Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1791-07-16 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. 23, of Vol. III.]
SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1791.
[Whole No. 231.]
FROM THE (BOSTON) COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
MR. RUSSELL,
MR. PAINE affirms that the French nation have a Constitution, and that the English have none. I have already offered a few observations upon the latter part of this assertion, but as a preliminary to some remarks, which I propose to make upon his comparison, I must premise that directly the reverse of his opinion upon this subject is the truth, and that in reality the English nation have a Constitution, and the French as yet have none. The National Assembly have indeed been constantly sitting these two years, to form a Constitution, and at the ceremony of the Federation about eleven months since, they swore themselves and their King to the observance of a Constitution, to be made. But as they are still possessed of the whole power of the nation, they may repeal any article upon which they have hitherto agreed, by virtue of the same authority, which enabled them to pass the decree, and therefore according to Mr. Paine's own ideas, the French cannot be said to have a Constitution, until the National Assembly shall please to dissolve themselves and to put their whole system into operation.
I have endeavoured to show that it is not absolutely essential to the existence of a Constitution, that it should be producible "in a visible form." The period of time when the foundations of the present English government were laid by the association of the people, in "their original character" cannot indeed be ascertained. Many of the laws which are in use to this day in Great-Britain, and from thence have been adopted by the American Republics may be traced back to the remotest period of antiquity, and the origin even of the institution of Juries, an institution so congenial to the genuine spirit of freedom, is lost in the obscurity of the fabulous ages. Many of the fundamental principles of the English Constitution, are known to have had existence long before the invention of printing, and even before the inhabitants of Britain were acquainted with the use of letters, and it would therefore be an absurdity to require that the original articles should be produced, "in a visible form." But "ex nihilo, nihil fit," the very existence of these principles proves the formation of a social compact previous to that existence, and the spirit of liberty which is their distinguishing characteristic, affords internal evidence, that they did not originate in the merciless despotism of a conqueror, but in the free and unrestrained consent of a manly and generous people. It will not be said that an original compact was never formed because it is not recorded in the page of history; as well might it be pretended that the pyramids of Egypt arose self-created from the earth, because the time of their erection, and the names of their builders, have been consigned to that oblivion, in which all human labours are destined to be overwhelmed.
William of Normandy, to whom Mr. Paine always refers the origin of the English government, was the conqueror only of Harold. He obtained the crown of England by popular election, upon the express condition that he would govern the nation according to her ancient laws and customs; he took the same oath at his coronation which had been taken by his predecessors; and by his last will, after bequeathing the province of Normandy to his eldest son Robert, he expressly acknowledged that he did not possess the kingdom of England as an inheritance, and only recommended his son William as his successor. It would be altogether unnecessary at this time to discuss the question whether the crown of England was originally hereditary or elective, but the facts which I have here stated, and which are warranted by all the most ancient and most authentic English historians, fully demonstrate that the English government did not originate in the Norman conquest. "If the succession runs in the line of the conquest, the nation runs in the line of being conquered, and it ought to rescue itself from this reproach," says Mr. Paine. "The victory obtained at Hastings not being a victory over the nation collectively, but only over the person of Harold, the only right that the conqueror could pretend to acquire thereby, was the right to possess the crown of England, not to alter the nature of the government," says Judge Blackstone, (1 Com. 199) Upon a question of
fact relative to the English constitution, Blackstone is, I believe, as good an authority as Mr. Paine, but I will not to rest the question upon any authority whatever; I venture to affirm that any man who will coolly and impartially examine the subject, and appeal to the original sources of information, will acknowledge, that those who derive the origin of the English government from William the conqueror, can do it upon no other principle than that of supporting a system.
It is not however necessary, on the present occasion to revive a question, which has been discussed among the English with all the acrimony of faction. Mr. Paine has chosen the ground, which was not found tenable by the slavish supporters of passive obedience and the divine right of Kings. They took it originally because it was necessary to them for the support of their system, and they were driven from it by the friends and supporters of equal liberty. Mr. Paine found it necessary to support a doctrine of a very different nature; and adopting the maxim that it is lawful to learn, even from our enemies, he has freely borrowed from them the practice of accommodating the facts of history to his political purposes.
Be that however as it may, the Parliament of Great Britain from time to time have enacted certain laws which from their superior importance have been denominated constitutional; the acquiescence of the people, to whom most of those laws have been extremely satisfactory, gives them at least as good a sanction as the constitution of France has obtained. The National Assembly were not originally chosen to form a constitution; they were called together as States-General, under the authority of another constitution, such as it was. They assumed the power to dissolve the old constitution and to form another, and the acquiescence of the people has confirmed that assumption. At all events therefore their constitution stands upon no better ground than the acts of the British Parliament.
If then the Parliament of Great Britain have a right to declare what shall be the supreme law of the land, they will be able to produce a system of constitutional law, even according to Mr. Paine's with "in a visible form." This system is contained in a number of statutes, enacted not at one time, or by one body of men, but at divers times, according to the occasional convenience of the people, and by a competent authority. These statutes contain the principles upon which the English government is founded, and are therefore proper objects of comparison with the constitution which is to be the supreme law of the land in France. The comparisons which Mr. Paine has drawn are not partially favourable to his native country. We shall enquire whether they are perfectly consistent with truth.
