National gazette. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1792-11-14 00:00:00

National Gazette.
By P. FRENEAU: Published WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, at THREE DOLLARS per annum.
[NUMB. 5 of VOL. II.]
WEDNESDAY, November 14, 1792.
[Total No. 109.]
Continuation of official papers from Mar- seilles.
A RESOLUTION in the form of a decree of Section, Numb. 13 of the grand Carmelites.
On this day Aug. 13th 1792, the 4th year of liberty the citizens of Section, Numb. 13, to the amount of 375 voters, being legally assembled in the church of the penitents, the President having opened the session, a citizen obtained leave to speak, and addressed the assembly as follows.
Brethren and Friends,
THE nation that has long been the victim of oppression and embarrassment, occasioned by the enemies of liberty is now rising in all its energy to do itself justice. Its sufferings, and above all, the horrid plot to destroy our patriotic citizens, has kindled a spirit of vengeance. The dilatory procedure of courts, the impunity of those that have conspired against the nation, have alike actuated the people to take the distribution of justice into their own hands. The illegal executions, but necessary in the present distress circumstances of the country, seem to have produced some good effects. The aristocrat, the haughty nobleman, the impetuous egotist have alike trembled, and were glad to consider themselves on a level with those true and good citizens, who till now had stood almost alone in the contest for liberty. But, brethren and friends, fear knows neither remedy nor physician. Those men who have openly declared their anti-patriotic sentiments or have shown themselves discontented with, or even indifferent to this our glorious revolution, tortured with remorse, cannot endure the glances of the friends of liberty: they dread their just resentment, and to avoid it can devise no better means than flight. Notwithstanding the most active endeavors of the municipality a multitude of citizens have quitted Marseilles. Such an emigration may be attended with the most ruinous effects during the ensuing winter. The existence of Marseilles depends upon her commerce, commerce alone feeds us, and when that is suspended the source of our subsistence is gone. Marseilles by her situation is an emporium of trade, the magazine of Europe. If foreign countries should learn that Marseilles is torn by intestine convulsions they will be cautious how they suffer their vessels to approach us, and will send them to other places. It is well known that the wheat harvests have been bad abroad, and even now that this article is extremely dear. If, unfortunately the wheat cargoes should avoid the port of Marseilles, this fine city, among the first in the list of the French capitals will be in the utmost danger. Now since it is incontestable that commerce declines in every country where peace and tranquility are not established, let us seriously endeavor to put an end to these alarms which are daily increasing, and spreading with astonishing rapidity to all nations with whom we have a commercial intercourse. It will doubtless be a glorious thing for the citizens of section No. 13, to show themselves among the foremost in re-establishing peace and good understanding in Marseilles, and to ensure the safety of life and property. I propose then to the assembly to decree, first, that all citizens of this section, individually, keep a strict eye upon the enemies of their country. 2d. That every person detected in a conspiracy against liberty, or treason against the country, be denounced by the citizens (to whom such information shall come) to the constituting powers, that the trial of such person may be had according to law. 3d. That the person so accused shall not be visited by the citizens of the section without an express permit in writing from the municipality, or the justices of the peace. 4.
As often as a private person, accused of any crime whatever, shall be arrested, either in virtue of a mandatory decree, or in consequence of public clamour, the citizens of the section shall protect him till he is conducted to prison; and they shall oppose with all their power every injury offered to his person. 5. That the minutes of the proceedings of this meeting shall be sent to all the other sections, to invite them to take similar measures, by their adherence thereto.
The assembly having strongly applauded the preceding address and propositions, resolved unanimously to adopt them in their full extent. They further decree that thanks shall be rendered to the municipality, to whom shall be deputed four commissioners, with authority to assure the first magistrate that all the citizens of the section, will not cease to second their paternal views, to respect the mandates of their authority; and that the above resolutions be printed and affixed to the certificates of approbation from the other sections.
The other 23 sections of the city & the suburbs have unanimously agreed to the above declaration, & have made similar engagements with the citizens of section No. 13.
Certified, &c.
F. GALIBERT, President.
Allemand Sec.
THE principal qualifications of merchants, and the foundation of their calling, have at all times consisted in foresight, a readiness in calculation, and practical speculation.
The existing state of things requires from their patriotism the most serious reflections in regard to certain articles indispensably necessary for the use of their fellow citizens, which we are obliged to receive from abroad, and the plenty or scarcity of which either increases or diminishes the prices. Thus things call aloud for the utmost exertion of their talents and abilities.
By means of their extensive correspondence the daily advices they are receiving continually from abroad, and the result of their computation on foreign prices, they may readily discover what countries will alternately have it most in their power to supply our wants, in the article of corn, according to the quantity of their annual and respective crops. It is generally understood, that Marseilles is the great market for whatever grain is consumed, not only in its own district, but also in the other departments of the south of France. Spain, the duchy of Nice, and the river Genoa; Italy, Sicily, the island of Sardinia, Levant, and Africa have been heretofore our particular resources, but at rates extremely dear. England, and the countries on the Baltic, have also contributed something; unfortunately, the crops are indifferent, we may even say bad, throughout the Mediterranean. Spain will have to import largely for herself. The province of Languedoc, which till 1789, rendered us large supplies, as well as to Toulon and its vicinity, has ever since been incapable of supplying its own demands; and there is no doubt but that they must import for themselves this year. Burgundy and the Franche Comte do indeed promise a large supply of beans; but their crops of wheat are poor, and will prevent them exporting any further than Lyons.—Advices from Naples, of the 4th current (August) confirm the accounts of bad harvests in those parts, as well as in Sicily, where the exportation will not only be prohibited, but they are about to lay duties upon imported corn. Instead, therefore of being supplied from that quarter, it is to be apprehended that they themselves will stand in need. In such circumstances it is, doubtless most prudent for us to procure grain from more remote countries, and our immediate duty to take the most decided measures to
supply our own wants, and those of our neighbours: and to this object the house of Stephen Cathalan and son (the latter of whom is here, in quality of Vice consul for the United States of America) has turned its attention.
This house has been constantly writing for a year past to its correspondents in America, during all which time the prospect has been very favourable for disposing both of corn and flour here to an advantage. They have likewise written to Bourdeaux, to several Spanish ports, particularly Cadiz, where their vessels are always ordered to stop to enquire what port in the Mediterranean affords the best market. Notwithstanding all this, cargoes of the above mentioned articles have not yet got further on towards us than Barcelona, we hope however, that from the inducements and additional encouragements that are daily held forth, a plentiful supply may yet be had. The time however from now till the 15th of December (the season for frost setting in) is short. Suppose advices to arrive in America, and vessels to be laden out in consequence, it will be the middle of February before they can be at sea. But the navigation not being open till March the cargoes cannot reasonably be looked for here till the middle of April or May, at which time the American flag will be exposed to the depredations of the Algerines; and it is not easy to find crews composed of freemen that will expose themselves to slavery upon any consideration whatever. It is only from the 11th of November to the 11th of March that American merchant vessels can appear with safety in the Mediterranean.
