Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1791-03-26 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. 95, of Vol. II.]
SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1791.
[Whole No. 199.]
Discourses on Davila.—No. 28.
THE siege and defence of Orleans, may be a good lecture on the military art, but is not directly to our purpose which at present is only to relate the fortunes and catastrophes of the great actors in those scenes of emulation, which have been before described. There was in the party of the Hugonots a gentleman, named Poltrot, of an active mind and a designing character. He had lived some years in Spain; and having afterwards embraced Calvinism, and resided some time at Geneva, he discovered so much zeal for his new faith, and entered with so much zeal into all the intrigues of the party, that the Calvinists in general considered him, as a personage capable of attempting in their favor the most hazardous enterprizes. It is not one of the least evils of a civil war, that no man's character is secure against suspicions and imputations of the most enormous crimes. It is almost the universal practice for each party to charge the leaders of the other, with every base action, every sinister event, and every high handed wickedness, without much consideration or enquiry, whether there is truth or evidence or even colour to support the accusation. The Catholics pretended that the Admiral and Theodore Beza, engaged Poltrot to assassinate the Duke of Guise, by promises of great rewards, and by persuading him that he could do nothing more acceptable to God, than to deliver his people from their most cruel persecutor. Poltrot yielding to their instigations, pretended to have abandoned the Calvinist party, and threw himself into the royal army, where having insinuated himself into the house of the Duke of Guise, he watched for a favorable moment to execute his design. The 24th of February, 1563, the Duke after having given his orders for an assault which he intended to make the next day, at the bridge of Orleans, returned at night to his quarters about a league distant from the trenches; Poltrot, mounted on a Spanish horse, very fleet, waited for him, on his passage, and seeing him accompanied, only by a gentleman of the Queen, with whom he was closely engaged in conversation, he shot him in the back, with an arquebuse, loaded with three balls. The Duke was without arms, the three balls struck him under the right shoulder and pierced him through the body; He fell from his horse for dead. His gentlemen, who marched before, that they might not interrupt his conversation, returned, at this accident, and carried him to his lodgings where as soon as they had examined his wound, his life was despaired of. The King, the Queen Mother and all the Lords in the army, at the news of so fatal a disaster, hastened to the Duke's lodgings; but all their cares and remedies were useless; he died in three days, with great sentiments says Davila, of piety and religion, discovering in his discourses a greatness of soul and a moderation most admirable. This Prince, united with the highest valour and singular abilities, a consummate prudence. As profound in council, as active in execution, he always saw his designs crowned with the happiest success. These qualities had procured him the reputation of the first Captain of his age, and his exploits merited the title of the defender and protector of the Catholic religion. He left a name glorious and celebrated to posterity, tarnished however to endless ages with the just imputation of intolerance.
Poltrot had escaped into a neighboring forest; but tortured by the remorse of his conscience, and by the terror of being pursued on all sides, he wandered all night in the woods, without being able to find the road to Orleans. The next morning exhausted by fatigue, he was arrested by some Swiss guards and led to the Queen and the principal officers of the army. He alternately accused and acquitted both on the rack and at his execution the Admiral and Theodore Beza, who published declarations throughout all Europe, denying in the most solemn manner their knowledge of the design of Poltrot. The court hastened the execution of this monster, before an opportunity had been given to confront and examine him, as the Admiral requested by quartering him between four horses. The consequence was that the suspicion was fastened, on these two austere and excellent characters, in the minds of the Catholic party, though they have been uniformly acquitted by the whole im-
partial world. In consequence of the prejudices of the Catholics, the children of the Duke of Guise preserved a cruel resentment, and took an horrible revenge.
NEW REVENUE LAW.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
AT THE THIRD SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
AN ACT repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon Distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon Spirits Distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same.
(CONCLUDED.)
AND be it further enacted, That in order to entitle the said exporter or exporters to the benefit of the said allowances, he, she or they, shall previous to putting or lading any of the said spirits on board of any ship or vessel for exportation, give twenty-four hours notice at the least, to the proper officer of inspection of the port from which the said spirits shall be intended to be exported, of his, her or their intention to export the same, and of the number of casks, vessels and cases, or either of them, containing the said spirits so intended to be exported, and of the respective marks thereof, and of the place or places where the said spirits shall be then deposited, and of the place to which, and ship or vessel in which they shall be so intended to be exported. Whereupon it shall be the duty of the said officer to inspect, by himself or deputy, the casks, vessels and cases so noticed for exportation, and the quantities, kinds and proofs of the spirits therein, together with the certificates which ought to accompany the same according to the directions of this act, which shall be produced to him for that purpose; and if he shall find that the said casks, vessels and cases have the proper marks according to the directions of this act, and that the spirits therein correspond with the said certificates, he shall thereupon brand each cask, vessel or case with the word "Exportation;" and the said spirits shall, after such inspection, be laden on board the same ship or vessel, of which notice shall have been given, and in the presence of the same officer who shall have examined the same, and whose duty it shall be to attend for that purpose. And after the said spirits shall be laden on board such ship or vessel, the certificates aforesaid shall be delivered to the said officer, who shall certify to the collector of the said district, the amount and particulars of the spirits so exported, and shall also deliver the said certificates which shall have been by him received, to the said collector, which shall be a voucher to him, for payment of the said allowance.
Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That the said allowance shall not be made, unless the said exporter or exporters shall make oath, or affirmation, that the said spirits so noticed for exportation, and laden on board such ship or vessel, are truly intended to be exported to the place whereof notice shall have been given, and are not intended to be re-laded within the United States; and that he or she doth verily believe that the duties thereupon charged by this act, have been duly paid, or secured to be paid; and shall also give bond to the collector, with two sureties, one of whom shall be the master, or other person having the command or charge of the ship or vessel in which the said spirits shall be intended to be exported; the other, such sufficient person as shall be approved by the said collector, in the full value in the judgment of the said collector, of the said spirits so intended to be exported, with condition that the said spirits (the dangers of the seas and enemies excepted) shall be really and truly exported to, and landed in some port or place without the limits of the United States, and that the said spirits shall not be unshipped from on board of the said ship or vessel, whereupon the same shall have been laden for exportation, within the said limits, or any ports or harbors of the United States, or re-laded in any other part of the same; shipwreck or any other unavoidable accident excepted.