PUBLICOLA.
The above is No. 6—No. 7, appeared in our last.
FROM THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE CHRONICLE.
THE ECONOMIST.
Make not more haste than good speed,
Is advice worth observing. Haste often makes waste. Some lose more by their precipitancy than they gain by their industry. They are in so great a hurry about one thing, that they forget other things and accomplish nothing. They have a dozen designs in their heads at once, demanding attention, and like a numerous litter of pigs, pushing away one another. They are busy in collecting; and what they gather with their hands, they kick away with their feet. Fervidus is one of this sort of men. No man is more busy, or does less to the purpose. A piece of ground must be ploughed to-day. To-morrow something else must be done. He hires a plough-boy, tackles his team, drives them on the full run into the field, has forgot his plough, whips the boy because he did not think of it, hastens back after it, the boy runs home; it is noon before he can bring his matters together, and he does but half a day's work. In the course of a summer he overturns several loads of hay: There is the appearance of a shower, he goads on his cattle; and instead of looking at his cart, looks at the cloud; his load is over-set, and out in the rain. He rises in a winter morning, with a determination to sled home three loads of wood. He must first get his boots
mended. He runs to the barn—throws some hay to his cattle in the stables—forgets those in the yard—never shuts the door, hastens to the shoemaker, but has left his boots at home—runs back after them—finds his cattle in the barn and his oxen at the corn-crib—drives them out with a vengeance—goes into the house in a foam—strikes the first he meets for leaving the barn door open—concludes his oxen will die—cooks a mess to prevent the fatal effects of the corn they have eaten—in his hurry kicks it over—and then prepares another. He gets no wood to-day, keeps himself in a fret and his family in a tumult. He gives his people no order how to employ themselves—they lose their time, and at night he is in a rage, because not a soul has done any work. Fervidus fully believes the doctrine of witchcraft. And his family are soberly of the opinion, that there is an evil spirit.
Lentulus is a different character. He is industrious, but moderate. You never see him idle, nor in a great hurry. He plans his business well; lays out no more than can be executed in season; takes things in their proper order, without confusion or interference. He finishes what he undertakes, proceeds with little noise, and never destroys what he has done, by an eagerness to do more than can be done. He rises early, attends the stated duties of the family deliberately, issues the orders of the day calmly, and finds them at night executed faithfully.—When one thing is done, all know what to do next; there is no confusion; and what cannot be accomplished in one day, he is content to leave for another. If, when he has hay abroad, he sees a shower arising, he will secure it if he can. But he never breaks his rakes by his hurry to anticipate the shower; nor breaks his rest if the shower anticipates him. When the day is closed, his cares are dismissed. He spends the evening in useful conversation with his family or a neighbour. Whatever happens, you will see him serene and temperate. He is thankful for success—never discomposed by cross accidents—He never blames others for his mistakes, nor chides them with passionate severity for their own. You never see him out of humour for what could not be prevented, or anxious for what is not in human power. He spends the day cheerfully, closes it devoutly, and passes the night quietly. He is successful in his business; his domesticks love his service; the blessings of the poor come upon him, and the smiles of heaven attend him. Lentulus is never molested by witchcraft.
FROM THE NEWPORT HERALD.
BISHOP NEWTON'S PROPHECIES.
MR. PRINTER,
IN reading the late Bishop of Bristol's dissertations on the prophecies, wrote in the year 1754, I met with two passages bearing some reference to what now passes in Europe:
1st. "There is a current tradition among the common people in Turkey, that their Empire shall one time or other be destroyed by the Russians." This doubtless makes them fear the Russians, and probably occasions their not making that head against them, that they would against another enemy.
The other passage needs no comment: "Rome therefore will finally be destroyed by some of the Princes, who are reformed, or shall be reformed, from Popery;—and as the Kings of France have contributed greatly to her advancement, it is not impossible, or improbable, that some time or other they may also be the principal authors of her destruction. France hath already shown some tendency towards a reformation, and therefore may appear more likely to accomplish it."
Ed. 8. V. I. p. 407: V. II. p. 336.
FRENCH CONSTITUTION.
The following sketch of the French Constitution, as given by the late celebrated Mirabeau, is well worth the attention of our readers.
THAT general system of admiration is now full and complete, which throughout the whole surface of the empire, gives interpreters to the petitions of the people, organs to the laws, sanctionaries to the executive power, mandatories to each department, and to each city intermediary officers to the collection of citizens.

During the important moment of preparation for a grand creation, and where all the ancient institutions being overturned, offered nothing but the ruins of twenty ages, France could not but present the image of real chaos. This chaos has disappeared, a durable order now succeeds: the posts are fixed, and the places are filled up, and all rights are determined. We have escaped that death which extinguishes empires as well as individuals. You (to the National Assembly) have not only prolonged the duration of our body politic, but have re-created its very existence; and it is even in the bosom of that storm, in which it was about to be swallowed up, that you have refitted the vessel of the state.
As Frenchmen, we partake of the glory of your labors, but as public officers, we must be occupied entirely by our own duties.