The Sieur Cathalan (junior) who foresaw our probable wants about the beginning of this month (August) formed a design of making a journey to Bourdeaux, to confer with Mr. Fenwick, the American Consul there, on the likeliest means to engage our friends in the United States to send to this port, before the winter sets in, the greatest possible number of vessels laden with grain and flour.
But in order to give more energy to Mr. Cathalan's conferences with the American consul at Bourdeaux, and most of all to his letters to the government of the United States, it is left to your judgment whether it would not be proper for the mayor and municipality of Marseilles to write a short letter (with triplicates) to General Washington, President of the United States, by which his attention may be forcibly attracted upon our wants. Such a letter would have great weight, and might procure ready and abundant supplies.
The United States are wholly in want of taffia, or rum, the usual drink of the Americans. Brandy, notwithstanding the high price it was at last winter, and still is, will nevertheless afford a profit, and will be at least two and an half per cent cheaper after the vintage. The American vessels will consequently find very profitable returns on the advantageous sales of their cargoes; and we shall eventually see them coming to this port in great numbers, and establishing a beneficial commerce between the two nations.
The Sieur Cathalan, junior, at all times zealous for his country's welfare, submits the preceding memorial to the wisdom and good judgment of the mayor of Marseilles.
It has been asserted that the remark of a correspondent [in the National Gazette of Nov. 3] that members of the English parliament were by law ineligible as National bank directors—is not true; and an authority has been produced to prove the assertion ill-founded. On this subject a writer in the Daily Advertiser of last Saturday, observes as follows:
IT may be true that members of the British house of commons may be also directors of their National Bank, but what
does that prove? That our errors can be justified by theirs? A vile conclusion! and abhorrent to the mind of every son of liberty. What species of tyranny—what faux pas in administration—what oppression of the citizen or subject, but might quote its precedent from that country? When subjects, like this occur to my mind, I feel an irresistible propensity to bear testimony against the deductions too frequently made from them. Are we after approaching the years of rational maturity, to retrace the steps of our political education, and be drawn back to the trammels of European habits and prejudices?—No! Common sense—common interest, and common safety, forbid it! I find some difficulty to forbear being transported into a train of railery and abuse of such practices: which, however, is not my present pursuit.
I declare myself attached to the institution of the bank of the United States, both from principle and from my interest. Banking incorporations, in every government where they have been established, have been found instruments of great potency, and it must be conceded that the same powers which enable them to be of extensive utility, may readily be perverted; and frequently are, to produce immense injury. Therefore, too intimate a connection between the administration of government, and of such institutions, ought to be carefully guarded against; and hence it is, that I object to members of Congress being, at the same time, Directors of the bank of the United States, notwithstanding a precedent may be found in England. I was opposed to it originally from principle, and am now from experience. Without dwelling on each head of favouritism, accommodation, and possible bribery—(for the doctrines of precedence make us fear every thing)—I say, waving these things, it is abundantly evident that too much facility exists for effecting an encrease of the national debt by loans, &c. without inducements for discharging them; which, of all others, are the most dangerous measures in a free country, because they cannot be undone, but by a revolution and individual robbery. As to instances of practice; many things are suspected and believed; which, however improper, at present elude exposure; Time may unfold some of them; one, however, should not be suppressed. The zeal of our present or late directors to serve the interests of public departments and private potentates, when it was a favour to obtain discounts, totally proscribed a certain description of people, let their property, their credit, or those of their indorsers, be what they might; and this was done, I am told, not by a bye law, but by a kind of silent agreement, as if to conceal it from the Stockholders; who certainly chose them for no such intentions. Here I will presume to give Messrs. Directors a word of direction:—Institutions like the one in question, established by law for public convenience, ought to know no parties nor distinctions; but credit alone should be their metronome of action; and where that is unquestionable, to be prohibited; the advantages of a commercial Bank from other motives, is a most flagrant abuse of power, and as contrary to the duty of the directors as to the interest of the institution.
This improper connection I object to on another ground. It furnishes to the enemies of the institution just cause of clamour, the very appearance of which ought to be carefully avoided in a country, where every one thinks, speak, and write, as they find occasion. Beside for the measure we receive no adequate advantage; there are men enough of capacity both for Congress and directors, and pray let them be separate. A bye-law of the Corporation would be sufficient to point out and excise ineligible persons, which I think ought to include State Legislators also.
November 3. S O L O N.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Amsterdam , Aug. 28. Many letters here, announce that the emigrants are in a distressed situation; that they are treated with peculiar contempt by the Prussians. They are said, likewise, to have lost the good will of the inhabitants of every place through which they pass, by their profligacy and ill conduct. Those who possess money, as the princes and their suite, it is complained, lavish it on a multitude of valets, girls, and horses, and on nothing which is necessary for the service of the war.
Hague , Aug. 31. M. la Fayette has written to the Princess of Orange to request that she would use her influence with the governor of Brussels, in order that he may be restored to liberty. As he was taken by the Austrians when he was not in arms he claims the right of nations, which he considers as having been violated towards him, but we are not yet acquainted with his representations.
The minister of France, though no longer acknowledged by the States General, remains still at the Hague, waiting for further orders from the provisional council.
Dublin , Sept. 8. By a letter received yesterday from Abbeville, from a gentleman of character and fortune, by his kinsman here, a person of veracity and distinction, we learn, that on the first and second of this month a column of one hundred thousand national troops, with several trains of artillery, had passed the neighborhood of that town, on its way to the frontiers from the south-west departments of France; and that two other columns, equal in number to this one, from the centre and eastern departments of the south, were on their march in parallel lines; these enormous armies the writer adds, are inspired with the same enthusiastic design to destroy the invading armies, or perish in the attempt. Such is the quarter from which this intelligence comes, that we cannot doubt of its authenticity.
London , Sept. 6. The Duke of Brunswick's army is much strained for provisions. This is the natural consequence of bringing such an immense body of troops to bear upon one point.
A very serious misunderstanding has arisen between the Duke of Brunswick and the emigrant princes. The latter are constantly urging the combined powers to commence the attack, and proceed with all possible expedition to Paris. But the Prussian generals are aware, that though they might probably penetrate France as far as the capital, that there they must be inevitably repulsed, while every regiment under their command would be cut to pieces in the retreat.
General Dillon's troops are considerably reinforced by recruits from the Imperial armies. Soldiers begin to think themselves something more than machines; they aspire at being men, and are enjoying all their natural rights.
The new Polish Diet is to meet in the beginning of September.
The agent of the committee of circumlocution, deputed by the municipality of Paris in search after M. de Septeuil, has discovered, at length, all the secret registers and port-folios of the civil list, which were very carefully concealed. In the last were found accounts of considerable sums sent to Monsieur, to M. d'Artois and to Bouille, amounting, upon the whole, nearly to five millions.
