Gazette of the United-States. (New-York [N.Y.]), 1792-06-20 00:00:00

Gazette of the United States.
A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 6, of Vol. IV.]
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1792.
[Whole No. 328.]
ADVERTISEMENT.
I DO hereby give notice to all persons, not to credit any person or persons whatever on my account, otherwise in my name, or on my credit, without special order from under my hand authorizing the same, as I am determined not to pay any debt or debts contracted without such order being produced.
THOMAS JONES.
Frederick-Town, June 5, 1792. (ep4w)
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VOL. III.
Containing a geographical description of the State—with sketches of its natural history, productions, improvements, and present state of society and manners, laws and government.
By JEREMY BELKNAP, A.M.
This volume completes the history, and is peculiarly interesting.—Subscribers are desired to call for their books.
WHEREAS it appears, by the proceedings in a certain cause now depending in the High Court of Chancery in England, wherein William Webb is the plaintiff, and John Porter (the executor of Thomas Bradley, deceased) is the defendant—that Henry Webb was put out apprenticeship by the Greenwich School, for the sea service, in or about the year 1775, and who was then of the age of 14 years, or thereabouts, and sailed from England in the year 1776, to some part of North-America, in the ship or vessel called the Artemisa, Captain Llewellyn, formerly a Spanish Trader, and at that time a Navy Victualler or Transport, in his Majesty's service. And whereas it appears that the said Henry Webb deserted and run away from the said ship or vessel, and entered on board a certain privateer or vessel, called the Revenge, or Vengeance Privateer, of which one John Dean was then master or commander, then lying in New-York, in North-America; and that the said Vengeance Privateer, on or about the 5th of November, 1779, sailed from New-York aforesaid to Savannah, and arrived at such last mentioned place in or about the month of March, 1780, and failed from thence in the said month of March, or in the month of April following, to some port or place in America, but to what port or place is not known; and that in the month of May, 1780, the said ship or vessel was seen at Barbadoes, in the West-Indies, but the said Henry Webb hath not since been heard of, and is supposed to be dead, it having been reported that the Tender belonging to the said ship or vessel called the Vengeance, which ship was then commanded by Captain Knowles, with a number of her men, to the amount of 20, or thereabout (and among whom the said Henry Webb is supposed to be one) were taken by the enemy, and carried into Philadelphia.
NOW, in pursuance of an order made in the said cause, bearing date the 3d day of December, 1790, any person or persons who can give any account or information touching the said Henry Webb, or of the said ship Vengeance, or whether the said Henry Webb is living or dead, and if dead, when and where he died, are required to give such account or information to WILLIAM WELLER PEPYS, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Symonds-Inn, Chancery-Lane, London, on or before the 6th day of November, 1792—and such person or persons will be rewarded for their trouble by applying to Mr. SAMUEL NAYLOR, the solicitor in the cause, at No. 4, Great Newport-Street, London; or to the Rev. JOHN STANFORD, No. 46, William-Street, New-York; or to JOHN PRETTYJOHN, Esq., Bridge-Town, Barbadoes.
(3w1w) W. W. PEPYS.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
Philadelphia, June 6, 1792.
THE Printers of Newspapers in the United States are desired to take Notice, That Mr. Francis Bailey, Mr. Daniel Humphreys, and Messrs. Spotswood and Carey, of this City, have ceased to print Newspapers, and of course can receive none from the other Printers free of Postage. The Printers of Newspapers are therefore desired to discontinue sending their Papers to those Gentlemen, unless they should become Subscribers, on the footing of other Citizens.
As divers Printers in other Places may have discontinued their printing of Newspapers, the Postmasters in those places are desired to give Notice thereof in the Newspapers in which they usually Advertise; that the Newspapers sent to such former Printers may be discontinued, and the Public Mails be relieved from useless Burthens.
T. PICKERING.
WM. CLELAND,
BOSTON,
Transacts business in the Funds of the United States;
BANK STOCK, BILLS of EXCHANGE, &c.
Orders from New-York, Philadelphia, or any other part of the Union, will be attended to with DILIGENCE and PUNCTUALITY.
June 1. (ep1m & 1aw2m)
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the subscriber in February last, a NEGRO LAD, named PHIL, about 20 years of age; had on when he went away, a round jacket, a pair homespun breeches, and a tow shirt; the fellow has a yellowish complexion, his height about five feet six or seven inches, very square made; has a mark along side of his nose, and one of his insteps has been burnt, which causes the sinews to draw.
Whoever takes up said Negro, and secures him in any jail, so that I may get him again, shall receive the above reward, and have all reasonable charges paid. ROBERT PEARCE.
Head Sassafras, June 16, 1792. (*ep1m)
RUN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Kent County, and State of Maryland, on Sunday the 27th May last, a NEGRO MAN, named HARK; about 40 years of age, about five feet nine inches high, has a scar over one of his eye-brows, and when talking, hangs his head on one side, and looks up—had on and took with him the following cloaths, viz. a fearnought coat, a black and white kersey coat, cut round, a white kersey jacket and breeches, two pair of yarn stockings, the one pair lately footed, and the other not, two ozanburgh shirts, each pieced on one side, two pair of tow-linen trowsers, one pair patched with new tow-linen down the fore parts, and an old felt hat.
Whoever takes up said Negro, if out of this State, and secures him in jail, shall receive FOURTEEN DOLLARS reward—and if taken within this State, and secured as aforesaid, shall receive EIGHT DOLLARS reward; and it brought home, reasonable expenses will be paid by PEREGRINE LETHBURY.
Chester-Town, June 4, 1791. (ep 8w)
THE following sections of the act entitled, "An act for raising a further sum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned, are republished for the information of all persons, who, on the 29th day of June next (1792) shall be possessed of WINES."
"Sect. 10. AND be it further enacted, That all Wines which after the said last day of June next, shall be imported into the United States, shall be landed under the care of the inspector of the port where the same shall be landed, and for that purpose, every permit for landing any Wines, which shall be granted by a Collector, shall, prior to such landing, be produced to the said inspector, who, by endorsement thereupon under his hand, shall signify the production thereof to him, and the time when, after which, and not otherwise, on pain of forfeiture, it shall be lawful to land the said Wines. And the said inspector shall make an entry of all such permits, and of the contents thereof, and each pipe, butt, hogshead, cask, case, box or package whatsoever, containing such Wines, shall be marked by the officer under whose immediate inspection the same shall be landed, in legible and durable characters, with progressive numbers, the name of the said officer, and the quality or kind of Wine as herein before enumerated and distinguished. And the said officer shall grant a certificate for each such pipe, butt, hogshead, cask, case, box or package, specifying therein the name or names of the importer or importers, the ship or vessel in which the same shall have been imported, and the number thereof, to accompany the same where soever it shall be sent. And if any pipe, butt, hogshead, cask, case, box or package, containing Wine, shall be found without such marks and certificates, the same shall be liable to be seized, and the want of such marks and certificates shall be presumptive evidence, that such Wine was unlawfully imported and landed."