The legislative body and the monarch are the representatives of the people, and as for us, we are no more than their mandatories. The Monarch is the executor of the law, we are the organs of the monarch in that execution. These different relations determine all our duties.
We cannot express the will of the people; we can only transmit to you their wants, their wishes, their hopes. As light is spread over the whole universe from one single focus, so the law issuing forth, completely formed from the legislative body, and the Monarchs find, from that moment nothing but subjects on whom it acts, we the Magistrates receive it from the Chief of the empire, and in causing it to be executed give the first example of obedience.
L O N D O N, May 16.
There is not perhaps such a memorable and deplorable instance of the loss of popularity, as that which has occurred in the person of Mr. Burke. While he combated the venality of Lord North's Administration—while he venerated the virtues of a Washington, approved the counsels of a Franklin, and shed virtuous tears over the memory of a Montgomery, he was respected even by those inimical to his principles.
Mr. Mackintosh, in his admirable Defence of the French Revolution, has drawn a close and striking parallel betwixt the principles of Mr. Burke in the present, and those of Judge Jefferies in a former age! This is, no doubt, by way of retaliation for the celebrated comparison betwixt the late worthy Dr. Price, and his pretended prototype Hugh Peters!
The Marquis of Lansdowne, and Earl Stanhope, are the only two English Peers who have as yet given a decided opinion in favor of the French Revolution.
The commissioners under Mr. Pitt's bill, for the reduction of the national debt, had redeemed on the 1st May, 1791, seven millions, one hundred and fifty-five thousand, six hundred pounds.
The Pope has written to the King of the French, informing his Majesty, that he would not receive any Ambassador who should take the Civic Oath. Louis XVI. has in return informed his Holiness, that this oath has been taken by himself, and every other public functionary in the State, and at the same time intimated, that if he persists, the Minister from the Court of Rome must quit Paris.
It is not a little remarkable, that this letter has been printed on the motion of M. Treilhard, formerly a Bishop of the Gallican Church, who says that it ought to be circulated on purpose "to show the Holy Father's ignorance!"
From the London Gazette of May 14.
The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. William Wyndham, Lord Grenville, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State; the Right Hon. William Pitt, Chancellor of his Exchequer; the Right Hon. Henry Dundas, the Right Hon. Lord Frederick Campbell, his Grace James Duke of Montrose, and the Right Hon. Thomas Steel, to be his Majesty's Commissioners, for the affairs of India.
Trinity-House.
It having appeared to this corporation, that a due attention has not been paid to the notice published in August last, of the alteration made in exhibiting the light at Scilly, from a disregard to which some masters of ships and others have exposed themselves to those risks it was intended to prevent, the corporation judge it necessary to repeat their said advertisement, namely:
"That the light at Scilly is now exhibited by a number of argand lamps, fixed on a machine moving in a circular revolution, which presents a bright and conspicuous body of light once in a minute."
This alteration was adopted for the purpose of distinguishing to a certainty, the light at Scilly from all other lights in the channel, and if carefully attended to, cannot be mistaken by ships coming from the sea, whenever it can be seen, as by its frequent vivid flashes, like lightning, it may be known to be the first light they generally make on entering the British channel in the night season.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
A FRAGMENT, IN IMITATION OF SPENSER.
AH me! how black misfortune clouds the day! How joy is banish'd from the human mind! How pleasure flies at like the evening ray, Ne can we e'er its lovely footsteps find. And still unheeding, to the present blind, We let the joyous moments slip along; Still to ourselves eke careless and unkind, We pass e'er straying from the happy throng, Ne join the easy dance, ne footly raise the song. Yet now, regardful of life's little space, And wisely yielding with obeisance still, Let me no more the pleasant scene deface With griefs responsive to the murmur'ing rill, And moans loud echoing o'er the neigh'bring hill. O let me hide my sorrows in the night, And bow submissive to the Eternal will; Then Time shall load each moment with delight, And o'er my soul shall shine the Muses' living light.—
'Twas when the Sun had climb'd the azure steep, And shed his yellow influence on the earth; Had driven the roaring tempests 'neath the deep, And call'd the green creation into birth; When lively Youth, gay Health and buxom Mirth, Scatter'd the Summer's joys the world around; When the neat housewife from her kitchen hearth Had thrown the ashes on the garden ground, And with green boughs and flowrets it had crown'd; Then, where Libanus which is hight the new* Spreads all around its ever varied scene, And pours a rich creation on the view, Stray'd from mine home, in sprightly youth I been, Then, with fresh joy I ken the smiling green, The distant mountains frowning on the vale, The lofty woods which shew their heights atween, The speckled flocks thick nibbling in the dale, And leaves, and flutt'ring birds, ay flying in the gale.