London , Sept. 6. It is said that what happened in Paris on the 10th of August has much disconcerted the plans of the combined powers---A party was doubtless formed there by the king and his friends, to make an insurrection in favor of the Duke of Brunswick's army, as soon as they should have reached Paris; 30,000 cartridges and many other preparations for hostility found in the Thuilleries, and elsewhere confirm the idea, but the murder of the Swiss guards, and many leaders of the king's party, with the letters and documents which the king had unadvisedly left in his escrutinoire, and which fell into the hands of the Jacobins in the plunder of that day, have so deranged all the plans which were concerted to favor the arrival of the Duke of Brunswick, that it becomes a very different consideration now how his operations shall be conducted. The Jacobins have made such use of the papers, and other circumstances they have found out, that it is said to have taken great effect on the minds of the people, and they are much more united in their opinions against the king and royal family than they were before. At a time when the commonality are thus disposed, the Duke will perhaps think it not safe to venture to penetrate into the kingdom with such a body of troops as he at first proposed; it seems more likely that he will endeavour to bring the French armies to some decisive action; and if he can completely route them, and strike a terror into the French soldiery, he may with the chief power of his army march to Paris, and drive the democrats from the capital of that kingdom.
A new court of judicature is established in Paris, by the last accounts to our ministry; it consists of two deputies from each
of the 83 departments of that city, one of the higher, and one of the lower order of citizens; to these are added eight judges, from the men of the law. It has been resolved to bring all the state prisoners from Orleans to be tried by this tribunal, which is to sit immediately, and its business to be attended to preferably to all other matters; the trial of the queen is, however, to take place first; and, as the party have surely got full proofs in their hands of the queen's intrigues against the present government, no doubt can be made of their pronouncing her guilty; it is much to be apprehended, that she will be brought to the block before effective measures can be taken by any of the powers of Europe to save her.
It is much to be feared that news will certainly arrive of the queen having been executed. The Jacobins, it is likely, will not proceed to this extremity against the king, whom they affect to treat as a weak person, and not responsible for his actions.
Brussels , Sept. 21. Intelligence has just been received here, which, from the favorable nature of the accounts from the army, already published by authority, there is every reason to believe authentic, that the King of Prussia took possession of Chalons the day before yesterday. The bishop of that diocese, who is here, has received orders to hold himself in readiness to set out with his clergy, on the 24th, to repair thither, and re-establish himself in his charge.
The emigrants stationed near Thionville, are all setting out for Verdun and the environs, and are to be replaced by 9000 Austrians, now on their way from Landau under the command of General Derdach. Thionville, which has not yet been vigorously attempted, is to undergo a regular siege.
Lille is so blockaded, that no one can enter or quit it. All the large artillery has been removed from Ath to its environs, and General Beauhieu is encamped within half a league of that city. All the peasants in the environs, tender to the Austrians a voluntary offer of their services.
Paris , Sept. 7. At three o'clock in the afternoon of the fatal 2d of September, the sanguinary mob reached the Temple, where they were met by two of the commissioners from the national assembly. It was with great difficulty they could be restrained from further acts of violence; they demanded the head of the queen; the commissioners therefore to prevent a greater mischief, found it necessary to accompany them to the tower of the Temple, one of their leaders carrying on a pole the head of the princess de Lamballe.
The commissioners, attended by an officer of the national guard, and M. Pallot, the manager of the works round the Temple, undertook to inform the king and queen of what was transacting, and that the people insisted on their viewing the spectacle they had brought. The head of the unfortunate victim was displayed on their majesties presenting themselves at a window. The queen, and her daughter Madame Elizabeth, according to the report of a violent Paris print, displayed, for the first time, some sensibility; and the king, who obeyed without any hesitation, said to one of the commissioners---Sir, you are in the right.
When the mob went to the prison de la Force, where the royal attendants were chiefly confined, the princess de Lamballe went down upon her knees to implore a suspension of her fate for 24 hours. This was at first granted, until a second mob more ferocious than the first, forced her apartment and decapitated her. The circumstances which attended her death were such as makes humanity shudder, and which decency forbids us to repeat: Previous to her death, the mob offered her every insult. Her thighs were cut across, and her bowels and heart torn from her, and for two days her mangled body was dragged through the streets.
Paris , Sept. 22. The national assembly finished its political career, giving place to the national convention, which had that morning constituted itself into a body by the appearance of the number appointed---a deputation of the assembly waiting on them to conduct them from the audience chamber in the Thuilleries to Convention Hall, formerly the seat of the national assembly. They first proceeded to the choice of a President, which fell on M. Pétion, the mayor of Paris; and after some trifling conversation having took place, a member rose up and moved the total ABOLITION of MONARCHY in France forever, which was universally and reiteratedly applauded from all parts of the house, and immediately constituted into a law. The next was the suspension of all judicial appointments, and that the people should appoint their own judges de novo. Mr. Thomas Paine, by his interpreter M. Goupilleau, requested the assembly to appoint a committee to bring up a report on that subject, as ignorant and vicious people might possibly introduce themselves to those employments, without precautions were taken to prevent the same. The motion, however, in its primitive state, passed.
The Convention then adjourned till 1st October.
The Duke of Brunswick's army lay before Chalons, head-quarters of General Dumourier.
Vienna , Sept. 8. It is certain that a general Congress is to be held, either at Coblenz, or Lauenbourg, on French affairs. It is said that Spain, England, Holland and other powers, will be invited to send Ambassadors to it, and that Baron de Breteuil will appear at that meeting on the part of the French princes. At the above Congress it is thought that the form of government for the provinces which may be taken will be settled, and if affairs go prosperously, a negotiation will be begun between the United Powers and the French princes, with the principal cities and departments of France; but as all this must depend upon the events of the war, we cannot foresee how far they may be brought to maturity.
In the mean time it seems intended to reinforce the forces acting against France with 20,000 men; that number, at least, are to be kept ready to march, in case they are wanted; and a like number of the Prussians are also ordered to be in readiness.
It is said that the empress of Russia, on account of the distance and great expence that would attend marching her troops into France, wishes in lieu of the 30,000 men she is by treaty to furnish, to pay her quota in money.
Amsterdam , Sept. 18. The French minister at the Hague has entered into an agreement with some rich Dutch contractors, who have engaged to supply the French armies with horses and mulets by the way of Dunkirk. This week a very large number were sent. The quantity of mulets in the republic is inconceivable---the merchants at Culembourg had in their possession almost 15,000. Rotterdam furnishes also a great number. The government is not much pleased to see these arms sent out of the country, and above all sent to France; but as they belong to private persons, it cannot prevent them from selling them. In this case government would have no other resource than that of purchasing them itself, at a higher price than that of France, but this would be an embarrassing step at present, on account of the scarcity of money in the public treasury.