"Sect. 11. And be it further enacted, That every person, who shall have in his or her possession, Wines which are intended for sale, in quantity exceeding one hundred and fifty gallons, shall prior to the said last day of June next, make entry thereof in writing at some office of inspection in the city, town or county where he or she shall reside, specifying and describing the casks, cases, boxes and other packages containing the same, and the kinds, qualities and quantities thereof; and where, and in whose possession they are; and the officer of inspection, at whose office such entry may be made, shall, as soon as may be thereafter, visit and inspect, or cause to be visited and inspected, the Wines so reported, and shall mark, or cause to be marked, the casks, cases, boxes and packages containing the same, with progressive numbers, with the name of the person to whom the same may belong, the kind or kinds thereof, and words "Old Stock," and shall grant a certificate for each cask, case, box or package containing such Wine, describing therein the said cask, case, box or package, and the Wines therein contained, which certificate shall accompany the same, wherever it may be sent. And if any person who may have Wines in his or her possession for sale, shall not, prior to the said last day of June next, make entry thereof, as above directed, he or she, for such omission or neglect, shall forfeit and pay the value of the Wine omitted to be entered, to be recovered with costs of suit, for the benefit of any person who shall give information thereof, and the Wines so omitted to be entered, shall be forfeited."
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PUBLISHED FROM THE FEDERAL GAZETTE BY DESIRE.
To the DIRECTORS and COMPANY of the SUSQUEHANNAH and SCHUYLKILL CANAL, or INLAND NAVIGATION.
Gentlemen,
THE inland navigation of this State being of the greatest public utility, and having of late drawn the attention of the legislature, as well as of the citizens in general thereto, as to a subject of immense magnitude, some observations on it may be necessary and useful at this time.
I. The immense advantages of the object absorb every idea of objection arising from the expense of it, the only matter of solicitude enquiry is the practicability of it. An inland navigation between Schuylkill and Susquehannah, will bring by water to Philadelphia all the trade of the extensive waters of Susquehannah and of a most fertile country of about one thousand square miles, or 6,000,000 acres of land.
But this is not all—if this can be accomplished, a further extension of the inland navigation may be easily made to the Ohio and to Lake Erie, which at once opens a communication with above 2000 miles extent of western country, viz. with all the Great Lakes, together with all the countries which lie on the waters of Mississippi, Missouri and all their branches; an object vast indeed, and far greater than any one of a like kind which can be produced in any other country on earth.
II. The water communication between Schuylkill and Susquehannah is the soul of all this, or at least is the Great Sine qua non of it all; for were all the proposed water communications west of Susquehannah completed, but must stop at Susquehannah, or could the communication with the sea be made in any other way than the one proposed, 'tis manifest that the whole advantages of that immense trade would be in a manner lost to this city, and would go to some of our neighbors, and aggrandize them far beyond every power of competition which would be left for us.
III. This water communication between Schuylkill and Susquehannah must be formed over a tract of country, of about 40 miles extent from river to river on a straight line, but about 60 miles as the navigation must go; this tract is cut by two creeks, the Quitapahilla, which is a branch of the Swatara, and runs into Susquehannah at Middletown, and the Tulpenhocking, which empties into Schuylkill at Reading. These two creeks lead within 4 miles of each other; the level of their head waters is nearly the same, and the space between them makes the height of land, or as 'tis commonly called the crown land, between the two rivers, which is nearly a plain; and the bottom of the canal through which the navigation must pass, will no where rise more than 30 feet above the level of the head waters of the two creeks above mentioned, nor so much as 200 feet above the level of the waters of Susquehannah or Schuylkill.
IV. The ground thro' which the canal must pass from one head water to the other of the said two creeks, is a sort of gap or valley into which much higher grounds on each side descend in long gradual slopes from the distance of several miles; in which high grounds, many rivulets or streams of water are formed: supplied by perennial springs rising in grounds of a level much higher than the highest part of the canal, some of these streams carry mills thro' the year, and all of them united together, would convey a large supply of water quite sufficient for all the purposes of the canal.
V. By actual and most careful surveys and levellings sundry times repeated, it is certain, it is an established fact, that enough of the above said waters may be brought into the canal from sources more than 20 feet above the level of the highest part of it, enough water I say to carry a heavy saw-mill through the year; which is as much water as will be fully sufficient to supply a canal on the largest scale which can ever be necessary in any future time.
And as these waters are derived from limestone springs and other sources, that were never known to fail, we have every reason to be assured that they will afford a constant perennial supply of water, even through the dryest seasons of the year.
It appears then with most decided certainty, that the communication in question (however vast and immense its importance) is practicable on the largest scale requisite for all its uses; for when water enough for all the purposes of the canal can be produced on the height of land, and which can be let out either way as occasion requires, there can be nothing impracticable, nor indeed very difficult in forming the whole communication from river to river in a manner easy, safe and sufficiently ample or extensive for all its purposes.
VI. All I conceive necessary to be done after this is,
1. To make a succession of dams across the creeks from each river to the height of land, so constructed, that the tail of one pond may reach the dam next above it, and rise so much upon it as to produce the necessary depth of water; these dams are mostly built already, and will require no other expense than repairs, or strengthening for more certain security, and perhaps some heightening, that the water of the pond may swell or rise up to the dam above it, when that is not the present case. 2. From the top of each dam to make ways or an inclined plane, leading down to the water of the pond below, floored with strong plank, with an angle of depression sufficient to give it a necessary but gradual descent, say, if you please, one foot in ten. 3. To make a cradle like a sled, if you please, with sides of very strong timber, in each of which are to be inserted two wheels, about 16 feet asun-
der, on which the cradle will run up the ways, the lower wheel to be of somewhat larger diameter than the upper one, that the lower part of the boat's keel may be raised nearer to a level than the floor of the ways, then sink the cradle and draw the boat over it, then raise it to the bottom of the boat, and fasten the boat securely to it.
4. In the pond above the dam, and at sufficient distance and height, fix a strong post, and to it fasten a large block and shieve.
5. At the dam, close beside the head of the ways, make a floor and gate, and fix a water wheel with a shaft or axis parallel to the top of the dam, and at right angles with the ways, the shaft of which is to reach over the ways, and be of sufficient height to admit the boat and cradle to pass under it.
6. To the tongue of the cradle or sled (which must be strongly braced) fix a chain or rope of sufficient strength, carry it up the ways, and reeve it through the block fastened to the post as aforesaid, then carry it back and fasten it to the shaft of the water wheel.
7. Fix your cradle carefully in the midst of the ways below, then hoist the gate and set the water wheel a going, and I conceive it will draw up a boat of 40 tons, with a steady and safe motion, and launch it into the upper dam in one or two minutes. You may at any time increase or diminish your force by letting out more or less water on the water wheel.
8. When the boat is launched into the upper pond, disengage it from the cradle, float it off, and let it go on its passage, and bring or its place another boat, bound down stream, and fasten a chain or rope to the lower part or stern of the cradle, and make it fast to the shaft of the water wheel and hoist the gate, which will immediately draw the cradle over the head of the ways, when the gate must be instantly shut down, and the last mentioned chain must be instantly disengaged, which is most easily and safely done by a large iron bolt, pierced perpendicular through a strong timber in the stern of the cradle, and which will be drawn out of course the moment it pitches over the head of the ways, and brings the bolt right under the shaft. The upper rope must be fastened to the tongue of the cradle, and I conceive the force of the boat running down the ways will be sufficient to turn the water wheel the contrary way, and unwind the chain from off the shaft; if this should not be sufficient, a little force may be added by hands, or if the wheel should turn too violently, it may be checked by letting a little water on it.
VII. The ways, water wheel, and house for the people who tend the works, must be crowded up as near the shore as possible, that the middle of the dam may be left as wide as may be for a waste way, over which ice, logs, &c. in times of freshes, may pass without touching or injuring the works.
(To be concluded in our next.)
CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1792.
In committee of the whole, on the 2d section of the bill for calling forth the militia.
MR. LIVERMORE objected to the general terms used in this section; he thought the nature of the offences intended to be guarded against, ought to be more particularly defined—that the sources from whence complaints should issue should be pointed out.