Aid me, O Muse! the varied joys to tell Which in this region of delight appear; To mark the sorrows which must here ay dwell; The joys, and woes, which call the differing tear. What curious Nature hath ywrighted here Ay torturing pain fore'er to drive away, And ease the grief of many tiresome yeare; Or to add comfort to the present day; Eke her unkindness joying kindly to o'erpay.†
From the smooth plain we rise the craggy hill That tortuous windes its lengthened way along; Leave on the left the hoarse ay clacking mill, And reach the dome, meet burthen of a song. The dome e'er swarming with the busy throng, That with a different purpose seek the place, In pleasure's paths to wander all among; Or dry the tear from sorrow's laded face, Which the soft hand of Love delights away to chase.‡
Straight from the morning to the falling ray, Full many a foot the building spred, I ween, And its front proudly to the southern day Uprearing pleasant, from afar was seen. Fank'd with a broad Piazza round it been— Meet place to walk, and spend the summer's morn; And from its edge to view the distant scene, When the sun, rising, all things doth adorn. And gild the flowers, and dew-drops glistening on the thorn.
Here, when the orient blushes o'er the earth, I walk, regardful of the enchanting view. What charms the voice of Summer wakes to birth! What beauty trembleth through the lucent dew! Far round the horizon rise the mountains blue! In distant prospect mingling with the sky; And here the woods in varied foliage shew; Yielding soft pleasure to the roving eye, That longs the innumerable sweets of nature to descry.
At distance still, and o'er a beauteous plain A village breaketh through the tufted trees: Where industry renews her daily pain, And labor fighteth on the careless breeze. Here, tho' rich plenty laugheth o'er the mees, In antic vesture robed Religion walks, Her face in sorrows drest, all hearts doth freeze, And with a frigid hand creation balks; While in her train wan Care, with Pain united, stalks.§
Here, while the eye doth glisten with delight To see what pleasaunce liveth o'er the scene, Yet doth compassion's tear bedim the sight. O Heaven! shall Virtue of celestial mien The soul of nature, and creation's queen, Reign but to spread destruction on mankind? Shall Piety, bedeck'd in God's own sheen, Live but to seal damnation on the mind— Whose very soul is love with adoration join'd?¶
E L L A.
* New Lebanon Springs, in the state of New-York—commonly called the Pool.
† These waters have proved a radical cure in many cases of rheumatism, and in scrofulous affections; and have relieved many other complaints. One singular case of their efficacy in Spasmodic diseases is daily exhibited there, and is worth relating. A Mr. Hitchcock, who keeps the Bath House, has lived there many years unable to remove. He appears perfectly well. Generally once a day—sometimes less often, and sometimes oftener, he is seized with strong convulsions; his muscles appear to be drawn into knots—which I have seen of the size of a large egg. In this situation, unable to support or assist himself, he is carried to the bath, stripped and rolled in. The effect is instantaneous. He immediately jumps up perfectly recovered; and is commonly free till nearly the same time next day.
‡ Much company resort here in the months of July, August, September and October, for the purposes of pleasure, and recovering health.
§ This refers to the sect called Shaking Quakers. About two miles from the Pool they have a handsome church; and a large house in which near an hundred persons live.—Their devotion consists principally in dancing and singing.—These exercises are carried on to their own extreme emaciation.—They are very laborious, and have generally the character of scrupulous honesty.—The women and men live in different parts of the same house; the married persons have no connection with each other, and all marriages are prohibited. Their dress is extremely simple. The men wear short coats and short hair. The women are generally dressed in a white short gown and skirt, and in small close long-eared caps.—The sect seems to be rather diminishing, as the natural means of increase are cut off; few proselytes are gained; and the severity and constancy of their fatiguing exercises carries them off in a few years.—This denomination of religionists made its appearance about ten years since. The head of them was the former mistress of a British officer. She called herself the Elect Lady; and lived to see her principles adopted by a considerable number of people in the north part of the States of New-York and Massachusetts, and some parts of Vermont.—They call themselves Christians—but their exact principles I am unacquainted with.
There are accounts in town from Liverpool, England, which relate the particulars of the defeat of General Meadows, and the British army, by that Asiatic Frederick, Tippoo Saib—and add, nothing but a rapid flight of the British forces prevented a complete "Cornwallised."
In consequence of this intelligence, the British Monarch, it is said, immediately dispatched a messenger to the King of Prussia, to put a stop to the marching of troops to assist the Turks—and it was supposed that a cessation of the warlike preparations in England against Catharine, would be the consequence—that attention might be paid to the preservation of the British territories in India.
An express arrived in town yesterday, from the Vineyard, informing of the safe arrival there of the ship Ruby, Capt. Rich, from India—Mr. Jones, the owner, being on a journey to the Eastward, and the person immediately setting off, to acquaint him of the arrival, we have not been able to obtain any information of the progress of the war in India.
We learn with pleasure that on Friday evening last, the Committee for the sale of Eastern Lands, closed the contract for the sale to Messrs. Jackson and Flint, for themselves and associates, of two MILLIONS of Acres of that Territory. The price agreed on is Two Hundred Thousand Dollars, specie, to be paid in eight years, with interest.
BALTIMORE, July 12.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Berkeley County, Virginia, to his friend in this town, dated July 9, 1791.
