arms, guns and gunpowder, they shall have full permission, provided these articles are exported in French or American vessels, and they shall be liable only to a very small duty, in order to facilitate the calculation of exports.
Lastly, his Majesty has received with the same favor, the applications made to the Committee for the suppression of the heavy duties actually paid upon books and papers of all kinds: The
King abolishes all these duties when the above articles shall be exported to the United States in French or American vessels.
It is with great pleasure, Sir, that I inform you of the dispositions of his Majesty; they are a new testimony of his great desire to establish the most intimate commercial connections between the two nations, and of the favorable attention he will always pay to any proposal made in the name of the United States of America. I have the honor of being, with sincere attachment,
SIR, Your most humble, and Most obedient servant, De COLONNE.
P. S. Your nation will undoubtedly receive with pleasure, the information of the facilities which the King has just granted to the exportation of the wines of Bourdeaux, Guienne, and Touraine, and the suppression of the duties granted by different arrests of Council, of which the Marquis de la Fayette will give you notice.
(To be continued.)
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
O D E S.
ODE VI.
JOHN BIDDETH ADIEU, WITH A LAST PIECE OF ADVICE TO REVIEWERS.
SALT of the Earth! Ye Stimuli to Fame! Of rising Genius, kind and best Manure!
Ah! can I, can I, without tears, endure
The sad necessity to name, And my last, last, adieu, proclaim?
How doth sad memory, with recurrence vain,
Call up to view past scenes of dear delight;
Now gone, nay vanish'd, from my wishful sight;
When, reckless of the filthy joy of gain,
I did, with mickle toil, and woful pain,
Much weariness and sweat of brain,
Sing forth, to you, the monitory strain!
Now, as with swan-like notes, my kind monition's fail,
Let me relate one much improving tale.
THE TALE.
An Irishman, with body half o'er-bent,
On all sides looking, thro' a market went.—
It happen'd, that as Teague proceeded,
Quite undetermined what he greatest needed,
He far paraded, with enjoyment big,
Full many a heavy hog, and roaring pig.
With cautious touch, on one he placed his hand,
And softly uttered forth this kind demand—
"If I should bear you to my home away,
"How long, confin'd, in prison must I stay?"
Scarce was the question ended, but, "Squeak! Squeak!"
The Pig affrighten'd cries.
"A ha, a ha, a week, a week,"
The Irishman replies—
"If that is all I'll off a couple bear,
"And by St. Patrick! stay two weeks, my dear."
*****
Now I expect, with deep bent brow,
To see your countenances lower;
And hear you ask—"Why whence, and where, and how,
"Can this VILE TALE, on us, improvement shower?"
Yes, I expect that each will tell his brother;
And this respond to that and that to t'other—
"I can't see how this story will apply—
"No, on my soul, I can't—not I—nor I."
My dear, dear friends, to lead you thro' the wood
Say, don't you think that John is very good?
Well then—why this is all that's meant—
It's true, the story don't apply at all—
But then, if with the wisdom John hath to you lent,
You hard should study, tho' your wit be small,
I do not doubt but on the sense you'd fall.
This is the meaning—as you write for pay,
The greatest nonsense swell the impartial page,
Still write, remark, review, and dash away,
The joy, and wonder, of a stupid age.
Use other's wisdom; if you can, sense shew;
But, if you can't, by all means, still review.
JOHN.
SAVANNAH, (Georgia) May 19.
Address of the CITIZENS OF SAVANNAH, and the
INHABITANTS of its VICINITY,
To the President of the United States.
SIR,
WHEN, having accomplished the great objects of a war, marked in its progress with events that astonished while they instructed the world, you had again returned to the domestic enjoyments of life, to which you were known to be so strongly attached, there was little probability, in the common order of things, that the people of Georgia, however ardently they might desire, should ever be indulged, the happiness of a personal interview with you—but summoned again, as you were, from your retirement, by the united voice and the obvious welfare of your country, you did not hesitate to furnish one more proof that, in comparison to the great duties of social life, all objects of a private nature are with you but secondary considerations: And to this your ruling passion of love for your country it is that we owe the opportunity now afforded of congratulating you on your safe arrival in the city of Savannah—an office we the committee,
under the warmest impressions of sensibility and attachment, execute in the name and behalf of a respectable and grateful number of citizens.
History furnishes instances of some eminently qualified for the field, and of others endued with talents adequate to the intricate affairs of State; but you, Sir, have enriched the annals of America with a proof, to be sent abroad to all mankind, that, however rare the association, the virtues and talents of soldier and republican statesmen will sometimes dwell together, and both characters derive additional lustre from a subserviency to the precepts of Religion.
Roused by oppression at home, and inspired by example from America, the people of enlightened nations in Europe are now beginning to assert their rights: And it is observable that those brave men, the subjects of foreign powers, who were votaries to our cause, and companions in your victories, are always found foremost in the struggle for just and equal government.
You have now, Sir, an opportunity of viewing a State which, from its exposed situation, has been peculiarly affected by the calamities of war, but which, under the influence of a happy government, will rise fast to that rank of prosperity and importance to which her natural advantages so justly entitle her, and which will enable her to reflect back upon the union all the benefits derived from it.