Though the republic have fully determined to take no part in the war against France, at least till the progress of the French armies becomes more decisive, they however give them every possible assistance. The troops of the state are at the same time advancing towards the frontiers. Some of them yesterday set out for Breda and Maestricht. Immense magazines are forming in the latter, and large quantities of ammunition are carried up the Meuse to Namur and Dinant. Recruiting is permitted also at Bois-le-Duc, in Dutch Brabant, where many deserters arrive daily, who are sent off to the French princes.
The fate of France continues to interest, in a very sensible manner, the generality of the people here. The fortune of every individual appears as if depending on the issue the affairs of the country may have; but great uneasiness is entertained least a total dismemberment of the kingdom take place, and least, as every thing at present gives us reason to conclude, it should be established into a republic. Most minds are infatuated with the old prejudice that France cannot be any thing but a monarchy. This monarchical malady has infected the minds of many Frenchmen, and if the national convention decree a republican form of government, it is much to be feared that several departments will desert the common cause. Should this happen, public credit will experience a most violent shock, which will be felt in other countries, but more in Holland than any where else.
Sept. 20. The prince of Waldeck, who lost an arm at the late unsuccessful attempt on Thionville, died a few days since at Luxembourg.
London , Sept. 27. M. la Fayette is to be conducted to the citadel of Wesel.
The French emigrants are not permitted to act for themselves. They form the rear guard of the combined army, and garrison the places taken by it.
We understand that an eminent merchant in the city had an express, stating, that the city of Rouen had declared, that it was disposed to accept the conditions offered by the invading despots of Germany, in preference to continue longer exposed to the brutal violence of the party now prevailing; and that in consequence of this, of the fear that the example might be followed, a body of men had set off from Paris to chastise the city of Rouen.
Letters from Madrid assert, that since that court has been informed of the events of the 10th of August, at Paris, and the injudicious treatment his most Christian majesty has received, the system of neutrality, which that government had adopted, is entirely changed.
Orders have in consequence been given in Catalonia, that each inhabitant shall furnish a statement of the number of carriages, waggons, horses and mules in his possession, and shall have them ready for delivery on the earliest notice. His Catholic majesty has also ordered that all the straw
in the country betwixt Barcelona and Figueras shall be purchased.
The amiable princess de Lamballe was in England about two years ago, in perfect safety; but was not able to withstand the pressing invitation of the queen of France, who wished her to return; and assured her she was perfectly free of danger. Who indeed could have suspected the fatal catastrophe of the 2d of September? The queen is inconsolable.
Extract of a private letter from Thionville, Sep. 8.
"I am now before Thionville, which we have summoned to surrender, and have received an answer, which will draw upon the inhabitants a vengeance which must unhappily be indiscriminate.
"Montmedy has fallen into our hands. The obstinacy of the defence precluded the saving the inhabitants from pillage, which during four hours was exercised by our troops with an unsparing rigour capable of dismaying others. The campaign wears the appearance of tedious slaughter and multiplied sieges.
A letter from M. Luckner incloses a note, received by him from M. Dumourier, commander in chief of the French army at Grandpre, in which the letter states, that two principal attacks were made upon his left and right wings on the 13th inst. in both of which the Prussians were repulsed with loss. A detachment of Prussian light troops had entered an abbatis of wood, from which he had sent five battalions to remove them. At the time of his writing, he expected that another attack would be made on the same day, if the weather which was then very bad should permit it.
The garrison at Thionville have been twice successful in sorties, and the Prussians will be obliged to commence the siege in form, at a considerable expence of what is most valuable to them, time. Montmedy is blockaded. The report here is, that the king of Prussia is also blockaded in Verdun, but this cannot be exactly true. The French armies make it difficult for the Prussians to advance, and do, in some measure, enclose them on three sides; but the distance between the opposed bodies is so great, that their situation is very different from what is generally understood by a blockade. We are also to wait the event of the last attack upon M. Dumourier to know whether the Prussians remain inclosed or not.
The French Generals appear to have very good intelligence of the Duke of Brunswick's preparations and movements.
Mons. Kellerman had heard, that this attack would be made soon enough to permit his marching from Toul, where he was posted on the left of the Prussians, towards Chalons, for the purpose of covering that town, in any event of the action. As he approached Bar-le-Duc on this march, the Prussian advanced guard fell back towards Verdun.
The eagerness of the French to enlist for military service encreases. In some villages fathers have enrolled themselves with their sons, and in others the young women have bound themselves in a general resolution, to marry none who shall not have served in the present campaign. But arms are still much wanted for the volunteers. The department of la Marne, which supplies eighteen thousand men, has but six thousand mulets for them. Thirty thousand stand were expected to arrive in Paris on Monday.
The Dutch mail confirms the report of the successful sortie made by the French from Thionville. It says, "the besieged display not merely firmness, but thinking themselves out of all danger of being taken, they insult the besiegers, and approach even so near, as particularly to direct their musketry against the camp of the emigrant French, which is in the centre of the allies. The son of the count d'Artois was very near being killed by a cannon shot; a person was killed by his side. The artillery is played with great effect. The Austrians have chiefly exerted themselves to lay the town in ashes, instead of attacking it by a regular siege."
A letter from a French officer in the emigrant camp, to his friend, an emigrant in London, gives the following account of the fall of the prince de Hohenloe: "New batteries had been erected, from which it was intended to bombard Thionville, by the side of the gate of Metz. The besieged saw the intention, and they played their artillery with such effect as completely to demolish the works. While the prince de Hohenloe was this day reconnoitering the direction of the fire, a cannon shot cut in two an officer by his side. The prince fell by the shock of the wind of the ball, and for three hours every art has been tried in vain to bring him to life."
Lord Auckland has communicated officially to the States General "that his sovereign had been apprized of the resolution which their high mightinesses had formed, of interrupting all official communication with M. Mauide, the French charge d'affairs; and that the principles of his royal master perfectly coincided with those which had dictated the said resolution of their high mightinesses. He had in consequence given orders to his said minister to observe the same conduct with respect to M. Chauvelin, resident at the court of Great Britain."

CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, Nov. 9.
Two petitions were presented, and read, from invalids: Also, the representation of the judges of the circuit court of North-Carolina, on the subject of the pension law. Referred to select committees.
A message was received from the President, by Mr. Lear, communicating sundry papers, which were read, relative to the boundaries of the state of Virginia, and the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio.
Mr. Madison, of the committee on the President's Speech to both Houses, reported an address, in answer thereto. Read, and referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
A motion was made by Mr. Murray for the appointment of a committee to take into consideration that part of the President's Speech, relative to the transmission of newspapers by the public mail. Deferred till to-morrow.
The remainder of this day's proceedings being on the communications from the war office, the galleries were shut.
SATURDAY, Nov. 10.
The order of the day being called for, the House went into a committee of the whole on the draft of an answer to the President's Speech, reported yesterday by the committee. Having discussed and amended it, the answer was agreed to by the House. The committee then rose and reported, and the House having gone thro' it, a committee of three was appointed to wait on the President to know when he would be ready to receive the answer to his address.