Provided also, and be it further enacted, That the said allowance shall not be paid until six months after the said spirits shall have been so exported: And provided also, That whenever the owner of any ship or vessel, on board of which any such spirits are laden for exportation, shall make known to the collector, previous to the departure of such ship or vessel from the port where such spirits are laden, that such ship or vessel is not going to proceed on the voyage intended, or the voyage is altered: It shall be lawful for the collector to grant a permit for the re-lading of the same.
And be it further enacted, That if any of the said spirits, after the same shall have been shipped for exportation, shall be unshipped for any purpose whatever, either within the limits of any part of the United States, or within four leagues of the coast thereof, or shall be re-laded within the United States, from on board the ship or vessel wherein the same shall have been laden for exportation, unless the voyage shall not be proceeded on, or shall be altered as aforesaid, or unless in case of necessity or distress to save the ship and goods from perishing, which shall immediately be made known to the principal officer of the customs, residing at the ports nearest to which such ship or vessel shall be at the time such necessity or distress shall arise, then not only the spirits so unshipped, together with the casks, vessels and cases containing the same, but also the ship or vessel in, or on board which the same shall have been so shipped or laden, together with her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle and apparel; and also the ship, vessel or boat into which the said spirits shall be unshipped or put, after the unshipping thereof, together with her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle and apparel, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any officer of the customs, or of inspection.
And be it further enacted, That the said allowance shall not be made when the said spirits shall be exported into any other than a ship or vessel of the burthen of thirty tons and upwards, to be ascertained to the satisfaction of the collector of the district from which the same shall be intended to be exported.
And be it further enacted, That the bonds to be given as aforesaid, shall and may be discharged by producing within one year from the respective dates thereof (if the same be shipped to any part of Europe or America, and within two years if shipped to
any part of Asia or Africa, and if the delivery of the spirits in respect to which the same shall have been given, be at any place where a consul, or other agent of the United States resides) a certificate of such consul or agent, or if there be no such consul or agent, then a certificate of any two known and reputable American merchants residing at the said place; and if there be not two such merchants residing at the said place, then a certificate of any other two reputable merchants, testifying the delivery of the said spirits at the said place. Which certificate shall in each case be confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the master and mate, or other like officer of the vessel in which the said spirits shall have been exported; and when such certificate shall be from any other than a consul or agent, or merchants of the United States, it shall be a part of the said oath or affirmation, that there were not upon diligent enquiry, to be found two merchants of the United States at the said place: Provided always, That in the case of death, the oath or affirmation of the party dying, shall not be deemed necessary: And provided further, That the said oath or affirmation, taken before the chief civil magistrate of the place of the said delivery, and certified under his hand and seal, shall be of the same validity as if taken before a person qualified to administer oaths within the United States; or such bonds shall and may be discharged upon proof that the spirits so exported, were taken by enemies or perished in the sea, or destroyed by fire; the examination and proof of the same being left to the judgment of the collector of the customs, naval officer, and chief officer of inspection, or any two of them, of the place from which such spirits shall have been exported. And in cases where the certificates herein directed cannot be obtained, the exporter or exporters of such spirits, shall nevertheless be permitted to offer such other proof as to the delivery of the said spirits, without the limits of the United States, as he or they may have; and if the same shall be deemed sufficient by the said collector, he shall allow the same, except when the drawback to be allowed shall amount to one hundred dollars or upwards; in all which cases the proofs aforesaid shall be referred to the comptroller of the treasury, whose decision thereon shall be final.
And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States, from time to time, to make such allowances to the said supervisors, inspectors, and to the deputies and officers by them to be appointed and employed for their respective services in the execution of this act, to be paid out of the product of the said duties, as he shall deem reasonable and proper: Provided always, That the aggregate amount of the allowances to all the said supervisors, inspectors and other officers, shall not exceed seven per cent. of the whole product of the duties arising from the spirits distilled within the United States: And provided also, That such allowance shall not exceed the annual amount of forty-five thousand dollars, until the same shall be further ascertained by law.
And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and take effect as to all matters therein contained, in respect to which no special commencement is hereby provided (except as to the appointment of officers and regulation of the districts and surveys) from and immediately after the last day of June next.
And be it further enacted, That the nett product of the duties herein before specified, which shall be raised, levied and collected by virtue of this act, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be, and is hereby pledged and appropriated for the payment of the interest of the several and respective loans which have been made in foreign countries, prior to the fourth day of August last; and also upon all and every the loan and loans which have been, and shall be made and obtained pursuant to the act, entitled, "An act making provision for the debt of the United States;" and according to the true intent and meaning of the said act, and of the several provisions and engagements therein contained and expressed, and subject to the like priorities and reservations as are made and contained in and by the said act, in respect to the monies therein appropriated, and subject to this farther reservation, that is to say—of the nett amount or product during the present year, of the duties laid by this act, in addition to those heretofore laid upon spirits imported into the United States, from any foreign port or place, and of the duties laid by this act on spirits distilled within the United States, and on stills; to be disposed of towards such purposes for which appropriations shall be made during the present session. And to the end that the said monies may be inviolably applied in conformity to the appropriation hereby made, and may never be diverted to any other purpose until the final redemption, or reimbursement of the loans or sums for the payment of the interest whereof they are appropriated, an account shall be kept of the receipts and disposition thereof, separate and distinct from the product of any other duties, import, excise, and taxes whatsoever, except those heretofore laid and appropriated to the same purposes.
And be it further enacted, That the unappropriated surplus, if any there shall be, of the revenue arising under this act, at the end of this and every succeeding year, shall be applied to the reduction of the public debt, in like manner as is directed by the act, intitled, "An act making provision for the reduction of the public debt;" and provided by the act, entitled, "An act making provision for the debt of the United States;" unless the said surplus, or any part thereof, shall be required for the public exigencies of the United States, and shall, by special acts of Congress, be appropriated thereto.
And be it further enacted, That the several duties imposed by this act, shall continue to be collected and paid, until the debts and purposes for which they are pledged and appropriated, shall be fully discharged and satisfied, and no longer. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the legislature of the United States from substituting other duties or taxes of equal value to all or any of the said duties and imposts.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED, MARCH THIRD, 1791.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
ENIGMA.
FORM'D long ago—yet made to-day, I'm most in use while others sleep— What few would wish to give away, And fewer still would wish to keep.

CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, Feb. 5.
The BANK BILL under consideration.