We shall always take a deep concern, in common with the other citizens of the United States, in whatever regards your personal welfare and happiness. We make it our prayer to Almighty God that you may be long continued to your country her Ornament and Father, and that it may be more and more exemplified in you, Sir, that to know how to conquer, and to improve the advantages of conquest into blessings to a community, are faculties sometimes bestowed on the same mortal.
In the name and behalf of a number of citizens of Savannah, and its Vicinity, convened for the Reception of the President,
N. W. JONES, LACHN. M'INTOSH, JOSEPH CLAY, JOHN HOUSTOUN, JOSEPH HABERSHAM, } The Committee.
THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER.
To the CITIZENS of SAVANNAH, and the INHABITANTS of its VICINITY.
GENTLEMEN,
I AM extremely happy in the occasion now afforded me to express my sense of your goodness, and to declare the sincere and affectionate gratitude which it inspires.
The retrospect of past scenes, as it exhibits the virtuous character of our country, enhances the happiness of the present hour, and gives the most pleasing anticipation of progressive prosperity. The individual satisfaction to be derived from this grateful reflection must be enjoyed in a peculiar degree by the deserving citizens of Georgia—a State no less distinguished by its services than by its sufferings in the cause of freedom.
That the city of Savannah may largely partake of every public benefit which our free and equal government can dispense, and that the happiness of its vicinity may reply to the best wishes of its inhabitants, is my sincere prayer.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
CHARLESTON, May 28.
AT a meeting of the citizens and inhabitants in the City-Hall, on Friday the 27th inst.—
Arnoldus Vanderhorst, Esq. was requested to take the chair, and Mr. David Alexander to act as secretary, when the following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas the establishment of a branch of the National Bank in this city, would be of great and general advantage to every class of inhabitants in the state: Therefore,
Resolved, That it be recommended to all persons to subscribe for a share or shares in the proposed National Bank, and to the subscribers to use their endeavors to procure the establishment of a branch thereof in this city, and that the under-named gentlemen, to wit, Messrs. Nathaniel Russell, Thomas Stewart, Robert Hazlehurst, Edward Darrell, William Crafts, Joseph Vesey, David Ramsay, Daniel Hall, John Edwards, James Theus, Samuel Smith, William Thayer, and John

Manson, be a committee to hand about a subscription in the following words:
"We the subscribers agree to pay the first specific proportion required by the law for establishing the National Bank, to the committee appointed by the citizens and inhabitants, at a meeting held at the City-Hall, on the 27th May, 1791, for as many shares as are opposite to our respective names, and in appointing such an agent or agents to vote and act for such of us as may be absent, in order that our votes may be concentrated with a view to obtain a branch of the National Bank in this city." And that the inhabitants of the state be invited by public advertisements to subscribe their names; and that the said committee transmit the money they may receive, together with the names of subscribers, that they may be entered at Philadelphia as subscribers to the National Bank: And that the said committee be authorised to call a meeting of the subscribers whenever necessary.
A. VANDERHORST, Chairman. DAVID ALEXANDER, Secretary.
PARIS, March 31.
IT appears that the Legion d'Aspe at Toulouse had conceived the infernal project of murdering the commander in chief of the National Guards, the whole Municipality, and several patriotic merchants. The people, informed of this diabolical plot, resolved to annihilate the whole Legion. Three of the soldiers had been killed and two made prisoners. The prisoners revealed the whole plot, and the Legionaries, finding that their intention had transpired, have escaped and fled into Spain. It is supposed that there is concealed somewhere a magazine of arms; fruitless attempts have been made to find it out.
Information is received from Colmar, that a range of Beacons have been prepared along the Rhine, which are ready to be lighted the moment an alarm is given of the approach of an enemy. They reach from Huinyue to Strasburg.
APRIL 3.
Four Members of the Diplomatic Committee waited on the 1st. instant, on M. Montmorin, to express their surprise and indignation, at the appointment of new ministers to foreign courts. M. Montmorin answered, "that the King had approved the choice which had been made, and that, for his part, he thought it an excellent one." "But, fir," says M. de Menou, "M. Gouvernet, appointed to go to Holland, is Member of the Monarchic Club." "What signifies that," answered M. Montmorin, "He is not the worse Patriot on that account. M. Clermont Tonnerre, is he also a true Patriot?—Certainly. And all the members of the Monarchic Club—are they also true patriots?—Who doubts it:—For my part, I firmly believe they are; besides, in the present moment it would be highly improper to send to foreign courts, persons who have signified themselves in the revolution."
M. de Menou denounced this conversation, which passed between him and the Minister, to the Club des Jacobins, who mean to take it into serious consideration. M. Montmorin is Minister, but the members of the club are sovereigns over ministers.
The removal of some plate from the Chapel Royal, by order of the King, is highly reprobated, and is likely to be productive of disturbances.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, MARCH 9.
Received information of the Election of two Constitutional Bishops, one of Vannes, and another of Nimes.
M. Maury moved, that an enquiry be made into the validity of the debt of 4,000,000 livres, claimed by M. d'Orleans, and which it was his opinion ought not to have been voted to be paid, as the public owes him nothing. The Jacobins got rid of the motion in a moment, by moving the order of the day.
A motion was made that the fortress of Vincennes be demolished; but it appeared that there were so many people imprisoned there, that there are no other prisons capacious enough to contain them. Of one class there are 1820; and of another 1004; beside 600 who insist to accompany those eight lately imprisoned in consequence of the late fracas at the Thuilleries, as being, equally with them, either guilty or innocent, and claiming to have a legal trial.