Mr. Beasly was in favor of introducing the express words of the constitution—and moved to strike out certain expressions for the purpose of substituting those words.
Mr. White observed, that the objections which had now been started were considered by the committee, and attempts were made to render the clause more express and definite, but it was found they only rendered it more obscure.
Mr. Baldwin said he considered the objection of the gentleman from New-York as involving a dangerous principle—it seems to suppose that the general government only possesses the power to suppress insurrections; whereas the States individually certainly possess this power, they can suppress insurrections, and will do it; their interest is involved in supporting the laws—and they are fully competent to do it.
Mr. Kittera said the gentleman from New-Hampshire objects to the clause because it is not particular enough—while the gentleman from New-York thinks it not general enough; he thought that the clause was very well expressed; it adopts that medium which in such cases is perhaps always the safest.
Mr. Page. I move to strike out the clause—it cannot be amended; I hope that there is no occasion for such a clause, it holds out an idea of resistance which I will not suppose can exist. Mild and equitable laws will not be resisted, and if Congress should be so infatuated as to enact those of a contrary nature—I hope they will be repealed, and not enforced by martial law; we have seen no occasion for three years past of

such a law as is now supposed necessary. If the resistance be small (said a member from North-Carolina) the magistrates will be competent to the business—if great, it would not be prudent to attempt to crush it. It is not necessary to make laws merely because the constitution authorizes a dangerous power.
Mr. Murray said he was opposed to the last motion, as well as to that from the gentleman from New-York. He offered several remarks to show the necessity of providing for an energetic execution of the laws, while at the same time he was fully impressed with the importance of having the power defined and guarded as much as possible. He adverted to the British government, where a prompt and energetic execution of the law is considered of the first importance, while at the same time the military is never called in but in the last extremity. He gave a short account of the proceedings of that government in the insurrection raised in the city of London, by Lord George Gordon, &c.
Mr. Clark was in favor of striking out—he said the motion from the gentleman of New-York went to call forth the military in case of any opposition to the excise law—so that if an old woman was to strike an excise officer with a broomstick, forthwith the military is to be called out to suppress an insurrection. The government he observed was in its infancy—and he saw no necessity for supposing that the people would at this early stage oppose the laws.
Mr. Benson rose to explain—he said his ideas were misconceived, he had no such designs as were imputed to him—his wish was to provide in the simplest and best manner for the object contemplated in the bill.
Mr. Gerry said he was opposed to striking out the section, but still was not pleased with it altogether—and moved an amendment.
Mr. Mercer said he had not heard any proposition which pleased him—he liked the section as it stood better than any of them, but thought that required some essential alteration or addition; he had no idea that this government was to depend on the several State governments for carrying its laws into execution. He then adverted to the two different powers in a community, the civil and military—the first is a deliberative power, the other cannot deliberate—and therefore in no free country can the latter be called forth, nor martial law proclaimed but under great restrictions. He observed that the general government had respect to the persons of the citizens of the several States, and not to the government of those States; on this principle the marshals of the several States have a power to call forth the posse comitatus —and additional marshals should be appointed, and only in the last extremity they may call forth the military power; he was in favor on the whole of retaining the section, and concluded by reading a clause which he proposed should be inserted as an additional section.
Mr. Sney was in favor of retaining the clause, but he thought it ought to be qualified by some explanatory article.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
MADRID, March 28.
THE Queen was delivered this day of a son, which has been baptized by the name of Don Philip: all the foreign Ministers, the Nuncio not excepted, were acquainted with the event too late to be present at the ceremony, which was over before they came.
PARIS, April 10.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, April 14.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH AUSTRIA.
All the ministers having entered the Hall—M. Dumourier then read the dispatches which he had sent to Vienna, and the answer which he had that night received by an extraordinary courier.
The minister, in his letter, takes a view of the different motives which might influence foreign powers to arm against France. Could the affairs of the Princes who laid claims to Alsace, &c. be assigned as a motive? It was proposed to adjust it amicably, and this therefore could only be the pretext, and by no means the real cause. Could it be to support the cause of the emigrants?—The king had declared against them: it was the king who wished to maintain the new government. Was it the Clubs who had formed, or the pamphlets which had been published? In that case, other powers might have long since undertaken a crusade against England.
M. de Noailles, the French ambassador at Vienna, observed in his letter to the minister, that the young king was eager for war; that he himself had experienced so many mortifications, that he thought it unnecessary to present the above dispatch. He complained of the impeachment of M. de Lessart, the late minister for foreign affairs, and desired leave to resign.
M. Dumourier then read a copy of another dispatch to Francis, which concluded with stating, That unless the King of the French received a categorical answer, he must consider
himself as at war with the King of Hungary; and that if the armaments in the neighbourhood of France were continued, it would be impossible to restrain the resentment of an offended nation. The minister added, that the King had written with his own hand to his nephew, to remind him, for the last time, that on his decision for peace or war must depend the peace of Europe, and the fame of his own states; and to request him, in the name of glory and humanity, not to plunge into an unjust war. "I have," said his majesty, "freely accepted the constitution. I have sworn with the nation, whose Hereditary Representative I am, to live free or die. M. de Mault, my Ambassador Extraordinary, will explain my sentiments more at large."
M. de Noailles's refusing to communicate the dispatches transmitted to him, being considered as a breach of trust; a decree of accusation was passed against him.
APRIL 15.
Before the minimes of Saturday were read over and finally settled, the minister for foreign affairs informed the National Assembly that he had received a letter from M. de Noailles, stating, that he had obeyed the King's orders, in delivering the dispatches transmitted to him to the King of Hungary.
This brought on a debate on the propriety of revoking the decree of accusation against M. de Noailles, which, after a reference to the Diplomatic Committee, was adjourned for further consideration.
APRIL 20.
Decree declaring war against the King of Hungary and Bohemia.
The National Assembly deliberating on the formal proposition of the King, considering that the Court of Vienna, in contempt of treaties, has continued to grant an open protection to French rebels; that it has excited and formed a concert with several powers of Europe against the independence and security of the French nation:
That Francis I. King of Hungary and Bohemia, has, by his notes of the 18th of March and 7th of April last, refused to renounce this concert: That notwithstanding the proposition made to him by the note of the 11th of March, 1792, to reduce, on both sides, to a peace establishment the troops on the frontiers, he has continued and increased the hostile preparations:
That he has formally infringed the sovereignty of the French nation, by declaring that he would support the pretensions of the German Princes, possessors in France, to whom the French nation have continued to offer indemnifications:
That he has attempted to divide the French citizens, and to arm them against one another, by holding out support to the malcontents in the concert of powers; considering, in fine, that the refusal of an answer to the last dispatches of the King of the French, leaves no longer any hope to obtain, by means of amicable negotiation, the redress of these different grievances, and amounts to a declaration of war, it decrees that there exists a case of urgency.
The National Assembly declares, that the French nation, faithful to the principles consecrated by the constitution, not to undertake any war with the view of making conquests, and never to employ its force against the liberty of any people, only take up arms in defence of their liberty and their independence; that the war, into which they are compelled to enter, is not a war of nation against nation, but the just defence of a free people against the unjust oppression of a monarch: that the French will never confound their brothers with real enemies; that they will neglect nothing to soften the rigours of war; to preserve their property, and prevent it from sustaining any injury, and to bring down upon the heads of those alone, who league themselves against Liberty, all the evils inseparable from war.
That it adopts all those foreigners who, abjuring the cause of its enemies, shall join its standard and consecrate their efforts to the defence of freedom; that it will even favour,
by all means in its power, their establishment in France.
Deliberating on the formal propositions of the King, and after having decreed the case of urgency, decrees war against the King of Hungary and Bohemia.