On motion, the report of the committee on the petition of the merchants of Charleston, was referred to the same committee, to bring in a bill to regulate fees in the courts of admiralty of the United States, and to repeal part of the law for regulating seamen in the merchants' service.
A resolution was proposed by Mr. Dayton, "That the Secretaries of the War and Treasury departments be notified to attend the House on Wednesday next, in consequence of the enquiry that would then take place into the causes of the defeat of Gen. St. Clair, to give such information as the House might require."
It was moved that the motion should be laid on the table agreeable to the practice of the house.
Some members urged the necessity of taking it up immediately; but others objecting, Mr. Dayton consented that it should lie on the table till Monday. Galleries cleared.
MONDAY, Nov. 12.
A statement of the receipts and expenditures of the revenue, for the year 1791, was laid before the House, from the Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Dayton called up his motion for the attendance of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War, on Wednesday next, to give information relative to the defeat of Gen. St. Clair. No decision was taken thereon.
A motion was made by Mr. Giles, that the Secretary of War lay before the House a statement of the disbursements of the war department. No order taken thereon.
The Speaker, preceded by the Sergeant-at-arms, and attended by the members of the House waited on the President with the following answer to his address on the opening of the session:
SIR,
THE House of Representatives, who always feel a satisfaction in meeting you, are much concerned that the occasion for mutual felicitation afforded by the circumstances favorable to the national prosperity, should be abated by a continuance of the hostile spirit of many of the Indian tribes: and particularly that the reiterated efforts for effecting a general pacification with them should have issued in new proofs of their persevering enmity, and the barbarous sacrifice of citizens, who, as the messengers of peace, were distinguishing themselves by their zeal for the public service.
In our deliberations on this important department of our affairs, we shall be disposed to pursue every measure that may be dictated by the sincerest desire, on one hand, of cultivating peace, and manifesting by every practicable regulation, our benevolent regard for the welfare of these misguided people; and by the duty we feel, on the other, to provide effectually for the safety and protection of our fellow-citizens.
While with regret we learn that symptoms of opposition to the law imposing duties on spirits distilled within the United States have manifested themselves, we reflect with consolation that they are confined to a small portion of our fellow-citizens.
It is not more essential to the preservation of true liberty that a government should be always ready to listen to the representation of its constituents, and to accommodate its measures to the sentiment
and wishes of every part of them, as far as will consist with the good of the whole, than it is that the just authority of the laws should be steadfastly maintained.
Under this impression, every department of the government and all good citizens must approve the measures you have taken, and the purpose you have formed to execute this part of your trust, with firmness and energy; and be assured, Sir, of every constitutional aid and co-operation which may become requisite on our part. And we hope that while the progress of contentment under the law in question is as obvious, as it is rational, no particular part of the community may be permitted to withdraw from the general burdens of the country by a conduct as irreconcileable to national justice as it is inconsistent with public decency.
The productive state of the public revenue, and the confirmation of the credit of the United States abroad, evinced by the loans at Antwerp and Amsterdam, are communications the more gratifying, as they enforce the obligation to enter on systematic and effectual arrangements for discharging the public debt as fast as the conditions of it will permit; and we take pleasure in the opportunity to assure you of our entire concurrence in the opinion, that no measure can be more desirable, whether viewed with an eye to the urgent with of the community, or the intrinsic importance of promoting so happy a change in our situation.
The adoption of a constitution for the state of Kentucky is an event, in which we join in all the satisfaction you have expressed. It may be considered as particularly interesting; since, besides the immediate benefits resulting from it, it is another auspicious demonstration of the facility and success with which an enlightened people is capable of providing, by free and deliberate plans of government, for their own safety and happiness.
The operation of the law establishing the post-office, as it relates to the transmission of newspapers, will merit our particular enquiry and attention. The circulation of political intelligence through these vehicles being justly reckoned among the surest means of preventing the degeneracy of a free government, as well as of recommending every salutary public measure to the confidence and co-operation of all virtuous citizens.
The several other matters which you have communicated and recommended, will in their order receive the attention due to them. And our discussions will in all cases, we trust, be guided by a proper respect for harmony and stability in the public councils, and a desire to conciliate more and more the attachment of our constituents to the constitution, by measures accommodated to the true ends for which it was established.
To which address the President made the following reply.
GENTLEMEN, IT gives me pleasure to express to you the satisfaction which your address affords me. I feel, as I ought, the approbation you manifest of the measures I have taken, and the purpose I have formed, to maintain, pursuant to the trust reposed in me by the constitution, the respect which is due to the laws---and the assurance which you, at the same time, give me of every constitutional aid and co-operation, that may become requisite on your part.
This is a new proof of that enlightened solicitude for the establishment and confirmation of public order, which, embracing a zealous regard for the principles of true liberty, has guided the deliberations of the house of representatives; a perseverance in which can alone secure under the divine blessing, the real and permanent felicity of our common country.
G O . WASHINGTON.
PHILADELPHIA.
NOVEMBER 14.
A letter from Liverpool mentions, that "in England they began to be apprehensive of being brought into a war, in consequence of the troubles in France, which are now grown to a considerable degree of enthusiasm and inhuman barbarity. It seems hardly possible that the patriots of that kingdom can succeed against the powerful combination either forming, or already formed against them. There are two prevailing opinions in this country in regard to politics; one, that the emperor's ambition leads him to endeavor at the addition of France to his already extensive dominions; the other, that the successor to the throne of the deposed Lewis XVI. is already fixed upon, and that the Duke of York is the person. Many politicians here declare it as their opinion, that the mayor of Paris, although now the idol of the populace, is acting a farce, and that his principle is actually on the side of the king. Whatever be the plan of the junta of tyrants, time must soon unravel; the Spaniards are talked of to mix in the affair, and are arming; the queen of Portugal still remains in a state of infancy; and when we intermeddle, all Europe may reasonably be supposed to be MAD."
On the 6th inst. in the Senate of New-York, Mr. Jones, one of the members, made a motion, for the protest of the minority of the canvassers, at the late election, to be entered upon the minutes of that House. The motion at that time was not taken into consideration; but on the day following, it was moved by Mr. Tilton, another member, that Mr. Jones's motion should be erased from the journals. Debates arose, and the President having put the question thereon, it was carried in the negative.
We hear from New-Haven, that the lower House of assembly of Connecticut have passed a bill for constituting a Bank in New-Haven.
It is said that the commissioners appointed to settle the accounts between the several states, will make their report to the President early in the present session, in order that provision may be made by the legislature for the balance due to particular states. Massachusetts and South-Carolina are the two states who are expected to have the largest balances.
By a document presented to the House of Representatives on Monday last from the treasury department, it appears, that the total amount of public expenditures from the first establishment of that department to the end of the year 1791, amounts to 3,797,436 dollars 78 cents. The total amount of money received during the same period, 4,771,342 dollars 43 cents, leaving a balance of 973,905 dollars 65 cents in the treasury at the expiration of the year 1791.