Resolved, that the works on the Dungeon of Vincennes be stop't for the present.
MARCH 27.
M. Scutaz informed the Assembly that an address from the District of Auch had been received, giving an account that the whole country is in the greatest fermentation, owing to the refusal of most of the ecclesiastics to take the Civic Oath.
The order of the day was, the question relative to persons in public employments, among whom the King was included. The debate which followed was, if possible more tumultuary than usual. M. d'Espremenil endeavoured to read the
form of a decree containing a declaration, that it was highly criminal to take the proposals of the committee into consideration. Instantly a number of voices were heard together, clamouring, a charenton —to prison! but M. d'Espremenil continued to read till he was silenced by the President. Before he sat down, he made use of the following proverbial expression, to which he probably applied a much stronger meaning than his antagonists did— Rira bien qui bira le dernier .
The third and fourth Decrees of the series which then passed, are very remarkable, and will probably be productive, hereafter, of the most serious consequences. They are as follows:
"The King, holding the first public employment, shall reside at no greater distance than 30 leagues from the National Assembly, while it is sitting. At other times he may reside any where within the kingdom."
MARCH 29.
Several more articles were decreed, "On the residence of persons in public employment," among whom were included the presumptive Heir to the Crown and his Mother . The word queen is studiously avoided.
COPENHAGEN, March 12.
We are assured that Russia has accepted the mediation of our court for settling a peace with the Porte.
LONDON, March 28.
With unwearied diligence and progressive zeal, the National Assembly, the glorious National Assembly of France, proceeds in the establishment of her new constitution. Every friend to the rights of man will rejoice to hear that all the endeavours of the Aristocrats prove ineffectual, and that
"Even handed justice returns the ingredients of the poisoned chalice to their own lips."
The court of Lisbon entertains the same apprehensions, with regard to internal disturbances, as the court of Madrid. Great rewards are bestowed on those who are infamous enough to wield their pens in defence of despotism, and in opposition to the cause of liberty.
That one man however, possessed of equal abilities, and equal patriotism with the author of the rights of man , may step forward to check these aristocratic endeavours, is our earnest wish and our sincere prayer.
From the good condition of the finances and the forces of Denmark, that power is treated with great respect, and though it may not be said to trim the balance , it is very certain that the Empress of Russia would be sorry to see its weight in the adverse scale.
By a survey lately made of the Coal Mines in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, it appears, that they can produce 600,000 tons of coals annually for 1000 years, so that we are provided with fire unto the third, fourth, fifth and sixth generation.
Mr. Seward, of Goswell street, by profession a dyer, had his carriage stopped near the Hornsey turnpike, about five o'clock, in November last, by two footpads, one of whom held a drawn hanger, which he frequently brandished as if ready to strike, though repeatedly urged by Mr. Seward not to frighten his lady.
Mrs. Seward, at length, almost wild with her fears, caught hold of a broken stick on the seat of the coach, with which she struck the ruffian on the head, who in return, the coach door being open, made a desperate blow, which was received by Mr. Seward on his arm, who, notwithstanding the wound, seized the hanger, and for a time struggled with the fellow, who was, however, immediately assisted by his accomplice, when all farther resistance became ineffectual—after completing the booty, they made off.
Last Monday week, Mr. Seward was surprised with an application for work in the dying branch, from the very man who held the hanger—his person being perfectly ascertained by the coachman, the wretch was taken into custody, and has since been committed for trial.
The Empress of Russia, it is said, has given particular orders to Prince Potemkin, on his taking possession of Constantinople, to sit up the Sultan's Seraglio for her spring residence.
The Empress of Russia has already taken one measure for rendering the Turks less averse to her government, provided she can once conquer their present masters; an edition of the Koran has been printed at Petersburg, for the benefit of her Mahomedan subjects.
At Brest 250 naval and military officers have disappeared. Their conduct has been denounced to the National Assembly.
The late Grand Vizir, before he could be put to death, discharged two pistols at the officers sent to execute him. A third then shot him thro' the breast, and his head was immediately cut off.
The Emperor has consented to prolong the armistice between him and the Turks till the latter end of September.
The King of France is still extremely indisposed, although the French Patriots have ordered
TE DEUM to be sung upon the occasion of his recovery. His cough is exceedingly troublesome, and his sleep at night is very much disturbed.
APRIL 5.
Death of M. Mirabeau.
The last letters from Paris have brought a confirmation of the death of M. Mirabeau on Saturday morning last, the 2d inst. at half past eight o'clock, after an illness violent and short, in the first part of which he was frequently delirious, and throughout in great pain.
From the first appearance of his indisposition, it was known to be dangerous, and Bulletins, announcing his situation, were published hourly; notwithstanding which, the populace waited at his gate in great numbers, anxious, through affection and curiosity, to obtain the earliest intelligence of his fate.