THE KING'S ANSWER.
"I shall take the decree of the National Assembly into deep consideration. It involves the most important interests of the nation."
Next day the Minister of Justice informed the Assembly that the King had sanctioned the Decree.
L O N D O N, April 13. KING OF SWEDEN.
The prayer prescribed by the Council of the regency of Sweden, to be read for his Swedish Majesty, in all the churches of that kingdom.
"O God, be propitious to thy people, and forsake us not when we prostrate ourselves before thee.—Our King, solemnly acknowledged by a people, whose gratitude he desires, and has preserved; who was protected by the safety which the religion of a country grants to its Chief—this very king, for whom we have so often beseeched thy grace and blessing, and have been heard by thee; this gracious King has been wounded by the shot of a traitor, suffers the most excruciating pains, and is in danger to lose a life, the object of our love and thy protection. Extricated from the danger of war by thy aid, where a thousand deaths encompassed him—peace maker among a divided people, and now in the bosom of the tranquility which he himself procured to the public welfare—it is the lot of this great King to be wounded by a murderous shot, fired off to bereave him of life and happiness, in the metropolis, in his castle, under the safe guard of the laws and society.—But the King lives, and only through thee, O God, he lives. This melts our hearts in gratitude. We may entertain hopes of the recovery and health of the King, if thou, O God, hearest our prayers and solicitations in the time of need. O God, mitigate the sufferings of the King, help him, strengthen his fortitude, give him life, health and thy blessing for many years to come, to the comfort of his worthy spouse, whose separation from him could never take place without numberless tears; to finish the education and the example of a Prince, who could never ascend the Swedish Throne with a right greater than that which he may acquire by paternal love from his people; to the consolation of the Royal Family, who best foresee the consequences of an event so fatal to the Empire, and which nothing but thy grace can avert. God, be merciful to thy people, and forsake us not while we call upon thee. If it be possible, yet nothing is impossible to thee, we supplicate thee, O Lord, never to let the blood shed by an assassin come upon this country, where there is no man so base, so hard, so heathenish not to detest and abhor this deed. God be with us, as with our fathers. Forsake us not, withdraw not thy hand from us, for the sake of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord, Amen."
The present disturbances in Sweden cannot be ascribed to the influence of liberty sentiments; it is the struggles of one tyranny against another. The nobles formerly exercised an unlimited oppressive power, which was overturned by the present King, who took it into his own hands; and although the finances of the country had been involved by his schemes of ambition, to which he was stimulated by the old French government, yet the people have enjoyed more privileges under him, and therefore prefer his despotism to that of the nobles.
A severe inquiry is on foot concerning the accomplices of the assassin Ankerstrom; but a degree of commotion in Stockholm renders it uncertain whether the present Government of Sweden may not yield to a return of the former influence of the Order of the Nobles and Gentry.
We cannot observe without regret and indignation, the efforts of certain restless, turbulent, and fanatical spirits, who seek for employment and distinction to themselves in confusion
and turmoil to their country. And we hope that there will not be any rapid or great increase, in number or consequence, to those persons who have had several meetings, and, we understand, regularly meet together, under the name of Friends to a Constitutional reform.—There is nothing in the present situation of our neighbouring kingdom, France, that ought to encourage innovation and revolution in this country.
Extract of a letter from Madrid, March 20.
"M. Garoqui who replaced M. de Lerena ad interim, has been definitively appointed minister of finances. The King has reserved to himself the nomination of the governor of the council of finances, and that of the superintendant general of the revenue. These posts were formerly held by the same person.
"Count d'Aranda has withdrawn the Royal edict of the 20th of July, requiring an oath from strangers. This edict, though explained and frequently commented upon by its author, M. de Florida Blanca, still contained very great inconveniences, served as a pretext for vexations of every kind, and greatly checked the freedom of trade.
"The place of counsellor of the Council of War, vacant by the death of M. d'Heredia, has been conferred on Don Michell d'Ottamendi, who presides at the head of the office for Foreign Affairs, and will be succeeded by Don Dominique d'Yriarte, Secretary to the Embassy at Paris."
NEW SOUTH WALES.
The last accounts from this new colony are of a dreadful nature. The whole settlement were put upon short allowance, on account of the extreme scarcity of provisions—and the crops raising at Fort Jackson were of the most unfavorable kind—the most promising not likely to yield three bushels for one sown; and, in many parts, even the seed was not expected to be returned. Norfolk Island did not produce corn enough for its own inhabitants. In short, the prospect of the whole settlement was deplorable in the extreme.
In consequence of these accounts, orders are said to have been sent to Portsmouth, that the ships destined for that place should be detained.
APRIL 27.
The intelligence of the death of the King of Sweden produced, as might be expected, the most lively effect upon the French Princes. M. de Conde was very much affected; the grief of M. de Artois was so great that for some time he was unable to suppress his tears. This Prince, and his brother Monsieur are at present examining the state of the French cantonments. The Marquis de Broglio had traced the plan of a camp between Luxembourg and Treves; but it is probable the declaration of war will put a stop to this encampment.
THE KING OF SWEDEN'S WILLS.
Supplement of the first of June, 1789, to the will made by the King in 1780.
Article I. We confirm his Royal Highness the Duke Charles in the guardianship and regency, with the exceptions; all of which being mentioned in our will of 1780, and in this act of 1st June 1789, and prescribed to his Royal Highness:
 1. Not to create, convocate, and nominate, any Counsellors of the Empire.  2. We forbid his Royal Highness to convocate the States of the Empire, on account of the actual machinations.  3. Not to change nor dismiss the persons which attend our son, without special order given by our hand.  II. This article concerns the oath his Royal Highness is to take. III. This article is relative to the Governor and Tutor of the young King.
IV. In this article the Duke Charles is requested to look out for a consort for the Young King, when seventeen years old, and to accelerate the marriage. She must be of Royal or princely blood. Mention is made a fresh of the reservation, that the young King, when wronged during his minority, may claim it afterwards again, and every thing done without his consent shall be deemed void.
Was signed, GUSTAV. Stockholm, June 1st, 1789.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
FRIDAY, APRIL 27.
In a committee of the whole House on the slave trade, Mr. Secretary Dundas's motion for prohibiting the importation of African negroes after Jan. 1, 1800, was read.
Lord Mornington argued strenuously for a more speedy abolition of the trade, and moved that 1795 should be inserted instead of 1800.
The committee divided upon Lord Mornington's amendment for the abolition on the first of January, 1795—Ayes 130, noes 161—majority 31.
The Speaker proposed Jan. 1, 1796.
Sir Edward Knatchbull begged to know, whether, if 1796 was agreed to, it was intended to revive the question by the promoters of it, by arguing, at any future period, a more speedy end to the trade.
Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox both declared, that they should consider the vote of that night as decisive upon the question, and not subject to revision.
The committee again divided upon the proposition for the 1st of January, 1796—Ayes 151, noes 132—majority 19 for abolishing the trade after January 1, 1796.
WATERFORD, April 5.
TOLERATION.
A Jewish author thus describes the Tolerant Spirit of the Government of Venice: "The Republic alone, says he, "and not the Inquisitors, have the Prefs under their cognizance." Thus at Venice, an author may bring forth what he pleases, provided it does not affect the government. The Jews have had a Talmud, and Leon of Modena, and others, have lately published their opinions there. The Turks have printed their Alcoran; but what is still more surprising among the Nazarians (viz. Christians) is that they there publish books against the Clergy and the Sovereign Pontiff, which are received with applause, though this same Clergy are sanctioned by the Magistrates. The Venetians render their religion subservient to their policy, and their faith to times and seasons; so that the body of their Doctors are composed of Nazarine Papists, Schismatics, Heretics, Jews, and even Turks; for the Senate there freely permit the University of Padua to give the Doctoral Bonnet, without requiring any profession of faith from the candidates, though that profession is ordered by the Pope. From hence it is plain, that this wise republic think the road to the sciences ought to be open to all men; and that it is a hardship to have any stumbling block thrown in their way under the presence of religion.