We hear that Capt. Leech, of Frederickburg, is appointed keeper of the lighthouse at Cape-Henry; and, that it will be lighted about the 15th of November.
Rates of Public Securities. Loan-office Final settlements 7 above par. Funded 6 per cent Stock 6 1-4 above par. Deferred 65 dols. 45 c. for 100. Three per cent 62 dols. 50 c. for 50 dols. Indents, 62 dols. 50 c. for 100. Ditto, Militia and Depreciation, paid up to January 1st, 1792, 7 1-2 under par. Ditto, Unfunded depreciation, principal and interest, par. N. and S. Carolina, 70 dols. for 100. N. Jersey paper money, 6 per cent. discount. Bank Stock. Bank of the United States, 3-4 Shares, 55 per cent. advance. Ditto, complete shares 43 per cent. advance. Ditto, North-America 34 advance. Ditto, N. York 35 per cent. above par. Maryland 10 per cent. above par. Massachusetts 20 per cent. above par. Providence, R. I. 9 per cent. above par. Canal Shares, 100 dollars. Delaware canal, 50 dols. Turnpike, 75 dollars.
On Friday last, the members of the Senate waited on the President of the United States, at his own house, with the following Address, in answer to his Speech to both Houses of Congress.
To the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.
ACCEPT, Sir, our grateful acknowledgments for your address at the opening of the present session. We participate with you in the satisfaction arising from the continuance of the general prosperity of the nation, but it is not without the most sincere concern that we are informed, that the reiterated efforts which have been made to establish peace with the hostile Indians, have hitherto failed to accomplish that desired object: Hoping that the measures still depending may prove more successful than those which have preceded them, we shall nevertheless concur in every necessary preparation for the alternative; and should the Indians on either side of the Ohio persist in their hostilities, fidelity to the union, as well as affection for our fellow-citizens on the frontiers, will insure our decided co-operation in every measure, which shall be deemed requisite for their protection and safety.
At the same time that we avow the obligation of the government to afford its protection to every part of the union, we cannot refrain from expressing our regret that even a small portion of our fellow-citizens in any quarter of it should have combined to oppose the operation of the law for the collection of duties on spirits distilled within the United States, a law repeatedly sanctioned by the authority of the nation, and at this juncture materially connected with the safety and protection of those who oppose it; should the means already adopted, fail in securing obedience to this law, such further measures as may be thought necessary to carry the same into complete operation cannot fail to receive the approbation of the legislature, and the support of every patriotic mind.
It yields us particular pleasure, to learn that the productiveness of the revenue of the present year, will probably supersede the necessity of any additional tax for the service of the next.
The organization of the government of the state of Kentucky being an event peculiarly interesting to a part of our fellow-citizens, and conducive to the general order, affords us particular satisfaction.
We are happy to learn that the high state of our credit abroad, has been evinced by the terms on which the new loan have been negotiated.
In the course of the session, we shall proceed to take into consideration the several objects which you have been pleased to re-
commend to our attention; and keeping in view the importance of union and stability in the public councils, we shall labor to render our decisions conducive to the safety and happiness of our country.
We repeat with pleasure our assurances of confidence in your administration, and our ardent wish, that your unabated zeal for the public good, may be rewarded by the durable prosperity of the nation and every ingredient of personal happiness.
JOHN LANGDON, President pro tempore of the Senate.
To which address the President was pleased to make the following Reply:
I DERIVE much pleasure, Gentlemen, from your very satisfactory address.—The renewed assurances of your confidence in my administration, and the expression of your wish for my personal happiness, claim and receive my particular acknowledgments. In my future endeavors for the public welfare, to which my duty may call me, I shall not cease to count upon the firm, enlightened, and patriotic support of the Senate.
G. WASHINGTON.
On the 6th inst. the Governor of New-York met the legislature of that state, and opened the session with the following speech:
Gentlemen of the Senate and Assembly,
THE present meeting being in pursuance of a law of the last session, authorizing you to appoint electors of a President and Vice-President of the United States, this important business will consequently engage your immediate attention; especially as farther legislative provision will be necessary on this subject, owing to the establishment of a ratio of representation, different from the one contemplated by that law.
As the period for the stated annual meeting of the legislature will soon arrive, economical considerations will sufficiently recommend the expediency of completing the public business previous to an adjournment.
The settlement of our contested boundaries, the digest of our laws, the arrangement of our finances, and the other various salutary regulations, which since the conclusion of the war have occupied the attention of the legislature, being happily accomplished, your present deliberations will necessarily be confined to a few objects. At this time I have therefore only to mention to you the necessity of providing for election of members of the House of Representatives of the United States, agreeably to the late apportionment; the conforming our militia establishment to the regulations recently enacted by Congress, and the revision and amendment of such of our laws as may from experience have been found obscure or defective.
I have directed the annual reports and other papers, that may be necessary for your information, to be prepared and laid before you; and if, in the course of the session, any thing should occur requiring legislative interposition, it shall be communicated to you by message.
While the misfortunes which some of our sister states suffer by the depredations of a savage enemy, are greatly to be lamented, our unfeigned thanks are due to Divine Providence for our exemption from so great a calamity. In the recesses an atrocious murder of a chief of one of the Indian nations, residing within our jurisdiction, threatened in some degree an interruption of that harmony which has hitherto so happily prevailed; but from the papers which will be communicated to you, you will perceive that the measures adopted on this occasion, have preserved their confidence in the justice of government, and prevented any evil effects from that disagreeable circumstance.
GEO. CLINTON.
** The piece signed, An officer who was upon the Indian expedition, cannot be inserted, unless the author will authenticate it with his name.
W A N T E D, A Journeyman Book-binder,
To go to Carlisle.—
A PERSON who is capable of performing neat Binding and Lettering, will receive good wages. The particulars to be ascertained by LEWIS WEISS, Esquire, Arch-street, 159, Philadelphia. Nov. 13. 4t, law
CHARLES BITTERS,
No. 120, South Market, near Fourth-street, Has received from New-York, and manufactured by Lot Market,
A large and general assortment of Muffs and Tippets, Trimmings and Edgings,
Great Coats, Caps, Mitts and Gloves lined with Fur, which he will sell, Wholesale and Retail, at the lowest prices.
Nov. 14. 2awtf

From the (Boston) Independent Chronicle
The CRISIS, No. V.
A LATE publication from Virginia, signed HENRY BANKS, contains the following important paragraphs: viz.
"Previous to the assumption of the state debts, many of the members who were heretofore of indigent circumstances have evidently, without the intervention of any obvious or justifiable event, taken their stand among the men of wealth and pecuniary intrigue. After the first failure in the House of Representatives, a species of speculating bribery and indirect corruption was set on foot, such as never offered in any other country, and for which every member of either house, who was directly or indirectly concerned, ought to be eternally stigmatized.