The buzz of the crowd, and even the voices of the hawkers who cried these Bulletins were audible in his chamber. A few hours before his death, one of his friends remarked to him this instance of the estimation in which he was held by his countrymen—"Ah! (said he) I perceive that it must be acceptable to die for them." In the beginning of his disorder, his hope of recovery was great; but his courage in the subsequent stages of it, was not less. He deliberately made his will, and recollecting that a law relating to testaments was then before the National Assembly, he said to the Abbe de Taleyrand, the late Bishop of Autun—"The National Assembly is now engaged upon a law relating to testaments, and they will not think it unsuitable, that a man, who has just made one, should offer them his opinion upon the question, as his last homage. I entrust this paper to your care, to be read to the Assembly."
He died in the 42d year of his age, leaving many of his intended plans unfinished; but at a time when his reputation had attained a height which it probably would not have exceeded.
A rumour was spread the moment that M. de Mirabeau was dead, that he had been poisoned. This rumour has been proved false, by opening the body of the deceased; which operation was performed by the most skilful Surgeons, in the presence of a great number of other Surgeons, and multitudes of people. Every Viscus was separately examined. Not the least foundation for the injurious suspicion appeared.
He had in a great measure destroyed his constitution by excessive indulgences and tumultuous pleasures. The evening that he was taken ill, he had given himself up to every riotous enjoyment which a depraved imagination could desire. Every medical assistance was procured which the capital could afford: bark, camphire, blisters, &c. were tried, without effect. His body was wrapped in sheep's skin, warm from the newly killed animals, with a view to restore animal heat.—All to no purpose.
He suffered a great deal, but he suffered like a man. The new Constitution, and the welfare of the Nation, occupied his whole attention to his very last moments. The spirit and energy of his mind remained to the last.
His Secretary wounded himself by three stabs in the jugular vein, given with a pen-knife.—This rashness is attributed by the world to a variety of motives, none of which are perhaps the true ones.
All the members of the National Assembly are to attend the funeral of M. de Mirabeau. A deputation from the municipality of Paris, with the Mayor at their head, are also to be present at the mournful ceremony.
The following anecdote of M. de Mirabeau will be the surest trait we can give of his moral character. It is original, but universally known to every person acquainted with the French court.
M. de Mirabeau was the son of the Comte de Mirabeau, a man of learning and perfectly well bred, but not remarkable for the severity of his morals. The Comte and his wife having lived unhappily together, were at length set at liberty by a mutual separation. The Comte, whose conjugal unhappiness was still fresh in his mind, applied to his own son to write a pamphlet for him against his wife.—The pamphlet was written by young Mirabeau against his own mother! It was entitled l'Ami des Hommes ; and the price of his labors was 100 Louis d'ors , which he received from his father. His mother complaining to him of the indecency of this filial outrage,—"Madame," says young Mirabeau, "give me 200 Louis d'ors and I will write another pamphlet against my father, in vindication of your character."
Mirabeau was certainly, in point of genius and talents, one of the greatest men France ever knew.
The champion of the opposite, or Monarchic party in the National Assembly, is the Abbe Maury.—He has frequently been styled the Bossuet of the present age. He is assuredly far superior in talents and eloquence to any one of the Jacobins whom M. de Mirabeau has left behind

him; he may, therefore, be expected to make proselytes to his cause, provided conviction were sufficient to ensure a reformation.
M. de Mirabeau was the author of several works which are held in high estimation; among others Memoirs Secrets de la Cour de Berlin, Sur l'Agiotage, &c. &c. The Courier de Provence was also published under his direction. He was assuredly the prop and pillar of the Duke of Orleans's party, and of the Jacobin's club, which may be considered as the privy council of the French nation.
How many reflections does the death of this M. de Mirabeau occasion! He has experienced the turbulence of mad ambition; he has been the admiration of some, the envy of others, and the curse of many; he has strutted his short hour on the stage, and while he was dreaming of imperial power, the grave yawns beneath his feet, and he sinks into it a lump of clay! Ye sons of ambition! You are all walking over your graves!—While you are gazing on thrones and sceptres, you stumble at noon day, and lose your honors in the dust!
Mirabeau, at a very early period of life, acquired a very extensive reputation, by the brilliancy of his wit, and still more by the solidity and extent of his mental acquirements. His penetration was acute, his talents were various and versatile; and his knowledge of men and manners remarkably extensive. When he was of an age at which many are still novices at school, one of the first characters in France, who had with wonder witnessed the vast compass of his understanding, in a letter to a friend styles him a Phenomenon!
He was one of those few, who are able to unite, with a life of dissipation, literary pursuits, and deep researches into the nature of government, the law of nations, and the relative interests of the powers of Europe. His ambition prompted him, at the era of the revolution, and his superior abilities enabled him, to take the lead in the framing of the new Constitution, and in overturning the old system.
He was the Ulysses , and M. de la Fayette was the Ajax . The views of both were unlimited power; the pretexes or ostensible motives of both were patriotism and the securing of equal and universal liberty to all mankind. The Dupes of both were a great majority in the Senate and in the Municipality of Paris, and the millions of the provinces. [ Extensive indeed! ]
The Orleans party has suffered an irreparable loss by the death of Mirabeau. This party was in a fair way of triumphing over all others, and of establishing pure republicanism, which would shortly have degenerated, as it was intended, into renovated despotism under a new head, decorated with a new name.
M. de Mirabeau and M. de la Fayette had been for some time secret but inveterate enemies; but the imperative boast of Cicero— cedant Arma Toga —would have been realized, had M. de Mirabeau lived a little longer.