A late patriotic meeting in Ireland, their sentiments on the Slave Trade were thus strongly, though quaintly marked. Their toast was—"The cause of all who are persecuted because they are black, and blackened because they are persecuted!"
DUBLIN, April 5.
Extract of a letter from Paris, to a gentleman of respectability in this city, dated 19th of March, 1792.
"You have asked what is my opinion of the present posture of affairs?—It is the same, I believe, as that of every man, who is not strongly an infatuated friend, or enemy to the constitution—All, I think, must agree, that the present posture of affairs is most wretched—that we have neither liberty nor security—that anarchy, a state much inferior to the most despotic Government, pervades the land! and, in short, that we seem to be rushing precipitately into that state of disorder, in which force supplies the place of law and justice, and in which all the bonds of social union are dissolved.
"In Paris, though the fermentation of men's minds be extreme, greater tranquillity is enjoyed than in any other part of the kingdom. Never, however, were libertinism and irreligion carried to the pitch which they have here attained: In the provinces are daily committed disorders of every denomination.
"Perhaps before this letter reaches its destination, the flames of civil war will have broken out in the southern provinces. The clubs of the Jacobins, dispersed through the
kingdom, I consider to be the principal cause of the disorders. They inflame the minds of the people, excite them to riot, counteract the measures taken by the civil magistrates for the re-establishment of order, and whilst they are violating the constitution, pretend to be its chief support.
"The Majority of the National Assembly is composed of men of that party—hence the confusion and tumult which accompany all their debates, their continual complaint of the inactivity of the executive power—the denunciation of Ministers—that indecent abuse of foreign government—the provocation of war," &c. &c.
NEW-YORK, June 15.
Who would have thought (says a correspondent) that the effects of the late misfortunes of many of our citizens would have been so little felt in general, as they are at present? Scarcely any traces of the disasters, except in the speculating line, which happened some time ago, are now to be seen in the commercial sphere. Trade of every kind begins to be carried on again with spirit and success. The representations which have been made of the situation of New-York, in consequence of the late speculative failures, have been very exaggerated and falsified. The shock at the time was severe, but of short continuance. Credit is again revived—and prosperity once more approaches in sight.
Philadelphia, June 20.
By an ordinance of the King and Council of Great-Britain, the acts regulating the trade of that kingdom with the United States of America, which were continued to the 5th April, 1792, are further continued to the 5th April, 1793.
Monday last arrived in this city from London by the way of New-York, a model by which the New Theatre of Messrs. Wignell and Reineagle in Chestnut-street is to be erected.—This plan has been pronounced by European architects and persons of taste and judgment, to be better calculated for a building of convenient and elegant accommodation, as well with respect to the performers as the audience, than any Theatre of equal dimensions hitherto constructed. The model will in a few days be exhibited for the gratification of the curious.
The late European intelligence exhibits a very interesting tho' confused draft of the state of affairs in that quarter of the globe. France, finding that the combined powers of Austria, Prussia, &c. were making the most active war-like preparations, while they continued to negotiate very indefinitely, has declared war against the King of Bohemia and Hungary. This, it is expected, will consolidate the views of the nation; and while the ardor of the great body of the people will lead them to the most strenuous exertions against the common enemy of the revolution, the legislature will be enabled to complete without interruption the great business of arranging their finances, and finishing the internal organization of the kingdom. The momentum of the new power, that of the people, will be felt, and submitted to in all the departments; and while so striking and important an object is to be provided for as the war, taxes will be paid with cheerfulness, to such an amount as that the treasury will probably be full and flowing.—The accounts from Austria and Prussia are vague; the marching of troops to the frontiers in large bodies, councils, messengers, and other concomitants of war are mentioned. The King of Sardinia disclaims all hostile intentions against France. The ex-princes and their forces are quite in the background of the picture.—Sweden must be in confusion since the death of Gustavus; their own concerns will probably be sufficient to engross their whole attention—an investigation of the late assassination is prosecuting.—The Swiss Cantons do not appear in a conspicuous situation at the present crisis.—No recent intelligence is received from Spain which can enable us to determine what part she will take in the war; her old habits, and the late change in her ministry, are supposed to be favorable to France.—England will probably remain neutral; some, however, suppose her continental engagements will render it difficult for her to keep out of the scrape. On the whole, the French, united among themselves, and animated by the fervor of liberty, will be invincible, while their enemies will have to act with the utmost caution, lest while they attempt to extinguish the fire of freedom in a neighboring kingdom, their own houses should be involved in the flames.
The late glorious triumph of reason and humanity in the decision of the British House of Commons, for the abolition of the slave trade, must inspire every benevolent mind with the most pleasing and respectful emotions towards that enlightened people. When we consider the immense interest which was supposed to be involved in this decision, and the perverting power of avarice over the human mind, we may justly exclaim, The sacred influence of Liberty is irresistible!
This vote of Parliament, with certain splendid decrees of the National Assembly of France in favor of MAN, have poured a flood of glory on the transactions of the present period, which throws the events of past times, however brilliant, into the shade.
The number of persons in Edinburgh, taken last year, was 81,865.
Married, Mr. Jacob C. Wikoff, Druggist, to Miss Charlotte Philé, daughter of Frederick Philé, Esq. Naval Officer of the Port of Philadelphia.
The contested election of the State of New-York is highly interesting, as it respects the important privilege of free suffrage.—We are assured that it is the decided opinion of the well informed of both parties, that had all the legal votes given at the election to which the following protest refers been counted, there would have been a very considerable majority for Mr. JAY as Governor.]
NEW-YORK, June 13.
WE, the subscribers, members of the joint committee appointed to canvass and estimate the votes taken at the last election in this State for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and Senators, do dissent from and protest against the determination of the majority part of the said committee, respecting the votes taken at the said election, in the county of Otsego.
I. Because these votes, having been given by the freeholders of Otsego, and the packages containing the same having been received, and transmitted in season to the Secretary's office, by the person acting as sheriff of the county, the committee have no right to reject them, under the pretence of judging of the legality, validity, operation or extent of the sheriff's authority or commission: These questions being foreign to the duty of their appointment, and capable of a decision only in the ordinary courts of law.
II. Because, if the committee was by law authorized to examine, and determine the legality and extent of the Sheriff's authority and commission, we are of opinion that Richard R. Smith, at the time he received and transmitted the ballots, was the lawful sheriff of Otsego. By the Constitution the sheriff, whatever may be the form of his commission, must hold his office during the pleasure of the Council of Appointment, and by the law of the land, he must continue therein until another is appointed, and takes upon himself the office. Richard R. Smith having been appointed on the 17th February, 1791, and Benjamin Gilbert having been appointed on the 30th March, 1792, but not having qualified, or taken upon himself the office, until Richard R. Smith had received and transmitted the ballots, Richard R. Smith, at the time he received and forwarded the same, must be deemed the lawful sheriff of the county. The uniform practice which has prevailed since the establishment of the constitution, precludes all doubt respecting its true construction on this point. For, although the commissions of the sheriffs are for one year, they nevertheless continued to exercise the office, until others were appointed, and entered upon the execution thereof; which has often been long after the expiration of the year, and sometimes after the same person has remained in office for more than four years successively. And such sheriff sometimes after the expiration of their year, at others, after having held the office for four successive years, have received and transmitted ballots for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Senators, which ballots have, on former elections, been received and canvassed; and even upon the present canvass, the committee have canvassed the ballots taken in the counties of Kings, Orange and Washington, notwithstanding the year had expired for which the sheriffs of these counties were commissioned, and no new commission had been issued. Hence the sheriffs of those counties, in receiving and transmitting the ballots, must have acted under their former commissions, since a mere appointment without a commission, and a compliance with the requisites prescribed by law, could not, in our opinion, give any authority as sheriff to the person so appointed.