"Instruments of writing were prepared by certain favorite brokers in New-York, which invited a member to subscribe to the amount of 100,000 dollars, on the very favorable terms that the subscribing member might be interested in the issue of that sum; the broker would advance all which was necessary to purchase it, without fee or reward; the member to take the risk of loss, & to be entitled to all the gain.
He further adds. "some of the members first opposed the assumption, and then advocated it, as if by divine inspiration."
The foregoing statement is published by a man of information, and with that degree of confidence, as to pledge its authenticity with the signature of his name. Assertions so positive, it is not probable would be made, unless the writer was fully assured of the truth of them. A man of his information & character, would not hazard his reputation upon vague reports; which leads the public to suppose they are facts known to the author, and which can be substantiated by evidence, the most decisive and unequivocal.
Whether the charges exhibited by Mr. Banks are facts or not, are left to him to prove. However, it may be thus far asserted with the utmost propriety, that the funding system (if we may judge from circumstances) carries every appearance of a deep laid scheme of speculation, calculated for the sole emolument of artful designing, intriguing individuals. If we examine the persons, who have in consequence thereof, amassed immense fortunes, we shall find for the most part, they are the particular intimates and associates of members of Congress: Men whom we have every reason to suppose were in the habits of (frank) correspondence with them on this subject. This connection must have been so confidential and the communications so peremptory, as to induce their friends at this distance to hazard their own, and in some instances, other persons' property, upon the event. In short, to speculate so largely, that if success had not attended their engagements they must have ruined themselves, and involved a number of innocent people, in the same distressing situation.
The information obtained by these persons, must have come from a quarter which could be depended on; for amidst the perplexity of this business, from whence could such positive intelligence proceed, unless from the fountain head of knowledge? We are then led to conclude, that if the agents in this plan were so largely benefited, the principals were not deficient.
In consequence of this authentic information, the Massachusetts Bank became the grand theatre of operation, for those confidential friends, residing in this town.
This constitution, though originally established to facilitate commerce, and assist the merchant, was by an unbounded, destructive speculation (unknown to some of the directors) rendered useless to almost every man, except those who were within the secrecy of the funding system. The trade become greatly embarrassed, as merchants, of the first characters, and responsibility could not receive a temporary assistance in cases of the greatest emergency. The bank was exhausted by a few speculators, as immense sums were emitted, for the sole purpose of engrossing the public funds. So great was the rage, and eagerness for speculation, that thousands, and tens of thousands of dollars depended on the fortuitous arrival of an express; and the augmentation of a man's fortune rested on the expectation of a travelling jockey,
and the fleetness of the horse which conveyed him.
The public stocks were rendered, by the intrigue of a few persons, constantly fluctuating; by their subtil management, they could raise or fall them, just as it suited their convenience and interest. By the finesse of particular individuals in the bank, if they were disposed to raise the price of the public notes, they would emit a large quantity of money, which would give them a rapid appreciation. During this period, those persons who were pulling the wires behind the curtain, would employ some obsequious runner, to dispose of their notes. After they had acted this part of the farce, for a short time, they would then turn about, & employ this same obliging runner, to purchase in—At this stage of the business, the bank was again the grand machine to effect their plans. Instead of large discounts, as in the former case, almost every man's note would be checked, which would immediately operate to their advantage, as the scarcity of cash, would cause a sudden depreciation, by throwing a large amount of stocks into the market for sale. Thus by alternately raising and falling the price of the notes, a few individuals (who are personally known) have acquired their immense fortunes. Such are the modern patriots, who are puffed up in certain papers, as the great supporters of the honour, dignity and independence of America.
When we see the many pompous accounts exhibited in particular papers, of the vast benefits resulting to the States by the measures of Congress, we are naturally led to enquire what they are? It is true the sessions have been prolonged, and lengthy declamations on particular subjects, have been published as speeches of members; but the question with those who pay the reckoning is how have the sessions terminated? By their debates, a stranger would suppose that every essential business was accomplished, and that some of the members were assembled for their private amusement, and diversion; while our trade lies bleeding at every pore, and while the situation of the West Indies gave us every advantage to effect our own purposes; instead of attending to these important points, the subject of residence was altered with as much warmth and solicitude, as if the house at New York in which Congress sat, was totally unroofed, and that it was impossible for them to take shelter from an impending storm in any other place than on the banks of the Patowmac.
A federal city is now in contemplation and the citizens of these States are daily amused with the superb palaces to be erected, the elegant arrangement of the streets; and above all the high gratification of having their money spent, to rear a city altogether without the jurisdiction of those who are at the expence of it. Why such a body of people, as will reside within this ten miles district, should be detached from the whole Union to be governed by different laws than the rest of the citizens, is a question which cannot be easily answered in a free government.
An Indian war is also among our grievances. This war, detached from the justness of its principles, must be considered as the most impolitic measure that can be adopted: Nothing but the most absolute necessity, could justify us at this early period, to enter into any offensive war whatever.
The remarks made in the last number respecting the clerks in the loan office, have been considered by some as reflecting on the officer of that department. But they are not intended as such; as the author is convinced of the integrity, and fidelity of that gentleman. The idea suggested was that the provision of Congress was not so favorable to the merchant as to the speculator, as it exposed the former to unreasonable delays, by a deficiency of clerks, while the latter could expedite his business by a sufficiency of them.
The author may be mistaken in the observations made in this, and the preceding numbers; if he is, he shall readily acknowledge it, whenever arguments are offered to prove the fallacy of his reasoning.
A Republican.
** Three handsome Editions of the Laws of the United States for sale at this office (No. 209 Market street) in folio and octavo, either full or half bound—N.B. The Laws of the last Session, in octavo only, may be had separate, price three eighths of a dollar,
K I D, and Co.
PERFUMERS, &c.
Have just imported in the PIGOU, and other late arrivals from Europe, and now open for Sale, at their store, No. 222, in Market above Sixth-street.
A general assortment of the following GOOD S, viz.
 LADIES' and Gentlemens' japanned dressin  cases complete, of all sorts  Gentlemens' shaving cases, powder bags, boxes and powder puffs of all sorts  Tortoiseshell, ivory, and horn combs, of all kinds  Tooth brushes, dragon roots and tooth powder  All kinds of the best cloaths brushes  Ladies' tortoiseshell sliders for the hair  Best Windfor soap, all kinds of wash balls  Powder masks and court-plaster  Silk purses and gloves tops  All kinds of razors, warranted  Pocket, pen, and sporting knives  Scissors of all kinds  Pinchiug, curling and spring irons  A general assortment of pocket-books, ladies thread-cases and etwes  Best English, Cheshire, and Gloucester cheeses  Wax, wax candles, and sealing-wax  Message cards of all kinds  All kinds of hair powder  English, French, and other pomatums  Tamboured, Cassimier and mullinet waistcoat patterns. 