Allowing M. de la Fayette, which is a doubtful claim, to be Armis Præpotens , it might with more truth have been said of his antagonist tantum valet ipse loquendo .
Oxford (England) April 2.
At the sale of the Breeding Stock of the late Mr. Robert Fowler, of Rollright, in this county, which began on Tuesday last, there were indubitably more people assembled than have ever before been collected on a like occasion; some aver, not less than six thousand!
The first three lots fetched the amazing sum of 620 guineas, viz.
Lot 1. A five years old bull called Garrick, by Shakespeare, out of the broken horned Beauty, 235 guineas.
Lot 2. Sultan, a two years old bull, by Garrick, out of Garrick's mother, 210 guineas.
Lot 3. Washington, two years old, by Shakespeare, out of the bow-horned cow, 205 guineas.
Lot 26. Young Sultan, a yearling bull by Garrick, out of Old Nell, 200 guineas.
Lot 28. A yearling bull, out of White Nancy, 145 guineas.
29. A yearling bull calf, 100 guineas.
20. A cow called Brindled Beauty, 260 guin.
32. Washington's mother, in calf, 185 do.
35. A black heifer, 3 years old, 135 do.
37. Young Nell, out of Old Nell, 120 do.
A Cow Calf, lot 16, sold at 21 guineas, which was the lowest sum in this day's sale, except a welch nurse cow, which fetched 8 guineas.
BOSTON, June 1.
LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
IN SENATE—MAY 31, 1791.
The bill to explain an act for the safe keeping all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States, in the several gaols within this Commonwealth, which passed the House on Friday last, was debated—and on the question shall the bill pass to be engrossed it was negatived by a large majority—Four only being in favor of its passing.
ELIZABETH-TOWN, (M.) June 1.
Last Sunday was discovered, trespassing on the meadows and gardens in and about this town, an innumerable and inconceivable number of Caterpillars; who have totally destroyed some grass lots. They march in legions from place to place, devouring all before them. Any person who can devise some means either of destroying or checking the progress of these insects, will be entitled to public thanks.
CHAMBERSBURG, June 2.
On Monday last, about three o'clock in the afternoon, the house of Mr. James Lindsay, on the Falling Spring, was struck by lightning, and one of his children, a lad of about 13 years of age, was killed by it. There were six persons in the room at the time, all sitting very near each other, and this lad was nearest the fire place; the lightning had descended through the funnel of an upstairs chimney, and breaking through the hearth, came directly on his head—he fell back in his chair and expired instantly. The hair on the crown of his head was burned off, and his skin, though unbroken, was in some places much blistered. Three other persons who were near him felt the shock, but escaped without material injury.
GEORGE-TOWN, June 4.
On Saturday last, Mr. Ellicott, the Geographer-General of the United States, completed six main lines of the Federal City: He is now engaged in clearing and bounding the lines of the district of ten miles square.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
SONNET IX.
TO MR. JOHN TRUMBULL.
TRUMBULL! to thee, with hesitating hand, I wake the tremulously-breathing lyre; Fearful that Age, altho' the Muses inspire, Should weep that Modesty had lost command: Tis not, alone, that energy divine Lives o'er the canvass, as thy pencil moves; That tint perfects the exquisite design, And life is present; that my soul approves: But, that thy Spirit brooding o'er the immense Of unknown Beauty, to existence gave The plan, where Wisdom, Liberty, and Sense, The high-foul'd Patriot, and the Warrior brave, Live, with the appropriate character of face, In all the pencil's manners-painting grace.
E L L A.
Circular Letter of the Convention of the UNIVERSAL CHURCHES, met at Philadelphia.
THE Ministers and Representatives from the several Churches, believing in the SALVATION OF ALL MEN, through our Lord Jesus Christ, met in annual convention in Philadelphia, May 25, 1791.
To the several Churches and Societies in the belief of the same most precious truth with us—GREETING.
BELOVED BRETHREN,
IT gives us great pleasure to inform you that we had a most agreeable meeting, and that we have received tidings from several Churches and Societies, that the truths of GOD's universal, absolute and unchangeable love, of the universality of the atonement for sin through the blood of Christ, and of the final restoration of the whole human race, to a state of happiness (notwithstanding the reality of future punishments) prevail against all opposition; and that GOD our Saviour hath in some instances over-ruled the opposition to the forwarding thereof.
We are happy in being able further to inform you, that the request of the convention of last year, that those persons who believed with us in the Salvation of all Men, should associate and form themselves into Churches, has been complied with in a degree which has equalled our most sanguine expectations. Several Churches have likewise formed, which are too remote to unite with us. Nor is the encreasing prevalence of the glorious truths we believe, confined to the United States: We have lately heard with great pleasure that they have been manifested to many in foreign countries. And now, dear Brethren, as the genuine tendency of this most precious discovery of GOD's unchangeable and universal love, is to promote love and good works, we hope every believer in it will manifest the same in his life and conversation, and that you will in meekness bear with those of your fellow heirs of Salvation, who, thro' prejudice, are opposed to the blessed truths we maintain—and that you will endeavor to remove such prejudices by holy, harmless and useful lives, conformable in all things to the example and precepts of our Blessed Lord and Saviour, whose will it is that all shall come to the knowledge of the truth.
We conclude, by commending you and all men to the care of him to whom all souls belong, and who hath redeemed them to himself by his most precious blood, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Signed, by order of the Convention.