"A gentleman, just arrived from Kentucky, advises, that General Scott marched some time ago from that state, with 850 men, on an expedition against the Savages. Soon after he had crossed the Ohio, they were attacked by a party of Indians whom they routed, and pursued (with the loss of 30 horses) some distance. Gen. Scott then altered his route to the left, and surprised four Indian towns, which he destroyed, and killed 32 warriors, and took another prisoner, with 50 women and children, with whom he arrived at Kentucky on the 15th of June. He had four men wounded, and three were drowned in crossing White-River. General Scott also brought in with him a certain Abraham Wiseman, who confesses he decoyed on shore several people, among whom was a Mr. May, on their passage down the river Ohio, who fell into the hands of the Savages, with all their effects. He has often been guilty of such crimes. When this white Savage saw no way of effecting his escape, he feigned himself insane, and, under the character of a maniac, is now on his way to the mad-house at Williamsburg. When my informant left Kentucky, General Scott was preparing for another expedition."
PORTLAND, (M.) July 1.
Extract of a letter from Bridgeton, to the Editor of this paper.
"The following discovery has lately been made at Sudbury-Canada, a new settlement on Amarefcoggin river.
A Mr. B. Russell was hunting in the woods in the beginning of last May, and found a large extent of ground where the trees were universally covered with pigeon nests, containing the young. On his return home, his account was not credited by his neighbors. About a fortnight after, several of them accompanied him, and found his account did equal what they there beheld! a large extent of land of several miles, through which they passed, (how much farther they know not) the trees on which were entirely covered with pigeon nests. The young were mostly in their nests, but ready to fly. There was but one in a nest, still they took four dozen from a tree. They took from 50 to 100 dozen in a day.
The scene was admirable to behold! the young were hovering on the nests, and calling for food, while the old ones darkened the air with a continual motion to and from the nests, busily employed in feeding their young."
NEW BERN, June 25.
The Circuit Court of the United States adjourned on Monday last, till the 8th of November next. During the term, the court made it a rule that Attorneys, having practised two years in the Superior Court of this State, on satisfying them of their moral characters, may be admitted as Counsellors and Attorneys; and those licenced to practice in the Superior Courts of this State, may be admitted as Attorneys of the Circuit Court.
Accordingly George Duffy, John Hamilton, Silas W. Arnett, John L. Taylor, Tristlin Lowther, William R. Davie, D. Witherspoon and B. Woods, Esqrs. were admitted as Counsellors:
And Edward Jones, William Slade and Edward Graham, Esquires, as Attorneys.

FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FENNO,
I AM not a negotiator, neither have I ever bought or sold a certificate—but, Sir, my feelings are not injured, nor is my envy excited at the prosperity of those characters who have been successfully employed in the business of speculation.
The forming an open market for public paper, was done by some respectable brokers; by which means the highest price was always to be obtained—and a great increase in the price was occasioned by the competition thereby produced: before that time many unprincipled persons, among whom were secret, square-told, hoary speculators, who imposed on the credulous and unwary, and obtained their securities for a song.
It is the genuine effusion of malice and envy therefore, to brand a set of men as knaves, cheats and pick-pockets, among which are as respectable characters for honor, integrity, benevolence and humanity, as any in the community—Sir, I have known some brokers who made it a constant practice to advise the officers and soldiers to retain their paper, and wait if possible for the time when they should realize its value from the justice of their country; and when they have been determined to part with it, have always given a higher price than any person not in the business of a Broker would give.
VERITAS.
Philadelphia, July 16.
By the arrival of the brig Peter, Capt. Brooks, at New-York, in 55 days from London, newspapers are received to the 16th of May—They inform—That the Russians under the command of Prince Gallitzin have defeated a body of 8000 Turks on the banks of the Danube, killing 3000 thousand and taking as many more prisoners—While this was doing, the Ottoman ships of war experienced a severe defeat, the admiral of the Russian Flotilla having taken and sunk a great number of them, with very little loss to his own squadron—Great tumults subsist in Constantinople; the city being frequently set on fire by the incendiaries, the insurrections were frequent, and a revolution hourly expected—Great preparations are making in England to carry on the war against Russia—Prince Potemkin has accepted the offer of having a palace built for him at the public charge—The National Assembly of France has passed a decree for issuing assignats of five livres each to the amount of one hundred millions, money to an equal amount is at the same time to be coined for the payment of them.
Great rewards have been given by the Assembly to all who have contributed to the detection of those desperate offenders, who went from France to England for the purpose of forging assignats to the amount of a million sterling—The magistrates of Bow-street, London, exerted themselves on the occasion, and through their exertions alone it was owing that the culprits were discovered—Cagliostro is to be immured in the castle of Angelo as a heretic, a judicial astrologer, a magician and a freemason! Crimes somewhat singular at the latter end of the 18th century! General Meadows, it is reported at the India House, has taken several of Tippoo's Forts and killed 5000 of his troops—Lieutenant Riou has arrived in England—Mr. Paine's pamphlet has been translated into French, German and Italian—The multitude in Paris on the 4th of May burnt the Pope in effigy in the Palace Royal—Several of the sections in Paris, of which there are 48, have passed resolutions highly criminal of the conduct of the Sieur de la Fayette, particularly for disbanding and disarming a Grenadier company without trial or judicial procedure of any kind—for refusing the command of the National Guards without being properly re-elected—but especially for exerting himself to prevail on the Guards to fire on the people, who opposed the King's departure to St. Clouds. M. Bailly, the Mayor, is involved in the last charge.