MR. STONE said: If upon questions like the present he had given pain to members he regarded, they might be assured the pain was reciprocal. Let us cherish mutual toleration. We might conceive that each pursued improper systems from the purest motives. We differ in our ideas of government and our sense of the sacredness of the written compact. We varied widely in our opinions of the direction of this government: The great lesson of experiment would show who is right; but we are influenced in our habits of thinking by our local situations, and perhaps the distinct interests of the States we represent. He observed, that upon the present occasion the opinions respecting the constitution seem to be divided by a geographical line, dividing the continent. Hence it might be inferred that other considerations mixed with the question; and it had been insinuated that it was warped by the future seat of government. But other causes may be assigned for the diversity of sentiment; the people to the eastward began earliest in favor of liberty: They pursued freedom into anarchy; starting at the precipice of confusion they are now vibrating far the other way. He said that all our taxes are paid by the consumers of manufactures; those taxes are all bounties upon home manufactures. The people to the eastward are the manufacturers of this country; it was no wonder that they should endeavor to strengthen the hands of a government by which they are so peculiarly benefited.
It is a fact that the greatest part of the Continental Debt has travelled Eastward of the Potomack—This law is to raise the value of the Continental Paper. Here then (says he) is the strong impulse of immediate interest in favor of the Bank—He took notice of the distinction made by the plan of the bill, between Continental and State Paper—The State Paper on account of partial payments of interest still remained in the respective states. But this could not by the present system be subscribed—so that the Southern States were deprived of the advantage that might have been given to the only paper they have. But (he said) if Gentleman charge us with defending the seat of government, let them remember that this betrays consciousness of an attack. If they believe that this scheme tends to break the faith of the union pledged to the Potomack, it is no wonder they suppose we oppose it upon that ground. He would not have mentioned this subject, had it not been hinted at. But let the whole of it come forth—let gentlemen consult their own bosoms; let the public decide the truth of his observations. He hoped he should not be suspected of any bias—That so uniform had been his conduct upon all questions, turning upon principles similar to the present, that every member in the house, he believed, had conjectured rightly of the side he would take before he had uttered a word upon the subject. When implication first raised its head in this house, he started from it as a serpent which was to sting and poison the constitution. He felt in unison with his country. The fears, the opinions, the jealousies of individuals and of states, had been explained by a gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Madison). He should only remark, that all those who opposed the government, dreaded this doctrine—those who advocated it, declared that it could not be resorted to—and all combined in opinion that it ought not to be tolerated. Never did any country more compleatly unite in any sentiment than America in this—“That Congress ought not to exercise, by implication, powers not granted by the constitution.” And it is not strange—for the admission of this doctrine destroys the principle of your government at a blow—it at once breaks down every barrier which the federal constitution had raised against unlimited legislation. He said that necessity was the most plausible pretext for breaking the spirit of the social compact; but the people of this country have anticipated that pretext—They have said to the ministers of this country, “We have given you what we think competent powers; but if experience proves them inadequate, we will enlarge them—but in the mean time dare not usurp those which we have reserved.”
It is agreed on all hands that the power to incorporate the subscribers to a bank is not expressly granted, and although gentleman have agreed that it is implied—that it is an incident—that it is a means, for effectuating powers ex-
pressly granted; yet they are not agreed as to the particular power to which this is an incident. They admit that the sweeping clause in the constitution confers no additional power. But if he understood the gentlemen, several of them were of opinion that all governments instituted for certain ends draw to them the means of execution as of common right. This doctrine would make our's but a shoit constitution. (Here he read the preamble) and then said—Here is your constitution! Here is your bill of rights! Do these gentlemen require any thing more respecting the powers of Congress, than a description of the ends of government? and if of right they can carry these into effect, will they regard the means tho' they be expressly pointed out? But I would ask if there is any power under heaven which could not be exercised within the extensive limits of this preamble?
The convention might have stopped here—and there was no need, according to the doctrine of the gentlemen, to point out any of the means for the ends mentioned in the preamble. That portion of the constitution which, by all America, has been thought so important, according to their logic, would become a dead letter; but the preamble in fair construction is a solemn compact, that the powers granted shall be made use of to the ends thereby specified.
He then reprobated in pointed terms the latitude of the principles premised. He said the end of all government is the public good—and if the means were left to legislation, all written compacts were nugatory. He observed, that the sober discretion of the legislature, which in the opinions of gentlemen ought to be paramount, was the very thing intended to be curbed and restrained by our constitution.
He then declared that our form of government not only pointed out the ends of government, but specified the means of execution. He said we may make war—this would draw to it the power of raising an army and navy, laying taxes, establishing a judiciary, &c. But the spirit of the constitution in this respect had been well explained by Mr. Madison, and he should not recapitulate.
He said a gentleman from South-Carolina (Mr. Smith) had remarked that all our laws proceeded upon the principle of expediency—that we were judges of that expediency—as soon as we gave it as our opinion that a thing was expedient, it became constitutional. What then, said he, remains of your constitution, except its mode of organization! We may look into it to refresh our memories, respecting the times, places and manner of composing the government—that as to the powers of Congress, were he of that gentleman's opinion, he would never look into it again. Gentlemen see the difficulties of their theories, and are obliged to confess, that these incidental powers are not easily defined. They rest in the sober discretion of the legislature.
One gentleman (Mr. Ames) has said, no implication ought to be made against the law of nature—against rights acquired—or against powers pre-occupied by the states; that it is easier to restrain than to give competent powers of execution. Now these notions are hostile to the main principle of our government, which is only a grant of particular portions of power, implying a negative to all others. It has been shown that the ends of government will include every thing. If gentlemen are allowed to range in their sober discretion for the means, it is plain they have no limits. By the cabalistical word incident, your constitution is turned upside down; and instead of being a grant of particular powers, guarded by an implied negative to all others, it is made to imply all powers. But, strange to tell, America forgot to guard it by express negative provisions. Is there any difference in effect between lodging general powers in a government, and permitting the exercise of them by subtle constructions? He said there was a difference—In the one case, the people fairly gave up their liberty, and stood prepared—in the other, they were unexpectedly tricked out of their constitution. [To be concluded in our next.]
FROM THE CONNECTICUT COURANT.
To the PROMPTER.