NICHOLAS COX, Moderator.
ARTIS SEAGRAVE, Clerk.
May 28, 1791.
Philadelphia, June 11.
Tuesday afternoon Col. Proctor arrived in town. He informs that on the 21st of last month he held a conference with the Chiefs of the Six Nations, who appeared perfectly disposed to remain at peace with the United States. Col. Pickering is to hold a treaty with them on the 15th instant.
The late Rev. Mr. Wesley, during the last 50 years of his ministry, is, upon the most moderate computation, supposed to have preached upwards of 35,000 sermons, and in that time is supposed to have travelled 160,000 miles. [ Mail. ]
The trading inhabitants of Philadelphia will soon experience a very considerable convenience from the pavements lately finished in Water-street, near the drawbridge, and that in Dock-street. Indeed the rapid improvement and increase of this city are astonishing, and will justify the expectations of the original projector, William Penn , that Philadelphia would extend from Delaware to Schuylkill, and from Kennington to Gloucester Point, in less than two centuries. [ Mail. ]
SAYS A CORRESPONDENT,
The good people of the United States are frequently entertained with remarks on the excellency of election and representation. Our government is a free republic, principally on account of its being a government by representation. All the powers vested in the rulers being delegated powers—and we justly expect that a people so enlightened as the citizens of America, will never neglect their duty in electing the most meritorious characters for legislators and magistrates. So long as the light of education is kept clear and bright, the people will duly estimate this privilege. The security of liberty is universally acknowledged to depend on this most essential point. But, it seems a notable discovery has lately been made,* and that is, "that the election of the members of the general government is liable to so much corruption by parties, cabals, bribes, interests, connections, and an infinite group of other sinister prejudices, that it is not conceived that one instance in ten can be produced of an appointment of the best qualified and fittest person by such elections—and therefore the grand check, for the security of our liberties, lies in the state governments." But, asks a correspondent, is it probable that the legislatures of the several states will be chosen by better electors than those of the general government? Are they not the same individual electors? If so, whence the propriety of making a difference in our ideas respecting them. It may be safely asserted, that the general government is at least equally, if not more popular in its organization, than any of the individual governments—and therefore an attempt to depreciate it, in any respect whatever, is in fact to strike at the liberties of the people.
* See Pamphlet against the Bank of the United States.
From PELOSI'S MARINE LIST.
ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
  Ship Rawleigh, Wyatt, Halifax,   Brig Fame, Borch, Cape-Francois,   Schooner Rebecca, Buxton, Massachusetts,   Sloop Wonder, Hooper, North-Carolina,   — Harriot, Kirby, Charleston,   — Union, Watson, New-York,   Brig Kitty, Moore, Cape-Francois. 
“ULLIN,” in our next.
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
   FUNDED DEBT.     6 pr. Cents 17/6 pr. £. 87 1/2 pr. cent.   3 pr. Cents 9/5 47 do.   Deferred 6 pr. Cents 9/4 46 3/4 do.   UNFUNDED DEBT.   Final Sett. and other Certificates 16/4 16/6 82 1/2   Indents 9/4 9/5 47 do.   N. and S. Carolina debts, 12/6 15/.  
A FINE CHANCE FOR A YOUNG PRINTER.
FOR SALE,
A Printing Press and Types,
together with the right of publishing a PAPER, in good repute, the subscribers to which are continually increasing—The present number of its patrons is between seven and eight hundred. The types consist of BURGEOIS, PICA, and a sufficient quantity of larger letter to display advertisements to advantage. The situation is in the interior part of MASSACHUSETTS, in the centre of a populous and thriving community, and within 17 miles of an excellent Paper-Mill, where paper of every quality and size may always be had on short notice. Perhaps no country paper on the continent has a larger share of Advertisements than the one offered for sale. A very considerable profit also accrues from the sale of Blanks of all kinds, which are much used in the place—from the publication of Hand-Bills, &c. &c. It is a good situation, also, for a small Book-Store—and it is supposed the Book-Binding business might be carried on in the same place to advantage.
For further particulars, enquire of JOHN FENNO, at his Office, No. 69. High-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, Philadelphia. (12w 8w)
ADVERTISEMENT.
WHEREAS by the death of JOHN GEBBIE, the Partnership of GEBBIE and ELLIS is dissolved. The subscriber, surviving co-partner and administrator of said deceased, requests all persons who have any demands against their late firm, to send forward their accounts for settlement as soon as convenient; and all those who are indebted to said firm, by bond, note, or book-account, are earnestly requested to discharge the same without delay.
CHARLES ELLIS.
Burlington, June 7, 1791.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
MAY 30, 1791.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all the military Invalids of the United States, that the sums to which they are entitled for six months of their annual pension, from the 4th day of March, 1791, and which will become due on the 4th day of September ensuing, will be paid on the said day by the Commissioners of the Loans within the States respectively, under the usual regulations, viz.
Every application for payment must be accompanied by the following vouchers.
1st. The certificate given by the State, specifying that the person possessing the same is in fact an invalid, and ascertaining the sum to which such he is annually entitled.