The English papers also give an account of the first pitched battle to which the French revolution has given rise; it was fought near Carpentras, between 10,000 patriots and about 7000 counter-revolutionists. The latter were completely routed, and Carpentras, in which was a garrison of 4000 men invested by the patriotic troops. On the 21st of April a capitulation was proposed by the besieged.
Yesterday the Commissioners appointed to receive Subscriptions to the Bank of the United States, began to issue their receipts to the Subscribers.
Extract of a letter from Pittsburg, July 7, 1791.
This moment we have a well authenticated account, that General Scott, with his party, have returned; having completely surprized the Wabash Towns.—He has brought in thirty Indian men's scalps, fifty prisoners, and two hundred horses, loaded with peltry, and other articles taken from the towns, and he has effected all this with a very inconsiderable loss either of men or property. The above is confirmed, with the particulars, that General Scott is slightly wounded in the thigh, and that three only of our men are killed. The General has sent back ten of the oldest men amongst his prisoners, with a message to the Indians, that if they do not immediately send in every one of our prisoners amongst them, he will put the other 40 prisoners to death with the most excruciating tortures."
Accounts from the Eastern States concur in one general sentiment of exultation, joy and festivity on the late anniversary of independence.—In Boston a public oration is annually delivered at the request of the town—This year the orator was Mr. Thomas Crafts, whose performance was received with applause by his fellow-citizens. The Oration to the Cincinnati of that state was delivered by William Eustis, Esquire, which was highly and deservedly applauded.—The day was also celebrated at Worcester and Braintree with uncommon festivity.
Similar accounts from the Southern States are received—all which fully confirm this sentiment, that Independence, Freedom and Government are dear to the citizens of this great Republic—That the PRESIDENT and VICE-PRESIDENT of the union enjoy, as they justly merit, the love and confidence of the people, that the general government is dear to the citizens, and that the laws enacted under it, receive their approbation—all which is abundantly evident from the truly patriotic toasts and sentiments expressed at a time when genuine benevolence and philanthropy absorbing the affections, exclude every meaner consideration.
The rapidity with which the subscription to the National Bank was filled, far surpassed the most sanguine expectations. Such facility to deposit so large a sum of specie, evinces the wealth of the country, while the astonishing eagerness to subscribe is a proof of the high estimation in which the plan of the Bank is held by the public. The shares are already sold at a great advance, and must rise, when foreigners come forward to purchase. Many citizens who have been unfortunately excluded, desirous of being stockholders will also become purchasers. With the aid of a Bank organized as this is, the fiscal operations will move with ease and celerity, and the establishment of branches from the Parent-Bank will gradually diffuse wealth throughout the Union. We may therefore anticipate the time when the credit of this country will not yield to that of any other, when order will be completely established in the finances of every state as well as of the union, and every species of public security have a known, determinate and fixed value. Even should individual states neglect to make adequate provision for particular descriptions of paper, the government of the United States will be impressed with the expediency of doing away the disgrace resulting to the national character from the existence of any depreciated paper trash; altho' the United States should make the most ample provision for their own debts; it is evident that the hawking about other public securities in a very depreciated state reflects discredit on the American reputation, particularly in the eyes of foreign nations, who will naturally confound one species of paper with another. When it is considered at what little expence to the union this may be accomplished, we may reasonably entertain an expectation of so desirable an event. A people possessing the spirit, enterprising genius and resources of this country, will ere long be dissatisfied at seeing its honor tarnished by the low value of some of its certificates now floating in the market in a sort of amphibious state, and the growing prosperity of the nation will daily add to that honest and noble pride, which cannot brook the slightest imputation of injustice.
A Georgia correspondent observes, that a treatise on the cultivation of the vine, and the process of making wines, would be a very useful addition to our agricultural stock of information: the vine is a native of our soil, and from the nature of the climate, and the goodness of the wild grape, he doubts not that wines of a good quality may be made in various parts of the United States, particularly in Georgia.
Says a correspondent, some persons who have set themselves up to admonish and reform, and who at the same time are known to be inveterate enemies to public credit and opposed to the payment of the national debt, are constantly finding fault with every person and measure anyways connected with the finances. It is rather outré to observe one person in particular perpetually declaiming in print and out of print against speculators, when it is well known, that scarcely any methods have been unassailed by this infallible monitor, speculation, deep and superficial speculation not excepted, to make a fortune.
The colonial assembly of the citizens of Chandernagore, in the East-Indies, have protested against the conduct of the English Government of Bengal, which has not only encouraged the aristocrats in their opposition to the revolution in that quarter, and given sanctuary to some of their refugees, but has also rescued others, by attacking with a superior force the vessel which was transporting them to France. The protest also complains of commercial injustice and imposition.
The following refers to Bishop Seabury, and is copied from the New-Hampshire Gazette.—While every polite attention was paid to this eminent person by the citizens of this town, it is with pleasure repeated, that the utmost decorum was observed and most serious attention paid, by crowded and respectable audiences, to the various duties performed on the occasion by him, who is at the head of Episcopal affairs in the United States, as the eldest on the bench of Bishops.