SIR,
I AM a young man of considerable fashion, but have not yet got into shoestrings; and my buckles are so long, they prevent my toes from bending when I walk; and my coat and waistcoat croud my hair up out of its place, and scrub my neck and cheeks till they are sore—it seems to me our fashion-makers “do not work it right.”—Do, Sir, tell us if buckles are to grow longer than feet; or the collars of coats and waistcoats into hoods. I am, Sir, your admirer, W.
N. B. I believe you meant me in your last number, for I always borrow a spade, a shovel, a crowbar, a pickaxe, and a wheelbarrow when I want them—this, I think, is “working it right”—it is better than to buy them.
PARIS, December 21.
YESTERDAY M. Bailly, the mayor, received the following letter from the king:
“I wish you, sir, to wait upon me this evening at seven, and to bring with you the commissioners of subsistence and public establishments. The season grows severe, and I feel nothing more urgent than to concert means with you for securing subsistence for the people, and providing them with employment during the winter.
Signed LOUIS.”
Plots and conspiracies continue to be talked of in various parts of the kingdom; but we have been so much accustomed to such alarms, that we pass less regard to them than formerly. The ferment among the clergy has been general; but they have not been able to communicate it to the people, by whom all their attempts to excite disturbances, even where the magistrates have betrayed or neglected their duty, have been watched and defeated. The sale of church and crown lands has far exceeded expectation; the assignats are already in the process of being cancelled: the troops of the line in general continue steady to their duty; and taxes begin to be regularly paid.
LONDON, January 10.
It is very much apprehended that the Grand Vizir will be obliged, in all cases, to give way to the Russian troops, or run the risk of having the rest of his army entirely destroyed.
Of more than 100,000 men which he had under his command, above 60,000 Asiatics have deserted, in spite of entreaties, remonstrances, and menaces to induce them to stay.
Out of the 40,000 which remained some time ago, many were daily deserting. And in the several marches, sieges, and skirmishes which they have made and sustained, many more have perished.
It is expected, that the negotiations at Schistovi, will be interrupted by the Russian troops particularly by the Cossacks, and that it will be necessary to name some other town for the meeting of the Congress.
It has been lately recommended to such gentlemen as chuse to travel with fire arms, when they find themselves attacked by a mounted highwayman, to shoot rather at the horse which the highwayman rides than at the man. The reasons for this recommendation are said to be the following: 1st. They would not be so likely to miss the mark they aim at; not one highwayman in a thousand would be able to keep his seat under the exertions that a wounded horse would make; and in case the horse should be killed, the man would, of course, fall an easy prey. 2d. Because very few highwaymen ride upon their own horses, and the killing the horse would be a check to those jockies and others, who let out horses for the scandalous purposes of robbing. 3d. Killing the horse would not so much wound the conscience as killing one of our own species, who by this means would be sent into hell outright with the sin he was committing irreversibly upon him.
On Monday last as Thomas Evans, a carrier, was on the road to Shrewsbury, after being in a most violent rage with one of his horses which did not go on to his satisfaction, beating the poor animal, and uttering the most dreadful oaths, he suddenly dropped down dead—an awful warning to prophane swearers, and to those unfeeling persons who use poor worn out animals with wanton cruelty!
On the police of the Turks, in the severe punishments inflicted upon those who make use of false weights and measures, Mr. Howard confirmed the account given by many other travellers. He spoke highly of some part of the moral character of the Turks, particularly of their gratitude for favors received, and said, that when he has been lucky enough to cure a rich Turk of some disorder, he offered him a purse of 2000 sequins. This, however, Mr. Howard would not accept of, and requested only that his patient would permit him occasionally to send to his garden for some grapes and oranges to eat with his tea at breakfast. The Turk sent him every morning a large basket full of the choicest fruits his garden produced.
NEW DISCOVERY.
Mr. Watson, plumber in Newcastle, (England) has lately finished, by Mr. Ker's direction, two coppers for condensing and preserving the essential oils of hops, which have been erected in the Tyne and Hexham breweries, and given the greatest satisfaction to the proprietors, who have most liberally rewarded Mr. Ker, for the exercise of his valuable discovery.
The inventor discovered, what is astonishing no one ever observed before him, that, in the common way of impregnating worts with the virtues of the hops, the finer and more aromatic flavor of these was dissipated in vapor, while the disagreeable bitter quality alone remained.
In consequence of this observation he devised a method of collecting the vapor, which he found to be principally composed of the essential oil of

the plant. This oil he returned into the worts in their fermenting state, and the result exceeded his most sanguine expectations—the liquor acquired an infinitely more delicate flavor, and what is of equal importance, became beyond all comparison less susceptible of passing into the sour state; while, at the same time, as one fourth less hops was requisite in boiling the worts, their nauseous bitter quality was imparted in a proportionably smaller degree.
FRANCE.
National Assembly, December 27.
Fifty ecclesiastical members took the Civic Oath agreeable to a form prepared: On this occasion the Abbe Gregoire pronounced a discourse to the Assembly, which was ordered to be printed.
December 28—29.
An address from a society at Clermont Ferrand, informed the Assembly, that the reports of a counter-revolution, tho' so often vague and unfounded, are real in regard to the commotions in Auvergne—where plots against the government are actually forming: This address presses the assembly to erect a High Court of Treason. It was ordered to be published.
In the town of Pamiers, another bloody tumult has happened—in which many lives were lost.
The Assembly decreed that every discovery of a new invention, in any kind of industry, is the property of its author.
No new President is yet declared: M. de Mirabeau wanted but four votes in the last scrutiny to get in the chair.
Jan. 4. The usual compliments on the renewal of the year were paid on Saturday last, by the President, at the head of a deputation, to the King, Queen and the Dauphin.
These addresses anticipate the moment as fast approaching, which in terminating the labors of the Assembly, will invariably fix the public welfare: It recognizes the harmony and concord which exist between the King and the Assembly—which they say must destroy the frivolous hopes of those who are equally the enemies of the King and the Assembly.
The answer of the King expresses his sense of the attachment of the Assembly to his person—and recurs to that confidence which now subsists between him and them, as that, which alone will perfect and consolidate the great work—the constitution of the kingdom.
BOSTON, March 12.
Extract of a letter from Marietta, dated Nov. 25.