2d. An affidavit, agreeably to the following form :
A. B. came before me, one of the Justices of the county of in the state of and made oath that he is the same A. B. to whom the original certificate in his possession was given, of which the following is a copy (the certificate given by the State to be recited) That he served (regiment, corps or vessel) at the time he was disabled, and that he now resides in the and county of and has resided there for the last years, previous to which he resided in
In case an invalid should apply for payment by an attorney, the said attorney, besides the certificate and oath before recited, must produce a special letter of attorney agreeably to the following form:
I, A. B. of county of state of do hereby constitute and appoint C. D. of my lawful attorney, to receive in my behalf of my pension for six months, as an invalid of the United States, from the fourth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and ending the fourth day of September of the same year.
Signed and sealed in the presence of
Witnesses.
Acknowledged before me,
Applications of executors and administrators must be accompanied with legal evidence of their respective offices, and also of the time the invalids died, whose pension they may claim.
By command of the President of the United States,
H. KNOX, Secretary of War.
The Printers in the respective States are requested to publish the above in their newspapers, for the space of two months.
All persons concerned will be pleased to take notice that the following advertisement has been varied from that published in our paper of the 23d of March.]
Treasury Department.
MARCH 22, 1791.
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 Tenechee, 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.
 One pound of bread or flour,  One pound of beef, or 3/4 of a pound of pork,  Half a jill 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 place or places from the Rock Landing on the Oconee, up to the mouth of the main south branch of the said river, from the said mouth up to the source of the said main south branch, and from thence to the Currahee mountain.
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 depositions of two or more credible 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 contracts for the above supplies will be made either for one year, or for two years, as may appear eligible. Persons disposed to contract will therefore confine their offers to one year, or they may make their propositions so as to admit an election of the term of two years.
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.
CONTRACT,
For erecting BRIDGES over the HACKINSACK and PASSAICK Rivers, between Powles-Hook and Newark, in the State of New-Jersey.
THE Commissioners appointed by an act of the legislature of the state of New-Jersey, to erect bridges over the Hackinsack and Passaick rivers, having obtained the necessary surveys, are now ready to receive proposals for performing the same; and offer the following conditions for the consideration of such as may be inclined to contract :
The situation of the bridge across the Hackinsack river, will be at one of the following stations, as shall be hereafter determined most eligible.
1st. At the place where the present ferry is established, where the width of the river is 1448 feet.
Depth at the eastern shore, 8 feet 8 inches. Do. western shore, 8 11
Greatest depth, 25 4
2d. At a place more northerly, called Douw's Ferry, where the width of the river is 826 feet.
Depth at the eastern shore 10 feet 10 inches. Do. western shore 12 8
Greatest depth, 35 8
The situation of the bridge across the Passaick river, will be at one of the three following stations, as shall be hereafter determined most eligible.
1st. At the place where the present ferry is established, where the width of the river is 6-6 feet.
Depth at the eastern shore 8 feet 6 inches, Do. western shore 9 6
Greatest depth, 17 4
2d. At a place more westerly, called Beef-Point, where the breadth of the river is 790 feet.
Depth at the eastern shore 11 feet, Do. western shore 4 5 inches,
Greatest depth, 13 4
3d. At a place still more northerly, called Hedden's dock, in the town of Newark, where the width of the river is 526 feet.
Depth at the eastern shore 4 feet 5 inches, Do. western shore 10 8
Greatest depth, 15 11
The bridges are to be constructed on the principles of those erected over Charles, Myrick, and Beverly Rivers in the State of Massachusetts, with a draw to admit a free passage for vessels with fixed standing masts, not less than twenty-four feet wide, to be placed in such part of the bridges as shall be determined most convenient for the navigation of the river, with piles or blocks on each side of the entrance of such draw, as shall be judged sufficient to aid vessels in passing through. Also, one lamp on each side of the draw, to be lighted every night from sunset to sunrise, during the continuance of the lease.
The bridges are to be built with such piles, timber, scantling, and plank, as shall render them perfectly substantial and secure in the opinion of the commissioners, and are to be of a sufficient height to protect them against the tides, which rise at ordinary tides from 5 to 6 feet, and at spring tides from 8 to 10 feet. They are to be 31 feet in breadth, viz.
Allowance for carriage way, 20 feet.
Do. for foot walks, railed off on each side, 4 feet each, 8 feet.
Do. for ballustrades, 1 foot each, 2 feet.
Do. for hand-rails for do. 6 inches each, 1 foot.—Total, 31 feet.
The sides of the bridges to be secured with strong ballustrades, after the manner of the bridge between Boston and Charlestown.
The bridges and draws are to be kept in constant repair, and at the expiration of the lease are to be surrendered in good order, agreeably to the act.
The following are the terms which the commissioners are authorized to offer to contractors :
A lease of the exclusive privilege of the bridges for a period not exceeding 99 years, with a toll equal to three-fourths of the present rates of ferryage.
From as accurate an estimate as could possibly be obtained, the actual receipts of the ferries for a medium of five years last past, amount to twelve hundred pounds, New-Jersey currency, per annum, three-fourths of that sum will consequently produce an immediate income of 900 pounds per annum. This may fairly be estimated as the smallest profit that can be calculated upon. The advancing population of the United States, the increasing intercourse between the two cities of New-York and Philadelphia, the facility which the construction of these bridges will give to traveling, the easy communication thereby offered with the state of New-York, on the western side of the Hudson, are all important circumstances, which must necessarily tend rapidly to accumulate the profits of the bridges. The commissioners are moreover authorized by law to raise four thousand pounds to be applied towards making causeways and laying out proper roads connected with the bridges, and have a lottery now on foot for that purpose. As soon as the places shall be determined on where the bridges are to be fixed, and the contracts for erecting them are executed, the roads and causeways will be immediately undertaken.