An elegant assortment of Ready made Milinary,
Consisting of full dress, Caps, Hats, and Bonnets.
 Fine chip hats  Black and coloured beaver hats, best quality  An assortment of the most fashionable ribbons  And beads for trimmings and other ornaments. 
Have likewise received a fresh supply of MILK OF ROSES.
They beg leave to inform the ladies, that they continue to make all kinds of ornamental false hair upon an entire new method, and of so light and easy a construction, that they look better than when a lady is dressed by the most expert hair dresser.
An assortment of elegant cut Steel Watch Chains, Seals, Watch Keys, &c. with a variety of other goods, too tedious to enumerate. November 10. 4w. 2aw.
Terres à Vendre
Dans un pays bien peuplé,—SAVOIR, soixante cinq mille, trois cens, soixante et quatorze Acres, en une seule pièce, dans le canton le mieux peuplé de la Caroline Méridionale, le District de Ninety-Six. Ces terres sont situées dans une contrée agréable, et salubre, où les fièvres sont inconnues; à environ vingt lieues de Colombie, la Capitale, et contiguës à la ville de Cambridge, où il y a un College, et Cour supérieure. A environ douze lieues, il y a une bonne navigation; et il est très probable, que dans quelque tems on rendra navigable le Grand Saluée, riviere qui arrose les terres mêmes. Elles sont agréablement diversifiées de coteaux et vallons charmans. propres à la culture du tabac, du coton, du maïs et du petit grain; et dont une proportion considérable se peut aisément convertir en prairies fertiles. Il n'est peut-être gueres possible de rencontrer une pareille pièce de terre à vendre dans aucun autre des Etats Unis; et pour les conditions de l'achat on les rendra très commodes. S'informer à l'imprimerie de la Gazette Nationale. Sept. 5.
LANDS FOR SALE,
IN a well settled Country. SIXTY.FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR ACRES OF LAND, in one body, in the most populous part of the state of South-Carolina, in the district of Ninety-six—It is situated in a fine healthy climate, free from fever & ague, about sixty miles from Columbia, the seat of government. The land is contiguous to the town of Cambridge, where are a Seminary for the instruction of youth, and a superior law court. It is at present within about thirty-five miles of good navigation, with a probability of having the river, called the Great Saluée, that flows along one side of the land, made navigable. The land is beautifully diversified into swells and vales, and is perfectly well calculated for the culture of tobacco, cotton, Indian corn, and small grain; a great proportion of it may be made meadow ground. There is not, perhaps, such a body of land, so circumstanced, for sale in any other of the U: States. The terms of payment will be made convenient to the purchaser or purchasers. Apply to the Printer. August 29. 1awtf
Manufactured and for Sale,
At No. 11, North Sixth-street, Fashionable Round Top and Flat BUTTONS, Warranted superior to any imported of equal price. Country Store-keepers supplied either in small or large quantities, By S. POST & Co. N.B. Conkshel Buttons, Buckles, &c. Oct. 17. 2awtf
NOTICE.
THIS is to warn all masters of vessels and others, at their peril, not to take a certain mulatto Boy, named Lewis Boget, formerly of Cayenne, out of this city, he being lawfully bound and apprenticed to me, until 16th Nov. 1793; as I have reason to suspect he is endeavouring to leave this city. JAMES ROBERTSON. New-York, October 9.
New-York and Philadelphia
STAGE S,
AND Bordentown, Burlington, and Trenton or Lamberton
PACKETS.
THE proprietors of the New-York and Philadelphia Land and Water Stages, beg leave to mention, that for the better accommodation of the passengers, they have removed their different packet boats from their former stand, at the Crooked Billet Wharf, to the wharf or dock immediately next below Arch-street; from whence a convenient packet boat starts for New-York, as usual, on every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and returns on every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The passage to be made either by the way of Bordentown or Burlington; each place taken alternately.
For passengers from Philadelphia to New-York, Van Emburgh and M c Kean, David Williamson,
Proprietors of the line of New-York and Philadelphia stages, by the route of Bordentown.
Jacob Myers, Amos Hutchin, Nicholas Schenck,
Proprietors of the line of New-York and Philadelphia stages, by the route of Burlington.
Bordentown, Oct. 1. For freight or passage apply to the masters on board, or to
M c Kean and Van Emburgh; Who have for sale at their store on said wharf, immediately next below Arch-street,
 Ole Madeira, } Muscovado,  Teneriffe, and } Wines. Loaf, and } Sugars  Mountain } Lump  Jamaica Spirits, } Molasses,  Antigua, } Coffee,  Monserat & } Rum. Chocolate,  Newbury } Bohea Tea,  Rochelle Brandy } Burlington Pork,  in pipes, cases and } Hams,  demijohns, } Flour,  Gin in pipes and cases, } Bar Iron, &c. &c. 
Orders for Grain, Staves, Bills of Scantling, or other Lumber, punctually attended to.
For freight or passage to Lamberton or Trenton, apply at said wharf to Thomas Ashmore, William Douglass, John Ashmore or Alexander Douglass, (Masters on board) or as above, to M c Kean & Van Emburgh. Philadelphia, October 6, 1792.
New-Jersey Confiscated Lands.
WHEREAS the first purchaser did not comply with the conditions of sale; this is to give notice that the following tract of land, containing fifty acres and thirty nine hundredths, situate in the township of Haddonfield, near the road that leads from Elijah Collards, deceased, to Paulinskill, late the property of Oliver De Lancey, will be sold at public vendue.
The sale to begin on Wednesday the 28th day of November next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at Suflex courthouse; and besides cash, the following state obligations will be received in payment, to wit,—Officers and soldiers notes given for the depreciation of their pay—notes given to the militia of this state for the arrearages of their pay—certificates liquidated by Silas Condict—and notes given by the Treasurer of this state to persons who had demands against the confiscated estates of New-Jersey.
JOSEPH GASTON, Agent for Suflex county. Oct. 24, 1792. 4w. 1aw.
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Yeomanry of the United States. CONTAINING some Observations on the Scheme of Wm. Duer Esq. and Mr Secretary Hamilton, to establish National Manufactures by a FARMER. This pamphlet, so highly interesting at this period, may be had at the following places: at Mr. Oswald's Printing-Office, No 156, Market-street; at No. 209, Market-street; at Mr. Doherty's, 41, South Second-street; at Mr. Crukshanks, 91, Market-street; at Mr. Aitken's, 22, Market-street; and at Mr. Young's S. W. corner of Chestnut and Second-streets. August 21.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
RUNAWAY from the subscriber in Philadelphia the 15th of September a negro man, named CUFF. He is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, has a remarkable walk, & had on a red & yellow striped button jacket. Rufus Sheeting shirt and trowsers of the same stuff a pair of shoes and an old round hat. Whoever will take up the said negro—and bring him to Mr. Andrew Street, Market-street, or secure him so that I get him, shall have the above reward and all reasonable expences. HERMAN BROOCK. 3t. 1aw
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