III. Because, if Richard R. Smith, at the time he received and forwarded the ballots, was not sheriff, the county was without a sheriff, a position too mischievous to be established by a doubtful construction of law.
IV. Because, if Richard R. Smith was not of right sheriff of the county at the time he received and forwarded the ballots, he was then sheriff in fact of that county; and all the acts of such an officer, which tend to the public utility, or to preserve and render effectual the rights of third persons, are valid in law.
V. Because, in all doubtful cases, the committee ought, in our opinion, to decide in favor of the votes given by the citizens, left by too nice and critical an exposition of the law, the right of suffrage be rendered nugatory.
VI. Because, if we dissent from, and protest against the determination of the majority part of the said committee, respecting the votes, taken at the said election, in the county of Clinton.
VII. Because, it appears that the sheriff of the said county deputed a person by parole to deliver the box, containing the ballots of the said county, into the Secretary's Office. Such deputation we deem to be sufficient; and as there is satisfactory evidence, that the box was delivered in the same state, in which it was received from the sheriff, the votes in our opinion ought to be canvassed.
VIII. We also dissent from, and protest against the determination of the majority part of the said committee, by which they declare that George Clinton was, by the greatest number of votes taken at the last election, for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Senators, chosen Governor of this state; and that Pierre Van Cortlandt was, by the greatest number of votes at the said election, chosen Lieutenant-Governor of this state. And that John Livingston was, by the greatest number of votes at the said election, in the Eastern district of this state, chosen a Senator in the said Eastern district.
Because, it cannot be ascertained whether George Clinton was chosen Governor, or Pierre Van Cortlandt, Lieutenant-Governor of this state, by the greatest number of votes at the last election, without examining the ballots, contained in the boxes, delivered into the Secretary's Office, by the sheriffs of the counties of Otsego and Clinton; there being a sufficient number of freeholders in these counties, with the votes given in other parts of the state, for John Jay, as Governor, and Stephen Van Ranselear, as Lieutenant-Governor, to give them a majority of votes for those offices; nor can it be ascertained, whether John Livingston was chosen a Senator in the Eastern district, by the greatest number of votes in that district, without examining the votes taken in the county of Clinton, there being a sufficient number of freeholders in that county, with the votes given in other parts of the district, for Thomas Jenkins, as a Senator, to give him a greater number of votes for a Senator, than the number given for the said John Livingston.
SAMUEL JONES, ISAAC ROOSEVELT, LEONARD GANSEVOORT.
Secretary's Office, New-York, June 12, 1792.
From the title of the NATIONAL GAZETTE (says a Correspondent) it was natural to expect that it would have been conspicuous for disseminating principles calculated to promote the great national interests of the United States—the national union, national credit, national prosperity, in respect to commerce, agriculture and manufactures—national respectability in reference to the constitution, the laws, and government; and in respect to the administration of the government, which is placed in the hands of the first patriots of the country, at the head of whom is the man who "unites all hearts," at least apparently; an administration which with so much harmony, concord and success, have given America a name in the earth, and made her the model of the nations that determine to be free.—Instead of realizing these reasonable and just expectations, what do we behold?—A faction, who arrogating to themselves a superior degree of sensibility for the liberties of this country, are incessantly pouring forth, through the medium of that Gazette, a torrent of abuse against men and measures; and loading the government of the people with epithets of opprobrium, surpassing those formerly applied to the measures of the British ministry in their attempts to enslave us. This cannot be considered in any other point of view, than a continuation of that opposition which sprang up immediately on the promulgation of the constitution to which the United States is indebted for its present enjoyments and future prospects. It may not be improper to exhibit, occasionally, an abstract of those sentiments and opinions, by which the party that supports this National Gazette propose to secure to the people the blessings of union, and a REPUBLICAN system of government.
The following national sentiments appear in the NATIONAL GAZETTE of Monday last:
"The spirited conduct of some good old whigs of 1775, in destroying the notification of the exciseman in Germantown, as a disgraceful badge of slavery, may convince our rulers that a free people will not be amused by financial palliatives.
"The government of the United States in all things wishing to imitate the corrupt principles of the court of Great-Britain, has commenced the disgraceful career by an excise law, and during the last session of Congress attempted a ramp duty on cards, with a sanctified pretence to discourage gambling!"
N. B. The acquaintance of the respective states in the excise law, is manifest from this circumstance—that they generally, if not all of them, have repealed their state excise laws, in consequence of that species of taxation's being assumed by Congress agreeable to the constitution.
Extract from the same paper.
"A respectable minority in Congress (the single vote of Gen. Jackson might have frequently made it a majority) have reprobated every one of the measures that are complained of; and if Pennsylvania had been represented in the Senate, many of those measures, which were carried only by the casting voice of the Vice-President, would perhaps never have been adopted."
Extract from Thursday's Gazette.
"That there was an evident bias in the House of Representatives, of a most singular nature, in the vote given the 21st of March last, must appear to every impartial examiner, who will take the trouble to cast his eye over the Yeas and Nays, where it will clearly appear that the northern members generally voted in the negative on the question for declaring Gen. Jackson entitled to a seat."
This is truly republican indeed! Thus also has the Speaker of the House been stigmatized in the National Gazette as a prejudiced man, for the abominable crime of exercising his own judgment!
Another extract.
"Was it a host of foreigners, who, with the President of the United States at their head, kicked out of doors the tracting representation bill, to introduce a constitutional one?"
This shews the sentiments of the party—from such intolerance may the United States forever continue free.
The New-York papers teem with publications (pro and con) respecting the decision of the canvassers of the votes at the late election in that state.
A meeting was to be held on Monday at the City-Hall, for the purpose of adopting measures to obtain legal redress of the injury conceived to be done to the Constitution from the decision of a majority of the canvassing committee.
At a meeting of the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this State, held at Christ Church the 5th inst. the following gentlemen were appointed delegates to the general convention of said church in the United States, to be held in the city of New-York, the 3d Tuesday in September next, viz.
The Rev. Dr. Smith, Rev. Dr. Magaw, Rev. Mr. Pilmore, Rev. Mr. Grig, William Bingham, Esq. and Messrs. John Campbell and Woodrop Stins.
Died on Saturday last, after a short illness, much regretted by a numerous acquaintance, Col. RICHARD FULLERTON, of this city, and on Sunday his remains were deposited in the burial ground of the first Presbyterian Church, attended by a large number of respectable citizens.
PRICE OF STOCKS.
  6 per Cents, 22 3/4   3 per Cents, 13 3/4   Deferred, 13 3/4   Indents, 13 3/4   Final Settlements, 20 3/4   Half shares Bank U. S. 75 per cent. prem.   Shares Bank North-America, 17 ditto. 
SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVED at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Ship Juno, Brice, Havre de Grace & Exeter, Brig Columbus, Selman, Cadiz
The Editor of this Gazette informs his patrons, that he has constantly sent it to those subscribers who have not directed that it should be discontinued after the first of June.