“Between Fort Pitt and this place, we were hailed by people on an island, in the utmost distress: They had sunk their boat, and were obliged to swim to the island—men, women and children. They informed us that two of their children, a girl of 15, and a boy of 5 years old, not being able to reach the shore, were gone down the current on part of the wreck; I immediately got into a skiff we happened to have with us, and two good men with me, and overtook the wreck in three quarters of an hour, 8 miles from the island, and found the girl with her little brother sitting on a few boards which fell together in the wreck.—There were in all about 20 people on the island—(Their boat sunk about day-light of a cold morning)—they were wet, and chilled almost to death—they had been there almost an hour, and some of their children were almost gone. The distressed mother would take no nourishment until they came down to us, and we were able to make them hear from the wreck, that all was well. They came on with us to this place, and continued in our boat to the Miami, where they were bound—The parents of the two children were from New-Jersey, by the name of Ludlow—they lost almost all they had, cloathing money, cattle and horses.”
BALTIMORE, March 18.
“Yesterday, being the Anniversary of the immortal St. PATRICK, the tutelary St. of Hibernia, the day was celebrated here in an unusual style of taste and splendour. Agreeably to a recent communication, the Saint made his personal appearance, and honored his sons with his presence in a procession through the town. He was dressed in his primitive robes, and read, as he passed along, the Holy Scriptures, with great apparent devotion; an example, it is hoped, his children will follow in their passage through life. After the procession was over, and the company had partaken of a repast, suitable to the day and occasion, (at Mr. Brett's on Fell's-Point) the venerable Saint gave them the most interesting advice for the regulation of their future conduct in the pilgrimage of life, which appeared to have a very happy effect—when, giving them his most affectionate and fervent Benediction, he disappeared.
A gentleman's family, on a plantation in Ann-Arundel county, have furnished the following remarkable instance of industry?
From the 1st of April, 1791, to the 1st of March, 1791, there were manufactured in this family, 126 yards of sheeting, 292 of other linen, 767 of
brown rolls, 50 of bagging, 30 of Cotton, 18 of Jeanet, 136 of Linsey, 110 of Kersey, in the whole 1529 yards; 61 pair of fine, and 87 pair of coarse stockings—besides a number of leading-lines, bed-cords, clothes-lines, and other articles for the use of the plantation.—Though there are on this plantation only 3 white Women, some small children, and about 12 working Negroes, they have made and raised for sale, in addition to the articles above mentioned, 20 hogheads of Tobacco, and 1000 bushels of Wheat, yearly.
LITERATURE.
M. L'Abbe Vella, a very learned professor of the Oriental Languages, in Sicily, has announced that he saw at Girgenti, a volume of cotton paper, written in the Western Moorish character, that contains a translation into Arabic of seventeen books of that part of Livy's History which is wanting. It goes from the 60th to the 77th. This last is not complete, and there are some chasms in the others, occasioned by being in some places worm eaten. The 60th begins at the epoch when the Consul Aurelius subduced the rebels of Sardinia, after a very considerable slaughter; and went afterwards into Corsica to punish those who had bidden defiance to him.
The 61st book opens with the foundation of Aix, in Provence, by the Pro-Consul L. Sextius, from whom that city took the name of Aquae Sextiae.
The Abbe has already translated some of this valuable work, and promises to present the Republic of Letters with an edition in the Arabian language on one side, and the Latin or Italian on the other.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
SONNET III.
Sent to Miss. —
NOW o'er the world hath sober Evening spread Her ebon-tinctured veil—the stars appear— The smiling Moon in midst of beauty clear, As on my hand I press my pensive head. While not on earth is heard one echoing tread, Look thro' the Southern uprais'd window near. Down on my cheek tear courses after tear— I think on absent friends, on pleasures fled. Now all their actions living in my sight Awake new, mournful, pleasures in my soul, And each memento gives a fresh delight. Do not such joys my fair one's mind controul? They do—I fee th' affecting tear descend— And she will love this trifle for the friend.
E L L A.
We seldom meet with anything in this line, equal to the following:
FROM THE PROVIDENCE GAZETTE.
ELEGIAK LINES on the death of Mr. Moses Brown, jun.
DAPHNIS the young, the lov'd, is dead,— And hence this universal gloom! To-day the fable Hearse was led, In slow Procession, to the tomb. That bosom senseless lies, and cold Where Science ever lov'd to dwell, Speechless that Tongue—which never told What spotless Virtue dar'd not tell. That face which every fight could please, That form in Symmetry so just, Where dignity, combin'd with ease, Are mouldering to their primal dust. Departed Youth! oft to thy grave Shall Science from her seat repair, And there with tears the green turf lave, Her bosom to the rude Winds bare. There too shall Virtue oft be seen, When o'er the Vale spreads twilight grey— With tearful eye, and sorrowing Mein, Bent o'er the Earth that shrouds thy clay. Adieu, dear shade!—accept these lays, From one to whom thy Memory's dear, Who knew thy Virtues—and whose praise, Although unequal, is sincere.
Philadelphia, March 26.
How much preferable to a state of inquietude, uncertainty and insecurity, it is, to be favored with a government, that not only inspires confidence in its wisdom, by its judicious administration, but produces the most solid benefits to the people:—Benefits—that like the kindly influences of benignant skies, assail our senses, and demand our gratitude from every quarter.—What art, pursuit, or profession, with which the good of society is connected, that, under the auspices of the general government, has not immediately or remotely been encouraged:—Agriculture, the most noble of all arts, in a particular manner, is emerging into consequence, and assuming its just rank in the estimation of the people:—This will lay the foundation of Empire, freedom and independence, broad and deep.
Mr. Ellicot and Major L'Enfant, are now engaged in laying out the ground on the Potomac, on which the federal buildings are to be erected.
Thomas Washington, alias Walsingham, alias Welsh, was tried at Charleston the 28th ult. for counterfeiting and uttering counterfeit Indents of that state, and found guilty.
Letters from Cape Francois of the 27th ult. inform, that Oje and Crevin, 2 Mulattoes, the most active in the disturbances at St. Domingo, were broke alive on the wheel.
John Hamilton, Esq. His Britannic Majesty's Consul for the state of Virginia, lately arrived at Norfolk in that state.
THE PRESIDENT of the United States, pursuant to the powers vested in him for that purpose, has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to receive subscriptions to the Bank of the United States.
 THOMAS WILLING,  DAVID RITTENHOUSE, } Pennsylvania.  SAMUEL HOWELL,  JOHN BEALE BORDLEY, } Maryland.  LAMBERT CADWALLADER, } New-Jersey. 