In a speculation entitled "Occurrences on a journey in 1791," published in the Maryland Herald, is an attack on the Post-Office Department, for irregularity in the transmission of Newspapers. Facts should be stated that the public opinion may not be misled. Agreeably to the regulations of Congress under which the Post-Office is now conducted, the Post-Master General is at liberty to charge for his trouble in transmitting Newspapers;—he has not done it. Papers circulate free of all expence, and the Post-Offices are open for the reception of them from every quarter. This is an indulgence which the Printers owe to the Department. But so important an object as a free circulation of Newspapers for the information of the inhabitants in every part of these states, should certainly not rest on the will, and depend on the indulgence of the officers in any department. The public have a right to expect from their Representatives in Congress, and will no doubt obtain some regulations at the next session, which will put the business upon a footing to be depended on: For it cannot be denied that Newspapers now deposited in the several Post-Offices, do not always reach the place of their destination, for want of such regulations as would require expence, and are therefore out of the reach of the department as it is now organized. One assertion in the speculation above alluded to, is entirely unfounded;—it is said, that while we were dependent on the British government, Newspapers found their way regularly through every part of the Continent;—this was not the case generally, and the few that did circulate were entirely independent of the Post-Office, and were carried by the Post-riders at their pleasure, and on their own private account.
Gen. Adv.
EXTRACTS.
The instructions, delivered by the people of France to their Representatives in the National Assembly, are a faithful portrait of their sentiments. They form a collection of the most interesting state papers, that ever were written. They recommend the forming of high-ways and canals; the improvement of agriculture, and encouragement of commerce; a provision for the administration of justice: They point out the most salutary restraints on arbitrary power; on the expenditure, and application of the national revenue: They are dictated with a spirit unparalleled in history; a spirit at present universal in France. They prove incontestably, that the sun of liberty and science has arisen in the land, by which the clouds of despotism must finally be dispelled. Accidents, perhaps, may occur, which for a while, may prevent these effects; but follow they unavoidably must. So long as the present habits and sentiments of the nation continue, so long must it be free. The maxim, "That all government is founded on opinion," is undeniably just. Amidst opinions, therefore, universally favorable to liberty, despotism cannot possibly subsist.
Virtue, knowledge, and freedom, are the grand requisites of national happiness. Without these, no society ever possessed comfort:—with them, none was ever unhappy. On the last, however, the two first wholly depend. Liberty, founded on equitable laws, is intimately connected with all that is estimable or worthy in human nature. No sooner are men's persons and property secured, than industry and opulence are diffused in society. When their circumstances are easy, and their minds unfettered by tyranny, they recover the use of their faculties. Pleasure attends every exercise of the understanding. The human mind will always be improved where it is not overawed by authority. This will still more infallibly happen, if such improvement leads to consideration and preferment in the community.
The qualities of the heart are no less interested here. Freedom is the parent of virtue, as well as of knowledge. Treat a man unworthily, and he will soon become less virtuous. Every generous and manly sentiment languishes, in a state of oppression. Revenge, cowardice, dissimulation, every passion which can torment the heart, and render life a curse, is the natural production of such a condition. An enlightened citizen, in the possession of wealth and independence, is farther removed from the condition of a slave, trembling under the rod of his master, than the latter is from a beast. They are in the two opposite extremes of the scale of human happiness.
The truth of this reasoning is not founded in speculation; it is confirmed by the experience of every age, and the concurring testimony of all nations. Compare the splendor and happiness of the free, enlightened inhabitants of ancient Greece and Italy, with the mean and wretched state of their abject posterity; and you must be convinced, that the mere abuses of government can convert the most fertile fields in a barren desert. They can change heroes into slaves, and patriots into monks.
SAMUEL OSGOOD, Esquire, has resigned his office of Post-Master-General of the United States.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
"GRACCHUS," "HENRY," and other favors, in our next.
From PELOSI'S MARINE LIST. ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
 Brig Esther, Bushnell, Virginia.  Sloop Rose and Hetty, Bags, do.  — Polly, Burke, do.  — Sally, Lawrens, Nevis.  — Orange, Rhodes, Cape-Francois.  — Lemon, Hall, St. Eustatia.  Schooner Hardy, Green, Cape-Francois.  — Sally, Lounsbury, St. Eustatia.  — Isabella, Anderson, do. 
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
 FUNDED DEBT.  6 pr. Cents 18/6 18/9 pr. cent. 93 3/4  3 pr. Cents 10/6 10/9 53 3/4 do.  Deferred 6 pr. Cents 10/6 10/9 53 3/4 do.  UNFUNDED DEBT.  Final Sett. and other Certificates 17/6 17/9 88 3/4 do.  Indents 10/6 10/9 53 3/4 do.  N. and S. Carolina debts, 13/ 15/6.  Bank Subscriptions, 45 to 48 Dollars.   Six per Cents. were sold, for cash, in New-York, at 19/2, on the 14th instant.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE MANAGERS of the NEWARK BRIDGE LOTTERY will begin paying the Prizes drawn in the First Class on Monday the 11th of July, by which time the Tickets in the Second Class will be ready to deliver to applicants agreeable to the scheme.—To accommodate holders of Tickets undrawn in the First Class, the same numbers in the Second Class will be lodged, if convenient, in the same places where the first were sold, as soon as possible, and if not, such holders must apply to the Manager who signed their Tickets. Such persons will please to take notice, that application for renewal in the Second Class must be made before the 11th of August next.