From the United States Chronicle , printed at Providence, (R. I.)
AN ODE.
THE EFFECTS OF SPRING.
REMOTE from noise, in skies serene, Old TAUNTON's cloud-capt spires ascend, The hills are cover'd o'er with green, And blossoms make the forests bend.
Tho' fools contend, and bigots rave, Bright reason yet directs the soul, While some, just tott'ring o'er the grave, Seem quite impatient of controul.
Let satyr keen, and wit refin'd, Transmute enjoyment into pain, Till reason stimulates the mind To court philosophy again.
Here heav'n-taught science rears her head, And labor marks the road to wealth, While social mirth, by fancy led, Establishes convenient health.
Here too, on pleasure's airy tide, We court the muses in the shade, Or on the ambient waters glide, To see the glimm'ring landscape fade.
Amusement oft at evening hours, Impels the rustic swain to rove In search of pinks and sweetest flowers, To deck the bosom of his love.
Enamour'd there he drops his head, In vain he courts forbidden bliss; And tho' he fails her charms to wed, He now and then purloins a kiss.
Our cattle in the forests stray, Our lambkins bound the meadows o'er, Their gambols round their mothers play, And vultures kindle fear no more.
Since herrings came our streams to trace, Health sparkles on the damsel's cheeks, She lures on shore the finny race, While rapturous joy her bosom speaks.
She takes the victim by the tail, And bends her footsteps to her home; And as she winds along the vale, She cries—"the herring tribe is come!"
Now pleasure darts in ev'ry eye, Each bosom glows with fervent heat; The fainting more than gain supply, The wretched quit their dark retreat.
The limping fire his crutch forgoes, His wither'd limbs revive in bloom; He throws aside his bag of woes, Nor yet salutes the fullen tomb.
O SPRING! thou happiest scene of man, Push on thy blessings through the year!— O let it end—as it began, Without a sigh—without a tear!
Taunton, May 24, 1792.
JUST ARRIVED,
In the Ship MOLLY , Captain PITT , from Lisbon ,
A FEW pipes and quarter-casks of LISBON WINE , far superior in quality to what is generally imported—And a few bales of the very best CORKS ,
TO BE SOLD BY GEORGE MEADE,
WHO HAS ALSO FOR SALE,
Choice three and five years old Bill of Exchange MADEIRA WINE , by the pipe or quarter-cask. London Market MADEIRA WINE , five years old, by the pipe or quarter-cask.
Choice old SHERRY WINE , by the quarter-cask. MESS BEEF , of a superior quality, and such as is fit for an East-India voyage, put up in this city.
Choice first quality BEEF , do. Ditto second ditto do. BOSTON BEEF , equal to any from that country. BURLINGTON PORK , of the first quality, and 114 Hhds. FLAX-SEED . &c. &c.
Philadelphia, May 16, 1792 (cp9)
Bank of the United States,
MAY 8, 1792.
RESOLVED, That the specie proportion of the third payment due on the first Monday of July next, on each share of the Bank of the United States, may be made at the Bank, or at any of the offices of discount and deposit; and that transfers of public debt on account of such payment, may be made on the books of the Treasury of the United States, or in the office of any of the Commissioners of Loans in any of the States, certificates of which transfers to be deposited in the office in which the specie proportion of such payment shall be made.
Resolved, That the transfer books be closed fourteen days previous to the first days of July and January of each year. By Order, JOHN KEAN, Cashier.
GEORGETOWN (POTOWMAC.)
THE SUBSCRIBER HATH OPENED A
House of Entertainment,
At the Sign of the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, In that commodious House lately occupied by Thomas Beale, Esq. Mayor of this Town.
He has furnished himself with a stock of the best Liquors, and will use every exertion to give satisfaction by procuring, in their season, the best of every species of provision, and having the same served up in the most neat and elegant manner.
[2aw18] JUL. GEORGE H. LEIGH.
NEW TEAS.
IMPERIAL HYSON and SOUCHONG, Of the very best quality, and latest importation from Canton, via New-York, by retail, at
No 19, Third, between Chestnut and Market Streets.
Stock Brokers Office,
No. 45, Great Dock-street, NEW-YORK,
THE Subscriber intending to confine himself entirely to the PURCHASE AND SALE OF STOCKS ON COMMISSION, Begs leave to offer his services to his friends and others, in the line of a Stock Broker. Those who may please to favor him with their business, may depend upon having it transacted with the utmost fidelity and dispatch.
Orders from Philadelphia, Boston, or any other part of the United States will be strictly attended to.
LEONARD BLEECKER.
May 2. (t.f.)
JONES & BURROUGHS,
STOCK-BROKERS,
STATE-STREET, BOSTON,
BUY and sell every kind of the Stocks of the United States, on Commission, by Private Contract, and Public Auction.—Those gentlemen who may be pleased to favor them with their commands, may rely on fidelity, secrecy and dispatch.
Boston, March, 1792. (1aw3gm)
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party, will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July next, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, to be erected in this City. The site of the building, if the artist will attend to it, will of course influence the aspect and outline of his plan; and its destination will point out to him the number, size, and distribution of the apartments. It will be a recommendation of any plan, if the central part of it may be detached and erected for the present, with the appearance of a complete whole, and be capable of admitting the additional parts, in future, if they shall be wanting. Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building, in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls.
March 14, 1792. tf. THE COMMISSIONERS.
WASHINGTON, in the Territory of COLUMBIA.
A PREMIUM
OF A LOT in this City, to be designated by impartial judges, and FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS; or a MEDAL of that value, at the option of the party; will be given by the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings, to the person who, before the fifteenth day of July, 1792, shall produce to them the most approved PLAN, if adopted by them, for a CAPITOL, to be erected in this City; and TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, or a MEDAL, for the Plan deemed next in merit to the one they shall adopt. The building to be of brick, and to contain the following apartments, to wit:
 A Conference Room } sufficient to accommodate 300 persons each. } these rooms to be of full elevation.  A Room for the Representatives }  A Lobby or Antichamber to the latter }  A Senate Room of 1200 square feet area }  An Antichamber or Lobby to the latter }  12 Rooms of 600 square feet area each, for Committee Rooms and Clerks' Offices, to be of half the elevation of the former. 
Drawings will be expected of the ground plans, elevations of each front, and sections through the building in such directions as may be necessary to explain the internal structure; and an estimate of the cubic feet of brick-work composing the whole mass of the walls.
March 14, 1792. tf. THE COMMISSIONERS.
A LOTTERY,
To raise the sum of £ 750 for the purpose of repairing the Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of New-Brunswick, agreeable to an act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey, passed November 1791.
S C H E M E.
  1 Prize of 2000 Dollars is 2000   1 1000 1000   2 500 1000   5 200 1000   10 100 1000   30 50 1500   90 20 1800   1675 4 6700 
1814 Prizes. 3520 Blanks. 5334 Tickets, at 3 Dollars each, is 16002 Dolls.
This Lottery is composed of 5334 Tickets. not two Blanks to one Prize, and subject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent. which is more favorable to adventurers than any Lottery yet offered to the public—and it being of such evident utility, that it cannot be doubted but the undertaking will meet with the most liberal support.
The drawing will positively commence on the second Monday in July, or sooner if the Tickets are disposed of, in the city of New-Brunswick, under the inspection of Col. John Bayard, President of said city; James Parker, Esq. Mayor of the city of Amboy; and Archibald Mercer, Esq. Deputy Governor of the Manufacturing Society of New-Jersey.
Tickets to be had of the following persons, who are duly appointed Managers, are under oath, and have given security for the faithful performance of their duty.