On the 4th instant—the PRESIDENT of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, was pleased to make the following
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
ARTHUR St. CLAIR, to be Major-General.
SAMUEL HODGDON, Quarter-Master.
JOHN HURT, Chaplain.
FIRST REGIMENT.
Major—David Zeigler, vice Wyllys, killed.
Major—Richard Call, vice Parker, (Vir.) decl.
CAPTAINS.
Thomas Doyle, vice Zeigler promoted.
John Armstrong, vice Mercer resigned.
John Pratt, vice Heart, promoted.
LIEUTENANTS.
Cornelius Sedam, vice Doyle, promoted.
John Jeffers, vice Frothingham killed.
Abner Pryor, vice Armstrong promoted.
Asa Hartshorne, vice Heart promoted.
Thomas Seayres, vice Steele declined.
ENSIGNS.
Daniel Britt, Pennsylvania.
Hamilton Armstrong, do.
Bartholomew Shomburg, promoted
to be Major.
Bernard Gaines, Virginia.
John Wade, Pennsylvania.
Ross Bird, do.
SECOND REGIMENT.
Lieut. Col. Command't, John Doughty, N. Jersey
1. Major Lemuel Treescott, Massachusetts.
2. Major John Burnham, Ditto.
3. Major Jonathan Heart, Connecticut.
CAPTAINS.
1. Robert Kirkwood, Delaware. 2. Thomas Hunt—3. John Mills—4. John Pray, Massachusetts.
5. Richard Brook Roberts, South-Carolina. 6. John H. Buell, Connecticut. 7. David Sayles, Rhode-Island. 8. Jonathan Cags, New-Hampshire. 9. Constant Freeman—10. Patrick Phelon—11. Thomas H. Cushing, Massachusetts. 12. Joseph Shaylor, Connecticut.
LIEUTENANTS.
1. Samuel Newman, Massachusetts. 2. Bezaleel Howe, New-Hampshire. 3. Henry Sherman, jun. Rhode-Island. 4. Daniel Bradley, Connecticut.
5. John Platt, Delaware. 6. William Rickard—7. Richard S. Howe—8. Richard H. Greaton—9. John Higginton—10. Winflow Warren, Massachusetts. 11. Russell Bissell, Connecticut. 12. Francis Huger, South-Carolina.
ENSIGNS.
1. Martin B. Sohier—2. Richard Edwards, Massachusetts. 3. Edward Miller—4. John Thompson, Connecticut. 5. George Tillinghast, Rhode-Island. 6. Joseph S. Gilman—7. Joseph Peirce, jun. Massachusetts. 8. David Cobb, jun. Massachusetts. 9. Joseph Dickinson, South-Carolina. 10. Thomas Duff, Delaware. 11. Edward Turner—12. Theodore Sedgwick, 3d. Massachusetts.
Surgeon—William Eustis, Massachusetts.
Surgeon's Mate—Joshua Sumner, Connecticut.
THE BATTALION OF ARTILLERY.
Major Commandant, William Ferguson vice Doughty, promoted.
CAPTAIN.
Mahlon Ford, vice Ferguson, promoted.
LIEUTENANTS.
Daniel McLane, vice Moore, dead.
Abimael Youngs Nicholl, vice Fowle, dead.
George Ingersoll, vice Ford promoted.
ARRIVALS at the PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
  Brig Fair Hebe, Feinour, Cadiz.   Schooner Aurora, Noble, St. Martins.   Sloop N.Y. & Phil. Packet, Bird, New-York.   Union, Toulson, Norfolk.   Betsey, Brooks, New-York. 
PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.
  FUNDED DEBT.   6 pr. Cents 17 3/4 17 3/4 pr. £ 85 pr. cent.   3 pr. Cents 9 3/4 9 3/4 do. 45 do.   Deferred 6 pr. Cents 8 1/2 8 1/2 do. 45 do.   UNFUNDED DEBT.   Final Sett. and other Certificates 15 3/4 15 3/4 do. 78 3/4 do.   Indents 9 3/4 9 3/4 do. 45 do.   N. and S. Carolina debts, 12 3/4 12 3/4 do. 62 1/2 do. 
ADVERTISEMENT.
A PAMPHLET, containing some remarks on the first volume of the "Defence of the American Constitutions," written by the Vice-President of the United States, has been circulated in France, as a production of the late GOVERNOR LIVINGSTON. Any person who will furnish the Editor herewith with a copy of said pamphlet, shall be paid a double price for the same.
Just published, and to be sold by the EDITOR,
A TOUR IN HOLLAND.
In 1784.
By an AMERICAN.

By the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
A Proclamation.
WHEREAS it hath been represented to me, that JAMES O'FALLON is levying an armed force in that part of the State of Virginia which is called Kentucky, disturbs the public peace, and acts in defiance of the Treaties of the United States with the Indian Tribes, the Act of Congress, intitled, "An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian Tribes," and my Proclamations of the fourteenth and twenty-sixth days of August last, founded thereon: And it is my earnest desire that those who have incautiously associated themselves with the said JAMES O'FALLON, may be warned of their danger, I have therefore thought fit to publish this Proclamation, hereby declaring, that all persons violating the Treaties and Act aforesaid, shall be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law.
And I do moreover require all officers of the United States, whom it may concern, to use their best exertions to bring to justice any persons offending in the premises.
In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed to these Presents, and signed the same with my Hand. Done at the City of Philadelphia, the Nineteenth Day of March, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and of the Independence of the United States the fifteenth.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
By the PRESIDENT,
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
A CO-PARTNERSHIP having commenced between JOSEPH ANTHONY, and his Son, THOMAS P. ANTHONY, under the firm of
JOSEPH ANTHONY and Son,
They have for Sale, at their Stores, (lately improved by HEWES and ANTHONY,) North-side Chestnut-Street Wharf,
  NEW-ENGLAND Rum,  Hyson,  TEAS, of the first quality,    Molasses,  Souchong,    Muscovado Sugars,  & Bohea,     Jamaica & Martinique Coffee,  Boston Sail Duck,     Pimento,  No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7,     Cassia,  6 by 8 Window Glass,     Old Batavia Arrack,  Boston Prime Beef,     Spermaceti & Wax Candles,  A quantity of choice Carrot     Spermaceti, Right Whale,  Tobacco.     and Tanner's Oil,  N. England Tow Linen.     Best pick'd Mackerel,  Philadel. March 18. [c.p.3w.]   