JOHN N. CUMMING, } Managers. JESSE BALDWIN, } JOHN D. ALVEY, }
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Intelligence-Office,
In FOURTH-STREET, second Door below Market-Street.
FRANCIS WHITE
BUYS and Sells on Commission all kinds of Public Securities and Paper Monies.
Transacts business for those who have claims on the United States, or against either of the States, particularly for the Officers, Soldiers and Mariners, and others who have served in or about the late American Army, or for their legal Heirs, Administrators, Attorneys, &c.
Certificates and such Paper Monies furnished for country people and others, who have to make payments to the Pennsylvania Loan or Land Offices, as will pass equal to specie, and their warrants, patents, &c. passed through the different offices.
Money borrowed or loaned, and discounts procured for bills, bonds, and notes of hand, with or without deposits.
Houses, Farms, Lands, Lots, bought and sold, and Houses, Rooms, Boarding and Lodging, rented or set, or procured for Strangers or others.
Reputable Characters of either sex, and of any profession, out of Place, may hear of Employ—and Families, Merchants, Travellers and others, be supplied with suitable domestics.
Those at a distance who may address on either the above subjects, their letters being post paid, will be duly attended to, by
FRANCIS WHITE.
Philad. June 22. 1791.
MATTHEW M'CONNELL,
IN CHESNUT-STREET, No. 66,
BUYS and SELLS all kinds of THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNION; has frequently occasion to NEGOTIATE INLAND BILLS OF EXCHANGE—and will receive Orders for making SUBSCRIPTIONS to the BANK of the UNITED STATES.
Philadelphia, March 30, 1791.
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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 BURGEONS, 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.
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Public Notice is hereby given,
to all whom these presents shall come, or in any wise concern That JAMES GARDNER, late of Wilmington, North-Carolina, deceased, did make four promissory notes payable to SAMUEL JACKSON, of Philadelphia, Merchant, all bearing date the 19th July, 1785; one for three hundred and seventy-one pounds, payable in six months—one for seven hundred and forty two pounds, in nine months—one for seven hundred and forty pounds, in twelve months—and one for seven hundred and forty-five pounds thirteen shillings and three-pence, in fifteen months, amounting in the whole to two thousand five hundred and ninety-eight pounds thirteen shillings and three-pence, and payable in produce at Wilmington:—Which said notes have been assigned by the said Samuel Jackson to THOMAS MACKIE and Co. and JAMES HOOD, Merchants, Philadelphia, and have since, in the life-time of the said Gardner, by him been accounted for and paid in part to the amount of two thousand and forty-seven pounds fifteen shillings and six-pence, to the said THOMAS MACKIE, and Co in proof of which the subscribers have sufficient vouchers.
These are therefore to caution all persons from purchasing said notes as they will not be taken up.
THOMAS WRIGHT, } Executors. ROBERT SCOTT, } M. R. WILLKINGS, }
Wilmington, North-Carolina, 27th May, 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 as such he is annually entitled.
2d. An affidavit, agreeable 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 agreeable 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.
PUBLIC SECURITIES,
BOUGHT and SOLD, on COMMISSION, by SAMUEL ANDERSON, Chesnut-Street, next door to the Bank, No. 97.
MASSACHUSETTS SEMI-ANNUAL
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May 28, 1791.
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GEORGE-TOWN, June 30, 1791.
THE PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES having approved the sites for the Public Buildings, to be erected in pursuance of the act of Congress for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of government of the United States, the Commissioners, appointed in virtue of that act, will meet at George-Town, on Monday the seventeenth day of October next, and proceed to sell, at Vendue, a number of lots in the best situations in the Federal City. A deposit of 8 per cent. will be required; the residue to be secured on Bonds, with security, payable in three equal yearly payments.—The farther terms will be made known at the sale.
THOMAS JOHNSON, } Commissioners. DAVID STEWART, } DANIEL CARROL, }
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 Hackinack 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 Hackinack 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 846 feet.
Depth at the eastern shore 19 feet 10 inches.
Do. western shore 12
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 616 feet.
Depth at the eastern shore 8 feet 6 inches.
Do. western shore 9 6
Greatest depth 17
2d. At a place more westerly, called Beef-Point, where the breadth of the river is 799 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 an accurate 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 ann. 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 travelling, 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, } Commissioners. JOHN NEILSON, } ROBERT KEMBLE, } WILLIAM MAXWELL, } JOHN PINTARD }
Newark, State of New-Jersey, April 22, 1791.
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[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 Tenebce, 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 gill of rum, brandy or whiskey, 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 above mentioned.
It is to be understood in each case, that all losses sustained by the depredations of the enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the prices of the articles captured or destroyed, on the depredations of two or more creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation is claimed.
The 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.
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The Catechism of Nature;
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By DOCTOR MARTINET, Professor of Philosophy at Zutphen.
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