A list of the fortunate numbers will be published, and the prizes paid immediately after the drawing of the Lottery.
 JOHN PARKER, } Managers.  PETER KEENON, }  ANTHONY W. WHITE, } 
N. B. Those prizes which are not demanded within six months after the drawing of the Lottery, will be considered as a generous donation to the Church.
** Adventurers in the above Lottery have a chance of more than 3 per cent. per month for their money. To accommodate all those who may be disposed to purchase Tickets, letters directed to P. KEENON, Manager, and Postmaster, at New-Brunswick, and enclosing good bills, will be attended to, and Tickets forwarded on receipt of such letters.
New-Brunswick, April 20, 1792.
TICKETS in the NEW-BRUNSWICK LOTTERY, are to be had at the following places, viz:—Samuel Cooper's Ferry; at Burlington, of R. Pierlon, Esq. Bordentown, of Mr. John Van Emburgh; Mount Holly, of J. Read, Esq. Trenton, of John Singer, Esq. Amboy, of James Parker, Esq. Elizabeth-Town, of R. Gray; Powles-Hook, of Col. Smith and Judge Hunt; Cranbury, of William Throckmorton Spotwood; and of the Managers in Brunswick.
TO BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE,
At any time between this date and the first day of the first day of July ensuing,
A very valuable FARM,
PLEASANTLY situated, and bounded on the East by the river Delaware, 17 miles above Philadelphia; containing 203 acres, 40 whereof is first rate Timothy Meadow, which may be watered in a dry time; 25 acres, a rich low bottom, may be made very good meadow at an easy expence. The upland lays in the lap of about 50 acres of rich out marsh, from which (by an easy ascent to the cleared fields) 130 acres of excellent upland meadow may be made, at a moderate expence; 30 acres of woodland. A never failing stream of water runs through this tract, on which is a seat for a mill, and in which is good sport with the net and hook; plenty of rabbits and small game; and on the flats, abundance of wild ducks in the season. A good mansion-house, garden, and necessary out-buildings; an orchard of the best kinds of apple, pear, peach and cherry trees, bearing; a crop of wheat and rye in the ground, and a spring crop putting in. Apply to PETER LE BARBIER DU PLESSIS, Esq. No. 86, Chestnut-street, Philadelphia; Mr. HUMPHREY WATERMAN, at the Washington, on the Bristol road; or to Doctor TOMB, at Nethamany Ferry, Bucks County. The purchaser, paying one third of the price down, may have a term of years to pay the residue, paying interest. May 5. (cp.11.)
BOOKS,
PRINTED AND SOLD BY MATTHEW CAREY, No. 118, Market-Street, Philadelphia.
1. AMERICAN MUSEUM, from its commencement in January 1787, to December 1791, in ten vols. Price, neatly bound and lettered, sixteen dollars.
This work, which is now conducted on an improved plan, containing the best pieces published for and against the proceedings of government, will be found to contain at least as great a variety of political, agricultural, and miscellaneous essays, as any ever published in America. Perhaps in no one work are so many valuable documents respecting the history of this country, collected together. His Excellency the President of the United States, has declared of it, that "a more useful literary plan has never been undertaken in America, nor one more deserving of public encouragement." The subscription is two dollars and a half per ann. Gentlemen in the country who wish to be supplied with this work, are requested to give commission to friends in the city to subscribe for and receive it—Any of the back numbers may be had in order to complete sets.
2. Ladies' Pocket Library, containing Miss More's Essays, Gregory's Legacy, Lady Pennington's Advice, Marchioness of Lambert's Advice, Swift's Letter to a newly married Lady, Mrs. Chapone on command of Temper, More's Fables for the Ladies, Price 6/6.
3. Smith's History of New-York, from its first settlement to the year 1732. To which is annexed, a description of the country, with a short account of the inhabitants, their religious and political state, and the constitution of the courts of justice. Price a dollar and a quarter.
4. Elements of Moral Science, by James Beattie, L.L.D. professor of moral philosophy and logic in the Marischal College, Aberdeen—Price three-fourths of a dollar. Of this book the Critical Reviewers (vol. 69, p. 628) say: "We have seen nothing on these subjects more plain, more perspicuous, or more generally useful."—N. B. It is introduced into the University in Philadelphia.
5. Beauties of Poetry, British and American, containing select productions of the most eminent British and American poets—Price four-fifths of a dollar.
6. Blair's Sermons, containing the whole of the three volumes of the British edition, in two—Price two dollars.
7. Necker's Treatise on the importance of Religious Opinions. Price four-fifths of a dollar.
8. Examination of the Observations of Lord Sheffield on American Commerce—Price, on very fine paper, 5 8hs of a dollar.
9. The Constitutions of the several United States, with the Federal Constitution, &c. Price five-eighths of a dollar.
10. M'Fingal, an epic poem, a new edition in 12mo.—Price three-eighths of a dollar.
11. American Jest Book, in two parts, with two very neat engravings—Price, bound, three-fifths of a dollar.
12. Garden of the Soul, by Bishop Chaloner—Price, bound in calf and lettered, three quarters of a dollar—plain, half a dollar.
13. The Doway Translation of the Vulgate Bible, in quarto—Price, elegantly bound and lettered, 50/6—plain, six dollars.
14. Devout Christian's Vade Mecum—Price a quarter dollar.
15. Think well on't, or reflections for every day of the month. Price a quarter dollar.
16. Christian Economy, translated from a Greek manuscript, found in the island of Patmos, where St. John wrote the Apocalypse—Price a fifth of a dollar.
17. History of Charles Grandison, abridged—Price a sixth of a dollar.
18. Poems by Col. Humphreys—Price a third of a dollar.
19. Select Poems, chiefly American—Price a sixth of a dollar. Said CAREY has for sale, a large assortment of Books, European as well as American editions, which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms. Country gentlemen, who favor him with commands, may depend upon being supplied in the most satisfactory manner. A liberal allowance to such as purchase quantities for public libraries, or to sell again.
American Lead Manufactor.
STEPHEN AUSTIN, & Co.
HAVE just now opened their LEAD-WAREHOUSE, two doors south of Walnut-street Wharf, adjoining their New Factory—where they have now made, and ready for sale, a general assortment of SHOT of all sizes, with SHEET and BAR LEAD, the production of the Mines in Virginia. As they have employed a number of experienced English workmen, they warrant it to be equal in quality to any manufactured in Europe, and at a reduced price from the cost of imported.
They also continue to manufacture all the above articles at Richmond, in Virginia. All orders addressed to either of the above Factories, will be thankfully received, and executed on the shortest notice.
N. B. Wanted, industrious, sober, Labouring Men, at the said Mines, where constant employ, good wages, and other encouragements will be given, means of conveyance being provided, and houses for their reception.
For further particulars enquire of Messrs. MOSKS AUSTIN & Co. at their Factory in Richmond, or as above. Philadelphia, December 3, 1791. tf
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the subscriber, on Monday the 6th current, a NEGRO MAN named ROBIN, is 55 years of age, stout made, and bred a farmer; one of his thumbs much swelled; is 5 feet 6 inches high; had on when he went away a big purple coloured cloth coat, a short linen coat, a pair of fustian breeches, a ruffled shirt, an old beaver hat, with shoes, stockings and buckles, all good. Also, a young NEGRO BOY named SAM, is 19 years of age, stout and well made, 5 feet 9 inches high, much marked with the small-pox; had on when he went away, a big blue coat, a brown short coat, overalls of a mixed cloth, full stockings, a new wool hat, new shoes and buckles.—Whoever will secure said Negroes in any gaol, or bring them to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. Morris-Town, April 17, 1792.