INDIA SALES, at Salem.
At the STORE of ELIAS HASKETT DERBY, Esq. On TUESDAY the 5th of APRIL next, at 10 o'clock, A.M. will commence the sale, by AUCTION, of the Cargo of the Brig HENRY, Lately arrived from BENGAL, MADRAS, and ISLE of FRANCE; Consisting of a large and valuable assortment of
INDIA GOODS.
As follows—viz.    BATTAS,  White Cloths, proper for Shirting, or Sheeting.  Bengal.    Sannas, and    Cassas,     Dur-as—or striped Mullins.     Durea Chintz, or painted striped do.     Chintz, a great variety.     Striped Cottons,     Jagannat Mullins.     Ditto Ditto Handkerchiefs.     Gingham,     Blue Cotton Handkerchiefs.     Long Cloths, of a superior quality, suitable for Shirting.   Madras.    Madras Patches, beautifully figured.     Camboys, or blue and white striped Cottons.     Moras, or plain white Cloths.     Madras Cambricks.     Ditto Ditto Handkerchiefs, with borders.     Book Mullins.     Ditto Ditto Handkerchiefs, a great variety.     A quantity of China Silk Handkerchiefs.     A quantity of Ostrich Feathers.     Surat Cotton, 23 bales.      Indigo, of the Isle of France, of a superior quality.      An assortment of fine Wines of the Cape of Good Hope.      Raisins of do.      A quantity of India Shirts and Trowsers, for Sailors' wear.      To the above will be added, a great variety of other Goods, which are not enumerated. Also,    100 Casks Raisins,  of the best qualities.    75 Casks Bohea Tea,    30 Ditto Hyson,    30 ditto Souchong,     The Goods may be viewed a few days previous to the sale. W. P. BARTLETT and CO. Auctioneers. Salem, Feb. 21, 1791.
MACHINERY FOR SPINNING FLAX, HEMP AND COMBED WOOL.
THE Subscriber hereby gives public notice, that he has obtained a patent for a slivering wheel and table, a movement for wetting the thread, a conical cloth coated thimblers, and another for the same purpose, by a cloth coated roller, a leathern belt moved by rollers, for the purpose of the preparatory drawing of the slivers, and another leathern belt moved in like manner, by rollers, for the purpose of drawing the roved flax, hemp and wool, being improvements upon the mill or machinery of Kendrew and Porthoude of the town of Darlington in Great Britain.
This machinery, with the original mechanism on which it is grafted, being of the utmost value to the United States, the subscriber hereby offers to make and erect a complete mill or mills, including both the original works, and his above improvements thereon, for any individual or company, on terms to be by them agreed on; and to conduct the Manufactory either for a share of the profits, or stipulated wages. GEORGE PARKINSON,
Philad. No. 65, Chestnut-Street, March 17, 1791. [93 6f.]
Treasury Department,
MARCH 1, 1791.
PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the 28th instant, inclusively, to furnish by contract, the following articles of cloathing, to be delivered at the city of Philadelphia, in seven weekly parcels, so as to complete the whole delivery on or before the 15th day of May nex, viz.
  2000 round hats,  4263 flurs,    2000 short coats,  4044 pair of shoes    2000 vests,  22 pair of buckles,    2000 pair of overalls, of drilling,  2009 Stocks,    40 pair of wollen overalls,  2002 Claps,    2650 blankets.   
The articles must be agreeable to such patterns as shall be directed by the Secretary for the Department of War. Payment will be made as soon as the whole of the articles shall have been delivered.
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 Tenece, 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.
  One pound of bread or flour,  per. 100 rations.    One pound of beef, or 3/4 of a pound of pork,    Half a jill of rum, brandy or whisky,    One quart of salt,    Two quarts of vinegar,    Two pounds of soap,     One pound of candles,   
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 Port of West-Point, in the state of New-York.
The rations to be supplied, are to consist of the same articles as are above mentioned.
ALSO, That proposals will be received at the said office, until the 1st Monday in September next inclusive, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the districts herein after mentioned.
At the post on the river Saint Mary, at present commanded by Capt. Henry Burbeck.
At the post on the river Altamaha, at present commanded by Capt. John Smith.
At the post on the river Oconee, at present commanded by Capt. Joseph Savage.
At the post on the river Apalachee, at present commanded by Capt. Michael Rudolph.
At any other place or places within the state of Georgia which may hereafter be occupied as permanent posts by any troops of the United States.
And for rations deliverable on the march to such future posts.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the said term, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at each of the said posts, for the space of at least two months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions.
The rations to be supplied are to consist of the same articles, as are abovenominated.
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 deposition of two or more credible characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation is claimed.
The 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.
A few copies of the CONSTITUTION of the United States, printed with Notes, may be had of the Editor.
Captain ARMSTRONG,
INFORMS his fellow-soldiers and others, who may wish to enlist, that he has commenced recruiting in the city of Philadelphia, where a generous bounty, and other encouragement will be given.
Young men, who wish to become Adventurers in a new country, by joining this command, may acquire a knowledge of the Western World, subject to no expence; and after serving a short period, set down on their own farms, and enjoy all the blessings of peace and plenty. JOHN ARMSTRONG.
Philadelphia, March 14, 1791.
PRICE CURRENT.—PHILADELPHIA.
PER QUANTITY.
MARCH 25.—DOLLARS at 7/6.