Such persons therefore as may be inclined to contract on the above principles, will be pleased to send in their terms sealed, within three months from this date, to WILLIAM MAXWELL, Esq. in New-York, specifying the shortest period of lease for which they will undertake to erect the said bridges, together with proper security for performing the same.
SAMUEL TUTHILL, JOHN NEILSON, ROBERT KEMBLE, WILLIAM MAXWELL, JOHN PINTARD } Commissioners.
Newark, State of New-Jersey, April 22, 1791. 1 w. 3m.
Scheme of a Lottery,
To raise the sum of FOUR THOUSAND Pounds, agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, passed the 24th November, 1790, for the purpose of laying out and improving the Roads and Causeways between the Town of Newark, in the County of Essex, and Paules-Hook Ferry, in the County of Bergen, in said State.
THIS Lottery is composed of 15,100 Tickets, to be drawn in Three Classes, as described in the inserted Scheme: The price of a Ticket in the First Class is One Dollar; in the Second Class Two Dollars, and in the Third Class Four Dollars. The operation of this Lottery will appear in the following order: The whole 15,100 numbers will be put in one wheel, and 3100 prizes in the other wheel, of which 3100 numbers only will be drawn in the First Class, which shews the whole number drawn in this Class are prizes, agreeably to the Scheme.
The numbers which remain undrawn compose the Second Class, of which 4000 will be drawn against 2000 prizes and 2000 blanks; this shews there is only one blank to a prize, agreeably to the Scheme.
The remaining 8000 numbers undrawn, composing the Third Class, will be drawn against 2667 prizes and 5333 blanks, which shews there are about two blanks to a prize, agreeably to the Scheme.
The Adventurers in this Lottery will please to observe—That the numbers drawn in the First and Second Classes are precluded from all chance in the Third and most valuable Class, as the possessors of the numbers undrawn are entitled to the same numbers in the succeeding Classes, provided they apply to renew their tickets fifteen days before the time fixed for the drawing the Second and Third Classes. On neglect the undrawn numbers will be sold to others. Such Adventurers as wish to benefit by the superior chance of CAPITAL PRIZES in the Third Class, will see their interest by supplying themselves with a sufficient number of tickets in the First Class. Every application for renewal must be attended with the Original Ticket in the preceding Class.
The drawing of the First Class will commence in the town of Newark, in the State of New-Jersey, on Monday the 20th day of June next, if full. The Second Class will commence drawing two months after the First. The Third, and last Class, will commence drawing two months after the Second.
The drawing of this Lottery will be under the constant superintendence of, at least, two of the Commissioners, appointed by the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, to contract for the erection of the bridges over the Hackinsack and Passaick rivers.
FIRST CLASS.
  1 Prize of 300 Dollars is 300   2 200 400   5 100 500   12 50 600   35 20 700   80 10 800   225 4 900   2740 2 5480   3100 Prizes 9680   12000 Undrawn, Carried to Third Class 5420   15100 Tickets at 1 dol. each is 15100 
SECOND CLASS.
  1 Prize of 500 Dollars is 500   3 200 600   7 100 700   16 50 800   45 20 900   100 10 1000   1828 4 7312   2000 Prizes 11812   2000 Blanks,   8000 Undrawn, Carried to Third Class 12188   12000 Tickets at 2 dol. each is 24000 
THIRD CLASS.
  1 Prize of 5000 Dollars is 5000   2 2000 4000   4 1000 4000   10 400 4000   20 200 4000   40 100 4000   100 40 4000   225 20 4500   2265 7 15855   2667 Prizes 49355   5333 Blanks,   First Drawn 125   Last Drawn 128   8000 Tickets at 4 dol. each is 32000   Brought from First Class 5420   Brought from Second do. 12188   49608 49608 
The object of this Lottery being of such evident utility to the United States in general, and the States of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, in particular, that it cannot be doubted but the undertaking will meet with the most liberal support, as every traveller will experience the happiness of enjoying regular complete Roads, leading to and from well-constructed bridges.
TICKETS are to be had of the Subscribers, who are duly appointed Managers of this Lottery by the Commissioners. The Prizes will be punctually paid by the respective Managers who signed the fortunate numbers, immediately after drawing the several Classes—subject to a deduction of fifteen per cent.
JOHN N. CUMMING, } Newark, JESSE BALDWIN, } JOHN D. ALVEY, New-Brunswick.
New-Jersey, March 8, 1791.
N. B. For the accommodation of those who would wish to become Adventurers in the above Lottery, letters, post paid, directed to John D. Alvey, New-Brunswick, enclosing Philadelphia, or New-York Bank Notes, will be particularly attended to, and Tickets forwarded on receipt of such letters.
PUBLIC SECURITIES,
BOUGHT AND SOLD, on COMMISSION, by SAMUEL ANDERSON, Chestnut-Street, next door to the Bank, No. 97.
MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL
Lottery Tickets,
Class Second, to be had at the same place. May 28, 1791. (cpit)