  ANCHORS pr. lb. 6 3/4 Porter, American pr. doz. 12s   Allum, English, pr. cwt. 35s Pitch, pr. bbl. 20s   Ditto, Roach pr. lb. 10d Pork, Burlington, 77 3/4   Ashest, pot, per ton, 37 1/2 40s —Lower county 70s 8 3/4   —Pearl, 50 5/2 10s —Carolina 60s   Arrack pr. gall. 10s 12 3/4 Peas, Albany 7 3/4 8 3/4   Brandy, common, 5s Pepper, pr. lb. 2s 9d   —Cogniac 8 3/4 Pimento 1s 3d   Braziletto, pr. ton. 12 1/2 16 1/2 Rice pr. cwt. 21s   Bricks pr. M 30s Rosin 20s   Bread, ship pr. cwt. 19 3/4 Raisins, best, pr. keg 5 3/4 6 3/4   Ditto, pilot 35s Ditto pr. jar 3 3/4   Ditto, small water 45 3/4 48s Ditto pr. box 3 3/4   Beer, American, in bot. 10/6 Jamaica pr. gall. 5 3/4   pr. doz. 35s Antigua 5s   pr. bbl. 35s Windward 4 3/4   Oak pr. M feet, 4/10s 4/18s Barbadoes 4 3/4 4 3/4   Merch. pine 4/10s 4/15s Country, N.E. 3 3/4   Sap, do. 2 1/2 7 3/4 3 1/2 Tafia 2 3/4 2 3/4   N. Eng. 2 1/2 5/2 10s Saffras pr. ton 45s 60s   Cedar 4 1/2 4 5/2 Salt petre, pr. cwt. 4/10s   The above are the Shallop prices; Sulphur, flour 40s 41s   for the Yard prices add 15s pr. M. Shot 43s   Brimstone in rolls pr. cwt. 28s German pr. cwt. 60s 70s   Irish pr. bbl. 55s 60s English, blistered 8 3/4 6 3/4   Boston 55s American pr. ton 40 45s   Country 45s Crowley's pr. fag. 75s   Butter pr. lb. 10d 12 1/2 Snake root pr. lb. 1s 6d 2 3/4   in kegs 9d Soap, Common 5d 6d   Cedar, red lumber pr. foot 2 3/4 6 3/4 —Brown 6d   Chocolate pr. lb. 11d —Castile 8d   Coal pr. bushel 1 3/4 Starch 6d   Coffee pr. lb. 1 3/4 Snuff 1s 6d 2 3/4 3 3/4   Cinnamon 18s 20s Spermaceti, refined, 3s   Cassia 5s Sail Cloth, English, 1s 6d 2 3/4   Cheese, English 1 3/4 pr. yard, Boston, No. I. 2s 3d   Country 6d 7 3/4 No. II. 2s 3d   Sper. pr. lb. 3 3/4 3 3/4 Russia sheeting, pr. p. 90s   Wax 3s Lump, pr. lb. 1 1/2 4d   Myrtle Wax 1 3/4 Loaf, single refined 1 3/4 5d   Mould, tallow 1 1/2 1 3/4 Ditto, double do. 1 1/2 10d   Dipped 10d Havannah, white 9d   Cotton 1 3/4 1 3/4 Ditto, brown, 7 3/4 8 3/4   Currants 1 3/6 2s Muscovada, pr. cwt. 60 75s   Cloves 10s Spirits Turpentine, pr. gall. 4s   Copperas pr. cwt. 15s 17 3/4 Allum pr. bush. 2s   Cordage 60s 62 3/4 Liverpool 2s 9d   Cocoa 62 3/4 67 3/4 Cadiz 1 1/2 10 3/4   Duck, Russia, pr. piece 80s Lisbon 2s 9d   Ravens 67 3/4 72 3/4 Ship build. W.O. frames 90s   Flour, Superfine, pr. bbl. 38s p. ton, 100s   Common, 36s Do. I.O. & red C. do. 6 1/2 6 3/4   Bur middlings, best 33s Shingles, short, p. M. 15s 20s   Middlings 25s long dressed 90s 100s   Ship-stuff pr. cwt. 8 3/4 10s Scantling, heart, 90s 150s   Flax 8 3/4 9d Sap 4 3/4 4 5/2   Fullic pr. ton, 1 3/5 1 50s Pipe pr. 1200 pieces 12 1/2   Feathers pr. lb. 2s 8d W.O. hoghead 7 1/2 5s   Flaxseed pr. bush. 5s R.O. do. 5 1/2 5s   Glue, pr. cwt. 7 1/2 10s 8 3/4 Leogan 5 1/2 15s   Ginger, white race 5 3/4 6 3/4 Barrel 4 1/2 10s   Ditto, common 50s Heading 8 1/2 10s   Ditto, ground pr. lb. 9d Otter, best pr. piece 30s   Ginseng, 2s 2 3/4 Minks 1 3/4 6 3/4   Gunpowder, cannon, pr. 30s Fox, grey 2s 6d 6s   quarter cask, 37 3/4 6d —red 4 3/4 8s   Ditto, fine glazed 37 3/4 6d Martins 3s   Gin, Holland, pr. gall. 5s 9d Fishers 2 3/4 6d 5s   Do. pr. case, 30s 33s Bears 1 3/4 6d 2 3/4   Wheat pr. bush 7s 10d Racoons 2s 4s   Rye 4 3/4 6d Musk-rats 9d 1 3/4 6d   Oats 1 3/8 2 3/4 6d Beaver, pr. lb. 5s 10s   Indian corn 2 3/4 6d 3s Deer, in hair 1 3/4 6d 9 3/4   Barley 4 3/4 9d Tar, N. Jersey, 2 3/4 gal. p. bbl. 9s   —Belt shelled 20s Carolina, 3 3/4 gal. 1 3/4 6d   Buckwheat 2 3/6 Turpentine 20s 2 3/4 6d   Hemp, pr. ton, 50 1/2 56 1/2 James R. new belt 30s   Hoghead hoops, pr. M 5 1/2 6 1/2 inferior 2 3/4 2 3/4   Herrings, pr. bbl. 2 3/4 6d old 3 3/4 3 3/4   Hides, raw pr. lb. 9d 10d Rappahannock 2 3/4 6d   Hops 2 3/4 6d 9s 6d Colo. Maryland 40s 60s   Indigo, French, 7s 6d 12s Dark 20s   Carolina 4s 7 3/4 6d Long-leaf 20s   Irons, sad pr. cwt. 56s Eastern-shore 15s 16s   Castings 2 3/4 6d 30s Carolina, new 2 3/4 2 3/4   Bar pr. ton, 29 1/2 30 1/2 old 30s   Pig 10 1/2 Hyson pr. lb. 7 3/4 8 3/4   Sheet 60 1/2 65 1/2 Hyson skin, 4 3/4 6 3/4   Nail rods 30 1/2 Souchong, best 7 3/4 6d 8s   Junk, pr. cwt. 27 3/4 35s Congo, 3 3/4 4 3/4 3 3/4 9d   Lard, hogs 9d 10d Bohea, 2s 6d   Lead in pigs 40s 42 3/4 6d